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<br />¡¡/A- /6 <br /> <br />April 26, 2005 <br />Page 3 of 4 <br /> <br />that realistically indicates that carpooling will actually occur. Realistically, how many <br />students will carpool? The Plan states that there will be off-site parking available. Where? I <br />am unaware of convenient off-site parking, nor do I believe that this will address congestion <br />problems. The Plan states that the school will apply for a grant for buses. Is this realistic? <br />Has anyone applied for the grant? How does anyone know that buses will be available and <br />used by the students? 1 am unconvinced that this sketchy plan will appreciably affect the <br />situation; there will still be 400+ cars arriving at the same spot at approximately the same <br />time each day. ' <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />3. There is inadequate parking available, thus causing a detrimental impact on those who <br />already work in the neighborhood and on the current businesses. <br /> <br />The school will make 75 parking spaces available for student and staff parking. If20 of <br />these spaces are used for faculty and staff, only 55 spaces will be available for students. <br />Most students turn 16 during their sophomore year or during the summer prior to their junior <br />year. Thus, when the school is fully occupied, there will be 200-300 students who will be of <br />driving age at any given time. The City's own requirements would nonnally obligate the <br />school to provide 222 spaces. While not all of these students will drive, it is unrealistic that <br />only 55 would drive. Where will the others park? The TDM Plan indicates that off-site <br />parking will be made available. Where? There is no convenient parking close by. <br />Employees of businesses in the area already use all of the available street parking. Where <br />will those employees park when the students take the street parking? <br /> <br />If this school was in a residential neighborhood and this was the designated school for <br />students in that neighborhood, perhaps more students would walk. But the school is unlikely <br />!lì ha \'e more than a few students walk to school given its location in an industrial area and ' <br />~ I \è!1 the larger geographic area from which the school will draw. What is the percentage of <br />l':I;¡nJe student drivers who drive to school at a neighborhood school like Sequoia High' <br />'<11\1\1 or Carlmont High School? That percentage will certainly be higher for a non- <br />neighborhood school like High Tech High. <br /> <br />, . <br /> <br />, <br />"1 <br /> <br />The appropriate environment for students and their school is not in an industrial area. <br /> <br />~ <br />! <br />I <br />, <br />i <br />, I <br /> <br />\!1 Industrial area is not the environment in which I would want my children to attend. <br />¡ tl:rl' is nowhere for them to go; there is no campus to walk around on; there is no outdoor <br />:k ,I \J! Y or place to congregate. A small outdoor yard and dining area at the site ~ould not <br />r, '~~:h¡y handle 400 students. Would the students hang out on the street before and after <br />"rh)ol~ High Tech High may be a closed campus, but it is impossible to fully monitor their <br />..11.: t I \'Ilies at all times, particularly during non-school hours. <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />The establishment and operation of the school is detrimental to the general welfare of the <br />CIty because the usage is inconsistent with an industrial area, leaving a hodge-podge of <br />uses and unstructured planning. <br /> <br />Tll15 facility is in the Industrial Restricted Zoning District and should be reserved for this <br />purpose. Having a hodge-podge of non-confonning facilities detracts from the general <br />purpose of the zoning and the need for a long-tenn comprehensive view of planning. <br /> <br />JfB ~-2b'O' <br />