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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. STAFF REPORTS A. Appeal of the Planning Commission's certification of a Supplemental EIR (Health Risk Assessment and Technical Addendum) for a 980,000 square foot office and research! development complex - appellants, Laverne Atherly, President of Redwood Shores Homeowners Association and Carol Ford, Chairperson,_Committee on Westport; Appeal Letter cited "the Health Risk Assessment is based upon inadequate testing at the Westport site." Property Location: 601-701 Marine Parkway; being 85.285 acres, Parcels A and B, PM 54/72-73; APN 095-012-150, 220, 270, 280; "CP" (Commercial Park) Zoning District. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED, PUBLIC TESTIMONY HEARD, AND THE HEARING CLOSED ON JANUARY 16,1995, AS PUBLISHED. REPORT: Letter from La Verne Atherly and Carol Ford, January 27, 1995, requesting the opportunity to provide additional information on their appeal. Mayor Gasparini advised that the subject letter would become part of the appeal process record. La Verne Atherly, 515 Cringle Drive, Redwood City, appellant, made a correction to the subject letter Page 2, Paragraph 2: it should read the EIR was based on one EPA study. Mr. Atherly advised that the original testing done by the EP A in 1988 and 1989 and shown on the map provided by Mr. Peterson of the County indicating all the test well sites and their depths, the mound area covering the heaviest pollutants did not have a test well greater than three feet. Mr. Atherly stated that the other test wells greater than three feet were done in the perimeter area, the panhandle area around the mound, and that was one of his concerns. Mr. Atherly stated that the EP A was interested in what gases were escaping the cap site. The other studies were based on that EP A study and did not address what would happen when the clay cap was pierced. Mr. Atherly said that the health risk assessment process was not an exact science and was treading on new ground; that the only purpose to have one is to show the community that the City is trying to comply and looking out for the welfare of the community. Mr. Atherly stated that the health risk assessment is not doing the job the City thinks it is. Carol Ford, 360 Bowsprit, Redwood City, appellant, stated that Kobe was built on land fill also, and that adds greater seismic concerns about this project. Mrs. Ford said that she was interested in having safeguards involved in the building of the project that would take into account the new seismic issues surrounding Kobe, especially since the discovery of the new faults in the bay. Mrs. Ford stated that the weight of the cars and buildings on the mound site would cause greater compaction, decomposition and more fumes escaping which happened in Mountain View when water penetrated the cap. Mrs. Ford added that Special Council Meeting Minutes January 30, 1995 MINUTE BOOK NO. 53 Page 7 Page NO. Ò49 .-.. -.