116-PC - 13 Comments received after public comment review period up to 9-19-2013.pdf
ATTACHMENT PC-14
September 18, 2013
Aarti Shrivastava and Piu Ghosh, City of Cupertino
Adam Weinstein and Judith Malamut
Apple Campus 2 Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) – Late Comments
Received after the 45-Day Comment Period
Table 1, below, lists and provides a brief response to the comment letters (and comments posted on
the City’s website for the project) that were received by the City on the Apple Campus 2 Project Draft
EIR after the close of the public comment period. The 45-day public comment period ended on July
22, 2013. This memo covers letters received from July 23 through September 17, 2013.
Based on our review of these letters, no further revisions need to be made to the Draft EIR.
Additionally, in no case do these letters introduce “significant new information” as defined in the
California Environmental Quality ActGuidelines Section 15088.5, including new or more severe
environmental impacts, new mitigation measures or alternatives, or information indicating that the
Draft EIR is fundamentally or basically inadequate. The vast majority of the late-submitted comments
are already addressed in the Response to Comments Document, which is currently undergoing
internal review by City staff and will be published on September 23, 2013.
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nd schedule. See Master
itoring and Reporting Program.
#9: Monitoring TDM Program
e #2: Project Merits. e #2: Project Merits.
sponse #2: Project Merits.
er Response #1: Significant and Unavoidable
See the Mitigation Monitorifor monitoring protocols aResponses #3: Mitigation Nexus and #4: Nitrogen Deposition. See also Draft EIResources.Impacts and #3: Mitigation Nexus. See Master
Response #1: Significant and Unavoidable Impacts. Impacts. See Master Responses #2: Mitigation Nexus. See Master Responses #1: Significant and Unavoidable Impacts, #5: Public Access
Through the Site, and #11: Diverted Trips Due to PrunSee Master Response #3: Mitigation Nexus. Yes, these are approved and built or under construction, but not yet occupied projects.
See Master Responses #1: Significant and Unavoidable Impacts and #2 Project Merits. and #12: Trip Cap. See also Response A1-41. See Master Responses #6: ProjAdequacy of TDM Penalties,
#9: Monitoring TDM Program, and #12: Trip Cap. No response required.
See Response to Comment Lett
areas See Master Responses
ties See the Mitigation Mon
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for project See Master Re
g on receipt of comment letter
c and schools See Master Response #1: Significant and Unavoidable
EIR related Comment noted.
on-EIR related Comment noted.
deposition, creek protection
Wolfe/Pruneridge to reduce campus access issues closureextension from San Jose clarification in foreign language
Date
8/5/2013Potential bird collisions, trees, nitrogen
Received Topic Response
Society
Name
2
Number
1
Type
1 B s-13-08-05-001 Santa Clara Valley Audubon 2 B s-13-08-08-001 Gilroy Chamber of Commerce 8/8/2013Support 3 B e-13-09-17-001 Concerned Citizens of Cupertino 9/11/2013Checkin1 C 500158
Tyler Courtney 7/24/2013N2 C 500160 Rahul Agrawal 7/25/2013Traffi3 C 500159 Sang Lam 7/25/2013Opposes project due to traffic 4 C 500161 Rajani Gudi 7/26/2013Traffic See Mast5 C
500163 Jon Ramos 7/30/2013Locate parking garage at 6 C 500162 Admas Zewdie 7/30/2013Need bike trail along Calabazas Creek See Master Response #13: Calabazas Creek Trail. 7 C 500165
John Davies 8/1/2013Concern over Pruneridge Avenue 8 C 500164 Jon Ramos 8/1/2013Apple should pay for light rail 9 C 500166 David Lofgren 8/5/2013Request Draft EIR Appendix B 1 E e-13-07-23-001
Jane Feng 7/23/2013Support for proj2 E e-13-07-23-002 Dolf Payer 7/23/2013Support for proj
10 C 500157 Sonya Cook 8/21/2013Traffic, number of entrances 11 C 500156 Anonymous 8/21/2013Parking in nearby residential 12 C 500168 Holly Lofgren 8/23/2013Traffic, impacts to other
ci13 C 500169 Maria Teiwes 8/27/2013Non-14 C 509170 Veysel Mutlu 9/7/2013Commenter from Istanbul and written
Table 1: Late Comments and Responses
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Date
Received Topic Response
ly on the merits of the project. (Type A, comments submitted b
the comments submitted on the Draft EIR in the Response to Comme
are not included in this memo.)
responses provided in the Response to Comment
Name
2
Number
1
Type
3 E e-13-07-24-002 Georgyne Purcell 7/24/2013Support for 4 E e-13-07-24-001 Theresa Corsick 7/24/2013Support for pr5 E e-13-07-29-001 Chuck Worley 7/29/2013Support for pr6 E e-13-07-30-001
Daniel Hsiao 7/30/2013Support for 7 E e-13-07-30-002 Chris Schultz 7/30/2013Support for pr8 E e-13-07-31-001 Diane and Mychael 7/31/2013Support for 9 E e-13-08-12-001 Said Mohammed
8/12/2013Support for pr
10 E e-13-09-05-001 Eric Butte 8/16/2013Support for proj11 E e-13-08-19-001 Francesco Ferretti 8/19/2013Support for 12 E 500167 Francesco Ferretti 8/19/2013Support for proj13 E e-13-08-26-001
Hongyi Wang 8/24/2013Support for proj14 E e-13-09-12-001 Vikram Kowshik 9/12/2013Support for pr
Table 1: Late Comments and Responses
The comment “type” pertains to the categories used to organizeThe comment “number” identifies each comment on the City’s website, where the comments are posted. The “response” column
references
Notes:1 C = individuals; Type E = comments from individuals that are solethe public meeting on the Draft EIR, 23 9/18/13 (C:\\Users\\AWeinstein\\Dropbox\\Apple Campus 2\\RTC\\9-18-13
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