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From YouTube: State of the City Address 2019 (Lunchtime Event)
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Cupertino Mayor Steven Scharf presents the 2019 Cupertino State of the City Address from the Quinlan Community Center. The Cupertino Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club of Cupertino host the Public Safety Officers of the Year Awards Ceremony followed by the State of the City Address presented by Mayor Scharf. Recorded January 30, 2019. (55 min.)
A
Good
afternoon
good
afternoon,
it
is
afternoon
good
afternoon
I'm
helene
davis
and
I
am
the
president
of
the
Rotary
Club
of
Cupertino.
Welcome
to
the
annual
State
of
the
City
address,
hosted
by
the
Rotary
Club
of
Cupertino,
the
Cupertino
Chamber
of
Commerce
and
the
city
of
Cupertino.
I
would
like
to
invite
Tom
Pike,
who
is
the
district
director
for
congressman
row,
Khanna
to
lead
us
in
the
Pledge
of
Allegiance.
A
And
the
members
of
the
Rotary
Club
of
Cupertino,
it
is
my
pleasure
to
welcome
each
and
every
one
of
you
here
today.
The
mission
of
Rotary
International
is
to
provide
service
to
others,
promote
integrity
and
advance
world
understanding,
goodwill
and
peace
through
our
fellowship
of
business,
professional
and
community
leaders.
A
A
We
champion
60
local
service
projects
and
10
global
grant
surges
service
projects
worldwide
around
the
world,
and
we
are
very
proud
that
our
membership
reflects
the
diversity
in
our
community.
I
would
like
to
recognize
the
Cupertino
Rotary
Board
of
Directors
and
our
cabinet.
They
are
a
very
hardworking
and
talented
group
of
community
volunteers.
A
A
A
A
We
do
this
by
sponsoring
a
troupe
and
supporting
scouting
by
reading
on
dr.
Seuss's
birthday
and
donating
books
by
creating
a
winter
wonderland
for
a
adult
and
child
disabled
individuals
with
via
West's
services,
and
we
do
that
with
Operation
snowflake.
We
hold
both
a
speech
and
a
poetry,
reading
contest.
A
A
Through
our
vocational
service
and
our
workforce
development,
our
members
share
skills
and
expertise
with
individuals
in
our
community
to
promote
success
in
their
work
or
in
their
career.
We
do
this
by
providing
scholarships
for
students
seeking
AAA
degrees
or
bachelor's
degrees.
We
provide
mini
grants
for
teachers
at
CU,
SD
and
fu
HSD.
We
give
out
a
vocational
Service
Award
each
year
to
an
individual
who
has
used
their
vocation
to
help
others,
and
we
are
piloting
a
summer
internship
program
through
Fremont
Union,
High,
School,
District.
A
Through
our
international
services,
we
partner
with
nonprofit
organizations
to
provide
grants
that
help
those
in
need
around
the
globe.
This
year
we
champion
projects
in
Puerto,
Rico
and
Romania
and
in
rural
China,
and
these
are
just
a
few
of
the
many
many
projects
that
our
Cupertino
wrote.
Ariens
are
involved
in
every
year.
A
So
if
you
are
interested
in
joining
leaders
of
our
community
or
supporting
some
of
our
local
service
projects,
please
come
and
see
me
after
the
meeting
or
you
can
talk
to
any
of
our
wrote
Aryans
here
in
the
audience.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
listening
to
a
little
bit
about
Cupertino
rotary.
We
are
very
proud
of
our
club
and
of
our
organization,
and
now
it
is
my
distinct
pleasure
to
introduce
the
2019
president
of
the
board
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce.
Let's
give
a
warm
welcome
to
rod
dear
Dunn,
welcome.
C
C
There
we
go
first,
let
me
say
that
in
any
community
the
good
work,
that's
done
by
a
Chamber
of
Commerce,
is
done
by
primarily
volunteers
on
their
board
of
directors,
their
Executive
Board
and
their
their
regular
board.
In
addition
to
in
Cupertino,
some
very,
very
hard-working
staff
I'd
like
to
acknowledge
who
these
folks
are
up
on
the
screen,
ask
them
all
to
stand
and
be
recognized
please.
If
you're
on
the
board,
the
eboard
or
one
of
our
chamber
staff
members,
please
stand
to
be
recognized.
C
These
are
just
a
few
of
the
member
companies
that
we
have
represented
here
in
the
city
of
Cupertino
and
the
Cupertino
Chamber
of
Commerce.
If
you
are
representative
or
affiliated
with
one
of
these
companies,
let
me
thank
you
for
all
that
you
do
to
help
create
a
sustainable
vibrant
economy
in
the
city
of
Cupertino.
C
Let
me
share
with
you
just
a
few
of
the
events
that
are
coming
up
in
this
year
with
Cupertino
the
chamber:
commerce.
It's
going
to
be
a
busy
year,
February
2nd.
We
have
our
Cupertino
Education
Fair
on
February
8th,
we'll
celebrate
the
Lunar
New
Year
Festival
on
February
27th.
There
will
be
a
get
your
business
online
seminar
being
held.
April
7th
will
be
the
Holi
festival,
the
Star
Wars
our
course
are
going
to
be
April.
