Attachment 5MY NAME IS BARRY MINKIN AND I LIVE AT 305 RIVIERA TERRACE, LOS
GATOS. I LEARNED THAT A TOWN MEETING DISCUSSING THE ADDITION
TO RIVIERA TERRACE WAS HELD BY HAPPENING TO PUT ON MY TV AT
JUST THE RIGHT TIME
MY REASON FOR MOVING TO RIVIERA TERRACE WAS THAT IT IS ONE OF
THE VERY FEW MULTI - FAMILY RENTALS IN LOS GATOS THAT OFFERED A
�( VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS AND HAD AN OPEN SPACE FEEL. THE
PROPERTY IS NOT LIKE ANY OF THE SCORES OF APARTMENT RENTALS I
CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT LOS GATOS AND TOWN TERRACE THAT MADE
ME FELL CLAUSTROPHOBIC BECAUSE THE WERE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT
SO VERY CLOSE TOGETHER, CONDENSED WITH ALMOST NO VIEWS.
LOOKING AT THE PLAN IT SEEMS THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
WOULD ELIMINATE MY AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS VIEWS OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESTROY THE MATURE PARK LIKE PEACEFUL NATURE
OF THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR TITE ADDITIONAL PROFITS OF TIM
DEVELOPER ONCE AGAIN QUANTITY OF PROFITS WOULD TRUMP
QUALITY OF LIFE WHAT A MISTAKE IF PLANNING STAFF CONTINUES TO
SQUEEZE NATURE AND SMALL TOWN FEEL OUT OF LOS GATOS TO KEEP
DEVELOPING WHAT LITTLE GREEN IS LEFT TO DEVELOP. ALREADY THE
SAN JOSE WATER DISTRICTS HAS DESTROYED VEGIGATION THAT
SCREENED THE PROPERTY FROM HIGHWAY 17 ALLOWING US TO VIEW
TRAFFIC RATHER THEN PLANTINGS
IT IS TIME TO SAY NO MORE[ ONCE GONE LOS GATOS WILL BE LIKE MOST
OTHER TOWNS THAT SOLD OUT TO DEVELOPERS INTERESTS AND DID NOT
KNOW HOW TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
YES THE BMIABENEFITS FOR WHICH I AM ELIGIBLE (ANT) HOPEFULLY
i WILL NOT BE PENALIZED BY THE DEVELOPER FOR RECORDING MY
CONCERNS) MUST BE CONSIDERED. BUT THIS CAN BE DONE BY KEEPING
THE MOUNTAIN FACING VIEWS UNOBSTRUCTED. ELIMINATE" BUILDING
ONE" AND PERHAPS BUILDING TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE
PROPERTY SO THE EXISTING PROJECT KEEPS THE BEAUTIFUL MATURE
TREES. WATER FEATURES, OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS AS THEY
ARE.
IF NOT, FUTURE RENTERS WILL NEVER HAVE SUCH VIEWS IN LOS GATOS
AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LOS GATOS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE GOES
IN THE WRONG DIRECTION (LIKE 5 STORY NETFLIX BUILDINGS).
MOREOVER THE OPEN ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS
MUCH BETTER THEN THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SOME
IN- FILL AREAS NEAR DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE.
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IF THE PLANNING COMhIISSION WOULD LIKE TO VISIT MY APARTMENT TO
BETTER UNDERSTAND MY CONCERN PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL ME AT
408 - 402 -3020
FINALLY COUNTING THE CURRENT UNPAVED VISITOR AND SECOND CAR
PARKING AS NEW SPACE WILL ONLY MAKE PARKING EVEN MORE
DIFFICULT IN THE TOWN TERRACE AREA
FINALLY THE IMPACT ON SCHOOLS AND TOWN TERRACE TRAFFIC
SHOULD NOT BE MINIMIZED.
