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Eva Momoki
From:Aditya Agrawal <aditya_lucknowi@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, January 26, 2026 11:39 PM
To:City of Cupertino Planning Commission
Subject:Strong Objection to Mary Ave villas
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Hi,
I am a resident of CuperƟno for more than 25 yrs and I am extremely disappointed in the way Mary Ave villas project is
being pushed through inspite of heavy resident opposiƟon.
In more sane Ɵmes, this would never have been the case.
I am starƟng to strongly suspect about the real moƟve of the vested interests and who stands to benefit from this project
really. I don’t think it’s the current residents to whom the city administraƟon should be answerable to. Is it the Rotary
club? Or the newly hired, highly paid city manager ? Or the new mayor?
Please listen carefully to the public opposiƟon and stop this project before the anger boils over and we in the opposiƟon
start legal proceedings to invesƟgate abnormaliƟes in the way this is being pushed forward. It would be shame if that’s
the path a city like CuperƟno had to take instead of resolving this through respecƞul dialog.
Thank you
Aditya Agrawal
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Eva Momoki
From:Joshua Safran <jsafran@strategylaw.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 27, 2026 11:53 AM
To:Piu Ghosh (she/her); City of Cupertino Planning Commission
Cc:Santosh Rao; Tracy Kosolcharoen; David Fung; Seema Lindskog; Steven Scharf; Kirsten Squarcia; City
Clerk; Cupertino City Manager's Office; City of Cupertino Planning Dept.;
fandrews@awattorneys.com; City Attorney's Office
Subject:Demand Letter to Planning Commission of Cupertino (January 27, 2026) re Agenda Item #4 of PC
Agenda of January 27, 2026
Attachments:Demand Letter to Planning Commission of Cupertino (January 27, 2026).pdf
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Dear Chair Rao and Members of the Planning Commission:
Please find attached correspondence addressed to you of today’s date regarding Agenda Item #4 of the Planning
Commission’s Agenda of January 27, 2026, for consideration by the Planning Commission and inclusion in the
public record.
All the best,
Joshua Safran, Esq.
One Almaden Boulevard, Suite 700
San Jose, California 95113
Phone: 510.384.7627
Email: jsafran@strategylaw.com
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Eva Momoki
From:Paul Krupka <paul@pkrupkaconsulting.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 27, 2026 2:28 PM
To:City of Cupertino Planning Commission; Public Comments
Cc:Brian Avery; Lina Meng
Subject:Public Comment – January 27, 2026 – Mary Avenue Public Right-of-Way
Attachments:Cupertino PC re Mary Avenue Villas 012726.pdf
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Dear Planning Commission Members:
Please accept and consider my attached public comment letter during your deliberations on January 27,
2026.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Paul Krupka
Paul J. Krupka, PE
(he/him/his)
KRUPKA CONSULTING
Trusted Advisor | Transportation
650.504.2299
paul@pkrupkaconsulting.com
KRUPKA CONSULTING
431 Yale Drive | San Mateo, CA | 94402
650.504.2299 | paul@pkrupkaconsulting.com | pkrupkaconsulting.com
January 27, 2026
by email only > planningcommission@cupertino.gov & publiccomment@cupertino.gov
Planning Commission Members
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
RE: Public Comment – January 27, 2026 – Mary Avenue Public Right-of-Way
Dear Planning Commission Members:
I am supporting Brian Avery, owner of the Glenbrook Apartments, and Lina Meng, a neighbor, both
of whom represent the Garden Gate Neighborhood Group, in providing transportation advisory
services and a professional opinion on the Mary Avenue Villas Project. Please see my attached
letter to the City Council Members, dated December 11, 2025, which presents my opinion that the
Mary Avenue Villas Project will have a significant impact on parking, for which appropriate
mitigations have not been adequately studied.
I appreciate your consideration.
Sincerely,
KRUPKA CONSULTING
Paul Krupka, P.E.
Owner
Attachment
Cc: Brian Avery (with attachment)
Lina Meng (with attachment)
KRUPKA CONSULTING
431 Yale Drive | San Mateo, CA | 94402
650.504.2299 | paul@pkrupkaconsulting.com | pkrupkaconsulting.com
December 11, 2025
City Council Members by email only > publiccomment@cupertino.gov
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
RE: Public Comment – Special Meeting on December 12, 2025 – Study Session on the Mary
Avenue Project (“Project”)
Dear City Council Members:
I am supporting Brian Avery, owner of the Glenbrook Apartments, and Lina Meng, a neighbor,
both of whom represent the Garden Gate Neighborhood Group, in providing transportation
advisory services and a professional opinion on the Mary Avenue Villas Project. I offer the
following information and comments for your consideration.
