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Exhibit CC 12-03-14 Item No. 2 GPA/Housing Correspondance CC 12-3-14 Item#2 Andrea Sanders From: Dean Ku <deanku@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:46 PM To: City Clerk; dapaul@darcypaul.org; gilbertswong@gmail.com; savita4council@gmail.com; Barry Chang; Rod Sinks Subject: Support of Marina Plaza redevelopment- 12/2 Council meeting comments Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members, I attended they city council meeting last night(12/2) from 6pm-12am,but had to leave after 6 hours as I have a 5 month old baby at home. I learned from a friend that my name was eventually called and I was invited to speak,but it was after I had left the meeting. Please consider my comments now as you make your decision tonight: My family has lived in cupertino for over 10 years-we live behind Oaks Shopping Center. Despite all the changes in Cupertino,_Marina Plaza has been a constant for us. We shop at Marina grocery every week and we regularly run into friends,neighbors, and family..It's been an institution for us. In fact, Marina is a local institution for many members of the Cupertino community. Marina grocery has been a local business serving the community for 25 years. It's a gathering place for so many and yet its facilities have remained the same and are quite dated now. I feel that Marina has earned the opportunity after all these years to upgrade and redevelop its property. It is my sincerest hope that you will support Marina Plaza in its redevelopment plans. Thank you -Dean . 1 Colleen Lettire From: Myron Crawford <Mcrawford@bergvc.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:55 PM To: Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Gilbert Wong; Savita Vaidhyanathan; Darcy Paul Cc: City Clerk Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area 12-3-14 General Plan Attachments: CCUP Mayor 21 General Plan .doc BERG & .RERG DEVELOPERS, .INC. 10050 Baurlley Drive Cupertino, CA 95014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fax(408) 725-1626 mcrawford(&ber$vc.com 12/3/14 Mayor & Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-777-3333 rsinksCcupertino oribchanc!@cupertino org; _,wonQC�cupertino ori; svaidhyanathan@cupertino ori dpaul@cupertino.org ci tyclerk@cu perti no.orQ Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and for business. Thank you for your consideration, Myron Crawford i BERG & RERG DEVELOPERS, INC. 10050 Bandley Drive Cupertino, CA 95014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fax(408) 725-1626 merawford@bergvc.com 12/3/14 Mayor & Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-777-3333 rsinks@cupertino ori; bchanq@cupertino.org; PwonQC�cupertino orQ svaidhyanathanC�cupertino ori dpaulcupertino.org cityclerk@cupertino.org Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and for business. Thank you for your consideration, Myron Crawford Karen B. Guerin From: Catherine r@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:12 PM To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City of Cupertino Planning Dept.; Housing Cc: CD Alexander; George Schroeder Subject: GPA and HE diliberations this evening - Concerns about ethics and propriety Dear Mayor Sinks and Council members: I would like to express my concerns about ethical considerations regarding the current City Council in regards to GPA and HE deliberations and voting on any proposed GPA and HE plan. Considering some widely-publicized past abuses by elected local and Bay Area officials who mixed politics, the public good, political campaign contributions and private business interests and associations,-leading to public and media criticism, lawsuits and court actions which are now part of the public record, I respectfully request that: • If any council member has received money, goods or services from any developers, construction companies, property affiliate trades, real estate associations (or their principals), or from property owners who might benefit from an amended GPA and HE for.any reason,that council member must recuse themselves from deliberation and voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of-interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. • Likewise, if any council member is a real estate broker or loan officer, or provides (or owns) an allied business, or a property affiliated trade or profession which may benefit financially from increased property development, sales or revenue through new townhouse, condo or other housing developments in any proposed GPA and HE, by any other means,that council member must recuse themselves from deliberations and from voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. Thank you, Catherine Alexander http://www.siliconvalleylibrarian.com/ Colleen Lettire Eric Schaefer <eschaefe From: c us.ibm.com>S @ Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:53 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks; City Clerk Subject: Fw: Council member Barry Chang conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Whoops--typo in my previous email. I wrote Barry Wong but intended Barry Chang". BTW Mayor Sinks, thanks for ending the meeting at a "reasonable" hour this morning. Eric Schaefer -----Forwarded by Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM on 12/03/2014 02:49 PM----- From: Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM To: bchanq(a)cupertino.org, Cc: rsinks(a.cupertino.org Date: 12/03/2014 01:24 PM Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders--residents, property owners, and developers--and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was--by using your personal email--intended to be shielded from the public. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer 1 i Colleen Lettire From: Mitchell Ai-Chang <mitchell@aichang.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:50 AM To: City Clerk Subject: Today's deliberation broadcast Hi there, Thanks for your perseverance and patience at last night's city council meeting. I was wondering if the deliberation at 7:45 tonight will be broadcast live. I watch the live broadcasts of city council meetings on Comcast. Best regards, Mitchell Ai-Chang 881 Alderbrook Lane, Cupertino 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jeff Ben &Tracy Hurt <HurtBen@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:08 PM To: City Council Cc: Cupertino City Manager's Office Subject: thanks for dec. 2 Presentations/Discussion Re: Presentations regarding the Draft General Plan Amendment and Housing Element Dear Mayor Sinks and City Council Members, Congratulations to you all upon your recent elections. May your terms be happy and productive. attended the City Council Meeting last night and saw the Staff and Consultant Presentations regarding the Draft General Plan Amendment and RHNA. I want to thank City Staff and the City's consultants for their clear and informative presentations. Thanks also to the Council for your thoughtful questions. I could remain only until 11:30 PM and so was unable make oral remarks as I had planned; however, if you have considered my letter of Dec. 2, 20141 am satisfied. Again thanks for your time and consideration. Cordially, Tracy L. Hurt 1 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Mark Santoro Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Santoro, Recently, I was schoked by the of-Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui 1 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui jasoh@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Orrin Mahoney Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Mahoney, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again,the plan, at least delay'the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from.you! Jason Cui 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.coms Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:10 PM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Mayor Wong Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:09 PM To: Rod Sinks Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Sinks, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard.this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:08 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Barry, First of all, congratulations to win of your campaign, and I am also proud of contributing some efforts to your campaign! Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:53 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks;City Clerk Subject: Fw: Council member Barry Chang conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? ,Whoops--typo in my previous email. I wrote"Barry Wong" but intended "Barry Chang". BTW Mayor Sinks, thanks for ending the meeting ata reasonable hour this morning. Eric Schaefer -----Forwarded by Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM on 12/03/2014 02:49 PM----- From: Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM To: bchang@cupertino.org, Cc: rsinks@cupertino.org Date: 12/03/2014 01:24 PM Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders--residents, property owners, and developers--and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting-prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was--by using your personal email--intended to be shielded from the public. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer Karen B. Guerin From: Jessie Liang <jliang@ktsfnews.com> Sent: Wednesday; December 03, 2014 12:14 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: KTSF interview request Importance'. High Hi Barry, Congratulations on becoming Cupertino's new Vice Mayor! I want to schedule an interview with you regarding GPA and Vallco Mall rezoning plan. If you're not available,can you suggest someone who supports the ordinance? My deadline is 5 pm this afternoon. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you very much! Jessie Liang Reporter KTSF TV Ch 26 1 Cable 8 San Francisco Bay Area,CA Office:415.468.2626,ext 7332 Mobile:415.812.2722 Green Report, Fay- — k,Twitter, Weibo The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s)and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information.If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error,please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments.If you are not the intended recipient,you are notified that any use,dissemination,distribution,copying,or storage of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Zezhang Hou <zezhanghou@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:17 AM To: Barry Chang Subject: GPA Dear Berry, Congratulations for being re-elected for the city council and for being selected as the vice mayor. I voted for you because you were at my door before the election and you are my friend's friend, but most importantly because you gave me an impression that you are against the high density and high rise housing development. But after the last night public hearing, I become really concerned. You sounded like a champion for the high density and high rise housing development. At some point, you sounded like the rep of developers and Sacramento politicians, not the rep of people who voted for you. People like me who voted for you would be really disappointed and angry if it turns out you are an activist for developers. I hope my changed perception about you is wrong. That's why I am writing to you and urge you to listen residents' voice,put residents' interest above anything when discussing and voting the proposed GPA. The proposed GPA is poorly developed, the process is not as transparent as it should be—as a 17 years old resident of Cupertino, I did not even know we are changing the GPA until recently. There are huge changes and we are not giving the residents sufficient time to discuss them. There is no reason to rush it through when the current GPA does not expire until 2020! Regards, John Hou 408 858 3885 Mobile 1 Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:08 PM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Cupertino General Plan amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth-that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencows2(a)-gmail.com Santa Clara, CA i Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:08 PM To: Rod Sinks ( Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencows2(a--)gmail.com Santa Clara, CA - I Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:09 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments-will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencows2Ca)gmail.com Santa Clara, CA 1 Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:09 PM To: Orrin Mahoney Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and.on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one-project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencow_s2(a-)-gmail.com Santa Clara, CA 1 Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:09 PM To: Mark Santoro Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee greencows2Ca)_gmail.com Santa Clara, CA 1 Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:10 PM To: Karen B. Guerin Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencows2(a_gmail.com Santa-Clara, CA i Karen B. Guerin From: Ning Xu <xuning99@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:12 PM Subject: No Rezoning of Vallco Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic,at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Name: Ning Xu 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jessie Liang <jliang@ktsfnews.