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CC 03-03-03CITY OF CUPEI TINO APPROVED MINUTES CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL Regular Adjourned meeting Monday March 3, 2003 ROLL CALL At 5:00 p.m., Mayor Chang called the meeting to order in Conference Room A, Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torte Avenue, Cupertino. City Council members present: Mayor Michael Chang, Vice-Mayor Sandra James, and Council members Patrick Kwok, Dolly Sandoval and Richard Lowenthal. Council members absent: none. Staff present: City Manager David Knapp, City Attorney Charles Kilian, and City Clerk Kimberly Smith. COMMISSION INTERVIEWS l. Interview applicants for unscheduled vacancies on the Planning and Fine Arts Commissions. Council interviewed David Kim and Fred Schualbach for the vacancy on the Fine Arts Commission, and appointed David Klm to a partial term ending January 2005. Council interviewed Seth Cohen, Michael Cellini, Hossein Amrbar, Shishir Mukherjee, Andrew Lamanque, Martin Miller, Tom Jacobs, Fenn Horton and Fred Schualback for a vacancy on the Planning Commission. Council held over this item until the end of the evening, at which time they appointed Martin Miller to a partial term ending January 2005. RECESS At 6:45 p.m.- 7:00 p.m. the Council was in recess. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At 7:00 p.m. Mayor Chang called the meeting to order in the Council Chambers, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 2 ROLLCALL City Council members present: Mayor Michael Chang, Vice-Mayor Sandra James, and Council members Patrick Kwok, Dolly Sandoval and Richard Lowenthal. Council members absent: none. Staff present: City Manager David Knapp, Administrative Services Director Carol Atwood, City Attorney Charles Kilian, Public Works Director Ralph Qualls, Community Development Director Steve Piasecki, Parks and Recreation Director Therese Smith, Associate Planner Peter Gilli, Public Information Officer Rick Kitson, and City Clerk Kimberly Smith. CEREMONIAL MATTERS - PRESENTATIONS 2. Proclamation for JC Penney's for their part in the Children's Shopping Spree. Jim Kegley accepted the proclamation on behalf of JC Penney's. 2a. Proclamation for Colorectal Cancer Awareness month. Gay Crawford, Grace Tan, and Carol Baker accepted the proclamation. POSTPONEMENTS - None WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS -documents were distributed for items 14 and 16. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Robert Levy, 10802 Wilkinson Avenue, said he understood that the City and County were working together to clean up the creeks. One question to be considered at the Thursday community meeting on the Stevens Creek Corridor is what will happen to the golf course, which obtains its water from the creek, if existing small dams at Blackberry Farm are to be removed. CONSENT CALENDAR Lowenthal/Sandoval moved and seconded to approve the items on the Consent Calendar as recommended, with the exception of item 12, which was discussed later with item No. 22. The motion carried. Vote: Ayes: Chang, James, Kwok, Lowenthal, Sandoval. Noes: None. Absent: None. 3. Approve the minutes from the February 11 and 18 City Conncil meetings. Adopt a resolution accepting Accounts Payable for February 14 and 21, Resolution Nos. 03-040 and 03-041. 5. Adopt a resolution accepting Payroll for February 28, Resolution No. 03-042. March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 3 Approve a fee waiver request in the approximate amount of $402.OO for the Homestead High School Music Boosters May 9, 2003, annual music awards banquet at the Quinlan Center. Approve a fee waiver request in the approximate amount of $628.00 for the Organization of Special Needs Families' March 23, 2003, first annual event recognizing the organization's achievements. Adopt a resolution accepting a Quitclaim deed for Chao-Yue Liu and Daphne W. Chen, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, 21831 San Femando Avenue, APN 357-15-039, Resolution No. 03-043. Adopt a resolution accepting a Grant of easement, roadway, for Chao-Yue Liu and Daphne W. Chen, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, 21831 San Femando Avenue, APN 357-15-039, Resolution No. 03-044. 10. Adopt a resolution accepting an Improvement agreement for Chao-Yue Liu and Daphne W. Chen, Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants, 21831 San Femando Avenue, APN 357- 15-039, Resolution No. 03-045. 11. Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for, accept, and appropriate $600,000 in FY 2003-04 funding from the State Bicycle Transportation Account for the Mary Avenue Footbridge Improvement Project, Resolution No. 03-046. ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR (above) The agenda was reordered to discuss item 12 and item 22 together. STAFF REPORTS 22. Receive a report on the Water Resources Ordinance sponsored by the Santa Clara Valley Water District (no documentation in packet); and 12. Watershed Protection Collaborative: a) Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a reimbursement agreement with the Santa Clara Valley Water District in the amount of $90,000 for the District to fund the efforts of the Watershed Protection Collaborative, Resolution No. 03-047 b) Adopt a resolution authorizing the Director of Public Works to negotiate and execute an agreement in an amount not to exceed $90,000 for with CONCUR, Inc. for the administration of the Watershed Protection Collaborative, on condition of approval of the reimbursement agreement by the City and Santa Clara Valley Water District, Resolution No. 03-048 Public Works Director Ralph Qualls gave a verbal report, and said that local cities, the County of Santa Clara, and some business districts had formed a collaborative group, and have tentatively March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 4 arranged for a facilitator. There have been two meetings already, and will be five more by July. The City will administer the contract and be reimbursed by the Water District. Kwok/Lowenthal moved and seconded to receive the report, and adopt Resolution Nos. 03-047 and 03-048. The motion carried. Vote: Ayes: Chang, James, Kwok, Lowenthal, Sandoval. Noes: None. Absent: None. NEW BUSINESS The agenda was reordered to consider item 16 next. 16. Receive a report on Labor Compliance Provisions for Construction Contracts and approval of Revised Special Provisions for Certified Payrolls and Prevailing Wage Requirements for the Civic Center and Library Phase II Construction Project. Public Works Director Ralph Quails reviewed the staff report. He explained that project labor agreements (PLA) are an agreement between the construction trade unions, the individual unions who are employed on the project, and the project owner to establish a dispute procedure up-front with working rules and conditions. The trades agree not to create disruptions in the work and the contractors (union or non-union) would be eligible to bid on the project. The most use of these contracts come when there are multiple prime contractors over a long period of time working under extreme restricted working conditions and the cost of the project is hundreds of millions of dollars. He said that PLA's are not for everybody and they wouldn't add any value to our "small" City construction project. Neil Strothers, 2102 Almaden Rd., Ste. 101, Building Trades Council, said that he disagreed with some things from the staff report. He thought that $50,000 to look at certified payrolls was out of the ordinary and a 6-month extension for pre-qualification was extreme. He clarified that the Building Trades Council has not asked for a PLA and that it wouldn't meet their criteria. They want to explore what the City can do, not can't do, to enforce prevailing wage and thought it would be a step in the right direction for Cupertino to address prevailing wage enfomement. He said they are too focused over the Library project since the whole issue came up over a contractor doing sidewalks where the contractor was found to have underpaid workers $200,000, just in sidewalks. He thought the City has an opportunity to define what responsible contracting means and would welcome a conversation on what the City could do in this regards. Eric Christen, 3131 52® Ave., Sacramento, Executive Director for the Coalition for Fair Employment in Construction, said that they support the staff recommendation to not consider a PLA but to approve the concept for prevailing wages and certified payrolls for the Library/Civic Center building contract. They believe this would allow compliant contractors who ware obeying the law to work for the City following the laws of the State of California. They look forward to a number of their contractors provide the City with a bid and a project brought in on time and on budget. March g, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 5 Joseph C. Gamb, 104 Lavonne Dr., Campbell, All Bay Electric, said that his company has done the City's fire stations and Monta Vista High School, and has been on time and on budget. They believe in safety practices and believe in paying their employees the right amount of wages. They need a chance to come in a give a bid, to have the unions meet them at the bidding tables, and have the City pick the cheapest price. He didn't think the City should put this labor issue against them because they are fair and think they could do the job a lot quicker and on time. He wanted to be able to save the City money in tax dollars. Dave Sztuk, 525 Asbury St., San Jose, said that he is a local contractor and wants the opportunity to bid on the library project. He said that a potential PLA agreement would lessen competition because it would freeze out merit shop contractors to actually bid the work, it would lead to higher construction costs on projects, it may send local tax dollars out of the area, it would hurt locally qualified construction companies, it could displace local union workers, it discriminates against state approved apprenticeship programs, and it has a propensity to have retirement and health benefits possibly