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Coverage of the February 7, 2023 Cupertino City Council Meeting.
Regular Meeting segment. Part 1 of 2.
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A
B
C
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A
Thank
you.
Now
we
are
going
to
the
ceremonial
for
our
very
popular
and
Welcome
to
our
council
meeting
Josh
cello
seven
year,
West
Valley,
Community,
Services
executive
director
he's
done
so
much
for
the
West
Valley
communities
and
had
led
West
Valley
Community
Services
into
Higher
Grounds.
So
we
like
to
give
our
respect
and
congratulations
for
a
new
adventure.
So
Josh.
Please
come
forward
foreign.
A
So
Josh
in
appreciation
of
your
seven
years
of
service
and
dedication
to
the
community
coming
Cupertino
Community,
who
are
serving
at
West
Valley,
Community
Services,
the
city
of
Cupertino,
recognizes
appreciate
your
hard
work,
which
has
helped
those
most
in
need,
get
access
to
a
wide
variety
of
needs,
including
food
assistance,
housing,
help
financial
support
and
much
more
and
you
did
it
with
your
heart.
So
thank
you.
Josh
thank.
A
E
Like
to
say
a
few
words,
I
I
just
want
to
say
it's
been
an
honor
to
serve
this
community.
It
is
a
very
special
place.
This
region
is
a
very
special
place
and
I'm
really
honored
to
have
partnered
with
all
of
you
to
serve
the
needs
of
folks
facing
food
and
housing
insecurity
in
the
West
Valley.
Thank
you
for
all
you
all
do
and
for
all
you
all
do.
This
is
an
incredibly
caring
and
wonderful
community.
A
A
B
B
A
F
I'm
and
I
said
it
to
him
when
I
saw
him
and
I
came
in
and
every
time
else
that
I
see
him
that
I
enjoyed
so
much
working
with
him
on
the
Housing
Commission
and
even
before
that,
because
I
met
him
before
that
when
he
first
came
on
board,
he's
so
impressive,
so
caring
so
kind
and
effective,
and
so
I
I,
add
to
all
of
the
words
that
you
all
said
about
him
I'm,
so
glad
that
we
were
able
to
have
this
time
to
appreciate
him
as
a
city.
So
thank
you
bye-bye.
A
B
Mayor
I
have
for
in-house
I,
have
three
speaker
cards
for
Community
Hall,
one
from
Connie
Cunningham,
followed
by
Jennifer
Griffin,
followed
by
Don
Halsey
and
if,
let's
see
on
Zoom
I
have
four
hands
raised
and
if
they
would
have
their
hands
raised
or
speaker
cards
submitted
by.
Is
it
still
within
five.
F
So
good
evening,
mayor
way
vice
mayor,
Moen
and
council
members,
food
comes
from
plants
and
animals
not
directly
from
the
store,
just
as
our
water
comes
from
Rivers,
creeks
and
Wells.
The
last
step
is
the
faucets
in
our
homes
to
protect
biodiversity
and
our
water.
We
can
change
our
landscape
or
we
can
change
how
we
landscape
our
property
and
we
can
add
property
dedicated
to
Nature
at
the
previous
Four
City
Council
meetings.
F
F
Palo
Alto
city
council
heard
a
case
on
January
23rd
from
a
homeowner
that
wanted
a
20
feet:
setback
from
a
creek
only
a
20-foot
suit
back,
although
the
average
distance
of
homes
was
over
50
feet
and
the
city
had
guidance
in
place
to
consider
150
feet
as
the
minimum,
with
all
the
rains
and
mudslides
and
damage
to
Homes,
Long,
creeks
and
rivers.
Why
would
the
homeowner
ask
for
a
20-foot
setback?
Fortunately,
Palo
Alto
city
council
authorized
50
feet
not
20
feet
from
the
creek.
F
They
also
directed
staff
to
write
an
ordinance
that
would
set
the
guidance
for
150
feet
into
legally
binding
rules
for
the
future.
Each
of
us
comes
to
understanding
of
biodiversity
from
different
places.
Mine
grew
through
bird
watching
in
California.
Many
learn
about
the
human
relationship
to
Nature
from
losing
their
home
to
flood
waters
or
mudslides
or
Fires
for
council
members
and
everyone
else
who
hears
these
Council
meetings
I
hope
to
create
an
interest
in
nature
and
how
to
create
policies
that
allow
nature
room
to
breathe
within
our
city
borders.
F
As
we
consider
our
housing
element
recently
submitted
to
hcd
for
review.
I
urge
Council
to
encourage
staff
to
include
biodiversity
in
all
its
plans
to
consider
location
of
native
trees
and
plants
in
all
housing
projects
and
business
projects.
Please
focus
on
infill
locations
that
do
not
encroach
on
dwindling
natural
spaces.
F
B
G
Good
evening
city
council,
it's
nice
to
see
you
all
in
the
new
year.
I
just
wanted
to
talk
tonight
about
history
and
historic
things
in
our
city
and
in
other
places
of
this
beautiful
country.
I've
been
talking
quite
a
bit
about
the
stockelmeyer
home
as
pink
Heavens
that
it
is
owned
by
Cupertino.
It
is
one
of
the
founders
of
cupertino's
childhood
home
Mr
stockelmeyer
had
the
foresight
to
alert
people
to
try
to
incorporate
Cupertino
at
the
time
when
adjacent
cities
were
looking
to
Annex.
G
The
crossroads
of
Cupertino
I
cannot
begin
to
thank
him
and
remind
everyone
how
grateful
we
should
be
to
him.
Therefore,
it's
time
that
his
family
home
is
fixed
up
and
become
a
history
house
for
Cupertino
Los
Altos
has
a
history
house.
The
doctor's
home
is
from
1900
Saratoga.
Has
history
house
and
I'm
pursuing
looking
at
the
Scot
home
in
Scotts
Valley,
which
is
1855.
G
but
I
challenge
our
millionaires
in
Cupertino
and
the
people
that
run
Facebook
and
Google
to
start
donating,
put
your
money
where
your
mouth
is.
If
you
want
to
live
in,
our
state,
contribute
to
it
contribute
to
the
history,
don't
poop,
who
the
history
of
this
state,
if
you're
living
here
you're
part
of
this
state,
you're
part
of
its
history,
and
you
need
to
go
and
understand
and
give
yourself
an
education
of
what
this
state
is
about.
G
California
is
not
someone's
play
thing,
it
is
got
its
own
history
and
there
are
people
who
have
fought
and
died
and
lived
in
this
state
of
all
different
nationalities.
So
therefore,
I
put
out
a
challenge.
Put
your
money
where
your
mouth
is.
The
Hewlett
and
Packards
have
gone
far
and
above
to
donate
money
for
many
many
different
things.
The
Rockefeller
family
put
Williamsburg
back
up
and
together
in
the
1920s
from
something
that
had
been
down
in
the
dust
for
200
years.
G
I
challenge
people
I
hear
a
lot
of
people
maligning
my
state
and
it
hurts
really
really
bad
and
I.
Think
a
lot
of
those
people
that
say
bad
things
about
California
who
actually
live
here.
Don't
get
the
history,
it
is
multinational,
it
is
long
and
it
is
proud
and
we
have
every
right
to
make
sure
that
parts
of
our
state
are
not
crushed
under
massive
Tech
buildings
and
overbuilding.
The
history
of
California
is
every
bit
as
proud
as
the
Mayflower
area
and
Jamestown,
etc,
etc,
etc.
Thank
you.
B
H
H
So
biodiversity
I'll
start
with
some
context.
This
has
been
talked
about
previously
in
our
last
meeting.
We
added
once
one
resident
speaker
who
was
a
golf
player
and
bird
watcher
and
talked
about
bluebirds
red
tail,
hawk
Blue
Heron
at
Blackberry,
Farm,
Golf,
Course,
okay,
another
speaker
asked
the
city
council
to
look
at
each
new
proposal
to
the
city
council
through
the
just
justification
or
lens
of
biodiversity.
Tonight,
let
me
show
you
what
some
scientists
have
already
looked
at
concerning
golf
courses
and
biodiversity.
H
This
is
a
scholarly
study.
You
can
get
it
online
at
the
web
link
there.
If
you
don't
want
to
believe
me,
which
I
encourage
you
to
do,
but
if
you
don't
want
to,
you
can
always
get
that
web
link
and
actually
open
up
the
study
and
read
this
in
detail
it's
from
Vancouver.
They
did
a
analysis
of
biodiversity
through
looking
at
bird
species
in
this
area.
This
is
Vancouver.
They
had
a
golf
course
here
and
some
nearby
Green
Space
a
golf
course
here
in
red.
You
see
it
and
nearby
Green
Space,
Golf
Course.
H
Here
that's
number
two
and
nearby
green
spaces.
So
let's
see
how
many
birds
we've
got
in
these
things
in
the
first
golf
course,
it
actually
outperformed
the
nearby
green
spaces
that
surprised
me,
but
it
happened.
Okay
in
the
second
Golf
Course
same
thing
happened
in
the
third
Golf
Course
same
thing
happened.
