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From: Jim Murray [mailto:jmurraycal@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2017 6:04 PM To: Jackie Rose Cc: frankie murray Subject: Strong support for Permit Parking Program on Loma Alta Ave My wife Frankie (copied here) and I are writing to express our strong support for the proposed permit parking program for our neighborhood, which is immediately above the first stop sign on Loma Alta Ave. After the high school students occupy the available spaces by shortly after 8 am during the school year, someone coming to our house often cannot find a parking space nearby, This is a problem not only for our son and for friends, but also for service providers (at least those who cannot double park while delivering packages, but double parking itself creates potential traffic safety concerns on our street where speeding vehicles, and "rolling stop signs", is fairly common). We trust that the high school can manage its available parking spaces to better encourage car pooling, with more studen passengers per vehicle. Many of the vehicles I have observed parking on our street have only a single occupant -- the driver (some of whom during the winter keep their cars idling while in a parking space, exhausting more pollutants in cold weather, until the driver finally decides it is time to walk over to school). Social networks, texts and the plain 'ol phone service provide ways for students to connect efficiently via their smartphones to car pool. So students need not rely on the VTA's bus route to augment whatever transport to school their parents or other family members can provide -- if their homes are actually beyond reasonable walking distance from the high school.. We look forward to receiving news of the next steps to get this permit parking program in place. - Jim and Frankie Murray, 161 Loma Alta Ave, Los Gatos (cell @ 925-998-9964)