08-19-19 Special Closed SessionCITY OF CUPERTINO
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
10300 Torre Avenue, Conference Room A
Monday, August 19, 2019
5:30 PM
Non-televised Special Meeting Closed Session
NOTICE AND CALL FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special meeting of the Cupertino City Council is hereby
called for Monday, August 19, 2019, commencing at 5:30 p.m. in City Hall Conference Room
A, 10300 Torre Avenue, Cupertino, California 95014. Said special meeting shall be for the
purpose of conducting business on the subject matters listed below under the heading,
“Special Meeting."
SPECIAL MEETING
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION
1.Subject: Conference with Real Property Negotiators (Government Code Section
54956.8); Property: Cupertino Municipal Water System; Agency Negotiators: Roger Lee
and Deborah Feng; Negotiating Parties: City of Cupertino and San Jose Water
Company; Under Negotiation: Terms for City Leased Asset.
2.Subject: Conference with Legal Counsel pursuant to Government Code section
54956.9(d)(1); Re: Pending Litigation; Friends of Better Cupertino, et al. v. City of
Cupertino; Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 18CV330190 (SB 35 Vallco
Project).
3.Subject: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation. Significant exposure
to litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2): One potential case.
4.Subject: Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation; Initiation of litigation
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4): Two potential cases.
ADJOURNMENT
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City Council Agenda August 19, 2019
The City of Cupertino has adopted the provisions of Code of Civil Procedure §1094.6; litigation
challenging a final decision of the City Council must be brought within 90 days after a decision is
announced unless a shorter time is required by State or Federal law.
Prior to seeking judicial review of any adjudicatory (quasi-judicial) decision, interested persons must
file a petition for reconsideration within ten calendar days of the date the City Clerk mails notice of the
City’s decision. Reconsideration petitions must comply with the requirements of Cupertino Municipal
Code §2.08.096. Contact the City Clerk’s office for more information or go to
http://www.cupertino.org/index.aspx?page=125 for a reconsideration petition form.
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next City Council meeting who is visually or hearing impaired or has any disability that needs special
assistance should call the City Clerk's Office at 408-777-3223, 48 hours in advance of the Council
meeting to arrange for assistance. Upon request, in advance, by a person with a disability, City Council
meeting agendas and writings distributed for the meeting that are public records will be made available
in the appropriate alternative format. Also upon request, in advance, an assistive listening device can be
made available for use during the meeting.
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10300 Torre Avenue, during normal business hours and in Council packet archives linked from the
agenda/minutes page on the Cupertino web site.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: Please be advised that pursuant to Cupertino Municipal Code 2.08.100
written communications sent to the Cupertino City Council, Commissioners or City staff concerning a
matter on the agenda are included as supplemental material to the agendized item. These written
communications are accessible to the public through the City’s website and kept in packet archives. You
are hereby admonished not to include any personal or private information in written communications to
the City that you do not wish to make public; doing so shall constitute a waiver of any privacy rights
you may have on the information provided to the City .
Members of the public are entitled to address the City Council concerning any item that is described in
the notice or agenda for this meeting, before or during consideration of that item. If you wish to address
the Council on any issue that is on this agenda, please complete a speaker request card located in front
of the Council, and deliver it to the Clerk prior to discussion of the item. When you are called, proceed to
the podium and the Mayor will recognize you. If you wish to address the City Council on any other
item not on the agenda, you may do so by during the public comment portion of the meeting following
the same procedure described above. Please limit your comments to three (3) minutes or less.
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