Lakewood Tenants Association

655 John Muir Drive, #411, San Francisco, CA lakewoodtenants@hotmail.com (415) 334-0465

October 1, 2004

Jack Fleck

City Traffic Engineer

25 Van Ness Avenue, Ste 345

San Francisco, CA 94102

Dear Mr. Fleck,

I spoke with Ricardo Olea on Monday, September 26, regarding traffic and parking problems on John Muir Drive. He advised me to write to you. Both the management representatives of the Lakewood Apartments and the Lakewood Tenants Association are receiving many complaints from the tenants of these apartments regarding the many trucks, busses, RVs and boats who park on John Muir Drive for very long periods of time. In some cases these vehicles park in the same spot for months. We feel that these illegally parked vehicles lessen visibility of the walking paths from the street, add to the general proliferation of trash and garbage on both sides of the road and are growing in number. We have been in contact with the Department of Parking and Traffic and the Taraval Police Department concerning enforcement procedures. The problem, despite help from these agencies, is worsening.

Ross Wilkinson, our association vice-president, and I met with Amy Sexton, manager of Lakewood Apartments, Monday, to discuss the addition of “no parking” signs to John Muir Drive as a means of further discouraging illegal parking on this strip. It was concluded that we would support parking restrictions on both sides of John Muir Drive south of the tennis courts (attached to the Lakewood Apartment complex) up to the intersection where John Muir Drive meets Lake Merced Boulevard. We advocate “no parking anytime” on the Olympic Club side of John Muir Drive and “no parking 10pm to 6am” on the lake side of John Muir Drive. Ideally these signs would begin at the foremost point of the tennis courts and proceed south to the intersection with Lake Merced Blvd. As a fallback position we would advocate the “no parking 10pm to 6am” on both sides of the street along the indicated portion of John Muir Drive. Further, we would request that you revisit the signs three months after installation to appraise their effectiveness.

Thank you for working with us. Please let me know if there is anything that we can do to hasten the process for getting the signs installed. I understand that representatives of the Lakewood Apartments will be sending you a letter under separate cover.

Sincerely,

Mona Cereghino,

President, Lakewood Tenants Association

cc: Supervisor Sean Elsbernd