If
you
want
more
biodiversity,
keep
your
golf
courses,
here's
a
second
study.
H
This
came
from
Australia
and
met
in
the
University
of
Melbourne,
asked
about
how
this
can
be
counted
and
assessed,
and
the
first
thing
they
did
is
they
said
well,
look
at
the
golf
courses
and
we'll
look
at
green
spaces
and
we'll
also
look
at
Gardens
like
vegetables
and
flower
gardens
and
count
again
do
that
and
they
counted
Birds,
but
they
also
broadened
the
study
to
look
at
Beetles
bees
bugs
and
other
types
of
things
and
bats.
Okay,
so
they
did
that
and
what
did
they
find
for
birds?
H
H
I
Hi
I'll
try
and
be
brief
as
I'm.
The
least
prepared
and
I
wanted
to
thank
the
other
speakers
for
mentioning
California's
history
and
biodiversity.
Of
course,
those
are
things
that
our
community
cares
about.
Mentally
I
was
just
trying
to
wanted
to
make
a
request
of
the
city
council
that
they
make
the
information
regarding
the
development
of
the
Valco
area
more
available
online,
so
that
we
can
have
more
transparency
and
see
what
the
progress
is
going
on.
I
J
So
it's
the
book,
If
You,
Give,
a
Mouse,
a
Cookie
and
the
reason
I
do
this
is
because
I
think
it's
a
simple
message,
simple
way
to
to
spread
a
message
that
about
83
percent
of
the
people
that
ask
what
this
book's
moral
is.
Is
that
you
may
not
make
everyone
happy
if
you
are
concentrating
on
one
person
or
one
thing
to
make
happy,
and
you
start
with
some
some
gesture.
J
So
that's
just
another
plug
for
that
and,
interestingly
enough
I,
don't
know
you
Chris
this
morning
at
the
mayor's
coffee
I
mentioned
that
the
website
could
be
great
when
you
redo
the
website
or
even
before.
It
makes
more
sense
when
you
redo
it
to
provide
the
public
with
the
opportunity
to
get
tutorials
on
how
to
use
it,
because
it
is
very
convoluted
in
many
ways
some
things
are
simple,
but
it's
overwhelming.
J
If
you
haven't
tried
to
access
information
there
and
you
could
have
different
levels
of
information,
you
could
do
YouTube
things
so
how
to
find
such
and
such
I
don't
know
it's
just
a
suggestion.
I
gave
this
morning
so
since
that
was
brought
up,
I
thought
I'd
say
it
here
to
all
of
you
and
I
think.
That's
all
I'm
going
to
say
right
now.
Thank
you.
K
K
I
hope
this
doesn't
happen
in
the
future
and
finally,
Madame
mayor
I
wrote
you
in
January,
concerning
a
certain
issue,
didn't
receive
a
response
which
is
fine
because
I
understand
you
were
busy,
but
my
name
was
immediately
added
to
your
mayor's
monthly
PR
newsletter
and
I
feel
that's
really
inappropriate.
I
was
very
offended
and
I'm
hoping
to
be
removed
from
it.
Thank
you.
B
L
Good
evening,
mayor
way
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Ronnie
Fisher
and
I
represent
the
Santa
Clara
Valley
Audubon
Society
and
I
teach
at
De
Anza
College,
both
of
which
are
based
in
Cupertino
I.
Urge
you
to
release
Blackberry
Farm
Golf
Course
to
Nature
as
a
statistics.
Professor
I
know
that
you
can
make
numbers
say
anything
you
want.
Please
look
into
the
details
of
any
study
that
professes
that
sterile,
lawn,
fertilized
and
treated
with
pesticides
is
better
for
wildlife
than
a
harmonious
treatment
of
our
natural
world.
L
Our
bodies
and
souls
need
nature
here
in
an
area
surrounded
by
concrete
glass
and
tarmac.
If
preserving
nature
is
not
politically
feasible,
then
please,
replant
with
plants
when
you
with
native
plants,
when
you
need
to
replace
old
plants
in
the
golf
course
are
insects.
The
one
we
depend
on
for
pollination
for
our
own
food
need
native
plants,
which
are
the
only
plants
which
are
native
caterpillars,
can
survive.
On
the
Harvard
biologist,
Dia
Wilson
wrote
we
should
preserve.
Every
scrap
of
biodiversity
is
priceless.
L
M
Good
evening,
mayor
way
and
city
council
members,
I'm,
Jennifer,
Sheeran
and
I'm
here
tonight,
speaking
only
as
myself,
I
have
a
concern
about
Public
Communication
from
Council
Members.
Our
current
FX
policy
states
went
quote
when
City
elected,
slash,
appointed
officials
and
staff
are
presenting
their
individual
opinions
and
positions
on
issues
potentially
relevant
to
the
city.
They
must
explicitly
State,
they
do
not
represent
their
body
or
the
city
and
must
not
allow
any
interference
that
they
do.
M
Many
of
our
residents
are
receiving
regular
email
communication
with
the
header
quote
from
the
office
of
Liang
Chao
Cupertino
city
council
member.
This
makes
it
appear.
It
is
an
official
communication
and
many
residents
likely
assume
it
is
only
after
scrolling,
an
email
several
times
to
the
very
bottom.
Is
there
a
bullet
point
that
says
in
italics
quote
representing
myself.
However,
this
is
not
official
communication
and
the
latest
email
States
positions
that
the
city
council
have
not
yet
officially
voted
on.
M
It
also
includes
strongly
encouraging
residents
to
come
argue
for
a
specific
viewpoint
on
the
issues
at
tonight's
council
meeting.
The
email
is
headlined
with
the
leading
question:
are
you
giving
away
your
right
further
bias?
Statements
and
leading
questions
are
in
a
multi-paragraph
discussion
of
agenda
item
15
and
agenda
item
13..
There
is
even
a
falsehood
that
no
action
has
ever
been
taken
in
a
council
study
session
when
our
own
city
manager
said
otherwise
on
January
25th.
M
Now
it's
fine
to
send
out
communication
about
City
events
or
to
encourage
residents
to
come
to
the
council
meetings
in
general.
As
another
speaker
tonight
mentioned
our
mayor.
Does
that
very
thing?
But
it's
not
fine
for
a
city
council
member
to
use
their
official
title
to
Rally
public
support
for
a
particular
Viewpoint
prior
to
a
council
vote.
M
We've
been
told
that
residents
can
raise
these
ethical
issues
in
Council
meetings
and
the
council
will
police
themselves
I.
Ask
that
you
do
this
this
evening
by
requesting
that
all
council
members
going
forward
refrain
from
taking
public
positions
and
trying
to
Rally
resident
support
for
those
positions
in
newsletters,
social
media
or
otherwise,
before
an
issue
has
been
decided
officially
by
the
council.
Thank
you
for
your
work
on
behalf
of
Cupertino
resident.
B
Thank
you
Jennifer
and
mayor
I
just
want
to
check
with
you
per
our
process
after
this
next
speaker,
we
will
reach
30
minutes
on
the
oral
Communications
portion
of
the
meeting,
and
there
is
a
section
at
the
end
of
the
agenda
to
move
the
remaining
speakers.
I
just
wanted
to
point
that
out.
If
you'd
like
to.
O
B
O
O
I
received
that
email
from
council
member
Chao
and
I
was
very
confused
because
I
I
had
to
actually
read
it
twice
because
the
email
address
says
Liang,
Chao,
Cupertino,
city,
council,
member
and
the
header
image
says
from
the
office
of
Liang,
Chao,
Cupertino
city,
council
member,
so
just
to
be
clear.
I
I
am
interested
in
hearing
from
council
member
Chao.
I
do
want
to
hear
her
positions
on
things.
O
O
I'd
had
the
same
thing
with
Jennifer,
where
I
actually
scrolled
all
the
way
through
and
finally
found
at
the
very
bottom
one
line.
That
said,
it's
speaking
for
myself
only
which
felt
really
like
a
disingenuous
fig
Leaf
at
that
point.
After
really
emphasizing
how
much
this
communication
came
as
an
official
communication
from
a
sitting
council
member,
so
you
know
please
do
continue
to
send
emails
to
the
community,
but
you
know,
let's,
let's
consider
the
ethics
of
the
situation
and
try
to.
B
P
P
S-Q-U-E-R-C-I-A,
the
city,
clerk
and
finance
manager
I
have
found
her
to
be
extremely
professional.
Even
when
there's
a
super
timeline
and
I'm.
Throwing
in
all
these
extra
things
through
presentations,
Brian
gathers
the
supervisor
for
a
field
maintaining
our
field
part
and
our
Park.
He
has
been
extremely
professional.
He
hasn't
been
very
generous
with
the
time
in
giving
the
details
and
communication
regarding
What.
The
residents
need
to
do
to
help
maintain
the
field
and
a
big
shout
out
to
Rachelle
Sanders,
our
director
of
Parks
and
Recreation.