C
26Th
July
20th
will
be
the
night
at
the
market
and
that's
the
first
time
that
we're
doing
this
event
in
partnership
with
De
Anza
College.
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
partnership
and
we
look
forward
to
having
a
fantastic
kickoff.
There's
the
food
and
wine
stroll
on
August
29th
and
the
Diwali
festival
on
October
12th,
for
more
information
with
regards
to
Cupertino
the
chamber
of
commerce
and
the
events
you
can
go
to
that
website
and
find
more
information.
There.
C
The
star
award
just
recognized
the
fantastic
vibrant
community
that
we
have
in
Cupertino.
This
is
a
fantastic
place
to
live,
work
or
play.
It
is
that
way
because
of
the
people
who
live
here
because
of
the
people
who
volunteer
in
the
community
because
of
our
community
leaders,
members
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
board
the
rotary
board
that
we've
talked
about
here
today,
our
elected
officials
that
are
present,
but
also
just
rank-and-file
folks,
who,
day
after
day,
do
great
things
for
our
community
and
have
vibrant,
fantastic
businesses
that
we
all
enjoy.
Let
me
help.
C
C
C
From
Santa
Clara
County
we
have
the
assistant
sheriff
Ken
bender
assistant
sheriff
Michael
Doty
assistant
sheriff
Eric
Taylor
and
captain
rich
Urena
from
Santa
Clara
County.
We
also
have
fire
chief
Tony
Bowden
assistant,
Chief,
John
Justice
and
Deputy
Chief
Brian
glass
from
the
city
of
super
Cupertino,
who
we
will
hear
from
later
today.
Of
course,
we
have
mayor
Steven
sharp.
C
We
have
councilmember
rod,
sinks,
Darci,
Paul,
John,
Willie
and
interim
city
manager,
Tim
Borden
from
we
also
have
a
number
of
former
mayors
and
council
members
here:
Jim
Jackson
Sandra,
James,
Richard,
Lowenthal,
Orrin,
Mahoney
and
Gilbert
long
from
the
Board
of
Trustees
from
the
Cupertino
Union
School
District.
We
have
the
board
president
Phyllis
Vogel,
the
vice
president
Lori
Cunningham,
and
then
board
members,
Jerry,
Lynn
satish,
with
how-to
and
superintendent
craig
baker
and
then
from
the
Freemont
Union
High
School
District.
C
We
have
board
president
Roy
Rocklin
a
vice
president
Jeff
Moe
board
members,
Rosa
Kim,
Naomi,
Nakano,
Matsumoto,
Bill,
Wilson
and
superintendent.
Polly
bow
view
from
the
foothill
De
Anza
Community
College
District.
We
have
member
Patrick
Aaron's,
go
Spartans.
Thank
you
and
we
remember
Gilbert
Wong
from
the
Cupertino
sanitary
district.
We
had
board
member
Angela
10.
Is
there
anyone
who
is
a
visiting
dignitary,
who
we
have
not
record
kwok
very
good
to
see
you
Patrick?
Thank
you
for
your
service.
Could
everybody
who
I've
just
recognized
please
stand
once
and
allow
us
all
to
recognize
you
together.
D
C
But
each
year
we
take
the
time
during
this
event
to
recognize
our
public
safety
officers,
who
have
made
a
significant
difference
in
the
city
of
Cupertino.
We
all
know
that,
on
a
day
to
day
basis,
they
put
themselves
in
harm's
way,
harm's
way
for
our
benefit.
We
appreciate
that
we
appreciate
the
toll
that
it
takes
on
them
and
their
families,
and
we
appreciate
their
ongoing
community
service
I'd
like
to
call
up
county
fire
chief
Tony
Boden,
who
will
introduce
the
first
recipient.
Mr.
Boden.
E
F
Angela
Graham
joined
the
Santa
Clara
County
Fire
Department
on
December
7
2006.
As
a
firefighter
engineer,
firefighter
Graham
has
spent
over
10
years
as
a
member
of
County
Fire
Special
Operations
Task
Force
stationed
at
the
seven-string
Seven
Springs
Fire
Station
right
here
in
Cupertino
she's,
also
a
member
of
the
Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency
or
FEMA
--zz
urban
search
and
rescue
California
task
force
three,
and
what
that
means
is
they're.
A
group
of
highly
trained,
highly
skilled
individuals
that
deploy
internationally
throughout
the
world
to
hurricanes
and
large-scale
disasters.
F
Just
in
2018
alone,
Angela
deployed
with
her
team
to
hurricane
Irma
in
Southwest
Florida
hurricane
lane
in
Hawaii
and
most
recently,
assisted
with
the
recovery
up
efforts
at
the
devastating
campfire
in
Butte
County
firefighter
Graham
is
a
CST
I
California
specialized
training
institute
instructor
with
a
primary
focus
and
hazardous
materials
and
has
been
the
lead
instructor
at
our
most
recent
County
Fire
recruit
Academy.
On
a
personal
note,
firefighter
Graham
was
a
former
softball
player
at
the
University
of
Texas,
where
she
earned
a
full
ride.
F
Scholarship
as
a
pitcher
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
did
not
mention
that
she
is
also
a
devoted
mother
to
her
son
Alexander
who's.
Two
and
a
half
firefighter
Graham
continues
to
serve
as
a
dynamic
follower.
