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. . . - creative talent. Mr. Healy added that location and facilities are used to entice the best and the brightest. He said EA proposes a beautiful campus designed by world class - architects, nestled among redwood groves and lots of green open spaces. Mr. Healy said the most spectacular master plan design was submitted by Skidmore Owings and Merrill. Mr. Healy addressed the aviation issue. He agreed with the San Carlos Airport Pilots Association that the FAA should be the final authority on any air safety issues about that air corridor and the proposed EA buildings. He said "the FAA conducted a detailed review including the unusual steps of formally soliciting public comment. They flew an analyst up from LA to visit the site. I am delighted that the FAA determined our buildings were neither hazards nor obstructions to aviation.....No acknowledged expert has identified any safety questions about our project....EA values the San Carlos Airport and we are prepared to discuss pilot's concerns at any time in an effort to arrive at common ground." Mr. Healy suggested if anyone has any questions about air safety they could call EA aviation consultant Art McReddy of the Flight Safety Institute in Sacramento. Mr. Healy said traffic problems came to Redwood Shores long before the EA proposal and would "take some effort to improve the situation." He added that "traffic is a challenge that can be answered." He reported that a single tenant would produce far less traffic than a multi-tenant development. "The infrastructure improvements that will be funded by EA will actually improve the traffic flow in that area....We will - contribute far more than our fair share to mitigate." Mr. Healy said the majority ofEA employees "come to work late,.....stay late, and that distributes the traffic load throughout the day." Mr. Healy said "as new guys to the neighborhood, we acknowledge two responsibilities. We need to minimize the amount of traffic that we generate, and we also need to help pay to modernize the community's roads and freeways to better accommodate the traffic that does remain. We have extensive plans to do both." Mr. Healy said at their San Mateo site they have a free shuttle from the east bay and the CalTrain station, a car pooling program, and EA provides a ride home for employees who take public transit and have to work late. EA provides lockers and showers and encourages people to walk or bike to work. Flex time and telecommuting opportunities are also provided. Mr. Healy said EA plans to encourage their employees to move into Redwood City by publicizing housing opportunities through kiosks on campus and a Redwood City page on their internal website. Mr. Healy said this will be EA's first permanent home in its twelve year history. He advised EA would "join with the other commercial property owners, not homeowners, to pay for big ticket items like widening streets, installing lights and other measures to improve traffic. For the record, EA will support commercial property owner's traffic '-- - -- - -- m -- -- - -- --- -- - _m- - -- --- --- --- --- - -- - -- - __m_. --- - --- - -- - -_m-- - -- - --- - --- - -- - --- - -- - -- - ----- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- --- ----- -- - -- -- - ------- REGULAR MEETING JULY 1, 1996 MINUTES PAGElS MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 Page No. 360