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Coverage of the Cupertino City Council Teleconference Meeting, recorded on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Part 1 of 3.
A
Good
evening
today
is
november
16
2021..
This
is
a
special
meeting
of
the
cupertino
city
council
that
is
taking
place
before
our
regular
meeting
and
in
today's,
in
today's
special
meeting
we
have
two
items:
they're
both
study
session
items,
the
first
one
is
an
housing
element
update
for
sites
inventorying
and
upcoming
community
engagement.
A
A
B
So
when,
given
the
council
also
requested
periodic
updates
on
the
housing
element,
we
thought
we'd
bring
those
two
items
back
to
you
for
a
study
session.
No
formal
action
is
required
on
this,
except
for
your
understanding,
community
notification
and
any
direction
you
want
to
provide.
Mr
ben
few.
The
director
of
community
development
will
introduce
that
item
more
thoroughly
and
then
this
item
will
be
followed
by
consideration
of
the
climate
action
plan
update
and
we
wanted
to
present
the
draft
measures
to
you
before
we
go
on
to
the
intensive
data
gathering
and
writing.
B
A
D
Yes,
sir,
mr
mayor,
thank
you,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you,
mr
larson,
for
the
introduction
actually
with
me.
Today.
We
have
our
consultant
as
well
andy
flower
from
emc
consulting
group.
I
believe
you
had
the
pleasure
meeting
them
last
meeting
so
they'll
be
joined
by
by
andy
as
well
as
his
colleague,
david
masterson.
D
We
also
have
some
planners
on
hand
on
as
well
offering
some
support,
but
yeah
mr
robertson
is
correct:
we're
bringing
back
this
round
of
study
session
to
discuss
the
site's
inventory,
as
relates
to
housing
element,
update,
talk
about
the
community
engagement,
look
at
scheduling
and
next
steps
and,
of
course
receive
feedback
from
from
council,
as
we
continue
to
move
forward
with
that.
I
won't
take
up
much
more
time.
D
E
E
E
E
We
can
see
that
the
total
for
cupertino
is
4
588
for
the
whole
of
santa
clara
county,
129
577
and
for
the
entire
bay
area.
Four
hundred
forty
one
thousand
one
hundred
seventy
six
they're
fairly
evenly
distributed
among
each
of
the
income
categories,
where
twenty
six
percent
of
the
units
will
be
required
to
be
very
low
income.
E
We'll
be
recognizing
capacity
analysis,
and
when
we
look
at
non-vacant
sites,
we
will
be
certain
to
be
addressing
any
possibilities
for
displacement
in
the
end
we'll
be
following
through
with
our
determination
of
adequate
sites
so
that
we
can
meet
all
of
hcd's
requirements
for
certification
ways
to
participate.
We're
very
excited
about
this.
E
And
that
was
listed
in
in
the
meeting
materials
this
evening,
but
I'd
be
happy
to
repeat
those.
If
there's
a
question
within
the
website,
there
will
be
several
different
ways
to
interact.
We
want
to
make
it
very
clear
that
the
city
of
cupertino
is
right
on
time
as
a
community
there's
an
opening
right
now
for
the
kinds
of
tools
and
apps
that
are
available
for
direct
democracy
to
take
place
and
with
86.86.
E
It
couldn't
be
more
important
than
it
is
right
now,
and
we
want
to
make
it
clear
also
for
those
who
wish
to
interact.
There
will
be
ways
that
you
can
get
very
informed
and
have
a
very
deep
dive
in
our
process,
and
there
are
also
opportunities
for
people
to
use
their
valuable
local
knowledge
and
contribute
in
a
meaningful
way.
We'll
have
community
workshops,
and
we
have
one
coming
up
on
december
9th
and
we
will
also
be
inviting
stakeholder
representation
more
on
that
in
just
a
little
bit.
E
The
reason
why
we
need
to
jump
right
into
sites
before
really
discussing
a
lot
of
different
policy
opportunities
is
because
we
need
to
come
to
a
secret
decision.
We
need
to
understand
what
our
project
description
is
according
to
what
we
may
be
affecting
on
the
ground
in
order
to
understand
the
locations
in
which
the
community
and
the
council
determines
is
the
appropriate
location
for
future
housing
in
cupertino.
E
There
may
also
be
a
heart
of
the
city,
specific
plan,
update
and
I'll.
Let
director
foo
speak
a
little
more
about
that.
There
are
questions
the
december
9th
virtual
workshop
community
workshop.
We
also
have
in
that
morning.
We
have
a
housing
commission
meeting,
which
is
a
public
meeting
and
I
believe,
that's
at
9
30,
but
we
can
confirm
that
with
you
and
the
stakeholder
ad
hoc
group
selection,
we
mentioned
a
few
different.
E
E
E
This
is
a
just
a
brief
description
of
what
we
will
be
bringing
to
that
workshop.
We
will
give
a
presentation
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
housing
element,
update
process
to
give
context
we'll
help
folks
understand
why?
Why
now?
Why
we're
discussing
the
sites
immediately
in
our
in
our
update
process
and
we'll
begin
a
conversation
about
the
distribution
for
future
housing.
E
So
council
feedback,
we
are
open
and
interested
in
hearing
any
requested
changes.
You
may
have
if
you've
had
an
opportunity
to
take
a
look
at
that
preview
link
and
we
are
also
open
and
inviting
you
to
share
with
us
any
considerations
for
future
iterative
mapping
exercises.
And
that
concludes
my
presentation.
A
Much
andy
before
we
go
to
council
questions
and
feedback,
I'm
going
to
members
of
the
public.
If
anyone
has
any
comments-
and
I
just
want
to
remind
everyone
that
we
actually
do
have
two
study
session
items
here-
and
so
I'm
going
to
try
to
conclude
this
one
by
six
o'clock
to
give
everyone
an
expectation
of
time.
A
F
F
F
So
when
we're
planning
for
one
one
tenth
more
of
the
population
of
cupertino,
it's
a
big
deal,
and
I
I
would,
as
we
start
out
in
this
journey,
I
just
my
first
question
was:
I
would
like
someone
for
once
to
tell
me.
I
have
asked
this
question
repeatedly
for
the
last
probably
10
years,
when
we
have
sites
that
are
identified
and
go
into
the
housing
element
at
what
time
are
the
sites
actually
physically
rezoned
legally
and
does
that
rezoning?
F
Is
that
retained
on
the
site
from
the
from
that
point?
When
are
they
legally
by
the
assessors?
When
are
they
legally?
When
is
that
up
zoning
happening
to
them?
How
long
does
it
stay
on
there
if
the
site
falls
out
or
the
owner
withdraws
it?
Let's
say
six
months
down
the
line.
Does
that
zoning
sit
on
the
site
forever?
I
no
one
has
ever
explained
that
to
me
and
I
would
really
like
it
to
be
answered
as
we
go
into
this,
because
sb,
9
and
10
in
the
housing
bills
has
pushed
this
question.
F
F
A
G
Good
evening,
city,
council
and
staff-
and
thank
you
for
this
presentation-
a
couple
things
one
I
I
think
he
mentioned
that-
I'm
sorry,
I
missed
your
name,
but
you
mentioned
that
you
could
provide
a
memo
to
the
council.
I
think
it
was
on
adequate
sites
or
selecting
them.
I
think
that
would
be
a
really
good
idea.
H
I
There
we
go
sorry
about
that.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
I'll,
be
really
quick.
I
just
had
two
two
quick
questions
off
the
top
of
my
head.
I
know
this
is
I'm
just
posing
the
question?
It's
not
a
question
and
answer
forum,
but
I'm
curious.
You
know,
as
all
all
the
cities
in
the
surrounding
area,
you
know,
are
challenged
to
come
up
and
meet
their
arena
numbers.
I
Is
there
ever
an
opportunity
in
this
process
where
a
small
city
like
cupertino,
that
has
an
extraordinary
arena
requirement
for
this
next
cycle?
Where
the
city
ever
says,
you
know
state,
we
can't
get
there
and
the
city
doesn't
comply
with
it
and
I'd
be
curious
as
to,
if
that's
an
option
or
if
there
are
ramifications
for
the
city
in
doing
that
relative
to
state
control
over
future
land
planning
in
the
city
and
then
my
second
question
would
be
relative
to
the
current
arena
number
that
the
city
is
trying
to
meet.
I
J
Hello,
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
last
cycle.
Cupertino
city
council
explained
on
camera
that
they
were
intentionally
choosing
sites
that
would
not
get
developed
and
they
described
it
as
cheating
and
effective,
and
I
look
forward
to
this
cycle
being
really
different
and
working
closely
with
the
city
to
put
in
a
good
faith
effort
to
provide
housing
sites
that
will
get
developed
in
a
responsible
way
that
benefits
the
community
and
yeah.
I
appreciate
the
transparency
around
the
process
and
that
this
year
is
going
to
be
a
lot
different.
Thank
you.
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much
and
we'll
bring
it
back
to
council
for
any
follow-up
questions
or
comments
I'll
remind
everyone
that
we
have
roughly
20
minutes
left,
and
so
I
can
divvy
up
the
time
in
approximate
four
minute
increments.
If
we'd
like,
would
anyone
like
to
ask
questions
or
provide
comments
first
from
council,
and
in
the
absence
of
that,
then
perhaps
you
know
some
follow-ups,
because
we
do
have
a
couple
of
minutes
over
20
based
upon
the
public
commentary.
A
I
believe
jennifer
griffin
asked
a
question
and
a
couple
of
questions
were
asked
by,
I
believe,
was
scott
connolly
and
did
anyone
want
to
follow
up
on
their
questions?
I
believe
jennifer's
question
was
about
zoning
and
scott's
question
at
least
one
well.
One
of
the
questions
was
about
what
happens
if
we
in
good
faith,
feel
like
we're.
Not
you
know
getting
to
compliance,
you
know.
Can
we
have
a
communication
with
the
state
and
then
the
second
one
I
believe
had
to
do
with
the
falco
units?
A
E
To
give
it
a
go
okay,
so
I
the
first
thing
I'd
like
to
make
clear
is:
is
that
it
is
a
we're,
creating
capacity
and
I'm
not
sure
that
well,
okay,
and
so
with
the
with
jennifer
griffin's
comment
as
far
as
rezoning,
we
do
have
up
to
three
years
to
rezone,
but
there
are
consequences
if
you
don't
rezone
in
tandem
with
the
housing
element,
update
process.
So
hearing
that
question
helps
me
understand
how
to
better
prepare
for
the
community
workshop.
E
So
we
can
go
into
more
detail
for
things
like
that
when
we
have
our
breakout
rooms.
There
was
a
question
that
I
want
to
make
sure
I
address
how
long
the
zoning
remains.
Basically,
once
zoning
has
changed,
it's
it's
it's.
Actually
you
can't
down
zone
now
in
the
state
of
california.
So
if
something
has
been
upzoned,
you
really
please,
mr
jensen,
correct
me
if
I'm
wrong,
but
my
understanding
of
the
law
is
that
in
general,
it's
it's
very
difficult.
It's
not
impossible
to
do
that.
K
K
Zoning,
so
in
any
reduction
in
density
and
on
one
parcel
needs
to
be
offset
by
an
increase
elsewhere.
You
know,
and
so
so,
yeah
and
and
and
generally
that
you
know
that
you
so
you'd
have
to
find
the
density
somewhere
else
so
yeah
and
just
like
any
other
zoning
change,
it
would
require
a
subsequent
or
an
ordinance
council
to
undo
it,
and
so
so
it
remains
in
place.
