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From YouTube: Cupertino Chamber of Commerce City Council Debate 2016
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Repeat of the 2016 Cupertino City Council Candidate Debate, presented by the Cupertino Chamber of Commerce. Council candidates include Parth Bharwad, David Fung, Jerry Liu, Robert McCoy, Steven Scharf, Rod G. Sinks, Val Vitols, and Kris Wang. Recorded October 5, 2016 at the Cupertino Community Hall.
B
Good
evening,
I
am
Anjali
kausar,
the
CEO
for
the
Cupertino
Chamber
of
Commerce.
I
would
like
to
welcome
you
all
this
evening
to
our
candidate
forum
/
debate
in
1954,
the
Cupertino
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
founded
to
help
with
the
incorporation
of
a
new
city
that
we
would
call
Cupertino.
The
chamber
is
proud
to
have
been
an
active
member
of
the
dynamic
community
from
the
beginning
and
is
excited
to
continue
to
promote
a
thriving
and
sustainable
Cupertino.
B
The
vitality
and
health
of
our
community
can
be
profoundly
impacted
by
its
elected
officials,
which
is
why
we
are
here
tonight
this
evening.
Stop
exhale
been
provided
by
the
members
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
the
majority
of
which
are
small
businesses.
I
would
like
to
thank
our
participant,
are
candidates
for
the
City
Council
to
be
out
here
today
to
participate
in
this
debate
earlier
this
evening.
The
candidates
randomly
selected
topic
questions
and
the
order
in
which
they
would
speak.
The
queue
pitino
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
a
straightforward
format
for
each
round.
B
A
candidate
will
initially
present
a
two-minute
statement
on
the
selected
topic.
The
other
candidates
will
have
one
minute
to
clarify
how
their
own
views
may
differ
or
agree
with
the
initial
presenter.
The
initial
presenting
candidate
will
make
concluding
remarks
on
the
topic
for
one
minute.
The
format
will
continue
until
each
candidate
has
had
an
opportunity
to
lead
on
a
topic
following
all
topics.
Each
candidate
will
have
an
opportunity
for
closing
remarks.
Each
of
a
candidate
is
running
to
be
part
of
a
team
and
is
encouraged
to
respond
to
comments
made
by
other
candidates.
B
C
When
I
first
read
this,
my
question
to
them
was
why
they,
why
are
they
doing
this?
Why
they
mandating
something
for
our
community
and
and
then
I?
Have
a
I
have
an
interest
in
history,
so
housing
in
terms
of
housing?
It's
interesting
look
at
how
how
the
grid
pattern
was
laid
out
in
this
late,
aight,
late
1700s.
C
It
was
made
of
law
that
each
Township
should
in
city
should
create
this
grid
pattern
and
in
the
United
States,
and
this
is
for
real
estate
purposes,
it's
easier
to
sell
property
and
such
so,
but
if
there's
an
inherent,
there
is
inherent
problems
in
this.
This
pattern
too,
because
you're
not
dealing
with
nature.
What
you
have
you
know
with
environment
that
you're
that
you're
working
with
so
okay,
so
there's
an
inherent
problem
right
away,
but
so
another
thing
I
do
is
look
at.
C
Don't
have
the
answer
to
this,
but
looking
some
some
of
the
people
have
done
some
creative
things
in
in
the
United
States
Davis
up
there
near
Sacramento.
They
have
a
particular
layout
that
that
this
bike
and
pedestrian
friendly
they
created
from
scratch.
So
they
didn't
have
to
work
with
what
we
do
right
now.
C
There's
a
lot
of
eco
villages.
Note
the
village
concept:
where
were
they
they
have
in
mind
the
community
not
not
in
mind
that
the
developers
and
the
real
estate
people
and
all
that
so
there's
is
weighted
ways
to
do
this
again.
It's
a
huge
challenge,
because
it's
what
we
have
to
work
with.
So
my
time
is
up
and
I'll
talk
more
later,
Thank
you
Thank
You.
D
So
I've
looked
at
this
in
terms
of
what
is
proposed
at
one
development
in
cupertino,
where
they're
asking
for
2
million
square
feet
of
office
and
it's
very
important
to
look
long
term
and
see
what
happens
with
2
million
square
feet
of
office
depending
on
whose
numbers
you
believe,
that's
ten
to
20,000
more
employees.
A
bag
is
about
1.4
housing
units,
one
housing,
you
two
per
one-point-four
employees,
so
you've
got
thousands
of
new
housing
units
that
will
contain
thousands
of
new
students
with
no
new
schools
and
no
land
for
us.
E
Building
housing
and
trying
to
address
the
needs
of
housing
in
the
community
is
a
very,
very
important
thing.
Many
of
the
problems
we
suffer
today,
traffic
come
from
the
fact
that
people
can't
live
in
the
areas
close
to
the
to
where
they
work.
So
it's
very
important.
You
know
the
a
bag.
The
runner
allocations
seek
to
try
to
create
the
ability
to
guide,
to
guide
production,
to
housing,
to
help
to
help
allow
people
to
try
to
commute
less
I.
F
I
think
affordable
housing
is
key.
You
know,
if
you
think,
about
our
values.
Education
is
a
prime
value
here
and
I've
sought
to
find
more
of
portable
housing,
in
particular
for
teachers
at
a
starting
salary
of
sixty
thousand
dollars.
