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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 regarding 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 are a lot of places where homes have slid down hills. He inquired if any of the three current landslides are in the areas 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 area, 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 Berlogar 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 Berlogar Geotechnical Consultants. She inquired if this is the same Berlogar and noted that it was unusual to have a report prepared by an adjacent property owner. She noted that whenever there is a project in an adjacent or nearby 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 particular studies for developers and whether the City has any regulations if they are, in fact, adjacent property owners. Ms. Mundie clarified that Berlogar 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 EXCERPTS: PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, July 12, 2006 Page ] 0 of 21