P
In
the
last
few
meetings,
I'm
really
impress
with
how
energetic
she
is
and
how
she
really
helps
to
keep
the
meeting
going
along
and
also
a
shout
out
to
the
City
lawyer,
Chris
Jensen,
because
I
think
he's
done
a
really
fabulous
job
in
writing.
Up
the
procedures
manual
and
answering
all
the
different
questions
that
have
been
brought
to
him
throughout
all
these
different
meetings
and
I
really
have
a
I
really
like
it.
P
When
I
see
that
the
City
Council
meetings
are
proceeding
in
an
orderly
way
like
to
the
point
and
I
I
really
like
how
people
have
been
working
with
Chris
and
Pam,
and
the
council
people
to
let
the
meetings
run
and
and
really
try
to
limit,
theatrical
grandstanding
and
long-winded
off-the-topic
speeches.
We
need
to
run
our
city
like
at
the
court,
and
people
need
to
speak
to
the
point
and
move
on
to
the
next
question.
B
Q
Q
The
benefits
of
restoring
the
land
to
its
natural
habitat
go
beyond
what
they
can
offer
residents
of
Cupertino.
Think
about
the
countless
thousands
of
species
of
animals,
insects,
Etc
that
will
benefit
and
Thrive
for
generations
to
come.
As
a
result,
we
can't
even
begin
to
quantify
that
I'm,
proud
of
cupertino's
climate
action
initiatives
and
hope
that
we
can
continue
being
good
stewards
of
the
environment
by
restoring
Blackberry
Farm
golf
courts
to
its
natural
habitat.
Thank
you.
B
R
B
B
S
Hello:
everyone,
hi
I'm,
Arjun,
Krishna
I,
am
a
junior
in
high
school
right
now
from
Bellarmine
college
preparatory
and
I'm
here
to
speak
also
on
the
restoration
of
the
Blackberry
Farm
Golf
Course.
Many
other
people
today
have
spoken
about
the
environmental
impact
and
the
Water
waste,
as
well
as
people
just
enjoying
having
a
you
know,
more
green
and
open
space
instead
of
the
golf
course,
but
I
think
my
specific
area
of
interest
in
this
entire
Affair
is
the
use
of
pesticides
and
herbicides.
S
The
runoff
from
that
water
ends
up
concentrating
these
pollutants
and
creating
massive
problems
for
the
environment
to
contextualize.
This
I
could
give
the
example
of
estriazine
herbicides.
These
herbicides
are
primarily
used
on
destroying
and
killing
weeds.
It
attacks
photosynthesis
and
it's
something
commonly
used
to
maintain
golf
courses
as
well
as
Farms,
where
weeds
are
a
problem,
but
the
problem
with
these
esteriazine
herbicides
is
that
they
are
incredibly
dangerous
for
the
native
wildlife
with
fish,
especially
since,
in
the
local
streams
there
are
a
protected
steelhead
trout.
S
The
irrigation
from
pesticide
runoff
can
end
up,
causing
severe
neural
damage
to
these
fish.
It
can
cause
erratic
swimming
that
eventually
leads
to
death
by
exhaustion
in
local
amphibious
species.
It
can
cause
severe
endocrinological
damage
by
attacking
the
endocrine
axis
of
these
animals
and
for
Birds.
It
cause
birth
defects
as
well
as
in
other
mammals.
S
It
is
because
of
these
problems
that
I
would
be
strongly
for
the
version
of
Blackberry
Farm
Golf
Course
into
natural
land,
because
this
would
be
most
beneficial
for
the
environment
because
of
the
huge
amount
of
ecological
stress
that
herbicides
and
pesticides
put
on
the
environment
and
any
notion
that
the
golf
course
could
exist
in
a
state
of
like
full,
Greenery
and
fully
being
fully
maintained
with
the
use
of
pesticides
and
herbicides,
and
for
that
to
be
beneficial
to
the
environment,
is
based
on
a
false
premise.
So
I
just
like
to
dispel
that.
S
T
Good
evening
City
Council
Members,
it
seems
like
Blackberry
Farm
Golf
Course
is
a
big
subject
of
the
night,
so
I'm
going
to
chime
in
as
well
it's
a
playing
field
and
I.
Don't
think
that
we
should
get
rid
of
Playing
Fields,
there's
people
of
all
ages
who
who
use
the
golf
courses
and
I
believe
that
we
can
have
our
cake
and
eat
it
too,
and
have
more
nature
around
that
area.
T
Us
a
couple
of
you
are
new
to
the
city
council.
One
of
the
things
that
was
shown
was
that
the
people
who
are
looking
at
the
water
use
did
not
really
consider
that
we
did
need
to
irrigate
more
areas
and
they
they
at
first
believed,
because
the
golf
course
is
in
a
bowl
and
it
rises
up
to
residentials,
and
there
would
be
a
fire
safety
hazard.
If
there
wasn't
significant
irrigation
out
there
we
can
do.
T
We
can
have
our
cake
and
eat
it
too,
and
I
certainly
hope
that
you
will
consider
that
the
other
thing
is
I'm.
Really.
This
is
about
transparency
is
that
it
used
to
be
where
we
were
many
of
the
many
of
the
amenities
that
ran
as
business
in
the
city
were
in
Enterprise
funds.
So
basically
we
there
would
be
almost
like
a
PS,
a
p
l,
profits
and
loss
statement.
T
T
Is
that
the
whole
thing
about
re-looking
at
the
golf
course
came,
because
there
was
a
major
capital
investment
that
needed
to
happen
there
well
here
and,
and
here
we're
in
the
same
position
where
a
major
capital
investment
needs
to
be
made
at
the
pools,
but
we
have
no
idea
what
they're
costing
and,
interestingly
enough,
the
pools
are
way
closer
to
the
creek
than
the
golf
courses
and
there's
lots
of
chemicals
used
there.
So
I
just
thought
that
was
a
little
confusing.
T
T
Somebody
said
that
decisions
had
not
been
made
that
Chris
Jason
had
said
that
my
understanding
was-
and
maybe
he
can
correct
us-
is
that
a
decision
could
be
made
at
a
study
session
as
long
as
it
had
been
noticed,
and
you
know
when
people
got
so
upset
about
it,
I
went
back
in
history
and
I
went
to
all
the
previous
study
sessions
that
have
happened
in
the
last
nine
years.
That
nine
years
is
what
I
could
pull
up
and
not
in
any
of
them
had
a
decision.
U
U
Also
in
the
January
17th
meeting
a
city
council
meeting,
there
was
a
presentation
on
the
housing
element
and
it
was
stated
that
it
was
going
to
be
turned
in
January
31st,
but
from
what
I
can
tell
it
was
not.
It
didn't
make
the
deadline
and
I
would
like
to
know
why
I
know
that
you
hired
a
new
consultant
and
also
tonight
I
want
to
talk
to
the
people
who
are
watching
tonight,
the
people
that
are
attending
both
in
person
and
on
Zoom
collectively,
through
a
series
of
City
Council
meetings
and
incremental
decisions.
U
This
council
is
doing
away
with
the
Public's
access
to
information,
ability
to
speak
ability
to
participate
and
contribute.
It
doesn't
matter
whether
you
believe
in
what
I
believe
or
we
disagree.
It's
our
rights
to
speak
and
have
access
to
that
information,
democracy
and
your
rights
and
freedom
require
work
on
your
part.
Those
people
watching
and
attending
you
must
educate
yourself
on
the
issues.
U
A
A
D
Since
the
last
council
meeting
I
attended
the
Cal
cities
conference
in
Sacramento,
several
of
our
council
members
did,
and
that
was
went
on
for
three
days.
I
also
attended
the
Public
Works
special
recognition
event
to
thank
our
employees
for
their
efforts
and
keeping
us
safe
during
the
recent
storms,
I
attended
a
meeting
with
the
Silicon
Valley
leadership
group
to
discuss
to
introduce
themselves
to
me
and
vice
versa,
and
to
discuss
items
of
mutual
interest.
C
So
I'd
like
to
to
ask
the
staff
to
address
some
of
the
questions
by
the
public
or
regarding
the
email
I
sent
out
I
checked
with
the
CTR
attorney
beforehand.
Would
you
like
to
speak
to
that
now
or
send
the
council
a
memo
to
clarify
because
other
cities,
council
members
from
other
cities,
have
done
similar
things
and
I
asked
you
before.
C
C
C
A
X
So
I
also
attended
the
Cal
city's
new
mayors
and
council
members
conference
January
18th
through
20th
in
Sacramento,
and
saw
an
excellent
presentation
by
the
city
manager
of
Morgan
Hill
and
Mike
Coleman,
who
co-authored
the
California
guide
to
government
Finance.
One
presenter
said:
there's
a
change
to
SB,
35
and
The
Works
to
make
it
for
market
rate
housing.
So
we
want
to
keep
tabs
on
that.
X
January
26
I
started
my
third
year
being
appointed
by
Peninsula
division
president
to
the
Environmental
Quality
policy
committee,
the
Cal
cities,
2023
advocacy
priorities
are
homelessness,
safeguarding
local
revenues,
affordability
of
Housing
and
Public
Safety,
including
mental
health.