New
teachers
struggle
to
afford
to
live
here.
Last
year,
the
City
Council
approved
some
of
the
highest
housing
impact
fees
in
the
South
Bay
across
all
kinds
of
commercial
development,
not
just
housing,
to
help
fund
below
market
rate
housing
and
in
the
Hamptons
we
we
got
30
new
units
for
moderate
income,
households,
it
should
be
teachers.
F
But
beyond
that
you
know
we
can't.
We
simply
can't
address
the
housing
jobs
imbalance
in
cupertino
alone.
We
have
an
order
of
magnitude,
more
housing
being
built
to
the
south.
We
have
to
recognize
that
mobility,
in
fact,
is
the
prime
problem
we
face.
So,
yes,
we
can
build
more
housing,
but
fundamentally
it's
a
two-hour
commute
every
day
for
our
teachers
from
morgan
hill,
and
we
need
to
address
that.
G
I
believe
that
a
family
should
not
be
obligated
to
spend
more
than
twenty
or
thirty
percent
of
their
monthly
income
for
their
housing
needs,
and
in
this
community
that
means
you
have
to
have
an
income
of
somewhere
between
eleven
to
twelve
thousand
dollars
in
order
to
to
kind
of
live
with
your
family,
which
is
outrageous.
If
you
ask
a
young
person
like
me
who
one
day
has
to
rent
or
buy
my
own
place
in
this
community.
So
I
have
a
firm
supporter
of
increasing
housing
opportunities
in
cupertino.
G
It's
interesting
that
the
California
Department
of
Housing
and
Community
Development
has
noted
that,
with
more
high
density,
mixed-use
housing,
we
can
see
on
almost
thirty
to
forty
percent
decrease
in
traffic
and
communities,
because
it's
less
cars
being
used
on
the
road,
so
I
definitely
support
increasing
housing
opportunities,
make
including
mixed-use
developments
in
cupertino
to
not
only
reduce
traffic
but
increase,
affordable
housing
opportunities
for
the
future
generation.
Thank
you
thank.
C
C
These
things
are
or
that's
why
I
asked
initially
these
these
things
are
done
for
a
purpose
and
they're,
not
always
for
our
benefit,
for
the
communities
benefit,
so
the
challenges
we
face
and
housing
or
anything
else,
are
something
that
we
can
create
as
a
community,
we
can
do
our
own
cradle
imposition.
You
can
say
that
to
address
these
things,
because
they're
they're
unique
to
our
community
in
our
environment,
so
what
is
handed
down
to
us
is
something
that
may
not
be
relevant
even
to
what
we're
dealing
with.
B
Thank
you
going
on
to
a
second
question
to
mr.
sharps,
the
sku
Pitino
library
is
one
of
the
busiest
in
the
county.
The
least
expensive
option
to
provide
additional
parking
is
to
pave
over
the
cricket
field.
Next
to
the
library
parking
garages
of
any
type
are
far
more
expensive
as
a
councilmember.
What
solution
would
you
support.
D
Well,
I
prepared
33
pages
of
policy
papers
and
I
didn't
think
about
the
cricket
field.
First
of
all,
it's
not
just
cricket.
This
afternoon,
when
I
was
driving
home,
there
was
a
big
volleyball
tournament
there.
I
would
definitely
oppose
paving
over
the
cricket
field
for
a
parking
lot.
I
mean
that
is
just
insane
now.
Also
today,
yesterday
I
went
and
read
the
cupertino
budget,
not
all
800
9797
pages
of
it,
but
quite
a
bit
of
it.
And
yes,
a
parking
garage
is
more
expensive,
but
there's
a
lot
of
things
in
that
budget.
D
That
I
think
we
could
move
around
and
come
up
with
the
money
to
build
a
parking
garage.
There's
other
solutions
for
parking
at
the
library
as
well.
Right
now,
there's
no
secure
bicycle
parking.
It
would
be
great
if
we
had
either
valet
bike
parking
or
bike
lockers,
so
people
were
more
comfortable
riding
their
bikes
to
the
library
there's.
Also
the
issue:
there's
no
good
bike
route
to
the
library.
D
There's
no
Mike
Lane
out
on
Tori
until
you
get
past
Rodriguez
towards
Lawson,
and
we
definitely
could
do
something
to
increase
bicycle
access
to
the
library
and
our
courage.
People
not
to
drive
here
personally
I
live
about
a
five
minute,
walk
from
the
library,
so
I
don't
drive
there
on
most
occasions,
but
I
can't
talk
about
this
for
two
minutes,
but
I'm
definitely
opposed
to
paving
over
the
cricket
field
and
in
favor
of
building
a
parking
garage.
If
that's
the
only
parking
solution.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
E
Think
that
one
of
the
things
that
can
be
most
productive
in
trying
to
improve
our
ability
to
go
to
the
library,
which
is
a
very
important
resource
in
the
town,
is
to
try
to
work
on
alternative
paths
and
safe
routes.
To
get
you
get
you
to
the
library
from
all
over
town.
In
particular,
steve
is
mentioned
that
there
there
are
challenges
from
the
East.
There
are
challenges
from
the
West
as
well
coming
down.
Mcclellan
is
very
challenging
road
to
ride
down
safely.
E
Fortunately,
the
2016
bike
plan
is
trying
to
identify
paths
around
the
round
town
that
will
help
circulate
and
get
us
to
to
the
Civic.
