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From YouTube: State of the City Address 2020
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Cupertino Mayor Steven Scharf presents the 2020 State of the City Address recorded January 29, 2020 at the Quinlan Community Center.
A
Welcome
everyone
to
the
2020
State
of
the
City
address
with
mayor
Steven,
sharp
I'm
city
manager,
Deb
Fang,
for
those
folks
that
don't
know
me
and
I'm
really
happy
to
see
everybody
here,
as
you
can
see
with
the
mayor's
gifts,
including
the
reusable
tencel's
and
water
bottles,
sustainability
as
a
theme
for
tonight's
event,
this
is
an
issue
that's
near
and
dear
to
our
mayor's
heart
and
our
core
focus
of
the
city.
Please
make
sure
to
grab
the
utensils
and
water
bottles
at
the
merchandise
table
staffed
by
the
mayor's
intern,
MS
Juliet
Sharon.
A
That
was
popular,
we're
lucky
enough
to
have
quite
a
few
VIPs
in
the
room.
So
you'll,
forgive
me
for
not
naming
everybody,
but
we
do
notice
you-
and
we
totally
appreciate
you
being
here
so
I-
want
to
thank
you
for
that
and
with
that
I
would
encourage
you
all
to
stick
around
after
the
mayor's
address
and
discuss
the
topics
he
that
he
brings
up
tonight.
In
addition
to
any
topic
of
interest
for
you
now,
please
let
welcomed
me
help
me
welcome
mr.
mayor
Steven
sharp
to
the
podium.
B
B
B
B
So
I
want
to
degrade
ourselves
on
last
year's
goals
based
on
last
year's
state
of
the
city
that
I
set
forward.
We
did
pretty
well
there's
always
room
for
improvement,
but
we
did
a
lot
of
the
things
that
we
set
forth
to
do,
including
fixing
our
general
plan.
Inconsistencies
and
I
won't
read
all
of
these,
but
that
was
a
key
thing
that
it
was
very
time-sensitive
to
fix
our
general
plan
before
December
31st
2019.
We
did
the
Code
of
Ethics
and
we
were
working
with
local
and
state
organizations
about
local
control.
B
We
launched
the
via
shuttle.
We
are
working
on
housing
for
the
developmentally
disabled
and
funding
of
the
library
program
room,
so
the
goals
for
2020.
We
want
to
work
on
our
sustainability
issues,
including
the
Green
Building
Code,
look
at
a
single
use,
food
wear,
ordinance
and
transportation
improvements.
B
B
B
So
Deb
has
been
such
a
breath
of
fresh
air
for
Cupertino
she's,
just
what
our
City
Council
and
city
needed.
She
doesn't
sit
in
her
office
all
day,
she's
out
there
advocating
for
the
city
throughout
the
region
in
the
state.
In
fact,
yesterday
she
was
in
Sacramento
working
with
our
lobbying
firm
trying
to
secure
funding
for
some
affordable
housing
and
Deb
grew
up
in
Cupertino
and
she
graduated
from
mana
Vista
High
School,
and
this
is
her
yearbook
picture
right
here.
B
B
B
Also
part
of
sustainability
is
following
the
example
of
our
neighboring
cities
in
improving
our
bike,
ped
infrastructure.
Looking
into
the
possibility
of
an
ordinance
to
reduce
plastic
waste,
we
also
launched
our
via
shuttle.
We
funded
an
18-month
trial
of
the
via
shuttle.
This
program
quickly
became
extremely
popular,
and
it
also
coincided
with
the
loss
of
one
of
our
VTA
bus
routes.
B
The
81
line
I
may
be
one
of
the
only
people
that
ever
used
it
to
go
to
the
airport
and
we'd
love
to
expand
the
destinations
reachable
by
the
shuttle
to
include
places
like
the
Santa
Clara
Caltrain
station
additional
medical
facilities.
Besides,
we
go
to
Kaiser
now,
but
we
might
want
to
go
to
Palo
Alto
Medical
Clinic
in
Sunnyvale
and
maybe
a
VTA
light
rail
station
and
we've
been
talking
to
other
West
Valley
cities
like
Saratoga
and
Campbell
and
they're
also
interested
in
this
kind
of
thing.
B
It
may
even
partner
with
us
and
we
could
expand
the
service
and
I
figure.
We
need
to
come
up
with
a
good
slogan
for
vea
and
so
I
can
I
tried
want
a
transportation
solution
that
actually
does
move
you.
If
you
familiar
with
the
VTA
slogan,
solutions
that
move
you
which
doesn't
sound
so
great,
it
sounds
like
some
feed
by
at
the
drugstore
and
so
we'll
need
to
seek
grant
funding.
So
we
funded
this
for
18
months.
We
cannot
fund
it
indefinitely,
so
we'll
need
grant
funding
to
expand
the
service.
B
I
know
in
Mountain
View
Google
funds.
Their
community
shuttle
is
robbed
you're
down
here
today.
I
guess
not,
okay,
so
yeah.
Maybe
we
can
find
some
company
in
Cupertino
to
help
us
fund
that
as
well
so
on
to
IT.
So
smart
city
is
a
big
goal
and
I've
involved
with
our
IT
department
and
our
chief
technology
officer
is
Bill.
Mitchell
here
bill
stand
up.
B
So
bill
and
our
Technology
Commission
they're
awesome
I
mean
they're
scary,
smart
I
go
to
meetings
with
them
and
some
cloud
vendors
and
it's
really
amazing
and
smart
city.
It's
not
just
solving
traffic
issues.
We
want
to
put
in
sensors
for
things
like
airplane
noise
and
air
quality,
especially
not
in
known
problem
areas,
so
I
serve
on
one
of
the
airport
noise
round
tables.
Then
you
may
be
shocked
that
when
we
ask
the
FAA,
you
know
what
do
you
know
about
noise
in
the
areas
in
our
cities
and
they
go?
We
do
not
monitor
noise.
B
So
we've
also
come
up
with
some
really
cool
technology
for
getting
around
Cupertino.
If
you
don't
want
to
bike
and
don't
want
to
drive
well,
let's
just
show
you
the
video
it's
in
the
test
phase
and
it
seems
to
be
working
well.
So
can
we
roll
that
video
traffic
congestion
has
been
a
big
concern
of
the
residents
of
Cupertino?
B
We
can't
continue
everyone
driving
everywhere,
so
our
IT
department
has
been
working
with
leading
scientists
to
come
up
with
new
methods
for
our
residents
to
get
around
Cupertino
we're
almost
done
with
this
technology
and
we're
ready
to
demonstrate
it
here
today.
So
if
everyone's
ready
watch
carefully.
B
That
was
great,
I
have
a
meeting
over
at
Quinlan,
so
the
system
seems
to
be
working,
fine
I
think
afterwards,
I'll
go
and
look
at
the
exhibit
at
the
Historical
Museum
before
I.
Go
on
to
my
my
next
stop.
Well,
that
was
a
good
visit
to
Quinlan
Center,
now,
I'm
ready
to
go
over
to
Main
Street,
to
get
some
lunch
and
some
dessert
and
of
course,
some
boba.
B
B
B
So
someone
did
ask
me
if
it
will
work
to
transport
to
other
countries
like
coppertino
Italy
and
we're
not
sure
of
that
yet,
but
we're
working
on
it
you'll
still
need
a
passport.
Even
if
you
use
the
transporter,
though
ok
moving
on
our
public
works
department
is
Roger.
Li
here
I
think
I
saw
him.
Roger
is
our
Director
of
Public
Works
they've
been
working
diligently
on
several
issues.
Our
pavement
condition
index
when
I
started
in
this
job.
I
didn't
know
what
PC
I
was
and
now
now
I
know
a
lot
about
it.
B
B
Now
the
other
day,
I
woke
up
and
on
my
phone
I
saw
this
notification.
The
first
snow
of
2020
expected
to
hit
hard
in
Cupertino
I,
immediately
forwarded
this
to
Roger
Lee
and
he
outfitted
some
of
the
cities,
trucks
with
snow
plows
and
the
snow
was
cleared
before
many
residents
even
woke
up
and
realized
that
we
had
experienced
the
blizzard.
So
was
anyone
here,
inconvenience
by
the
snowstorm,
see
good
job
Roger.
B
So
housing
is
a
big
issue.
Cupertino
currently
has
one
of
the
best
jobs
to
housing
ratios
of
any
Bay
Area
jobs,
rich
city,
because
we're
not
building
massive
amounts
of
new
commercial
office
space
without
commensurate
amounts
of
housing.
The
the
state
has
a
goal
of
about
one
new
housing
unit
for
every
1.5,
new
jobs
and
if
all
of
our
rina,
regional
housing
needs
allocation
entitlements
were
actually
built,
we
would
meet
and
exceed
that
goal.
B
Some
of
our
neighboring
cities,
unfortunately,
are
not
being
as
responsible
as
Cupertino
and
have
approved
new
projects
with
extremely
unbalanced
jobs
to
housing
ratios.
One
project
in
San
Jose
is
adding
23
jobs
for
every
new
housing
unit.
Another
one
in
a
neighboring
city
is
at
nine
to
one
one
is
at
four
to
one,
so
this
kind
of
imbalance
is
not
sustainable
and
it
impacts
all
of
us
with
additional
traffic,
housing,
insecurity
and
homelessness,
because
people
can't
live
close
to
their
jobs.
If
there's
all
these
new
jobs
and
not
housing
to
go
with
it.
B
Now,
as
a
city,
we
do
lose
out
financially
by
not
worsening
our
jobs
to
housing
ratio,
because
commercial
office
space
generates
significant
revenue
for
the
city,
but
we
think
still
it's
the
right
thing
to
do.
We're
also
one
of
the
most
densely
populated
cities
in
the
Bay
Area
for
the
amount
of
land
we
have
and
maintaining.
The
quality
of
life
is
a
constant
challenge.
B
About
an
hour
ago,
or
so
two
hours
ago,
there
was
news
from
Sacramento
that
Senate
bill
50,
which
the
city
has
opposed
in
most
cities
in
California,
including
San,
Francisco
and
Los.
Angeles,
large
and
small
cities
have
opposed
be
50
and
it
did
lose
in
the
Senate
about
an
hour
ago
by
three
votes,
which
is
great
news,
except
the
proponents
will
not
give
up,
and
this
bill
is
likely
to
come
back
either
slightly
amended
or
in
a
new
form
next
year.
B
So
we
have
to
be
ever
vigilant,
so
I
did
mention
about
Rena,
and
we
we
entitled
all
of
our
arena
projects
for
this
cycle,
but
they're
not
being
built
we
had
well.
It
takes
a
long
time
to
make
progress.
There's
external
factors
that
are
a
cause
of
this
issue.
I
talked
to
three
developers
in
the
past
few
months
regarding
projects
they
have
planned
in
Cupertino
and
in
surrounding
cities,
and
they
all
told
us
the
reasons
essentially
the
same
reasons
that
why
the
building
is
not
starting.
The
construction
costs
are
too
high.
B
There's
a
shortage
of
construction
workers
because
of
all
the
commercial
office
building
construction,
the
material
costs
have
gone
up
because
of
the
tariffs
imposed
by
President,
Trump
and
also
the
rental
housing
market
is
softening
and
rents
are
coming
down
slowly,
but
they're
coming
down
in
Cupertino
and
other
cities.
So
the
issue
is,
we
have
a
lot.
We
have
way
too
much
high
cost
luxury
rental
housing,
but
there's
a
shortage
of
moderate
and
affordable
housing,
there's
also
a
shortage
of
for
sale,
housing.
B
I
know
the
developers
have
fears
of
a
recession.
They
don't
like
the
mitigation
fees
that
cities
charge
for
things
like
parks
and
the
school
districts
charge
for
schools,
saying
they're
too
high,
even
though
the
reality
is
that
these
mitigation
fees
are
at
levels
that
are
far
below
what's
necessary
to
recover
the
costs
incurred
by
a
city
or
School
District.
So
the
good
news
is.
This:
corporations
are
beginning
to
step
up
to
the
plate
to
fund
affordable
housing.
B
You
may
have
heard
last
year,
Apple
announced
a
2.5
billion
dollar
contribution
towards
housing,
and
other
companies
like
Kaiser
and
Facebook
and
Microsoft
are
also
beginning
to
help
fund
affordable
housing
in
Cupertino.
One
of
the
projects
that
they
get
completed
was
the
veranda,
so
the
veranda
isn't
a
hundred
percent
affordable
housing
project.
It
was
finished
and
fully
occupied
in
eighteen
months
as
a
great
accomplishment,
but
it's
only
nineteen
affordable
units
out
of
the
fourteen
hundred
plus
housing
units.
B
On
another
positive
note:
the
city
is
working
with
nonprofits
to
try
to
build
some
extremely
low
income,
housing
for
the
developmentally
disabled
on
some
city-owned
project
along
Mary
Avenue
and
is
Orrin
Mahoney
here
today,
yay
Orrin,
so
Oren
is
helping
to
spearhead
that
project
with
rotary
and
like
many
things-
and
you
don't
realize
this,
sometimes
until
you
get
into
office,
everything
takes
a
really
long
time.
It's
a
slow
process,
but
we
are
making
progress.
B
B
We
have
so
many
housing
units,
but
we
have
full
homeless,
shelters,
something's
wrong
with
our
housing
policy,
and
you
may
have
seen
what
occurred
in
Oakland
recently
with
the
I
think
it
was
called
mom's
for
housing
occupying
a
house
in
Oakland
and
eventually
the
property
owner
did
agree
to
sell
it
to
them,
which
is
good
news,
but
it's
too
bad.
It's
so
difficult.
So
blue
lining
is
a
new
kind
of
housing
discrimination
practice.
