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J <br />May 21, 2018 <br />Ms. Lindy Chan <br />Senior Planner, Community Development Department <br />Redwood City <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />Redwood City, CA 94063 <br />Via email: lchan(d redwoodcitN .or{z <br />Re: 353 Main Street (the "Project") <br />Dear Lindy, <br />eo;;L 11 <br />NEIGHBORHOODS <br />17901 Von barman Ave, Suite 600 <br />Irvine, CA 92614 <br />(949) 556-8714 <br />www.better-neiRhborhoods.com/ <br />We have had our expert, G3 SoilWorks, review this Project from a geotechnical, hydrogeologic and <br />engineering geologic perspective (see attached report). Please provide a copy of this letter and the <br />attached report to each member of the City Council in advance of tonight's meeting. <br />We are confident that our expert's analysis allows Better Neighborhood's to make a fair argument <br />that there is a reasonable probability of many potentially significant environmental impacts from the <br />Project, including: <br />• The Project could expose people or structures to the risk of loss, injury or death involving <br />seismic -related ground failure, including liquefaction; <br />• The Project could result in lateral spreading, subsidence, liquefaction or collapse because the <br />site is located on geologically unstable soil that could become even more unstable as a result <br />of the Project. <br />• There may be a significant negative impact from groundwater during construction from the <br />proposed below -grade improvements, as well as from the dewatering required during <br />construction. <br />• The developer cannot possibly determine how to construct an adequate and safe foundation <br />without studying and quantifying the strongly interconnected groundwater systems and their <br />interrelatedness with surface waterways, and studying their nature, elevation (including <br />