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Exhibit CC 12-02-2014 Item No. 4, draft minutes cc Bicycle Pedestrian Commissioner's name was corrected from Chang to Chan CUPERTINO DRAFT MINUTES CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL Thursday, November 6, 2014 SPECIAL CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY WORKSHOP PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At 7:00 p.m. Mayor Gilbert Wong called the Special City Council Community Workshop to order and led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Gilbert Wong, Vice Mayor Rod Sinks, and Council members Barry Chang, Orrin Mahoney, and Mark Santoro. Absent: None. Present: Planning Commissioners Don Sun, Margaret Gong, and Alan Takahashi. Absent: Chair Paul Brophy and Vice Chair Winnie Lee. Present: Bicycle Pedestrian Commission Chair William Chang Chan, Vice Chair Pete Heller, and Commissioner Sean Lyn. Absent: Commissioners Jill Mitsch and Vidula Aiyer. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Cathy Helgersen talked about the upcoming Santa Clara County meeting on November 20 regarding Lehigh. She noted that the County Planning department would be discussing the need for Lehigh to put in a Selenium Plant. She urged everyone to attend the meeting. WORKSHOP - Community Discussion on Traffic Safety Issues Near Schools Written communications for this item included Frequently Asked Questions regarding traffic safety,near schools, tri-school and City-wide traffic safety activities, and handout explaining how the small groups would work. Mayor Wong welcomed everyone and explained that the workshop was taking place in response to the recent death of Monta Vista High School student Ethan Wong. City Manager David Brand thanked everyone for coming and introduced Captain Ken Binder from the Sheriff's office and Director of Public Works Timm Borden. Captain Binder gave an update on the investigation. Director Borden reviewed some programs already in place regarding traffic safety. The facilitator explained how the small groups would work including identifying "city- wide," "neighborhood", and "your street" traffic safety concerns on a map and then to discuss solutions for improving traffic safety in those same areas. After the small group discussions, each table reported out their top solutions for traffic safety. Cards were also collected which contained any further ideas from community members. Visit www.cul2ertino.org/communityworkshol2 to find the video of tonight's meeting, small group comments, and other related documents on this topic. Additional information will be posted on that page as it becomes available. ADJOURNMENT At 9:00 p.m., the meeting was adjourned.