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ATTACI-IlKENT S 9A �� , � �� Page 40 ` TFn j.HnrrH►c John H.Blake H.Axr;Lz�ofr- -...:.:. :�.:.-, - .;-.�.. �:.:., . .::�.......,.:�:..: ]OF3N H.BLAKL^' Partncr E�N B.I�nnS DIRECT DIAL: OF COUNSl;[,; 650/482-3084 C.U2NEJ: OF SELIiY 1..A[�Fi�.��7'FiIi:R'fUN WiI.LIAMR.WARIiL'3tS'P* AN3:> 1:SL CA�IINC) R(3AI./1ZE�;I>\X•'001:) �.I'I'Y E-MATL www.hanni Ql aw.com ASSOCIATLS: jhb(ahanniglaw.com 2991 EL CAMiNO REAL A��v•LIEUNG PRr�iz W.Dncv►r.�L REAWOOD CITY, CA 94061-4003 DAVIDIVI.SFI]iSGREEN TELEI>HONE(650)482-3040 �A�'ID M.WOOLF� I�:1CSI1�tI1:E's(650�482-2820 {AvMn-t•r•D�N vsvn.un& r.T.rr•ox.nin February 12, 2007 Hanorable Barbara Pierec, Mayor, and City Council c/e r';ty Clerk Post Office Box 39I 1 Q17 Middlefield Road Redwood City, CA 94064 Re: 885 Woodside Rd. (Proposed Condominiurrc Project) I-Iot�orable May�r and Council Members: This firm represe.nts the Hampton Oaks Uwners Association, which is adjacent to the proposed project cited above. On November 28, 2006 the Planning Commission adopted a Negative Declaratiox� for the project and recoinmended to the City Council the adoption af the Precise Plan that wauld goven� the project. With the Plannin�Commission review thus complete, the Council will presumably put the project on ils agenda in the near future. I am writing to reguest that, in scheduling its consideration of this project, the Council allow adequate time for the Ha.inpton Oaks Owners, and others in tlae vicinity who oppose tl�e project as currently conceived, to prepare their critique of the Negative Declaration and other aspects of the project. The Hampton Oaks Owners have engaged a traffc engineer and a hazardous materials consultant to review thc relevant aspects of the Negative Dcclaration and to conduct their own int�estigations. To allow these consultants adequate time to}�repare for the Council ineeting, fihe I-�ampton Oaks Owners request that the Council defer consid�ration of the project unlil A}�ril zaa�. Key amoi�g the Hampton Owners' concerns is the Planning Cornmission's apparent willingness {based on the n7eeting minutes from November 2K, 200b) to rely on traffic studies after the project is built to determine just how si�nificant traftic impacts will be. Becausc this - "puts the cart before the horse," such relia�lce on future studies vioiates the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA). [See, e.g.,.Sundstrom v. County of Mendocino (1988) 202 Cal.App.3d 296,] {HAMP:1897:J}113:HQ047322.DUC.2}