The
work
plan
for
the
Environmental
Quality
policy
committee
was
discussed,
which
included
rainwater
capture,
gray,
water
use
and
hazardous
materials
Rising
with
sea
level
rise.
We
also
reviewed
our
neighborhood
voices
land
use
initiative.
X
We
received
a
presentation
from
The
lvt
Joint
Powers
Authority
Pure
Water
Project
in
Southern
California,
which
is
a
city
which
is
it
for
a
city
that
has
no
groundwater
and
they
bring
in
all
their
water
from
the
state
water
project
and
they
are
developing
a
membrane
ultra
filtration,
reverse,
osmosis
filtration
and
UV
light.
Advanced
oxidation
plant
to
purify
their
tertiary
treated
purple
pipe
water.
They
actually
found
that
they
were
their
tertiary
treated.
Water
was
harming
the
fish
in
a
creek
that
they
were
releasing
it
into.
X
N
So,
on
January,
the
18th
to
the
20th,
like
most
of
the
rest
of
council
I,
attended
the
league
of
California
City's
training
conference
in
Sacramento.
I
thought
it
was
a
very
valuable
set
of
presentations.
I
was
very
grateful
to
be
able
to
meet
a
lot
of
other
electives
from
other
places
that
I
hadn't
met
before
on
February.
N
The
second
I
joined
the
faculty
Association
of
the
foothill
De
Anza
College
District
at
their
Retreat
to
discuss
the
topic
of
affordable
housing
on
February,
the
5th
I
attended,
the
Honor
Court
of
Eagle
Scout
Aaron
handelsman,
along
with
the
vice
mayor,
where
we
presented
her
a
certificate
of
recognition
on
behalf
of
the
city.
She
is
a
proud
resident
of
the
city
of
Cupertino.
She
is
also
one
of
the
very
first
female
BSA
Eagle
Scouts.
N
It
was
a
wonderful
ceremony
to
attend
and
I
was
grateful
for
the
the
vice
mayor's
presence
there
and
then
just
as
a
matter
of
full
disclosure.
I
had
previously
discussed
this
matter
with
the
the
City
attorney
and
with
the
city
attorney
in
the
city
of
San.
Jose
on
Monday
I
began
a
new
position
working
for
the
vice
mayor
of
the
city
of
San
Jose,
as
her
policy
and
legislative
director,
and
both
City
attorneys
have
vetted
the
issue
for
a
potential
conflict
of
interest
and
find
no
fundamental
conflict
of
interest.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
froon,
congratulations
on
your
new
adventure,
so
we
a
lot
of
us,
went
to
the
Cal
city's
new
mayor
and
new
council
members
Academy,
it's
a
very
valuable
experience
for
us
to
learn
what
other
cities
do,
and
also
networking
with
our
neighborhood
council
members
to
talk
about
that.
I
and
city
manager,
Pamela
attended
the
West
Valley
Mayors
and
city
managers,
monthly
meeting
where
five
cities
Cupertino
Campbell
Saratoga,
Los,
Gatos
and
monasterino.
A
Well,
the
med
city
managers
and
mayor
met
and
we
decided
like
councilmember
Moore,
says
we
are
going
to
work
on
Regional
issues
together
on
Transit
homelessness,
Public,
Safety
and
mental
health.
So
you
know,
together
with
other
cities,
to
work
on
issues
is
really
a
way
to
go
and
also
I
also
attended
a
Cal
City's
penicillin
division
I'm
on
the
e-board,
and
we
decided
on
our
four
priorities
and
not
no
surprise.
A
The
fourth
priority
is
actually
match
a
lot
of
what
councilmember
Moore
said
and
what
we
decided
on
the
West,
Valley
Cities
and
I
did
go
to
our
San
Jose
mayor
Matt,
Mohan
mayhem's
inauguration.
It
is
a
fabulous
event,
and
you
know
he
San
Jose
is
the
biggest
city
in
our
neighborhood,
so
it's
really
too
good
to
make
connections
and
work
with
them
for
Regional,
Transit,
homeless,
homelessness
and
also
environmental
issues.
So
another
thing,
I
think
is
really
interesting.
Is
I
did
host?
My
very
first
coffee
was
mayored
today
at
7
30
to
8
30.
A
We
have
18
participants
and
very
Lively
discussions,
and
the
interesting
fact
is:
we
have
one
member
who
who
will
live
here
for
one
year
and
one
member
who's
lived
here
for
60
years,
so
1
to
60.,
so
it
I
I
love
to
host
my
coffee
meeting
and
so
come
and
have
morning
coffee
chat
chat,
it's
a
very
casual
event,
coffee
and
tea
on
the
mayor,
but
the
rest.
If
you
want
to
have
breakfast,
it's
all
your
own.
Thank
you.
A
X
Okay,
sure
so
on
January
19th
I
gave
the
final
chair
report
to
the
VTA
policy
advisory
committee
on
January
20th
I
attended
the
Valley
Water
Commission
meeting,
which
was
in
person
I
was
elected.
Vice
chair,
we
received
the
Water
Commission
2022
accomplishments
report.
We
received
an
update
on
Valley,
Waters
drought,
emergency
response
and
progress
on
water
use
reduction,
we're
still
in
a
moderate
drought.
However,
we
have
had
a
23
23
percent
reduction
in
water
savings
over
2019,
which
is
greater
than
the
15
percent
called
for.
X
The
reason
is
infrastructure
on
February
5th
I
attended
the
Valley
Water
Board
policy
and
planning
committee
to
make
recommendations
regarding
the
water
commission's
purpose
in
areas
for
improvement.
They
had
very
good
attendance
from
the
commission
and
committees.
There
I
repeated
a
recommendation
regarding
the
need
for
increased
onboarding
education
and
educational
improvements,
including
accepting
any
applicant
from
the
Water
Commission,
who
wants
to
attend
the
water,
Ambassador
multi-week
training
course
that
gets
into
the
water
system
in
Greater
detail.
Thank.
D
On
January
23rd
I
attended
the
first
audit
committee
meeting
along
with
the
council
member
fruen,
we
elected
Angela
Chen
as
the
chair
of
the
audit
committee
and
and
myself
as
the
vice
chair,
the
the
audit,
because
we
went
through
the
responsibilities
and
powers
that
the
audit
committee
has.
We
fine-tuned
some
procedures.
D
We
streamlined
some
other
procedures,
but
the
end
result
was
that
the
reports
that
were
coming
through
the
audit
committee
will
still
be
coming
to
city
council
and
they
will
get
the
same
information
that
they
always
had,
which
is
the
the
treasures
report
and
the
treasurer's
investment
report.
There
are
what
was
that
yeah
so
so
the
basic
responsibilities
haven't
changed,
but
a
few
internal
processes
have
been
streamlined
for
efficience
for
the
purpose
of
efficiency.
D
I
also
attended
the
Santa
Clara
County
Library
District
to
jpa
board
of
directors.
Meeting
I
was
sort
of
a
pinch
hitting
for
a
council
member
ciao
I'm
glad
to
report
that
the
Santa
Clara
County
Library
District
is
on
solid
footing
financially
and
administratively
and
management
wise.
So
that
was
a
good
meeting
to
attend.
Thank
you.
C
I
attended
the
league
of
California
City's
public
safety
policy
committee
meeting
representing
the
peninsula
League
Peninsula
division.
So
it
seems
that
there
they
adopted
the
priorities
for
Public
Safety,
and
there
is
a
working
group
that
has
been
working
since
last
year
to
look
at
sales
tax
distribution
to
likely
Point
of
Sales
and
there's
this.
This
kind
of
Bill
will
likely
have
significant
impact
on
Cupertino
and
also
on
the
ability
of
cities
to
negotiate
a
sales
tax
discount
with
cooperations.
So
I
think
the
city
should
watch
on
the
development
of
this
kind
of
bills,
closely.
Yeah.
N
Oh
on
January,
the
19th
I
attended
the
first
VTA
policy
advisory
committee
meeting
of
the
year
we
selected
a
chair,
Rob
Rennie
of
Los
Gatos,
and
a
vice
chair,
Yvonne
Martinez
Beltran
of
Morgan
Hill.
We
received
a
presentation
on
Transit
priorities
and
a
review
of
the
committee
work
plan
on
January
the
23rd
I
attended.
The
audit
committee
meeting,
along
with
the
vice
mayor
and
she's
already
provided
I,
think
a
more
than
adequate
report.
Thank
you.
C
Yes,
councilman
sorry,
I
made
a
mistake:
I'm
mixed
up
actually
I
serve
around
two
policy
committees.
One
is
Public
Safety
and
the
update
I
gave
was
from
the
revenue
and
Taxation
Committee
for
Public
Safety
Committee.
They
there
are.
There
are
concerns
about
aggregate
to
the
crimes
that
are
on.
There
was
a
presentation
by
retail
association
and
they
are
looking
into
a
potential
either
ballot
initiative
or
a
bill
that
hopefully
will
still
provide
com
compassionate
approach,
but
while
keeping
the
repeat
offenders
accountable.