She's
a
team
member
and
an
excellent
leader
in
response
to
the
operational
needs
within
our
organization.
Her
dedication,
commitment
and
leadership
ability
are
inspirational,
as
she
proudly
serves
the
department
and
the
citizens
of
Cupertino
I'm,
proud
to
recognize
firefighter
Angela
Graham.
A
D
We
could
probably
fill
this
room
here
full
of
our
staff
members
to
do
a
good
job
here
in
the
city
of
Cupertino
and
in
the
county
of
Santa
Clara,
but
we
had
to
choose
one
so
I'm
gonna
tell
you
a
little
bit
about
our
deputy
Travis
Welch
seer
to
my
left,
deputy
Walt
started
his
law
enforcement
career
with
the
Sheriff's
Office
in
2002.
After
completing
his
patrol
training,
he
was
assigned
a
Cupertino,
as
he
had
previously
graduated
from
Lynbrook
high
school
and
living
in
the
area.
D
He
spent
his
first
year
working
day
shift
in
Cupertino
alongside
motorcycle
deputies,
who
have
a
primary
duty
of
enforcing
or
traffic
laws.
After
seeing
how
great
it
was
to
ride
a
motorcycle
while
getting
a
nice
suntan
and
getting
paid,
he
decided
to
apply
the
next
time
around
deputy
Wallach
was
accepted
into
the
Traffic
Unit
in
2006
from
2006
to
2011.
He
worked
in
the
traffic
unit
as
a
motorcycle
deputy
assigned
to
the
city
of
Cupertino
during
those
five
years.
D
Yeah
in
2011
he
was
transferred
to
the
detective
bureau
and
was
assigned
to
Cupertino
I
set
up
as
a
property
crimes
detective.
He
spent
the
next
three
years
solving
burglaries
financial
crimes
and
property
crimes
that
occurred
in
the
city
of
Cupertino.
He
joined
our
crime
scene
investigation
team,
while
he
was
assigned
as
a
detective
as
a
member
of
the
CSI
team.
He
responded
to
major
crimes,
evolving
homicides,
robberies
in
the
city
and
county.
D
He
returned
back
to
the
Traffic
Unit
in
2014,
again
as
a
motorcycle
traffic
deputy
he's
currently
assigned
there
and
enjoying
every
day
on
his
motorcycle
as
an
example
of
his
work
in
2018,
deputy
Welch
issued
over
850
moving
citations
investigated
46
traffic
collisions.
So
let
me
let
me
do
the
math
here,
850
citations
a
year
for
ten
years,
a
8500
citations
in
the
latter
end
of
ten
years
he's
been
assigned
to
Cupertino
or
the
way
that
I
look
at
I
like
to
look
at
that
8,500,
unsafe
drivers
right
and
the
city
of
Cupertino.
D
D
And
you
really
can't
miss
his
motorcycle.
It's
nice
clean
and
bright
white
hint
currently
as
a
collateral
duty.
Deputy
Welch
is
part
of
the
Sheriff's
Office
off-road
enforcement
team.
This
is
a
team
that's
utilized
during
special
events
for
fire
evacuations,
as
well
as
searching
for
missing
persons
in
rural
parts
of
our
County.
Deputy
Welch
is
also
a
vital
member
of
our
shares
traffic
accident
reconstruction
team,
also
known
as
our
stars
team.
They
investigate
major
injuries
and
fatal
traffic
collisions
in
Cupertino,
as
well
as
the
other
cities
that
we
provide
services
for.
D
Lastly,
he
is
a
certified
police
motorcycle
instructor.
In
fact,
we
have
two
new
deputies
that
he's
going
to
be
training
here
in
the
next
couple
of
months.
So,
as
you
can
see,
deputy
Welch
has
given
the
city
of
Cupertino
over
ten
years
of
distinguished
service.
His
daily
efforts
do
not
go
unnoticed,
as
I
have
received
several
compliments
on
his
performance
as
a
dedicated
traffic
enforcement
officer.
I
have
no
doubt
that
he's
that
his
efforts
have
saved
many
lives.
D
C
It
is
our
pleasure
to
host
mayor
Steven,
sharp
Steve
was
elected
to
the
Cupertino
City
Council
first
in
November
of
2016.
He
advocates
for
schools,
affordable
housing,
sensible
growth,
smart
cities,
transportation,
open
space
and
the
environment.
He
has
a
Bachelor
of
electrical
engineering
from
the
University
of
Florida
and
has
worked
at
numerous
technology
companies
in
the
area,
including
GTE,
Xerox,
timeshare,
national
semiconductor
and
created
technologies.
He
is
married
to
Karen
chin
and
has
two
children.
G
So
I
was
really
pleased
to
see
Paul
and
edie's
get
that
award,
because
when
I
worked
at
timeshare
in
the
1980s
I
was
looking
for
someone
and
I
said
where
Syd
I
can't
find
him.
They
said,
oh
he's
over
in
building
P
and
I
looked
at
the
map.
I
said
there
is
no
building
P
here.
I
said:
oh
that's,
Paul
and
edie's.
G
G
Everyone
from
for
coming
and
I
call
this
presentation
death
by
PowerPoint,
so
the
first
200
slides
I'll
do
tonight
I
mean
this
morning
and
then
the
next
200
you
have
to
come
this
afternoon
and
and
we'll
get
those
going
so
here's
my
first
proposal.
