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11AXINVE EDEN HOUSING August 28, 2019 Mayor Howard, Vice Mayor Masur, and Honorable Council Members, First and foremost, we want to extend a deep appreciation for the energy, effort, leadership, and compassion that the Council, City Staff, and the community have shown during these unprecedented times. Given this moment in time, we appreciate the value in revisiting Redwood City's priorities. We also recognize that since we last met in February, there has been limited public discussion or activity on the Transit District planning process. We understand that Staff will have gathered enough information by early next year to present to Council; however, in the interim we want to emphasize Lowe, Eden Housing, and our landowners' continued commitment to this project and to the public process. Over the past several months we have been working closely with our team and City staff - in anticipation of the City's upcoming Transit District community outreach. We are excited to be part of this important process. While we await community input, we have also been working to incorporate feedback from the Council meeting in February and past community meetings into our latest designs. The Transit District and Sequoia Station together provide a once in a generation opportunity to address the City's transportation, open space and the pedestrian connections and experience from the neighborhoods, across the tracks and into the core downtown entertainment and shopping district. Together with much needed affordable and market rate housing, activated retail, and economically beneficial jobs, this opportunity can help Redwood City's address important priorities in the short term, and for decades to come. As such, we are working hard to include more housing and the much anticipated Caltrain track expansion into our site design, all while conforming to DTPP standards. We continue to include youth and family - focused activities in our vision. While we look forward to sharing our refocused thoughts with the community for their feedback, we first want to hear more from stakeholders during the City's public outreach process. We look forward to public outreach commencing, and to continuing our work with the community and the City Council on this exciting opportunity. We are committed to the project and process and want to be sure that the Transit District and the redevelopment of Sequoia Station remains a high priority for the Council. Thank you and please do not hesitate to reach out with questions. Lowe Alan Chamorro Senior Vice President Eden Housing Andrea Osgood Vice President of Real Estate Development