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CC 03-19-2024 Item 1 Study Session - CIP_Late CommunicationsCC 03-19-2024 Item #1 Study Session - CIP Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/2025 and Five-year Plan Written Communications From:Connie Cunningham To:City Clerk Subject:24-3-19 CC Agenda Item 8 Public Comments Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 8:42:58 PM Attachments:24-3-19 CC Agenda Item 8 City Owned Property.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. 24-3-19 CC Agenda Item 8 Public Comments Please add my written comments, that I spoke verbally, to the record for this Council meeting. Sincerely, Connie Cunningham Cupertino City Council Meeting 03192024 CIP Study Session - Bollinger Road Corridor Design Council participation time - raise your hand if you know where this intersection is. Show pics of the Alderbrook Lane/Bollinger intersection 1. Whenonestopstheircaratthelimitlinetheviewrightisclear-noticethered curb/no parking sign and bus stop, 2. NownoticethoughthereisveryLITTLEvisibilitytowardstheleftside,soonemay creep out just a bit, 3. Ifthedriverdoesn'tlookrightbeforecreepingoutforleft-sidevisibilitythenyou may actually put a bicyclist or a pedestrian, in harms' way 4. Note the curb cut on Bollinger, and the red painted curb (l believe the curb cut was to make the right turn onto Alderbrook (from Bollinger) less harsh - and that is helpful, 5. But often times, there is an oversized vehicle parked legally in the curb cut which makes clear visibility extremely hard, 6. So then you have to go wayyyyyy out in order to have a safe line of sight, which means left hand turners from Bollinger onto Alderbrook have to turn very wide, again creating a less-than-safe maneuver. I encourage the City Council this evening to include the Bollinger Road Corridor Design in the CIP budget this year. There is a need for safety here, as well as traffic management. If we don't include this item in the CIP then we lose the eighty (80) percent match we have been granted. That match means for the 5106K the city spends towards this study they'll get and additional 9400 K in benefit. I would give my eyetooth for a 1:4 return on investment. And besides - who doesn't like a sale? Please do right for us neighbors and contract the study of possible changes to improve pedestrian, cyclist and driver safety. ' Thanks! dolly@dollysandoval.com , 1. 0, aa l i % R ." i a 'i "i + 0 , ' a j, 'a " tl l a r i '. 1 s SX . S X S 11 A '1117 i I '-ai 06 i A f I I ll'll 'a' I " " " l n"i I '1 i I ;li" ' I '1 From:Shenghua(Daniel) Wan To:City Clerk Subject:Oppose to Bolinger lane changes Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 8:59:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, Cupertino officerMy family lives near Bolinger and have to use this road for commute. Reducing thelanes on this street will aggravate the traffic to jam state. The traffic on this street has been already in a bad shape! You should create more lanes rather than reducing them. -- Regards, Shenghua (Daniel) Wan From:Sophia Chan To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 8:01:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, Please support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. I am an active member in the middle school (CUSD) and high school (FUHSD) community. Recently Cupertino has done an amazing job with projects aimed at improving the roads to accommodate for bicycles and pedestrians. Being on the SR2S work group, I am able to see many of these positive improvements. Some community members have raised concerns about Bollinger Road. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This CIP item is about safety, though, and not just traffic throughput. There have been two fatalities on Bollinger Avenue in the past few years, and collisions and near-misses. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. Best regards, Sophia Chan From:Juno To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:50:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. Some community members, many not from Cupertino, have raised fears that traffic throughput will change. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This CIP item is about safety, though, and not just traffic throughput. There have been two fatalities on Bollinger Avenue in the past few years, and collisions and near-misses. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. Safer streets for both young and old are important for the community to encourage more healthier forms of transportation and a more healthy community. Thank you Emory Chow Emeritus citizen since 1958 Sent from my iPhone From:Christine Cheng To:Melissa Robertson Cc:City Council; City Clerk; Pamela Wu; Matt Morley Subject:Re: Please support Alternative B on Bollinger Road. Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:49:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear City Council members, Another consideration for you to support Alternative B is that the Rise project(previously Vallco) will definitely increase the traffic on Bollinger Road. Please make sure that the roads close to the Rise project will be able to accommodate At Least double the number of current drivers in the near future. Otherwise few people will want to live in the Rise or near Bollinger road if it’s even more congested. Thank you very much! Best regards, Christine, Jane, Adalia & Issac Cupertino residents for 20+ years > On Mar 19, 2024, at 1:55 PM, Melissa Robertson <MelissaR@cupertino.gov> wrote: > > Good afternoon (Council Bcc’d), > > Your comments have been received and will be included with the written communications for the March 19 City Council meeting, item 1 study session. > > Thank you, > > Melissa Robertson > Administrative Assistant > City Manager's Office > MelissaR@cupertino.gov > (408)777-3148 > -----Original Message----- > From: Christine Cheng <huayingnew@yahoo.com> > Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 1:41 PM > To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov> > Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov> > Subject: Please support Alternative B on Bollinger Road. > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > > > Dear City Council members, > > We are very concerned that there’s a suggestion to convert the Bollinger Road from four lanes to two lanes. Bollinger Road has already been a busy road with a lot of cars, especially during commute time. The traffic caused by lane reduction will negatively impact people’s lives. Pedestrian & bicycle safety can be done by s few spot adjustment, there is no need to do the lane reduction for the road. > > The pros far outweigh the cons to keep the way it is. Please don’t do lane conversion!! > > Thank you very much for your understanding and support! > > Regards, > > Christine, Jane, Adalia & Isaac > Cupertino residents for 20+ years > From:Connie Cunningham To:City Clerk Cc:City Council; Pamela Wu Subject:24-3-19 CC Please add to comments for Agenda Item 11 Informational Memorandum on The Rise Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 7:36:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. 24-3-19 CC Please add to comments for Agenda Item 11 Informational Memorandum on The Rise I presented this information under Oral Communications. Thank you. Connie Cunningham Good evening, Mayor Mohan, Vice Mayor Fruen, Councilmembers, City Manager: My letter was published 3/17/2024 in the San Jose Mercury News. I want to share it with those who may not have seen the paper this past Sunday. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Development must take steps to protect birds Re: “City OKs new neighborhood plan at site of old mall” (Page B1, Feb. 22). Although I support The Rise project because of its promise of affordable housing, I am very disappointed that it does not include environmental protections for dark sky or bird-safe building design. Studies have shown millions of birds die each year from colliding with glass. Millions more are harmed because their night migration is disrupted by city lights. Cupertino is located on the Pacific Flyway. Birds like the yellow-crowned sparrow migrate 3,000 miles to spend the winter here. The Rise will introduce glass and lighting in very tall buildings. Due to state law, The Rise is not required to comply with Cupertino’s Bird Safety and Dark Sky ordinance. However, The Rise can voluntarily avoid elements that are hazardous to birds or incorporate protective measures if such elements are included in the plan. The Rise should do exactly that. — Connie Cunningham Cupertino From:Hsing-Yen Lin To:Melissa Robertson Subject:Re: Disagree to reduce Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:28:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Melissa, Would you please exclude my email from the the written communications for the March 19 City Council? Thanks. Grace Lin On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 04:31:57 PM PDT, Hsing-Yen Lin <hsingyenlin@yahoo.com> wrote: Melissa, Thanks so much for your reply. Is it true that Cupertino City will discuss about the funds allocation to the Bollinger Road Corridor Design for reducing Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes? Thanks. Grace Lin On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 03:41:04 PM PDT, Melissa Robertson <melissar@cupertino.gov> wrote: Good afternoon (Council Bcc’d), Your comments have been received and will be included with the written communications for the March 19 City Council meeting, item 1 study session. Thank you, Melissa Robertson​​​​ Administrative Assistant City Manager's Office MelissaR@cupertino.gov (408)777-3148 From: Hsing-Yen Lin <hsingyenlin@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:35 PM To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov>; City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov> Subject: Disagree to reduce Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To Whom It May Concern: I can’t believe that you are considering reducing Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes. Bollinger Rd is a very busy street connecting De Anza Blvd. and Lawrence ExpressWay. It’s always busy almost all day long. Residents in West San Jose and Cupertino rely on Bollinger Rd to commute and drive/pick up kids at schools such as Lynbrook High, Cupertino High, Miller Middle High, Hyde Middle High, Dilworth Elementary School ,Portal Elementary School, and several private pre-schools. Have you seen the heavy traffic on Bollinger Rd. while parents drive kids to school in the morning and pick them up after school in the afternoon, especially in the section in front Hyde Middle School. The lane in front of Hyde Middle School is always blocked because both the only car entrance and exit for Hyde Middle School are on Bollinger Rd. If you reduce Bollinger Rd to only one lane in each direction, cars will have no way to come out of Hyde Middle School and the rest of cars can not enter the school. The traffic will be assured to be jammed during those hours. Please Delay the funds allocation to the Bollinger Road Corridor Design, not only because of our strong concerns about the predictable traffic jams, but also because of the Financial inefficiency of Cupertino City. Bollinger Rd. has an existing bike lane, so Cupertino City has no need to waste additional funds on extending the bike lanes and reducing the car lanes currently. Please put my comments into the public record. Your reconsideration will be truly appreciated. Grace Lin Resident of West San Jose Phone # 408-725-0169 From:S B To:City Council; City Clerk Subject:Bike lane on Bollinger Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:26:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. [CC: City clerk] Dear Mayor Sheila and honorable council members, I implore you to please REJECT and DO NOT APPROVE the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. (Agenda item 1 on 03/19/24 city council meeting). Please also DO NOT approve any other bike lane spend at this time such as DeAnza, McClellan, Steven’s Creek Blvd. There are 70k+ residents in Cupertino and vast majority of them use autos to get around. Please do NOT disrupt this critical East-west corridor connecting DeAnza to Lawrence and beyond and vice versa. Please do NOT approve the study to explore elimination of one lane each direction. Please REJECT agenda item 1. At this time of budget deficit I beseech you to kindly prioritize any and all spend to maximize the number of residents benefitted. How many bicyclists do you have compared to residents using autos. How many residents drive on Bollinger compared to bicyclists. Why do you need to eliminate lanes when you can encourage and identify alternate roads with less traffic for sections of bike lane connectivity. An inordinate amount of city funds have been spent on bike lane projects. You would think public works capital projects are largely only bike lane projects. This project has never come before city council before for agenda item discussion and public input at council. The very first time it is on agenda it seeks funding approval for the study. This project is even marked low priority by public works. Why does this make the cut if low priority. Please REJECT this agenda item 1. I understand that part of the funding is intended to be covered via grant money. I ask that you kindly REJECT this and do not proceed with the Bollinger Rd project. We do not want the grant money going towards causing massive inconvenience to residents. Please apply available grants for pedestrian safety instead such as beacon activated pedestrian crossings, new pedestrian crossings. You can be sure that my family voters will be aware of this issue on November elections and will be carefully watching how November election candidate Hung Wei will vote on this issue as well as Kitty Moore assuming they are seeking public office for their roles again. We will vote on this issue as well as other issues that demonstrate council members alignment with common sense and average residents needs or their leaning towards small and niche groups that may have valid needs but simply is not pragmatic in such cases to disrupt roads like Bollinger. While on the topic I also urge you to cancel the remaining spend on Steven’s Creek, DeAnza, McClellan Rd bike lane spend. Enough has been spent on bike lanes. It’s time to spend on the rest of us residents. Thank you for keeping the average resident in mind and the maximum impact of every dollar spent including grant fund dollars. Hoping to see you vote to NOT APPROVE agenda item 1 or any bike lane project today at the council meeting. Sent from my iPhone From:Kai Wiedman To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 6:01:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. Some community members, many not from Cupertino, have raised fears that traffic throughput will change. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This CIP item is about safety, though, and not just traffic throughput. There have been two fatalities on Bollinger Avenue in the past few years, and collisions and near-misses. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. Kai Wiedman From:Tony Weifeng Zheng To:City Council Cc:City Clerk Subject:Please don"t narrow down Bollinger Road! Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:59:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Cupertino City Council, As a West SJ resident, I use Bollinger Road every day to commute and do shopping at nearby Home Depot, Walgreens and Safeway. It will be a disaster if you reduce the car lanes on Bollinger. This road has no median lane for the left turn onto Alderbrook Lane or Lance Lane so we do need two car lanes for other cars to pass around those left turn cars. Traffic is not light during day time. VTA Route 25 makes frequent stops on this road. It has a bike lane already but there are very few people riding bicycles on Bollinger Road as I have watched each day. Please leave Bollinger alone for residents' convenience and use your money on other more meaningful projects. Thanks, Tony From:Ava To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:31:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. Some community members, many not from Cupertino, have raised fears that traffic throughput will change. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This CIP item is about safety, though, and not just traffic throughput. There have been two fatalities on Bollinger Avenue in the past few years, and collisions and near-misses. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. Please include this as part of road safety Ava Chiao (resident) From:John McG To:City Council Cc:City Clerk; John McG Subject:STUPID Bollinger ROAD DIET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:25:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. I just saw this notice to email City Council and City Clerk.... with 7 1/2 notice before a 4 pm deadline. WHAT KIND OF KANGAROO COURT ARE YOU RUNNING!!!!! I'm sure the next notice I will see is there was Overwhelming Support for removing traffic lanes on Bollinger!!! What a great plan where there are movements to increase housing/low-cost housing. ARE ALL THE NEW PEOPLE GOING TO RIDE THEIR BIKES TO WORK, AND TO BUY GROCERIES??????? HOW B-L-A-T-A-N-T-L-Y S-T-U-P-I-D !!!! John McGuigan From:alysa sakkas To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:24:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study. This CIP item is about safety. Safety first! My husband and I have raised two children now 29 and 26 years old who attended Lincoln Elementary school. Bollinger Road was our travel path to bike to school. After a near-miss accident I decided it was no longer safe for them to ride their bikes to school. We lived far enough away that walking was not practical (~40+ min walk) and so I drive them to and from school every day. The recent separated bike paths have been a great improvement that I wish would have been there when my children were of the age to be able to ride their bikes to school. I urge you not to stop efforts to continue making Bollinger Road safe for bicyclists, especially students who could be riding their bikes to school every day versus needing to be driven in cars. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. Alysa Sakkas Cupertino resident since 1991 7400 Tiptoe Lane From:tejesh mistry To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:16:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. I live near Jollyman Park and use Bollinger Road on a daily basis. The road already feels unsafe for drivers, and even more so anyone walking or riding a bike. Some community members, many not from Cupertino, have raised fears that traffic throughput will change. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This CIP item is about safety, though, and not just traffic throughput. There have been two fatalities on Bollinger Avenue in the past few years, and collisions and near-misses. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. I am writing to you as a private citizen and resident of Cupertino. -Tejesh Mistry From:PETER CHUNG To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:14:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. Some community members, many not from Cupertino, have raised fears that traffic throughput will change. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This CIP item is about safety, though, and not just traffic throughput. There have been two fatalities on Bollinger Avenue in the past few years, and collisions and near-misses. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. From:Judith Wilson To:City Council Cc:Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject:Keep the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP and moving forward Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:13:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Honored Mayor Mohan, Councilmembers and City Manager Wu, When I was on the committee to study our school boundaries, this road was noted as particularly busy and dangerous to pedestrians.. This analysis and design will positively impact the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. I ask you to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. Our budget can go farther and still meet our goals of improved safety for our residents. Please let this remain on the CIP list for this coming year. Thank you considering my input, and for your work on behalf of Cupertino. Judy Wilson 30+ year resident of Cupertino From:Aili Tan To:City Council Cc:City Clerk Subject:PLEASE DO NOT Turn Bollinger a single lane!! Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 5:11:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Sir/Madam, We have been living in Cupertino for more than 20 years, I would like to urge that please do not turn Bollinger into a single lane. Please be wise that not many people bike on that road, traffic is already heavy on that road. It would be a traffic disaster if you turn Bollinger a single lane. We voted you to become city council is to trust you to do good things for us, not making our life more difficult in this city. Thank you! Aili Tan From:Debra Nascimento To:Melissa Robertson Subject:Fwd: Support the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:40:23 PM Debra Nascimento​​​​ Executive Assistant City Manager's Office DebraN@cupertino.gov (408) 777-1302 From: Aditya Vishwakarma <aditya1vishwakarma@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:12:04 PM To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov> Cc: Cupertino City Manager's Office <citymanager@cupertino.gov> Subject: Support the Bollinger Road Study and design in CIP CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Respected Mayor Mohan, Vice-Mayor Fruen, and Councilmembers, As a former resident of Cupertino who directly lived near the Bollinger/Miller intersection for a decade, I urge you today to support the Bollinger Road traffic study and design work. There have been many safety issues on Bollinger, including two deaths and many near-misses. It is a small amount to spend on an important topic which impacts the safety of all our residents, many of whom are children going to school at Hyde Middle, Cupertino High, and Lynbrook High. Getting out onto Bollinger for residents living nearby is was always difficult. Some community members, many not from Cupertino, have raised fears that traffic throughput will change. This CIP item doesn't approve construction, but only funds a portion of a traffic study and explores designs that could improve resident safety. Eighty percent of the study is even paid for through a grant, so we are really leveraging our city funds. This is a great way to make our budget go farther and still meet our goals. I encourage you to let this remain on the CIP list. Thank you for your work on behalf of Cupertino. And keeping the future of Cupertino safe. Best Regards, Aditya Vishwakarma From:Hsing-Yen Lin To:Melissa Robertson Subject:Re: Disagree to reduce Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes Date:Tuesday, March 19, 2024 4:32:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Melissa, Thanks so much for your reply. Is it true that Cupertino City will discuss about the funds allocation to the Bollinger Road Corridor Design for reducing Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes? Thanks. Grace Lin On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 03:41:04 PM PDT, Melissa Robertson <melissar@cupertino.gov> wrote: Good afternoon (Council Bcc’d), Your comments have been received and will be included with the written communications for the March 19 City Council meeting, item 1 study session. Thank you, Melissa Robertson​​​​ Administrative Assistant City Manager's Office MelissaR@cupertino.gov (408)777-3148 From: Hsing-Yen Lin <hsingyenlin@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2024 3:35 PM To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov>; City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov> Subject: Disagree to reduce Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To Whom It May Concern: I can’t believe that you are considering reducing Bollinger Rd from 4 lanes to 2 lanes. Bollinger Rd is a very busy street connecting De Anza Blvd. and Lawrence ExpressWay. It’s always busy almost all day long. Residents in West San Jose and Cupertino rely on Bollinger Rd to commute and drive/pick up kids at schools such as Lynbrook High, Cupertino High, Miller Middle High, Hyde Middle High, Dilworth Elementary School ,Portal Elementary School, and several private pre-schools. Have you seen the heavy traffic on Bollinger Rd. while parents drive kids to school in the morning and pick them up after school in the afternoon, especially in the section in front Hyde Middle School. The lane in front of Hyde Middle School is always blocked because both the only car entrance and exit for Hyde Middle School are on Bollinger Rd. If you reduce Bollinger Rd to only one lane in each direction, cars will have no way to come out of Hyde Middle School and the rest of cars can not enter the school. The traffic will be assured to be jammed during those hours. Please Delay the funds allocation to the Bollinger Road Corridor Design, not only because of our strong concerns about the predictable traffic jams, but also because of the Financial inefficiency of Cupertino City. Bollinger Rd. has an existing bike lane, so Cupertino City has no need to waste additional funds on extending the bike lanes and reducing the car lanes currently. Please put my comments into the public record. Your reconsideration will be truly appreciated. Grace Lin Resident of West San Jose Phone # 408-725-0169 From:SWAN To:City Clerk Subject:Oppose to Bolinger lane number change Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 9:41:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, Cupertino staffMy wife and I live near Bolinger and drive daily on this road. The street traffic hasbeen already very bad. Now you want to reduce the number of lanes there, which is insane. Qing Zhang From:Betty Li To:City Council; City Clerk Subject:Bollinger Road Corridor Design Proposals - Alternative B Please Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 2:03:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, Please keep the existing 4 lanes on Bollinger road. There is already a backup of traffic on both directions during peak hours, reducing the lanes to 1 on each direction will increase the traffic more on Bollinger from DeAnza to Lawrence. Thanks, Betty From:Yun Lin To:City Council Subject:Serious Concerns Regarding Proposed Bollinger Road Lane Reduction Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 11:23:54 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Cupertino City Council, I am writing as a concerned resident living within 1 mile of Bollinger Road to express my strong objections to the recent proposal for lane reduction from four to two. While I understand that some cycling groups support this change, I believe it's crucial to carefully consider the potential negative consequences for our entire community. My primary concerns are as follows: Severe Traffic Congestion: Bollinger Road already experiences significant traffic volume during peak hours. Reducing the number of lanes would likely lead to severe congestion, impacting travel times for residents, commuters, and emergency response vehicles alike. Compromised Safety: Congestion is directly linked to increased driver frustration, potentially leading to reckless driving behaviors. This poses a heightened safety risk for everyone using Bollinger Road, especially vulnerable pedestrians and cyclists, including the many students in the area. It's also unclear whether the proposed cycle lanes can be adequately separated to ensure cyclist safety. Economic Impact: Increased traffic could deter people from visiting local businesses along Bollinger Road, potentially harming our local economy. Insufficient Alternatives: Before implementing such a substantial change, it's essential to fully explore alternative traffic management and cycling safety solutions. These might include improved traffic light synchronization, dedicated bike paths separate from the main road, or other options. I urge the City Council to reconsider this proposal and prioritize the safety and well- being of all road users. I, along with many other residents, would welcome a collaborative discussion to find solutions that benefit our community without creating significant new problems. Thank you for your time and serious consideration of this crucial matter.