CC 06-10-2014 (special) CUPERTINO
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Tuesday, JunE' 10, 2014
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ROLL CALL
At 4:30 p.m. Mayor Gilbert Wong called the regular City Council meeting to order in the
Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA and led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
Present: Mayor Gilbert Wong, Vice Mayor Rod Sinks, and Council members Barry Chang and
Orrin Mahoney. Absent: Mark Santoro.
COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS
1. Subiect:Bicycle Pedestrian Commission a1rid Public Safety
Commission interviews
Recommended Action: Conduct interviews and make appointments
■ Public Safety Commission
The City Council interviewed applicants and appointed Stephen (Mike) Jerbic to a
partial term ending January 2016.
■ Bicycle Pedestrian Commission
The City Council interviewed applicants and appointed Sean Lyn to a partial term
ending January 2015.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS -None
ADJOURNMENT
At 4:35 p.m. Mayor Wong adjourned the meeting.
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Kirsten Squarcia, D putt'City Clerk
CUPERTINO
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CI'T'Y COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 6:45 p.m. Mayor Gilbert Wong called the special City Council meeting to order in the
Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre .Avenue, Cupertino, CA and led the Pledge of
Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Gilbert Wong, Vice Mayor Rod Sinks, and Council members Barry Chang, and
Orrin Mahoney. Absent: Mark Santoro.
CEREMONIAL MATTERS AND PRESENTA'T'IONS -None
POSTPONEMENTS
Postponed Item No. 6 Budget adoption to July 1
Postponed Item No. 7 CIP conformance to the General Plan to July 1
Mahoney moved and Chang seconded to postpone item numbers 6 and 7 to July 1. The motion
carried unanimously (Santoro absent).
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS -None
CONSENT CALENDAR
Sinks moved and Mahoney seconded to ap]?rove the items on the Consent Calendar as
presented with the exception of item number 3 which was removed for discussion. Ayes:
Chang, Mahoney, Sinks, and Wong. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: Santoro.
1. Subject: Approve the May 27 City Council minutes
Recommended Action: Approve the minutes
2• Subject: Adoption of a Resolution Approving Interim Expenditures Prior to Adoption of
the Operating and Capital Budget for FY2014-15.
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution Approving Interim Expenditures Prior to
Adoption of the Operating and Capital Budget for FY2014-15.
3. Subject:AB 2013, as amended, (Muratsuchi). Vehicles:high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
Recommended Action: Accept Legislative Committee recommendation to
support Assembly Bill AB 2013 (Muratsuchi)
Sinks moved and Mahoney seconded to approve item number 3. The motion carried
unanimously (Santoro absent).
4. Subject: AB 2565, as amended, (Muratsuchi). Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
Rental property: electric vehicle charging stations.
Recommended Action: Accept Legislative Committee recommendation to
support Assembly Bill AB 2565 (Muratsuchi).
5• Subject: 2014 Pavement Maintenance Project - Phase I, Project No. 2014-01,
authority to award construction contract.
Recommended Action: Subject to the approval of the recommended FY 14/15
Operating Budget for annual pavement maintenance, authorize the City Manager
to award the construction contract if the bids are within the established budget
and there are no unresolved bid protests.
SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES - None
PUBLIC HEARINGS
6. Subject: Budget adoption
Recommended Action: Continue to July 1
Mayor Wong opened the public hearing. There were no speakers and the public hearing
was closed.
Under Postponements this item was continued to July 1.
7. Subject: CIP conformance to the General Plan
Recommended Action: Continue to July 1
Mayor Wong opened the public hearing. There were no speakers and the public hearing
was closed.
Under Postponements this item was continued to July 1.
ORDINANCES AND ACTION ITEMS
8. Subject: AB 2145, as amended, (Bradford).
Recommended Action: Consider adopting a position on Assembly Bill
AB2145 (Bradford).
This item was forwarded from the Legislative Committee to the City Council
without a recommendation.
Public Affairs Director Rick Kitson reviewed the staff report.
Sinks moved and Chang seconded that the City Council of Cupertino oppose AB 2145,
as amended, and send a letter to the author and appropriate members of the State
Assembly, Senate and the Governor's office. The motion passed with Chang and Sinks
voting yes, Mahoney voting no, Wong abstaining, and Santoro being absent. Note: an
administrative correction was made to the vote that was initially read at the meeting
which stated that the motion had failed. Only a simple majority affirmative vote was
needed in this case therefore the motion passed.
9. Subject: Proposed project list for proposed Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
ballot measure on November 2014 election
Recommended Action: Consider proposed project list for proposed Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA) ballot: measure on November 2014 election and
provide authorization for Cupertino lettc!r
Public Works Director Timm Borden reviewed the staff report.
The Mayor opened the public hearing.
Jennifer Griffin was concerned how quickly the item came onto the agenda and
whether the public had enough information. She said she did not support funding for
fixed rapid transit being pushed through silently through and asked if any of the
money would be going towards studying traffic issues at the Highway 280/Stevens
Creek Boulevard/Lawrence Expressway interchange.
Mayor Wong closed the public hearing.
Chang moved to send a letter to Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) asking for
funding allocation to the Westside and for Highway 85. There was no second and the
motion died.
Chang moved and Sinks seconded to authorize the City Manager to write a letter to VTA
before June 26, 2014 expressing concern about the process, requiring more public
outreach to members in each of the communities in order to vet and come up with a good
project list that more people can buy into, and expressing concern about whether these
efforts can be achieved successfully before placing it on the November 2014 ballot. The
motion carried unanimously (Santoro absent).
REPORTS BY COUNCIL AND STAFF
City Manager David Brandt said the City has been invited by the City of Sunnyvale and the City of
Mountain View to do a feasibility to form a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA). Mr. Brandt
also commented that per Council's direction the City was able to successfully negotiate a change to a
contract with a software vendor and will now pay half of the software cost at execution and the
second half after the first module was live.
Council members highlighted the activities of their committees and various community events.
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:15 p.m. Mayor Wong adjourned the meeting. The June 17 meeting was cancelled. The next
regular Council meeting is July 1.
Kirsten Squarcia, Deputy City Clerk
Staff reports, backup materials, and items distributed at the City Council meeting are available
for review at the City Clerk's Office, 777-3223, and also on the Internet at www.cupertino.or-9.
Click on Agendas & Minutes, then click on the appropriate Packet. .
Most Council meetings are shown live on Comcast Channel 26 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99
and are available at your convenience at www.cupertino.org. Click on Agendas & Minutes,
then click Archived Webcast. Videotapes are available at the Cupertino Library, or may be
purchased from the Cupertino City Channel, 777-2364.
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