So
we've
already
taken
an
important
step
there,
but
trying
to
do
that.
Creating
the
ability
to
have
things
like
bike,
valet
and
and
perhaps
a
shuttle
as
well.
You
know
I
mean
obviously
there's
been
some
discussion
of
major
shuttle
shuttle
services,
but
those
things
can
all
help
lighten
the
traffic
parking
problem
at
the
library
Thank.
F
I'm
an
advocate
for
the
Civic
Center
master
plan
that
the
council
passed
in
late
2014.
We
need
to
move
forward
to
that
project
for
a
whole
variety
of
reasons,
community
meeting
space,
but
you
know
back
in
2015.
We
recognized
that
in
Prior
five
years
we'd
had
over
a
hundred
bicycle
accidents
in
cupertino,
including
two
fatalities
and
I,
took
the
mayor's
challenge
from
the
US
Department
of
Transportation.
We
put
three
miles:
a
green
paint
down
or
recognized
as
one
of
three
cities
most
improved
by
the
end
of
the
year
and
in
beginning
of
2015.
F
We
also
kicked
off
an
ambitious
new
plan
which
is
actually
specified
bikeways
in
a
master
plan
all
over
town,
so
that
can
relieve
some
of
the
parking
congestion
here
and
the
need
for
parents
to
have
to
bring
their
kids
from
school.
The
library
you
know
at
the
end
of
the
day
and
then
back
again,
so
our
kids
will
be
healthier
if
we
can
get
them
biking
around
town
and
provide
safe,
bikeways
going
beyond
paint
to
actually
building
protection,
a
barrier
to
cars,
Thank.
G
C
I
would
open
it
up
again
to
the
kids
into
the
youth
to
for
some
of
these
answers
that
we're
looking
for
and
yes
I'm,
not
not
in
favor
of
something
like
that,
paving
over
some
some
more
green
space
that
we
have
and
they're
also
be
new
technologies
coming
out,
I
mean
cars.
Cars
will
be
eventually
dated,
I
mean
they're
already,
there's
cars
that
run
on
water,
there's
a
flying
vehicles
and
fly
through
there.
C
I
mean
there's
all
kinds
of
things
that
are
out
there,
that
if
we
have
money
in
the
budget
people
we
can
start
commissions
to
look
at
these
things,
I
mean
if
we're
forward-thinking
community.
Supposedly
we
don't
have
to
stay
in
the
in
the
box
here.
We
can
think
that
think
for
the
future,
because
there's
things
out
there.
B
Agreed
moving
on
to
the
third
question,
which
is
for
mr.
Fong
traffic.
Around
schools
is
one
of
the
most
difficult
local
traffic
issues.
There
has
been
studies
or
discussions
of
shuttles,
closing
streets,
creating
car
free
zones
around
schools
which
just
pushes
the
problem
into
surrounding
neighborhoods.
How
would
you
address
traffic
around
schools.
E
Thank
you,
I
actually
live
in
the
the
what
would
be
called
the
Tri
school
area.
My
son
attends
monta
vista
high,
and
it
went
to
kennedy
which
is
really
kind
of
ground
zero
for
problems.
You
know
on
bub
there
have
been
many
efforts
in
the
past
to
try
to
address
the
issues
of
safety
and,
of
course,
unfortunately,
there
was
a
fatality
in
that
in
that
very
area
just
a
year
and
a
half
ago,
no
two
years
ago,
I
guess
at
this
point
it's
this
is
really
a
challenging
problem.
E
It's
a
partnership
problem
between
the
between
the
city
and
schools
and
one
of
the
many
areas
where
the
boundaries
of
the
schools
that
the
schools
control
the
land
up
to
the
boundary
of
the
schools
and
beyond
that
it
becomes
a
city
issue.
So,
for
instance,
today
crossing
guards
are
responsibility.
The
city
there's
not
something
that
the
that
the
schools
are
able
to
do
because
they
don't
have
jurisdiction
over
the
roads.
E
So
working
trying
to
get
create
a
closer,
more
effective
relationship
between
City
and
schools
is
something
that's
very
important,
they're
trying
to
try
to
address
this
problem.
This
is
an
area
where
I
think
I'm
particularly
qualified
from
two
different
standpoints,
one
that
I
have
very
close
relationship
with
the
school's
I
have
the
endorsements
of
all
ten
of
our
school
board
trustees,
as
well
as
many
of
the
administrators,
so
I
believe
that
I
can
help
bring
together
the
right
people
to
have
an
effective
discussion
about
how
we
might
address
those
issues.
E
I've
also
been
very
active
as
a
charter
member
of
the
safe
routes
to
school
task
for
which
actually
brings
together
school,
the
school
city
and
public
safety
groups
as
well,
and
looking
looking
at
solutions
which
include
education,
evaluation
engineering,
which
includes
things
like
the
green
lanes
in
trying
to
create
a
safer
path.
So
I
believe
that
all
these
things
together
well
will
help
will
help
cause
a
you.
Can
help
create
a
safer
environment
for
kids
to
come
to
school
Thank.
You
Thank.
F
We
frankly
have
plateaued:
we've
had
lots
of
teen,
commission
programs
and
other
things
so
in
in
trying
to
really
move
this
forward.
