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8.A. - Page 112 <br /> m a n att Kristina Lawson <br /> Manatt, Phefps & Phillips, LLP <br /> manatt � phelps � phillips I7irect Dial: {4'15) 291-7555 <br /> E-maiL• K�.awson@manatt.com <br /> August 15, 20l 1 <br /> BY FACSIM�LE AND MAIL <br /> Hanorable Mayor 3eff Ira <br /> and Members of the City Cnuncil <br /> City of Redwoad City <br /> 1050 Middl�f elc� Road <br /> Redwooc3 City, CA 9�Ob2 <br /> Re: Aupea! of Planni�n� Corarrussion's Certi�cation of EIR for Withdrawn <br /> Laurel Wav Develo�nrnen� Praiect <br /> Dear Honorable Mayor Ira az�d Membe�rs of the City Cauncil: <br /> This affice represents the Laurel Way Area Neighbors Association {"LWANA"} in connection <br /> wrth the above referenced 1ri.atter. This letter, and the attacl�ments hereto, are subrnitted in <br /> support of and to augment �e timely appea� by LWANA and ather impacted mcmbers of the <br /> comrnunity of the Redwoad City �laiming Co�nrnission's August 24, 2Q10 certification of an <br /> Environ;mental lmpact Report ("ETR") for the now withrirawn Laurel Way Development Project <br /> (the "Project"). The origina� appeal letter, subrnitted August 31, 2010 {which is incorporated <br /> herein by this reference) more briefly described {a) the community's preliminary concerns <br /> regarding the process by whicl� the Planning Commission made its decision; and {b} certain <br /> substantive "reasons for appeal" in accordazace with Article �8 of the Redwood City Zoning <br /> Ordinance. � As set forth belovv, based on �ur re�view and analysis of this matter including the <br /> "Preliminary Repor�" prepared by staff and dated August 22, 2011 ("StafF Report"}, bath th,e <br /> . process and substance of the EIR fa'sl to comply with i�he mandatory requirements of the <br /> California Environmental Quali�y Act. {"CEQA"; Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21000 �t seq.; 14 <br /> Cal. Code Regs., §§ 15U00 et seq. {"CEQA GUidelines").) <br /> 1. ReIevant Back�round -- Development in the "Hz�hlands of Emerald Lake" and <br /> Surroundin.s Emerald Hills Area <br /> As an initial, background matter, the EIR fai3s tQ coi�sider #he historical context in which the <br /> origina� Higlilands of Emerald Lalce subdivision was created just prior to the Great Depression ia1 <br /> the early l 900s. As pre stated in the Staff Report a��d subnaitted comments, the County of <br /> 1 Letter frorn Concerned Neighbors of Proposed FJaurel Way Planned Development Project ka City Council of <br /> Redwoad City, August 3I, 2010, <br /> One Embarcadero Centar, 3flth Floor, San Francisca, Califomia 94111 Telephane: 415.294.7400 Fax: 415.291.747� <br /> Albany � Los Angeles I�ew York s Orange County Palo Alto Sacramento 5an Fr�ncisco ! Washington, D.C. <br />