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7A ~E /~ t!..- 2 2) A second area of inadequacy is an incomplete Alternative Analysis. In section 9.4.4, Alternative Analysis of the DEIR, there is a discussion of 557 East Bayshore Road, Redwood City, as the Alternative site. If we really want to be honest here- this is not really being considered. Is this just filler material in order to satisfy the requirements of CEQA in this EIR.? It is public knowledge that the City of Redwood City is trying to acquire this site for an Auto Mall. Concurrent with the Public comment period to the DEIRof the Costco Project. 2 the City opened a public comment period for an Auto Mall at 557 East Bayshore. This shows that in the Casteo DEIR. this Project Alternative is not really an option. 3) My third area of concern, related to adequacy of this FEIR. is the deficiencies in the Cumulative Impact Analysis: Why not include projects that are closer to the proposed Costco Expansion and Gas J Station Project? Why wasn't the Stanford Outpatient Center Project included? Costeo's project was included in the Stanford Project EIR. Why was the Downtown Precise Plan not taken into account? DoWntown Redwood City is only .7 miles away 3 from Costco's site. The Lead Agency should incorporate the traffic and air quality studies of both these plans to get a more realistic view of the cumulative impacts on my community and Redwood City as a whole. Why are gas sales at the proposed Costco Project not linked to traffic? Wouldn't these numbers be more realistic? I am aware that the City of Redwood City has spent a great deal of time and expense to get more realistic numbers about Costco's gas operations. but I feel that these new n~bers are still incorrect. To also imply that if you increase gas sales by 39% and traffic accordingly, that traffic and air quality will still not have detrimental affects is only wishful thinking. Other cities have gone through this same process with Costeo. All we have to do is talk to South San Francisco about the EI CaminolHickey Costco to find that this same game was played-out there. Maybe we only have to look at Pg. 3-78 of the Costeo FEIR to see where Costco sold more than 200% of their permitted gas sales at their San Bernardino Warehouse. "Costeo originally sought a lower sales limitto avoid public notice and speedpennitting issues." Hopefully we are not avoiding the linking of gas sales to traffie only to make the numbers look good. We need to protect theehildren at Hoover School. the athletes at Hoover Park, my community of Redwood Village. and the whole population of Redwood City. I also have a concern about proposed traffic movement at the Costeo Project: ?