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�. 644 Health Department assessment of the property. They said that the site was suitable for this project. Does that imply that it is not suitable for more people or R -1 development? Ms. Ekas said that it was inconclusive, but that the site had been described as pretty clean according to the latest conversation she had with the County Health Department. Commissioner Piulle made a comment to the fact that children should not eat grass from the lawn that is grown on the property. So she assumed that it couldn't become open space. Ms. Ekas said that this might have been true at one point but she is not sure now. Open public hearing John Baer, Developer of the project at 150 El Camino and 20 Avondale. He introduced JMS Developers and said that they have been in existence for about ten years. At this time he showed slides of projects that they have done in the area. He said that JMS projects are in conformance with the General Plan and the Zoning Codes. He said that there are three things that need consideration with respect to 150 El Camino Real and 20 Avondale. He said that the site has been a remediation problem and that their primary job when they acquired the property was to get in contact with the County Health Department to achieve a successful remediation plan. He said that he is proud to say that they have a development approval from the County Health Department for this site. He said that 20 Avondale could only be surface parking underground parking or landscaping, that no type of structure and certainly no residence was recommended by the County Health. He said that a parking lot at 20 Avondale is the best permitted use and that's the reason why they are asking for the rezoning at 20 Avondale. He said that 150 El Camino is the product of the new ordinance and he feels it is a good product. He also said that they would look at any and every site plan that makes sense. He said that he prefers the site plan that Commissioner Puille identified, he also said that they will also evaluate the third plan recommended by staff, most neighbors told him to keep the entrance off of Avondale. He feels the best way is to keep the entrance on El Camino; he said they would look at the possibility of the entrance on Avondale, but he feels that it's going to create a whole set of new issues. Chairman Garcia asked the developer with the parking lot entrance at any place along El Camino, as staff pointed out, the drawback is the great potential of cut through traffic going into the neighborhood. Do you agree or disagree?