South San Francisco, Ca March 26, 2018 Submitted by South San Francisco Resident
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Dear Editor,
I moved here 32 years ago because our family really liked the small feel of this City, the close knit community, and the pace of life yet we are close to San Francisco and other great locations for other activities. But now it feels like we live in San Francisco with all the cranes up in the air building building building, everywhere you go. And the traffic is so congested we just cannot continue growing like this and maintain the reasons so many of us moved here. Six stories to replace the car wash, a high rise for the police station by the Pet Club and now they want 12 stories on Old Mission next to all of this, all in a small space. And 12 stories is too high for our city, especially in the middle of it on El Camino Real where we have family neighborhoods.
Everyone complains, I see it on your page but no one shows up to the meetings. I’ve gone to several planning meetings and no one is there. We need to stop this now. Please put this next-door flyer out on your page and maybe neighbors will understand what a 12 story building will do to the quality of life. I went to the changing of the guard for the Mayor and was happy to hear the focus would be quality of life but this is not it at all. People need to stand up. They did this in San Mateo, I read it on your page, about stopping a development because it didn’t fit in with the neighborhood and it was only a few stories high. If people stand up and come to the meeting we can do this here too. It has to stop.
Please do not use my name because my spouse works for the city and we don’t want repercussions.”
UPDATE From City of South San Francisco:The City welcomes input from everyone, whether they are employed by the City or not. Please note, this meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. – not 7:00 p.m., as noted in the letter. We look forward to seeing you all there this Wednesday and listening to your feedback. Sincerely, Leslie Arroyo, Communications Director
{Editor Note: The City Council meetings are held at 7pm however this item will be heard during the Joint Special Meeting City Council and Successor Agency which is held at 6pm. CLICK HERE for more information}
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Picture shows how tall 12 stories will be – this picture is NOT representative of SSF proposed development.
[…] protest is planned for Wednesday evening at the City Council Chambers 33 Arroyo Drive South San Francisco at 6:00 PM as the Council […]
WE SHOULD DIRECT, YES, DIRECT THE COUNCIL TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO.
AND CANCEL ANY MORE BUILDING UNTIL ITS DECIDED BY THE VOTERS.
THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN REMINDED WE DO NOT WANT THE ADDED TRAFFIC, BUT THEIR STUDIES SAY TRAFFIC IS NOT BAD. IT IS. WE WANT SAFETY, WE WANT A NEW POOL IN ORANGE PARK, WE WANT SAFE LIGHTING, OUR STREETS REPAVED, NOT SLURRY SLOPPY SEALED.
ITS TIME FOR THE LIFERS ON THE COUNCIL TO RETIRE AND NEW IDEAS THAT REFLECT THE WILL AND DESIRE OF THE PEOPLE. THEY ARE OUT OF TOUCH.
YES THIS IS IN CAPS.
For point of comparison South City Station apartments on El Camino and MacLellan are 4 stories high, so this project would be 3x’s that height. Also, the retail that was planned on the first level on the Bart side is being converted to living units as they have been unable to lease those areas. 636 El Camino is having trouble maintaining the retail on the first level also. So we are planning the same type of retail on the bottom and living over why?