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On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 5:56 PM Julie Pardini <iuliepardini .vahoo.com> wrote: CITY COUNCIL MEETING 9/9/19: GLelJ►1��I�E:� 9/8/19 Mayor Ian Alan Bain, Vice Mayor Diane Howard, Council members: We need housing, not offices. If we cannot provide housing in an 8 acre development (as massive as the size of The Moffett Field Hangar, 8 acres), when *will* the much needed housing Redwood City needs be built? And where? The ratio of 5 to 1 (Office employees to Housing to accommodate them) is in inverse order to what it should be. It should be Housing 5 to Office employees 1). The ratio is counter -intuitive. Not only is the amount of Housing proposed in this development inadequate for the development's needs, but it further increases our already existing housing deficit, overall. If this land is redeveloped for uses other than housing, it will no longer be available for housing. It will have been developed for other uses. Once done, the opportunities to create housing units will be over. ADU Units cannot accomplish what newly constructed housing can accomplish—not at the same rate and not at the same volume. We cannot squander opportunities such as this to finally try to equalize our housing imbalance. Bottom line: a City should build what it needs. At the very least, it should not build what will most certainly make our available housing inventory EVEN LESS that it is currently, because of the newly created housing demands created by this project. It makes no sense. Build to the need. Even if it requires a zoning change. We should try to fix our dilemma, and not take any steps that will guarantee we will foster it's continuity and it's longevity. Time is of the essence. Sincerely, Julie Pardini