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Coverage of the Wednesday, September 6, 2023 Cupertino City Council Special Meeting (Part 2 of 2).
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Okay,
I'll
try
to
abbreviate
this.
As
with
the
situation
of
May
9th
of
this
year,
the
council
majority
has
continued
to
direct
the
City
attorney
to
scrutinize
council
member
chow
and
myself,
no
other
members
of
the
council
or
staff
for
any
municipal
code
violations
which
they
could
possibly
bring
to.
B
The
district
attorney
I
have
already
been
advised
that
I
would
need
my
own
legal
representation,
underscoring
the
fact
that
the
City
attorney
is
working
at
the
behest
of
the
council
majority,
because
this
item
contemplates
both
municipal
code
violations
and
censure,
which
the
City
attorney
has
offered
no
due
process
for
the
evaluation
of
yet
I
would
have
a
foreseeable
Financial
impact
in
order
to
hire
my
own
legal
counsel.
Under
these
conditions,
I
must
recuse
myself.
Thank
you.
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C
The
grand
jury
report
first
identified
a
cultural
distrust
between
the
city,
council,
members
and
City
staff.
It's
a
second.
It
noted
that
that
Council,
that
that
culture
of
distrust
negatively
impacted
City
operations,
including
the
the
loss
of
skilled
inexperienced
personnel
and
third,
the
the
grand
jury
report,
noted
the
changes
in
the
city's
ethics
policies
over
the
past
few
years
and
recommended
strengthening
the
city's
current
ethics
policy.
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C
Her
investigation
largely
confirmed
the
findings
of
the
grand
jury
report
noted
that
council
members
failed
to
comply
with
Municipal
Code
chapter
2.17,
which
sets
forth
the
the
council
staff
relation
under
the
council
management
form
of
government.
It
also
noted
that
there
was
interference
with
the
city
managers
exclusive
authority
to
hire
fire
and
discipline
subordinate
employees
as
part
of
the
consideration
of
Miss
Dobby's
original
report.
The
city
attorney's
office
was
directed
to
return
to
Council
in
four
months
with
a
report
on
progress
towards
compliance
with
Municipal
Code,
which
is
why
we're
here
this
evening.
C
The
Enterprise
leadership
assessment
that
you
heard
earlier
today
reports
progress
towards
intimate
implementing
the
recommendations
in
the
grand
jury
report
and
that
Miss
Dobby's
made
2023
fact-finding
report
and
those
include
the
development
and
implementation
of
the
council
procedures
manual
and
improved
practices
for
Council
staff
Communications,
such
as
the
expanded
use
of
one-on-one
meetings.
However,
the
assessment
also
notes
areas
of
continuing
concern,
including
concerns
about
the
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
Council
meetings
and
the
city's
publication.
The
effectiveness
of
the
city's
public
participation
processes.
C
So
all
of
these,
the
reports
that
that
Council
has
received
over
the
past
year
or
so
have
tend
to
point
to
the
same
conclusions.
They
show
that
there
has
been
a
history
of
a
pervasive
lack
of
trust
between
council
members
and
City
staff.
They
note
that
the
council
members
do
not
seem
to
consistently
understand
their
role
within
the
council
management
form
of
government
and
they
point
to
concerns
about
the
effectiveness
of
city
council
as
a
policy
and
decision-making
body.
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C
The
number
of
emails
per
week
to
the
city
manager
from
Council
Members
has
decreased
from
about
50
to
70
per
week
prior
to
May
1st,
to
approximately
25
to
30
per
week
with
council
member
Moore
and
Chow
significantly
decreasing
their
emails
to
the
city
manager.
Staff
staff
interviewees
also
generally
noted
a
decrease
in
accusatory
or
caustic
emails
from
council
members
and
improvements
in
in
their
working
environment,
flowing
from
grading
greater
professionalism
from
among
the
council
members.
C
Recommendation
number
two
is
Council:
Members
should
attempt
to
improve
the
contentious
relationship
that
certain
members
had
with
City
staff
and
should
communicate
any
concerns
about
staff
to
the
city
manager.
Who
is
accountable
to
the
city
council
for
her
staff's
performance
and
again
we
see
significant
Improvement
here
since
May
interviewed
staff
noted
an
improvement
in
the
tone
of
emails
received
from
from
council
members
and
based
on
observations
of
recent
city
council
meeting
civility
among
council
members
and
among
council
member
and
staff
during
meetings
is
improving.
C
And
here
once
again,
we
definitely
see
significant
Improvement
towards
meeting
this
goal.
Council
members
have
consistently
taken
advantage
of
preparation
preparation
sessions
regarding
major
agenda
items
such
as
the
budget
in
the
housing
element,
and
have
generally
used
those
sessions
as
an
opportunity
to
engage
constructively
with
professional
staff
and
obtain
information
to
help
them
make
decisions.
C
There
has
there
were
reports
amongst
interview
staff
of
some
lingering
distrust
and
at
times,
disagreement
about
the
role
of
council
members
within
the
council
manager
form
of
government,
and
this
is
sometimes
reflected,
for
example,
in
Council,
Members
Reliance
on
their
own
research
or
a
non-expert
opinion,
as
as
opposed
to
professional
advice.
But
again.
Overall,
the
the
message
here
is
is
significant
Improvement
and
progress
and
effort.
C
And
the
final
recommendation
with
that
is
was
numbered
as
recommendation.
Seven
in
Miss
Dobby's
report
is
the
city
manager
should
explore
ways
to
resolve
council
member
needs
for
information,
given
limited
stack
resources,
EG
one-on-one
meetings-
and
here
you
know
we
do
note
substantial
progress
towards
meeting
this
goal,
but
concerns
remain
about
council
member
city
manager,
Communications
city
manager,
Wu
has
offered
council
members
with
multiple
opportunities
to
inquire
information
regarding
agenda
pending
agenda
matters
through
one-on-one
meetings
or
through
larger
meetings
with
City
staff
on
major
agenda
items.
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C
Should
note
that
that
both
have
passed
have
have
consistently
participated
in
subject
matter,
specific
briefings
regarding
major
agenda
items?
However,
the
effectiveness
of
the
city
manager
and
her
staff
in
providing
professional
advice
to
all
council
members
will
continue
to
be
limited.
If
some
council
members
do
not
participate
in
one-on-one
meetings.
C
Other
recommendations
that
grow
out
of
the
May
2023
report
and
the
follow-up
investigation
include
developing
a
revised
ethics
policy,
which
is
underway
continuing
to
provide
training
on
the
brown
act
to
council
members
and
to
provide
training
on
rosenberg's
Rules
of
Order.
We
would
also
emphasize
that
all
council
members
are
strongly
encouraged
to
attend
one-on-one
meetings
with
the
city
manager
and
or
City
attorney.
C
Thank
you.
The
significant
progress
that
has
noted
in
the
staff
report
in
the
presentation,
I,
don't
think,
should
be
read
to
minimize
some
of
the
ongoing
governance
issues
that
the
city
is
continues
to
face.
There
continues
to
be
a
difficulty
understanding
the
distinction
between
operational
and
policy
issues.
It's
improving,
but
it's
it's
it's
still
there.
C
There
are
ongoing
concerns
about
the
efficiency
and
effectiveness
of
Council
meetings
that
were
expressed
to
continue
to
be
expressed
by
our
internal
auditor,
and
there
also,
as
noted
in
the
the
internal
audit
report,
the
overall
public
engagement
in
the
government
process,
with
the
exception
of
a
handful
of
issues,
is
limited
and
and
not
necessarily
affected
effective
with
limited
exceptions.
You
know,
City
Council
meetings
are
poorly
attended
and
dominated
by
a
relatively
small
number
of
residents.
C
The
over
Reliance
of
the
opinions
of
a
small
number
of
Highly
engaged
residents
has
the
potential
to
systematically
bias
decision
making
and
lead
to
sub-optable
Optimal
decisions
in
the
city.
These
issues
remain
concerning,
despite
the
progress
in
implementing
the
recommendations
of
the
fact-finding
report
and
the
procedural
changes
made
through
the
adoption
of
the
procedure
procedures
manual.
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C
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F
I,
the
Civil
grand
jury
report
heavily
linked
on
undisclosed,
Anonymous
interviews,
a
practice
practice
that
has
significant
shortcomings
by
allowing
numerous
inaccuracies
to
be
included
without
any
cross-examination
or
collaboration.
Evidence.
In
my
own
interview
with
the
Civil
grand
jury,
I
diligently
raised
concerns
and
provided
materials
via
email
correspondence.
However,
it
is
disheartening
to
note
that
my
inputs
were
selectively
excluded
from
their
final
report.
Consequently,
it
is
evident
that
the
report
lacks
the
balanced
and
the
factual
representation
that
is
essential
for
a
comprehensive
understanding
of
the
situation.