We've
looked
outside
of
Cupertino
at
a
success
story
in
Palo
Alto,
where
they've
been
very
successful
in
moving
more
kids
to
walking
and
biking
walking,
school
buses
and
these
sorts
of
things
we
hired
Chelsea
Bickman
that
you
may
know
that
who
you
may
know
who
is
driving
an
aggressive
process
with
our
schools
now
meeting
intensively
with
teachers
and
parents.
So
we're
committed
to
upping
that
number.
F
So
it's
going
to
take
a
combination
of
physical
improvements
in
infrastructure,
really
safe
ways
to
relieve
anxiety
and
then
education,
because
bikers
don't
always
bike
safely,
and
so
we
need
all
of
these
things
to
make
it
safer.
And
when
we
do
all
these,
we
will
get
less
congestion
around
our
schools.
Thank.
G
So
I
think
one
of
the
most
important
things
while
talking
about
school
traffic
is
to
convey
the
message
to
parents
that
their
kids,
walking
or
biking
to
school
actually
saves
them
time
and
their
kids
time
and
I
know
this,
because
I
was
a
student
at
Monte
Vista,
High
School
and
by
the
second
week
I
had
noticed
that
if
I
walked
her
bike
to
school,
I
got
there
and
half
the
time.
It
would
take
me
as
opposed
to
having
my
parents
drop
me
off
all
the
way
at
school.
So
I
think
it's
it's
really
about.
G
Educating
parents
and
I
know
my
dad
used
to
always
tell
me
it's
a
really
emotional
thing:
to
have
drop
off
your
kids
to
school
every
day
and
pick
them
up.
Its
kind
of
you
feel
responsible
as
a
parent,
but
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
explain
to
parents
that
they're
being
more
responsible
by
letting
their
kid
walk
or
bike
to
school
by
being
more
environment
friendly
and
making
their
kids
more
independent.
G
I
think
another
thing
that
really
worked
for
for
my
friends
was
picking
areas
nearby
the
schools
where
they
could
drop
off
and
then
walk
with
their
friends
and
that
really
encourages
people
to
not
drive
to
school
when
they
can
walk
with
their
friends
and
have
drop-off
locations
where
they
can
meet
up.
Thank
you
thank.
C
You
know
some
action,
but
I
want
to
break
the
mold
a
little
bit
here
and
just
just
I'm,
not
sure
if
I'll
get
a
chance
to
say
this,
but
you
know
air,
food
and
water
are
really
something
that
we
should
be
looking
at.
There's
a
lot
of
issues
here
and
challenges
in
the
community,
but
hey
you
know
these
other
things
are
going
on
all
around
us
and
and
these
are
directly
affecting
our
safety,
our
children's
safety.
It's
not
you
know
these
things
could
be
taken
care
of
their
just
issues.
G
C
D
This
is
one
of
my
pet
peeves.
I
could
talk
for
an
hour
on
this
when
we
move
to
Cupertino
and
our
kids
went
to
Eton,
the
traffic
was
just
horrible
and
it
was
made
worse
when
the
city
removed
traffic,
calming
devices
and
I
talked
to
the
former
Director
of
Public
Works
back
then
bertus
Kovich,
who
would
installed
them,
and
he
was
very
disappointed
that
the
council
had
done
this
because
it
made
walking
and
biking
to
school
much
more
dangerous.
D
We
can't
hire
enough
police
to
patrol
everything
we
need
to
put
in
traffic
calming
around
the
schools.
The
other
issue
is
our
schools
were
never
designed
for
the
quantity
of
students
that
are
going
there.
That's
why
we
have
massive
numbers
of
portables
at
so
many
of
the
schools.
There
used
to
be
a
lot
more
schools
and
a
lot
fewer
children
per
school
and
the
traffic
was
designed
for
that
I'm,
not
sure
how
we
fix
that
problem,
but
one
thing
we
don't
do
is
add
tens
of
thousands
of
more
students
to
the
existing
schools.
Thank
you.
D
E
So
that
I
think
there
are
two
parts
in
particular.
Education
is
an
important
part
here
in
its
education,
not
only
for
kids
to
for
them
to
be
able
to
travel
safely
to
school,
but
for
the
parents.
An
important
part
of
this
is
to
get
to
a
realization
that
if
you
perceive,
if
a
parent
perceives
it
as
dangerous
for
their
kid
to
come
to
school
on
their
bike
or
walk,
then
they
will
drive
them
and
that
creates
the
traffic
which
then
makes
it
unsafe
for
young
kids
to
ride
to
riding
bike.
E
So
there
really
needs
to
be
a
discussion
there,
a
discussion
where
people
think
about
this
and
realize
that
this
may
be
something
where
there's
an
opportunity
to
change.
I
think
doing
things
like
drop-off
points
have
been
have
been,
there's
a
concern
that
that
will
push
this
problem
out
into
the
neighborhood,
but
as
we
distribute
this
over
a
greater
amount
of
space,
it
actually
I
think
it
will
be
quite
a
workable
solution.
So
I
really
believe
education
can
make
a
big
difference
with
this
and
that's
a
top
priority
for
safe
routes.
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
You
now
we're
moving
on
to
mr.
Singh's.
This
question
is
the
Cupertino
City
Council
consistently
has
some
of
the
longest
meetings
of
any
city
in
the
Bay
Area.
A
unique
aspect
of
the
council
agenda
is
that
people
who
have
business
on
the
agenda
but
wait
for
a
potentially
significant
number
of
people
who
are
talking
about
anything
but
the
gender.
