CC 6-18-2024
Oral
Communications
Written Comments
From: [email protected]
To: City Clerk
Subject: Save Farmer"s Market - URGENT
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 2:23:14 PM
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Dear City Clerk,
Please take a firm stand to protect and provide a permanent place for our Farmers Market. Farmers market is very important to our health and we have been proud to have such a vibrant farmers market in Cupertino.
Please note that whoever saves farmers market will get my votes in November. My family and I will vote for those who help keep the farmer’s market in Cupertino.
Thanks for your attention on this important matter,
Sylvia Lee
From: Rhoda Fry
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: For 6/18 Public Comment - Save the Sunday Farmers" Market Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 8:52:17 AM
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Dear City Council and City Manager,
As you may know, as of Friday night, the Cupertino Sunday Farmers’ Market needs to find a new home.
The last market at De Anza is on June 30 and it would be great to have a new home identified by this Friday so that the market can let the residents know of the new location at the next two markets.
Jerry Lami, of the West Coast Farmers Market https://www.wcfma.org/ has likely reached out
to many of you.
Many residents rely on this market to purchase their groceries and it would be terrible for our residents for the market to go away.
But there’s more. The market provides a significant amount of food for West Valley Community Services – and that also means that food is not being thrown away (earth- friendly).
So by providing a home to the Sunday Market, the City is also providing food to people who are food-insecure and saving planet earth.
And buying at the market is earth-friendly because the food doesn’t travel as far as food purchased at local stores plus it is more nutritious.
It would be great if we could have the market on Torre Avenue on Sundays.
The West Coast Farmers Market does a street closure in Salinas and so they are already experts.
Please move fast on this to support our residents.
Sincerely,
Rhoda Fry
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From: Don Zonic
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: The Sunday Cupertino Farmers" Market
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 8:08:57 AM
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Greetings,
In the name of civic engagement and community connection, I ask you to please find a way to keep the Sunday Farmers’ Market going. The huge makeover on Stelling Rd. will bring hundreds of new residents into the community and the location ‘hub’ of the Memorial Park area is important for grocery shopping, human interaction, and a sense of the City wanting to help their residents.
There must be a way to do this to keep this vital, fun and necessary weekly gathering together. Asking for some creativity here from your end.
Thanks in advance,
Don Zonic
‘I’ve never had it so good, and it’s not my fault!'
From: Lazar Fleishman
To: City Clerk
Subject: FW: Sunday Farmers" Market
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 6:20:03 AM
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From: Lazar Fleishman
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 6:19 AM
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]> Subject: Sunday Farmers' Market
Please save the Cupertino Sunday Farmers’ Market!
Lazar Fleishman
From: Umesh Toprani
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: Sunday Farmers Market at DeAnza College
Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024 9:01:48 PM
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Re: Cupertino Farmers Market - a boon for Cupertino
residents
Wanted to write to say that this is a very important
aspect of Cupertino that we enjoy - I have been a
customer ever since this market started and would like to ensure that there are no plans to cancel this market in future.
If location is an issue, I would strongly urge the Council and team members to find an alternate location to
continue this
Thank you for your consideration
Regards,
Pallavi and Umesh Toprani
10705 Orline Court, Cupertino
From: Barrie Levinson
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: oral communications 6/18 Need a home for Sunday Farmers" Market Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024 4:06:06 PM
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Dear City Council, I just learned that De Anza is terminating the Sunday Farmer's Market on June 30. Please help find a place for it in Cupertino!. I only just discovered this farmer's market location recently - it is easy to park and has a fantastic selection with relatively lower prices than other nearby farmer's markets. I am a frequent farmers' market goer in Mountain View (terrible parking, high prices) and the seasonal Thursday night market in Los Altos (high prices, small selection.) The current market at DeAnza is better than both of these!
PLEASE CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL continue to host the market in Cupertino!!! I am not sure why getting it back at De Anza will not be possible, but I ask you please find another suitable location if that is the case.
Regards,
Barrie Levinson
Los Altos
From: Lynn Huang
To: City Clerk
Subject: Save Sunday Cupertino farmer’s market
Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024 4:02:43 PM
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Dear City Council,
We have enjoyed the Sunday farmers market at Deanza College over the years. My husband and I make it a tradition to bike to the market and try to carry back as much as possible on our bikes. We have carried over 20 lbs of oranges, fruits and produce while biking! It’s a fun tradition that incorporates exercise with buying healthy, fresh, local produce. The location at Deanza College is perfect, but if that is not available, please find it a new location that is close to the current one, so it is still bikable for us! Sincerely,
Lynn Huang and Mike Fu
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From: Peggy Griffin
To: City Council; Pamela Wu; Economic Development
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 6-18-2024 City Council Mtg-ORAL COMMUNICATIONS- URGENT Save De Anza Farmers Market! Date: Sunday, June 16, 2024 12:00:09 PM
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PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FOR THE ABOVE MEETING.
Dear Mayor Mohan, City Councilmembers, City Manager Wu, and Economic Dev Mgr. Degu, There are few regular events that bring people together in a positive, healthy way like a good, weekly farmers market. The one that is at De Anza College will end on June 30th.
REQUEST: Please find an alternate location for this wonderful farmers market quickly so that the vendors are not forced to find an alternate venue!
Please note that the one at Creekside Park is horrible. We went there twice, once to see how it was and the second time to give it a second chance. It was pathetic.
The one at De Anza College is vibrant, helps West Valley Community Services and offers an opportunity for small businesses to “test their wares” and grow. This, in itself, is an economic development that brings people in our community together AND people from neighboring areas into our community in a positive way REGULARLY.
PLEASE act quickly to find a location. Do not blow this off. It is hard to get it back.
PLEASE do not make your first response be NO. Make it YES we will do it! PLEASE consider it part of benefiting the underserved because the leftover food goes to West Valley Community Services.
PLEASE consider it great PR for our city and it is a venue the city can use to reach out periodically to the public.
It’s a win-win. Make the effort!
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin
Just some ideas of alternative site ideas (have not explored these):
- Memorial Park at Quinlan parking lots
- Torre Ave between Pacifica and Rodriguez (arrangements for people to park in nearby lots of businesses that are closed).
- A section of Bandley and/or Lazaneo
- Portal Ave between Stevens Creek and Wheaton
- an area of Valley Church off Stelling
From: Rhoda Fry
To: City Council; City Clerk; Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject: Oral Communications 6/18
Date: Thursday, June 13, 2024 12:43:28 PM
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Dear City Council,
1. Please ask City Manager to put a link in the agenda to Council Memos so that the public knows where to find these documents.
