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Coverage of the Tuesday, August 16, 2022 Cupertino City Council Hybrid Meeting. (Part 1 of 2)
A
A
D
Thank
you
all
right,
good
evening,
honorable
mayor
and
council
members,
I'm
ursula
sarova,
the
environmental
programs
manager
for
cupertino
and
I'm
here
to
present
about
the
proposed
single-use
plastic
ordinance,
which
is
a
city
program
city,
work
program
item.
My
slide
should
take
about
13
minutes.
D
We
brought
the
proposed
ordinance
elements
to
council
at
a
study
session
on
march
1st
and
feedback
from
that
meeting
is
listed
on
pages
1
and
2
of
the
staff
report.
Direction
was
given
to
bring
a
draft
ordinance
for
consideration,
making
sure
to
include
temporary
waivers
to
reduce
impacts
to
businesses
so
I'll
cover
that
momentarily.
D
D
There
is
not
a
real
winner
amongst
the
different
types
of
single-use
foodwear,
but
here
locally
compostable
fiber-based
foodwear
can
be
put
in
the
green
carts
and
bins
without
food
being
scraped
out
or
cleaned
and
they
will
get
processed
as
compost,
while
single-use
plastics
would
need
to
be
emptied
and
cleaned
to
prepare
for
recycling
and
even
if
properly
prepared.
The
recycling
markets
for
plastics
are
not
that
great.
D
D
The
first
phase
would
allow
us
to
locally
enforce
state
law
ab-1276,
which
requires
that
no
accessories
such
as
utensils,
straws
or
condiment
packets
be
provided
unless
a
customer
asks
for
them.
That
includes
online
takeout
and
delivery
orders.
This
requires
no
change
in
purchasing
habits
for,
or
items
used
for
serving
food
and
beverages.
D
Just
that
businesses
need
to
ask
customers
first
before
providing
food
wear
accessories.
The
state
law
became
effective
june
1st
and
we
have
informed
businesses
about
it,
but
our
local
enforceability
would
become
effective
on
october
6th
of
this
year,
which
would
be
30
days
after
the
anticipated
second
reading.
D
The
ordinance
would
also
prohibit
the
use
and
sale
of
single-use
compostable
plastic
takeout
food
wear
the
reason
we
are
recommending.
The
ban
on
both
the
use
and
sale
of
compostable
plastic
containers
and
utensils
is
that
those
are
not
accepted
in
cupertino's
organics
program.
They
are
a
contaminant
to
the
recycling
program
and,
if
thrown
away
as
garbage,
they
would
go
to
landfill
and
generate
methane.
D
Compostable
plastics
are
the
most
confusing
for
businesses
and
consumers
because
they
are
certified
compostable
by
reputable
testing
agencies,
but
we
have
to
remember
that
those
items
are
not
wanted
by
our
local
compost.
Processing
facilities.
California,
in
general,
has
a
much
shorter
processing
time
than
national
standards.
D
While
fiber-based
products
are
accepted
for
composting
in
cupertino,
they
are
not
as
valuable
and
input
to
the
composting
process
as
food
scraps
or
yard
trimmings,
and
they
still
require
production
inputs
for
just
a
few
minutes
of
use.
This
is
why
shifting
to
reusable
food
wear
wherever
possible,
better
addresses
resource
use,
health,
economic
and
environmental
concerns.
D
D
D
We
recommend
having
this
begin
in
september,
2023,
to
allow
transition
time,
as
many
restaurants
are
still
using
the
thin
plastic
bags.
We
also
have
a
piece
of
code
cleanup
to
recommend,
because
our
bag
ordinance
is
out
of
alignment
with
state
law
which
requires
that
the
10
cent
charge
be
levied
on
both
reusable
and
paper
bags.
Currently,
our
code
allows
reusable
bags,
which
tend
to
be
the
thicker
plastic
bags
that
meet
the
technical
specifications
of
reusable
to
be
provided
at
no
charge.
In
practice.
Our
grocery
stores
appear
to
be
following
the
state
law
already.
D
There
was
also
the
idea
of
requiring
that
produce
bags
at
grocery
stores
be
required
to
be
compostable.
We
are
not
recommending
that
requirement
at
this
time,
as
there
is
a
state
bill
contemplating
that
action,
as
well
as
some
concern
about
compostable
plastics
from
compost
processors.
So
we
feel
waiting
for
additional
information
is
prudent
on
that
piece.
D
Understanding
that
these
requirements
could
present
challenges
to
some
businesses,
we
have
included
a
number
of
temporary
exemptions.
These
could
be
applied
for
in
cases
where
extra
time
is
needed,
or
there
is
significant
economic
hardship
or
in
cases
where
there
is
no
compliant
container
that
meets
the
specific
needs
of
a
food
product.
D
Additionally,
small
quantities
of
plastic
straws
can
be
kept
on
hand
to
provide
to
people
who
may
need
them
as
an
example
of
a
potential
unique
packaging
hardship
bubble.
Tea
drinks
are
popular
in
cupertino
and
often
they
are
prepared
in
a
clear
plastic
cup
that
has
film
plastic
heat,
sealed
across
the
top
that
a
pointed
plastic
straw
can
be
stabbed
through
this
kind
of
drink
packaging.
With
its
expected
look
and
user
experience
might
be
considered
a
unique
packaging
hardship,
a
temporary
waiver
could
be
allowed
while
alternatives
are
encouraged
and
developed.
D
The
photo
in
the
lower
left
side
of
this
slide
shows
a
before
and
after
at
a
cupertino
restaurant
from
some
years
ago,
when
they
switched
to
reusables
for
dining
in
the
photos
in
the
lower
right
are
products
in
use
now
in
the
bay
area
for
reusables
for
takeout,
and
then
above
right
is
one
example
of
what
a
reusable
option
for
bubble.
Tea
drinks
might
look
like.
D
Other
jurisdictions
are
interested,
though,
especially
in
requiring
reusables
rfps
for
assistance
in
transitioning
to
reusables
have
been
issued
by
alameda
county
palm
springs,
mountain
view,
san
mateo
county,
to
name
a
few.
It's
also
notable
that
starbucks
announced
on
march
15th
of
this
year
that
they
are
enabling
reusables,
including
in-cafe,
drive-through
and
mobile
order
and
pay.
D
And
here's
the
rest
of
that
table
which
shows
that
banning
the
retail
sale
of
expanded,
polystyrene
foam
food
wear
would
have
us
joining
mountain
view.
Palo,
alto
and
sunnyvale,
but
banning
the
sale
of
compostable
plastics
would
be
something
new
in
the
county.
This
table
is
on
page
7
of
the
staff
report
in
an
attempt
to
understand
current
practices
and
concerns.
D
We
conducted
outreach
in
summer
2021
our
consultant
environmental
innovations
partnered
with
a
team
from
the
peninsula
chinese
business
association
to
conduct
in-person
interviews
with
food
businesses,
and
they
ultimately
did
88
in-person
visits
and
gathered
a
total
of
99
survey.
Responses
from
a
variety
of
food
facilities
main
concerns
about
switching
away
from
plastic
were
the
cost
to
switch
and
concern
that
disposable
plastics
are
crucial
for
their
operations
and
takeout
orders.
The
specialized
machines
that
heat
seal
plastic
onto
a
plastic
cup
of
bubble.
Tea
were
specifically
mentioned.
D
As
for
schools,
which
would
not
be
apologies
on
that,
as
for
schools,
which
would
not
be
covered
under
this
ordinance,
I
did
have
a
long
conversation
with
the
food
services
manager
at
cupertino
union
school
district
and
learned
that
they
have
already
been
taking
certain
steps
to
limit
wasteful
food
wear.
However,
she
did
note
two
major
barriers,
which
are
that
no
schools
have
dishwashers
and
that
there
have
been
challenging
supply
chains
for
foodwear
in
general.
D
On
top
of
significant
budget
issues,
we
are
keeping
an
eye
on
a
bill
at
the
state
level
that
would
fund
installation
of
dishwashers
at
schools.
Fremont
union
school
district
has
an
engaged
student
group
that
is
working
on
this
issue,
with
management
in
their
larger
sustainability
goals
and
I've
connected
with
the
food
facility
manager
at
dianza.
So
I
look
forward
to
continuing
those
conversations.
D
Customers
also
took
surveys
and
indicated
they
are
worried
about
the
waste
generated
by
single-use
food
wear.
They
support
moving
away
from
single-use
plastic,
are
concerned
about
single-use
food
wear
in
general
and
that
they
would
continue
to
support
businesses
if
they
switch
to
non-plastic
alternatives.
D
To
make
sure
food
businesses
are
aware
of
this
process,
we
reached
out,
in
this
variety
of
ways,
to
encourage
people
to
tune
in
to
the
study
session
and
this
first
reading
or
respond
via
the
engage
page
to
let
their
voices
be
heard.
After
the
study
session,
the
mercury
news
ran
an
article
on
the
front
page
of
the
local
section,
which
generated
four
supportive
emails
and
several
product
offers.
D
The
draft
ordinance
allows
a
one-year
waiver,
but
if
there
is
additional
guidance
on
that
point,
that
would
be
valuable.
The
next
big
question
is
if
we
want
to
include
an
element
of
financial
assistance
as
part
of
our
process.
A
typical
example
from
other
jurisdictions.
Hiring
for
this
work
was
a
specified
budget
for
financial
assistance
with
with
a
cap
of,
say,
three
hundred
dollars
per
business
with
some
element
of
need-based
selection.
D
If
that
is
desirable,
we'll
add
it
into
the
rfp
and
it
could
be
administered
through
the
consultant
and,
as
noted
earlier
at
this
time,
the
lids
are
not
prohibited.
As
there
are
plastic,
lids
are
not
prohibited
because
there
are
safety
concerns
and
limited
alternatives.
This
is
similar
to
what
san
mateo
county
has
done.
D
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much
ursula.
Let's
do
this,
and
as
in
keeping
with
our
normal
practice,
we'll
go
to
members
of
the
public
and
so
for
members
of
the
public.
Let's
go
ahead
and
feel
free
to
ask
any
questions,
as
well
as
make
commentary
on
the
presentation
that
you
just
heard,
then
we'll
go
to
our
city
council
for
questions
and
then
further
deliberation.
If
we
have
a
motion
to
entertain
so,
let's
go
ahead.
A
The
third
way
to
get
your
comments
in
during
public
comment,
and
this
pertains
to
both
oral
communications
and
public
comment
for
each
of
the
agenda
items
for
the
two
meetings
tonight.
The
special
meeting
now
as
well
as
the
regular
meeting
later,
is
to
go
ahead
and
mail
city
clerk.
That's
one
word
city
clerk
at
cupertino.org,
and
so
if
the
city
clerk
receives
that
email
during
the
time,
the
first
person
is
speaking
or
you
know
it
looks
like
it
was
sent.
A
E
A
F
F
I
think
you
guys
answered
my
question,
which
was
about
having
lids
available
for
takeout
drinks,
my
mother-in-law
and
I
and
my
husband
ate
out
in
san
jose
last
weekend
and
my
mother-in-law
could
not
find
any
lids
for
her
beverage
which
she
was
taking
out
the
car
and
she
was
rather
upset
about
it.
So
that's
why
I
I
don't-
and
I
actually
had
gone
back
up
to
the
counter,
because
I
needed
a
straw
because
of
my
tooth
problem
and
they
did
not
have
either
lids
or
straws
available
at
the
self.
F
F
So
I
think
it's
very
important
that
they
have
drink
carriers
available.
If
you
have
more
than
one
drink
that
you
can
have
a
little,
I
I
don't.
Maybe
this
is
reusable,
but
you
have
a
carrier
that
you
can
carry
it
out
with
if
you
have
two
to
three
and
that
you
always
have
lids
available,
because
there
people
can
be
burned.
If
you
spill,
you
can
either
slip
if
it's
cold
beverage
or
you
can
burn
yourself
very,
very
badly.
F
If
you
do
not
have
the
proper
lids-
and
I
that
was
just
my
comment-
the
other
one
was
the
part
I
had
a
question
about
was
the
issues
with
people
that
are
coming
in,
perhaps
for
instacart
we
have
a
member
of
our
family
that
does
deliveries
with
instacart
and
various
groups
and
what
are
and
they'll
come
in
oftentimes
and
pick
up
things
that
are
ready
to
go,
take
out
et
cetera.
What
is
being
done
with
that
for
those
people
because
they
need
to
be
protected?
F
They
can't
bring
in
china
dishes
and
things
like
that.