taken away depending on the language of the PLA. Mark Bums, 1085 Huntington Dr., San Jose, Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, said that there is a great potential on this very small project to have delays and we can't afford any more delays. This could also have a tremendous impact on future projects in the next decade and installing a bureaucracy at this point in time would not be good. They support open competition in the marketplace. Kevin Dayton, 11875 Dublin Blvd., Ste. C-258, Associated Builders and Contractors, Golden Gate Chapter, supports the staff recommendation to check certified payrolls to make sure everyone is following the law as long as it's done fairly. They urge Council to reject any suggestions such as PLA's and to use fair and open competition. Rich Abdalah, 10455 Torre Ave., said that he worked for the County of Santa Clara and has been a member of a union. He supports the staff recommendation to not have a PLA because it would not allow for an open community where anyone can live and make a living here. He also said that time is of essence and the service organizations are about to engage in extensive fundraising to improve the area outside the buildings and any delays in the project could dissipate those fundraising efforts. Elinora Mantovani, 11238 Bubb Rd., said that a PLA would constrain the City from entering into agreements for construction projects such as the library, which do not contain certain conditions agreed upon in advance between the City as the project owner and the building trades, possibly to the detriment of non-union entities. She is a believer in the unions and the benefits to their workers. She is usually in favor of contracting with union entities for the general protection of labor and the working people. But, to require that the City be permitted to contract only upon terms agreed upon in advance with organized labor flies in the face of the value of choice. The City should be able to consider all contract terms and make a reasoned choice at the time among all possible alternatives in order to represent the interests of the City and not the interests of private March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 6 management, organized labor, or any other group or sector. The staff and Council should be allowed to do the best thing for the City overall and that may mean entering into agreements which may be contrary to certain groups' interests, philosophical positions, or personal convictions of any particular individual, but when taken in the overall context, serves the interests of all the City's citizens and their right to full representation. Chuck Con', 11094 La Paloma, said that he wants to keep the library project going and finished as soon as possible. He has experience in facilities and construction work and recently researched PLA's and labor compliance programs due to new laws on school districts. He supports staff's recommendation. Strothers responded to a question from Lowenthal asking if he supported the staff recommendation to require all contractors proactively to send the City their payroll records. He said that he supports enforcement of prevailing wage, but thought that there were ways to address those contractors who aren't complying and shouldn't burden every contractor with this requirement. He said that collecting them does nothing because contractors have figured out ways to provide certified payrolls that reflect the right wages even though the workers aren't getting those wages. There needs to be checks and balances. Quails explained that the requirement would be to have the contractors submit their certified payrolls instead of having them do it on-demand as is the current practice. It would also require the City to review the payrolls to be sure they are compliant with the prevailing wage laws and requirements in the contract. He thought it was prudent on a project of this size and is workable. Dayton responded to a question from Sandoval regarding how he thought certified payrolls should be checked fairly. He said that it was brought up that 10% of the contractors aren't obeying the law regarding paying prevailing wages and he wondered how those 10% would be targeted, both union and non-union contractors. He said that to be fair, all contractors would be required to submit their payrolls and the City would have to check the paperwork equally. Sandoval said she was not in favor of the staff recommendation requiring that contractors provide certified payrolls because it would be an unnecessary, burdensome, and costly expenditure for the City. She gave some background about how this issue came about and concern over the City having a contract with a company that has since been found to not pay prevailing wages to its workers, which put Cupertino's good name at risk. She said that the City has an obligation to examine the policy issues related to this subject. They shouldn't be wrapped up in the library project alone, but shouldn't rush forward to be sure the policies are clear on the matter of responsible