Agenda Item # 13.1 - Dan Daniels | Received 09/15/20239/15/23, 9:44 AM Fw: Please Keep Las Animas South Parking Lots Closed for Safety - Thai Pham - Outlook
Fw: Please Keep Las Animas South Parking Lots Closed for Safety
Council Member Zachary Hilton <Zachary.Hilton@ci.gilroy.ca.us>
Fri 09/15/2023 08:49 AM
To:Thai Pham <Thai.Pham@ci.gilroy.ca.us>
FYI for Item #13.1
Zach Hilton
Gilroy City Council Member
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From: Council Member Zachary Hilton <Zachary.Hilton@ci.gilroy.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 4:25 PM
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Subject: Please Keep Las Animas South Parking Lots Closed for Safety
City Clerk,
Please add the following email below as public comment for Item# 13.1. Report on Measures Taken to
Improve the Condition of Las Animas Park, Including Safety and Crime Prevention
Zach Hilton
Gilroy City Council Member
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#HiltonForCouncil @zachhilton_ca
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Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2023 1:33 PM
To: Council Member Carol Marques <Carol.Marques@ci.gilroy.ca.us>; Council Member Tom Cline
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Greetings:
I am a homeowner on Arnold Drive, near Hanna for over 30 years. I appreciate the mayor & the council members
along with city administrator, Jimmy Forbis, listening to the residents and neighbors to the south of Las Animas park to
close off the Wayland and Hanna parking areas for the safety of the neighborhood and the residents who live in the
nearby area. I feel safer walking through the park now and I appreciate the quieter & safer streets. I am walking
through and around the park more often now since the south parking lots have been closed. My neighbors and I have
shared how much quieter the neighborhood has been since the parking lot has been closed, especially the homes
whose back fences are to the south of the park and where much of the noise and disturbance has caused for
sleepless nights, crime, and calls to the police. We are pleased with the current permanent parking lot closures and
we would like to keep it that way. I understand the police has gotten fewer calls of disturbances since the south
parking lots have been closed, which is very good news for all of us, including the police.
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was brought to my attention that there will be another council meeting to discuss the permanent parking lot closures
because some members who use the tennis courts wanted to have access to the parking lot at the Wayland
entrance. This letter is to address this issue. Is it possible to have some kind of compromise? Could the Wayland
parking lot be opened during daytime hours and closed at sunset? If there are night tournaments, can the city
arrange with the tennis club president to have a key to that parking lot lock to open & close the lock?
Since we as homeowners live near LAS park all the time and the tennis club members & tennis players are welcomed
to use this public park facility, I hope we can find a compromise with the Wayland parking lot that will please both the
tennis players and the residents who live in the area. Since the Hanna parking lot is too far away for the tennis
players to park, I hope this parking lot will remain secured all the time.
Thank you for your consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Helen Daniels
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