They
have
to
pick
up
things
that
are
ready
to
go
that
are
packaged
correctly,
that
they're
not
going
to
get
burned
or
have
food
items
that
are
contaminated,
etc.
They
their
livelihood,
requires
them
to
get
that
bag
of
food
to
the
destination,
and-
and
I
I
think-
maybe
you
guys
covered
this-
but
I
didn't
hear
anything
about
that.
F
A
G
Good
evening,
council
and
staff,
I
want
to
thank
manager
cyrovia
for
excellent
information
and
presentation.
I
have
three
concerns.
First,
the
staff
report
talks
about
recommends
that
the
prohibition
against
self-serve
stations
be
removed
in
the
ordinance,
but
when
I
read
the
ordinance,
it
doesn't
look.
G
So
I
would
like
to
make
sure
that
that,
in
agreement
with
the
staff
remove
the
prohibition
of
self-serve
stations,
also,
the
ordinance
at
9.17.130
says
single-use
carryout
bags,
but
it
applies
to
reusable
bags
too.
So
the
title
should
be
changed
and
third,
I'm
wondering
what
the
staff
thinks
the
consultant,
how
the
staff
will
use
the
consultant.
G
A
H
A
Does
anyone
have
some
questions
initially
for
ursula
and
the
presentation
that
was
made,
and
I
echo
the
sentiment
that
that
was
an
excellent
presentation,
well
worth
the
wait
and
a
lot
of
good
things
have
crystallized
over
the
course
of
the
year
last
year
and
a
half
or
so
so
I'll
go
buy
a
show
of
hands.
Since
are
we
all
on
zoom
here,
councilmember,
moore
and
leon,
and
vice
mayor
ciao?
Okay?
A
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
since
I
have
you
know,
kind
of
you
know
three
different
things
to
to
be
looking
at
I'll.
Just
stick
with
my
my
my
my
laptop
here
and
it'll
just
be
consistent.
I
see
council
member
willie
is
the
first
hand
raised
councilmember
willie
questions
for
ursula
on
this
presentation.
I
Yeah
all
echo
good
presentation,
a
lot
of
information
very
detailed,
well
organized.
It
really
helps
us
to
move
through
it.
So
my
question,
you
know
it's
better,
that
it's
a
question
than
a
comment
during
deliberations
and
that
is
you
know
the
challenges
of
small
businesses
trying
to
dramatically
change
how
they
do
business
almost
overnight
in
in
a
very
short
period
of
time,
as
we
heard
from
the
the
resident
and
their
experience
at
one
of
them.
I
D
I
was
thinking
about
san
mateo.
County
has
hosted
a
coup,
a
couple
of
gatherings
and
demonstrations
for
businesses
to
come
check
out
food,
wear
from
different
vendors,
and
you
know
kind
of
experience
in
person
and
learn
more
about
them,
and
then
they
also
maintain
a
list
on
their
website
of
compliant
products
and
the
vendors
and
where
to
get
them.
A
Great
thanks
seriously,
we
can
try
a
couple
of
rounds
of
questions
so
councilmember
william.
I
see
your
hands
back
up
again.
Let's
go
ahead,
go
to
councilmember
more
than
councilmember
way.
I
have
a
brief
question
and
then
we'll
head
back
to
vice
mayor,
ciao
and
then
councilman
will
you
can
kick
us
off
on
the
next
round
of
questions
before
we
entertain
a
motion,
so
councilmember
moore
you're
next.
J
J
If
you
have
some
language
regarding
that
in
order
to
extend
it
for
another
year
and
also
for
financial
assistance,
I
was
curious
about
perhaps
a
suggestion
to
have
the
300
per
business
with
that
being
need,
based,
I'm
going
to
assume
that's
what
the
the
mini
grants
portion
of
the
staff
report
was
referring
to.
But
if
that's
not
I'd
like
to
understand
clearly
what
the
mini
grants
part
was.
Thank.
A
D
D
D
You
know
additional
one
year
to
come
into
compliance,
and
there
are
several
reasons
that
you
could
apply
under,
one
of
which
could
be
a
unique
packaging
exemption.
So
if
the
council
were
to
say
that
that
it's
a
specific
need-based
packaging
they
could
you
could
give
us
that
direction.
We
could
just
so.
That
would
be
my
my
first
thought
on.
D
That
was
that,
if
you
know,
if
council
feels
that
it's
a
need-based,
specific
need-based
package,
then
that
would
fall
under
the
unique
packaging
exemption
and
then
that
would
essentially
give
at
least
one
year
extension
and
then
a
question
for
city
attorney
would
be
if
our.
If
the
way
the
exemption
is
worded,
would
allow
for
repeat
requests
for
extension
or
if
that
one
year
would
be
the
final.
K
Yeah,
I
can
try
to
answer
that
question
so
yeah,
so
the
way
that
the
ordinance
is
drafted
now,
that
extension
would
be
renewable
annually.
So
it's
a
question
of
whether
whether
that's
council's
desire,
I
would
also
add,
with
respect
to
the
self-service
stations,
I
do
believe
that
that
provision
was
removed.
However,
there
are
provisions
of
state
law
and
cal
recycle
regulations
that
they
don't
prohibit
self-service
stations,
but
they
limit
certain
things
that
you
can
provide.
K
A
D
Was
the
third
question
and
I
will
say
that
the
state
law
just
to
go
back
to
chris's
point?
The
state
law
specifically
says:
self-serve
stations
are
allowable
so,
but
it
is
confusing
the
way
they
talk
about
it
anyway.
On
the
financial
assistance
the
300
yeah,
the
mini
grant
is,
is
what
I
was
that's
the
same
thing
and
the
300
is
just
a
model
that
has
been
used
in
the
past.
A
J
L
Okay,
thank
you
mayor
paul,
so
I
asked
a
question
before
the
meeting,
so
it
was
answered,
so
I
just
want
to
kind
of
reiterate
it.
You
know
we
do
have
a
fine,
so
I
was
very
concerned
about
a
fine.
The
first
day
is
100.
Second,
is
two
hundred
and
thirty
days,
five
hundred
and
every
afternoon
athlete's
500..
So
I
I
was
very
satisfied
with
the
staff's
report,
because,
if
a
you
know,
restaurant
cannot,
you
know
remedied
it
within
seven
or
months.
That's
a
lot
of
fun,
but
our
staffs
answer
it.
L
They
will
work
closely
with
our
restaurants
and
small
business
to
make
sure
that
you
know
these
are
they're
giving
plenty
of
time
to
to
be
conforming.
So
I
do
think
we,
our
city,
has
this
policy
of
working
with
businesses,
and
my
recommendation
is,
I
do
think
we,
the
city
staff,
maybe
could
work
with
the
chamber
and
host.
L
A
I'm
going
to
take
that
as
a
form
of
question
so
ursula
with
regard
to
council
member
ways
suggestion
any
thoughts
on
working
in
the
chamber.
I
know
that
we
have
an
economic
development
manager
right,
so
we
do
have
that
ability
and
wherewithal
within
our
city,
to
reach
out.
Of
course,
not
every
business
in
the
city
is
a
member
of
the
chamber
of
commerce.
So
you
know
that's
one
thing
to
consider
as
well,
but
but
ursula
any
thoughts
on
that
particular
comment
or
question
from
councilmember
way.
D
A
Yeah,
of
course
I
mean
you
know
as
as
as
a
prior
board,
president
of
the
chamber
of
commerce,
I'm
not
going
to
diminish
it,
of
course,
but
then
you
know
it
is
not
a
majority
of
businesses
that
are
members
of
the
chamber
of
commerce.
So
I
I
guess,
maybe
in
follow-up
to
that.
Very
briefly.
What
are
the
other
outreach
mechanisms
if
we're
trying
to
reach
more
of
a
comprehensive
whole
of
the
entirety
of
the
city.
K
D
A
M
D
D
M
D
So
the
way
we've
seen
this
work
in
other
jurisdictions
is
they.
You
know
they
will
do
that
door-to-door
outreach
they'll
find
the
people
who
need
help
they'll
put
on
these.
Maybe
these
mini
workshops
where
they
demonstrate
the
different
kinds
of
compliant
food,
wear
they're,
knowledgeable
about
food
service,
so
they
can
get
in
and
say.
Okay,
let's
look
at
your
operation.
Where
can
we
help
you
with
this?
You
know
adoption
of
the
reusables.
Let's
look
at
your
dishwashing
capacity.
They
they
have
that
ability
and
they
could
help
assess
for
the
need-based.
D
M
Great-
and
I
do
have
a
question
I
think
it's
we
do
want
to
wing
ourselves
from
single-use
plastic
that
there's
just
people
are
so
used
to
using
them.
However,
going
to
reusable
food
where
it
does
require
washing
and
it
will
require
additional
water
use
and
wearing
a
drought.
So
have
you
estimated
how
much
extra
labor
cost?
That
would
mean
for
businesses
and
water
usage.
D
M
D
D
A
Placement
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
cut
this
off
so
that
if
you
have
any
follow-ups,
go
ahead
and
follow
them
up
on
the
next
round
of
questions.
So
I'll
finish
off
our
round
of
questions,
so
I
really
appreciate
my
colleagues
and
their
inquiries
pretty
much
covered
everything
that
I
wanted
to
ask
about,
except
one
thing
so
ursula
when
we
were
planning
out
the
the
mayor's
cup
challenge.
A
With
regard
to
the
idea
of
generally
sustainability
in
plastics,
which
is
more
of
an,
I
guess,
an
overarching,
you
know,
look
at
the
the
problem
of
disposable
plastics
or
plastic
waste.
In
general,
we
were
looking
at
a
model
potentially
for
for
the
food
service
right.
We
had
lunch
over
there
where
there
was
a
business
that
would
come
in
and
actually
provide
the
reusable
cutlery
and
the
plates,
and
I
I
found
that
idea
and
business
model
very
compelling.
A
But
then,
of
course,
you
know
when
you're
trying
to
change
these
behavioral
patterns
and
create
new
models,
you're
going
to
run
into
logistical
issues.
You
know
so
when
I
think
about
what
vice
mayor
chao
was
just
talking
about,
and
it
was
a
topic
that
was
of
particular
interest
to
me
as
well.
I
I
think
well
what
if
we
could
actually
bring
in
our
own,
you
know
cutlery
or
or
plates,
you
know
into
a
restaurant,
but
then,
of
course,
there
would
have
to
be
some
kind
of
certification
system
to
ensure
cleanliness
right.
A
D
There
is
definitely
there
are
services
out
there
that
provide
that
there's
one.
That's
called
dishcraft
that
has
a
sort
of
a
robotic,
highly
efficient,
washing
and
drying
technique
that
meets
all
food
safety
standards,
and
they
can,
you
know,
they're
mobile
and
can
go
around
and
meet
the
needs
of
smaller
places
that
may
not
have
access
or
ability
to
do
dishwashing
on
site.
So
we
could
see
a
growth
in
that
kind
of
service.
N
D
D
D
A
Right,
so
so,
so
is
that,
like
kind
of
a
gray
area
with
regard
to
regulatory
authority
and
all
that
kind
of
stuff-
or
you
know
where,
where
are
we
sitting
with
regard
to
you
know
that
that
part
of
the
pragmatism
of
trying
to
you
know
pass
mandates
and
say:
okay,
you're
gonna
have
to
use
reusable
stuff,
and
you
know
the
the
practical
realities
of
a
lot
of
these
businesses.
Having
you
know,
you
know
it
may
cost
something,
but
at
the
same
time
you
know
at
this.
A
O
A
Go
ahead
and
you
know
start
our
next
round.
You
know
you
know
before
I
do
that.
Let
me
just
say
that
a
lot
of
this
is
about
you
know,
kind
of
spurring
on
those
types
of
conversations
and
and
thinking
to
try
to
figure
out
where
we're
going
to
go
on
the
next
step.
Once
we,
you
know,
pass
the
legislation.
So
it's
certainly
not.
You
know
something.
That's
going
to
end
here
now
and
you
know
just
be
fixed
for
for
permanence,
or
anything
like
that.
A
So,
let's
go
on
to
council
member
willie
and
with
a
quick
time
check
where
6
13.
If
we
can
do
this
next
round
of
questions
and,
let's
just
say
the
next
10
minutes
or
so
that
would
be
ideal
because
then
we
would
have
a
bit
of
time
to
consider
a
proposal
for
a
motion
going
forward.
Councilman
willie,
you
have
the
next
round.
