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8.A. - Page 62 of 85 CLK-Pamela Aguilar From: Dave Fork Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2019 8:09 AM To: GRP -City Council Subject: floor area ratio ordinance, height and size limits for ADUs This e-mail is from an external source. Please do not open attachments or click links from an unknown or suspicious origin. o5xfi2i Honorable Council Members, I recently bought a home in RWC with the plan to expand the living space and improve the home's energy efficiency. The single story home, unimproved since it was built in the early 1960's is no longer making the most effective use of the lot on which it is built. With the housing crisis in SIlicon Valley, I plan to do my part to add as much living space as can be responsibly done while being sensitive to my neighbors. I'm opposed to more restrictive and onerous measures that will limit the amount of living space that homeowners can build. I urge the council to do the right thing and make it easier, not harder, to accommodate more people living close to work, and close to family in well designed buildings that accommodate many workers and multi -generational families. I urge the council to resist caving in to the noisy voices of a few individuals who value privacy matters over the greater good of solving the housing crisis. Privacy concerns can be addressed more effectively by good design rather than the blunt instrument of floor space limitations. Before you vote to enable more onerous floor space limitations, consider how much more important it is to choose the type and placement of windows when it comes to privacy. Then, seeing the obvious ineffectiveness of floor space restrictions, please reject the proposed height and size limits and give more thought to how this matter can be approached more intelligently. With appreciation, David Fork Support Silicon Valleyycle Exchange by shopping www.smile.amazon.com 338