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CC 05-12-2015 CUPERTINO APPROVED MINUTES CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL Tuesday, May 12, 2015 SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ROLL CALL At 3:00 p.m. Mayor Sinks called the Special City Council meeting to order in Cupertino City Hall Conference Room A, 10300 Torre Avenue. Present: Mayor Rod Sinks, Vice Mayor Barry Chang, and Council members Darcy Paul, Savita Vaidhyanathan and Gilbert Wong. Absent: None. CLOSED SESSION At 3:00 p.m. Council went into closed session and reconvened in open session at 4:00 p.m. in the Cupertino Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre Avenue. 1. Subject: Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of litigation pursuant to paragraph (4)-of subdivision (d) of Gov't Code Section 54956.9: One case. Mayor Sinks announced that Council authorized litigation against Caltrans and VTA for failure to do a full Environmental Impact Report and certifying the Express Toll Lane project for Highway 85 on a negative declaration. Council also announced its intent to go in with other cities that have standing in this case. Council believes Saratoga is interested in participating and Los Gatos will vote on this at its May 19 meeting. Council will hold a study session on June, 2 and will hear from various parties and experts on what the preferred alternatives might be to get the mass transit corridor that was promised under various measures and also with regard to holding the meeting free from Mass Transit Solution which as of the 1992 plan was light rail through the corridor. STUDY SESSION 2. Subject: Study session regarding the Proposed Fiscal Year 2015-2016 Budget Recommended Action: Conduct the Budget study session Written communications for this item included emails to Council and two staff PowerPoint presentations. A. Budget Message/Overview of FY 2015-2016 Proposed Budget B. Review of Pass-through Revenues/Expenses C. Departmental Budgets: ➢ Councils and Commissions ➢ Administration/City Attorney ➢ Law Enforcement ➢ Public Affairs ➢ Administrative Services ➢ Recreation and Community Services ➢ Planning and Community Development ➢ Public Works Director of Administrative Services Kristina Alfaro gave an overview of the study session agenda via a PowerPoint presentation highlighting: changes to the budget and budget process; five year general fund forecast; general fund revenue; fund balance; recommended expenditures by department staffing; issues and.challenges; and next steps. Assistant to the City Manager Erin Cooke continued with the PowerPoint presentation and talked about Community Choice Energy (CCE). Shawn Marshall, Co-founder and Executive Director of LEAN Energy US (Local Energy Aggregation Network) continued with the PowerPoint presentation talking further about CCE. Mayor Sinks opened public comment on the CCE. Gary Latshaw on behalf of the Sierra Club talked about CCE. He distributed a. brochure on climate change. John Bartas talked about his personal experience with electricity savings. Ms. Alfaro continued with the PowerPoint presentation on the budget. Staff answered questions from Council. D. 5 Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Director of Public Works Timm Borden reviewed the proposed FY 2015-16 CIP via a PowerPoint presentation highlighting the following: completed projects; proposed projects and priority level; and unfunded projects. E. Questions and Answers Council asked staff questions on the proposed budget throughout the presentation. F. Public Comments Jennifer Griffin talked about the Lawrence Mitty Park property. Park Chamberlain talked about the Mary Avenue complete streets project listed on the priority one CIP. G. Council Comments The following information was requested by Council for staff follow-up: • Feasibility of pre-funding pavement maintenance in future budgets • How many other cities received the same finance award that Cupertino received • Explanation of the Mary Avenue Complete Streets project • Information on adding a sidewalk on Homestead between the creek and Barranca for kids traveling to and from Cupertino Middle School and Homestead High School • Map of sidewalk gaps • Link from Cupertino's homepage to the Finance budget information during budget time • Higher level tutorial on Sankey diagrams for Council and the public • Details on the RFP process for Case Management worker in Recreation and Community Services • Chart of General Fund and all Funds, excluding or separating out transfers, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS—None Mayor Sinks briefly talked about Council consideration to move Oral Communications for May 19 to the end of that meeting. ADJOURNMENT At 6:57 p.m., Mayor Sinks adjourned the meeting to Tuesday, May 19 at 6:45 p.m. "A 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.