How
would
you
improve
these
meetings.
F
F
You
know
the
Brown
Act
requires.
We
give
every
speaker
an
equal
amount
of
time,
including
subjects
not
on
the
agenda
at
the
air
district
in
on
which
I
serve.
We
regularly
get
50-plus
speakers,
and
so
we
will
regularly
move
if
we
have
more
than
eight
cards
will
regularly
move
all
the
rest
of
them
to
the
end
of
the
meeting
and
we
tend
to
lose
a
quorum
toward
the
end
when
it
gets
to
be
two
or
three
in
the
afternoon.
F
So
this
is
not
unique
and
we've
tried
this
technique
here
and
I
think
we
have
substantially
improved
our
meeting
length
in
cupertino
this
year.
We
allow
three
minutes
per
speaker,
some
agencies
very
that
and
cut
it
down
to
even
60
seconds
when
they
have
a
lot
of
speakers.
We've
we've
chosen
to
be
liberal
about
that,
but
you
know
why
are
so
many
people
coming
to
talk
to
us
in
agitation
about
things?
F
I
have
deep
respect
for
the
fremont
Union
High
School
District's
process
in
getting
a
citizens
commission
together,
let
x
min
lee,
who
runs
our
leadership,
950
14
program
and
in
that
process
38
residents,
many
of
them
real
skeptics
of
things
like
believing
school
demographers,
are
sitting
down
and
doing
the
math
and
trying
to
understand
how
to
fix
declining
enrollment
at
lynbrook
and
and
the
school
has
the
school
district.
Let
that
process
go
for
some
time.
I
think
we
need
to
do
better
as
a
city
in
dealing
with
these
core
anxieties.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
We
need
to
provide
the
community
with
another
place
to
talk
about
their
concerns
with
the
Chimaera,
with
the
City
Council
in
the
community,
as
opposed
to
justice
city
council
meeting
up
twice
a
month.
So
this
can
be
done
in
various
forms,
such
as
Commission's,
which
we
have
and
it's
important
to
educate
the
voters
about
the
Commission's
and
to
restore
faith
in
the
Commission's.
Because
often
times
I've
heard
in
the
last
couple
years,
that
city,
council,
district
guards,
Commission's
or
Commission
decisions,
and
that's
really
not
what
we
want
to
do
as
a
community.
G
C
G
C
Like
we
did
in
school,
make
make
liquor
circle
here
and,
and
we
just
we
just
talked,
and
that
way
everybody
I
think
would
get
more,
especially
the
the
public
would
get
more
of
a
chance
to
really
like
talk
face-to-face
with
somebody
instead
of
lucky
up
there.
You
know
somebody
up
here.
So
that's
a
good
start.
Thank.
D
Here
at
that
infamous
five
a.m.
meeting,
because
there
were
so
many
speakers,
upset
and
democracy-
isn't
always
fun,
and
sometimes
it
takes
a
long
time
and
that's
the
way
it
is.
I
would
not
cut
back
on
the
amount
of
time
per
speaker.
There
could
be
some
changes
in
the
way
in
the
order
of
when
speakers
speak,
and
we
could
discuss
that.
There's
also
the
issue.
A
lot
of
people
show
up
with
things
that
aren't
really
appropriate
for
the
City
Council
that
could
be
handled
in
other
ways.
I
know.
D
Last
week,
I
called
the
director
of
public
works,
because
trucks
were
illegally
parking
in
the
bike
lane
by
mainstreet
doing
deliveries.
He
immediately
took
action
on
that,
as
did
the
sheriff
I
called
code
enforcement
today
about
illegally
placed
political
signs
in
front
of
main
street,
and
they
said
they
would
go
and
pick
them
up.
So
if
we
can
move
some
of
these
issues
to
an
appropriate
City
Department,
it
would
reduce
the
number
of
upset
people
that
show
up
at
the
council
meeting
to
talk.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
E
There
are
a
number
of
changes.
Procedurally,
that
can
help
the
city
council
meetings
be
more
effective
for
for
the
residents,
I,
don't
believe
in
shortening
the
time.
I
think
that
people
beforehand
will
have
comments
that
they
want
to
prepare.
They
will
prepare
for
that
time
and
they
ought
to
have
that
opportunity
for
items
on
the
agenda.
E
F
Sometimes
they
come
to
just
one
of
us,
but
you
can
rest
assured
that
if
you,
if
you
send
queries
to
us,
as
you
know,
council
members
in
the
city,
we
do
forward
them
on
to
appropriate
city
staff,
and
our
city
staff
is
very
good
about
sitting
down
with
resident
groups
and
others
who
you
know,
have
real
concerns.
So
we
try
to
hook
you
up
with
folks
that
can
appropriately
answer
these
questions
and
I
would
say.
F
B
You
now
moving
on
to
a
last
question,
and
this
goes
to
mr.
Bhagwat.
Economic
diversity
contributes
to
the
health
of
our
community.
Yet
a
single
company
represents
a
significant
portion
of
the
city's
tax
base
as
a
councilmember.
What
would
you
do
to
help
small
businesses
in
cupertino
or
should
keep
it
in
OB,
a
large
business
community?
Well.
G
Correct
me,
if
I'm
wrong,
I
want
to
address
the
elephant
in
the
room.
