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Sai&I.�Abigia,137 of 141 <br />LEADERSHIP <br />2001 Gateway Place, Suite 101E April 16'', 2019 <br />San Jose, California 95110 Y <br />(408501-7884 svlg.org <br />CARL <br />&CEO <br />Presiddentent8 CEO Kevin Bondonno, Planning Commission Chair <br />Board Officers: Redwood City City Hall <br />STEVE MILLIGAN, Chair <br />Western Digital Corporation 1017 Middlefield Road <br />JAMES GUTIERREZ,ViceChair <br />Insikt Redwood City, CA 94063 <br />RAQUEL GONZALEZ, Treasurer <br />Bank of America <br />GREG BECKER, Former Chair <br />SVBHnanmGroup RE� <br />: April 16 2019 Planning Commission <br />TrimbSTEVE BERGLUND, Former Chair <br />AARTDE GEUS, FormerlChair Broadway Plaza, 1401 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA 94063 <br />Synopsys <br />TOM WERNER, Former Chair <br />SunPower <br />Board Members: <br />BOBBYBELL Dear Chair Bondonno, Vice Chair Schmidt, and Honorable Commissioners Hunter, Radcliffe, <br />KLA -Tensor <br />DAWNETBEVERLEY Shoe, and Smith, <br />Donnelley Financial Solutions <br />GEORGE BLUMENTHAL <br />University of California, Santa Cruz <br />JOHNS <br />KQEDD On behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, I am writing to express our support for the <br />QE <br />CARLA BORAGNO <br />Genentech 1401 Broadway St. development proposed by The Sobrato Organization. The Leadership Group <br />CHRIS BY <br />Kaiser Permane to strongly supports this opportunity to build affordable and market -rate housing, both of urgent <br />JOE BURTON <br />Plantronics need in Silicon Valley at the present time. <br />RAMI BRANITZKY <br />Sapphire Ventures <br />KEVIN COLLINS <br />Amenture <br />LISA DANIELS The Silicon Valley Leadership Group was founded in 1978 by David Packard, Co -Founder of <br />KPMG <br />JENNY DEARBORN Hewlett Packard. Today, the Leadership Group is driven by more than 330 CEOs/Senior <br />SAP <br />MICHAEL ENGH, S.J. Executives to proactively tackle issues to improve our communities and strengthen our economy, <br />Santa Clare University <br />TOMFALLON with a focus on education, energy, the environment, health care, housing, tax policy, tech & <br />nfnem <br />JOHN GADDER <br />Comcast innovation policy, and transportation. Collectively, Leadership Group members provide nearly <br />KEN GOLDMAN <br />Hillspire one out of every three private sector jobs in Silicon Valley. <br />DOUG GRAHAM <br />Lockheed Martin <br />LAURA GUIO <br />IBM We are excited that The Sobrato Organization's partnership with MidPen Housing will bring 520 <br />IBM <br />STEFANHECK <br />ERIC HOUNauto <br />SER homes to Redwood City including 120 affordable units. The proposed development includes a <br />Wells Fargo Bank <br />JULIA HU free public shuttle that would bring community members to the downtown Redwood City <br />Lak <br />AIDANHUGHES Caltrain station, leveraging the billions we've invested in our public infrastructure and reducing <br />ARUP <br />VICKI HUFF ECKERT greenhouse gas emissions. The proposed development also expands upon heavily utilized <br />PWC <br />MARYHUSS pedestrian and bike paths to promote multi -modal travelling. We appreciate that the site includes <br />SVBJISF Business Times <br />TOM KEMP 10,000 square feet of space for an on-site childcare center as this is an important necessity to <br />Centdfy <br />ERIC <br />McKinsey & Company ompany support families, both in the residential space and those working in the proposed office space. By <br />ANETLAMKW <br />JUnited Aida es including 11,000 square feet of retail and 1.6 acres of public open space future residents, workers <br />JOHNLEDEK <br />BD Biosciences and community members with goods and services nearby. <br />JENNY LINTON <br />OSlsoft <br />ENRIQUE LORES <br />HP Inc. It is imperative that we are building housing at all income levels to support our most vulnerable <br />MATTMAHAN <br />Brigade <br />TARKAN MANER populations and especially important that housing is built near our job and transit centers such as <br />Nexenta <br />KEN MCNEELY the location of the proposed development. The Leadership Group is committed to increasing the <br />AT&T housing supply in our Valle and the Ba Area and we proudly support proposed residential <br />BENAlaska <br />g pp y' y y , p y pp p p <br />Alaska Airlines <br />MARYPAPAZIAN developments like the one before you. <br />San Jose State Univers8y <br />JES PEDERSEN <br />Webcor Builders <br />ANDY PIERCE <br />Stryker Endoscopy <br />KIM POLESE <br />ClearSSincerely, <br />, <br />RYANPOPPLE <br />Protena <br />RUDY REYES <br />Verizon <br />BILL RUH <br />GE <br />SHARON RYAN <br />Bay Area News Group <br />RON SEGUE <br />Echelon <br />DARREN SNELLGROVE Carl Guardino <br />Johnson & Johnson <br />JEFF THOMAS President & CEO <br />Nasdaq <br />JED YORK <br />San Francisco 49em Silicon Valley Leadership Group <br />Established in 1978 by <br />David Packard <br />501 <br />