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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jenny Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, June 11, 2021 7:33 AM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fwd: SB 9 Gives Our Coastal Land Away to Development
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Subject: SB 9 Gives Our Coastal Land Away to Development
From: Jenny Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2021, 7:29 AM
To: "CityCouncil@Cupertino org" <CityCouncil@Cupertino.org>
CC: "grenna5000@yahoo com" <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Dear City Council:
Who are we giving our coastal lands away to? SB 9 is seeking to eliminate the California Coastal
Commission? And we, as Californians, don't get a say on it? Some senators and some groups with
Lots of money get to take away California's coastline just by throwing money at our "elected"
State senators and assemblymembers? People accuse the robber barons of playing fast and loose
With California in the past, but this is the past revisited! And trying to get rid of and eliminate CEQA?
How stupid do these people or groups think the rest of California is? Is California their private
Playground to take away from the rest of the people of the state? An autocrat trying to grab
California by themselves for themselves? How do you run a state as an autocrat in the middle
Of a nation of other democratic states? Do you take them over too? Have you seriously thought
This out? How does any of this work? Someone was bound to notice something bizarre was
Going on.
Eliminate the California Coastal Commission and CEQA all at once, with one bill like SB 9 or
Seven or eight or nine other bad bills? Democracy does not work like that. You are treating
The state like a medieval monarchy of unlearned vassals who have no skills or altitudes of
Their own. You cannot take the state over by manipulating politicians. It does not work
Like that.
Again, what planet are these autocrats or autocrat from? California is not a feudal domain to
Be taken from her public without someone noticing. You don't get the beaches as yours or CEQA eliminated
With one bill or nine in a stacked deck of subterfuge and big money. It does not work that way.
California is a democratic state and it will remain one.
You want our beaches and you want to eliminate CEQA? You have an educated public. California
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Is not for the taking by an autocrat or autocrats of any kind. There goes the state, there goes the
Nation. You can't have any of the beaches or eliminate CEQA anywhere without a say from the
Public. It talks about tyrants in the constitution. California and Federal. This is a democracy,
Not an autocracy from sea to shining sea.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jennifer Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent:Sunday, June 13, 2021 5:39 AM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Fw: Parking Problems on Santa Cruz Streets from ADUs
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From: Jennifer Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
To: CityCouncil@Cupertino.org <citycouncil@cupertino.org>
Cc: grenna5000@yahoo.com <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021, 05:37:31 AM PDT
Subject: Parking Problems on Santa Cruz Streets from ADUs
Dear City Council:
Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz County have begun to have parking problems
on city and county streets because ADUs do not require on-site parking.
ADUs allow many people to live on a property site and the site does not need
to have adequate parking for all the vehicles from the additional ADU construction.
This is a particular problem in the coastal areas as many of the homes are already
on tiny lots and have limited on-site parking for the residences there already.
Adding one or two ADUs to the lots cause problems because the two or
three cars from the ADUs wind up on the adjacent residential streets and
often, ADU residents will park their cars around the block or on other streets
to have parking spaces, impacting the street parking for residents on those
streets.
This has been a growing problem for Portland, Oregon as neighborhoods built
in the 1920s are winding up with clogged residential streets from newly constructed
ADUs that do not require on-site parking on their originating lots, which are
often only 5,000 square feet or less. One street has had five ADUs constructed
in the last six months and people who live in homes and their families cannot
even park in the neighborhood anymore.
Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz County are especially impacted because of
the proximity to the beach areas. There is already a demand for beach
parking. The Coastal Commission has an overlay for communities near the
beach areas.
Excessive parking is especially problematic in these areas and an excess of
ADUs with no on-site parking requirements will further burden the beach
areas with excessive demands for parking.of these ADU cars. The fact that
SB 9 is also trying to eliminate the Coastal Commission and CEQA is
especially troubling.
Why are we trying to get rid of the Coastal Commission and CEQA when it
is obvious that excess parking from ADUs on already crowded residential
streets in Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz County is already causing problems?
Is there a connection, between this push to get rid of the Coastal Commission
and CEQA and not requiring ADUs to have on-site parking? It sure seems
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so.
SB 9 is seeking to allow more building in coastal areas too. This is as much
a problem for Santa Crux as well as San Diego and other coastal areas
in California. Sb 9 is supposed to affect the whole state if enacted.
It sure seems like California will have lots more problems from SB 9
and also from the over-flowing of city streets from parking of extra ADU
cars that cannot be parked on their primary housing sites. Santa Cruz
and Portland, Oregon are already living the ADU parking drama.
