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From:Siva Sunder
To:City Council; City Clerk; Tina Kapoor
Subject:Request for Urgent Action to Implement Resolution No. 25-13918
Date:Monday, June 2, 2025 6:43:00 AM
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Dear Cupertino City Clerk,
Could you please include the below in written communications for the upcoming
city council meeting? Thank you so much! Geetha.
Request for Urgent Action to Implement Resolution No. 25-13918
Dear Mayor Liang Chao, Vice-Mayor Kitty Moore, and Honorable Council Members,
As a long term Cupertino Resident I am sincerely thankful for your service and
time.
I live very close to the McClellan Terrace Apartments and directly impacted by
the displacement efforts currently being carried out by Foothill-De Anza at
McClellan Terrace. Our children went to the local neighborhood schools and the
families that lived in the apartments sending their children are still in touch
with ours, and continue their long term friendships and relationships. This is
what the neighborhood schools and communities built through it thrives and
flourishes for generations to come because the spirit of the neighborhood is
conducive to such events to occur naturally. A Close knit community with
similar cause and goals keeps the young children very safe, confident and
protected from influx of transient traffic and populations that affect the most
vulnerable groups as school age and teenage children within any neighborhood.
We need to focus our efforts to build, maintain, and protect such close knit
safe neighborhood communities and keep the spirit of Cupertino alive and well
for generations to come. We are not resistant to support the needs of any
other populations but we need your attention to protect the ones that are built
and thriving and not allow corporations and partitioning boards to simply use
power to yank the safety and well being of such diverse and enriching
community neighborhoods within our City. Thank you!
Since the talks, deals and real estate transactions between the McClellan Terrace
Apartment company and the FHDA Board have moved forward there has been a
great deal of agony, confusion and depressive mood across the neighborhood. It's
not a great sign for the City of Cupertino to have a divided and distressed
population within this small safe place we call home!
With great anticipation we hope you'd take the next steps to implement Resolution
No. 25-13918, which was adopted by the City Council on May 6, 2025 at the very
earliest. This resolution acknowledges the severe impact that converting
multifamily rental housing to student housing has on our community and calls for
protections to prevent such harmful transitions.
Many families—including those with children attending Lincoln Elementary, Kennedy
Middle, and Monta Vista High—are facing forced eviction. This situation is causing
significant hardship and emotional stress to long-standing Cupertino residents. More
than the current cycle of our children, I request you to look forward to the most
number of generations that would use this safe space very very close to their
schools as their learning and thriving environment that aids them to build long
lasting relationships and thus motivate and inspire those generations to contribute
toward the City of Cupertino in the most beneficial ways that we can't yet envision
but can't deny either!
While we understand the importance of student housing, it should not come by
displacing families who have made Cupertino their home. I kindly urge the Council
to move forward with updates to the municipal code—similar to San Francisco
Municipal Code Section 317—to protect our city’s rental housing and maintain
stability for working families.
Thank you for your leadership and continued support for our community.
Looking forward to your most fair and considerate support to keep our families,
communities and sustenance of neighborhood spirit alive and well!
Sincerely,
Sunder
From:g s
To:City Council; City Clerk; Tina Kapoor
Subject:PERSONAL NOTE. Request for Urgent Action to Implement Resolution No. 25-13918
Date:Monday, June 2, 2025 6:40:54 AM
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Dear Cupertino City Clerk,
Could you please include the below in written communications for the upcoming city council
meeting? Thank you so much! Geetha.
Request for Urgent Action to Implement Resolution No. 25-13918
Dear Mayor Liang Chao, Vice-Mayor Kitty Moore, and Honorable Council Members,
As a long term Cupertino Resident I am sincerely thankful for your service and time.
I live very close to the McClellan Terrace Apartments and directly impacted by the displacement
efforts currently being carried out by Foothill-De Anza at McClellan Terrace. Our children went
to the local neighborhood schools and the families that lived in the apartments sending their
children are still in touch with ours, and continue their long term friendships and relationships.
This is what the neighborhood schools and communities built through it thrives and flourishes for
generations to come because the spirit of the neighborhood is conducive to such events to occur
naturally. A Close knit community with similar cause and goals keeps the young children very
safe, confident and protected from influx of transient traffic and populations that affect the
most vulnerable groups as school age and teenage children within any neighborhood. We need to
focus our efforts to build, maintain, and protect such close knit safe neighborhood communities
and keep the spirit of Cupertino alive and well for generations to come. We are not resistant to
support the needs of any other populations but we need your attention to protect the ones that
are built and thriving and not allow corporations and partitioning boards to simply use power to
yank the safety and well being of such diverse and enriching community neighborhoods within our
City. Thank you!
Since the talks, deals and real estate transactions between the McClellan Terrace Apartment company
and the FHDA Board have moved forward there has been a great deal of agony, confusion and
depressive mood across the neighborhood. It's not a great sign for the City of Cupertino to have a
divided and distressed population within this small safe place we call home!
With great anticipation we hope you'd take the next steps to implement Resolution No. 25-13918,
which was adopted by the City Council on May 6, 2025 at the very earliest. This resolution
acknowledges the severe impact that converting multifamily rental housing to student housing has on
our community and calls for protections to prevent such harmful transitions.
Many families—including those with children attending Lincoln Elementary, Kennedy Middle, and Monta
Vista High—are facing forced eviction. This situation is causing significant hardship and emotional stress
to long-standing Cupertino residents. More than the current cycle of our children, I request you to look
forward to the most number of generations that would use this safe space very very close to their
schools as their learning and thriving environment that aids them to build long lasting relationships and
thus motivate and inspire those generations to contribute toward the City of Cupertino in the most
beneficial ways that we can't yet envision but can't deny either!
While we understand the importance of student housing, it should not come by displacing families who
have made Cupertino their home. I kindly urge the Council to move forward with updates to the
municipal code—similar to San Francisco Municipal Code Section 317—to protect our city’s rental
housing and maintain stability for working families.
Thank you for your leadership and continued support for our community.
Looking forward to your most fair and considerate support to keep our families, communities and
sustenance of neighborhood spirit alive and well!
Sincerely,
Geetha - well wisher of our special city and the lovely small neighborhood communities we built
within it!
A Proud Citizen of The City of Cupertino.
From:Jennifer Griffin
To:City Council; City Clerk
Cc:grenna5000@yahoo.com
Subject:Loss of Retail
Date:Thursday, May 29, 2025 11:55:43 AM
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Dear City Council:
(Please include the following as public input for the June 3, 2025 City Council meeting).
I am very concerned that the city of Cupertino is going to be losing so much valuable
Retail along Stevens Creek Blvd. These properties affected by SB 330 are going to be upzoned
And will not be able to be used for retail again.
SB 330 is not a good housing law and it needs to be amended to make sure it does not cause
A "retail crisis" in Cupertino. We will be losing close to 80,000 square feet of viable
And active retail along Stevens Creek Blvd. in Cupertino if all of these SB 330 projects
Come to fruition.
We need to preserve legacy retail in Cupertino for ours and future generations so our residents
Will not have to go outside the city to shop for food, medicine and other necessities.
I think we need to examine SB 330 and carve out protections in our city for retail so
That we do not "crisis" retail out of our city.
By the way, the Santa Cruz area is facing many of the same challenges from an over proliferation
Of SB 330s.
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Jennifer Griffin