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From YouTube: State of the City Address 2022
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In the State of the City Address 2022, Mayor Darcy Paul outlines his thoughts on where we have been, where we are, and where we are going.
Recorded January 29, 2022 at the Cupertino Civic Center Plaza.
A
Hello
and
welcome
to
the
2022
state
of
the
city
speech
for
the
city
of
cupertino.
My
name
is
mayor,
darcy,
paul
and
I'll
be
providing
the
remarks
today
today
is
january,
29th,
it's
the
last
saturday
in
january
and
as
we
typically
have
it,
the
state
of
the
city
speech
is
usually
on
the
last
wednesday
in
january,
and
so
I'm
already
a
few
days
late.
A
A
Of
course,
you
know
acceptable
pandemic,
hopefully
winding
down
parameters,
but
then,
of
course,
what
ended
up
happening
was
that
was
that
was
an
omicron
hit,
and
so,
unfortunately,
we
weren't
able
to
have
a
live
event
with
larger
number
of
people
congregating,
but
I
did
want
to
make
sure
that
we
have
a
timely
state
of
the
city
speech,
and
so
thank
you
for
joining
us
here
today.
Hopefully,
this
will
be
broadcast
in
the
week
following
we're
we're
on
a
saturday.
A
A
few
of
our
esteemed
members
of
the
community
still
agreed
to
come
out
here.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
for
being
here
to
have
this
half
hour.
Conversation
with
us
today
and
I
promise
we'll
keep
it
short
and
sweet
for
cupertino's
2022
state
of
the
city,
because
we're
all
very
fatigued
from
the
last
couple
of
years
and
speaking
of
the
last
couple
of
years,
we've
in
cupertino
done
a
fairly
good
job
of
responding
to
the
pandemic.
A
From
the
very
outset,
cupertino
was
the
forerunner
among
all
the
cities
in
santa
clara
county,
saying
that
we
had
to
have
emergency
ordinances
relating
to
ppe
relating
to
masking
up,
and
so
what
we've
done
is
we've
carried
forward
those
practices
throughout
the
entirety
of
the
pandemic,
we're
so
fortunate
to
have
good
partners
all
along
the
political
spectrum
in
that
regard,
so
I
can
say
with
with
with
full
forthrightness
and
accuracy
that
our
representatives
on
the
county
level
have
really
delivered
for
us
as
well.
A
Our
county
department
of
public
health,
as
well
as
our
elected
representatives
and
I'll,
say
a
few
words
about
my
fellow
council
members
here
vice
mayor
chao
has
been
on
the
city
council
since
2018,
and
she
and
I
have
worked
tirelessly
to
try
to
get
our
various
commissions
and
committees
into
lockstep
with
each
other.
With
regard
to
the
work
plan,
many
other
contributions
made
by
our
vice
mayor
over
time,
council
member
willie.
A
A
But
with
regard
to
environmental
issues,
I
I
have
to
say
that
council,
member
moore
has
been
very,
very
protective
of
the
public
and
very
much
wanting
to
make
sure
that
we
do
things
that
are
that
are
correct
and
proper
and
that
we
keep
our
environment
clean
and
then
finally,
council
member
way
also
joining
us
in
2020
in
the
city
of
cupertino's
council
council
member
way,
has
really
been
an
excellent
as
promised
and
delivering
the
ability
to
have
a
more
cohesive
discussion.
That
is
indeed
harmonious.
A
I
sit
on
the
valley,
transportation
authority
board
with
both
our
supervisor
joe
simidian,
as
well
as
supervisor
cindy
chavez,
and
I
have
to
tell
you
that,
even
though
there
might
be
some
differing
viewpoints
represented
by
that
spectrum
of
a
couple
of
our
supervisors
on
the
five
supervisor
board,
it
was
really.
A
It
was
really
enlightening
and
refreshing
to
see
how
well
the
supervisors
are
able
to
work
together,
especially
in
this
kind
of
a
situation
where
we
have
a
worldwide
pandemic,
and
we
need
to
respond
critically
quickly,
focused
and
in
a
thought
out
manner
that
was
comprehensive.
