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■ 201 California St., 141e Floor B Y AREACOUNCIL <br />OUNCIL <br />San Francisco, CA 94111 <br />(415) 951-6600 <br />• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE <br />Chairman 2007-2009 <br />LENNY MENDONCA <br />Director <br />McKinsey & Corrpanq <br />ANDREW BALL <br />Prc idcnt & CEO <br />W ebcor Builders <br />W. DONALD BELL <br />Chairman, President & CEO <br />Bell M,croproducts Inc. <br />MICHAEL A. COVARRUBIAS <br />Chairman & CEO <br />TMG Partners <br />MARY B. CRANSTON <br />Chair <br />Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP <br />LLOYD IFDEAN <br />President & CEO <br />Catholic Healthcare West <br />PAULA F. DOWNEY <br />President <br />AAA ofNorthcm California, Nevada & Utah <br />ROBERT L. DUFFY <br />Porno_ <br />A, T, Kearney, Inc <br />MARK EDMUNDS <br />Vino Chaurran & <br />Regional Managing Partner <br />Deloitte <br />GEORGE C. HALVORSON <br />Chairman & CEO <br />Kaiser Foundation Hwlth Plan, Inc <br />TIM HARDEN <br />Presidenl & CEO <br />AT&T W est <br />DAVID A. HOYT <br />Senior Executive Vice President <br />Wholesale Banking <br />W ells Fargo & Company <br />TIM KAHN <br />Executive Vice President & <br />Chief Operating Officer <br />Dreyer', Grand lee Cream <br />DONALD KNAUSS <br />Chairman & CEO <br />TheClorax Corripany <br />RICHARD KRAMLICH <br />General Partner/Co-Founder <br />Neal Ente p.sc Associates <br />JANET LAMKIN <br />California State President <br />Bank of America <br />PHILLIP L. LUECHT, JR, <br />Managing Director <br />Aon Risk Services <br />PETER A- MAGOWAN <br />President & Managing General Partner <br />San Francisco Giants <br />DUNCAN L. MATTESON <br />Chairman <br />Greater Bay Bank Corp. <br />CLAIRE MLAULIFFE <br />Partner <br />Hodge /Niederer / Caruri <br />ALEXANDERR_ MEHRAN <br />President & CEO <br />Souse Development Cmrpany <br />WILLIAM MORROW <br />Chaim>an & CEO <br />Pacific Gas & Electric <br />I GARY ROGERS " <br />Chai—o & CEO <br />Dreyer', Grand Ice Cream <br />KARLSCHROEDER <br />President, Northern Califomia Division <br />Safeway, loc. <br />STEVEN J, SILVESTRI " <br />San Francisco Market President <br />Bank of America <br />L, STEPHEN SMITH <br />President & CEO <br />Th. PMI Group, Inc. <br />KENNETH WILCOX <br />President & CEO <br />Silicon Valley Bank Financial Group <br />JANET L. YELLEN <br />President & CEO <br />Pcderal Reserve Bank of San Francisco <br />Ex Officio <br />JIM WUNDERMAN <br />P_idcnt & CEO <br />Day Area Council <br />" Retiring <br />January 21, 2009 <br />Mr. Sunny Tong <br />Managing Director <br />Westlake Development Partners, LLC <br />520 S. El Camino Real, 9th Flr. <br />San Mateo, CA 94402-1722 <br />Dear Mr Tong: <br />The Bay Area Council is very happy to endorse the San Leandro Crossings housing development. <br />The Crossings development scored extremely highly in all the criteria we employ to evaluate <br />proposed housing projects, namely; transit orientation, project size, efficient use of land, adaptive <br />re -use of land, promotion of affordability, environmental design, mixed use, and the promotion of <br />community input to the design process. <br />The Housing Endorsement Committee feels that this is precisely the type of dense, transit - <br />oriented, infill housing that San Leandro and the rest of the Bay Area should be promoting and <br />building if we are to preserve the health of our economy and our physical environment. <br />The lack of all types of housing at all levels of affordability has become a major threat to the <br />economy of the Bay Area. The region's employers are finding it increasingly difficult to attract <br />and keep the top talent in the Bay Area because the high cost of housing here. With our <br />population expected to grow by 20% in the next 25 years, this housing shortage, along with <br />associated problems of sprawl, congestion and environmental pollution, are going to get much <br />worse unless more projects like this are approved and built. <br />We congratulate you and Westlake for producing a well designed and well situated project that <br />will provide much, needed housing for the residents of San Leandro. <br />Sincerely, <br />/1Ul <br />✓Ma legan <br />Director of Housing <br />Bay Area Council <br />