contracting including, but not limited to, compliance with prevailing wage laws. Sandoval prepared a draft policy for Council to consider. She agreed with much of the input, but can achieve the same goals with a better definition of responsible bidder using a series of objective criteria. She didn't think the City needed to go through a pre-qualification process on the library project. She agreed with the need to provide for enforcement of prevailing wages, but not March 3, ~00~ Cupertino City Council Page ? the enforced remedy of having the City collect certified payroll. Having the City or its construction manager, Nova Partners, process the paperwork will not help the City decide who is a responsible contractor. She suggested the City react locally on a complaint basis by having an independent fact finder involved in the event of a formal complaint with the losing party paying the costs. She distributed a draft policy that she wanted Council to adopt that states that it won't stand for contractors who violate the law. Quails commented that whether Council approved the staff recommendation or not, the prevailing wage laws will be strictly enfomed on the project and any complaint that comes up would be dealt with immediately and firmly. James said that she would have moved to approve the staff recommendation since that was what the ad hoc committee had wanted, but is okay to just go with the status quo since requiring contractors to provide their payroll documents doesn't seem to be an issue anymore. She also did not want the library project to be delayed any. Sandoval/Kwok moved to accept the staff report excluding requiring certified payroll going into the Library project. Lowenthal/Kwok moved to add a friendly amendment to note and file the staff report and to take no action at this time. Sandoval/Kwok moved to have staff review and give a report on March 17. Sandoval/Kwok moved to add a friendly amendment to have staff review and give an interim report on March 17 regarding Sandoval's proposed policy on responsible contracting. The motion carded. Vote: Ayes: Chang, James, Kwok, Lowenthal, Sandoval. Noes: None. Absent: None. PUBLIC HEARINGS 13. 14. Hold a public hearing on the 2002-03 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Funds. Administrative Services Director Carol Atwood introduced the item. The public hearing was opened. There were no speakers, and the heating was closed at 8:31 p.m. Council received the report. Consider Application Nos. GPA-2002-05, SPA-2002-01, and EA-2002-01, City of Cupertino, Citywide; an amendment to the Land Use Element of the General Plan and any other elements affected by the Crossroads Area Streetscape Plan, and an amendment to the Heart of the City Specific Plan to incorporate the Crossroads Area Streetscape Plan. A Negative Declaration is recommended, and this item is recommended for approval. Senior Planner Aarti Shrivastava reviewed the staff report via a PowerPoint presentation. She listed major concerns from survey results: · Increase in the density of development · Tall buildings (staff commented that the Crossroad buildings would not exceed 3 stories) · Blocking the view of the mountains March ~, 200~ Cupertino O~ty Councll Page 8 Possibly increased traffic due to increased development · Difficult for children to cross now that school boundaries have been redistricted · Sidewalk too narrow to accommodate all the elements in the plan · Making the area walkable would impact the ability of traffic to flow through the area She listed some ideas and comments from the survey results from people who did like the plan: · They liked the goals of the plan · Some favored an attractive walkable area · Have design guidelines for development of all commercial areas · Add landscape elements, trees, and buffers to where properties backed residential development · Keep the heights consistent with the existing Heart of the City plan · Remove one lane in each direction if the goal was to make the area walkable · Create a pedestrian mall plaza and a park The public hearing was opened and the following individuals commented on the Crossroads plan: · Leslie Ericksen, 10298 Cold Harbor Ave. · Steve Tong, 10321 Bret Ave. · Joanne Tong, 22339 McClellan Rd. · Mark Bums, 21269 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino Chamber of Commerce · Preston Chiappa, 10329 Brittany Ct. · Letter from Dave Hauser, owner of McWhorter and Young, 20558 Stevens Creek Blvd. · "Ned" Britt, 20850 Peppertree Lane · E.J. Conens, 10480 Pineville · Robert Levy, 10802 Wilkinson Ave. · Geoffrey Paulsen, 10557 Randy Lane · Mark Peebles, 10166 Barbara Lane · Patricia Smith, 10317 Cold Harbor Ave. · Dennis Whittaker, 20622 Cheryl Dr. · Penny Whittaker, 20622 Cheryl Dr. · Bob Hendrickson, 10535 Mira Vista Ave. · Charles Taubman, 20658 Shelly Dr. · Kenneth W. Race, 906 Liberty Ct. · Homer Tong, 22339 McClellan Rd. · Malka Nagel, 1010 Camino Vista Their comments included: · The Crossroads plan would take away the small-town feel of Cupertino Mar& 3, 2003 i2upertlno City Council Page 9 · Have no