Council ignores residents on development
Editor:
In the case of the Mayfield housing development project, and the upcoming South Bay Christian Center project, the city council has consistently taken the position that their role is to maximize the profits of the land sellers and the developers.
Council members ignore the fact that Hewlett Packard is headquartered in Palo Alto, Toll Brothers is headquartered in Horsham, Penn., the South Bay Christian Center is moving to Sunnyvale and that Classic Communities is located in Palo Alto.
We, the residents of Mountain View, have two choices: become politically active and elect council members who will be concerned about us, the residents, or move to Los Altos, Sunnyvale or Cupertino, where the city government is concerned about the residents.
Konrad M. Sosnow
Trophy Drive
Low density best for Grant Road farm
Editor:
While I am very sad to see the Grant Road farm developed, I think that it would be safest for the neighbors if they were to allow it to be developed at the present plan of six units per acre. The alternative plan, which calls for higher density housing on less land and a farm set-aside, presents three serious problems.
First, as mentioned in the article, higher density housing is not in the character of the neighborhood and will adversely affect those living near it. Second, there is the problem of ongoing financial support for the farm. And third, there is a very good chance that, at some point in the future, the city of Mountain View, which is perversely in love with high-density housing, may also allow such housing to be built on the farm set-aside, thus further degrading the neighborhood.
I think it is better to minimize the downside risk and allow reasonable development of the entire tract. I do not trust Mountain View to have any common sense when it comes to housing development and density. Their actions to destroy neighborhoods with inappropriately high density housing since about 1990 have convinced me of that.
William R. Hitchens
Sunnyview Lane
City should work with Sports Page
Editor:
When I moved out of state 15 years ago. I still visited Mountain View as often as every other month to stay connected to my family and friends. The one stop on each trip was the Sports Page, the friendly neighborhood bar and the hub of many different people and activities where all are welcome.
I’m now relocated back to the South Bay, and despite all the impersonal big-city attitudes here I still have a friendly refuge at the Sports Page. This is the place I return to so I can get a warm welcome; interesting conversations and debates, and a steady flow of new faces. It’s always refreshing, along with a spirit or two.
Having grown up in Mountain View I have many friends associated with the owner, Rob, his family and business associates. I’ve witnessed him throwing up his hands in disgust regarding his constant efforts to meet the city’s impossible demands. Rob is making an earnest effort to update or adjust plans to accommodate an ever-changing list of demands from the city.
Mountain View officials should step back and view this injustice with a little more compassion for the Sports Page and its patrons.
Patricia Held
San Lucas Court
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