IT IS TIME TO INVEST IN QUALITY OF LIFE DEVELOPMENT FOR EXISTING
LOS GATOS RESIDENTS NOT TO MAXIMIZE PROFITS FOR DEVELOPMENT
INTERESTS SUCH AS THOSE WHO SPEAK AT COUNCIL MEETINGS
SUPPORTING FIVE STORY BUILDINGS AND ZONING CHANGES OVER THE
OBJECTIONS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE AROUND THESE PROPOSED
DEVELOPMENTS. HOPEFULLY WE CAN CHANGE THE THINKING OF THE
TOWN COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION & STAFF BEFORE IT'S TOO
LATE. I'VE SEEN THIS SAD SCENARIO PLAY OUT IN MANY TOWNS IN MY
LIFETIME AND HOPEFULLY LOS GATOS WILL LISTEN TO RESIDENTS
BEFORE DEVELOPERS AND THEIR SO OBVIOUS "IN THE POCKET"
SUPPORTERS GET MORE THEN THE EAR OF THE COUNCIL
ON ANOTHER NOTE, I HAVE SUGGESTED A JAPANESE GARDEN, WITH
TURTLE POND AS PART OF THE NORTH FORTY PROPERTY TO REMEMBER
HOW THE OWNER AND OTHER JAPANESE WERE SENT TO CAMP DURING
THE WAR. SINCE I HAVE BEEN GIVEN LOTS OF THOUGHT TO SUCH A
PROJECT I WOULD GLADLY SERVE ON A COMMITTEE TO HELP DEVELOP
SUCH AN EXAMPLE OF A QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
CHEERS!
BARRY H. MINKIN
www.minkinaffiliates.com
MY NAME IS BARRY MINKIN AND I LIVE AT 3 05 RIVIERA TERRACE, LOS
GATOS.
MY REASON FOR MOVING TO RIVIERA TERRACE WAS THAT IT IS ONE OF
THE VERY FEW MULTI - FAMILY RENTALS IN LOS GATOS THAT OFFERED A
VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS AND HAD AN OPEN SPACE FEEL. THE
PROPERTY IS NOT LIFE ANY OF THE SCORES OF APARTMENT RENTALS I
CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT LOS GATOS AND TOWN TERRACE THAT MADE
ME FELL CLAUSTROPHOBIC BECAUSE THE WERE ALLOWED TO BE BUILT
SO VERY CLOSE TOGETHER WITH ALMOST NO VIEWS.
LOOKING AT THE PLAN IT SEEMS THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT
WOULD ELIMINATE MY AND MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS VIEWS OF THE
MOUNTAINS AND DESTROY THE MATURE PARK LIKE PEACEFUL NATURE
OF THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ADDITIONAL PROFITS OF THE
DEVELOPER, ONCE AGAIN QUANTITY OF PROFITS WOULD TRUMP
QUALITY OF LIFE WHAT A MISTAKE IF PLANNING STAFF CONTINUES TO
SQUEEZE NATURE AND SMALL TOWN FEEL OUT OF LOS GATOS TO KEEP
DEVELOPING WHAT LITTLE GREEN IS LEFT TO DE=VELOP. ALREADY LAST
WEEK SAN JOSE WATER DISTRICT HAS DESTROYED VEGETATION T FIAT
SCREENED THE PROPERTY FROM HIGHWAY 17 ALLOWING US TO VIEW
TRAFFIC RATHER. THEM PLANTINGS
IT IS TIME TO SAY NO MOREL ONCE GONE LOS GATOS WILL BE LIKE MOST
OTHER TOWNS THAT HAVE SOLD OUT TO DEVELOPERS INTERESTS AND
DID NOT KNOW FLOW TO SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
YES THE BELOW MARKET RATE UNITS ARE A GOOD THING IF THE
CURRENT TENANTS ARE GIVEN FIRST CHOICE. BUT THIS CAN BE DONE
BY KEEPING THE MOUNTAIN FACING VIEWS UNOBSTRUCTED. WHY NOT
ELUvIIFIATE BUILDING ONE AND BUILDING TWO ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF
THE PROPERTY SO THE EXISTING PROJECT KEEPS THE BEAUTIFUL
MATURE TREES. WATER FEATURES, OPEN SPACE AND MOUNTAIN VIEWS
AS THEY ARE.
IF NOT, FUTURE RENTERS WILL NEVER HAVE SUCH VIEWS IN LOS GATOS
AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LOS GATOS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE IN
THE WRONG DIRECTION (LIKE 5 STORY NETFLIX BUILDINGS).
MOREOVER THE OPEN ARCHITECTURE OF THE EXISTING PROPERTY IS
MUCH BETTER THEN THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS THAT LOOK LIKE MANY
IN- FILL AREAS NEAR. DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE.
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