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Ms. Mundie clarified that Berlogaz was not their consultant for the Draft EIR. She stated that that is an old report that was cited only for reference purposes. She noted that the text that Commissioner Fox was referring to has to do with Alternative 3, which is the road to the north over the Berlogar property. She added that that property was not given the same level of geological review as this site itself. She stated that because the purpose of Alternative 3 was mostly transportation mitigation and that when they found that it did not work very well as a transportation mitigation and would not be helpful, they did not do the detailed level of geological analysis that would have been done if it was found to be a good alternative to help transportation. Commissioner Fox commented that it talks about the placement on portions of the project site of artificial fill deposits and sediment that have been relocated. Ms. Mundie explained that that means their geotechnical consultant took a look at that among other resources that they considered in doing their work. Mr. Pavan explained that the footnote refers to a geotechnical report that was done for this property owner at a prior time. He added that the private sector does not have the kinds of conflict of interest issues that the public sector has in hiring people, unless they aze counterproductive. There is no reason, therefore, to think that the Lins and the Berlogazs would have different goals with respect to the development of their properties; hence, there is really no conflict of interest problem. In evaluating all the available resources for consideration of this 98-unit project, the geotechnical consultant simply looked at the historic work that had been done for this site. Commissioner Fox inquired who the geotechnical consultant for the project is. Ms. Mundie replied that it is Baseline Environmental Consulting. Chairperson Arkin inquired how would anyone know how much the consultant relied upon the Berlogaz report versus what they did on their own. Ms. Mundie replied that she would have to ask them that and get back to the Commission. Chairperson Arkin inquired if there would be some hillside development or if the homes would on cut or some on fill. Ms. Mundie replied that there will be a considerable amount of cut along the spine of Road A. Some of the lots which have hillside conditions in the back will have some fill in the back. Chairperson Arkin inquired if it would be possible to provide at a future meeting a map showing where the cut and where the fill would be. Ms. Mundie replied that that could be prepazed. She added that Figure 3 includes the grading map, although it does not distinguish between cuts and fills. Chairperson Arkin asked Ms. Mundie if, to her knowledge, some of the home structures would be on fills. Ms. Mundie replied that they would be on engineered fills that aze placed, planned, and drained in a manner that is considered to be stable. 16