In
the
past
it
was
called
redlining
where
banks
would
not
loan
to
low-income
minority
neighborhoods.
B
They
wouldn't
loan
through
mortgages
or
home
improvement
loans,
but
now
something
equally
harmful
is
called
blue
lining.
So
this
is
the
transport,
a
transformation
of
those
same
neighborhoods
by
displacement
and
gentrification,
and
we're
seeing
this
in
places
like
San,
Francisco
and
San
Jose
in
a
very
big
way,
where
there's
a
neighborhood
and
somebody
wants
to
build
something.
B
Really
nice
and
expensive,
but
it's
displacing
the
existing
residents
that
will
have
to
move
even
further
away
in
order
to
have
housing
and
will
commute
even
more
back
to
where
the
jobs
are
and
that's
one
thing
that
SB
50
would
have
caused
and
will
cause
if
it
passes
so
housing
legislation.
So
last
year
our
senator
Jim
Bell
for
our
district,
he
introduced
SB
5,
so
SB
5
was
a
bill
that
would
have
made
significant
impact
in
terms
of
funding,
affordable
housing.
B
Unfortunately,
SB
5
was
vetoed
by
Governor
Gavin
Newsom,
saying
that,
while
it
was
a
good
idea,
he
didn't
want
to
use
general
fund
money
in
order
to
build
affordable
housing.
So
the
state
is
kind
of
saying:
yes,
you
guys
got
to
build
more
housing
and
more
affordable
housing
and
we
got
to
solve
homelessness,
but
no
we're
not
going
to
give
you
any
money
to
do
it
and
Senator
Bell
is
reintroducing
this
legislation
in
the
current
session.
So
addressing
the
affordable
housing
crisis.
It
takes
a
lot
of
money.
B
Senator
Bell
understands
this,
but
legislation
that
attacks
cities
for
things
beyond
their
control
is
not
going
to
solve
anything.
So
earlier.
Today,
I
was
at
a
meeting
and
mountain
view
of
the
California
League
of
Cities
and
they
had
a
slide
up
there.
That
showed
how
many
Rena
units
have
been
permitted,
where
cities
have
history
building
permits,
so
the
score
cards
pretty
bad,
but
the
thing
is,
we
have
not
denied
building
permits
it's.
When
we
get
give
arena
entitlement.
B
B
B
So
hopefully
bad
bills
won't
come
back,
but
you
never
can
tell
also
last
year
a
B
sorry
I'm
little
behind
on
this,
like
a
B
1482.
This
was
a
bill
by
David
Chiu
of
San
Francisco
assembly
person
that
it
imposed
a
rent
cap
of
5%
plus
the
consumer
price
index,
and
it
also
imposed
evict
eviction
restrictions
unfortune.
The
eviction
restrictions
didn't
kick
in
until
January
1st,
so
a
lot
of
cities
were
doing
blank.
B
A
lot
of
landlords
were
doing
blanket
evictions
to
get
rid
of
all
the
tenants
before
January
1st,
so
they
could
raise
the
rents
so
Cupertino
being
responsible.
Like
many
other
cities,
we
rushed.
We
passed
an
emergency
ordinance
to
try
to
prevent
these
evictions,
but
it
took
so
long
to
before
we
realize
what
was
happening.
It
was
really
symbolic
what
we
did,
but
a
lot
of
cities
passed
these.
We
don't
know
if
it
prevented
any
evictions,
but
we
thought
we
should
be
doing
that.
B
We
don't
know
how
many
people
were
displaced.
A
B
1482
will
also
have
another
unintended
consequence
because
of
the
rent.
The
rent
cap
is
about
seven
and
a
half
percent,
but
actually
in
the
Bay
Area
there
are
no
cities
where
rents
have
been
going
up
by
seven
and
a
half
percent
a
year.
You
occasionally
get
something
in
the
news
with
a
huge
rent
increase
of
fifty
percent,
but
that's
that's
not
the
norm
and
generally
landlords
respond
to
the
market
and
cupertino
rents
have
come
down
slightly.
B
Other
cities,
they've
gone
up
or
down
slightly,
but
no,
where
have
they
gone
up
that
much
so
some
happier
things
on
a
happier
topic.
Our
library
continues
to
be
the
jewel
in
the
County
Library
System
and
recently
I
was
coming
to
City
Hall
about
9:45
a.m.
I
saw
this
big
crowd
of
people
out
in
the
plaza
and
I
thought.
It
was
like
some
kind
of
a
protest
that
I
had
done
something
wrong
and
I
asked
what
it
was,
and
they
said
no,
no,
no
we're
just
waiting
for
the
library
to
open.
We.
