CC 06-15-2021 Oral Communications_Late Written CommunicationsCC 06-15-21
Special Meeting #1
General Plan
Amendment
Authorization
Written Comments
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jennifer Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:06 PM
To:City Council
Subject:Homestead Road Project
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Dear City Council:
I was not able speak about the Homestead Project. Why was this
project not considered as a Planned Development project?
I am also concerned about what the neighbors said about the
project?
I echo what Vice Mayor is saying.
Thank you,
Jennifer
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jennifer Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:09 PM
To:City Council
Subject:Homestead Road Project
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Dear City Council:
I am very concerned about the passage of SB 9 which means
that any or these lots could be subdivided up to nine homes per
lot.
If SB 9 passes in the next few months can they put more houses
on the lots?
Thanks.
Jennifer Griffin
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Oral
Communications
Written Comments
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Cyrah Caburian
From:City of Cupertino Written Correspondence
Subject:FW: Resignation of Deb Feng, City Manager
From: J Shearin <shearin.jen@gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 7:11 PM
To: City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.org>
Subject: Fwd: Resignation of Deb Feng, City Manager
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Hi Kirsten,
Here it is again!
Thanks,
Jennifer
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From: J Shearin <shearin.jen@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2021 4:35 PM
To: City Clerk <CityClerk@cupertino.org>
Cc: Cupertino City Manager's Office <manager@cupertino.org>
Subject: Resignation of Deb Feng, City Manager
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Hi Kirsten:
I have already emailed this to the City Council. As I have a conflict for the Council meeting on Tuesday, can you
add this to Written Communication, and also read it out for me during Oral Communication?
Thank you very much!
Jennifer Shearin
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Dear Mayor Paul, and City Council members,
I write to you to day to express my dismay that we have lost a great City Manager for Cupertino, Deb Feng. It is
a true loss for our city and wider community. Surprisingly, there does not seem to have been any recognition
planned by the City Council for her accomplishments on this, her last Council meeting. It’s a puzzling oversight
by the Council and we, as residents, expect more from our Council.
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During her tenure of two years, Deb has accomplished quite a bit, including guiding our city through the
extreme circumstances with the pandemic, helping our unhoused residents gain shelter, supporting the grant
process for small local businesses, and dramatically improving the city’s public outreach through Coffee Talks,
Community Forums, and more.
Deb has the ability to listen to your concerns, dialogue with you to fully understand your issue, and then work
with you and others to gain a resolution on that issue. During her time in Cupertino this didn’t mean that Deb
would blindly advance the cause of whatever a resident would ask for; she was comfortable telling you what
she wouldn’t do, including whether what you were asking for wasn’t good for the city or wasn’t likely to
happen. This is true leadership, something that we residents would wish that all our elected and city staff will
do.
It’s a major accomplishment of hers that on many issues both large and small, she was able to “bring the
temperature down” and get resolution or keep a project moving forward. This is a great skill of Deb’s, and will
especially be missed by our city.
It will be a huge task to find someone to replace Deb as City Manager who has the same skills, and it is sad that
she will be sharing her expertise with another business or locality instead of ours. I wish to thank Deb for all her
excellent and hard work on behalf of Cupertino during the past two years; I hope as a Council you will do the
same and give her the proper recognition she deserves.
Best Wishes,
Jennifer Shearin
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jennifer Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 8:12 PM
To:City Clerk
Cc:grenna5000@yahoo.com
Subject:Fw: Hybrid Meetings
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FYI.
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Jennifer Griffin <grenna5000@yahoo.com>
To: CityCouncil@Cupertino.org <citycouncil@cupertino.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 08:10:28 PM PDT
Subject: Hybrid Meetings
Dear City Council:
Cpuld you all discuss what hybrid city meetings will be?
Does that mean zoom and in person?
Thank you,
Jennifer Griffin
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Jean Bedord <Jean@bedord.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 10:42 PM
To:City Clerk
Subject:Oral Communications for June 15, 2021
Attachments:Bedord-2021-06-15 Deb.docx
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Please add my comments to Written Communications for this meeting.
Thanks much!
Warm regards,
Jean Bedord
June 15, 2021
Good evening, Mayor Paul, honorable council members, and staff,
My name is Jean Bedord and I am a resident of Cupertino. I am here to
express appreciation to Deb Feng and the excellent job she has done as
city manager for the last two years in our city.
