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CLK-Pamela Aguilar <br />From: Allyson Johnson < <br />Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2019 12:49 PM <br />To: GRP -City Council <br />Subject: Please do not allow office towers to be built on bay frontage land! <br />Dear Sirs: <br />I am dismayed to hear about projected development of office space for 4500 workers off of Woodside Road <br />on the bay side of 101. <br />One key question is: where are these 4500 workers going to live? Redwood City is already facing a critical <br />housing shortage, and the traffic getting on and off Woodside Road to access the existing office park is already <br />congested. Unless the development includes housing for 4500 workers, the net impact on the community will <br />be very bad. <br />A second key question is: how will such a development be impacted by climate change? We need our bay <br />lands as a buffer against rising bay levels. <br />A third key question is: How will workers (and residents, if the project is changed to accommodate them) be <br />able to reach safety in case of a natural disaster? I was working in the Woodside Road office complex at the <br />end of Woodside Road at the time of the Loma Prieta earthquake. That development had only one way in and <br />out - along Woodside Road. It was at least 2 hours before I was able to leave the office park and get on the <br />road to find out what had happened to my family and home. Adding another 4500 people in high-rise towers <br />would be a logistical nightmare in case of another earthquake. <br />Please stick to current zoning and refuse this ill -thought development project. <br />Cordially, <br />Allyson Johnson <br />Los Altos, CA <br />Check out my blog at www.allysonjohnson.com - and don't forget to comment if you visit! <br />