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I I I III were written for the City staff or by the City staff or for the Planning Commission and was not being written for the community. And that's when people were discouraged. "I don't know how happy these new residents are going to be next to a 24-hour a day -- gas station with trucks coming in all hours of the day... Are they going to be forced out of business? I think that mitigation measures are general and do not address the specific problems this project will cause.: "Due to the fact that the above impacts are not addressed, therefore mitigation measures are not adequate to mitigate impacts to less than a significant level. The Negative Declaration is inadequate and an Environmental Impact Report must be prepared on the State law in order to fully disclose all impacts and appropriate mitigated measures to the public and decision making bodies. The General Plan must be reviewed in order to make this drastic zoning change into account. This would also include a full EIR of this project. It is an arbitrary statement that this does not constitute 'spot zoning' and in my personal opinion, it does. "Usually other cities require of the developer a significant number of mitigation measures. And it could include street lights, public parking, public street dedications or other issues. When the City Council considers giving a developer a 100% bonus on density then the City deserves something back, and the neighborhood deserves something back. These are personal issues beyond the environmental issues. I don't feel we should be fooled by the developer crying about the high cost of land. The developer has not paid for this land. Right now they have an option to buy the land, and the option will be based on the number of units that they can build. The value of - this land is not determined at this time and will be determined by the City Council to rezone this property, and not before. The developer will pay for building on the lot. If this project is approved, what happens when other commercial properties close by want to sell to other real estate developers? Is this project going to be the first of many in Redwood City and will have a domino effect on schools and all other facilities that the City must provide? "The Planning Commission of Redwood City, and the tax payers of Redwood City do not owe the owners a return on their property. This property was inherited, not purchased. Whatever they get, and I am sure it will be in millions of dollars, is all profit to them. The property has failed as a shopping center, partly because of the Redevelopment Agency's help in developing Sequoia Station Shopping Center. If the City feels guilty about their part of the problem, then let the City Council vote money for the land owners. But please don't make this community of low density single family homes pay the price for actions that we were not part of. "There were statements that no one wanted to pay for single family lots in Redwood City, and I submitted some documents to City Council that shows there are lots over $200,000, and I am sure they are going up every day. There is more than enough money in this for everybody without over taxing this community. -- MlNUTE BOOK NO. 55 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING MAY 5,1997 MINUTES Page No. 293 PAGE 18