F
The
top
report,
despite
its
label
as
fact-finding
report,
conspicuously,
lacks
any
substantial,
substantiated
facts
or
references
to
support
its
claims.
The
Santa,
Clara
County
deputies,
district
attorney,
Mr
Zhong
Chase
of
the
public
integration
unit,
agreed
that
there
is
no
evidence
of
any
Municipal
Court
violation.
Instead,
the
top
report
contains
a
compilation
of
biased
Anonymous
opinions
put
forth
by
mistop,
devoid
of
any
accompanying
transcripts.
Customer.
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A
Sorry,
it's
about
professional
advice,
to
accept
professional
advice
from
professionals.
I
feel
that
we
still
have
a
big
discrepancy
on
that.
The
gradual
report
was
not
considered
professional
document.
Miss
Linda
Dobby's
report
is
not
considered
a
professional
document
from
certain
council
members,
so
I'm,
not
so
sure
how
this
item
is
being
has
made
any
progress.
That's
my
first
question
I
feel
that
this
question
this
hasn't
made
any
progress.
The
second
one
is
is
force.
Oh.
G
C
I
do
think
I
do
think.
We've
noted
we've
noted
some
improvement,
I
I
think
it
is
so.
One
thing
that
was
noted
in
this
in
the
staff
report
in
the
presentation
is
I.
Think
the
in
the
the
active
and
constructive
participation
of
all
council
members
and
briefings
are
on
topics
like
the
housing
element
and
the
budget
and
and
and
and
then
councils
address
those
issues
quite
successfully.
When
we
got
to
the
meeting.
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C
Would
also
say
that
General,
the
overall
all
tone
of
communications
with
all
council
members
is,
it
has
been
notably
more
respectful
and
that
that
I
think
improves
communication
and
and
allows
staff
to
be
more
free
with
giving
their
professional
advice
with
council
members.
So,
of
course,
we
could
have
more
room
for
improvement
and
council
members
I
think,
have
different
views
on
the
weight
to
give
professional
advice
versus
other
sources
of
information,
and
that's
that's,
I,
think
sort
of
normal
and
understandable.
C
A
Thank
you.
Another
question
I
want
to
ask
is
for
city
manager.
Why
is
it
if
I
not
hearing
or
incorrect,
that
you
have
one-on-one
meetings
with
five
of
us
and
but
there
are
some
lacking
one-on-one
meetings
with
councilmember
John
councilman
Moore?
Have
you
make
every
effort
to
accommodate
your
time
and
their
desire
of
when
they
could
meet
because
I
get
so
much
from
one-on-one,
so
I
think
that's
really
important.
G
You
thank
you
mayor
way
for
that
question.
So
I
do
me
with
each
of
the
council
members
on
a
weekly,
101
and
I
allotted
one
hour
each
hour
each
week,
understanding
the
council,
member
fruen
and
council
member
Chow
has
a
full-time
job,
so
I
do
my
best
to
accommodate
everyone's
schedule.
I
have
not
had
a
chance
to
meet
with
council
member
Moore,
since
February
I've
had
consistent
meetings
with
the
council
member
Chao,
probably
up
until
June
or
July
of
this
year.
Understanding
the
council
member
child
possibly
had
a
workflow
issue.
A
A
I
I
It
I'll
just
read
it
in
full,
so
that
said,
interviewed
staff
noted
several
instances
in
recent
months,
where
council,
member
Moore's
conduct
in
particular
fell
below
standards
for
civility
and
consequently
undermined
efforts
to
build
a
constructive
relationship
with
the
city
manager
and
our
staff.
It
should
be
noted
that
council,
member
Moore
apologized
to
staff
on
at
least
one
of
these
instances
after
jumping
to
conclusions
based
on
incomplete
information.
I
In
addition,
council
member
Moore's
refusal
to
participate
in
one-on-one
meetings
with
the
city
manager
and
or
City
attorney,
is
a
serious
hindrance
to
efforts
to
build
an
effective
working
relationship
among
Council
appointed
staff
and
all
council
members.
This
first
section
about
conduct
falling
below
standards
of
Civility
seems
at
odds
with
the
rest
of
the
the
text
here,
involving
how
council
member
Moore
has
interacted
with
staff.
Can
you
elaborate
on
what
precisely
is
meant
here.
C
That's
not
to
say
that
you
know
the
behavior
is
perfect,
I
mean
I,
don't
think
any
of
us
would
want
to
be
held
to
a
standard
of
being
perfect,
and
so
it
I
think
it
was
important
to
note
that
that
you
know
that
it's
it's
that
that
you
know
you
know.
Of
course
people
are
going
to
fall
below
that
standard
of
perfection
sometimes,
but
but
the
conclusion
is
based
on
an
overall
trend
towards
Improvement
and
sort
of
I.
C
Think
based
on
the
review
of
the
facts
and
apparent
effort
of
improvement,
but
but
I,
but
it's
no.
The
the
the
conduct
you
mentioned
is
noted
in
the
staff
report
because
it
would
be
inappropriate
to
give
you
know
just
to
look
at
everything
through
rose-colored
glasses
and
say
that
there
are
no
remaining
problems.
A
F
So
my
question
is
as
long
as
the
same
line
have
we
gotten
any
Community
feedback
about
the
council,
members
on
performance
and
the
staff
relationship,
because
I
feel,
like
the
staff
report,
seems
to
be
a
collection
of
Staff
opinions,
but
I
have
heard
from
community
members.
They
sensed
a
sense
of
hostile
hostility,
even
from
staff
towards
community
members
in
these
past
few
months
and
this
kind
of
hostile
hostility
wasn't
there
last
year,
wasn't
there
the
year
before.
But
there
is
this
hostility
towards
council
members
and
community
members.
C
F
F
J
J
Similar
kinds
of
issues
that
have
been
raised
with
respect
to
the
four
recommendations
and
I
can
tell
you.
Oh
the
other
thing
I
did
was
I
watched
all
of
your
Council
meetings.
I
also
watched
one
of
your
public
engagement
with
the
budget
and
I
would
really
like
one
of
those
budget
and
bite
t-shirts,
love
it
love
it
love
it
best
thing
you
can
do
when
you've
got
physical
challenges.
J
I
can
tell
you
that
not
only
staff
when
I
interviewed
them,
180
degrees
just
felt
better
about
things.
The
management
team
is
working,
you're,
acting
respectful
toward
them.
They
feel
good
about
that.
That
gives
them
a
little
bit
of
confidence
so
that
they
feel
that
they
can
really
step
up,
and
not
only
they
are
very
professional,
but
also
you
know
present
everything
to
you
in
a
very,
very
professional
way.
I
watched
the
thing
I
was
really
impressed
and
trust.
Me
I've
been
around
the
block
watching
lots
of
council
people.
J
J
You
know
information
there
very,
very
good
job
on
that
so
yeah
when
I,
when
I
watched
it
and
all
of
a
sudden,
you
passed
the
budget,
I
thought
wow.
Okay,
because
I
that
that
I
was
betting
to
myself,
that
you
know
not
going
to
happen
yeah,
they
did
housing
elements
absolutely
very
impressed,
and,
quite
frankly,
this
was
a
different
Council
that
I
had
originally
viewed
you're
respectful
toward
each
other.
J
You
ask
questions,
you
know
there.
There
are
some
issues
with
that
substitute
versus
the
alternative
motion
kind
of
thing,
but
that
takes
practice
so
yeah,
so
that
that
was
my
methodology
and
that's
how
I
came
up
with
the
recommendations
and
sent
them
in
you
know,
obviously
their
recommendations
but
sent
them
into
your
City
attorney.
A
D
K
K
This
is
where
we
are
I'm
going
to
say
right
now.
We
need
to
move
on.
There
are
a
lot
of
other
critical,
pressing,
dangerous
things
that
are
going
on
in
our
state.
People
are
trying
to
take
away
our
local
control.
I,
don't
know.
If
you
all
understand
the
stress
load
that
the
public
has
been
under
from
the
last
year.
K
Do
too
the
housing
element
the
housing
bills,
not
knowing
about
the
trustee
drama
going
on
with
Fremont
Unified
High
School
District.
That
happened
in
March
I
did
not
hear
a
word
uttered
anywhere
about
it.
Until
I
received
a
postcard
in
the
mail
from
Fremont
unified.
Two
weeks
ago,
I
immediately
went
I,
mean
I
went
to
Fremont
I
mean
Homestead.
My
husband
went
to
Monte
Vista.
Both
of
my
parents
went
to
the
Old
Mountain
View
High
School,
my
grandmother
went
to
Willow
Glen
and
my
grandfather
went
to
Campbell,
High
School
I
know
our
high
school
districts.
K
There
was
not
a
word
said:
I
think
that
there
has
been
too
much
time
spent
and
I'm
going
to
say
this
respectfully
working
on
things
that
were
of
the
moment
three
to
five
months
ago.
