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Cupertino City Council, Regular Adjourned Meeting
Conference Room C, 10300 Torte Avenue
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
The meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. in Conference Room C at City Hall, 10300
Torre Avenue.
City Council members present: Mayor Richard Lowenthal, Vice-Mayor Chang and
Council members Sandra James, Patrick Kwok, and Dolly Sandoval. Council members
absent: None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None
CLOSED SESSION
At 5:06 p.m. Council convened in a closed session.
Significant Exposure to Litigation - Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1),
Settlement of dispute over payment of Housing Mitigation Fees at 10460 Bubb
Road (Mission West Properties, Carl Berg). Purpose of closed session is to meet
with the City Attorney and Director of Community Development.
Pending Litigation - Government Code Section 54956.9(a), City of Cupertino vs.
International Disposal Corporation (IDC), California, case #CV793115. (This
matter arose after the posting of the agenda).
Labor negotiations - Government Code Section 54957.6. The purpose of the
closed session is to consult with City's management representatives David Knapp,
Carol Atwood, Ralph Quails, Carol Ferrell, and Sandy Abe, concerning labor
negotiations with Operating Engineer's Local No. 3 and Cupertino City
Employee's Association.
The Council reconvened in open session at 6:23 p.m.
The City Attorney announced that with respect to item number 1, Council authorized
staff to settle the claim based upon the discussions in closed session. With respect to item
number 2, the City Attorney announced that the Council authorized the engagement of
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Shute, Mihaly, and Weinberg as Associate Counsel and that staff would come back with
further information. With respect to item number 3, the City Attorney announced that
Council received information from its representative and gave direction to the
representative as discussed in closed session.
STUDY SESSION
City Council study session on 2002-2003 budget. This meeting included
discussion of the overall financial picture, Capital Improvement Projects (CIP),
"at-risk" revenues, debt financing, and program options.
Administrative Services Director Carol Atwood reviewed a PowerPoint
presentation that included the following:
· Study session goals
· Budget projections for 2001-02
· Reserve policy as of 12/17/01
· Council policy on CIP reserve
· Budget projection for 2002-03
· Budget assumptions
· General fund revenues
· Revenues "at risk"
· Revenue strategies
· Department operation budgets
· General fund expenditures
· Proposed programs
· Revisiting CIP project scope
· Policy direction
Council briefly discussed the following topics:
· Proposed new programs as outlined on page 12 of the proposed budget
· Debt financing for the library, animal shelter, and to defer property sales
· Enhanced business license enforcement for the flea market, farmer's
market, and community events
· Possible revision to fee waiver policy
· Funding of capital projects
Director of Public Works Ralph Quails reviewed the 5-Year Capital Improvement
Program (CIP).
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ADJOURNMENT
At 9:00 p.m. the meeting was adjourned, to continue the budget study session, on
Monday, June 3 at 4:30 p.m.
Grace Johnson, Deputy City Clerk
For more information: Staffreports, backup materials, and items distributed at the
meeting are available for review at the City Clerk's Office, 777-3223.
Televised Council meetings may be viewed live on Cable Channel 26, and may also be
viewed live or on demand at www.cunertino.or~. Videotapes of the televised meetings
are available at the Cupertino Library, or may be purchased from the Cupertino City
Channel, 777-2364.
The study session on May 28 was not televised.