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From YouTube: Election Pros and Cons: Cupertino Measures C & D
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The League of Women Voters of Cupertino-Sunnyvale explains the local city measures Cupertino voters will see on their November ballots: the two city initiatives on the Vallco project. Recorded September 28, 2016. (30 min.)
A
B
Good
evening,
welcome
back
we're
here
now
for
the
cupertino
measure
analysis,
those
of
you
who
have
wandered
out
into
the
lobby
after
part.
One
of
this
program
can
wander
back
in
quietly,
if
you
like,
a
brief
repeat
we're
here
from
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Cupertino
and
Sunnyvale,
doing
our
level
best
to
give
you
an
unbiased
analysis
of
the
measures
not
to
tell
you
how
to
vote
on
them,
but
to
tell
you
to
please
understand
them
as
well
as
you
can
before
voting
on
them.
We
based
our
analysis
on
publicly
available
sources.
B
Various
campaigns
have
offered
us
access
to
other
information
in
I
think
every
case
it
was
material
that
had
already
been
found
publicly
available.
So
you
can
do
the
same
research
that
we
did
if
you
choose
and
Cupertino
has
two
on
again
will
work
in
alphabetical
order,
although
this
time
I
will
not
take
questions
until
after
both
of
them,
because
they
are
a
bit
intertwined.
These
two
so
measure
see
and
measure
d.
B
Also,
at
the
end,
we'll
discuss
the
intersection
because
it
can
get
complicated
when
you
have
competing
measures,
starting
with
measures
see
itself
called
the
Cupertino
citizens.
Sensible
growth
initiative-
that's
a
few
too
many
syllables
for
me
to
say
many
times
in
a
row.
I
trust
you'll
bear
with
me
if
I
keep
calling
it
measure
C.
B
So
what
does
it
do?
This
slide
was
prepped
really
thinking
about
the
Valko
area
and
what
it
what
measure
C
does
at
vallco
is.
It
removes
residential
and
office
development
that
is
2
million
square
feet
of
office
space.
That's
currently
allocated
in
the
general
plan
allowing
only
retail,
hotel,
dining
and
entertainment
uses
in
vallco.
It
would
eliminate
the
389
residential
units
presently
allocated
to
valco
and
it
would
maintain
as
a
firm
figure
the
current
1.2
million
dollar
square
feet
of
commercial
retail
at
vallco.
B
It
would
also
limit
the
maximum
height
of
any
new
development
at
vallco
to
45
feet.
That's
lower
than
some
of
the
existing
buildings
they
could
stay,
but
any
any
new
buildings
would
need
to
be
down
at
45
feet.
Measure
C
would
also
generally
modify
the
general
plan
and
a
question
came
in
just
today
saying:
please
don't
talk
just
about
Valko.
Please
look
talk
about
the
rest
of
the
general
plan,
so
thank
you
for
that
little
nudge
because
it
does
have
some
effects
well
outside
the
BALCO
bed.
B
So
generally
prohibiting
increases
in
maximum
building
heights
densities,
lot
coverage
or
building
planes,
citywide
and
prohibiting
decreases
in
minimum
setback
requirements
set
by
the
general
plan.
It
would
add
new
policies
regarding
development
and
building
standards,
including
setback
step,
backs,
building
plans
and
rooftop
hide
extensions
and
reduce
the
residential
allocation
by
146
units.
B
Only
the
voters
would
be
able
to
change
those
general
plan.
Amendments
adopted
by
measure
C
now,
one
of
the
more
contentious
fits
is
this
next
bullet
point
that
we
reach,
which
says
increases
building
height
from
30
feet
to
45
feet
in
the
neighborhoods.
This
has
been
the
subject
of
considerable
argument.
It
gets
its
very
own
slide
in
this
presentation,
so
we'll
cover
that
in
more
detail
later
and
yes,
all
the
changes
in
sea
would
need
to
return
to
the
voters
if
they
were
to.
B
So,
on
the
building
height,
it
increases
the
maximum
height
in
the
general
plan
from
30
to
45
feet
in
the
city's
neighborhoods.
This
covers
parts
of
the
city
they're
outside
the
city's
special
areas
about
one-fourth
of
the
neighborhood's
set
their
maximum
height
by
direct
reference
to
the
general
plan.
B
So
if
the
general
plan
changes
the
maximum
height
in
those
neighborhoods,
changes
immediately
about
three-fourths
of
the
neighborhood
are
zoned
and
if
the
maximum
height
is
set
by
the
zoning
that
might
still
be
whatever
the
zoning
says,
except
that
measure
see
also
includes
a
conforming
clause
that
says
the
city's
zoning
ordinances
must
be
changed
to
conform
with
see
within
six
months,
so
that
could
require
those
zonings
to
change
to
maps.
