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- - " ., where we thought we could develop a shopping center of 120,000 square feet, and we have a successful tenant mix. I'm not as concerned for my major players in my shopping - center, but my smaller uses, often, everybody counts." An unidentified gentleman spoke from the audience opposing the Project. At 11 :25 p.m., MIS: CLAIRE/RUSKIN TO EXTEND THE MEETING TO 11:45 P.M. CARRIED BY UNANIMOUS VOICE VOTE. MINUTE ORDER NO. 97-221 Mayor Howard called on anyone else who wished to speak to this issue. John Jordan, 809 Southport Drive, said he agreed that there was insufficient notification, and he had not been notified. Mr. Jordan said he was concerned about any future sales of commercial properties, including the KNBR property on Radio Road, and expressed his opposition to the Project. Patriek Gamon, 376 Meridian Drive, said the Traffic Report discussed possible widening of roads as possible mitigations, and asked, "Wouldn't that suggest that perhaps there was a problem with the planning in the beginning? Also, my other issue is that I do have, for anybody here, an e-mail list that they can find outside, and that is for community alert." Wayne Chin, 104 Camerota Way, said. "It doesn't make sense to put a business office all - the way into the deepest part of Redwood Shores. When almost all of the business is closer to the freeway. You are bringing elements deep into a Redwood Shores residential area that really shouldn't be there. You are introducing elements that don't live at the Shores, introducing people that don't even realize the Shores even exists.... people that don't belong there, and have no interest in protecting the area. Right now you don't have a police station out there like Foster City" and they have a crime problem. "If you call a police officer you will get a guy out there in maybe thirty minutes at the very most. Ifwe have crime problems out there I want to know how we are going to handle it. I don't support putting up an office building out there at all." Ben Ploshay, 2 Waterside Circle, said this was his second appearance, and said there was a lack of communication. He asked, "last time you promised to have a meeting out there once or twice a year in Redwood Shores, when are you going to involve the Redwood Shores homeowners?" Lee Ann Crabtree-Sprick, 47 Dockside Circle, said she had heard many incongruencies in the presentations by the developer, his lawyer and the traffic consultant. She said, "A lot of things happened in 1992 and 1993 that the honorable board here had nothing to do with. However, there must have been some vision as to what was to happen in the Shores. I'd like to call to everyone's attention that the demographics are different, the residential mix is different, as is the business mix. And I think those things need to be taken into - consideration and looking at point number 2, a reasonable Master Plan. I do believe REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTE BOOK NO. 56 NOVEMBER 17,1997 MINUTES Page No. 061 PAGE 30