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CUPERTINO PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
At 6:45 p.m. Chair Santosh Rao called the Regular Planning Commission meeting to order and
led the Pledge of Allegiance in the Cupertino Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre
Avenue and via teleconference and teleconference location C-174 Anand Vihar, Delhi, India
110092.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chair Santosh Rao, Vice Chair Tracy Kosolcharoen, and Commissioners Steven Scharf,
Seema Lindskog (participated remotely) and David Fung. Absent: None.
ELECTION OF CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR
1.Subject: Election of Planning Commission Chair and Vice Chair and make the
following appointments to other Commission and Committees: a Housing
Commission
Non-Voting Representative and an Economic Development Committee
Representative.
Recommended Action: Elect Planning Commission Chair and Vice Chair and make the
following appointments to other Commission and Committees: a Housing
Commission Non-Voting Representative and an Economic Development Committee
Representative.
Chair Rao opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
MOTION: Rao moved and Scharf seconded to elect Vice Chair Kosolcharoen as Chair.
The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Rao, Kosolcharoen, Fung, Lindskog,
Scharf. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
MOTION: Kosolcharoen moved and Rao seconded to elect Commissioner Scharf as Vice
Chair. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Rao, Kosolcharoen, Fung,
Lindskog, Scharf. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
MOTION: Scharf moved and Rao seconded to elect Commissioner Scharf as Housing
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Commission Non-Voting Representative. The motion carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Rao, Kosolcharoen, Fung, Lindskog, Scharf. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent:
None.
MOTION: Rao moved and Scharf seconded to elect Vice Chair Kosolcharoen as
Economic Development Committee Representative. The motion carried with the
following vote: Ayes: Rao, Kosolcharoen, Fung, Lindskog, Scharf. Noes: None. Abstain:
None. Absent: None.
Commissioners changed seats.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
2. Subject: Approval of the December 9, 2025 Planning Commission Minutes.
Recommended Action: Approve the December 9, 2025 Planning Commission Minutes.
MOTION: Scharf moved and Rao seconded to approve the December 9, 2025 Planning
Commission Minutes. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Kosolcharoen,
Scharf, Fung, Lindskog, Rao. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
POSTPONEMENTS – None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS – None
NEW BUSINESS
3. Subject: 2026 Planning Commission meeting schedule
Recommended Action: Review the meeting schedule for 2026 (see Attachment 1) and
consider changes.
Assistant Director of Community Development Luke Connolly introduced the item.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Kosolcharoen opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the
public comment period.
MOTION: Rao moved and Kosolcharoen seconded to cancel the November 24th and
December 22nd meetings of the Planning Commission.
The Commission did not vote on this motion.
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FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Kosolcharoen made a friendly amendment to the motion to
adopt the entire calendar.
Rao did not accept the friendly amendment.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Lindskog moved and Fung seconded to cancel the Planning
Commission meetings scheduled for August to coincide with the City Council recess, as well
as the meetings on November 24, 2026, and December 22, 2026. The motion carried with
the following vote: Ayes: Kosolcharoen, Fung, Lindskog. Noes: Scharf, Rao. Abstain:
None. Absent: None.
4. Subject: Review of the proposed Mary Avenue public right-of-way vacation and
determination of the location, purpose, and extent of property disposition for
consistency with the General Plan.
Recommended Action: 1. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 1) finding that the Mary
Avenue public right-of-way vacation (APN 326-27-053) is consistent with the General
Plan.
2. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 2) finding that the location, purpose, and extent of
the disposition of the Mary Avenue project site (APN 326-27-053) is consistent with the
General Plan.
Assistant Director of Community Development Luke Connolly introduced the item.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Kosolcharoen opened the public comment period and the following people spoke:
• Janet Van Zoren
• Housing Commissioner Connie Cunningham, representing self
• Paul Krupka
• Gra Pham
• Jennifer Griffin
• Orrin Mahoney
Chair Kosolcharoen closed the public comment period.
MOTION: Scharf moved and Lindskog seconded to approve the staff recommendation as
followed: 1. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 1) finding that the Mary
Avenue public right-of-way vacation (APN 326-27-053) is consistent with the General
Plan.