Measure
see
what
happened.
This
did
go
to
court.
So
what
happened
in
the
court?
B
The
city,
the
city
council,
modified
the
ballot
measure
language
to
state
that
it
would
increase
maximum
building
heights
in
neighborhoods
to
45
feet.
Proponents
of
C
passionately
opposed
the
language
change
at
a
court
hearing
an
attorney
for
the
initiative.
Proponents
argued
that
the
initiative
does
not
raise
building
heights
and
neighborhoods,
because
neighborhoods
are
special
areas.
An
attorney
representing
the
city
argued
that
neighborhoods
are
separate
from
special
areas
and
therefore,
whether
intentionally
or
unintentionally,
the
initiative
does
increase
maximum
building
heights.
B
In
the
neighborhoods,
the
santa
clara
county
judge
ruled
the
ballot
language
adopted
by
the
city
was
factually
correct
and
santa
clara
county
superior
court
filed
a
notice
that
the
court
denied
the
writ
of
mandate.
That's
an
appeal,
so
the
decision
affirms
that
the
initiative,
if
approved
by
voters,
would
increase
the
general
plan
maximum
building
height
in
neighborhoods
from
30
feet
to
45
feet
and,
as
we
said
now,
we
get
to
that
zoning
question.
B
If
the
general
plan
goes
from
30
to
45
those
one-fourth
of
neighborhood
areas
that
set
Heights
by
direct
reference
to
the
general
plan,
those
would
immediately
be
affected
by
the
passage
of
measure
see
the
three
quarters
of
neighborhoods
that
set
maximum
heights
by
zoning
requirements
may
be
affected
by
this
portion
of
the
measure
see
text.
It
says
this
initiative
shall
become
effective
immediately
upon
the
certification
of
election
results
within
six
months
of
the
effective
date
of
this
measure.
B
All
provisions
of
the
Municipal
Court
code
ordinances,
including
zoning
ordinances,
shall
be
revised
and
amended
to
make
them
conform
with
the
provisions
of
this
initiative.
So
that's
a
little
ambiguous,
but
it
could
be
construed
to
mean
that
those
would
also
need
to
go
to
45.
It
also
says
that
until
such
time
as
the
ordinances
of
end
plans
have
been
so
revised
and
amended,
the
provisions
of
this
initiative
shall
prevail
over
any
conflicting
provisions.
B
They
would
like
you
to
know
that
it
changes
the
general
plan
to
increase
the
height
limit
in
neighborhoods
to
45
feet
that
it
prevents
office
and
residential
use
in
vallco,
and
these
next
two
bullets
are
with
reference
to
the
measure
d
plans
for
valko.
They
say
at
measure:
C
blocks
millions
of
dollars
in
one-time
revenue
for
schools
and
transportation
improvements
and
prevents
the
creation
of
a
30
acre
park,
and
that
it
requires
an
election
to
approve
changes
to
developments
in
our
city.
B
Now,
as
we've
already
said,
C
and
D
have
a
lot
to
do
with
each
other.
We're
going
to
continue
straight
on
into
D
and
then
consider
the
combination
of
the
two.
What
does
DD
is
the
Valko
town
center
specific
plan
initiative
d
arises
because,
while
the
developer
santo
was
negotiating
with
the
city
measure,
C
came
up.
The
developer
opted
then
to
come
directly
to
the
voters,
rather
than
risk
passage
of
measure.
C.
B
Stopping
its
negotiations
with
the
city
measure
d
would
replace
a
development
agreement
with
the
city
of
Cupertino
being,
in
some
sense,
a
direct
development
agreement
with
the
voters
of
Cupertino.
So
what
is
dee
dee
would
establish
permitted
land
use
for
the
BALCO
area,
including
389
units
of
residential
up
to
approximately
800.
If
there
is
a
conditional
use,
permit
two
million
square
feet
of
office,
space,
minimum
of
a
hundred
thousand
square
feet
of
that
for
incubator,
co-work
or
multi
tenant
space.
B
Six
hundred
forty
thousand
square
feet
of
commercial
minimum
of
six
hundred
thousand
square
feet
of
retail
entertainment,
personal
services,
perhaps
up
to
40,000
square
feet.
Fitness
339,
hotel
rooms,
148
of
those
have
already
been
approved
by
the
city,
minimum
of
50,000
square
feet
of
public
or
civic
space,
which
could
be
increased
to
a
hundred
thousand.
B
Whichever
is
greater
community
banquet
event,
hall,
fab,
building,
amphitheater
playground,
charitable
leases
for
civic
space
and
extension
of
the
recycled
water
pipeline
and
like
see
it
would
require
voter
approval
of
changes.
