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DRAFT MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Special Meeting
Monday, March 17, 2014
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 3:10 p.m. Mayor Gilbert Wong called the 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: Council member Mark Santoro.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ‐ None
ORDINANCES AND ACTION ITEMS
1. Subject: Senate Constitutional Amendment 5 (SCA‐5)
Recommended Action: Staff recommends that City Council provide direction on the
City’s position on proposed legislation
Written communications for this item included: an amended staff report; emails
from Janet Chin and Richard Dai; copy of article from The Sacramento Bee; copy of
staff memo and joint press release from Senator Hernandez and Assembly Speaker
Perez.
Mayor Wong, reading from an article in The Sacramento Bee dated March 17, 2014,
explained that at the request of Senator Ed Hernandez, Assembly Speaker John A.
Perez has halted efforts to overturn California’s Prop. 209 and sent the measure back
to the State Senate without taking any action in the lower house.
Monday, March 17, 2014 Cupertino City Council
Mayor Wong reviewed the staff report and also noted a joint press release from
Senator Hernandez and Assembly Speaker Perez, dated March 17, 2014 regarding
the current status of SCA‐5.
Vice Mayor Sinks noted that the Cupertino Legislative Committee comprised of
Mayor Wong and he discussed this issue after reaching out to legislators and
concurred to bring a recommendation to City Council opposing SCA‐5.
Council member Chang asked City Attorney Carol Korade if he could vote on this
issue since he had gone on record stating his opposition of SCA‐5 and had been
involved in asking people to come to speak on the issue. He noted he would listen to
both sides but that his vote was clear.
Korade responded that since this would be defined as a common law conflict of
interest, Chang would need to determine whether he was able to listen to both sides
and objectively vote after having already made certain statements.
Mahoney moved and Sinks seconded to limit the speaker time to one minute and
allow time at the end for follow‐up questions from Council and deliberation after
everyone has spoken. The motion carried with Chang voting no and Santoro absent.
The following individuals spoke (or were represented by another speaker) in
opposition of SCA‐5.
Chris Zhang
Alex Li
Richard Dai, on behalf of Fair
Education Alliance (FEA)
Wei Liu
Xin Ai
Fred Chao
Jack Sun
Bei Qin
Sean Yao
Julia Zhao
Charles Liu
Misty Zhang
Lu Cui
Ignatius Ding
Alice Zhang
Ying Liu
Tarun Galagali, on behalf of Ro
Khanna
Anuradha Singh
Weiping Li
Greg Caressi
Hari Chardra
Yunus Mohammad
Dimitry
Betty Gee
Olga
Hao Wang
Rachael Wang
Lin Zhang
Cicie Chan
Ken Marquis Jr.
Monday, March 17, 2014 Cupertino City Council
Rishi Kumar
Mahesh Pakala
Yogi Chugh
Sue Chen
Ming Zhou
Sipuan Zhang
Wanda Xiang
Shaozhong Wang
Michael Hunsweck
Feng Hu
Angela Wang
Mandy Luo
Ping Luo
Louis Tseng
Jackie Chen
Jie Jean Wei
Adam Min
Jian Fei
Qiong Zheng
Shuge Luo
Xinchuan Huang
Jennifer Xu
Qiao Sang
Xiaoping Wendy Hu
Rachel Wu
Selina Chang
Helen Qian
Hannah Liu
Huang Bing Qing
Neelima Mane
Shuishey Liu
Hiu Jia
Li Hsiu Lin
Suling Huang
Sally Xiao
Joyce Ye
Dong Han
Mahoney moved and Chang seconded to have staff write a letter on behalf of the
City Council to Senator Ed Hernandez, Assembly Speaker John A. Perez, and any
other appropriate people noting the following points:
• Thanking them for taking the legislation off the table
• Acknowledging the input of the 60+ citizens who all spoke against the
legislation
• Express concern about any similar future attempt to overturn the key
elements of Prop. 209
• Encourage increased spending on higher education to allow more
opportunity for all students
The motion carried with Santoro absent.
ADJOURNMENT
At 4:50 p.m., Mayor Wong adjourned the meeting to Tuesday, March 18 beginning at
5:15 p.m. for a closed session regarding conference with Labor Negotiator (Government
Code 54957.6, Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, CA
followed by discussion of regular business items beginning at 6:45 p.m.
Monday, March 17, 2014 Cupertino City Council
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Grace Schmidt, City Clerk
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