Qualifications
I am a registered Civil Engineer and Traffic Engineer in California and have over 40 years of
diverse experience across all phases of project delivery, including preliminary assessment,
conceptual planning, feasibility analysis, design, and construction. I have demonstrated
expertise in transportation, traffic, and transit planning, engineering, and design related to
transit-oriented development, transit facilities, parking facilities, roadway and highway
improvements, large and small development projects, neighborhood, community, downtown,
city, subarea, county, and sub-regional plans, and transit and highway corridors.
Comments
I have visited the Project site and surroundings, observed traffic and parking activities, surveyed
peak parking occupancy on Mary Avenue and at Memorial Park, and reviewed recent
photographic evidence of related parking conditions during Memorial Park events. I have
reviewed the Transportation Study for Proposed Affordable Housing Project on Mary Avenue
(Hexagon Transportation Consultants, Inc., November 13, 2025, the Memorial Park Specific
Plan (City of Cupertino, February 2024), including the Memorial Park Parking Study (City of
Cupertino, January 2024), the Westport Mixed-Use Project Environmental Impact Report
Addendum No. 1 (PlaceWorks, December 2024), and information on current and planned
development at De Anza College.
The Project will have a significant impact by removing 89 spaces of public on-street parking on
Mary Avenue (95 spaces with recommended Project changes in the aforementioned
Transportation Study), amid heavy observed demand for this parking (upwards of 60 percent
occupied) during many major events at Memorial Park. This 37+% reduction in on-street parking
supply will affect residents who rely on it, spreading parking demand further into residential
neighborhoods. This impact was documented in the formal Project application in April 2025. It
was acknowledged in the aforementioned Transportation Study. Still, it was seemingly
dismissed with this simple conclusion – “With the Project, there would be 152 on-street
City of Cupertino City Council Members
December 11, 2025, Page 2
parking spaces…, which would still provide enough spaces to meet the anticipated parking
demand…along the project frontage.” The anticipated parking demand noted was only 37 spaces,
which reflects a non-Memorial Park event condition.
My peak parking occupancy survey on Saturday, November 1, 2025, found a demand of 42 spaces
(17% occupied (42/241)) on Mary Avenue (total parking supply of 241 spaces). The photographic
evidence I cited above indicated a demand of approximately 140 spaces (58% occupied) during
Memorial Park events. With the Project, this level of demand would equal 96% of the total
parking supply (146 spaces).
Other approved and planned developments will exacerbate this significant impact.
•Memorial Park enhancements, intended to serve existing and new patrons, will increase
parking demand in the neighborhood and on Mary Avenue. While the aforementioned parking
study did not include Mary Avenue, it cited “Maintain Current Parking Configuration along Mary
Avenue” as a recommended management strategy.
•Completion of the Westport Mixed-Use Project will reduce residential and retail areas,
associated vehicle trips, and the total parking supply, but will require accommodating the
resulting parking demand off-site along Mary Avenue.
•The replacement of the Flint Center at De Anza College will enhance opportunities for public
and on-campus entertainment and increase public reliance on off-site parking on Mary Avenue.
Conclusion
The project's significant impact has not been adequately studied to determine appropriate
mitigations.
It is in your community's best interests that you strongly consider doing so.
I appreciate your consideration.
Sincerely,
KRUPKA CONSULTING
Paul Krupka, P.E.
Owner
Cc: Brian Avery
Lina Meng
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Eva Momoki
From:H Krishnapriyan <h.krishnapriyan@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 27, 2026 3:41 PM
To:City of Cupertino Planning Commission; City Clerk; Luke Connolly; City Council; Public Comments
Subject:Concerns regarding the proposed construction on Mary Avenue Parcel(APN 324-27-053
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Hi,
I had written earlier in November last year regarding this proposed construction. I write again to express
my family's concern regarding this. The area is a busy artery serving residents in this area in getting to the
expressways, to schools and access to Memorial park. Narrowing of the road and the loss of parking
spaces in the area will have a big impact on the safety and convenience of the residents.
I request that these concerns be addressed before any action is taken.
Regards,
H. Krishnapriyan
21251 Gardena Drive
Cupertino CA 95014