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PlanningBoard | 2008-07-14 | 11 | The public hearing was opened. Board member McNamara made a motion to limit public comments to three minutes. Board member Autorino seconded the motion. The motion passed with the following voice vote: 6; Noes: 1. Christine Healey spoke in opposition to the project. She was concerned about delivery hours and maintenance activities. She asked that the board remove the 200-foot qualifier and restrict deliveries to normal business hours. Dorothy Reid spoke in opposition to the project. She asked that the Board not certify the FEIR and not approve the PDA as it is presented. Holly Sellers spoke in opposition to the project. She expressed concern about the proposed garage Claire Risley spoke in opposition to the project. She did not believe the EIR contained the congestion management plan requested by both the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency and AC Transit. Eugenie Thomson spoke in opposition to the project: She believed the DEIR was incomplete and the traffic study was technically inadequate and asked that the Board certify it. Karen Bey spoke in favor of the project: She believed the expansion of ATC was great. She believed this was an opportunity to assess what went right, what went wrong, and what would be done going forward. Bill Smith commented on the project. The public hearing was closed. Vice President Kohlstrand asked Staff if copies of the document were made available to the public. Staff responded that CEQA requires any responsible agency that submitted comments be provided with the FEIR. The city under state law is required to have a ten-day notice before the hearing in which the EIR would be certified and the project approved. In this case, a twenty-day notice was mailed. Board member Lynch asked if the technical appendices were substantially modified for the FEIR. Staff responded no. Board member Lynch asked if the traffic engineer modified, altered or changed any of the methodology between the draft and the final EIR. Peter Galloway with Omni Means Engineers & Planners responded no. Board member Autorino inquired about the need for business hours between 6 am to 12 am. Staff responded that there were many requests for varying hours from individual tenants in ATC and this made the hours for the center uniform. Page 11 of 13 | PlanningBoard/2008-07-14.pdf |