*My name is Marcelle Kube and I am here representing the River Oaks Neighborhood 
Association on the topic of Parking and Traffic Calming.

The current plan as outlined by Irvine does not provide for enough parking.  
Just look at North Park, Irvine's other project on North First Street, there is 
not enough parking.  Not for the merchants, the residents nor the park 
visitors.  If the parking situation was adequate, the residents would be parking 
in the covered, secure parking spaces under their units.  Instead, every 
available space surrounding the public park is taken.  Even on a rainy Sunday 
afternoon, the residents park in the street.  The current plan says 1.5 spaces 
for a studio or 1 bedroom, 1.8 for a 2 bedroom and 2 for a three bedroom.  This 
is unrealistic in San Jose, where everyone has a car, or two, and where most 
people have roommates to share in the cost of the rent.  Also, it has come to my 
attention that in North Park, Irvine charges their tenants for additional 
parking.  So, if you have a two bedroom unit, you can only have 1.8 parking 
spaces, meaning you'll have to pay additional fees so that you can park 2 cars, 
which will just encourage the tenants to park in the streets.  **I ask that the 
City change the Zoning Ordinance in the Master Planning to require a parking 
space per bedroom, or studio. *
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The River Oaks Neighborhood Association asks you to delay the approval of this 
development until the City has performed the Master Planning as required by the 
North San Jose Area Development Policy.