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7.A. - Page 81 liz�nitatian the fai�use tc�post notice or prnperiy send notiea to all a.fl'ectec�reside»ts at�ete's Harbar notifying af the plan filing,the AIZB hearing and the October 1 b,2012,Pla�u�ing Commission Meeting, ar�d respecting the latfer event,postin�incorrect tirr�es.Due tn s�ch amissions and error.s adequate notice nf th�appliaable hearing may be challenged. B. �¢viron�ent�l issu�—EIR nroeess4landf�„�1 i��g�e�g, (h �=mat and tsbili#yl; f„'EQ�C13�i�te hangel�ea L�veiAise.lYeig�boring cor�mnnities anc�bu��l ingg=�m��. The Matter should be reversed for a myriad ofreasans by which khe ETA is insufFtoie�tf and subject to chall�ge under CEQA. The propased develapment EIR stands on the 2403 Marina Shore�EIR{provided for averall develo�ment of this and otl�er ne�rby prope�ties)as we31 as the 20Q3 One Marina EIR addendu�m a�z►d tk�e latest addendt�n� fi[ed this month aad shared wi�tla the publsc on 4ctober I 1,2012. E�en if tltere were no change in the greater Redwood City,Bay Area,or.na�ional econorr�y, it would not be res�onsible public adz�inistration on th�part nf Redwoad City ta approve the project vrithosat fvrther puislic discourse, an opport�iYy for the d�veloper tra propose modi�cations, and Redwood City to take a�propxiate actians ta address t�e issued raised durin�public hearings and to C11 the ho�es in the more thart �199 pagu�of combined EIR docurnents spanning 9 years. According ta�13e 2010 Redwuod City Ganeral�ian�rR(4.9.3},Redwoad Czty lias not established loca( CEQA siguificar�ce threshalds but instead sigkiFcanc�detcrmii�atians are fra�Appendix G af the CEQA guidelines.Any project relia�nt upon azx EIR coz�ducted pri�or to Rec�wood City's 2U i 0 General Plan would need to pet�fortn a new EiR or addendum using the guidelines provided by the CEQA Appendix G in order to be in complia�nee with the 201U General Plan. The full guirielines of CEQA Appendix G harre nat been considered in the raost recent project EIR includi.ng adde�tdum.For this reason and others,the project EIR is not complete.The cuixe�nt,20�0 General PIan has n.umero�ts areas of guidance rsgarding development projects that are nat yet,addressed in the proposed project EIR an.d its fbltow on addendum. B-1.�hallenge a EIR based or�content of landf�ll Refer fa Atta.clunent"Pete's Harbor Developmer�t"by 7ames Beeby,Master of 5cienoe in Safety(USC 1981), Certified Safety Professional(Cert No.6759},Regis#ered Environmental Assessor I(No. 05454}, California Task Force 3 FEMA i3rban Search&It.escue Hazardous Materials Tecluiician,Pete's Has6or tenant. Content of above-cited document discusses and oha.lienges cvrrent EIR for nat answering two irnportant auestions: t�vhat is�I�e eomposition and source of ttte landfill vsed to convert L�e site from svvampla.z�d to the eieva�ed firna surface seen today and does the landfili contain haz�rdous rnaterials. B-2.Dama�e to surroundine buildinsts and sirnilar d�vel��,��ts�n bavfront 1�o��in�u� There are environmental iss�es about t�e site ck�aracterization that should be addressed befare a large developrnent praject is unde�rtaken at this site.Pete Ucaelli is knawn to have accapted a variety of fill materials in tlrte �950's ta bring the swamp land up to a usabie e��vation.Fill materials observed at edges of th�site taday include a.pp�iance parts,tires, and automa#�ve camponents_This is consistent with oral liistoraes describzn��e developrnent of the�and at ti�is s�te. It is n4t ktaawn what exactly w$s used for landfill nor is it known whether the iandfill eontains hazaz�dous waste. The EIR and associated addendum do nvt con#ain suf�icient information regarding the comp�sition ar saurce of fill nar a comprehensive site 10