The
large
tax
payer
is
apple,
and
I
think
we
love
apple.
I
mean
most
of
people
I
talk
to
from
out
of
this
area.
The
first
thing
they
tell
you
is
here
from
Cupertino,
well,
I've
seen
that
on
my
iPhone
or
my
macbook,
and
it's
it's
time
we
embrace
Apple
as
opposed
to
looking
at
it
as
an
enemy.
G
We
can't
allow
them
to
be
paying
outrageous,
rents
and
rundown
locations
that
they
can't
afford
or
are
not
safe
for
them,
so
I
think
upgrading
the
infrastructure
in
cupertino
and
really
providing
them
with
a
competitive
place.
To
do
business
is
going
to
be
very
important
in
retaining
these
small
businesses
in
Cupertino
I'm,
a
big
supporter,
fifteen
dollar,
minimum
wage
and
I.
Think
it's
very
important
for
that
to
be
implemented.
G
However,
I
think
we
need
to
not
forget
about
small
businesses
that
are
affected
by
an
increase
in
the
minimum
wage
to
$15,
because
when
we
think
of
a
business,
we
don't
often
think
about
the
fact
that
there's
a
family
behind
that
business
and
there's
kids,
who
who
live
off
of
that
business
as
income.
So
it's
important
for
us
to
always
look
out
for
the
small
business
while
making
decisions
on
minimum
wage
on
infrastructure
development
in
cupertino,
because
they
are
the
real
backbone
of
our
community
and
I.
G
Think
it's
interesting
to
point
out
that
in
Mountain
View,
if
you
go
to
castro
street
in
the
evening
time,
you
see
it's
packed
and
all
the
small
businesses
are
doing
well
because
of
Google's
employees
are
encouraged
to
go
there
and
spend
their
money
and
spend
their
time.
So
as
opposed
to
looking
at
Apple
as
trying
to
alleviate
ourselves
from
the
pressure
of
Apple.
We
need
to
work
with
Apple
in
our
community
to
see
how
we
can
encourage
integration,
because
Cupertino
is
apple.
G
C
Well,
yeah
apples
is
nothing
against
Apple
he's
there.
They've
got
some
good
ideas.
They've
done
their
homework.
They're
huge
they've
marketed
themselves.
You
know
we
can
learn
from
Apple.
So
at
the
same
time
we
don't
want
to
let
these
ma
and
pas.
You
know
businesses
go
under
because
of
the
big
predators
like
Apple.
You.
C
Corporations
that
are
just
eating
up
by
their
money
and
power
and
the
lobbying
abilities
they're
just
eating
up
everything.
That's
small
and
you
know
making
conglomerates
and
taking
control
of
everything.
So
hey,
that's
something
the
city
council
could
do
you
know
they
could
they
could
subsidize
or
do
something
to
encourage
or
to
support
the
small
businesses
instead
of
you
know
doing
what
they
are.
Do
your
research
with
Apple.
D
Thing
that
would
be
wonderful
and
it's
up
to
apple
now
of
courses
if
they
were
nice
enough
to
not
force
Cupertino
to
send.
Thirty-Five
percent
of
the
sales
tax
were
entitled
to
back
to
Apple.
It's
not
a
lot
of
money
for
Apple,
but
it's
significant
for
Cupertino
right
now,
I
think
the
biggest
problem
in
cupertino
is
the
lack
of
retail
we've
lost
so
much
retail,
so
we're
too
dependent
on
business
taxes
and
business-to-business
sales
taxes.
D
Since
I've
lived
here
since
1999,
we've
just
seen
shopping
center
after
shopping
center,
decimated
when
new
owners
come
in
and
they
raised
the
lease
rates
and
they
evict
the
existing
tenants
that
wanted
to
stay,
and
this
has
occurred
at
cupertino
village,
the
oaks
falco,
of
course,
but
smaller
locations
like
tvs
over
by
the
post
office,
we
lost
our
car
dealership
and
built
a
supermarket
now.
Whole
Foods
is
great,
but
food
isn't
taxable,
there's
no
sales
tax
on
it.
Unless
you're
buying
wine
or
soda
or
prepared
food,
we
lost
all
our
department
stores.
E
Greater
economic
diversity
is,
is
always
better
in
any
in
any
environment,
because
that
it
helps
you
whether
any
change
that
may
come
come
along.
I
can
certainly
speak
to
technology
companies.
I
used
to
work
across
the
street,
doing
consulting
work
for
a
startup
that
was
in
the
building's
just
literally
across
the
street.
E
Small
companies
love
being
here,
but
it
is
very,
very
hard
because
of
the
very
high
cost,
and
this
is
the
same
problem
you
hear
over
and
over
again
the
very
very
high
costs
of
doing
of
doing
business
here
in
cupertino,
so
they
loved
being
here.
Proximity
to
Apple
is
great,
and
then,
if
you
can
get
a
cluster
of
smaller
companies
or
different
companies,
the
proximity
of
each
other
becomes
a
very
strong
synergistic
effect
that
makes
these
companies
more
successful,
and
you
see
that
in
Mount
View.
E
But
I
think
the
challenge
really
is
office
availability,
it's
very
hard
to
compete
with
apple
for
space,
so
anything
that
we
can
do
to
try
to
help
and
that
maybe
include
subsidies.