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:14 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: KTSF interview request Importance: High Hi Barry, Congratulations on becoming Cupertino's new Vice Mayor! I want to schedule an interview with you regarding GPA and Vallco Mall rezoning plan. If you're not available,can you suggest someone who supports the ordinance? My deadline is 5 pm this afternoon. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you very much! Jessie Liang Reporter KTSF TV Ch 26 1 Cable 8 San Francisco Bay Area,CA Office:415.468.2626,ext 7332 Mobile:415.812.2722 Green Report, Facebook,Twitter, Weibo The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressees) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information.If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error,please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments.If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use,dissemination,distribution,copying, or storage of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:53 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks; City Clerk Subject: Fw: Council member Barry Chang conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Whoops--typo in my previous email. I wrote "Barry Wong" but intended "Barry Chang". BTW Mayor Sinks, thanks for ending the meeting at a "reasonable" hour this morning. Eric Schaefer -----Forwarded by Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM on 12/03/2014 02:49 PM----- From: Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM To: bchang@cupertino.org, Cc: rsinks@cupertino.org Date: 12/03/2014 01:24 PM Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders--residents, property owners, and developers--and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was--by using your personal email--intended to be shielded from the public. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:08 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Barry, First of all, congratulations to win of your campaign, and I am also proud of contributing some efforts to your campaign! Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:09 PM To: Rod Sinks Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Sinks, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui i Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:10 PM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Mayor Wong Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui 1 . Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cuijason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Orrin Mahoney Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Mahoney, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Mark Santoro Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Santoro, Recently, I.was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Karen B. Guerin From: Jeff Ben &Tracy Hurt <HurtBen@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:08 PM To: City Council Cc: Cupertino City Manager's Office Subject: thanks for dec. 2 Presentations/Discussion Re: Presentations regarding the Draft General Plan Amendment and Housing Element Dear Mayor Sinks and City Council Members, Congratulations to you all upon your recent elections. May your terms be happy and productive. I attended the City Council Meeting last night and saw the Staff and Consultant Presentations regarding the Draft General Plan Amendment and RHNA. I want to thank City Staff and the City's consultants for their clear and informative presentations. Thanks also to the Council for your thoughtful questions. I could remain only until 11:30 PM and so was unable make oral remarks as I had planned; however, if you have considered my letter of Dec. 2, 2014 1 am satisfied. Again thanks for your time and consideration. Cordially, Tracy L. Hurt 1 Colleen Lettire From: Mitchell Ai-Chang <mitchell@aichang.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:50 AM To: City Clerk Subject: Today's deliberation broadcast Hi there, Thanks for your perseverance and patience at last night's city council meeting. I was wondering if the deliberation at 7:45 tonight will be broadcast live. I watch the live broadcasts of city council meetings on Comcast. Best regards, Mitchell Ai-Chang 881 Alderbrook Lane, Cupertino 1 Colleen Lettire From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:53 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks; City Clerk Subject: Fw: Council member Barry Chang conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Whoops--typo in my previous email. I Wrote "Barry Wong"but intended"Barry Chang". BTW Mayor Sinks, thanks for ending the meeting at a "reasonable" hour this morning. Eric Schaefer -----Forwarded by Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM on 12/03/2014 02:49 PM----- From: Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM To: bchang(cDcupert!no.org, Cc: rsinks(a).cupertino.org Date: 12/03/2014 01:24 PM Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders--residents, property owners,and developers--and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was--by using your personal email--intended to be shielded from the public. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Catherine r@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:12 PM To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City of Cupertino Planning Dept.; Housing Cc: CD Alexander, George Schroeder Subject: GPA and HE diliberations this evening - Concerns about ethics and propriety Dear Mayor Sinks and Council members: I would like to express my concerns about ethical considerations regarding the current City Council in regards to GPA and HE deliberations and voting on any proposed GPA and HE plan. Considering some widely-publicized past abuses by elected local and Bay Area officials who mixed politics, the public good, political campaign contributions and private business interests and associations,,leading to public and media criticism, lawsuits and court actions which are now part of the public record, I respectfully request that: • If any council member has received money, goods or services from any developers, construction companies, property affiliate trades, real estate associations (or their principals), or from property owners who might benefit from an amended GPA and HE for any reason, that council member must recuse themselves from deliberation and voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. • Likewise, if any council member is a real estate broker or loan officer, or provides (or owns) an allied business, or a property affiliated trade or profession which may benefit financially from increased property development, sales or,revenue through new townhouse, condo or other housing developments in any proposed GPA and HE, by any other means, that council member must recuse themselves from deliberations and from voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. Thank you, Catherine Alexander http://www.siliconvalleylibrarian.com/ i BERG& BERG DEVELOPERS, INC. 10050 Bandley Drive Cupertino, CA 95014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fax(408) 725-1626 mcrawford@bergvc.com 12/3/14 Mayor & Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-777-3333 rsinks@cupertino.orQ; bchanq@cupertino.org; QwonQ@cupertino.orq; svaidhyanathan@cupertino.orQ; dpaul a,cupertino.org cityclerk@cupertino.org Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and for business. Thank you for your consideration, Myron Crawford Colleen Lettire From: Myron Crawford <Mcrawford@bergvc.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:55 PM To: Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Gilbert Wong; Savita Vaidhyanathan; Darcy Paul Cc: City Clerk Subject: We Support-The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area 12-3-14 General Plan Attachments: CCUP Mayor 21 General Plan .doc BERG & .BERG DEVELOPERS, .INC. 10050 Bandlei�Drive Cupertino, CA 15014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fax(408) 725-1626 mcrawford(&berIZvc.com 12/3/14 Mayor & Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-,777-3333 rsinks@cupertino ori bchanQ@cupertino ori Qwon�@cupertino ori svaidhyanathan@cupertino orQ dpaulP_cupertino.org ci tyclerk@cuperti no.org Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area, Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and for business. Thank you for. your consideration, Myron Crawford i CC 12-3-14 Item#2 Andrea Sanders From: Dean Ku <deanku@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:46 PM To: City Clerk,dapaul@darcypaul.org; gilbertswong@gmail.com; savita4council@gmail.com; Barry Chang; Rod Sinks Subject: Support of Marina Plaza redevelopment- 12/2 Council meeting comments Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members, I attended the city council meeting last night(12/2) from 6pm-12am,but had to leave after 6 hours as I have a 5 month old baby at home. I learned from a friend that my name was eventually called and I was invited to speak,but it was after I had left the meeting. Please consider my comments now as you make your decision tonight: My family has lived in cupertino for over 10 years-we live behind Oaks Shopping Center. Despite all the changes in Cupertino, Marina Plaza has been a constant for us. We shop at Marina grocery every week and we regularly run into friends, neighbors, and family. It's been an institution for us. In fact, Marina is a local institution for many members of the Cupertino community. Marina grocery has been a local business serving the community for 25 years. It's a gathering place for so many and yet its facilities have remained the same and are quite dated now. I.feel that Marina has earned the opportunity after all these years to upgrade and redevelop its property. It is my sincerest hope that you will support Marina Plaza in its redevelopment plans. Thank you -Dean . 1 Karen B. Guerin From: shinchan <shinchan@comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:24 PM To: City Council Subject: Dec.2 ,2014.Item #2 14 - 0175 General Plan Amendment... Dear Council Members. I cannot attend the Cupertino City Council meeting tonight but I would like to give you my comments. I would like you to do the following. 1. Decide the housing element only, Delay the decision on other Aspects of the GPA. 2. Spread the housing allocation evenly over all of Cupertino. 