CC 05-26-2021 (Special)
APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
SPECIAL MEETING
At 6:30 p.m. Mayor Darcy Paul called the Special City Council meeting to order. This was a
teleconference meeting with no physical location.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Darcy Paul, Vice Mayor Liang Chao, and Councilmembers Kitty Moore, Hung
Wei, and Jon Robert Willey. Absent: None. All Councilmembers teleconferenced for the
meeting.
Mayor Paul held a moment of silence to honor the victims of the mass shooting at the Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose.
ORDINANCES AND ACTION ITEMS
1. Subject: Consider the proposed Fiscal Year 2021‐2022 City Work Program
Recommended Action: Provide any input and adopt the FY 2021‐2022 City Work
Program
Written Communications for this item included a staff presentation and emails to Council.
Councilmembers asked questions and made comments.
Mayor Paul opened the public comment period and the following people spoke.
Jean Bedord supported reducing the City Work Plan, work items with clear benefits to
residents, and not making work for staff and commissions. (Submitted written
comments).
Fine Arts Commissioner Sudha Kasamsetty (representing self) supported proposals to
increase the scope of the commissions and to explore ways to reengage the community.
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Housing Commissioner Connie Cunningham (representing self) supported work items
for extremely low income and intellectually disabled projects and for homelessness.
Jennifer Griffin was concerned about the impacts of regional housing agencies and
housing bills on cities and supported retaining local control.
Claudio Bono supported the allocation for the Cupertino visitor center and the Mayorʹs
Cup Initiative. (Submitted written comments).
Mayor Paul closed the public comment period.
Willey moved and Paul seconded to approve item 2 as modified to include:
Investigate additional sites for housing, preferably BMR or ELI housing
Add BMR (Below Market Rate) generally
The motion carried with Wei voting no.
Paul moved and Chao seconded to call the question. The motion carried with Moore
voting no.
Chao moved and Paul seconded to approve modifications to the objective in Attachment
A, Row 3:
Explore the potential of locating Cupertino store and public incubator center at Chamber
of Commerce or other locations with a mutally beneficial agreement, including potential
Cupertino store merchandise, and attempt to provide a draft proposal for consideration
by the Council by the end of FY 2021‐22.
The motion carried with Moore voting no.
Moore moved and Paul seconded to approve City Work Program items 1 through 53,
except item 2 which Council already approved. Council did not vote on this motion.
Chao made a friendly amendment to modify items 3, 5, 8, and 12:
Item 3 “Name: Revisit 5G, including, but not limited to, recording, responding to
complaints, transparency on existing applications; direction to staff to bring more
details on the proposed $250,000
Item 5 Lehigh & Stevens Creek – include the staff work to monitor Lehigh’s
proposed plans
Item 8 Memorial Park ‐ “Implement a six‐month and 12‐month plan for Memorial
Park improvements” => add more details consistent with descriptions in the CIP.
Item 12 Lawrence‐Mitty ‐ add “Programming, Outreach & Design” (consistent with
CIP) “with outreach expected to start by Q3 FY 21‐22.”
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(Moore declined Chao’s friendly amendment, and it was not voted on).
Paul moved and Moore seconded a substitute motion to approve City Work Program
items 1 through 53, except item 2 which Council already approved, and excluding items
3, 5, 8, 12, 19, and 26. The motion carried unanimously.
Council recessed from 9:29 p.m. to 9:35 p.m.
Chao moved and Paul seconded to approve item 3 as modified:
Item 3 “Name: Revisit 5G, including, but not limited to, recording, responding to
complaints, transparency on existing applications”
Council also provided direction to staff to bring more details on the proposed
$250,000
The motion carried unanimously.
Chao moved and Paul seconded to approve items 8 and 12 as modified and approve item
5 as written:
Item 5 as written
Item 8 Memorial Park – “Implement a six‐month and 12‐month plan for Memorial
Park improvements” => add more detail consistent with descriptions in the CIP
Item 12 Lawrence Mitty – add “Programming, Outreach, & Design” (consistent
with CIP) “with outreach expected to start by Q3 FY21‐22”
The motion carried unanimously.
