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<br />Page 1 of3 <br /> <br />Barros, Sally <br /> <br />From: Bridgit Lawley [blawley@jfku.edu] <br />Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:09 PM <br />To: Barros, Sally; CityComments; Stephens, Bill <br />Cc: Santos, Tony; hfinberg@ci.san-Ieandro.:;a.us; mnardine@ci.san-Ieandro.ca.us <br />Subject: [POSSIBLE SPAM] Fwd: 311 MacArthur PLN2006-001 04 <br />Importance: Low <br /> <br />Begin forwarded message: <br /> <br />From: Bridgit Lawley <blawley@jfku.edu> <br />Date: April 26, 2007 1 :52:17 PM PDT <br />To: sbarros@cLsan-leandro.ca.us <br />Subject: 311 MacArthur PLN2006-001 04 <br /> <br />I am very unhappy to lear that the 14 unit development at 311 Mac Arthur has turned into 23 units. <br /> <br />Moreover, I do not think that the city has done a good job of notifying those of us nearby about the <br />change. I live 3 blocks away at 434 Superior and have no doubt that I will be impacted by this <br />revised plan. I've listed some of my specific concerns below. <br /> <br />However, as a general comment, the city is appears to be willing to give a developer anything he <br />wants, with no thought about the current citi7ens of SL. As you know, a developer is already <br />putting in 10+ units 2 blocks away on Mac Arthur. This alteration to increase the 311 project puts <br />35 new families into a 2 square block area. <br /> <br />If 23 units are needed for the developer to make the project worthwhile, then he should not have <br />purchased the property when he understood that the limit was 14 units. To do so suggests either <br />that the developer was not operating honestly, or that he already had a secret, side deal with the <br />city's planning department. <br /> <br />Now as to my specific concerns: <br /> <br />Variances: What is worrisome is that the developer asked for multiple <br />vanances <br />to rules, on issues such as population density, parking, etc. As <br />each development nibbles progressively further into the city safeguards, <br />the <br />safeguards are weakened. The Municipal Code is more that just a set of <br />suggestions or "footnotes". <br /> <br />Building Height: Weren't the units on Superior and MacArthur originally <br />approved to be 2 stories. There are other 2 story buildings and even <br />apartments <br /> <br />4/27/2007 <br />