As
you
know,
our
president
would
like
to
build
the
wall
around
between
Mexico
and
the
United
States
and
get
Mexico
to
pay
for
it.
Well,
this
is
my
wall
around
Cupertino
and
no
one
hears
from
San
Jose
are.
G
Jose
is
gonna
pay
for
it,
I
guarantee
it.
So,
let's
move
to
traffic
first
of
all
850
a
year.
Maybe
we
could
do
850
per
day,
because
I
can
see
that
just
around
the
schools
and
yesterday
I
got
an
email
on
actually
a
Monday
from
a
student
at
Kennedy
middle
school.
Who
was
complaining.
He
can't
ride
his
bike
to
school
because
the
cars
are
creating
two
traffic
lanes
on
the
road
Hana
support
into
Kennedy
and
I.
Have
let's
see
this
changing
on
my
screen,
but
not
on
that
screen.
G
Okay,
there
we
go
okay,
so
the
student
emailed
me
and
I
went
out
there
yesterday
morning
and
took
a
bunch
of
pictures
and
it's
true.
The
cyclists
can't
ride
to
school.
The
cars
are
creating
a
second
traffic
lane
they're
stuck
on
the
sidewalk.
He
said
his
parents
won't
let
him
to
ride
ride
to
school.
That's
too
dangerous!
The
left
picture.
You
see
someone
jumping
out
in
the
middle
of
the
street.
You
don't
see
the
cyclist
who
was
coming
down
and
could
have
been
door
door
hit
by
them.
G
Let's
move
on
the
general
plan,
one
issue
with
our
general
plan
is:
it
needs
to
be
cleaned
up.
What
we
need.
We
need
objective
standards
for
every
parcel
in
the
city,
so
we
don't
fall
into
the
trap
of
having
state
laws
dictate
to
us
what
we're
allowed
to
build
and
not
build
in
certain
areas,
and
this
is
really
important
because
there's
a
lot
of
harmful
state
legislation
coming
down
the
pike
that
we
have
to
be
ready
for
and
housing.
That's
always
been
a
big
issue
here.
I
want
to
show
this
slide
here.
G
This
is
what
the
Apple
campus
would
look
like.
If
all
thirteen
thousand
eventual
workers
would
be
housed
right
on
site,
so
we
would
have
to
build
that
much
high-rise,
housing
and
obviously
that's
not
going
to
happen,
and
we
wonder
what
happened
to
the
housing
we
entitled
I
wasn't
on
the
council
in
2015,
we
had
our
rina
allocation
scenario,
a
scenario
B.
There
were
fourteen
hundred
units
that
developers
asked
for
that
were
entitled
and
how
many
of
them
are
under
construction,
there's
actually
19.
G
It's
the
veranda
on
Stevens
Creek
Boulevard,
all
the
other
Rena
allocations
have
not
been
built
yet
some
of
them
the
plans
have
been
approved
but
not
permitted.
They've
never
asked
for
permits.
Some
are
not
even
that
far
along,
so
we're
also
we're
Krita
sighs
by
the
state.
Often
where
is
the
housing
it's
like?
Well,
we
allocated
arena
numbers,
we
met
them,
but
how
do
we
get
the
people
that
took
those
allocations
to
actually
build?
So
this
is
one
example:
the
developer
got
600
additional
units.
G
They
really
wanted
750,
but
now
they're
concerned
the
economy
slowing,
should
they
tear
down
the
existing
project
and
lose
their
rent
for
those
342
existing
units
for
a
couple
of
years,
while
the
other
ones
are
being
built.
The
construction
costs
are
enormous,
Lehigh
and
they're.
They
have
to
pay
community
benefits
of
7
million
dollars
to
build
some
buildings
or
a
building
at
the
Civic
Center.
So
that's
on
hold
and
as
a
10-year
entitlement,
so
it
could
be
a
long
time
if
ever
it'd
be
before
we
get
that
money
for
the
community
benefits.
G
And
then
this
has
been
a
big
issue
where,
with
where
we
really
can
do
better.
The
parents
of
of
developmentally
disabled
adults
have
come
to
multiple
council
meetings.
They've
been
asking
for
extremely
low
income,
voi
housing
units
for
their
adult
children,
because
when
the
parents
were
gone,
they
worried
what
is
going
to
happen
to
their
children,
and
this
is
an
example
of
a
building
that
was
built
in
Minneapolis,
st.
Paul
that
was
funded
by
the
Jewish
housing
and
programming
group.
G
But
it's
open
to
everyone
of
all
faiths
now,
I
think
we're
in
one
of
the
richest
areas
in
the
world.
Here.
Certainly,
we
can
find
a
way
somehow
where
we
can
provide
this
needed
housing
and
we
could
I'm
sure
we
all
have
family
or
friends
that
are
in
this
situation.
We
really
have
to
find
a
way
to
do
this
now
on
takasi,
who
here
has
heard
of
casa,
so
they
call
it.
The
committee
to
house
the
bear
yeah
I
kind
of
call
it
the
committee
to
destroy
the
bay
area
and
what
is
the
compact?
G
It's
ten
elements
to
drive
state
legislation
on
housing
and
if
you
look
at
the
funding,
part
of
it
comes
from
taking
property
tax
away
from
cities,
20%
of
any
additional
property
tab.
It
will
limit
mitigation
fees
that
will
impose
zoning
changes
on
cities.
There
is
nothing
in
the
compact
regarding
transportation,
zero
and
transportation
is
an
integral
part
of
solving
the
housing
situation.
If
we
can't
move
workers
from
places
with
lots
of
land
for
housing
to
places
with
lots
of
jobs,
we
just
can
never
solve
this
housing
issue.
But
cost
is
really
not
the
right
answer.
G
It's
going
to
cause
displacement
gentrification,
and
there
was
just
a
study
from
MIT
that
I
read
today
that
says
the
more
high-density
housing
you
build.
The
higher
the
cost
of
housing
becomes
because
you've
made
the
land
so
valuable,
so
the
cost
of
compact
was
crafted
by
there's
a
hundred
and
one
cities
in
the
Bay
Area.
It
was
crafted
by
four
cities:
San
Francisco,
San,
Jose,
Oakland
and
for
some
reason,
Rohnert
Park,
the
other.
Ninety
seven
cities
were
completely
left
out
of
the
process
once
it
was
done.
G
They
could
say
we
like
this
or
don't
like
this,
but
they
had
no
say
in
the
creation
of
the
cost
of
compact,
and
the
numbers
are
just
astounding
and
the
imbalance
it
creates
is
astounding.
If
you
do,
if
you
look
at
the
funding,
they
proposed
four
million
dollars
from
corporations
and
divide
it
by
the
dollars
per
square
foot.
They
would
be
building
40
million
square
feet
of
office
per
year,
which
would
be
two
hundred
thousand
more
workers
per
year.
G
If
you
used
two
hundred
square
feet
per
worker
and
they
only
proposed
thirty
five
thousand
housing
units
per
year,
and
you
would
need
a
hundred
thirty
three
thousand
to
house
all
those
workers.
So
if
this
element
actually
went
through
as
proposed,
we
would
be
adding
a
deficit
of
ninety
eight
thousand
housing
units
per
year
to
the
Bay
Area,
which
is
not
going
to
help
the
housing
situation.
It's
going
to
make
it
greatly
greatly
worse.
G
G
Thank
You
Clara,
so
last
year,
I
was
on
the
Santa
Clara
Valley
Library
Commission,
which
was
one
of
the
best
Commission's
to
ever.
Go
to
nobody
fights,
nobody
argues
it's
a
happy
meeting.
They've
got
a
lot
of
funding
they're,
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
spend
it.
I
just
wish
every
Commission
could
be
like
that,
but
we
do
have
challenges
in
our
library.
We
don't
have
a
program
room,
unlike
most
of
the
libraries
in
the
county.
G
Parking
is
a
oh
we've
always
been
a
big
problem
at
our
library,
I'm,
not
sure
what
the
solution
to
that
is,
and
the
library
is
very
overcrowded
as
well.
It's
ice
I
thought
it
was
a
protest
when
I
was
outside
at
9:45
a.m.
and
there's
this
big
group
of
people
standing
out
there
I
know
what.
Why
are
they
here?
No
they're
waiting
to
go
into
the
library?
It's
it's
standing
room
only.
G
G
We
can
use
to
increase
the
hours,
hopefully
that
will
spread
out
the
use
of
the
library,
so
there
will
be
less
cars
there
at
any
one
time.
Of
course,
people
may
just
decide
to
stay
there
a
lot
longer
once
they
find
a
parking
space.
I've
heard
a
lot
of
kids
and
teenagers.
They
don't
want
to
ride
their
bikes
to
the
library,
because
there's
been
a
lot
of
bicycle
thefts
there.
So
I
think
MIT.
Perhaps
the
city
could
pay
for
the
installation
of
secure
bicycle
parking
with
like
lockers
and
I.
G
If
we
could
complete
the
bike
lanes
and
trails
that
go
past,
the
library
that
would
make
parents
more
comfortable
and
allowing
their
children
to
ride
their
bikes
to
the
library
and
the
last
one
is
an
issue
of
I've
one
of
my
pet
peeves
at
the
library.
A
lot
of
the
space
inside
is
taken
up
by
people
getting
paid
to
do,
tutoring
and
I
kind
of
think.
That's,
not
an
appropriate
use
of
the
library
is
a
commercial
enterprise.
That's
not
really
up
to
the
city.
G
G
So
where
would
the
money
come
from?
Well
I'm,
not
sure
some
general
fund?
We
can
finance
it
and
I
think
in
a
community
as
wealthy
as
Cupertino,
we
could
find
the
money
to
build
a
program
room
next
I'll
move
on
to
resonant
engagement.
We
really
need
a
platform
where
residents
can
communicate
both
with
the
city
and
with
each
other
about
important
issues
for
a
while.
We
thought
next
door
was
going
to
be
that
solution,
but
it
really
has
failed
there.
G
They
sensor,
they
kick
people
off,
who's,
say
things
they
don't
like,
and
a
lot
of
people
are
no
longer
even
able
to
use
it.