B
B
We've
been
hoping
to
get
the
funding
as
part
of
the
community
benefits
from
a
project
the
Hamptons.
But
since
that
project
has
been
on
hold,
we
decided
this
is
one
time
it's
worthwhile
to
dip
into
our
reserves
to
fund
this
project,
and
I
did
mention
parking,
because
the
program
room
will
increase
the
need
for
parking.
So
I
saw
this
the
other
day.
I
didn't
think
this
was
an
acceptable
solution
for
parking.
We
are
going
to
have
to
have
a
parking
management
plan
that
takes
into
account
the
increased
capacity
and
this
solutions,
not
practical.
B
We
are
going
to
have
to
come
up
with
something
better,
so
there
are
a
few
things:
parking
garages
and
underground
parking
or
enormous
lis
I
believe
an
underground
garage
is
about
$80,000
per
parking
space.
We
don't
have
the
funds
to
do
that
sort
of
thing,
so
we're
going
to
have
to
find
other
ways
to
address
this
issue,
including
some
are
all
the
following:
increasing
the
hours.
So
we
can
spread
out
the
demand.
B
I
know
some
people
are
reluctant
to
ride
their
bikes
to
the
library,
because
there's
been
a
number
of
bike
thefts,
so
we're
looking
at
putting
in
secure
bicycle
parking,
including
lockers
or
electronic
bike
parking
spaces
that
you
can
unlock
with
your
cell
phone
or
a
clipper
card.
There's
also
the
issue
of
time
limits.
I
was
over
at
Los
Gatos
library
for
a
meeting
last
week
and
I
saw
the
little
Cushman
vehicle
driving
around.
B
So
we
did
form
a
legislative
action
committee
this
year.
It's
me
and
council
member
of
the
young
cha
we've
been
extremely
engaged
with
our
lobbying
firm,
Townsend
and
associates
in
Sacramento
to
craft
our
legislative
platform,
with
the
count
which
the
council
passed
in
the
last
meeting
and
some
items
in
that
plan
we
have
a
chance
of
achieving
and
some
we
can
only
dream
of
achieving,
but
we
thought
we
should
put
them
in
there.
B
Anyway,
just
to
show
what
our
views
are
on
those
those
issues
and
last
year,
I
was
up
in
Sacramento
and
I
was
talking
to
one
legislative
aide
of
a
legislature
who
remain
unnamed,
and
he
explained
things
to
me
frankly
and
said:
the
cities
don't
give
money
to
the
campaign's
of
legislators,
so
they
don't
have
as
much
influence
as
the
corporations
or
other
entities
that
that
do
give
money.
So
that's
unfortunate,
but
until
we
get
public
financing
of
Elections
I,
don't
see
that
changing
in
any
any
beneficial
way.
B
B
So
we
really
need
to
be
mindful
of
our
employee,
headcount
and
and
be
very
careful
about
increasing
it,
because
every
new
employee
will
have
pension
and
healthcare
costs
long
into
the
future.
Long
long
after
I'm
gone
from
the
council
and
the
these
will
come
back
to
haunt
future
councils.
So
we
need
to
really
be
responsible
and
we
have
been
responsible,
we're
very,
very
careful
about
increasing
our
headcount
and
if
there
was
a
recession
and
a
pension
crisis,
we'd
be
forced
to
cut
services
because
we'd
have
to
dip
it
into
our
reserves.
B
B
Now
everyone's
favorite
topic
is
cement,
so
the
issue
with
a
cement
the
issues
with
cement
plant
continue.
Of
course,
as
most
of
you
know,
the
cement
plant
is
not
inside.
The
city
of
limits
of
Cupertino
is
in
the
county,
so
we
have
to
work
with
the
county
and
state
agencies
to
address
issues
of
pollution.
B
We
were
successful
at
least
temporarily
last
year
of
halting
the
truck
traffic.
That's
that
was
going
between
the
Lehigh
quarry
and
the
Stevens
Creek
quarry
and
in
a
few
weeks,
Supervisors
to
Midian
will
hold
the
forum
at
Community
Hall
on
the
cement
plant.
I
encourage
everyone
concerned
with
that
to
attend
his
his
forum,
so
everyone
loves
our
parks
and
we
are
looking
to
acquire
land
over
on
your
Lawrence
Expressway.
B
It's
called
Lawrence
MIDI
and
that
acquisition
has
been
taking
a
very
long
time,
but
we
believe
it's
moving
forward.
Hopefully
we
can
close
on
that
property
this
year
and
start
deciding
what
we're
going
to
do
with
that
and
what
that
land
is
appropriate,
for.
We
also
have
our
all-inclusive
playground
that
will
be
at
JA
Lehmann
Park,
that's
going
to
go
out
for
bids
this
year
and
our
Parks
and
Rec
master
plan,
which
the
will
come
to
council
soon
for
approval.
B
Now,
if
Alko
not
a
day,
goes
by
where
someone
doesn't
ask
me,
the
question:
what's
happening
with
alko,
so
what
would
a
state
of
the
city
address
be
without
talking
about
it?
Now,
I
wish
we
could
go
back
to
the
1980s
when
it
was
the
go-to
shopping
center
in
Silicon
Valley,
but
that
ship
has
sailed.
It's
not
coming
back.
So
where
are
we
today?
B
B
So
crime
has
been
an
issue
and
the
big
issue
who
here
has
had
their
car
window
broken?
Actually
not
not
that
many
well
so
every
time
I
read
the
crime
reports.
I
read
about
I,
see
the
word
laptop,
so
I
would
just
we
cannot
possibly
hire
enough
police
to
stop
this
type
of
crime
as
the
as
captain
arena
here
and
I
believe
so
captain
you
stand.
B
So
I
did
meet
with
him
and
a
task
force
a
while
back
where
they
deploy
a
lot
of
Deputies
to
a
location
to
try
to
catch
the
perpetrators
of
these
crimes.
It's
really
hard
to
catch,
they
move
really
fast.
Sometimes
you
can
see
them
break
and
when
don't
can't
even
catch
them
in
time
there
are
not
high-speed
chases
after
them,
because
that's
very
dangerous
so
and
even
if
we
caught
them,
I'm,
not
sure
what
would
happen
the
state,
as
you
know,
with
proposition
47,
which
was
intended
to
reduce
prison
overcrowding.
B
Petty
thefts
may
not
result
in
the
perpetrator
actually
going
to
prison
even
if
they're
caught
and
we
don't
have
that
capacity
to
incarcerate
them.
So
the
short
term
solution
is
for
all
of
us
to
take
some
simple
steps.
Never
leave
anything
of
value
visible
in
your
car.
I
tell
this
to
people
all
the
time
like
passengers,
you
know
they're
all
I'm,
just
gonna
leave
my
backpack
there's
only
dirty
gym
clothes
in
there.
B
Well,
the
person
looking
in
your
car
window
doesn't
know
that
that
backpack
has
dirty
gym
clothes,
they'll
break
your
window
just
to
check,
and
my
daughter
in
San
Francisco
says
when
she
parks
her
car.
The
glove
box
is
open
and
empty.
The
console
is
open
and
empty
if
it's
an
SUV
or
a
hatchback.
The
cargo
covers
open
with
nothing
there,
so
they
know
that
breaking
in
may
not
yield
them
anything
and
maybe
they'll
move
on
to
the
next
and
doing
all
this
thing.
B
It's
really
a
pain
in
the
butt
to
always
have
to
deal
with
this,
but
we're
a
long
way
from
achieving
the
route
from
solving
the
root
causes
of
this
kind
of
crime.
So
in
the
meantime
we
just
have
to
be
diligent
so
commissions.
We
have
a
bunch
of
commissions
in
Cupertino
yesterday
on
Monday
and
Tuesday
nights,
we
had
interviews
for
the
four
five
commissions
and
committees,
and
the
level
of
interest
by
the
volunteers
is
always
incredible.
For
several
of
the
Commission's
we
had
an
excess
of
qualified
candidates.
B
It's
it's
very
hard
to
turn
people
down
that
want
to
volunteer
in
our
city.
You
know
they're
doing
this.
On
their
own
time,
often
significant
time
to
volunteer,
and
it's
very
really
hard
to
pick
people
now,
each
council
member
has
their
own
priorities
when
they're
voting
for
Commission
members
and
I
think
it's
important
for
our
Commission's
to
be
diverse
in
age
and
gender
and
ethnicity
and
I.
B
Also
I'd
like
to
give
opportunities
to
serve
to
new
people
to
new
applicants
that
haven't
served
on
a
commission
before
you
know
often
someone
that
serving
on
one
commissions
term
doubt
will
come
back
and
apply
for
another
Commission
and
sometimes
that's
great,
but
I
kind
of
feel.
With
all
the
demand
of
applicants
to
serve.
We
should
try
to
give
some
new
people
a
chance
and
I
think
a
couple
of
our
Commission's.
B
We
could
actually
legitimately
expand
them
from
five
to
seven
members,
as
the
in
the
case
of
neighboring
cities,
so
I'm
going
to
go
quickly
through
some
commissioned
accomplishments
from
last
year
or
from
yeah
from
2019,
so
bike
ped,
and
we
have
some
bike.
