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CLK-Pamela Aguilar From: Lisane Drouin < > Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 9:10 AM To: GRP -City Council Subject: Harbor View project (against) - City Council study session Dear Mayor Bain and City Council members, Please do not continue forward with the review process for the massive Harbor View project. Redwood City's Port is a regional asset that is critical for our region and it is supported by the heavy and light industrial companies around it. My husband and 1 have lived, worked, patronized local businesses, and participated in social and cultural events in and around Redwood City for over 18 years. Our son will attend Sequoia High School this fall. We are well familiar with the area being considered for the short sighted Harbor View project. We use to enjoy family time and friends at Malibu Grand Prix and were quite saddened of its closing. When the weather allows, my husband Patrick bikes to his office on East Bayshore, otherwise he must use his car to commute which usually takes him twenty minutes despite our home being five minutes away. There is not public transit available. Changing the zoning of this area, to accommodate a massive commercial office project, in place of industrial, will inevitably have a negative domino effect on all the heavy and light industry that supports the Port and makes it viable. It will result in more land speculation as more land owners request a zoning change to commercial office resulting in killing the only Port in the region and a loss of economic diversity that sustains our region. The development will significantly worsen traffic congestion on Highway 101, particularly at the Woodside Road interchange, which is already very seriously impacted. In addition, the Harbor View site is in the path of sea level rise. Redwood City should not be approving further development in the flood zone with no plan for how to protect it. An additional concern is the jobs -housing imbalance. Building a massive commercial office, with 4,500 employees, north of 101, will put pressure on providing housing on the North side of 101. This puts pressure on developing in the old Cargill salt ponds, a project that has divided the Redwood City Community. With so much at stake, will Redwood City uphold its General Plan and reject the Harbor View proposal, or will we be approving a project that may pave more of the already shrunken Bay? Please do not continue forward with this project, which is the wrong project in the wrong place. Thank you for your consideration. Lisane Drouin, Redwood City, CA 94063