for Friday February 25th

My Comment:

The Mercy Enviornmental Impact Report (EIR) is as big as a old telephone book. It weighs over 5 lbs. And covers many subjects in minute detail. But skips many of the subjects that effect us.

Joan and I attended many meeting in the years before the EIR approval. We thought we had done our homework. We could not get in to the final meeting and stood outside. Mercy purple shirted employees enthusiastically filled so many seats. Mercy's presentation seemed to be: Vote for us because we are a great medical hospital. I believe them to be a good medical hospital. I am also sure they are not a good neighbor, to us in particular, and to the neighborhood in general.

Our living situation is totally different than presented by Mercy and their EIR 1n 2007.

We want a new EIR. One that covers:

1. Smoking in the neighborhood.

2. Truck unloading and freight delivers on J st. Noise along our whole back property line and blocking our driveway.

3. Bus fumes and the bus stop next to our home.

4. Lack on any screening between our property and Mercy's parking lot. The old screening is gone and has been replaced by bare land and signs. Mercy says they will do some screening in 2013.