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APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Saturday, February 2, 2019
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
At 9:07 a.m. Mayor Steven Scharf called the Special City Council meeting to order in the
Cupertino Room of Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Road, Cupertino, CA
95014.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Steven Scharf, Vice Mayor Liang Chao, and Councilmembers Darcy Paul,
Rod Sinks, and Jon Robert Willey. Absent: None.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Kitty Moore (Cupertino resident) talked about the Cupertino Library.
Naidu Bollineni (Cupertino resident) talked about the Cupertino Library.
Qin Pan (Cupertino resident) talked about the Cupertino Library (distributed written
comments).
Kristen Lyn (Cupertino resident) talked about the Cupertino Library.
Kiran Varshneya (Cupertino resident) on behalf of the Cupertino Library Foundation
talked about the Cupertino Library.
Gopal Kumarappan (Cupertino resident) talked about the Cupertino Library.
Sameer Raheja (Cupertino resident) talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Deepa Mahendraker (Cupertino resident) talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman
Park.
Debashish (Cupertino resident) talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Charles Hanson talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Rajeev C. talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Sameer Jain talked about field use on Sundays.
Danessa K. Techmanski talked about housing.
Lisa Warren talked about the De Anza College Flint Center.
Rhoda Fry (Cupertino resident) talked about the City's mission statement, rental vs. for-
sale housing costs, and the General Plan (distributed written comments).
Ram Gopal talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Art Cohen on behalf of the Cupertino Library Foundation talked about the Cupertino
Library.
Janet Van Zoren (Cupertino resident) talked about inclusionary housing.
Sukanthi talked about field use on Sundays.
Peggy Griffin (Cupertino resident) talked about building permits for Main Street.
Connie Cunningham (Cupertino resident) talked about homeless college students.
Joan Chin (Cupertino resident) talked about legal representation services.
Jennifer Griffin talked about San Jose Urban Villages.
Suraj Gajendra (Cupertino resident) talked about field use on Sundays.
Hemant Buch (Cupertino resident) talked about field use on Sundays.
EXERCISE TO REVIEW CURRENT CITY MISSION STATEMENT AND PROVIDE
GUIDANCE ON DEVELOPMENT OF CITY VISION AND VALUES STATEMENTS
Interim City Manager Timm Borden introduced the facilitator Amy Chan who asked
Councilmembers to comment on the City's current Mission Statement regarding values
and vision.
Current Mission Statement: "The Mission of the City of Cupertino is to provide
exceptional service, encourage all members of the community to take responsibility for
one another, and support the values of education, innovation and collaboration."
Council comments included:
• Quality of life for all residents
• Inclusive community
• Trans parency in government
• Use honest data and proceed in rational fashion
• Be less analytical and more objective in decision-making
• Sense of compassion for one another
• Values: Focus on integrity in representing residents
• Vision: Fulfill residents' vision through community engagement and outreach to
drive decisions Council makes
FOCUS ON UPCOMING YEAR
What is success in broad terms, i.e. residents more engaged with higher level of
transparency and outreach?
Ms. Chan asked Councilmembers to focus on the upcoming year when thinking about
Work Plan ideas.
WORK PLAN IDEAS TO ACHIEVE GOALS
Written communications for this item included the current Fiscal Year 2018-19 Work Plan
and an updated list of initial Work Plan ideas.
Councilmembers commented on the initial list of Work Plan ideas and contributed with
additional ideas. Note: The compiled list of Work Plan ideas along with the Council
prioritization score sheets will be posted on the City's website.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Gilbert Iruegas (Santa Clara resident) on behalf of Cupertino High School Tournament of
Bands talked about support for the Tournament of Bands event.
Addy Roff (Cupertino resident) on behalf of Cupertino High School Tournament of
Bands talked about support for the Tournament of Bands event.
Rajiv Chamraj (Cupertino resident) talked about traffic calming and enforcement.
Bobby Truong talked about defects in the zoning ordinance.
Sameer Raheja (Cupertino resident) talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Jennifer Griffin talked about San Jose Urban Villages .
Danessa Techmanski (Cupertino resident) talked about park land in Cupertino.
Peggy Griffin (Cupertino resident) talked about school traffic and General Plan zoning
for quasi-public lands.
Siva (Cupertino resident) talked about support for community engagement and
affordable housing and to use Block Leaders to help disseminate information to the
community.
Connie Cunningham talked about traffic calming and enforcement, agreement with
Apple, and below market rate housing.
Joan Chin (Cupertino resident) talked about climate change and working with the
Sustainability Commission, and proactive legislative support.
Ram Gopal (Cupertino resident) talked about off-leash dog hours at Jollyman Park.
Robin Truong (Cupertino resident) talked about rezoning to allow storage sheds; adding
language to the mission statement regarding beautifying Cupertino; off-leash dog park;
Cupertino Library; allowing fruit trees as options; elevating bike paths; talking with other
cities about urban villages.
Lisa Warren talked about field use policy and updating the fees; technology in the City
of Palo Alto, zoning for storage sheds.
Kitty Moore (Cupertino resident) talked about including co-living options regarding
housing; Measure B; off-leash dogs; field use on Sundays; open area converted for
beautification; walkability; fruit trees; affordable housing for RHNA.
PRIORITIZATION EXERCISE
Ms. Chan and Mr. Borden asked Councilmembers to prioritize the list of Work Plan ideas.
TEAMBUILDING EXERCISE
Ms. Chan took Councilmembers through a teambuilding exercise.
REVIEW AND DISCUSS PRIORITIZATION SCORING
Councilmembers scored and ranked the Work Program items. Note: The compiled list
of Work Plan ideas along with the Council prioritization score sheets will be posted on
the City's website.
Mr. Borden summarized the next steps.
ADJOURNMENT
At 1:25 p.m., Mayor Scharf adjourned the meeting.
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Grace Schmidt, City Clerk