With
regard
to
all
of
our
outreach
to
the
various
cities,
and
so
I'll
tell
you
I'm
so
proud
of
santa
clara
county
and
of
cupertino
for
responding
in
that
manner.
A
Supervisor
chavez
was
holding
weekly
meetings
with
all
of
the
electeds
in
the
area
ever
since
the
beginning
of
the
pandemic,
and
then
when
the
vaccines
did
come
out
about
a
year
ago,
we
actually
had
a
supervisor
simian
come
here
and
and
host
a
series
of
his
forums
that
he
did
throughout
his
jurisdictions.
And
so
I
I'm
just
really
happy
to
see
that
we've
successfully
dovetailed
into
good
practices
in
cupertino.
A
So
I'm
convinced
that's
why
we
see
the
situation
that
we
have
today,
which
is
basically
the
pandemic,
is
still
going
on
absolutely
true,
but
we
in
santa
clara
county
have
managed
to
do
a
good
job
in
the
response
and
in
cupertino
you
see
people
outside
most
of
the
time
with
masks,
but
at
the
same
time
we're
being
very
careful
about
how
we
reopen
as
well
so
in
this
kind
of
situation.
Of
course
we're
outdoors.
A
A
Shortly
thereafter,
we
actually
had
a
an
agenda
item
come
forward
in
front
of
us
talking
about
pavement
management
of
all
things,
and
so
it
was
actually
at
that
time.
The
then
city
council
had
the
foresight
to
see
okay
this.
This
is
an
investment
that
makes
a
lot
of
sense
and
that,
I
think,
is
it.
It
really
encapsulates
the
good
parts
of
what
people
think
of
as
the
cupertino
way
think
about
things
that
you
know
are
are
in
a
situation
where
you
know.
A
Perhaps
we
have
some
opportunity
and
you
know
we
can
help-
you
know
parts
of
the
economy,
and
so
that
started
a
seven
year
journey
into
what
we
have
today
and
just
as
of
a
couple
of
months
ago.
A
Interestingly
enough
and
you
might
have
seen
the
article
in
in
the
mercury
news
or
one
of
the
local
publications
cupertino
was
rated
as
having
the
highest
pavement
condition
index
in
the
entirety
of
the
bay
area.
You
know
we're
talking
about
all
100
jurisdictions
and
over
time,
you've
actually
seen
that
pci
number
raise
over
these
past
seven
years
and
really
the
inception
of
that
was
precisely
then,
when
we
had
someone
say
to
us:
hey
look
there's
an
opportunity
here.
A
It
may
be,
you
know
quite
a
bit
of
funding,
but
at
the
same
time
we
had
the
foresight
to
be
able
to
deliver
that,
and
I
will
say
that
every
single
council
since
then
has
kept
up
with
that
support
and
that
funding
when
those
decisions
were
there
to
be
made.
A
So
you
know,
I
think,
that
lays
a
kind
of
a
nice
anecdotal,
anecdotal
foundation,
for
you
know
what
we're
doing
well
and
the
kinds
of
approaches
that
we
need
to
keep
on
taking
and
it's
very
kind
of
similar
to
how
we
have
approached
the
pandemic
and
we've
worked
with
our
partners
at
this
time.
A
You
know
what
I'd
really
like
to
do
is
you
know
kind
of
take
us
through
a
number
of
various
topics,
but
I
also
want
to
visit
upon
the
fact
that
we
had
some
significant
personnel
decisions
that
we
were
making
last
year
and
so,
with
regard
to
those
personnel
decisions.
A
I
think,
really
needs
someone
at
the
helm
of
our
employee
staff.
That
has
a
good
sense
of
of
how
to
put
those
various
parts
in
order,
and
so
we
were
so
very
pleased
in
cupertino
to
be
able
to
identify
and
hire
jim
troop
from.
I
want
to
say
paso
robles,
but
actually
jim
came
most
recently
from
lompoc
and
so
jim
has
a
number
of
years
of
experience
as
a
city
manager,
and
you
know
for
me
more
saliently.