Absent.
Then.
A
Thanks
very
much,
let's
go
into
the
council
feedback
and
questions
at
this
point,
since
we
are
at
the
you
know,
540
point
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
carve
out
a
few
minutes,
three
minutes
each
for
council
members
and
then
time
allowing
you
know,
have
a
one
minute
wrap
up
for
comments.
So
council
member
willie,
your
hands
raised
first,
followed
by
council
member
wave
vice
mayor
chow.
L
E
L
Great
next
question
or
comment,
so
we
received
an
email
valley
at
home
and
they
actually
put
a
lot
of
information
into
their
of
november
8
about
all
these
santa
clara
county
communities
that
are
working
on
this
arena
process.
So
you
know
they
actually
really
have
a
lot
of
information
in
there
campbell
gilroy,
los
altos.
L
L
M
Thank
you,
mayor
paul,
so
just
a
couple
of
real
quick
comments
for
the
stakeholders.
I
know
we
have
included
a
lot
of
categories
and
we
really
don't
want
to
expand
it
too
big,
but
maybe
some
some
groups
can
be
represented.
Some
person
can
be
representing
both
groups.
I
would
like
to
see:
if
have
we
considered
the
faith
groups?
They
are
pretty
big
population
in
our
community
and
I
know
face
groups
usually
actually
owns
land.
M
N
Hi,
I
would
appreciate
the
minimal
on
the
site
selection
process
and
first
I'd
like
to
respond
to
a
public
comment
about
these
issues
by
the
previous
council.
The
previous
council
actually
identified
the
five
housing
element
sites
to
accommodate
1400
units
with
only
a
thousand
units
allocation.
All
five
sites
were
approved
by
the
council.
N
Ex
the
vocal
set
has
faced
the
community
resistance
due
to
a
large,
a
large
location
of
two
million
square
feet
of
office
space,
but
the
other
four
projects
did
not
receive
community
resistance,
so
cupertino
residents
as
a
whole
are
welcoming
to
quality
residential
projects.
This
should
be
clarified
and
I
would
have
a
question-
and
I
understand,
under
the
current
consultant
contract,
where
it
covers
only
11
public
meetings
and
two
community
meetings.
N
So
could
the
december
ninth
meeting
be
in
person-
and
I
have
requested
in
the
last
meeting
and
again
this
sunday-
that
we
should
have
a
schedule
of
all
the
public
meetings
on
even
its
tentative
dates.
So
we
have
an
idea
what
will
be
covered
in
each
of
these
meetings
and
but
I
have
not
received
that
and
I
still
and
don't
understand
how
the
december
9th
meeting
the
content
will
be
different
from
today.
N
Since
we
have
a
limited
number
of
meetings,
I
want
to
be
sure
that
we
use
each
of
them
efficiently
for
community
engagement
and
as
for
a
stakeholder
group,
I
suggest
we
have
one
group
with
home
builders
with
affordable
housing
builder
and
the
owner
property
owner
of
potential
sites,
including
faith
groups.
Second
group
could
be
potential
new
residents,
seniors,
renters
and
house.
The
under
students,
current
workers,
including
teachers
or
any
other
group,
is
such
as
extremely
low
income
developmentally
disabled.
N
O
O
Are
you
aware,
is
the
eir
part
of
our
contract
and
the
reason
why
I'm
concerned
about
that
is
looking
at
2.84.080
duties,
powers
and
responsibilities
of
the
environmental
review
committee?
It
looks
like
it
would
need
to
go
through
the
erc
at
some
point
if
this
is
going
to
be
an
eir,
so
I'm
a
little
concerned
about
the
process.
That's
my
first
question.
Thank
you.
K
D
B
Add
on
please,
mr
mayor,
if
I
might
add
on
yes,
the
eir
is
in
the
contract.
If
we
need
it,
as
the
director
said,
and
it's
also
one
of
the
big
differentiators
between
our
contract
and
low
scottish
and
that
los
gatos
says
eir
is
being
done
as
part
of
their
more
comprehensive
general
plan
update
so
for
the
housing
element
specific
piece,
they
only
need
to
do
a
mitigated,
negative
death.
I
believe
that
it
was
our
initial
study,
so
that
was
that
was
a
big
part
of
the
cost
difference
between.
A
O
Okay,
thank
you.
So
I
would
like
chris
to
look
over
the
municipal
code
and
the
order
for
how
this
went
through
the
turner
group
came
up
with
a
number
of
1300
total
market
feasible
new
units
for
cupertino
from
sb9.
I
would
like
that
to
be
addressed
and
whether
or
not
we're
going
to
be
getting
credit
for
that
number,
because
that's
a
pretty
significant
amount-
and
I
I
have
the
same
concerns
about
the
shareholder
group
we
have
been.
O
We've
had
had
some
negative
experience
in
the
past
of
what
I
would
say
were
inappropriate
individuals
in
the
shareholder
group.
But
I
I
would
like
to
have
some
discussion
about
whether
or
not
a
developer
should
be
in
the
shareholder
group
at
all.
Is
that
appropriate
or
not,
and
are
we
going
to
need
to
adjust
our
land
use
designation
map
you're?
O
Only
mentioning
the
zoning
map,
in
that
we
have
three
years
to
rezone,
but
I'm
I'm
wondering
about
the
land
use
designation,
because
we
do
have,
for
instance,
like
a
gas
station
that
has
a
land
use
designation
of
commercial
residential
which
would
need
clean
up,
and
I'm
I'm
curious
about
how
that
goes
into
play
with
this
process.
Thank
you.
A
Okay,
great
thanks
and
you
only
used
about
half
a
minute
of
my
time,
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
make
a
couple
of
brief
comments.
I'm
supportive
of
putting
the
simian
property
within
this
suite
of
properties
that
we're
considering.
I
think
that
it
might
yield
some
pretty
good
results
if
we
were
to
reach
out
to
property
owners
affirmatively,
because
I
know
that
from
the
council
perspective,
it's
often
just
a
purely
ad
hoc
basis.
A
You
know
people
approach
us
and
we
get
presented
various
projects
you
know
by
by
staff
or
by
members
of
the
public,
so
it
might
make
some
sense
to
you
know,
derive
a
list
of
significant
property
owners
in
the
city,
and
you
know
start
thinking
about
how
we
might
be
able
to
reach
out
in
that
regard.
Another
comment
that
I
wanted
to
make
had
to
do
with
sb9.
A
I
know
that
this
is
legislation
that
affects
every
every
community
in
the
state,
but
it
would
be
good
to
know
in
terms
of
those
types
of
communications
with
the
state
legislature
and
the
state
government.
You
know
how
they're
treating
this
suite
of
housing
legislation,
particularly
sb9
visa
v,
the
housing
element
requirements.
So
so
those
are
my
comments
for
now
and
yeah.
A
I
I
think
communication
with
regard
to
what
other
jurisdictions
are
are
doing
and
seeing
is
very
important,
and
so
you
know
our
immediate
area
has
a
number
of
different
cities
that
I
think
we
can.
You
know
learn
learn
quite
a
bit
from
so
that
might
make
some
sense
if
we
wanted
to
have
some
kind
of
you
know
joint.
You
know
panel
session
or
a
study
session
within
the
next
few
months
or
so.
A
N
N
E
What
kind
of
distribution
of
sites
that
the
community
would
like
to
see
and,
of
course,
council
members
can
use
this
site
as
well
and
and
we'll
be
bringing
forward
to
you.
The
aggregate
of
that
and
we'll
be
doing
iterative
maps
building
upon
that.
So
we're
starting
with
the
whole
of
the
city
and
we'll
be
getting
more
and
more
granular
as
we
go
and
as
we
learn
more.
O
Yes,
I
would
just
quickly
in
the
in
the
report.
It
mentions
that
staff
will
be
returning
to
council
in
january
to
present
a
grant
opportunity
from
abag
and
mtc
for
an
update
of
the
heart
of
the
city
specific
plan.
It's
anticipated
that
this
update
will
occur
concurrently
with
a
housing
element
update
with
emc,
as
the
project
lead.
O
My
concern
about
that
is,
I
you
know
what
about
the
south
de
anza
special
area,
other
parts
of
the
city
it
this
this
statement.
This
bullet
point
gives
the
impression
that
staff
has
the
intention
of
up
zoning
heart
of
the
city
and
they're
going
to
be
partnered
with
mtc
and
abag
in
order
to
do
that
and
that
it's
out
of
our
hands.
I
hope
that
it
just
is
appearing
that
way
and
that's
not
actually
the
reality.
But
I'd
like
to
hear
a
statement
about
that
20
seconds.
P
Them
I
can,
I
can
help
answer
that
early
earlier
last
year,
we
applied
for
a
grant
with
mtc
and
abac
for
some
monies
that
they
were
offering
to
cities
and
since
we've
had
a
project
on
our
work
program
related
to
updating
our
heart
of
the
city
specific
plan,
we
basically
went
ahead
and
applied
for
that
grant
and
we
received
the
grant.
So
this
is
to
kind
of.
A
A
A
P
Certainly
so
we
went
ahead
and
we
applied
for
those
grants
and
as
a
result
of
that,
mtc
and
abac
has
a
certain.
They
wish
to
see.
This
project
be
approached
in
a
certain
way,
and
so
they
do
require
us
to
have
certain
aspects
that
we
wish
to,
that.
That
would
be
incorporated
into
the
update
to
the
heart
of
the
city
and
as
far
as
distributing
units
to
other
parts
of
the
city,
whether
that's
south
deanza
or
other
parts.
P
We
would
obviously
use
our
best
judgment
to
come
up
with
the
development
standards
to
make
sure
that
if
the
council
does
pick
sites
in
those
areas
of
the
city
that
we
would
go
ahead
and
implement
those
standards
in
those
areas.
But
the
heart
of
the
city
is
a
is
its
own
special
project.
So
we're
going
to
have
emc.
Do
that
as
well.
A
N
Cupertino
has
a
secret
significant
number
of
sites,
that's
zoned
only
for
office
and
I
think
apple
has
purchased
a
few
properties
recently.
I
wonder
if
we
should
also
reach
out
to
site
owners
of
sites
that
zone
the
office
only
to
see
if
they
might
have
an
interest
of
developing
residential
units.
As,
for
example,
google
has
done.
A
B
Correct
just
quickly,
I
wanted
to
share
a
screen
that
was
in
the
supplemental
report
that
went
to
council
late
yesterday
based
on
the
questions
received,
and
it
shows
the
full
schedule
for
this
project,
including
when
all
of
the
public
and
community
and
stakeholder
meetings
will
be
the
location
of
the
icons
in
each
month.
Give
you
an
approximation
that
we're
zeroing
in
on
to
get
facilities
booked
in
light
of
the
covid
pandemic.
B
I
will
say
that
at
least
the
second
community
meeting
is
far
enough
out
that,
hopefully,
the
current
restrictions
on
mass
mandates
and
in-person
meetings
and
protocol
management
will
allow.
At
least
you
know
some
of
the
meetings
in
2022
to
be
hybrid
or
public,
and
we
think
that's
the
best
way
to
get
full
community
participation.
Thank
you.
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much
greg.
It
sounds
like
we
have
a
good
start
to
our
discussion.
Thank
you
very
much
to
members
of
the
public.
Thank
you
for
keeping
it.
It's
civil
and
issues
based
you
know,
and
I
I
can't
I
I
can't
help
but
close
by
saying
that
none
of
the
members
on
our
council
right
now
were
members
when
the
comments
that
a
member
of
the
public
was
referring
to
were
made,
I
actually
started
on
our
council
right
at
the
beginning
of
our.
A
You
know
current
housing
element,
but
that
was
literally
at
the
very
beginning
of
the
term,
and
you
know
those
comments
were
made
previously
and
I
don't
think
that
represents
the
the
sentiment
of
the
community
or
our
council
at
this
point.
So
thanks
very
much.
Let's
go
on
to
item
number
two.
Under
the
study
session.
That's
consideration
of
a
climate
action
plan
update
and
draft
measures
relating
there
too.
I
see
andre
duvort
and
gilly
corral
here
welcome
to
our
staff
members,
and
I
know
that
greg.
F
Q
Q
Today
we
have
gilly
corral
our
climate
utilities
analyst,
who
will
go
through
a
brief
presentation,
we'll
try
to
touch
on
a
few
topics
today,
a
very
brief
status,
update
and
then
main
focus
of
today's
conversation
is
to
solicit
your
feedback
and
public
feedback
on
the
draft
list
of
high
impact
measures
that
the
team
has
come
up
with
throughout
the
throughout
the
year.
Also,
we
have
with
us
a
team
of
from
representing
our
consulting
company
rincon
consultants,
so
they
have
extensive
experience
with
caf
development.
Q
Q
We
have
alissa
jared
who's
responsible
for
the
modeling
process
that
has
produced
the
results
that
are
described
in
our
staff
report,
as
well
as
eric
feldman,
the
principal
with
rincon
consultants.
So
I
won't
take
up
any
more
time
I'll
hand
it
over
to
gili
corral,
who
will
go
through
a
presentation
and
then
I'll
help
play
traffic
control
with
questions
and
direct
those
to
the
appropriate
folks
during
the
discussion.
Thank
you
very
much.
R
If
folks
listening
in
want
to
provide
input
on
the
survey,
they
can
go
to
cupertino.org
forward
slash
climate
action,
as
you
can
see
from
the
timeline
as
well.
The
technical
process
and
engagement
process
inform
one
another
and
will
continue
to
run
concurrently
throughout
the
climate
action
plan,
update
process
I'll
mention
as
well.
Last
month,
the
commission,
the
sustainability
commission,
recommended
the
set
of
draft
high
impact
measures
list
that
we
will
be
presenting
tonight
to
this
council.
R
This
is
our
carbon
reduction
path,
with
council's
mid
and
long
term
targets
embedded
in
the
graph.
All
of
the
climate
action
plan.
Measures
that
we'll
be
discussing
today
need
to
get
us
from
that
larger
bar,
which
is
roughly
360
000
metric
tons
of
carbon
emissions
per
year
to
that
midpoint
target
of
2030,
which
is
approximately
200
000
metric
tons
to
almost
zero
emissions
by
2040.
R
We
know
that
in
order
to
achieve
the
city's
carbon
neutrality
targets,
there
are
key
measures
the
city
must
take.
This
is
the
big
list.
It's
the
same
high
impact
measures
list
that
were
included
in
your
staff
report
that
we
are
seeking
your
feedback
on
tonight.
I
think
of
these
as
major
levers
in
a
system.
Any
adjustments
to
these
high
impact
measures
will
change
how
fast
and
how
well
we
achieve
our
targets.
So
the
project
team
is
asking
for
feedback
today,
since
any
changes
will
need
will
will
necessarily
affect
the
overarching
goals
of
the
cap.
R
R
However,
collectively
these
are
all
considered
high
impact
measures
in
that,
if
we
achieve
all
of
them,
we
will
nearly
reach
all
of
the
carbon
reduction
necessary
to
reach
our
2040
carbon
neutrality
goal
and
together.
These
measures
shape
the
road
map
to
carbon
carbon
neutrality
and
zero
waste
as
a
community.
So
we
can
revisit
this
slide
during
the
discussion,
but
I'm
also
going
to
go
through
these
quickly
sector
bisector
in
the
building
sector,
we're
going
to
transition
from
natural
gas
to
all
electric
appliances
and
support
our
clean
electricity
provider.
R
R
We'll
need
to
change
the
way
we
power
our
cars
and
trucks
to
clean
our
fuels
and
make
biking,
walking
and
shared
transit
the
most
popular
way
to
get
around
cupertino
in
about
10
years,
roughly
half
of
our
trips
in
town
will
need
to
be
made
by
biking,
public
transit
and
shared
transit
and
we'll
have
to
increase
the
electric
or
hybrid
passenger
vehicles
up
to
35
percent
of
all
cars
by
2030
for
context.
That
percentage
is
5
today.
R
Zero
waste
is
generally
defined
as
90
90
diversion
of
waste
from
the
landfill
to
achieve
our
emissions
reduction
goals.
We'll
have
to
make
sure
that
80
percent
of
organics,
such
as
food
scraps
and
yard
waste,
is
diverted
from
the
landfill
by
2030,
and
nearly
all
organic
waste
must
be
diverted
by
2040..
R
R
R
R
R
A
S
My
comments
are
around
equity
and
being
able
to
really
articulate
that,
in
a
legal
sense
that
there's
a
legal
definition
for
the
word
equity
in
san
jose.
What's
going
to
happen,
is
we're
going
to
have
to
use
subsidies?
We're
talking
about
subsidies
now,
because
once
all
of
the
homes
are
are
are
geared
for
electric?
That's
going
to
add
to
the
cost.
S
A
Let
me
let
me
just
ask
the
audio
and
video
deposits
paul's
time
right
now,
paul
I'm
going
to
ask
that
you
wrap
up
within
about
20
seconds
and
I'll
be
cutting
the
time
down
to
two
minutes
for
each
speaker.
I
appreciate
your
understanding
on
this.
I'm
just
looking
at
the
list
here
and
it
looks
you
know
fairly
extensive
and
we
want
to
be
able
to
provide
adequate
time
for
for
council
comments
at
the
end,
too,
thanks
very
much
for
your
understanding.
So
please
proceed.
S
A
T
Good
evening
my
name
is
juliana
pendleton
and
I
am
the
environmental
advocacy
assistant
for
santa
clara
valley,
audubon
society.
We
greatly
appreciate
the
inclusion
of
a
tree
canopy
goal
within
the
cap.
2.0
nature-based
solutions
are
important
steps
forward
for
climate
resiliency
and
protecting
biodiversity.
T
We
also
greatly
appreciated
the
robust
discussions
around
biodiversity
during
the
sustainability
commission
meeting
on
this
topic.
Planting
24,
000,
new
trees
and
developing
an
urban
forestry
management
plan
provide
critical
opportunities
to
expand
native
plants
in
our
community.
We
ask
that
80
of
the
trees
planted
be
native.
T
A
U
Hello,
yes,
hello,
yeah,
I'm
sorry!
I
wasn't
sure
thank
you
for
the
option
to
speak
here
and
I
would
just
want
to
say
I
really
appreciate
all
the
outreach
efforts
and
the
process
so
far
in
this
update.
It
has
been
refreshing
and
very
transparent,
and
I
appreciate
all
the
information
at
a
high
level.
U
I
just
really
hope
that
the
council
places
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
in
reviewing
these
proposed
measures
and,
in
particular,
places
more
emphasis
on
the
highest
impact
measures,
if,
if
they
are
not
adopting
all
of
the
measures
to
proportionally
attack
those
like
highest
emphasis
ones
and
those
ones
being
increased,
transit,
commercial,
zero
emission
vehicle
adoption
and
residential
electrification
to
building
targets
and
sorry
gilly,
I
know
I
reversed
the
residential
electrification
one.
I
think
that's
second
and
yeah.
U
V
Oh
thank
you
and
good
evening
mayor
vice
mayor
and
council
members,
I'm
connie
cunningham,
34-year
resident
and
audubon
society
member.
I
thank
the
city
council
for
including
climate
action
plan
in
the
city
work
program.
Our
city
recognizes
the
real
importance
of
climate
change,
quoting
environmental
advocates.
Protecting
biodiversity
and
climate
action
plans
are
equally
urgent
pillars.
V
V
I
also
support
the
goal
of
equity
in
this
cap
2.0
plan
cupertino
must
ensure
that
native
trees
are
included
in
all
areas
of
the
city,
with
special
attention
for
parcels
and
census.
Block
groups
that
do
not
currently
have
trees
equity
is
key
to
ensuring
that
cupertino
is
a
global
city
for
everyone.
Plantable
space
information
can
be
overlaid.
Overlaid
with
land
use
and
zoning
information,
because
much
of
the
land
with
areas
suitable
for
planting
are
privately
owned,
just
some
examples
of
what
we
have
in
order
to
do.
V
This
is
road
medians,
where
trees
can
be
planted.
The
memorial
park
improvements
in
the
specific
plan,
design
lawrence
midi,
the
new
park,
that's
going
on
the
east
side
of
the
city
and
that
we
have
so
many
citizens
interested
in
gardens
native
and
wildlife
that
can
be
brought
into
the
planning.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
A
W
W
Climate
change
will
be
the
defining
feature
of
their
lives.
So
that's
why
it's
so
important
that
our
students
have
access
and
exposure
to
not
only
environmental
education
in
the
classroom,
but
also
to
opportunities
that
will
empower
them
to
lead
in
impacting
environmental
policies,
and
that
can
start
early
on
even
at
their
own
school
campus.
X
X
We
encourage
the
council
to
press
for
a
goal
that
is
more
aggressive
than
the
current
draft
goal
of
to
be
similar
to
san
jose's
goal.
As
our
team
has
been
focused
on
reducing
unnecessary
water
use
and
food
waste
at
our
schools,
we
would
also
be
interested
in
seeing
the
development
of
climate
action
plans
for
school
districts
again.
I
would
like
to
urge
this
council
for
the
strongest
possible
greenhouse
gas
reduction
goal,
which
I
believe
is
carbon
neutrality
by
2030..
F
F
F
You
can't
plant
a
big
tree
under
pga
power
lines.
I
I
think
that
this
yes,
it's
a
good
idea
to
have
to
increase
tree
canopy,
but
it's
kind
of
a
quote
feel
good
thing.
When
you
have
housing
bills
such
as
nine
and
ten
that
are
going
to
so
completely
devastate
the
tree
canopy
in
cupertino,
I
predict
that,
if
nine
and
ten
as
of
january
first
we're
going
to
have
private
trees
cut
down
on
every
residential
lot.
F
In
this
city
we're
going
to
lose
50
of
our
tree
canopy
and
they
will
be
trying
to
cut
driveways
through
the
public
right
of
way
and
our
street
trees.
We've
got
some
in
my
neighborhood
that
are
very
old
you're,
going
to
be
having
people
cutting
the
roots
in
the
public
right-of-way.
This
is
why
the
housing
bills
collide
they
destroy.
F
G
Good
evening,
council
staff
and
consultants,
thank
you
for
addressing
climate
change.
There
are
many
good
ideas,
but
many
have
significant
impacts
on
our
businesses
and
our
residents.
You
need
to
present
these
possible
impacts
to
them
directly.
This
is
buried
in
a
climate
change
and
my
guess
is
nobody's
looking
at
it,
which
is
sad,
the
staff
report
in
the
tables
it
needs
to
show
the
current
numbers.
How
do
you
come
up
with
percentages
to
increase
without
knowing
where
you
are?
G
You
are
currently
in
attachment
a
equity
throughout
the
document
remove
of
color
from
the
phrase
low
income
community
of
color,
because
low
income
has
no
color
if
you're
low
income,
you
can't
afford
it
and
it
doesn't
matter
what
color
you
are.
Climate
action
applies
to
everybody,
page
2
measure
be
1
funding.
It
should
include
rebates
to
residents,
not
just
commercial
buildings.
G
G
G
Y
Y
Y
But
does
this
goal
that's
here
which
seems
lofty
but
important,
but
does
it
even
take
into
account,
as
was
mentioned
by
jennifer
too,
on
the
analysis
of
what
state,
housing,
bills
and
density
upsetting
is
going
to
do
and
all
the
trees
we're
going
to
lose?
We
already
lose,
we
have
developers,
come
in
commercial
development
and
and
say
they're
going
to
save
all
the
trees,
and
then
they
get
down
the
road.
Oh
suddenly
they're
diseased.
Suddenly
they
have
to
remove
them
for
utilities.
Y
Suddenly
half
the
trees
are
gone
and
I
know
they
replaced
them,
but
a
small
24
inch
box
tree
is
not
a
replacement
for
a
40
year
old
canopy.
So
that's
one
thing.
I
also
noticed
this
this
definition.
I
guess
yes,
a
definition
of
equity,
saying
low-income
communities
of
color
and
I
my
jaw
dropped
again
agree
with
peggy
take
that
of
color
out.
What
does
it
have
to
do
with
anything.
Y
And
people
are
going
to
take
that
wrong,
probably,
but
in
this
instance
it
should
not
be
there
seconds.
Okay,
but
you
know
I
I'm
looking
at
this
blur
of
14
pages
in
front
of
me
with
colors
and
I
never
got
through
all
of
it.
So
that's
probably
really
all
I
have
to
comment
on
now,
but
again
I'm
hoping
peggy
will
share
her
email
with
me.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Z
Hello,
everyone
I'm
a
30-year
resident
of
cupertino.
I
appreciate
the
city's
work
on
the
climate
action
plan.
I
just
wanted
to
echo
some
comments
from
echo
the
comments
from
juliana
and
connie
on
the
importance
of
using
native
trees
in
the
tree.
Canopy
goal
native
trees
support
biodiversity,
while
non-native
trees
can
actually
harm
biodiversity,
and
so
I
think
one
of
the
key
reasons
why
native
trees
are
important,
as
we
think
about
the
tree.
Z
Canopy
goals
is
that
you
know
a
lot
of
the
native
species
of
birds
and
insects
and
animals
they've
co-evolved
over
thousands
of
years
with
these
native
trees
and
so
they're,
uniquely
they're,
uniquely
adapted
to
these
types
of
trees.
And
so,
if
you
bring,
you
know,
non-native
trees,
they
may
not
actually
be
well
suited
for
these
different
species
and
and
these
trees
are
sources
of
food
and
shelter.
So
I
think
it's
really
important
that
we
have
a
plan
to
try
to
stay
with
native
trees
and
additionally
native
trees.
Z
Are
you
know,
they're,
better
adapted
to
the
local
climate
and
possibly
better
adapted
to
deal
with
local
pests?
So
I
would
be
in
support
of
the
80
percent
native
tree
kind
of
benchmark
that
julia
juliana
and
connie
mentioned,
as
well
as
some
sort
of
biodiversity
metric
to
see
how
to
to
really
maximize
the
biodiversity
that
the
trees
are
providing.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
H
Yes,
I
wanted
to
to
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
speak.
There's
also,
I
spent
so
a
lot
of
time
was
spent
in
in
terms
of
putting
the
presentation
together
of
the
survey,
and
I
think
that
that's
good,
that
you
did
an
outreach
to
all
the
citizens
to
address
this
and,
if
you're
doing
more,
that's
even
better
one.
H
Other
couple
of
other
things
is
that
first
off
we
talked
about
equity,
that's
an
important
issue
and
I
think
you
probably
need
to
get
to
some
quantified
way
of
doing
it
and
I'll
point
you
to
two
possible
sources.
The
bay
area,
air
quality
management
district
has
recently
put
out
position
paper
in
terms
of
putting
in
all
electric
appliances
after
20
27,
2027,
2029
and
2031
and
they've
defined
equity
there,
as
has
the
climate
smart
plan
from
san
jose.
H
So
I
would
suggest
that
you
look
at
those
in
terms
of
equity,
as
you
start
to
formulate
your
your
problems
or
your
your
solutions.
For
this,
and-
and
I
guess
the
last
thing
I'll
mention-
is
as
you're
going
through
this
it's.
You
know
the
fact
that
you're
dealing
with
transportation
that's
an
important
issue.
H
It's
important
issue
to
make
sure
that
that
the
things
that
you
extend
to
the
upper
end
of
the
housing
also
goes
lower
end,
I
mean,
if
you
have
very
low
income
housing,
then
you
want
to
make
sure
that
things
like
car
chargers
are
in
there
and
the
they're
fully
electric
so
that
you
don't
deprive
the
lowest
of
the
people
in
your
community
to
not
having
a
fully
sustainable
home.
Thank
you
again
for
the
chance
to
speak.
AA
I'd
also
like
to
echo
sarah's
comments
from
the
cupertino
youth
climate
action
team
for
the
council
to
further
strengthen
the
current
greenhouse
gas
reduction
target.
We
do
hope
you
explore
stronger
target
and
see
what
measures
would
need
to
be
accelerated
or
possibly
added
to
reach
a
stronger
goal,
possibly
of
carbon
neutrality
by
2035
or
even
2030.
As
san
jose
has
just
announced.
We
strongly
support
the
included
measures
for
existing
residential
and
commercial
building
decarbonization
and
regarding
existing
buildings.
AA
We
think
there's
room
for
cupertino
to
lead
the
way
in
decarbonizing
its
own
municipal
infrastructure,
and
this
is
a
key
equity
issue.