You
know
allow
incentives
for
incubator,
for
owners
to
have
incubators
face
or
even
have
subsidies
from
the
city
Thank.
F
Cupertino
is
proud
to
be
the
home
of
Apple.
We
know
that
Apple's
economic
impact
radiates
well
beyond
its
campuses.
It's
and
its
employees
when
apple
campus,
to
was
approved
by
the
council
in
late
2013.
Surveys
showed
at
that
time
overwhelming
support
by
our
residents.
Now.
Having
said
that,
we
do
need
more
economic
diversity
in
cupertino.
We
don't
want
to
be
a
single
company
and
I
expect.
The
opening
of
the
new
campus
will
actually
free
up
some
of
the
Class
B
office
space
to
allow
businesses
to
grow
here.
F
I
highlighted
some
of
them
that
had
moved
out
in
my
2015
state
of
the
city
speech,
Barracuda
Pertino
ChargePoint
moved
to
campbell
los
gatos.
You
know
we,
a
Splunk
is
going
to
move
down
to
off
new
office
being
created
at
santana
row,
so
we
do
need
to
make
space
for
these
companies
and
we
also
need
to
preserve
retail
and
restaurant
space.
I
was
heartened.
That
target
is
going
to
make
a
major
investment
in
renovating
the
large
center
that
we
have
here
in
cupertino,
one
of
their
best
performing
stores.
Thank.
G
Well,
well,
I
think
it's
safe
to
say
that
all
of
us
support
small
businesses
in
this
community
and
I.
Think
it's
I
want
to
take
this
time
to
address
a
really
interesting
topic
that
comes
up
in
terms
of
retail
space
in
cupertino.
Now,
if
we
drive
to
Palo
Alto,
we
have
stanford
shopping
center
and
if
we
drive
a
little
bit
north,
I
mean
if
we
drive
northland
up
on
280.
G
We
have
a
valley,
fair
shopping
center
and
I
think,
with
all
of
these
big
malls
in
this
area,
we
really
need
to
look
at
vallco
and
see
what
else
can
we
do
as
opposed
to
having
just
a
retail
environment
over
there?
And
this
is
coming
from
a
younger
person
who
has,
in
the
10
years
in
cupertino,
I've,
been
to
valco
I
handful
of
times
to
actually
shop
because
the
choices
weren't
there
and
the
selection
wasn't
there
and
I
was
willing
to
drive
that
extra
mile.
G
So
I
think
it's
important
for
us
to
take
a
turn
away
from
retail
in
this
community
and
work
with
small
startups
and
small
businesses
who
want
office
space
to
really
expand
their
business
in
cupertino.
To
ensure
that
they're
building
long-term
businesses,
as
opposed
to
retailers
who
come
and
go
as
seasons,
come
and
go
in
in
retail
locations.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
B
C
You
ok,
so
technology
energy,
the
financial
systems,
all
these
systems
are
rapidly
changing
in
our
world.
So
my
again,
my
recommendation
to
you
is
to
do
your
own
research
to
like
investigate,
what's
really
going
on
in
the
world
because
it
affects
you
directly.
It
really
does
the
choices
and
decisions
you
make
are
are.
C
You
know
especially
we
got,
but
about
the
food
and
the
water
and
the
air
quality
these.
These
are
directly
affecting
you
so
being
being
real
about.
What's
going
on
in
the
world,
just
investigate.
Look
at
look
at
the
go
to
the
internet
and
look
at
look
at
the
the
situations.
You
know
it's,
not
everything
that
you
see
on
the
news,
there's
more
more
to
the
picture
that
is
going
on
and
then
also
my
position
would
be
the
bigger
bigger
picture
so
I'm,
looking
at
always
at
the
bigger
picture,
not
just
the
the
issues.
C
You
know
you
can
go
home
and
watch
your
sports
and
your
your
presidential.
You
know
debates
and
all
that,
but
there's
more
going
on
this
world
than
you
can
even
imagine
so.
I
just
encourage
you
to
get
out
there
and
you
know
think
outside
the
box.
It's
not
just
about
politics
or
anything.
You
know
your
job
traffic
there's
just
some
more
so
much
more.
So
that's
my
closing
statement
just
get
out
there
and
be
real
with
yourself
and
do
your
own
research.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
D
Values
and
vision,
or
the
key
differences
I
see
in
the
candidates
for
this
race,
we
can't
keep
just
taking
an
extremely
short
term
vision
of
things
and
approve
things
that
have
negative
long-term
impact.
On
cupertino,
it's
been
popular
for
some
developers
to
label
anyone
that
opposes
their
project
as
NIMBYs,
not
in
my
backyard.
One
former
mayor,
labeled
us
as
bitter
cupertino,
is
at
a
better
cupertino,
which
was
kind
of
a
low
blow
and
two
other
former
mayors
sued
residents,
including
me
when
we
wrote
an
accurate
ballot
description
for
the
ballot
booklet.
D
D
It's
not
political
action
committees
and
it's
not
people
that
refuse
to
take
a
principled
stand
on
all
the
issues.
John
Muir
said
when
we
try
to
pick
out
anything
by
itself.
We
find
it
hitched
to
everything
in
the
universe,
and
this
is
true
at
the
local
level
as
well.
Development,
housing,
schools,
transit
and
the
environment
are
all
intensely
interrelated,
but
the
entities
that
seek
to
profit
at
the
expense
of
others
desperately
don't
want
citizens
to
make
those
connections
and
think
about
those
interdependencies.
