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#1 - Closed session
Conference with Legal-
Council- Existing
Litigation
Written Communications
From:Deepa Mahendraker
To:Public Comments
Subject:Linda vista Dr and scofield Dr
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2025 4:03:03 PM
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Dear Mayor Moore and Councilmembers:
As the council meets today on the Vista Heights (Linda Vista Dr) Builders Remedy project, I am writing to
encourage councilmembers to stand up for what is right for the residents. Over 700 nearby residents and growing
have voiced opposition to this project.
It is imperative that the City lead from the front, not concede. The Builder’s Remedy was never intended to force
high density hillside development in areas with severe fire risk, a designation which by the way, was updated in
severity after the initial Vista Heights proposal.
Standing firm here matters not just for this project, but for every future proposal that tests the limits of what should
be built and where.
Thank you for your time and for considering the voices of the community.
Respectfully,
Deepa
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#1
Presentation by Poet
Laureates Keiko O'Leary
and Thomas Celerier
Written Communications
From:Keiko O"Leary
To:Thomas Celerier
Cc:Kirsten Squarcia; City Clerk
Subject:Re: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2025 11:25:51 AM
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Hi Kirsten,
Here is my poem. I believe it has already been posted on the city website somewhere.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/va123e4rvjemgcygwpikt/Friends-Create-Cupertino-
poem-by-Keiko-O-Leary.pdf?rlkey=g934v0lz6krckt5krp4d8nj3g&dl=0
I look forward to seeing both of you tonight.
Thanks,
Keiko
P.S. Thomas, what a delightful video. I'm guessing it shows the inspiration for your
beautiful poem.
--
Keiko O'Leary
Cupertino Poet Laureate 2023-2025
Get unstuck. Stay inspired.
KeikoOLeary.com
On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM Thomas Celerier <tom_celerier@hotmail.com> wrote:
Thank you so much, dear Kirsten.
See you tomorrow.
Best,
Thomas.
On Dec 15, 2025 7:31 PM, Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov> wrote:
Hi Thomas,
Very beautiful! Yes, happy to project it during your time to speak.
Regards, Kirsten
Kirsten Squarcia
Interim Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
City Manager's Office
KirstenS@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3225
From: Thomas Celerier <tom_celerier@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 7:15 PM
To: Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov>; keiko.oleary@gmail.com
Cc: City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.gov>
Subject: RE: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
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Thank you dear Kirsten, sounds good.
This is the poem I plan to read: The Angels' Bath.
Let me know if all good. If it is possible to project it, that would be great. I included a pdf
and a ppt, feel free to chose what is easier.
Dear Keiko, looking forward to this time together!
Have a great night everyone.
Best,
Thomas.
De : Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov>
Envoyé : lundi 15 décembre 2025 16:39
À : Thomas Celerier <tom_celerier@hotmail.com>; keiko.oleary@gmail.com
<keiko.oleary@gmail.com>
Cc : City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.gov>
Objet : RE: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
Additionally, please forward your poems, either before or after the meeting. We will post
to the city's website. Thanks again, Kirsten
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Kirsten Squarcia
Interim Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
City Manager's Office
KirstenS@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3225
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From: Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 11:44 AM
To: Thomas Celerier <tom_celerier@hotmail.com>; keiko.oleary@gmail.com
Cc: City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.gov>
Subject: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
Hello Thomas and Keiko,
We are looking forward to your presentation on 12/16. Attached is the agenda. Your item
is listed at the beginning, so please arrive closely to the 6:45 pm meeting start time. You
will have up to 4 minutes each to present. Please refrain from presenting any themes that
may be perceived as politically sensitive. We will see you then!
Thank you, Kirsten
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Kirsten Squarcia
Interim Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
City Manager's Office
KirstenS@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3225
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keiko@KeikoOLeary.com
Friends Create Cupertino
by Keiko O’Leary
From the saltwater aquarium at the Cupertino Library,
a butterfly fish gazes into my baby son’s eyes
then flits off in a spray of tiny bubbles.
My little daughter laughs and lifts her arms.
My father swings her up and holds her to his heart.
“Grandpa,” she says, with the certainty of being four years old,
“The fish are our friends.”
Another year, when my son can walk,
we dance in a circle with Otter and the other animals,
bronze statues that remind us of characters from a book.
They are real to my children. They are our friends.
And later still, at McClellan Ranch, we draw the trees.
