June 22, 2007

Mr. Xavier Campos, Chair

San Jose City Planning Commission
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose , CA 95113-1905

Re: Support for the River Oaks Neighborhood Association (RONA) 
    Request for Citizen's Input to the Master Plan.

Chairman Campos,

The Irvine Company is proposing a conversion of the Sony industrial 
site in the River Oaks neighborhood to very high density housing for 
1900 units at as much as 77/78 dwelling units per acre. Page 7 of the
 staff report on this application states:

"At the request of staff, the applicant prepared a neighborhood master 
plan for the overlay area including the subject site."

The River Oaks Neighborhood Association (RONA) represents the residents
of the existing 2000 unit community. RONA has consistently requested 
a master planning process that would include residents of the 
neighborhood as full participants. The Board of the Berryessa Community 
Advisory Council (BCAC) believes that residents should be represented 
in the development of a master plan for the area in which they live and 
that it should not be solely the product of a single large developer. 
The Board of BCAC supports RONA in their request that this process 
take place before a project is approved.

Sincerely,

Mike Flaugher, President
Berryessa Citizens Advisory Council

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