A
Thank
you,
councilmember
ciao,
so
I'm,
just
with
clarification,
I
want
to
clarify
Santa
Clara
county
is,
has
our
cities
Association,
but
Cal
City
also
has
a
cities
Association.
So
when
we
say
Cal
cities,
that's
a
league
that
covers
all
the
cities
in
California
when
we
say
Cal,
City,
Peninsula
division,
that's
Three,
Counties,
Santa,
Clara,
County,
San,
Mateo,
County
and
Santa
Clara
County.
The
one
I'm
going
to
mention
now
is
called
cities
Association
of
Santa
Clara.
A
The
emphasize
is
to
lead
our
cities
into
collaborative
ordinances,
Collective
work
so
that
we
can
work
together
regionally.
So
thank
you,
so
that
is
for
our
city
council's
report.
Now
we're
moving
to
see
the
city
manager.
Oh,
do
we
have
subcommittee
assignments
reports?
No,
okay.
Let's
move
to
City.
W
You
mayor
way
very
quickly,
a
few
updates
from
me,
so
thank
you.
Council
for
accommodating
a
council
workshop
last
Friday
in
the
library
expansion
room.
The
topic
of
that
day
was
focused
on
Council
governance
and
also
really,
this
is
to
prepare
the
council
for
the
upcoming
continuation
of
the
workshop.
That
is
scheduled
for
March
the
1st
to
discuss
council's
strategic
goals
and
also
to
realign
the
work
program.
W
Thirdly,
if
Council
remembered
that
Public
Works
division
traffic
Transportation
division
has
implemented
a
pedestrian
scramble
signal
facing
operation
at
the
McLennan
and
Bob
Road
intersection
on
January
23rd,
this
scramble
allows
pedestrians
to
cross
any
of
the
four
lakes
while
all
vehicles
have
a
red
light
and
are
restricted
from
right
turn
on
red
during
the
school
drop
off
and
pickup
times.
Since
implementation
staff
has
been
observing
the
intersection
operation
regularly
and
talking
to
drivers,
pedestrians,
bicyclists
school
officials
or
anybody
who's
willing
to
share
their
opinion
and
made
adjustment.
W
I'm
happy
to
update
the
council
that
there
has
been
slight
adjustment
made
to
the
operation
and
overall,
since
the
past
two
weeks,
observation
has
indicated
that,
while
some
vehicle
Improvement
may
experience
slightly
delay,
the
most
of
the
drivers
and
users
have
EXP
experience
a
very
efficient
and
smooth
operation.
However,
we
continue
to
welcome
any
feedback
from
the
members
of
the
public
or
anybody
to
continue
to
make
this
a
successful
operation.
W
Lastly,
I
want
to
leave
the
council
with
a
bit
of
a
good
news.
About
a
week
ago,
we
were
informed
that
Cupertino
was
featured
in
one
of
the
leading
green
Biz
or
general
publication.
That
Cupertino
is
one
of
the
top
three
cities
in
the
entire
nation,
surpassing
city
of
Orlando
and
city
of
Boston,
in
our
effort
in
sustainability.
So
this
is
really
a
big
shout
out
to
our
sustainability
division
for
doing
the
great
effort.
That's
my
report.
Thank
you.
Merway.
A
Thank
you,
sir
Manju.
That's
a
great
compliment
to
our
sustainability
department
and
Cupertino
is
on
top
of
the
nation.
Let's
continue
that
Trend
maybe
get
to
number
one,
sometimes
alrighty.
So,
let's
move
to
consent
agenda.
It's
from
it's
from
6
to
15..
Do
I
do
believe.
We
have
emails
from
public
and
we
have
concerned
agenda
being
pulled
out.
W
A
A
X
A
X
V
B
B
N
A
right
after
right
before
to
right
after
public
hearing
and
also
and
move
the
rest
at
the
end
of
number
18
and
see
how
much
time
we
have
to
go
through
it,
because
we
really
want
to
do
the
business
first.
The
public
hearing
the
letter
back
to
the
the
17th
and
18
first
so
I
like
to
move
that
we
we
do
public
hearing
and
then
do
number
15
and
put
the
rest
of
the
consent.
That's
pulled
out
to
the
after
18..
A
A
B
Just
I
wanted
to
make
a
quick
announcement
for
this
item
due
to
new
state
law,
the
it
limits
the
distribution
of
copyrighted
materials
associated
with
the
review
of
development
projects.
So
members
of
the
public
wishing
to
view
plans
that
cannot
otherwise
be
distributed
under
SB
1214
may
make
an
appointment
with
the
planning
division
to
view
the
item
at
City
Hall
by
sending
an
email
to
planning
at
cupertino.org.
A
Y
Y
The
public
storage,
facilia,
20565,
Valley,
Green
Drive,
let's
see
here,
okay,
so
again,
the
subject
tonight
is
to
consider
an
appeal
of
the
planning
commission's
decision
to
deny
a
sign
exception
to
allow
three
wall
signs
where
two
are
permitted
and
to
further
allow
two
of
the
three
wall
signs
to
be
oriented
towards
a
freeway
on
two
separate
storage
facility
buildings.
The
applicant
who's
also,
the
appellant
is
David
Ford
from
all
signed
Services
himself
and
another
representative
from
Public
Storage
is
present
tonight.
Y
A
little
bit
of
background
as
the
facility
and
its
location,
Public
Storage
is
currently
on.
A
three
acre
site
was
proved
by
Council.
The
current
building
it
has
was
approved
by
Council
on
June
18
2019
to
demolish
the
existing
public
storage
facility
and
and
develop
a
new
265
671
square
foot
building.
That's
approximately
a
little
Slightly
North
of
40
feet
tall
as
with
most
development
projects
in
the
city,
signage
is
not
included
in
the
original
approvals.
Y
So
again,
there's
just
to
give
you
some
perspective
as
to
the
staff
report
and
to
the
community
on
the
site
plan,
if
we
reference
buildings
and
and
sign
numbers.
This
is
what
we're
talking
about
so
building
this.
So
the
facility
is
really
just
is
made
up
in
two
buildings:
a
western
building,
an
Easter
building
the
building
one
is
the
easternmost
building
well.
Building
two
is
the
Western
Building
sign
one?
Is
the
wall
sign?
That's
on
the
Eastern
facade,
that's
not
facing
I-280.
Y
Y
Y
The
sign
ordinance
of
the
missile
code
does
allow
for
a
Max
of
two
signs
per
business
under
certain
circumstances,
regardless
of
their
freeway
facing
or
not
those
can
be
if
the
the
business
does
not
have
a
those
include
three
three
things
of
the
business
does
not
have
a
a
ground
sign,
or
it's
fronting
two
separate
streets
or
it's
on
a
building
pad
that's
more
than
five
thousand
square
feet.
Those
are
just
certain
circumstances.
Y
Y
As
we
said,
it's
already
up
there
right
now,
a
few
of
the
reasons
why,
as
part
of
their
findings,
that
was
denied
was
the
the
Commissioners
felt
that
it
was
inconsistent
with
the
signed
and
bird
safety
ordinances,
the
potential
for
safety
hazards,
the
motorists
and
potentially
precluding
the
Porsche,
this
portion
of
I-280
being
designated
the
scenic
highway.
As
the
staff
report
described,
this
portion
of
I-280
is
actually
eligible
to
be
a
scenic
highway,
but
not
actually
designated
as
a
Scenic
Highway.
Y
So
the
applicant
filed
the
appeal
on
October
21st
of
2022.
The
basis
of
the
appeal
was
that
the
and
and
there
are
in
and
their
view,
was
that
the
the
decision
was
based
on
the
accurate
information
regarding
the
secret
requirements,
dark
sky
restrictions
and
i2a
Scenic
Highway
destination
further.
In
their
view,
there
was
no
discussion
by
Commissioners
on
required
findings.
As
outlined,
the
staff
report
council's
review
is
was
considered
de
novo,
which
means
that
the
this
application
goes
in
front
of
you
as
you.
Y
Y
However,
to
Grant
assigned
exception
is
three
findings
that
have
to
be
made
and
and
I
have
on
the
on
the
screen.
The
last
findings
is
finding
C
that
states
that
the
exception
to
be
granted
is
one
that
will
require
the
least
modification
of
the
prescribed
regulations
in
the
minimum.
Variance
that
accomplished
accomplishes
the
purpose.
Y
One
is
that
per
the
sign
ordinance.
A
single
business
is
only
allowed
to
have
two
wall
signs
and
and
also
for
the
sign
ordinance
only
allows
a
single
freeway
order,
site
per
business.
So
what
we,
what
was
felt
by
staff
and
as
well
as
what
the
plan
commissions
to
a
certain
extent,
was
that
this
funding
cannot
meant,
because
it
was
a
greater
variance
of
what
typically
would
would
staff
would
support
or
allow.
Y
So.
The
conclusion
again
requires
further
modification
of
regulations,
the
minimum
variance
so
in
terms
of
sequa
this.
This
project,
if
approved,
would
be
categorically
exempt
from
the
requirements
of
California
Environmental
Quality
act
per
sections.
