CC 11-14-00 APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Regular Adjourned Meeting
Tuesday, November 14, 2000
6:00 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 6:45 p.m. Mayor Statton called the meeting to order in the Council Chambers, 10300 Tone
Avenue, Cupertino, California, and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
City Council members present: Mayor John Station, Vice-Mayor Sandra Sames, and Council
members Don Bumett, Michael Chang, and Richard Lowenthal. Council members absent:
None.
Staffpresent: City Manager David Knapp, City Attorney Charles Kilian, Administrative Services
Director Carol Atwood, Community Development Director Steve Piasecki, Public Info~-mtion
Officcr Donna Krey; Public Works Director Ralph Quails, and City Clerk Kimberly Smith.
CEREMONIAL PRESENTATIONS
Mayor John Statton presented a bouquet of flowers to the Council Secretary, Ms. Linda
Lagergren, and gave his thanks for her assistance over the last year.
ELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE-MAYOR
Burnett moved to elect Sandra lames as Mayor. Chang seconded, and the motion carried 4-0,
with James abstniniug.
Burnett moved to elect Richard Lowenthal as Vice-Mayor. Chang seconded, and the motion
carried 4-0, with Lowenthal abstaining.
OATHS OF OFFICE FOR MAYOR AND VICE-MAYOR
The City Clerk gave the oath of office to Mayor James and Vice-Mayor Lowenthal.
COMMENTS BY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PUBLIC
The council membeis expressed their thanks and appreciation to outgoing mayor Statton for his
leadership over the last year, and offered their congratulations to the new mayor and vice mayor.
.- City Manager David Knapp presented Station with a crystal clock on behalf of the staff.
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Mayor James prosented Statton with a plaque in honor of his t~iii, as mayor. She also gave him
two humorous gifts. The first was a folding director's chair with thc city logo, in recognition of
his long battle to upgrade the seating in the council chambers. The second was a binder of all the
council minutes of his te~m, with a large quantity of paper representing James' lengthy council
committee reports.
Statton thanked the community, the council, and the staff, and said they had all played a role in
making this a wonderful place to live.
Vice-Mayor Lowenthal introduced his family, and gave thanks to them and his friend Michael
Gotwald for their ongoing support. Lowenthal highlighted the ways in which each of the council
m¢ii~bers had assisted him in his role as a council member.
Sandra James introduced her family and offered her thanks to them, her supporters, and her
follow council members. She discussed her goals for the council in the coming year. These
goals include getting teens more involved in local government, working with the Chamber of
Commerce on a teen job fair, meeting quarterly with the leadership of the school districts, and
reviewing the city's General Plan. Other goals include continuing work on the $22 million
library, the Town Center project, the hotel and apartments at Stevens Creek and DeAnza, Vallco
Redevelopment, the possibility of a skate park on Compaq's vacant property, and the opening of
the new Cupertino Senior Center.
Mr. Rich Abdal{~,h~ a member of the Cupertino Rotary Club and of the Cupertino Chamber of
Commerce, presented Mayor James with a corsage and offered his congratulations.
Mr. Bill Jones, President of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce, presented flowers and
congratulated Mayor James behalf of the Chamber.
Ms. ,Amber Lindsey, Mayor James' daughter, said that she was proud of her mother's
accomplishments and that James had been a sole parent and an incredible role model.
Ms. Liz Kniss, Mayor of Palo Alto, and Ms. Sandy Eakins, Vice-Mayor, offered their
congratulations.
A Monta Vista High School student thanked Mayor James on behalf of the teen community for
her work on the skate park committee.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None
ANNOUNCEMENTS - The public was invited to attend the reception in the lobby.
ADJOURNMENT