A
He
has
a
lot
of
experience
in
utilities,
and
so
when
I
look
at
some
of
the
things
that
a
municipality
does,
utilities
are
really
high
up
on
the
list,
because
if
you
have
that
wherewithal,
for
you
know
utility
management,
then
you
know
you
actually
have
a
lot
of
options
ahead
of
you
as
a
jurisdiction.
But
before
I
go,
you
know
further
into
those
topics.
Let
me
have
jim
come
up
and
speak.
I
will
socially
distance
off
to
the
side.
Here's
jim
troupe.
B
Hi,
thank
you
mayor.
I
appreciate
that
intro.
So
I
am
jim
troop.
It's
a
weird
spelling
on
the
last
name,
but
just
call
me
jim.
I
am
very
honored
to
be
here.
It
was
a
long
process.
Lots
of
you
know
different
interviews
to
go
through
and
I
know
there
was
a
good
competition.
So
I
like
to
think
that
you
know
I
rose
to
the
top.
B
So
real
quick
background.
I
don't
want
to
borrow
you
too
long.
Is
I'm
a
born
and
raised
californian?
Those
are
rare,
sometimes
these
days,
but
it
was
down
in
the
south
county.
So
down
in
orange
county
told
everybody.
It
was
right
by
disneyland.
So
if
you
were
coming
in
you
just
look
for
the
matterhorn,
you
found
us.
B
Let's
see
what
else
we
have
been
married
for
30
years,
no
over
30
years,
four
kids,
three
of
them
are
out
of
the
house
last
one's
in
the
last
year
of
college,
so
we're
like,
oh
so,
close
to
empty
nesters.
I
love
my
kids
though,
but
don't
you
but
it'll
be
fun
professionally.
As
the
mayor
said,
I
have
a
little
over
35
years
of
experience,
both
in
the
public
sector
and
the
private
sector.
B
So
that
was
something
I
really
liked
and
out
of
the
the
time
I've
spent
almost
all
of
it
has
been
in
finance
and
budget
accounting.
You
know
all
that
good
stuff,
boring
stuff.
Others
say
during
that
period
of
time,
though
I
did
transition
over
and,
as
the
mayor
said,
I
just
was
recently
the
city
manager
for
the
city
of
longpoke,
which
is
down
central
coast
just
north
of
santa
barbara.
B
I
think
we
did
a
lot
of
good
work
down
there.
It's
it's
set
to
really
just
excel
now
and
then
coming
up
here.
Like
I
said
I
was
excited,
I
didn't
I
didn't
know
if
I
was
going
to
get
it
or
not,
but
one
thing
I
did
find
out
after
that
transition
was
the
types
of
questions
that
were
asked
in
the
interviews.
This
council
is
very
involved.
They
want
to
do
everything
they
can
they're,
really
providing
a
huge
service.
B
A
lot
of
their
time
and
effort
goes
into
the
city,
and
that
means
a
lot
when
you
have
that
kind
of
council
that
wants
to
be
part
of
the
of
the
working,
the
other
one
I've
seen
in
my
one
month
I
hit
one
month
yesterday
and
the
amount
of
outcome
and
good
outcome
from
the
residents
in
the
business
community
has
been
tremendous.
They
all
want
to
come
in.
They
have
ideas,
they
want
to
offer
their
help.
B
So
you
got
the
council,
you
got
the
community
and
the
last
piece
now
that
I've
gotten
around
to
almost
everybody
in
the
city
is
that
the
fact
that
we
have
a
dedicated
staff
here,
so
the
directors
department
heads
all
the
way
down
to
the
line
staff
were
dedicated
to
do
whatever
they
can
to
make
it
a
better
community.
So
you
got
three
pieces
of
the
pie,
that's
what
you
need
to
make
it
a
successful
city
and
samir
said
we're
headed
in
that
direction,
and
I'll
just
leave
it
at
that.
A
Thanks
so
much
jim
and
I'm
sure
that
everyone
can
see
this
is
a
super
friendly
person
and
I
think
that
we
have
a
you
know
an
immediate
fit
with
the
temperament
of
cupertino.
