Terry Griffin_UnredactedTerry Griffin Sent via email Monday 3/12/2018 2:40 p.m.
I attended the EIR scoping meeting and wanted to submit my feedback.
First, with the work being done to create a new community -driven Vallco Special Area
Specific Plan, it seems like this start of a Draft EIR is a case of the cart -before -the -horse. I
understand that you are proposing to study 3 alternatives, but without a specific project
plan, this seems like an incredible waste of time, resources, and money.
If you are proceeding anyway, as it seems you are, here are my items.
* Traffic - simulate the traffic in the area assuming full population of the Apple Park
campus, full development of the allocated housing at the Hamptons, full completion of
Main Street, the new hotel at Vallco and the potential hotel at Cupertino Village across
from Apple Park.
* Traffic - simulate traffic assuming a mostly retail configuration with occupancy and
traffic similar to Valley Fair and Santana Row, i.e. fully occupied and popular
shopping/ dining/entertainment destinations. Also look at seasonal differences.
* Traffic - when evaluating traffic impact at the intersections around schools, be sure to
look at differences in daily traffic due to school schedules.
* Noise and Air pollution - evaluate noise levels over multiple 24 hour periods at
multiple locations on the site. For air pollution, please include studying the effects of
micro -particulate rubber from tires on the freeway.
* Reclaimed water - evaluate the viability and potential capacity or lack thereof for
extending the reclaimed water from the Apple Park campus.
* Neighborhood impact - Be cognizant that the neighborhood adjacent to Vallco to the
west does not want the privacy wall removed or breached under any circumstances.
* Transportation - evaluate potential impacts of making this a Transit Hub.
* Communications - impacts on existing cell tower and Internet bandwidth capacity.
Evaluate at different times of day - peak driving, midday, evenings, etc.
* I am concerned about many of the other potential impacts- water supply, impact on
schools and emergency services, reducing carbon emissions, clean energy, historical
and cultural impacts, etc.
Again, it would make a lot more sense to do an EIR with a specific project plan, rather
than broad -brushing all potential developments. Please consider making more efficient
use of your time and resources, and saving all of us the associated costs.
Thanks for your consideration.
Terry