EDC 11-20-96
City of Cupertino
Economic Development Committee Meeting
November 20, 1996
1. CALL TO ORDER
At 7:30 a.m. Carol Atwood called the meeting to order in Conference Room A of Cupertino
City Hall, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino.
2. ROLL CALL
City Staff: Carol Atwood, Don Brown, Bob Cowan, Dorothy Steenfott, Bert Viskovich.
Councilmembers: John Bautista and Lauralee Sorensen.
Chamber of Commerce: Tom Hall, Doug Huston, Donna Lawler, and John Statton.
Absent: Steve Dowling
3. NEW BUSINESS
John Bautista reported on a meeting he attended with Deek Hunter, Lauralee Sorensen, Don
Brown, Carol Atwood, Bert Viskovich, and Phil Bouse (DeAnza Ventures) to discuss
development opportunities for the corner of Stevens Creek and DeAnza Boulevard. John
reported that a conceptual design was presented on how a development, other than a gas
station, could work and stay within the guidelines for open space, density requirements and
provide sales tax revenue for the City.
Dorothy Steenfott distributed the site visit packets to all committee members. Members were
asked to complete one site visit per month and return the questionnaires to Dorothy. Carol
Atwood reported that we are exploring possible database programs that can be used to
maintain site visit information.
Carol Atwood distributed a copy of the committee's second educational article. The article
will be published in the December Scene.
John Statton provided a list of shopping center management firms for the committee's
review. Carol Atwood requested input from the group on other firms we might want to meet
with.
Lauralee Sorensen and John Bautista met with the Weiss' regarding Davidson Chevrolet. A
tentative agreement to share the cost of improvements was reached during the meeting.
Lori Prouty, DeAnza College, presented information regarding DeAnza's in-house business
training program. She distributed a brochure to committee members and stated that members
are weleome to take copies with them for the site visits.
4. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 a.m.