From: Dicksteinp
Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 12:41 PM
Subject: Vallco EIR process
To: cityclerk@cupertino.org, citycouncil@cupertino.org, davidb@cupertino.org, CityAttorney@cupertino.org, planning@cupertino.org
Dear City Council members,
I would like to add something to the excellent presentations of my
colleagues. The agenda item on the EIR should be deferred. It is
premature.
1) To embark on an EIR is to assume that the Sand Hill "vision" is
acceptable in its broad outlines and therefore all that needs to be worked out
are the details. But that vision is precisely what is not acceptable to a large
part of the community. Many members of the community would like Vallco to remain
a retail/entertainment center, and almost no one wants to see a 2 million
sq ft office park added to Wolfe Road. We have yet to see any city-sponsored
working groups nor has there been an open discussion with community input on the
vision itself, as recommended by the staff before actual work is undertaken on
major projects.
Furthermore, since we now have in effect an "opposition", they should be
given an allotment of time similar to the developer's, in order to make a
well-organized presentation on such an important matter. Condemning
the opposition to disjointed three minute interventions is unfair.
Finally, an EIR should be done by a strictly neutral company not afraid to
speak truth to power, not someone who promises to work hand-in-glove with the
developer.
Phyllis Dickstein
Travigne Villas
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