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Written
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CITY
OF
SARATOGA
Memorandum
To:
Saratoga
City
Council
From:
Crystal
Bothelio,
City
Clerk
Date:
November
5,
2014
Subject:
Item
13
Written
Communications
–
Appeal
of
Mixed
Use
Projects
at
14521
&
14523
Big
Basin
Way
After
the
City
Council
packet
was
prepared,
the
City
of
Saratoga
received
the
attached
written
communications
on
City
Council
Agenda
Item
13
–
Appeal
of
Mixed
Use
Projects
at
14521
&
14523
Big
Basin
Way.
Monday,
November
3,
2014
8:36:24
AM
Pacific
Standard
Time
Page
1
of
2
Subject:Fwd:
Response
to
Mr.
Lee's
"Supplemental
Appeal
Letter",
dated
10-‐28-‐2014.
Date:Sunday,
November
2,
2014
7:38:04
AM
Pacific
Standard
Time
From:James
Lindsay
<jlindsay@saratoga.ca.us>
To:City
Clerk
[Crystal
Bothelio]
<ctclerk@saratoga.ca.us>
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
Forwarded
message
-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐
From:
Mitchell
Cutler
<mitchell.cutler@comcast.net>
Date:
Nov
1,
2014
5:24
PM
Subject:
Response
to
Mr.
Lee's
"Supplemental
Appeal
Letter",
dated
10-‐28-‐2014.
To:
Michael
Fossati
<mfossati@saratoga.ca.us>,James
Lindsay
<jlindsay@saratoga.ca.us>,Emily
Lo
<elo@saratoga.ca.us>,Manny
Cappello
<mcappello@saratoga.ca.us>,Chuck
Page
<cpage@saratoga.ca.us>,Jill
Hunter
<jhunter@saratoga.ca.us>,Howard
Miller
<hmiller@saratoga.ca.us>
Cc:
Dan
Casas
<dcasas@legalteam.com>
We
are
responding
to
Mr
Lee's
"Supplemental
Appeal
Letter",
dated
10/28/2014.
He
offers
3
more
points
which
we
will
respond
to
in
order.
1)
Mr.
Lee
believes
"
The
City
ought
to
be
consistent
in
the
handling
of
applications".
Cutler
Response:
Mr.
Lee's
statements
are
both
factually
untrue.
First,
The
City
did
not
require
"
off
street
parking"
for
the
Saratoga
Dry
Cleaners
because
of
the
newly
implemented
"parking
relaxation"
in
{Section
15-‐35.020
(k)}.
Secondly,
Mr.
Lee
has
fabricated
an
imaginary
scenario
between
Craig
Awbrey
and
the
City
of
Saratoga.
According
to
the
City
records
and
Craig
Awbrey,
there
was
no
application
for
any
residential
apartments.
2)
Mr.
Lee
believes
"The
intensive
Parking
Demand
is
a
threat
to
the
Existing
Businesses".
Cutler
Response:
It
has
already
been
established
by
the
City
that
there
is
excess
parking
capacity
of
41,850
sq.
ft
in
the
Village
of
which
Mr.
Lee
has
been
approved,
and
subsequently
built
his
own
Saratoga
Inn
expansion.
If
Mr.
Lee
really
believed
that
the
intensification
of
use
would
threaten
his
customers
then
he
would
have
petitioned
the
approved
expansion
of
the
Blue
Rock
Shoot
in
2006.
At
that
time,
we
received
approval
to
move
La
Fondue
Restaurant
into
the
Blue
Rock
Shoot
space
which
would
have
brought
hundreds
of
cars
to
Parking
District
#
1.
Surely,
that
ought
to
have
aroused
a
hint
of
interest
from
Mr.Lee?
Not
the
case,
Mr.
Lee
was
silent.
Neither
the
City
nor
the
Cutlers
received
any
complaint
whatsoever
from
him.
3)
Mr.
Lee
believes
"Residential
Units
Need
Covered,
On
Site
Parking".
Cutler
Response:
According
to
Section
15-‐35.020
(k),
this
Project
is
exempt
from
covered
parking.
Thank
you
for
listening
Council
members,
we
have
complied
with
every
request
that
the
City
has
asked
of
us.
Please
deny
Mr
Lee's
appeal
on
it's
rumorous
and
groundless
speculation.
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of
2
Sincerely,
Mitchell
&
Tracey
Cutler
14480
Oak
Place,
Saratoga,
Ca,
95070.