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Memorandum
To: Saratoga City Council
From: Debbie Bretschneider, Deputy City Clerk
Date: December 3, 2014
Subject: Item 3: Housing Element Implementation Ordinance
After the City Council packet was prepared, the City of Saratoga received the attached
written communications on City Council Agenda Item 3- Housing Element
Implementation Ordinance.
Mayor Miller, Fellow City Council Members,
I am unable to attend this evening's City Council meeting although I had hoped to be able to be there.
Therefore, I am relaying my request via e-mail.
I request that you pull Item #3, "Housing Element Implementation Ordinance" from the Consent
Calendar of this evening's meeting (December 2, 2014).
My request is based on the fundamental change the Housing Element will have upon our entire City.
Most residents of Saratoga are completely unaware of the Housing Element as it pertains to BMR and/or
high density housing and it's substantial adverse affects on our City. There are also many do not realize
that it is part of the Consent Calendar for this evening's meeting.
Therefore, I respectfully request that Item #3 be removed from the Consent Calendar to allow the City
Council, especially the new members, to more fully study its ramifications and perhaps find alternatives
to the State mandated housing demands. I urge the Council to also have at least one open forum in
which Saratoga residents are informed about and can respond to the tremendous impact the adoption
of this Housing Element will have upon the very character of our City.
Thank you for considering my request.
Marcia Fariss
Saratoga Glen Place