So
I'd
like
to
find
a
non-commercial,
non
profit
option
like
open
gov,
where
we
could
use
to
communicate
better
with
our
resinous
a
lot
of
residents.
Don't
know
all
the
services
that
the
city
can
provide
provide
to
them
because
it's
not
communicated
well.
We
have
the
monthly
publication,
Cupertino
scene
and
I
mean
that's
about
it.
We
we
used
to
have
Cupertino
courier,
but
it's
it
no
longer
provides
any
Cupertino
centric
news.
G
Now.
Public
works
is
Roger
Lee
here
today,
oh
so
we
all
drive
on
our
roads
and
who
knows
what
PCI
stands
for
it's
pavement
condition,
index
and
Cupertino.
Our
PCI
has
been
really
improving.
We're
now
at
eighty
four
out
of
a
hundred
which,
which
is
actually
stupendous,
--is
interim
city
manager,
said
to
me
to
get
to
a
hundred
we'd
have
to
have
our
roads
like
bowling
alleys,
that's
smooth!
G
So
if
you
ever
drive
across
the
border
from
Cupertino
to
San
Jose,
say
I'm
Blaney
Avenue,
you
can
immediately
see
the
difference
between
Cupertino
roads
and
San
Jose's
rows,
I
think
San
Jose
is
somewhere
in
the
60s
and
it
does
affect
you.
It
affects
how
well
your
how
much
maintenance
you
do
on
your
car
and
it's
something
that
that
everyone
sees
every
day
is
the
condition
of
our
roads.
So
I
really
appreciate
our
Public
Works
Department
stepping
up
on
in
this
area,
which
we
all
experience
all
the
time.
G
Next
is
our
water
system
I,
don't
know
how
many
people
know,
but
Cupertino
does
own
their
own
water
system
for
part
of
the
city
out
in
Monte
Vista
and
it's
leased
out
to
San
Jose
water
and
what
we've
been
doing
recently.
We've
been
doing
an
assessment
of
the
value
of
that
system
and
what
kind
of
maintenance
it
needs
in
preparation
for
when
the
lease
is
up
for
renewal
to
make
sure
it's
being
maintained
in
the
way
that
was
promised.
G
Our
bicycle
plan
is
moving
forward
and
the
unit
Procera
and
reg
nark
creek
trail
plans
are
in
progress,
and
these
will
be
a
great
way
to
try
to
reduce
car
traffic
in
some
small
way
in
our
city.
If
we
can
make
people
feel
safe
on
their
bicycles
and
walking
so
here's
my
target
Cupertino
has
kind
of
been
the
target
of
some
unfair
publicity
in
the
recent
past
and
we
need
to
do
a
much
better
job
of
educating
people
and
communicating
the
facts,
and
it's
it's
really
our
fault.
G
G
Unfortunately,
not
a
lot
has
been
built,
but
we
have
done
our
part
comply
with
state
law
and
we've
allocated
this
housing
to
developers
had
asked
for
it.
We
just
don't
have
it
bill
and
this
is
I
think
I
had
to
slide
up
here
before.
This
is
what
we
have
at
one
point:
three:
five
percent
under
construction.
G
Now,
we've
been
criticized
a
lot.
They
say:
oh,
my
gosh
Apple
added
thirteen
thousand
new
jobs
to
Cupertino
where's.
All
that
how
oh
did
anyone
here
work
for
HP
when
they
were
on
that
site?
So
it
really
wasn't
an
empty
lot
before
Apple
built
their
new
campus.
It
was
a
campus
and
I've
heard
estimates
as
high
as
12,000
people
and
as
low
as
9800
people
that
were
on
that
site
in
the
past.
So
all
those
people
are
gone.
It's
been
replaced
by
new
workers,
but
we
didn't
add
13,000
jobs.
G
So
what
we
don't
have
in
Cupertino,
we
don't
have
any
lobbyists
and
in
Sacramento
lobbying
for
our
cause.
I
was
talking
to
a
San
Jose
City
Councilman
last
week
he
says:
what
do
you
mean?
You
don't
have
any
lobbyists.
We
have
two
full-time
lobbyists
in
Sacramento
lobbying
on
behalf
of
San
Jose,
so
at
the
last
West
Valley
mayor's
meeting
I
think
was
two
weeks
ago,
which
West
Valley
comprises
of
Campbell,
Los,
Gatos,
Monte,
Sereno,
Cupertino
and
Saratoga.
G
Now
when
I
was
in
Sacramento
two
weeks
ago,
some
of
us
met
with
some
of
the
assembly,
people
and
state
senators,
and
one
thing
they
said
was
well.
The
California
League
of
Cities
doesn't
have
that
much
influence
because
the
other
lobbyists
come
come
to
us
with
buckets
of
money
for
our
reelection
campaigns.
But
the
League
of
Cities
can't
do
that,
and
we
can't
do
that
either,
but
they
do
worry
about
votes.
So
if
it's
clear
what
the
residents
want,
what
the
voters
want,
we
do
have
some
influence
in
Sacramento.
G
If
we
can
get
our
message
across
and
there
are
several
organizations
recently
formed.
There's
the
Bay
Area
Leadership
Council,
the
nine
County
Coalition
and
livable
California,
and
these
are
statewide
and
regional
or
organizations
that
are
lobbying
for
housing
and
transportation
solutions,
and
these
are
not
corporate
lobbying
lobbying
groups.
