From: Liana Crabtree
To: Savita Vaidhyanathan <svaidhyanathan@cupertino.org>
Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:31 PM
Subject: Citizens' Advisory Committees Are Unnecessary for Projects that Conform to the General Plan
To: Savita Vaidhyanathan <svaidhyanathan@cupertino.org>
Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2017 9:31 PM
Subject: Citizens' Advisory Committees Are Unnecessary for Projects that Conform to the General Plan
Dear Mayor Vaidhyanathan, Vice Mayor Paul, and Council Members Chang, Scharf, and Sinks:
Please
include my comments as part of the public record related to the
development of the Vallco Shopping District site and related to the
formation of a possible citizens’ advisory committee.
Not sure why we are supposed to support the use of our tax dollars to help a developer, who bought a shopping mall, figure out how to build something other than a shopping mall at the Vallco Shopping District site.
I see no justification to spend $1 Million of public funds to help a developer profiteer from gifted land use and density allocations at Vallco that are sure to compromise the suburban life experience Cupertino residents sought when they moved here.
Those of us who supported Measure C for Citizens and denounced all developer-sponsored measures in 2016 are accused by Developer and Big Business sympathizers of not having a vision for the Vallco Shopping District site.
Not true.
I speak for myself and my “vision” for Vallco starts with you, the Cupertino City Council:
Not sure why we are supposed to support the use of our tax dollars to help a developer, who bought a shopping mall, figure out how to build something other than a shopping mall at the Vallco Shopping District site.
I see no justification to spend $1 Million of public funds to help a developer profiteer from gifted land use and density allocations at Vallco that are sure to compromise the suburban life experience Cupertino residents sought when they moved here.
Those of us who supported Measure C for Citizens and denounced all developer-sponsored measures in 2016 are accused by Developer and Big Business sympathizers of not having a vision for the Vallco Shopping District site.
Not true.
I speak for myself and my “vision” for Vallco starts with you, the Cupertino City Council:
(1) Return the land use at Vallco back to where it was when the current owner purchased it in 2014: retail only.
(2) Return the maximum building height back to where it was when the current owner purchased in 2014: 45-feet.
For the Vallco Shopping District site, I would like to see a fully operational, publicly accessible shopping/entertainment/
Developers who propose projects that conform to the General Plan have no use for citizens’ advisory committees.
If the City Council were to approve a citizens’ advisory committee for Vallco because the developer convinced a majority of City Council members to break the General Plan on December 4, 2014 in a bold grab of most-profitable land use, what prevents other developers from pushing for their own self-enriching breaks in the General Plan and for the formation of still more citizens’ advisory committees?
And the purpose of the citizens’ advisory committees? Would that be an attempt to diffuse the anger, frustration, and dissension expressed by residents who see their local elected officials approving projects that will benefit Developers, Big Business, and mega-wealthy investors at the expense of the quality of life for residents, your electorate?
There is a clear path out of the Vallco imbroglio. No citizens’ advisory committee required. I am confident that you can all find your way to the path, but will you summon the courage necessary to walk it?
Sincerely,
Liana Crabtree
Cupertino resident
For the Vallco Shopping District site, I would like to see a fully operational, publicly accessible shopping/entertainment/
Developers who propose projects that conform to the General Plan have no use for citizens’ advisory committees.
If the City Council were to approve a citizens’ advisory committee for Vallco because the developer convinced a majority of City Council members to break the General Plan on December 4, 2014 in a bold grab of most-profitable land use, what prevents other developers from pushing for their own self-enriching breaks in the General Plan and for the formation of still more citizens’ advisory committees?
And the purpose of the citizens’ advisory committees? Would that be an attempt to diffuse the anger, frustration, and dissension expressed by residents who see their local elected officials approving projects that will benefit Developers, Big Business, and mega-wealthy investors at the expense of the quality of life for residents, your electorate?
There is a clear path out of the Vallco imbroglio. No citizens’ advisory committee required. I am confident that you can all find your way to the path, but will you summon the courage necessary to walk it?
Sincerely,
Liana Crabtree
Cupertino resident
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