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Subject:City Council Meeting 03/17/2021 7PM Public Hearing Item 11, The Landing Project EIR.
Date:Tuesday, March 16, 2021 7:18:55 PM
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To Whom It May Concern,
Below you will find Public Comments on behalf of the Golden State Environmental Justice
Alliance for the City Council meeting scheduled for March 17, 2021 at 7 PM. The below
comments are regarding Agenda Item 11, The Landing EIR.
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Good evening my name is Steven Piepkorn and I’m with the Golden State Environmental
Justice Alliance. We submitted a comment letter to the Draft Environmental Impact Report
dated January 4, 2021. Our letter, with the analysis of SWAPE, (Soil Water Air Protection
Enterprise) identified several deficiencies with the DEIR and believe that the project’s air
quality, health risk, and greenhouse gas impacts are not adequately evaluated by the DEIR.
The City’s elected and appointed officials have the obligation to protect the citizens of this
city from environmental and social injustice, to protect the environment we all share and live
in, and to make environmentally responsible development decisions. We stand by our
comment letter, and believe the DEIR is flawed and must be redrafted and recirculated for
public review. In closing we call on this Council to be a leader on the aforementioned issues,
and be the first line of defense for our citizenry and environment. Only by working together
can we continue to be excellent stewards of our environment, outstanding stewards to our
citizens and each other.
Thank you,
Steven Piepkorn