Deb did not sign up to guide the city through a pandemic, but I was
impressed by her decisiveness in taking action, everything from sending
employees home and closing facilities, as well as having to furlough
those who couldn’t do their jobs under shelter‐in‐place. Deb took
actions to minimize the financial impact on the city budget, so the city
remains fiscally strong. With minimal hiccups, the city continued to
operate remotely, through Zoom and technology.
Deb also didn’t sign up for the challenges of the camps at Vallco, yet
she forged partnerships with other agencies and West Valley
Community Services to find housing for unhoused residents.
Deb did more outreach than any other mayor in my over 20 years here
in Cupertino, through her NASA talks, Coffee Talks, and community
forums, including those in response to the Black Lives Matter protests.
Deb, we will miss your warmth and leadership. Thank you and best
wishes for your next engagement with an organization that has a
greater appreciation for your talents and leadership.
So let’s not have this be farewell… but instead until we meet again.
Thank you for your service.
Jean Bedord
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#11
Proposed Recission
of Emergency Order
No. 20-01 (Face
Coverings)
Written Comments
1
Cyrah Caburian
From:Peggy Griffin <griffin@compuserve.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 6:47 PM
To:City Clerk; City Council
Subject:2021-06-15 CC Meeting - PLEASE PULL Consent Calendar Item #11
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Dear City Council and City Clerk,
Please PULL Consent Calendar Item #11 regarding the proposal to rescind the Emergency Order requiring face covering.
Thank you!
Sincerely,
Peggy Griffin
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#22
Accounts Payable
Period Ending
May 11, 2021
Written Comments
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Cyrah Caburian
From:Peggy Griffin <griffin@compuserve.com>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 7:02 PM
To:Kirsten Squarcia
Cc:City Clerk
Subject:2021-06-15 CC Mtg: Item 22 Peggy's Slide
Attachments:Item 22-Peggys Slide.pdf
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Hi Kirsten,
Please show this slide when I am allowed to speak on Item #22.
Thank you,
Peggy Griffin
Item 22 – PULL Accounts Payable for period ending May 11, 2020!
Please answer these questions:
1. This is over a year old!
a. Q1: What happened?
b. Q2: Why is this coming up now?
2. The checks have already been written and sent.
a. Q3: What does it mean for the City Council to “approve” these
Accounts Payable?
b. Q4: What happens if they don’t approve it?
3. Accounts Payable are closed at the end of each week.
a. Q5: Why doesn’t the Council receive the statements for approval every
2 weeks?
b. Q6: What’s causing this constipation and diarrhea?
IMPORTANT REQUEST:
Require Accounts Payable statements to be presented for approval
every 2-weeks as they become closed?
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#27
Budget Adoption
Public Hearing,
FY 2021-22
Written Comments
1
Cyrah Caburian
From:Rhoda Fry <fryhouse@earthlink.net>
Sent:Tuesday, June 15, 2021 5:26 PM
To:City Council; City Clerk; Cupertino City Manager's Office
Subject:3 items regarding the budget
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Hi City Council,
3 items regarding the budget
A. The justification for building a basketball court is that the City has none of its own. I don’t think that is a
reasonable justification. We have basketball courts throughout the City. The City does not need to have one of
each of its own. If there is a deficit of basketball courts, then it should be considered. It worries me that the
budget doesn’t even consider where this court would be, which is an indicator that this is an amenity that has
not been well thought out.
B. Why $750K for fixing up the pools at Blackberry Farm. How much have the pools been used by residents?
Perhaps 1 pool should be fixed up and City should wait and see? If you average it out over the years, it just
seems like an awful lot of money and is the City throwing good money after an amenity that isn’t used much by
residents? There have been multiple upgrades of the pools. If I recall correctly, some were within the first
budget of the corridor and then later.
C. Other remnants left to be done from the corridor project are:
1. Replacing the dead trees in the parking lot (most are gone now)
2. Restoring the naturalized bird habitat at the ponds
3. Redoing the water for the golf course. The City has water rights and used to use on site water to water the golf
course. Now it is watered with San Jose water. The watering system was old a long time ago and it is even older
and less efficient now and we’re running deep in to a drought season. Watering needs to be more efficient and
ideally with onsite water. A big cost of running the golf course (and many of our parks) is watering with potable
water. Since COVID, there is a renewed interest in golf for young and old alike and I have to wonder how that
pencils out as compared with the pools, for example. Maybe I’ve missed seeing numbers on that. Anyway, I do
think that an investment in the watering system at various levels (re‐do some piping / get onsite working again)
would save water (eco‐friendly) and save money.
Thanks!
Rhoda Fry