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DRAFT MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Regular Meeting
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ROLL CALL
At 6:00 p.m. Mayor Orrin Mahoney called the Regular City Council meeting to order.
Present: Mayor Orrin Mahoney, Vice Mayor Gilbert Wong, and Council members Barry
Chang, Mark Santoro, and Rod Sinks. Absent: none.
CLOSED SESSION
1. Subject: Workersʹ Compensation Claim (Government Code Section 54956.95);
Claimant: Scott Nemetz; Agency Claimed Against: City of Cupertino
At 6:00 p.m. Council recessed to a closed session, and reconvened in open session at
6:45 p.m. Mayor Mahoney announced that Council received a report and gave
direction to staff.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 6:45 p.m. Mayor Orrin Mahoney reconvened the Regular City Council meeting and
led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Orrin Mahoney, Vice Mayor Gilbert Wong, and Council members Barry
Chang, Mark Santoro, and Rod Sinks. Absent: none.
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CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND PRESENTATIONS
2. Subject: Proclamation for Wen‐Ying Jaw congratulating her for her academic
contributions to the community
Recommended Action: Present the proclamation
Mayor Mahoney presented the proclamation to Ms. Jaw.
3. Subject: Presentation from The Water Savers, fifth grade students from Eaton
Elementary School, introducing their water conservation website
Recommended Action: Receive the presentation from The Water Savers (Chaelee,
Janvi, Michelle, Marie‐Claire)
The Water Savers made a presentation to Council showing their water conservation
website, www.watersavers.webs.com. Council received the presentation.
POSTPONEMENTS
Santoro moved and Wong seconded to postpone item number 12 to May 7. The motion
carried unanimously.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Edward Jajko talked about a proposal in San Jose to build a McDonald’s with a drive‐
through in the shopping center at the corner of Miller and Bollinger. He said that many
people signed a petition opposing this, and the San Jose Planning Commission denied
the proposal, but the owners and developers are now bringing the proposal to the San
Jose City Council. He explained that this is the wrong type of establishment to build in
this area and asked Council to use any influence they had to do something about this.
Mayor Mahoney responded that through staff, Council is weighing in on the issue and
explained that in the initial application, Cupertino’s planning department noted its
concerns, especially traffic, and they plan to resubmit that concern. Other Council
members explained that every city makes its own decisions and as individuals, they can
let officials know residents’ concerns. Council also encouraged people to attend the San
Jose City Council meeting, in addition to reaching out to the San Jose Mayor and
individual Council members, other staff, the school district, and McDonald’s
headquarters.
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Conrad Minshall, coordinator for the grass roots opposition of this McDonald’s project,
said that they are already doing everything Council suggested. He noted that they were
aware of the previous advisory letter from Cupertino’s planning department to San
Jose, but that it didn’t include an evaluation of the Planning Commission’s denial. He
showed a document that explained the specific details of the McDonald’s project,
including the resident’s concerns about the project, and noted that this issue was
receiving media attention.
Bernie Sheahan thanked Council for all the suggestions of how to oppose the project.
Udo Strasillo said that he is anti‐pollution and anti‐driving. He noted that he wasn’t
against McDonald’s, but that this wasn’t the right place to put it, and that it especially
didn’t need to be a drive‐through. He urged Council to do everything possible to help
convince the San Jose City Council to help the residents.
Ruth McKelvey asked which entity (Cupertino, San Jose, or the County) was
responsible for putting in the traffic light at Bollinger and Tantau and which entity was
responsible for taking care of the street (Bollinger) in front of Hyde Middle School. She
explained that the McDonald’s development would make traffic a big issue in this area.
Director of Public Works Timm Borden responded that the traffic signal is in San Jose’s
jurisdiction but he would have to check the boundaries of the street and didn’t have
that information tonight.
Zoe Minshall said that she was worried about the pollution the McDonalds
development would cause, especially for those who have asthma. She said she was also
concerned about loitering in the area.
Nyrie Courtis, representing Cafe Adria in the Orchard Farm Shopping Center, asked
how many times the developers could ask to build a McDonald’s in that location since
this wasn’t the first time. She also asked if bringing up a concern about drug habits in
the area and loitering would help when going before the San Jose City Council. She
urged Council to write a letter opposing the project.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Wong moved and Sinks seconded to approve the items on the Consent Calendar as
recommended with the exception of item numbers 7 and 8 which were pulled for
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discussion. Ayes: Chang, Mahoney, Santoro, Sinks, and Wong. Noes: none. Abstain:
none.
