Dear Ms. Chow,

I also believe that raising down 75 Willow would be a
terrible loss to the city. The building on the
property was once part of the Sunset Magazine complex,
which is evidenced by its inherent beauty. It is part
of the heritage of Menlo Park, and should be preserved
as a historical building.

Moreover, the landscape design around the building is
a treasure in and of itself. One might expect the
following to be an oxymoron, but I have never seen
such a beautifully designed parking lot. The building
and site should be preserved as a model and
inspiration for future design.

I would ask that the city consider preserving 75
Willow on its own merits, and funnel new development
to less desirable sites in town.

Warm regards,

Joanna Malaczynski
312 Waverley St. #4
Menlo Park, CA 94024

--- Vincent Bressler <vincent@missionctrl.com> wrote:

> Dear Ms. Chow,
>
> I'm am not pleased that the city is considering
> rezoning the beautiful office complex at 75 Willow
> road. This office is done in the same style as the
> Sunset buildings. It is classic Menlo Park, in
> great shape and could easily be rented out by a
> motivated landlord. But the residential real estate
> market is hot and the Menlo Park city council is
> accommodating to speculative development interests
> as evidenced by this an other projects.
>
> By rezoning this we are giving away a piece of our
> heritage, include a large number of heritage trees
> to be destroyed. What does the city gain from this
> project? This project will increase the number of
> school children in our over-crowded school district.
> Have you determined the actual impact by
> extrapolating from a similar project such as Burgess
> Classics? What about property tax? There may be
> some short term benefit but have you done a
> cost/benefit analysis. There are many demands on
> the city based on new residents and the property tax
> is constrained by Prop 13.
>
> Have you computed the cost to the city of Menlo Park
> via the loss of our heritage? I'm not sure how you
> would do that, but I assure you that there is a real
> cost. Does this project conform to the general
> plan? And if not have you solicited and received
> broad public support for this and other substantial
> new residential developments? Does the project
> conform to a general idea of where we want to take
> the city? Or is this simply a favor to development
> interests with no other constituency? I suspect
> that it is.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vincent Bressler
> 240 East Creek Drive
> Menlo Park
>
>
>
>

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