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7.2.D. - Page 5 <br /> January 11, 2014 • 6±b 2 1 2014 –� <br /> Yung Le CITY us rtr_uvvOOD cIyy <br /> PLANNING SERVICES <br /> 961 Bryant Way —� <br /> Sunnyvale CA, 94087 <br /> Re: Sidewalk Improvement Condition – Alameda De Las Pulgas <br /> To the City Council of Redwood City: <br /> My family recently purchased the lots on 353/355 Alameda De Las Pulgas in hopes of <br /> building our dream homes in Redwood City. However, we ran into a roadblock with a <br /> mandated condition to improve 1200 feet of public sidewalk in order to make our dream <br /> a reality. <br /> Per the City's Community Development Department, this condition stems from an <br /> annexation approval in 2008 (Project No. ZM 2006 -02), involving multiple properties. <br /> Since the annexation approval was unclear, the city states the first property owner to seek <br /> a permit (in this case, my family) will be responsible for the improvements and therefore <br /> the costs. 1 am requesting to amend the requirement mandated on my family. Our bases <br /> to ask for the city's consideration are as below: <br /> 1) Holding the first property owner to seek a permit responsible for the improvement is a <br /> rule artificially set with no written agreement of such criterion. <br /> 2) As part of the annexation, the agreement holds multiple properties responsible, not the <br /> first property owner to seek a permit. <br /> 3) The contingency is preventing the properties from being sold and improved upon, <br /> which hurts the neighborhood and the city in the long run. <br /> 4) Our family is unfairly, over - burdened with the public improvements outside the scope <br /> of our parcel. The burden not only includes cost (estimated at $200,000), but also <br /> liability and coordination that make building our homes economically unfeasible. <br /> Due to the reasons citied above, we ask the City Council to permit our family to build our <br /> homes free of this requirement. Without delaying construction, we are also willing to <br /> corporate with the city and/or the properties citied in the annexation on options to <br /> improve the sidewalk that are amenable to all parties involved. <br /> My family and I thank you for your consideration and understanding on this matter. We <br /> hope that our request is fair and valid to warrant an amendment from the City Council. <br /> Sincerely, <br /> Yung Le <br /> (408) 893 -8270 <br /> yungsle@a gmalcom <br />