Get rid of the Coastal Commission and CEQA and I can predict there will
be even more drama from excessive building and parking even more
cars on unstable hillsides and coastal beaches.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin
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Cyrah Caburian
From:J Shearin <shearin.jen@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, June 14, 2021 4:35 PM
To:City Clerk
Cc:Cupertino City Manager's Office
Subject:Resignation of Deb Feng, City Manager
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Hi Kirsten:
I have already emailed this to the City Council. As I have a conflict for the Council meeting on Tuesday, can you
add this to Written Communication, and also read it out for me during Oral Communication?
Thank you very much!
Jennifer Shearin
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Dear Mayor Paul, and City Council members,
I write to you to day to express my dismay that we have lost a great City Manager for Cupertino, Deb Feng. It is
a true loss for our city and wider community. Surprisingly, there does not seem to have been any recognition
planned by the City Council for her accomplishments on this, her last Council meeting. It’s a puzzling oversight
by the Council and we, as residents, expect more from our Council.
During her tenure of two years, Deb has accomplished quite a bit, including guiding our city through the
extreme circumstances with the pandemic, helping our unhoused residents gain shelter, supporting the grant
process for small local businesses, and dramatically improving the city’s public outreach through Coffee Talks,
Community Forums, and more.
Deb has the ability to listen to your concerns, dialogue with you to fully understand your issue, and then work
with you and others to gain a resolution on that issue. During her time in Cupertino this didn’t mean that Deb
would blindly advance the cause of whatever a resident would ask for; she was comfortable telling you what
she wouldn’t do, including whether what you were asking for wasn’t good for the city or wasn’t likely to
happen. This is true leadership, something that we residents would wish that all our elected and city staff will
do.
It’s a major accomplishment of hers that on many issues both large and small, she was able to “bring the
temperature down” and get resolution or keep a project moving forward. This is a great skill of Deb’s, and will
especially be missed by our city.
It will be a huge task to find someone to replace Deb as City Manager who has the same skills, and it is sad that
she will be sharing her expertise with another business or locality instead of ours. I wish to thank Deb for all her
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excellent and hard work on behalf of Cupertino during the past two years; I hope as a Council you will do the
same and give her the proper recognition she deserves.
Best Wishes,
Jennifer Shearin
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Connie Cunningham <cunninghamconniel@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 4:07 PM
To:City Council; City Clerk
Cc:Cunningham Connie
Subject:Oral Communications, June 15 Council Meeting: Appreciation for City Manager Deb Feng!
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Oral Communications, June 15 City Council Meeting: Appreciation for City Manager Deb Feng!
Dear Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and City Councilmembers:
It seems not too long ago that I was shaking our new City Manager, Deb Feng’s, hand and greeting her in the lobby
of City Hall. Deb Feng has done a fantastic job as City Manager during an incredibly difficult time. Handling the
Covid emergency was an extraordinary job—ensuring essential city operations with a dispersed
staff. Communications, which are never easy, were made far more difficult by the need to work over Zoom, phone,
email and other social media.
As excellent managers do, she, gave credit to her staff for their very fine work keeping the City running. One
example is Bill Mitchell, Chief Technology Officer, who had developed an emergency plan for earthquakes, that
worked well for the pandemic emergency.
Other area leaders and voices have recognized Deb Feng. She was recently named one of the 2021 Women of
Influence by the Silicon Valley Business Journal!
I particularly remember the extra special effort it took to arrange a new place for the people living in the Homeless
Encampment at 280 last October. Providing a pathway to housing for those unhoused residents took creativity and
heart. I thank her again tonight, for taking the time, and paying attention to the necessary details, to make it
happen in partnership with Santa Clara County.
I, also, remember well the Bird-safe Design and Dark Skies Ordinance process. I very much appreciated her
willingness to meet with various stakeholders, including Dr. Shani Kleinhaus, Santa Clara County Audubon Society
Environmental Advocate, to ensure that all voices were heard.
Many other activities have happened under her leadership: from immediate financial needs like rental assistance and
grants for small businesses to the future oriented goals like the expansion of the Cupertino Library and the Lawrence
Mitty park project. She held many coffee talks and community forums to reach out to the community. Small but
important details like recreation, such as the virtual Big Bunny 5K, were not overlooked.
I wish Deb Feng a long future of health and happiness. She will be successful wherever she chooses to go, and
whatever she chooses to do. Our city is better for her having been on our team. Cupertino has been in excellent
hands under her leadership.
Very best wishes,
Connie Cunningham
Housing Commission Chair, self only
Audubon Member
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Resident for 34 years