Tessa Parish_RedactedFrom: tessa parish ]
Sent: Monday, March 12,2018 10:33 AM
To: City of Cupertino Planning Dept. <planning@cupertino.org>
Cc: City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.org>; City Attorney's Office
<CityAttorney@cupertino.org>; City Council <CityCouncil@cupertino.org>
Subject: Comments for Vallco EIR NOP
Grateful for your consideration:
I'm writing to you as a resident of Cupertino and as a Realtor, I've been working in
Cupertino (my office is in Cupertino) and have been with (previously with Intero Real
Estate) since 2005 when Intero opened its doors.
During that time, I've seen the traffic increase to a critical number.
My husband's insurance went up a couple of years ago. When he checked with his
agent, he was told that the city of Cupertino has a higher rate now due to the number of
accidents. We cannot continue to add more traffic without a SERIOUS, DETAILED and
EXTREMELY accurate study of our traffic habits.
The lack of a retail shopping and other miscellaneous shopping adds to the already
heavy traffic. If I could do all my shopping in Cupertino, I certainly would.
I encourage that the EIR include the following:
1. I encourage you to study the accidents (a lady just got killed on Bollinger & Miller a
few weeks ago.
2. Check out or obtain information from the insurance companies as to why they are
charging more for Cupertino.
3. Study and evaluate the number of people that live in Cupertino that work here as
well ... You will find most do not live here. So, bringing in more housing will NOT
ensure they will also work here. If you build it, they will come and so will our traffic
and crazy driving of the young techies racing through town.
4. Lastly, if you do build a small amount of housing at Vallco, please consider placing
an ordinance that places a property taxes higher for NON -owner occupied, to
encourage ownership of owner occupied. (it could be mandatory and added to the
CC&R's that the complex be always limited to a 10% rentals) There are ways that the
city can control.
5. Study and evaluate if Airbnb should be in our city. Even if it is 40 units being rented
out, those are 40 units that could have our local residents live in. I heard other cities
have banned them to limit the lack of housing. (this is relevant to the EIR in that Airbnb
brings in more out of town people to congest the city streets)
6. Consider placing an emergency ordinance to limit out of COUNTRY purchase of
homes.
While there is a housing problem, I believe a large part of it is being artificially created
by investors. Those coming in and out of the city create our traffic problems as well.
Respectfully,
Tessa Parish
Parish Real Estate Group
408.396.8377
www.ParishRealEstateGroup.com
RHM Realty
BRE#01158499