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Written Comments
From:Swim5am (Connie Cunningham)
To:City Clerk
Cc:City Council
Subject:2025-09-03 CC Oral Communications; Mary Avenue Villa Project
Date:Wednesday, September 3, 2025 7:49:44 PM
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Please add my comments to the written record.
Sincerely,
Connie Cunningham
2025-09-03 CC Oral Communications; Mary Avenue Villa Project
Good Evening, Mayor Chao, Vice Mayor Moore, Councilmembers and City Manager:
My name is Connie Cunningham, 38 year resident and, currently, Chair, Housing
Commission, speaking for myself only.
I am speaking tonight to Thank the City Council for its vote on July 15, 2025 to move this
project forward after the Study Session. I was excited to see that vote. I am supportive of the
application to develop new Extremely Low Income homes for Intellectually Developmentally
Disabled Individuals (IDD) and, also, other Below Market Rate (BMR) housing units on City-
owned property along Mary Avenue.
This is much needed housing that has been on the Council’s Work Program for many years. I
remember 2019 when former Mayor Scharf made it a priority and I was new to the Housing
Commission. I have attended the Housing Commission and City Council meetings for this
project. I have also attended the Housing Element meetings at which this site was identified
for this purpose. It is hard to find land in Cupertino. I applaud the Council and the City
Planners for working hard to find this special place.
Many families and individuals will be helped with this housing. It will also facilitate the
City’s goal to keep individuals from falling into homelessness. Many Individuals who are
Intellectually Developmentally Disabled live with aging parents, therefore, these apartments
will help these individuals, their aging parents, and our community.
It was good to see that the issue of parking was discussed and that the plans for Mary Avenue
have been published so the details can be more fully understood by the community.
When this project comes forward for signature, I urge you to vote “YES”!
Thank you for this chance to speak tonight.
Sincerely,
Connie L Cunningham