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Paul Ebright: Said he doesn't concur with staff's comments that the changes would be insignificant. He said an EIR is required in his opinion to comply with CEQA regulations. He said the reason there hasn't been a lot of public controversy is that the City isn't complying with Goal No. 9 of the General Plan which deals with adequately informing the public of proposals. Mrs. Theodore Lehn: She indicated that the people in her area voted for a walkway over I-680 for the Foothill High students and was opposed to the noise which would be caused in changing the General Plan to widen Las Positas to six lanes. Dave Pastor: He stated he is opposed to three of the proposed General Plan changes. He referred to the 12 page ad in the local newspaper placed by Prudential. He stated it is working and that citizens see the grading and improvements going on in the area marking approval. He indicated he hasn't had sufficeint time to read the final EIR as he just received it in the mail the day of the meeting. He spoke to concerns with truck traffic and said now is the time for the City to control it as it has the power. He sees no reason to expose the people on Las Positas and Stoneridge Drive to fumes and noise as a result of the proposed changes. He further stated that a balanced community is properly defined in the General Plan and suggested this not be changed without public input. Bonnie Green: Represented the Board of Directors of the Las Positas Garden Court Homes Homeowner Association. She said her group is strongly opposed to the items listed as number 2 and number 3 and recommended changes. She further stated she disagrees with the Mitigated Negative Declaration recommended for approval by the City. She said she doesn't want to suffer the impacts which will be caused by the widening of Las Positas Boulevard such as trucks passing so close to the residences of the area. She stated her neighborhood consists of retired people and young persons with small children who have to cross the intersection to go to Fairlands school. She said she has talked to both the City and the developer about routing truck traffic through the development going north to the freeway and can't see why truck traffic is going to go through her residential neighborhood. Mr. Harris responded that this is an equitable question to raise and a valid point to be considered by the Planning Commission. He indicated that the workability depends on the Hacienda Interchange in the future if Hopayrd Road gets to a point it can't handle the traffic generated. He further stated condition number 2 relates to this topic. Mrs. Green further stated if the street is widened she sees no reason for it to be six lanes. Mr. Warnick stated that studies indicate six lanes are required not so much for truck traffic as for automobile traffic. He suggested that perhaps the traffic engineers might want to address the situation. Judi Johnson: She stated that of the eight houses in the Meadows area there was only one person receiving a letter from the Planning Commission and if she had not heard from word-of-mouth about the meeting she would have no knowledge of it. She had concerns with the soundwall stating -4- __......r .....