PH-36 <br />Rec'd 9/9/13 from WI1 Dixon <br />CITY OF EMERYVILLE <br />seconron~ren tya <br />1333 PARK AVENUE <br />EMERYVILLE, CALIFORNIA 94608-3517 <br />TEL: (51 0) 596.4300 FkX: (510) 65$-8095 <br />February 21, 2007 , <br />Supervisor Roberta MacGlashan <br />County of Sacramento <br />700 H Street, Suite 2450 <br />Sacramento, CA 95814 <br />Dear Supervisor MacGlashan: <br />I was the Mayor of Emeryville, California (population approximately 7,000) in 1991, when a <br />cohousing community designed by Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant was approved-to be built- <br />in our town. I have been .the May and a Councilmember for_the.past 19 years. As is so oftm <br />the case with multi-family housing, there was considerable. concern about the project. • In fact, it <br />was originally denied by the Planning Commission and only approved on appeal to the City <br />Council. <br />The cohousing neighbors have been a great plus to our town. The residents are particularly good <br />citizens. They participate in local issues. One resident ran for and won a seat on, the School <br />Board. At thetime, the Sci ool District was-in disarray, with a corrupt Superintendent. Now the <br />test scores are 'improving; I attribute. a 'lot of that improvement to the participation and ' leadership <br />of the cohousing members. The City and School District are.workirig closely to provide a better <br />educational experience for our children: <br />Other residents have been involved in schools, volunteered for various City Committees, -and <br />have participated in a wide variety of City activities. They have modeled how to accomplish <br />environmentally sensitive, appropriately scaled multi-family developments. I can assure you that <br />they have been a great contribution to our town. <br />Moreover, their cohousing community .has been a catalyst to improve their local :neighborhood. <br />They took an old, abandoned warehouse' and remodeled' it- to create- Doyle Street Cohousing <br />(wwix.emeryville~cohousirig.org). Their homes .a>;enow sellingfor more than twice the original <br />prices. The cohousing community has Fevital zed the local. neighborhood. <br />Please feel free to call me at (510) 652-2199.ifyou. have any questions. I urge you to support the <br />cohousing community being proposed in Orangevale. <br />Nora vls~-~..., <br />Eme a Mayor <br />1288 <br />