Comments and Responses for Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Albany Beach Restoration and Public Access Project for the East Bay Regional Park District SCH # 2012032072 May 21, 2015 SCH # 2012032072 May 21, 2015 Comments and Responses for Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Albany Beach Restoration and Public Access Project for the East Bay Regional Park District E AST B AY R EGIONAL P ARK D ISTRICT A LBANY B EACH R ESTORATION & P UBLIC A CCESS P ROJECT F INAL S UPPLEMENTAL EIR TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................1 A. Purpose of the Environmental Impact Report............................................................1 B. Environmental Review Process...................................................................................2 Notice of Completion of Draft Supplemental EIR and Review Period ........................2 Draft Supplemental EIR Availability for Public Review ...............................................2 Agency Review...............................................................................................................2 Public Hearing on Final Supplemental EIR, Certification, and Project Adoption ......2 C. Document Organization .............................................................................................2 2 LIST OF COMMENTERS .................................................................................................4 A. Overview......................................................................................................................4 B. List of Those Who Commented on the Draft Supplemental EIR ..............................4 3 COMMENTS AND RESPONSES .....................................................................................7 A. Local Agencies ............................................................................................................7 City of Albany (J. Bond).................................................................................................7 B. Non-Profit and Community-Based Groups.............................................................. 13 Mary Barnsdale, Albany Landfill Dog Owners Group & Friends (ALDOG) NOTE: Responses to the Mary Barnsdale (ALDOG) letter are contained in the separate "Supplement to Comments and Responses for Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Albany Beach Restoration and Public Access Project”, dated May 27, 2015. Sierra Club, San Francisco Bay Chapter...................................................................... 13 Sustainability, Parks, Recycling and Wildlife Legal Defense Fund............................ 19 Point Isabel Dog Owners Association.........................................................................33 Citizens for East Shore Parks ......................................................................................36 Golden Gate Audubon Society..................................................................................... 41 C. Private Firms and Individuals...................................................................................75 Sander Caldwell............................................................................................................75 Mino de Angelis...........................................................................................................79 Brad Smith ...................................................................................................................82 Jeffrey Finn...................................................................................................................85 Roisman and Armstrong..............................................................................................88 Paul Kaman.................................................................................................................. 91 Evelyn Loughran..........................................................................................................94 Andrea Lotker ..............................................................................................................97 Jack Van Voast........................................................................................................... 100 I E AST B AY R EGIONAL P ARK D ISTRICT A LBANY B EACH R ESTORATION & P UBLIC A CCESS P ROJECT F INAL S UPPLEMENTAL EIR Karl Goldstein ............................................................................................................ 103 Wendy Oser................................................................................................................ 106 Constance Barich........................................................................................................110 Emma Yee...................................................................................................................114 Susan Eason................................................................................................................118 Tom Nigman ..............................................................................................................121 Barbara Ridley ........................................................................................................... 124 Deborah Bayer ........................................................................................................... 127 David Renertson ........................................................................................................ 130 Jen Beilik.................................................................................................................... 133 Jim Rasmussen .......................................................................................................... 136 Meryl Simon............................................................................................................... 139 Paula McGinnis.......................................................................................................... 142 Gina Telcocci ............................................................................................................. 145 Sharon Kerman........................................................................................................... 148 Sharon and Peter Kerman .......................................................................................... 152 Amber Whitson .......................................................................................................... 156 Barbara Wagner ......................................................................................................... 159 Carolyn and Dwight Dillard....................................................................................... 162 Caran Ruga ................................................................................................................ 166 Carol Bledsoe ............................................................................................................. 170 Cathy Condon ............................................................................................................ 173 Carolyn Willard .......................................................................................................... 176 Claudia J. Kawczynska............................................................................................... 179 Dona Boatright .......................................................................................................... 183 Demaris Hammond ................................................................................................... 186 Doppelt Wallace......................................................................................................... 189 Ellen Evans ................................................................................................................ 193 Ellen Gierson ............................................................................................................. 196 Edward Pais ............................................................................................................... 200 Elizabeth Weiss.......................................................................................................... 203 Jackie Ato ................................................................................................................... 206 Jesse Freeman ............................................................................................................ 209 Kathy Roth ................................................................................................................. 213 II E AST B AY R EGIONAL P ARK D ISTRICT A LBANY B EACH R ESTORATION & P UBLIC A CCESS P ROJECT F INAL S UPPLEMENTAL EIR Kerstin Feist ............................................................................................................... 217 Laura Allen................................................................................................................. 221 Linda Yoshikawa ....................................................................................................... 224 Mary Barnsdale .......................................................................................................... 228 Mia Birdsong ............................................................................................................. 231 Marc, Roxanne, Natalie Kay......................................................................................234