Ped
people
here
as
Jennifer
here
great
anyone
else
from
bike.
Ped
I
can't
see
that
hard
okay,
so
they
put
on
community
events
like
Earth
Day,
a
family
bike,
ride
bike
to
work
day,
the
fall
Bike
Fest.
B
They
also
advise
on
projects
like
Carmen
bridge
and
Ragnar
Creek,
Trail
and
McClelland
bike
lanes,
our
Planning
Commission.
Who
is
anyone
here
from
planning
what
so
they
just
had
a
meeting
last
night
that
went
very
late,
maybe
they're
all
tired,
so
they
did
a
lot.
They
contributed
to
business
and
tourism
by
adding
hotel
stock,
where
we
did
GPAs
to
increase
the
number
of
hotel
rooms,
they
amended
the
planned
development
chapter
of
the
muni
code.
B
B
So
library,
commission,
aided
in
the
recruitment
of
the
new
poet
laureate,
they've,
been
working
on
traffic
and
parking
congestion,
information
gathering
and
suggestions
for
how
to
solve
this
problem
and
they
aided
in
the
promotion
of
the
patron
survey,
Parks
and
Rec.
Does
anyone
here
from
Parks
and
Rec
I
saw
some
people
and
you
stand
up.
B
So
the
Parks
and
Rec
master
plan.
This
has
been
a
long
procedure
and
it's
finally
coming
to
Council
and
we
hope
to
pass
it
and
we
hope
to
find
the
money
to
implement
it.
I'm
sure
you've
seen
the
empty
ponds
outside
of
Memorial
Park
for
many
years,
and
we
really
need
to
work
on
completing
our
parks
in
a
rec
master
plan.
This
it's
kind
of
an
embarrassment
when
people
see
those
empty,
concrete
ponds
there
and
we
really
need
to
get
moving
on
this.
They
also
put
on
summer
events.
Did
anyone
go
to
the
camping?
B
It
was
amazing.
It
was
over
at
Creekside,
Park
and
I.
Haven't
I
didn't
even
know
about
it,
but
I
was
walking
through
that
park
and
all
these
tents
going
up
and
movies.
It
was
oversubscribed
and
really
great
events
that
we
need
to
continue
doing
and
expanding.
They
also
did
bobotie
know
the
spelling
bee
pizza
and
politics
and
the
dog
leash
the
dog
off
leash
areas.
Anyone
walked
their
dog
over
at
the
jolly
minh
park
off
leash
area.
So
I
rode
my
bike
over
there
a
few
months
ago.
B
It
seems
to
be
going
really
well,
there's
not
been
any
incidents
with
dogs
bothering
people,
the
dogs
are
kept
under
voice
control
and
I
hope
that
this
pilot
program
can
turn
into
something
permanent
and
maybe
expand
to
other
parks
as
well.
Now
my
kids,
we
didn't
have
a
dog
we
used
to
go
over
to
eat
in
school,
where,
as
kind
of
an
unofficial,
off-leash
area
and
everybody
loved,
it
I
mean
the
kids
loved
playing
with
the
dogs
and
the
dogs
loved
it.
B
But
you
know
one
complaint
to
the
sheriff
and
that
gets
shut
down
so
I
think
we
need
hopefully
to
have
some
more
off
leash
areas:
fine-arts
they're,
continuing
the
artists
award
programs,
distinguished
emerging
and
young
artists
and
the
implementation
of
art
and
unexpected
places.
Our
teen
Commission
have
the
Wellness
carnival
the
Hat
Cupertino
boba.
Tea,
no
spell
spell
t
een
here
and
T
Ino
and
the
other
place,
and
tobacco
related
products
ordinance
and
a
youth
civic
engagement
forum,
Public
Safety
I'm
not
going
to
list
all
these.
B
They
have
done
a
lot
of
work,
I
really
like
their
help
in
July,
4th
fireworks,
Hep,
B,
Awareness,
Alert
SCC
and
the
annual
public
safety
forum,
which
I
attended.
Did
anyone
else
hear
at
10:00
the
public
safety
forum?
It's
really
good,
don't
don't
miss
it
next
year.
Maybe
we
have
to
advertise
it
more
and
have
free,
better
free
food
to
get
more
people
to
come,
our
Housing
Commission
they
reserved
there.
B
We
reviewed
applications
for
four
hundred
twenty
eight
thousand
and
grant
funds
and
they're
working
on
homelessness
issues
and
BM
our
linkage
fees,
and
in
the
last
meeting
we
adopted
their
recommendations
to
the
council
sustainability.
Then
an
essay
contest
for
middle
school
students.