2. Please also rename one of the reports. Presently two reports for the treasurer’s report have the same name but these are different reports. Please give them names that accurately reflect what is inside.
Regards,
Rhoda Fry
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From: Jennifer Griffin
To: City Council; City of Cupertino Planning Commission; City Clerk Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Outrageous Rezoning of the City Of Cupertino
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 3:50:45 PM
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Dear City Council and Planning Commission:
I have been reviewing the changes in rezoning and building standards that are being forced Upon the city of Cupertino by HCD and the Sixth Cycle Housing Element.
As an adult, I cannot believe the liberties HCD is taking with my citizen. There is such a new Level of rezoning baggage and nonsense in this Planning Commission meeting document Tonight that I am appalled at what HCD (or some part of HCD) is doing to my city. It is Highway robbery.
I don't blame the staff and consultants. A job is a job. They did the best they could with this ridiculous song And dance HCD has been doing with certifying the Housing Elements. It is like a soap Opera. Is HCD mad at Cupertino? Will they sic Yimby Law on the city? Will people call the People living in Cupertino bad names and accuse them of not caring about people? How can HCD rezone parts of the city to the highest density possible and get away with it, especially using Bad Data to start with? How can HCD unstem STEM and use it for nefarious purposes? So HCD won't certify Cupertino and then when HCD is running out of time to certify Northern California, Cupertino gets a letter from HCD (or whoever is running HCD) that they will certify Cupertino, but they have to rezone everything in the city within X amount of days.
And I mean, super high densities. And the kicker is, once that land is rezoned for high density Housing zoning, the land can never be rezoned back to non-housing if the city needs parks or Retail. The property owner gets their property upzoned for high density housing and makes More off the property immediately, the minute the city rezones it. There is also no incentive To ever build because each time the property is up-zoned it becomes worth more and more Money. May as well sit on the property for speculation etc.
I understand completely why the State Audit Committee voted last month in unison to have An audit of HCD and the Sixth Cycle Housing Element. What ever happened to HCD in the Sixth Cycle, the intent is to rip off and deceive the public and call the public stupid. The Sixth Cycle Housing Element has been a drag on the state as a whole, including Cupertino, Wasting our time and money and trying our patience and resolve.
The only thing I have gotten out of the Sixth Cycle is that I consider myself bi-cultural since My mother taught me to speak Spanish at home as a toddler. That is no small matter.
Believe me, if the CVRA attorney sues my city on certain principles I will tell him he is Wrong to his face in Spanish.
Best regards,
Jennifer Griffin
From: Jennifer Griffin
To: City Council; City Clerk
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: CVRA Lawsuits Against Los Altos and CUSD
Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024 1:41:05 PM
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Dear City Council:
It has come to my attention attention that the city of Los Altos has been sued by An attorney from Southern California in conjunction with a CVRA lawsuit specifying that the City of Los Altos has to break up into Voting Districts, similar to the way Foothill-DeAnza College District and FUHSD were hit with CVRA lawsuits. There is the threat that CUSD Might be hit with such a lawsuit also.
I am concerned that the city of Cupertino might be hit with such a lawsuit also. No one is Taking the time to determine whether these lawsuits are justified or not. The city Council of Los Altos immediately voted to break into voting districts within days after The CVRA lawsuit was delivered to the city. The public is only now realizing what their City Council gave away, the public's right for self-determination.
I am hoping that if Cupertino is faced with such a demand letter as Los Altos was delivered, The City Council will actively defend the city against such a level of intimidation and Allow the people of the city to decide what is best for them in terms of their representation, Rather than cow-towing to a demand letter from such an organization.
Cupertino has an extremely ethnically diverse City Council and I honestly see no reason For a group to file a CVRA letter against the city. But, you never know. The CVRA Lawsuit group has become a scandal plagued cottage industry and one never knows The logic of filing such a lawsuit.
Thank you for safe-guarding our voting rights in Cupertino.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin
From: Richard Lowenthal
To: Pamela Wu; City Clerk; Hung Wei; Sheila Mohan; Joseph Fruen Cc: Rhoda Fry
Subject: Good idea
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 8:25:39 AM
City Manager, Mayor, and Council,
I think Rhoda Fry’s idea of hosting the Farmer’s Market at the City Hall plaza is an excellent one. Of course we need the market to cover all costs but a Farmers’ Market is an excellent and valued service to residents. It’s good for our health and is also a great gathering event. Please seriously look into it and come up with a set of rules that would make it positive for our residents and for City Hall. Even a bit positive for City budget to get everyone on board.
Thanks for considering it,
Richard Lowenthal
From: Rhoda Fry
To: City Clerk; City Council
Subject: Public Comment - West Coast Farmers" market support of West Valley Community Services Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:26:30 PM
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Last year, West Coast Farmers’ market provided over 109,000 pounds of food to West Valley Community Services.
They have been doing this for 8 years.
Through its donations, West Coast Farmers’ market provides fresh fruit and vegetables to about 1250 people weekly.
If not for the West Coast Farmers’ market, West Valley Community Services would have no fresh food on Mondays, its busiest day of the week.
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From: Kirsten Squarcia
To: Danessa Techmanski
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: RE: Cupertino Farmer"s Market
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:50:34 PM
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Hello Danessa, we will include your comments in the public record for tonight's meeting (under Oral Communications). Regards, Kirsten
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
City Manager's Office
[email protected]
(408) 777-3225
From: Danessa Techmanski <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:28 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia <[email protected]>
Subject: Fwd: Cupertino Farmer's Market
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PLEASE INCLUDE IN THE PUBLIC RECORD AND IN TONIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL PACKET.
THANK YOU!!!!
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From: Danessa Techmanski <[email protected]>
Subject: Cupertino Farmer's Market
Date: June 15, 2024 at 8:51:35 PM PDT
To: Cupertino City-Council <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Dear Mayor Mohan and City Council,
I have just heard that the Cupertino Farmer’s Market will no longer be at De Anza College. This really saddens me as so many people in our community enjoy and depend on the farmer’s market for fresh produce and other goods.
I also see it as a community social event where people can bring their friends and family and also meet other locals. I truly believe that farmer’s markets inspire people to eat more fresh, healthy, local, and organic food which is a great counter to our fast culture. I cannot tell you how many times that I’ve discovered a new fruit, or vegetable, or other product because of an encounter that I had with a vendor. Going to the farmer’s market is a ritual for many folks.
