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7.A.L F1 34 of 36 <br />SILICON VALLEY <br />LEADERSHIP GROUP <br />2001 Gateway Place, Suite 101 E <br />San Jose, California 95110 <br />(408)501-7864 svlg.org <br />Est. in 1978 by David Packard <br />AHMADTHOMAS <br />CEO <br />Board Officers: <br />January 20, 2021 <br />IED YORK Chair <br />San kancisco 49ars <br />JAMES GUTIERREZ Vice Chair <br />Aura <br />ERIC S. YUAN dice Chair <br />Honorable Mayor Howard and Members of the City Council <br />orimans <br />Zoom Video ECKER Treas <br />vlca HUFFECKERr Treasurer <br />Redwood City <br />P"C <br />GREG BEGyBank Former °"nir <br />Diana Reddy <br />Silicon Valley Bank <br />c/o <br />AARTDEGELS ,Former Chair <br />Synopsys <br />1017 Middlefield Road <br />TOM wERNER Farmer chair <br />SunPmver <br />Redwood City CA 94063 <br />Board Members: <br />DON ANTONUCCI <br />Blue Snield of Caffornia <br />BOBBYBELL <br />KLA <br />DAWNETBEVERLEY <br />Donnelley FlnancialsdNi°ns <br />RE: Support for Sequoia Station Development Proposal <br />CARLA BORAGNO <br />Genentech <br />CHRIS BOYD <br />Kaiser Permanente <br />ANIL CHAKRA VARTHY <br />AdobeSystems <br />DAVID CHUN <br />Egnilar, Inc <br />LISA "'ELS <br />Dear Mayor Howard, Vice Mayor Hale, and Honorable Councilmembers Aguirre, <br />KPMG <br />KPMG <br />T°MEAL`°" <br />Infinera <br />Espinoza-Garnica, Gee, Reddy, and Smith, <br />VINTAGE FOSTER <br />AMF Media Group <br />JOHN GAUDER <br />E <br />K <br />KEN GO LDMAN <br />On behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, we express our enthusiastic <br />HAGUEGONZALEZ <br />support for the Sequoia Station development proposal submitted by Lowe and <br />Bank ofameica <br />DOUG GRAHAM <br />Eden Housing. This as a of the Transit District, is an exceptional and <br />Lck <br />Toheed MartinIQ <br />proposal, part <br />LAURAGU <br />IBM <br />time -sensitive development opportunity that Redwood City should not miss. <br />GARY GUTHART <br />Intuitive Surgical <br />ROBERTHAGERTY <br />Poly HECK <br />STE <br />In the middle of a pandemic and a recession, at a time when traffic was not at <br />ROBERTHOFFMAN <br />the forefront of many minds, voters chose overwhelmingly to tax themselves to <br />Acc lure <br />ERIC HOPS <br />invest $3 Billion over 30 to save and expand Caltrain. This critical regional rail <br />Wells Fa -go Bank <br />years <br />Lark <br />r <br />upgrade cannot reach its fullest potential without local approval of developments <br />MARYHUSS <br />SVB,SFBusine. Times <br />like the one before you today. <br />MICHAEL ISIP <br />KQED <br />RHONDA JOHNSON <br />AT&T <br />EN <br />RoeERTKNEY <br />Revitalizing Sequoia Station with office space and 175,000 SF of reinvented retail, <br />Pacific Gas B Electric <br />PAULA KING <br />while adding 625 homes, will benefit the city and the region, and will help <br />Stanford Children's Health <br />TRA IS <br />maximize voters' investment in Caltrain. <br />IBI KRUKUBO <br />EY <br />ERIC KUTCHER <br />parry <br />The Sequoia Station not only housing and jobs on transit and in <br />BREN LARD <br />BRENTLnoD <br />proposal provides <br />Stryker <br />JANErLaMKIN <br />downtown, it also dedicates over an acre of land to make critical Caltrain <br />UnifedAirunes <br />CINOYLARIVE <br />upgrades possible. This is an unusual and critical commitment to Redwood City <br />UC of CA Santa Cruz <br />UPInc RES <br />and the region. <br />NICK LOVRIEN <br />Facet, k <br />ALAN LOWE <br />m <br />This also comes as the Bay Area is in a dire housing crisis. Lack of housing <br />arrM <br />MATTMaHAN <br />proposal <br />BTARKANMANER <br />poses a threat to our economy and our quality of life. The solutions are clear: we <br />Ne,,enta <br />100 MINAnzaGamGdlge <br />need to find ways to produce more housing at all levels, including market rate and <br />Flill BeAlaka"; <br />8�°' <br />housing. It is incredibly to find funding for <br />affordable challenging sources and sites <br />RAO MUIPURI <br />affordable housing, and the office in this proposal helps to subsidize what will be <br />ANA MARIE FRANC <br />SAP <br />the largest affordable in Redwood City. This development offers <br />BILL NAGEL <br />project proposal <br />STACYOwEN iseo°"°"ele <br />sracY o <br />Redwood City a chance to add up to 625 homes total, including up to 240 <br />NBC Unive-sal <br />FATHER KEVIN OBRIEN SJ <br />affordable homes on-site. This will not only allow lower income residents to locate <br />Santa Clara University <br />MA R <br />in a jobs -rich center, it will reduce transportation costs and the burden of long <br />loseStteUn <br />San Jose <br />RSEunivesay <br />IES PEDERSEN <br />Webcor Builders <br />commutes. <br />KIM POLESE <br />CleaiSfree` <br />DENNIS POLK <br />Synne <br />RYANPOPPLE <br />Prolema <br />RUDYREYES <br />Veriz <br />SHARONRYAN <br />Bay Area Never Group <br />TOMI RYBA <br />Regional Medical Center San Jose <br />PUNEETSARIN <br />BD Biosciences <br />DARREN SNELLGROVE <br />Johnson B Johnson <br />JEFF THOMAS <br />Nasdaq <br />LIZ VILARDO <br />Sulfer Health Medical Foundation <br />ERIC YUAN <br />Zoon <br />210 <br />