CC 04-16-2024 Item No. 12 Housing Element Update_Written CommunicationsWritten Communications
CC 04-16-2024
Item No. 12
Study Session and staf
presentation on the 6th
Cycle Housing Element
Update
From:Connie Cunningham
To:City Council; Pamela Wu; Christopher Jensen
Cc:City Clerk; Benjamin Fu; Piu Ghosh (she/her); Luke Connolly; Alec Vybiral
Subject:2024-4-16 CC Agenda Item 12, Study Session Housing Element
Date:Friday, April 12, 2024 5:15:34 PM
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Subject: Study Session and staff presentation on the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update
Presenter: Luke Connolly, Assistant Director of Community Development
Dear Mayor Mohan, Vice-Mayor Fruen, Councilmembers, City Manager , City Attorney, and
City Staff:
Congratulations!!
On April 11, Housing Commissioners received an email from Benjamin Fu, Director of
Community Development. The subject was the Housing Element Update Press Release.
Excerpt below:
"City Manager’s Office issued a press release (attached) this morning announcing the State’s
determination that the City’s draft housing element meets the statutory requirements.”
I replied to Benjamin Fu, and the following City Staff: Piu Ghosh, Planning Manager; Luke
Connolly, Assistant Director of Community Development; and Alec Vybiral, Senior Housing
Coordinator, as follows: "Congratulations , Ben! This is a remarkable achievement! To you
and all your staff, much respect and praise. ."
As Housing Commissioner and as a resident of Cupertino, I have been following and
participating in the discussions of the Housing Element since it first began. This 6th Cycle
process has been more difficult than previous years. New State requirements for the Housing
Element were complex. There has been extensive input by residents at various opportunities
throughout the years. City Staff began the process under the previous City Council, and then
finalized it this year under the current City Council.
I am impressed that City Staff has met the challenges of this ambitious goal, which was a Housing
Element that the State would say met the statutory requirements. Kudos! And a hearty Thank You
for outstanding, professional work throughout.
Warm regards,
Connie L Cunningham
Chair, Housing Commission (self only)
From:Griffin
To:City Council; Luke Connolly
Cc:HousingCommission; City of Cupertino Planning Dept.; City Clerk
Subject:HE Strategy HE-1-3-6
Date:Friday, April 12, 2024 7:42:53 AM
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Dear City Council and Asst. Director Connelly,
When the Housing Element is brought to the Housing Commission, Planning Commission
and City Council PLEASE provide a map AND address list of all R1 lots that HE Strategy 1-
3-6 applies to for transparency.
Recently, the city failed to specifically identify the BA sites via a list and residents were
furious when they found out it was more than “just school sites”!
Please do not make this same mistake and please do not use the excuse that you are not
rezoning these R1 lots. You will be adding the potential for rezoning without any input from
neighbors so this is the time, right now, when you need to notify all residents of this potential
change!
List the addresses! A blanket postcard about the HE is not equivalent to listing the exact lots.
The second bullet is so complex that most people do not understand which lots apply. List
them! All of them!
Thank you,
Peggy Griffin