Besides being a big loss for our residents, I really saddens me to see all of the vendors who will lose an opportunity to sell their goods. It’s no secret that growers and other small businesses at the farmer’s markets have to work very hard for the modest amount that they make. Just losing one venue could really put a dent in their income. I love the opportunity to be able to support them. Additionally, many of the business who sell at the markets don’t have the volume to sell in stores, nor do they have the money to open their own brick and mortar locations. It’s a great way for small budding businesses to get exposure, feedback, and build a reputation with the public that can lead to bigger and better things. I can think of three local vendors who went on to have permanent locations and/or now sell to supermarkets —one is Acme bread, the other is the Bolani spinach bread vendor (they are now at Costco!), and also Justin’s organic chocolates who now sell at Whole Foods. From that perspective I think that farmer’s markets perpetuate a unique type of business development for smaller enterprises that don’t have a lot of cash flow.
I’d like to see more farmer’s markets in our city, not less. I know that folks seem to be very fond of the West Coast Farmer’s Market that started out at the Oaks and is now at De Anza College. De Anza apparently is not renewing their, or any market contracts, so they will need a new home. Is there any way that the City could help them relocate to Torre Ave, Memorial Park, or somewhere else within the city?
This is a big deal to our community. Thank you so much for your help and time.
Most sincerely,
Danessa Techmanski
33-year Cupertino Resident
From: Cupertino ForAll
To: City Clerk; City Council
Subject: CFA Commentary for Oral Communications (6/18)
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:47:02 PM
Attachments: 06.18.24 - Letter to City Council.pdf
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Hello,
Please see the attached commentary for Oral Communications regarding Item 2 on the Planning Commission 6/11 Meeting Agenda.
Regards,
Steering Committee
Cupertino for All
June 18, 2024
Cupertino City Council,
10350 Torre Avenue Cupertino, California 95014
RE: Planning Commission - Agenda Item 2 - Draft MCA Resolution
Dear Cupertino City Council and to whom it may concern, Thank you for expediting the rezoning process given the City’s short timeline.
However, we were surprised and disappointed to see that the proposed changes do not reflect an ambitious program we had hoped for, but instead, the draft seems aimed at achieving minimum compliance rather than laying the foundation for a Housing Element that truly facilitates housing development and provides flexibility amidst challenging current market conditions in order to truly promote affordable homes for all income levels.
Specifically, we would like to highlight the following concerns:
1.Height Limits: The 5-story limitation on new R4 zoned parcels is unnecessary, given the 70-foot height limit. This story limit should be removed to avoid imposing needless constraints.
2.Restrictive Zoning - Unnecessary Setbacks and Parking Standards: The initial implementation of Strategy HE 1.3.6 is extremely disappointing. It fails to support those wishing to develop duplexes in single-family zones due to unresolved issues in our R2 zoning districts. These issues include restrictive lot coverage (40%) and setbacks-which should be adjusted to a simple 5-foot minimum on each side for interior lots-as well as the high parking standards, which remain unaddressed. The document does not appear to modify R2 zoning standards effectively; instead, the draft imposes new, unnecessary restrictions on duplex definitions, limiting size differences between units (200 square feet) and FAR restrictions that do not exist in the current zoning code.
3.R3 Standards: R3 standards should also be improved by removing story restrictions, reviewing the height limit (a modest increase to at least 35 feet, expanding the lot coverage standard (40%), and expanding or abolishing the FAR restriction altogether.
4.Parking Standards: We urge further modifications to parking standards.
Parking continues to be one of the greatest barriers for the actual building cost of affordable housing and is not in alignment with the ambitious climate change mitigation goals that Cupertino believes in, such as the Climate Action Plan 2.0, and moreover, contradicts the spirit of CAP 2.0 Updates that called for revising parking standards.
Without these essential changes, particularly those related to Strategy HE 1.3.6 and the associated R2 standards, this zoning code update fails to address the moment and significantly misses the mark on AFFH (Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing).
We request that these changes are incorporated into the document. This will ensure that we, along with the rest of our community, can support it.
Regards,
Steering Committee
Cupertino For All
From: Yan Liu
To: City Council; City Clerk
Subject: please save De anza farmers" market
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:03:17 PM
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SUBJECT: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 6/18 Please Save Farmer's Market Dear City Council, The last day for the Farmer's Market at De Anza is on June 30 because the market lost its lease there. Please help save the Sunday farmer's market in Cupertino by hosting the market on City property. Sincerely,
Yan
From: Kirsten Squarcia
To: Susan Bassi
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: RE: City Grant for WomenSV follow up reporting and newsgathering Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 12:04:46 PM
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Good afternoon Susan (City Council Bcc’d on this email), Your email has been received and will be included with the written communications for the June 18, 2024 City Council meeting (under written comments for Oral Communications).
Regards, Kirsten
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
City Manager's Office
[email protected]
(408) 777-3225
From: Susan Bassi <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 11:32 AM
To: Kirsten Squarcia <[email protected]>
Subject: City Grant for WomenSV follow up reporting and newsgathering
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Good Morning Ms. Squarcia and Cupertino City Council,
Please accept this email in follow up to our news gathering activities and reporting on WomenSV, a nonprofit the city funded from 2022 to 2023 in an amount of $21,000. In addition to funding from Cupertino, the nonprofit was given $250,000 from Santa Clara County taxpayers, at the direction of Supervisor Joe Simitian, and $175,000 from the city of Los Altos, with an additional $15,000 unaccounted for in the Los Altos city's financial records.
In private and public donations, WomenSV reported more than $2.2 million in private and public funding since 2016, with less than .05% going to support survivors of domestic violence and abuse. In our reporting process, we found at least $100,000 more in public records that does not appear to have been reported to the taxing authorities.
In the fiscal year where Cupertino taxpayers supported the organization, the nonprofit changed their CPA and reported its first loss and the nonprofit founder was referred to the Santa Clara County District Attorney and County Counsel for investigation, as noted by Ruth Patrick Darlene and Supervisor Joe Smitian in emails obtained through a public records request.
Since our reporting, the nonprofit has ceased promoting their advisory board on their website. The advisory board had previously been used to promote private divorce attorneys consistent with a runner and capper scheme. The nonprofit also now links taxing documents, providing greater transparency than when our reporting began in 2023 and the organization refused to provide the information as requested.
Our reporting continues to bring more people speaking out about the harm the nonprofit and its founder, Ruth Patrick Darlene, inflicted on local residents. Therefore it is our hope our reporting will educate wealthy donors and elected officials providing taxpayer funds to the organization while bringing greater awareness to vulnerable victims of domestic abuse who were packaged and auctioned off to WomenSV and their partners.
