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Y33� ample safeguards during the development approval process to protect the sensitive areas of the property and stated that he and his partner are willing to cooperate in order to do so. He described the process by which his company acquired the property. Mr. Harrington quoted from a California Divis�on of Mines and Geology Report on serpentine rock, noting that contrary to the contentions of the Serpent7ne Protection League, that serpentine rock is widely dis- ' tributed throughout Caliform a and that 1,200 square miles, or 752,000 acres, of the rock have been mapped in the State He ob- served that of the 290,000 acres of land in San Mateo County, some 180,000 acres are presently open space, that hts company has offered to keep-open a signif�cant amount of open space in the proposed de- velopment, and that certain court decis�ons relating to P-F zoning suggest the City might not be able to impose such zoning without compensating the School District. He noted that the proposed de- velopment will be designed to protect the sensitive areas and that experts have been hired to assist in creating an enlightened plan. Mr. Harrington introduced Bob Danielson of Baronian and Danielson who have been employed.by Harrington-Kulakoff_ Bob-Dan�elson Land Planner, Baronian and Danielson, Pier 3N, Embarcadero, San Francisco, advised that he has been emp7oyed by Harrington-Kulakoff to work on the site for the past two years, adv�sing that he commenced with a botantist making a study of the area_and then proceeded to tie in the results of the study with engineering surveys. Mr Da m elson obs'erved that the drought made tracking of flowers diff�cult, so the study was done again this year with much greater success. He stated that �t was and is the intention of the developer to save the fritillary, and reference is made to it in the environmental impact report (EIR). ' Vivian Hartley, 3795 Farm Hill, stated her concern about protection for Farm Hill residents from traffic and urged that consideration be g�ven to the effect of any development on the traffic situation. Betty Shurson, 3805 Autumn Dr�ve, stated she does not believe the wild flowers on the sub�ect site can be saved by fencing. - Susan Meara (see above) advised that she has heard that Harrington- Kulakoff intends to preserve the fritillary and would like to know how preservation is intended to be carried out and what public access will be to the flowers. Mary Bla�sdell, Farm Hill area resident, advised that she purchased her home on a deadend street and Canada College and Highway 280 have been developed since that time, creating a very different environment. She_stated she is concerned about traffic hazards for children and hopes the sub�ect property will be kept unused. Citizen, stated that she understands the proposed development of professional offices w�ll result in the employment of about 500 people on the sub�ect site She suggested the speed limit is not be�ng enforced at this time and th'at solutions to present traffic problems should be found. John Stockford 1040 Eden Bower Lane, advised that he has attended � meetings of both the Planning Commission and the City Council dealing with the sub�ect•site and the proposed development. He said that -6- Reg.Mtg. 3/20/78 1