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From: <br />Joseph Zoucha <br />To: <br />PublicComment <br />Subject: <br />Single family residence remodel for housing <br />Date: <br />Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:01:44 PM <br />Please explain what facts ( as opposed to conjecture) about the health and safety of the <br />public support allowing scores of workers to continue construction work on condos and <br />apartments while small crews from private contractors (e.g. 2-4) are not allowed to continue <br />working on the homes of private citizens who need their projects completed finished so that <br />they can safely reside in their own homes. My wife and I are in our late 60's living in cramped <br />quarters in our master bedroom in a somewhat a unsafe , unhealthy, moldy and leaking <br />upstairs bathroom. We cannot safely cook as we have no kitchen. WE can't wash our clothes <br />as we have no laundry facilities. We live in about 500 square feet in very cramped conditions. <br />Our project is 60% completed and we're seriously facing spending yet another Thanksgiving <br />and Christmas holiday living like semi -homeless people. Last year it was bearable as we <br />thought that by this year's upcoming holiday season we'd have a "normal" living situation. <br />Now we're facing living like beggars in our own home in mold and without the ability to heat <br />our home other than with a space heater. <br />This is particularly pertinent given the fact many homeowners have recently paid their <br />property taxes after having paid large fees to RWC for building permits. <br />What information do you have that indicates the public at large is at risk while these private <br />workers in real property owned by private citizens from all walks of life perform their <br />supervised services. Does not a private contractor employing several workers have more <br />knowledge and control as to the health of his/her workers than a large general contractor - or <br />series of large sub -contractors - regarding dozens of workers? Please do not insult me by <br />alleging they are more cognizant and vigilant about keeping social distance and wearing <br />masks. <br />Why does the County Of San Mateo and many other California cities - parts of Los Angeles <br />and Sacramento to name two - feel it's safe for their citizens to continue onward with <br />construction/remodel projects and Redwood City does not? What are the extraordinary health <br />factors that makes Redwood City more susceptible location for Covid-19 if a home is being <br />remodeled? After all, this all about Covid-19 and controlling it's spread which we obviously <br />all want. <br />Why is a construction site for the remodel of a home 6 blocks to the West of my home in <br />unincorporated San Mateo County safe and my Redwood City location not? What are the real <br />facts about the virus which sets Redwood City apart as being a more dangerous locale? <br />Seriously, what are they? Are we the Covid -19 equivalent of Chernobyl!!!???? Please share <br />them. <br />Thank you very much for your time and attention to this sincere ( and admittedly asinine at <br />times) inquiry. Joseph Zoucha, 58 Hillview Avenue, RWC. <br />Thank you for your consideration and any response. <br />