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From: Kevin Zhang <kezhuang.berkeley@gmail.com> <br />Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 10:26 AM <br />To: Penaranda, Elmer <br />Subject: Heron Bay Residential Neighborhood Gate - Strongly Disagree - Should Not Approve! <br />Hi Elmer, <br />I am a resident in the Heron Bay. A couple weeks ago, I sent out an email expressing my discontent with the gate <br />installation project in Heron Bay. <br />Recently, I spoke with my neighbors and would like to share some further comments regarding the gate installation. <br />The bottom line is that we all think that the gate installation is unnecessary, costly, and incompatible with the overall <br />environment in Heron Bay. The installation project is proposed by a gate and fencing company, not directly by our <br />Heron Bay residents. There is a conflict of interest, because the party that's proposing the change is incentivized by <br />making money, rather than purely protecting the residents, whom we think are the ultimate the victims of the gate and <br />fencing company. <br />This is not to say that we are willing to sacrifice our safety for cost. If the gate is truely effective, we will consider <br />installing it, but the reality says otherwise. There will be no one who's maintaining the gate. If no one is actually <br />controlling, then any car could open and pass the gate relatively easily anyway. So the gate really provides <br />no value. We just do not think the gate can help us in any way. <br />Moreover, the gate will deface our natural environment in Heron Bay. We are proud of how environmental and natural <br />friendly Heron Bay is - the bay is lying right behind us and the trees and flowers sit alongside the main path that leads <br />to Heron Bay Residential area. Overall, we are fostering a very relaxing, welcoming, and natural environment, which is <br />why lots of us bought the place in the very first place. Then, if there's an iron gate that's standing in the middle of it, the <br />gate is completely out of place and significantly deface our natural environment. Again, if the gate can provide values, <br />then we can sacrifice the look. But in this case, the gate doesn't provide such value. And our residential area has been <br />really safe, so the gate cannot help us. <br />To summarize, the gate is downright unnecessary, wastefully costly, out of place in a very natural environment. THUS, <br />MY NEIGHBORS AND I STRONGLY DISAGREE THAT THE GATE SHOULD BE INSTALLED. PLEASE <br />REJECT THE PROPOSAL! <br />We thank you very much! <br />Best, <br />Kevin <br />