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. . , . - Project being sold to someone who would not have that same commitment, and it would avoid a "takings claim." '--- Mark Adams, Sims LMC Recyclers, 699 Seaport Blvd., Manager of Environmental, Governmental and Regulatory Affairs, responded to Council's earlier questions stating Sims LMC was bought in 1987 by a very large publicly owned scrap metal recycling Australian company which bought many other recycling companies at that time. Mr. Adams advised that Sims LMC is the largest contributor to the Port's coffers. He described Sims LMC's new lease with the Port, his company's large vested interest at the Port and future expansion plans. Mr. Adams described the distinctions between the Lincoln development location and the proposed Pacific Shores Center relating to possibility of complaints. Mr. Adams stated that their truck traffic studies show traffic far in excess of that described in the EIR, and the ErR did not take into account compatibility issues, such as the vast number of new cars occupying the same road as scrap trucks. He advised that the dust and noise issues would always be a subject of controversy no matter what is built there. Mr. Adams stated that Sims LMC had no interest in moving ITom the Port, it was a deepwater port on San Francisco Bay with good truck and rail service, a unique place in the Bay Area. He addressed the concerns of management and other Port tenants that they would eventually be forced out of the Port by encroaching development of an incompatible nature. Mr. Adams stated that "once we are gone, the Port will go the --- way of other ports in other industrial areas and will be taken over by similar uses to those doing the pushing out, so to speak." Mr. Adams referred to "the old airport syndrome" where residential areas are built up around airports, and then residents complain about the airport. Mr. Adams said he shared Mr. Bautista's vision for a wonderful place to take children and have an interactive experience, but suggested that the historical signs will describe the long lost heavy industrial companies that now do business at the Port. Mr. Adams summed up by saying the proposed prezoning was premature, preceding BCDC and LAFCO, and precede any development agreement to be made, and urged Council to step back and think about all the impacts of such a decision. In response to Council questions, Mr. Adams described some of Sims LMC's expansion plans new warehouse space, new recycling services to the public, a new non-iron business. He described some of the capital improvements planned and their need for 5 to 10 acres more land. In answering the question regarding "being forced out" Mr. Adams stated that he meant 20, 30, 40 years ITOm now, and that action being hastened by a monumental shift in the Port's viewpoint as evidenced by changing 106 --- acres. "Ten years ago...(no one) could have conceived of the Port would have approached BCDC and asked for a change of that magnitude....That would have been Special Meeting Minutes MINUTE BOOK NO. 54 January 29,1996 Page No. 045 Page 9