Specifically, after we published a video about our experience seeking public records from the city, a Cupertino resident who went to the nonprofit in early 2023, reached out and provided more information, off record. She showed us the NDA she had been forced to sign in February 2023, the time period when the city was contracted to provide funding to WomenSV. The NDA was similar to the one we used as the basis of our reporting. A copy of the WomenSV's NDA used in our reporting and offered to the Cupertino source in early 2023, is hereto attached in redacted form and is the basis of our ongoing reporting.
Several women have reported that in order to access the services the nonprofit claimed to provide with taxpayer funds , signing the NDA was a mandatory requirement. The Cupertino resident noted she specifically reached out to WomenSV because of public support and funding the Cupertino city council and mayor had provided in 2022- 2023. So we seek to bring her a voice in this communication.
An alarming pattern seen in the now 81 plus sources used for our reporting can be seen in the following:
1. Since 2020 , implementation of a requirement to sign the NDA to speak to WomenSV representatives or access groups they claim to provide is ongoing.
2. Flagrant discrimination against men and Asian women continues to be observed. Men are not provided access to WomenSV services, though they are victims of domestic violence. 7 Asian women were known to have been publicly shamed and ejected from the group when they complained or questioned the attorneys , therapists or CTI security services the nonprofit pressured them to hire. This discrimination appears to be ongoing and of no concern to the Santa Clara County District Attorney who has aligned himself with the organization since attending their 2019 fundraiser at the Los Altos Golf and Country Club with his highest ranking prosecutors, Jay Boyarsky and James Gibbons Shapiro, local mayors and state assembly members.
3. Misrepresentation that the organization provides counseling and training for police, judges, schools and business.
Persons in the organization making the claim are not licensed or qualified to provide therapy or counseling services. The city of Los Altos classified payments to WomenSV as " counseling services" , which was improper. Ms. Patrick Darlene who purports to provide the training and run group meetings, is not a licensed therapist or attorney.
4. WomenSV claims to provide police training to Los Altos, Mt. View, Sunnyvale and Sheriffs in Santa Clara and Orange County. They also claimed in 2024 to provide training to St. Francis private school and El Camino, Kaiser and Valley Medical Center in a 2024 grant application while reflecting on the organization's activities during the time period Cupertino provided taxpayer funding.
5. WomenSV forced victims of abuse to sign an NDA agreement as a requirement to access services. Attached is a copy of the NDA from another case that was used as the basis of our reporting. The NDA is nearly identical to the one the Cupertino resident was pressured to sign in February 2023. These NDA agreements are similar to agreements commonly seen in sexual abuse cases, that have been outlawed. These agreements do not protect the vulnerable persons seeking help that taxpayers sought to assure. As drafted and presented, the WomenSV NDA seeks to protect an organization that appears to be operating not only a runner and capper scheme for divorce attorneys, but a Honey Pot Operation , which will be the subject of our next reporting.
With respect to our reporting, we documented our newsgathering process, including when we live streamed showing the juxtaposition of our effort to access public records in Cupertino v. Los Altos.
Since that time, and since the public comment during the June 4, 2024 city council meeting:
We obtained a copy of the 2022 Grand Jury report.
Obtained 5 more sources speaking out about WomenSV, including whistleblowers in the city that have pointed us to additional information.
We have obtained information from taxpayers and donors that will support additional reporting.
Councilmember Moore asked staff to prepare a memo on WomenSV funding from the city.
Another NDA agreement for February 2023 was leaked from a Cupertino resident.
To that end, we wanted to share our experience with staff and the city clerk Kirsten Squarcia, the city manager and city attorney. These individuals understood and complied with public records access laws to assist us during our newsgathering activities. For the most part , it was a very positive experience and worked exactly as intended under the First Amendment.
On a personal note, while newsgathering at the city council meeting, it was a delight to see students presenting information to council about a project the city had funded. It was also interesting to listen to public comment and have the opportunity to speak to local residents taking part in the democratic process, something that always makes our local reporting better.
However, there was one uncomfortable moment, when I was approached by someone on city staff who asked if I wanted to have a seat after I was standing in the back recording the meeting, and talking to speakers.
So , would add, public employees should not be monitoring or trying to deflect reporters in their newsgathering process.
Such has a chilling effect on speech that is protected under the First Amendment. It is the newsgathering process that has brought forth 81 plus sources and duped donors victimized by WomenSV. The process does not need to be monitored by the government such that people are deterred from speaking to journalists for fear of retaliation. That said, the effort to provide us with the records needed for our reporting, was the best we have seen in the area to date.
I would again like to personally thank Kirsten Squarcia for her professionalism, courtesy and expertise in complying with the public records law and not treating reporters and public speakers as outsiders. She never flinched about my recording her and broadcasting the video of our newsgathering activities. She also continues to garner positive comments on the published video including this one directed at the city clerk.
Finally, special thank you to council member Moore who directed staff to prepare the report on WomenSV. We hope our reporting will continue to have a meaningful impact on the Cupertino community and trust the city council and city attorney will take appropriate steps to investigate compliance with the 2022- 2023 WomenSV contract and take appropriate action in connection with such investigation.
Respectfully,
Susan Bassi
Publisher, Investigative Journalist
Public Records & Local News Advocate
P.O. Box 2220
Los Gatos, CA 95031
LinkedIn: Susan Bassi | LinkedIn
From: Manjari Asawa
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: oral communications 6/18
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 11:10:42 AM
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oral communications 6/18 Need a home for Sunday Farmers' Market Dear City Council, De Anza is terminating the Sunday Farmer's Market on June 30. Please help find a place for it in Cupertino ASAP. I visit this market to get fresh vegetables without any plastic and packaging that pollutes our environment.
And while you do this, please make plastic bags chargeable at farmer's market as well so that people will be careful in getting plastics.
Regards
Manjari
From: Rhoda Fry
To: City Clerk; City Council
Subject: 6/18/2024 Oral Communications NEED A HOME FOR FARMER"S MARKET ASAP Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 10:26:45 AM
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Dear City Council,
This morning, I sent the following letter and attachment to the Foothill and De Anza College District.
Do know that terminating the market as of July 1 at De Anza will put over 40 small family farmers and vendors out of business and deprive Cupertino residents of fresh affordable food.
Dear City Clerk,
Please include the below and attached inline for public comment.
Sincerely,
Rhoda Fry
Subject: Please Reinstate Sunday Farmers’ Market – the last date is now June 30!
Dear De Anza Board, Interim President Espinosa-Pieb and Chancellor Lambert, Right now, the last Sunday Farmers’ Market in Cupertino will be on June 30. I am writing to ask that you please extend the Farmers’ Market at De Anza until at least October, if not the end of the year. The decision to terminate the Farmers’ Market at De Anza goes against everything the District stands for and I encourage you to read the attached letter from a third party market director which explains why.
By not having a Sunday Farmers’ Market, you are doing a huge disservice to the residents who voted for the District’s nearly $1B bond measure.
Can the Interim President Espinosa-Pieb please reinstate the Farmers’ Market immediately?
Or can the Board please schedule a special Board Meeting to reinstate the Farmers’ Market immediately?
This past week, I have become a quick study on Farmers’ Markets and there certainly is a lot to learn.
Did you know that the West Coast Farmers’ Market is a major donor to West Valley Community Services? Did you know that West Valley Community Services donates to De Anza College’s Food Pantry https://www.deanza.edu/resources/food-pantry/ By
taking this market away, you are effectively taking food out of the mouths of your most needy students.
Did you know that the West Coast Farmers’ Market has a track record of employing people with disabilities and food- and housing-insecurity? They are a textbook example of practicing the District’s credo of equity and inclusion.
The Farmers’ Market is eco-friendly. The food travels far less than it does at a supermarket. And that helps planet earth. Furthermore, fresh food is more nutritious.
The Sunday Cupertino Farmers’ Market was founded by Jerry Lami in Cupertino in 2011. His association has catered to the unique and diverse needs of our residents. I have been to other Bay Area markets and none match the needs of our community’s residents as well as the West Coast Farmers’ Market.
If a large operator were to move in to take over this market, the small family farmers will go away. They had already been telling some of the small family farmers that they would not be returning to the market. Your actions are ruining a grass-roots jewel and putting small family farmers out of business.
The Cupertino Farmers Market provides income to many small family farmers and by charging low booth fees, the farmers make more money and charge less for food.
Did you know that many of the small family farmers grow their food organically but cannot afford to pay for organic certification? So by asking for organic foods, you are putting small family farmers out of business. For example, most asparagus is pesticide free – so when you buy organic asparagus, you’re paying a premium for nothing.
Timing
Notifying the operater on June 14 that their last market would be on June 30 is unthinkable – especially during peak season. As it is, the small family farmers survive on small margins. How will the farmers and vendors be able to sell their crops and merchandise?
The RFP came to the Board on June 10 and the current operator’s contract was expiring on June 30. This is so unfair and is a terrible lesson in business ethics to our District’s students.
A long lead time is needed when considering changing operators. What will those farmers do who had planted their crops and made commitments a good six months ago? Canceling the Farmers’ Market hurts small family farmers.
The RFP comes at the peak time for the market organizers and the farmers. They should be given plenty of time if a change is to be made.
Furthermore, what is the proposed Farmers’ Market location when the County Health Center is under construction?
There’s the ethical question of doing an RFP at all, which potentially removes an existing operator who has served the community for over 13 years.
Proposed Contract Costs
Did you know that West Valley College charges $300 per week for their market and provides public restrooms? And many host organizations provide their space for free.
Did you know that the De Anza contract proposes a minimum of $1132 and places expensive requirements on the operator such as providing porta potties with wash stations? What does that say for De Anza?
The RFP has $540 for campus police, I saw none on Sunday. The RFP also has $592 for custodial services, I saw none on Sunday. Consider that the custodial fee for VPAC, the 400-seat theater at De Anza, is $296, where are these numbers coming from? The RFP also contains open-ended clauses that could lead to unsustainable costs to the operator and consequently destroy small family farmers, “Additional fees not waived, and which the Permittee agrees to pay for, include administrative direct costs associated with the evaluation processes of the facility use and the agreement (including any pauses or extensions) and shall include, but are not limited to, attorney fees and the cost of district support staff.”
Increasing costs to the operators will increase the cost of food and prevent some small family businesses from participating at all. Presently, the current operator’s fees are 25% lower than other operators, which provides a living wage for family farmers and reduces the cost of food to your community. This is why Santa Clara Valley Medical, St. Louise Hospital, and Stanford among others, have West Coast as their market provider.
Some farmers come from 150 miles away, like Fresno. So you can imagine the cost of fuel for 300 miles of truck travel every Sunday. And there’s the permitting costs for each farmer. Consequently, it is important to keep the market costs low.
The Sunday Cupertino Farmers’ Market provides a vital source of affordable and nutritious food to your community. Our community has been struggling with the staggering increases in the cost of food. Many have also lost their jobs and are doing what they can to make ends meet.
What do your actions say about De Anza when you are attempting to fund the budget on the backs of a small bok choy family farmer?
By canceling the market, the District is doing irreparable harm to its reputation. The City of Campbell was about to make the same mistake with their 26-year-old market and smartly retained their market; please read the enclosed letter.
The Sunday Cupertino Farmers’ Market is where your community buys its food (see photos from 6/16). Inviting the Sunday Cupertino Farmers’ Market onto campus was a smart move. It brought the community into the community college, which fosters good will on the part of the community and awareness of its fine educational opportunities. Please fix it now.
Sincerely,
Rhoda Fry, 40-year Cupertino Resident, recipient of Cupertino’s CREST Public Safety Award
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From: Laura Chin
To: City Council; City Clerk; Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject: 6/18 oral communications – Please keep Farrmer’s Market in Cupertino Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 9:43:22 PM
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Dear City Council,
Losing is SUNDAY Farmer's Market in Cupertino at the DE ANZA location is a colossal disappointment and will have a ripple effect that will not only affect myself, other Cupertino residents, but also the Farmer's Market staff and vendors.
To say I'm devastated is a massive understatement. De Anza was the perfect location for this market.
As a active walking resident in Cupertino, the SUNDAY DE ANZA Farmer's Market was not only a huge source of personal joy to visit with fellow neighbors and support/socialize with my vendor friends, it was an essential way for me to get groceries for the week. Although in Cupertino we are fortunate to have several grocery stories including specialty ethnic food stores...we NEED MORE diversified, independent businesses that can operate outside of owning a brick & mortar location.
The SUNDAY DE ANZA Farmer's Market was that solution.
Additionally, the market provides groceries at price points that are affordable and location that was accessible for those WITH and WITHOUT cars, cyclists, able bodied AND disabled folks.
I especially liked to see how many friends and families were meeting and gathering at the Farmer's Market. Vendors were establishing regular clientele and NEW upcoming business owners were able to showcase their talents...Moonwake Coffee Roasters, Better Butter Cakes, Freedom Pastures Livestock...to name a few.
I saw the community coming together and interacting in POSITIVE ways. Food truly brings people together in a way that is apolitical and TRANSCENDS differences.
I vote with my dollar. Keep the SUNDAY Farmer's Market IN Cupertino. Support SMALL businesses. Support CALIFORNIA farmers and independent business owners. LISTEN to your residents and community members. THIS IS A COMMUNITY ECOSYSTEM THAT IS WORTHY OF SAVING.
I implore the city to work to find an ALTERNATIVE location that is accessible and REMAINS AVAILABLE to residents.
Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Laura Chin
From: Marcia Elmer
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: Cupertino Sunday Farmers Market
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 8:05:25 PM
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Hello all,
I understand that the DeAnza College Sunday farmers market is going to close soon. Please help find a place for it in Cupertino ASAP.
I have been attending this local market for at least 20 years, in all of its various locations. I treasure the fresh produce, which is better than any grocery store, and the excellent bakeries that attend the weekly market. Given the high attendance at the market, I can see that many people shop there and it is also a huge benefit for the farmers that sell there.
Please find a way to continue to have it at DeAnza or another nearby location.
Thank you,
Marcia Elmer
Cupertino resident for 30 years
From: [email protected]
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: Sunday Farmers Market
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 8:02:34 PM
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TO: Dear City Council,
De Anza is terminating the Sunday Farmer's Market on June 30. Please help find a place for it in Cupertino ASAP. Please keep some of the wonderful amenities in that convenient place near Memorial Park. We are so sorry to have lost The Oaks - a gathering place for people in Cupertino and now with so much added population in Cupertino we really need the Farmers Market to stay at De Anza.
Sincerely,
James and Constance Guidotti
Long time residents of Cupertino
From: Michal Cadouri
To: City Clerk
Subject: De Anza Farmer’s Market
Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 6:40:25 PM
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Dear City Council, De Anza is terminating the Sunday Farmer's Market on June 30. Please help find a place for it in Cupertino ASAP. This market is a place for us ,as residents of Cupertino ,to enjoy our community, it’s a place were we meet and greet our neighbors, a place that provide outdoor fun for old and young, with vendors that over the years became familiar and friendly and part of our weekend routine.
Please do your best to keep this market open Sincerely, Michal Cadouri
Sent from my iPhone
From: j w
To: City Clerk
Subject: Fw: !!!Re: Time is of the essence--cease the retaliatory action after twice the legal property belonging loss Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 7:07:01 PM
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Dear Clerk,
Thanks for the assistance. I didn't see the email in the written communication. Just wonder.
Thx. H resident
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: j w <[email protected]>
To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; City Clerk <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 02:06:47 PM PDT
Subject: Re: !!!Re: Time is of the essence--cease the retaliatory action after twice the legal property belonging loss
Dear Mayor Sheila,
Hope this email finds you well. Still no response from City. Thank you! On Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 06:54:16 PM PDT, j w <[email protected]> wrote:
On Monday, April 15, 2024 at 02:15:30 AM PDT, j w <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 06:50:41 PM PDT, j w <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mayor Sheila,
Thank you for your attendance at Ro's meeting; your presence was greatly appreciated, and your understanding of the situation is invaluable. The circumstances surrounding this hard-working, community-volunteering family are indeed tragic, compounded by the loss of their voice in this matter.
We have formally requested a meeting with the city authorities to address this situation and urge them to cease any further retaliatory actions. Our position has been clearly stated, and we implore you to facilitate this meeting at your earliest convenience. Time is of the essence in this matter. Your prompt attention to our request for a meeting with the city authorities is crucial. We urge you to expedite the process and facilitate this meeting as soon as possible, as further delays could exacerbate the situation. Your cooperation in this regard is deeply appreciated. Thank you.
Jenny from H resident
From: Shirley Kinoshita
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: Save Farmers Market @ DeAnza College
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 2:20:29 PM
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Dear city leaders,
Please keep the Farmers Market currently located at DeAnza College which is scheduled to end on June 30. It was formerly located at Memorial Park which could also be a consideration for a new site. This event is popular and well attended. I consider it a good way to support our local farms as well.
From,
Shirley Lin Kinoshita
20644 Nancy Ct.
Cupertino, CA 95014
Resident since 1979
From: [email protected]
To: City Council; City Clerk
Subject: De Anza Farmers" Market
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 11:36:06 AM
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SUBJECT: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS 6/19 Please Save Farmer's Market Dear City Council,
I have heard that the last day for the Farmer's Market at De Anza is on June 30 because the market lost its lease there. Please save the Sunday farmer's market in Cupertino by hosting the market on City property.
I buy most of my food at the DeAnza Farmers’ market. I am a senior and live near DeAnza.
So I can easily and safely get to the market and return home. I eat mostly vegetables, no meat, fish or dairy. On a limited income, the market allows me to feed myself, healthily and within my budget—both very important factors especially for seniors. I am age 78 and disabled. I’ve gotten to know some of the vendors and have learned from them how to prepare dishes with their produce and which produce is especially nutritious. Please save this market. Keep it close to where it is. There is senior housing going in right across the street from De Anza at the old Oaks Center. I live right behind DeAnza. I honestly do not know where I will be able to buy my food if the market closes. The market provides good variety and healthy organic food for such a reasonable price! There is no where else close by to do that. The other farmers market in Cupertino on a Friday, invariable conflicts with medical appointments I have and is so far away and access is not so easy for the disabled.
Vendors at the De Anza farmers’ market have even carried my food for me to my car.
Please, please, please keep it going.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Alice MacAllister
7863 Lily Ct
Cupertino CA 95014
From: Anuradha Parthasarathy
To: City Clerk; City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office Subject: Farmer’s market at DeAnza
Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024 8:09:08 AM
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Hello!
We are residents of Faria Neighborhood for the past 24 years. For the first time in our life we were regularly shopping at the farmer’s market in DeAnza.it had become our only place for fruits, vegetables and bakes. The coffee at Moonrakers was an icing on the cake! I can’t believe that something that was working well for the community and getting to be very popular would be yanked like this. We need this to continue please! Thanks
Anu
20995 Pepper Tree Lane
From: Robin Chen
To: City Council; Cupertino City Manager"s Office; City Clerk Subject: oral communications 6/18 Sunday Farmers" Market Date: Thursday, June 20, 2024 1:50:15 PM
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Hi,
My kids and I go to the farmers market at De Anza every Sunday barring other engagements.
We love seeing all the fresh fruits and vegetables. Please try your best to keep it at that location, parking is easy and so is biking there.
