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8A-Z However, we understand that some members of the public are concerned with that approach and have urged that the period for written comments run until the June 9 date of the Study Session. Staff therefore recommends that the comment period be extended, but requests the Council to urge everyone to submit their comments as soon as possible (so that the City staff and Council members will be able to give them due consideration before the June 9 Study Session), rather than holding them until the formal end of the comment period. The added benefit of holding the Study Session is to provide the public and the staff an additional opportunity to make presentations and to add comments to the cumulative public record on which the City Council will rely to make its ultimate policy decisions on the proposed project. In fact, the City Council will take no formal action on the Mitigated Negative Declaration or the Addendum until well after the June 9"' Study Session. Currently the schedule calls for a Council decision on the project at their meeting on July 28, 2003. Alternatives The alternatives to receiving and circulating the MND Addendum are: 1. Delete the recommended comment period and the Study Session 2. Do nothing to acknowledge the evolved circumstances of the public's understanding of the project and proceed with policy decisions on the proposed project Staff recommends that both of the added opportunities for public input be utilized as described in this report. Fiscal Impact None at this time. I e Peter Ingram Public Works Services Director ()/ Ed EViretf City Manager Attachments: (None. Addendum document will be delivered to Council and copies made available at the Council meeting and at the time that this agenda item is called by the Mayor.) The Addendum to the MND is available for review at the Redwood City Planning Department (1017 Middlefield Road), the Redwood City Public Works Services Department (1400 Broadway), the South Bayside System Authority (1400 Radio Road), and the Sandpiper Community Center (797 Redwood Shores Parkway). The full document will also be available by calling 780 -7464 to request a copy, and on the city's website at: hftp://www.redwoodcity.ora/water/index.html 2 of 2