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2, 9 �.. � � � ADDITION TO MOTION At the request of Councilman Barrett, Council- man Henderson, with the consent of her second, deleted "some of" from the final paragraph of the staff report. � (NOTE The Planning Commission action transmitted to Council on January 21, 1976, on the sub,ject item was to "adopt the additions, deletions, modifications, and staff recommendations for conclusion to EIR 75-07 as modified." The staff report with the first para- graph modified by the Plam m �g Commission and the final paragraph modif�ed in the City Council motion above �s as follows• "The proposed development will have both adverse and positive impacts on the environment. The adverse impacts of the pro- posed Solid Waste Transfer Station vary in character, with the most noticeable one being the traffic which wtll be generated because of use by local residents on the weekends and the number of trips made by each of the San Mateo County Scavenger trucks in order to dump the many loads each day The structure which will be used to house the dumping facility will be approxi- mately 60 feet in overall interior height, with 42 feet of height being above grade, constructed out of inetal, and will not have the character of other tall buildings, because of its height, which cannot be properly screened Plant materials proposed as screen�ng are expected to reach a maximum height of 30 feet due to the alkaline soil conditions. The visual impact of the structure will be seen from a great distance Noise will also be noticeable, because of the amount of traffic using the facility. The proposed use will eliminate 18 acres of open , space in the area. "Additional impacts include odors which may occur on Sundays, because there will be no delivery to Ox Mountain during that day, and garbage will be standing until Monday morning Debris which may be blown out of the building, such as paper, could have a blighting effect on the surrounding neighborhood and sloughs. Oils and other excretions from raw garbage cannot be completely controlled, which could cause additional pollu- tion in the surrounding sloughs It is assumed that careful control means could be initiated to partially or completely -� mitigate the possible adverse impacts resulting from odors, debris, and oils and other excretions "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 reduction 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 Stat�on does conflict with the Proposed General Plan as adopted by the Planning Corrom ssion. The nature , of uses proposed in the General Plan are commercial in character. The Garbage Transfer Station is rtrore 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 mitigatton measures are taken as recommended in the EIR, the negative impacts will be reduced.") _ Reg Mtg 3/1/76