Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 7:31 PM
Subject: "Vallco Shopping District", not "Vallco Town Center".
To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>, City Attorney's Office <CityAttorney@cupertino.org>, "City of Cupertino Planning Dept." <planning@cupertino.org>, manager@cupertino.org
Subject: "Vallco Shopping District", not "Vallco Town Center".
To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>, City Attorney's Office <CityAttorney@cupertino.org>, "City of Cupertino Planning Dept." <planning@cupertino.org>, manager@cupertino.org
Dear Mayor Paul, Councilmembers, and City Attorney,
As
I've pointed out previously in public comments for the Opticos process
and the EIR and this morning at the Environmental Review committee and
here again, the retail space
allocation for Vallco Shopping District is maximum 1.2 million square
feet, not maximum 600,000 square feet. Since the maximum allocated
amount is listed for other allocations, like office and residential, for
transparency and consistency, please list the maximum allowed amount
for retail space also.
Otherwise, the public might be misled to
believe that the Council has somehow changed the General Plan to reduce
the retail space from max 1.2 million sqft to max 600,000 sqft. Please
do not mislead the public.
Why are we so afraid
to clearly state that the allowed retail space in the current General
Plan is 1.2 million sqft? That's the fact. Why not just state it
plainly?
I've pointed this out earlier too. The formal name for the Vallco area in the General Plan is "Vallco Shopping District"
in the General Plan. Not "Vallco Town Center". There are also Vallco
North Park and Vallco South Park. A member of the public might be
confused if the formal name is not used to address the area in the
General Plan to be considered.
Until the General Plan is amended, the Vallco area is called "Vallco Shopping District."
Again. Why are we so afraid to clearly state that the area under consideration is called "
Vallco Shopping District"?
That's the fact. Why not just state it plainly?
Unless
there was any GPA to change the name of the area, please call it as it
is currently stated in the General Plan for transparency and
consistency.
Thanks.
Liang Chao
Cupertino resident
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From: Liang-Fang Chao
Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 7:45 PM Subject: Re: "Vallco Shopping District", not "Vallco Town Center". To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>, City Attorney's Office <CityAttorney@cupertino.org>, "City of Cupertino Planning Dept." <planning@cupertino.org>, manager@cupertino.org
The agenda item for the Sep. 4 Planning Commission is
"Consider adoption of the Vallco Town Center Specific Plan and
associated amendments to the General Plan, Zoning Map, Municipal Code, to modify development standards, including heights, density, and residential, commercial, office, and hotel development allocations within the Vallco Town Center Special Area and related actions for environmental review to consider the effects of the project; and consideration of a Development Agreement with Vallco Property Owner, LLC for..."
In the General Plan, there is no such thing called "Vallco Town Center" or "Vallco Town Center Special Area".
There are "Vallco Shopping District", "North Vallco Park", "South Vallco Park".
The agenda item should use the exact term used in the current General Plan. Otherwise, people might confuse those with
You are welcome to verify the term used here:
Liang
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