E
You've
heard
my
voice
at
council
meetings
and
you've
seen
my
words
on
next
or
where
I
try
to
bring
facts
and
reason
toward
often
emotion,
driven
discussions
that
dedication
extends
to
my
personal
commitment
to
to
all
parties
and
seek
true
community
consensus.
Finding
common
ground
requires
bi-directional
discussions.
Something
that's
not
part
of
our
public
hearing
system,
but
a
pledge
to
continue
to
make
myself
available
to
have
the
discussions.
E
We
need
to
have
it
and
to
honestly
explore
all
opinions,
just
as
I've
done
in
the
past,
I'm
committed
to
increasing
public
engagement
and
trust
in
our
city
government
beyond
being
a
faithful
representative,
a
pledge
to
be
an
advocate
for
the
system
of
our
systems
of
government
and
to
be
an
educator
on
how
those
systems
work.
People
come
to
City
Hall,
with
a
desire
to
affect
change.
I
will
work
with
all
parties
to
help
them
understand
the
system,
set
expectations
act
effectively
and
get
better
results.
Even
with
the
words
I
believe.
E
Representative
democracy
in
our
public
process
are
the
best
ways
to
make
good
public
policy,
and
I
want
to
feel
caught
them
to
feel
confident
that
it
serves
as
fairly
regardless
of
the
outcome
of
this
election.
I'll
still
be,
there
work
and
keep
cupertino
great,
but
I
hope
to
do
more
for
you
on
the
City
Council
I
respectfully
ask
for
your
consideration.
This
November
Thank,
you
Thank
You,.
F
The
chamber
and
those
of
you
who
chose
to
tune
into
this
instead
of
some
old
ball
game
tonight,
like
you,
my
family
and
I,
love
Cupertino,
and
it
continues
to
be
a
highly
desirable
place
to
live
in
to
work.
You
know
an
effective
council
member
brings
a
good
head
and
heart
to
the
job
as
well
as
passions,
and
for
me,
those
passions.
F
My
priorities
are
education,
transportation
in
the
environment,
as
a
parent
I
share
your
desire
to
prepare
our
kids
for
a
world
of
enormous
change,
an
opportunity,
I've
been
a
robotics
mentor,
a
YMCA
father,
daughter,
leader,
a
Girl
Scout
volunteer
and
a
Scoutmaster,
and,
as
we
grow
I
work
to
keep
our
schools
strong.
They
continue
to
rank
among
the
best
in
the
country,
and
development
should
strengthen
our
schools
by
providing
affordable
housing
for
teachers
and
community
benefits.
More
than
making
up
for
impact,
they
might
create,
having
managed
to
startups
from
infancy
to
success.
F
I
know
what
it
takes
to
create
a
vision,
build
consensus
and
then
make
things
happen,
and
you
know
what
we
make.
We
face
major
challenges
as
we
accommodate
regional
growth.
That's
brought
by
the
booming
economy
and
regional
growth
requires
regional
solutions
to
things
like
traffic
congestion.
As
your
mayor
in
2015
I
reached
out
to
neighboring
mayors
and
together,
we
negotiated
major
funding
to
improve
our
highway
interchanges
inroads
and
to
bring
new
transit
options.
F
As
an
environmental
leader,
I
spearheaded
creation
of
and
share
the
Silicon
Valley
clean
energy
authority,
bringing
competition
to
pge
next
year
with
less
expensive,
carbon-free
electricity
for
residents
and
businesses
in
11
cities
here
and
I'm
fighting
for
clean
air,
a
cleaner
air
at
the
air
district
I'm
one
of
only
two
representatives
of
the
15
cities
of
the
county,
and
if
you
share
my
priorities,
I'd
ask
that
you
vote
for
me
on
november.
Eighth.
Thank
you.
Thank.
G
Want
to
start
off
by
thanking
the
chamber
for
hosting
this
and
Anjali
for
moderating
this
debate.
We
always
boast
in
this
community
about
the
wonderful
schools
that
we
have
in
the
wonderful
product
of
these
schools
and
I
am
a
product
of
this
community.
I
graduated
from
kennedy
and
Monta
Vista,
High,
School
and
and
I
have
a
unique
vantage
point
that
none
of
my
competitors
do
of
growing
up
in
this
community
and
seeing
it
grow
and
develop.
G
There's
many
small
changes
that
we
can
make
to
the
lives
of
youth,
to
really
empower
them
and
that's
the
forefront
of
my
campaign,
its
youth
empowerment
and
how
we
can
make
the
lives
of
the
youth
in
this
community
better
and
empower
them
for
the
future
for
the
future
of
their
future
and
how
they
can
give
back
to
the
community
in
cupertino.
The
running
for
City
Council
is
more
than
a
job
or
a
position
for
me.
G
We
always
show
that
we
can
really
make
change
in
our
community.
So
I
asked
you
guys
to
invest
in
this
young
youth
from
cupertino
and
make
history
this
November
by
electus
member
to
the
cupertino
City
Council.
You
can
learn
more
about
my
platform
in
my
agenda
at
par
for
cupertino
calm.
Thank
you
guys
for
coming
out
tonight
and
hearing
what
I
have
to
say,
and
hopefully
I
can
earn
your
support
for
the
election.
Thank
you
thank.