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2. Adopt a Resolution (Attachment 2) finding that the location, purpose, and extent of
the disposition of the Mary Avenue project site (APN 326-27-053) is consistent with the
General Plan.
The Commission did not vote on this motion.
Commissioner Fung called the question. The motion failed with the following vote: Ayes:
Scharf, Fung, Lindskog. Noes: Kosolcharoen, Rao. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Kosolcharoen made a friendly amendment to the motion to
approve the staff recommendation and direct staff to explore opportunities to further align
the proposal with the Land Use Element.
Scharf and Lindskog did not accept the friendly amendment
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Rao moved and Kosolcharoen seconded that the vacation of the
public right-of-way and the disposition of the public right-of-way is not in conformance with
the General Plan, on the basis of lack of evidence in support of staff’s findings, and on the
basis of non-conformance with the Mobility Element, the Infrastructure Element and the
Land Use Element. The motion failed with the following vote: Ayes: Kosolcharoen, Rao.
Noes: Scharf, Fung, Lindskog. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
MOTION: Scharf moved and Lindskog seconded to adopt a resolution finding that the Mary
Avenue public right-of-way vacation (APN 326-27-053) is consistent with the General
Plan. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Scharf, Fung, Lindskog. Noes:
Kosolcharoen, Rao. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
MOTION: Scharf moved and Lindskog seconded to adopt a resolution finding that the
location, purpose, and extent of the disposition of the Mary Avenue project site (APN 326-27-
053) is consistent with the General Plan. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes:
Scharf, Fung, Lindskog. Noes: Kosolcharoen, Rao. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
At 8:41 p.m., Chair Kosolcharoen recessed the meeting. The meeting reconvened at 8:50
p.m. with all Commissioners present.
PUBLIC HEARINGS – None
STUDY SESSION
5. Subject: An update on the development of the Active Transportation Plan, including a
summary of Phase 2, explanations of plan edits, revised scoring criteria, and next steps.
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Recommended Action: Receive an update on the development of the Active
Transportation Plan and provide feedback on the agenda packet attachments.
Transportation Manager David Stillman and Transit and Transportation Planner Matt
Schroeder gave a presentation.
Commissioners asked questions which staff responded to.
Chair Kosolcharoen opened the public comment period, and seeing no one, closed the public
comment period.
Kosolcharoen conducted a non-binding straw poll to expand the definition of safety to include
public safety response time.
The Commission did not vote on this poll.
Chair Kosolcharoen conducted a non-binding straw poll to have Council and staff consider
the ways in which public safety response time can be incorporated into the project
prioritization criteria. (Rao in favor; none opposed; no abstentions)
Commissioner Lindskog conducted a non-binding straw poll to revisit the scoring system and
put less weight on school routes and less weight on cost-effectiveness criteria to balance things
out, and put more weight on intersections in High Injury Network, particularly the top twenty,
and increase the ranking on Foothill Blvd. (Scharf, Kosolcharoen, Fung and Lindskog in
favor; Rao opposed; no abstentions)
Chair Kosolcharoen conducted a non-binding straw poll to support incorporating emergency
response times into programmatic recommendations. (Kosolcharoen, and Rao in favor; Scharf
Fung, and Lindskog opposed; no abstentions)
Commissioner Fung conducted a non-binding straw poll to reinstate proximity to parks in
addition to proximity to schools. (Kosolcharoen, Scharf, Fung and Lindskog in favor; Rao
opposed; no abstentions)
Commissioner Rao conducted a non-binding straw poll to discard the criteria proposed and
use the feedback provided at Council. (Rao in favor; Fung and Lindskog opposed;
Kosolcharoen and Scharf abstained)
NEW BUSINESS – None
STAFF AND COMMISSION REPORTS
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Assistant Director Luke Connolly reminded Commissioners about the upcoming Planning
Commission Academy and said staff can assist with coordination. He noted that the Linda Vista
Project will appear on the next agenda.
FUTURE AGENDA SETTING –
• A report from the Public Noticing subcommittee consisting of
Commissioners Scharf and Chair Kosolcharoen.
ADJOURNMENT
At 10:17 p.m. Chair Kosolcharoen adjourned the Regular Planning Commission
Meeting.
Minutes prepared by:
Lindsay Nelson, Administrative Assistant