You
know
I
would
be
remiss
if
I
said
well,
we
are
all
doing
our
jobs
and
we
know
that
absolutely
100
fantastic.
You
know
this
is
really
a
transition
right.
A
Ultimately,
you
know
there
are
a
lot
of
things
going
on
here
and
we
want
to
take
the
six
to
nine
months,
but
but
you
know
the
nice
thing
about
that
is
that
I
actually
have
about
10
months
left
on
council,
because
I'm
turned
out-
and
you
know
the
nice
thing
about
being
able
to
take
that
seven
years
of
experience
is
to
be
able
to
think
about
that
transition,
and
so
when
I,
when
I
look
at
jim,
hitting
the
ground
running
and
really
having
that
kind
of
enthusiasm
and
and
passion
for
the
work,
I
I
feel
really
good
about
our
prospects
going
forward.
A
You
might
have
seen
the
the
wrist
kind
of
things
on
the
quarterbacks
in
the
nfl.
I
I
have
one
of
these
right
here,
so
you
might
see
we
kind
of
like
looking
at
this.
I
got
a
list
of
topics,
although
they're
not
plays
so
talk
briefly
about
utilities,
so
jim
does
have
significant
utility
experience,
and
when
I
look
at
the
utilities
I
realize
that
we
actually
have
an
opportunity
in
the
in
the
space
of
water.
Cupertino
is
serviced
essentially
by
three
different
water
structures.
A
We've
got
cal
water,
basically
in
the
north
and
towards
the
south.
We've
got
san
jose
water,
but
san
jose
water
has
its
own
pipes
and
it
also
has
the
monte
vista
pipes
that
it
leases
from
us.
So
what
we've
tried
to
do
as
a
city
council
is
encourage
as
much
as
possible
our
staff
to
present
viable
options
to
us,
so
we
don't
necessarily
want
a
lot
of
time
to
you
know,
go
by
and
not
necessarily
have
the
option
potentially
of
saying.
If
we
want
to
take
these
pipes
in
house,
is
there
that
possibility?
A
And
so
that's
really
that,
prime
time
that
that
prime
opportunity
here,
but
I
think
we're
also
looking
forward
to
being
able
to
look
at
utilities
in
the
energy
space,
for
instance,
because
you
know,
of
course
we
initiated
silicon
valley,
clean
energy
authority.
A
few
years
ago,
from
from
santa
clara
county
cupertino
played
a
pivotal
part.
A
But
at
the
same
time,
when
you
look
at
the
energy
equation,
that
is
going
to
be
an
enormous
component
of
everything
that
we're
doing
in
the
future,
so
for
for
cupertino
to
be
now
looking
at
potentially
the
water
utility
and
all
the
benefits
that
come
with
that,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day
you
you
end
up
having
you
know,
potentially
the
it's
a
lot
of
work.
It
is
truly
a
lot
of
work
we
hear
from
santa
clara.
They
say:
hey,
look
it's
a
lot
of
work.
A
A
I
think
that
you
know,
hopefully
is
is
the
message
that
comes
across
with
regard
to
other
parts
of
the
community
that
are
residents
value,
I'm
just
so
pleased
today
to
be
able
to
have
a
couple
of
educators
here
among
our
crowd
of
15.,
and
so
we
actually
have
the
ability
to
reach
out
to
our
to
our
residents
and
and
say
things
like
hey.
You
know
what
a
couple
of
years
ago
we're
gonna
have
to
we're.
A
Gonna
have
to
go
remote,
and
you
know
it
was
something
that
was
what
was
essential
and
was
done.
Of
course,
across
the
you
know,
entirety
of
the
nation,
but
I
think
that
you
know
when
you
look
at
the
ability
for
our
community
to
make
those
adjustments.
It
was
something
that
people
basically
realized,
I
won't
say
universally,
but
collectively
we
realized
this.
This
absolutely
has
to
happen.
