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Cyrah Caburian
From:Anjali Kausar <anjali@cupertino-chamber.org>
Sent:Tuesday, March 24, 2020 5:55 PM
To:City Council
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:Comments to the Cupertino City Council Regarding Emergency Measures
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Good Evening Mayor & Council Members
On behalf of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, its board, its members, and all the businesses and
employees in Cupertino, please accept our profound appreciation for the willingness of the Council to deal with
the first of many issues from the Covid-19 pandemic.
While the situation is clearly bigger than our community, working together we can lessen the pain of social
isolation and economic dislocation. Every day since the shelter-in-place order Cupertino Chamber staff has
been calling businesses to have the most accurate information possible for customers. Unfortunately, this
situation is changing hourly. This morning we were sharing information on take-out deals from Eureka!. Earlier
this afternoon the restaurant announced it’s closing.
As indicated in the staff report, there are options. Your initiative will go a long way to show compassion and
resilience.
The Chamber will continue its work to help the community so that it may have the best possible information
with which to successfully navigate the virus and its aftermath.
Sincerely
Anjali
Anjali Kausar • C.E.O.
O. 408-252-7054
C. 408-838-0502
anjali@cupertino-chamber.org
www.cupertino-chamber.org
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Joseph Fruen <jrfruen@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:03 PM
To:Kirsten Squarcia; City Clerk; City Council; Deborah L. Feng
Subject:For comment re: Council meeting 3/24/2020 Agenda Item 3
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Mr. Mayor and Members of the City Council:
This is a worthy item that deserves your attention and consideration. While I realize that landlords leasing their property
out to commercial tenants would have little economic incentive to evict their tenants during a period such as this
where re‐tenanting a building would be especially difficult, creating security for this class of business operators would
strengthen community solidarity and continuity. For businesses that provide essential services, the public should also
not have to worry about their potential closure due to a slump in business. On that basis alone, an eviction
moratorium for commercial renters is merited.
Whatever you ultimately decide, please mobilize the city's public relations resources to ensure that local business
owners are aware of their options. It would compound the current human tragedy to see businesses needlessly close for
good because their owners were simply unaware of their options.
Many thanks,
J.R. Fruen
Cupertino resident