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PlanningBoard | 2006-09-25 | 12 | Target, but they would like a smaller store, not a big box store." Ms. Patricia Gannon, 1019 Tobago Lane, spoke in opposition to this project and noted that she had sent two letters in strong opposition to this project. She believed the store was grossly out of scale for Alameda, and cited studies that when big box stores open in a city, family-owned stores go out of business, housing values decrease, and the local streets are clogged with traffic, thus degrading the quality of life. Ms. Beverly DeWolfe spoke in opposition to this project, and expressed concern about traffic congestion. She was concerned about building a garage under the store, where there would be water. She believed Target should be located on a freeway, not a shoreline. Mr. Tim Erway, 2101 Shoreline Dr #224, spoke in opposition to this project and noted that he was on the Willows Board. He was very concerned about the one-lane approaches to the vicinity of the store, and believed that the traffic would be very congested. He believed the traffic study was flawed and should be redone. Mr. Blake Brydon, Vice President, Alameda Civic Light Opera, 1033 Camino Del Valle, spoke in support of this item, as well as the EIR as submitted by the developer. He believed the issues of traffic and noise had been sufficiently addressed. He noted that Target had been an outstanding community partner in supporting the Alameda Civic Light Opera in their funding projects. Ms. Judith Kissinger, 2101 Shoreline Dr. #428, spoke in opposition to this project. She believed the EIR did not provide mitigating factors for the environmental impact that the proposed Target would have on her neighborhood. She had attended a neighborhood meeting, where the latest design was presented; she believed it was basically the same design that she felt ignored the neighbors' previous concerns, such as the blockage of views and light because of the size of the building. She was very concerned about the impact on her property value. She believed it should be redesigned, and the impact reports reconsidered. Mr. Aron Sogor, St. Francis, spoke in opposition to this project. He noted that he was very concerned about the safety of the schoolchildren, which will include his children, in crossing the street to go to school. He was concerned about the environmental impact on the beaches. Ms. Susan Peiper, 2101 Shoreline Drive, echoed the comments about traffic and believed both the traffic study and EIR were both flawed in scope and in their conclusions. She believed the study area, starting at Grand, was too narrow and largely ignored the major and minor thoroughfares which would be impacted by a far greater flow of cars to the proposed store. She believed that all of Park, Webster and Constitution would bear much heavier traffic. She noted that the impact on Franciscan Way was not adequately addressed in the DEIR. She pointed out several inconsistencies between the DEIR's conclusion and the 2003 Planning Board's conclusions, where a 93,000 sq. ft. store was considered to be unacceptably large. Planning Board Minutes Page 12 September 25, 2006 | PlanningBoard/2006-09-25.pdf |