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\←L\-R\/'7;\+R\→.June 9, 1976



\F1Mr. Jack Mendenhall
The Residents Council
The Sequoias


Dear Jack:

\JThe parking situation at The Sequoias is critical and is due to get
worse.

As an example, I am still without a car port, after one and a
half years at The Sequoias (and according to the present rules I will never
get one).  The exposure to dew and to ice in the winter has aged my car's
finish and the need to scrape the wind shield and windows in the morning
is a constant bother.  It is bad enough when I am fortunate enough to
find a place on the peripheral road near building 8, but all too often I
have to go around to one of the front parking lots.  This would be no
great hardship if I did not use my car every day but when this happens
almost every day and sometimes twice a day it gets to be quite an
annoyance.

Actually, there are always three or four unused spaces along the rear
before eight in the morning when I leave for work.  There used to be as
many as seven or eight spaces but the recent influx of new people has
already cut into the available space.  Obviously, visitors frequently
park on the peripheral road, and some residents with car ports
leave their cars along the road during the day.

Given the present rules, there are simply not enough car ports for every
one, and not enough convient peripheral road space for those without car
ports.  Newcomers and couples with more than one car have to suffer.
With the occupancy of the Lodge and the influx of many more residents
the problem will be even more acute.

Short of building more car ports, I can suggest three ways to
ameliorated the situation:

1) Make a substantial charge for the use of a car port.  To prevent
the charge from being a burden, a corresponding reduction could be made
in the apartment charge.  Individuals who have car ports and seldom use
their cars would then be inclined to give up their ports.  This might
actually free enough space so that every person still wanting a port could
have one.

2) Assign specific places along the peripheral road to residents needing
them and mark these places as being reserved.  In so far as possible,
the positions by buildings 4, 8 and 12 should be reserved for
residents of these buildings, although the temporary (say 15 minute) use
of these spaces by others might be permitted during the day.

3) Issue car stickers to all those residents who need and lack car ports
and mark the positions along the peripheral road as being reserved for
cars bearing these stickers.

It would also help if there were a sign at the entrances to the
peripheral road stating that all car ports are reserved and that all
parking spaces along the road are reserved for residents without car
ports.  Many visitors do not know this rule and they can hardly be
blamed for their use of these spaces.

The situation is sure to deteriorate in the near future and some action
should be taken soon.\.
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Sincerely,



Arthur L. Samuel
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Copies to
Mr. J. Dillon
Ms. D. Fraser


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