Although,
unlike
see,
there
is
an
end
expiration
date
on
that,
it
would
require
a
voter
approval
of
any
changes
made
prior
to
the
first
of
January
27.
B
The
people
in
favor
of
dr
very
much
the
same
list
as
the
people
against
to
see-
and
they
say
d-
is
consistent
with
Cupertino's
valid
general
plan.
It
offers
a
30-acre
community
park,
it
offers
a
destination
town
center.
It
offers
free
space
for
nonprofits,
40
million
dollars
in
one-time
revenue,
for
schools,
new
homes
for
local
seniors,
and
it
provides
funds
to
minimize
the
traffic
impact.
B
The
people
opposed
to
D
are
the
people
in
favor
of
C,
and
they
say
this
replaces
the
mall
with
an
office
park
limited
retail
and
housing.
It
significantly
increases
daily
commuter
traffic
on
local
streets
and
highways.
It'll
result
in
more
workers
competing
for
insufficient
housing.
There
will
be
insufficient
vehicle
parking
bike
paths
and
bike
parking,
and
it
doesn't
require
a
development
agreement
with
the
city
of
Cupertino.
B
B
If
she
passes
and
D
fails,
neighborhood
Heights
will
increase
to
45
feet.
Valko
current
use
will
stay
largely
as
it
is
now.
If
d
passes
and
see
fails,
neighborhood
height
limit,
unchanged
valko
becomes
multi-use.
If
both
c
and
d
fail
either
group
can
try
again
using
the
initiative
process
or
working
with
the
Cupertino
City
Council.
B
One
of
them
says
what
about
measure
d
and
parking.
I've
been
told
that
measure
d
does
not
provide
adequate
parking.
If
we
look
at
the
city's
municipal
code
for
mixed-use
projects,
the
specific
plan
would
be
required
to
provide
10,000
413
vehicle
parking
spaces
for
that
development.
Under
the
Municipal
Code,
reduced
parking
could
be
allowed
if
supported
by
a
parking
study.
B
B
Other
question
that
came
in
in
advance,
who
would
have
responsibility
for
maintaining
that
30
acre
park?
That
is
a
responsibility
of
the
developer,
yr
c
and
d,
both
on
the
ballot
c,
is
on
because
a
group
of
concerned
citizens
wanted
the
citizens
of
Cupertino
to
have
a
voice
on
growth
d
is
on
because
the
developer
was
concerned.
That
c
would
pass
while
they
were
in
conversation
with
the
city
council
off
base
around
their
development
of
Valko.
B
One
question
came
in
earlier:
my
home
is
zoned
r1.
The
zoning
code
has
a
limit
of
at
most
28
feet
in
height
two
stories.
Other
limits,
the
28
feet
in
height
already
conforms
to
the
general
plan,
would
I
be
able
to
build
a
four
storey
home
if
mejor,
SI,
pasas
I
do
not
know
whether
our
one
is
one
of
those
that
sets
the
height
by
direct
reference
to
the
general
plan
or
in
its
zoning
its
from
this
description
of
the.
B
B
Does
measure
C
limit
office
or
residential
allocation?
Besides
valko
know,
if
c
passes,
the
city
council
approve
and
still
zone
valko
as
a
revised
plan
and
voters
can
approve
it.
Right
is
the
question
if
c
passes.
It
replaces
the
general
plan
for
that
area
and
voters
must
write
and
approve
any
changes,
must
vote
and
approve
any
changes
that
are
in
measures
see.
B
B
Okay,
my
Cupertino
Union
School,
District
School,
is
experiencing
declining
enrollment.
How
would
measure
C
and
D
impacts
the
USD
schools
that
are
under
enrolled?
We
don't
have
that
information.
Unfortunately,
I'm
really
grateful
for
my
research
team,
which
is
scribbling
answers
on
these
almost
as
fast
as
they
get
them,
because
I
have
fewer
answers
than
the
bulk
of
them.
Looking
them
up
back
there
question
2
hi
does
how
does
either
C
or
D
help
solve
the
housing
crisis.
B
That
could
be
a
very
long
answer.
D
has
more
housing
than
C,
primarily
in
this
region.
We
have
not
only
a
housing
shortage.
We
have
a
jobs,
housing
imbalance,
so
you
can
also
look
at
which
one
is
going
to
bring
in
more
people,
I
suspect,
given
the
numbers
that
you
can
pretty
much
answer
that
okay,
does
the
city
of
Cupertino
have
legal
and
enforceable
ways
to
make
sure
that
these
community
benefits
are
realized?
B
Okay,
another
question
I
heard
that
measure
d
will
allow
building
height
up
to
144
feet
such
as
95
feet
for
building
and
25
feet
for
rooftop
and
24
feet
for
a
rooftop
pavilion.
Is
this
true
research
team?
You
didn't
be
right.
