Exhibit CC 03-04-14 Item #1 Written CommunicationsAllen Wong
P.O. Box 700005
San .lose, CA 95170
Tel: (408) 996 -2829/ Fax
March 4, 2014
Dear City of Cupertino,
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My name is Allen Wong and I am the land owner of 10921 Maxine Ave and 10931
Maxine Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014. Thank you for your consideration of these
properties for the Housing Element study.
I would like to formally withdraw my property at 10921 Maxine and 10931 Maxine Ave
for the Housing Element study. I look forward in the future to working with the City in a
future time.
Sincerely,
Allen Wong
Owner of 10921 Maxine Drive and 10931 Maxine Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014
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Subject: FW: Housing Element
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From: Barbara Rogers [ mailto :barbsbu.cket @comcast.nE!t]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 201410:06 AM
To: Rod Sinks; Mark Santoro; Orrin Mahoney; Barry ClIang; Gilbert Wong
Cc: David Brandt; Aarti Shrivastava
Subject: Housing Element
Honorable Mayor and Council --
On behalf of many Cupertino seniors and soon -to -be seniors, I urge you to include a significant amount of
senior housing in the allocation of housing units required in the update of the City's Housing Element of the
General Plan.
The following points are relevant and may provide insight:
1) Seniors should not be "put" anywhere.
Dishes are put in the cupboard, perishables are put in the refrigerator, clothes are put in the closet, blankets are
put on the bed, trash is put in the wastebasket, etc.
People are not things and should not be "put away" when they age.
2) Seniors all over the world fear and dread being "put away" into retirement homes or nursing homes.
They want to stay in their own homes, either the ones in which they now live or in smaller residences where
they make the choice to move and which are "theirs."
They want to remain relevant and to be treated as important members of their community.
People to whom I talk feel this way; so does my husband Pat; and so do I.
3) While there always will be a need for below - marker =rate housing, many seniors do not want or need it.
Many seniors would very much like to stay in their present homes but with some ability to share costs,
transportation and other needs, etc.
Others would like to sell their large homes and move into smaller, attractive, comfortable, market -rate
housing.
Smaller - scale senior units could cost somewhat less thw the average condo, town house, or single family
home typically constructed for families.
4) There are many models for senior housing which are imaginative, some relatively local.
Construction often is in partnership with public or private organizations.
The City should put in place processes which welcome applications for senior housing that is attractive and
accessible.
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5) The senior population is growing and will continue 1:o do so - -in. Cupertino and across the country as well as
Europe.
Planning for Cupertino's future, and especially its increasing senior population, should be addressed now - -in
the Housing Element and the General Plan updates.
Our City has done much that is innovative and continues to respond the the expressed needs of our residents.
Economics and the coming change in demographics create a demand for newer and better ways of doing.
I look forward to seeing the approval of more applications for market -rate senior housing in the coming
months.
I hope it may be in time for Pat and me as well as our friends and neighbors.
Cupertino can only benefit from a larger, more involved senior population.
I hope to attend the 3:00 p.m. Council Meeting today but am not sure if it will be possible.
I want to share these thoughts and hope to talk with each of you as time permits.
I am glad we have a Council in Cupertino whose members are so caring.
Sincerely,
Barbara Rogers