Attachment 4March 30, 2017
Hon. Marico Sayoc, Mayor
Hon. Rob Rennie, Vice Mayor
Hon. Barbara Spector, Council Member
Hon. Marcia Jensen, Council Member
Hon. Steve Leonardis, Council Member
Re: Alpine Avenue Parking Plan
April 4, 2017 Meeting
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Dear Mayor Sayoc, Vice Mayor Rennie, and Council Members Spector,
Jensen, and Leonardis:
We, the residents, neighbors, and families of Alpine Avenue, urge the
Council, for the reasons we will describe at your next Council meeting on
April 4, 2017, to reconsider your March 7, 2017 decision, and do the
following as to the Alpine Avenue Parking Plan:
1. Change the start time back from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m.; and
2. Change the Plan back so it is effective 365 days a year.
We very much appreciate the Council's decision on March 21. 2017 to
reconsider the merits of your March 7, 2017 decision. We also appreciate
your willingness to give us an opportunity to explain why the original plan
adopted by the Town in 2016 was so important to the health, safety, and
quality of life of the families on Alpine Avenue. Thank you.
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Re: Alpine Avenue Parking Program Set for Hearing on April 4, 2017; Reconsideration of
Resolution as to Agenda Item 8 at March 7, 2017 Hearing
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, and Members of the Town Council:
The residents of Alpine Avenue thank the Council for voting to reconsider its March 7, 2017
Resolution modifying Alpine Avenue's permit parking program. The residents request that the
Council amend the Resolution to remove the modifications made to Alpine Avenue's pilot
permit parking program. Specifically, the residents request that:
• The program remain operational all year round.
• The weekday hours of operation remain from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
There appears to be no opposition to this request. No Town neighborhood opposition was
stated at the March 7 hearing.
This request is affirmatively supported by 100 percent of Alpine residents. (See March 30, 2017
letter and collected assents attached hereto as Exhibit A.)
We also believe that there is no reasonable objection to this request, and we appreciate the
Council's reconsideration of this matter.
Summary of Points
This letter, signed for time constraints only by some Alpine residents, sets forth the
presentation that Alpine would have made had it been given notice of the March 7 hearing, and
it also addresses facts that have arisen since the hearing. In summary, the residents base their
request on the following grounds:
• Excluding the summer months would defeat one of the two purposes of the Alpine pilot
program: to prevent commercial parking on the residential street.
• Changing the start time from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. undermines the other purpose of
the Alpine pilot program: to discourage High School students from the residential street
as a school parking lot.
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• The current Alpine pilot is a proven success; the modified program is unproven and was
proposed without outreach to Alpine.
• Alpine successfully completed its pilot program, including responding to the post -pilot
surveys solicited by the Town, and the Neighborhood Permit Parking Program (the
"NPPP") is effectively being retroactively repealed as to Alpine.
• Alpine's proven program, based on currently tested results and surveys, should be
maintained just like the parking programs in the Town that are being maintained with
no apparent question or review as to the continued need for such programs, their
needed parameters, or their cost.
• The current Alpine pilot supports the Town's goal of encouraging bicycle and public
transportation alternatives for students and other members of the public.
• Neither cost considerations nor desire for uniformity warrant reduction of safety
precautions already in place and needed due to the unique characteristics and use of
Alpine.
1. The Summer Months Should Not Be Excluded
At the March 7, 2017 hearing, after the dose of the public hearing, Lieutenant JR Langer stated
that the Alpine parking issues go away in the summer, referring to vehicle counts. He also
indicated, then and later, that the only reason for the Alpine parking program was the High
School parking. (See Lieutenant JR Langer's March 31, 2017 letter to Alpine residents [the
"3/21 Letter"], asserting that Alpine's program was implemented "because of high school
student parking." (3/21 Letter pp. 3 and 5.) These statements are incorrect.
The Alpine program was not implemented solely because of the High School parking. It was
also implemented because of the employee and customer parking for the commercial Parlour
308 operation at the corner of Alpine and East Main.