An
answer
on
that
one
I
would
have
to
research
that
one
okay
measure
d
does
it
require
or
merely
allow
senior
housing
at
vallco.
It
requires
a
minimum
of
80
units
or
twenty
percent
of
all
units.
If
there's
a
condition
use
permit.
That
would
raise
the
number
of
residential
units.
Remember.
B
B
B
B
B
What
areas
are
considered
neighborhoods
now
is
when
I
really
wish.
We
had
a
map
to
put
up,
because
the
the
city
can
supply
that
map,
in
fact,
is
that
available
on
the
city's
website?
Do
you
know?
Yes,
it
is
so
if
you
go
to
the
city
of
Cupertino
website,
you
can
see
those
areas
sketched
out
easier
to
understand
what
we're
talking
about
them.
While
we're
passing
the
questions
back
and
forth,
I
do
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
the
research
team.
B
You
see
the
public
part
of
this
evening
tonight,
there's
a
lot
of
stuff
that
happens
behind
the
scenes,
as
people
are
trying
to
dig
out.
What
does
this
mean?
What
was
the
intent?
How
is
it
really
going
to
play
out
what's
going
to
happen?
What
did
happen
in
the
courts
and
those
people
have
put
in
a
lot
of
work
and
they're
still
putting
in
a
lot
of
work
tonight?
B
B
B
In
which
case
I'm
going
to
take
you
to
the
where
to
get
more
information,
and
thank
you
for
coming
slide,
there
are
more
materials
out
in
the
lobby,
including
some
information
on
the
state
propositions
I
in
the
earlier
segment
and
again
here,
I'm
going
to
point
you
to
these,
not
so
much
on
the
local
they'll.
Give
you
plenty
of
opportunity
to
learn
more
about
the
state
things
the
easy
voter
guide
available
for
download
in
multiple
languages,
the
league's
pros
and
cons
for
a
more
detailed
analysis.
I.
B
And
we
don't
have
the
answer
anyway,
how
did
the
office
residential
and
commercial
allotment
cindy
compared
to
the
allotments
at
santana
row?
We
do
not
have
that
information
I'm.
Sorry,
we
want
to.
Obviously
we
didn't
answer
all
your
questions
tonight
and
I'm.
Sorry
that
we
don't
have
all
the
answers.
We
never
do
we're
we're.
B
That's
why
we
try
to
learn
about
the
candidates
before
we
elect
them
or
vote
against
the
other
against
them,
because
the
other
guy
looks
a
little
better.
The
league
was
not
formed
to
dictate
to
you
what
to
do.
We
we
never
support
or
oppose
candidates
or
political
parties.
The
league
does
sometimes
take
positions
on
ballot
measures,
but
we're
here
from
the
education
branch
of
the
league
tonight
we're
not
telling
you
anything
about
whether
any
of
these
measures
are
good
or
bad,
we're
trying
to
figure
out
what
they
will
do
if
we
vote
them
into
place.
B
That's
what
we're
here
for
we're
here
to
encourage
informed
and
active
participation
in
government
and
increase
your
understanding.
If
you
do
think
this
is
useful,
LW
VCS
org
is
our
local
league
website.
You
can
go
to
the
calendar.
There.
Click
on
the
link
for
this
event
you'll
be
able
to
find
a
recording
of
it
later
share
with
friends.
You
can
also
find
our
schedule
for
more
presentations,
including
on
the
state,
propositions
and
we've
got
17
of
those.
So
it's
it's
just
as
well
to
find
out
a
little
more
about
them
too.
B
There
are
I
already
showed
you.
The
pros
and
cons
in
the
easy
voter
guide.
I
also
recommend
to
you
voters
edge.
We've
got
the
bookmarks
for
voters
edge.
They
have
all
about
candidates,
all
about
propositions,
well,
they're,
gradually
collecting
all
about
candidates.
The
candidates
have
to
put
their
information
up
on
voters
at
propositions.
They
have
a
lot
about
the
flow
of
money,
which
is
very
important
on
ballot
measures
for
understanding
who's
really
behind
them
and
what
they
might
do
and
wait
a
minute.
B
How
does
that
group
have
a
stake
in
this
proposition
and
they
have
very
comprehensive
endorsement
lists
there
they're
an
excellent
sort
of
one-stop
shopping
for
voter
information,
but
for
all
of
you,
thank
you
for
putting
the
energy
into
this.
Thank
you
for
putting
the
time
we're
all
trying
to
understand
this
together.
We're
all
trying
to
reduce
the
right
thing
together
and
I'm
really
grateful
to
see
this
much
time
and
intelligence
and
energy
go
into
understanding
this
election
trying
to
do
the
right
thing.
Thank
you
very
much
for
having
us
here
good
night.