buildings taller than 2-stories and have them set back as far from the street as possible · Don't take any lanes away from Stevens Creek Blvd. (staffclarified that there was no current recommendation to reduce lanes on Stevens Creek) · Don't go ahead with the Bottegas project until there is continuity with the whole Crossroads plan · In favor of a downtown Cupertino and move the project forward · Don't be in such a hurry to move ahead without more public input · The survey for the residents, businesses, property owners, merchants, and customers were not completed since there are still no survey results for the merchants · The plan appears to favor new retailers and old businesses will be impacted by loss of visibility and business disruption · Go with option B, rather than option C for the applicant who is waiting to build · The sample plan pictures from the packet show a 2-lane street, not Stevens Creek, which is a major thoroughfare. It is impossible for this area to be walkable · The plan is good, but Stevens Creek is not the place to build it · A parking garage would be needed · Commend staff for coming up with a good plan and likes option C · Consider multi-lingual focus groups to get citizen feedback · Patchwork areas where there is a 25-foot sidewalk and then a 5 foot long sidewalk, etc. isn't walkable. Have the buildings together and maybe have the downtown area on the Target side of Stevens Creek · Don't ruin the open space of Cupertino by building many more tall buildings · Clarify what setback means · Think about people in wheelchairs and strollers in that the sidewalks don't allow passing · Came to Cupertino to get away from the energy, excitement and urban feel of a big city · Why the sudden urge for a downtown to emulate Los Gatos, Palo Alto, and Los Altos. Why not just be Cupertino · Maximize setbacks and hold firm on building heights · Pass an ordinance that limits buildings to 2-story height and have the people vote if developers want to go over that height · Don't tie multi-culturalism into the development · The plan is inconsistent with some areas having 20 foot sidewalks and other areas having 10 or 15 foot sidewalks - not attractive · Why even talk about building additional office-retail space and possible housing with the current vacancy rate The public hearing was closed. March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 10 17. 15. James/Kwok moved and seconded to vote for option B from the staff report to delay the schedule for the Crossroads Plan and evaluate it as part of the General Plan. The motion carded. Vote: Ayes: Chang, James, Kwok. Noes: Sandoval and Lowenthal. Absent: None. The agenda was reordered to discuss item 17 next. Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 1914: "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Amending Section 11.24.170 of the Cupertino Mtmicipal Code Relating to Parking Limitation on Certain Streets, Establishing a 30-Minute Limited Parking Zone on Bonny Drive, Scofield Drive, and Pepper Tree Lane, in the Vicinity of Faria School." Public Works Director Ralph Quails reviewed the staff report. Sharon Kohlmannslehner, 20416 Via Volante, President of the Faria School Site Council, said that after the pilot project, a 15% decrease in traffic in the morning and a third decrease in the afternoon was seen, and she was encouraged that this would continue. She showed a box of at least 400 letters from the Faria school parents encouraging support for the project. Suresh Kadiyala, 21103 Granola Dr., Faria School Site Council, said that the project was very successful and supported the ordinance to make the parking arrangement permanent. He commented that the families pledged to support the parking rules in the Faria neighborhood. Dolly Travers, 10155 Barbara Lane, Principal of Faria School, said that the Site Council would continue to take responsibility to send regular reminders and to listen to the neighbors. She requested permanent status of the parking project. Ned Britt, 20850 Pepper Tree Lane, said that he has seen at least 6 cars block the crosswalk area and a continual congestion of cars. He said that the actual problem is not the cars that are parked, but the ones that are driving. He thought that the traffic pattern should be changed to make people park a block or two away and keep cars from driving through, so that parents would feel safe to allow their children to cross in the crosswalk. Robert Levy, 10802 Wilkinson Ave., said that the congestion problem started when busing to schools ended. The City Clerk read the title of the ordinance. James/Lowenthal moved and seconded to read the ordinance by title only, and that the City Clerk's reading would constitute the first reading thereof. The motion carded. Vote: Ayes: Chang, James, Kwok, Sandoval, Lowenthal. Noes: None. Absent: None. Consider Application Nos. MCA-2002-03 and EA-2002-10, City of Cupertino, Citywide; a Municipal Code amendment to Chapter 19.28 and related chapters affecting single- March 3, 2003 Cupert{no City Council Page 11 family residential development in