I
Yeah,
just
just
to
follow
up
on
the
last
question
that
I
ask.
If
I
back
up
and
say
all
these
questions,
I
think
are
great
questions.
We
want
this
to
be
successful.
We
want
to
move
forward
and
these
questions,
I
think,
are
largely
questions
that
the
businesses
would
be
asking
the
customers
that
would
be
asking.
I
So
so
that's
great.
So
then,
back
to
the
question
that
I
was
asking
about
how
to
assist
the
businesses
in
being
able
to
to
move
forward
fairly
quickly
and
not
make
mistakes
wind
up
with
the
wrong
food,
wear
for
what
they've
got
they've
already
bought
cases
of
it,
and
then
they
find
it's
either
not
strong
enough
whatever.
So
I
was
real
happy
when
you
said
that
to
re
to
get
connected
with
all
the
businesses.
You
know
you
tried
the
mass
mailers
and
things
of
that
nature,
but
then
you
went
out
door-to-door.
I
That
being
said,
now
we're
back
to
what
what
is
showing
to
be
the
most
beneficial
alternative
food
where
and
that
repository
you
had
mentioned
that
san
mateo
had
a
list,
but
if
I
put
myself
in
in
the
provider's
shoes,
pizza,
parlor
or
you
know
some
other
take
out,
I
would
pretty
much
be
at
a
loss.
You
know
ask
me
about
cheese
and-
and
sauce
is
great-
that's
my
expertise.
D
Q
A
K
H
A
Like
basically,
what
ursula
was
asking
for
was
some
direction
as
to
whether,
for
example,
with
regards
to
the
unique
packaging
exemption
to
say,
hey,
you
know,
go
ahead
and
apply
that,
to
you
know,
bubble
tea
shops
or
places
selling
that.
But
would
you
guys
like
to
speak
to
that
question
either
ursula
or
chris.
D
I
can
just
say
that
you
know
there
is
some
discretion
on
behalf
of
the
director.
I
I
believe
is
how
it's
phrased
in
here
to
issue
the
exemptions,
and
if
the
food
provider
can
demonstrate
that
no
reasonably
feasible
alternative
exists
for
a
specific
and
necessary
prohibited
single-use
food
service,
wear
item,
then
they
could
qualify.
K
Already
so
yeah,
I
would
just
add
that
that
the
ordinance
as
drafted
has
the
exemption
process
that
ursula
described,
and
so
that
would
be
a
available.
You
know
that
would
be
available
for
bubble
tea
shop
operators
to
apply
for
just
like
other
businesses.
You
know-
and
so
you
know
as
drafted,
we
would
apply
the
same
standard
to
them
as
other
businesses,
and
you
know
for
some
of
the
reasons
that
that
that
ursula
described
in
her
presentation,
they
do
have
unusual
challenges
in
in
meeting
the
requirements
of
the
the
ordinance
okay.
J
Thank
you
under
c2
condiments
such
as
sauces
ketchup
or
mustard
provided
for
on-site
consumption,
shall
not
be
served
in
disposable,
individual
serving
packets.
Okay,
if
you
go
to
a
key
there's,
a
salsa
bar
you've
got
little
tiny
plastic
containers
with
clear
lids
you
use
those
for
in
in
dining
or
take
out.
So
what
happens
with
those?
It
sounds
like
that
that
would
count
as
condiments
the
salsas
and
etc.
J
So
I'm
going
to
assume
that
they're
going
to
have
to
provide
some
different
containers
for
on-site
dining
and
then
for
takeout.
Could
those
potentially
be
a
hardship
item
because
I
just
I
don't
know
for
that
particular
size?
If
that's
going
to
be
a
challenge,
I
have
seen
some
small
containers
used
by
pacific
catch
similar
for
similar
things,
so
I'm
assuming
that
the
requirement
is
that,
if
you're
taking
it
out
they're
going
to
have
to
provide
some
paper
fiber-based
alternatives.
Is
that
correct.
J
My
concern
there
is
the
hipaa
concern
and
the
individual
person
needing
to
identify
themselves
as
being
a
person
with
disability
when
they're
making
an
order
for
food
online,
and
so
I
I
don't
want
that
to
to
happen,
and
then
it
also
seems
that
for
the
website
online
ordering,
the
individual
would
need
to
have
an
option
to
ask
for
some
kind
of
cutlery
and
then
be
able
to
ask
for
a
straw.
Is
that
correct.
A
M
M
D
D
M
Okay,
so
I
would
like
to
propose
something
I
feel
like
this
ordinance
is
putting
a
lot
of
burden
on
the
businesses,
while
the
customers
who
are
actually
benefiting
from
all
the
single-use
plastic,
have
no
responsibility
to
reduce
the
use.
But
it's
really.
The
businesses
are
there
to
serve
the
customers.
M
If
we
can
change
the
consumer
behavior
and
build
a
culture
that
this
proof
of
single
use,
plastic
and
everyone
make
it
a
habit
to
bring
your
own
utensil
pouch-
and
this
is
actually
a
pouch
provided
by
the
county
of
santa
clara,
a
recycling
and
waste
reduction
commission.
It
has
a
spoon
and
a
fork
and
even
chopsticks.
M
Then,
when,
in
one
year
when
the
business
implement
the
ordinance
there
is,
there
will
be
less
resistance
and
the
customers
would
actually
welcome
the
change
because
they
have
changed
their
behavior
behavior
and
they
they
want
this
thing.
So
I
think
that's
a
better
way
to
promote
this
kind
of
ordinance.
A
Right
if
you'll
recall
I'll
have
a
couple
minutes.
So
let
me
let
me
go
ahead
and
ask
my
final
follow-up
question
here.
So,
with
regard
to
our
ban
on
compostable
cutlery,
you
know
one
of
one.
One
of
the
points
of
the
exercise
that
we
had,
that
was
a
council
supported
part
of
the
mayor's
cup
challenge.
Right
was
to
look
at
a
problem
from
various
perspectives.
Right
I
mean
you've
got
the
industry
perspective.
You've
got
the
perspective
of
the
science,
and
I
just
kind
of
wonder
where
we're
at
right
now.
A
One
of
the
factors
is
that
the
science
hasn't
caught
up
with
being
able
to
process
a
lot
of
these
compostable
cutlery
pieces.
Is
there
anything
baked
into
our
draft
ordinance
here?
That
would
speak
to
changes
in
our
capabilities,
whether
it's
with
our
waste
management?
You
know
mechanism
or
you
know,
perhaps,
changes
in
in
the
actual
composition
of
compostable,
cutlery
or
so-called.
I
should
say
compostable
cutlery
right,
so
so
is
there
anything
contemplated
in
their
ursula?
You
know.
A
Is
there
a
periodic
check-in
with
regard
to
whether
you
know
this
aspect
of
the
legislation
is
still
necessary
because
I
think
to
be
really
good
legislation.
It
should
speak
to
not
just
anticipating
those
changes
but,
as
vice
mayor
chad
is
pointing
out,
perhaps
even
helping
to
encourage
you
know.
Particular
patterns
of
usage
and
behavior.
A
Is
always
our
prerogative
right?
You
know
as
a
council,
so,
okay,
you
know,
I
think
we
have
a
pretty
good
suite
of
questions
and
and
follow-ons
at
this
time
I
see
councilmember
moore
has
a
hand
raised
with
a
time
check.
We
have
approximately
15
minutes
at
the
very
most
that
we
can
be
continuing
this
in
the
special
meeting,
because
our
our
regular
meeting
starts
thereafter.
J
J
Yes,
I
I
do
think
one
thing
that
that
the
change
away
from
the
plastic
cutlery
will
that
the
alternatives
aren't
aren't
so
appealing
really,
and
I
think
that
that
in
of
itself
might
inspire
people
to
want
to
ensure
make
sure
that
they've
got
their
own
cutlery.
Pouch,
like
the
vice
mayor,
was
showing-
and
I
hope
in
the
future-
we
perhaps
provide
those
at
earth
day.
J
I
think
that'll
be
a
wonderful
idea,
so
I
actually
like
the
recommended
action
with
the
addition
of
adding
the
300
need,
based
financial
assistance
mini
grant
up
to
a
total
of
21
000,
which
would
be
about
70
restaurants
that
that
could
apply.
For
that
that
I
would
like
to
start
with.
That
is
the
motion.
A
A
Okay,
so
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
table.
The
motion
is
on
the
table
for
consideration,
which
is
essentially
the
recommended
action
here,
and
I
I
think
you
know
we
do
have
a
good
suite
of
questions
as
well
as
commentary
over
the
course
of
the
last
couple
of
rounds
I'll
take
a
show
of
hands
with
regard
to
starting
off
discussion
on
this.
If
there
are
any
desires,
so
I
see
vice
mayor
chat,
so
try
to
use
your
zoom
function
if
you
can't
vice
merchants.
M
Yeah
first,
a
question
is
300
enough:
would
the
administration
cost
to
even
go
beyond
that?
So
would
that
be
I'm
wondering
about
the
amount
and
then
second,
is.
I
actually
wish
to
add
a
friendly
amendment
so
that
we
include
on
the
program
to
really
build,
build
a
culture
of
using
reusable
utensils
and
bring
your
own
to
picnics,
to
parties
and
to
restaurants
and
start
on
it's
not
a
well-formed
plan,
but
I
hope
something
could
come
back
so
that
by
the
time
this
is
implemented,
we
are
building
a
culture.
That's
welcoming
this
ordinance.
A
A
D
A
J
If
the
ordinance
is
adopted,
staff
recommends
contracting
for
technical
and
financial
assistance
that
isn't
actually
summarized
in
the
in
the
recommended
action
and
that
it
says
that
the
cost
to
hire
technical
assistance
as
described,
is
expected
to
be
approximately
100
000
to
cover
support
both
before
and
after
the
implementation
of
the
most
significant
changes,
including
offering
a
defined
number
of
small
grants
to
help
cover
the
cost
of
switching
to
reusables
or
purchasing
compliant
food.
Wear.
A
J
A
Okay
and
since
we're
in
the
second
month
of
the
fiscal
year,
how
about
we
provide
direction
come
back
in
one
year
so
that
that
could
actually
get
fulled
in
the
work
plan?
You
know
for
the
upcoming,
because
we
have
a
set
work
plan
and
I
would
I
would
suggest,
come
back
in
12
months
and
then
we
can,
you
know,
do
the
follow-ons
here.
Is
that
workable
for
you,
as
the
mover
as
and
as
the
seconder.
A
Okay,
well,
my
concern
is
really
with
the
work
plan
right.
We
have
a
pretty
full
work
plan
for
the
upcoming
fiscal
year,
which
will
end
on
june
30th,
so
I
can
even
say
sometime
in
july,
if
that
would
work
a
little
bit
better
a
couple
of
months
before
you
know
this
is
looking
to
go
online.
Is
that
something
that
would
be
somewhat
more
amenable,
or
are
you
thinking
more
long
lines
of
six
or
nine
months
out
from
now.
A
So
my
consideration
here
is
in
six
to
nine
months.
That's
actually
still
within
our
current
fiscal
year,
which
we
haven't
actually
placed
a
work
plan
item
on
for
that.
So
I
just
I
just
want
to
be
careful
about
that
in
terms
of
adding
stuff
right
in
terms
of
you
know,
we've
already
gone
through
the
process
and
if
we
can
do
it
within
you
know
the
next
fiscal
year.
I
think
that
would
be
you
know
pretty
ideal.
So,
let's
just
say
the
first
meeting
in
july.
You
know
kind
of
aim
for
that.
J
D
A
A
Honestly
this
could
this
could
be
seen
as
a
follow-on
to
the
current
work
program
item
that
we
have
for
this
particular
you
know
discussion,
so
I
mean
I
suppose
that
would
be.
I
guess
it's
fair
enough
to
you
know
accommodate
and
maybe
we
can
say
a
six
to
nine
month
range.
If
that's,
you
know
something.
That's.
A
M
Also,
I
want
to
make
a
comment
that
this
kind
of
ordinance
is
the
first
step
towards
the
right
direction.
We
may
not
get
everything
right
if
this
in
any
case
create
a
hardship
for
any
business.
Please
come
and
talk
to
the
council.
We
are
all
willing
to
work
with
you
to
make
this.
We
you
know
to
make
this
work
for
everyone.
O
A
Absolutely
we're
very
flexible
and
willing
to
listen,
and
so
let's
go
ahead
and
confirm
this,
as
the
mover
councilmember
moore
six
to
nine
months
is
the
direction
of
staff
to
come
back
with
the
content
that
was
discussed
and
with
the
seconder
vice
mayor
ciao.