15
301,
as
the
existing
facility
as
a
building
is,
is
complete
just
as
an
FY
and
as
pointing
out
of
the
staff
report.
Y
So
the
recommended
action
from
excuse
me
it's
just
it.
I
should
read
that
the
city
council
I
apologize
adopted
the
proposed
drafted
solution
to
find
the
proposed
actions
are
exempt
from
sequa
and
uphold.
The
appeal
in
part
approve
one
of
the
two
requests
of
freeway
oriented
signs
and
deny
the
request
and
sign
exception,
and
again,
one
of
those
two
in
the
just
to
clarify
one
of
the
two
requested.
Free
memory
assigns
that
could
be
up
to
the
city
council,
whether
they
want
to
approve
sign
two
or
sign
three,
and
that
concludes
my
presentation.
A
V
A
Z
Z
We
have
asked
you
to
look
at
our
appeal
of
the
Planning
Commission
or
Planning
Commission
decision,
which
denied
our
sign
exceptions,
we're
asking
that
you
approve
a
sign
exception
for
one
of
the
wall,
signs
that
we
are
proposing
we're
in
agreement
with
the
staff
report
and
after
hearing
comments
at
the
Planning
Commission
meeting,
we're
in
agreement
that
two
signs
is
probably
not
necessary.
That
one
sign
would
definitely
serve
the
purposes
for
this
facility.
F
Z
Z
Z
As
was
mentioned,
the
staff
report
signs
are
categorically
exempt
from
SQ
under
section
15
3-1-1.
It's
it's.
An
existing
facility
signs
are
also
exempt
from
the
city
of
cupertino's
dark
sky
requirements,
provided
they
meet
the
illumination
requirements
in
the
sign
code,
which
this
does
it
allows
for
250
Lamberts
of
light.
This
is
we're
proposing
88,
so
about
a
little
more
than
a
third
of,
what's
Allowed
by
the
code.
Z
Also
Highway
280
is
currently
not
designated
as
a
Scenic
Highway.
In
order
to
do
that,
the
city
would
have
to
create
a
quarter
protection
plan
and
submit
that
to
Caltrans
I
spoke
with
Caltrans.
They
have
not
received
any
quarter
protection
plan.
I
asked
staff.
If
they
had
been
asked
to
put
that
together,
they
said
they
have
not
been
asked
to
do
that.
So
at
this
time
it's
just
a
potential
designated
Scenic
Highway
and
there's
nothing
to
say
that
adding
this
sign
would
exclude
that
from
being
designated
as
a
highway
in
the
future.
Z
These
next
slides
cover
some
of
the
information
that
was
in
the
staff
report.
Basically
the
location
of
the
property.
It's
it's.
It
is
set
back
370
feet
from
Valley
Green
Drive.
It
does
not
have
a
frontage
on
that
street.
There
are
Office
Buildings
in
a
parking
lot,
so
there's
really
no
visibility
from
that
street.
The
entrance
is
a
private
driveway.
As
noted,
could
you
go
to
the
next
slide?
Please
thank
you.
Z
There's
a
private
driveway
to
the
right,
there's
residential
on
either
side,
so
signs
on
either
end.
We
have
one
at
on
the
right
hand,
side
simply
because
that's
where
the
entrance
of
the
facility
is
sign
on
the
left-hand
side
wouldn't
make
much
sense.
No
sign
visibility
on
the
back.
So
really
the
only
visibility
to
the
public
is
along
Highway.
280.
Z
So
this
is
just
our
visibility
study.
We,
you
know,
as
shown
the
staff
report.
These
are
the
two
locations
we
were
proposing
for
the
signs
at
this
point
again,
we're
just
asking
for
one:
you
can
go
through
the
next
slides
next
few
slides
would
be
great.
These
are
just
visibility
studies.
This
is
the
information
we
presented
to
the
Planning
Commission
to
kind
of
show.
Z
Okay,
so
the
in
next
slide,
please
all
right,
so
we're
basically
asking
that
you
grant
the
sign
exception
to
a
lot
of
the
freeway
facing
sign
the
signed
ordinance
again.
This
is
mentioned.
The
staff
report
does
allow
for
multiple
signs.
Really.
The
only
issue
here
is
that
it's
facing
a
freeway,
not
a
public
Street,
it's
not
detrimental
to
the
public
health
or
welfare
safety,
or
anything
like
that.
The
lighting
is
all
within
restrict.
AA
AA
Don't
need
to
reiterate
that
piece.
Visibility
is
is
very
minimal
here,
so
what
we're
really
seeking
to
achieve
is
not
just
access
to
the
community
but
visibility
to
those
people
that
might
not
know
that
there
is
a
brand
new
building
that
is
open
and
operating
for
the
benefit.
So
thank
you
for
your
time
tonight.
D
A
Y
X
Hold
on
sure,
okay,
yeah,
so
I
drive
by
this
location
in
the
evening
and
I've
observed
that
it's
quite
bright
because
these
hallways
are
lit,
and
you
can't
see
it
in
this
image
because
it's
a
daytime
shot.
But
these
all
of
these
doors
are
a
very
bright
orange
and
I'm
wondering
if
this
is
actually
in
keeping
with
our
bird
safe,
Dark
Skies
ordinance,
because
it
is
so
bright
when
you
go
by
here.
X
So
I
I
know
that
you
showed
other
location
images,
but
I
find
this
really
really
bright,
and
it's
it's
quite
distracting
from
the
the
surrounding
area.
It's
a
bit
of
a
shock,
so
I
was
wondering
if
staff
could
let
us
know
if
that
is
following
the
the
Dark
Skies
ordinance,
and
has
someone
done
a
check
of
this
building
at
night
to
verify?
Thank
you.
Y
X
X
A
C
C
Y
Y
C
C
It
will
be
like
whatever,
like
that's
already
on
the
highway
correct
yeah,
so
I
understand
that
we
are
not
applying
for
scenic
highway
right
now,
but
we
don't
want
to
prevent
this
to
prevent
us
from
applying.
So
I
just
want
to
confirm.
I.
Think
applicants
said
that
this
will
not
affect
the
eligibility
of
this
stretch
of
highway
to
be
eligible
for
Scenic
Highway.
Could?
What
is
that?
Exactly?
Is
the
requirement
Mary.
W
A
C
Z
You
sure
I'll
try
to
provide
some
clarification
so
when
I
contacted
Caltrans
to
find
out
if
they
had
a
quarter
protection
plan
had
been
submitted.
They
said
it
had
not
and
I
said,
would
would
adding
a
sign
to
this
building
preclude
that
from
being
a
Scenic
Highway,
they
said
we
don't
know
we
wouldn't.
We
would
need
to
see
what
the
quarter
protection
plan
says
and
obviously
the
quarter
production
plan.
If
it's
done
after
this
would
regulate
it
says
like
development
and
all
sorts,
there's,
six
or
seven
I
think
criteria
that
it
would
have
to
limit.
Z
So
what
I
was
saying
is
there's
nothing
to
say
that
it
would
preclude
it,
but
it
may
or
may
not.
You
would
have
to
put
together
this
quarter.
Protection
plan
submit
it
to
Caltrans.
They
would
then
review
that
to
confirm
if
it
meets
their
criteria
for
scenic
highways,
and
he
said
they
review
each
of
these
on
a
case-by-case
basis,
so
he
didn't
really
want
to
provide,
you
know,
say
for
sure
one
way
or
another
because
he
didn't
know
because
nothing's
been
presented
to
them.
Oh.
W
V
X
Y
V
AA
V
C
Z
C
C
Z
I
mean,
if
that's
a
requirement,
we
would
I
think
it.
You
know
obviously
there's
going
to
be
a
certain
point
where
it
doesn't
become.
You
know,
readable
or
easily
recognized
when
you're
going
70
or
75
down
down
the
freeway,
so
I
mean
we
would
certainly
not
say
we
wouldn't
reduce
it.
I
just
don't
know
how
small
you
would
want
it
to
make
it
because
again
this
is
you
know
it's
it's
set
back
pretty
far
from
the
freeway
and
it's
again
it's
it's
higher
up
on
the
building.
Z
So
it's
going
to
have
some
visibility,
but
you
know
what
I,
if
I
say
it's
a
four
foot
letter
that
sounds
really
large,
but
when
it's
up
there
that
high
and
that
far
back
it
doesn't
look
that
big
so
and
I.
Don't
know
I,
don't
remember
what
the
size
of
these
are,
but
if
you
do
have
a
size
restriction
I
mean
we
certainly
would
abide
by
that.
C
A
B
Yes,
mayor
I
have
in
Community
Hall
I
have
three
speaker
cards,
one
from
Connie
Cunningham,
one
from
Jennifer
Griffin
and
one
from
Lisa,
Warren
and
I
have
four
hands
raised
now:
five
on
Zoom.
So
as
per
our
current
process,
please
have
your
hands
raised
in
the
first
five
minutes
and
have
your
any
blue
speaker
cards
submitted
as
well
in
the
first
five
minutes.
Welcome
Connie.
