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Item No. 1
Study Session- Revisions to
Cupertino City Council
Procedure Manual
Written Communications
From:Jennifer Griffin
To:City Council; City Clerk
Cc:grenna5000@yahoo.com
Subject:Comments on Agenda Item 1, Handbook, Cupertino City Council Meeting 3/5/24
Date:Tuesday, March 5, 2024 8:26:07 AM
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Dear City Council:
These are my comments on the Cupertino City Council Procedures Manual
For the Cupertino City Council meeting on 3/5/24, Agenda Item 1.
Please include in Public Comments for this Agenda Item.
The City Council might want to consider postponing this item again for sixth months
as I think the items about trying to further limit public input are bordering on democracy
Issues, and need to be revised so as not to attempt to limit the public's ability to speak.
This should not be the focus of such a manual.
Agenda Item Number 1. Section 8.4:
Please do not do anything further to limit the public's ability to comment on items etc.
The whole reason one has City Council meetings is to interact with the public.
Also, the fact that the number of City Council Meetings have been cut in half is nothing
To cheer about. The public has had less access to meetings and no one in the public knows
What the city is doing.
City Council Agenda Recommendations:
Please comment on Informational Items listed at the end of City Council agendas. No one knows what
These are put on the City Council Agendas for. Please have City Council members comment on
What they have been doing. It helps the public get to know the City Council member, their style
Of interacting with the public and what their areas of interest are.
Thank you for your attention to the comments above.
Sincerely,
Jennifer Griffin
From:Kitty Moore
To:City Clerk; Kirsten Squarcia; Lauren Sapudar
Subject:Written Communications Item 1 Special Meeting FW: Book Request for the Council Office
Date:Tuesday, March 5, 2024 3:54:36 PM
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Dear City Clerk,
Please include the following as written communications for Item 1, RE Policy No. 5.
Thank you,
Kitty Moore
Kitty Moore
Councilmember
City Council
KMoore@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-1389
From: Kitty Moore <KMoore@cupertino.gov>
Date: Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 11:54 AM
To: Pamela Wu <PamelaW@cupertino.gov>
Cc: Matt Morley <MattM@cupertino.gov>, Debra Nascimento <DebraN@cupertino.gov>
Subject: Book Request for the Council Office
Hi Pamela,
I mentioned some books I have found useful and would like to suggest having a shelf in the council office
that would remain there. I have marked the books from Solano Press below that I have, and think are very
useful for self-study. They total $715. The entire list is under $1,000. I already own them all, I was thinking it
would be great if the other councilmembers had access to the same without needing to pay for them
themselves.
Along with the following list of books, I have also purchased from the League of California Cities, “The
California Municipal Revenue Sources Handbook” 5th Ed. By Michael Coleman ($35
https://www.calcities.org/resource/municipal-revenue-sources-handbook ), the AEP “CEQA Statutes and
Guidelines” (available free online but the hard copy is better if building a reference shelf) and “The CEQA
Deskbook” is excellent also - De Anza College has a very affordable CEQA/EIR course which goes through
the entire book cover to cover. I did purchase the Planning Commissioner related books on the Solano list,
but I am just asking for the Council-related ones. Exclamation marks are for the ones I personally think are
more helpful.
Here is the Solano Press link: https://solano.com/
That being said, I realize the budget likely would not allow for such an expenditure, and I don’t know if any
other councilmembers would want to have such resources available, but I do want the request ‘out there’
so to speak.
Thank you for your consideration of this idea.
Kitty Moore
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Kitty Moore
Councilmember
City Council
KMoore@cupertino.gov
(408) 777-1389
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