Let
me
just
hear
verbal
yeses.
If
that's
okay,.
B
A
A
A
Good
evening,
everyone,
this
is
6
45
p.m.
On
august
16th
2022,
this
is
the
regular
meeting
of
the
cupertino
city
council.
However,
before
we
convene
that
regular
meeting,
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
open
back
up
the
special
meeting
that
started
at
5
30,
because
it
was
adjourned
in
error.
We
needed
to
conduct
the
first
reading
of
the
ordinance
that
was
on
the
special
media
agenda,
and
so
I
will
ask
our
city
clerks
to
do
that.
Madam
city
clerk.
Would
you
please
conduct
the
first
reading
of
the
ordinance
that
was
under
consideration.
B
This
is
the
first
reading
of
ordinance
number
22-2239
as
modified
an
ordinance
of
the
city
council
of
the
city
of
cupertino,
amending
city
code
to
change
the
name
of
section
9.15,
adopt
new
sections
9.15.090
and
point
one
five
point:
one:
two:
five
and
men's
sections.
Nine
point:
one
five
point:
one:
zero,
zero,
nine
point,
one
five
point:
one:
one:
zero!
B
Nine
point:
one
five
point:
one:
two:
zero
nine
point:
one
five
point:
one:
three:
zero
nine
point:
one
seven
point:
one:
three:
zero
and
nine
point:
9.17.140
to
regulate
the
use
of
single-use
food
service;
wear
by
food
providers,
regulate
sale
of
single-use
food
service,
wear
and
expanded,
polystyrene
foam
coolers
and
regulate
single-use
carryout
bags,
which
includes
a
finding.
The
adoption
of
ordinance
of
the
ordinance
is
exempt
from
the
california
environmental
quality
act.
Sequa.
A
Great,
thank
you
very
much,
madam
city
clerk
and
the
ordinance
was
moved
by
council
member
moore
and
seconded
by
vice
mayor
chao,
with
modifications
already
in
the
special
meeting,
and
so
at
this
point,
seeing
no
hands
raised
for
further
commentary.
Madam
city
clerk,
could
you
please
conduct
a
roll
call
vote
on
that
motion
with.
A
A
A
A
A
P
P
I
would
like
to
start
by
giving
you
an
oh
sorry,
remove
my
screen
too
much
by
giving
you
an
overview
of
cdi
and
the
role
of
the
insurance
commissioner.
Currently
the
insurance
commissioner
is
ricardo
lara
and
under
his
direction
the
department
uses
its
authority
to
protect
californians
from
insurance
rates
that
are
excessive,
inadequate
or
unfairly
discriminatory.
P
He
makes
sure
insurance
companies
have
enough
funds
to
pay
claims,
set
standards
for
agents
and
broker
licensing,
performs
market
conduct,
reviews
of
insurance
companies
ensuring
that
they
are
compliant
and
in
good
standing,
and
we
resolve
consumer
complaints
and
investigate
and
prosecute
insurance
fraud.
The
one
thing
we
cannot
do,
however,
is
require,
or
compel
insurance
companies
to
sell
insurance
to
a
particular
person
or
community,
so
california's,
devastating
wildfires
are
a
call
to
action,
we're
using
every
tool
available
and
to
improve
insurance
for
californians.
P
P
P
Learning
from
the
public
and
our
first
responders,
the
commissioner
started
working
with
the
legislature
on
laws
that
helped
wildfire
survivors,
including
increase
in
payouts
and
benefits
such
as
coverage
for
evacuation
expenses,
extensions
to
ales
those,
the
additional
living
expenses,
as
well
as
increasing
coverage
for
building
code
upgrades.
If
consumers
were
experiencing
losses,
they
should
receive
the
benefits
they've
paid
for
with
their
coverage.
So
we
also
implemented
a
law.
P
P
P
The
fair
plan
was
established
by
statute
in
august
of
1968
in
response
to
the
watts
riots.
When
the
commissioner
took
office,
the
fare
plan's
coverage
limits
had
not
been
increased
in
decades,
while
the
consumer
price
index
had
doubled
over
that
time,
he
ordered
increased
coverage
limits
for
both
dwell
in
coverage
and
commercial
policies,
given
people
twice
the
coverage
they
had
before.
P
In
addition,
we
worked
with
the
legislature
to
authorize
coverage
for
farms,
wineries
and
other
agricultural
businesses,
which
were
previously
prevented
under
law,
firm
access
in
the
fare
plan
and
finally,
the
commissioner
ordered
the
fair
plan
to
offer
a
comprehensive
option
to
homeowners
alongside
its
standard,
limited
policy,
the
fair
plan
sued
us,
but
a
judge
upheld
the
commissioner's
authority.
They
appealed
and
we're
back
and
forth,
but
he
will
not
stop
until
consumers
have
this
option.
P
So,
there's
a
lot
more
work
to
do
in
our
meetings
with
communities
and
leaders
in
the
space
the
commissioner
realized.
Everyone
was
working
on
this
issue
on
their
own
in
silos,
so
he
became
instrumental
in
creating
the
safer
from
wildfires
framework.
This
is
an
interagency
partnership
between
cdi
and
the
emergency
response
and
readiness
agencies
and
governor
nuisance
administration.
P
Its
purpose
is
to
protect
lives,
homes
and
businesses
by
reducing
wildfire
risk.
We
are
working
with
cal
fire,
cal
oes,
the
governor's
office
of
planning
and
research
and
the
california
public
utilities.
Commission,
let's
go
over
these
three
steps
or
errors
of
protection
under
the
framework,
we
call
it
the
one
two
three
plan:
it
begins
number
one
with
protecting
the
structure.
This
means
giving
you
specific
things
you
can
do
to
ensure
your
roof
balls
vents
windows
are
upgraded
to
be
safer
from
wildfires
number.
P
Step
three
is
involving
the
entire
community
in
fire
protection.
This
includes
items
such
as
your
safe
evacuation
routes,
with
contingency
plans,
clear
funding,
resources
to
implicate,
implement
in
mitigation
activities
and
programs
like
firewise,
which
brings
neighbors
together
to
protect
their
homes.
This
community-wide
part
is
critical.
By
working
together,
we
can
do
much
more
than
we
can
do
on
our
own
to
make
our
communities
safer.
There's
nothing
more
frustrating
than
you
doing.
P
A
lot
of
work
to
ensure
your
home
is
safe,
but
still
getting
dropped,
because
your
neighbor's
home
is
a
fire
hazard
safer
from
wildfires
aligns
with
recommendations
from
the
state
fire
marshal's,
low-cost
retrofit
list
and
fire
chiefs
across
the
state,
along
with
recommendations
from
groups
such
as
the
insurance
institute
for
business
and
home
safety
and
united
policy
holders.
These
standards
are
achievable
and
effective
strategies
for
homes,
businesses
and
communities
to
ensure
the
success
of
the
safer
from
wildfires
framework.
The
commissioner
introduced
new
regulations
based
on
really
single
concept
again
coming
directly
from
the
consumers.
P
We
have
met
across
the
state
when
you
do
the
work,
you
should
see
the
reward
by
making
homes
and
businesses
safer,
we
are
bringing
risk
down
and
this
will
bring
costs
down
too.
The
commissioner's
actions
are
focused
on
safety
and
transparency
and
his
new
regulations
do
this
in
three
ways.
First,
is
pricing
he's
requiring
the
insurance
companies
to
incorporate
the
safer
from
wildfires
framework
into
their
pricing,
driving
down
costs
for
consumers?
P
Insurance
companies
will
have
to
submit
new
rate
filings
that
recognize
safety
transparency.
Consumers
will
receive
their
property's
wildfire
risk
score,
which
in
the
past
has
been
considered
proprietary
and
the
reasons
for
it
and
cdi
will
have
oversight
and,
lastly,
consumers
will
be
able
to
appeal
their
risk
determination
when
they
have
done
the
work.
Public
input
is
critical
to
ensure
that
we
were
on
the
right
track.
We
held
a
hearing
on
april
13th
that
accepted
public
comments.
P
P
We
have
a
dedicated
educated
staff
that
their
callback
rate
is
two
minutes.
They
can
go
very
deeply
into
a
homeowner's
policy.
If
you
have
a
request
for
assistance,
they
will
help
with
that.
We
also
have
a
website
insurance.ca.gov,
where
we
actually
have
a
list
that
you
can
go
to
to
see.
Who
is
writing
insurance
in
your
zip
codes
and
lots
of
other
little
fun
places
there
on
that
website
with
lots
of
information?
A
Well,
mary
beth:
this
is
a
ceremonial
and
presentation
matter.
We
typically
don't
ask
the
questions,
but
we
are
very
grateful
for
insurance,
commissioner,
lars
efforts,
statewide
and
we're
very
happy
to
have
you
here
today.
We
do
have
the
recorded
presentation
and
all
the
really
wonderful
information
that
we
have
for
our
residents
in
your
presentation
on
online
and
available
on
the
city,
youtube,
channel
and
archived
online
as
well
for
our
cupertino.org
website.
So
thank
you.
A
So
much
always
welcome
back,
and
hopefully
we
can
keep
up
that
great
work
over
at
the
state
insurance
commissioner's
office.
Thank
you.
You're.
Welcome
all
right!
So,
let's
go
on
to
our
next
item
on
the
agenda
and
that
is
orders
of
the
day,
postponements
and
orders
of
the
day.
Madam
city
clerk.
Are
there
any
requests
from
staff
with
regard
to
postponements
and
orders
of
the
day
tonight,.
B
Yes,
mayor
staff
has
requested
reordering
the
agenda
to
hear
item
number
23
regarding
the
memorandum
memorandum
of
understanding
regarding
conditional
conditions
of
employment
for
the
cupertino
cities,
employees
association
to
reorder
it
to
hear
item
22
after
sorry.
Let
me
let
me,
let
me
repeat,
reorder
the
agenda
to
hear
item
23
before
item
22,
which
is
regarding
the
unrepresented
management
and
confidential
employees
group.
A
J
Okay,
thank
you.
I
would
like
to
see
item
24
our
last
item,
which
is
to
discuss
the
priority
housing
sites.
I'd
like
to
see
that
moved
to
be
right
after
the
consent
agenda.
If
that's
possible,
that
would
put
it
actually
actually
we'll
put
it
right
before
item
21
under
ordinances
and
action
items.
I'd
like
to
see
that
moved
there
do.
I
need
to
give
a
reason.
A
No,
you
don't
need
to
give
a
reason,
but
if
we're
gonna
do
this
in
motion
format,
I
would
like
to
have
a
discussion.
I
you
know,
I
don't
anticipate
anything
outside
of
our
consent
calendar
if
anything
gets
pulled.
Being
all
that
lengthy,
and
so
I
would
be
okay
with
having
everything
other
than
the
consent
calendar
items
if
they,
if
one
or
two
gets
pulled
after
item
24,
because
the
the
ones
that
are
not
on
consent,
I
think
they
should
be
relatively
fast.
A
So
things
like
the
employee,
you
know
agreement
and
you
know
our
compensation
essentially
for
for
the
employees,
the
benefits.
I
I
think
it's
important
to
to
to
have
those
addressed
this
evening.
I
don't
anticipate
either
one
of
them
taking
more
than
five
minutes,
and
so
what
I
would
suggest
is
item
24
come
before
anything
that
could
be
potentially
lengthy.
What
I
see,
frankly,
is
if
anyone
pulls
from
the
consent
calendar
the
the
climate
action
plan.
A
J
A
A
Okay,
so
I'll
go
by
I'll
verbally
describe
your
head
nod
on
zoom,
so
we'll
move
on
from
that?
Okay,
so
going
back
to
councilman
moore,
you
would
like
to
put
on
the
dyson
motion
to
put
item
23
before
22
and
item
24
prior
to
any
consent
agenda.
Calendar
item
that
ends
up
getting
pulled.
Is
that
correct
so.
A
I
A
A
A
If
you
have
a
blue
card
filled
out
before
the
first
speaker
is
done
speaking,
then
you
will
be
called
upon
after
our
zoom
hands
and
then
the
third
way
to
go
ahead
and
be
heard
during
oral
communications,
and
I
remind
everyone
again,
that's
anything:
that's
non-uh
non-agendized
tonight
you
can
email
our
city
clerk
city
clerk,
all
one
word
at
cupertino.org
in
the
time
that
the
first
person
is
speaking
and
that
first
person
is
going
to
be
jenny.
