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7A <br /> Page 15 <br /> M�y 19,zoo9 <br /> _ :;:::::�To: planning Commission,City of Redwood City <br /> Tom Passani.si,Principal Pla�nner <br /> . . Jil1..Ekas,Ptann�in.g Director <br /> Peter Voramefisanti,Manager,EngineerixXg and Construction Division <br /> From:Dan Fonti,Spokespe�rsson,Finger Avenue Pride Committee <br /> RE:Comments on recent Finger A.v�nue 5ubdivisian proje�submit�al,s relat�i to t�e <br /> proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration <br /> i�ear iv�s.Radc�'�e,I�ier���ers af t��e Com�nissian,and�� � <br /> We have revie�wed the new report�and plans for the Fingex Avenue planned developm�nt <br /> that vvas submitted by die Rpplicant since the last Planning Cotnmission hearing on Feb. . <br /> 10.This letber presents our responses to this new infonnation i€n relation to our previously �- <br /> reported commenYs on�e praposed Mitigated Negative I3eclaration. <br /> The alternate dxau7age plan presented by tlte Applicaz��which elinQina�es construction of a <br /> storm water outfall within Cordilteras Creek,represenfis a significant unprovement to the <br /> project's environmen�al unpacts. Should d�s albemate dra�na�;e pIan be adopt:�d,or a sunilar <br /> plan be adopted that excludes any construction within the creek,we believe t�a�t�a.e <br /> significant unpacts that we id�n.tified with respe�t�o sever�l.Hydrology and VVa�x Quality <br /> issues(Secs.6.8 c,d of the CE(�A check tist)will be mitigated to a nan-significant level. <br /> This�nadificatio�notw�thstanding,the new repor�and minor project modifications <br /> oth�rwise do little to alter our view th,at on balance,tha Mitigat�d Negative Declaration is <br /> wholly inadequate.It fails to identify potenti.al unpa�s,or dves not propose ad�equaf�e <br /> m�tigations.V�e believe tha#we have presented substantial evid�nce to support a fair . <br /> argument for the potentia�fQr significant impacts with reg�rd to aesth�e degradatian, <br /> cu1#urat resources,geology and sails,and tr�c,and we con#inue�a s#and by#hese claiams. <br /> As a result,it is aur opiinion tha�should you desire to move#:he project foxward,.yau have <br /> little choice but to reject�h.e gr�pased MND and dirext sfaf�to prepare an Fa2wirorimental <br /> Impact Report. <br /> Spe�cifically,we recommend the following: <br /> 1} Wifh respect to aestherics,pot�n.tial project impacts are not mitigable wi#hout a <br /> project redesign and�SUS an EIR is xequired.We t�earefore recommend tha�an <br /> EIR be prepared.to evaluate wheth�r the chara�def ning fea�ures of�� <br /> adjaining neighborhaod will be signific�nt�y degraded by the proposed <br /> development Specifically we request thaf tiie City consider th�recomm�ndai�ons <br /> provided by Garavaglia Axchi�ecture,Inc.(dat�d 5/I5/OS)and investigate the <br /> � - massing and densrty in�acis that the project may have on the neighb+�xhood. <br /> Specifically this should�nclude an anaiysis of#he en.ti,re develapment.wit�d�te <br /> context of the e�cisring neighborhood,inctuding buildings,streetscape and <br /> vegefia�ivn,as opposed tA simply cornparimg agait�st individual l�t zoning <br /> reyu�rements. <br />