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From:
<br />To:
<br />Cc: Kris Kris Johnson
<br />Subject: Re: ENORMOUS Greystar project comes to the Planning Commission - TONIGHT @ 7:00pm.
<br />Date: Monday, November 9, 2020 11:30:07 AM
<br />Dear city council members,
<br />I am writing this email to you to advise you of my very strong objection to the "Oversized " Greystar Main Street corridor project. This
<br />planned project is a huge detriment to our city. Many current business's within the proposed perimeter of the project will be forced out of
<br />business, because they will not or cannot afford to relocate, or to financially substain the cost of higher rents and all the costs associated
<br />with that. Secondly, the business's, for many, many years, have contributed to a healthy workforce and substantial income and taxes to the
<br />citie's coffers. Third, over 2700 blue collar workers support the area and various business's, that rely on their employment. Lastly, the last
<br />thing we need is more towers, square unattractive "boxes", that take away what is left of what was once a very unique beautiful place.
<br />There has been an attempt to "urbanize" our city to resemble any other copy cat large city. There are so many towers already built that
<br />have enormous vacancies, contrary to what you attempt to convince us is not true, and some are being subsidized in order to allow
<br />companies, such as Google, Facebook and Box, to use them for transitional employees, at least until the pandemic struck.
<br />And, in order to make this project happen, once again you are willing to remove some historical structures, places of recreation, and
<br />substitute new business over new housing. And, instead of all these towers, that mostly are built as rental income, very little purchase for
<br />ownership has been built, that could generate more income through taxes for the city.
<br />And, once again you have chosen a company that has been used so many times, over many objections, that leaves many of us to believe that
<br />private interests are being favored, for obvious reasons.
<br />Nothing is ever mentioned about critical issues, such as availability and sources of fresh water for many years to come, as climate change
<br />has to be a precedent in order to sustain this new growth, our infrastructure and transportation issues will have to be completely renovated
<br />and brought up to date. Traffic through out the downtown core area is already a nightmare, while in this pandemic and once things return to
<br />a new normal, it will only get extremely worse.
<br />Now is the time to put a halt to this irresponsible construction and lack of responsibility, and accountability to the people of our city. Many
<br />of us are not against growth, something that is inevitable and expected, but must be done reasonably and healthy for the entire community.
<br />One last thing about the way things have been going on in our city. Probably one of the most idiotic examples: the new Chick -fila just
<br />recently opened on Whipple, in place of McDonalds. It has created a traffic nightmare and is hurting other businesses in the area. No
<br />matter what or who processed traffic survey's, it was not at all thought out or vetted properly. It was rushed through all in the name of
<br />increased revenue and not a thought for the horrible outcome it has caused.
<br />Thank you and I hope serious consideration will be given to my email, and hopefully to others that are as concerned for the welfare of our
<br />city, business's and residents.
<br />Sincerely
<br />Sent from my iPhone
<br />On Nov 9, 2020, at 8:14 AM, Kris Johnson > wrote:
<br />sorry about the confusion on the forwarded email subject line
<br />THIS PROJECT GOES TO COUNCIL TONIGHT!
<br />On Mon, Nov 9, 2020 at 8:10 AM Kris Johnson > wrote:
<br />Hello all,
<br />Here's a link to the letter I sent to Council late last night. If you can, please send them an email today
<br />asking them to deny and request improvements to the project. council redwoodcity.ora
<br />If you're planning on Zooming the meeting tonight, this item probably won't begin until 8:OOpm -
<br />8:30pm.
<br />httDs://www.facebook.com/aroUDs/709200909129615/Dermali n k/3344635015586178/
<br />https://docs.google.com/document/d/lfLg9YOdKyzWVonIGyfHPrrOQiul23eo4YAWL4cQdBlY/edit?
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<br />Staff report:
<br />https://meetings.redwoodcity.org/AgendaOnline/Documents/ViewDocument/STAFF%20REPORT.PDF.pdf?
<br />meetinald=2141 &documentTvpe=Aaenda&itemId=4539&DublishId=7050&isSection=false
<br />Thanks,
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