You'll
have
three
minutes.
As
with
everyone
else.
We
also
have
don
halsey
and
peggy
griffin.
A
F
You
had
an
unmuted.
Thank
you
very
much
mayor
darcy,
paul.
You
know
I
just
wanted
to
mention.
We
we're
at
the
end
of
the
bill.
Legislation,
cycle
and
bills
are
wrapping
up
and
getting
ready
to
go
to
the
governor,
and
I
was
very
very
disappointed
to
see
that
ab2097,
which
is
assembly
member,
laura
friedman's
parking
minimums
bill,
had
gotten
it.
I
think
it's
on
the
floor.
It's
going
to
go
to
the
senate
for
another
vote.
F
I
think
it
goes
back
to
assembly
and
then
it's
off
the
governor's
desk
this
bill.
This
is
the
second
iteration
for
it
they
had
ab1401
the
last
year
and
a
half.
It's
the
same
problems.
Nobody
they're
not
asking
the
public
whether
they're
they
they
need
parking
places
that
I
I'm
this
is
such
a
local
control
issue
bill.
F
No
one
has
asked
the
public
about
whether
they
want
to
like
lose
parking
places.
People
need
parking
places
for
shopping,
seniors
need
parking
places,
people
who
have
small
children
or
school
children
who
decide
to
drive
them.
I
mean
this
is
a
democracy
we,
supposedly
at
the
federal
level
you
have
the
you
can
make
your
own
decisions
about
how
you
take
your
children
to
school.
F
You
can
have
them,
walk
ride,
bikes,
rent,
a
bus,
but
you
can
still
take
them
in
your
car
and
I
I
really
have
a
big
problem
with
this
laura
friedman
bill,
because
it's
the
same
thing
that
happened
a
year
or
two
ago
with
the
other
bill.
They
don't
ask
the
public
what
they
need.
Reducing
parking
places
in
new
construction
to
me
is
one
of
the
I'm
gonna
be
blank
about
it,
one
of
the
stupidest
bills
I've
heard
of,
and
they
just
don't
get
it.
I
hope
the
governor
sees
fit
not
to
sign
it.
F
It
got
shot
down
in.
I
guess,
january
of
2022,
like
on
valentine's
day.
She
resubmitted
it
again
under
a
new
name.
So
there's
a
lot
of
money
pushing
this
bill
just
because
the
developer
doesn't
have
to
pay
30
000
for
a
parking
space
in
new
construction
doesn't
mean
that
a
senior
will
be
able
to
get
into
their
shopping
site.
It's
they
don't
think
about
the
public.
The
other
one
terrible
bill
is
ab2011
by
buffy
wicks,
which
is
basically
you
can
build
ministerial
on
any
commercial
site.
F
Housing
office
part
whether
you
have
land
contamination
or
not.
The
ministerial
mindset
has
got
to
go
it.
It's
yes,
parking
is
one
thing,
but
you
cannot
repeat,
cannot
build
housing,
affordable
or
whatever
on
contamination,
and
this
is
where
this
is
another
extremely
stupid
bill.
I
I'm
sorry
to
use
that
kind
of
language,
but
I've
seen
this
type
of
stuff
come
up.
You
you're
in
danger.
A
G
G
When
I
hear
the
term
non-profit,
I
always
thought
they
were
all
what
the
irs
calls
a
501c3
organization.
It
does
not
pay
taxes
and
allows
your
contributions
to
be
tax
deductible.
I
assume
that
the
term
non-profit
meant
a
purely
educational,
non-political,
unbiased
organization,
but
that's
not
always
true.
G
This
year
I
found
out
that
there
are
at
least
19
types
of
tax-exempt
organizations,
each
with
specific
purposes
and
allowable
activities.
Contributions
to
them
may
or
may
not
be
tax
deductible.
Can
you,
let's
show
the
whole
screen?
Please
kirsten
scroll
down
to
501c3?
Is
a
charitable
organization
generally
prohibited
from
directly
or
indirectly
engaging
in
political
campaigns
and
lobby,
a
501
c
4,
civic
leagues
and
welfare
and
social
welfare
organizations?
G
G
G
G
They
have
their
own
priorities.
That
may
not
be
in
line
with
yours
to
be
on
the
safe
side,
get
your
information
from
a
one
headed
501c3
organization
like
balapedia,
and
take
the
information
from
two-headed
organizations
with
a
grain
of
salt.
Here,
you've
got
aarp
and
the
correction
on
the
right
is,
it
should
be.
Arp
foundation
is
education
and
on
the
right
aarp
without
the
foundation
is
the
advocacy
they
advocate
for
seniors.
G
N
N
Now
that
gets
done.
I'll
carry
on
now.
Time
is
limited,
so
for
blackberry
farm,
I'm
sure
there
are
many
people
who
are
passionate
about
bird
watching
and
there
are
other
people
who
are
passionate
about
playing
golf,
and
some
people
are
passionate
about
picking
heights
in
the
woods,
others
that
are
passionate
about
taking
their
children
out
to
a
golf
course
and
introducing
them
to
the
game.
Blackberry
farm.
N
N
A
N
I
sent
two
emails
into
the
city
on
july
19th.
I
presume
you
got
those.
I
received
an
acknowledgement.
Actually,
I
received
a
reply
from
councilman
way
saying.
Thank
you.
The
first
email
had
to
do
with
just
the
economics,
blackberry
farm
and
the
open
space
were
compared
and
a
nice
table,
and
that
was
presented
and
they
looked
at
the
costs
and
the
and
the
expenses
and
blackberry
farm
came
out
two
million
dollars
ahead.
N
That's
a
two
million
dollar
difference,
favorable
to
keeping
blackberry
farm
open,
so
that
would
tend
to
kind
of
make
you
kind
of
lean.
One
way,
I
should
think
I
also
checked
out
prices
of
other
golf
courses
and
a
blackberry
farm
is
at
a
28
discount,
and
so
I
said
why
not
raise
it.
Well,
if
you
did
that
it'd
be
a
4
million
dollar
4.6
million
dollar
favorable
to
blackberry
farm.
So
I
encourage
the
council,
especially
those
that
are
running
for
election.
N
The
second
email
had
to
do
with
homeless
sites
and
that's
an
issue
at
other
golf
courses
I
and
had
photos
in
there
for
los
lagos,
where
it's
a
problem
also,
for
I
did
an
analysis
of
senate
muni
and
they
have
it
too,
and
if
we
widen
blackberry
farm,
I
think
we
may
be
inviting
a
homeless
problem
that
we
presently
don't
have
so
there.
It
is,
in
short,
form
for
economic
reason
and
risk
mitigation.
I
think
it's
pretty
clear.
Council
members
should
favor
keeping
blackberry
farm
open.
Thank
you.
A
R
Hi,
I'm
elizabeth
and
I
will
start
sixth
grade
at
miller
middle
school
in
the
fall.
I
am
part
of
girl
scout
troop
6748
and
I
would
like
to
discuss
an
urgent
issue
that
needs
our
community's
attention:
the
drought
right
now
california,
is
having
less
rainfall,
which
leads
to
increasing
use
of
our
underground
water.
Eventually,
we
will
run
out
of
water,
so
we
need
to
act
quickly.
R
R
R
S
S
The
county
has
a
lobbying
ordinance
and
if
you
go
to
their
website,
they
have
a
database
that
lists
the
name
of
the
lobbyist.
The
organization
they're
lobbying
for
which
public
official
they
met
with
and
how
many
times
to
quote
the
lawsuit,
transparent
transparency
is
essential
to
an
accountable
government.
If
you
go
to
the,
u
s,
house
website,
there's
instructions
on
how
lobbyists
should
register.
They
also
have
a
searchable
database,
which
has
numerous
reports
that
are
logged
in
by
the
league
of
women
voters
for
quarterly
and
annual
reports.
S
To
me,
this
is
not
a
question
of
free
speech
right
to
assemble
equal
protection.
These
are
sacred
concepts
that
are
being
thrown
out
and
used
as
red
herrings.
This
is
really
about
whether
or
not
government
has
the
authority
to
regulate
professions
for
the
public
good
and
whether
lobbying
is
a
profession
and
the
answer
to
both
is
yes
and
yes,
you
wouldn't
want
an
unlicensed
neurosurgeon
operating
on
you
on
you,
you
wouldn't
want
unlicensed
teachers
teaching
you
and
as
public
officials,
I'm
sure
you
don't
want
to
meet
with
unregulated
lobbyists.
S
E
E
E
I
think
we
can
have
our
cake
in
82
and
have
nature
plantings
at
the
golf
course,
and
you
know
if
we're
going
after
golf
courses,
maybe
we
have
to
go
up
to
soccer
fields
and
baseball
fields
and
all
that
other
things
I
see
a
lot
of
communities
in
golf.
I
don't
play
golf
last
time
I
went
bowling,
I
actually
knocked
down
pins
and
in
the
lane
next
to
mine.
So
I
am
not
a
golfer,
never
will
be
cougher,
but
I
think
it's
good
for
the
community.
H
E
So,
as
usually
I'm
going
to
talk
about
cory's,
real
quick
to
wrap
it
up
on
august
18,
the
county
will
be
hearing
getting
a
annual
report
on
the
quarry
with
our
hewlett
meeting,
and
this
is
a
four-page
letter
here
from
the
department
of
mining
reclamation
and
they
say
that
the
that
lehigh's
reports
plans
for
reclamation
basically
are
inadequate
in
terms
of
funding
them.
So
I'm
really
glad
the
dmr
is
starting
to
look
at
it.
E
The
county
is
saying
that
students,
quarries
and
compliance,
however,
their
conditional
use
permit
expired
in
2015.
they've,
been
doing
these
ongoing
compliance
agreement
and
it
seems,
like
they've,
been
moving
the
goal
posts.
Unfortunately,
we
are
not
getting
those
reports
from
the
county,
nor
are
we
getting
a
geo
geological
report
that
was
supposed
to
have
come
out
in
july
regarding
a
the
jager
yard,
landslide
above
permanente
creek.
E
Furthermore,
I'm
concerned
that
the
county
has
allowed
the
construction
and
operation
of
a
new
aggregate
plant.
From
a
background
foia,
I
learned
that
the
air
district
permitted
the
plant
under
bizarre
circumstances
where
their
legal
team
asked
the
science
guys
to
recalculate
the
cancer
risk.
Now
this
excuse.
A
E
Okay,
thank
you
anyway.
Batman
has
a
history
of
alleged
destruction
of
pollution,
records
for
whistleblower
lawsuits
and,
just
recently,
their
cfo
was
muzzled
from
disclosing
quote-unquote
ongoing
and
escalating
illegal
activity
illegal
activity.
This
really
increases
my
concerns
now
a
little
bit
about
water,
there's
sunday
new
york
times
here
it
is
on
the
front
page
sunday,
new
york
times.
This
is
about
expected.
Catastrophic
floods
in
the
state
of
california.
E
E
It
has
been
a
known
hazard
for
years
and
now
we
have
the
potential
of
a
delusion
in
our
state,
and
I've
been
asking
the
county
time
and
time
again
to
do
something
about
it,
and
I
don't
think
it's
right
to
just
wait
until
fema
comes
in
and
starts,
you
know,
they're
saying
it's
a
it's:
a
hazard
to
homes
and
homes
and
structures
downstream
we're
looking.
This
is
four
miles
downstream
from
permanent
day
caused
by
the
port,
so
that
this
is
a
big
issue
and
I
hope
you
all
can
follow
up
on
it.
Thank.
A
B
Yes,
mary,
this
is
from
the
denison
techmanski.
Dear
council.
I
would
like
to
express
my
disappointment
over
the
sunnyvale
cupertino
league
of
women's
voter
lawsuit
against
the
city
of
cupertino.
Regarding
the
passage
of
our
lobbying
ordinance.
The
lwb's
web
page
claims
that
their
mission
is
to
empower
voters,
defend
democracy
and
ensure
that
our
government
serves
the
people
and
not
wealthy
special
interests
by
promoting
transparency,
limiting
super
pacs
and
eliminating
dark
money.
So
why
would
our
local
lwv
oppose
a
lobbying
ordinance
that
ensures
the
very
political
transparency
that
they
espouse?
B
The
common
public
perception
is
that
the
lwv
is
a
neutral,
unbiased
organization
for
voter
education,
but
sadly
the
truth
is
that
the
truth
is
that
they
are
a
501
c
4,
which
means
that
they
can
and
do
take
strong
positions
on
political
issues
and
legislation,
for
example
on
their
website.
They
have
links
to
california
yimbi
the
lobbying
organization
behind
the
draconian
housing
policy
that
take
planning
decisions
away
from
residents
and
their
councils,
putting
those
decisions
into
the
hands
of
developers,
real
estate
interests
and
politicians
in
sacramento.
B
The
lwb
lawsuit
against
our
city
appears
to
be
in
defense,
one
of
their
very
own
members,
the
publisher
of
the
propagandist
local
newspaper,
cupertino
matters,
which
has
gone
so
far
as
to
tell
residents
how
to
vote.
Additionally,
that
person
also
happens
to
be
running
for
the
cupertino
city
council.
This
lawsuit
has
exposed
us
to
a
whole
new
site
of
our
local
lwv.
B
Our
mayor
and
council
absolutely
did
the
right
thing
to
pass
a
lobbying
ordinance
to
protect
our
residents
against
clandestine
and
duplicitous
special
interests,
as
have
many
other
cities,
including
long
beach,
san
diego
oakland,
richmond,
berkeley,
san
jose
santa
clara
and
san
francisco,
plus
dozens
of
other
california
cities.
So
why
isn't
the
lwbb
suing
them?
B
B
They
would
have
to
speak
at
three
minutes
three
minute
orals
over
200
times
a
year
or
the
equivalent
of
10
hours,
which
is
obviously
impossible
or
to
be
paid
or
to
be
reimbursed
for
their
efforts.
I
believe
such
an
occurrence
would
be
rare
unless
one
was
actually
a
lobbyist
and
therefore
they
should
be
identified.
The
lwb
was
silent
when
the
lobbying
ordinance
was
publicly
discussed
and
reviewed
at
council
meetings
over
a
year
ago.
Now,
suddenly
is
an
issue.
B
A
J
Under
oral
communications,
it
looks
like
I
can
ask
a
clarifying
question
and
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
what
we
were
hearing
about
the
lobbying
ordinance
was
accurate.
I
don't
recall
hearing
the
the
number
of
minutes
that
a
an
individual
would
need
to
speak
for
three
minutes
to
counsel
for
a
total.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
item
was
accurate.
O
A
A
Okay,
well,
thank
you
very
much
and
so
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
two.
Those
are
brief
reports
on
council
member
activities
and
brief
announcements.
I'll
remem
remind
everyone
that
our
prior
meeting
did
take
place.
I
believe,
on
july
third,
tuesday
in
july,
because
the
first
august
meeting
on
august,
2nd
was
was
cancelled
as
part
of
our
summer
recess,
so
ever
since
july.
A
19Th,
if
there
are
any
brief
updates
that
the
council
would
like
to
provide
to
the
public
with
regard
to
activities
and
by
brief
we're
allocating
about
a
minute
for
each
council
member
I'll
go
by
show
of
hands
on
zoom,
I
don't
see.
No,
actually,
I
do
see
a
a
council
member
way
followed
by
councilmember
willie
at
this
point
so
council.
Member
way,
why
don't
you
kick
us
off
on
this
set
of
reports.
L
L
We
have
quite
a
few
sessions
and
network
with
women,
council
members
and
so
next
year
I'm
hoping
that
our
women
council
members
will
go
together
and
last
one
I
want
to
highlight
the
peninsula
division
of
health
cities,
I'm
only
exactly
bored.
We
are
hosting
two
events,
so
I'd
like
to
council
members
to
mark
your
calendar
on
september.
21St
is
our
annual
city
pack
fundraiser
at
the
lodi
garden,
and
we,
our
fourth
education
seminar,
will
be
on
october,
19th,
wednesday,
11
to
1
o'clock
and
so
watch
out
for
the
emails.
Thank
you.
O
I
Yeah
I'll
go
ahead
and
add
on
the
27th.
Was
the
toyakawa
bell
ringing
for
peace
pretty
important
these
days?
There's
so
much
turbulence
worldwide
going
on
to
take
to
take
a
a
couple
hours
to
reflect
on.
You
know,
peace
and
how
important
it
is.
It's
actually
the
anniversary
for
the
bombing
of
japan
during
war,
two
that
ended
the
war.
I
So
hopefully
we
learned
something
from
that
hopefully
and
we'll
move
forward
and
then
on
the
14th
was
the
flag
raising
for
india
celebrating
their
independence
and
the
democracy
that
they
ushered
in
75
to
76
years
ago.
Once
again,
during
these
turbulent
times,
we
need
to
understand
the
importance
of
democracy
being
free
of
people
to
pursue
the
things
that
are
going
to
make
us
each
happy.
So
with
that
I'll
leave
it.
Thank
you
mayor.
A
M
Hi,
so
on
the
30th
of
july,
I
attended
the
recycling
day
event
at
home
state
high,
hosted
by
students
for
society
organization.
They
have
multiple
chapters
in
monte,
vista
on
mountain
view
and
I
think
over
all
22
chapters,
and
they
this
is
their
first
in-person
event.
Since
the
pandemic.
They
are
planning
to
have
monthly
events
more
focused
on
environment
this
year.
On
the
sixth,
I
also
attended
the
bell
ringing
for
toyokawa
city
such
a
great
day,
to
remember,
remember
on
the
victims
of
a
tragedy,
but
then
celebrate
a
world
peace
on
the
13th.
M
I
attended
a
and
gave
a
speech
at
the
hackathon
organized
by
we
love
stem,
which
is
a
student
organization,
received
a
quest
award
this
year,
and
I
talked
about
how
how
you
could
combine
politics
and
stem
in
your
career
and
now
the
15th
I
attended
the
indian
independence
day.
This
event
was
extremely
well
attended.
I'm
really
glad
that
thank
for
the
sister
city
kupanashwa
for
organizing
the
event
great.
P
J
A
That's
actually
part
of
the
subcommittee
update,
I
would
imagine,
and
if
no
one
was
going
to
announce
that
ribbon
cutting
this
sunday.
I
was
going
to
remind
them
during
that
time.
So
so
let
me
go
ahead
and
I
guess
expound
upon
that.
This
sunday
we
have
a
ribbon
cutting
for
the
relocation
of
the
west
coast,
farmers
market
from
memorial
park
over
to
de
anza
college
great
kudos
to
our
subcommittee,
comprised
of
vice
mayor
chao
and
councilmember
willie
for
working
on
that.
A
So
that's
going
to
be
this
sunday,
the
21st
of
august
over
at
d'anza
college
parking
lot
c.
The
ceremony
will
be
at
8
30.
The
farmer's
market
itself
will
open
at
9am
per
their
usual
practice.
A
couple
of
other
items
that
I
wanted
to
remind
the
or
or
at
least
let
the
public
know
about-
is
that
on
august
27th
at
4
pm
we're
going
to
be
having
a
lawrence
midi
annexation
ceremony,
and
so
we
will
ask
people
to
show
up
at
sterling
barnhart
park
by
3
30
p.m.
A
The
gates
will
be
opened
and
thanks
for
city
staff,
for
being
willing
to
open
up
those
gates
for
us
on
on
the
weekend,
and
we
will
be
just
conducting
a
brief
ceremony
with
some
remarks
by
supervisor
sumidian
from
the
county
as
well
as
vice
mayor
chappie
jones,
who
we
worked
in
close
conjunction
with
in
order
to
get
the
annexation
completed
from
san
jose.
So
the
very
following
day
we're
hosting
an
augmented
reality
workshop,
and
so
that
is
going
to
be
very
exciting.
A
It's
on
eventbrite
right
now
and
so
go
ahead
and
sign
up.
That's
we're
taking
the
60,
the
first
60
sign-ups,
and
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
hold
that
at
the
ends
of
college
as
well.
That's
at
the
science
center
and
parking
lot
e,
if
you're,
if
you're
going
in
from
stephens
creek
boulevard
and
turning
into
the
the
parking
area
on
mary
avenue,
you
want
to
veer
off
to
the
right.
So
all
the
way
up
to
the
right
along
85
and
you'll
eventually
see
parking
lot
e
on
your
left,
so
yeah.
A
A
Those
are
two
minutes
each
for
committee
assignments,
and
these
are
for
council
committee
assignments
that
are
by
and
large
provided
at
the
end
of
the
calendar
year,
and
so
would
anyone
like
to
start
us
off
on
the
council
committee
sign
assignments
ever
since
july,
19th,
council
member,
I
see
your
hand,
is
up
followed
by
council
member
willie,
okay,
so
that
was
from
before
okay,
so
council,
member
willie.
Why
don't
you
start
us
off?
On
committee
assignments,.
I
Oh
I'd
be
happy
to
I
get
excited
about
clean
energy,
renewable
energy,
so
we
had
our
monthly
meeting
and
the
updates
for
this
month.
Two
of
the
power
provider
contracts
that
silicon
valley,
clean
energy,
has
to
get
are
now
gonna
be
going
live,
one
is
casa,
the
diablo
geothermal
plant
in
mono
county
and
that
will
add
seven
megawatts
to
the
grid
and
then
mountain
view.
I
L
Okay,
thank
you,
mayor,
paul,
I'll,
follow
with
council
member
willie's
report
on
silicon
valley,
clean
energy,
I'm
on
its
finance
administrative
committee,
and
we
had
a
meeting
and
we
went
through
in
detail
on
the
2022-2023
budget.
So
I
will
go
to
the
board
for
approval
pretty
soon
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
sit
down.
Valentine
energy
is
in
good
ground
we
finance
and
with
very
conservative,
but
also
very
well
financed
organization,
and
I
also
attended
the
silicon
valley,
regional
interoperability
authority
board
meeting.
I
want
to
report
an
exact
news.
L
We
are
working
very
closely
and
very
vigorously
with
inter
operatively
talk
groups,
that's
a
working
progress,
but
that
is
going
to
happen
so
that,
when
disaster
hits
all
the
agencies
can
talk
with
each
other
without
interference
with
our
regular
communications.
So
that
approve
is
working
very
hard.
Thank
you.
A
M
I
just
attended
the
mayor's
meeting
for
with
commissioners,
so
the
the
public
safety
commission
is
going
to
host
a
public
safety
forum
in
october
and
the
fine
arts,
commission
and
the
sustainability
commission
both
are
going
to
join
the
night
and
day
festival
on
september
24th
on
and
at
the
same
day
there
will
be
a
bike
fest.
So
two
events
in
one
day
and
the
backpack
commission
also
as
we're
busy
busy
working
on
a
lot
of
projects.
M
The
region
xero,
is
getting
a
new
consultant
and
we
they
are
looking
into
stevens
creek
phase
two
and
the
new
bike
facilities,
and
they
so
they
do
have
a
question
how
how
the
city
could
coordinate
two
events
on
the
same
day.
That
would
be
great
and
another
question
was
on
the
communication
with
school
districts.
M
A
J
Sure,
let's
see
the
audit
committee
met
on
july
25th
and
we
went
back
to
basics,
to
refine
the
budget
format
subcommittee
mission
and
we
have
been
working
to
improve
the
the
monthly
treasurer's
reporting
which
you'll
see
in
our
consent
agenda
today
and
that's
going
very
well.
I
think
the
next
meeting
will
probably
be
pretty
interesting
because
we're
having
an
internal
audit
update.
This
is
on
august
22nd,
an
external
audit
subcommittee
and
rfp
kickoff,
which
is
important,
and
we
will
be
going
over.
J
The
budget
format,
review
fund
balance
policy
very
important,
and
if
anyone
has
any
questions
or
comments
on
opengov,
any
questions
you've
had
at
all
about
using
it.
Please
come
to
this
meeting
and
ask
all
of
your
questions
there
and,
let's
see
vta
pack
met
on
august
11th,
and
I
think,
what's
probably
most
important
for
people
here
is
that
we
recommended
for
the
to
the
board
that
we
reduce
the
express
lane
toll,
violation,
penalties
and
late
fees,
and
that
puts
us
in
line
and
consistent
with
the
rest
of
the
bay
area
and
that's
it.
A
With
regard
to
the
various
things
that
are
happening
to
agencies
all
across
the
country
and
one
of
the
things
that
I
felt
extremely
fortunate
about
is
that
you
know,
even
though
we
do
have
some
turnover
here,
it
was
good
to
be
able
to
see
from
the
perspective
of
agencies
across
the
country
that
not
all
of
these
types
of
situations
are
the
same
in
the
sense
that
the
great
resignation
is
real
and
it
seems
to
be
hitting
public
agencies
in
fairly
different
ways
than
private
agencies.