As stated in the petition:
Parlour 308 enjoys an unrestricted business license without responsibility for providing
the necessary parking for their employees or customers since they were grandfathered
into the neighborhood, remodeled and grew their business ten -fold in the past few
years.
(See August 21, 2015 petition, attached as Exhibit 8, p. 2.) Consistent with the petition and the
problems on which it was based, the Town implemented, not an academic year program
directed only to school parking but a year-round program directed to both the High School and
commercial parking problems besetting Alpine.
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Further, the only reason that the parking problems go away during the summer is because of
the year-round program. While the comments were somewhat vague on this point, the vehicle
counts on which Lieutenant Langer relied would not likely have included counts to test parking
during the summer in the absence of parking restrictions but only counts during the summer of
2016 after the program had been implemented. Alpine did not even submit its petition for
permit parking until the start of the academic year in 2015; there would have been no reason
for vehicle counts prior to that; and, thus, there appears to be no data supporting the
conclusion about summer parking. Logic as well as Alpine resident experience shows that the
parking problem from a year-round business does not go away during the summer.
Alpine is not being treated fairly or equitably compared to other residential neighborhoods with
commercial parking problems. As discussed below, the summer parking problem poses the
same safety issues as the academic year parking, but that is not the minimum test for permit
parking. Alpine is likely only one of a few neighborhoods, if not the only neighborhood, with
safety issues. Most if not all the residential permit parking in the Town has nothing to do with
safety. The sole purpose for those programs is to protect residential streets from commercial
parking. For some inexplicable reason, when applied to Alpine and its commercial parking
problem, the issue stops being about protection but about "privatization" and mere "quality of
life." Alpine is a residential street and simply asks that it be allowed to remain so.
II. The Start Time Should Remain at 7:00 a.m.
No explanation was given at the March 7 hearing for changing the start time to 9:00 a.m. As
pointed out by Council Member Rennie on March 21, that change itself was not clearly brought
to the Council's attention. No explanation has been subsequently given. Lieutenant JR Langer's
March 21, 2017 letter following the March 7, 2017 hearing (the "3/21 Letter") and directed to
responding to Alpine's concerns does not mention (or explain or justify) the proposed change.
Such a change in start time is inconsistent with the High School schedule and unmindful of the
students' parking patterns.
Just as the Council rejected Staff's recommendation to increase the parking duration time from
90 minutes to 2 hours, it should reject the recommendation to change the start time. As
explained in public comment to the Council on March 7, a 2-hour versus 90-minute parking
duration allows evasion based on the High School class schedule. The same is true for the
change in start time. High School does not start at 9:00 a.m. The five-minute warning bell rings
at 8:10. Traffic and the search for parking occurs well before that. This was the reason for the
7:00 a.m. start time. Delaying enforcement for two hours will allow evasion, including student
parking, with no risk of citation, until at least 10:30 a.m.
III. Alpine's Pilot Program, Not the Proposed Modified One, is a Proven Success.
The successful pilot program at Alpine Avenue was a year-round program starting at 7:00 a.m.
That program is the one that, according to all accounts including survey responses by the
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residents, was a complete success. As set forth in the 3/21 Letter, "[a]II outreach efforts to the
residents indicated they were satisfied with the pilot." (see also p. 4 ["Both neighborhoods
[[Alpine and Whitney]] have indicated they were satisfied with the results of the pilot
programs"].)
In contrast, there has been no showing that a modified program, excluding summer months
and school holidays and not starting until 9:00 a.m., will be successful. The evidence is to the
contrary.
IV. The Proposed Modifications Reduce Safety, Increase the Likelihood of Personal
Injury and Property Damage, and Present Increased Liability Risk for the Town
Our petition, our survey results, our letter requesting reconsideration, and other materials that
have been submitted have addressed the unique safety issues facing Alpine (narrow, blind
curves; no speed -impeding intersections; thoroughfare and shortcut) which are over and above
just the commercial parking problems that has justified other programs in Town, (Please note,
in response to the reference in the 3/21 Letter to only a single "reported vehicle collision" prior
to the parking program (see 3/21 Letter p. 1, emphasis added), there were numerous
unreported collisions, accidents, and damage, as well as numerous additional near -misses prior
to the institution of the parking program.)
