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drying beds and the wetland restoration area. It is recommended that this tree screen be relocated closer to the recycled water tanks, to 'address potentially significant impacts to shore birds and the visual character of the area. As described on page 65 of the EIR, the open water area within the Specific Plan boundary is an important haven for migrating and shore birds. Ringing the open water area with trees may result in the loss of the area as a feeding and resting place for these birds, as well as provide additional roosting areas for predatory birds, e.g. raptors. Moving the tree screen closer to the tanks would result in the site remaining oDen and safer for birdlife. 3) Modify '14/est Tree Screen' by removing the tree element but retainingshrubs and ground cover. The Specific Plan recommends a landscape screen, which includes a tree row, along the eastern frontage of Radio Road. For the same reasons identified in Item #2 above, it.is recommended that the tree row element of the landscape plan be deleted. This would eliminate some tree cover for predatory birds, and also retain the open vistas as seen from Radio Road and the residential areas to the west. 4) Eliminate the linkage which states that the recycled water tanks can only be built upon the removal of the existing service road. The original requirement in the Specific Plan to link the recycled water tanks to removal of the existing service read was to assure that there would always be access to the water tanks. However, this assumption was inCorrect because, according to SBSA, the tanks will have access from the existing treatment plant service roads. Also to link the construction of the new recycled water tanks to the new service read might delay the tanks because of the necessary State agency approvals for the new read. The linkage between construction of the new service read to removal of the existing service road should be retained. This linkage is needed in order to provide "no net !0ss'' of open space in the buffer area, and is included in the Specific Plan. EIR Letters According to one of the appellants, there were four letters missing from the EIR, three from homeowner associations and one from an individual. The status of those letters is as follows: · A Resolution adopted on January 15, 2002, by the Gossamer Isle Association expressing concern about parking. Staff Response: This letter was incorporated in the EIR via a memo to the Planning Commission on May 1,2002, and made part of the record for the EIR certification. Although the document was not in the EIR itself, it is a part of the record. · An e-mail expressing opposition from Beacon Shores Homeowners Association. Staff Response: Staff did contact the Homeowner's Association and the gentleman who e-mailed the letter of opposition. There was no formal letter of opposition from the Beacon Shores Association. The gentleman who wrote