the R1 zoning district. A Negative Declaration is recommended, and this item is recommended for approval. Ordinance No. 1915: "An Ordinance of the City of Cupertino, Amending Chapters 19.28, 19.80, 19.100 and 14.18 of the Cupertino Municipal Code Regarding Single- Family Residential Development Regulations." Associate Planner Peter Gilli reviewed the staff report via a PowerPoint presentation. The public hearing was opened and the following individuals spoke: Mark Bums, 345 S. San Antonio Rd., Silicon Valley Association of Realtors · Marty Miller, 20348 Clay St. · Natalie Cardenas, 345 S. San Antonio Rd., Silicon Valley Association of Realtors · Leslie Bumell, 21466 Holly Oak Dr. · Cary Chien, 10583 Felton Way · Zhaorong Xia, 20903 Hanford Drive · Malka Nagel, 10180 Camino Vista · Jan Stoeckenius, 22386 Cupertino Road · Lisa Giefer, 21561 Regnart Road · Robert Chang, 10846 Willowbrook Way Their comments included: · The original purpose of the ordinance was to eliminate oversized homes and it has served its purpose · The ordinance also served to reduce the pace of redevelopment and infill development in residential neighborhoods, which isn't good · Some review and updating to the ordinance is in order in terms of what to achieve in moving forward · The R-1 ordinance amendment added many stumbling blocks to homeowners and builders · Delays and additional requirements cost homeowners more money and the existing ordinance is more than adequate · The proposed changes of the process of design review are not minor, but significant · The realtor community would like a chance to work with Council and staff to provide valuable input · Any delay could add weeks or months to the process and more money for the homeowner, which might force them to not be able to build or have to move out of the area · Concern about privacy for lower-level homes when a 2-story is built · The ordinance lengthens the process and makes the project more expensive · Things should stay the way they are and the item should be tabled · Concern about a more restrictive ordinance and its interpretation March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 12 o The restriction of the 2nd floor area wasn't doing the job it was supposed to do in building smaller homes since people will just build the first floor bigger · Encourage staff to use design review to help maintain privacy when neighbors build 2-story homes James/Kwok moved to take the item off the calendar and to re-notice it. It will come back for Council consideration as two to three separate ordinances dealing with various issues raised at the meeting, including process, prescriptive, and noticing. PLANNING APPLICATIONS UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 16. Receive a report on Labor Compliance Provisions for Construction Contracts and approval of Revised Special Provisions for Certified Payrolls and Prevailing Wage Requirements for the Civic Center and Library Phase II Construction Project. This item was heard earlier. 17. Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 1914: "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Amending Section 11.24.170 of the Cupertino Mtmicipal Code Relating to Parking Limitation on Certain Streets, Establishing a 30-Minute Limited Parking Zone on Bonny Drive, Scofield Drive, and Pepper Tree Lane, in the Vicinity of Faria School." This item was heard earlier. 18. Discuss how hillside exceptions for residential development are reviewed and approved. This item was continued to the meeting of March 4, 2003. 19. Review the proposed housing assistance program for Cupertino teachers. This item was continued to the meeting of March 4, 2003. ORDINANCES 20. Conduct the second reading of Ordinance No. 1912: "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Amending Chapter 2.40 of the Cupertino Municipal Code Regarding the Disaster Council." This item was continued to the meeting of March 4, 2003. March 3, 2003 Cupertino City Council Page 13 21. Conduct the second reading of Ordinance No. 1913: "An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino Amending Sections 2.88.010 of the City's Ordinance Code Modifying the Composition of the Audit Committee." This item was continued to the meeting of March 4, 2003. COUNCIL REPORTS - None CLOSED SESSION - None ADJOURNMENT At 12:40 a.m. Council adjourned to Tuesday, March 4, for a joint study session with the Planning Commission regarding the preliminary review of the proposed General Plan update, and to take up the items that were continued from this agenda. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino. Council also announced that they would hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday, March 5, at 5:00 p.m. to discuss a possible insurance issue regarding the Lunar New Year Unity Parade. Kimberly Smitt~Ci'ty Clerk For more information: Staff reports, 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.cupertino.org. Videotapes of the televised meetings are available at the Cupertino Library, or may be purchased from the Cupertino City Channel, 777-2364.