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�8� Mayor Weymouth advised that two written communications were dis- tributed to Council at the commencement of the meeting and re- quested that receipt be entered into the record. The communications are Letter of February 25, 1976 from Norman B. Hansen, Civil Engineer for San Mateo County Scavenger Company, addressed to the City Council, and copy of a letter addressed to the Planning Com- ' mission,_dated January 6, 1976, from Paul F. Kelly, attorney for the San Mateo County Scavenger Company It was pointed out that� copies of the latter letter were furnished to Council with-the other materials transmitted by the Planning Commission in con-- nection with the sub�ect public hearing. Mayor Weymouth declared open at 7 36 p m the sub�ect public hearing City Attorney Schricker replied to questions and commented concern- ing the unusual nature of the appeal before the Council, noting that the Planning Cormmssion has certified Environmental Impact Report 75-07 adequate and sufficient which is satisfactory to the appellant The Planning Commission, however, chose to make a conclusion to the EIR, and the appeal is addressed to that° Conclusion The letter of the San Mateo County Scavenger Company of January 13, 1976 signed by Louis J Devencenzi, Prestdent, constitutes the appeal of the Conclusion and contains the nine specific�points which the Company requests be considered (NOTE The Conclusion of Environmental Impact Report" on page 1 of the "Final Environmental Impact Report - Proposed San Mateo County Scavenger Company Solid Waste Transfer Station - Approved by the Redwood City Planning Commission on January 6, 1976" is not complete The portion of the Conclusion shown is only the ' first paragraph of the staff report as modif�ed by the Planning Commission. Omitted are the remaining three paragraphs of the staff reoort which were not modified but which were adopted in the motion The paragraphs are as follows• "The positive impacts of the proposed facility include a more centralized dumping site location for the County, the addition of ornamental landscaping in the form of vegetation on the proposed site, the recycling of some materials where presently almost no recycling is being done at present, a reductio� of miles traveled by the San Mateo County Scavenger Co , and the reduction in cost of hauling garbage to Ox Mountain if it is to become the future dumping site for the County. "The proposed Transfer Station does conflict with the Proposed General Plan as adopted by the Planning Commission The nature of uses proposed in the General Plan are commercial in character The Garbage Transfer Station is more related to heavy industrial type uses, mainly because of the traffic generated by the use and the nature of equipment required for this operation "The negative impacts of the proposed pro�ect outweigh the positive impacts If mitigation measures are taken as recom- mended in the EIR, some of the negative impacts will be reduced, however, the negative impacts will continue to outweigh the ' positive impacts ") Discussion continued and Mr Schr�cker commented as to the nature of the Appeal and the appropriate Council response to it, observing that Council should review the Planning Commission conclusion and -Z- Reg.Mtg. 3/1/76