We
need
I've,
worked
at
three
startup
companies,
all
right,
40
people,
five
women.
Now
you
can
understand
the
stress
load.
I
was
under
at
a
tech
company
as
a
female
programmer
in
1980
and
1990.
I
know
what
the
stress
load
is.
You
have
to
perform.
K
You
aren't
there
unless
you're
good
at
what
you
do
and
at
2
am
in
the
morning
you
have
computer
systems
crashing
and
you
are
responsible
for
bringing
them
back
up
again,
because
the
entire
satellite
department
at
Laurel
is,
is
ready
to
go
in
the
morning.
That
is
stress,
load.
Okay,
you
all
have
been
there
we're
in
an
engineering
environment.
We
have
tech,
people,
Etc
I,
I,
say
again.
It
is
time
to
move
on.
I
went
to
staff
meetings
regularly
run
by
our
engineering
department.
Every
Wednesday
and
I
was
of
the
I.T
team.
K
D
L
Thank
you.
Just
for
the
record.
I
wasn't
given
a
cue
card
by
an
AstroTurf
group,
I'm,
fully
capable
of
putting
my
own
foot
in
my
mouth
on
May
9th.
This
Council
created
a
hostile
work
environment
for
some
of
its
members,
made
a
spectacle
of
yourselves
made
a
spectacle
of
the
city
and
deprived
the
city
of
its
strongest
advocates.
L
There
was
also
a
settlement
mentioned
during
this
meeting
and
I
went
back
and
I
reviewed
it
and
what
was
stated
wasn't
quite
accurate,
so
I
would
like
to
enter
a
copy
of
the
settlement
letter
and
this
and
the
demand
letter
into
the
record.
So
people
can
review
it
and
make
their
own
conclu
draw
their
own
conclusions
now.
700
people
that
are
not
affiliated
with
the
boogeyman
better
Cupertino
signed
a
petition
regarding
council
members
Moore
and
shall
because
people
feel
that
they've
been
disenfranchised
by
your
actions.
L
M
M
M
D
N
The
staff
report
written
by
City
attorney
Chris
Jensen
noted
in
in
quote
in
particular
emails
from
council
member
ciao,
were
almost
uniformly
polite
and
respectful
kudos
to
her.
He,
however,
noted
several
instances
where
council
member
Charles
conduct,
in
particular,
and
these
are
direct
quotes,
fell
below
standards
for
civility
and
consequently
undermined
efforts
to
build
a
constructive
relationship
with
the
city
manager
and
her
staff.
N
With
these
distinctions
in
mind,
it
is
particularly
disturbing
to
me
that
a
council
member
could
refuse
to
meet
one-on-one
with
the
city
manager.
The
council
members
are
elected
to
cupertino's
council
member
city
manager,
form
of
governance.
The
previous
problem
cited
by
the
grand
jury,
an
independent
investigator
included
council
members,
Moore
and
Charles,
inappropriately
going
directly
to
staff
rather
than
the
city
manager.
N
The
refusal
of
council
member
Moore
to
meet
one-on-one
with
the
city
manager
is
glaring
in
his
adamant,
continued
non-compliance
with
our
form
of
civil
governance
and
her
frequent
recusals
council
member
Moore
has
behaved
differently
than
council
member
Chao
since
May
of
this
year
and
should
be
treated
differently
as
a
consequence
of
her
actions.
At
the
very
least
council
member
Moore
should
not
be
given
back
all
her
committee
assignments.
Significantly
more
improvements
are
needed
from
council
member
Kitty
Moore.
What's
the
compel
improvements,
if
all
committee
assignments
are
given
back?
O
My
name
is
Eugene.
Lee
I
represent
a
lot
of
parents
residents
in
cusd.
We
really
care
about
how
Cupertino
city
I
mean
all
everything.
Why?
Because
Cupertino
city
is
the
heart
of
cusd,
School
District,
our
our
school
district,
you
know
have
a
lost
issue
and
the
Cupertino
city
has
a
lot
of
issue
too
I.
Do
people
vote
you
guys
be
our
council
member?
We
don't
care
you
like
each
other
or
not.
Please
remember
the
campaign
is
done
is
stopped.
Please
don't
do
this,
it's
not
fairly
to
treat
it
to
people.
O
I
just
really
feel
heartbroken
that
you
know
our
council.
Member
cannot
talk
to
the
city.
Staff
have
to
go
through
the
city
manager.
Oh
well,
this
is
a
good
news
or
you
know
new
policy.
I
really
don't
understand
that.
But
anyway,
there
is
a
lot
of
things.
I
want
to
know.
You
know
what's
wrong
with
the
asking
questions
you
know,
if
you,
if
you
know,
there's
something
like
do
their
own
research
to
be
better
information
and
not
be
a
rubber
stem
a
recommendation
what's
wrong
with
that
seeking
data
via
the
public
right
act
fundamentally.
O
Well,
anyway,
you
know
parents
residents,
don't
care
about
the
things
what's
wrong
with
that,
you
know
we
have.
We
know
if
we
vote
our
representative
to
build
a
council
right
to
speak
to
for
us.
They
have
like
right
to
do
their
own
job
and
you
know
I,
don't
understand
what
the
the
jury,
the
grand
jury
is.
O
You
know
this
whole
investigation.
It
seems
like
a
drama.
A
drama
you
know
seems
like
a
setup.
I,
don't
understand
this.
You
know
what
kind
of
research
just
one-sided
research
and
just
interview
for
seven
to
eight
people.
Only
then
you
know-
and
also
you
know
just
do
this-
please
this
is
a
Silicon
Valley
people
are
bright
and
high-tech
engineer.
You
know
High,
you
know
you
know.
High
educate
residents,
stop
stop
doing
this.
Please,
please
restore
restore.
You
know
Kitty
and
the
young
child
to
to
back
to
the
commission
position
for
this.
O
P
P
Last
time
this
came
up
with
the
first
reporting
of
the
consultant,
the
Quinn
council
member
Moore
recused
herself.
She
explained
why,
as
I
recall,
the
mayor
questioned
it.
You
know
it
I,
don't
believe
it
matters
why
there
should
be
a
discussion
between
the
mayor
and
the
City
attorney
about
whether
council
member
Moore
needed
to
recuse
herself.
She
chose
to
on
the
information
she
was
given
by
staff
and
chose
to
do
what
she
felt
was
necessary
to
protect
her
family
and
herself
and
her
money
and
yet
she's
after
she's
off
the
dice.
P
You
drag
her
around
like.
Why
can't
you
just
accept
she
recused
herself,
because
she
was
told
this
and
she's
tried
to
give
you
more
reasons,
but
you
should
well
anyway.
I
don't
want
to
get
emotional
about
it,
but
if
it
were
any
of
you,
I
would
be
saying
the
same
thing,
because
it's
ridiculous
Behavior
she
gave
her
reason
and
I
can
also
say
that
let's
see
one-on-one
meetings,
I,
don't
believe
they're
always
one-on-one
they're
meant
to
be,
but
I
think
oftentimes.
P
P
B
E
E
I
just
want
to
mention
a
couple
of
of
their
accomplishments,
and
this
is
just
minuscule
compared
to
what
they've
done,
but,
for
instance,
council
member
Charles
secured
massive
funding
for
the
Via
ride,
share
program
and
more
found
Hazmat
at
Falco.
This
was
in
public
reports
that
had
been
ignored
by
City
staff.
E
You
know
the
reports
say
that
council
members
should
not
seek
outside
information
through
her
duty
to
our
City's
residents.
Moore
has
single-handedly
saved
us
from
a
potent
human
health
hazard
that
would
have
impacted
us
for
generations
to
come.
Cupertino
residents
are
eternally
grateful
to
council
member
Moore
for
doing
her
own
research.
E
More
was
posed
poised
to
chair
the
Valley
Water
Commission,
which
is
pretty
impressive,
because
they've
got
18
about
18
members.
Her
leadership
would
have
served
our
community,
her
qualifications
and
contributions
to
that
body
are
in
your
agenda
packet
for
numbers.
Item
number
seven-
and
you
know
I
I,
just
I-
have
to
say
no
wonder.
Councilmember,
Moore
and
child
to
a
less
extent
have
not
gone
to
one-on-one
meetings.
Staff
is
continuing
to
vilify
and
investigate
and
stop
these
investigations.
E
I
am
deeply
deeply
deeply
troubled
that
the
City
attorney
engaged
the
services
of
Ms
dowby
before
getting
the
go-ahead
from
Council
I'd
like
to
understand
how
that
happened.
Maybe
I've
got
it
wrong,
but
I
think
the
community.
When
we
look
at
the
data,
the
community
needs
to
understand
this.
This
is
backwards
I'm,
seeing
a
double
standard
where
other
council
members
have
made
defamatory
comments
without
penalty
without
reminders,
defamatory
comments,
a
question
for
the
City
attorney.
E
If
politically
motivated
majority
Council
recommended
municipal
code
violation,
would
the
City
attorney
represent
Ms,
Moore
I
think
the
answer
is
no.
Under
these
circumstances,
I
wouldn't
want
to
attend
a
one-on-one
with
the
city
attorney
or
the
city
manager,
either
by
supporting
Lauren
Chow
I
feel
like
I,
am
not
allowed
to
support
the
three
others,
but
sometimes
I
do
support
the
three
y'all
y'all
need
to
get.
D
D
Q
D
Q
Q
Q
Q
Activist
who
just
unfortunately
passed
away
this
year,
he
once
called
Liang
he's
a
hero
who
are
waiting
for
first,
she
being
willing
to
Champion
the
Voice
who
are
being
silenced,
Social
Service.
So
by
the
way
do
you
know
what
dalit
means?
Italian
means
a
person
who
belongs
to
one
of
the
lowest
Castle
in
Union
City.
Q
So
this
censorship
was
a
circus
show
in
the
first
place,
and
apparently
the
people's
voice
were
not
her.
You
listen
to
this
cry.
Ladies.
Oh
man,
I
think
you
can
listen
to
it
100
times
without
changing
your
mind,
but
I
think
so,
just
starting
from
last
night,
when
the
petition
was
circulated,
the
whole
country,
the
whole
USA,
has
known
about
this
circus,
show
and
I'm
very
interested
in
learning
how
this
is
going
to
end.
Q
So
when
I,
when
I,
when
I
was
listening
to
the
recommendations,
number
one
was
like
so
surprising.
All
right
so
recommending
a
console
member
not
to
send
the
email
to
to
the
city
staff
we
instead
relying
on
more
on
one-on-one
talks.
What
a
camera
recommendation
is
that
right,
it's
not
not
only
not
efficient
but
is
also
very
easy
to
to
violate
and
to
bury
those
key
informations
that
the
public
record
act
would
require
later
and
I.
D
H
Thank
you
good
evening,
city,
council
and
staff
I
respectfully
ask
that
you
make
and
pass
a
motion
to
return
council
members,
e
Moore
and
Liang
Chao
to
their
commission
roles
as
soon
as
possible.
Agenda
item
number
seven
asserts
that
City
Council
meetings
are
dominated
by
a
small
majority
of
residents
that
do
not
represent
the
larger
populace.
H
I
would
like
to
note
that
this
request
is
backed
by
a
petition
with
715
resident
signatures,
and
it's
still
growing
by
the
moment,
given
how
quickly
these
signatures
have
been
gathered
in
the
span
of
hours
not
days
restoring
chow
and
more
to
commission
assignments
appears
to
be
the
will
of
the
substantial
portion
of
the
public.
While
you
can
maintain
the
current
status
quo
of
only
three
out
of
five
council
members
serving
on
commissions,
the
numbers
indicate
that
this
may
not
be
a
popular
decision.
H
We
want
a
city
council
that
can
work
as
a
team
and
resolve
disagreements
productively.
Moreover,
we
have
seen
council
members
more
in
ciao
bending
over
backwards
to
be
polite
and
courteous
to
staff
and
fellow
council
members
is
the
job
of
account,
the
member
to
scrutinize
their
fellow
council
members
or
to
work
together
to
solve
the
city's
problems.
H
We,
the
residents,
will
be
extremely
grateful
and
appreciative
if
you
show
that
you
are
now
ready
to
resolve
your
differences
and
restore
previous
ways
of
functional
leadership.
More
specifically,
we
would
like
council
members
more
and
child
restored
to
commissions
immediately
not
next
year,
and
also
that
the
process
process
of
assignment
be
collaborative
and
thoughtful.
For
example,
we
are
hearing
that
council
member
Moore
has
extensive
experience
not
only
on
the
VTA,
but
also
with
the
Water
Commission.
So,
let's
keep
in
mind.
H
D
R
When
you
get
a
diverse
mix
of
people
from
a
variety
of
different
backgrounds,
communication
is
going
to
be
different,
so
you
cannot
set
one
standard
on
what
is
professional
communication?
What
is
the
mode
of
communication?
What
does
it
mean
to
trust
an
Empower?
All
of
these
are
once
one's
view
of
how
it
ought
to
be
here
in
Silicon
Valley.
We
have
a
great
Melting
Pot
of
hundreds
of
different
countries
and
cultures.
For
those
of
us
that
are
in
the
workplace,
each
company
is
different,
each
manager
is
different,
each
manager
style
is
different.
R
You
are
not
going
to
have
the
same
experience
if
you
were
to
be
in
the
city
of
let's
just
say:
Los
Altos
or
Los,
Altos,
Hills
or
any
other
City.
Every
city
is
unique
and
different,
based
on
its
rest
in
population
and
the
city
council
is
a
mirror
image
of
the
residents
that
have
voted
even
so
I
ask
that
you
have
some
tolerance
for
the
diversity
of
experiences
and
cultures
that
we
all
bring
in
for
all
of
those
that
come
in
from
different
real
daytime
jobs
outside
of
political
service
or
Civic
service.
R
R
They
were
together
for
30
40
minutes.
Maybe
I
witnessed
a
very
respectful
conversation,
a
great
amount
of
cambrid
area,
I'm
sure
the
city
manager
remembers
that
and
so
I
feel
like
politics
is
getting
in
the
middle
of
City
staff
and
council
members
and
let
us
not
make
a
bad
situation
worse.
Let
us
look
ahead.
This
is
not
Washington
DC,
we
don't
need
a
quagmire
here.
There
are
no
two
political
parties.
D
S
Good
evening,
city,
council,
members
and
mayor
wait
again
I'm
Jennifer,
Sheeran
and
I'm
here
tonight.
Speaking
only
as
myself,
I
followed
these
distressing
issues
since
I
witnessed
some
of
them
firsthand,
followed
by
the
grand
jury
report
and
subsequently
followed
by
the
confirming
special
investigator
report.
I've
said
on
many
occasions
that
when
our
elected
officials
violate
our
city
codes
and
procedures,
we
residents
should
expect
them
to
acknowledge
their
heirs
and
strive
to
do
better
for
the
sake
of
all
of
our
residents.
S
This
is
the
reason
we
elected
them
to
do
the
best
for
our
city
and
all
its
residents,
not
just
the
residents
who
agree
with
them.
Based
on
the
staff
report.
I
see
that
council
member
Chao
is
working
towards
improvements
in
her
relationships
with
City
staff.
The
value
of
emails
and
legislative
through
email
has
declined.
She's
also
been
attending
some
one-on-one
meetings
with
both
the
city
manager
and
City
attorney.
I
appreciate
that
council
member
Chow
is
doing
so.
It
is
still
this
evening
very
concerning
and
surprising.
S
However,
the
council
member
child
does
not
accept
any
responsibility
for
her
actions
or
the
documented
violations,
so
that
that
does
give
me
pause.
Unfortunately,
it
doesn't
appear
that
council,
member
Moore
is
making
the
same
level
of
improvements
as
council
member
Chao
shockingly.
She
has
still
refused
to
meet
without
the
city
manager
or
City
attorney
since
February
there
are
still
issues
and
incidents
occurring
with
staff
council.
Member
Moore
also
appears
to
not
be
willing
to
take
responsibility
for
her
actions.
Reinstating
all
committee
assignments
now
means
there
is
no
impetus
for
future
Improvement.
S
This
seems
premature
at
this
time.
I
ask
that
another
review
happened
in
six
months
to
determine
if
improvement's
continuing.
There
still
seems
to
be
a
list
of
very
concerning
outstanding
issues
that
still
need
Improvement
for
council
member
Moore.
This
has
nothing
to
do
with
different
cultures
or
not
liking
a
fellow
council
member.
It's
a
matter
of
respect
and
for
following
our
Municipal
codes
and
regulations.
We
should
all
want
that.
S
T
Can
you
hear
me
now?
Yes,
okay,
great,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
today,
I'm
here
to
sort
of
say,
please
move
on.
Let's
accept
the
recommendations
to
reinstate
council
members
ciao
and
more
to
their
respective
committees.
We
ask
a
lot
of
questions.
That's
exactly
what
data-driven
people
want
and
that's
what
a
majority
of
our
population
is.
The
majority
Council
I
have
a
recommendation
for
you.
T
Maybe
you
should
do
your
homework
and
also
learn
to
ask
some
questions
instead
of
targeting
them
tempting
the
city
and
attorney
mentioned
as
part
of
the
observations,
ineffective,
Council
meetings,
guess
what,
for
the
past
nine
months
we've
had
we've
been
working
mostly
on
irrelevant
issues.
Another
comment
made
by
the
city,
City
attorney
as
part
of
the
presentation
and
I'm
paraphrasing
Europe,
a
particular
group,
tends
to
attends
the
meeting
and
and
sort
of
effectively
manipulates.
The
policy
case
in
point
was
the
Civil
grand
jury
report.
T
Perhaps
you
should
take
that
recommendation
seriously
after
the
presentation
mayor
Ray
mentioned
about
the
two
council
members,
not
accepting
professional
opinions,
it
might
help
your
male
way
to
actually
go
and
seek
your
own
opinion
instead
of
rubber
stamping.
What
the
staff
presents
I'm,
not
saying
you
should
disagree
with
the
staff,
but
it's
good
to
have
your
own
opinion.
A
baseline
is
a
good
thing,
please
just
and
last
before
I
get
to
the
last
thing.
T
Please
do
not
think
of
making
up
for
the
budget
shortfall
by
selling
T-shirts.
That
would
be
clearly
a
stupid
idea
on
behalf
of
over
700
people
who
have
signed
the
petition.
I
am
sorry
council,
members,
Joe
or
ciao
and
more
for
what
you
went
through
with
this
crazy
grand
jury
report
so
may
away.
As
council
member
Liang
pointed
out,
we,
the
public,
don't
get
enough
and
clear
information.
We
want
you
to
work
on
useful
things.
We
want
to
hear
the
details.
Please
reinstate
both
council
members
to
their
respective
committee
assignments.
D
U
Yes,
okay,
great
the
button
when
it
was
so
black.
Thank
you
very
much
and
good
evening
Council
and
mayor
and
staff
I
I
keep
hearing
about
the
one-on-one
meeting
with
the
city
manager,
but
I
couldn't
find
anything
in
writing
that
says
it
is
required
if
it
is,
if
there's
a
reference
to
it,
being
required
on
any
I,
went
to
other
cities
and
just
kind
of
did
a
Google
Search
and
trying
to
see
if
I
could
find
it
and
I
just
couldn't
find
it.
U
But
if
there
is
one
that
says
it's
required,
then
I'm
sure
that
council,
member
Moore
would
probably
be
more
willing
to
cooperate
and
maybe
having
someone
there
personally,
I
think
a
meeting
without
the
public
being
present.
I
personally
feel,
like
it's
I,
don't
know,
makes
me
kind
of
nervous
when
a
council
member,
just
speaking
to
the
manager
and
having
possibly
you
know,
speaking
about
let's
say
three
people
talk
to
that
one
manager
about
one
topic
and
they're
convincing
the
manager
and
it
just
kind
of
feels
like
the
reverse
cone
act.
U
U
My
next
comment
is
about
the
professional,
the
question
about
whether
or
not
they're
they're
accepting
their
professional
advice
and
that
always
worries
me,
because
it
depends
on
who
you
hire
to
be
the
professional,
for
example.
Last
during
the
meetings
for
Valco,
the
they
hired
professionals.
That
said,
they
didn't
recommend
a
phase.
U
Two
well
guess
what
it
turned
out,
that
phase
two
was
required
and
that
phase
two
did
find
contamination,
so
if,
if
they
had
listened
and
well,
that
council
did
listen
to
quote-unquote
professional
advice,
but
if
council
member
had
had
listened
to
that,
then
we
wouldn't
have
had
the
benefit
of
finding
contamination.
So
one
of
the
public
comments
that
you
know
I
know
it
doesn't
feel
comfortable
to
not
have
your
council
members
chosen
and
kind
of
made
it
seem
like
we're
just
no.
This
is
all
about
back.
U
Facts
is
all
we
want,
and
so,
if
facts
is
what
they're
bringing
to
the
table,
whether
or
not
they
are
listening
to
professionals
I
think
it's
irrelevant.
Another
point
is
the
commissions,
the
commissions
that
they
were
removed
from
have
nothing
to
do
with
the
complaints
that
were
spoken
against
them
or
were
rendered
against
them.
So
they
were
on
a
commission.
They
they
didn't
get
any
complaints
from
the
commissions
they.
A
F
Jury
reports
heavily
leaned
on
undisclosed,
Anonymous
interviews,
a
practice
that
has
significant
shortcomings
by
allowing
numerous
inaccuracies
to
be
introduced
without
any
cross-examination
or
collaborative
evidence.
In
my
own
interaction
interview
with
the
city,
the
Civil
grand
jury,
I
diligently
raised
concerns
and
provided
materials
via
email
correspondence,
however,
is
these
are
threatening
to
know
that
my
inputs
were
selectively
excluded
from
their
final
report?
Consequently,
it's
evident
the
report
lacks
the
balance
and
factual
representation.
That
is
essential
for
comprehensive
understanding
of
the
situation.
F
The
W
report,
despite
its
late
bought
as
fact-finding
report,
lacks
any
substantial
facts
or
references
to
support
its
claims.
Instead
The
W
report
contains
a
compilation
of
biased
Anonymous
opinions
put
forth
by
Miss
Darby,
devoid
of
any
company
transcripts
for
cross-examination
or
verification,
thus
preventing
the
possibility
of
a
balanced
assessment.
Expert
opinions
are
valued
only
if
they
are
supported
by
solid
evidence.
One
notable
relevance
from
the
W
report
is
its
inability
to
unearth
any
evidence
of
a
municipal
code
violations
involving
current
or
former
council
members.
F
The
Santa
Clara
County
Deputy
district
attorney
Mr
John
Chase
of
the
public
Integrity
unit
agreed.
There
is
no
evidence
of
any
Unicode
violation.
However,
it
is
regrettable
that
the
report
has
achieved
a
different
kind
of
success:
the
creation
of
a
hostile
city
government
in
our
city.
The
consequences
of
the
W
report
are
not
limited
to
to
council
members.
They
extended
to
the
Cupertino
residence,
whom
we
have
strong
sworn
to
serve.
The
act
of
stifling
questions
from
Council
Members
is
fundamentally
opposed
to
the
principle
of
transparency
and
accountability.
Similarly,.
F
Quashing
dissenting
voices
under
the
guise
of
efficiency
is
a
direct
assault
on
the
foundations
of
democracy.
It
is
my
strong
belief
that
this
report
and
the
associated
agenda
item
run
counter
to
democratic
values,
due
process
and
the
principles
of
good
governance.
More
importantly,
they
do
a
disservice
to
the
residents
of
Cupertino,
whom
we
are
duly
bound
to
represent.
Every
voice
should
be
respected
and
valued.
It
is
concerning
that
the
staff
report
labels
certain
voices
as
unrepresentative,
reflecting
a
troubling
pattern
in
our
city
of
this
respecting
Cupertino
residents,
who
take
the
time
to
attend
Council
meetings.
F
A
A
You
know,
I
do
believe
that
we
have
both
of
them
have
made
genuine
improvements
and
I
was
ready
to
move
on
and
because,
as
councilmember
Charles
said
collectively
and
collaboratively,
I
feel
that
I
have
nobody
to
collaborate
or
collectively
do
anything
so
I
feel
this
is
the
deja
vu
to
me
again.
So
I
am
going
to
stop
right
here.
So,
let's,
if
any
council
members
would
like
to
make
any
comments.
Vice
mayor
Mohan,.
V
You
know
just
to
reiterate
that
we
are
not
here
to
engage
in
the
details
or
the
fact
findings
of
the
grand
jury
report
or
the
city's
response
to
the
grand
jury
report
or
the
Miss
Derby's
fact-finding
report.
We
we've
done
all
this,
then
the
new
thing
that
we
discussed
today
was
the
Mars
Adams
Enterprise
risk
assessment
report,
so
I'm
not
sure
if
there's
any
purpose
in
sort
of
going
over.
V
There
has
been
Improvement
and
that
was
the
whole
purpose
of
our
discussions
in
earlier
in
the
year.
We
wanted
to
make
sure
that
there
was
there
were
steps
taken
to
remediate
some
of
the
problems
that
staff
had
encountered,
that
several
other
people
had
encountered,
and
so
this
is
the
next
step
we
had
said
six
months
from
now.
We
will
review
progress
made
in
the
areas
that
were
troubling
city
city
attorneys
report
indicates
that
there
were
improvements
that
some
substantial,
some
not
so
substantial,
but
improvements.
V
V
I,
don't
want
to
keep
revisiting
this
over
and
over
again,
but
I
I
think
this
served
a
useful,
useful
purpose
and
will
continue
to
serve
a
useful
purpose,
because
we
know
what
the
the
range
of
Good
Conduct
should
be,
and
we
know
what
should
what
is
outside
the
bounds
of
of
Good
Conduct.
So
at
least
we
are
all
familiar
with
this
and
we
all
have
an
obligation
to
stay
with
certain
rules
and
regulations.
If
we
all
have
to
be
a
collaborative
group,
we
you
know
many
people
pointed
it
out.
V
We
we
all
need
to
work
together
and
believe
me,
in
spite
of
all
the
things
that
you
have
heard,
we
have
accomplished
a
lot
in
the
last
nine
months
and
I
think
we
should
all
feel
good
about
that.
So,
having
said
that,
I
accept
the
city,
attorney's
recommendations
and
his
observations
that
you
know.
While
there
hasn't
been
total
and
complete
Improvement,
there
has
been.
You
know,
relatively
positive
steps
that
we
as
a
council
and
staff,
and
the
public
have
all
taken
so
I
feel
hopeful
about
that.
I
I
I'm
particularly
disappointed
by
the
continuing
apparent
desire
on
the
part
of
council
member
Chao
to
defend
her
actions,
rather
than
accept
that
there's
a
real
report
written
by
a
real
professional
that
found
real
problems
in
the
city,
we've
enacted
changes
in
order
to
try
to
address
that
those
enactments
caused
better
things
to
happen.
That's
the
the
Crux
of
what
the
city
of
attorneys
report
today
is
about.
I
A
Linda
Dobby
and
I
was
not
comfortable
hearing.
It
I
do
believe
that
Linda
is
a
professional
and
she
does
the
best
practice
to
provide
a
report
to
us
and
I
I
feel
really
bad
about
a
comment.
So
I
apologize
on
behalf
of
a
council
and
that's
why,
when
I
say
professional
advice
has
been
really
being
observed,
but
that's
okay,
because
city
of
attorney
Jensen
said
nobody's
perfect.
We're
not
perfect
I'm,
not
perfect,
so
I'm
willing
to
really
like
recommended
by
a
lot
of
people.
Let's
move
on
and
really
work
on
the
same.
A
A
So
I
would
hope
that
we
could
move
on,
but
we
agree
to
train
be
trained
together,
have
something
building
and
really
make
sure
our
council
is
representing
of
all
residents
and
move
on
and
I
am
willing
to
move
on.
Okay,
even
without
a
petition,
I
read
the
report.
I
was
ready
to
move
on
anyway,
very
disappointed
that
council,
member
Moore
wasn't
even
Auto,
I,
hope,
she's
listening
and
councilmember
child
left
board.
That's
what
the
deja
vu
really
hit
me.
Okay
and
I
want
to
tell
you.
A
It
was
very
difficult
in
May
for
me
to
make
that
decision,
but
I
felt
I
did
not
have
Collective
or
collaborative
council
members
on
the
diets
and
I
just
failed.
The
deja
vu,
but
I
am
willing
to
move
on,
but
with
the
condition
that
we
Trend
and
work
together.
We
need
to
have
professional
trainers
to
really
you
know,
put
us
in
the
same
room
and
then
we
can
really
have
some
team
building
and
set
up
some
ground
rules
so
that
we
can
really
take
care
of
our
city
business
and
represent
all
our
residents.
Well,.
G
So
through
the
mayor,
we
had
a
workshop,
scheduled
tentatively
in
August
to
provide
governance,
training
and
potentially
to
tap
into
Rosenberg
and
also
effective
use
of
the
meeting.
We
could
I
mean
with
September
being
a
little
heavy
because
we're
all
going
to
a
conference
in
mid-september.
We
could
probably
arrange
the
meeting
based
on
everyone's
availability,
late,
September,
early
October,
but
then
again,
pending
on
everyone
else's
availability,
as
well
as
the
facilitator's
ability.
A
A
V
Robot
yeah,
let
me
make
a
small
comment.
Sure
I
am
in
favor
of
restoring
the
the
committee
assignments.
However,
I
also
wanted
to
look
at
the
practicality
of
it
where
in
September
many
of
these
meetings
don't
happen
once
a
quarter.
So
I'm
not
sure
there
are
that
many
meetings
left
between
now
and
December
in
January.
We
all
have
to
we
all
get
new
assignments
to
committees.
So
does
it
make
sense,
just
in
Practical
terms
to
wait
till
January
or
December
when
we
make
these
reassignments
to
committees.
A
D
A
A
But
if
the
training
and
doesn't
happen
that
we
that's
I,
don't
know
how
to
avoid
how
to
say
it.
That's
it's
a
condition
that
that
has
to
happen,
but
we
don't
wait
until
December
say
if
we
have
our
meeting,
have
our
training
right
away
in
October,
then
after
the
training,
let's
we're
going
to
restore
all
the
Committees
right
away.
A
I
I
would
I
would
decline
that,
if
only
because
I
think
that
one
it's
not
particularly
practicable
first,
because
of
how
soon
we
would
be
back
at
reorganization
in
December
anyway,
as
the
vice
mayor
mentioned,
we
wind
up.
You
know
with
very
few
of
these
meetings
left
between
now
and
the
end
of
the
year.
A
Okay,
so
how
about
this
I
didn't
give
up?
Okay?
How
about
this
that
number
one
that
we
all
attend
number
two!
As
soon
as
we
attended,
we
restored
it,
whether
it's
November
or
October,
because
if
we
can
arrange
it
fast,
they
still
have
a
couple
meetings
that
they
could
attend,
and
so
I
would
like
them
to
have
that
as
soon
as.
A
A
I
I
A
D
C
A
A
C
So
we're
we're
here
today
for
this
item
to
consider
updates
to
the
Cupertino
city
council
procedures
manual,
you'll
recall
on
February
7th
2023.
The
city
council
adopted
a
resolution
approving
the
city
council
procedures
manual,
the
adoption
of
the
prestigers
manual
addressed
and
identified
deficiency
in
the
city's
governance
policies,
and
the
manual
includes
rules
and
guidelines
for
communication
among
Council
and
staff,
meeting
management,
decorum
and
and
decision
making,
among
other
things,
as
part
of
the
resolution.
The
city
council
is
part
of
the
motion.
C
The
city
council
directed
The
City
attorney
to
return
to
council
to
consider
potential
revisions
to
the
manual
in
six
months.
Moss
Adams
discussed
the
manual
in
its
report
today.
The
Enterprise
leadership
assessment
notes
that
the
manual
is
in
alignment
with
best
practices
and
characterizes
the
adoption
of
manual
as
positive
progress
towards
increasing
the
effectiveness
of
City
Council
meetings.
C
Almost
in
half
in
the
period
from
January
through
August
22
22
versus
this
year,
total
meeting
time
was
reduced
by
approximately
one-third
factors
contributing
to
this
more
effective
functioning
of
the
council
include
the
efficient
use
of
the
newly
adopted
informational
calendar
for
items
that
don't
require
Council
action,
more
effective
Council
deliberations
and
increased
focus
on
council's
policy
making
responsibilities,
and
the
Enterprise
leadership
assessment
also
observes
that
interviewed
staff
noted
that
the
procedure
manuals
were
welcome.
Improvement,
however,
you
know
there
are.
C
With
that
I,
we,
the
staff
report,
does
discuss
some
potential
revisions
to
the
manual
based
on
the
experience
of
working
with
it,
since
it
was
adopted
in
February.
The
these
These
are
are
summarized
on
this
slide
here:
potential
revisions
to
section
four
to
clarify,
clarify
the
distinction
between
and
naming
conventions
for,
advisory
bodies.
This
is
a
recommendation
from
the
Moss
Adams
report,
revised
section
5.6
to
incorporate
additional
training
requirements
again.
C
This
is
this
is
consistent
with
the
Moss
Adams
report
and
could
be
considered
as
a
separate
policy,
rather
than
an
amendment
to
the
the
procedures
manual,
potential
revision
to
section
8.2,
to
revise
the
rules
of
order
to
improve
the
effect
of
inefficiency
of
of
council
deliberations.
Council
has
adopted
Rosenberg
Rules
of
Order,
but
but
it
is
free
to
modify
those
to
increase
the
efficiency
of
meetings
if
it
so
chooses
to
help
this
particular
body
function
more
efficiently.
C
A
A
If
not
I
have
a
question.
General
question
is
even
when
we
have
the
council
procedures
manual
passed.
If
three
council
members
decide
to
change
it,
we
can
still
change
it.
Yes,
correct,
okay
and
then
I
didn't
know
that
the
rule
of
we
can
also
change
the
rule,
as
we
think
seek
fit,
even
with
the
robbers
rules
that
we
adopt.
We
can
still
put
it
in.
C
Rules
is,
and
Robert's
rules
are
the
two
models
that
that
are
models
that
are
commonly
used:
It's,
Not
Unusual
for
for
governing
bodies
to
have
modifications
to
the
default
rules
of
procedures
and
consistent
with
the
Moss
Adams
presentation.
You
know
you
would
want
to
adopt
something
that
works
for
this
specific
body
which
might
be
different
than
what
works
for
other
understand.
A
D
K
K
This
is
what
Nancy
Skinner
did
in
a
b
330,
where
they
tried
to
limit
the
public
asking
questions
about
environmental
impacts
on
building.
This
is
what
okay.
This
is
what
the
public
is
dealing
with.
This
is
what
our
life
has
become
from
the
last
five
years
of
the
bills
and
I'm
not
going
to
be
shut
up.
I
will
tell
you
that
the
Fremont
Unified
School
District
was
very
gracious.
The
two
times
I
was
there.
In
the
last
two
weeks,
I
had
a
full
three
minutes.
They
listened
courtesy
to
my
questions.
They
asked
questions.
K
K
I
haven't
seen
that
here,
I'm
waiting,
I'm
waiting
to
be
impressed.
Therefore,
I
sit
on
my
rear
end
in
those
uncomfortable
chairs
for
hours
on
end,
yes,
they're
uncomfortable,
but
that's
why
we're
here
and
I
will
tell
you
right
now.
If
somebody
wants
to
come
and
sit
in
the
chairs
with
me,
be
my
guest
but
I
am
not
having
it.
I
am
not
going
to
feel
guilty
because
someone
stays
at
home
playing
video
games
or
maybe
going
out
to
dinner
that
that
they
can't
come
I'm.
K
K
I
I
there
are
times
when
you
remember
there
are
family
situations,
but
to
me
things
are
so
grave
and
dim
in
this
state
right
now
that
the
public
is
being
stressed
to
the
breaking
point
and
I
will
tell
you,
everything
that
is
happening
in
this
state
is
happening
at
the
federal
level
and
it's
not
Mr
Trump
there.
There
are
forces
that
are
trying
to
take
down
the
state
as
well
as
the
Federal
I
I.
So
that's
why
we
come
here.
D
M
Good
evening
again,
Council
and
staff,
you
have
reduced
the
Public's
ability
to
speak
through
the
use
of
informational
calendar,
no
mention
or
discussion
allowed,
except
during
oral
communication.
The
inability
for
the
public
to
pull
consent
items
packing
the
consent
calendar
with
multiple
issues.
The
public
wants
to
discuss,
making
them
undiscussable
because
they
can't
be
pulled
forcing
the
public
to
combine
all
their
comments
from
multiple
consent
items
into
one
comment:
period:
Changing,
Times
and
days
of
Council
meetings,
making
it
harder
for
working
people
to
attend
and
moving
regular
meetings
to
another
day.
M
So
they
become
special
meetings
with
no
oral
Communications.
These
have
significantly
reduced
overall
public
participation.
You
do
not
need
to
do
more.
Instead,
I
suggest
the
following
changes
to
the
manual
consolidation
of
time
between
speakers
known
as
seeding
time.
Allow
speakers
to
only
speak
once
with
all
seated
time
being
contiguous
with
their
own
time.
M
Do
not
allow
speakers
to
speak
two
different
times
on
a
single
agenda
item
for
combining
speaker
times,
remove
the
requirement
for
the
need
for
five
people
and
allow
any
number
up
to
a
maximum
of
five
always
explain
the
rules
for
consolidating
time.
At
the
beginning
of
a
Hot
Topic
agenda
with
multiple
Hot
Topics
schedule
them
out,
even
if
it
takes
multiple
meetings,
foreign
detailed
training
on
rosensburg's
rules
and
the
brown
act
for
both
Council
and
staff.
M
D
N
As
noted
in
the
Enterprise
leadership
report,
no
procedural
rule
will
be
entirely
successful.
Improving
Council
operations
without
a
good
faith,
commitment
by
all
council
members
to
comply
and
attempt
to
achieve
their
underlying
goals.
Council.
Member
of
kitty
Moore's
refusal
to
meet
one-on-one
with
the
city
manager
is
an
example
of
a
lack
of
good
faith
commitment
to
comply
and
achieve
the
underlying
goals
of
Cupertino
towards
good
governance.
N
N
Otherwise,
there
is
no
consequence
to
a
lack
of
good
faith,
commitment
and
refusal
to
follow
the
process
and
procedures
for
good
governance
under
our
city,
council,
city
manager,
form
of
city,
government
or
another
possibility
would
be
the
constant
usage
of
future
Council
meetings
to
discuss
for
hours
each
instance
of
infraction
or
lack
of
good
faith
in
deciding
the
consequence.
Each
time
the
council
needs
to
make
the
enforcement
process
automatic
and
clear,
then
the
consequences
of
infractions
or
refusals
will
be
clear
to
all
beforehand
and
efficient
in
the
running
of
city
and
city
council
business.
P
If
you
think
that
is
the
new
transparency
I
I'm
at
issue
with
that
we
need
transparency.
We
need
a
voice
and
I'm
I'm
actually
really
disappointed
that
it
would
even
be
suggested.
This
came
up
last
time
six
months
ago,
and
you
chose
not
to
do
this
limit
of
10
minutes
each
or
whatever
it
is.
It
might
turn
out
to
be
after
deliberation.
I
just
think
it's
a
wholeheartedly.
It's
a
very
wrong
thing
to
do,
for
so
many
different
reasons
and
Peggy
mentioned
many
of
them
and
I
think
you
all
know
better.
D
S
Like
all
processes,
a
bit
of
refinement
can
be
necessary
once
the
major
changes
are
in
place,
I'd
like
to
suggest
one
change,
which
would
help
us
move
forward
towards
meetings
that
are
as
City
attorney
Jensen,
as
stated
quote
a
forum
for
carrying
out
the
council's
function
as
a
decision-making
governing
body,
meaning
you
guys
are
not
there
just
to
listen
to
us
talk
all
evening.
It's
for
you
to
make
decisions.
S
S
You
know
if
a
specific
council
member
gets
more
time,
but
it
allows
the
entire
Council
to
determine
if
debate
should
continue.
Instead
of
only
one
person,
it
also
keeps
the
meeting
running
in
efficient
and
business-like
manner,
with
residents
able
to
gauge
how
long
each
agenda
item
will
take.
That
means
it's
much
more
likely
that
residents
will
be
able
to
speak
during
public
comment,
because
we
will
know
when
the
agina
item
is
actually
going
to
happen.
Excuse
me
I.
S
R
Hello
city
council
I
would
like
to
ask
that
you
provide
input
that
this
change
to
the
procedures
manual
be
tabled
and
no
action
be
considered.
I
would
like
to
ask
that
you
please
keep
in
mind
that
the
public
is
the
top
of
the
auction.
You
work
for
the
public,
City
staff
work
for
you
and
therefore
the
unelected
officials
suggesting
changes
and
being
accepted
by
a
council
that
is
on
dys
with
just
three
members
with
two
of
the
stage.
R
I
would
actually
ask
that
you
consider
postponing
the
rest
of
the
agenda
in
deference
to
the
citizens
of
Cupertino
that
are
unrepresented
on
their
dice.
The
three
of
you
do
not
represent
the
100
view
of
the
residents
of
Cupertino
and
to
act
in
providing
input
on
this
topic
that
takes
away
public
input.
Time
is
doing
a
disservice
to
how
democracy
is
supposed
to
work.
R
I
would
also
respectfully
remind
you
that
efficiency
is
measured
in
hours,
not
minutes.
These
procedure
manual
changes,
look
to
shave,
minutes
of
the
time
spent
on
diets
when,
in
fact,
this
whole
agenda
could
have
been
killed.
It
would
save
hours
of
meeting
time.
If
you
did
not
have
this
agenda,
when
you
overrun
the
Planning
Commission
and
spend
hours
discussing
LED
signage
on
280,
that
was
inefficiency,
you
could
have
accepted
the
planning
commission's
recommendation
when
we
spent
hours
overruling
and
coming
back
to
revisit
the
prior
decisions
that
were
made
on
the
LED
signage.
R
R
In
fact,
the
legacy
of
this
mayor
and
this
term
of
the
council
will
probably
be
that
you
major
in
minor
things
and
minor
in
major
things.
20
years
from
now,
who
will
look
back
on
this
Council
and
say?
What
did
you
give
us?
Did
you
give
us
some
new
trails?
Did
he
give
us
new
parks?
Did
he
do
any
major
projects
that
will
stand
the
test
of
time
20
30
years
from
now?
R
A
C
A
To
start
by
asking
a
question:
if
my
memory
serves
me
correctly,
I
was
very
reluctant
to
get
to
time
minutes.
This
wasn't
an
invention
of
this
Council
I
think
even
Council
mayor
Paul
had
minutes
to,
and
he
always
counted
minutes,
and
the
only
thing
he
allows
is
we
can
give
minutes
to
to
other
council
members
did
I
remember
correctly
that
he
did
have
a
time
limit
for
each
council,
member,
okay,
so
I
I
hope
that
another
being
said
that
mayor
Wade,
like
invented
this
many
things
so
I
just
want
to
make
it
clear.
B
B
I
was
appointed
through
Cal
cities
for
the
third
year
in
a
row
to
be
on
their
Environmental
Quality
policy
committee,
which,
because
of
the
pandemic,
didn't
meet
in
person
and
in
the
final
meeting
this
year
they
met
down
and
Pomona
and
I
attended
that
one
at
my
own
expense.
So
I
would
like
to
clarify
in
the
language
as
to
these
outside
committees,
because
they
are
not
Council.
B
Appointments
to
have
Council
make
a
decision
on
or
to
as
far
as
I
understand,
to
have
a
council
member
removed
from
so
this
first
one
item
5.7
that
was
regarding
the
the
manager's
budget
that
one
needs
some
clarification
because
of
the
document
that
they're
referencing
and
I've
mentioned
this
in
the
past.
So
if
somebody
would
from
staff,
would
look
into
that
item
6.6
it
to
me
it's.
B
You
know
critically
important
that
council
members
have
access
to
information
and
I
made
some
a
couple
of
requests
this
year
and
I
was
denied
that
information
based
on
staff
workload
in
a
decision
by
the
the
city
manager.
So
those
the
the
reasons
are
no
longer
there.
The
schedule
conflicts
are
no
longer
there.
B
It
seemed
that
at
the
July
18th
meeting
agenda
item
on
SB
403
that
we
had
a
brown
act,
violation
where
members
of
the
public
had
turned
in
their
speaker
cards
and
if
they
were
on
Zoom,
they
raised
their
hands
and
weren't
allowed
to
speak
and
the
total
amount
of
time
was
limited
for
people
to
speak.
And
then
the
amount
of
time
for
each
individual
was
limited.
Such
that
you
had
a
number
of
people
who
who
weren't
weren't
allowed
to
speak
and
I
would
like
to
understand.
If
that
is
a
a
brown
act.
B
B
The
the
mayor
unilaterally
made
that
decision
to
shorten
the
time
and
then
the
the
total
time
allowed
and
then
the
individual
time.
So
it
would
seem
that
it's
the
spirit
of
the
brown
act
to
allow
members
of
the
public
who
are
following
the
rules
for
public
comment
that
they
would
be
allowed
to
speak
and
not
have
certain
people.
B
Disallowed,
so
I
would
like
to
have
that
clarified,
also
with
regards
to
and
I
just
sent
an
email
to
the
city
clerk
with
regards
to
the
to
any
violations
enforcement
of
the
rules
I
sent
from
the
city
of
Los
Altos,
their
accountability
policy
for
the
Los
Altos
City
Council.
In
fact,
the
removal
from
committee
assignments
is
a
resolution
done
by
resolution
of
censure
in
Los
Altos
and
they
have
other
levels
of
of
enforcement
and
Punishment.
B
If
you
were,
if
you
will
so,
they
have
informal
admonition,
formal
admonition
or
Accenture
public
hearing,
and
then
they
have
their
disciplinary
action
with
a
formal
admonition
or
resolution
of
censure.
So
there's
a
whole
process
that
you
go
through
so
I
mentioned
about
due
process.
We
need
to
have
a
set
of
rules
for
that.
That
would
be
followed
so
that
we
don't
simply
have
a
council
majority
that
says
Hey
I
want
to
yank
them
off
their
assignments.
I
I
I'll
take
whatever
was
said
here
and
I'll
use
it
to
my
advantage.
Thank
you.
A
C
F
The
current
procedure
I
want
to
have
a
question
about
compliance
with
this.
It
says
the
city
manager
shall
ensure
such
information
is
communicated
by
staff
in
full
and
with
Candor
to
console,
and
the
staff
will
make
every
effort
in
response
in
a
timely
and
professional
manner,
to
all
requests
made
by
individual
council
members
for
information
assistance
provided
that
in
the
Judgment
of
city
manager.
The
request
is
not
of
a
significant
magnitude,
either
in
terms
of
workload
or
policy.
F
Don't
think
this
is
being
carried
out
because
information
requests
made
by
other
council
members
I'm
not
aware
of
I,
would
like
us
to
follow
this
procedure.
Put
it
on
the
agenda,
maybe
as
information
item.
That
here
is
the
information
request
and
here's.
The
is
the
justification
that
it
couldn't
be
fulfilled
due
to
workload
that
information
the
public
should
be
have
access
to
and
the
other
council
members
should
have
access
to
following
the
procedure
menu.
Thank
you.
C
F
G
Through
the
mayor,
if
I
may,
if
I
remember
correctly
earlier
during
the
year,
councilmember
Moore
wanted
to
talked
about
the
renter
tax
with
council's
Direction
and
also
discretion,
we
went
ahead
and
put
it
on
the
agenda
for
Council
to
decide
if
we
want
to
go
ahead.
I
think
that
fits
into
what
council
member
Chow
was
talking
about
in
terms
of
gathering
information
and
put
it
on
the
agenda
for
the
public
to
weigh
in
and
also
for
Council
to
consider.
G
F
F
One
example
is
the
request
for
senior
center
Budget
on
specifically
on
I,
think
on
Bingo
and
some
501c
organization,
that's
receiving
city
funding
and
fee
waivers
and
that
information
I
believe
it
was
rejected,
but
it
should
have
been
put
on
the
agenda
for
the
full
Council
to
decide
and
for
the
public
to
to
provide
input
if
they
want
the
same
information.
Thank
you.
C
Yeah
I
mean
I,
think
I,
think
the
city,
the
city
manager
and
the
mayor
obviously
controlled.
The
final
agenda
and
I
mean
an
exercising
control
over
the
final
agenda.
I
mean
I
think
they
would
consider
whether
that
kind
of
request
is
is
something
that
Council
should
really
be
considered.
Considering
or
whether
that's
you
know
an
illegal
interference
with
operational
functions
of
the
city,
yeah.
F
I
So,
just
to
follow
up
on
the
the
last
set
of
comments,
I'd
encourage
staff
to
look
at
a
procedure,
that's
in
use
in
San
Jose
when
it
comes
to
requests
from
Individual,
council
members
or
groups
of
council
members
that
are
going
to
take
a
significant
amount
of
time
or
resources,
and
that
might
impact
the
work
plan.
It
goes
by
the
rather
unfortunate
name
of
the
early
consideration
response,
but
it
is
a
very
good
mechanism
for
trying
to
filter
this
sort
of
things
that
everyone
feels
like
staff
have
addressed
it.
Here's
a
response.
I
Maybe
we
need
more
clarity.
Maybe
it's
just
not
practicable
or
it's
going
to
take
some.
You
know
an
ungodly
amount
of
time
and
money
to
accomplish,
but
then
everyone
at
least
gets
gets
a
response
and
to
the
extent
that
we
need
to
alter
the
the
procedures
manual
to
reflect
the
decision
tree
first
to
get
there
and
then
this
procedure,
then
I
think
that's
probably
worthwhile.
I
The
other
thing
I
would
I
would
strongly
encourage
bridge
is
to
take
the
comments
of
Mrs
Sheeran
rather
seriously,
with
respect
to
you
know,
rules
that
have
some
sort
of
operation
of
law.
In
order
to
help
the
chair
to
manage
time,
I
think
that
that
is
always
going
to
be
a
frustration
for
anybody
who's
sitting
there
and
it
would
be
helpful,
I
think
if
we
had
rules
that
were
designed
around
that
purpose,
so
that
you
you
don't
have
to
engage
an
enormous
amount
of
discretion.
I
Things
will
happen
for
you,
I
think
that
that's
a
wise
change.
The
last
thing
I
really
wanted
to
bring
up,
is
you
know
again
taking
from
the
San
Jose
model?
It
is
a
very
large
city.
There
are
not
many
procedures
that
I
would
consider
adopting
here
from
there,
but
this
other
one
that
I
do
think
is
very
helpful,
might
help
all
of
council
when
it
comes
to
constructing
motions
in
the
city
of
San
Jose.
There
is
a
very
useful
colleagues
memo
system.
I
It
is
designed
around
you
being
able
to
within
either
yourself
or
a
brown
act
group
propose
a
particular
Motion
in
advance
with
the
justification
following
it
that
can
be
circulated
with
the
agenda
packet
or
immediately
thereafter,
even
before
the
actual
date
of
the
council
meeting.
I've
found
that,
at
least
for
that
City
it
is
an
extremely
productive
use
of
time.
It
means
that
everyone
has
a
fairly
well
crystallized
idea
of
what
they're
trying
to
achieve,
rather
than
having
to
try
to
construct
on
the
Deus.
I
Some
sort
of
action
to
take
I,
just
I,
think
that's
a
thing
that
ought
to
be
codified
for
us
that
we
can
utilize.
It
doesn't
mean
that
it
has
to
happen
all
the
time
it
doesn't
tend
to
happen
for
every
single
item
there,
but
it
does
tend
to
happen
on
things
that
are
larger
in
scope
and
I.
Think
that
it's
a
very
useful
means
for
helping
to
make
sure
that
people's
ideas
are
clear
and
that
the
action
that's
going
to
be
taken
is
something
that
everyone
understands.