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Proposed FY
2021-22 City Work
Program
Written Comments
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Rhoda Fry <fryhouse@earthlink.net>
Sent:Wednesday, May 5, 2021 5:25 PM
To:City Council; City of Cupertino Planning Commission
Subject:Comments on City Work Program
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Dear City Council,
I have 3 comments on the City Work Program:
1. Thank you for following the Lehigh and Stevens Creek Quarry expansion plans. Your work has made a huge
difference. Please keep up the good work and make funding available for this work. Also consider partnering
with other cities/agencies to share resources.
2. Please abide by the City of Cupertino General Plan and ensure that the Snyder‐Hammond home is maintained
per the General Plan. The home has fallen into disrepair. The Snyder‐Hammond home is the oldest home in
Cupertino and is historically significant. There isn’t even a plaque in front of it. Even though the Historical Society
has obtained ~100K or so for leasing it to Lehigh with a promise to keep it empty, evidently no funds have been
applied to installing a historical plaque. The home was by far better maintained when it was occupied. Snyder’s
father was a 49‐er and resided at a similar home nearby that is long gone. Dr. Hammond graduated from the
medical school that became Stanford Medical School and served as the County Physician for the county of Santa
Clara. He was the Sarah Cody of his day! That Dr. Hammond’s home has been rendered uninhabitable due to air
pollution is tragic. The Open Space District is looking to create an entrance to Rancho San Antonio from Stevens
Creek Blvd and the Snyder‐Hammond house would be the first thing that visitors would see. Let’s not make it a
monument to bad governance. Please make sure that the Snyder‐Hammond home is spared.
3. Please provide a list to the City Council of all the real estate that the City owns and its current disposition. For
example, the home on Byrne/San Fernando is unoccupied, shabby, and becoming a disgrace to the
neighborhood. I’ve heard talk about making the house into affordable housing. On paper, the lot is large. But it
is on a hillside and there is fill and it would be very expensive to build on. The lot has lovely views and the City
could probably sell it for top dollar. The City would be by far better off to sell it and put the money into a
building affordable housing on a flat lot that is closer to public transportation, food, and shopping.
Respectfully,
Rhoda Fry
Cupertino PREP (Pandemic Re‐Emergence Program) Description: As Cupertino’s residents begin to re‐engage with our community and the larger community, City Council will consider and support efforts to do so safely and successfully. To that end, an allocation of funding for the event with the greatest annual participation and turnout, the 4th of July celebration, is re‐envisioned in a safer context, instead of using fireworks, with modern drone technology. In addition, through public outreach with Cupertino’s ten volunteer resident Commissions, the Commissions will consider and support community‐based re‐emergence efforts. Estimated allocations: $200,000 for drone show. $50,000 for Council allocations. $25,000 for each Commission (ten Commissions). Staff time: 20 hours for City Council. 10 hours for each Commission. Budget Allocation: $500,000.00 Staff‐time Allocation: 120h