The issue now is the delta between the safety of the current program and the proposed
modified one: specifically, the effect of the proposed later start time and exclusion of summer
months.
The starting point of the analysis is the success of Alpine's program. It was implemented year-
round with a 7:00 a.m. start time, and, in response to the Town's survey and its specific
questions, the residents responded that the program was a success with absolutely no
unforeseen problems or circumstances. It would seem that the burden of establishing the
safety of a reduced program should lie, not with Alpine, but with Town Staff.
In any event, the proposed modified program will reduce safety, to the detriment of Alpine, the
Town, and its visitors. The street does not become wider during the summer or before 9:00
a,m. The blind curves (neither the extreme one near the foot nor the two lesser ones farther
up the road when the road is parked on both sides) do not disappear. As discussed above, the
students arrive well before 9:00 a.m., and the commercial parking is year-round. The same
justifications for safety precautions between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. and the academic year
exist between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and the summer. Indeed, as to the summer, an excellent
argument can be made there is an even greater need for safety precautions then, given the
popularity of Alpine for bicyclists and skateboarders, walkers and runners.
Other than the erroneous suggestion, already discussed above, that the parking problem goes
away in the summer, there appear to be only two possible arguments underlying any
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conclusion that the modifications do not sacrifice safety. Neither supports excluding the
summer.
The first is that the summer commercial parking might not extend as far up Alpine as the
combined commercial and high school parking extends during the academic year. That is of no
matter either under the Town's standards for restricted parking or for safety. Removing the
summer restrictions returns lower Alpine back to the mercy of commercial parking, and,
further, based on the Town's determination that a driver will walk up to 10 minutes for a
parking spot, upper areas of Alpine are also vulnerable. Moreover, observing the natural
inclination on a driver to park as close to his or her destination as possible, clearly, the cars will
congregate first toward the bottom of Alpine. An obstruction is an obstruction wherever it
occurs on the street, and the obstruction presented by unfettered commercial parking at the
lower end of Alpine affects the entire street —unless the Town proposes that fire and
emergency vehicles no longer need access up Alpine and must instead navigate Loma Alta,
Cross, Johnson, the one -lane portion of Foster, and the hard -right turn at the top of Alpine to
access the street from that end.
The second possible argument is that the redlining of the street at the blind curve would take
care of danger from any summer commercial parking. The redlining has been in place for a long
time, and, if it solved the problem, Alpine would not have sought and the Town would not have
approved its parking program in the first place. The redlining merely prevents parking right at
the blind curve. It does not preclude or even much ameliorate the impact of parking (school or
commercial) beyond the curve.
The point is that the parking creates, at best, a one -lane road. A car coming down Alpine
encountering cars parked on both sides must drive down the very center of the road, and,
often, too often, the driver does not make the necessary correction back to the right by the
time the car reaches the intersection. Every driving resident of Alpine can recount having
driven up the hill toward the blind curve and been faced with another car veering down the
middle around the curve. Some can speak of the result of the up -car swerving right to avoid
the down -car. Some can even speak of the up -car jumping the sidewalk and hitting the stone
gate at the curve. At least one can speak of their high school son having barely missed being
caught against that gate. The year-round safety protection of Alpine, its residents, and others
driving, walking, running, bicycling, or skateboarding on Alpine would seem to justify the
incremental cost of summer enforcement (particularly the limited enforcement necessary, as
discussed above).
V. The Neighborhood Permit Parking Program Should Not Be Retroactively Repealed
as to Alpine
As discussed below, there were serious inadequacies in the Town's notice of the March 7
hearing, but those inadequacies did not just relate to the March 7 hearing and they did not
amount only to lack of notice but to actions leading Alpine to believe that its pilot parking
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program, completed and proven successful, would be made permanent, when, in fact, action
was being delayed so the NPPP could be repealed, effectively as to Alpine, retroactively.
Town Staff implies that the Alpine residents should have known that their successful pilot
would not be made permanent because, in December 2017, it allegedly notified the residents
that the pilot was being extended and the Town could not predict if it would be made
permanent. (See 3/21 Letter p. 1.) As discussed above, the Town did not make that
notification (or, as discussed below, the other claimed notifications). To the contrary, the Town
indicated just the opposite to the Alpine residents. At the end of the pilot project and via the
only communication that it took any steps to ensure would be delivered to at least some Alpine
residents (by sending it to Pamela Nerney and requesting her to forward it to her neighbors),
the Town sent a survey seeking Alpine Avenue's feedback on the results of the pilot program.
(See November 17, 2016 email from Jackie Rose to Pamela Nerney attached as Exhibit C.)
Residents promptly and positively responded to the surveys under the belief based on Staff
statements that, after approval of a pilot, success is the sole criterion for permanency.
Alpine followed every step of the NPPP as well as the instructions of Town Staff. It
demonstrated the need for the specific restrictions that were in fact put in place. It obtained
approval for its pilot. It responded promptly to the surveys that it had been told would follow
the pilot. The success is beyond question. Alpine met all requirements for approval, and the
only apparent reason that its program was not timely approved was the Town's decision,
uncommunicated to Alpine, to consider a repeal of the NPPP, a repeal that, as to Alpine, was
effectively retroactive.
VI. The Alpine Program, As -Is, Meets Other Important Town Goals
As indicated by public comment at the March 7 hearing and by the 3/21 Letter (p_ 4), the Town
desires to adopt policies and measure encouraging Safe Routes to School as well as year-round
bicycling, carpooling, walking, public transportation, and other healthful, safe, and sustainable
non -automobile forms of transportation. The Alpine Program, as -is, meets that goal,
discouraging student driving in alignment with the school hours and commercial driving in
alignment with year-round commercial operation. For this additional reason, it should be
maintained without change.
VII. The Goals of Cost Reduction and Uniformity Do Not Warrant the Proposed
Modifications to Alpine's Existing, Successful Parking Program
Neither cost nor uniformity outweighs needed safety protections.
The Council had instructed Staff to prepare a cost recovery analysis by the March 7 hearing.
(See February 28, 2017 Staff Report ["2/28 SR"] p. 1 [at the November 15, 2016 hearing, "the
Council...directed staff to:...[ejxamine options to increase permit costs either Town wide or
area specific"]; id. p. 2 [as a result of a December 15, 2016 meeting, the Policy Committee
"directed staff to:...[p]rovide suggestions to move towards a cost recovery with the parking
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program"]; id. p. 4 under "Cost Recovery" ["Staff was advised to return on March 7, 2017 to
discuss the preferential parking program, and plans for outreach regarding potential changes to
the program including fee increases].) No analysis was prepared, however, and, although, at
feast as to Alpine, the parking program recommendations were cost -driven, there was no basis
for cost analysis, either of the cost of Alpine's program, or any other program in the Town, or of
alternatives to reducing safety and protection.
Alpine's program is already in effect. The signs have been installed. The permits are issued.
The only significant remaining cost is enforcement. At the March 7 hearing, Town Staff rejected
the suggestion of leaving the Alpine signs up in the summer without patrol, an understandable
concern that there not be complete misalignment between regulation and enforcement.
However, in rejecting this suggestion, it seems that Staff focused on an enforcement system
that, as shown by the evidence at Alpine, is overly expensive and unnecessary.
As set forth in the 3/21 Letter, the Town has issued only 14 parking citations on Alpine during
the 11 months of its program. (3/21 Letter pp. 1 [start date of enforcement] and 4 [number of
citations].) That amount to just over 1 citation a month. The signs alone are clearly working,
with minimal need for enforcement. Even if the 3-plus patrols a day suggested by Staff might
be optimal, it seems somewhat foolhardy to use availability of optimal enforcement resources
as a condition to safety regulations. (Were that the case, the Town should consider taking
down all its stop signs and crosswalks since, clearly, they cannot be under optimal constant
police observation.)
A cost analysis would have permitted the Council's consideration of numerous cost-effective
methods other than sacrificing the safety and success of Alpine's program, including:
• increasing permit fees
• Increasing parking fines
• Allocating the costs of unnecessary enforcement during the academic year (3 or more
times daily) to the summer
• Reallocating enforcement costs among all the residential permit parking districts
Just as cost should not undermine Alpine's program, neither should a desire for uniformity,
especially where, here, there still will be no across-the-board uniformity in the Town's
residential parking districts. To the contrary, uniformity would be brought only to a single zone.
The variations in and among these other districts are numerous: 24 hours; 2 hours; 90 minutes;
weekdays; weekends; night-time; day -time; even mixtures of different times for weekdays,
Saturdays, and Sundays within the same zone; even a change in regulation mid -block. Indeed,
it was all this variation that made the Town concerned about lack of uniformity (as expressed
by Staff at the hearing, resulting in the concern that a visitor to the Town might get confused).
Vet, even though the March 7 hearing addressed an overall review of all the Town's residential
permit parking districts, no attempt was made by Staff to address these wide and numerous
variations. Only the High School Zone was selected for uniformity, and, in Alpine's case, it was
selected without any regard for the peculiarities of the street and its unique needs.
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VIII. The Resolution Was Passed Based on Inaccurate as Well as Inadequate Information
As discussed below, due to lack of notice and opportunity for input by the residents of Alpine,
the Resolution was passed based on an incomplete record. It was also based on inaccurate
information, including, as discussed above, information relating to notice, the purposes of the
Alpine program, and the change in start time. Yet another piece of information was presented
inaccurately, the actual scope and impact of the opt -out provision.
At the March 7 hearing, Council Member Jensen specifically asked Staff whether Alpine could
opt out of the High School Zone; the Staff said that it could; and, presumably, the Council relied
on this. This information, however, has been directly contradicted in subsequent
correspondence from the Town Staff, specifically, the 3/21 letter. It states as follows:
Question: Will streets that already have permit parking be required to go through the
opt out process?
Answer: No, the "opt out" notification is only for the new streets under consideration.
Johnson, Cross, Alpine and Whitney are already established as having parking
restrictions and would not be part of the opt -out notification area for new streets.
(Langer Ltr. p 2, italics in original.) (Equally unclear at this point is the actual effect of the opt -
out. At the hearing, it appeared to preclude any other parking permit program for the opting -
out street, but the 3/21 states that, if a street opts out, "Town Staff will work with that area to
review the program separately.")
iX. There Has Been a Failure of Notice and Outreach to the Alpine Community
In granting the motion for reconsideration, the Council has already recognized the notice issues
as to the March 7 hearing. Whereas Town Staff advised that the Town had given notice to the
Alpine residents, it had not. (Staff Report dated February 28, 2017 (the "2/28 SR") p. 5 I"the
Staff has informed both the Alpine Avenue and Whitney Avenue neighborhoods that...this
agenda item is scheduled and that the Policy Committee is recommending permit parking as
part of the High School Zone"]; see also hearing video to same effect].) Even to the limited
extent that the Town gave notice, the notice was apparently emailed to only one resident, Ms.
Nerney (even though Town Staff had been copied on numerous prior emails containing the
email addresses of many of Alpine's households); the notice was late (March 3, 2017, after the
deadline for package submission and two business days before the hearing); the notice was
confusing (relating apparently only to the proposed change in the start time); and the notice
was followed by Staff acknowledgement (not mentioned by Staff at the hearing) that Alpine
had "a good argument to leave alpine [sic] as it is"].) (See March 3, 2017 email from Jackie Rose
to Jackie Rose attached as Exhibit D and March 3, 2017 email from Lieutenant Langer to Pamela
Nerney attached as Exhibit E.)
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The 3/21 Letter claims that, under State law, no notice was required. (See 3/21 Letter p. 3
t"Formal written notices are required by State law to be sent for public hearings...for
ordinances, land use items, and certain other items. The Town's parking program does not
require written notice."].) State statutory law does not displace basic principles of due process,
and its enumeration of certain actions requiring "formal written notice" does not preclude the
notice requirements (formal, written, or otherwise) of due process. Additionally, the matter
before the Council was not simply the Town's parking program, but the specific pilot program
affecting Alpine Avenue, and due process mandated that the affected residents of Alpine be
given notice and an opportunity to be heard. The Town Staff recognized this when they
purported to give notice of the hearing, and they continued to recognize this when they
repeatedly assured the Council that notice had been given.
For all the foregoing reasons, we request that the Council keep the current Alpine pilot program
in place without modification, with summer operation and a 7:00 a.m. start time. Thank you
very much for your consideration of our concerns.
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EXHIBIT B: August 21, 2015 Petition
Request for Restricted Parking
Alpine Ave, Los Gatos
August 21, 2015
To: The Town of Los Gatos
From: Alpine Ave Residents
The following residents (households) on Alpine Avenue, Los Gatos, are urgently
requesting restricted parking. We understand there are two possible options:
• Permit Parking: 90 minute parking between 7am-4pm Monday -Friday
• 2 hour parking 8am-6pm Monday -Friday
The reason we are requesting restrictive parking is primarily related to safety. Our
street has developed over the past few years into a default high school and commercial
parking lot. The increased student enrollment and the high school's elimination of
available parking on campus due to construction have recently exacerbated the
situation. Parlour 308 has 25-30 part time employees and then clients throughout the
day Tuesday -Saturday.
Alpine residents and the Town might consider a partial street parking restriction (similar
to Johnson Avenue).
The following details the current situation on Alpine Ave:
• Our street is narrow - when cars are parked on both sides it creates a dangerous one
way street with cars waiting at both ends. Larger trucks inch their way through.
• When the students arrive to park before school, there is speeding, illegal u-turns,
driveway turnarounds and backing out, yelling, group gatherings, F O.B beeping,
dropping off or picking up other students. This is repeated at lunch and after school
when there are more u-turns (stopping traffic, dangerously) since they don't want to
face the log jam at the bottom of the street.
• Parents often park on Alpine dropping off or waiting to pick up their student, or wait
for them double parked at the bottom of our street creating more hazardous conditions.
• The widespread proliferation of texting and parking apps in the past few years has
allowed students to constantly/instantly communicate advice and tips on where to park,
where they are, "come and get me" information which has escalated the situation.
Request for Restricted Parking
Alpine Ave, Los Gatos
August 21, 2015
• There have been 7-8 accidents in the past year on Alpine, not all reported, due to
speed and/or the narrow conditions created by student and salon parking.
• Suspicious and menacing behaviors have been observed in parked cars on our street
some arrests made: vandalism, drug deals, smoking marijuana, sexual misconduct.
• Students often "park and ride" on Alpine by taking their skateboards out of their cars
and then pitching it downhill, creating more danger for them, drivers on the street and
residents.
• There is concern about fire trucks getting through the maze of traffic and dangerous
parking conditions - especially firetrucks on their way to Foster and streets above us.
• Residents have reported their concerns directly to the high school, with efforts to
include appropriate LGMSPD Department personnel and Town personnel. The high
school generally has responded that it is a police matter and the police cant help
because there are no legal parking restrictions on Alpine.
• UPS/FedEx/LISPS packages have gone missing off our front steps. Several
residents have their mailboxes directly on the street and feel at risk.
• Garbage is left behind by the students parking here everyday. We pick up cigarette
butts, "big gulps", lunch trash and worse every day that school is in session.
▪ Street sweeping appears to be randomly scheduled and most of the time our street
does not get cleaned because of the student/commercial parking.
• Alpine is the only street immediately adjacent to LGHS without restricted parking.
• Parlour 308 enjoys an unrestricted business license without responsibility for
providing necessary parking for their employees or customers since they were
grandfathered into the neighborhood, remodeled and grew their business ten -fold in the
past few years. (Compare this business with the dentist also at the bottom of the street
who not only improved the aesthetics of their environment, but provides adequate
parking for their patients and employees.)
Request for Restricted Parking
Alpine Ave, Los Gatos
August 21, 2015
• Putting recycling/garbage/yard bins out on the street can be a challenge. We have
watched students get out of their cars, move our bins - sometimes into the line of our
driveways, so that they have room to park.
