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From YouTube: Stevens Creek Trail Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony
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The City of Cupertino hosted this ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, August 19, 2021 at Linda Vista Park to celebrate the opening of the new Stevens Creek Trail, and the Lowenthal family who generously donated land to the project.
A
Good
morning,
everyone
wow
it's
such
an
exciting
day
and
the
city
is.
We
are
honored
to
I'm
honored
to
host
this
opening.
The
mayor,
unfortunately,
is
still
under
the
weather
and
could
not
attend,
although
he
really
would
have
preferred
to
host
this
opening
the
city
council.
This
city
council
has
been
very
supportive
of
creating
bike
trails
and
walk
trails
and
then
adding
different
recreational
options
throughout
the
city,
and
we
this
trail
will
be
open
from
down
to
dusk
each
day,
and
it
will
I'm
excited
that.
A
A
We
are
proud
that
this
community
really
come
together
to
make
this
happen,
and
I'm
especially
thankful
to
the
friends
of
stephen's,
creek
and
then
essentially
former
mayor,
richard
lorenzo
and
ellen
and
his
wife
ellen
lorenzo
and
without
them
it's
it's.
Just
not
possible,
and
it's
I
have
to
say
initially
I
was
a
little
on
the
fence
that
why
do
I
have
why
that
gift
has
to
come
with
a
condition
to
make
it
have
funded
that
year?
Now
I
see
the
wisdom
of
that.
A
And
it's
really
a
wisdom
to
to
do
this
expediently
so
that
the
community
can
enjoy
it
as
soon
as
possible,
and
now
we
are
opening
it
on
the
year
after
the
pandemic.
This
is
when
the
community
really
needs
to
get
out
here
and
then
I'd
like
to
also
mention
next
I'd
introduce
the
representative
from
friends
of
stephen's
creek.
A
Oh
sorry,
but
I
forgot
one
most
important
thing
and
without
the
hard-working
staff
who
made
it
possible
to
open,
I
think
the
public
works
and
then
proxy
wreck
staff
figured
out
a
way
for
us
to
do
it
cost
efficiently
and
that
really
made
it
possible
also
for
a
city
like
our
size
to
afford
the
trail
like
this.
So
really
thank
all
the
staff
for
your
hard
work
to
make
this
happen
quickly
and
before
I
introduce
the
end
in
from
friends
of
stephen's
creek,
I
would
like
to
mention
this
innovative
event
of
race.
A
That's
a
synchronous!
Anyone
can
participate
at
yours
at
any
time
and
you
submit
your
result.
Digitally
that's
such
an
innovative
idea,
and
I
hope
that
maybe
different
school
group
and
community
group
can
work
together
and
submit
your
results.
So
that's
all
join
the
race
so
end
in
from
friends
of
stephen's
creek.
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
B
At
that
time,
the
recommendation
to
get
from
mccullen
road
up
to
here
was
to
use
this
hull
road
and
but
it
wasn't
for
sale.
However,
the
city
had
already
bought
blackberry
farm,
but
was
still
operating
it
in
case
some
of
you
remember
as
a
money
maker
with
the
fence
around
it
and
admission,
and
the
task
force
had
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
get
the
trail
over
or
under
or
around
it.
B
A
C
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
Vice
mayor
liang
chao,
you
did
a
great
job
of
of
outlining
the
issue.
The
I
don't
know
what
we
have
here
today
and
anne
thanks
for
being
our
partner
in
building
trails
and
walkability
and
bike
ability
in
cupertino.
For
as
long
as
I've
been
involved
with
the
city,
it
was,
I
think
she
spelled
it
out
right.
This
was
a
20-year
project
and
we
had
decided
when
we
did
the
bike
and
pedestrian
plan
for
for
cupertino,
which
anne
led.
C
We
described
this
piece
as
infeasible,
because
it
was
not
possible
to
acquire
the
land
but
as
it
turns
out
a
fellow
who
ellen
and
I
know
well
and
who
used
to
work.
For
me,
charles
corbilis
was
the
owner
of
the
land
and
fortunately
I
didn't
burn
a
bridge
with
charles
and
he
was
still
willing
to
to
talk
and
and
deal
and,
and
he
offered
us
a
just-
you
know
very
attractive
price
for
the
property
so
that
we
could
do
something
for
the
city
for
our
community.