A
A
So
you
know
my
kids
are
here
today,
I'm
really
happy
that
they
were
able
to
like
a
lot
of
our
well
all
of
our
kids
really
to
take
zoom
school,
for
you
know
the
better
part
of
an
academic
year.
So
on
behalf
of
all
of
our
our
students
and
parents,
you
know
we
thank
you,
for
you
know
doing
everything
that
you
could
do
my
wife
sharon's
here
and
so
of
course
you
know
we
had
a
lot
of
remote,
you
know
work,
and
so
we
had
work
at
home.
A
We
also
had
school
at
home,
and
so
you
know
it
was
really
something
that
was
tremendous,
so
satish,
as
you
know,
president
of
the
board
of
cusd,
the
cupertino
union
school
district,
as
well
as
judging
the
assistant
principal
of
west
valley.
Elementary,
you
know
really
appreciate
you
being
here
today
to
you
know,
help
welcome
us
in,
and
I
hope
you
all
don't
mind
if
I
kind
of
call
out
names
just
to
you
know.
Thank
you
all
for
being
here.
A
We
do
have
gary
kremen
our
board,
president
from
the
santa
clara
valley,
water
district,
as
well
as
jorico
kishimoto,
the
board
president
of
the
mid-peninsula
regional,
open
space
district
here
today.
Originally
they
had
both
tabled
agreed
to
table
for
us
for
the
public,
and
I
hope
that
we
can
bring
people
back
during
the
course
of
the
year
for
something
like
our
volunteer,
fair,
for
instance,
where
people
are
really
wanting
to
see
what
opportunities
are
out
there
as
we,
you
know,
come
back
and
intermingle.
A
As
everyone
knows,
you
know,
the
the
issue
of
the
environment
is,
is
one
that
not
only
is
near
and
dear
to
the
you
know
the
hearts
of
cupertino,
but
something
that
tremendously
affects
everyone
worldwide
worldwide
right
now,
but
more
specifically,
we've
had
conversations
cross
jurisdictionally
more
recently
about
various
options.
A
For
you
know,
in
environmental
measures
that
you
know
could
have
some
positive
collaborative,
you
know
outcomes,
and
so
I,
when
I
say
that
I
really
I
really
want
to
make
sure
that
everyone
understands
that
this
is
really
a
matter
of
a
conversation,
there's
a
conversation
that
cuts
across
the
entire
board.
Nothing
needs
to
be
not
out
in
the
open,
and
so
you
know
when
I,
when
I
look
at
an
issue
such
as
you
know,
for,
for
example,
the
cement
factory
or
development,
and
this
is
something
that
I've
communicated
to
people
recently.
A
There
are
two
sides
of
one
coin
that
I've
seen
in
the
past:
that
we
really
need
to
focus
on.
One
side
of
that
coin
is
to
make
sure
that
that
people
are
acting.
How
do
I
say
it?
People
are
acting
diligently,
okay,
because
at
the
end
of
the
day,
if
we
do
our
homework,
there's
a
lot
of
these
various
moving
parts,
and
so
I'm
not
really
so
worried
around
here.
Obviously
this
area,
you
know,
knows
how
to
get
stuff
done,
but
the
other
side
of
it.
A
You
know,
as
I've
progressed,
you
know
over
the
course
of
the
last
seven
or
eight
years
on
council.
What
I
realized
is
that
you
can
get
a
lot
more
done
when
you
look
at
the
other
side
of
the
coin,
and
that's
that's
the
trust
component
right
as
you're
making
these
relationships
over
time.
You
know
you're
able
to
bring
forth.
A
You
know
certain
ideas
because
of
the
trust
factor,
and
so
I
actually
communicated
this
to
our
large
developer
of
the
old
falco
mall
just
this
past
week
you
know
city
manager,
troop
and
I
actually
went
out
to
the
site
and
we
we
had
a
conversation
with
a
few
of
the
principals
and
I
said,
look
at
the
end
of
the
day.
No
one
can
guarantee
automatic
entitlements
or
this
issue
will
be
taken
care
of,
or
you
know
this.