But
it's
it's
very
much.
A
But
what
I
realize
is
that
we're
actually
extremely
fortunate
in
the
sense
that
we
have
extremely
you
know,
thoughtful
people
committed
within
our
community
within
our
council
and
our
our
employee
base.
Is
you
know
it's
it's
it's
interactive,
I
think,
is,
is
the
best
way
that
I
can
describe
it,
but
each
of
these
steps
have
helped
improve
us,
and
I
think
that
we're
very
fortunate
to
be
able
to
you
know
have
that
situation.
A
So
so
apto
was
a
great
conference.
It
wasn't
just
that
we
went
over
things
like
micro,
transit,
slimmer,
similar
to
what
we're
doing
for
the
you
know
the
via
shuttle
here
in
cupertino,
for
instance,
a
lot
of
other
issues
having
to
do
with
transportation
and
transit
that
we
discussed
over
the
course
of
this.
This
time,
the
other
item
I
wanted
to
update
us
on
with
regard
to
the
committee
assignments
is
that
as
part
of
the
west
valley,
mayors
and
managers
group,
we
do
meet
on
a
monthly
basis.
Last
month
we
met
over.
A
But
at
the
same
time
as
we
have
a
new
city
manager
coming
in
on
august
29th,
she
was
gracious
enough
to
you
know,
say:
hey,
go
ahead
and
bring
pamela
wu
to
the
west
valley,
mayors
and
manager
luncheon.
So
so
that
worked
out
really
well
because
we're
not
actually
having
one
this
month
for
the
west
valley,
mayors
and
managers,
because
we're
basically
taking
a
summer
break
so
so
I
think
that
transition
worked
really
well
and
things
are
going
quite
smoothly
in
that
regard.
A
The
next
item
has
to
do
with
subcommittee
updates,
and
so
this
is
something
that
was
introduced
to
our
regular
agendas,
a
couple
of
items
a
couple
of
meetings
ago
and
we
have
several
subcommittees
that
are
opened
up
and
so
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
provide
our
council
subcommittees
the
opportunity
to
give
us
an
update
as
to
the
activities
that
have
happened
since
july
19th
in
this
area.
Would
anyone
like
to
go
first
on
subcommittee
updates-
and
I
see
council,
member
moore
as
well
as
councilman
willie,
you
still
councilman
roy.
A
J
Okay,
thank
you
so
the
on
august,
2nd,
the
city
hall
subcommittee,
which
comprises
myself
and
council
member
willie.
We
met
with
susan,
michael
matt,
morley
and
diane
thompson,
and
we
took
a
tour
of
city
hall,
including
the
the
basement
areas,
and
we
have
our
next
meeting
scheduled
to
go
over
the
topics
of
seismic
details,
parking
and
the
eoc,
which
will
be
happening
in
the
next
week
or
two
okay.
A
I
I
It
is
a
very
popular
and
very
large
farmers
market
which
really
limits
the
places
that
can
hold
it.
We
received
so
many
emails
over
the
last
couple
of
years
from
residents
that
thought
it
might
disappear
when
it's
they
had
elapsed,
and
so
we
stuck
with
it
and
the
anza
college,
as
you
had
said
earlier,
will
now
start
hosting
it
this,
starting
with
this
sunday.
I
That's
huge,
that's
huge
and
it
would
have
been
such
a
a
disappointment
if
our
community
were
to
have
lost
that.
So
rest
assured
everyone
it's
going
to
be
staying
at
the
ends
of
college
and
de
anza
college
is
really
helping
to
facilitate
this
by
waiving
the
charges
that
would
otherwise
be
imposed.
That
would
otherwise
increase
the
cost
of
all
the
items
that
people
would
be
going
there
to
purchase.
I
M
Yeah,
I
think
memorial
park
farmer's
market
is
moving
to
a
good
home,
hopefully
a
long-term
home,
and
they
might
be
able
to
expand
with
more
parking
likely
more
food
trucks
that
they
are
looking
forward
to
bringing.
However,
I
heard
that
the
creekside
farmers
market,
which
is
a
friday
morning,
is
in
danger
of
closing
down,
because
the
church
next
to
the
site
has
not
allowed
them
to
use
the
site.
As
a
result,
they
have
very
limited
parking.
Let's.
J
R
A
We
can
talk
about
perhaps
expounding
upon
the
role
of
the
subcommittee
in
the
future,
but
we
hear
what
you're
saying
and
we
thank
you
for
your
work.
So
are
there
any
other
hands
raised
for
subcommittee,
updates
or
assignments?
I
don't
see
any
other
new
hands
so
were
there
any
other
subcommittees
that
you
wanted
to
report.
P
O
A
C
Absolutely
good
evening,
mayor
paul
and
city
council,
I
have
just
a
few
items
for
you.
First
of
all,
the
climate
victory
gardens
pilot
program
that
you
may
remember.
This
is
a
pilot
program.
The
city
has
been
operating
for
the
past
year
and
the
program
provides
direct
support
to
property
owners
who
wish
to
remove
grass
and
install
drought,
tolerant
gardens
at
their
residences.
C
All
of
these
numbers
exceed
the
goals
which
were
set
for
the
pilot
program
and
we
have
approximately
80
people
on
the
wait
list
or
the
interest
list.
If
the
program
continues,
we
plan
to
bring
a
presentation
to
the
council
within
the
next
few
months
with
options
for
moving
forward
potentially
with
the
program,
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
mention
that
movies
in
the
park
is
in
process.
A
Thank
you
diane,
and
we
thank
you
for
your
professionalism
and
good
stewardship
of
our
city
as
we're
in
this
transitional
period.
Item
number
six
is
a
department
update.
This
is
actually
a
new
type
of
update
that
active
city
manager,
thompson
and
I
were
in
agreement
to
provide
just
the
parameters
of
this
is
going
to
be
five
minutes
each
time
and
we'll
just
kind
of
cycle
through,
hopefully,
each
quarter
as
to
various
activities
that
are
happening
around
the
departments
in
the
city.
A
Q
Thank
you,
mayor
and
council
for
providing
innovation
technology
to
some
opportunity,
I'll
be
moving
through
this
fairly
quickly,
but
first,
what
I
want
to
do
is
I
want
to
introduce
to
my
very
talented
team
members
that
will
be
joining
me
on
this.
Terry
gerhardt
is
the
gis
manager
and
benny
shea.
Is
the
infrastructure
manager
I'd
like
to
share
my
screen
with
you
now.
A
A
Q
Right,
so
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
talk
about
we'll
start
with
projects
and
that's
what
we're
going
to
be
talking
about
today.
For,
for
the
most
part,
I
want
to
start
with
the
council
work
program
items
so
the
first
one
on
there
is
the
most
important.
This
is
the
councilwork
program
dashboard
and,
as
you
may
remember,
there
is
a
fy
22
dashboard
on
our
website
today
that
depicts
all
the
projects
that
the
city
is
working
on
through
the
direction
of
the
council
as
far
as
what
work
they
wanted
to
be
done.
Q
Q
Online
store
is
another
application
that
we're
working
with
we're
partnering
with
tina
kapoor
from
economic
development
and
esther
quan
from
the
communications
we've
had
an
initial
kickoff
meeting
to
develop
scope,
goals
and
responsibility
and
moving
forward
also
license
plate.
Recognition
is
another
one
we're
meeting
with
captain
marina
from
the
sheriff's
office
and
tom
chin
from
emergency
services,
again
talking
about
roles
and
responsibilities,
and
next
step
cyber
security.
Education
is
one
that
came
from
the
technology,
information
and
communications
commission
also
called
take,
and
we
have
developed
a
subcommittee
commissioner,
eliza
dew.
Q
Next,
I
want
to
talk
about
some
recent
successes
that
we've
had
the
first
one
is
the
business
license.
This
is
partnership
with
finance.
This
is
an
online
application
that
allows
for
the
renewal
and
payment
of
business
licenses
processed.
In
practice,
a
person
is
able
to
apply
pay
receive
receivable
business
license
without
coming
to
city
hall
code.
Hub
is
another
part
project
that
we've
recently
implemented.
It's
a
partnership
with
the
city,
clerk
and
planning.
Q
Q
Next
is
logical:
logical
is
a
partnership
with
city
attorney
and
city
clerk's
office,
which
enhances
an
e-discovery
tool
when
we
give
pra
requests
for
information.
This
tool
allows
to
automate
the
back-end
process
of
making
it
much
easier
and
quicker
for
the
city
attorney
and
city
clerk
to
respond
wi-fi
expansion.
Q
Now,
the
next
one
is
digital
transformation
and
transparency.
We
have
a
little
bit
of
a
list
here,
so
a
seller
permits
allowing
people
to
do
online
applications
for
processing
for
residential,
solar,
sidewalk,
vendor
and
sb9.
Preliminary
review
agency
counter
is
a
very
exciting
tool
that
we've
just
put
on
board.
Q
All
records
relating
to
planning
and
building
dating
back
to
2005
are
on
this
application
and
moving
forward.
We
are
digitizing
all
the
businesses
processes
that
we
can
we've
had
over
30
business
processes
done
recently.
Examples
include
new
hire,
vendor
regis
request,
lead
conversion
and
payroll
direct
deposit.
Q
Also,
the
city
put
an
intranet
hub
and
training
management
application
that
is
becoming
very
useful
for
staff
exchange
information
and
understand
what
all
policies
and
procedures
internally
are
again.
What
I
want
to
tell
you
is
that
all
these
applications
will
be
demoed
at
the
september
7th
tick
commission
meeting
that's
at
seven
o'clock
on
september
7th.
So
if
you
actually
want
to
see
these
things
in
action,
come
to
our
meeting.
Q
Q
The
way
cip,
workflows
and
reporting
happens,
combine
cip
and
related
financial
data
in
one
place,
as
well
as
provide
an
external
portal
for
contractors
and
developers
to
upload
cip's,
submittals
and
invoices
in
one
consistent,
reliable
and
trackable
platform.
This
is
scheduled
to
be
completed
by
the
end
of
the
calendar
year.
Q
Q
Also,
this
is
what's
pretty
exciting.
We're
replacing
our
existing
extraterrestrial
internet
connection
that
is
used
as
a
tertiary
backup
with
a
more
moderate
solution,
so
we
do
have
fiber.
We
do
have
the
traditional
wireless
connection,
but
now
we
want
to
go
with
extra
terrestrial.
We
have
one
in
place,
we're
just
enhancing
it
and
with
that
I'll
move
to
any
question.
O
A
Thank
you
very
much
bill.
We
have
allocated
five
minutes
for
the
update,
and
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
thank
you
for
that
and
congratulate
you
and
I
t
for
all
the
wonderful
suite
of
projects
that
you
have,
and
you
know
that
are
literally
touching
every
aspect
of
what
we
do
as
a
city
and
so
we're
very
appreciative
of
the
work.
So
thanks
as
well,
benny
and
terry
and
we'll
move
on
to
the
next
item
on
our
agenda,
that
is
the
consent
calendar.
A
A
Okay,
council,
member
moore
requests,
the
climate
action
plan
item
number
12,
as
well
as
the
library
commission's
recommendation
for
a
poet
laureate.
Item
number
17
be
pulled
from
the
consent
calendar.
Are
there
any
other
requests
for
consent,
calendar
items
to
be
pulled
okay
prior
to
entertaining
a
motion
for
the
consent,
calendar
items
that
have
not
been
pulled
I'll
go
ahead
and
go
to
the
attendees
with
their
hands
raised.
A
Pending
a
motion
I'll
go
ahead
and
call
on
you
don
halsey,
you
have
your
hand
raised,
and
so,
if
you'd
like
to
speak
on
the
consent
calendar,
please
do
so.
You'll
have
three
minutes
to
speak
with
the
same
provisions
with
regard
to
speaking
applying
to
members
of
the
public
that
we've
described
earlier
in
this
meeting.
N
O
A
A
motion
I
believe
that
would
be
on
items
7
through
11,
as
well
as
13
through
16,
18
and
19..
Would
anyone
like
to
move
those
items
as
recommended
in
the
agenda,
and
I
don't
see
any
hands
raised
so
I'll,
go
ahead
and
move
that
that
put
that
motion
on
the
table?
I
see
actually
two
hands,
but
councilmember
moore
has
a
hand
raise
and
zoom
councilman
moore.
Would
you
like
to
second
that
motion.
J
A
Okay,
vice
mayor
chad,
you
had
andre.
Did
you
want
to
speak
to
the
motion?
