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CLK-Pamela Aguilar <br />-rom: <br />Ruth Ann' Gardner <- <br />.,ent: <br />Monday, February 11, 2019 11:48 AM <br />To: <br />GRP -City Council <br />Subject: <br />JPaul EIR <br />This is a letter from Lee Callister sent to you. I can't say it any better, and with his permission I am also <br />sending it to you. It reflects my opinion as well. <br />Ruth Ann Gardner <br />I want to add my voice to the many people and organizations urging you to reject this EIR and stop any further <br />attempts to push the proposed Harbor View Development down our throats. Please make it clear once and for <br />all that Redwood City is not for sale, and that you won't let developers generate huge profits on the backs of the <br />people you represent by degrading the city we love. <br />To be sure, many of the perks J. Paul and his minions are offering are worth having. The Blomquist extension <br />has been on the city's wish list for years. We all know housing is woefully inadequate. 10 Million to improve <br />the 101/Woodside interchange would certainly help. And it's nice that he has tossed a few million dollars into <br />pots for children's playgrounds and soccer fields. But at what cost? <br />None of the benefits offered individually or in the aggregate can begin to make up for the short- and long-term <br />damage this project would inflict upon the City. <br />The Gridlock it would create on freeways and city streets alone is horrific enough to reject it, and the solutions <br />fered are only crumbs compared to the additional needs it would create, exacerbating traffic problems and our <br />housing imbalance rather that helping solve these problems. <br />The project would further degrade the natural environment, not lead us into the future, polluting and further <br />clogging the Seaport corridor. <br />Revising the General Plan and zoning to allow this to happen would set a dangerous precedent for other <br />developers looking to profit from similar tactics. <br />We are trusting you to do the right thing for us and future generations. <br />Please reject this EIR as inadequate, misleading, and unworthy, and close the door to any further attempts by J. <br />Paul to buy approval for this monstrous mistake. <br />Best regards <br />Lee Callister <br />Sent from my iPad <br />