CC 05-18-2023 Item No. 1 Community Budget Town Hall Meeting_Written CommunicationsCC 05-18-2023
Written Communications
Item No. 1
Community Budget Hall
meeting to review the City
Manager's proposed budget
From:leebonds@comcast.net
To:City Clerk
Subject:May 18 Budget Town Hall for SF Shakespeare Festival Funding Continuation
Date:Monday, May 15, 2023 10:20:11 AM
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As a Cupertino resident for 40+ years, I find the city-wide events from Parks and Rec are an important unifying factor in our
diverse community.
Foremost among them is the SF Shakespeare Festival that draws parents, children, singles --all of our neighbors to a free
educational and fun event outdoors every summer.
For many, it is their first exposure to this type of performance and particularly children are drawn to seek out additional
opportunities for reading, performance and deeper involvement in the arts.
Sharing the common delight of SF Shakespeare Festival performances with new and current neighbors is an important way to
connect and build relationships with our community.
I urge you to continue the tradition (since 1995!) to maintain these important community and educational connections at a
relatively minimal cost.
PLEASE include SF Shakespeare Festival funding in the budget!
Sincerely,
Lee Bonds
Janice Ave.
Cupertino
From:mario kiefer
To:City Clerk
Subject:Golf course
Date:Thursday, May 18, 2023 1:08:51 PM
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Dear council: please don’t sell BlackBerry farm golf course. It is necessary to keep this golf course and not sell it to
developers or Audubon society . Find money somewhere else. Regards, Mario Kiefer
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From:Yuko Shima
To:BudgetTeam; City Clerk
Subject:5/18/2023 budget city hall
Date:Thursday, May 18, 2023 12:15:30 PM
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Dear city of Cupertino,
Hi, my name is Yuko Shima.
I'm from a nonprofit organization in Cupertino.
I applied for community budget, but our program was declined. And I'm ok with that.
In the meanwhile, our nonprofit conducts a lot of public works for free using out of our pocket
money such as community cleaning behind Target building and offering stomach medicine and
relief to homeless individuals.
Even though our application was not approved as is, we do need some kind of community
funding support to conduct what we believe is a public work.
1. Community cleanup where it's perpetually littered behind Target near DeAnza college.
2. Homeless outreach: buying them medicine, shampoo, soap, towels, toothbrush,
toothpaste, etc.
Attached please find our flyers.
Thank you for your consideration.
Our nonprofit, God's Promise, would like to request $100 for the above public services that we
perform in Cupertino.
Additionally, I would like to point out that recently we have heard from some residents that
recycling is not easy in Cupertino or anywhere in the Bay Area. We can call Recology Mountain
View but it's like a big hussle, seems to me. I wonder if city could pick up recyclable items from
resident's curbside, and the city will deliver them to Recology Mountain View.
I believe that residents need connection with the city rather than with a corporation. And
residents will get to have community conversation about how recycling can be more efficient.
Nowadays, markers and pens are also recyclable. We have more items to recycle, such as CDs,
headsets, earbuds, boll-point pens.
Sincerely yours,
Yuko Shima