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<br />1" <br /> <br />~~w4 tf.'15, M, <br />/1/;1-1/64 <br />LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF SAN MATEO COUNTY <br /> <br />'- c 17 E I( t1I'o. ~ <br /> <br />298 FULLER STREET <br /> <br />PEfER H. REID <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR <br /> <br />REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA 94063 <br /> <br />rn <br /> <br /> <br />TELEPHONE (415) 365-8411 <br /> <br />w m <br /> <br />00 <br /> <br />November 21, 1989 <br /> <br />writer's Direct Line: <br /> <br />363-4386 <br /> <br />td 2 IIJB9 <br /> <br /> <br />HAND DELIYEREQ <br /> <br />Mayor Jack Grenalch <br />city of Redwood City <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />Redwood city, CA 94063 <br /> <br />Re: Objections to the Final Environmental Impact Report <br />for the Proposed Second Amendment to the Redwood <br />city Redevelopment Project No. 2 And To The <br />Second Amendment. <br /> <br />Dear Mayor/Chairman Grenalch and Members <br />of the City council/Redevelopment Agency: <br /> <br />The following objections are submitted on behalf of Ms. <br />Mildred Martin and other Redwood city senior citizens and <br />families with low and moderate incomes who desperately need <br />affordable housing. <br /> <br />1. The FEIR should not be certified and should Q~ <br />circulated for further public comment. <br /> <br />The FEIR contains substantial changes to correct <br />inaccuracies and inadequacies in the draft EIR. They include for <br />example, recognition that the draft was inconsistent regarding <br />the significance of the land use succession impact, recognition <br />and substantially expanded discussion of three controversial <br />impacts (schools, affordable housing, and jobs/housing im- <br />balance), and proposed additional mitigation related to housing. <br />In addition, the proposed housing mitigation is vague, specula- <br />tive, and dependent upon future city action. It is premature to <br />certify the EIR as final and complete until these measures are <br />fleshed out and it is recirculated, so that the public can learn <br />of, digest, and comment upon the new information. <br /> <br />2. The Project Area Is Not Blighted and Is Not <br />Predominated bv Social and Economic Ills. <br /> <br />A prerequisite to adopting a Second Amendment is a finding <br />of blight, Health and Safety Code ~33030, ~33367, which must <br />satisfy a two-pronged test: (l) the area must constitute a <br />serious social or economic burden on the community, which cannot <br /> <br />II <br /> <br />11191 <br />