55A - SAN LORENZO SEWER LIFT STATION

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Mr. Robert Silverstein, Esq. is 0 Review Of The Recirculated DEIR And FEIR For The San Lorenzo Sewer Litt Station Project January 12, 2012 Page 9 of 18 The RDEIR fails to note that the proposed project also includes a deep sewer in South Bristol Street. Coincidentally, this part of the sewer in South Bristol Street also is 190 -feet long. Construction of the sewer for Site No. 3 would not be significantly different than construction of the sewer for the proposed project. Odors As in the analysis of Site No. 2, the RDEIR claims that there will be residences located less than 75 -feet from the pump station vent but it does not identify which residences it is referring to. In Figure 2 -5 of the RDEIR it can be seen that the public alley is 20 -feet wide and that there is another approximately 4 -feet of paved area up to the chain link fence. In Figure 2 -2 it can be seen that there are garages behind the houses that face on South Baker Street. These garages and space between them and the houses are approximately 25 -feet long. Thus the distance from the houses that face South Baker Street and the fence at the rear of Site No. 3 is about 49 -feet. If the vent is put at the opposite end of the 30 -foot long pump station structure, it will be at least 79 -feet from the residences, and this is without any set back from the chain link fence. Since some setback will surely be required, the residences will be well over 75 -feet from the vent of the pump station. Transportation And Traffic If Site No. 3 is selected, there will be no construction at the intersection of South Bristol Street and Segerstrom Avenue. This alone would dramatically reduce the impact that the project would have on transportation and traffic. The traffic control plans B.1 and B.2 in the construction schedule for the proposed project call for Segerstrom Avenue to be reduced to a single lane from Phases 4 through 10, a total of 25 weeks. Compared to this, Site No. 3 would not require any closures of Segerstrom Avenue. Because the length of construction in South Bristol Street is the same for both Site No. 3 and the proposed project, there will be no significant differences in impact on transportation and traffic on South Bristol Street. Comment J -18 of the FEIR totally misrepresents the significantly reduced impact on transportation and traffic that Site No. 3 would afford. Comment J -18 tries to equate a minor decrease in parking to weeks of lane closures in Segerstrom Avenue and construction in the middle of the intersection of South Bristol Street and Segerstrom Avenue. This is grossly misleading. 55A -158