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CC 10-15-2024 Oral CommunicationsCC 10-15-2024 Oral Communications Written Communications From:Liang Chao To:Santosh Rao; City Clerk Subject:Fw: Request to Declare Council Member Hung Wei’s Seat Vacant Due to Extended Absence and Relocation. Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:33:09 AM Dear Resident, Thank you for reaching out with your comments. Due to a change in the implementation of how written communication is collected for the upcoming council meeting, your email will not be included in the official record unless a councilmember forwards it to the City Clerk. Dear City Clerk, Please enter the enclosed communication as written communication for the upcoming council meeting from a councilmember, per CMC 2.08.100. I am submitting this comment at the request of my constituents to ensure that community voices are included in written communications of council meetings as requested, rather than at the discretion of councilmembers, which might inadvertently leave out some minority voices. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Liang ~ Cupertino City Council (elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022) Liang Chao​ Council Member City Council LiangChao@cupertino.org 408-777-3192 From: Santosh Rao <santo_a_rao@yahoo.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 10:17 PM To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>; Pamela Wu <pamelaw@cupertino.org>; City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.org> Subject: Request to Declare Council Member Hung Wei’s Seat Vacant Due to Extended Absence and Relocation. Dear City Clerk, Please include the below in written communications for the upcoming council meeting. Subject: Request to Declare Council Member Hung Wei’s Seat Vacant Due to Extended Absence and Relocation Dear Mayor Sheila Mohan and Cupertino City Council Members, I am writing to bring to your attention the extended absence of Council Member Hung Wei from Cupertino City Council meetings and her recent move to Taiwan, which has raised concerns regarding her ability to continue representing the interests of Cupertino residents effectively. As I understand, Council Member Wei has not attended City Council meetings for over three months, and it has come to light that she moved to Taiwan approximately three weeks ago. According to California Government Code Section 1770, several provisions may now apply to this situation, specifically: Section 1770(e): A vacancy occurs if an elected official ceases to be a resident of the jurisdiction they were elected to represent. Since Council Member Wei is no longer residing in Cupertino and has moved outside the country, she may no longer fulfill the residency requirements to retain her seat. Section 1770(g): A vacancy also occurs if an elected official is absent from the state for more than 60 consecutive days without the consent of the legislative body. Based on her absence from both Cupertino and council meetings, it appears that no formal consent has been granted by the City Council to justify such an extended absence. The intent of these provisions is clear: elected officials must reside within the jurisdiction they represent and must not be absent from their duties for prolonged periods without council approval. Council Member Wei’s extended absence and relocation violate both the letter and spirit of these requirements. It is crucial that Cupertino residents have a fully engaged and accessible representative to ensure their voices are heard on critical issues facing our city. In light of the above, I respectfully request that the City Council formally review this matter and take the necessary steps to declare Council Member Hung Wei’s seat vacant in accordance with the California Government Code, ensuring Cupertino has a complete and active City Council. Thank you for your attention and prompt action on this important matter. Sincerely, San Rao From:Liang Chao To:Sashi Begur; City Clerk Subject:Fw: How do we get access other location? Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:32:29 AM Dear Resident, Thank you for reaching out with your comments. Due to a change in the implementation of how written communication is collected for the upcoming council meeting, your email will not be included in the official record unless a councilmember forwards it to the City Clerk. Dear City Clerk, Please enter the enclosed communication as written communication for the upcoming council meeting from a councilmember, per CMC 2.08.100. I am submitting this comment at the request of my constituents to ensure that community voices are included in written communications of council meetings as requested, rather than at the discretion of councilmembers, which might inadvertently leave out some minority voices. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Liang ~ Cupertino City Council (elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022) Liang Chao​ Council Member City Council LiangChao@cupertino.org 408-777-3192 From: S B <sashibegur@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 11:42 PM To: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov>; City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>; Christopher Jensen <ChristopherJ@cupertino.org>; Pamela Wu <PamelaW@cupertino.gov> Subject: How do we get access other location? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To the Council & the city clerk, I request that the following correspondence be included in the written communications of the next council meeting being held on Oct 15the 2024. To the council & city manager It is my understanding that Council Member Hung Wei is currently in Taiwan. Since she remains on the council, I trust she will return for the meeting. If she does not plan to return by Tuesday to attend in person, I assume the city has verified that the location from which she will be attending the meeting meets all stipulated legal requirements. Additionally, the address from which she will be attending will be published as specified by law. Finally, I would like to know what steps the city has taken to ensure that requirements, such as ADA accessibility, have been met at the location. Did someone visit the site? Have the details been published somewhere? If so, can the city provide this information on its website for residents to see? regards Sashi From:Liang Chao To:Sashi Begur; City Clerk Subject:Fw: Missing Signs belonging to council member Kitty Moore & city council candidate Ray Wang Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:31:52 AM Dear Resident, Thank you for reaching out with your comments. Due to a change in the implementation of how written communication is collected for the upcoming council meeting, your email will not be included in the official record unless a councilmember forwards it to the City Clerk. Dear City Clerk, Please enter the enclosed communication as written communication for the upcoming council meeting from a councilmember, per CMC 2.08.100. I am submitting this comment at the request of my constituents to ensure that community voices are included in written communications of council meetings as requested, rather than at the discretion of councilmembers, which might inadvertently leave out some minority voices. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Liang ~ Cupertino City Council (elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022) Liang Chao​ Council Member City Council LiangChao@cupertino.org 408-777-3192 From: S B <sashibegur@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2024 11:50 PM To: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov>; City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>; Christopher Jensen <ChristopherJ@cupertino.org>; Pamela Wu <PamelaW@cupertino.gov> Subject: Missing Signs belonging to council member Kitty Moore & city council candidate Ray Wang To the council & The City Clerk, I would like this letter to be included in the written communications for the upcoming meeting on Oct 15th 2024 To the council, I believe a grand jury investigation is necessary, and a report should be sent to the DA's office regarding the disappearance of the signs for Kitty Moore and Ray Wang. This article clearly states that the city was responsible and removed legally installed signs without conducting due diligence. Who authorized this removal? Was it the city manager, the mayor, the vice mayor, or was it connected to Hung Wei’s campaign, or any other candidates in the race? We need to get to the bottom of this. In addition to compensating the candidates for the loss of their signs, the city must issue a public apology to both the candidates and the residents for this possible intentional or unintentional election interference. Additionally, the money that was compensated to the candidates must be recovered from the person who authorized the removal of signs Silicon Valley city must pay after removing campaign signs sanjosespotlight.com regards Sashi From:Liang Chao To:Srividya Sundaresan; City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Removing signs Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:14:44 AM Dear Resident, Thank you for reaching out with your comments. Due to a change in the implementation of how written communication is collected for the upcoming council meeting, your email will not be included in the official record unless a councilmember forwards it to the City Clerk. Dear City Clerk, Please enter the enclosed communication as written communication for the upcoming council meeting from a councilmember, per CMC 2.08.100. I am submitting this comment at the request of my constituents to ensure that community voices are included in written communications of council meetings as requested, rather than at the discretion of councilmembers, which might inadvertently leave out some minority voices. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Liang ~ Cupertino City Council (elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022) Liang Chao​​​​ Councilmember City Council LChao@cupertino.gov 408-777-3192 From: Srividya Sundaresan <vidya.sun@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 11:41 AM To: Pamela Wu <PamelaW@cupertino.gov>; City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov>; Tina Kapoor <tinak@cupertino.gov>; Christopher Jensen <christopherj@cupertino.gov> Subject: Removing signs Dear Mayor Mohan, Members of the Cupertino City Council, City Attorney Jensen, and Manager Wu, I am writing to you regarding the following article that appeared in the news recently: https://sanjosespotlight.com/silicon-valley-city-must-pay-after-removing-campaign- signs/ We must know who initiated this action, who directed it, and whether city leadership— Manager Wu, Mayor Mohan, Vice-Mayor Fruen—were involved or aware. We are constantly told of our budget deficits and cutting of public interest programs due to lack of funds. What a waste of hard earned tax payer money for the city to now pay for these shenanigans! This is completely unacceptable. The city must refer this matter to the County District Attorney for investigation and request a county grand jury probe to ensure transparency and accountability. Additionally, I request that you publish an informational memo to all residents at the earliest, disclosing on whose direction this was carried out. I look forward to your prompt response. Sincerely, Srividya Sundaresan From:Liang Chao To:Venkat Ranganathan; City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Perimeteter Fence separating Vallco site from our neighborhood Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:04:35 AM Attachments:image.png Dear Resident, Thank you for reaching out with your comments. Due to a change in the implementation of how written communication is collected for the upcoming council meeting, your email will not be included in the official record unless a councilmember forwards it to the City Clerk. Dear City Clerk, Please enter the enclosed communication as written communication for the upcoming council meeting from a councilmember, per CMC 2.08.100. I am submitting this comment at the request of my constituents to ensure that community voices are included in written communications of council meetings as requested, rather than at the discretion of councilmembers, which might inadvertently leave out some minority voices. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Liang ~ Cupertino City Council (elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022) Liang Chao​​​​ Councilmember City Council LChao@cupertino.gov 408-777-3192 From: Venkat Ranganathan <n.r.v@live.com> Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2024 9:40 PM To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov>; Cupertino City Manager's Office <manager@cupertino.gov>; City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov> Subject: Perimeteter Fence separating Vallco site from our neighborhood Dear City Clerk, Please include the following message as a written communication for the agenda item "oral communications" . Dear City Council, Manager and City Clerk I live on Amherst Drive very close to the perimeter fence that separates the Perimeter drive (running to the west of Vallco site) from our neighborhood. One of the concerns that a lot of my neighbors raised is the damage or alteration of the fence given the development of the Vallco site. This wall, which is taller than normal fences, act as a safety buffer to the neighborhood. Can you let clarity that the fence will not be disturbed as part of the development of Vallco as the neighbors feel this will lead to safety and noise level escalation - the neighborhood, being in close proximity to Vallco site, have already endured a lot over the years because of the Vallco development and want to make sure this is not disturbed as part of the continuing development of Vallco site. Thanks Venkat From:Liang Chao To:Vikram Saxena; City Clerk Subject:Fwd: Public Enquiry to City Staff Removing Election Signs Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:03:23 AM Dear Resident, Thank you for reaching out with your comments. Due to a change in the implementation of how written communication is collected for the upcoming council meeting, your email will not be included in the official record unless a councilmember forwards it to the City Clerk. Dear City Clerk, Please enter the enclosed communication as written communication for the upcoming council meeting from a councilmember, per CMC 2.08.100. I am submitting this comment at the request of my constituents to ensure that community voices are included in written communications of council meetings as requested, rather than at the discretion of councilmembers, which might inadvertently leave out some minority voices. Thank you for your attention to this matter. Regards, Liang ~ Cupertino City Council (elected in 2018, re-elected in 2022) Liang Chao​​​​ Councilmember City Council LChao@cupertino.gov 408-777-3192 From: Vikram Saxena <vsaxena@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 3, 2024 3:12 PM To: City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.gov>; Pamela Wu <PamelaW@cupertino.org>; City Attorney's Office <cityattorney@cupertino.org>; City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov> Subject: Public Enquiry to City Staff Removing Election Signs Dear City Clerk: Please enter this as written record for the next City Council Meeting. Sincerely -Vikram ==== Dear City Council, City Attorney and City Manager: It has come to my attention that election related yard signs have been removed from Bollinger Road. There was no notification given to the candidates, no 2-day period to comply with the city sign ordinance, and it seems the city is claiming that the signs are no longer recoverable; this is against our code. Our democratic process is the bedrock of our country and these actions amount to election interference. What is making this even worse is that there are multiple eye-witnesses to have seen the City Vehicles involved in the process. I request the city to: 1. Identify which city official instructed the staff to remove the signs 2. Put the city officials who gave the orders on immediate administrative leave. 3. Report the incident to our District Attorney Office for investigation into conspiracy to interference in elections. Sincerely: -Vikram Saxena From:Liang Chao To:City Clerk Cc:Peggy Griffin Subject:Fwd: 2024-10-15 City Council Meeting - Oral Communications! Date:Thursday, October 10, 2024 9:16:47 AM Please enter into written communication of the 10/15 council meeting. Get Outlook for iOS Liang Chao​​​​ Councilmember City Council LChao@cupertino.gov 408-777-3192 From: Griffin <griffin@compuserve.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2024 10:31 PM To: City Council <CityCouncil@cupertino.org> Cc: City Clerk <cityclerk@cupertino.gov>; John Chase <jchase@dao.sccgov.org> Subject: 2024-10-15 City Council Meeting - Oral Communications! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. PLEASE INCUDE THIS AS WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE MEETING AGENDA ITEM. Dear City Council, I am appalled that the Brown Act continues to be abused by the city! This is an abuse of the teleconferencing rules! It is intended for residents of Cupertino, NOT Taiwan!!!! This location MUST have: -The location needs to be specific enough for a member of the public to find it and attend! -The agenda needs to be posted. -It needs to be open to the public. -It needs to be accessible to the disabled. -It needs to allow those present at the location to comment in the proceedings. Unless someone is present at that location to view the proceedings, it will not be clear that councilmember Wei is voting without help. Also, the video of the proceedings MUST NOT be deleted from the public record as was done previously! This is appalling and sad in so many ways! Sincerely, Peggy Griffin Tuesday, October 15, 2024 6:45 PM CITY OF CUPERTINO Televised Regular Meeting (6:45) 10350 Torre Avenue, Council Chamber and via Teleconference Teleconference Location Pursuant to Government Code section 54953(b)(2); 5th Floor, No 19, Tongshan Street, Taipei, Taiwan Peggy