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Exhibit CC 04/02/2013 #10 c-c- ' AI(3 Brittany Carey #!a From: Karen B. Guerin Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 9:36 AM To: Brittany Carey Subject: FW: [UPDATE] Re: Item#10-2013-14 Fee Schedule Attachments: 2013.4.2.Item 10-Fee Schedule(v4).doc Do you need this for your files? From: Mark Matsumoto [mailto:markm @cupertino-chamber.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:39 PM To: City Council Cc: David Woo; David Brandt; Kevin McClelland; 'Rich Abdalah'; Aarti Shrivastava Subject: [UPDATE] Re: Item #10 - 2013-14 Fee Schedule Dear Mayor Mahoney and Cupertino City Council Members, I apologize for sending out an unfinished version of our letter. Please refer to the updated version (v4) attached to this email. Again, apologize for the confusion. Best Regards, Mark From: Mark Matsumoto [mailto:markm @cupertino-chamber.org] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2013 5:34 PM To: 'citycouncil @cupertino.org' Cc: 'David Woo'; 'Aarti Shrivastava'; 'davidb @cupertino.org'; 'Rich Abdalah'; Kevin McClelland Subject: Re: Item #10 - 2013-14 Fee Schedule Dear Mayor Mahoney and Cupertino City Council Members, The Cupertino Chamber of Commerce would like to express our concerns regarding Item#10 on tonight's Agenda. We are concerned that stakeholders have not had enough to time fully review the potentially large increase in the Engineering, Planning and Building fees proposed for 2013-14 and beyond. Please refer to the attached letter for additional information. Thank you in advance for considering our comments and concerns. Best Regards, Mark Matsumoto Mark Matsumoto, Government Affairs Specialist Cupertino Chamber of Commerce markmcupertino-chamber.orq (408) 252-7054 x14 20455 Silverado Ave Cupertino, CA 95014 I►7 Please consider the environment before printing this email 1 April 2,2013 V Cupertino Chamber of Commerce Your Partner in Silicon Valley Mayor Orrin Mahoney and Cupertino City Council Cupertino Chamber of 10300 Torre Avenue Commerce Cupertino,CA 95014 20455 Silverado Avenue Cupertino,CA 95014 Tel(408)252-7054 Fax(408)252-0638 Re: Request to continue Item#10: Fee Schedule for Fiscal Year 2013-14 www.cupertino-chamber.org 2013 Board of Directors Dear Mayor Orrin Mahoney and Cupertino City Council members, Board Officers Kevin McClelland,President Leeward Financial&Insurance I am writing to express our concerns regarding Item#10 on tonight's City Council agenda. services Inc. This item proposes a substantial fee increase on the business community and the Chamber would like additional time to gather feedback from those businesses impacted John Zirelli,Past President by the new fees,as well as to perform our own analysis of the issue. Recology South Bay The new fee schedule for Engineering,Plannin and Building fees proposes a minimum Darcy Paul,President Elect Planning g p p Paul Law Group,A Professional increase of 6.17%and a maximum increase of 9.17%.The City is expecting to generate an Corp. additional$285,000 a year from this fee increase. Mike Rohde,VP Special Events Given the size of the fee increase,the Cupertino Chamber would like additional time for Vallco Shopping Mall stakeholders to review this issue.The Chamber was only informed about the details of this new fee schedule last Wednesday,March 27,2013 (prior to the Easter Weekend).If Rashel Yadegari,VP Membership Development this item is continued to a future council meeting,we also encourage the City to provide a First Tech Federal Credit Union more robust notification to impacted parities of when such discussions will take place in the future. Matt Wheeler,VP Finance LMGW Public Accountants We respectfully request the City Council to continue this item to the next City Council Richard Abdalah,VP LAC meeting to provide everyone involved with enough time to understand the impact this Abdalah Law Offices change will have on future developments.Thank you for taking the time to consider our comments. Barbara Perzigian,VP Community Relations Cupertino Inn Sincerely, Sandy James,VP HR&Staffing Lehigh Cement Company Board Members Janice Chua Bitter+Sweet Kevin McClelland 2013 President Yogi Chugh State Farm Insurance Cupertino Chamber of Commerce Art Cohen BlueLight Cinemas 5 Mike Foulkes Apple Inc. Scott Jeng HSBC Bank USA,N.A. Mahesh Nihalani Jewels in Style Tamon Norimoto PG&E Maria Streeby The Cypress Hotel Keith Warner Pacific Business Centers Keiichiro Yoshida Bay Club Silicon Valley