CC Min 1989-02-06 - Laserfiche WebLink

Browse Search

Item No. 2 (continued) 1) APP -Ex. #8 petition from Sunrise Homeowners Association opposing certification of the EIR 2) APP -Ex. #9 viewgraph of traffic generation statistics 3) APP- Ex. #10 petition from Redwood Shores Development Area opposing certification of the EIR The following citizens spoke against certification of the Westport EIR: Manuel Sotomayor, 12 Riviera Circle, Redwood City who presented APP -Ex. #8 a petition from Sunrise Homeowners Association; Pat Dixon, 16 Admiralty Place, Redwood City; Dr. Morris Eisenberg_, 429 H. Cork Harbor Circle, Redwood City who presented APP -Ex. #9 a viewgraph of traffic generation statistics; and Wayne Wheeler, 445 H Cork Harbor Circle, Redwood City who presented APP- Ex. #10 a petition from the Redwood Shores Development Area. John Hartford, 401A Cork Harbor Circle, Redwood City spoke in favor of certification of the Westport EIR. Mayor Greenalch asked if there was anyone else who wished to speak. No one else wished to speak. M /S: Stangel /LaBerge to close the public hearing. Carried unanimously by voice vote and public hearing closed at 9:18 p.m. City Attorney Schricker, in response to comments and questions from the Council as to the purpose of the Westport EIR, advised that CEQA requires an EIR whenever there is a proposed change in a Specific Plan. Originally Prometheus Development Co. entered into an agreement to build commercial buildings and is now desirous of building residential units instead. This proposed change in the Specific Plan requires an EIR. Additionally, City Attorney Schricker advised that the question before the Council is the adequacy of the EIR and quoted state guidelines regarding the purpose of an EIR (Section 15121); degree of specificity (Section 15146); EIR Section 1.4 page 1 -31 "intended use ": to permit development of Westport Project, the specific plan must be amended to change existing land use designation for 50 acres of the site from commercial to residential use in compliance with CEQA; and provisions of the state guidelines regarding standards for adequacy, (Section 15151). City Manager Smith described process by which permits, agreements and development plans first go to Planning Commission and then to Council, and advised that Council will have opportunity to approve or reject all future plans for the Westport site. Council discussed the need for further testing for toxicity, water and ground pollution on the entire site to be included in the current EIR, or after certification when specific site plans are proposed. Reg.Mtg. 2/6/89 Page 3 MINUTE BOOK NO. 48 Page No. 285