3. NO reasoning of Vallco without a plant. Please include my comments as part of the public record. P.espectfully. Kimiko sato. Sent from my Wad 1 Karen B. Guerin From:' Zhen Tang <anchorite2006@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:13 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro Subject: Vallco Mall Rezone Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over-crowded schools and over-crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re-zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - If the Housing Allocation list of sites is not settled soon, the City . could be penalized by the State of California. Settle the list of Housing Allocation sites from among sites that are currently zoned for a residential element. Name: Zhen Tang, Weining Zhou Email: anchorite2006(d)-gmail.com Address: 10630 E Estates Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jack McKeown <jack.mckeown@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:14 AM To: Barry Chang Subject: Stop &Think .Dear Vice Mayor Chang, I am truly concerned about the rush to judgment of our City Plan. I believe that you have found the political third rail of Cupertino.We have yet to actually feel the impact of the new housing development of the Vallco mall. We are currently gathering thousands of signatures for legislation to put a stop to the unbalanced development of Cupertino. This hot button item is not going away. Please delay any decision affecting the Cupertino General Plan so we don't waste our money on recall elections. You have not heard from a very large constituency of residents that oppose future high density housing in Cupertino. Save our Theatres and Vallco. We want our mall. respectfully, Jack R. McKeown Jr. 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Jack McKeown <jack.mckeown@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:14 AM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Stop &Think I am truly concerned about the rush to judgment of our City Plan. I believe that you have found the political third rail of Cupertino.We have yet to actually feel the impact of the new housing development of the Vallco mall. We are currently gathering thousands of signatures for legislation to put a stop to the unbalanced development of Cupertino. This hot button item is not going away. Please delay any decision affecting the Cupertino General Plan so we don't waste our money on recall elections. You have not heard from a very large constituency of residents that oppose future high density housing in Cupertino. Save our Theatres and Vallco.We want our mall. respectfully, Jack R. McKeown Jr. i Karen B. Guerin From: Dicksteinp@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:41 AM To: City Council; City of Cupertino Planning Dept. Cc: travigne-villas-hoa@googlegroups.com;faridakhanl23@yahoo.com; pamcafee1942 @yahoo.com; betspix@gmail.com; amarsl0@hotmail.com; rgelbogen@aol.com; huayingnew@yahoo.com Subject: Housing/GPA I'm sorry I had to leave by 12:30, so I hope there is not much duplication in my message. I wanted to reiterate that the best housing sites plan up to last night would have been the one off the table -- Council Plan B, modified to reinstate Summerwinds and thus divert some traffic onto Prospect and Bollinger. Now, Mr. Lu (Liu?, Lew?) has come with something similar, but dividing the 750 units (I would have preferred fewer) for.Wolfe between Hamptons and Vallco, with most of the allotment to Hamptons. This is a very reasonable plan, if some of the Units could be diverted to Summerwinds. And what about sites closer to Foothills? Let the VTA extend its bus line -- even some residents of the green belt between 85 and Foothills might ride the bus occasionally. The Units on North DeAnza are really better at Carl Berg than Marina, if possible, because traffic and Bandley can also be bad at rush hour. And remember, more retail/entertainment, less office space at Vallco would spread peak traffic more evenly. Finally, more housing for already projected workers, but more office space to employ whom? is circular reasoning. Phyllis Dickstein Travigne Villas 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:25 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email--is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. know that you reach out to'stake holders--residents, property owners, and developers--and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. Itseems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was--by using your personal email--intended to be shielded from the public: Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer i Karen B. Guerin From: Randy Shingai <randyshingai@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:14 AM To: City Council; City Clerk Cc: better-cupertino-work-group@googlegroups.com Subject: Councilman Barry Chang must recuse himself Dear Sirs, After watching last night's Special Meeting video of Lisa Warren's disclosure of Peter Pau's e-mail communication with Councilman Barry Chang, I am asking that Councilman Barry Chang recuse himself from any discussion or vote on item involving Peter Pau or Sandhill Property Company. I want my request on the public record. Thank you, Randy Shingai i Karen B. Guerin From: Randy Shingai <randyshingai@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:03 PM To: barry4cupertino Cc: City Council; City Clerk; better-cupertino-work-group@goog.legroups.com Subject: Re: Councilman Barry Chang must recuse himself Hi Barry, Thanks for your input too,but you forgot to CC Peter Pau. Randy On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:52 PM, barry4cupertino <barry4cupertino(cr�,gmail.com>wrote: HI Randy, Thank you very much for your input. Barry On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 1'1:14 AM, Randy Shingai<randyshingaiggmail.com>wrote: Dear Sirs, After watching last night's Special Meeting video of Lisa Warren's disclosure of Peter Pau's e-mail communication with Councilman Barry Chang;I am asking that Councilman Barry Chang recuse himself from any discussion or vote on item involving Peter Pau or Sandhill Property Company. I want my request on the public record. Thank you, Randy Shingai Barry Chang Cupertino City Councilmember www.barrychang.com barry4cuRertino ,gmail.com 408-688-6398 Please consider the environment before printing this email. i Karen B. Guerin From: barry4cupertiho <barry4cupertino@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:53 PM To: Randy Shingai Cc: City Council; City Clerk; better-cupertino-work-group@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Councilman Barry Chang must recuse himself HI Randy, Thank you very much for your input. Barry On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Randy Shingai <randyshinai ,gmail.com>wrote: Dear Sirs, After watching last night's Special Meeting video of Lisa Warren's disclosure of Peter Pau's e-mail communication with Councilman Barry Chang, I am asking that Councilman Barry Chang recuse himself from any discussion or vote on item involving Peter Pau or Sandhill Property Company. . I want my request on the public record. Thank you, Randy Shingai Barry Chang Cupertino City Councilmember www.barr cy hang com barry4 cup ertino g gmail.com 408-688-6398 Please consider the environment before printing this email. 1 . Karen B. Guerin From: Lisa Warren <la-warren@att.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:31 PM To: City Clerk; City Council; Darcy Paul; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: 2,000,000 sf of office space -Why? Mayor and City Council members - I want to mention that 2,000,000 square feet of office space (or of anything, for that matter) is A VERY LARGE NUMBER. When put into a visual, it is close to eight times the space that is currently being constructed at Main Street... where the original 'maximum'number that was approved was 100,000 sf for very good reasons. Reasons that considered the quality of life for our residents (especially on the East side), among other things. I heard the retail leasing expert from Sand Hill's team state, last night, that Valley Fair mall is 1,500,000 square feet when he was quoting $ numbers. Valley Fair is huge. Imagine what 2,000,000 sf does to a 'landscape', or site. High or low in vertical measurement, it is way too much for Cupertino to handle...even if spread out to different sites. Why not wait to see how many existing office spaces open up as Apple 'shifts' location. Have office tenants been identified for the two buildings at Main Street yet ???Were companies 'fighting over it'? There are current office building owners that are asking to increase their space in locations already accustom to that particular land use. I wonder what the average square footage per employee is that is needed in a office structure. Cubicles themselves.are normally pretty small in square footage (48 sf is standard in my office). There are only so many conference rooms needed. How many individuals are projected to be employed in 2,000,000 square feet ? How many vehicles... How much parking is needed ? How 'big' is the new Apple campus in terms of square feet.... I believe someone mentioned that it is close to 2,000,000, maybe less, BUT, of course, on a whole lot of land. As I drive by the Santa Clara Apple 'cruise ship' I see almost the entire ground floor taken up by exercise equipment. In my experience, this equipment rarely has more than a couple of people using it. I wonder..... couldn't Apple, or any employer, purchase memberships to Bay Club, or some existing facility as a 'perk' for their employees as opposed to having such an apparent waste of space. How much square footage is used to house 'toys' in office buildings ? Wouldn't it be great if most of the 'R and R' amenities offered to employees were out of doors ? My preference would be not to add any additional office space to 'the plan' at this current time. I hope that you at least put this huge number in perspective when discussions are taking place tonight. don't remember hearing anyone really discussing the recommendations that our Planning Commission has made related to GPA or HE. 1 Karen B. Guerin From: richard rahn <rahn_richard@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:22 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro; Barry Chang; dapaul@darcypaul.org;savita4council@gmail.com Subject: DO NOT TURN CUPERTINO INTO CONDOTINO Dear Cupertino City Council members, I am a 30 year resident of Cupertino and I write from a long historical perspective. I live near the Eaton elementary school and have witnessed many changes over the years. Many have been good and improved the quality of life for residents. I am proud that I participated in some, such as creating the partnership between the school district and the city to upgrade and maintain the athletic playing fields at 10 elementary schools back in the 1990s. .This was done with the help of staff people like Steve Dowling and Bert Viskovich. Tonight I feel compelled to comment about the proposed General Plan amendments. I am extremely discouraged i ed about what seems to be a never d sc g ending trend for taller buildings and higher, density housing. It's clear to me that more and more of these projects will only result in added traffic congestion,more pollution and overcrowded schools. It makes no sense to destroy this fine city. So please listen to residents. Do not be swayed by the big money developers. They are only interested in making a huge profit from these projects located close to the new Apple HQ. urge you: 1 . DO NOT APPROVE THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS. 1 2. AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. - MAKE EACH PROJECT SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY INPUT. Thank you, Richard Rahn z Karen B. Guerin From: feihui Li <feihui@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:21 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro Cc: dapaul@darcypaul.org; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: Concern about Cupertino General Plan Amendment Dear Cupertino City Council Members, My name is Feihui. I'm a resident near Cupertino and have kids attending Cupertino schools (Eisenhower elementary school). I am very concerned about the Cupertino General Plan amendments. It will bring over-crowded schools and lower down the education quality with less resources inside schools. Please have concrete plans to make sure Cupertino schools keep their current quality before building high density apartments. Thank you! Yours Sincerely, Feihui Li Cell phone: 540-239-0024 Address: 361 Hillsdale Ave; Santa Clara, CA 95051 1 4' CC — 12/3/" 2014 .