Exhibit CC 01-19-2016 Oral CommunicationsJanuary 19, 2016
To: City of Cupertino Council Members and Staff
From: Cathy Helgerson
Regarding: City Politics and the Public View
I would like to take this time with all due respect to remind the City Council Elected Officials that they
are Elected Officials and that the people elected them based on the promises they made. But it has
come to everyone's attention and disappointment that the people's voices and needs are ignored or
never truly understood or addressed. This is a very serious problem and issues must now be taken to a
vote through a voting process and Better Cupertino is now working on that.
Martin Luther King's Birthday was honored yesterday and people celebrated it with recognition, respect,
love and a day off from work. He mentioned in his memorable speech that he has a dream that all men
should be equal and free this has become a truth and he gave his life for that dream. How many of us
would do the same?
We the people of Cupertino want a clean environment free from Air, Water and Soil pollution based on
real enforcement against the destructive polluters. The Lehigh Southwest Cement and Quarry and the
Steven Creek Quarry companies think nothing of paying fines and continuing to pollute our environment
and there is it seems no end to their destruction this has been going on for over 80 years and counting.
The people must demand that our City Council help stop this pollution and keep Lehigh from mining a
new pit for another 80 years.
We want growth in our City that reflect the communities needs, but that keep our cities able to function
productively, not with traffic gridlock, extremely high buildings, and the lack of considerations for our
children who will suffer in overcrowded schools that will interfere with their education. The fact that
rezoning is considered and is now in the view of the public is not acceptable and we should fight against
it no rezoning and over development.
I am a citizen of Cupertino and want to continue to see Cupertino as my home but many people have
and are moving away because of the problems in our city and the pollution. This is the time to make our
voices heard there is no better time and I hope that everyone hearing my voice will do just that sign a
petition with Better Cupertino so that the people can vote on what is best for Cupertino.
Please City Council member remember who elected you and the promises you made to get elected by
doing your job and helping make the dream come true that Cupertino can be the city we would like it to
be and that the people here have a real voice and that you hear us and take us seriously.
Thank you
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NO RESIDENTS ALLOWED
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For over a year, the citizens of Cupertino have voiced their concerns about the amount of development in the
community and the government's apparent desire to restrict our involvement in the process.
We exercised every viable and conceivable avenue to get you to listen to our concerns. We have spoken
before you, and spoken individually to you. We have rallied, we have written, to no avail. The council has
been tone deaf; we hope you hear us now.
The council must represent us, but has used every conceivable avenue to silence us. And our access to the "-process has been limited by the following:
• December 2014 -Stating that a vote on the General Plan Amendment would be postponed, only to
approve a wholesale rewrite of the General Plan.
• Packing the agenda so that items are not scrutinized properly making the public input process less
effective. This takes two forms
• Compressing several complex issues into one agenda item thus giving public insufficient time
to study and respond or comment on the issues separately.
• Placing so many items on the agenda that individual itenf cannot be examined adequately.
• Spring 2015 -Promising a workshop for residents on Community Benefits that was never held while
quietly holding a series of them with developers.
• May 2015 -Bowing to public pressure to limit building heights, only to circumvent the limits by
offering 2 open-seasons per year for General Plan Amendment requests encouraging developers to
request them.
We have been polite, patient and bided our time. We hoped that you would listen to reason, and you have
not. Instead you brushed aside our reasoning and concerns as fringe and lectured us on our behavior as if
voicing our concerns was a violation of the law. We are concerned that our municipal government does not
have the will or ability to act in the best interest of the city and so we have been forced to act.
It is never an abuse of the system to exercise one's constitutional rights. It is in fact, honoring those rights.
This initiative is not solely about building heights, density, millions of square feet of office space, or adding
more students to our already over-crowded schools; it is also about democracy. It is about whether the
citizens of this city have the right to a voice in the future of their city or if they are to be relegated to the role
of mute bystanders while the crucial decisions about our future are delegated to outside interests by the
council.
You have decided that we should suffer and be silent, and WE have decided that WE WILL NOT.
Liang-Fang Chao, Peggy Griffin and Govind Tatachari
Members of the Committee Supporting Cupertino Citizens' Sensible Growth Initiative