Jon - Comments For Sand Hills Vallco Specific Plan

From: Jon
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2018 12:32 AM
To: citycouncil@cupertino.org; CityClerk@cupertino.org
Subject: Re: Comments For Sand Hills Vallco Specific Plan

Cupertino Council,

First, as a resident of Cupertino, I am absolutely against the massive Vallco Specific Plan.  This overwhelming proposal clearly goes against our Municipal Code section 19.04.020 which says "to prevent overcrowding of land and undue concentration of population".  How can three complete levels of underground parking, and 14 story buildings on top, not be considered "overcrowding of land" in Cupertino, this is not San Francisco.  How can 3000 apartments on top of 2M ft2 of office buildings not be considered "undue concentration of population" in Cupertino, this is not San Francisco?

Well, the SH VSP clearly violates the Cupertino Municipal Code and is clearly not what I want.  

But is it what our residents want?  Do you remember Measure D?  The residents voted down Measure D.  

And I have knocked on hundreds of doors and talked to hundreds of residents, totally at random, and the almost unanimous answer is they also do not want the Massive Vallco Specific Plan Proposal, they do want Sensible Growth.

So it is then your job, the elected city council, to represent the will of the people and put an end to this continuing developer attack.  Again, the residents voted down Measure D.  So tell Sand Hill that all projects proposed in Cupertino must meet the General Plan, and be consistent with the building density and scale of our community. 

As our elected officials, your responsibility is to represent the residents of Cupertino first, not the developers, and clearly not the people from other cities showing up at our council meetings and making statements "you must do this".

You are elected to represent the residents of Cupertino!  That is Democracy!

Jon Willey

Cupertino Resident