}} s-�I REGIONAL HOUSING NEED ALLOCATION (2014-2022) ABAG# City Submit# % Submit Date Type Campbell 933 1,218 31% 9/15/2014 Draft Cupertino 1,002 1,102 10% Gilroy 1,088 4,525 316% 8/22/2014 Draft Los Altos 477 Los Altos Hills 121 Los Gatos 619 Milpitas 3,290 Monte Sereno 61 61 0% 10/13/2014 Draft Morgan Hill 928 Mountain View 2,926 3,166 8% 5/23/2014 Draft Palo Alto 1,988 2,188 10% 7/9/2014 Draft San Jose 35,080 35,117 0% 10/3/2014 Draft Santa Clara 4,093 51876 44% 9/4/2014 Draft Saratoga 439 480 9% 8/28/2014 Draft Sunnyvale 5,452 5,849 7% 9/12/2014 Draft Housing Elements and Regional Housing Need Allocation http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/hrc/plan/he/ Cupertino Housing Very Low Low Moderate Above Income Moderate Units 0-50% 51%-80% 80-120% 120%+ 1988-98 Allocate 3,174 508 444 635 1,587 Result 2,267 97 52 4 2,114 71% 19% 12% 1% 133% 1999-06 Allocat e 2,720 412 198 644 1,466 Result 1,339 36 12_ 79 1,212 49% 9% 6% 12% 83% 2007-14 Allocate 1,170 341 229 243 357 Result 547 22 16 58 451 47% 6% 7% 24% 126% 2014-22 Allocate 1,064 356 207 231 270 Result http://www.abag.ca.gov/planning/housing/­research.htmi 1 12/3/2014 Ile R. llm� (Ij c-- sWh West of"North AI COMM 0,Pak my Qb TM Vallco Gateway" "Hamptons" p 180 Units "Stelling Gateway"& `' 570 Units "N De Anza Gateway 180 Units "Rose Bowl"& "Main St"& ry Ile "Biltmore" 394 Units afackfm West"North De Anza Corridor" —Rd West"Heart of the City Corridor" West of"South De Anza Corridor" 172 Units Hathmmy Eianrh Al"nst ne Ffe :IeVI pen srace 6 mo,t Older On presdr,e open 503,� San 10mas ol Cupertino 2014-2022 R Units M C H F Residential Allocation "Rose Bowl" 204 Existing 0 204 0 0 "Main St"+"Biltmore" 190 Existing 0 190 0 0 "Stelling Gateway"& Plan to "N De Anza Gateway" 180 Meet 0 0 180 0 BAG West West of"North Vallco Plan to Gateway" 180 Meet 0 0 0 180 BAG Plan Plan to "Hamptons" 570 Meet 0 0 0 0 ABAG W"Heart of the City Corridor" Plan to W"North De Anza Corridor"W 172 Meet 172 0 0 0 of"South De Anza Corridor" BAG 1,102 1,102 172 394 180 180 9 v 12/3/2014 Advantage • Meet ABAG 2014-2022 Housing Allocation number • Consistent with General Plan • Better new housing development plan across whole Cupertino • Balance the traffic • Balance new housing units for each high school 2700 2500 3 7 -502 418 2389 ��-2 '�2343 2300 �2270�2 71 -2276 310 22292244 Cupertino 2100 —Monta Vista 2057e—Homestead 1964 - Fremont 1900 1889 1813 1700 .699 1700 1604 11<46 1500 2006 2007. 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 3 Karen B. Guerin From: Lisa Warren <la-warren@att.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:31 PM To: City Clerk; City Council; Darcy Paul; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: 2,000,000 sf of office space -Why? Mayor and City Council members - I want to mention that 2,000;000 square feet of office space (or of anything, for that matter) is A VERY LARGE NUMBER. When put into a visual, it is close to eight times the space that is currently being constructed at Main Street... where the original 'maximum'number that was approved was 100,000 sf for very good reasons. Reasons that considered the quality of life for our residents (especially on the East side), among other things. I heard the retail leasing expert from Sand Hill's team state; last night, that Valley Fair mall is 1,500,000 square feet when he was quoting $ numbers. Valley Fair is huge. Imagine what 2,000,000 sf does to a 'landscape', or site. High or low in vertical measurement, it is way too much for Cupertino to handle...even if spread out to different sites. Why not wait to see how many existing office spaces open up as Apple 'shifts_' location. Have office tenants been identified for the two buildings at Main Street yet ???Were companies 'fighting over it'? There are current office building owners that are asking to increase their space in locations already accustom to that particular land use. I wonder what the average square footage per employee is that is needed in a office structure. Cubicles themselves are normally pretty small in square footage (48 sf is standard in my office). There are only so many conference rooms needed. How many individuals are projected to be employed in 2,000,000 square feet ? How many vehicles... How much parking is needed ? How 'big' is the new Apple campus in terms of square feet.... I believe someone mentioned that it is close to 2,000,000, maybe less BUT, of course, ona whole lot of land. As I drive by the Santa Clara Apple 'cruise ship' I see almost the entire ground floor taken up by exercise equipment. In my experience, this equipment rarely has more than a couple of people using it. I wonder..... couldn't Apple, or any employer, purchase memberships to Bay Club, or some existing facility as a 'perk' for their employees as opposed to having such an apparent waste of space. How much square footage is used to house 'toys' in office buildings ? Wouldn't it be great if most of the 'R and R' amenities offered to employees were out of doors ? J My preference would be not to add any additional office space to 'the plan' at this current time. I hope that you at least put this huge number in perspective when discussions are taking place tonight. I don't remember hearing anyone really discussing the recommendations that our Planning Commission has made related to GPA or HE. 1 Karen B. Guerin From: richard rahn <rahn_richard@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:22 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro; Barry Chang; dapaul@darcypaul.org; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: DO NOT TURN CUPERTINO INTO CONDOTINO Dear Cupertino City Council members, I am a 30 year resident of Cupertino and I write from a long historical perspective. I live near the Eaton elementary school and I have witnessed many changes over the years. Many have been good and improved the quality of life for residents. I am proud that I participated in some, such as creating the partnership between the school district and the city to upgrade and maintain the athletic playing fields at 10 elementary schools back in the 1990s. .This was done with the help of staff people like Steve Dowling and Bert Viskovich. Tonight I feel compelled to comment about the proposed General Plan amendments. am extremely discouraged about what seems to be a never ending trend for taller buildings and higher density housing. It's clear to me that more and more of these projects will only result in added traffic congestion,more pollution and overcrowded schools. It makes no sense to destroy this fine city. So please listen to residents. Do not be swayed by the big money developers. They are only interested in making a huge profit from these projects located close to the new Apple HQ. urge you: 1 . DO NOT APPROVE THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS. 2. AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. MAKE EACH PROJECT SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY INPUT. Thank you, Richard Rahn z d, Piu Ghosh From: Aarti Shrivastava Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 6:46 PM To: Aarti Shrivastava; Piu Ghosh Subject: FW: Cupertino General Plan Amendment Aarti From: Sue Tippets [mailto:stippets(avalleywater.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:40 PM To: Rebecca Tolentino Cc: George Schroeder Subject: RE: Cupertino General Plan Amendment I'm sorry we didn't get involved with this earlier. I had forgotten that the other elements needed to be updated with the Housing Element. My comments will be brief and unfortunately reactive to the draft rather than proactive. I hope it is not too late for your consideration.. Chapter 6 Pg ES-12—Expand discussion on SCVWD effort towards water conservation rather than limit the discussion to our role in water management.There is a lot of information on our web site about the work we do in water conservation specifically. Similarly the discussion on the Regional Board is about water quality not conservation. Policy ES-5.2. clustering development away from sensitive areas is a good policy however it is not clear what the goal is in a harmonious landscape. Strategy ES-5.2.1 Suggest that the protection of the riparian corridor include a buffer so as to allow for restoration and enhancement in degraded areas. Policy ES-5.5—the listed activities are not necessarily compatible with the preservation of natural areas.The incursion of human activities in limited riparian corridors or undeveloped hillside areas can have significant impacts to the habitat and wildlife. Strategy ES-5.6.1—Similar comment as for ES-5.2.1 The protection of the creek and water course should extend beyond the creek bed and top of bank. Strategy ES-7.1.1—The purpose for requiring the stated information should be identified. Strategy ES-7.3.2 - Is this intended to state that volunteers would be used to "return creeks to their natural state"? How would this be accomplished? Strategy ES-7.4.2—Clarify the intent of the statement - how will a watershed management plan model the city's hydrology? ES-7.4.3—Clarify the aspect of review of a project in the context of impacts on the watershed. What actions or project conditions might result from this review? ES-7.8 Land dedication or acquisition of these creek areas should not be limited to the creek bed and banks but should include the adjacent buffer areas ES-7.8.1—Clarify what is meant by providing flood control by use of flow increase mitigation measures and what role the SCVWD might have in this. ES-7.9.1 Water conservation measures should be encouraged and implemented at all times, not just during periods of drought. Chapter 7 i Page HS-1.9- Flood Hazards. 1" paragraph last sentence. Delete the last portion of the sentence. Reduced percolation from sediment buildup does not appreciably increase flood risk. In the following paragraph there is a discussion of flooding caused by landslides. Clarify the location of the landslide as flooding would occur form a creek blockage but not necessarily form a landslide elsewhere in the community. The discussion about Stevens Creek dam should identify that potential dam failure could cause significant flooding. The last paragraph in this section mentions a flood management plan for the reach of Stevens Creek downstream Stevens Creek Blvd. Please identify what this flood management program entails. This section should include additional descriptions of the flood protection measures completed in the community.The General Plan should also identify the limitations of the FEMA flood plain maps.These maps were prepared a number of years ago based on existing land uses at the time.Subsequent development and increases in impervious surfaces may have altered the flow rates and flow paths altering the hydrologic assumptions used to create these maps. The section should also identify the National Flood Insurance Program and the city's role in that program. There are also flood awareness maps available through the Deprtment of water Resources that should be included in the General plan along with information from the District's web site on historical flooding. HS-7.2.2 Suggest inclusion of SCVWD in the interagency coordination HS-7.3 The intent of this policy is unclear. Does it relate to a specific location?What about residential uses in the floodplain. HS-7.4.1 Clarify what is meant by the natural floodplain and how it differs from the regulatory floodplain.This is important because fill is not prohibited in the regulatory floodplain (although it should be) HS-7.4.3 Include