CC 12-06-2018CUPERTINO APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Thursday, December 6, 2018
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
At 7:00 p.m. Mayor Darcy Paul called the Special City Council meeting to order in the Cupertino
Community Hall Council Chambers, 10350 Torre Avenue and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Darcy Paul, Vice Mayor Rod Sinks, and Councilmembers Barry Chang, Steven
Scharf, and Savita Vaidhyanathan. Absent: None.
POSTPONEMENTS-None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Sgt. Mike McNutt (Cupertino resident) talked about safety concerns regarding a proposed bicycle
lane on McClellan Rd.
Geoff Paulsen (Cupertino resident) talked about trees and transportation in the City.
ELECTION RES UL TS
1. Subject: Statement of results of the General Municipal Election held . on November
6, 2018 and declaration of candidates who received the most votes and were
elected for the position of City Councilmember. Note: The Registrar of Voters of
the County of Santa Clara will not be able to certify the final election results until
December 6 and after the date of this agenda publication; the final Draft Resolution
showing the total number of votes cast in the City and total number of votes
candidates received, and Certificate of Election Results will be distributed on the
dais and available to the public at the meeting on December 6.
Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 18-117 stating the election results of the
General Municipal Election held on November 6, 2018 and declaring the candidates who
received the most votes and were elected for the position of City Councilmember. Note:
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The Registrar of Voters of the County of Santa Clara will not be able to certify the
final election results until December 6 and after the date of this agenda publication;
the final Draft Resolution showing the total number of votes cast in the City and total
number of votes candidates received, and Certificate of Election Results will be
distributed on the dais and available to the public at the meeting on December 6.
Written communications for this item included an updated resolution and the Certificate
of Election Results from the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.
City Clerk Grace Schmidt noted the election results for the General Municipal Election
held on November 6, 2018.
Sinks moved and Chang seconded to adopt Resolution No. 18-117 stating the election
results of the General Municipal Election held on November 6, 2018 and declaring the
candidates who received the most votes and were elected for the position of City
Councilmember. The motion carried unanimously.
RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COUNCILMEMBER
2. Subject: Recognition of outgoing Councilmembers Barry Chang and Savita
Vaidhyanathan
Recommended Action: Recognize outgoing Councilmembers Barry Chang and Sa vita
Vaidhyanathan
Outgoing Councilmembers Barry Chang and Savita Vaidhyanathan were recognized. A
video was shown noting their years on the City Council and Interim City Manager Amy
Chan and Mayor Paul presented thein with gifts of an Apple watch each.
Councilmembers made comments.
Mayor Paul opened public comment and the following individuals spoke:
Tom Pyke on behalf of Congressman Ro Khanna
Sheriff's Department representatives Undersheriff Sung, Captain Urena, Lt. Roggia
Connie Cunningham (Cupertino resident)
Janet Van Zoeren (Cupertino resident)
Heather Dean (Cupertino resident)
Marieann Shovlin (Cupertino resident)
Jean Bedord
Ian Greensides
Parth Bharwad (Cupertino resident)
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Marie Liu (Cupertino resident)
J.R. Fruen (Cupertino resident)
Patrick Ahrens (Cupertino resident) on behalf of Assembly Member Evan Low
Orrin Mahoney
Pete Heller (Cupertino resident)
Keith Warner (Cupertino resident) on behalf of Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
Vinod Balakrishnan (Cupertino resident)
Richard Lowenthal
Paulette Altmaier (Cupertino resident)
Mahesh Pakala and Reena Rao on behalf of the Bhubaneswar Sister City Committee
Gilbert Wong (Cupertino resident)
Sujatha Venkataraman
Liang Chao
Bill Wilson and Hung Wei
Mayor Paul closed public comment.
OATH OF OFFICE AND ELECTION OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR
3. Subject: Oath of Office is given to newly-elected Councilmembers Darcy Paul,
Liang Chao, and Jon Robert Willey
Recommended Action: Oath of Office is given to newly-elected Councilmembers Darcy
Paul, Liang Chao, and Jon Robert Willey
Newly-elected Councilmember Darcy Paul received the Oath of Office from Former
Mayor and Councilmember Patrick Kwok.
