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Attachment 2Attachment 2 From: Jennifer E Liebthal [mailto:jliebthal@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 11:43 AM To: Planning; Council Subject: March 7th Council meeting - Concerns with HS zone expansion plans affect on Loma Alta Avenue Hello, I have been a resident on Loma Alta Avenue for 19 years. I appreciate that the town is trying to work with local residents to make sure they can park on their streets. With all the other streets being permitted or limited use during school hours the parking situation on Loma Alta has gotten very bad. Since it is one of the only streets around that the kids can park on the residents of Loma Alta can not find parking for blocks.. sometimes more during school hours. If other area streets are limited parking during school hours why has this not been implemented on Loma Alta too? At the time that the requested the permits for Johnson were being requested the residents on Loma Alta signed the petition as we were told that it would include Loma Alta too yet it never did. I am not in the favor of the limited parking on Loma Alta if the other permitted/limited parking streets where opened back up but if they are not it seems very unfair for Loma Alta residents to carry the load of where all the students are now parking. When we bought our house students used to have 6 additional streets they could park on and now all those cars come to Loma Alta Avenue. I was actually hoping all the area street permits were going to be revoked. I would like to understand why Loma Alta is not being included in the time limited parking proposal being presented in the March 7th Town Council meeting. Thank you for your time, Jennifer Attachment 2 From: Pamela Nerney [mailto:p.nerney@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 3:12 PM To: Ann Atkinson; Tom Atkinson; Doug and Cheryl Rice; Len And Pat Viale; Cheryl Rice; Amy Perera; Jon Perera; Steve Vidlock; Dorothy Vidlock; Lou Ryan; Bruce Mitchell; Connie Mitchell; Dorothy Vidlock (dvidlock@me.com); Lisa Roberts; Janice Gali; Gwen Dawkins Franklin; Janet & Luis Gutierrez; Melanie Branon; Phil Branon; jean ann morton; Kathryn Knudsen; Brent K nudsen; Betty Sullivan; Kathryn Knudsen; John Thomsen; Don Cariani; Drombowski; Julie Gallinat; Greg Walker; Forouz Hojjat; Sheryl Ahlblad; Gwen Dawkins Franklin; Steve Rice; Krista and Jon Gieselman; Henry and Jean Richards Cc: Jackie Rose; JR Langer Subject: Town Council Agenda / Staff Report March 7 For those neighbors who may have missed the Nextdoor posting, please see link below for the Town Council Agenda/Staff Report for this coming March 7, Tuesday 7pm. If I read the report correctly, Staff is recommending that both Alpine Ave and Whitney be absorbed into a new 2 hour parking zone called the "High School Zone” which would effectively rescind our current Parking Permit status (90 minute Permit Parking 9am-4pm). All other streets in Los Gatos with Permit Parking would be maintained as is (including Johnson Ave, Villa? etc) My initial response is that Alpine Ave residents have operated in good faith and due diligence throughout the long "existing process" in place. Our Pilot program has been effective, widely supported and well documented as a success. (Also, 2 hour parking is not as effective and is more difficult to enforce, as I understand it.) My position is that Alpine Ave residents can make a good case for granting our Pilot Program permanent status, leaving it as is. I think our presence and input at the March 7 meeting can help the Town understand our position. https://legistarweb- production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/55778/Staff_Report_Final.pdf Photos below January 2016 Prior to Permit Parking status looking down Alpine Ave and looking up. Attachment 2 Attachment 2 Sincerely, Pamela Nerney Attachment 2 From: George Rose [mailto:grose2003@verizon.net] Sent: Friday, March 03, 2017 3:38 PM To: Jackie Rose Cc: megjofin@gmail.com; JR Langer Subject: Re: Alpine and Whitney Neighborhood - Residential Parking Program Update Hi Jackey, I have been meaning to thank you and those who put through the limited parking on Whitney. I do appreciate all of those in the Town of Los Gatos for there efforts. I and many others have enjoyed when repairmen are called that they have a place to park. It is really a problem that has been over looked by the Saratoga Los Gatos High School District.and where students are to park. It is to bad that school officials waste so much tax payers money and due nothing about the parking issues that effect the town and business. Yours Truly, George Rose Attachment 2 From: Tom Atkinson [mailto:atkinso22000@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 8:21 AM To: Pamela Nerney Cc: Ann Atkinson; Doug Rice; Leonard Viale; captswife58@gmail.com; Amy Perera; Jon Perera; Steve Vidlock; Dorothy Vidlock; Lou Ryan; Bruce Mitchell; Connie Mitchell; Dorothy Vidlock (dvidlock@me.com); Lisa Roberts; Janice Gali; Dirk Franklin; Janet & Luis Gutierrez; Melanie Branon; Phil Branon; jean ann morton; Kathryn Knudsen; Brent Knudsen; Betty Sullivan; Kathryn Knudsen; John Thomsen; Don Cariani; Drombowski; Janice Gali; Greg Walker; Forouz Hojjat; Sheryl Ahlblad; Gwen Dawkins; Steve Rice; Krista and Jon Gieselman; Henry and Jean Richards; Jackie Rose; JR Langer Subject: Re: P.S. (Town Council Agenda / Staff Report March 7) Hi Pamela - Sorry that we will be at Tahoe. Tom Atkinson atkinso22000@yahoo.com On Mar 3, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Pamela Nerney <p.nerney@verizon.net> wrote: P. S. As a footnote to email below, 2 hour parking restrictions are designed for issues (primarily downtown) with employee parking issues on residential streets with due respect to resident’s visitors. It is not a targeted or effective solution for the chronic, disruptive, unsafe parking and traffic issues that we have experienced on Alpine Ave with LGHS. On Mar 3, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Pamela Nerney <p.nerney@verizon.net> wrote: For those neighbors who may have missed the Nextdoor posting, please see link below for the Town Council Agenda/Staff Report for this coming March 7, Tuesday 7pm. If I read the report correctly, Staff is recommending that both Alpine Ave and Whitney be absorbed into a new 2 hour parking zone called the "High School Zone” which would effectively rescind our current Parking Permit status (90 minute Permit Parking 9am-4pm). All other streets in Los Gatos with Permit Parking would be maintained as is (including Johnson Ave, Villa? etc) My initial response is that Alpine Ave residents have operated in good faith and due diligence throughout the long "existing process" in place. Our Pilot program has been effective, widely supported and well documented as a success. (Also, 2 hour parking is not as effective and is more difficult to enforce, as I understand it.) My position is that Alpine Ave residents can make a good case for granting our Pilot Program permanent status, leaving it as is. I think our presence and input at the March 7 meeting can help the Town understand our position. https://legistarweb- production.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/attachment/pdf/55778/Staff_Report_Final.pdf <WebPage.pdf> Attachment 2 Photos below January 2016 Prior to Permit Parking status looking down Alpine Ave and looking up. <IMG_1094.jpg> <IMG_1093.jpg> Sincerely, Pamela Nerney