discussion of participation in NFIP HS-7.5 and HS-7.6—It is not clear why these policies are included under flood hazards.As they relate to landslides and flooding form tank failures,the policy should tie the flood hazard aspect into the policy. Chapter 9 RPC-6 The section on the SCVWD should be modified.The District does not have a natural flood plain policy for the referenced reach of Stevens Creek. Similarly the Clean Safe Creeks program reference is incorrect.This measure adopted by the voters has expired and very few of the flood protection project alternatives include upstream retention. RPD-13.The District is also a participant in the Stevens Creek Tail Feasibility Study. Calabazas Creek—similar comment applies regarding the expiration of the Clean Safe Creeks program.The section should provide some additional information on the trail opportunity. San Tomas Creek—similarly the city has explored the potential for a trail along this creek.What is the status, conclusion or next steps of this exploration? Union Pacific Railroad—Would it be appropriate to identify use of the railroad alignment for trails if it goes out of service rather than when? Policy RPC-2.1 The policy includes an objective of retaining and restoring creeks .The strategies that follow should also include one for acquisition and dedication of lands along and adjacent to the features to create buffer areas,trails and trail amenities. District held land rights along creeks are very limited to serve the flood protection , maintenance, riparian corridor protection and enhancement and trail use needs. In areas of development or redevelopment along creeks, additional strips of land set aside for these purposes would increase the usability of these corridors for all the purposes expected of them. RPC-5.1.4 Suggest rewording the statement.A joint use agreement between the City and the District allows for the public recreational use of District property and clarifies the City's responsibility for that use. While some of the policies listed below have been incorporated into the City's proposed update, we offer some additional flood risk management policies for your consideration: 1. Require that new developments within flood hazard areas are done in a manner that will not cause floodwaters to be diverted onto adjacent property or increase flood hazards to properties located elsewhere unless secured through a flood easement or fee title buyout. 2. Encourage flood management designs that respect the natural topography and vegetation of waterways while retaining dynamic flow and functional integrity. 3. Preserve urban creeks and channels to maintain existing floodplain capacity. 2 4. Support the efforts of local, regional,State, and federal agencies to improve flood management facilities along creeks and channels while conserving riparian habitat. 5. Restore and maintain the natural functions of riparian corridors,creeks and channels to reduce flooding, convey stormwater flows, and improve water quality. 6. Encourage increased stormwater and flood management infrastructure capacity in order to accommodate changes in climate, precipitation, and extreme weather events. Santa Gafo Volley Sue Tippets, PE, CFM Water DEngineering Manager/Permit Authority Community Projects Review Unit Watersheds Stewardship&Planning Division Santa Clara Valley Water District 5750 Almaden Ex rw San Jose CA 95118 P Y. (408)630-2253 stipoets @va I Ieywater.or� 3 CC 12-3-14 Item #2 Andrea Sanders From: Dean Ku <deanku@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:46 PM To: City Clerk; dapaul@darcypaul.org; gilbertswong@gmail.com; savita4council@gmail.com; Barry Chang; Rod Sinks Subject: Support of Marina Plaza redevelopment- 12/2 Council meeting comments Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Flagged Dear Mr. Mayor and Council Members, I attended the city council meeting last night (12/2) from 6pm-12am, but had to leave after 6 hours as I have a 5 month old baby at home. I learned from a friend that my name was eventually called and I was invited to speak, but it was after I had left the meeting. Please consider my comments now as you make your decision tonight: My family has lived in cupertino for over 10 years- we, live behind Oaks Shopping Center. Despite all the changes in Cupertino,. Marina Plaza has been a constant for us. We shop at Marina grocery every week and we regularly run into friends, neighbors, and family. It's been an institution for us. In fact, Marina is a local institution for many members of the Cupertino community. Marina grocery has been a local business serving the community for 25 years. It's a gathering place for so many and yet its facilities have remained the same and are quite dated now. I feel that Marina has earned the opportunity after all these years to upgrade and redevelop its property. It is my sincerest hope that you will support Marina Plaza in its redevelopment plans. Thank you -Dean Colleen Lettire From: Myron Crawford <Mcrawford@bergvc.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:55 PM To: Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Gilbert Wong; Savita Vaidhyanathan; Darcy Paul Cc: City Clerk Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area 12-3-14 General Plan Attachments: CCUP Mayor 21 General Plan .doc BERG & BERG DEVELOPERS, INC. 10050 Bandlei� Drive Cupertino, ('A 95014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fax (408) 725-1626 mcrawford aO,bereve.com 12/3/14 Mayor & Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-777-3333 rsinks@cupertino.orQ; bchanQ@cupertino.orq; gwonR@cupertino.org; svaidhyanathan@cupertino.org: dpaul2cupertino.orgy citycterk@cupertino.or_q Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and for business. Thank you for your consideration, Myron Crawford BERG & BERG DEVELOPERS, INC. 10050 Bandley Drive Cupertino, CA 95014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fax (408) 725-1626 merawford@bergve.com 12/3/14 Mayor & Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-777-3333 rsinks@cupertino.orQ; bchanq@cupertino.org; gwonq@cupertino.org; svaidhyanathan@cupertino.orQ; dpaul a,cupertino.or cityclerk@cupertino. orQ Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza, Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and -for business. Thank you for your consideration, Myron Crawford Karen B. Guerin From: Catherine Alexander < Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:12 PM To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City of Cupertino Planning Dept.; Housing Cc: CD Alexander, George Schroeder Subject: GPA and HE diliberations this evening - Concerns about ethics and propriety Dear Mayor Sinks and Council members: I would like to express my concerns about ethical considerations regarding the current City Council in regards to GPA and HE deliberations and voting on any proposed GPA and HE plan. Considering some widely -publicized past abuses by elected local and Bay Area officials who mixed politics, the public good, political campaign contributions and private business interests and associations,, leading to public and media criticism, lawsuits and court actions which are now part of the public record, I respectfully request that: If any council member has received money, goods or services from any developers, construction companies, property affiliate trades, real estate associations (or their principals), or from property owners who might benefit from an amended GPA and HE for any reason, that council member must recuse themselves from deliberation and voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. Likewise, if any council member is a real estate broker or loan officer, or provides (or owns) an allied business, or a property affiliated trade or profession which may benefit financially from increased property development, sales or revenue through new townhouse, condo or other housing developments in any proposed GPA and HE, by any other means, that council member must recuse themselves from deliberations and from voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. Thank you, Catherine Alexander http://www.siliconvalleylibrarian.com/ Colleen Lettire From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:53 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks; City Clerk Subject: Fw: Council member Barry Chang conducted City business with SHP by using personal email --is this appropriate? Whoops --typo in my previous email. I wrote "Barry Wong" but intended "Barry Chang". BTW Mayor Sinks, thanks for ending the meeting at a "reasonable" hour this morning. ;-) Eric Schaefer ----- Forwarded by Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM on 12/03/2014 02:49 PM From: Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM To: bchang0cupertino.org, Cc: rsinksna.cupertino.orq Date: 12/03/2014 01:24 PM Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email --is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders --residents, property owners, and developers --and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was --by using your personal email --intended to be shielded from the public. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer Colleen Lettire From: Mitchell Ai -Chang <mitchell@aichang.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:50 AM To: City Clerk Subject: Today's deliberation broadcast Hi there, Thanks for your perseverance and patience at last night's city council meeting. I was wondering if the deliberation at 7:45 tonight will be broadcast live. I watch the live broadcasts of city council meetings on Comcast. Best regards, Mitchell Ai -Chang 881 Alderbrook Lane, Cupertino Karen B. Guerin From: Jeff Ben & Tracy Hurt <HurtBen@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:08 PM To: City Council Cc: Cupertino City Manager's Office Subject: thanks for dec. 2 Presentations/Discussion Re: Presentations regarding the Draft General Plan Amendment and Housing Element Dear Mayor Sinks and City Council Members, Congratulations to you all upon your recent elections. May your terms be happy and productive. I attended the City Council Meeting last night and saw the Staff and Consultant Presentations regarding the Draft General Plan Amendment and RHNA. I want to thank City Staff and the City's consultants for their clear and informative presentations. Thanks also to the Council for your thoughtful questions. I could remain only until 11:30 PM and so was unable make oral remarks as I had planned; however, if you have considered my letter of Dec. 2, 2014 1 am satisfied. Again thanks for your time and consideration. Cordially, Tracy L. Hurt Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cuijason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Mark Santoro Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Santoro, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Orrin Mahoney . Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Mahoney, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:10 PM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Mayor Wong Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:09 PM To: Rod Sinks Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Sinks, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:08 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Barry, First of all, congratulations to win of your campaign, and I am also proud of contributing some efforts to your campaign! Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Karen B. Guerin From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com>- Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 2:53 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks; City Clerk Subject: Fw: Council member Barry Chang conducted City business with SHP by using personal email --is this appropriate? Whoops --typo in my previous email. I wrote "Barry Wong" but intended "Barry Chang". BTW Mayor Sinks, thanks for ending the meeting at a "reasonable" hour this morning. ;-) Eric Schaefer ----- Forwarded by Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM on 12/03/2014 02:49 PM ----- From: Eric Schaefer/San Jose/IBM To: bchang@cupertino.org, Cc: rsinks@cupertino.org Date: 12/03/2014 01:24 PM Subject: Council member'Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email --is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders --residents, property owners, and developers --and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was --by using your personal email =-intended to be shielded from the public.. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer Karen B. Guerin From: Jessie Liang <jliang@ktsfnews.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:14 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: KTSF interview request Importance: High Hi Barry, Congratulations on becoming Cupertino's new Vice Mayor! I want to schedule an interview with you regarding GPA and Vallco Mall rezoning plan. If you're not available, can you suggest someone who supports the ordinance? My deadline is 5 pm this afternoon. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you very much! QTI_ Jessie Liang Reporter KTSF TV Ch 26 1 Cable 8 San Francisco Bay Area, CA Office: 415.468.2626, ext 7332 Mobile: 415.812.2722 Green Report, Facebook, Twitter, Weibo The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or storage of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. Karen B. Guerin From: Zezhang Hou <zezhanghou@hotmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:17 AM To: Barry Chang Subject: GPA Dear Berry, Congratulations for being re-elected for the city council and for being selected as the vice mayor. I voted for you because you were at my door before the election and you are my friend's friend, but most importantly because you gave me an impression that you are against the high density and high rise housing development. But after the last night public hearing, I become really concerned. You sounded like a champion for the high density and high rise housing development. At some point, you sounded like the rep of developers and Sacramento politicians, not the rep of people who voted for you. People like me who voted for you would be really disappointed and angry if it turns out you are an activist for developers. I hope my changed perception about you is wrong. That's why I am writing to you and urge you to listen residents' voice, put residents' interest above anything when discussing and voting the proposed GPA. The proposed GPA is poorly developed, the process is not as transparent as it should be — as a 17 years old resident of Cupertino, I did not even know we are changing the GPA until recently. There are huge changes and we are not giving the residents sufficient time to discuss them. There is no reason to rush it through when the current GPA does not expire until 2020! Regards, John Hou 408 858 3885 Mobile Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:08 PM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Cupertino General Plan amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee greencows2(a-)_gmaiI.com Santa Clara, CA Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:08 PM To: Rod Sinks Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed. by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencows2(c-gmail.com Santa Clara, CA Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:09 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee greencows2(a_gmail.com Santa Clara, CA Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:09 PM To: Orrin Mahoney Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and.on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. , - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each .development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee greencows2(@_gmail.com Santa Clara, CA Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:09 PM To: Mark Santoro Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee greencows2Ca)-gmail.com Santa Clara, CA Karen B. Guerin From: K Yee <karen.yee@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:10 PM To: Karen B. Guerin Subject: Cupertino General Plan Amendments Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Karen Yee areencows2p_gmail. com Santa Clara, CA Karen B. Guerin From: Ning Xu <xuning99@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:12 PM Subject: No Rezoning of Vallco Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - No rezoning of Vallco Name: Ning Xu Karen B. Guerin From: Jessie Liang <jliang@ktsfnews.com> Sent: Wednesday; December 03, 2014 12:14 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: KTSF interview request Importance: High Hi Barry, Congratulations on becoming Cupertino's new Vice Mayor! I want to schedule an interview with you regarding GPA and Vallco Mall rezoning plan. If you're not available, can you suggest someone who supports the ordinance? My deadline is 5 pm this afternoon. Hope to hear from you as soon as possibl.e. Thank you very much! rfiJ:_T Jessie Liang Reporter KTSF TV Ch 26 1 Cable 8 San Francisco Bay Area, CA Office: 415.468.2626, ext 7332 Mobile: 415.812.2722 Green Report, Facebook, Twitter, Weibo The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or storage of this message or any attachment is strictly prohibited. Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui.jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:08 PM To: Barry Chang Subject: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Barry, First of all, congratulations to win of your campaign, and I am also proud of contributing some efforts to your campaign! Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:10 PM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Mayor Wong Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Karen B. Guerin From: Jason Cui <cui Jason@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:11 PM To: Mark Santoro Subject: Fwd: From Cupertino school district resident Hi Councilor Santoro, Recently, I was schoked by the of Vallco Mall development plan, and I never heard this before, the plan will directly impact us, and we don't want our life and education to be jeopardized. More than 1000 apartments, which is way to many, and the city council should be more carefully investigate the impact to us, and the school district for this plan. I hope you can again the plan, at least delay the vote, so that more resident could aware of the serious impact to us! Thank you very much, and I am looking forward to hearing from you! Jason Cui Colleen Lettire From: Mitchell Ai -Chang <mitchell@aichang.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:50 AM To: City Clerk Subject: Today's deliberation broadcast Hi there, Thanks for your perseverance and patience at last night's city council meeting. I was wondering if the deliberation at 7:45 tonight will be broadcast live. I watch the live broadcasts of city council meetings on Comcast. Best regards, Mitchell Ai -Chang 881 Alderbrook Lane, Cupertino Karen B. Guerin From: Catherine Alexander < Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:12 PM To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City of Cupertino Planning Dept.; Housing Cc: CD Alexander; George Schroeder Subject: GPA and HE diliberations this evening - Concerns about ethics and propriety Dear Mayor Sinks and Council members: I would like to express my concerns about ethical considerations regarding the current City Council in regards to GPA and HE deliberations and voting on any proposed GPA and HE plan. Considering some widely -publicized past abuses by elected local and Bay Area officials who mixed politics, the public good, political campaign contributions and private business interests and associations,, leading to public and media criticism, lawsuits and court actions which are now part of the public record, I respectfully request that: If any council member has received money, goods or services from any developers, construction companies, property affiliate trades, real estate associations (or their principals), or from property owners who might benefit from an amended GPA and HE for any reason, that council member must recuse themselves from deliberation and voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. Likewise, if any council member is a real estate broker or loan officer, or provides (or owns) an allied business, or a property affiliated trade or profession which may benefit financially from increased property development, sales or revenue through new townhouse, condo or other housing developments in any proposed GPA and HE, by any other means, that council member must recuse themselves from deliberations and from voting on any GPA and HE, due to possible conflict of interest and any appearance of fraud or political corruption. Thank you, Catherine Alexander http://www.siliconvalleylibrarian.com/ Colleen Lettire From: Myron Crawford <Mcrawford@bergvc.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 12:55 PM To: Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Gilbert Wong; Savita Vaidhyanathan; Darcy Paul Cc: City Clerk Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area 12-3-14 General Plan Attachments: CCUP Mayor 21 General Plan .doc BERG & .BERG DEVELOPERS, INC. 100.50 Bandlc1, Drive Cupertino, CA 15014-2188 Ph (408) 725-0700 Fav (408) 725-1626 mcrawfordna,bereve.com 12/3/14 Mayor & _Council Members City of Cupertino 10300 Torre Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014 Ph 408-777-3308 3251 Fax 408-777-3333 rsinksCcupertino.orQ; bchanR@cupertino.orQ; QwonR@cupertino.orQ; svaidhvanathan@cuoertino.orQ: dpaul@@cupertino.or� cityclerk@cupertino.org Dear Mayor & Council Members, Reference: 12-3-14 General Plan Subject: We Support The 75 Ft Height For N DeAnza Special Area Gary Chao & Council Members, We support the 75 ft height for the North DeAnza Special Area, we feel it would be good for the city and for business. Thank you for your consideration, Myron Crawford I Karen B. Guerin From: shinchan <shinchan@comcast.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:24 PM To: City Council Subject: Dec.2 ,2014. Item #2 14 - 0175 General Plan Amendment... Dear Council Members. I cannot attend the Cupertino City Council meeting tonight but I would like to give you my comments. I would like you to do the following. 1. Decide the housing element only , Delay the decision on other Aspects of the GPA. 2. Spread the housing allocation evenly over all of Cupertino. 