Laserfiche WebLink
CLK-Pamela Aguilar <br />From: <br />Jordan Briskin < > <br />Sent: <br />Thursday, February 7, 2019 8:59 AM <br />To: <br />GRP -City Council <br />Subject: <br />Protect the Bayfront <br />Dear Mayor Bain and City Council members, <br />Do not continue forward with the review process for the massive Harbor View project. <br />Redwood City's Port is a regional asset that is critical for our region and it is supported by the heavy <br />and light industrial companies around it. <br />Changing the zoning of this area, to accomodate a massive commercial office project, in place of <br />industrial, will inevitably have a negative domino effect on all the heavy and light industry that <br />supports the Port and makes it viable. It will result in more land speculation as more land owners <br />request a zoning change to commercial office resulting in killing the only Port in the region and a loss <br />of economic diversity that sustains our region. <br />The development will significantly worsen traffic congestion on Highway 101, particularly at the <br />Woodside Road interchange, which is already very seriously impacted. In addition, the Harbor View <br />site is in the path of sea level rise. Redwood City should not be approving further development in the <br />flood zone with no plan for how to protect it. <br />An additional concern is the jobs -housing imbalance. Building a massive commercial office, with <br />4,500 employees, north of 101, will put pressure on providing housing on the North side of 101. This <br />puts pressure on developing in the old Cargill saltponds, a project that has divided the Redwood City <br />Community. <br />It behooves you to not continue forward with this project, which is the wrong project in the wrong <br />place. <br />Sincerely, <br />Jordan Briskin <br />Palo Alto, CA <br />