A
You
know
x,
y
and
z,
will
be
absolutely
done
in
your
favor,
but
we
can
guarantee
a
good
conversation
and
if
we
look
at
a
coin
that
basically
has
trust
on
one
side
and
diligence
on
the
other
side
and
we
keep
up
with
the
diligence
and
we
work
on
that
trust
factor.
Then
I
am
confident
if
you
look
at
cupertino's
recent
entitlements,
you've
got
the
oaks
shopping
center,
which
is
now
the
westport
project.
You've
got
beta
brothers
on
foothill
expressway,
you
have
stevens
canyon
crossing.
We
had
such
great
community
conversations
about
each
of
those
developments.
A
A
So
you
know
thank
you
very
much
to
the
the
community
as
well.
A
For
you
know,
when
we're
talking
about
environmental
stewardship,
having
broad-based
support
for
my
own
initiative,
I
have
a
mayor's
cup
challenge
coming
up
and
that'll,
be
the
inaugural
challenge,
we're
focusing
on
the
topic
of
single-use
plastics,
and
so
the
idea
is
creating
a
public
forum
and
I've
been
trying
to
tie
that
to
the
opening
of
our
library
expansion,
which
is
you
know,
right
behind
us
here
inside
the
library,
a
beautiful
space
as
I've
written
in
my
first,
you
know
published
mayor's
corner
a
couple
of
weeks
ago,
we're
kind
of
held
up
by
supply
chain
issues
by
the
very
large
nanowall
that'll
open
up
into
the
courtyard
to
to
the
space,
but
I'm
trying
to
tie
that
event
to
the
opening
of
the
library
expansion.
A
So
what
will
end
up
happening?
Is
that
you
know
hopefully,
sometime
in
march,
we'll
have
this
event
where
we
can
talk
about
the
issue
of
disposable
plastics.
We
can
talk
about
it
from
an
industry
standpoint,
from
the
standpoint
of
science
and
from
the
standpoint
of
policy,
and
I'm
hoping
that
we
can
create
a
template
for
having
these
types
of
community
discussions
in
the
future.
For
all
sorts
of
different
topics-
so
you
know-
hopefully
you
stand
by
for
that
economic
development
opportunities.
A
I
wanted
to
make
sure
that
when
we
look
at
cupertino's
various
commissions
and
committees-
and
they
do
tremendous
things-
we
have
a
representative
from
one
of
those
commissions-
the
technology,
information,
communications,
commission,
prabhira
mohanty
here
today.
Premier.
Thank
you
for
all
your
work
over
the
the
course
of
time,
but
I've
also
noticed
that
tick.
Commission
works
extremely
well
with
our
staff.
You
know
you
have
a
great
I.t
point
person
and
bill
mitchell
on
our
staff,
but
I've
noticed
that
tick
really
gets
quite
a
bit
done.
A
You
know
and
the
conversations
are
good.
So
what
I'd
like
to
see
is
is,
is
that
kind
of
you
know
replication
of
relationship
going
forward
in
in
all
of
our
various
commissions.
But
what
we
do
notice
on
council
is
that
we
actually
have
an
economic
development
committee.
We
also
have
a
fiscal
strategic
committee
and
those
are
the
two
bodies
that
don't
actually
have
charters
in
cupertino.
A
So
these
they
they
meet
kind
of
willy
nilly
ad
hoc,
and
so
what
we're
doing
is
we're
bringing
back
a
conversation
with
regard
to
what
commissions
and
committees
do
we
have.
How
can
we
refine
them,
and
hopefully,
in
march
sometime
in
the
spring,
at
least
we
can
we
can
apply
a
charter
to
this
economic
development
committee.
A
My
hope
is
that-
and
this
is
just
you
know
my
own
opinion-
I'm
not
going
to
say
that
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
you
know
even
another
person
on
council,
but
my
hope
is
that
we
can
have
a
couple
of
you
know:
council
members,
a
member
of
our
our
technology
industry,
a
member
of
retail
and
restaurants
and
a
member
of
hospitality
in
there.
