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City Council Procedures
Manual
Supplemental Staff Report
and Amended Attachment A
Procedures Manual
(Annotated Redline)
Desk Item
From:Jenny Griffin
To:City Council; City Clerk
Cc:grenna5000@yahoo.com
Subject:City Council Manual and Commission/Committee Reorg
Date:Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:16:02 AM
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Dear City Council:
I am very concerned that a troubling pattern is developing. For some reason in 2023 the
New City Council wants to start changing everything about the way the City Council runs.
If seems people are unhappy with the way our city has run for 22 or more years. All the
Good work that our city has done in the past is being disrespected and cast aside all in
One month to try to produce a set of documents that seem to have the sole purpose
Of restricting the public's ability to interact and voice their opinions with their elected
Officials.
Also, now long standing committees and commissions are being torn apart with little or
No public input all in one month. This is again a disrespect to the long standing Democratic
History of Cupertino and a disrespect for the public.
Why is this being done? All in one month? Why the hurry? What is the great need to
Completely destroy the City Council and it's workings all in one month? Is there some
Greater agenda going on here? Is there some group no one knows about demanding that
Cupertino change in some way?
No one in 22 years or more has seen this much "change" being rammed through in two nights.
Again, why the hurry? Your discourse is with the public. By hurrying the public or hindering
The public's ability to voice their opinions during this "change" you are saying that you
Do not want and do not value the public's input when they sense something is happening
That makes them uneasy. That is what is happening now.
The public is telling you now that they are uneasy and having grave doubts about all these
Hurried and rushed "changes". They know something is wrong.
I consider the attempts to limit public input during oral communications to be enough of
A red flag. Now the attempts to not allow the public to pull items from the Consent Calendar
Is a true warning sign that something is very wrong with these hurried "changes".
The public was taught how to speak in their City on oral communications and how
To pull items from the Consent Calendar for generations before this new city council
Appeared and tried to start taking away those vehicles of communication from the Cupertino
Public all in one month.
Things don't happen in Cupertino unless they are discussed. I learned that early on in
My discourse with previous city councils and previous groups of the public. That is the
Cupertino way.
If the new City Council has a problem with the Cupertino "way", then they need to tell the
Public now. Cupertino's Way is the path of true democracy and if anyone on the City Council
Wants to change that all in one month or one or two nights, then they do not truly understand
What democracy is or at least Cupertino's reality of what democracy is.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin
From:Tessa Parish
To:City Clerk
Subject:Re: Addition to comments
Date:Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:53:28 PM
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Madam city clerk,
I came in a little late, were my comments read before the in person comments?
Thank you,
Tessa Parish
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 3:00 PM Lauren Sapudar <LaurenS@cupertino.org> wrote:
Hello Tessa (City Council Bcc’d),
Your comments have been received and will be included with the written communications
for Item 1 on the January 25 City Council agenda.
Regards,
Lauren Sapudar
Deputy City Clerk
City Manager's Office
LaurenS@cupertino.org
(408) 777-1312
From: Tessa Parish <tessa@parishrealestategroup.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 2:55 PM
To: Christopher Jensen <ChristopherJ@cupertino.org>; City Clerk
<CityClerk@cupertino.org>; Pamela Wu <PamelaW@cupertino.org>; City Council
<CityCouncil@cupertino.org>
Subject: Addition to comments
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if the council does decide to pass the item about former council members, not serving please
specify that it does not affect sitting commissioners in the resolution for clarity--
Tessa Parish
DRE#01158499
RHM Realty
www.ParishRealEstateGroup.com
408.396.8377
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Tessa Parish
DRE#01158499
RHM Realty
www.ParishRealEstateGroup.com
408.396.8377