Currently the residents of Warm Springs and Milpitras areas drive, in large numbers to tyhe Fremont Station Parking area at Civic Way to board the ttrains initiating another run to San Francisco.

When the Bart System is extended to Warm Springs, the parking lot is cetrtain to offer new commute opportunity to mamny within the city of San Jose. That is where the problem will develop to the point of trouble for Bart patrons at South Hayward Bart Station.

In the early 1980′s while working for a large bank’s northern California headquarters, I often scheduled full days ‘IN” the office as a device for catsh up on written reports. Those occasions gave opportunity to ride bart ona round trip although the second half ofyten required a ‘reverse direction’ ride to Civic Center station so enable assured seating…. a trick I should have used in the morning also.

I boarded BART at Hayward Station now identified with City Hall but not labled as such. On most mornings at 6:45 or 7 AM the cars arrivedwith standing room only and the added patrons along the route added to the discomforts. Being over 6 feet tall, ifound myself breathing air fully loaded with odors of garlic and stale or sour wine. As we progressed along the route, a station or two it became impossible to attempt moving away from some indiviual passengers. The air conditioning system was of no help.

I predict the same difficulty developing at South Hayward at what ever level of density is determined council. It will be intense when Warm Springs Station is opened.

I make no guess as to the density which meets the requirments for profit-ability and need for open spaces. It will almost certainly impose addiorional vehicular traffic along Mission, past Fairway Park and into Union City.

With the decline in auto sales and the recent departure of a once highly successful Ford Dealership, we see the unfortunate impact of unrelieved auto traffic along Mission Blvd.

One can only wonder why HAPA-CATS thought the abandonment of the 238 Bypass was so sorely needed as a means of ‘preserving’ Hayward. Oddly, two of the candidates running for four seats are identified with HAPA-CATS and I find some of their proposed solutions rather inane, especially the idea that BART will spring for the costs of a new “Cal-State Station” at Harder Rd.

Mr. Zermeno,not identifieable with HAPA Cats but
certanly not one of the advocates of 238 Bypass, has some difficulty with staying on point, at least he did as I watched hios performaneon TV during some of the episoded involving the South Hayward Station Development pland. For instance, one night his limited questioning of staff involved his concern for safe, meaning ‘protected’ bycycle parking which is a concern of BART Hayward !He followed that up with a concern for installation of ‘art workis’ in open space atres. If he asked more adroitt questions on the point under discussions, I must have missed them.A nice man and I wish him well but he hailed to acquire my voye on the absemntee ballot which I mailed about one hour after I retrieved it from my mail box.

I am sorry, eeven though I supported ZLinda B. in her first campaign, I could not do so again when after discovery of the fact that she was the plaintiff in a court filing against the indivals supporting the 238 Bypass construction. One of those was the President of Cal- State Hayward and another ws the irrepressable Bea Thornton, a lsdy hard to beat in her desire to ‘do the right thing for Hayward.

My absentee ballot was marked for the incumbents and Mr, Peixoto. on the question of who should occupy the four year seats. Mr. Steve Schoot won my vote. This man undetrstated his job as a 911 jib dispatcher. He took it to a higher level when he instituted a jogb training program so as to assure that those answering those phone calls resulted in correct dispatch of the correct assistance needed. The man has ‘street moxy’ and should easily display the skills discerned by HPD and Firefighters who endorsed him.