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Attachment 2 Nicole Horvitz From: Ynita Belani [ Sent Tuesday, October 21, 2008 1:47 PM To: Nicole Horvitz Cc: Debbie Pedro Subject: Objection to plans of Askarinam for proposed new house at 27198/27174 Elena Road Dear Nicole. Thank you sharing the proposed building plans for new house to be built by Behzad and Louise A `karinam at 27198/27174 Elena Road. Thank you also for giving me a flyer about the notice of fast track public hearing which I have to date not received either from my neighbor or by mail. Please consider this email a formal objection lodged against the proposed plan for the new house on the following grounds - We live at Los Alto Hills, CA 894022 Our property shares a long common boundary with the above mentioned Askarinam property. We object to the proposed plan for a new house on the grounds that having a second floor reaching the height of 27 feet and a balcony/patio on that second floor will completely destroy our privacy. The proposed house will sit directly uphill of our house and the windows and the balcony of the second story will look directly into our property. Anyone in the second floor of that house will have complete visual access to our property, We will have no privacy in our back yard and pool area Anyone will be able to see into our master bedroom and bathroom, not to mention our living room and kitchen and downstairs master bath. Currently, the existing single story house would also encroach on our property's privacy if it were not for high foliage along the fence. This high foliage which we were obliged to plant in our lot, is already so high that it blocks most of our sunlight and view. We have issues with permanent damp areas resulting in moss and mould in our back yard as a result of the existing foliage. It would require a very significant increase in height in terms of foliage to provide privacy if the proposed plan were to be implemented since the lot is on the same slope but higher up to ours. That would mean very little to no sunlight in our backyard and a complete obliteration of the view and the sky from all of our back facing windows. You can well understand that this proposed house would seriously impact the quality of our lives in comparision to today and would result also in a significant drop in market value of our home. We purchased this property because we were drawn to the fact that it was quiet and private without being walled in, fenced in, or otherwise constrained. We really enjoy sharing open boundaries with our neighbors. We have a teenage daughter and two teenage sons who need their privacy. 10/28/2008