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<br /> 6A <br /> Page 31 <br /> ~ SOIc8. <br /> "'1- July lr", 2006 <br /> leadenbl' <br /> OrtlJlJ <br /> ~ Mayor & Council <br /> City of Redwood City <br /> 224 Airport Parkway, Suite 620 c/o City Clerk <br /> San Jose, Califomill 95110 P.O. Box 391 <br /> (408)001.7864 Fax (408}501.7861 1017 Middlefield Road <br /> ht1pilwww.svlg.net <br /> CARL GUARDINO Redwood City, CA 94064 <br /> President & CEO <br /> Board Officers: <br /> MRT J. DE GEUS Dear Mayor & Council; <br /> Immediate Past Chair <br /> Synopsys <br /> WILLIAM T. COLEMAN 111 On behalf of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, we are writing to <br /> Chair <br /> Cassatt Corporation express our support of the development proposal at 333 Main Street by <br /> MICHAEL CANNON Matteson Properties. <br /> VICe Chair <br /> SoIectron COI'pOfa60n By way of background, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), <br /> ROBERT SHOFFNER <br /> SecrelalylTreaSUfl)( founded in 1978 by David Packard of Hewlett Packard, represents <br /> Cilibank more than 200 of Silicon Valley's most respected employers. SVLG <br /> Board Mamb~ <br /> JOHN ADAMS members collectively provide nearly 250,000 local jobs, or one of every <br /> WeNs Fargo Bank four in the private sector in Silicon Valley. <br /> NED BARNHOLT <br /> Agil6nt T echnoIogJes From SVLG's perspective, our ability to recruit and retain a qualified <br /> CRAIG R. BARRETT <br /> Intel Gotporalion workforce is dependent on housing availability and affordability, <br /> RA Y BINGHAM Sadly, Silicon Valley remains one of the most un affordable areas in the <br /> Cadence Design Systems, Inc. <br /> PETER CARTWRIGHT nation with only 18% of families able to afford a median priced home. <br /> Calpine CorfJOlation The figure nationwide is 49%. <br /> RAQUEL GONZALEZ <br /> Bank of America One of the biggest challenges to meeting the persistent demand for <br /> BRIAN HALLA <br /> NaJlonal Semironductor housing is the availability ofland. This is part of the reason SVLG is <br /> JEANETTE HORAN excited about this new residential community. It proposes to convert <br /> IBM COIfJOIaIion <br /> LEONARD KWlA TKOWSKJ underutilized land to a more productive and much needed use-homes <br /> Lockheed M8I1in for the families and individuals who struggle to work and live on the <br /> PAUL LOCA TELL!. S.J. Peninsula. And, by recycling our already built areas, pressure to <br /> Santa Clara UniversIty <br /> JUN NARUSE sprawl into our open spaces is alleviated. <br /> Hitachi GlobBl Storage Technologies <br /> LEN PERHAM We are also pleased that the development proposal will provide entzy- <br /> Op/imaJ <br /> KIM POLESE level homes proximate to a broad range of goods and services, <br /> Spil<eSource, Inc. including downtown. <br /> BRYON SCORDEL1S <br /> Greater Bay Bancorp SVLG is supportive of this proposal for 100 condominiums at 43.5 <br /> DAVIDJ. SHIMMDN <br /> KJnellcs Group homes to the acre with 15% set aside at affordable rates. We encourage <br /> MICHAEL SPLINTER your support and thank you for your consideration of our comments. <br /> App8ed Malllria/$ <br /> LINDA SULLIVAN <br /> NBC 11 Sip ~g <br /> JOYCEM. TAYLOR <br /> $BC <br /> BOB WA YMAN <br /> HewIett.Packard Company <br /> KENNETH WILCOX <br /> SiRcoo Valley Bank Carl Guardino <br /> DAVID WRIGHT <br /> Legato Systems President & CEO <br /> JOANN ZIMMERMAN <br /> Kaiser Permllll811le <br /> Working Council Chair <br /> NANCY NOE <br /> AlIa Corporlllion CC: John Baer <br /> Founded in 1977 by <br /> DAVID PACKARD <br /> ~--_.- <br />