F
Good
evening
miraway
vice
mayor
Moen
and
council
members,
I'm
Connie
Cunningham
lived
here
34
years
and
I'm
speaking
for
myself,
only
not
as
the
Housing
Commission
one
of
the
first
things,
I
guess,
I'd
ask
because
I
didn't
have
it
on
my
points
here
is
about
the
interior
lights
that
council
member
Moore
was
asking
about.
They
certainly
are
addressed
by
the
dark
skies
and
there
is
something
about
them
emanating
out
and
having
to
be
turned
off
at
certain
time
and
all
that
so
I
don't
know
the
details.
F
F
The
recommended
action
is
to
conduct
a
public
hearing
and
adopt
the
resolution
and
I
disagree
with
that
resolution.
Cupertino
is
a
lovely
city
with
aspirations
to
stay
that
way,
and
indeed
to
become
more
beautiful
while
we
grow
over
the
next
few
decades
with
the
housing
element
to
do
so.
Each
decision
is
critical.
F
Excuse
me
I
urge
the
council
also
to
request
the
staff
rewrite
the
signed
ordinance
to
make
clear
the
requirement
for
reducing
light
pollution
and
light,
trespass,
which
is
mentioned
several
times
within
the
sign
ordinance
as
well
as
within
the
Dark
Skies
ordinance.
Light
trespass
is
a
really
big
deal
and
it
should
be
very
clearly
stated.
I
also
would
urge
that
the
council
request
that
the
the
excuse
me
staff
prepare
a
corridor
protection
plan.
If
that
is
what's
required
to
find
out
what
all
is
needed.
F
I
don't
think
that
we
as
a
city
with
all
of
our
various
master
plan
and
stuff,
all
of
the
different
things
that
I
have
read
about
how
we
care
about
nature
I.
Don't
think
that
we
want
to
be
the
piece
that
says:
yeah
we've
got
signs
that
peek
out
peek
out
they're
bright
they're,
distracting
any
distractions
like
that
are
bad
for
motorists
and
can
cause
accidents.
F
Let's
see
how
much
time
oops
okay,
the
ordinance
for
the
signs
says
it
is
to
provide
regulations
of
signed
dimensions
and
quantity
which
allow
for
good
visibility
for
the
public
and
the
needs
of
the
business
while
providing
the
safety
of
the
public
by
minimizing
distraction
to
motorists
and
pedestrians.
That's
right
in
the
sign
ordinance
itself.
It
also
says
that
the
science
color
and
illumination
shall
not
produce
distraction
to
motorists
or
nearby
residents.
Paragraph
C1
states
provide
architectural
and
aesthetic
Harmony.
F
G
A
good
evening,
city,
council,
hi,
I'm,
Jennifer,
Griffin
and
I
did
attend
the
Planning
Commission
meeting
last
fall.
When
this
item
came
up,
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion.
I
will
tell
you
that
at
that
time
we
were
able
to
have.
We
were
able
to
look
at
what
the
science
were
supposed
to
look
like
now.
We
seem
to
have
some
sort
of
a
strange
new
law,
I
I,
wonder
if
the
governor
signed
it
I,
never
heard
about
it
that
we
can't
look
at
what
the
sign.
What
I
I
mean.
This
is
a
sign.
G
That's
going
on
the
side
of
a
building
next
to
280
and
the
public
is
not
allowed
to
look
at
it.
I
mean
what
kind
of
law
is
that
that's
not
public
storage's
problem,
but
I
can
see
going
forward
that
we're
not
going
to
be
able
to
look
at
any
plans
for
anything.
You
know,
even
if
they
got
a
little
pencil
out
and
made
a
little
square
with
a
little
figure
on
it.
That
would
be
helpful.
G
I
I
apprec
appreciate
Chris
the
laptop
here,
but
I'm,
not
a
laptop
person,
I'm
a
tablet
person
I,
don't
know.
I'm
gonna
have
to
spend
more
time.
I
guess
I
have
to
make
an
appointment
now
to
come
down
to
the
city
during
pandemic,
so
that
I
can
look
at
plans
of
something
that's
going
to
be
on
the
side
of
280..
When
I
was
a
kid
and
280
was
opened
in
1968
it
was
a
beautiful
Corridor.
My
relatives
from
Virginia
we
took
them
up
there
by
Crystal.
Springs
I
want
280
to
get
that
designation
again.
G
There
is
no
reason
that
we
can't
have
that.
I
will
tell
you
right
now:
I
think
public.
My
husband
had
public
storage
in
South
San
Jose.
Before
we
got
married
and
it's
a
good
system,
the
building
is
visible
somewhat
from
280
a
little
taller
than
I
thought
it
was
going
to
be.
Maybe
we
can
plant
more
trees
there
that
might
help.
Believe
me,
the
nobody
cares
about
the
Redwood
trees
along
280.
We
need
to
start
replacing
putting
more
of
them
back
again.
G
I
can't
tell
from
what
what
they're
trying
to
do
here
so
I
think
at
this
point
from
what
everybody
seemed
to
be
really
happy
after
the
Planning
Commission
meeting
I,
don't
I
think
the
applicants
were
too
about.
We
discussed
everything
in
great
detail.
I,
don't
see
at
this
point
for
one
thing,
since
the
public
can't
see
anything
thanks
to
Gavin
I
really
think
we
need
to
stick
with
what
we
approved
in
in
the
fall,
because
it's
and
nobody
can
see
what
they're
trying
to
do.
I
don't
want
280
to
look
like
a
neon
sign.
G
San
Jose's
been
having
problems
where
they
want
to
put
in
moving.
What
are
those
video
things
that
make
people
stop
and
crash
in
traffic
I?
Don't
want
280
to
look
like
that:
I!
Don't
care
if
the
housing
element
wants
to
put
500
000
housing
units
in
Cupertino
I,
don't
want
to
have
Cupertino.
Look
like
some
neon
Vaudeville
out
of
Roger
Rabbit.
Let's,
let's
just
not
do
this
and
then
next
time
we.
B
J
Hi,
so
I
too
was
at
the
Planning
Commission
meeting
I
thought
the
decision
was
the
right
decision.
I
think
it
needs
to
be
upheld
and
not
changed.
I
can
remind
people
a
lot
of
some
of
you
weren't
here
back
then,
but
when
this
application
came
to
do
the
enlargement
very
big
enlargement
of
the
existing
Public
Storage
at
the
same
spot,
there
were
claims
that,
oh,
my
gosh,
we
need
this
so
bad.
We
need
this
to
be
so
big
and
so
many
units,
because
we
can't
keep
up
with
the
need
for
storage.
J
J
There
was
not
an
interest
really
by
the
the
owners
of
public
storage
and
applicant
to
to
have
art,
because
there
wasn't
a
great
use
for
it
there.
There
was
no
visibility,
so
it
wasn't
a
good
place
to
put
public
art
at
a
large
expense.
They
did
have
to
and
hopefully
did
give
their
in-lu
fee
for
the
missing
public
art,
which
was
close
to
three
hundred
thousand
dollars
that
we
should
have
the
Fine,
Arts,
commission
or
arts,
and
culture
now
should
be
able
to
use
elsewhere
and
I
agreed.
J
It
wasn't
good
there,
but
again
we
it
wouldn't
have
visibility,
there's
nowhere.
We
were
going
to
really
put
it
that
it
would
be
visible
so
and
more
signs
and
a
very
slick,
very
slick,
sort
of
drive-by
movie,
scene
kind
of
thing
and
Aerials
if
I
remember
correctly
at
that
time
at
Fine
Arts
that
you
know
this
is
what
it
looks
like,
and
this
is
you
know,
blah
blah
blah.
J
B
AB
AB
It's
it's
so
hard
to
find
something
and
it
causes
more
traffic
and
confusion,
and
it's
much
safer
to
have
good
signs
that
are
visible.
Every
business
gets
two
signs
and
these
signs
in
themselves
meet
code.
The
they
say.
The
light
issue
is
taken
care
of
that
it's
lower
than
the
then
the
highest
signs
and
it
it's
it
complies
with
the
sign
ordinate.
AB
AB
It's
exempt
from
sequa,
I
I.
Think
it
promotes
safety
by
being
able
to
know
where
it
is.
It
gives
you
you
know
simple.
Direction
This
Way
take
that
exit
instead
of
driving
around
in
circles,
trying
to
find
find
the
place
so
I'm
I'm
in
favor
of
the
project,
and
would
that's
that's
all
I
have
to
say.
Thank
you.
B
AC
Thank
you
good
evening,
mayor
vice
mayor
and
city
council.
My
name
is
resident
and
vice
chair
of
Planning
Commission
I'm,
here
speaking
as
a
resident.
Only
representing
myself
I
request
the
council
to
deny
the
appeal
as
freeway
280
is
a
Scenic
rebate.
We
all
know
that
it
may
not
be
designated,
but
it's
ceiling.
AC
driving
on
freeway
101
feels,
like
you
know,
driving
on
Las
Vegas
strip
with
so
many
lighted
signs
I
guarantee
you
that
every
sign
on
preview
101
meets
the
code.
