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From:Liana Crabtree
To:City Council
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:2/19/2026 Council Meeting, Agenda Item 8, Parkland Ballot Measure
Date:Thursday, February 19, 2026 6:13:12 AM
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Dear Mayor Moore, Vice Mayor Chao, Council Members Fruen, Mohan, and Wang:
Please add my letter to written communication for the 2/19/2026 council meeting, Agenda Item 8, Parkland Ballot
Measure - Mapping, Zoning, Legal Review, and Election Considerations.
I am writing in support of a citywide ballot measure to require a majority vote of the residents before parkland and
open space may be changed to any other zoning designation or use.
As part of any effort to prepare a parkland ballot measure, I request Council protect today’s parkland use of Library
Field by changing its zoning from Public Facilities (P[BA]) to Parks and Open Space (PR).
Library Field is a flat, grassy area with shade trees that is valued by the community for its recreational uses,
including but not limited to: cricket, soccer, volleyball, walking, picnicking, relaxing, festival enjoyment, and even
as a setting for family portraits.
Please protect Library Field for parkland and open space use by changing its zoning from P(BA) to PR in advance of
any ballot measure that would protect parklands from development.
Please limit the use of Library Field to those uses “compatible with open space or park and recreation” and
otherwise “in conformance with the purposes of the OS or PR zoning district”.
Sincerely,
Liana Crabtree
Cupertino resident
From:Peggy Griffin
To:City Council; Tina Kapoor
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:2026-02-19 City Council Meeting - ITEM 8 Parkland Measure - YES!
Date:Wednesday, February 18, 2026 9:24:07 PM
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Dear Mayor Moore, Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmembers and Staff,
Please move forward with a simple, easy to understand measure that protects our existing
parkland from changing its use or ownership. Don’t go overboard. Keep it direct. Maybe use
wording that has worked in other jurisdictions.
We have so little parkland and new development projects seem to get away with no providing
any additional land for their new residents. The in-lieu fees they pay don’t cover the cost of
land. Please protect what little and we have. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin
From:Peggy Griffin
To:City Council; Tina Kapoor
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:2026-02-19 City Council Meeting-ITEM 8 - Parkland Measure-SAVE LIBRARY FIELD!
Date:Wednesday, February 18, 2026 9:18:00 PM
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Dear Mayor Moore, Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmembers and Staff,
This issue has come up at least one other time…protecting Library Field by designating it
PARKLAND. Currently, it is zoned P(BA) and is one parcel that includes City Hall, Community
Hall, the Library, etc. It’s time to protect it. We, the residents, consider it a park. We use it for
sports, for leisure and enjoy the open space with all it’s trees.
REQUEST: Please make Library Field a separate parcel and rezone it to be zoned PR.
We have seen in the recent past that people have wanted to convert it to parking! Please
protect it!
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin
From:Peggy Griffin
To:City Council; Tina Kapoor
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:2026-02-19 City Council Meeting-ITEM8 Parkland Measure - CLEANUP ZONING of 2 PARCELS from BA to PR
Date:Wednesday, February 18, 2026 9:05:07 PM
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Dear Mayor Moore, Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmembers and Staff,
I am disappointed with the Staff Report. Pointing to a link of the city’s interactive zoning map is
NOT providing a list of areas with inconsistent zoning. For example:
CREEKSIDE PARK – has 2 parcels with one zoned PR and another zoned BA. This is
inconsistent zoning.
REQUEST: Change the parcel that is zoned BA to PR to better identify it and protect it as
parkland.
FRANCO PARK – has 2 parcels with one zoned PR and another zoned BA. This is inconsistent
zoning.
REQUEST: Change the parcel that is zoned BA to PR to better identify it and protect is as
parkland.
Rezoning these 2 parcels would make the zoning consistent with other parkland areas such as
the Senior Center and Monta Vista Rec Center, both of which are zoned PR.
Please note that schools are zoned BA. When the Council passes zoning regs that impact
parcels zoned BA which are typically schools, they can unexpectedly impact the few parcels
the city has that we consider parkland but are zoned BA such as:
The building/storage unit adjacent to Franco Park on Homestead Rd near Safeway.
The southern end of Creekside Park.
This was done with the previous council as part of dealing with the Tessellations School.
Please protect these 2 parcels by correcting their zoning as parkland which they are!
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin