Mayor Taylor, Vice Mayor Combs, Council members Nash, Mueller, and Carlton, and Staff, There have been multiple discussions by the Council and Planning Commission regarding the Connect Menlo General Plan update approved in December 2016 and flawed assumptions affecting all current and future decisions. The language in the General Plan was created mainly to satisfy developers' ability to build their projects. Since the Facebook Expansion and Connect Menlo were conducted simultaneously, clear separation was not made evident to the public. The agenda for many meetings tended to exclude residents’ concerns as seen by the settlement agreement with East Palo Alto and on-going expressed concerns by residents living in the M2 area. During the past 3.5 years we have seen the results of increased development in M2 and the negative effects on the residential areas of District 1. The negative impacts include but are not limited to substantial increased cut-through traffic, displacement of residents, and failure to provide “promised” amenities in a timely manner. This project does not fall under SB-330 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB330 > as it does not appear to address “very low, low-, or moderate income households or an emergency shelter unless the local agency makes specified written findings based on a preponderance of the evidence in the record.” The City has not provided housing studies with complete data utilized for all housing studies completed since 2016. This data must include study perimeters, data collected, analyzes, and summary. Without this information it is difficult to determine housing supply by income level is required. Please note that all previous housing studies performed by Keyser Marston Associates (KMA) in the M2 area, prior to the Connect Menlo General Plan, indicated the projects would have minimal or no effect on Belle Haven residents or East Palo Alto. This project and all subsequent projects should be put on hold until all current in-progress EIRs have been completed in M2 and issues with Connect Menlo General Plan have been resolved. Respectfully, Pamela D. Jones, MP resident The impossible dissipates when I becomes WE. Received on Tue Jul 28 2020 - 14:01:45 PDT
