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Please see my attached letter of support.
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Bill Lee
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Dear Mayor Mahan, Vice Mayor Kamei, and Council Members, I am writing to express my support for the proposed Costco Warehouse at the Westgate West shopping center. By way of introduction, for those who might not know my background, I was born and raised in Southern California and am a proud product of Jesuit education. I earned both my undergraduate degree and MBA from Santa Clara University, where I was also a member of the Bronco football team. After founding and successfully running a national manufacturing and distribution company in the window shutter industry, I decided to shift my focus to the nonprofit sector. For the past 5 years, I’ve had the privilege of leading Martha’s Kitchen, helping to further its mission of serving those in need across the Santa Clara County region.
The project proposal will contribute to the vitality of San Jose, including:
Contributing to the city’s retail base and tax revenue with an estimated $2 million in annual sales tax.
Creating 250 to 300 well-paying jobs that offer long-term career opportunities.
Budgeting 1% of pre-tax profits for select charitable contributions focused on children, education, and health and human services to organizations such as United Way, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, Costco Scholarship Fund, disaster relief, and many other programs.
Serving as an anchor location, bolstering the retail success of existing businesses on the site.
Costco has demonstrated its willingness to be a good neighbor by ensuring its operations will not impact surrounding businesses and residences. In fact, the proposal will provide many improvements to the shopping center that will benefit the existing tenants and shoppers, including new landscaping and traffic calming measures to increase visibility and allow safer pedestrian and cyclist circulation throughout the interior and exterior of the shopping center. I encourage your support of the proposed Costco Warehouse at the Westgate West shopping center.
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Bill Lee
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Fw: I love Costco, but scale it down
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I am a 27 year resident of Campbell and my family shops at Costco. I don’t want a Costco in that location, but I know that tax dollars are a big draw. If it must happen, I absolutely oppose the size of the scale of this project.
I realize that Costco is a big draw for a lot of people. With that in mind, does it really need to be bigger than the Sunnyvale Costco? No, it doesn’t. A Costco that size is too much for the intersection and 10/22/24, 2:01 PM Mail - Agendadesk - Outlook
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overwhelming for the neighborhood. No one walks to Costco.
Costco will make money and draw in lots of people. No doubt about that. But do we need to maximize their profit by permitting them to build a monster store right up against a neighborhood? Scale down the store to 2/3 of the proposed size. Redesign the parking lot, so that Costco has a separation from the rest of the property.
Encourage people to use the rooftop parking by installing solar panels to provided shade/cover from rain.
What concerns would you have if you lived right behind on Graves? What concerns would you have if your child attends Prospect and walks through that parking lot to go home? What are your concerns if you owned a nearby business, like Happy Lemon or Ike’s? Respectfully,
Kristin Gan
Campbell resident
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