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City allows new Honeywell building

The HoneywellMeasurex company got the city's go-ahead last week to construct a new 43,000-square-foot building on its campus at the corner of McClellan and Bubb roads.

The company will use the building to produce 40-foot-long scanners, according to Honeywell spokesman Joe Stasi. There are no plans to add new employees to the current workforce of 447 people, he said. At one time, the 24-acre campus housed some 1,000 employees. Once the new building is completed, the company will still have six acres of unused land off Imperial Avenue.

Both the Planning Commission, at its Feb. 23 meeting, and the City Council, at its March 2 meeting, reviewed the plans. There was no opposition from neighboring residents.

The major issue the commission and the council considered dealt with amenity space inside the buildings. Companies can get more space than what is normally allowed on a site if they can prove the space is an amenity to employees and not usable for business. The Planning Commission reduced the amenity space Honeywell was asking for by discounting some classrooms and a display space. The City Council affirmed the commission's ruling.

The council also discussed traffic, since the McClellan/Bubb intersection is inadequate when the three nearby schools are either opening or closing. Stasi said that exiting employees almost always head north on Bubb, traveling away from that intersection to get to Stevens Creek Boulevard and Highway 85. City staff said that if the site generates more traffic in the future, there could be an access point added at the north end of the site onto Imperial Avenue.

Honeywell officials said they are currently planning to sell the land to someone who will in turn lease it back to them for a period of 20 to 25 years. Any buildings not used by Honeywell could be leased to other companies. Community Development Director Bob Cowan said the responsibility for things like amenity space and traffic will remain with the buildings, no matter who owns them.

Motorcycle drawing aids local charities

Just $10 could buy someone a brand-new Harley-Davidson motorcycle. It certainly will give local charities a boost.

Quota Club International of Cupertino is selling 5,000 tickets for the chance to win the 1998 Harley-Davidson Softel Custom cycle. The drawing is April 9, and the international president of the Quota Club, Charlotte Schmanadam, will be on hand to announce the winner.

The money raised in the motorcycle drawing will be donated to local charities that benefit hearing-impaired people. In the last 10 years the Cupertino club has donated approximately $80,000 to community projects.

The winner will be selected at 1 p.m. on April 9, following a lunch at the Quinlan Community Center. Tickets for the lunch are $15 each. The winner need not be present to win.

Tickets can be purchased from any Cupertino Quota Club member. For more information, call Jane Asher at 720-8080 or Donna Lawler at 973-0700.

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