Director's Report OFFICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CITY HALL
10300 TORRE AVENUE • CUPERTINO, CA 95014-3255
C U P E RT I N O (408) 777-3308 • FAX (408) 777-3333 • plannin�C�cupertino.or�
Subject: Report of the Community Development Director�i
Planning Commission Agenda Date: Tuesday, Apri126, 2011
The City Council cancelled its April 19, 2011 meeting.
Miscellaneous Items:
1. Cupertino Reco�nizes Community Volunteers - Individuals and groups who have made
outstanding contributions to the city of Cupertino will be honored Wednesday, June 1st.
This year, nine individuals and one organization will receive the CREST Award -
Cupertino Recognizes Extra Steps Taken. The awards ceremony and reception will be
held in Community Hall, on June 1st, at 7 p.m. This year's winners are Bob Adams, Nancy
Coss-Fitzwater, Cupertino Senior TV Production Group "The Better Part", Fran Ellis,
Janet Hedley and Anna Weber, Gladys Maiden, Pat Pecko, Vicky Tsai and Hung Wei.
2. Shakespeare Festival - The Parks and Recreation Commission, Library Commission, Fine
Arts Commission along with the Library staff and Parks and Recreation staff are working
with the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival to present an interactive discussion on the
upcoming Shakespeare in the Park play "Cymbeline". This discussion would feature
actors from the play as well as commentators on the plot and messages of the play. The
community discussion would be held at Community Hall. The dates are being worked on
now.
Upcoming Dates:
Apri123 Big Bunny Fun Run, 9 a.m., Civic Center
Apri128 Block Leader Recognition, Community Hall, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Apri130 Opening Ceremony Toyokawa Sister City Cherry Blossom Festival,l2 noon,
Memorial Park Amphitheater stage
May 14/15 Friends of the Library Book Sale, Community Hall, Sat. 9-4 pm/Sun. 12-3 pm
June 1 CREST Awards Ceremony, Community Hall, 7 to 9 p.m.
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The Neighborhood Files
Earth Day Comes Early to Cupertino
Community memhers play games, H�in prizes and Iearn how they� can better help protect natural resources.
By Udeitha Srimushnam � Email the author � r'1pri1 10, 201`l.
Cupertino residents enjoyed an early Eartlz Day celebration Satuxday wit11 a festival or�anizc�d
by the city of Cuper.tino.
With more than 80 Bay Area organizations participating, visitors made arts and crafts, learned
how to protect the envirorlment and enjoy�ed the beautiful spring weather.
The festival, now in its third year, has become one of the city's flagship events and 11as been a
wonderfui plattorm to show local residents the kind c�f outreach and activity happening in the
Bay Area, said Erin Cooke, onc� ot the organirers of the event.
Tlle festival's popularity and success is reflccted in how r.apidly it has �rown in just thrce years.
It hosted more than 80 organizations — up fro�n just 25 in the first year — and relied on more than
50 volunteers — up from just four or five a few years ago.
Nlore than 30 new organizations partici�ated, and eight were awardec� the festival's prestigious,
if soine��hat whimsical, Hat Trick award. The a��ard, in the forin of a brightly painted garden
gnome, was given to those groups who participated in the event three times in th7•ee ycars
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Walking Wins
Students in Cupertino walk to school for a chance at an iPod, and more.
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Walking usually just gets you from point A to point B, but for thousands of Cupertino kids, walking also
earns a chance to win a free iPod.
Until Apri113, students who walk to school as part of the Walk-One-Week program, which began March
30, have a chance to win a number of prizes such as an iPod, gift cards to iTunes or to stores such as
jamba Juice.
The prizes are mostly a sweet temptation dangled in front of students to get them to participate in what
some environmentally aware students are really after — saving the environxnent.
"WOW is a way to make saving the environment fun," says Shailee Samar, a ninth-grader at Monta Vista
High School. "This time, the WOW program is going to be for two weeks, giving enough time for the
students to get used to the fresh clean spring air and realize how walking can be lot of fun as well. And,
of course, this helps save gas, reduce traffic and let Earth breathe fresh air as well."
Shailee is a member of Cupertino's Teen Coininission, which supports the WOW program by providing
brochures, banners and other material to the 10 participating schools.
Shailee started the WOW program at Lawson Middle School three years ago when she attended the
school. The program continues with the help of the school's e-Club and members such as eighth-graders
Neha Sharma,l4, and Sonali Dutta,l3.
Neha and Sonali organized a poster-making party at Lawson to promote WOW and were responsible for
soliciting donations and buying the prizes with money funded by the Walk, Bike and Carpool grant
through the city of Cupertino.
There were about 40 posters up around the campus until rain washed off much of the art and writing,
leaving a handful remaining.
Each WOW event— which happens about twice yearly — sees an increase in participation, according to
Shailee, and is now at about 40 percent of the student body.
WOW typically takes place around Earth Day, but Neha pointed out that the school will be on break that
week.
"And speaking of earth, the spring is in the air, and even the rains have just stopped in time for the
students to start walking," says Shailee