A
So
with
that
in
mind,
I
want
to
go
ahead
and,
having
introduced
a
number
of
the
topics
that
we're
going
forward
with
also
introduce
our
other
staff
person
that
city
council
hired
last
year-
and
that
is
the
city
attorney.
When
we
talk
about
trust
and
diligence,
I
really
have
a
high
degree
of
confidence
in
our
city
attorney
hire
chris
jensen.
A
It
was
someone
that
was
brought
on
board
in
june
in
cupertino,
and
what
I
from
what
I've
seen
in
this
half
year,
most
certainly
has
a
diligence,
but
also
just
speaks
very
clearly
speaks
very
honestly,
and
so,
with
regard
to
being
able
to,
you
know,
get
a
lot
of
things
done
in
that
in.
In
that
sense,
I
think
that
that
trust
is
going
to
be
engendered
and
amplified
throughout
the
the
course
of
what
will
hopefully
be
chris's
and
jim's
very
long
tenures
here.
So
here's
here's
chris
jensen.
C
Thank
you,
everyone
and
thank
you
for
the
mayor
to
the
mayor
for
that
kind
introduction.
So
I've
been
here
a
little
bit
longer
than
jim,
but
have
gotten
a
chance
to
meet
very
few
people
in
person.
So
it's
nice
to
see
some
some
human
faces
here
and
I
hopefully
over
the
course
of
the
next
year.
Things
will
start
to
improve
a
bit
more
and
there'll,
be
more
opportunity
for
in-person
and
informal
interaction.
C
So,
but
but
this
this
is
a
very
nice
start.
So,
since
jim
gave
a
few
details
about
his
personal
life,
I
would
be
you
know
remiss
if
I
didn't
mention
my
family.
I've
been
married
for
22
years.
C
I
have
one
son
he's
16
sophomore
in
high
school
now
and
we've
been
in
san
francisco
for
over
20
years
professionally.
I
came
here
from
the
city
of
berkeley.
I
was
the
assistant
city
attorney.
There
had
opportunity
to
work
on
a
lot
of
land
use
issues,
some
real.
C
I
hope
that
I
can
my
experience
will
be
able
to
serve
you
well
and
then
before
that
I
was
actually
in
private
practice
for
14
years
and
a
number
of
different
law
firms,
and
you
know
I
left
private
practice,
because
I
was
looking
to
do
something
that
had
a
more
direct,
more
immediate,
more
concrete
impact
for
the
communities
where
I
was
working
and
I
think
city
government.
I
certainly
found
that
I
you
know,
I
found
that
in
berkeley
and
I've
certainly
found
that
here
in
cupertino.
C
You
know
one
of
the
really
nice
things
about
this
job
is
that
you
know
one
minute:
you're
working
on
really
big
statewide
issues,
high
profile
matters
and
the
next
minute,
you're
helping
you
know,
sort
of
residents
and
staff
and
city
council
cell
really
there's
sort
of
the
everyday
problems
that
you
need
to
do
to
help
make
a
city
run,
and
so
so
that
balance
is,
is
really
wonderful.
For
me,
I
I
can
say
the
other
sort
of
great
thing
about
this
position.
C
Is
you
know
the
council
made
the
decision
to
transition
from
a
contract
city
attorney
office
to
an
in-house
city
attorney
office,
and
you
know
I
was
lucky
enough
to
be
hired
to
fill
that
position,
so
so
I've
really
had
a
chance
to
build
a
team
from
the
ground
up
and
I
think
it's
a
small
but
very
effective
team
and-
and
I
think
it
it
meshes
really
well
with
you-
know
the
very
effective
staff
that
you
know
the
dedicated
council
and
commissioners
that
we
have
here,
and
I
really
hope
that
we
can
continue
to
provide
legal
support
for
them
and
then,
of
course,
support
the
community
to
accomplish
its
goals.
A
Thanks
chris
well,
I
promised
a
half
hour
state
of
the
city
and
I'm
going
to
stick
to
that,
but
I
want
to
let
everyone
know
just
here
today
that
we
have
so
much
going
on
in
in
cupertino.
