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From:lidan jiang
To:City Council; City Clerk
Subject:do not change Bollinger Road to one lane road
Date:Thursday, March 28, 2024 11:56:56 PM
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Hi Cupertino city council members,
I'm shocked to know that you have the Bollinger Road Corridor Design.
Who initialized such a bad idea? Have you done any preliminary study on the traffics on Bollinger road
between De Anza and Lawrence Express Way?
As a nearby resident driving through Bollinger every day. Let me tell you how busy this road is:
1. heavy traffic in the morning between 8-10am from Lawrence to De Anza direction. the parents drive
the kids to five schools: Hyde Middle, Cupertino high, Lynbrook high, Murdock elementary and Dilworth
elementary.
2. after that peak time for school, people are heading from Lawrence to west side for so many apple
buildings. And people are heading from west side to Lawrence, the road between Johnson Ave and
Lawrence Expr are almost fully parked with the cars waiting to make left turn onto Lawrence. we need to
wait for multiple times for the light turning to green.
3. about the 6-7pm when I'm heading home, there two lanes of both direction are all full of cars,
especially from the west to Lawrence direction. That should be the workers leaving apple.
Bollinger is an important parallel road to share the traffic burden on Stevens creek blvd. It will be a
disaster to change it to a one lane road.
Please serious consider it and give up the stupid plan.
Thanks,
Lidan Jiang
6110 Edenhall Dr, San Jose 95129
From:Fang Ruan
To:City Council
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:Keep Bollinger double lane
Date:Wednesday, March 27, 2024 9:58:12 AM
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Hello,
I’m a resident living near Bollinger road and Miller Ave. I use Bollinger multiple times daily to commute between
home, work and my children’s schools. I cannot bike as I have to drop off and pick up my young kids and also there
are no bus stations between my home and work.
Bollinger has been congested everyday during rush hours. Changing it to single lane will make the situation much
worse. Changing Bollinger to single lane will NOT encourage more people to bike as it doesn’t solve most of the
problems like transportation between schools and work. Please instead make more bus routes and stations.
Fang
From:Rhoda Fry
To:City Clerk; City Council
Subject:Oral Communications 4/3/2024 Use of BMR Funds
Date:Monday, March 25, 2024 11:08:51 AM
Attachments:BMR fund summary.pdf
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From: Rhoda Fry on March 25, 2024
RE: Misallocation of BMR Program Funds
Dear City Council,
As you know, on February 15, 2024, I reported to the City Attorney that our BMR Program
Funds had been improperly used to pay for $15K in stipulated judgements from the frivolous
Housing Element lawsuit by YIMBY and California Housing Defense Fund. Then I
discovered that the cost of litigation from the firm retained by the City, Goldfarb & Lipman,
had also been misallocated along with other questionable expenses. On February 19, I wrote
City Council requesting that the Accounts Payable agenda item #6 be removed from the City
Council Consent Calendar for the February 21 meeting. Neither the City Manager nor the City
Attorney wanted this item to be discussed in a public forum.
I am asking you to please schedule a study session in order to restore some public trust in
the City’s accounting system and use of BMR funds. Not only for the BMR funds but also
for other special funds that are regulated under AB1600.
Below is a description of the BMR Program Rules and attached is a summary the BMR
portion of Development Impact Fee Reports, which are found here:
https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/finance/budget-reports Reviewing the fund’s
use over the past decade creates a number of questions about whether the BMR fund has
maximized public benefits. Lately, the fund has been used for homeless, which is not an intent
of the fund. The cost of administration and studies also raises concerns.
BMR Program Rules Restrict Fees to affordable housing (RESOLUTION NO. 20.055 page 4)
2.2.2 Permitted Use of Fees
A. Affordable housing mitigation fees deposited into the BMR AHF shall
only be used for the provision of affordable housing in Cupertino.
B. The options for use of the fee revenue include, but are not limited to
the following:
1. BMR Program Administration
2. Land Acquisition
3. New Construction
4. Acquisition and/or rehabilitation of buildings for permanent affordability
5. Preserving “at-risk” BMR Units
6. Substantial Rehabilitation
7. Rental Operating Subsidies
8. Down Payment Assistance
9. Direct gap financing
10. Fair Housing
C. A portion of the BMR AHF will be targeted to benefit the following
groups, to the extent that these target populations are found, to be
consistent with the needs identified in the nexus study:
1. Extremely low-income households and
2. Persons with special needs (such as the elderly, victims of
domestic violence, and the disabled, including persons with
developmental disabilities).
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The data below was copied from Development Impact Fee Reports from 2014 to 2023
These reports can be found here: https://www.cupertino.org/our-city/departments/finance/budget-reports
As there might be copying errors, please consult the source documents to confirm data
Observations:
1. funds have been used for homeless, which is not an approved category for this fund
2. Interest on these accounts has varied widely
3. 2021 - 2023 staff and admin cost has been disproportionately high as compared with services rendered
4. A significant amount of money has been used for the Housing Element, Studies, Plans, Strategies, and Surveys
USE OF BMR FUNDS 2023 - 2014 as reported in Development Impact Fee Reports
Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Balance 5,462,532 6,111,827 6,551,494 6,759,440 6,902,773 10,867,642 11,336,550 11,323,869 7,699,889 699,046
Fees Collected 172,698 39,211 204,931 41,957 159,179 165,324 39,000 299,586 4,051,266 7,229,545
Interest 79,323 70,915 19,651 269,174 134,016 46,912 94,339 97,840 45,016 10,828
Staff & Admin 378,741 329,346 206,461 90,119 61,276 57,266 39,941 53,908 49,686 25,721
Legal 57,476 29,367 68,170 174,249 69,201 144,028 235,878 96,279 41,276
Placement 265,554 264,296 259,957 190,986 190,294 137,018 123,301 125,818 71,407 127,955
Mediation 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,229 35,771 44,528 203,187 108,740 193,442
Legal + Mediation 69,995
Housing Element 15,879
Loan 3,672,000
Renovation 79,986 122,265
Study 13,495 83,200
Plan 33,291
Strategies 7,146 44,955
De Anza 25,000
Survey 9,706
Homeless 13,787 71,224
Habitat Humanity 3,571 8,043
Subtotal 769,123 759,421 664,249 519,078 436,528 4,177,105 602,307 384,745 472,302 239,550
End Balance 4,945,424 5,462,532 6,111,827 6,551,494 6,759,440 6,902,773 7,195,642 7,664,550 11,323,869 7,699,889
From:Tessa Parish
To:City Clerk; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; Hung Wei; Liang Chao; HousingCommission; J.R. Fruen; Kitty Moore;
Sheila Mohan
Subject:Cancer spike found near Superfund site - Mountain View Voice
Date:Sunday, March 31, 2024 4:06:53 AM
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Honorable Mayor & City Council,
I urge you to read this news article and perhaps the report it mentions regarding the increase in
Cancer in areas closest to superfund and the ingredients mentioned.
Please consider this and urge you to demand the clean up when concerning housing be built
without CEQA consideration.
Cancer spike found near Superfund site - Mountain View Voice
https://www.mv-voice.com/news/2012/10/11/cancer-spike-found-near-superfund-site/