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From: Jonathan Lee
To: Drew Taplin
Subject: Proposed Peery Park General Plan Initiations
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2022 9:54:33 PM
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Dear Mr. Taplin,
Thank you for the notice about Proposed Peery Park General Plan Initiations. It is great to to see that more housing co-located with office space could be coming to Sunnyvale. Do you know how the 400-840 W. California Avenue plan will impact parks? If we add a few thousand neighbors, more parks would help maintain livability.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Lee
Attachment 12
From: Ellen Brigham
To: Drew Taplin
Subject: Concerns about additional Peery Park development Date: Sunday, October 2, 2022 10:38:24 AM
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I am extremely concerned about the new proposal to increase the amount of development in Peery Park. My concerns fall into three categories:
Water scarcity and ongoing drought
The new development will require additional amounts of water to service the proposed residential and office structures. The city has not proven that it can sustain additional development in a continuing drought. As a long-term resident, I will be extremely unhappy (and vote accordingly) if I am required to drastically reduce my already reduced use of water to satisfy additional, unnecessary building.
Population of current structures and underusage of existing structures The current new housing and business buildings in Peery Park are grossly underpopulated. The homes on San Aleso are very thinly occupied. There is no good reason to build yet more housing if the structures available are not in full use. What is the plan for populating the existing structures? Bankruptcy of developers and city requirement to maintain unsaleable properties Development is funded though debt. Should the developers be unable to populate the new structures due to water restrictions, they will default on their loans. The City of Sunnyvale will then have large tracts of unsaleable and unusable property which much be protected from vandalism and misuse. How will that be managed and paid for?
I would greatly appreciate receiving the following data. I look forward to hearing it presented at the Planning and City Council meetings.
Sunnyvale plan for continuing drought – how will water be allocated Please describe in detail how water will be allocated and restricted in continuing drought conditions.
Will there be different rules for residential and business property? Stats for recently finished office and living structures – percentages of occupancy Please provide current occupancy statistics for completed residential and business properties as of September 2022. Please also detail how these statistics are collected.
Control points for further development in case of severe drought – when will city declare moratorium on new structures
At what point will the city have to declare a moratorium on new building? What has the planning department determined to be the critical water levels for maintenance of our existing population? I look forward to your reply.
Best regards,
Ellen Brigham
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From: Wesley Yu
To: Drew Taplin
Subject: Comment GPI request on Sunnyvale Business Park Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 5:22:39 PM
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Hi Drew,
Sending you a separate email regarding my comments on the Sunnyvale Business Park General Plan Initiation:
I support this plan to add residential units to the Sunnyvale Business Park. As a recent burglary victim, I believe that the additional new housing developments would bring more residents and safety to the neighborhood. As I am also
aware, there is a shortage of housing
units in Sunnyvale. I hope that the allowance of residential in the Sunnyvale Business Park can be extended to all of PPSP. PPSP should allow residential zoning districts and uses. My
property on North Pastoria Ave has been adversely affected from this technicality, and I believe the General Plan Initiation is a good time for us to revisit the four affected parcels on N Pastoria Ave.
Thank you
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