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1 <br />Mogensen, Andrew <br />From:Message Line, Planner <br />Sent:Wednesday, December 19, 2018 4:00 PM <br />To:Mogensen, Andrew <br />Subject:FW: Proposed Silva apartment complex <br /> <br />From: Vanessa Klein <l >   <br />Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2018 12:28 PM  <br />To: _Council <CityCouncil@sanleandro.org>  <br />Cc: Message Line, Planner <Planner@sanleandro.org>  <br />Subject: Proposed Silva apartment complex  <br /> <br />As most home owners in the area we are opposed to the company construction of the Silva Apartment complex. <br /> <br />If you take a drive along Bancroft you will find no shortage of apartment buildings for rent many of them, near <br />Safeway, run-down. Unfortunately, for the homes that are immediately around these buildings it has negatively <br />impacted the value of the homes and ultimately the neighborhood desirability. If you stand in the backyard of a <br />home on Dowling or Broadmoor that backs or is next to an apartment building you will understand why It’s <br />value is affected by the buildings behind them. I sincerely doubt it any of the apartment rentals along Bancroft <br />started out in its present conditions, but as the years pass, and owners change the upkeep of the building was not <br />maintained. There is a reason why a project this size is not permitted/zoned at proposed Bancroft location, it is <br />because of its potential negative impact on hundreds of current homeowners now and in the future. What Mr. <br />Silva is proposing will be better suited for the corner of E14th and Callan/Davis, the old CVS site. He simply <br />bought the wrong property. In pressing on with his development plans on Bancroft Street despite community <br />opposition, Mr. Silva is showing his true colors. He does not care about the community, making a profit is more <br />important to him. He should sell the site “as is” and move on to another location. We need the city to protect our <br />community. It has been a long time since they’ve invested in cleaning up signs, improving the lighting, etc. <br />Estudillo is beautiful beacause the people who live in it care and maintain their homes. It is time that the city <br />starts investing more in its neighborhoods rather than support projects that will hurt it in the long run. <br /> <br />Thank you for listening to our voices, but more importantly we need you not to approve any apartment rentals <br />in this site now or in the future. <br /> <br /> <br />Vanessa Pineda-Klein <br /> <br />Sent from my iPad