Okay?
So
let's
go
ahead
and
seeing
no
other
hands.
Madam
city
clerk,
could
you
please
conduct
a
roll
call
vote
on
items
seven
through
eleven
thirteen
through
sixteen
eighteen
and
nineteen
on
the
consent
calendar,
as
recommended.
A
Okay,
thank
you
very
much,
so
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
and
remind
everyone
that
we're
going
to
go
ahead
and
look
at
items,
20,
21,
23
and
then
22
and
then
24
and
then
time
allowing
we'll
get
to
items
12
and
17
pulled
from
the
consent
calendar.
So
at
this
point
we're
on
item
20.
This
is
a
second
reading
of
an
ordinance
that
ordinance
had
to
do
with
the
audit
committee's
duties,
powers
and
responsibilities.
A
Let
me
go
ahead
and
provide
this
to,
since
this
is
a
second
reading.
I
let
me
let
me
ask
this
of
the
presenter
thomas
leung
from
the
finance
department,
senior
management.
Analyst
thomas,
has
anything
changed
in
the
proposed
ordinance
between
our
first
reading
and
now
the
second
reading
of
the
ordinance,
I
presume
the
answer
is
no.
A
I
A
M
A
B
A
A
You
very
much
madam
city
clerk
under
public
hearings.
As
a
heading
on
the
agenda.
We
have
no
items.
The
following
heading
is
ordinances
and
action
items.
Item
21
is
should
be
the
consideration
of
the
approval
of
the
july
1st
2022
through
june
30th
2025,
memorandum
of
understanding,
setting
the
salary
in
terms
and
conditions
of
employment
for
the
operating
engineers.
Local
number
three
union
afl-cio,
also
known
as
oe3,
and
our
presenter
is
our
director
of
administrative
services,
christina
alfaro,
christina
welcome.
T
T
The
city
has
been
in
negotiations
with
oe3
since
the
spring
and
has
reached
a
tentative
agreement.
The
agreement
is
now
being
brought
to
city
council
for
their
approval.
Some
highlights
of
the
tentative
agreement
include
its
term
three
years,
beginning
on
july,
1st
2022
through
june
30th,
2025
cost
of
living
adjustments
or
cola
five
percent
in
year,
one
and
for
years
two
and
year,
three
of
the
memorandum
of
understanding
or
mou
oe3
has
agreed
to
reopen
negotiations
concerning
colas
for
fiscal
year
2324.
T
and
fiscal
year.
24-25
there's
also
a
one-time,
3
800
non-pensionable
lump
sum
payment.
In
addition
to
adding
the
juneteenth
holiday
starting
in
2023,
the
city
will
incur
additional
costs
of
471
742
in
the
first
year
fiscal
year,
2223
for
oe3
employees.
That
concludes
my
presentation
and
I'm
available
should
be
in
question.
Thank.
A
A
A
C
J
So
I
move
that
we
adopt
resolution
22-101
amending
the
memorandum
of
understanding
for
the
operating
engineers.
Local
number
three
union
afl-cio
oe3,
based
on
the
attached
tentative
agreements
to
adopt
resolution
22-102
to
approve
budget
modification,
23-232
increasing
budget
appropriations
by
471
742
ensuring
that
there
are
sufficient
budget
appropriations
to
cover
the
costs
associated
with
the
negotiated
contract
and
three
approve
the
corresponding
salary
schedule
for
oe3
employees.
Effective
july
1.
2022.
J
A
A
J
T
Yes,
so
there
would
be
a
retroactive
calculation
that
would
need
to
occur,
so
our
payroll
staff
does
need
some
time
to
make
that
calculation.
So
we
will
have
a
schedule
following
council's
adoption
of
this
item,
should
that
occur
where
we
will
be
communicating
with
employees
when
they
can
anticipate
to
receive
the
retro
payment
after
the
pay
periods
that
have
already
occurred
since
the
full
year.
A
M
A
point
so
a
question:
I
think
I
when
I
was
on
the
cosd
board.
The
way
has
three
unions,
and
I
am
often
confused,
who
belongs
to
which
union
so
22
is
so.
Could
we
get
some
clarification
on
the
three
different
we
have
un
represented
the
employee
and
we
have
the
cooperatino
employee
association,
and
then
we
have
this.
A
Okay,
well
thanks
for
the
question
vice
mayor
ciao,
I
think,
for
the
benefit
of
the
public.
Let's
have
a
brief
summary
of
oe3,
which
is
what
we're
considering
now
and
then
cea,
which
is
what
we're
considering
in
the
next
item,
as
well
as
the
unrepresented
which
we're
considering
and
the
item
after
that
which
are,
respectively,
23
and
22,
because
we
reordered
the
items
at
the
beginning
of
the
agenda.
So
christina
did
you
want
to
give
a
brief
summary
as
to
the
differences
between
oe3
cea
and
the
unrepresented
employees.
T
Yes,
so
our
oe3
bargaining
unit
consists
mostly
of
our
maintenance
workers,
one
two
three,
along
with
our
mechanic
classifications
and
I
believe
our
street
light
technician
and
those
are
all
listed
in
the
actual
agreement.
So
you
can
see
all
of
the
different
classifications
that
are
there,
but
that
is
with
the
bulk
of
the
position.
There
really
are
maintenance
workers.
A
Okay,
well
great,
thank
you
very
much,
director
alfaro
and
councilmember
moore
vice
mayor
I'll.
Just
make
a
very
brief.
You
know
commentary
we're
very
appreciative
of
the
work
that
is
set
forth,
we're
in
such
a
unique
social
and
economic
circumstance
right
now,
and
so
I
I
think,
I'm
not
running
you
know
foul
of
any
disclosure
requirements
when
I
say
that
our
council
was
very
much
supportive
of
providing
the
employees
what
they
need
at
this
time
and
we're
very
happy
to
have
that
cooperative
relationship.
It's
a.
A
An
extremely
well-run
ship,
as
well
as
a
good
relationship
between
us
and
the
employee
base
that
I
think,
is
very
reflective
of
the
items
that
you
see
in
front
of
us
tonight
with
regard
to
the
compensation
and
benefits.
So
that's
my
comment.
I
don't
see
any
further
hands
raised
on
this
point
or
item
and
so
madame
city
clerk.
If
you
could
please
take
a
roll
call
vote
on
the
motion
on
the
table.
B
A
A
You
very
much
madam
city
clerk
item
number
23
is
next
item.
Number
23
again
should
be
the
consideration
of
the
approval
of
the
july
1st,
through
2022
through
june
30th
2025,
memorandum
of
understanding,
setting
the
salary
in
terms
and
conditions
of
employment
for
the
cupertino
city,
employees,
association
or
cea,
represented
by
a
representative
from
ifpte,
local21
and
so
again,
director
alfaro.
Would
you
like
to
provide
the
presentation
for
this
item
number
23.
T
T
Some
of
the
highlights
of
the
agreement,
tentative
agreement
include
these
are
very
similar,
actually
almost
exact
to
the
ones
that
I
just
read
off
for
003,
so
a
three
year
term,
beginning
on
july,
1st
2022
through
june
30th
a
cost
of
living
adjustment
of
5
and
then
again
the
option
to
reopen
negotiations
on
compensation.
In
years,
two
and
three
of
the
contract,
a
one-time
lum
sum
non-pensionable
payment
of
three
thousand
eight
hundred
dollars
and
the
addition
of
juneteenth
as
a
paid
holiday.
A
H
H
A
M
A
A
B
A
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
city
clerk,
and
now
we're
back
to
item
number
22..
The
subject
here
is
to
consider
once
again
approving
and
updating
the
salary
and
terms
conditions
of
employment
and
new
job
classification
for
the
unrepresented
management
and
confidential
employees
and
appointed
employees.
I'm
going
to
go
ahead
before
I
turn
this
over
to
director
alfaro
and
read
a
statement.
A
A
The
item
before
the
council
tonight
is
to
approve
and
update
the
salary
and
benefits
of
the
city's
assistant
city
manager
and
department
heads
who
participate
in
the
city's
unrepresented
employees,
compensation
program,
effective
august
17
2022.,
the
proposed
increase
to
salary
and
benefits
effective
august
17th
2022
is
as
follows:
the
position
of
assistant
city
manager,
which
is
filled
in
the
amount
of
20
232,
the
position
of
assistant
city
manager
that
is
presently
vacant.
Eighteen
thousand,
seven
hundred
and
five
the
position
of
chief
technology
officer
in
the
amount
of
eighteen
thousand.
A
T
Thank
you
mayor,
paul
on
good
evening.
Once
again,
historically,
the
council
has
aligned
the
compensation
plans
for
the
unrepresented
and
appointed
employee
groups
with
the
proposed
terms
and
conditions
of
employment
for
the
cupertino
employees,
association
or
cea,
based
on
the
action
by
council
on
the
prior
items,
staff
is
requesting
the
council
adopt
relevant
changes
to
the
unrepresented
compensation
program
and
appointed
employees
compensation
program
as
appropriate
from
the
new
cea
local
21
compensation
changes.
T
Some
highlights
of
the
changes
we
are
requesting
are
a
similar
term
same
term
actually,
three
years
beginning
in
july,
1
2022
through
june
30th
2025
five
percent
cost
of
living
adjustment
in
year,
one
for
years,
two
and
years
three
should
cea
reopen
negotiations,
and
should
there
be
recommendations
for
additional
increases.
The
results
from
those
reopened
negotiations
will
be,
if
approved
by
council,
applied
to
the
unrepresented
management
and
confidential
employees
group.
T
Members
of
this
group
include
city
management
staff,
along
with
positions
with
confidential
designations,
such
as
executive
assistant
and
administrative
assistants
within
the
city,
along
with
a
human
resource
staff,
payroll
staff
and
I.t
staff,
the
city
will
incur
an
additional
cost
of
1
million
152
236
in
the
first
year
for
unrepresented
and
appointed
employees.
And
that
concludes
my
presentation.
A
K
A
H
A
H
A
Okay,
let
us
go
ahead
and
move
back
to
the
diocese.
With
regard
to
a
motion
on
item
22.
Would
anyone
like
to
move
by
reference
the
recommended
action
in
the
agenda
for
item
22,
and
so,
if
you
would
like
to
do
so,
please
simply
state
I'd
like
to
move
item
22,
as
recommended
in
the
agenda,
and
I
don't
know
who
unmuted
their
computer,
but
thanks
for
muting
it
again
councilmember
moore.
Did
you
want
to
move
the
item.
A
J
Yes,
so
looking
at
page
30
of
the
agenda
packet
for
this
particular
item,
it's
pdf
1301,
I'm
looking
at
the
finance
manager,
step
salaries
that
you
have
listed
steps
one
through
five,
and
I
this
is
something
that
you
can
answer
offline.
If
you
like,
I'm
just
wondering
if
our
finance
manager's
duties
and
responsibilities.
J
If
those
are
more
in
line
with
a
finance
director
from
another
city
and
then
along
with
that
question,
would
would
the
the
duties
and
responsibilities
warrant
a
different
pace
structure,
so
you
can
provide
that
information
offline,
I'm
going
to
assume
that
this
is.
This
is
appropriate
to
what
the
duties
are.
Currently,
I'm
just
wondering
if
maybe
our
finance
manager
is
needs
to
work
more
in
the
role
of
a
of
a
director
and
should
have
a
different
pace
structure
associated
with
that
position.
Thank
you.
A
T
Yeah,
so
the
last
time
we
looked
at
this
position,
we
found
that
the
manager
level
was
sufficient
in
terms
of
when
looking
at
other
agencies
that
are
similarly
sized
cupertino
with
a
similar
structure
in
terms
of
number
of
employees
what
they
oversee
so
the
last
time
we
did
look
at
this.
We
did
find
that
it
was
in
line
with
the
other
agencies
that
we
surveyed
that
are
similar
to
our
size.
Every
city
does
tend
to
have
a
different
structure.
T
A
A
Thank
you
very
much,
madam
city
clerk,
and
so
by
my
count
we
are
on
item
number
24
right
now
and
before
we
take
that
item,
let
us
go
ahead
and
take
a
break.
We're
right
at
8
25..
Let's
go
ahead
and
reconvene
in
approximately
seven
eight
minutes,
so
at
8
33
on
our
clocks,
we'll
go
ahead
and
start
item
24,
which
is
the
discussion
of
our
priority
housing
sites
for
the
2023
to
2031
housing
element
update.
So
we'll
see
you
in
several
minutes
thanks
very
much.