4. Subject: Approve the March 19 City Council minutes
Recommended Action: Approve the minutes
5. Subject: Accept Accounts Payable for period ending March 8, 2013
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 13‐028 accepting Accounts Payable
for period ending March 8, 2013
6. Subject: Accept Accounts Payable for period ending March 15, 2013
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 13‐029 accepting Accounts Payable
for period ending March 15, 2013
7. Subject: Review and adopt a policy for processing budget requests from non‐profit
organizations providing services for the general Cupertino community
Recommended Action: Adopt the policy for processing budget requests from non‐
profit organizations providing services for the general Cupertino community
Written communications for this item included a staff report amending Attachment
B and a handout from staff regarding funding allocations.
Acting Director of Parks and Recreation Carol Atwood reviewed the staff report.
Judith Stewart, Board member of Deer Hollow Farm thanked Council for its
previous support and asked Council to approve the funding request for this next
year.
Sue Gale, President of Friends of Deer Hollow Farm, a 501c3, said that they
submitted a grant request which followed the policy approved by the Parks and
Recreation Commission. She noted that a survey of Farm visitors showed that 17,000
Cupertino residents visit the Farm each year. She further explained how important
the Farm was to State educational curriculum requirements and that the Friends
donors fund 1,000 scholarships for low‐income schools in Cupertino. She noted that
the Farm is supported by cooperative partnerships in government and private
organizations. She urged Council to continue supporting the farm with the
requested $10,000 funding.
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Liz Montgomery, Board member of Deer Hollow Farm, thanked Council for its
support over the past three years and asked for the same support for the upcoming
fiscal year. She explained that the grant request format had been changed recently to
include a ban on grants that request funding for operations of a non‐profit, which
would disallow the request from the Friends of Deer Hollow Farm 501c3 and
Cupertino’s contribution to the Farm. She said that the grant request is to help
spread the cost among cities whose residents use the Farm for free. She noted that
admission can’t be charged, it takes $412,000 annually to run the Farm, and the Farm
has unusual operation expenses due to the need for a 24‐hour live‐in caretaker for
the animals. She said that most of the funding comes from the County of Santa
Clara, City of Mountain View, and Friends donors, with an additional $10,000 each
from Cupertino and Los Altos Hills.
Wong moved and Chang seconded, with friendly amendments by Sinks and
Santoro, to adopt the policy for processing budget requests from non‐profit
organizations providing services for the general Cupertino community with an
amendment to the language on the 9th criteria point to read: Non‐profits will be
notified of our process in advance and no proposals will be entertained after march
1 of each year except under dire circumstances and must be approved by the
majority of City Council. The motion carried unanimously.
8. Subject: Review and approve modifications to the Community Special Events in
Memorial Park policy, including criteria for City sponsorship of a special event
(continued from March 19)
Recommended Action: Approve the modifications to the Community Special
Events in Memorial Park policy, including criteria for City sponsorship of a special
event
Written communications for this item included a staff report amending Attachment
B.
Acting Director of Parks and Recreation Carol Atwood reviewed the staff report.
David Fung, Chair of Parks and Recreation Commission, noted that when the
Commission was reviewing this policy, they were differentiating between all events
and events sponsored only by Cupertino regarding decisions on how to use the
grounds.