3. NO reasoning of Vallco without a plant. Please include my comments as part of the public record. Pespectfully. Kimiko sato. Sent from my Wad 1 Karen B. Guerin From: Zhen Tang <anchorite2006@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 10:13 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro Subject: Vallco Mall Rezone Cupertino City Council Member, Community members are concerned that the Cupertino General Plan amendments will reduce the quality of life in Cupertino. Possible effects of the amendments include the following concerns: - More and taller buildings - Vanishing opportunities to create parks and schools - Over -crowded schools and over -crowded neighborhoods - Increased traffic at schools and on major streets throughout the city - Growth that impacts some neighborhoods much more than others The Cupertino General Plan amendments that are proposed by the City were created without sufficient input from the community. Opportunities for community input were not communicated effectively, and participation in the input sessions was very low. I urge the Cupertino City Council to take the following steps: - Stop consideration of General Plan amendments until the City listens and responds to more community members. - Show residents why the General Plan must be amended. Show us one project at a time. Listen to community input for each development project. Do not re -zone a parcel until the following actions are complete: 1. The developer presents a plan for development 2. The community approves the plan for development - If the Housing Allocation list of sites is not settled soon, the City could be penalized by the State of California. Settle the list of Housing Allocation sites from among sites that are currently zoned for a residential element. Name: Zhen Tang, Weining Zhou Email: anchorite2006(a)gmail.com Address: 10630 E Estates Dr, Cupertino, CA 95014 Karen B. Guerin From: Jack McKeown <jack.mckeown@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:14 AM To: Barry Chang Subject: Stop & Think Dear Vice Mayor Chang, I am truly concerned about the rush to judgment of our City Plan. I believe that you have found the political third rail of Cupertino. We have yet to actually feel the impact of the new housing development of the Vallco mall. We are currently gathering thousands of signatures for legislation to put a stop to the unbalanced development of Cupertino. This hot button item is not going away. Please delay any decision affecting the Cupertino General Plan so we don't waste our money on recall elections. You have not heard from a very large constituency of residents that oppose future high density housing in Cupertino. Save our Theatres and Vallco. We want our mall. respectfully, Jack R. McKeown Jr. Karen B. Guerin From: Jack McKeown <jack.mckeown@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:14 AM To: Gilbert Wong Subject: Stop & Think I am truly concerned about the rush to judgment of our City Plan. I believe that you have found the political third rail of Cupertino. We have yet to actually feel the impact of the new housing development of the Vallco mall. We are currently gathering thousands of signatures for legislation to put a stop to the unbalanced development of Cupertino. This hot button item is not going away. Please delay any decision affecting the Cupertino General Plan so we don't waste our money on recall elections. You have not heard from a very large constituency of residents that oppose future high density housing in Cupertino. Save our Theatres and Vallco. We want our mall. respectfully, Jack R. McKeown Jr. Karen B. Guerin From: Dicksteinp@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 9:41 AM To: City Council; City of Cupertino Planning Dept. Cc: travigne-villas-hoa@googlegroups.com; faridakhanl23@yahoo.com; pamcafee1942 @yahoo.com; betspix@gmail.com; amarsl0@hotmail.com; rgelbogen@aol.com; huayingnew@yahoo.com Subject: Housing/GPA I'm sorry I had to leave by 12:30, so I hope there is not much duplication in my message I wanted to reiterate that the best housing sites plan up to last night would have been the one off the table -- Council Plan B, modified to reinstate Summerwinds and thus divert some traffic onto Prospect and Bollinger. Now, Mr. Lu (Liu?, Lew?) has come with something similar, but dividing the 750 units (I would have preferred fewer) for Wolfe between Hamptons and Vallco, with most of the allotment to Hamptons. This is a very reasonable plan, if some of the Units could be diverted to Summerwinds. And what about sites closer to Foothills? Let the VTA extend its bus line -- even some residents of the green belt between 85 and Foothills might ride the bus occasionally. The Units on North DeAnza are really better at Carl Berg than Marina, if possible, because traffic and Bandley can also be bad at rush hour. And remember, more retail/entertainment, less office space at Vallco would spread peak traffic more evenly. Finally, more housing for already projected workers, but more office space to employ whom? is circular reasoning. Phyllis Dickstein Travigne Villas Karen B. Guerin From: Eric Schaefer <eschaefe@us.ibm.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:25 PM To: Barry Chang Cc: Rod Sinks Subject: Council member Barry Wong conducted City business with SHP by using personal email --is this appropriate? Council Member Barry Wong, At the Dec. 02 meeting a Cupertino resident presented evidence that you had an email conversation with Sand Hill Property's Peter Pau by using your personal email. I know that you reach out to stake holders --residents, property owners, and developers --and I am fortunate to have received your attention in a small group setting on two occasions. As a representative of your constituents, it is very appropriate that you reach out to us. I am not an attorney and as I think I told you, I never attended a Council meeting prior to Nov. 10. It seems that only common sense is required to wonder if the manner in which you contacted Mr. Pau is appropriate. It -seems that you were having a conversation involving public business that was --by using your personal email --intended to be shielded from the public. Is it common to conduct public business using your personal email account? If it is common, I apologize for my naivete and ask that you forgive my unfounded accusation. If you have (what appears to be) an inappropriate relationship with a principal player of the Vallco project, I wonder if you can appropriately represent your constituents in deliberations about GPA and Housing Elements that involve Vallco. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Eric Schaefer Karen B. Guerin From: Randy Shingai <randyshingai@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:14 AM To: City Council; City Clerk Cc: better-cupertino-work-group@googlegroups.com Subject: Councilman Barry Chang must recuse himself Dear Sirs, After watching last night's Special Meeting video of Lisa Warren's disclosure of Peter Pau's e-mail communication with Councilman Barry Chang, I am asking that Councilman Barry Chang recuse himself from any discussion or vote on item involving Peter Pau or Sandhill Property Company. I want my request on the public record. Thank you, Randy Shingai Karen B. Guerin From: Randy Shingai <randyshingai@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:03 PM To: barry4cupertino Cc: City Council; City Clerk; better-cupertino-work-group@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Councilman Barry Chang must recuse himself Hi Barry, Thanks for your input too, but you forgot to CC Peter Pau. Randy On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:52 PM, barry4cupertino <barry4cupertino a,gmail.com> wrote: HI Randy, Thank you very much for your input. Barry On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Randy Shingai <randyshingai@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Sirs, After watching last night's Special Meeting video of Lisa Warren's disclosure of Peter Pau's e-mail communication with Councilman Barry Chang, I am asking that Councilman Barry Chang recuse himself from any discussion or vote on item involving Peter Pau or Sandhill Property Company. I want my request on the public record. Thank you, Randy Shingai Barry Chang Cupertino City Councilmember www.barr cy_han .com barrv4cunertino amemail. com 409 -ERR -6399 Please consider the environment before printing this email. Karen B. Guerin From: barry4cupertino <barry4cupertino@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:53 PM To: Randy Shingai Cc: City Council; City Clerk; better-cupertino-work-group@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Councilman Barry Chang must recuse himself HI Randy, Thank you very much for your input. Barry On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM, Randy Shingai <randyshingai cr,gmail.com> wrote: Dear Sirs, After watching last night's Special Meeting video of Lisa Warren's disclosure of Peter Pau's e-mail communication with Councilman Barry Chang, I am asking that Councilman Barry Chang recuse himself from any discussion or vote on item involving Peter Pau or Sandhill Property Company. I want my request on the public record. Thank you, Randy Shingai Barry Chang Cupertino City Councilmember www.barrychang com barrv4cunertinona.umail.com 408-688-6398 Please consider the environment before printing this email. Karen B. Guerin From: Lisa Warren <]a-warren@att.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 3:31 PM To: City Clerk; City Council; Darcy Paul; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: 2,000,000 sf of office space - Why ? Mayor and City Council members - I want to mention that 2,000,000 square feet of office space (or of anything, for that matter) is A VERY LARGE NUMBER. When put into a visual, it is close to eight times the space that is currently being constructed at Main Street... where the original 'maximum' number that was approved was 100,000 sf for very good reasons. Reasons that considered the quality of life for our residents (especially on the East side), among other things. I heard the retail leasing expert from Sand Hill's team state, last night, that Valley Fair mall is 1,500,000 square feet when he was quoting $ numbers. Valley Fair is huge. Imagine what 2,000,000 sf does to a 'landscape', or site. High or -low in vertical measurement, it is way too much for Cupertino to handle ... even if spread out to different sites. Why not wait to see how many existing office spaces, open up as Apple 'shifts' location. Have office tenants been identified for the two buildings at Main Street yet ???Were companies 'fighting over it'? There are current office building owners that are asking to increase their space in locations already accustom to that particular land use. I wonder what the average square footage per employee is that is needed in a office structure. Cubicles. themselves are normally pretty small in square footage (48 sf is standard in my office). There are only so many conference rooms needed. How many individuals are projected to be employed in 2,000,000 square feet ? How many vehicles... How much parking is needed ? How 'big' is the new Apple campus in terms of square feet.... I believe someone mentioned that it is close to 2,000,000, maybe less, BUT, of course, on a whole lot of land. As I drive by the Santa Clara Apple 'cruise ship' I see almost the entire ground floor taken up by . exercise equipment. In my experience, this equipment rarely has more than a couple of people using it. I wonder..... couldn't Apple, or any employer, purchase memberships to Bay Club, or some existing facility as a 'perk' for their employees as opposed to having such an apparent waste of space. How much square footage is used to house 'toys' in office buildings ? Wouldn't it be great if most of the 'R and R' amenities offered to employees were out of doors ? My preference would be not to add any additional office space to 'the plan' at this current time. I hope that you at least put this huge number in perspective when discussions are taking place tonight. I don't remember hearing anyone really discussing the recommendations that our Planning Commission has made related to GPA or HE. Thank you. Lisa Warren Karen B. Guerin From: richard rahn <rahn_richard@att.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 5:22 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro; Barry Chang; dapaul@darcypaul.org; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: DO NOT TURN CUPERTINO INTO CONDOTINO Dear Cupertino City Council members, I am a 30 year resident of Cupertino and I write from a long historical perspective. I live near the Eaton elementary school and I have witnessed many changes over the years. Many have been good and improved the quality of life for residents. I am proud that I participated in some, such as creating the partnership between the school district and the city to upgrade and maintain the athletic playing fields at 10 elementary schools back in the 1990s.. This was done with the help of staff people like Steve Dowling and Bert Viskovich. Tonight I feel compelled to comment about the proposed General Plan amendments. am extremely discouraged about what seems to be a never ending trend for taller buildings and higher density housing. It's clear to me that more and more of these projects will only result in added traffic congestion,more pollution and overcrowded schools. It makes no sense to destroy this fine city. So please listen to residents. Do not be swayed by the big money developers. They are only interested in making a huge profit from these projects located close to the new Apple HQ. urge you.