We, the undersigned, state the following:

i. We are unequivocally opposed to the elevation of the tracks in residential neighborhoods. We believe that the bifurcating effect of a high wall and overhead trains cutting through our city, as well as the negative visual and audio impacts, are detrimental to our quality of life.

ii. We urge the HSR Authority to more actively engage and listen to the concerns of the affected communities and residents. To this end, we believe it is imperative that the citizens of Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties ratify by popular vote any proposal for the San Francisco to San Jose segment prior to its acceptance, including the option to vote “no build”.

iii. We request that the extremely short March 6 deadline be extended for at least an additional 90 days to ensure that sufficient time is provided to inform the citizenry of the effects of the High Speed Rail system and that processes are put in place to ensure that residents, businesses and schools most immediately affected by the HSR are able to provide detailed comments to the Authority.