Gila, Barak_RedactedFrom: Barak Gila =I
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 6:55 PM
To: City of Cupertino Planning Dept. <planning@cupertino.org>
Subject: RE Vallco Shopping District Specific Plan EIR
Sorry, one more thing specifically related to the EIR: please consider the beneficial
effects of the housing on reducing commuting impact. If we build 1000 units at Vallco
and 500 Apple employees that would otherwise drive miles to work can walk or bike, it
will greatly reduce emissions from those automobiles.
On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 6:51 PM, Barak Gila > wrote:
Hi Cupertino planners,
I'm Barak, I grew up in Cupertino (Regnart through Monta Vista '13) and my family still
lives here. I'm writing to you in advance of Better Cupertino's Forum on City Planning
this March 10 to share my thoughts, as I am unable to attend in person.
Please approve the Hills of Vallco project and others in the pipeline with as many
housing units included as possible.
I want to call attention to the fact that there are many Cupertino residents, and children,
siblings, and other people affiliated with Cupertino residents, who may be unable to
attend community forums due to work, other obligations, or not being in the city of
Cupertino due to having been priced out of it due to the incredibly high cost of housing,
whose voice nonetheless should be considered in making planning decisions.
With the new Apple campus, the city of Cupertino has created tens of thousands of new
jobs, and it should be creating commensurate housing for the families of that workforce.
Cupertino should join San Jose and Mountain View in adding thousands of denser
housing units, which will help Cupertino be livable for myself and others, not just
existing homeowners.
Thank you so much for your time.
-- Barak