I realize they are our friends, too: oak, buckeye, redwood,
accepting our attention with their silent smiles.
My memories to me are also friends:
my dad’s job selling suits at Vallco mall,
the joy I felt each spring on seeing blossoms
of wisteria fill the trellis in the parking lot.
The movie theater at The Oaks I went to as a teen,
the cherry blossom festival in Memorial Park.
These memories are friends I visit
even though the landscape may have changed.
I have human friends as well,
writers and poets
practicing our craft together
at Quinlan Community Center,
at restaurants and cafés.
We share our lives through the work that we create.
I see the future in the sky,
in clouds that rise up brilliant
and edged with sun.
Under that sky in Cupertino,
other friends are working, too.
We create the city together
through everything we do.
From:Thomas Celerier
To:Kirsten Squarcia; keiko.oleary@gmail.com
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:RE: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
Date:Monday, December 15, 2025 7:17:07 PM
Attachments:The Angels Bath.pdf
The Angels Bath.pptx
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Thank you dear Kirsten, sounds good.
This is the poem I plan to read: The Angels' Bath.
Let me know if all good. If it is possible to project it, that would be great. I included a pdf and a
ppt, feel free to chose what is easier.
Dear Keiko, looking forward to this time together!
Have a great night everyone.
Best,
Thomas.
De : Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov>
Envoyé : lundi 15 décembre 2025 16:39
À : Thomas Celerier <tom_celerier@hotmail.com>; keiko.oleary@gmail.com
<keiko.oleary@gmail.com>
Cc : City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.gov>
Objet : RE: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
Additionally, please forward your poems, either before or after the meeting. We will post
to the city's website. Thanks again, Kirsten
Kirsten Squarcia
Interim Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
City Manager's Office
KirstenS@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3225
From: Kirsten Squarcia <KirstenS@cupertino.gov>
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2025 11:44 AM
To: Thomas Celerier <tom_celerier@hotmail.com>; keiko.oleary@gmail.com
Cc: City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.gov>
Subject: City Council meeting on 12/16/25
Hello Thomas and Keiko,
We are looking forward to your presentation on 12/16. Attached is the agenda. Your item
is listed at the beginning, so please arrive closely to the 6:45 pm meeting start time. You
will have up to 4 minutes each to present. Please refrain from presenting any themes
that may be perceived as politically sensitive. We will see you then!
Thank you, Kirsten
Kirsten Squarcia
Interim Deputy City Manager/City Clerk
City Manager's Office
KirstenS@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-3225
The Angels’ Bath
In the light of the rising, flooding,
There they are, the Angels, spreading their wings,
Roaring, streaming, facing the mighty star,
Maybe you see them, innocent or frail?
I see their auras shine with a thousand flames,
Flying, taunting the bawling deer in the distance,
Their wings, flapping, a cloud of drops,
Prism squirting, their silhouettes cut out.
A white Chloe would like to touch them,
Or even, with its claws to grip them,
Dreaming of food tastier than cockroach,
But, supernatural, in turn locusts,
Doves, slipping within a becquerel,
There they are the Angels, spreading their wings,
Green, their adornments, blue and yellow irises,
Sparkling sparks, Amazons.
Quick, the bath is coming to an end, hurrying,
Because the clock turns, now is the time!
The hard and noble work, their labor,
For the lost souls, well needing them.
Here and there, in an eclipse of time,
There they are the Angels, spreading their wings,
For you and me, for all of us, for him and her,
Forever, never static for more than a moment.
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#10
Development Project
United Furniture Site
Written Communications
10065-10075 E. Estates Drive, Cupertino, CA
Idlewild Shopping
Center
Toll Brothers is an award-winning
Fortune 500 company and the
nation’s leading builder of luxury
homes. Founded in 1967, the
company embraces an unwavering
commitment to quality and customer
service.
Toll Brothers has been one of
Fortune Magazine's World's Most
Admired Companies for 11+ years
in a row, has been named National
Builder of the Year by Builder
Magazine, and is the first two-time
recipient of Builder of the Year from
Professional Builder Magazine.
Stevens Creek Bld.
Unit 1
Unit 2 ADU
Unit 3
Unit 4
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#11
City Hall Improvements
Project
Written Communications
From:Yuvaraj Athur Raghuvir
To:Public Comments
Subject:Please Continue City Hall Item. Limit Risk, Scope, and Cost.
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2025 5:48:50 PM
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Dear Mayor and Cupertino Council Members,
I ask the Council to **continue the City Hall item** and not approve anything today.
The City has not shown that City Hall needs a higher risk level than other Bay Area city halls
of similar age. Any risk level should be **no higher than peer cities**.
The goal should be **life safety only**. That means people can exit the building safely during
a major earthquake. It does not mean the building must stay open after. Continued operations
are needed at the service yard and for Public Works staff, not for clerical staff who can work
from home for a period of time.
The scope must remain **strictly limited**. This should not become a full remodel.
Specifically:
* Do not expand the project into a full renovation.
* Do not include MEP work.
* Do not reconfigure interior spaces.
* Waive any code required work that is **not directly tied** to seismic retrofit for life safety
only.
Before any approval, I ask the Council to require staff to return with:
1. Confirmation that City Hall currently meets or the proposed new scope will be to meet
**life safety only**.
2. Proof that the proposed risk level is **no higher than needed for life safety rather than
continued occupancy and no more than the frugal approach taken by comparable city halls**.
3. A clear study Public Works service yard facilities readiness.
4. The **lowest cost option**, capped at the most frugal approach used by any similar Bay
Area city.
5. Written confirmation that the scope is limited to **seismic life safety only**, with no
remodel or added work.
Please pause this item until these conditions are met.
Sincerely,
Yuva Athur
Cupertino
From:Ram Sripathi
To:Public Comments
Subject:Proposed spend for 54 M for city hall— limit cost
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2025 5:20:08 PM
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Dear Mayor and Cupertino Council Members,
I ask the Council to **continue the City Hall item** and not approve anything today.
The City has not shown that City Hall needs a higher risk level than other Bay Area city halls of similar age. Any
risk level should be **no higher than peer cities**.
The goal should be **life safety only**. That means people can exit the building safely during a major earthquake.
It does not mean the building must stay open after. Continued operations are needed at the service yard and for
Public Works staff, not for clerical staff who can work from home for a period of time.
The scope must remain **strictly limited**. This should not become a full remodel.
Specifically:
* Do not expand the project into a full renovation.
* Do not include MEP work.
* Do not reconfigure interior spaces.
* Waive any code required work that is **not directly tied** to seismic retrofit for life safety only.
Before any approval, I ask the Council to require staff to return with:
1. Confirmation that City Hall currently meets or the proposed new scope will be to meet **life safety only**.
2. Proof that the proposed risk level is **no higher than needed for life safety rather than continued occupancy and
no more than the frugal approach taken by comparable city halls**.
3. A clear study Public Works service yard facilities readiness.
4. The **lowest cost option**, capped at the most frugal approach used by any similar Bay Area city.
5. Written confirmation that the scope is limited to **seismic life safety only**, with no remodel or added work.
Please pause this item until these conditions are met.
Sincerely,
Ram Sripathi
Cupertino resident for 2 decades
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From:Deepa Mahendraker
To:Public Comments
Subject:Please Continue City Hall Item. Limit Risk, Scope, and Cost.
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2025 4:11:05 PM
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Dear Mayor and Cupertino Council Members,
I ask the Council to **continue the City Hall item** and not approve anything today.
The City has not shown that City Hall needs a higher risk level than other Bay Area city halls of similar age. Any
risk level should be **no higher than peer cities**.
The goal should be **life safety only**. That means people can exit the building safely during a major earthquake.
It does not mean the building must stay open after. Continued operations are needed at the service yard and for
Public Works staff, not for clerical staff who can work from home for a period of time.
The scope must remain **strictly limited**. This should not become a full remodel.
Specifically:
* Do not expand the project into a full renovation.
* Do not include MEP work.
* Do not reconfigure interior spaces.
* Waive any code required work that is **not directly tied** to seismic retrofit for life safety only.
Before any approval, I ask the Council to require staff to return with:
1. Confirmation that City Hall currently meets or the proposed new scope will be to meet **life safety only**.
2. Proof that the proposed risk level is **no higher than needed for life safety rather than continued occupancy and
no more than the frugal approach taken by comparable city halls**.
3. A clear study Public Works service yard facilities readiness.
4. The **lowest cost option**, capped at the most frugal approach used by any similar Bay Area city.
5. Written confirmation that the scope is limited to **seismic life safety only**, with no remodel or added work.
Please pause this item until these conditions are met.
Sincerely,
Deepa M ,
concerned tax paying resident of Cupertino
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