These
are
comprised
mainly
of
elected
officials
that
are
looking
out
for
the
best
interests
of
their
own
cities
and
one
meeting
I
was
at
earlier
this
week.
We
were
talking:
how
can
we
not
have
each
city
going
off
and
doing
their
own
business
tax
or
Head
tax?
G
We
need
to
come
up
with
a
solution
where
one
city
adopts
a
business
accent
that
businesses
run
off
to
another
city
that
doesn't
have
it.
We
need
a
regional
approach
in
order
to
get
the
funding
for
the
things
we
need
in
terms
of
finances,
we're
still
very
financially
stable.
We're
always
concerned
about
our
pension
costs,
because
the
discount
rate
from
CalPERS
has
been
declining
every
time
it
declines.
We
have
to
kick
in
a
big
bucket
of
money
to
make
up
the
difference.
G
The
embezzlement
case
that
many
of
you
familiar
with
we're
a
former
city,
employee,
allegedly
embezzled,
money
from
the
city.
That's
moving
forward.
I
think
it
in
March,
it
will
go,
is
the
next
trial
date
or
the
next
date
when
something
happens
with
that
now
that
money
was
actually
money.
That
was
given
his
deposits
for
projects
we
believe,
and
when
that
happens,
the
city
draws
against
it
for
inspections
and
permits
and
at
the
end
whatever
money
is
left
is
supposed
to
go
back
to
the
person
that
made
the
deposit,
and
that
didn't
happen.
G
That's
the
money
we
believe
was
taken.
So,
unfortunately,
if
we
do
get
restitution
from
the
alleged
person
that
did
this,
the
money
will
not
be
cupertino.
Is
it
we'll
probably
have
to
go
back
to
the
state
of
California
and
then
hopefully
back
to
the
people
whose
deposits
it
was?
We
do
have
capital
expenditures
coming
up?
The
City
Hall
needs
to
be
either
renovated
or
replaced,
which
is
between
30
and
70
million
dollars.
G
If
you
live
in
that
area,
you're
aware
of
all
the
trucks
constantly
going
up,
Foothill
Boulevard
between
Lehi
cement
and
the
Stevens
Creek
quarry.
So
the
city
we
are
looking
into
what
can
be
done
about
this
traffic,
but
what
we
don't
want
to
do.
We
don't
want
to
do
the
wrong
thing:
the
illegal
Road
that
they
built
inside.
If
we
make
that
legal,
that's
not
the
right
approach.
We
need
to
find
a
solution
that
solves
this
problem
long
term
and
we
are
looking
in
two
things.
G
I
can't
talk
too
much
about
here
in
ways
to
to
solve
this
problem,
though
the
parks
master
plan
has
been
reviewed.
Recently,
there's
been
a
couple
of
public
meetings,
they're,
actually
very
poor.
Turnout
at
these
meetings,
I've
looked
at
the
master
plan.
I
think
it
needs
additional
work,
there's
a
lot
of
residents
that
have
questions
some
of
the
expenditures
suggested
in
that
plan,
but
that
that's
just
a
plan.
That's
looking
at
options,
there's
nothing
concrete
about.
Are
we
really
going
to
spend
a
hundred
million
dollars
on
a
Performing,
Arts
Center?
G
None
of
that's
really
determined
yet,
and
the
other
thing
we
want
to
look
into
is
an
ordinance
that
says
we're
a
parkland
actually
needs
to
be.
I
was
surprised
talking
to
one
legal
counsel,
I
say
well,
you
know,
Ken
Park
doesn't
Park
might
have
to
be
on
the
ground
and
she
says
no,
it
could
you
know
it
could
be
in
the
sky
could
be
under
water.
You
don't
have
an
ordinance
that
says
where
it
needs
to
be.
So
that's
something
we
should
look
into
because
personally
I'm
a
firm
believer
in
parks
on
the
ground.
G
That
person
ended
up
in
the
emergency
room
after
that,
so
here's
a
picture
of
Valco
back
in
the
heyday.
You
can
see
all
the
stores
the
parking
lot
where
Rose
Bowl
used
to
be,
and
the
answer
I
have
what's
happening.
Is
we
don't
really
know
because,
depending
on
the
outcome
of
the
Valco
litigation
and
other
challenges,
there
are
several
options
that
the
property
owner
could
move
forward
with?
They
could
build
move
forward
with
the
SB
35
plan
that
they
submitted
and
that
was
approved
by
the
city.
G
They
could
build
the
tier
2
plan
that
the
previous
council
approved
if
the
ordinances
and
resolutions
are
upheld
by
voters
or
they
can
come
forward
with
the
new
specific
plan
if
the
ordinances
and
resolutions
are
rejected
by
voters
or
rescinded
by
the
City
Council.
So
I
don't
have
a
good
answer
of
what's
going
to
happen
here.
You
know
a
lot
depends
on
the
legal
issues
and
what
the
property
owner
decides
that
they
want
to
do
going
forward.
G
Now,
personally,
I
would
love
to
see
a
new
specific
plan
that
we
could
have
the
community
be
engaged
in
creating,
and
then
we
could
come
to
an
agreement
that
everyone
would
have
to
give
up
a
little,
but
everyone
would
get
some
of
what
they
wanted.