So
we
were,
we
were
very
lucky.
C
I
I
also
want
to
thank
walk
by
cupertino
for
all
the
work
they're
doing
here.
Byron
is
here,
I'm
excited
looking
forward.
We
have
some
other
interesting
projects
here
to
do
like
the
carmen
bridge,
which
I
think
would
be
a
great
addition
to
our
city
too,
and
so
thanks
to
walk
by
cupertino
for
your
leadership.
C
It
takes
a
little
while
to
get
used
to
some
of
your
improvements
around
time
for
bicycles.
You
know
we're
very
used
to
driving
too
fast
and
those
obstacles
that
make
it
good
for
bicycles
are,
are
new
and
once
you
get
used
to
them
on
a
bicycle,
though
they're
wonderful,
I
want
to
thank
the
friends
of
stevens
creek
trail
because
they
keep
this
alive.
C
I
have
been
a
supporter
of
theirs
for
as
long
as
I
can
remember,
if
you
use
the
trail
in
mountain
view
or
in
sunnyvale,
that's
their
work
too.
So
they're
doing
great
work
to
to
increase
our
walkability
and
and
we
need
it
in
cupertino
and
it's
wonderful.
We
we
live
in
such
a
beautiful
place
and
to
be
able
to
go
from
here.
C
So
yes,
yes,
indeed,
we
met
with
all
the
neighbors
here
we
know
them
all.
Anybody
who
would
answer
the
door,
I
think
was
every.
I
think
it
was
100
percent.
Actually
that
we
talked
to
and
then
chad
followed
up
and
did
it
too,
and
so
that's
the
key
to
a
project
like
this
by
the
way
is
to
make
it
here's.
Here's
a
neighbor
here
is
to
make
it
so
that
it's
not
a
pain
for
the
city
council.
C
You
know
I
sat
up
there
for
eight
years
with
these
long
meetings
going
to
two
three
four
in
the
morning
as
liang
chao
and
john
is,
is
doing
now
and
hung,
and
the
the
best
thing
is
if
the
neighbors
like
it
too,
because
the
the
hardest
thing
for
a
council
member
is
to
resolve
the
interest
of
the
immediate
neighbors
to
the
interests
of
the
community.
It's
clear
that
the
interest
of
the
community
is
to
have
trails
like
these,
the
immediate
neighbors,
not
so
clear.
C
You
know
they're
losing
some
something
that
they
used
to
have,
and
so
what
we
did
with
the
help
of
the
city
council
in
the
city
and
chad
and
the
rest
of
public
works.
Is
we
address
the
need
of
every
neighbor
here,
so
one
neighbor
needed
this
kind
of
fence
the
the
ramages
who
own
a
big
strip
of
this
needed
a
new
fence.
They
had
four
old
raggedy
fences
in
a
row.
Carol.
Scott
down
the
road
here
didn't
want
to
see
our
bobbing
heads.
She
doesn't.
C
She
doesn't
dislike
us,
but
she
didn't
really
want
to
see
bobbing
heads
all
day.
So
chad
arranged
to
grade
all
the
trail
down
six
feet
as
it
as
it
goes
in
front
of
her
property
so
that
she
doesn't
see
us
it
and
it
it
it
takes.
It
takes
money
and
it
takes
understanding
and
it
takes
time
to
work
with
the
neighbors,
but
in
the
end
they're
all
in
favor.
C
It's
wonderful
there's!
No,
there
was
no
objection.
Nobody
spoke
against
this
project
and-
and
I
think
that's
that's-
the
key
is-
is
getting
pulling
together.
The
community
pulling
together
the
council
and
pulling
together
our
spectacular
city
staff
to
work
with
the
neighbors
and
be
sure
everybody
sees
it
as
a
win,
which
is
where
we
ended
up.
So
I
I
also
I
want
to
mention
my
good
friend
ross.
So
ross
yesterday
he
he
made
this
plaque.
C
This
is
a
fake,
a
replica
because
we
couldn't
get
a
brass
one
done
in
time
or
they
couldn't
they're
doing
this.