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Wong moved and Sinks seconded, and the motion carried unanimously to approve
the modifications to the Community Special Events in Memorial Park policy,
including criteria for City sponsorship of a special event with the following
amendments:
• The second sentence for #7 under Special Conditions will read: Organizers are
responsible for ordering, paying for, and emptying trash receptacles in
memorial park on event days
• The first sentence for #11 under Special Conditions will read: Organizers are
required to have Sheriff’s department deputies to patrol the park during the
event
• The 3rd and 4th bullet points under Criteria for Cupertino Support of a Special
Event are combined to read: Benefit charitable causes in Cupertino and/or
Cupertino businesses
• The 5th bullet point under Criteria for Cupertino Support of a Special Event
should read: The City may request a copy of the event budget, volunteer
hours, and a list of sponsors
SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
9. Subject: Conduct second reading of ordinances for Bingo permits and Acceptance of
Public Improvements to approve actions to further streamline City Council’s
Consent Calendar
Recommended Action: 1) Conduct the second reading and enact Ordinance No. 13‐
2108 for Bingo permits: ʺAn Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino
amending Chapter 5.32 of the Cupertino Municipal Code regarding bingoʺ; 2)
Conduct the second reading and enact Ordinance No. 13‐2109 for Acceptance of
Public Improvements: ʺAn Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino
amending sections 14.04.170 and 18.32.390 of the Cupertino municipal code
regarding acceptance of public improvementsʺ
City Clerk Grace Schmidt read the title of Ordinance No. 13‐2108.
Wong moved and Chang seconded to read the ordinance by title only and that the
City Clerk’s reading would constitute the second reading thereof. Ayes: Chang,
Mahoney, Santoro, Sinks, and Wong. Noes: None.
Wong moved and Chang seconded to enact Ordinance No. 13‐2108. Ayes: Chang,
Mahoney, Santoro, Sinks, and Wong. Noes: None.
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City Clerk Grace Schmidt read the title of Ordinance No. 13‐2109.
Wong moved and Chang seconded to read the ordinance by title only and that the
City Clerk’s reading would constitute the second reading thereof. Ayes: Chang,
Mahoney, Santoro, Sinks, and Wong. Noes: None.
Wong moved and Chang seconded to enact Ordinance No. 13‐2109. Ayes: Chang,
Mahoney, Santoro, Sinks, and Wong. Noes: None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
10. Subject: Approve the Fiscal Year 2013‐14 Fee Schedule
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 13‐030 approving the 2013‐14 Fee
schedule
Written communications for this item included an amendment to the fee schedule
for petitions for reconsideration and a letter from the Cupertino Chamber of
Commerce.
Finance Director David Woo reviewed the staff report.
Richard Abdalah speaking on behalf of the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce asked
Council to consider continuing the decision on approving the fees, especially plan
fees. He noted that the Chamber was okay with CPI fees but would like Council to
continue the plan fees and the 3.77% fee for the new online, permitting system.
Sinks moved and Wong seconded to postpone the entire item to May 7. The motion
failed with Wong and Sinks voting yes.
Santoro moved and Wong seconded, and the motion carried unanimously to adopt
Resolution No. 13‐030 approving the 2013‐14 Fee schedule as submitted by staff with
the following amendments:
• Fee for paper plan set submittals and conversion to electronic format,
including R‐1 submittals would be actual cost plus a handling fee
• No increase to R‐1 fees
• 2% fee increase for new permitting system instead of 3.77% increase
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ORDINANCES AND ACTION ITEMS
11. Subject: Consider Council member Sinks request to teleconference for the closed
session on April 16
Recommended Action: Consider Council member Sinks request to teleconference
for the closed session on April 16 regarding conference with labor negotiator
Wong moved and Chang seconded to allow Council members Sinks to
teleconference for the closed session on April 16. The motion carried with Sinks
abstaining. Council member Sinks noted that he needed to be away for family
reasons and would be listening to the public part of the meeting, but couldn’t
participate due to Council policy.
12. Subject: Consideration of an ordinance rescinding and reenacting Cupertino
Municipal Code Chapter 14.08 regarding obstruction and encroachments into City
rights‐of‐way
Recommended Action: Conduct the first reading of Ordinance No. 13‐2110; “An
Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Cupertino rescinding and readopting
Cupertino Municipal Code Chapter 14.08 (Encroachments and use of City Rights‐of‐
Way)”
Under postponements, this item was continued to May 7.
REPORTS BY COUNCIL AND STAFF
The City Channel rolled a video of the Parks and Recreation Big Bunny Fun Run held
the previous weekend. City Manager David Brandt noted that Council would be
participating in back‐to‐back budget study sessions in May with one public hearing and
budget adoption scheduled for the first meeting in June.
Council members highlighted the activities of their committees and various community
events.
ADJOURNMENT
At 10:43 p.m., the meeting was adjourned.
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Grace Schmidt, City Clerk
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