- 1. ou:1. DO NOT APPROVE THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS. 2. AMEND THE GENERAL PLAN ONE PROJECT AT A TIME. MAKE EACH PROJECT SUBJECT TO COMMUNITY INPUT. Thank you, Richard Rahn Karen B. Guerin From: feihui Li <feihui@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2014 S:21 PM To: Gilbert Wong; Rod Sinks; Barry Chang; Orrin Mahoney; Mark Santoro Cc: dapaul@darcypaul.org; savita4council@gmail.com Subject: Concern about Cupertino General Plan Amendment Dear Cupertino City Council Members, My name is Feihui. I'm a resident near Cupertino and have kids attending Cupertino schools (Eisenhower elementary school). I am very concerned about the Cupertino General Plan amendments. It will bring over -crowded schools and lower down the education quality with less resources inside schools. Please have concrete plans to make sure Cupertino schools keep their current quality before building high density apartments. Thank you! Yours Sincerely, Feihui Li Cell phone: 540-239-0024 Address: 361 Hillsdale Ave, Santa Clara, CA 95051 Cc /d,,13 Piu Ghosh 4_1 From: Aarti Shrivastava Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 6:46 PM To: Aarti Shrivastava; Piu Ghosh Subject: FW: Cupertino General Plan Amendment Aa rti From: Sue Tippets[mailto:stippetsPvalleywater.org] Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 4:40 PM To: Rebecca Tolentino Cc: George Schroeder Subject: RE: Cupertino General Plan Amendment I'm sorry we didn't get involved with this earlier. I had forgotten that the other elements needed to be updated with the Housing Element. My comments will be brief and unfortunately reactive to the draft rather than proactive. I hope it is not too late for your consideration. Chapter 6 Pg ES -12 — Expand discussion on SCVWD effort towards water conservation rather than limit the discussion to our role in water management. There is a lot of information on our web site about the work we do in water conservation specifically. Similarly the discussion on the Regional Board is about water quality not conservation. Policy ES -5.2. clustering development away from sensitive areas is a good policy however it is not clear what the goal is in a harmonious landscape. Strategy ES -5.2.1 Suggest that the protection of the riparian corridor include a buffer so as to allow for restoration and enhancement in degraded areas. Policy ES -5.5 — the listed activities are not necessarily compatible with the preservation of natural areas. The incursion of human activities in limited riparian corridors or undeveloped hillside areas can have significant impacts to the habitat and wildlife. Strategy ES -5.6.1— Similar comment as for ES -5.2.1 The protection of the creek and water course should extend beyond the creek bed and top of bank. Strategy ES-7.1.1—The purpose for requiring the stated information should be identified. Strategy ES -7.3.2 - Is this intended to state that volunteers would be used to "return creeks to their natural state"? How would this be accomplished? Strategy ES -7.4.2 — Clarify the intent of the statement - how will a watershed management plan model the city's hydrology? ES -7.4.3 —Clarify the aspect of review of a project in the context of impacts on the watershed. What actions or project conditions might result from this review? ES -7.8 Land dedication or acquisition of these creek areas should not be limited to the creek bed and banks but should include the adjacent buffer areas ES-7.8.1—Clarify what is meant by providing flood control by use of flow increase mitigation measures and what role the SCVWD might have in this. ES -7.9.1 Water conservation measures should be encouraged and implemented at all times , not just during periods of drought. Chapter 7 Page HS -19- Flood Hazards. 1" paragraph last sentence. Delete the last portion of the sentence. Reduced percolation from sediment buildup does not appreciably increase flood risk. In the following paragraph there is a discussion of flooding caused by landslides. Clarify the location of the landslide as flooding would occur form a creek blockage but not necessarily form a landslide elsewhere in the community. The discussion about Stevens Creek dam should identify that potential dam failure could cause significant flooding. The last paragraph in this section mentions a flood management plan for the reach of Stevens Creek downstream Stevens Creek Blvd. Please identify what this flood management program entails. This section should include additional descriptions of the flood protection measures completed in the community. The General Plan should also identify the limitations of the FEMA flood plain maps. These maps were prepared a number of years ago based on existing land uses at the time. Subsequent development and increases in impervious surfaces may have altered the flow rates and flow paths altering the hydrologic assumptions used to create these maps. The section should also identify the National Flood Insurance Program and the city's role in that program. There are also flood awareness maps available through the Deprtment of water Resources that should be included in the General plan along with information from the District's web site on historical flooding. HS -7.2.2 Suggest inclusion of SCVWD in the interagency coordination HS -7.3 The intent of this policy is unclear. Does it relate to a specific location? What about residential uses in the floodplain. HS -7.4.1 Clarify what is meant by the natural floodplain and how it differs from the regulatory floodplain. This is important because fill is not prohibited in the regulatory floodplain (although it should be) HS -7.4.3 Include discussion of participation in NFIP HS -7.5 and HS -7.6 — It is not clear why these policies are included under flood hazards. As they relate to landslides and flooding form tank failures, the policy should tie the flood hazard aspect into the policy. Chapter 9 RPC -6 The section on the SCVWD should be modified. The District does not have a natural flood plain policy for the referenced reach of Stevens Creek. Similarly the Clean Safe Creeks program reference is incorrect. This measure adopted by the voters has expired and very few of the flood protection project alternatives include upstream retention. RPD -13. The District is also a participant in the Stevens Creek Tail Feasibility Study. Calabazas Creek —similar comment applies regarding the expiration of the Clean Safe Creeks program. The section should provide some additional information on the trail opportunity. San Tomas Creek — similarly the city has explored the potential for a trail along this creek. What is the status, conclusion or next steps of this exploration? Union Pacific Railroad — Would it be appropriate to identify use of the railroad alignment for trails if it goes out of service rather than when? Policy RPC -2.1 The policy includes an objective of retaining and restoring creeks . The strategies that follow should also include one for acquisition and dedication of lands along and adjacent to the features to create buffer areas, trails and trail amenities. District held land rights along creeks are very limited to serve the flood protection , maintenance, riparian corridor protection and enhancement and trail use needs. In areas of development or redevelopment along creeks, additional strips of land set aside for these purposes would increase the usability of these corridors for all the purposes expected of them. RPC -5.1.4 Suggest rewording the statement. A joint use agreement between the City and the District allows for the public recreational use of District property and clarifies the City's responsibility for that use. While some of the policies listed below have been incorporated into the City's proposed update, we offer some additional flood risk management policies for your consideration: 1. Require that new developments within flood hazard areas are done in a manner that will not cause floodwaters to be diverted onto adjacent property or increase flood hazards to properties located elsewhere unless secured through a flood easement or fee title buyout. 2. Encourage flood management designs that respect the natural topography and vegetation of waterways while retaining dynamic flow and functional integrity. 3. Preserve urban creeks and channels to maintain existing floodplain capacity. RJ 4. Support the efforts of local regional, State and federal agencies to improve flood management facilities along PP g g P g g creeks and channels while conserving riparian habitat. 5. Restore and maintain the natural functions of riparian corridors, creeks and channels to reduce flooding, convey stormwater flows, and improve water quality. 6. Encourage increased stormwater and flood management infrastructure capacity in order to accommodate changes in climate, precipitation, and extreme weather events. Santo QaroValley ; Sue Tippets, PE, CFM Watef Dist& Engineering Manager/Permit Authority Community Projects Review Unit Watersheds Stewardship & Planning Division {III Santa Clara Valley Water District { 5750 Almaden Exprwy, San Jose CA 95118 (408)630-2253 stippets@valleywater.ora 12/3/2014 14ern REGIONAL HOUSING NEED ALLOCATION (2014-2022) Housing Elements and Regional Housing Need Allocation htto://www. hcd. ca.eov/hod/hm/ola n/he/ Cupertino ABAG # City Submit # % Submit Date Type Campbell 933 1,218 319 9/15/2014 Draft Cupertino 1,002 1,10 10 97 52 Gilroy 1,088 4,525 316 8/22/2014 Draft Los Altos 477 Los Altos Hills 121 1999-06 Allocate 2,720 412 198 Los Gatos 61 Result 1,339 36 12 Milpitas 3,29 49% 9% 6% Monte Sereno 611 61 0% 10/13/2014 Draft ,Morgan Hill 92 2007-14 Allocate 1,170 341 229 Mountain View 2,920 3,16 8 5/23/2014 Draft Palo Alto 1,980 2,18 10 7/9/2014 raft San Jose 35,080 35,11 0 10/3/2014 raft Santa Clara 4,0931 5,87 449 9/4/2014 Draft Saratoga 43 48 9% 8/28/2014 Draft Sunnyvale 1 5,454 S,841 79' 9/12/2014 Draft Housing Elements and Regional Housing Need Allocation htto://www. hcd. ca.eov/hod/hm/ola n/he/ Cupertino Housing Units Very Low 0-50% Low Moderate Income 80-120% 51%-80% Above Moderate 120%+ 1988-98 Allocate 3,174 508 444 635 1,587 Result 2,267 97 52 4 2,11 71% 19% 12% 1% 133% 1999-06 Allocate 2,720 412 198 644 1,466 Result 1,339 36 12 79 1,212 49% 9% 6% 12% 83% 2007-14 Allocate 1,170 341 229 243 357 Result 547 22 16 58 451 47% 6% 7% 24% 126% 2014-22 Allocate 1,064 356 207 231 27 Result [httr)://www.abaR.ca.gov/planning/housing/research.htmI Cupertino 2014-2022 yy A9 o i Residential Allocation v n- LosAaM Ny cn�•r. West of "North C ry�t° o Vallco Gateway" "Hamptons" 204 Existing 0 "Stelling Gateway" & "-";e;`. 180 Units 570 Units "Main St" + "Biltmore" 190 Existing "N De Anza Gateway" 190 0 180 Units Plan to "Rose Bowl" & i n "Main St" & rtmo _ "Biltmore" "N De Anza Gateway" 180 394 Units 0 0 M. tr 0 S &aCkfao West "North De Anza Corridor" West "Heart of the City Corridor" ""k r'"` f� Rog West of "South De Anza Corridor" r u••� ` 172 Units � West of "North Vallco 6oWn Wtna"•y •,.�Fa::n '" Fremanl doer o.°.� SP�n• x les_. Abe4g M 9en Prexrn 0 `�•''ccw' a.. 0 180 411 San Tom.-. 1!4 u 3 Cupertino 2014-2022 Residential Allocation R Units M C H F "Rose Bowl" 204 Existing 0 204 0 0 "Main St" + "Biltmore" 190 Existing 0 190 0 0 Plan to "Stelling Gateway" & "N De Anza Gateway" 180 Meet 0 0 180 0 BAG Plan to West of "North Vallco Gateway" 180 Meet 0 0 0 180 BAG Plan to "Hamptons" 570 Meet 0 0 0 0 BAG W "Heart of the City Corridor" plan to W "North De Anza Corridor" W of "South De Anza Corridor" 172 Meet 172 0 0 0 BAG 1,102 172 394 180 180 12/3/2014 2 Advantage • Meet ABAG 2014-2022 Housing Allocation number • Consistent with General Plan • Better new housing development plan across whole Cupertino • Balance the traffic • Balance new housing units for each high school 2700 Z7O2500 --_..-..---- 7 502- -- - 418 2389 2343 2300 ._..- ......_.._310 --- --- 6 Cupertino 2100 -- +-Monta Vista *2057Homestead j 1964 —Fremont 1900 813 1700 - ---- 1700 - ----- - - 1500 -- - - _- , - - _ _ -- - _ - - - 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 12/3/2014 3