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From Cella <[email protected]>
Date Tue 8/5/2025 4:52 PM
To Taylor Richard <[email protected]>
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Good evening Mr. Taylor.
I'm sending this message to you as my opposition to the request of Aman Pohyar (Owner/Applicant) to re-zone 900 Calhoun Street from Agricultural to Residential.
Mr. Pohyar was denied this request in the past and I hope Hayward City Council will deny it again for the same reasons. I am certain that when I attended the first hearing, someone on the council mentioned that it was necessary that emergency vehicles; specifically fire trucks would be able to access that property and be able to make a full and complete U-Turn up there. There is not enough room for that to happen safely.
Also, the property owners on either side of 900 Calhoun will be adversely affected if the request to re-zone is approved. Both property owners on either side use their property for Agricultural purposes. Both are used as a source of income. One as a boarding place for horses and mules.
The other produces avocados and fresh honey. These two things alone give our neighborhood a nice, down-home rural atmosphere. Many people move into this area simply because it's still semi-raw and untouched.
Also, Mr. Pohyar has no good will towards Hayward and his neighbors. He is hostile and has even threatened to shoot my dog while I walked past his house on Calhoun. I was across the street, nowhere near his property line. There is record of that incident with the Hayward Police Department, I did make a report of his threat. I do not take that lightly. We don't need or want people like that up here, especially when most of our neighbors get along well.
Basically, the applicant wants to create a situation where our good neighbors on either side of 900 Calhoun will end up being forced to sell their property. He is in hopes that he will be able to purchase those lots. This confuses me since he is always saying how dirty and ugly our beautiful city of Hayward is. he also complains that his structures overlook Holy Seplechre Cemetary, and the flies and the horses. He should have researched this area better before purchasing his lot. With that being said, it would be more beneficial to him to purchase land that is already zoned and compatible with his building plans.
I will cut this letter short for now. I do plan on attending the hearing when it is scheduled. I will be out of town from Aug. 27, 2025 until Sept. 3, 2025. I am in great hopes that the hearing will be before or after those dates.
Thank you for your time and attention on this matter.
8/6/25, 7:43 AM Mail - Taylor Richard - Outlook
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Regards,
Marcella James
27692 E.16th Street
Hayward, CA. 94544
Ph: 510-432-9209
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Response to rezoning 900 Calhoun
FromChelsey Figueroa <[email protected]>
Date Tue 8/5/2025 10:30 PM
To Taylor Richard <[email protected]>
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Dear Taylor Richard / Planning Department,
As long-term residents and property owners at 1035 Calhoun Street, we are writing to express our strong opposition to the proposed zoning map amendment to rezone the property at 900 Calhoun Street from Agricultural (A) to Low-Density Residential (RLB10).
We have lived in this neighborhood for over 30 years and chose to stay here because of its unique and increasingly rare agricultural zoning—a character-defining feature of our area. This land use supports a peaceful, spacious environment that reflects Hayward’s rural roots and contributes to local biodiversity, sustainability, and community well-being.
Rezoning this property to residential—even low-density—opens the door to future development that will erode the agricultural integrity of our neighborhood. Once agricultural zoning is lost, it is rarely restored. This change would set a dangerous precedent for further rezoning and eventual overdevelopment in one of the few remaining agriculturally zoned areas in the city.
We urge the City to consider the long-term environmental, historical, and community impacts of this rezoning proposal and to preserve the Agricultural designation for 900 Calhoun Street in accordance with the intent and values of the Hayward 2040 General Plan.
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Sincerely,
Chelsey Figueroa
510.514.1507
Owners, 1035 Calhoun Street
Hayward, CA
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