Eric Schaefer_RedactedFrom: Eric Schaefer ]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 201810:44 AM
To: Aarti Shrivastava <AartiS@cupertino.org>
Cc: Darcy Paul <DPaul@cupertino.org>
Subject: 2014-2022 RHNA: Action required by May 312018?
Dear Asst. City Manager,
I understand that the Housing Element contains a Scenario B for the contingency that a
Vallco specific plan is not approved by May 31, 2018. Given the current schedule of
design with Opticos and CDI, it appears that a specific plan will not be approved before
2H2O18.
The General Plan contains this information about Vallco's place in the Housing Element:
One particular site will involve substantial coordination for redevelopment (Vallco Shopping
District, Site A2). Due to the magnitude of the project, the City has established a contingency
plan to meet the RHNA if a Specific Plan is not approved within three years of Housing Element
adoption. This contingency plan (called Scenario B and discussed further in General Plan
Appendix B), would involve the City removing Vallco Shopping District, adding more priority
sites to the inventory, and also increasing the densitylallowable units on other priority sites.
The last sentence suggests that Vallco is not automatically removed from the Housing
Element, but that some City action is necessary to make the Scenario B sites
compliant. Does the action require the approval of the City Council, or did the Council
give approval for the action in 14-211?
What are the potential consequences if the City does not take action by May 312018?
Thank you.
Eric Schaefer
"Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and
only when, they are created by everybody."
— Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities