Michael Mar_RedactedMichael Mar Sent via email Monday 3/12/2018 3:12 p.m.
Hi,
I made the last comment at the EIR spec meeting, but I wanted to email my comment as
well.
There is an often cited statistics that only 10% of Cupertino residents work in Cupertino.
I believe that stat is true, but it's based on the historical construction of single family
homes in Cupertino. At Vallco, the housing would likely be higher density housing
similar to the handful of condos and apartments in the city. As such, I wanted to
provide my personal observations as someone who lives in a condo in Cupertino. In my
condo complex, nearly 80% of my neighbors that I've spoken to work in Cupertino.
Specifically, 7 out of the 9 neighbors whose employment I was aware of worked at
either Apple, Kaiser, Seagate, went to De Anza, or was a local teacher.
I cannot say whether or not my anecdotal observation is indicative of a wider trend, but
it's so drastically different from the 10% stat that I think it would be a good idea to
consider the possibility that higher density housing may have a better percentage of
residents who work in Cupertino. Could the EIR study the working demographics of
residents living in the higher density housing in Cupertino that are more indicative
of the housing that would exist at Vallco? If percentages of residents working in
Cupertino are high enough, it would make housing at Vallco much more attractive as it
would help reduce traffic from workers commuting into Cupertino.
Thanks,
Michael Mar
Cupertino, CA