Thanks,
Robin
CC 06-18-2024
Consent Calendar Items
Written Communications
From: Anne Ezzat
To: Kirsten Squarcia; City Clerk
Subject: Fwd: Tonight"s agenda
Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 9:26:17 AM
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Good Morning Kirsten,
Could you please enter my comments into written communications for 6/18/2024 meeting? Thank you,
Brooke
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From: Anne Ezzat <[email protected]
>
Date: Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Tonight's agenda
To: <[email protected]
>
Mayor Mohan, Vice Mayor Fruen, Council Members Chao, Moore, and Wei, For the last several months we have been treated to histrionics about a budget shortfall and told about cuts in services. And yet on the agenda for tonight’s meeting, the council is on tap to spend over $8 million. Where did you find the additional money to spend for these projects? Under the sofa seat cushions?
Item #4 $3,300,000 for Bike and Pedestrian projects
Item # 5 $2 ,6,662, 786 for paving
Item #6 $1,688,800 for crossing guards
Item #7 $879,348 for educational and event services
Etc.
All of the financial items on the consent calendar, including the potential purchase of 19400 Stevens Creek add up to a tidy sum. Items that the public cannot comment on or get information about because of the fact the items are on the consent calendar. The majority council’s view, although campaigning on “transparency” is that information is on a “need to know” basis and the residents need to know nothing. This demonstrates a remarkable contempt for the residents and for the principles of democracy. If you believe the only time the public should have the right to weigh in is at the polls, perhaps you should relocate post haste to Hungary or any of the other authoritarian republics of which there are so many.
Kindest regards,
Brooke Ezzat
CC 06-18-2024
#11
Sale of city-owned
property at 10301 Byrne
Avenue
Written Communications
From: Peggy Griffin
To: City Council
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 2024-06-18 City Council Meeting AGENDA ITEM 11 - PLEASE PULL CONSENT ITEM #11 Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 10:14:20 PM
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PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM.
Dear City Council,
PLEASE PULL ITEM #11 for the following reasons:
1. The agenda item description is flawed and missing important information.
2. Some information provided is confusing.
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin
Written
Communications
CC 06-18-2024
Item No. 12
Consider acquisition
of property located at
19400 Stevens Creek
Blvd
From: Kitty Moore
To: Kirsten Squarcia; Pamela Wu
Subject: Written Communications and Questions Item 12 City Council Agenda Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 2:31:14 PM
Attachments: Pages from City Hall Subcommittee Slides and Recommendation.pdf Risk Category IV Pages from City Hall Subcommittee Slides and Recommendation-2.pdf 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd Flyer 9387f5e4-5822-43a2-9c6d-91a85395ad48 (1).pdf Current CH Floor Plan Pages from City Hall Subcommittee Slides and Recommendation-3.pdf Dear City Clerk and Staff,
RE 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd.
I have attached the cost estimates from the 2022 City Hall Subcommittee (J. Willey, K. Moore) report which shows the costs for seismic retrofitting the current City Hall to a Category IV Essential Structure at approximately $7M. The plan at that time was to remodel the Torre Annex which the city owns and to relocate the Emergency Operations Center to the center of that (Torre Annex) building, and additionally move permitting to that location. The City Hall was then to have a renovation to a Risk Category IV Essential Structure; however, it could simply be seismically retrofitted to Category IV Essential Structure for much less.
19400 Stevens Creek Blvd. was built in 1979, under building code seismic design standards at that time. Has there been a recent structural design report conducted on 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd. to determine what structural improvements would be needed in order to obtain Risk Category IV Essential Structural design for the building? Because the Emergency Operations Center would presumably be relocated to this building. What is the cost estimate for any seismic retrofit?
Have there been any inspections recently conducted on the property which may indicate impending maintenance costs, such as roofing, HVAC, or plumbing?
There is a flyer available online for 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd. showing the current floor plan configuration of that building which I have attached. I have also attached the current City Hall Floor Plan. 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd. is a smaller building by about 4,000 square feet. Is there an expectation that the interior of 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd. would be remodeled to reconfigure the floor plan? Is there a cost estimate for this?
19400 Stevens Creek Blvd. has 75 parking spaces and no on street parking available on Stevens Creek Blvd. I have attached the Parking Study pages from the City Hall Subcommittee report, which show that the Current City Hall has 84 parking spaces along with on street parking. Will there be a parking deficit at 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd.?
Would the Sheriffs be relocating to 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd.?
Thank you,
Kitty Moore
Kitty Moore
Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]
(408) 777-1389
Element Area SF Cost / SF
Total Direct
Construction Soft Costs +25%
2023 Project
Total (+25% soft
costs)
Cost per stall
2024 Project
Total (5%
escalation)
2025 Project
Total (5%
escalation)
City Hall Renovation - Seismic Only, Non-Essential
Facility
24,140 $216
$5,205,308 $1,301,327 $6,506,635 N.A. $6,831,967 $7,173,565 City Hall Renovation - Seismic Only, Essential Facility 24,140 $232 $5,606,032 $1,401,508 $7,007,540 N.A. $7,357,917 $7,725,813 City Hall Renovation - Seismic, MEP/IT, Interior gut,
Non-Essential Facility
24,140 $807 $19,491,360 $4,872,840 $24,364,200 N.A. $25,582,410 $26,861,531 City Hall Renovation - Seismic, MEP/IT, Interior gut,
Essential Facility
24,140 $868 $20,955,693 $5,238,923 $26,194,616 N.A. $27,504,347 $28,879,564 City Hall Replacement, Non-Essential Facility 24,140 $8 04 $19,400,111 $4,850,028 $24,250,139 N.A. $25,462,646 $26,735,778 City Hall Replacement, Essential Facility 24,140 $908 $21,921,534 $5,480,384 $27,401,918 N.A. $28,772,013 $30,210,614 City Hall Replacement w/ Added Floor, Non-
Essential Facility
36,140 $809
$29,237,621 $7,309,405 $36,547,027 N.A. $38,374,378 $40,293,097 City Hall Replacement w/ Added Floor, Essential
Facility
36,140 $914
$33,017,504 $8,254,376 $41,271,880 N.A. $43,335,474 $45,502,248 City Hall Replacement w/ Added Floor + 100 spaces
Underground parking, Non-Essential Facility
70,140 $529
$37,071,561 $9,267,890 $46,339,45 1 $463,395 $48,656,424 $51,089,245 City Hall Replacement w/ Added Floor + 100 spaces
Underground parking, Essential Facility
70,140 $582
$40,851,444 $10,212,861 $51,064,305 $510,643 $53,617,520 $56,298,396 Underground Parking (36 Stalls) below City Hall
Replacement, Essential Facility (parking only)
12,070 $230
$2,781,049 $695,262 $3,476,311 $96,564 $3,650,126 $3,832,633 City Hall Replacement w/ Added Floor + 100 spaces
Underground parking, Essential Facility (parking only)
34,000 $230
$7,833,940 $1,958,485 $9,792,425 $97,924 $10,282,046 $10,796,149 2022+ Cost Estimates
Two scenarios were considered:
• Scenario One: “Essential Facility” Risk Category IV, available for Immediate Occupancy following a BSE-1E seismic event, and available for Life Safety following a BSE-2E seismic event. The performance requirements address structural
and non-structural elements.
• Scenario Two: Typical Office Building, Risk Category II (EOC relocated) with the performance criteria of “Collapse
Prevention” following a BSE-2E seismic event.
2021 Structural Analysis (MME): Scenarios
Seismic Remediations required for Essential Facility (IV) occupancy:
• Improve Roof Diaphragm Shear capacity (nailing, loading) • Improve the Roof Diaphragm Collector Splice Capacity
• Improve the Anchor Bolt Connections at top of Shear Walls • Improve the Upper Floor Concrete Shear Wall Flexural Capacity and add Boundary members
Seismic Remediations required for both Essential Facility (IV) occupancy and Office Building (II) occupancy:
• Upgrade the Out of Plane Connection of Veranda Beam
• Improve the Upper Floor Concrete Shear Wall Shear Capacity 2021 Structural Analysis: Remedies
The following structural scopes require additional
evaluation to confirm the requirements, but we believe this work is also required.
Seismic Remediations required for Essential Facility (IV) occupancy:
• Ground floor Wall [Horizontal] Reinforcing at Openings • Improve Columns Reinforcement ties for Confinement
• Improve Foundation Dowels’ capacity
Seismic Remediations required for both Essential Facility (IV) occupancy and Office Building (II) occupancy:
• Add Continuous Cross Ties at Upper Floor Shear Wall
• Repair Upper Floor Concrete Shear Wall adjacent to diaphragm openings • Repair Column Splices and Girder Stirrups
2021 Structural Analysis: Remedies
Freestanding Office Building ±20,070 SF
FOR LEASE OR SALE
Two Story
Cupertino, CA
Stevens Creek Blvd
• Full Building Available
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N DE ANZA BLVD
N FOOTHILL BLVD
Stevens Creek Blvd
LOCATION
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Office Building
For Lease or Sale
Two Story
Cupertino, CA
Stevens Creek Blvd
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170 sq ft per person
From: Griffin
To: City Council; Pamela Wu
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 2024-06-18 City Council Meeting-ITEM 12-Buying property Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024 10:14:42 PM
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Dear City Council and Staff,
Please pull agenda Item #12 under Consent. Also please provide a Staff report explaining - the reason for the purchase
- proposed use
- cost
- where the money will come from?!?!
- contract with the real estate agent? Terms?
We are constantly being told we are in a budget crisis and yet meeting after meeting new expenditures appear for items that do not appear to be necessary! Many expenditures just happen to come just under the limit amount required to bring to Council, repeatedly.
Please pull this item and discuss it. This is 6 days in advance. Plenty of notice to prepare material that should have been included with the agenda item initially.
Thank you,
Peggy Griffin
From: Jennifer Griffin
To: City Council; City Clerk
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Item Number 12 City Council 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd Purchase Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 3:01:10 PM
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Dear City Council:
Item Number 12 on the City Council Agenda for 6/18/24 has no staff report and therefore should probably Not be on the Consent Calendar if the city is trying to buy 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd which is A two story office building.
This building is currently in the Housing Element as a Housing site and ill be upzoned by the city as a result of the Housing Element. The building and property will be worth more once it is upzoned for housing.I No one seems to know what purpose the City is trying to buy the building for because there is No staff report. I can tell you the building has been used as an office building and was used as A church at one point. It is a nice building, but I'm sure the building is worth about 7 million so I'm not what the City is planning on doing with it.
I hope we can discover what the City plans to do with the building. If we are up zoning it, it is Better to buy it now than a month from now when the city rezones it because it will be more Expensive to buy then. The city will increase the value of one of its own buildings by up zoning it.
Interesting strategy to say the least. I hope HCD didn't tell Cupertino to buy it.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin
From: Rhoda Fry
To: City Clerk; City Council
Subject: 6/18 Agenda Item #12 Purchase of 19400 Stevens Creek Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 12:55:44 PM
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Dear City Council,
Regarding 6/18 Agenda Item #12 Purchase of 19400 Stevens Creek.
I was alarmed to see this item on the consent calendar.
Something of this magnitude should never have been on the consent calendar.
Was the purchase of a building on the city’s work plan? What is the purpose of the purchase?
By considering the purchase of a building, is the City broadcasting a favorable conclusion to the CDTFA audit?
On the one hand, we are told that we have no money for community benefits and on the other, we have the money for the purchase of commercial property.
Finally, I and many of your constituents are vehemently against “public/private partnerships” that only serve to pimp our public property to financially-motivated developers.
Sincerely,
Rhoda Fry
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From: Kirsten Squarcia
To: Melissa Robertson
Subject: FW: Please Pull item 12 from consent 6/18/24 Agenda City Council Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 11:57:03 AM
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
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From: Lisa Warren <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 8:05 PM
To: Liang Chao <[email protected]>
Subject: Please Pull item 12 from consent 6/18/24 Agenda City Council
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Council Member Chao,
I am sending this email to request that you have this item pulled from consent calendar.
This needs to be discussed and include public comments.
In my opinion, this should never have been considered 'consent worthy'.
For multiple reasons.
12. Subject: Consider acquisition of property located at 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd, and appointment of real property negotiator for acquisition of property Recommended Action: Appoint City Manager Pamela Wu as real property negotiator for acquisition of property located at 19400 Stevens Creek Blvd
Thank you.
Lisa Warren
From: Peggy Griffin
To: City Council
Cc: City Clerk
Subject: 2024-06-18 City Council Meeting ITEM #12 - PLEASE PULL ITEM #12 inspite of supplemental information Date: Monday, June 17, 2024 10:24:04 PM
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Dear City Council,
I see that Consent Item #12 now has a report associated with it BUT it is not sufficient to eliminate discussion in public!
PLEASE PULL ITEM #12 for the following reasons:
1. The agenda item description is vague and misleading.
2. It is not clear why this purchase needs to occur.
3. It is not clear what the purpose of the purchase of the property is for.
4. Who authorized staff to even do this?!?
5. We are in a budget crisis and we are purchasing property UNDER CONSENT?!?!
6. What qualifications does the City Manager have to negotiate purchasing agreements?
7. What are the purchasing thresholds?
8. This is not on the Work Plan and the Work Plan and Budget were JUST AUTHORIZED-not an example of good management/budget practices to withhold items until after the budget approval then get amendments!
This item needs to be discussed in public.
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin