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Coverage of the Cupertino City Council Teleconference Meeting, recorded on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Part 2 of 3.
A
A
Is
terry,
I
just
muted
you
just
so
you
know
I
I,
the
the
first
item
is
order
of
the
day
it's
unenumerated
and
I'm
going
to
ask
that
we
move
item
number
14
up
for
reasons
that
will
become
evident,
but
item
number
14
is
the
consideration
of
appointment
of
the
selected
candidate
as
city
manager,
approval
of
the
employment
agreement
and
amending
the
appointed
employees
compensation
program
so
I'll
go
ahead
and
make
that
motion.
Would
anyone
like
to
second
that
motion
from
council
and
councilmember
way?
A
B
A
I
do
have
a
legal
language
that
I
have
to
provide
to
the
public,
and
so
I
will
provide
that
now.
In
accordance
with
government
code,
section
54953c3,
I
am
providing
an
oral
summary
of
the
recommended
action.
The
item
before
the
council
tonight
is
to
set
the
salary
and
terms
and
conditions
of
employment
for
the
city
manager
position
effective
january.
Third,
two
thousand
twenty
two:
the
proposed
base
compensation
is
two
hundred
and
eighty
eight
thousand
dollars
effective
january.
A
Third,
two
thousand
twenty
two:
the
employment
agreement
also
provides
for
an
automobile
allowance
of
five
hundred
dollars
per
month
and
for
reimbursement
of
relocation
expenses
not
to
exceed
five
thousand
dollars.
The
total
annual
compensation
is
417,
496
dollars
and
48
cents,
inclusive
of
fringe
benefits,
payroll
taxes
and
retirement
contributions.
A
Additional
details
regarding
this
item
are
set
forth
in
the
agenda
and
resolution
associated
with
the
item,
and
I
do
want
to
make
a
brief
statement
separately
from
our
legal
requirements.
The
city
council
of
cupertino
cast
a
nationwide
net
in
order
to
bring
forth
an
excellent
city
manager
with
the
experience,
temperament
and
commitment
to
serve
the
entire
community.
Well,
council
worked
long
hours
and
had
impassioned
discussions.
A
Reflective
of
how
much
each
of
us
cares
deeply
about
our
collective
future
in
the
upcoming
weeks
and
months
as
we
continue
to
do
the
hard
work
of
having
an
open
and
honest
conversation
with
resort
with
results
born
of
intelligence
and
integrity.
I
know
that
we'll
have
a
good
partner
in
jim
troop
and,
yes,
it
is
jim
troop
who
we
have
selected
to
bring
forth
to
the
public
today.
A
I
want
to
say
also
that
jim
is
the
current
city
manager
of
lompoc
and
that
their
meetings
happen
to
coincide
exactly
with
ours.
Jim,
respecting
your
time
and
the
quite
possible
need
to
have
a
conversation
with
your
own
city
council
relatively
immediately.
Would
you
like
to
say
a
few
words
at
this
point?
Jim
is
joining
us
on
zoom,
oh.
E
Well,
thank
you
marion
council
and
I
do
appreciate
this
opportunity.
I
I
do
want
to
say
it
is
a
true
honor
to
have
been
selected
to
be
currentino's
next
city
manager.
It
really
has
been
anyone
that
knows
me
knows
that
I'm
going
to
be
committing
100
to
the
continued
success
for
cupertino,
as
we
discussed
in
the
different
interviews
we
had.
I
do
look
at
this
as
like
a
pinnacle
step
in
my
career.
Cupertino
is
one
of
those
cities
at
the
top
that
people
talk
about
and
know
about.
E
I'll
tell
you
my
family.
When
I
said
I
was
interviewing,
they
went
wow
cupertino,
that's
that's
pretty
impressive!
So
it's
it's
a
known
city!
It's
it's
very
well
run
it's
well
financed!
You
know.
Some
of
the
things
I
plan
to
do
is
to
be
very
engaged,
as
we
talked
about
with
the
public
to
get
out
there
and
to
meet
the
not
just
the
business
owners
but
the
community
itself.
E
You
know
I'm
excited,
and
this
is
a
little
silly
to
say,
but
I
was
excited
you
know
when,
when
the
mayor
and
councilmember
moore
called
said,
you
know
we'd
like
to
offer
you
the
job.
I
have
that
little
happy
dance
going
and
I
don't
dance
well.
So
it
was
good.
You
didn't
see
that
on
the
phone,
but
it
was,
it
was
really
an
exciting
time
and
and
even
that's
probably
not
it's
more
of
an
energized
time.
E
I
guess
even
more
than
just
exciting
to
to
be
able
to
come
forth
and
help
the
council
help
the
staff
help
the
community.
You
know
continue
to
move
cupertino
forward,
I'm
not
going
to
be
there.
Probably
until
you
know
the
july
january
3rd,
and
in
between
that
time
I
will
be
reaching
out
to
our
current.
You
know
the
greg
interim
city
manager
to
the
council
to
the
city
staff
trying
to
get
my
feet
under
me.
E
So
when
I'm
there,
I'm
not
just
wandering
the
halls
aimlessly,
I
want
to
be
able
to
get
to
the
ground
running
as
they
say,
and
again,
I'm
going
to
do
everything
I
can
to
be.
You
know
be
part
of
that
community
to
be
in
there
and
learn
what
people
want.
What
are
they
expecting?
What
can
we
do
to
continue
to
the
services
we
provide
now?
E
A
I
would
imagine
that
is
quite
likely
that
we'll
have
a
special
meeting
sometime
between
january
3rd
and
january
18th
as
well,
and
so
that
is
a
possibility
at
this
point
and
with
all
that
in
mind,
we're
happy
to
take
public
comment
before
setting
forth
a
motion.
I
do
notice
a
number
of
members
of
the
public
have
their
hands
raised,
and
so
I
will
ask
you
if
you
are
not
here
for
item
number
14
and
instead
you
wanted
to
speak
on
oral
communications.
A
Please
do
lower
your
hands
and
item
number
14
I
remind
you,
is
consideration
for
approval
of
the
new
city
manager
contract.
At
this
point
I
see
three
remaining
hands
raised.
They
are
from
tony
g,
paul
soto
and
peggy
griffin,
and
once
again
I
remind
you
that
this
is
item
number
14
consideration
of
a
contract
for
a
new
city
manager
for
cupertino
tony
welcome.
A
F
F
It
is
an
extremely
violent
and
racist
history
and
those
kinds
of
conversations
need
to
be
understood
within
the
context
of
the
way
that
you're
going
to
be
legislating
a
business
because
you're
going
to
run
into
issues
and
snags
that
actually
have
their
root
in
generations
back,
and
so,
if
you
have,
I
would
suggest
a
dr
stephen
petey's,
dr
stephen
petey's
book,
the
devil
in
silicon
valley.
It
is
a
really
good,
comprehensive
academic
overview
of
the
social,
economic,
political
and
existential
pressures
and
issues
that
created
santa
clara
county
and
so
welcome.
A
G
Good
evening
council
staff
and
welcome
to
cupertino
mr
thorpe-
I
am,
we
all-
are
glad
to
have
a
manager.
We've
all
been
looking
forward
to
this.
We've
enjoyed
having
greg
larson
he's
done
a
fantastic
job,
but
now
we
you're
the
keeper
and
we
I
am
thrilled
to
hear
that
you
are
prioritizing
engagement
with
the
community.
You
will
find
out
that
we
are
all
diverse.
H
Thank
you
mayor,
I'd
like
to
take
this
opportunity
to
welcome
the
new
manager,
mr
james,
throw
welcome.
So
we
really
love
having
you
here,
so
you
will
find
one
of
the
very
very
engaged
community
that
you
will
work
with
right.
So
we
as
community
members,
you
know,
get
heavily
involved
in
cities.
Civic
matters
right,
so
we
are
looking
forward
to
you
know
working
with
you
very
closely
for
the
success
of
you,
know,
kuru
kupatino
and
welcome
again.
A
A
Second,
that
the
city
council
authorized
the
mayor
to
execute
the
employment
agreement
for
city
manager
between
the
city
of
cupertino
and
james
troupe,
and
third,
that
the
city
council
adopt
resolution
number
21-107
to
amend
the
appointed
employees
compensation
program.
May
I
have
a
second
for
my
motion
before
entertaining
discussion
on
this
item
and
I
see
council
member
moore's
hand
is
raised
council.
Member
moore.
Would
you
like
to
second
this
motion.
A
J
Do
you
want
to
let
the
community
know
that
you
know,
as
the
mayor
said,
we
casted
the
net
very
wide
and
far
and
had
some
good
candidates
to
look
at
and
consider,
and
we
feel
that
jim
is
going
to
be
the
the
best
choice
for
this
community
for
our
residents
and
so
with
that
jim
welcome.
We're
so
glad
that
you
accepted
so
glad
that
I'll
be
seeing
you
in
the
halls
and
on
the
sidewalks
of
kupati.
J
E
D
Thank
you,
mayor,
paul,
just
want
to
say
very
short.
Welcome
to
jim
you'll
get
to
know
our
community
we're
very
vibrant.
We
are
also
very
collaborative,
I
like
public,
to
know
that
this
council
worked
collaboratively.
We
have
unanimous
vote
for
when
we
hired
our
city
attorney
chris
jensen,
we
hired
our
internet
city
manager,
greg
lawson
and
when
we
are
hiring
our
incoming
city
manager
jim.
So
we
are
a
good
council
to
work
with
and
we
are
good
city
to
work
with
so
welcome.
Jim.
K
Welcome,
I
I
think
we
are
all
very
impressed
with
your
background.
I
think
you
will
be
able
to
stare
for
tino,
it's
not
an
easy
job,
but
it
will
be
an
interesting
job
and
we
have
considered
a
very
diverse
candidate
poll.
It
was
a
very
tough
decision.
We
had
some
other
excellent
candidates,
but
then,
eventually
we
think
you
and
we
are
looking
forward
to
working
with
you
starting
from
june
january
3rd.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
moore,
well,
jim.
You
know
I'm
not
going
to
delay
this
anymore
yeah.
I
I
think
that
you're
choosing
the
right
community.
I
think
our
council
chose
the
right
person
and
you
know
you're
extremely
meticulous.
I
can
see
that
you
were
already
in
cupertino
a
couple
of
weekends
ago
and
I
had
the
pleasure
of
meeting
both
you
and
your
wife.
I
I
can
unqualifiedly
say
I
think
this
community
will
welcome
you
and
your
family
with
open
arms
and
so
without
any
further
ado.
A
A
E
A
A
The
first
enumerated
item
on
our
agenda
is
a
proclamation
to
women,
impacting
public
policy
and
the
small
business
saturday
coalitions
reporting
small
business
saturday
in
cupertino.
I'm
very
pleased
to
be
able
to
provide
this
proclamation
to
the
public
to
cupertino,
primarily
because
it's
such
an
important
thing
that
we
look
forward
to
economic
revival
at
this
point.
A
Of
course,
the
post
thanksgiving
day
and
that
weekend
is
extremely
important
for
business
in
general,
but
particularly
for
a
community
that
holds
our
our
our
quality
of
life
and
support
for
our
local
efforts
to
build
up
businesses
and
support
the
community
so
so
important,
as
well
as
the
the
fact
that
we
really
want
to
be
able
to
encourage
all
sorts
of
different
groups
to
get
invested
within
the
community.
I'm
just
so
very
happy
that
women
impacting
public
policy
approached
us
to
provide
that
proclamation,
and
so
it's
very
timely.
A
M
Thank
you,
mayor,
paul,
thank
you
city,
council
and
on
behalf
of
the
small
businesses
in
the
community
and
the
women's
association.
I
am
excited,
as
the
chamber
of
commerce
cupertino,
to
accept
this
proclamation
from
you
and
also
encourage
all
our
citizens
to
remember
to
shop.
Local
small
businesses
are
what
make
the
fiber
of
cupertino
and
large
businesses
support
it
all.
So,
please
remember
to
shop
local,
especially
during
the
holiday
months
that
are
coming
up
and
also
you
know,
the
city
supports
a
cupid.
M
A
Thank
you
anjali
and
time
really
flies.
Doesn't
it
it
seems
like
yesterday
I
was
on
the
board
helping
to
hire
you
for
or
for
that
position,
but
that's
probably
a
good
10
years
ago
now.
So
I
also
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
welcome
in,
and
I
know,
we've
already
welcomed
in
tina
kapoor
our
economic
development
manager
previously,
but
thank
you
for
reminding
me
tina
of
that.
By
putting
on
your
camera,
did
you
want
to
say
a
few
words
as
you
embark
on
the
economic
development
management
role
in
cupertino.
N
Sure
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
and
thank
you
mayor
and
city
council.
I
would
first
like
to
say
that
it's
wonderful
that
you're
recognizing
small
business
saturday,
it
serves
as
a
great
reminder
for
everyone
to
not
only
support
our
local
and
small
businesses
on
this
day,
but
every
day,
cam
wu
and
anjali
kausar
on
behalf
of
all
the
small
businesses
in
cupertino
and
those
that
support
them.
Thank
you.
Even
though
I've
been
with
cupertino
for
just
a
little
over
a
month,
it's
clear
that
our
you
know.
N
Unique
and
diverse
businesses
are
key
to
the
city's
economic
vitality
and
will
continue
to
be
a
driving
force
in
furthering
the
city's
economic
goals
and
vision.
I'm
very
excited
about
this
new
adventure,
I'm
extremely
impressed
by
the
professionalism
and
the
care
that
council
and
staff
show,
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
serving
as
the
economic
development
manager
for
cupertino
a
city
that
is
home
to
one
of
the
world's
largest
companies,
but
also
many
small
businesses
that
add
vibrancy,
bring
innovation
and
job
creation.
In
addition
to
fostering
local
pride.
Thank
you
again
for
the
warm
welcome.
A
Wonderful
tina,
thank
you
very
much
and
everyone
as
the
holiday
comes
up
for
thanksgiving.
Don't
forget
small
business
saturday.
Don't
forget
businesses
in
cupertino,
don't
forget
women-owned
businesses
in
cupertino
and
we
very
much
appreciate
everyone's
support
as
we
pull
through,
what's
been
a
difficult
time,
but
also
a
very
optimistic
time
for
city
all
right.
So
let's
go
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda.
That
is
postponements,
mr
interim
city
manager.
Do
we
have
any
postponements
that
are
suggested
from
staff
this
evening.
C
Yes,
mr
mayor,
thank
you
very
much
and
thank
you
for
that.
Wonderful,
welcome
to
our
new
economic
development
manager.
Let's
see
staff
is
recommending
that
item
17,
which
was
the
first
reading
of
an
ordinance
that
prohibits
parking
along
the
west
side
of
vista
drive
and
the
south
side
of
merit
drive
be
postponed
to
a
data
uncertain.
C
Although
the
commission
had
a
designated
representative
that
served
on
the
safe
routes
to
school,
commit
committee
that
worked
with
staff
in
bringing
this
forward
back,
we've
decided
that
henceforth,
the
remaining
projects
on
that
list
that
was
approved
in
2019
will
go
back
before
the
vice
commission
before
they
come
to
council.
Just
to
make
sure
that
the
new
participants
are
aware
of
those
projects.
C
I
will
point
out
that
not
all
of
those
projects
have
to
come
back
to
council.
The
only
reason
this
one
was
coming
back
to
council
was
because
only
the
council
has
the
authority
to
remove
parking
on
on
the
street.
So
this
was
the
final
implementation
act
after
having
worked
with
schools
and
community
and
neighborhood
meetings
and
others,
but
we've
just
set
a
new
practice.
We'll
take
the
remaining
projects
to
the
bike
fed
commission
before
they
come
to
council.
So
we'd
like
postponement
to
a
date
uncertain.
A
I
A
Okay,
very
good,
and
you
have
our
appreciation
as
well.
We
have
a
very
packed
schedule
tonight.
Okay,
I
do
see
members
of
the
public
with
their
hands
raised.
However,
I
do
want
to
remind
everyone
that
this
is
postponements
and
not
oral
communications,
and
so
let
me
give
you
a
moment
if
you're
a
member
of
the
public,
that
does
not
want
to
speak
on
postponements,
to
lower
your
hand.
Okay,
so
I
have
a
cc
zoe
and
no
longer
with
a
hand
raised.
A
And
our
next
item
is
oral
communications.
This
is
the
portion
of
our
agenda
reserved
for
any
members
of
the
community.
That
would
like
to
speak
to
an
item
that
is
not
on
our
agenda
and
I
would
like
to
remind
our
members
of
the
community
that
we
have
another
item
at
the
very
end
of
our
agenda.
Now
for
continued
oral
communications,
I
will
allocate
half
an
hour
for
the
oral
communications
here.
A
A
The
first
person
concludes
their
their
comments
and
so
given
the
volume
of
hands
at
this
point,
I
will
go
ahead
and
ask
the
the
video
control
room
to
go
ahead
and
reset
the
public
communications
to
two
minutes
in
the
interest
of
giving
as
many
people
who
want
to
speak
at
this
point
as
possible.
The
chance
to
speak,
jennifer
griffin
welcome
and
you
may
begin.
O
Thank
you,
mayor,
darcy,
mayor
paul.
I
should
say
we're
so
used
to
saying
that.
Yes,
I
hope
you
all
can
hear
me.
I
just
wanted
to
start
out
welcome
to
the
new
city
manager.
I'm
sure
we're
gonna
be
a
bundle
of
fun,
but
I
I
it's
a
it's
a
great
city
and
I'm
sure
you'll
have
a
really
fun
time.
Anyway,
I
will
start
out.
I
I'm
gonna
start
off
on
our
wonderful
housing
bills.
O
Okay,
it
may
get
boring,
but
I
I'm
really
concerned
that
what
are
we
gonna
wind
up
in
january
with
a
whole
new
parcel
of
housing
bills?
I
think
last
year,
a
lot
of
these,
I
think
nine
and
ten
were
actually
introduced
in
december
of
last
of
2020
and
now
look
what
happened.
They've
all
been
signed
into
law,
which
god
knows
what
is
going
to
happen.
I
I
predict
complete
bedlam
and
we
don't
know
what
is
in
store
for
us.
It
will
be
introduced.
O
In
january
there
have
been
ruminations
that
there
are
people
that
are
planning
some
of
these
new
bills,
but
as
far
as
I'm
concerned,
what
what
is
the
goal
here?
Complete
takeover
of
every
city's
ability
to
conduct
its
own
business
by
the
state
I
mean:
where
are
we
going
with
this?
We
have
had
no
discussion
little
or
no
discussion
about
the
level
of
control
that
is
being
taken
away
by
these
housing
bills.
Are
we
trying
to
go
into
some
sort
of
autocracy?
O
I
I
I
don't.
I
don't
hear
sacramento
asking
us
the
public,
what
we
think
about
what's
happening
and
boy
do.
I
have
a
lot
to
say.
I
I
think
this
state
has
some
very,
very
severe
governance
problems
it
that
I'm
going
to
pick
on
the
democratic
party
for
just
a
minute
bear
with
me.
The
democratic
party
runs
the
state
okay,
but
they're
having
some
problems.
H
Greeting
mayor
and
city
council,
my
name
is
muni
madipatla,
I'm
a
cupertino
resident
and
planning
commission
member
as
well.
I'm
speaking
here
today
in
my
personal
capacity
as
an
involved
community
member
and
a
resident,
it's
been
known
for
well
over
four
years
that
a
certain
group
of
smear
bloggers
acting
on
behalf
of
real
estate
interest,
have
been
smear
blogging
about
cupertino
residents
and
elected
city
officials
in
an
attempt
to
silence
the
voice
of
the
community.
They
cherry-pick.
H
You
know
some
sound
bites
from
long
discussion,
threads
and
post
them
on
the
smear
blogging
site
such
as
you
know,
bittercoupedino.wordpress.com
you
can
go
and
check,
you
know
all
the
smearing
they
do
there
and
the
screenshots
they
post
there.
Their
actions
are
despicable
and
they
hide
behind
the
anonymity
of
you
know:
curtain
of
the
internet,
since
their
tactics
are
not
working,
as
evidenced
by
election
of
you
know,
overwhelming
majority
of
resident
focused
city
council
members.
They
are
now
you
know,
embarking
on
character
assassination
of
those
elected
members
through
social
media
outlets.
H
I
learned
that
you
know
these
despicable
characters
are
seeking
public
apology
from
voice
mail,
liang
chao
for
something
she
did
not
say.
I
believe
you
know
vice
mayor
liang
chao
is
one
of
the
finest
elected
office
bearers.
We
have,
and
I
fully
support
her
stance.
She
should
not
be
apologizing
for
something
she
did
not
say
I'll
repeat
it.
She
should
not
be
apologizing
for
something
she
did
not
say.
A
A
P
P
So
just
so
you
know
that
those
people
who
are
doing
the
for
the
fake
accusation
against
the
young
child
has
been
inspired
expelled
out
of
our
group
by
unanimous
votes
from
the
other
administrators
and
gil
gilbert,
one
who
is
one
of
them
15
seconds
yeah.
He
never
was
our
chinese
leader
and
she
he
will
never
represent
us
so
whatever
he
says
to
the
media
totally
hoaxed.
So
please
do
not,
but
do
not
give
in.
Q
Q
R
I'm
here
to
let
the
community
know
that
november
is
runaway
and
homeless
youth
prevention
meth.
This
is
a
statewide
campaign,
spearheaded
each
november
to
increase
awareness
about
homelessness
among
youth
and
young
adults
in
our
community
and
to
spotlight
the
resources
available
for
youth
in
crisis.
R
Transition
to
permanent
housing,
lacking
adequate
employment
and
skills
for
independent
living
increases.
The
likelihood
that
homeless,
youth
will
become
chronically
homeless.
Adults
bill
wilson
center
has
been
serving
homeless.
Youth
for
over
45
years,
the
clients
we
serve
typically
range
from
children
as
young
as
11,
who
have
run
away
from
home
to
older
youth
between
the
ages
of
18
to
24,
some
of
whom
have
children.
R
R
S
S
Apparently,
these
individuals
are
apoplectic
and
are
demanding
an
apology
seriously.
Where
was
their
moral
outrage,
when
these
individuals,
with
these
individuals,
when
the
smear
blog
was
attacking
residents
in
its
patented
sub-simian
fashion
crickets?
Where
was
the
moral
outrage
when
a
resident
with
a
chronic
health
condition
was
branded
a
drain
on
society
crickets?
Where
was
the
moral
outrage
when
a
frail
and
elderly
woman
was
branded
a
narcissist
by
a
smear
blogger?
Who
probably
does
not
have
the
qualifications
to
make
such
a
diagnosis?
S
Much
less
use
spell
check
crickets.
In
summary,
I
do
not
agree
with
everything
that
liang
says
stands
for.
However,
I
know
her
to
be
an
unfailingly
decent
and
honest
person,
and
these
qualities
make
people
nervous
people
who
engage
in
smear
blogs,
people
who
have
agendas,
people
who
slink
around
at
political
gatherings,
taking
pictures
of
residents
as
if
they
were
savak
agents.
These
are
the
kinds
of
people
that
liang
makes
nervous.
It
is
precisely
because
she
makes
these
types
of
people
nervous
that
I'll
be
voting
for
her
in
2022
expletives
excluded.
Thank
you.
T
Sorry
about
that
trying
to
unmute
myself
here.
Thank
you
good
evening,
council,
I'm
tessa
a
10-year
community
member,
and
I
too
am
here
because
I
was
actually
reading
and
participating
in
the
unfortunate
event
that
started
in
the
cust
thread,
and
it
was
the
comments
that
liang
made
were
definitely
taken
out
of
content.
T
But
what
was
really
amazing
is
I
realized.
Oh
election
time's
coming
up.
These
individuals
have
already
started
and
it
kind
of
sets
the
tone
to
where
they're
going
to
go.
I
mean
money
was
spent
to
make
it
disseminated
so
quickly
into
what's
considered
black
marketing
a
campaign
to
tarnish
someone's
personality,
and
so
I
wanted
to
say
please
do
not
anyone
that
is
offended
or
read
it
and
was
confused
by
it.
T
Please
read
the
whole
comment
and
liang's
response,
a
vice
mayor's
response
and
then
research
into
the
individuals,
because
it's
just
a
handful
of
individuals
and
connect
the
dots
and
see
why
they
would
attack
her.
That's
all,
thank
you
very
much
and
please
I
too
will
be
voting
accordingly
in
the
next
election.
Thank
you.
A
A
U
Honorable
members
of
city
of
cupertino,
my
name
is
alex
mabonsa
and
I'm
a
20th
resident
of
saratoga
before
they
were
incorporated
in
1955
and
1956.
Saratoga
and
cupertino
were
known
as
west
side.
San
jose
in
san
jose
chinese
immigrants
were
the
primary
workforce
in
developing
santa
clara
county,
as
quote
the
fruit
bowl
of
america,
and
san
jose
was
home
to
five
chinatowns.
U
U
until
the
1950s
chinese
americans
were
legally
barred
from
owning
property
and
they
could
not
accumulate
wealth
in
san
jose.
The
china
towns,
built
by
the
collective
efforts
of
low-wage
chinese
workers
were
all
burned
down
cooper.
Today's
city
city
council
members
have
recently
discussed
issues
of
education,
race,
labor
and
chinese
american
history.
I
encourage
council
members
to
create
a
city
commission
that
studies,
cupertino's
history
and
role
as
a
part
of
west
side,
san
jose
and
as
an
incorporated
city
with
respect
to
discriminatory
policies
against
asian
americans.
U
In
general
and
chinese
americans
in
particular,
this
commission
may
be
empowered
to
produce
timely
reports
and
recommend
city
action,
such
as
creating
historic
sites
or
plaques.
On
september
8
2021,
the
city
of
san
jose,
unanimously
acknowledged
and
apologized
for
the
role
the
city
played,
including
statements
and
actions
by
elected
city
leaders
against
chinese
americans.
The
resolution
sought
to
educate
the
public
of
city
history.
I
urge
cupertino
to
do
the
same.
Thank
you
so
much.
V
V
I
joined
this
hour
of
communication
because
I
saw
some
biased
names
on
vice
mayor
child.
The
things
started
in
the
discussion
of
our
cusd
parents,
google
group,
just
to
clarify,
after
reviewing
all
the
discussion
in
that
group,
I
didn't
see
anyone
tried
to
support
the
chinese
exclusion
act
in
vice
mayor
charles
long
long
long
message.
V
She
only
said
the
course
of
the
act
was
not
only
the
racism.
You
may
agree
with
her
or
not,
but
she
didn't
do
anything
wrong
in
this
world.
Not
all
the
bad
things
happen
under
the
name
of
the
racism
and
vice
mayor
child
only
said
the
background
and
the
course
may
be
very
complex,
but
that
doesn't
mean
the
act
was
a
good
thing.
She
never
supported
it
and
I
think
the
whole
thing
was
exaggerated
by
someone
with
personal
agenda.
V
Just
now,
mr
bean
said
it
was
never
personal,
but
unfortunately
what
I
saw
that
it's
really
not
like
this,
and
so
mr
dean
really
take
it
personally
in
the
google
group
after
the
news-
and
he
just
keeps
saying-
hey
charl,
you
are
famous
now
hey
call
your
name
on
the
media.
Again,
I
have
to
say
I'm
very
sorry,
to
see
this.
It's
not
the
right
attitude
of
communication,
especially
we
are
all
chinese-american
when
we
are
all
local
parents
in
a
local
group.
I
hope
everyone
can
respect
each
other
and
change
an
idea
freely.
V
W
W
She
has
been
helping
with
our
community.
Actually
I
came
from
my
host
community
and
she
has
been
helping
our
community
to
fight
a
school
closure.
As
you
might
all
know,
cupertino
has
closed
as
recently
as
cupertino
school
district
has
closed
the
three
schools
recently.
So
I'm
trying
to
share
my
concerns
about
the
recent
social
media
storm
right.
W
So
I
think
you
know
leon
has
never
stated
anything
in
the
sense
that
the
chinese
extrusion
act
was
not
racist.
Ever
you
know,
her
comments
has
been
twisted
and
you
know
the
media
has
feeding
word
into
her
mouth
and
it's
just
not
fair.
So
I
I
don't
understand.
Why
are
we
nitpicking
at
this
right
now
right?
It
is
that,
because
some
particular
party
feel
that
you
know
their
interests
have
been.
You
know,
threatened
and
trying
to
view
this
as
a
way
to
shut
her
down.
Let's
take
a
look
at
what
miss
leon.
W
Fong
has
you
know
done
and
or
it's
been
working
on
right,
she
is
opposing
to
crt.
She
is
opposing
to
the
decision
to
close
you
at
three
usd
elementary
schools.
She
is
opposing
to
a
decision
to
build
a
homeless
shelter
in
the
center
of
the
city.
So,
let's
think
hard
who
is
be
behind
this
right?
Who
is
who
is
driving
all
this?
Why
are
they
so
excited
to
finally
find
something
to
pick
out
miss
chao,
a
child?
W
F
Thank
you,
mayor,
paul,
paul
soto
from
the
horseshoe.
The
this
is
one
of
the
reasons
why
I'd
stated
to
the
city
manager
to
learn
the
history
of
the
area,
peter
burnett,
who
was
the
first
governor
of
california
and
leland
stanford
that
yeah
that
lean
in
stanford,
both
of
them
were
the
co-authors
of
the
chinese,
exclusionary
act.
Last
tuesday
the
fallon
statue
was
removed.
I
was
in
the
room.
F
F
If
you
create
the
equity
definition,
then
you
have
an
objective
source
by
which
you
are
measuring
policy,
and
then
it
takes
a
little
bit
of
pressure
off
of
the
councils
and
you're
only
serving
the
principles
of
justice
with
respect
to
applying
equity
within
the
context
of
state
government.
Thank
you.
Y
L
Y
But
before
I
touch
on
that,
I'm
quite
disappointed
and
honestly
not
sure
how
to
not
be
infuriated
by
insinuations
from
other
members
of
the
community
here
that
I'm
somehow
represented
by
interests
larger
than
me.
I
don't
want
to
waste
time
on
that,
but
I
grew
up
in
cupertino
and
I
don't
represent
anyone
other
than
myself
and
found
long
child's
comments
deeply
at
the
very
least
misguided,
and
if
you
were
to
ask
any
ap
us
history
student
to
put
that
on
an
frq
if
they
still
do
those
nowadays,
I
don't
think
you
pass.
Y
You
know
the
lack
of
nuance
and
understanding
now.
Racism
has
occurred
in
america
and
manifest
this
day
and
the
effects
to
this
day
is
really
important,
and
I
think
we
can
have
a
nuanced
discussion
about
this.
It's
possible
for
her
to
be
beneficial
in
other
policy
areas
and
also
have
stances
that
we
disagree
with,
and
it's
important
for
us
to
voice
those
disagreements,
and
I
don't
think
I
should
be
shot
down
or
labeled
as
astro
turkey
and
for
doing
so
in
particular.
Y
I
think
the
understanding
of
disparate
effect,
disparate
impact,
has
a
very
core
relevance
to
the
recent
housing
element
and
the
affirmative
fair
housing
component
of
it,
and
so
I
just
urge
the
young
child,
not
an
apology,
actually
more
important
than
apology.
I
just
hope
that
you
approach
these
matters
with
a
level
of
nuance
that
I
do
not
believe
is
reflected
in
the
recent
commentary.
Z
Z
Z
If
it's
more
than
that,
because
I
do
not
follow
this
stuff,
I
don't
know
I've
had
very
limited
knowledge
of
what
this
is
all
about,
but
I
I
guess
I
maybe
I'm
going
to
regret
talking
at
all
and
not
just
lowering
my
hand,
but
this
really
wasn't
what
I
was
going
to
talk
about
and
I'll
just
save
it
for
another
time
or
I'll,
send
an
email.
What
I
wanted
to
say
thank.
AA
AA
AA
AA
Now
we
have
ethnic
studies
that
are
offered
in
the
high
school,
and
I
really
acknowledge
lisa
warren's
comments
that
she
is
not
familiar
with
these
issues,
and
I
want
to
say
to
my
caucasian
friends
that
the
chinese
exclusion
act
has
been
very
helpful,
and
I
call
mayor
darcy
paul
to
set
up
a
symposium
to
have
residents
of
cupertino
to
talk
about
diversity,
equity
and
inclusion
in
our
city.
That's
so
so
diverse
that
vice
mayor,
liang,
feng,
chao
loved
so
much.
I
encourage
mayor
lee
feng
chow
to
be
mayor
next
year.
AA
I
mean
next
month
for
her
last
year
and
I
wish
her
totally
the
best,
but
this
is
the
start
of
a
discussion
point
that
I'm
really
glad
that
we're
having
it
with
the
totally
number
of
speakers.
I
do
want
to
correct
cupertino
personal
rex,
commissioner
mina
shu,
that
I
do
not
take
this
personally.
But
if
you're
saying
that
we're
not
taking
personal
pot
shots
at
eating
an
eye,
then
why
did
you
write
in
the
medium
on
posh
against
me
and
you
did?
This
is
uncalled
for.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
AB
Yes,
thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you,
mayor,
paul
and
thank
you
to
the
council.
My
name
is
callie
wang.
I
was
raised
in
cupertino
ragnar
elementary
kennedy:
middle
school
and
monte
vista
high
school
alum.
I
still
visit
very
often
because
my
parents
are
still
here
and
I'm
here,
because
I
I
still
love
the
city.
AB
AB
This
is
a
time
when
it's
harder
and
harder
to
be
chinese
american,
where
prejudice
against
chinese
americans
is
normalized
on
both
sides
of
the
political
aisle.
I
don't
think
this
is
a
good
time
to
be
trying
to
minimize
that
and
to
not
learn
from
our
past
when
similar
sentiments
were
around.
So
I
think
this
can
be
a
good
learning
moment
for
everybody
to
uphold
the
integrity
that
we
that
we
respect
from
community
leaders
and
opportunity
to
learn
about
how
to
speak.
A
A
Those
were
the
hands
that
were
raised
prior
to
our
first
speaker,
speaking
on
oral
communications
and
again
at
the
end
of
the
agenda,
where
it
says
oral
communications
continued.
I
will
get
back
to
this
list
time,
allowing
all
right.
So
now
we
are
at
reports
by
city,
council
and
staff
and
respecting
once
again
our
time.
Commitments.
Item
number
two
is
a
set
of
brief
reports
on
council
member
activities
and
brief
announcements.
A
I
do
see
council
member
willie,
as
well
as
councilmember
moore,
with
your
hands
raised
and
I'll
remind
everyone
that
for
this,
these
are
just
very
brief
follow-ups,
we're
encapsulating
them
within
a
minute,
and
then
I
also
see
councilmember
way.
Vice
mayor
chao
have
their
hands
up
in
that
sequence
as
well,
and
so
council
member
willie,
we'll
start
with
you.
J
J
I
I
This
is
a
very
important
for
trying
to
bring
back
local
control.
On
november
6.,
I
attended
the
saratoga
state
of
the
city
address
november
10th,
the
30th
anniversary
of
the
forum.
It
was
a
wonderful
event
there.
On
thursday
november
11th
the
I
attended,
the
sunnyview
and
I
know
we
had
members
of
the
city
council
as
well.
I'm
trying
to
do
this
very
quickly.
At
the
sunnyview
community
veterans
day
celebration.
I
It
was
a
very
wonderful
and
warm
event
and
on
november
14th
on
sunday
I
attended
the
cal
cricket
awards
ceremony
and
hammond
bush
has
done
a
wonderful
job.
Expanding
that
program
he's
got
about
400
cricket
players,
now
they've
done
extremely
well,
and
one
of
their
own
female
player
was
in
zimbabwe
playing
cricket
and
it's
very
exciting
how
far
they've
come.
D
D
So
I've
seen
quite
a
few
con
representatives
from
other
cities,
mayor
of
campbell
mountain
view,
sunnyvale
four
of
our
county
board
of
supervisors,
california,
state
senate
dave,
cortese
was
there
in
santa
clara
county
district
attorney,
jeff
rosen
was
there
and
he
has
promised
the
crowd
that
he
would
prosecute
people
who
attacked
personally
our
public
officials
families.
So
it
is
really
a
an
action
stand
against
hate
crimes
in
our
communities,
so
I
think
cupertino
we
are
standing
united
with
los
gatos
too.
Thank
you.
A
K
A
A
You
know
what
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
subject
that
to
emotion,
if
you're
going
to
do
that,
I
have
a
formant
statement
that
I
want
to
read.
I
don't
know,
I
don't
think
that
it's
you
know
equitable,
so
I
wouldn't.
I
wouldn't
necessarily
support
it,
but
I
would
like
to
hear
what
other
council
members
have
to
say
about
that.
A
I
I'm
concerned
about
this:
this
is
a
as
a
process
moving
forward.
If
any
of
us
say
something
that
ends
up
in
the
press.
Are
we
then
going
to
be
dedicating
time
this
way
when
there
are
opportunities
to
do
an
op-ed
or
or
make
further
clarifications
in
other
ways?
Is
this
how
we're
going
to
be
handling
things
moving
forward?
I
A
D
A
I
would
encourage
vice
mayor
chow
to
do
the
exact
same
thing
when
it
comes
time
to
provide
my
commentary
I'll,
keep
it
within
a
minute
and
I'll
refer
to
the
public
to
the
city
clerk's
office,
as
I
will
write
this
down
and
give
this
to
our
city
clerk
for
publication,
afterward
city
attorney
jensen,
you
have
your
hand
based
did
you
want
to
speak
to
this?
I
just.
AC
Wanted
to
emphasize
what
you
just
said
mayor
is
that
that
it's
appropriate
to
have
to
make
brief
comments
in
response
to
public
comment
and
and
brief
announcements
at
this
time.
But
but
but
it's
correct
that
these
items
are
not
agenda.
So
I
I
strongly
encourage
the
council
members
to
keep
their
statements
free.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
city
attorney,
johnson
and
customer
more.
You
did
have
a
an
ability
to
speak,
I'm
just
giving
everyone.
You
know
that
opportunity
once,
but
let
me
go
ahead
and
take
this
to
a
vote.
The
vice
merchant
would
like
more
time
to
conclude
her
comments,
and
so,
madam
city
clerk,
would
you
please
conduct
a
roll
call
vote
on
this.
I
K
Thank
you
everyone.
I
think
this
will
be
a
brief
announcement.
No
more
than
other
public
comments.
Usually
three
minutes.
Chinese
exclusion
act
was
racist.
No
doubt
about
it.
The
current
california
constitution
states
the
state
shall
not
discriminate
against
or
grant
preferential
treatment
to
any
individual
or
group
on
the
basis
of
race,
sex,
color,
ethnicity
or
national
origin
in
the
operation
of
public
employment,
public
education
or
public
contracting
in
2020.
K
I
have
campaigned
against
prop
16
to
preserve
this
very
clause
specifically
because
I
detest
any
policies
that
divide
people
by
race,
either
in
the
past
present
or
in
the
future.
Whatever
was
the
good
intention,
I'm
glad
57.2
of
california
voters
choose
to
uphold
this
equal
retreatment
clause
throughout
history.
Wisdom
has
been
used
by
opportunist
self-serving
politicians
to
divide
people
in
this
incident.
Racism
has
been
manipulated
again
for
political
gains
by
taking
snippets
out
of
a
long
discussion
on
k-12
education
in
a
member's.
K
Only
local
parent
group
and
their
goal
is
to
bring
down
me
an
outspoken,
chinese-american
woman,
who
has
always
fought
to
give
voices
to
powerless
grassroots
residents
here,
I'd
like
to
then
thank
everyone
for
the
outpouring
of
support
from
many
of
you.
Those
who
supported
me
in
the
past,
and
even
those
who
disagreed
with
me
on
some
issues,
have
expressed
their
appreciation
of
what
I
do
today.
K
Chinese
americans
are
still
being
treated
as
foreign
forever
foreigners
in
our
own
country,
chinese,
american
soldiers
scholars
and
the
engineers
are
targeted
by
fbi,
homeland
security
and
the
state
department,
even
after
they
have
passed
security
clearances.
This
kind
of
discrimination
chinese
americans
face
is
not
merely
racism,
it's
much
more
than
that.
That
was
my
point.
K
Failing
to
see,
other
factors
affecting
discriminatory
treatment
ignores
the
nature
of
the
injustice
many
chinese
americans
faced
in
the
past
and
still
face
today,
being
treated
as
foreign
forever
foreigners
who
somehow
cannot
be
trusted
as
fellow
americans
and
who
cannot
can
be
scapegoated
to
achieve
other
means.
This
is
wrong.
We
are
proud,
americans,
just
like
everyone
else,
I'm
sorry
that
many
people
were
misled
by
what
they
read
in
social
media
or
headlines
in
the
print
media.
AD
K
A
All
right
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
keep
my
timer
within
a
minute
here.
If
you
want
to
see
the
rest
of
it,
this
will
be
my
mayor's
corner
column.
For
november
recently,
our
vice
mayor,
liang
chao,
has
been
in
the
news
regarding
certain
comments
that
she
made
in
a
closed
email
group
discussion
with
cusd
parents
regarding
the
part
of
vice
mayor
chou's
comments
related
to
the
chinese
exclusion
act
of
1882.
A
I
was
asked
for
comment
by
members
of
the
media,
and
I
stated
the
chinese
exclusion
act
was
obviously
racist
legislation.
I
have
no
further
comment
on
this
matter.
I
don't
have
any
further
comment
on
what
I
view
as
the
fact
of
the
racism
of
the
chinese
exclusion
act.
However,
I
would
like
to
make
two
other
statements.
A
For
instance,
in
our
city,
valid
disagreements
over
perspectives
on
land
use
and
development
have,
over
time
led
to
smear
attacks
online
and
over
email.
Both
of
the
anonymous
and
the
disingenuous
varieties,
if
you
want
to
see
the
rest
of
this,
please
reference
the
city
clerk's
office.
This
will
be
published,
thereby,
and
hopefully
I
can
have
an
ongoing.
A
You
know
writing
for
the
mayor's
corner,
although
that
might
you
know
very
well
in
next
month,
of
course,
because
our
mayoral
term
goes
from
december
to
december.
So,
thank
you
very
much.
Let
us
go
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda.
That
is
going
to
be
item
number
three,
a
report
on
our
committee
assignments-
and
these
are
our
assignments
for
committees
that
we're
formal
representatives
on
from
the
city
of
cupertino,
councilmember,
moore.
I
We
will
be
going
over
the
open,
gov
site,
and
I
think
that
if
the
public
have
been,
if
there
are
questions
that
you
have
about
the
budget
that
you're
not
readily
able
to
locate
on
that
site,
please
send
in
some
emails
to
get
that
information
in
a
digestible
form
for
you,
and
then
we
also
went
over
the
the
hdl
contract
issues
in
in
more
detail.
So
it
was
a
very
good
session.
Thank
you.
J
Yeah
on
the
10th,
we
had
our
monthly
silicon
valley,
clean
energy
meeting.
To
me,
the
high
point
is
the
california
community
power,
which
silicon
valley
clean
energy,
is
a
major
party
has
put
out
a
bid
for
200
megawatts
of
more
clean
energy,
trying
to
ratchet
up
the
amount
of
energy
that
is
clean,
that
they're
providing.
J
K
I
was
on
the
on
the
11th
of
november
and
we
had
the
last
santa
clara
county
and
santa
cruz
airport
roundtable
meeting,
and
the
group
has
decided
to
descend
and
then
interested
cities
might
of
considered
forming
a
new
group,
and
then
they
have
voted
to
forward
the
remaining
bill
to
individual
cities.
There
are,
there
might
be
a
dispute
on
the
bill.
I
think
the
council
will
see
at
that
time
and
then
on
the
11th.
Also,
the
veterans
day
we
had
another
meeting
at
the
city
center.
K
Actually,
two
meetings
at
cities,
association,
one
is
legislative
action
committee.
We
had
the
presentation
from
senator
dave
cortese
his
achievement
and
also
presentation
of
sp9
abac
is
forming
trying
to
form
some
kind
of
guidance
for
cities
and,
as
for
possible
units
from
sb9
units,
hcd
is
going
to
publish
a
guideline
on
how
those
units
could
be
counted
in
housing
element
early
next
year
and
then
on
the
on
the
same
day.
K
A
Okay,
thank
you
vice
mayor
ciao,
my
only
reportable
action
from
committee
assignments
is
from
the
vta
board
of
directors.
As
as
people
know,
I
sit
on
the
vta
board,
one
of
12
board
members
and
my
jurisdiction
is
five
cities,
the
west
valley,
cities
of
campbell,
cupertino,
los
gatos,
montessorino
and
saratoga,
and
we
are
proceeding
just
to
give
people
a
very
brief
update
on
where
we
are
legislatively
with
respect
to
vta
assembly.
A
Member
mark
berman,
who
does
represent
a
very
northern
section
of
cupertino,
did
put
forward
legislation
in
the
state
legislature,
this
past
session,
to
try
to
essentially
upend
the
vta
board
and
to
restructure
it
that
was
taken
off
the
session
and
so
we're
proceeding
right
now.
My
current,
my
current
term
on
the
vta
board
goes
for
two
years,
and
so
I'm
right
in
the
middle
of
that
two
year
term.
A
A
You
know
section
that
that
committee
to
go
ahead
and
foster
a
discussion
among
the
cities
as
to
what
we
think
can
be
done
about
supportive
housing
and
supportive
services
for
them
housed
in
each
of
these
transit-oriented
developments,
and
for
those
of
you
who
are
unfamiliar
with
tods.
The
general
concept
is,
you
know,
try
to
use
funding
from
things
such
as
housing
and
perhaps
other
types
of
elements
such
as
office
to
help
fund
the
the
transit
itself.
A
If
we're
putting
in
things
like
you
know,
office
and
mixed
use
development,
especially
if
we're
doing
it
in
the
name
of
transit
in
this
case,
so
that's
my
report
out
as
our
representative
for
our
five
west
valley
cities,
the
vta
thanks
very
much.
Our
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
our
oh,
I'm
sorry,
council,
member
way
did
you
have
anything.
I
know
your
hand's
not
raised,
but
did
you
have
any
report
outs.
A
C
C
Today,
testing
continues
in
cupertino
on
the
first
and
third
mondays
of
each
month
at
the
senior
center
you
can
book
online
for
the
testing
vaccinations
continue
to
be
made
available,
including
boosters
to
more
and
more
people.
So
that's
encouraging
for
the
life
of
the
pandemic
and
while
cupertino
remains
this
one
of
the
strongest,
if
the
not
the
strongest
in
terms
of
vaccination
rates
in
santa
clara
county
new
information
suggests
that
santa
clara
county
will
remain
in
the
orange
tier
through
the
end
of
the
calendar
year.
C
Last
as
I
committed
to
the
council
a
couple
meetings
ago,
we'll
provide
a
single
update
on
a
council
work
program
item
at
each
meeting
and
lauren
smitty
was
not
discussed
as
fully
as
we
expected
at
the
work
program
update
last
quarter.
So
I
did
just
want
to
provide
an
update
that
over
the
last
several
months
we
did
an
rfq
process
for
the
design
of
the
master
plan
for
lauren
smitty.
We
received
proposals
from
five
firms.
C
Two
of
those
were
interviewed
and
one
was
invited
to
submit
a
cost
proposal
that
will
be
bringing
to
council
at
your
next
meeting
for
approval
on
december
7th
and
the
program
for
designing
lauren
smitty
has
an
extensive
amount
of
community
outreach
and
engagement,
not
just
the
parks
and
rec
commission,
but
going
out
to
the
surrounding
neighborhoods
to
get
them
directly
involved
in
helping
to
design
this
critical
amenity
on
the
east
side
of
town.
So
that
concludes
staff
report.
Mr
mayor.
A
I
Yes,
I
do
so
it
is.
It
is
signing
with
santa
for
deaf
and
hard
of
hearing
children,
along
with
their
families,
they're
invited
to
spend
time
with
santa
who
understands
sign
language
santa
only
communicates
using
sign
language,
but
an
interpreter
will
be
on
site
to
help
translate
for
friends
and
family.
Please
join
us
for
cookies,
crafts
and,
of
course,
a
visit
with
santa.
I
thought
it
was
a
typo
as
well
yeah.
This
is
pretty
exciting.
I
think
this
could
be
the
first
time
this
is
held.
I'm
not.
X
A
A
I
I
do
ask
that
you
lower
your
hand
at
this
point.
Okay,
so
thank
you
for
that.
I
see
I
still
see
four
hands
raised
at
this
point.
So
let
me
repeat
this
request:
we're
on
our
consent
calendar
unless
you
have
a
request
to
pull
an
item
from
the
consent
calendar.
That's
items
five
through
twelve.
At
this
point,
please
lower
your
hand,
or
else
I
will
call
on
you
in
order
that
is
lisa
dave
and
jennifer
griffin,
okay,
lisa.
A
A
A
A
A
A
Okay,
thank
you,
council,
member
willie
I'll
go
ahead
and
second
item
number
13..
I
do
see,
however,
two
hands
raised
from
the
public
still
and
so
to
notify
the
members
of
the
public.
We
are
on
item
number
13
on
the
consent
that
has
been
pulled
dave.
I
will
unmute
your
microphone
and
if
you
want
to
speak
on
item
13,
please
do.
A
AA
AA
We
had
a
phase
one
sold
out
of
the
brick
wall,
that's
lit
up
the
assistant
city
manager
and
public
works
department
was
fantastic
to
work
with,
and
I
think
that
the
quality
project
on
the
on
the
wall,
which
allows
you
to
write
a
statement
of
what
you
think
about
the
library
was
a
huge
success
at
500
and
a
thousand
dollar
per
brick
and
a
couple
of
council
members
did
did
buy
a
brick.
We
will
have
phase
two
to
see.
AA
A
K
Hi
I'd
like
to
thank
the
library
foundation
on
the
president,
kira
and
former
former
mayor
gilbert
wang
and
then
library,
commissioner
ching
payne
and
many
many
other
members
for
their
excellent
effort
to
put
in
on
this
fundraiser
and
then
thank
the
architect
for
designing
the
brick
wall.
I
think
when
it
was
on
the
console,
it
was
just
an
initial
idea.
K
I
X
A
A
AC
A
Okay,
well,
given
the
fact
that
our
next
regular
meeting
doesn't
take
place
for
another
three
weeks,
because
this
is
a
tuesday-filled
month
of
november.
I
I'm
a
bit
hesitant
to
put
this
off
until
december
7th,
but
let
me
ask
the
the
question:
are
there
any
skies
falling
kind
of
issues
with
regard
to
the
funding
equation
of
this
project
or
anything
else?
If
we
were
to
look
into
this
particular
issue
of
whether
abstentions
are
required?
C
C
A
Okay,
fair
enough,
then
I
I
withdraw
my
motion
or
the
second
to
the
motion.
I
believe
it
was,
and
so
let's
go
ahead
and
table
this
until
the
following
regularly
scheduled
meeting
of
december
7th
thanks
very
much
everyone.
We
don't
have
second
readings
of
ordinances.
We
don't
have
public
hearings,
however,
under
ordinances
and
action
items
we
do
have
a
few
items,
a
couple
of
which
we
have
either
already
heard
or
moved
to
to
to
another
action.
A
A
I
think
we
can
get
into
the
city
manager's
first
quarter
financial
report
for
fiscal
year
21
to
22
before
we
take
a
brief
break.
Is
everyone
amenable
to
that?
Okay,
I'm
seeing
head
nods,
no
shakes
so
item
number
15.
Is
that
mr
interim
city
manager?
I
know
you
give
me
a
cheat
sheet
as
to
who
to
call
upon
and
I'm
actually
remembering
now,
as
I
speak
on
it,
that
director
alfaro
was
the
direct
presenter
and
speaker
on
this
item.
So
welcome
and
take
away
item
number
15.
AF
Making
sure
you
can
see
this
go
to
a
slideshow
there.
It
is
again
thank
you,
mayor
paul,
thank
you,
city,
council
member
as
well
with
me
this
evening.
I
will
have
zach
borac
finance
manager,
co-presenting
with
me
this
evening.
I'll
take
the
first
half
of
the
report
and
he'll
take
the
second
half
before
we
begin.
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
to
thank
interim
city
manager,
larson
all
the
department,
directors
and
department
staff
that
assist
us
in
putting
together
the
first
quarter
financial
report.
AF
So
with
that
we
have
a
pretty
packed
agenda,
but
it's
the
agenda
that
we
normally
have
when
we're
presenting
a
quarterly
report.
The
only
thing
we
add
at
first
quarter
is
looking
back
at
the
prior
fiscal
year
and
reporting
on
how
we
ended
that
prior
fiscal
year
we're
going
to
bring
you
up
to
date
on
the
status
of
the
amended
budget.
AF
We're
going
to
give
you
an
over
overall
focus
of
all
city
funds,
but
also
bring
it
into
the
general
fund
and
give
you
a
little
more
detail
on
what's
happening
in
the
general
fund.
We'll
go
over
any
recommended
adjustments,
we'll
cover
any
issues
or
challenges
or
additional
staffing
that
may
be
requested
this
year,
we're
adding
a
couple
of
new
items
to
first
quarter
and
those
include
the
review
of
the
city
manager's
discretionary
fund,
so
any
use
or
anticipated
use
of
that
fund.
AF
In
addition
to
giving
some
background
on
the
american
rescue
plan
funding
and
how
we
use
those
dollars
for
the
first
quarter
of
the
fiscal
year,
we'll
go
through
the
recommendations
in
the
staff
report
and
finally
give
you
a
little
bit
of
some
transparency
and
engagement
efforts
that
we
have
so
with
that.
We
always
start
with
our
reporting
cycle,
and
this
is
just
a
reminder
at
a
minimum.
How
many
times
we
come
before
council
to
discuss
the
city's
financial
situation?
AF
As
you
may
recall,
last
year,
I
think
we
doubled
up
on
the
schedule,
as
there
was
much
uncertainty
related
to
the
city's
financial
status
due
to
covet
19.
so
right
now.
This
is
the
reporting
schedule
that
we're
on
we're
currently
on
the
red
box,
which
is
the
first
quarter
report
which
covers
july
through
september
of
2021
to
the
21
22
fiscal
year,
and
that
generally
comes
the
second
meeting
in
november.
AF
So,
like
I
said,
we'll
start
off
with
how
we
ended
the
previous
fiscal
year,
so
in
fiscal
year
21.
What
you're,
seeing
in
the
chart
in
front
of
you,
the
gray
bar,
represents
the
budget.
The
red
bar
represents
the
actuals,
and
the
light
blue
bar
represents
the
difference
between
what
we
thought
was
going
to
happen
and
what
actually
occurred
and,
as
you
can
see
from
this
chart,
our
expenditures
came
in
lower
than
we
anticipated,
and
this
was
due
to
decreases
across
all
categories
all
expense
categories.
AF
AF
That
decrease
in
expenditures
when
we
turn
to
the
revenue
side
that
major
decrease
coming
in
under
what
we
had
budgeted
is
really
related
to
the
plan
check
contract
for
a
valco
town
center
that
had
a
65-35
split
on
plan
check
fees
and
as
that
project
has
been
delayed,
we
haven't
had
work
coming
on
that
project
and
thus
no
fees,
but
as
those
fees
do
come
in,
we
will
start
to
see
them
incorporating
into
our
actuals.
As
we
report
out
and
then
I
wanted
to
start
off.
This
is
a
financial
overview.
N
AF
And
then,
once
we
transition
to
general
fund
I'll
make
sure
to
point
out
that
we've
made
that
transition
so
now,
what
does
it
mean
right?
What
does
it
mean
when
I'm
sitting
here
telling
you
our
revenues
came
in
lower?
Our
revenues
came
in
lower
our
expenditures
came
in
lower
and
really
from
the
previous
slide.
AF
You
have
revenues
that
come
in
higher
than
your
expenses,
you're,
going
to
add
to
your
savings
any
time
the
opposite
happens,
you're
going
to
use
your
savings
and,
as
you
can
see,
broken
out
by
fund
in
the
chart
in
front
of
you,
the
general
fund,
had
it
had
an
addition
to
fund
balance
of
about
22.4
and
the
rest
of
the
funds
had
a
plus
or
minus.
So
some
using
fund
balance
some
not.
I
want
to
take
just
a
quick
moment.
AF
I
want
to
make
sure
that
when
we
talk
about
fund
balance,
we
don't
really
see
it
as
a.
We
don't
see
it
as
a
negative
thing.
If
we're
using
fund
balance,
I'm
going
to
use
capital
projects
as
an
example,
as
council
may
recall,
generally
as
part
of
mid-year,
will
transfer,
usually
anywhere
from
1
million
to
15
million
dollars
to
the
capital
project
fund,
specifically
to
the
capital
reserve.
But
we
don't
always
program
that
money
right
away.
AF
Some
of
it
may
get
programmed
when
we
do
the
capital
improvement
plan,
and
but
some
of
it
may
not,
and
so
what
happens
is
when
those
dollars
don't
get
used.
They
fall
to
fund
balance,
but
in
subsequent
years
as
you're,
adding
more
projects
or
as
more
costs
related
to
previously
approved
projects
come
on.
AF
That's
when
you'll
see
us
start
to
draw
down
that
fun
balance,
and
so
the
only
time
we
really
worry
about
some
balance
of
being
used
is
when
it
shows
up
as
a
structural
deficit,
which
is
not
the
case
in
the
city,
and
so
with
that.
We
want
to
walk
you
through
how
we
got
to
our
current
amended
budget
and
you'll.
Hear
amended
budget
referred
to
as
the
legal
budget,
and
this
is
basically
the
current
authority.
AF
The
city
has
to
spend
as
of
september
30th
2021,
and
that
number
is
225
million,
and
so
how
we
get
here
is
we
started
with
the
proposed
budget.
It
was
121
million,
a
final
budget
brought
that
number
up
to
148.8
million,
and
that
was
related
to
in
addition
to
adjustments
made
since
proposed
budget.
The
the
main
reason
why
it
jumped
up
so
much
was
the
inclusion
of
the
capital
improvement
plan.
AF
So
when
we
look
at
appropriation
changes
since
the
adopted
this
table
on
the
far
left
has
the
respective
fund,
it
has
the
budget,
as
was
adopted
in
our
big
budget
books,
that
we
print
and
since
then,
we've
had
carryovers
of
53.9
million,
and
what
carryovers
are
is
an
approval
of
appropriations.
That
council
has
made
in
the
previous
year
and
department's
request
to
carry
over
that
budget,
and
what
departments
have
to
do
is
ensure
that
they're
using
it
for
the
same
purpose
for
which
council
approved
it.
AF
Those
are
carryovers,
then
we
have
encumbrances
and
encumbrances
are
generally
tied
to
a
contract,
there's
a
legal
obligation
to
pay,
and
that's
generally
for
a
project
or
a
service
in
the
previous
year
where
that
hasn't
been
completed
and
that
gets
carried
over
into
the
next
fiscal
year.
Lastly,
we
have
adjustments
approved
in
first
quarter,
and
these
are
separate
staff
reports
that
go
to
council
for
approval.
The
largest
amounts
really
here
are
related
to
the
american
rescue
plan
funding
and
to
work
program.
AF
Next,
we're
going
to
go
into
our
general
fund
focus
portion
of
the
presentation
this
chart
here
is
meant
to
show
a
trend
analysis.
So
looking
back
at
the
previous
three
years
of
where
we've
been
at
first
quarter
in
respect
to
revenue
and
expenditures
against
where
we
ended
the
fiscal
year,
so
the
bars
are
the
low
and
the
high
end.
AF
The
triangle
and
bold
percentages
are
where
we
are
for
fiscal
year,
21,
22.,
and
so
the
good
news
is
our
revenue
is
tracking
higher
than
previously,
and
I'm
going
to
talk
about
why
in
a
subsequent
slide
here
and
our
expenditures
are
tracking
lower
and
again.
This
is
all
good
news,
because
it
shows
that
we're
potentially
tracking
to
have
another
good
year
where
we're
continuing
to
add
to
the
city's
fund
balance.
AF
So
let's
talk
about
why
revenues
are
tracking
a
little
bit
better
than
they
had
last
year
and
when
we're
talking
about
sales
tax,
I'm
sorry
talking
about
revenue
for
the
general
fund.
Overall
revenue
is
up
6.3
million
or
40
compared
to
the
same
time
last
year
and,
as
you
can
see,
there's
a
few
items
folded
on
this
table
that
we're
going
to
cover
the
main
reason
why
revenues
are
up
are
really
related
to
intergovernmental
revenue
and
transfers
in
and
these
dollars
really
relate
to
american
rescue
plan
dollars
that
the
city
has
received
this
year.
AF
If
we
were
to
pull
out
the
value
of
those
dollars
from
the
american
rescue
plan,
we'd
really
be
looking
at
a
reduction
in
revenue
over
prior
year
about
1.3
million
or
eight
percent,
and
that
and,
as
you
can
see,
that's
really
driven
by
our
sales
tax
number.
You
can
see
at
the
first
line
there
on
top
we're
down
about
1.5
million
from
prior
year,
and
this
was
really
to
be
expected.
A
council
may
recall,
as
part
of
our
proposed
and
final
budget
hearings,
and
I
believe,
our
third
quarter
report.
AF
Last
year
we
spoke
about
the
positive
impact
that
the
pandemic
had
on
our
sales
tax
revenue
as
everything
closed
down,
as
businesses
got
ready
to
do,
telework
on
a
more
consistent,
ongoing
basis
that
all
resulted
in
a
positive
impact
to
the
city's
sales
tax.
Now,
as
things
are,
opening
up
more
people
can
get
out
to
brick
and
mortar
stores,
brick
and
mortar
stores.
We
can
see
that
impact
is
having
on
our
sales
tax.
AF
This
is
something
we're
going
to
continue
to
monitor
it's
kind
of
uncharted
territory,
so
we're
really
trying
to
figure
out
what
is
our
mean
normal
kind
of
I'll
say
a
post
pandemic.
I
know
we're
still
in
the
pandemic,
but
as
more
things
open
up
as
we
start
to
get
past,
it
we'll
have
to
develop
a
strategy
or
some
sort
of
bottoming
out
that
we
say
okay.
This
is
what
we
think
is
our
new
normal
for
sales
tax.
So
you'll
continue
to
hear
us
talk
about
sales
tax
as
the
year
progresses.
AF
Moving
on
to
the
expenditure
side,
you
can
see
that
our
expenses
are
up
7.2
million
overall
or
28,
and
we've
highlighted
a
few
categories
here
again
that
we
want
to
discuss.
I
do
want
to
point
out
if
anybody
does
want
more
information
that
I'm
giving
this
evening
or
wants
information
about
the
other
categories.
There
are
write-ups
in
the
staff
report
that
cover
the
changes
that
are
happening
in
these
other
categories,
and
here
I
want
to
focus
on
two
items.
AF
One
is
kind
of
our
on-going
expenses
and
one
are
maybe
some
one-time
things
that
are
happening
that
are
really
causing
the
major
increase,
but
I
wanted
to
point
out
employee
compensation
and
benefits
are
up,
which
makes
sense
again
the
first
half
of
the
fiscal
year.
Last
year
we
were
on
a
soft
hiring
freeze,
so
we
would
anticipate
that
these
costs
would
be
coming
up.
The
next
is
contract
services.
AF
This
was
an
item
that
was
down
previous
years
again,
as
we
had
less
in-person
events
happening
for
parks
and
recreation,
potentially
less
projects
happening
in
public
works.
This
number
was
down,
but
we're
starting
to
see
it
come
back
up
to
very
close
to
pre-pandemic
level,
so
we
anticipate
that
that
will
continue
and,
lastly,
in
the
transfers
out
category,
this
is
really
kind
of
the
the
offset
to
the
transfers
in
in
revenue.
AF
This
is
mostly
related
to
american
rescue
plan
dollars,
and
this
is
really
the
movement
of
those
american
rescue
plan
dollars
out
of
the
non-departmental
department
into
the
actual
department
in
the
general
fund
that
are
using
to
to
use
as
a
match
for
the
revenue
loss
that
we
claim
for
those
american
rescue
plan
dollars
and
in
a
subsequent
slide
and
we'll
go
into
more
detail
on
how
we're
matching
those
dollars
up
and
kind
of
refresh
everybody's
memory.
On
the
plan
that
was
made
on
how
to
use
those
dollars.
AF
The
first
thing
is
when
we
talk
about
fund
balance
for
the
general
fund
or
any
fund,
the
city
has,
is
it's
not
just
a
big
bucket
of
money
and
they're?
Actually
different
dollar
amounts
put
into
different
classifications
and
the
classifications
are
over
here
to
your
left
and
each
classification,
and
this
can
be
found
in
the
city's
budget
book.
But
each
classification
has
restrictions
around
it
for
how
it
can
be
spent.
AF
The
one
classification
that
does
not
is
unassigned
fund
balance,
and
so
that's
that
green
bar,
you
see
across
the
bottom
of
the
screen
and
what
you
can
see
an
unassigned
fund
balance
as
part
of
the
adopted
budget.
We
were
anticipating
having
an
unassigned
fund
balance
of
35.7
million.
Now,
given
how
we've
ended
the
prior
fiscal
year
and
what
we're
seeing
happen
as
of
the
first
quarter
of
the
fiscal
year,
we're
actually
thinking
we're
going
to
be
closer
to
that
64.47
million
and
why
this
is
important.
AF
AF
The
city
has
free
and
clear,
you
know:
should
we
want
to
do
an
event
or
a
cip
project
that
maybe
isn't
funded
or
a
special
project,
and
I
would
say,
the
closest
we
can
come
to
giving
you.
That
number
is
that
unassigned
fund
balance
number.
However,
I
will
caveat
that
with
we
always
look
at
this
number,
not
in
a
vacuum,
not
as
a
one-time,
we're
looking
at
it
and
looking
at
our
future
forecasts
making
sure
we
don't
have
any
of
that
program
to
be
drawn
down.
AF
We
want
to
make
sure
we
have
all
of
our
other
assignments
in
our
other
categories
taken
care
of
as
well.
We
want
to
make
sure
it
needs
to
be
becoming
we're
setting
those
things
aside
and
with
that
in
mind
and
as
part
of
the
report,
we're
actually
recommending
42
million
dollars
be
either
put
in
other
categories
or
transfer
to
other
funds,
and
that
recommendation
will
come
as
part
of
new
year.
AF
We
want
to
preview
that
this
evening
with
the
council
and
what
we're
really
going
to
be
recommending
at
mid-year,
we
think
is
movement
of
dollars
to
the
capital
reserve.
The
creation
of
a
new
assigned
reserve
for
future
capital
projects
in
the
general
fund
funding
the
fourth
out
of
the
fifth
payment
for
the
115
trust
and
updating
our
committed
assignment
on
economic
uncertainty
based
on
our
reserve
and
one-time
use
policy,
and
so
those
can
be
found.
The
actual
dollar
amounts
tied
to
those
can
be
found
in
the
staff
report.
AF
Again
we're
not
recommending
those
for
first
quarter.
We
want
to
get
another
three
months
under
our
belt,
but
we
anticipate
from
very
similar,
if
not
those
recommendations
as
part
of
mid-year
and
so
with
that.
That
concludes
kind
of
the
financial
overview
and
fiscal
status
of
the
city.
With
that,
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
zach
we'll
take
you
through
the
department
recommendations.
AG
AG
AG
The
primary
purpose
for
this
request
for
this
transfer
is
that
the
function
will
be
overseen
within
the
city
manager's
office
moving
forward.
So
on
this
slide,
we
see
that
the
expenditures
are
increasing
within
the
administration
department
by
the
total
economic
development
budget.
When
we
get
to
the
community
development
slide,
we'll
see
that
reduction
offsetting
next
is
an
economic
development,
strategic
plan
research.
AG
This
is
a
request
that
will
be
used
for
additional
consulting
services
to
assist
the
newly
hired
economic
development
manager
to
update
the
economic
development
strategic
plan,
a
plan
that
has
not
been
updated
since
2016
and
staff
believe
it
is
most
imperative
at
this
point
in
time.
As
we
move
through
this
pandemic
towards
a
recovery.
AG
AG
AG
Parks
and
recreation
is
requesting
sixty
five
thousand
dollars
to
address
the
golf
course
netting
replacement
the
wood
poles
that
are
supporting
the
whole.
The
excuse
me,
the
wood
poles
that
are
supporting
the
netting
of
long
holes,
number
eight
and
number
nine
at
the
blackberry
farm
golf
course
have
failed
and
do
require
replacement,
so
these
funds
would
be
replacing
the
netting
and
mitigating
and
preventing
any
any
future
incidents
for
resident
safety.
AG
AG
The
quinlan
community
center
has
experienced
a
number
of
trees
that
have
reached
the
end
of
their
life
and
have
become
a
safety
issue
for
the
public.
There
have
been
five
documented
instances
of
limb
failures,
three
of
which
I
believe,
have
actually
made
contact
with
vehicles
parked
below
them,
and
so
this
14
000
request
is
is
an
essential,
is
an
essential
ask
memorial
park,
softball
fencing
this
again
is
a
safety
hazard
mitigation
request,
32
thousand
dollars
to
prevent
foul
balls
from
exiting
the
field
of
play
and
endangering
the
public.
AG
AG
AG
Now
there
are
a
number
of
requests
here
that
begin
with
library.
As
part
of
the
most
recent
amended
lease
agreement
with
between
the
city
and
the
library
district
jpa
operating
capital,
maintenance
costs
that
are
incurred
by
the
city
will
be
billed
to
the
library
district
and
reimbursed
accordingly.
AG
AG
The
fencing
asphalt
modifications
as
well
as
the
electrical
installation
next
is
the
adaptive
traffic
signaling.
This
is
a
city
work
program
item
and
this
is
an
additional
request
for
160
thousand
dollars.
The
original
budget
item
as
part
of
the
fiscal
year
2021
work
program,
I
believe
it
was-
was
for
160
000
staff
had
planned
for
the
funding
allocations
to
be
spread
over
two
years,
and
that
was
in
anticipation
of
prior
to
the
coven
19
pandemic.
AG
A
bi-annual
budget
where
we
were
going
to
be
budgeting
for
in
this
case
this
project,
all
at
once
as
part
of
a
two-year
budget,
but
with
the
onset
of
the
kobit
19
pandemic,
the
biennial
budget
project
was
postponed
and
during
the
fiscal
year
2122
adopted
budget.
This
second
year
allocation
was
erroneously
omitted,
and
so
staff
are
before
you
not
requesting
a
change
in
scope.
The
scope
of
this
project
has
remained
the
same
since
its
inception.
It's
just
to
ensure
that
staff
have
sufficient
funding
and
authority
to
move
forward
and
complete
the
project.
AG
And
then,
lastly,
within
the
public
works
department
is
security
surveillance
for
lawrence
mitty.
This
is
a
forty
thousand
dollar
request.
The
future
lawrence
mitty
park
site
is
a
vacant
parcel
of
land
where
several
encampments
do
exist.
The
city
has
been
working
with
the
boat
services,
as
well
as
the
sheriff's
department
to
coordinate
the
needed
services
for
these
individuals
and
to
secure
the
site
from
further
trespass.
AG
AG
AG
Now,
as
for
staffing,
there
are
no
recommended
changes
to
current
staffing
levels,
but
we
did
want
to
inform
council,
as
many
of
us
have
have
been
informed
and
made
aware
many
organizations,
both
in
the
public
and
private
sector,
have
been
experiencing.
What
we
refer
to
as
the
great
resignation
and
the
city
of
cupertino
has
not
been
immune
to
this
trend
and
has
been
affected
by
the
impacts
of
labor
shortage
at
all
levels.
AG
Within
the
organization,
the
city
is
experiencing
significant
amount
of
staff
turnover
due
both
to
resignations
as
well
as
retirements
and,
as
a
result,
the
city's
recruitment
efforts
have
been
greatly
impacted.
There
were
several
several
positions
that
were
out
for
recruitment
that
required
multiple
recruitments,
and
that
was
due
to
a
number
of
reasons.
AG
Reduced
applicant
pools,
competing
competing
job
offers,
as
well
as
unexpected
resignations,
and
while
the
city
does
in
fact,
offer
a
very
competitive
salary
and
benefits
program,
a
robust
telework
program,
our
recruitment
efforts
do
continue
to
struggle,
and
we
can
see
this
evident
in
the
table
before
you.
The
reason
why
we
are
informing
city
council
is
that,
in
the
event
that
these
trends
do
continue,
there
might
be
an
increased
need
for
temporary
and
or
intermittent
contract
services
to
fill
that
gap
and
ensure
that
the
city
is
able
to
provide
services
with
little
to
no
disruptions.
AG
Staff
did
a
promise
to
city
council
to
report
out
periodically
and
during
the
quarterly
budget
reports
the
use
of
the
city
manager,
discretionary
fund.
As
you'll
recall,
city
council
had
directed
staff
to
reduce
the
city
manager.
Discretionary
fund
from
the
proposed
amount,
593
thousand
dollars
to
75
000,
and
that
was
what
was
adopted
for
fiscal
year
2122
and
as
of
first
quarter.
AG
There
have
been
no
uses
of
the
discretionary
fund,
but
we
do
want
to
give
city
council
a
heads
up
that
staff
are
anticipating
using
a
portion
of
these
funds,
approximately
50
000,
to
provide
free
feminine
products
in
various
restrooms
throughout
the
city
and
of
course,
staff
will
continue
to
report
out
to
city
council
on
the
fund's
use
I'll
try
not
to
spend
take
too
much
time
on
the
american
rescue
plan
act.
As
I
know,
director
alfaro
had
covered
it
covered
it
previously,
but
in
short,
the
city
was
awarded
9.7
million
dollars.
AG
That
was
to
be
received
over
two
fiscal
years.
The
city
received
4.8
million
or
the
first
half
of
the
of
the
payments
or
of
the
award
in
may
of
2021
of
the
4.8
million
dollars
in
funding.
2.8
million
dollars
have
so
far
been
recognized
in
revenues,
and
it
was
at
the
september
7
2021
city
council
meeting.
The
staff
had
recommended.
The
city
council
approved
the
allocation
of
these
arp
funds
to
go
towards
revenue
loss.
AG
AG
This
action
does
allow
the
city
to
maintain
current
levels
of
operations
and
government
services
and
also
afford
city
council
the
continued
ability
to
consider
new
projects
and
initiatives
in
the
future
and,
as
christina
had
mentioned,
the
budget
modification
in
september
of
2021.
The
council
had
approved
that
moved,
4.8
million
dollars
from
the
general
fund's
non-departmental
department
into
all
of
the
other
departments
within
the
general
fund,
and
that
was
done
for
one
primary
purpose
and
that
was
for
substantiating
and
reporting
the
use
of
the
grant
dollars
that
were
received
as
the
expenditures
are
incurred.
AG
As
for
the
recommendations,
I
won't
read
these,
as
I
you
know,
would
have
them
in
the
agenda
packet
for
next
steps
and
as
it
pertains
to
the
current
fiscal
year,
we'll
next
be
before
you
in
early
march
of
2022.
To
present
the
mid-year
report
and
then
finally,
third
quarter
report
will
be
coming
in
may
of
2022
and
on
the
front
of
transparency
and
engagement.
AG
We
do
want
to
draw
folks
attention
to
the
open,
gov
online
portal,
where
we
take
all
of
the
information,
the
financial
information,
that's
included
in
the
staff
report
and
the
financial
report
on
this
agenda
item
and
we
bring
it
to
life.
We
make
it
interactive
on
the
opengov
online
platform,
where
online
viewers
can
drill
into
accounts
and
and
explore
through
the
city's
financial
data
in
real
time.
If
anybody
that's
viewing,
this
right
now
wants
direct
access.
A
Okay,
great,
thank
you
very
much
city
staff.
At
this
point,
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
open
it
up
to
members
of
the
public
that
have
any
comments,
and
then
we
can
bring
it
back
to
council
for
questions
and
as
well
as
follow-up
comments,
I
don't
see
any
members
of
the
public
with
their
hands
raised
on
this
item,
and
so
let
me
give
people
a
few
more
moments
to
raise
their
hands
again.
This
is
item
number
15..
A
This
is
the
first
quarter
financial
report
for
our
current
fiscal
year
and
that
would
have
ended
in
september.
I
still
don't
see
any
hands
up,
so
let
me
bring
it
back
to
council
and
so
council.
If
we
have
any
questions
for
either
the
staff
members
that
presented
or
comments
on
the
first
quarter
report,
please
make
those
right
now
I
don't
see
hands
raised
at
this
point
either,
which
tells
me
that
we're
either
doing
a
fantastic
job
or
people
want
to
take
a
break.
No
vice
mayor
ciao,
you
have
your
hand
raised.
K
AG
Vice
mayor
child,
that's
a
very
good
question
given
given
council's
direction
to
allocate
the
arp
dollars
solely
for
revenue
loss,
I
would
have
to
go
back
into
the
guidance
and
see
if
there
are
any
specific
provisions
mentioning
small
business
assistance,
but
with
that
said,
because
those
revenue
lost
dollars
or
excuse
me,
because
the
arp
dollars
have
been
directed
towards
revenue
loss
that
more
or
less
frees
up
fund
balance
in
the
general
fund
and
effectively
can
be
used
for
other
projects
or
initiatives
at
city
council's
discretion.
If
that
makes
sense,
okay.
K
AH
Yes,
yeah
good
evening
vice
mayor
rogers,
director
of
public
works,
the
the
it
is
for
the
new
gardens
right
at
the
colon
ranch,
preserve
and
users
would
would
get
in,
gardeners
would
get
in
and
it
would
get
locked
from
the
outside
and
people
could
get
locked
inside
the
gardens
inadvertently
and-
and
so
now
it
has
a
push.
You
know
has
a
push
bar
to
where
they
can
get
out
and
then
there's
there's
a
punch
pad
where
people
can
get
in.
K
K
K
AH
K
AH
Yeah
in
in
the
storm
drain
ballot
that
was
approved,
that
wooden
was
at
2019
for
the
actual
fields
that
are
part
of
the
joint
use
agreement
we
are,
we
are.
We
agreed
that
the
city
will
pay
the
storm
green
fee
for
that
area
of
land,
and
so
we
reimburse
the
school
district
for
that
for
those
fields,
and
that
was
just
inadvertently.
K
J
J
You
know
how
we're
going
to
accommodate
those
individuals
such
that
I'm
thinking
it
would
be
prudent
to
come
back
to
us
fairly
soon.
I
like
being
proactive,
not
reactive,
but
come
back
fairly
soon,
with
an
estimate
of
an
additional
allotment
to
cover
where
we're
at,
and
these
new
unhoused
residents
that
we
know
of
so
any
comments
it
may
be
for
the
city
manager
or
from
zach
and
christina.
If
we
actually
can
tap
into
another
bucket
to
take
care
of
that.
C
C
I
believe
the
last
count
was
down
to
two
to
three
campsites
and
continuing
to
work
in
finding
locations
for
him
and
we've
been
proactive
with
the
work
program,
accelerating
that
for
the
homeless,
jobs
program
and
engaging
west
valley
services
to
target
residents
first
at
lawrence
committee
for
possible
placement
in
those
two
positions
being
created
out
of
the
council
work
program.
Well,
the
item
on
your
agenda
tonight
or
the
40
000
is
for
security
installation
because
we
are
finding.
C
Vandalism
of
our
fencing
and
security
there
as
well
as
trespassing,
and
so
this
security
system,
we're
putting
in,
has
two
real
benefits:
one.
It
creates
an
automatic
detection
and
lighting
system
with
immediate
notice
to
the
sheriff
so
that
if
we
have
new
vandalism
or
habitation
that's
unexpected,
it
is
immediately
dealt
with
before
encampments
become
entrenched
and
the
beauty
of
the
system
is
it's
relocatable.
C
C
We
also
are
planning-
and
I
believe
the
mayor
has
done-
a
tour
again
of
the
lawrence
committee
site.
Looking
at
the
berm
work,
that's
out
there
and
work
we
want
to
do
that
might
be
related
to
the
memorial
ponds
when
we
pull
out
the
old
concrete
ponds
in
the
spring
to
use
the
berms
and
piles
of
dirt
out
at
lawrence
midi
as
fill
for
those
ponds
before
we
re-sod
them,
and
that's
not
a
guarantee
yet,
but
the
timing
might
align
that
we
can
do
both
of
those
next
spring.
C
C
C
Most
jurisdictions
try
to
keep
counts
and
encampments
fairly
confidential
by
sites
so
as
not
to
create
a
targeting
of
people
who
are
already
in
a
very
difficult
situation,
and
so
we're
trying
to
figure
out
the
best
way
to
address
that
now.
But
I
certainly
take
to
heart
what
you
said,
because
I
know
it's
what
staff
believes
as
well,
that
it's
best
to
be
proactive
rather
than
wait
and
see,
and
we've
been
trying
to
do
that
since
I
first
visited
the
site
and
we
will
certainly
continue
to
do
so,
and
the
200-250
dr
christina.
AG
AG
The
the
budget
request
before
you
this
evening
is
simply
it's
more
administrative
to
bring
that
original
transfer
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
was
sent
to
the
bmr
special
revenue
fund
back
to
the
general
fund,
because
a
new
funding
source
in
this
case,
the
the
community
development
block,
grant
grant
funds
those
were
used
or
we
were
able
to
to
deem
those
activities
covet,
19
related
and
thereby
making
them
eligible
for
the
cdbg
cv.
Funds.
I
Hey
thank
you
mayor
paul,
so
I'm
looking
at
the
this
would
be
our
adopted
budget
for
2122.,
the
expenditures
for
the
city
attorney
office,
1.9
million
and
then
from
this
community
development
department.
We
have
another
500
000
for
special
project.
Legal
fees,
funding
source
is
the
general
fund
and
that's
a
legal
fee
estimate
for
current
planning
projects
for
fiscal
year.
2122
in
one
thing
that
kind
of
pops
out
is.
We
have
contract
services
at
1.77
million
and
employee
compensation
at
only
113
000
has.
I
Has
this
been
adjusted
in
the
budget
to
reflect
that
we've
moved
to
in-house
a
city
attorney
and
then
the
other
issue
I
have
is
with
this
500
000
in
legal
fees,
because
that
you
know
you
add
that
together
where
it's,
you
know,
four
almost
2.5
million
and
we
were
trying
to
rein
in
our
legal
costs.
So
I'm
concerned
about
that
and
that
that's
my
first
question
and
then
I've
got
some
other
to
follow
up.
AC
So
so
I
can
address
the
so.
There
has
been
an
adjustment
of
a
transfer
from
contract
services
to
to
fund
salary
and
benefits
for
your
in-house
attorney
legal
team.
That's
entirely
within
the
city
attorney's
office
budget.
I
could
let
director
phu
speak
more
to
the
money
and
cdd
budget,
there's
a
number
of
uses
for
that,
including
cdd.
Retaining
special
counsel-
and
I
believe,
special
counsel
for
balco-
is
paid
out
of
that
budget.
AC
I
Okay,
so
personally,
I
think
for
the
public
that
the
attorney's
fees
should
be
all
grouped
together
rather
than
having
them
scattered
around
in
different
departments
like
this,
because
it
it
doesn't
really
give
a
full
picture
of
what
our
legal
expenses
are.
So
I
would
want
those
grouped
together,
and
it
is
my
understanding
that
when
I
look
at
the
the
budget
that
as
long
as
as
long
as
an
item
is
in
the
general
fund
category,
the
monies
can
be
moved.
I
So
my
assumption
was
that
if
I
saw
an
item
that
said
contract
services
and,
for
instance,
if
it
was
contract
services
for
let's
say
well,
we
had
it
for
economic
development.
We
had
a
contract
services
amount
and
it.
My
belief
which
appears
to
be
incorrect
was
that
if,
if
a
contract
was
going
to
be
entered
into,
that
was
larger
than
what
was
in
the
the
budget.
I
That
there's
a
lot
of
leeway
within
our
the
budget
authority
that
we
have
currently
for
a
lot
of
movement
of
money
and
and
and
some
cities
have
other
rules
about
this.
So
I'm
I
I'd
like
for
the
public
to
understand
what
our
what
our
rules
are
and
policies
are
about
the
movement
of
money
within
our
budget
and
then
and
and
have
some
comparison
about.
What's
going
on
in
other
cities
as
well.
C
C
But
with
the
great
recession
we
had
to
retain
vacancies.
So
we
could
reduce
funding
and
services,
as
the
council
chose
in
the
next
budget
cycle,
and
so
that's
a
perfect
example
of
where
the
manager
needs
some
flexibility
to
implement
the
council's
budget
direction
in
light
of
changing
circumstances
of
personnel,
and
you
know
other
activities.
C
However,
there's
always
a
transparency
component
that
comes
with
that
and
that,
to
the
extent
we
can
hold
transfers
off
to
each
of
the
quarterly
reviews
we
do.
You
know
I
only
approve
transfers,
mid
reviews
if
they're
needed
and
we
hold
them
off
to
the
first
quarterly
review
and
any
that
are
done
during
the
first
quarter
are
communicated
to
council
during
the
quarterly
budget
reviews.
C
I
believe
those
are
attachments
b
and
c
or
c
and
d
of
the
report
shows
you
transfers
and
changes
that
have
occurred
in
the
budget,
since
the
budget
was
first
adopted,
including
carryovers
and
encumbrances,
which
happen
for
every
city,
as
well
as
staff
approved
changes
to
the
budget
which
are
reported
out.
The
council,
anyway,
I'm
preparing
a
more
comprehensive
report
on
this
for
the
council,
with
the
information
about
what
has
happened
in
other
cities
and
that
we're
following
the
norm
of
the
other
cities
in
santa
clara
county.
D
All
right,
thank
you,
mayor
paul,
so
I
have
a
couple
questions
so
on
the
city
manager's
discretion,
which
is
seventy
five
thousand
dollars.
It
looks
like
we're.
Gonna
spend
fifty
thousand
dollars
on
the
feminine
products,
but
I
thought
the
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
is
formal
for
emergency
use.
For
example,
if
there's
a
leak,
the
city
manager
can
authorize
it
right
away.
I
don't
consider
the
fifty
thousand
dollars
for
feminine
products
as
emergency.
D
So
is
there
any
way
we
can
find
money
somewhere
to
cover
that,
so
we
can
still
leave
the
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
for
the
city
managers,
manager's
discretion,
because
you
know
it's
for
emergency
use.
That's
my
first
question
the
second:
I
want
to
come
back
to
the
linda
vista
trail
gate.
The
la
vista
park
is
being
opened
and
closed
on
sunrise
and
sunset
every
day
already.
So
this
addition
to
lock
the
gate
it
should
be.
It
is
that
isn't
that
we
already
have
personnel,
that's
doing
it.
D
It's
just
going
to
the
trail
to
block
it.
So
do
we
need
that
much
budget
for
just
an
addition
to
the
work,
because
it's
been
open
and
somebody's
going
to
open
every
morning
and
close
the
gate
already
on
the
park?
So
this
is
the
trail.
So
that's
my
question
is:
can
this
two
can
be
combined
as
one
job
cost.
AH
AD
That's
correct:
this
is
above
and
beyond
costs
that
we
already
incur
for
the
closing
of
gates
and
restrooms
at
linda
vista
park.
We
had
worked
with
our
contract
services
provider
for
those
those
facilities,
and-
and
this
is
the
cost
for
for
yearly
now,
keep
in
mind.
This
is
for
every
day,
and
this
is
for
closing
the
gates
on
both
sides
of
the
trail.
D
AD
D
Okay,
so
you
you
so
you're
looking
to
that,
then,
because,
if
they're
sending
two
people
that
doesn't
make
sense,
it's
the
same
location,
at
least
at
least
on
one
side.
The
other
side
is
just
like
five
minutes
drive
if
they're
sending
two
people
or
said
we're
paying
two
people
to
do
this,
two
different
jobs
at
the
same
location.
I
just
feel
that
that
doesn't
make
sense.
AD
Yeah,
no
so
for
linda
vista
park,
they're
at
their
they're
at
the
park,
they're,
locking
the
restrooms
and
then
they
have
to
walk.
You
know
300
yards
or
so
to
the
gates
and
then
walk
back
up.
It's
a
short
distance
takes
a
couple
of
minutes,
not
very
long
from
the
mcclellan
roadside
they
have
to
park
at
the
methane
ranch
and
they're
locking
restrooms
there.
AD
C
Oh,
thank
you.
Yes,
so
the
city
manager's
discretionary
fund,
I
hadn't,
actually
reviewed
it
as
emergency.
I
viewed
it
as
needed
and
when
we
had
the
public
requests
from
students
and
a
lot
of
council
interest
in
it,
rather
than
going
through
a
process
of
deciding
which
budget's
going
to
handle
city
hall,
which
budget
is
going
to
handle
other
facilities,
you
know
and
trying
to
divvy
it
up.
I
just
said
it's
clearly
a
council
priority
and
a
community
priority.
C
Let's
just
take
it
out
of
the
manager's
discretionary
fund,
so
we
get
it
funded
quickly
and
don't
delay.
So
we
can
get
it
implemented
for
the
rest
of
this
year
and
then,
when
we
bring
the
budget
to
the
council
next
spring,
we'll
have
the
annual
costs
allocated
to
where
they
should
be
to
keep
it
an
ongoing
program.
So
it
was
mostly
just
trying
to
act,
quick
and
be
responsive
to
the
council
and
community.
I
authorized
it
to
come
out
of
the
discretionary
time.
D
C
It
doesn't
leave
a
lot
of
money
and
there
was
a
suggestion
from
a
staff
person
that
I'll
pass
on
to
your
new
city
manager
to
look
at
maybe
at
the
mid-year
budget
review,
looking
at
whether
there's
a
need
to
replenish
the
manager's
discretionary
fund
to
get
through
the
end
of
the
year.
And
if
the
council
chooses
to
do
that
at
the
mid-year
budget
review,
maybe
you
could
do
it
at
each
quarterly
budget
review.
But
I
knew
it
was
a
topic
of
focus
for
the
council
last
spring.
C
D
A
A
A
K
Yes,
one
comment,
so
it
seems
like
we
have
about
20
million
dollars
from
because
of
the
reduction
in
expenses
from
the
unbalanced
last
year.
I
wonder
if
we
should
consider
invest
that
in
potentially
purchasing
some
site
for
affordable
housing,
because,
as
I
understand
if
the
city
owns
the
site,
it's
a
lot
easier
to
find
developers
and
cupertino,
unfortunately,
doesn't
own
a
lot
of
sites
and
and
the
community
member
recommended,
the
city
can
even
consider
buying
small
sites
and
redevelop
that
into
maybe
four
eight
units
of
moderate
income,
housing
yeah
just.