CC 01-22-2025 Item No. 12 FY 2025-27 City Work Program Study Session_Written Communications (2)CC 01-22-2025
Item No. 12
FY 2025-27 City
Work Program
Study Session
Written Communications
From:Liang Chao
To:City Clerk
Cc:Santosh Rao
Subject:Fw: CWP priorities
Date:Wednesday, January 22, 2025 9:00:54 AM
This email was sent before the agenda was posted, even though it is on one of the
agenda items.
Please include this email thread in the written communication of the 1/22 council
meeting.
Liang Chao
Mayor
City Council
LChao@cupertino.gov
408-777-3192
From: Santosh Rao <santo_a_rao@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2025 9:16 AM
To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>; Pamela Wu <pamelaw@cupertino.org>; City Clerk
<cityclerk@cupertino.org>; Chad Mosley <chadm@cupertino.org>; David Stillman
<davids@cupertino.org>; Jonathan Ferrante <jonathanf@cupertino.org>
Subject: CWP priorities
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Dear Ciy Clerk,
Please include in written communications for the next council meeting.
Dear Mayor Chao, Cupertino council members, Manager Wu, Director Mosley,
A group of residents did a poll of over 150 verified Cupertino residents. While responses are
still trickling in I wanted to share feedback in the interest of time with council and staff.
The single most popular request was for roadway improvements for better traffic
management. The next most popular was urban forest and prioritizing more city street
trees, media plantings and a Greener Cupertino. Alongside Urban Forest was more
pedestrian safety.
The other popular items were public safety items such as license plate readers. 5G Ordinance.
The least popular request was bike lanes related projects, speed limit lowering, recycled water
plant. Community feedback was that any speed limit lowering was better replaced by sheriff
enforcement of current speed limits. Also any “no turn on red” should be limited to school
drop and pick hours such as 8 - 9am and 2 - 3:30pm.
Anecdotally for net new projects I heard interest in policies that permit food trucks in
Cupertino, improvements in building and planning customer service such as staffing in-person
service desk for both 5 days a week, ensuring the phone lines are answered, ensuring calls are
returned, simplified permits for SFH.
I am including a screenshot of poll results below. While the sample of respondents were small
the poll did go out to over 150 verified Cupertino residents.
I hope this is useful in your deliberations.
Thank you.
Thanks,
San Rao
Cupertino residents
From:louise saadati
To:City Council; City Clerk
Subject:Written communication for city council meeting 1/22/25
Date:Wednesday, January 22, 2025 2:24:52 PM
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I would like to ask the city councilmembers to approve the SCB Consent Item for funds for protected bike lanes on
Stevens Creek Boulevard. Safety for our residents should be paramount in our community. SCB is a big and fast
boulevard with lots of distractions. Protected bike lanes could save the life of a loved one in your family or
community. It also would encourage less driving and support our protection of our planet from Climate Change.
Please also support the Work Program for funding to support creating an Urban Forest Plan to increase the tree
canopy in our city. We want to enjoy plentiful trees like in Palo Alto and not become a concrete city like Los
Angeles. Trees and a tree canopy good for our health.
Please also support a Work Program Item to allow year round access to BlackBerry Farm pool and picnic areas.
The residents work hard during the week and need year round access to Blackberry to enable residents to have
healthy interactions with their families and communities with outdoor exercise and picnicking.
Please support the above for all our health with increased outdoor access with trees and a Forest Canopy, safe biking
and all year access to Blackberry Pool and picnic areas.
Thank you for your hours of work for our city for all the residents.
A 39 year resident of Cupertino,
Louise Saadati
From:Kirsten Squarcia
To:J.R. Fruen
Cc:Lauren Sapudar; Melissa Robertson
Subject:RE: Written Communications for Item 12
Date:Wednesday, January 22, 2025 4:31:11 PM
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Item 12 Urban Forest CWP.pdf
Good afternoon Councilmember Fruen, will do. Thank you, Kirsten
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
City Manager's Office
KirstenS@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3225
From: J.R. Fruen <JRFruen@cupertino.gov>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 4:28 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov>
Cc: Lauren Sapudar <LaurenS@cupertino.gov>
Subject: Written Communications for Item 12
To the Clerk:
Please include this email and the attached PDF in the written communications for Item 12 as
supplemental materials for my Item No. 1 in Attachment C in order to better describe the
proposed Urban Forest 10-Year Plan.
J.R. Fruen
Councilmember
City Council
JRFruen@cupertino.gov
(408)777-1316