CC 05-06-2025 Item No. 13 Modification to Westport_Written Communications (added 5-6-25)CC 05-06-2025
Item No. 13
Modification to
Westport
Development
Written Communications
From:radler digiplaces.com
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fw: PPT slides for May 6 City Council meeting, Item #13 -- VERSION 2
Date:Monday, May 5, 2025 4:12:43 PM
Attachments:Richard Adler 5.6.25 v2.pptx
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Attached is VERSION 2 of my slides for tomorrow's City Council meeting. I have added
one more slide.
Please use this version.
Thanks.
From: radler digiplaces.com
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 10:54 AM
To: cityclerk@cupertino.gov <cityclerk@cupertino.gov>
Subject: PPT slides for May 6 City Council meeting, Item #13
Attached is a Powerpoint presentation (3 slides) that I would like to use with a public
comment I plan to make in relation to Item #13 on the City Council meeting agenda for
tomorrow night, May 6th (Modification to a previously approved Development Permit and
Architectural & Site Approval for the Westport Development).
Thank you,
Richard Adler
Age Friendly Cupertino
Presentation to
Cupertino City Council
Item #13:
Westport Development Permit Modification
Richard Adler
Age-Friendly Cupertino
May 6, 2025
v2
Cupertino’s 65+ and 75+ Population
2015-2035
Richard Adler May 6, 2025 2
Cupertino Population 65+ vs Under 18
(2015-2035)
Richard Adler May 6, 2025 3
Need for Assisted Living by Age
Richard Adler May 6, 2025 4
Prevalence of Alzheimer’s
in Cupertino’s 65+ Population
Richard Adler May 6, 2025 5
Memory Care 103 ?
Units Available:
Data Sources
1.Cupertino’s 65+ Population, 2015-2035
2015 City of Cupertino Parks and Recreation Master Plan Demographic Analysis (2016)
2020 Same as above (updated for 2020)
2025 Neilsberg demographic insights
2030-35 Projections:
•Santa Clara County Office of Aging Reports
•State of California Department of Finance population projections
•U.S. Census Bureau trends and regional aging patterns in Silicon Valley
Richard Adler May 6, 2025 6
2. Prevalence of Alzheimer’s in Cupertino, 2025-2035
Alzheimer’s Association: 2024 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures
https://www.alz.org/media/Documents/alzheimers-facts-and-figures.pdf
California Department of Public Health – Alzheimer’s in California
https://www.cdph.ca.gov
U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates and Projections
Santa Clara County Public Health Department – Aging and Health Reports
https://publichealth.sccgov.org
From:Gian Martire
To:Tina Kapoor; City Clerk
Cc:Benjamin Fu; Luke Connolly
Subject:Fw: HAC re Westport
Date:Tuesday, May 6, 2025 7:17:40 AM
Attachments:HAC Letter re Westport Revised Program 5.5.2025.pdf
Gian Martire
Senior Planner
Community Development
GianM@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3319
From: Corey Smith <corey@housingactioncoalition.org>
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 6:36 PM
To: Liang Chao <lchao@cupertino.org>
Cc: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov>; Gian Martire <GianM@cupertino.org>
Subject: HAC re Westport
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Mayor Chao,
On behalf of the Housing Action Coalition, please see our attached letter regarding the
Westport project.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Respectfully,
Corey Smith
Executive Director, Housing Action Coalition
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Corey Smith 陈锐 | Pronouns: He/Him
Executive Director | Housing Action Coalition
555 Montgomery Street, Suite 720, San Francisco, CA 94111
Cell: (925) 360-5290 | Office: (415) 300-0967
Email: corey@housingactioncoalition.org | Web: housingactioncoalition.org
Please note the new email and website.
May 5, 2025
Liang Chao
Mayor
City of Cupertino Planning Commission
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
lchao@cupertino.org
Re: May 6 Hearing on the Westport Cupertino Project
Dear Mayor Chao:
The Housing Action Coalition wishes to reiterate to the City Council its message to the
City’s Planning Commission in its April 21, 2025 letter, which is that the staff report for
the proposed modifications to the Westport Cupertino project incorrectly asserts that the
project cannot use AB2097 to reduce its previously approved parking because AB2097
does not allow retroactive application to previously approved projects. Simply put, there
is no basis in the text of AB2097 supporting staff’s position and the staff report position
on AB2097 is inconsistent with the clear intent of law and would by contrary to
published guidance from State HCD.
We also wish to express our alarm at watching the course of deliberation at the
Planning Commission’s April 22 meeting, during which the Planning Commission took
numerous votes on recommended conditions of approval that would have plainly
violated state housing law (not just AB2097, but also the State Density Bonus Law, and
Housing Accountability Act) and otherwise attempted to unduly pressure the project
sponsor into agreeing to unlawful conditions of approval, such as increasing the amount
of ground floor retail (despite a clear record supporting that the City may not do so
under the state density bonus law), further increasing the amount of on-site parking or
requiring expensive off-site parking requirements (disallowed by AB2097), and
reconfiguring the project’s use program (disallowed under both the State Density Bonus
Law and Housing Accountability Act).
While certain voices of reason on the Commission rightfully questioned the City’s
unlawful disregard of AB2097 and the Commission ultimately cabined the scope of its
additional recommended conditions of approvals, the ultimate vote nevertheless
violated AB2097 by unlawfully recommending approval of the proposed modifications
conditioned on sponsor including 20 more parking spaces.
We hope the City Council at its May 6 hearing will reject the unlawful condition
regarding additional required parking and otherwise adhere to state housing law by
approving the proposed modifications without delay or any additional unlawful
conditions.
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Sincerely,
Corey Smith, Executive Director
CC:
All City Councilmembers
citycouncil@cupertino.gov
Gian Martire
Senior Planner
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014-3255
GianM@cupertino.org
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