As
you
explore
the
electrification
of
existing
buildings,
we
hope
you
consider
renter
protections
and
anti-displacement
protections
for
renters,
as
well
as
exploring
as
many
rebates
as
possible,
and
this
can
be
done
through
exploring
partnerships.
AA
San
jose
is
going
to
be
exploring
carbon
neutrality.
A
lot
of
other
cities
in
the
county
are
going
to
be
exploring
the
electrification
of
existing
buildings
as
well.
The
county
office
of
sustainability
is
looking
to
get
more
involved
in
local
cities.
We
know
silicon
valley,
clean
energy
is
ramping
up
its
own
actions
and
there
could
be
additional
funding
and
action
available
at
the
state
federal
level.
AA
AB
A
A
So
would
anyone
on
council
like
to
step
up
to
that
challenge,
to
provide
some
encapsulated
comments
at
this
point
in
a
minute
or
so,
and
if
not
I'll,
go
ahead
and
start
us
off?
I
I
want
to
go
ahead
and
thank
the
members
of
the
public
and
our
student
community
for
coming
out
and,
speaking
on
this,
I
fully
support
the
idea
of
climate
action
plans
for
school
districts.
I
think
that
is
an
excellent
idea.
I
think
it's
not
just
an
excellent
idea.
A
It's
probably
an
imperative
with
regard
to
this
particular
problem
and
the
other
part
of
it
is
as
the
representative
of
our
five
west
valley
cities
on
our
valley,
transportation
authority.
I
think
that
is
particularly
important
in
our
west
valley
and
in
cupertino
in
particular,
to
start
thinking
about
public
transit.
I
know
that
it
is
something
that
triggers
a
lot
of
concerns
with
regard
to
removal
of
land
use
authority,
and
you
know
things
that
are
going
on
the
state
level.
But
public
transit
is
just
such
an
important
element
of
our
equation.
A
We
have
been
doing
what
we
can
to
help
service
our
residents
through
our
va
shuttle
program.
I
looked
on
via
shuttle's
via's
website
recently,
and
I
saw
that
they
have
an
electrification
program,
I'm
highly
encouraging
of
that.
I
think
we
need
to
expand
that
out
to
other
cities
as
well,
but
I
think
we
also
need
to
work
with
vta
and
the
other
transit
agencies
to
see
what
we
can
do.
You
know,
if
not
down,
stephen's
great
corridor.
I
know
that's
been.
A
You
know
an
issue
in
the
past,
perhaps
even
on
280
highway
85
has
350
million
dollars
of
measure
b,
money
earmarked
for
it.
So
you
know
these
are
things
that
are
are
very
important,
and
I
think
that,
as
an
initial
matter,
I'd
like
to
make
that
statement.
Okay,
all
five
of
us
all
four
of
the
remainder
of
council
have
their
hands
raised
in
the
order
of
vice
mayor,
chao,
council
member
way,
council
member
willie
and
then
councilman
moore
vice
mayor
chow,.
N
N
M
Thank
you
mayor
paul.
Actually
I
just
want
to
echo
what
mayor
paul
and
vice
mayor
has
said.
You
know
the
the
the
green
the
canopy.
I
think
that
suggests
is
really
great
and
then
we
have
very
good
goals,
and
then
I
I
we
received
quite
a
few
comments
about
what,
if
we
could
expect
it
a
little
bit,
maybe
2030
to
move
to
2026
2014
moved
to
2036..
M
So
I
think
that's
for
our
staff
in
the
sustainability
commission
to
think
about
it
and
I
agree
with
the
school
district
and
we
really
need
to
our
young
people
to
lead.
So
you
know
we
have
great
plans.
So
I'm
going
to
make
more
comments.
We
can
always
you
know
work
on
the
next
time
and
then
we
can
email
comments
to
our
staff,
but
we
have
great
community
involvement,
so
I'm
very
proud
of
our
city
and
our
residents.
L
Yeah,
so
I
I
agree,
we
we
really
need
a
very
aggressive
plan.
It's
going
to
be
so
much
more
effective
to
be
proactive
than
to
be
reactive
as
climate
change.
You
know,
gets
worse
and
worse
with
that.
Automobiles,
you
know,
are
really
a
way
of
life
for
everybody.
At
this
point,
I'd
like
to
see
us
get
more
evs.
L
Maybe
every
house
gets
an
ev.
What
would
prevent
people
from
getting
an
ev?
Well
if
you're
buying
a
car,
and
you
have
a
choice,
electric
or
used
ev,
but
you
need
a
house
charger,
so
I
would
really
hope
we
can
come
up
with
some
type
of
program
to
help
ev
charges
and
residential
houses,
so
that
then
people
don't
need
to
worry
about
that
problem,
go
out
and
get
the
car
and
an
ev
works.
L
O
Okay,
thank
you,
mayor
paul.
I
I
think,
looking
at
the
80
percent
native
trees
suggestion
that
we
need
to
review
that
more
thoroughly.
For
instance,
the
oregon
ash
is
native.
However,
it
lives
on
essentially
river
banks.
It
needs
a
damp
climate,
and
so
not
not.
Every
native
tree
is
appropriate
to
the
local
area
and
the
oregon
ash
has
been
planted
pretty
pretty
extensively
around
here.
O
So
I
think
we
should
be
looking
at
climate,
appropriate
trees
and
studying
it
in
more
depth,
so
that
we
can
can
make
an
appropriate
impact.
I'm
also
concerned
about
the
tree
list
which
we
have
currently
and
if
there's
some
way,
we
can
do
something
right
now.
It
is
to
update
that
list
and
remove
the
southern
magnolia
off
of
it.
That
is
a
tree
which
is
native
only
as
far
west
as
east
texas,
and
it
requires
a
lot
of
water.