This is our chance to bring some sense into the frenzy development boom and to reinstate true democracy in Cupertino. Voters speak up.
Get Information about the Petition:
Join us at the Cupertino Library, on Sunday, December 20, 2015 to get more information about the petition for the Cupertino Citizens’ Sensible Growth initiative!
Help qualify the initiative for the 2016 ballot. Volunteer to be a signature gatherer (circulator).
Donate to help reach out to more voters.
Any one who is at least 18 years old and a citizen or a permanent resident (green card) qualifies to gather signatures from voters who are registered to vote in Cupertino. There is no residency requirement for signature gatherers
Time: 12 pm to 2 pm
Date: Sunday, December 20, 2015
Location: Cupertino Library at the entrance plaza, 10800 Torre Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014
Note: Due to some technical difficulties, the petitions won't be ready for signatures this weekend.
Sign up online at
http://www.ccsensiblegrowth.org if you want to be notified of future signature gathering events or want to volunteer to help gather signatures.Join us at the Cupertino Library, on
Sunday, December 20, 2015 to sign the petition for the Cupertino Citizens’ Sensible Growth initiative!
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Why should residents support an initiative to ensure sensible growth in Cupertino?
By Committee Supporting Cupertino Citizens' Sensible Growth Initiative
The
city of Cupertino is under constant pressure from developers to amend
its General Plan. Developers push to increase building heights and
densities and to change land use. Currently, development projects only
need to appeal to the majority of city council members.
Amendments
to the General Plan are changing Cupertino. The city is losing its
pleasant suburban character. Cupertino will be indistinguishable from
other densely populated communities, except Cupertino will be without
the infrastructure required to support intensive development. The city
lacks sites for new schools, lacks parks and recreational facilities and
lacks sufficient road capacity to handle increased pedestrian, bicycle,
and motor vehicle traffic safely.
The Cupertino Citizens' Sensible Growth Initiative would do the following:
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Control the density of new development to ensure that projects fit with
the city's infrastructure by maintaining citywide limits on building
heights, setbacks and building planes.
- Affirm that the land within the Vallco Shopping District will be used for major retail, entertainment, dining, and hotels.
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Require that proposed changes or exceptions to the building limits and
land uses described in the initiative will not be enacted unless first
approved by Cupertino voters.
The initiative is a follow-the-law
initiative, or more specifically, a follow-the-General Plan initiative.
Amendments to the General Plan are intended to be rare because the
General Plan is the long-term guide for the city's future.
The
initiative intends to change the way the developers plan for projects
they will bring to Cupertino. The initiative promotes development
projects that are suitable to the characteristics of the city and
discourages projects that do not fit within the guidelines of the
General Plan.
As supporters of the Cupertino Citizens' Sensible
Growth Initiative, we advocate sensible growth. We advocate growth that
considers the impact of major housing and office developments on the
existing infrastructure. Sensible growth requires that major housing and
office developments will be accompanied by sufficient schools, parks
and transportation to meet the needs of Cupertino's residents. We
believe the passage of the Cupertino Citizens' Sensible Growth
Initiative is essential to ensure a future of sensible growth in
Cupertino.
Soon, we will start to collect signatures to qualify the Cupertino Citizens' Sensible Growth Initiative for the ballot in 2016.
For
more information about the initiative, including: where to sign a
petition, how to volunteer to collect petition signatures or how to
donate money to support the initiative effort, visit
CCSensibleGrowth.org.
The Committee Supporting Cupertino Citizens' Sensible Growth Initiative's FPPC#
1381645.
