Coyote Point: No Appeal By Developer

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I have just talked with the Burlingame City Clerk and have been advised that
the developer for the property upwind of Coyote Point Park, 301 Airport
Boulevard, has not filed an appeal of the Planning Commission's 7-0 denial of
his project. The developer can come back with a revised project, but if he is
realistic, he needs to respond to the Commissioner's concerns expressed on
6/14 when they denied the project. Comments by the Commissioner's indicated
they would like to see the project at a maximum or 3-4 stories (vs. proposal
of up to 7 stories) with enforcement of the 65' height limit (vs. prososal of
over 100'), floor area of around 2/3 or less than proposed, and a design that
minimizes impacts on the wind.

The majority of the commissioners indicated that they expected wind impacts
from the development and that they had doubts about the EIR that they had
previously found sufficent (with Vistica and Dreiling opposing):

Commissioner David Luzuriaga stated that it was clear in his mind that wind
impacts would be significant and that simply moving floors around would not
solve the problem. He suggested the EIR needed to be re-visited.

Commissioner Jerry Deal indicated that the windsurfing at Coyote Point is a
recreational diamond and that building rotation and new wind tunnel tests
were likely parts of a solution. He said that he didn't have a problem with
taking a fresh look at the EIR.

Commissioner Ann Keighran indicated that the EIR needed to be re-examined and
that wind tunnel tests need to be conducted on any configuration to be
considered for approval.

Commissioner Stanley Visitica indicated that he did not vote to find the EIR
sufficient in the first place because of concerns including concerns over the
impact to windsurfing. Vistica said he hoped a new EIR process could lead to
development of a good analytical tool for evaluating wind impacts which other
communities could use. He said a wind friendly solution was needed.

Commissioner Mike Coffey listed wind as an area that would be impacted and
noted that the wind impact, based upon the wide popularity of windsurfing at
Coyote Point, would have an international impact.

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