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Home My WebLink AboutCC 03-03-2026 Oral Communications_2CC 3-3-2026 Oral Communications Written Comments From:Rhoda Fry To:Public Comments Subject:non-agenda 3/3/2026 Date:Tuesday, March 3, 2026 10:24:51 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 City Council, I am very worried about the potential of public-safety ramifications of adding 51 4-bedroom 2700 sq-ft homes on two-and-a-half acres at Linda Vista Drive in a known very high fire hazard severity zone (VHFHSZ). This is the highest fire-hazard designation by Cal Fire. If the very high fire hazard severity zone had been assigned to this land at the time you made your decisions pertaining to the Housing Element, I am confident that you would not have selected this level of density. 1.A glaring omission is defensible space, that has been reduced from the recommended 30 to 100 feet to just 10 feet. Read more here: https://www.fire.ca.gov/dspace#:~:text=the%20property%20line.- ,Why?,is%20growing%20near%20a%20tree. 2.While it is possible that the buildings could be left standing after a fire (having roof-top sprinklers would help), would the residents of these homes and those of others be able to evacuate? And this is why I mention 4-bedroom homes - - - because of the likelihood of requiring two vehicles for evacuation, that’s an additional 102 vehicles in an area that experiences heavy congestion, especially from the nearby schools (3200 students plus teachers plus staff) that represent over 5% of our city’s population. Another potential for further congestion are the 600-trucks per day estimated for the reclamation at Lehigh’s Permanente Quarry plus a yet-to-be-determined number for Stevens Creek Quarry reclamation. I have yet to see anything about evacuation impacts related to this proposed project. Your primary responsibility is to the residents of our community. Yes, the developer may threaten to sue the City, but our public safety is paramount. I beg you to ensure the safety of our residents. Please also consider that the Planning Commission was asked to vote on 3 resolutions that assumed compliance with AB130. In my opinion, this assumption was incorrect. The AB 130 Qualification Memorandum, by David J. Powers, checked the YES box on Page 11 stating that the project was NOT located in a very high fire hazard severity zone. This is wrong. The box should have been checked NO. Additionally, we have no idea whether a “plan review” comment letter from County Fire was the appropriate type of document to nullify CEQA for this project. Nor was that letter included in the packet. The date of the letter in the Powers document is listed as January 27, 2026, however a document flashed on the screen during the Planning Commission has a different date. Regardless, that letter should have been included in the agenda packet. The resolutions that the planning commissioners were expected to vote on appear to have been based on incorrect and incomplete information and I think that the City should consider invalidating this hearing and starting over. Regards, Rhoda Fry (recipient of CREST award for Public Safety) From:j w To:City Council Cc:City Clerk Subject:Re: time sensitive!Request for Support, Restoration of Communication, and lift the "political prisoner/hostage"/Fair Treatment from the City Date:Monday, March 2, 2026 4:35:57 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 publish for the upcoming meeting if there is one on Mar.2, 2026. Thank you! On Thursday, February 19, 2026 at 01:44:43 PM PST, j w <jzw97@yahoo.com> wrote: Please publish. Thank you! We request the immediate return of all property and belongings taken from us from end of 2021, and 2016 especially end of 2021. Additionally, we ask that all sanctions and any prosecutorial overreach—both to date and ongoing—be lifted as soon as possible. On Tuesday, December 2, 2025 at 06:57:42 PM PST, j w <jzw97@yahoo.com> wrote: ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: j w <jzw97@yahoo.com> To: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org> Cc: citycouncil@cupertino.org <citycouncil@cupertino.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 at 02:47:24 PM PST Subject: Re: time sensitive!Request for Support, Restoration of Communication, and lift the 'political prisoner/hostage'/Fair Treatment from the City Dear City Clerk, Please confirm it is published. Thank you! From: j w <jzw97@yahoo.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 4:55 PM To: Liang Chao <liangchao@cupertino.org>; Cupertino City Manager's Office <citymanager@cupertino.org> Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org>; City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org> Subject: Re: Subject: time sensitive!Request for Support, Restoration of Communication, and lift the 'political prisoner/hostage'/Fair Treatment from the City lease include in the public record for next meeting-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Mayor Chao, Vice-Mayor Moore, Councilmembers Fruen, Mohan and Wang, On Monday, November 3, 2025 at 11:27:26 PM PST, j w <jzw97@yahoo.com> wrote:On Monday, October 20, 2025 at 03:51:05 PM PDT, j w <jzw97@yahoo.com> wrote: Subject: Request for Support, Restoration of Communication, and Fair Treatment from the City Dear Mayor, I would like to share some background and respectfully request that the City treat our situation with the fairness, dignity, and compassion it extends to all residents. Our family lives at the bottom edge of the city’s economic and social margins. We are doing our best to hold on — even now, part of our roof requires patching every few months just to keep things livable. Years ago, we were misled by an Indian real estate agent, which led to major losses and hardship. Despite this, we took full responsibility and followed the proper path through the City Planning and Building Department. We worked with licensed, experienced professionals to carry out an approved plan for the 2nd time. Unfortunately, a complaint from the 1st construction — made by someone who has since left their position — led to retaliation on the 2nd one, and lack of the communication as stated below caused more confusion. We did our best to stand up, but over time, we lost everything: the property, our belongings, and the sense of home we built over years as long-standing residents. It felt like persecution. And the pain didn’t stop there — we were falsely labeled, our rights stripped away, and our lives disrupted in ways that had nothing to do with the original matter. These labels have followed us into every corner of life. It has reached a point so tragic and unjust that criminals were able to attack us, but we could not fight back — not legally, not financially, not even emotionally — because of how the court accepted the City's false narrative. The damage from these untrue labels has led to severe mental and emotional decline for our family. The refusal of the courts to hear our side, to look at the full truth, has left us in a state of hopelessness and fear. Making things worse, the lack of communication from the City over the past several years has deepened the hardship. We were not able to schedule even a single in-person meeting, despite repeated efforts. One of our elder family members is now immobile, and the sense of isolation and exclusion has been profound. We’ve been forced to pay unnecessary legal fees, not only for the property matter, but also for broader issues where City sanctions were misapplied or extended beyond their scope — even into private disputes, turning what should have been civil into something resembling a political prisoner situation. We’ve had to spend even more money six figure just to settle matters that were never ours to begin with, nothing to do with city, but couldn't defend since city hold as 'prisoner' on all unrelated matter. We have no place else to turn. We have always believed in the City Council’s mission to support residents. We believe in redemption and renewal. We accepted the outcome the first time and tried to rebuild. But now, I’m asking — from the deepest part of my heart — that you extend that same belief to us. No one — no matter their flaws — deserves to be forgotten in the system, lost in endless procedures, enduring punishment far beyond what justice requires. Please see us. Please give us the opportunity to be heard and to heal. We respectfully ask that this be treated as a high-priority matter, and that steps be taken to restore open communication, offer fair support, and ensure no resident is left behind. Thank you for your time and your service to the people of this City. Jane for Huang family 4086731820