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CityCouncil | 2008-04-15 | 10 | established twenty years ago; traffic impacts should be reviewed segments have been reviewed, but not the whole picture; he is very concerned with the Ferry service, which is only used during commute hours ; inquired whether there is a willingness to look at another design; stated the 300 foot notification requirement is an internal problem; said notification needs to be changed for large projects; the 100 foot height limit needs to be taken off the books further discussion is needed on the matter. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether the traffic study was based on the 5 million square foot build-out. The Planning Services Manager responded two studies were performed; stated the original study addressed the 5.2 million square foot build-out last month, an additional study was performed to confirm that the project's trip generation would not generate any significant impacts that were not anticipated in the original traffic study. Councilmember Matarrese inquired whether the 1995 study was related to the airport, to which the Planning Services Manager responded said study was related to airport expansion. Councilmember Matarrese stated that traffic management needs to be reviewed for the existing roads some of the main concerns have been captured with the three additional conditions of approval ; requested that fast food restaurant language be added; stated that due process has been followed; he understood that all Harbor Bay Home Owner Associations were supposed to be notified; inquired whether said notification is required. The Planning Services Manager responded in the negative; stated all Home Owner Association Presidents will receive notification for any future Harbor Bay projects. Vice Mayor Tam stated assertions have been made regarding the staleness of the 1989 Environmental Impact Report SRM's attorneys state that "the City no longer has the discretion to take a second pass at the question of whether the project should be built due to potential impacts to wildlife, traffic generation, noise, site design and layout or ay other impacts unrelated to the narrow question of the Esplanade project's consistency with the Planned Development Design Guidelines and conditions of approval"; efforts are being made to review all past approvals, not redesign the project from scratch. The City Attorney stated a major design review is one of the things before Council tonight Council still has some discretion on how Regular Meeting 10 Alameda City Council April 15, 2008 | CityCouncil/2008-04-15.pdf |