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North Portal residents petition council to preserve Valco-area sound wall amid large new developments
Summary
Residents from the North Portal neighborhood presented a petition asking the council to preserve a decades-old sound wall that separates the neighborhood from the Valco/Rise/Wolf Road development sites, citing traffic, parking and neighborhood character concerns as thousands of new units are planned nearby.
A group of North Portal neighborhood residents asked the Cupertino City Council to preserve a sound-mitigation wall that separates their low-density R-1 neighborhood from the adjacent commercial/property redevelopment area, saying the structure is critical to safety, parking and neighborhood character.
Representatives Pamela Hershey and Dennis Park led a 10-minute group presentation during oral communications and submitted a petition they said contained hand-signed signatures from the neighborhood. Hershey told the council the petition reflects signatures from roughly 297 houses, adding that signature collection included in-person booths over two weekends.
Speakers said the wall — constructed in 1974 under a prior development agreement — now faces pressure from two large projects they described as “The Rise”…
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