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SIERRA CLUB <br />LOMA PRIETA CHAPTER <br />Serving San Mateo, Santa Clara and San Benito Counties <br />November 16, 2020 <br />Honorable Diane Howard, Mayor <br />Lindy Chan, Planning Manager <br />Members of the Redwood City, City Council <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />Redwood City, CA. 94063 <br />Via Email: dhoward@redwoodcity.org <br />Lindy Chan, Planning Manager Ichan@redwoodcity.org <br />City Council council@redwoodcity.org <br />Subject: Public Comments re: 1601 & 1304 EI Camino Real (Greystar Development) <br />Dear Mayor Howard and Members of the City Council, <br />The Sustainable Land Use Committee of the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club (SLU) <br />advocates on land use issues in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties. When reviewing a <br />proposed development such as Greystar, SLU evaluates it using our Guidelines for Residential, <br />Commercial, and Mixed -Use Transit -Oriented Development to decide whether it will qualify for <br />a Sierra Club endorsement. We have the following comments: <br />GENERAL COMMENTS: <br />A. We note several positive features: <br />1) Is located near downtown and the Caltrain Station <br />2) Includes attractive exterior streetscapes, plazas, and open spaces to balance automobile <br />and pedestrian uses <br />3) Includes 540 units of housing (27% affordable at all income ranges) <br />4) Includes a landscaped walkway next to Redwood Creek and proposes financially <br />subsidizing a Community Garden on city -owned property along the creek. <br />5) Includes green roof terraces on many of the buildings <br />6) Helps implement the city's bicycle master plan <br />7) Includes car -share on-site <br />sierraclub.org/loma-prieta — 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto, CA 94303 <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />