Attachment 6From: 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)