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PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued) Item 2 (continued) Richard Gardella, 541 Jefferson, attorney for the appellant, said the density of the project is too great and inadequate consideration has been given to streets and other public space. He stated the development barely meets planned development permit requirements and if the open space areas were reduced by a factor for the streets, the density would be too great. Mr. Gardella suggested the item should be returned to the Planning Commission for analysis in line with past staff advice regarding planned development permits. Lorraine Davis, 522 Barkentine Lane, said there are no adequate school facilities for prospective residents of the development and suggested there will be problems if small children must use public transportation to Belmont schools, disagreeing with certain conclusions in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Mrs. Davis also suggested the site is not appropriate for elderly or handicapped persons, because of the lack of shopping and emergency sel"Vices in the area. Mrs. Davis suggested the Planning Commission has the responsibility to be objective and obsel"Ved that Commissioner Wandmayer, a resident of Redwood Shores, and City Manager Smith are on the Board of the Housing Association. Erwin Seibel, Chairman of the Geosciences Department, San Francisco State University, 558 Skiff Circle, read comments regarding statements in the ErR, citing specific items as examples of inadequacies relating to erosion, water, plant and animal life, archaeological and historical protection. Mr. Seibel read and filed a statement from Miley Paul Holman of the Tiburon Archaeological Research Facility of SFSU. He suggested that the significant inadequacies recommend that a more all encompassing ErR be prepared. Mrs. Carol Ford, 360 Bowsprit, commented on her research with HOD on Section 8 Housing and suggested the shareholders of the cooperative will be renters and will have no equity in their units because the open market is not involved. Mrs. Ford showed a slide of a page from a HOD manual on Section 8 housing and said her research suggests that type of funding is obsolete. She also showed a slide from a brochure sent to all Redwood Shores residents in September 1981 describing the cooperative which she said was not specific enough. She said the standards and mintenance controls should be the same as for the rest of Redwood Shores and sugested the proposed maintenance fee is not adequate to cover it and HOD will not pay for it. Mrs. Ford also suggested that according to the Californ1a>CODstitution an election should be held when public housing is to be developed. MoniQue Seibel, 558 Skiff Circle, described the HOD project in which she lived from 1971 to 1974 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, commenting on the undesirable residents, the residents' neglect of the appearance of the building and the low quality of municipal sel"Vices. Mrs. Seibel suggested her cooperative experience causes her to believe a cooperative is a dangerous, unwholesome place to live. Jack Denton, 330 Turkshead Lane, real estate and development broker, projected a slide showing a page entitled "Affordable Housing" from a Builders of Affordable Housing publication, and suggested the land donated by Mobil cculd be placed in a trust and funds used to help first time home buyers. He described the arrangement and illustrated his remarks with figures for a proposed "Redwood Shores Perpetual Trust." Mr. Denton urged Council to approve an "affordable" housing program residents will support and offered to assist. Joseph Fuhrig, 44 Harder Road, Hayward, Canada College economics instructor, presented his analysis of cost and benefits to all affected groups, suggesting the development would be detrimental to existing property owners by reducing the value of homes up to a mile away and described HOD built projects with poor experience. Reg. Mtg. 5/17182 Page 5 ~. .'-., ./ c - / x7 , /