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Home My WebLink AboutCC 03-03-2026 Item No. 1 Parkland Ballot Measure_Written CommunicationsCC 3-3-2026 #1 Parkland Ballot Measure Written Communications From:Peggy Griffin To:Public Comments; City Council Cc:City Clerk Subject:2026-03-03 City Council Special Mtg-ITEM1 Parkland Measure Date:Monday, March 2, 2026 3:28:33 PM Attachments:2026-03-03 CC Mtg ITEM1-Parkland zoning clean up first.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EMAIL AND ATTACHMENTS AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM. Dear Mayor Moore, Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmembers and Staff, I am in complete support of a Parkland Measure to protect our current parkland across Cupertino. In preparation for this measure, PLEASE clean up the zoning for 3 park areas PRIOR to the measure being voted on to ensure they are zoned correctly. These 3 park land areas are: #1 – Creekside Park (the oval track area) #2 – Franco Park (the storage building area) #3 – Library Field The attached PDF contains diagrams of the parcels from the city’s GIS system. PLEASE move quickly to correct these zoning irregularities to protect the entire area of each park. NOTES: Leaving the parcels BA DOES NOT PROTECT them! Schools are zoned BA! One by one, as our CUSD schools are leased to private organizations, the residents of Cupertino have been loosing access to our parklands. Land CAN BE zoned PR, even if it has a building on it. The Sports Center is zoned PR (parkland). The Monta Vista Rec Center is zoned PR (parkland). There is no reason why the building area of Franco Park cannot be zoned PR, too. PLEASE PROTECT WHAT LITTLE WE HAVE LEFT! Sincerely, Peggy Griffin CLEAN UP ZONING FOR 3 PARK AREAS BEFORE PARKLAND MEASURE #1 - CREEKSIDE PARK – has 2 parcels zoned inconsistently 1 parcel is zoned PR 1 parcel is zoned BA (the oval track) REQUEST: Change the parcel that is zoned BA to PR to beƩer idenƟfy it and protect it as parkland. #2 - FRANCO PARK – has 2 parcels zoned inconsistently 1 is zoned PR 1 is zoned BA REQUEST: Change the parcel that is zoned BA to PR to beƩer idenƟfy it and protect is as parkland. REZONE FROM BA TO PR REZONE FROM BA TO PR #3 - LIBRARY FIELD – is part of one BIG parcel that includes  City Hall  Community Hall  the Library  Library Field REQUEST: Please 1) make Library Field a separate parcel and 2) rezone it as Parkland (PR) 1-Separate Library Field into a new parcel 2-Rezone new parcel to PR (Parkland) From:Peggy Griffin To:Public Comments; City Council Cc:City Clerk Subject:2026-03-03 City Council Special Mtg-ITEM1 Parkland Date:Monday, March 2, 2026 3:12:15 PM Attachments:2026-02-19 ITEM8 Parkland Measure-Written Comm (updated 21926).pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING EMAIL AND ATTACHMENTS AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM. Dear Mayor Moore, Vice Mayor Chao, Councilmembers and Staff, Please include the attached PDF as part of written communications for ITEM #1 – Parkland Measure. The PDF contains the comments that were submitted for this item in preparation for the 2-19-2026 Item 8 – Parkland Measure that was continued to 3-3-2026. Thank you, Peggy Griffin CC 2-19-2026 #8 Parkland Ballot Measure Written Communications 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 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. 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 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM. 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 Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM. 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 Attachments:image001.png image002.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. PLEASE INCLUDE THIS EMAIL AND ALL ATTACHMENTS AS PART OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM. 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 From:Peggy Griffin To:Lauren Sapudar Cc:City Clerk Subject:Peggy"s Slides for ITEM 8-Parkland Measure Date:Thursday, February 19, 2026 8:11:59 PM Attachments:Peggys Slides-ITEM8 PARKLAND Measure.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi Lauren, I plan to speak via Zoom tonight on ITEM 8-Parkland Measure (City Council 2-19-202. Could you please display these slides for me when I speak? Thank you for your help, Peggy Griffin CLEAN UP ZONING FOR 2 PARK PARCELS CREEKSIDE PARK – has 2 parcels zoned inconsistently 1 is zoned PR 1 is zoned BA REQUEST: Change the parcel that is zoned BA to PR to beƩer idenƟfy it and protect it as parkland. FRANCO PARK – has 2 parcels zoned inconsistently 1 is zoned PR 1 is zoned BA REQUEST: Change the parcel that is zoned BA to PR to beƩer idenƟfy it and protect is as parkland. LIBRARY FIELD – is part of one BIG parcel that includes City Hall Community Hall the Library Library Field REQUEST: Please 1)make Library Field a separate parcel and 2)rezone it as Parkland (PR)