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7.A. - Page 82 <br /> characterization. <br /> Residents of the adjaceut property of T1�e Villas on Blaix Is�and Road have stated that the apartment <br /> cornp�ex is experiencing struct�ual damage due ta settiing af the foundation and work is�anderway to <br /> carrect structuraI damage. A search of the Redwood City online permit system shows thai the adja�ent <br /> property of The Villas on B1air IsIand Raad,in Jia.�e of 2012,has app�ied for�nd been granted at least S]. <br /> city peimits�at corroborate this information. <br /> The incomple#e site characterization a�d unlc�own condition of the fill introduees substantial financial <br /> risk to the developer and site owner if sigr�ificant remediation sho�ld be requireci. This unknown <br /> introduces the risk nf the site sitting vacant without progress f.or a ler�gthy period as weil. <br /> Settling and damage t�the Villas should be expIored,and t'he Villas' ownership of a view easement <br /> should he confirmed to avoid litigation. Settlement and sinking af struct�res in Redwood Shores shoulci <br /> be explored and conf'�rmed.This develapmen#is on a�ntenti�lly unstable landfill that was undertaken hy <br /> a pri�ate party,not overaeen by laoal,state and f�deral officials and s#andards, <br /> Appendix G checklist alsa speaks to the rnatier of a�sthetics�uvith the queshon of: <br /> Would the project subst�ntially degrade tl�e e�isting vis�al chc7racter or gualrty of the site and its <br /> surroundings? <br /> The EIR far the�roposed plat�has not cat�sidered the context of this Iands-�nd site and how the proposed <br /> project wauld�rst,degrade the�iew frona tlae neighboring proparty The VilIas, and overall degrade�e <br /> visual character and q�za.lity af the site as it relates to a�l neighborixag p�roperties and all baating activities <br /> along Redwood Creek ad Smith SIough,as weIl as pedestrian and ix�ating activities in the national <br /> wildlife ref�ge st Bair Island. <br /> B-3.Sli�-loss Mitigation Plan in the EIR is Qutdated,inaccurat�_an�insuffirie��4�:��lacement of <br /> theliveaboards. <br /> Appendix G checIcl,ist itezn,asks questions salier�t to this develo�nent project: <br /> IX. LA1YI3 IISE AND PL�4NN,�NG Wauld the projsct: <br /> a)Physically divide an established communiry? <br /> h) Confdici'with any applicable dand use pdcrn,policy, ar regulation of an <br /> agericy with J'urr'sdiction over the project(includrng, but not dimited to the <br /> gene�al plan, specifir plan, loc�l cocrstal program, or zoning ordi�rance) <br /> adopted for^the purpose of auoidfng ar mitigating ar�etzviranmental effect <br /> c)Displace subs�aratial raumbers of peo�le, r�ecessitating the construction af <br /> �eplacement housing el�ewhere. <br /> This CEQA itsm speaks to the core issue of.Ii�eabaard boaters and those in RV ho�n�s at Pete's Harbor, <br /> Things have changed since�h�2UO3 EIR dis�xuissed rela#ed discussion as nai si�ni�cant.This pro,ject does <br /> conflict with�ha Ge��eral Plan,pate�tially the new Inner Harbor Precise Plaxi,the spirit af the znning <br /> ordinanc�anti land use d�signat�ons and the many palicy,program and ather references to retaining <br /> 1�veaboards in Redwaad City; it displaces a substantia� number of Redweod City citizens who live <br /> aboard their privately owned boats and because of tt�e lack of siips in Aedwoad Harbar and other <br /> �eighbot7i�g mariaas and harbors ta accornmodate this li�eaboard pogulation,this necessitates the <br /> cons4.ritction of reptacetnent housin�(e.g,,live-aboard slips}elsewhere in the Redwood City area. <br /> The 20fl3 slip lass tnitigation plan in#he EIR relied upon a silver bullet the coincidental approval for a <br /> 11 <br />