I
have
nothing
to
do
with
it,
but
they
couldn't
get
it
done
in
time.
So
he
built
a
replica
of
brass
and
if
you
look
at
it
you'll
see
it
looks
like
brass,
but
it's
not
really.
It's
wood
made
at
home
with
using
his
own
laser
engraver
to
to
build
it
a
couple
days
ago.
He
borrowed
my
generator,
so
he
could
come
in
and
and
grind
an
inset
into
the
boulder.
C
That's
there.
The
boulder
is
interesting
too,
because
I
tried
to
get
a
boulder
for
free
from
a
rock
company,
but
that
didn't
work
out,
and
so
I
talked
to
chad.
He
talked
to
roger,
they
said,
find
a
boulder
somewhere
on
city
land
and
we'll
put
it
there.
So
that's
what
we
did.
We
found
this
boulder
was
lonely
over
here,
not
not
attached
to
anything
else
and
chad's
staff
put
it
up
here
and
then
and
then
ross
made
it
pretty.
So
it
really
takes
the
village
right.
C
I
want
to
mention
the
next
piece,
which
is
just
past,
linda
vista
park,
going
up
toward
the
reservoir
it's
owned
by
a
very
nice
fella
leonchen.
He
met
us
here.
A
couple
of
days
ago,
leon
he's
got
86
acres
he's
trying
to
build
a
handful
of
homes.
There
I
think
his
biggest
request
ever
was
10..
He
started
off
winning
only
five,
but
if
he
can
get
that,
he
will
give
he
will
donate
the
next
segment
of
trail
and
he'll
donate
something
like
70
acres
of
of
open
space
to
the
city.
C
So
now
we
have
to
put
pressure
on
our
council
members
to
say,
say
yes
to
leon,
because
that
is
the
next
step
and
and
then
we'll
be
another
roughly
three
quarters
of
a
mile
up
toward
the
reservoir
and
the
the
last
guy
property
owner
is
a
really
nice
guy
works
over
at
apple
and
we'll
get
him
once
we
figure
out
how
to
make
leon
happy
so
anyway,
more
pressure
on
the
city
council,
I'm
sure
you'll
hear
from
leon
soon.
So
I
think
that's
all
I
have
to
bore
you.
C
Oh
one
other
thing
not
known
was
when
we
bought
this
piece
of
land.
It
was
very
overgrown
and
cruddy
and
full
of
dead
trees
and
things
and
granite
construction.
A
local
company
came
with
heavy
equipment
with
their
tractors
and
whatnot
and
cleared
it
at
no
cost
to
anybody.
They
just
did
it
for
our
community.
C
So
if
you
know
anybody
or
you
do
a
project
with
granite
construction,
you
should
give
them
a
shout
out
for
for
doing
the
the
work
that
made
it
a
little
easier
for
public
works
to
fit
in
the
project
because
they
did
the
heavy
equipment
work
for
nothing
so
well.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
today.
It's
a
real
honor.
We
didn't
expect
or
need
to
be
honored,
but
we
like
it
anyway.
C
A
Thank
you
for
thanking
so
many
people
this.
Apparently
this
project
won't
be
possible
without
the
collaboration
from
the
community,
and
so
many
people
are
involved.
Granted
construction
and
I'd
also
like
to
thank
walk
bike
cupertino.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
advocacy
to
push
the
city
council
to
open
up
more
walk
and
bike
options,
and
now
that's
the
moment
has
come.
I
think
we
are
thanks
and
oh
and
then
also
I'm
really
looking
forward
for
more
option
that
way,
and
more
often
that
way
towards
san
antonio.
A
So
we
can
make
this
trail
even
possible
and
I
actually
really
like
what
richard
mentioned
this
mini
tool
from
here
to
starbucks
through
mclennan
wrench.
I
think
we
should
connect,
maybe
publish
this
kind
of
mini
tools
in
cupertino
because
you
can
walk
through
the
trail
thinking
about
the
coffee
at
the
end,
what
a
good
idea
and
so
now
that's
form
start
the
opening
and
the
moment
has
come.
Should
we
so
we
have
the
idea.