• Noise levels are an extreme irritant at all "peak" times of arrival, lunch and departure
of students parking, tires screeching, doors slamming, voices raised or yelling, beeping.
cell phones, brakes, engines roaring and idling when they return, while they check their
phones. One of the recent observed developments is students dropping other students
off at their cars parked here on Alpine_ When a student did exactly this, Tuesday,
August 18th, going up the street, he dropped maybe 4-5 students off, holding up traffic
on our - now - one way street - everyone yelling, getting into a truck parked on
Alpine. Then one of the cars waiting threw a drink in a paper cup at the truck, with all
the expected shrieking and cursing.
• Several residents have reported frightening close calls, with recently parked cars
veering off onto sidewalks while backing up, damage to their stone walls from parked
cars making u-turns to exit Alpine, broken sprinkler heads, thrown garbage onto
landscaping.
Most of us on Alpine have long histories with the high school - our children went there,
or we did, we have friends there, we support the high school and have been good
neighbors. But now it has become a huge hindrance to our safety, our daily lives of
coming and going, the peace and quiet where we live, our homes.
We look forward to working with the Town to resolve this problem as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Alpine Avenue Residents
(please see attached signatures and addresses)
Request for Restricted Parking
Alpine Ave, Los Gatos
August 21, 2015
(one signature per household)
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EXHIBIT C: November 17, 2016 Email From Jackie Rose
to Pamela Nerney
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Subject Letter to Alpine Residents
Date: November 17, 2016 at 8:19:17 AM PST
To: 'Pamela Nerney' <p.nerney@verizon.net>
Good morning Pamela:
Below is an e-mail for the residents on Alpine Avenue. Could you please send this e-
mail through your Alpine Avenue contact list for me? Also, could you copy me on the e-
mail?
Thank you very much,
Jackie
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parking program for residents along Alpine Avenue. In January or February, 2017, staff
will be presenting a report to Council with the data collected.
As part of the process, Town staff is requesting residents to provide feedback about
how the parking program has improved/impacted your neighborhood. Your feedback is
very important and will be included in the staff report to Town Council for consideration
of a permanent implementation of residential parking on Alpine Avenue.
We will need to receive your feedback either by e-mail, USPS or drop-off at the address
below, no later than November 25, 2016 to complete the report.
I would like to reach out to each resident to obtain the following:
1. Please provide any feedback on how the program is working on Alpine Avenue?
2. Has there been any unforeseen circumstances associated to permit parking? If
so, How?
3. Is there a reduction to parking impacts on Alpine Avenue?
4. Do your visitors have ample space to park along the street?
5. Would you like to continue with residential permit parking on Alpine Avenue?
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Regards,
Retake D. Zwe
Jackie D. Rose • Community Outreach Coordinator
Los Gatos -Monte Sereno Police Department • 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos CA
95030
Ph: 408.354.6853 • Jflose@LosGatosCA.gov
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EXHIBIT D: March 3, 2017 Email From Jackie Rose to Jackie Rose
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Subject: Alpine and Whitney Neighborhood - Residential Parking Program Update
Date: March 3, 2017 at 122 PM
To: Jackie Rose jrose@losgatosca gov
Cc: JR Langer jlanger@losgatosca.gov
Good afternoon:
On Tuesday March 7th at 7 pm, the Town Council will receive a report recommending a
process to increase the reach of permit parking areas around the High School.
The recommendation aims to continue efforts at encouraging high school students to
utilize alternative transportation modes and provides options for parking that are not on
residential streets. If the recommendations are approved, Town staff will reach out to
potentially affected residential areas to provide an opportunity to opt out of the program.
The report also recommends a future review by the Town Council of permit parking fees
and a potential future adjustment to those fees to allow for a cost recovery program.
Interested parties can obtain information, including the Council report, on the Town
website: http://www_Iosrgatosca.gov12148/Town-Council
Thank you,
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Jackie D. Rose • Community Outreach Coordinator
lotLos Gatos -Monte Serena Police Department • 110 E. Main Street, Los Gatos CA 95030
Ph: 408.3.54.6R53 • JRose@LosGatosCA.gov
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EXHIBIT E: March 3, 2017 Email From Lieutenant Langer
to Pamela Nerney