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geotechnical consultant on this project, and it has been regulazly consulted as the engineering of this project has gone forwazd. In response to Chairperson Arkin inquiry regazding whether there have been any landslides on the site, and if so, how deep the landslides are. Ms. Mundie said yes. She added that the Draft EIR mentions three azeas of landslides that aze described in the report and methods for repairing them. She added that they do mapping and engineering borings to figure out what the layers are, and they determine whether it is something that can be repaired or not. She stated that the project engineer could answer the questions in detail and that she would refer this question to their geotechnical consultant in order that she may provide a more detailed answer on it later. Chairperson Arkin indicated that he was interested in the process that was done and exactly what they found. Commissioner O'Connor inquired if the analysis took into account the 700,000 yards of soils that were going to be moved. Ms. Mundie replied that the analysis looks at the site where a building or infrastructure would be constructed. She noted that some of the grading that takes place for a project of this kind is intentional grading in order to ensure that the building site will be completely stable and risk-free. She added that the 700,000 cubic yards of graded soils represent a lot of soil being moved around the site to create building pads and install infrastructure that will be stable when the project is completed. In response to Chairperson Arkin's inquiry regazding whether this would be 100 percent risk-free, Ms. Mundie replied that because nothing is absolutely risk-free, it would be more accurate to say that the risk would be minimized. Chairperson Arkin noted that there aze a lot of places where homes have slid down hills. He inquired if any of the three current landslides aze in the azeas that houses will be constructed. Ms. Mundie apologized that she could not give an exact answer to that question. She noted, however, that one of the three landslides is at the back of this azea, because Alternative 4 decided precisely not to build there to free it from concerns about the landslide. Commissioner Fox noted that on page S 12, one of the alternatives refers to the proposed tank road that turns northward along the property boundary across the adjacent Berlogar property to the north as Berlogaz Ridge Road. She further noted that on page 133 of the geology, soils, and seismology section, the group that actually performed the planning development level geologic and geotechnical investigation for the Lins in 2003 is Berlogaz Geotechnical Consultants. She inquired if this is the same Berlogaz and noted that it was unusual to have a report prepazed by an adjacent property owner. She noted that whenever there is a project in an adjacent or neazby property owner for consideration by the Planning Commission or City Council, the Commissioners or Councilmembers have to recuse themselves due to conflict of interest. She inquired what the process is in terms of who chooses what firm does particulaz studies for developers and whether the City has any regulations if they aze, in fact, adjacent property owners. 15