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8.A. - Page 72 of 85 <br />On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 8:08 AM Dave Fork wrote: <br />Honorable Council Members, <br />I recently bought a home in RWC with the plan to expand the living space and improve the home's energy <br />efficiency. The single story home, unimproved since it was built in the early 1960's is no longer making the <br />most effective use of the lot on which it is built. With the housing crisis in SIlicon Valley, I plan to do my part <br />to add as much living space as can be responsibly done while being sensitive to my neighbors. <br />I'm opposed to more restrictive and onerous measures that will limit the amount of living space that <br />homeowners can build. <br />I urge the council to do the right thing and make it easier, not harder, to accommodate more people living <br />close to work, and close to family in well designed buildings that accommodate many workers and multi- <br />generational families. <br />I urge the council to resist caving in to the noisy voices of a few individuals who value privacy matters over <br />the greater good of solving the housing crisis. Privacy concerns can be addressed more effectively by good <br />design rather than the blunt instrument of floor space limitations. <br />Before you vote to enable more onerous floor space limitations, consider how much more important it is to <br />choose the type and placement of windows when it comes to privacy. Then, seeing the obvious <br />ineffectiveness of floor space restrictions, please reject the proposed height and size limits and give more <br />thought to how this matter can be approached more intelligently. <br />With appreciation, <br />David Fork <br />Support Silicon Valley Bicycle Exchange by shopping www.smile.amazon.com <br />Support Silicon ValleBicycle Exchange by shopping www.smile.amazon.com <br />348 <br />