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7. PUBLIC HEARING — A. Appeal of the Planning Commission's Ce�tification of an Environmental Impact Report and the Zoning Administrator's approval of Use Permits for the Costco Wholesale Project Mayor Pierce gave a statement regarding the topic and thanked all those involved for the work on the issues. She further outlined the format agreed upon for the various presenters. Planning Manager Ekas explained the topic and purpose of the presentation that included providing background of the project as submitted, overview information about the appeal, some appeal responses prepared by City staff, recommendations and altematives for consideration, and a reiteration of the public hearing logistics that will follow the staff presentation. Council Members asked various questions related to traffic calming methods, coordination of traffic signals, location change of the bus stop, and under grounding of utilities as part of the project. Keith Daum, Co-Chair of Redwood Village Neighborhood Association, explained the appeal the approval of the Planning Commission to certify the Costco project's EIR and approval of the Use Permit by the Zoning Administrator. The appeal is an effort to prevent the inclusion of a large scale gas station and the location of the tire changing facility at the site. There is no opposition to building of the new warehouse, they wish that Costco stays in the neighborhood, and Costco is seen as a value to the city. He proceeded to give the background leading up to the appeal hearing. He stated that the information being presented comes from hard working individuals in the neighborhood. Mark Soulard, Co-Chair of Redwood Village Neighborhood Association, spoke on points of the appeal related to the belief that there was not proper procedure in the Notice of Preparation. He further described concerns, discrepancies, and questionable statements. He thanked Council for the opportunity and asked that a project or discount store not be allowed to discount the lives of his community. Kathy Soulard reported on the 3.1 trip generation number used to calculate how many new customers are expected once the Costco warehouse is expanded. The second set of information she reviewed involved calculating the daily new peak hour trips. The third set of information she reviewed was used to calculate the new daily trip totals. That is, the daily new trips that will be generated by the proposed project. Keith Daum spoke about the Costco tire changing center. He summarized by requesting the City to deny the use permit for the tire changing center at the current location. JOINT CITY COUR1EkU/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD MEETING AUGUST 13, 2007 MINUTES PAGE 4