CC 05-02-2023 Item No. 14_Written Communications1
CITY COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORT
Meeting: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Reporting Councilmember: Councilmember Kitty Moore
Report Activity Dates: 4/5/2023 to 4/30/2023
Event Date, Title, and Description:
April 5, 2023, Discover Stanford for You: Preventing Housing Displacement – One Family at a
Time. End of COVID protections: funds and arguments which protected families struggling
with rent payments resulting in housing displacement. Discussion of how Legal Aid Society of
San Mateo County (and Law Foundation of Silicon Valley) help with housing displacement.
April 6, 2023, Santa Clara Valley Water Water Ambassador Program, Moore initiatied –
application approved by SCVW BOD member. Attending multi-week course on water
challenges, role of Valley Water, Valley Water Projects, and Organizational structure. Course
begins today.
April 8, 2023, Cupertino Big Bunny Fun Run! Participated in the 5K, helped Parks and
Recreation Staff give out all of the prize medals, placed 3rd for age group : ) Great and healthy
fun for the community!
April 10, 2023, CPUC meeting, voluntary attendance.
April 12, 2023, Santa Clara Valley Water Commission, Chair was unable to attend, as Vice
Chair I ran the meeting. We had a robust discussion on the water rates and proposed rate hikes
and recommended the BOD not approve the rate hike, elected to hold the August meeting and
will hold it at the Advanced Water Purification Center.
April 13, 2023, Apple site visit RE Agenda item project on Vallco Parkway and Tantau.
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April 16, 2023, Continuing Environmental Studies program: Environmental Resource
Management and Pollution Prevention: Energy, Chemicals and Waste
April 20, 2023, Santa Clara Valley Water Water Ambassador Program, Moore initiatied –
application approved by SCVW BOD member. Attending multi-week course on water
challenges, role of Valley Water, Valley Water Projects, and Organizational structure. Deep
dive into the water system.
April 22, 2023 Attended Cupertino Earth Day from 11-2:20pm and visited many booths and
collected lots of information. Great to see the event growing from last year! Cupertino has a lot
to be proud of regarding Bird Safe/Dark Skies, Single Use Plastics, Climate Action 2.0, Reach
Codes, and more!
April 24, 2023 Attended Senator Josh Becker and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan’s press
conference in support of Transitional Housing SB 643 to help provide sites for transitional
homeless housing as a step to permanent housing.
April 26, 2023 Attended Supervisor Simitian’s 8th Lehigh Cement Plant and Quarry Community
meeting. Of note was the mention of a 15 M gallon spill of potable water in 2022. (That is
equivalent to 46 acre-ft which is 46 times the amount of water an average family of 4 would use
inside and outside in a year). Efforts underway to ensure that the plant is permanently closed
and begin remediation.
April 27, 2023 Attended Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention meeting by Destination
Home. Santa Clara County Homelessness Prevention System (HPS). Emergency financial
assistance was analyzed and found to be very effective. HPS has had to turn away about 2/3ds
of the people seeking assistance due to lacking capacity. Since starting the Eviction Diversion
and Settlement Program in April 2022, they have served 167 cases, $2.9 M award, $17,608
average award per household, demand is great. Average rent for HPS participants is
$1,987/month which is an increase of 12% YOY. More than half of the households HPS serves
were not earning enough income to cover their monthly rent. More cost effective to prevent
homelessness than to provide for homeless. Needs more funding, Measure A does not apply to
this program.
April 29, 2023 Attended Cherry Blossom Festival and toured all of the indoor exhibits. Very
well-attended and organized!
April 29, 2023 Attended the Grand Opening of Berraco Coffee at Stevens Creek Blvd. and S.
Tantau across from Main Street Cupertino. This new shop is one-of-a-kind and features
specialty coffee.
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April 30, 2023 Ongoing Environmental Studies Environmental Resource Management and
Pollution Provention: Energy, Chemicals and Waste, this week’s topic: Solid and Medical
Waste Management: Legal and Technical Aspects. Very timely subject which included an
overview of MRFs and Santa Clara County landfills with multiple videos on waste processing.