They
hosted
a
forum
on
zero
waste
home
and
they
provided
the
recommendations
to
the
council
on
the
all-electric
reach
code,
which
we
passed
last
Tuesday
with
the
second
reading
and
that's
the
biggest
accomplishment
to
reach
code.
B
You
know
I
know
some
people
say:
oh,
it's
going
to
be
inconvenient
for
new
houses
to
not
have
natural
gas,
but
I.
Think
it's
just
something
that
we
really
have
to
do.
I
mean
we
owe
it
to
our
future
generations
to
reduce
our
dependence
on
fossil
fuels,
our
technology
commission,
so
they're
working
on
5g,
Smart
City,
the
wireless
master
plan.
They
did.
The
tech
set,
the
Teen
Center
tech
refresh.
They
conducted
an
Internet
satisfaction,
survey,
a
cybersecurity
presentation
and
they
judged
the
teen
hackathon.
B
B
So
I
thought?
Well,
that's
a
good
question,
because
if
he
does
have
DSL,
we
don't
want
him
on
the
tip
Commission,
but
he
actually
handled
that
question
really
well
saying
well.
That
question
may
be
a
little
outdated.
It's
wait
is
anyone
here
still
on
DSL,
maybe
I
better,
be
careful.
What
I
say
here:
okay
and
so
I
talked
about
our
bike,
peg
Commission!
B
So
I
would
like
the
bike,
ped
Commission,
to
be
tasked
with
more
than
just
bike
ped,
but
also
transportation
issues,
and
they
can
work
with
our
Commission,
our
public
safety,
sustainability
and
library
commissions,
and
it's
one
commission.
We
really
could
expand
to
seven
members
and
give
them
a
lot
more
work
to
do,
and
they
also
are
going
to
focus
on
additional
infrastructure
projects
for
for
bicycle
and
pedestrians.
I
think
I
already
did
take
Commission
and
sustained
a
bit
because
the
buttons
are
going
the
wrong
way.
Okay,
so
we're
back
to
opportunities
and
challenges.
B
So
we
have
a
lot
of
challenges
threatening
our
quality
of
life
and
they
require
constant
attention.
Our
city
finances
are
stable,
but
a
little
precarious.
You
know
if
there's
a
recession,
we
have
our
homelessness
issue
that
we
have
to
address.
It's
increasing.
Our
traffic
is
worsening,
the
redevelopment
of
key
areas
of
the
city
is
needed.
We
have
school,
even
though
we
don't
handle
schools.
What
we
do
affects
the
school.
Some
of
our
schools
are
at
capacity
and
and
students
can't
even
register
there.
B
They
have
to
go
to
schools
outside
their
neighborhood,
but
and
other
schools
are
under
enrolled.
So
we
need
to
look
at
what
we
can
do
for
balancing.
You
know.
Nobody
wants
to
see
schools
closing,
but
I
know.
Cusd
has
been
looking
into
that
because
of
some
of
these
schools
that
are
way
under
capacity
went
way
under
enroll
and
the
state
government
in
Sacramento
they're
continuing
to
erode
our
ability
to
control
our
own
destiny
by
them.
B
Passing
legislation
that
strips
the
city
of
our
ability
to
control
the
zoning
and
character
of
our
own
town,
there's
legislative
pending
that
would
reduce
or
eliminate
mitigation
fees,
now,
mitigation
fees
they
are
set
at
levels
far
below
what
is
necessary
to
actually
fund
the
infrastructure.
So
we
really
need
to
be
sure.
Legislation
that
seeks
to
reduce
those
even
further
does
not
occur,
and
it's
not
just
the
city
there's
also
efforts
to
reduce
the
mitigation
fees
that
are
paid
to
schools
by
new
development.
B
B
Friends,
loved
ones-
and
you
know
even
talk
to
someone-
you
don't
really
like
you
know
you
talk
to
them,
you
may
you
may
still
not
like
them
at
the
end,
but
you'll
find
common
ground
and
you
may
understand
what
they're
going
through,
because
everyone
may
have
things
going
on
in
their
life
that
you
just
don't
understand
and
don't
know
about,
and
I
think
you
know
we
have
great
people
in
our
city.
Great
people
may
create
cities.
B
Great
cities
are
made
of
great
people
and
also
never
hesitate
to
reach
out
to
your
elected
officials,
making
every
effort
to
get
out
in
the
community
to
meet
with
residents.
This
will
continue
in
2020.
I
am
planning
a
series
of
community
bike
rides
to
explore
our
city.
They
won't
be
difficult,
there's
no
50-mile
rides
and
we'll
get
feedback
from
residents
and
it's
okay
to
complain
to
us.
When
you
see
something
you
need
fixing
or
changing,
but
you
know
compliments.