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I hope this latest version of the Housing Element meets all the State’s criteria. I have some comments, in no particular order: *Gas stoves: Do NOT give exemptions to a product which the industry considers a “gateway appliance”? If you have a gas stove, you have to have a gas line and are more li...
The proposed restaurant with a bar open until 2 a.m. is a very bad idea which I hope the City will not permit. Outdoor seating, live music and alcohol served until 2 a.m. is going to generate late night noise and excess traffic that will adversely impact all who live nearby. Since sound travels at n...
Please ban the use of gas powered leaf blowers as soon as possible. I hope each of you will carefully read the staff report, including the detailed report from the Environmental Commission. The staff have made excellent suggestions on how to more forward with community outreach, implementation and e...
Has the City changed the policy on front yard fencing? Or are you simply unwilling to enforce the codes? The newly redeveloped property at 720 Vine just installed a 7’ tall front yard wooden wall, and a property owner living adjacent to Oak Knoll school on Oak just enclosed their entire front yard i...
Many years ago I lived on Noel Drive where I experienced the ear splitting noise from Caltrain every day. Nowadays, my husband and I enjoy having coffee at St. Franks….except when the train horns are blasting. The safest, most effective long term solution to the noise is grade separation. It also ha...
I strongly support closing Santa Cruz Avenue downtown to facilitate the safe opening of downtown businesses. I think it’s a brilliant idea, and hope many people will be willing to support local restaurants and businesses once this is set up. You’ve proposed several options, I defer to the council t...
We’re noticing on our morning walk that many construction and yard maintenance crews are showing up on residential streets as early as 7am. In most cases, the crews show up at 7 or 7:30 to unload tools and equipment but in their minds they aren’t “working” because they aren’t using machinery yet. C...
Is there any system in place to inform and ensure that construction crews who now are allowed to resume home construction follow social distancing and other health requirements? The “designated health person” with a checklist really isn’t going work. We observed a crew show up at 8am at 1041 Prince...
If you were to ask, most neighbors would claim that their yard maintenance crews provide services “for the health and safety of the household”. That phrasing is poorly defined, and when I asked State Assemblyman Marc Berman for clarification, neither he nor his staff were able to provide it. People...
Since wildfires seem to be our new normal, I’m hoping the council is in serious discussion about ways to help keep the public safe. Specifically: -we need current, accurate, local air quality data so people know whether it’s safe to spend time outdoors. -we need a plan for quickly notifying and eva...