Newly-elected Councilmember Liang Chao received the Oath of Office from Phyllis
Dickstein.
Newly-elected Councilmember Jon Robert Willey received the Oath of Office from Muni
Madhdhipatla.
Mayor Paul opened public comment and the following individuals spoke:
Janet Van Zoeren (Cupertino resident)
Muni Madhdhipatla (Cupertino resident)
Patrick Kwok (Cupertino resident)
Cathy Wang (Cupertino resident)
Xiangehen Xu (Cupertino resident)
Qin Pan (Cupertino resident)
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Barry Chang
Vinod Balakrishnan (Cupertino resident)
Gilbert Wong
Mayor Paul closed public comment.
4. Subject: Councilmembers elect Mayor
Recommended Action: Make nominations and elect Mayor
Written communications for this item included emails to Council.
December 6, 2018
Mayor Paul opened public comment and the following individuals spoke:
Bill Wilson (Cupertino resident)
Connie Cunningham (Cupertino resident)
Janet Van Zoeren (Cupertino resident)
Gary Latshaw (Cupertino resident)
Savita Vaidhyanathan (Cupertino resident)
Marie Liu (Cupertino resident)
Ignatius Ding
Dong Qing Yao
Hung Wei (Cupertino resident)
Patrick Kwok (Cupertino resident)
Xiangchen Xu (Cupertino resident)
Phyllis Dickstein
Ping Gao (Cupertino resident)
Muni Madhdhipatla (Cupertino resident)
Joe Pereira (Cupertino resident)
Brooke Ezzat (Cupertino resident)
Danessa Techmanski (Cupertino resident)
Andrea Harris (Cupertino resident)
Gilbert Wong (Cupertino resident)
Barry Chang
Qin Pan
Shuyi Chen (Cupertino resident)
Lisa Warren
Chitra Iyer
Xing Han (Cupertino resident)
Peggy Griffin
Kent Vincent (Cupertino resident)
Geoff Paulsen
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Mayor Paul closed public comment.
Paul moved and Chao seconded to nominate Steven Scharf as Mayor. The motion carried
unanimously.
5. Subject: Councilmembers elect Vice Mayor
Recommended Action: Make nominations and elect Vice Mayor
Scharf moved and Willey seconded to nominate Liang Chao as Vice Mayor. The motion
carried unanimously.
OATH OF OFFICE
6. Subject: Mayor takes Oath of Office
Recommended Action: Mayor takes Oath of Office
Newly-elected Mayor Steven Scharf received the Oath of Office from his daughter
Rebekkah Scharf.
7. Subject: Vice Mayor takes Oath of Office
Recommended Action: Vice Mayor takes Oath of Office
Newly-elected Vice Mayor Liang Chao received the Oath of Office from Councilmember
Rod Sinks.
COMMENTS BY NEW MAYOR
8. Subject: Comments by New Mayor and presentation of gifts
Recommended Action: Comments by New Mayor and presentation of gifts
Mayor Scharf and Interim City Manager Arny Chan presented out-going Mayor Paul with
a gift of a gavel plaque thanking him for his service as Mayor.
Outgoing Mayor Paul made comments as did Mayor Scharf.
COMMENTS BY COUNCILMEMBERS AND PUBLIC
9. Subject: Comments by Councilmembers
Recommended Action: Comments by Councilmembers
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Councilmembers made comments.
Subject: Members of the audience are invited to speak
Recommended Action: Members of the audience are invited to speak
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Mayor Scharf invited members of the audience to speak and Govind spoke.
RECEPTION
11. Subject: The public is invited to attend a reception in the lobby
Recommended Action: The public is invited to attend a reception in the lobby
Mayor Scharf invited the public to attend a reception in the lobby.
ADJOURNMENT
At 11:00 p.m., Mayor Scharf adjourned the meeting.
Grace Schmidt, City Clerk