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December 2, 2004 City Council Minutes Page 2
Council members expressed their thanks for Sandra James' year of leadership and talked about her
accomplishments, in particular her work on the Library and Civic Center complex, her vision for the
city, the completion of the Teen Center, and her support for special needs families.
PUBLIC COMMENTS TO OUTGOING MAYOR
The following individuals offered their thanks and best wishes to former mayor James.
• Mavis Smith
• "Mandy James, Mayoral Double" (performed by Parks and Recreation Director Therese
Smith)
• Carmendale Fernandes, James' high school speech and debate instructor
• Mark McKenna, representing the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
• Eleanor Watanabe, Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation
• Chihua Wei and family
• Jerry Brager
• Mahesh Nihalani
• Michael Gottwald
• Zack Kolev, Teen Commissioner
• Frances Seward, Chair of the DeAnza Commission at DeAnza College, and foundation
board of DeAnza and Foothill Colleges.
• Chester Wang
• Sheriff Laurie Smith, as sheriffs office appreciate support and appreciation for work we do.
Relived to see you have a double. Personally become a great friend. Extraordinary ability to
reach out to people who have needs
• Lucia Wu, President of the Moon Festival Silicon Valley
• Barbara Fielding, formerly of the CUSD board
• Lynn Faust
Sandra James thanked her family, the community, the Council, and the staff for their support.
COMMENTS BY NEW MAYOR
Mayor Kwok thanked introduced his family and thanked them for their love and support, and he
also thanked his friends and colleagues.
He said that he was looking forward to the State of the City presentation, and highlighted some of
the topics that he would be discussing in more detail. Some of those included:
• Building confidence in the city by building trust.
• Improving communication through better community notification, and holding any study
sessions in the Council Chamber at 5:00 p.m.
• Holding an annual community congress and/or town hall meetings
• Maximizing residents' input to the general plan revision process
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