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From: <br />ROBERT WILSON <br />To: <br />GRPLM G nal: GounakDune N and <br />subject: <br />I r Regarding Sequoia Stabon Study Session for February 8, 2021 <br />nate: <br />Wedr day, February 3, 2021 11:58:45 M <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when <br />opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. <br />(No agenda yet for 2/8/21 meeting so I do not know the item#) <br />More Housing Less Office at Sequoia Station <br />On February 8 Redwood City Council will be reviewing a proposal to redevelop <br />Sequoia Station. Residents consistently ask for more housing, yet the developer <br />proposes a 1.25 million square foot office complex with a deficient amount of housing. <br />It's equivalent the Salesforce Tower in San Francisco! The offices could bring over <br />6,000 new workers to downtown. Proposed housing will only be goo to boo units! <br />This is on top of the massive housing crisis we face today. Plus, there is a proposed or <br />approved backlog of approved office space in town of an additional 4 million square <br />feet! Council needs to defer consideration on Sequoia Station until a new Downtown <br />Plan is in place. The process is underway and would comprehend: <br />r - Affordable and low-income housing needs; <br />z - Post COVID impacts on how we will live and work; <br />3 - A long term (as yet unfunded) vision for CalTrain; <br />4 - Needs in child care, green space, retail and transportation. <br />Once again, we have an opportunity to innovate. Residents continue to call for more <br />and affordable housing and social justice. Developers continue to propose a <br />worsening of the jobs/housing imbalance hurting those most in need. Council needs <br />to provide leadership now for a better Redwood City! <br />Bob Wilson <br />