I understand that the Planning Department just evaluates whether a project meets all the basic requirements of the city. But I
think it's important to understand that when the Willows Market was built, it probably had to meet city requirements, too. I
believe the market was built in the 50s and, due to Nick Sharma's expertise, the market has been much more successful and has more
customers than either of the two previous owners.
The increase in customers and traffic in the area has had a significant impact on the immediate area and the market has been using
the 40 Middlefield lot for the last few years as overflow parking. When the lot is fenced and closed, the market customers use the
service road for overflow parking (despite the Planning Department indicating that parking is not allowed along the service road,
it is not marked) in addition to the short stretch of street between Woodland and the market driveway.
By building on the 40 Middlefield lot, there will effectively be a loss of 5-7 parking spaces by eliminating parking spaces on the
street and in the service road. That will push the customers of the market into the neighborhood and cause much more illegal
parking.
The length of my property runs along the service road and our parking area is on our property but adjacent and accessible from the
service road. We frequently are double parked into our parking area by both market and preschool customers when there are no
spaces available in the market parking lot. People would rather park illegally than walk from the nearby neighborhood streets.
I understand that the parking situation is not the fault of the market, the preschool or the developers who want to build on 40
Middlefield, but the parking situation will become intolerable with the elimination of the current 'unofficial' spaces and then
the situation will be the fault of the city.
Why would the city approve a project that will immediately cause more parking chaos in the immediate vicinity?
I am attaching just a few example pictures of the parking situation currently. The first picture shows a car double parked next to
our parking area blocking us in while a car tries to pass and cars parked in the 40 Middlefield lot this last Monday evening.
Also, there are links to more pictures including a shot of a truck backed up to the market dock showing the space a semi needs to
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Lauri Hart111 Baywood Ave.