Willey moved and Paul seconded to approve item 26 as modified:
Name: “Seismic Retrofits and Upgrades to Existing City Hall” (formerly
“Investigate Alternatives to City Hall”)
Objective: “Examine seismic retrofits and upgrades to existing City Hall”
Remove allocations from budget to a new City Hall
The motion carried unanimously.
Paul moved and Moore seconded to remove both items from City Work Program:
Cupertino PREP (Pandemic Re‐Emergence Program): 4th of July Drone Show
Cupertino PREP (Pandemic Re‐Emergence Program): Council/Commission
Engagement)
The motion carried unanimously.
Moore moved and Paul seconded to approve Attachment A, Rows 1 and 2, RHNA update
and rezoning and Sign Ordinance items. The motion carried unanimously.
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Moore moved and Paul seconded to approve Attachment A, Row 4 as modified:
Name: 10455 Torre Avenue Improvements – Programming & Feasibility
Objective: Program, plan and build facility improvements, including seismic,
utility and ADA upgrades, for the long‐term use of this facility. The scope of work
will include public outreach, programming, planning, design, and construction.
Council also provided direction to staff to ensure CIP language conforms to
language in Work Program herein
The motion carried unanimously
Paul moved and Wei seconded to approve item 19 as written. The motion carried
unanimously.
Summary:
1. Approved item 2 as modified to include:
Investigate additional sites for housing, preferably BMR or ELI housing
Add BMR (Below Market Rate) generally
(Wei voting no)
2. Approved modifications to the objective in Attachment A, Row 3:
Explore the potential of locating Cupertino store and public incubator center at
Chamber of Commerce or other locations with a mutally beneficial agreement,
including potential Cupertino store merchandise, and attempt to provide a draft
proposal for consideration by the Council by the end of FY 2021‐22 (Moore voting no)
3. Approved City Work Program items 1 through 53, except item 2 which Council
already approved, and excluding items 3, 5, 8, 12, 19, and 26 (Unanimous)
4. Approved item 3 as modified:
Item 3 “Name: Revisit 5G, including, but not limited to, recording, responding to
complaints, transparency on existing applications”
Council also provided direction to staff to bring more details on the proposed
$250,000
(Unanimous)
5. Approved items 8 and 12 as modified and item 5 as written:
Item 5 as written
Item 8 Memorial Park – “Implement a six‐month and 12‐month plan for Memorial
Park improvements” => add more detail consistent with descriptions in the CIP
Item 12 Lawrence Mitty – add “Programming, Outreach, & Design” (consistent
with CIP) “with outreach expected to start by Q3 FY21‐22”
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(Unanimous)
6. Approved item 26 as modified:
Name: “Seismic Retrofits and Upgrades to Existing City Hall” (formerly
“Investigate Alternatives to City Hall”)
Objective: “Examine seismic retrofits and upgrades to existing City Hall”
Remove allocations from budget to a new City Hall
(Unanimous)
7. Removed both items from City Work Program:
Cupertino PREP (Pandemic Re‐Emergence Program): 4th of July Drone Show
Cupertino PREP (Pandemic Re‐Emergence Program): Council/Commission
Engagement)
(Unanimous)
8. Approved Attachment A, Rows 1 and 2, RHNA update and rezoning and Sign
Ordinance items (Unanimous)
9. Approved Attachment A, Row 4 as modified:
Name: 10455 Torre Avenue Improvements – Programming & Feasibility
Objective: Program, plan and build facility improvements, including seismic,
utility and ADA upgrades, for the long‐term use of this facility. The scope of work
will include public outreach, programming, planning, design, and construction.
Council also provided direction to staff to ensure CIP language conforms to
language in Work Program herein
(Unanimous)
10. Approved item 19 as written (Unanimous)
ADJOURNMENT
At 11:03 p.m. Mayor Paul adjourned the meeting.
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Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk