CC 11-06-2014 CUPERTINO APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Thursday, November 6, 2014
SPECIAL CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 7:00 p.m. Mayor Gilbert Wong called the Special City Council Community
Workshop to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Gilbert Wong, Vice Mayor Rod Sinks, and Council members
Barry Chang, Orrin Mahoney, and Mark Santoro. Absent: None.
Present: Planning Commissioners Don Sun, Margaret Gong, and Alan Takahashi.
Absent: Chair Paul Brophy and Vice Chair Winnie Lee.
Present:Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Chair William Chan, Vice Chair Pete
Heller, and Commissioner Sean Lyn. Absent: Commissioners Jill Mitsch and
Vidula Aiyer.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Cathy Helgersen talked about the upcoming Santa Clara County meeting on November
20 regarding Lehigh. She noted that the County Planning department would be
discussing the need for Lehigh to put in a Selenium Plant. She urged everyone to attend .
the meeting.
WORKSHOP - Community Discussion on Traffic Safety Issues Near Schools
Written communications for this item included Frequently Asked Questions regarding .
traffic safety near school's, tri-school and City-wide traffic safety activities, and handout
explaining how the small groups would work.
Mayor Wong welcomed everyone and explained that the workshop was taking place in
response to the recent death of Monta Vista High School student Ethan Wong.
City Manager David Brand thanked everyone for coming and introduced Captain Ken
Binder from the Sheriff's office and Director of Public Works Timm Borden.
Captain Binder gave an update on the investigation.
Director Borden reviewed some programs already in place regarding traffic safety.
The facilitator explained how the small groups would work including identifying "city-
wide," "neighborhood", and "your street" traffic safety concerns on a map and then to
discuss solutions for improving traffic safety in those same areas.
After the small group discussions, each table reported out their top solutions for traffic
safety. Cards were also collected which contained any further ideas from community
members.
Visit www.cupertino.org/communityworkshop to find the video of tonight's meeting,
small group comments, and other related documents on this topic. Additional
information will be posted on that page as it becomes available.
ADJOURNMENT
At 9:00 p.m., the meeting was djourned.
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Grace Schmidt, 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.org. 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, and then click Archived Webcast. Videotapes are available at
the Cupertino Library, or may be purchased from the Cupertino City Channel, 777-
2364.