I
don't
know
if
that
can
happen,
but
that
would
be
my
ultimate
goal
and
here's
my
headstone
1956
220
56,
what's
happening
with
Valco
people
from
other
countries.
G
Ask
me
this:
that's,
like
our
city
attorney,
we've
decided
to
contract
out
with
shoot,
muhuali
and
Weinberger
for
city
attorney
services,
so
we
will
not
have
a
city
attorney
directly
hired
by
the
city.
It
will
all
be
contracted
out.
There's
advantages
to
this
approach.
This
firm
has
a
lot
of
experience,
issues
that
we
currently
contract
out
anyway,
even
with
a
city
attorney.
So
this
probably
will
cost
us
less
than
having
our
own
city
attorney
and
then
still
contracting
out
for
various
things.
G
Is
you
get
a
much
better
per
hour
rate
when
you
have
a
have
a
setup
like
this
and
a
lot
of
smaller
cities?
Do
this
kind
of
thing
and
we're
still
working
with
outside
counsel?
On
the
situation
regarding
the
former
city
attorney
Randy,
Homme
I,
don't
really
have
any
updates
on
that.
At
this
time
now,
I
asked
all
the
Commission's
to
send
me
a
few
points
on
what's
been
happening
because
our
commissions,
you
know
they
work
basically
for
free
I,
think
one
Commission
does
get
paid
per
meeting
and
there's.
G
We
just
had
our
commission
interviews
on
Monday
and
Tuesday.
There's
tremendous
interest
in
these
unpaid
Commission
positions.
People
really
want
to
give
back
to
the
city.
We
really
need
to
respect
the
work
that
they
do
so
a
bike
ped
they
put
in
the
wayfinding
signs.
You
may
see
around
the
city
they've
been
helping
design.
The
class
for
bike
lanes,
they've
been
working
on
the
reg
narc
Creek
Trail
study
and
they've
been
doing
adult
biking,
education
classes.
G
Public
safety
they've
done
the
pep
classes,
they
have
public
safety
forums,
presentation
on
domestic
violence
and
they
also
spent
a
lot
of
time
trying
to
keep
their
commission
from
being
disappeared.
Fortunately,
both
Commission's
survived
and
are
doing
well.
The
Planning
Commission
has
been
they
recommended
the
25
housing
units
at
the
Forum
and
a
new
health
care
facility.
They
held
hearings
on
the
Valco
specific
plan,
they
recommended
tier
one
and
a
half,
and
they
recommended
that
we
adopt
an
ordinance
regarding
short-term
rental.
G
G
G
This
is
a
fisher-price
toy,
is
called
soul-crushing
meeting
and
I
feel
like
the
City.
Council
meetings
have
become
soul-crushing
meetings.
So
how
do
we
fix
this?
So
I've
talked
to
the
city,
manager
and
I
said
you
know
we
have
to
do
something
about
these
staff
reports
we're
like
I'm
doing
it
goes
up
on
the
screen.
A
PowerPoint.
Every
line
is
read
to
the
public
that
could
just
as
easily
read
it.
G
We
probably
need
to
figure
out
how
to
do
better
with
oral
communications,
so
we
don't
have
two
hours
of
oral
communications
before
the
rest
of
the
meeting
and
our
counselor
reports.
By
the
time
we
get
to
counselor
reports,
which
I
think
are
really
important.
They
say
what
we've
been
doing
for
the
past
two
weeks.
By
that
time
it
could
be
2:00
in
the
morning
and
a
lot
of
us
say:
oh
I'll,
just
forget
I
just
I'll
just
pass
on
my
council
report
this
week.
You
know
it's
2:00
a.m.
G
everybody
wants
to
go
home,
so
I
really
would
like
to
move
those
council
reports
to
the
beginning
of
the
meeting
right
after
world
communications,
so
the
people
that
come
to
the
meetings
and
want
to
know
what
we've
been
doing
in
the
past
few
weeks.
They
will
have
that
opportunity
and
they
may
not
be
interested
in
the
agenda
items
that
come
after
that.
So
I
think
it
would
be
a
good
idea
and
it
the
League
of
Cities
new
mayor's
meeting.
This
was
suggested
as
a
way
to
improve
meetings.
G
So
I
would
like
to
try
to
adopt
that
if
it's
possible.
So
finally,
the
goals
for
2019
I'd
like
to
fix
our
general
plant
and
consistency's
address
traffic
issues.
The
Sheriff
Deputy
can
issue
like
10
times
more
tickets.
That
would
be
great,
especially
if
they're
driving
in
from
Saratoga
in
a
Tesla
with
no
front
license
plates.
G
So
we
need
to
plan
our
capital
expenditures
coming
forward.
We
need
to
finish
the
park
master
plan,
the
Code
of
Ethics.
It
was
kind
of
hastily
adopted
and
then
removed,
and
we
will
be
bringing
that
back
very
soon.
It
was
just
not
really
ready
for
primetime
and
should
not
have
gone
forward,
but
we
have
sir,
we
did
survive
in
Cupertino
for
50
years
without
the
code
of
ethics,
I
think
we'll
survive
for
another
month
or
so
until
we
can
bring
it
back
to
the
council.