Health fair was a success
We so enjoyed assembly member Gail Pellerin’s health fair on Saturday.
So many good resources and opportunities to network.
See photo attached with our Eating Disorders Resource Center team (L-R): Lily, program manager, Rob Moore, Mira, Isha; Back Row: Sophia and Janice Bremis executive director.
Among the Los Gatans who stopped at our booth was Chip Curry.
Janice Bremis
Los Gatos
We want Pageant Park back
If you live near the Los Gatos library, you are well aware of the homeless man living in Pageant Park.
He has a bed, sitting area, phone, laptop with wifi, and lights. He’s very comfortable living in a space that we as taxpayers paid for.
While he is lucid, and was once an engineer, he watches political videos incessantly and as a result he will spew profanity and hatred at the top of his lungs for hours and hours. This goes on at all hours of the day and night.
He has come at me yelling profanity while I am walking my dog and I’ve witnessed him calling teen girls and adult women inappropriate names.
The residents call the police almost daily, and we have contacted the Council and mayor. They state there is nothing they can do.
He is disturbing the peace daily and there are no consequences. He defecates in the park, and it is no longer a usable space. He is steps from the library, where children visit throughout the day. He is hundreds of feet from the high school.
How can this be safe? Does something serious have to happen to address this issue? Relocate this man before someone seriously gets hurt.
Lori Gragnola
College Hill, Los Gatos
Questioning developer’s “changes”
This letter is in response to the article published last week in the Los Gatan referencing Swenson’s seven-story proposed building for New Town titled “Swenson reduces unit count by 262 for formal ‘Residence at Newtown’ application.”
I have been trying very hard to work “together and with” Swenson, my Chirco neighbors and the Town of Los Gatos to find a position where everyone wins.
The article, along with the plans and cover letter submitted to the Town on Aug. 30—and especially Swenson’s comments—were very frustrating and concerning.
Many of the statements in the article appear to be fabricated to try to make it appear that Swenson was doing the Town and the Chirco neighborhood a “favor”?
These fabrications, if not straight-out lies, reflect extremely badly on Swenson and should make everyone in the town question every statement from them moving forward.
Swenson has not “already begun holding neighborhood meetings to gather feedback.”
Although they agreed to come to my home to hear four of my neighbors’—and my—concerns about water, sewer, power, sunlight, solar, views, schools, trees, safety, privacy, lighting, security, etc., this one meeting they agreed to attend was initiated by us, and it was limited to five members of the neighborhood.
There was no “monumental” change. The changes between the “pre-application,” that was submitted in March of this year, and the official application, that was submitted Aug. 30, are very minor—so much so that I called the Town to ask when the new plans would be uploaded (because the building largely looked the same).
There was no “lopping off 50 feet.” The “pre-application” that was submitted in March was seven stories and 82 feet, 8 inches tall. There is zero difference in the height with the official application that was submitted on Aug. 30. It is still seven stories and 82 feet, 8 inches tall.
This proposed building will include more than 100 units—as well as the clubhouse, pool and decks—that look down over our homes and backyards.
There was no “reduction of home count by 262 units.” The “pre-application” that was submitted in March of this year was 238 units. There is zero difference with the number of units with the official application that was submitted on Aug. 30. There are still 238 units!
Rich Stephens
Los Gatos
