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LSM ; Graniterock. While ending homelessness is a critical community goal, we see that the County's proposed homeless facility and supportive housing would be located immediately adjacent to Graniterock's Redwood City facility, the rail line, and other, heavy industrial uses. We continue to have concerns regarding the placement of any type of housing immediately adjacent to heavy industry. Since this is a study session designed to receive input and feedback from the community, there are a couple of issues we would like to draw your attention to. We also wish to point out a potential alternative site for the County's proposed homeless shelter that has apparently not yet been considered but should be for several reasons. First, we would like to correct the record on Page 2 of the Staff Report — 5t" bullet — which refers to our operation in Redwood City simply as a "concrete plant." Our facility actually includes several operations, including: • Concrete Plant • Asphalt Plant • Aggregate Rail Car Unloading Operation • Concrete and Asphalt Crushing and Recycling Center • Building Materials Yard The full extent of Graniterock's operations, and the operations of other heavy industrial businesses, should be kept in mind in connection with any decisions regarding the land use of adjacent parcels, including the City's 1402 Maple Street site. We also see that the City retained MIG, a planning consulting firm, to consider the compatibility of the proposed County/City land exchange agreement, including the County's proposed homeless shelter and supportive housing at 1402 Maple Street, with the Draft Inner Harbor Specific Plan Vision or Guiding Principles (the "Specific Plan"). MIG's analysis expressly notes that the placement of a homeless shelter and housing at 1402 Maple Street, immediately adjacent to heavy industrial uses, could result in significant environmental impacts. The analysis states at page 3, Guiding Principle 17: However, there could be air quality, noise, and land use incompatibilities between the potential navigation center and transitional housing and the adjacent heavy industrial use that may need to be addressed. The City Council's City Owned Property Ad Hoc Committee (the "Committee") — which reportedly discussed the proposed land exchange agreement with the County over the past few months - also recognizes this incompatibility. According to the Staff Report at page 4, "[c]ommittee members conveyed to County officials that they did not believe that the City's 1402 Maple Street parcel was a good location for permanent low-income housing beyond the supportive