I
see
elise
sakas
here
on
behalf
of
the
toyokawa
sister
city
committee,
and
I
just
know
so
much
time
goes
into
making
sure
that
those
five-year
delegations,
you
know,
are
pulled
off
well,
so
much
thought
and
care
goes
into
thinking
about.
A
Are
we
going
to
have
a
student
delegation
in
2022,
or
do
we
just
go
ahead
and
set
aside
this
year
and
start
planning
for
2023
such
as
how
they
made
that
decision?
The
cherry
blossom
festival
will
be
happening
this
year.
That
is
just
one
sector
of
the
community.
We
have
jennifer
furlong
here
the
executive
director
of
cupertino,
historical
society,
and
you
know
that's
also
a
slice
of
cupertino,
but
you
know
we've
worked
together
on
bringing
boris
stanley
back.
A
I
have
amazing
colleagues
on
council,
our
former
mayor,
stephen
scharf,
is
here
today
and
I
what
I
realized
is
that
between
stephen
and
myself,
we
represent
five
years
of
the
last
mayors
of
cupertino,
so
2018
1920
was
stephen
21
was
me
and
then
22
of
course,
here
again,
and
I
just
I
want
to
make
people
comforted
by
the
idea
that
yes,
we
can
adhere
to
the
idea
of
like
this
kind
of
rotational
system.
But
you
know
when
it's
necessary
and
people
have
that
appetite.
A
It
is
you
know,
kind
of
a
vote
of
the
the
body
of
the
people
that
are
there,
and
I
think
you
know
in
terms
of
trying
to
provide
that
stability
and
the
transition
of
our
new
staff
members.
I
I
mean
that
in
sincerity,
I'm
not
looking
to
come
back
and
or
change
our
charter
or
anything
to
become
mayor
for
life,
even
though
that
I'm
sure
would
be
a
very
rewarding
kind
of
thing.
But
you
know
at
the
same
time
we
just
we
just
have
so
much
going
on
ray
wang.
A
You
know,
thank
you,
for
you
know,
chairing
our
planning
commission
for
the
last
couple
of
years.
So
johnny
lee
is
here
from
our
leopard
bakery,
and
you
know:
restaurants
and
retail
claudio
bono
is
going
to
be
our
chamber
president
this
year
and
manages
the
cupertino
hotel,
and
so
we
have
so
much
to
talk
about.
I
appreciate
rod,
deardon
jr
being
here
from
from
apple
there's,
just
so
much
to
talk
about.
A
I
didn't
talk
about
the
various
things
that
I'd
really
like
to
put
forward
today,
such
as
having
a
retail
master
plan
reaching
out
to
the
community
and
talking
about
what
we
can
be
doing
in
terms
of
identifying
the
things
that
we'd
like
to
see
in
town,
but
at
the
same
time
we
have
all
sorts
of
opportunities.
I
hope
that
we
all
stay
safe.
I
hope
that
we
keep
on
having
these
chances
to
talk
together.
I
promise
that
you
know
in
this
kind
of
lengthy
list.
I
had
that.
A
I
wanted
to
talk
about
in
half
an
hour
and
only
got
to
about
half.
I
promise
that
we
will
put
forward
those
topics.
I
I
will
have
these
types
of
events
throughout
the
community
if
they
need
to
be
virtual,
that
will
be
virtual
and
to
get
to
the
rest
of
them
as
well,
because
that
was
a
subset
of
what
cupertino
was
doing.
So
I
just
want
to
say
in
closing:
you
know
to
the
public
to
our
residents.
We
are
doing
fantastically
well
here,
but
we
can
always
be
doing
better.
A
We
are
doing,
I
think,
well
vis-a-vis
the
outside
world,
but
we
can
always
be
doing
better,
and
so
we
will
sincerely
keep
on
doing
that
and
communicating
with
everyone,
hopefully
working
in
partnership
to
be
expanding
that
pie.
So
thank
you.
So
much
have
a
great
2022
and
we'll
see
you
over
the
course
of
the
year.
Take
care.