From: Xiaowen Wang
Date: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 10:06 AM
Subject: Facing the challenge of growing population
To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>, City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org>, planning@cupertino.org, David Brandt <davidb@cupertino.org>, AartiS@cupertino.org, RebeccaT@cupertino.org, KarenG@cupertino.org
Dear Council members,
I am writing to finish my talk last night.
During
my talk, I would like all of us take one step back and look at the big
picture of how we use limited land to support a growing population and
economy. This is not just a problem of our city, our region, our state
or even our country. The buzz word we often heard is urbanization. But I
hope you are in the same boat as me that don't believe a buzz word can
solve all the problems.
What we need is first
to understand what does this buzz word means, does it just mean high
rise every where? Can it be that simple? We need to understand how would
the urbanization help us. What kind of conditions are needed to ensure
the success of such urbanization?
Only after
we understand the concept, we can then examine if we have those
necessary condition in Cupertino. If we do not, what kind of policies
needed to get us there?
I am trying to summarize
my thinking along this line in the attached slides. I would like to
request the Councils to have an independent study on Vallco area on the
viability of such an urbanization experiment. This should not be just a
project specific EIR but a more comprehensive study of the whole eco
system. My hope is that we do not approve or disapprove anything based
on one word or one slogan.
Thanks for listening to me last night and I applaud your effort in dealing with all the complicated challenges we are facing.
Sincerely,
Xiaowen Wang
Attachment: May_5_oral by Xiaowen.pdf
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