By signing this petition and writing letters to those who would otherwise vote our rights away, and GAIS, to hear why the community feels that this is not the correct location for their school. This information is based on feedback from the community. Please consider the full impact of the next 25 + years if GAIS or any additional schools, were to move to Edison Way in the North Fair Oaks Community.

Phase 1: Sign the petition
Stop the re-zoning and new use permit for GAIS currently in the application process from moving to Edison. Here's why:

* Area to remain light industrial. Current businesses provide tax revenues to repair/pave roads and other essential maintenance, costs not required by exempt non-profit businesses (GAIS)

· Concerns with multiple pick-up/drop-off times, as they are here all day in & out, Residents forced to plan schedule around GAIS school schedule, Mon-Sat evening activities & festivals.

· Increased non-resident student drivers and their friends. Increased friends/family attending evening activities & festivals. Parents coming/going various hours of the day to complete their mandatory volunteer hours to support the school - per child.

· Increased traffic & pollution thru student population growth: Synapse up to 288, UME ( 20/25 per 1-2 hrs ), Rieke (200+), French Transcription (5 class rooms), Sport House (350) and proposed 470 students at GAIS, plus all staff/parents/daily deliveries, (due idling/queuing/parking/restarting/coming/going) on all through streets.

· Increased traffic likely to lead to more accidents/fatalities with children/pets as bikes are on narrow streets.

· More students/More loitering:: students hanging around smoking & more possibility of drinking after hours - and their sports field will be shielded from the street view.. This problem exists now and may increase residents' calls to the Sheriff. -

· Loss of resident(s) parking on Edison for residents visiting children's park to accommodate parents/students/staff; due to county's archaic parking rules. There are current parking issues along Edison/Avenues if someone parks on the street - you can't get around them at all.. Just a preview if GAIS is allowed to move in.

· Emergency response vehicles reaching residents & children potentially forcing removal of chicanes/circles and/or add lanes for through traffic, thus transforming it a major artery for traffic.

· A non-profit school GAIS does not benefit the community as the current non-intrusive small business do through taxes.

· Noise factor: Open Area Events, play ground, sports/games, festivals, some till 9pm, & weekends enormously impacting daily living & quality of life of residents. No buffer zone but Hetch Hetchy grassland and a chain length fence between homes. Trees on other side of railroad.

* Insufficient waste management. Current bins 1 small waste 1 small recycling next to children's park. Insufficient, for the food waste of GAIS daily food delivery program thus increasing smell & pest control issues.

* Additional speeders on the streets. Parents needing to drop of their children on time and then get to their own jobs versus small business employees getting to their jobs - timing is not critical. Neighbors on a variety of streets already seeing this issue at Synapse and those on San Benito thru 18th see this with parents racing to get children to school on Middlefield - cutting off Marsh to go down Avenues. Signs placed now to not allow right turns during school hours specifically due to this problem.

* Decreased Property values within immediate area of GAIS site leaving owners with no option to sell or move. Several homes will have the sports field literally in their side/back yards.

* Homes were purchased near Light Industrial...not a School of such magnitude. If the sports/play area was literally next to your home, would you still approve this if it impacted you and your family this dramatically?

NFO Community Council Members (All)- 2600 Middlefield, Redwood City, CA 94063

Board of Supervisors (All) - 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063

Phase III: Attend upcoming public meetings: To be announced.

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