This
is
not
about
know
whether
something
meets
the
code
or
not.
This
is
about
now
what
we
want
around
us
right,
let's
not
make
you
know
freeway
280
as
yet
another
Las
Vegas
strip
in
the
Bay
Area.
If
you
accrue
this
appeal,
we
will
open
the
floodgates
for
various
entities
to
do
the
same
along
the
entire
stretch
afternoon.
AC
B
L
L
Also,
most
customers
in
need
of
storage
will
find
Public
Storage
from
online
maps
on
their
phones.
That
is
how
people
operate
today.
Code
States,
the
signs,
color
and
illumination
shall
not
produce
distraction
to
motorists
or
nearby
residents.
The
intent
of
freeway
facing
signs
is
clearly
to
distract
motorists
and
draw
their
attention.
Thus,
freeway
facing
signs,
especially
illuminated
signs,
are
not
consistent
with
cupertino's
design
criteria.
L
B
AD
AD
It
is
also
concerning
that
we
are
overriding
the
Planning
Commission,
because
it
depends
a
signal
and
a
precedent
that,
in
future
rules
from
the
Planning
Commission
welcome
back
into
the
city
council
to
be
appealed
and
to
be
overridden.
We
spent
a
lot
of
time
talking
about
improving
efficiency
of
city
council
processes,
and
here
is
an
example
of
an
inefficiency
where
the
planning
Council
made
an
approval,
and
we
are
now
revisiting
it
and
spending
enormous
time
of
City
Council
on
this
topic.
AD
U
Good
evening,
mayor
way,
vice
mayor,
Mohan,
council,
members
and
staff
I
agree
with
all
the
previous
speakers
that
do
not
want
this
approved
San
R
pointed
out
a
very
good
reason:
a
Planning
Commission.
The
time
spent
the
analysis.
The
discussion
I
also
Connie
Cunningham,
said
each
decision
is
critical
and
it
builds
on
itself.
It's
cumulative,
if
you
think
about
it,
on
280,
there's
a
public
storage,
not
that
brand,
but
a
storage
across
the
street
across
280..
Maybe
they
want
to
sign
too.
U
Are
we
going
to
have
all
illuminated
signs
if
you
accept
one,
what
it
sets
a
precedent
and
I-280
is
a
beautiful
Highway
until
you
get
down
into
San
Jose,
please
do
not
destroy
this
I,
encourage
you
to
deny
this
approval
this
appeal
and
pursue
the
corridor
protection
plan
through
Caltrans,
after
that,
if
they
want
to
come
back
and
a
sign
is
allowed,
so
be
it
but
get
that
plan
in
place.
First,
before
you
destroy
the
opportunity
to
do
it,
thank.
T
I
agree
with
the
previous
speakers,
with
the
exception
of
Miss
Austin
Public
Storage
has
been
in
Cupertino
for
years
without
signage
on
280,
and
evidently
their
business
has
thrived.
I
do
hope
that
you
watch
the
Planning
Commission.
My
understanding
is
that
any
sign
application
within
660
feet
of
the
freeway
needs
to
go
in
front
of
the
Planning
Commission
per
plan.
The
building
is
46
feet
from
the
property
line
and
we're
looking
at
signs.
That
would
be
a
few
feet
short
of
a
one-car
garage.
That's
super
close
and
really
big.
T
Your
approval
of
this
sign
is
optional,
although
it
does
not.
Finally,
like
dark
sky,
we
care
about
Dark
Skies.
We
all
want
Cupertino
to
be
beautiful,
and
we
want
to
know
that
280
is
eligible
for
Scenic
Highway.
Let's
not
risk
losing
it.
It
would
be
a
distraction
to
drivers
and
would
be
visible
to
homes
across
a
freeway.
The
proposed
signage
will
not
help
you
find
the
building.
T
The
proposed
signage
will
not
help
you
find
the
building,
so
I
want
to
read.
That's
why
I
repeat
it,
because
I
really
want
you
to
hear
that
the
applicant
has
already
shared
that
an
objective
is
to
advertise
and
provide
name
recognition.
We
don't
want
Billboards
in
our
community.
The
Proposal
will
eliminate
the
sign
until
11
pm
well
after
the
office
is
closed
at
a
report
at
7
pm
according
to
the
web,
I,
don't
think
we
can
even
consider
the
building
to
be
complete.
T
T
Please
don't
be
known
as
a
city
council
that
defied
the
sorry.
Let
me
say
this
again
well,
actually
I'll
say
defied
our
Planning
Commission
because
they
did
right
and
since
I
do
have
a
minute
you
know
it
was
interesting.
There's
the
I
hope
you
also
read.
The
packets
committee
for
green
Foothills
also
spoke
against
it,
and
even
KQED
had
called
into
I
believe
the
Planning
Commission
Planning
Commission
in
the
city,
because
they
were
interested.
T
X
I
have
a
question
so
well
what
I
was
reading
just
just
a
comment
on
on
the
the
layout
of
the
materials
that
we
were
given.
It
was
a
little
confusing
because
the
public
storage
presentation
came
before
the
council
presentation
in
the
packet
and
I
just
found
it
a
little
confusing
to
be
able
to
tell
where
the
material
was
coming
from,
because
we
were
given
the
argument
for
the
appeal
from
the
applicant
before
the
staff
report.
I
just
want
to
highlight
that
in
the
future.
X
Maybe
we
want
to
turn
it
around
the
other
way
and
then
yeah
okay.
So
let
me
I
just
have
a
question
about
another
sign
that
I've
seen
and
I'd
like
to
understand
this.
If
someone
can
prepare
an
answer
for
the
648
square,
footage
of
sign
signage
that
was
already
applied
for
but
I'm
going
to
show
you
something.
X
Y
I
can't
say
really
quick,
so
what
was
actually
approved
was
51
square
feet
of
this
sign.
That's
on
the
Eastern
facade,
the
600
square.
Foot
signage
was
part
of
the
original
building.
Permit
application
that
was
later
revised
to
take
out
all
the
wall,
signs
and
and
that's
square
footage,
also
was
inclusive
of
of
stickering
on
the
windows
and
whatnot.
That
was
on
the
ground
floor,
which
is
us
really
subject
to
to
approval
from
for
a
building
permits.
So
so
what
really
was
approved
was
51
square
feet
of
wall
signage.
C
Okay,
so
it's
a
question
for
City
or
attorney
I
think
so,
if
we,
this
kind
of
sign
is
approved
that
today
and
our
understanding
right
now
from
the
applicant
is
there
won't
be
neon
signs.
There
will
be
moving
signs,
however.
In
case
they
decide
to
install
that
kind
of
neon
or
moving
flashing
lights.
Do
they
need
to
come
back
to
the
city
for
another?
Permit.
V
C
Y
Z
J
V
The
two
freeway
or
there's
there's
one
side
they're
two.
There
are
two
freeway
oriented
signs,
one
is
permitted
per
code
and
the
second
is
would
be
subject
to
it:
an
approval
through
the
exception
process
and
and
I.
Think
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that's
clear
because
the
you
know
this
I
think
the
the
terminology
of
sign
exception
is
is
a
little
bit
fuzzy.
C
C
C
W
W
V
V
A
C
V
W
N
D
W
Suda
Mary
by
me
vice
mayor
Mohan.
So
in
a
code
it
says
that
once
you
have
a
a
free
weight
face
sign,
it
is
subject
to
planning
commission's
approval
right.
So
that's
why
the
original
sign
exception
went
to
Planning
Commission
approval,
Planning
Commission,
to
consider
for
an
approval.
The
Planning
Commission
denied
the
exception
and
the
appellant
has
the
right
to
appeal
that
decision
and
that's
before
you
today.
A
Y
A
Y
A
Okay,
so
War
science
and
okay,
so
I
I,
want
to
understand
I
want
to
balance.
My
comment
is
I
want
to
balance
our
businesses
needs
to
get
visibility
and
also
balance
that
we
want
to
keep
our
you
know,
freeways
or
our
city,
not
so
illuminated
so
so
I
think
it's
been
confirmed.
This
kind
of
Illumination
is
only
one
third
of
our
dark
sky
and
birth
safety,
ordinance.
X
W
C
C
Go
ahead,
oh
really
fast!
So
so
we
understand
that
light
will
be
one
third
of
the
lobby.
Nation
that's
already
in
the
code.
We
don't
need
to
add
that
to
the
conditions
of
approval,
correct
right
and
then
but
I
understand
that
you
are
saying
the
dark
sky
ordinance
doesn't
apply
to
commercial
size,
correct,
so
suppose
we
apply
the
dark
sky
ordinance
to
this
sign.
What
kind
of
limitation
would
be
added
there
and
is
it
possible?
A
Answer
to
that
question,
I
did
close
the
public
hearing
yes
before
the
before
and
I
just
want
to
make
one
more
comment
of
the
process
for
flowchart
for
hearing
items
is
what
I'm,
following
through
so
yeah.
That's
just
to
answer
councilman
Memorial's
question:
okay:
let's
take
a
five
minute
break.
Thank
you!
Mary,
okay,.