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8.B <br /> Page 1 <br /> � S�� . <br /> o � � <br /> � � . <br /> E� � � <br /> � t� <br /> OFFICE OF THE MAYOR � -_ "= -� 330 West 20th Avenue <br /> * � * San Mateo, Califomia 94403-1388 <br /> � � R AT E o�1 Q• Telephone: (650) 522-7048 <br /> FOR Fax: (650) 522-7041 <br /> TDD: (650} 522-�047 <br /> www.cityofsanmateo.org <br /> October 11, 2010 <br /> The Honorable Anna Eshoo <br /> United States House of Representatives <br /> 205 Cannon House Of�ice Building � ' <br /> Washington, ]D. C. 20515-0514 <br /> Dear Congresswoman Eshoo, <br /> On behalf o� the communities represent�ng the Bay Area Peninsula, we want to <br /> thank you for your sta.unch representation of our concerns regarding high speed rail. We <br /> are writing to ask for your help to secure additional federal funds to make sure the high <br /> speed rail project is built through our communities in a manner consistent with our <br /> General and Specific Plans and the chaxacter and quality of our neighborhoods. <br /> � <br /> As you know, high speed rail is the largest public infrastructure project evex <br /> undertaken in California. It could benefit our State through job creation, reduction of <br /> gxeenhouse gases, and creation of a modern, sustainable transportation system that will <br /> carry California tlixough the 21 St century. It fur�her has the potentia.l to improve our <br /> communities' � quaTity of life and tie our communuties more closely together, if built in a <br /> manner that does not divide our cities. � <br /> However, communities along the ]�eninsula between San Jose and San Francisco <br /> are rightfully concerned with how high spe.ed rail will travel through our communities. <br /> As the elected representatives of these communities, we support high speed rail but need <br /> to ensure that the project is built properly without adverse impacts to our communities. <br /> Additional f�nding for the Peninsula portion of the lugh speed rail project to assist <br /> in both the design and construction of high speed rail would go a long way toward <br /> helping alleviate tlZe concerns in our community. It has been suggested tlaat cities pay for , <br /> the cost differentia� between their preferred design and the least expensive design — a <br /> proposal that is unreasonable and, in the cturent economxc conditions, impossible. <br /> Adequate funding will enable design engineers �to create an uncovered and covered trench <br /> solution that has the lowest possible impact on our communities. � <br /> � <br /> 1 <br />