Council Actions Newsletter

City Council Meeting
Watch the September 20, 2022 Meeting (Part 1, Part 2) (Agenda)

City Council Actions:

Ceremonial Matters and Presentations

1. Proclamation Recognizing September 21 as World Alzheimer's Day

Council presented a proclamation recognizing September 21 as World Alzheimer's Day. Alex Greer, a Cupertino Senior Center Recreation Supervisor, accepted the proclamation.

2. Proclamation Recognizing National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15

Council presented a proclamation recognizing National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 through October 15. Kirsten Squarcia, Cupertino's City Clerk, accepted the proclamation.

3. Update on Homeless Jobs Program City Work Program Item

Council received a presentation on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2022 successful completion and FY 2022-2023 continuation of the Homeless Jobs Program City Work Program item.

Reports by Council and Staff

4. Councilmembers provided brief reports and announcements on their public activities since the prior regular Council meeting.

5. Councilmembers provided updates on their Committee assignments.

6. Councilmembers provided updates on their Subcommittee assignments.

7. City Manager provided updates on City business.

8. Public Works Department provided departmental updates.

Consent Calendar

Council approved Items 9-13 and 17 on the Consent Calendar as recommended in the Agenda. Council pulled Items 14, 15, and 16 for discussion.

14. Via On-Demand Shuttle Pilot Program

Following a staff presentation and discussion, Council took action to:

accept grant funding for the Via Shuttle Pilot Program from the California State Transportation Agency’s (CalSTA) Transit & Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) grant in the amount of $8,465,000;

authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Professional/ Consulting Services Agreement with Nomad Transit, LLC for the Via On-Demand Shuttle Pilot Program, increasing the previous not to exceed amount by $200,000 and extending the term to June 30, 2023;

adopt Resolution No. 22-117 to approve a budget modification (number 2223-231) increasing appropriations in the General Fund, Traffic Engineering Program (100-88-844) by $200,000, for a revised not-to-exceed amount of $1,950,000 for the Via Shuttle Pilot Program; and

find that the use of formal competitive bidding procedures is not practicable for the Cupertino-Santa Clara TIRCP shuttle program and direct the City Manager to dispense with City bidding requirements pursuant to the Cupertino Municipal Code § 3.22.060.

15. I-280/Wolfe Road Interchange Project

Council took action to:

provide a Statement of City Council Support for the I-280/Wolfe Road Interchange Project; and

adopt Resolution No. 22-118 to approve budget modification 2223-239 increasing appropriations in the Capital Reserve by $800,000 for the transfer out of funds (429-90-001) and General Fund, budget 100-88-844 by $800,000 for a 10% non-Measure B local match for the I-280/Wolfe Road Interchange Improvements Project.

16. Streetlight Transition Assessment Report

Council requested to bring the report back to Council with the request for modifications based on Council's input and requests for outreach.

Ordinances and Action Items

Council moved to hear Item 19 before Item 18.

19. City of Cupertino Conflict of Interest Code

Council took action to:

adopt Resolution No. 22-120 rescinding Resolution No. 20-115 and amending the City of Cupertino Conflict of Interest Code for officials and designated employees; and

authorize the City Manager to sign the required 2022 Local Agency Biennial Notice.

18. Community Funding Grant Program

Council received the update on the status of the research from the City Council subcommittee meetings for the Cupertino Community Funding Grant Program. Council took action to request the Council Subcommittee meet with Parks and Recreation Commissioners and staff, and bring back commission recommendations and staff input to Council for follow up.

20. Review Crosswalk Options Across Rodrigues Avenue in Vicinity of Public Pedestrian Walkway Easement through Tract 9405; Proposed Language for Signage at End of Pedestrian Walkway Easement through Campo De Lozano Subdivision

Council took action to continue this item, for purposes of continued hearing, consideration, deliberation, and decisions, until the October 18 City Council meeting.

Mayor's Corner with Darcy Paul
Dear Friends and Neighbors,

With the arrival of Fall, the City Council is pleased to be able to celebrate with our community the various observations of this time of the year. Largely centered in origin around agricultural harvests, we found on one weekend in the earlier part of this month of September several such events hosted by groups from all over the world. There are festivals based upon the autumn harvest moon of the lunar calendar and there are festivals focused more upon food, but the theme is very similar across places.

Over the course of our common histories, the theme that perhaps is most self-defining for us is the ability to address challenges through reflection and subsequent planning. You can see this when examining the nature of an agricultural harvest. In order for us to assure stores of sustenance during colder times of the year, we developed the ability to grow in a systematic fashion the food we then store for those times. The achievement of that most basic of securities then became, understandably and properly, cause for community-wide recognition of an accomplishment grounded in cooperation and some basic accountabilities to diligence, consistency and integrity. After all, one could not back then and one still cannot sidestep healthy and successful growth by, for instance, lying to the plants about whether they are receiving clean water and adequate amounts of sunlight.

With that in mind, I would like to report that our City Council over these recent years has in addition to celebrating this time of year with people throughout the community, cultivated healthy and successful ways of approaching our civic life as well. One example of this is the Council Work Plan, which is now aligned with our annual fiscal year and the budgeting process. Prior to this effort, the various advisory Commissions and the Audit Committee by and large operated on independent work-plan schedules. Over the course of the prior two fiscal years, we have arrived at a process that works together to identify priorities, discuss them with community outreach, and approves them in a cohesive document, the City Work Program.

From community outreach to our parks to addressing issues such as implementing a homeless jobs program to traffic safety, student internship, senior engagement, environmental stewardship and more, what you realize when you go over our work here is that Cupertino is a cohesive community with many good things happening. We are a work in progress with areas to improve. And we should celebrate that fact as well, just as those who first celebrated the successful conclusion of an agricultural harvest certainly had areas to improve. If we recognize that a significant component of equity is fair treatment for factors such as these, where the point is not to look away at the foibles of some and then to criticize the works of others, then we will have achieved not just real equity but also intrinsic efficacy.

Another years-long work in progress illustrative of our community approach also occurred in this past month when our City hosted for the teen community the event we call Bobateeno. This is a combination of the popular phenomenon of boba tea shops in Cupertino and tabling from various organizations in service of the promotion of mental health. It is a fantastically successful event, and I remember four years ago in 2018 visiting various boba shops with a City colleague in the Communications division of the City Manager’s office to find partners for the inaugural version of this event.

This past weekend, our full City Council was pleased and honored to be guests at Bobateeno while our teens, emerging from what has been a drastically different social experience of the last couple of years, interacted with each other and with our partner organizations tabling at the event in support of mental health, as they have over the course of several years now. When you look around our City, the real story is that through a recognition of how to apply integrity and consistency, we have been able to deliver events like Bobateeno over the years by thinking through the various steps and challenges, and then by working together not to broker so-called deals, but to be honest human beings to each other.

On behalf of the City Council, you have our ongoing commitment to listen to you and to cultivate our future successes together. May you have a wonderful start of this Fall season.

Sincerely,

Mayor Darcy Paul Signature
Darcy Paul
Mayor