APPROVED MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING
At 6:00 p.m., Mayor Sheila Mohan called the Special City Council Meeting to order in the Cupertino Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre Avenue.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Sheila Mohan, Vice Mayor J.R. Fruen, and Councilmembers Liang Chao, Kitty Moore, and Hung Wei. Absent: None.
COMMISSION INTERVIEWS
1. Subject: Interview applicants for commission terms expiring on the Audit Committee, Housing Commission (Community Member and Business Representative), Parks and Recreation Commission, Public Safety Commission, Sustainability Commission (Community Member, Business Representative and Educational Representative), Technology, Information, and Communications Commission; and Sourcewise Advisory Council (Cupertino Representative).
Recommended Action: Conduct interviews and make appointments to the Audit Committee, Housing Commission (Community Member and Business Representative), Parks and Recreation Commission, Public Safety Commission, Sustainability Commission (Community Member, Business Representative and Educational Representative), Technology, Information, and Communications Commission; and Sourcewise Advisory Council (Cupertino Representative); and make appointments for any alternates.
Written Communications for this item included an amended Attachment A – Interview Schedule.
Mayor Mohan opened the public comment period and, seeing no one, closed the public comment period.
Councilmembers asked questions and made comments.
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Council interviewed applicants and made appointments to the Audit Committee, Housing Commission (Community Member and Business Representative), Parks and Recreation Commission, Public Safety Commission, Sustainability Commission (Community Member, Business Representative and Educational Representative), Technology, Information, and Communications Commission; and Sourcewise Advisory Council (Cupertino Representative); and made appointments for any alternates.
At 7:30 p.m., Mayor Mohan recessed the meeting. The meeting reconvened at 7:49 p.m. with all Councilmembers present.
Council continued conducting interviews for all commissions with terms expiring.
Council voted to make appointments via an electronic voting system.
Audit Committee:
MOTION: Fruen moved and Wei seconded to appoint Eno Schmidt and Louise Fishler t o the Audit Committee with terms ending January 30, 2028 and appoint Angela Chen to a partial term ending January 30, 2025. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes:
Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
MOTION: Chao moved and Wei seconded to appoint Hanyan Wu as Audit Committee 1st Alternate and Luis Buhler as 2nd Alternate. The motion carried with the following vote:
Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
Housing Commission:
MOTION: Moore moved and Wei seconded to appoint Ryan Golze as the Housing Commission Business Representative to a full term ending January 30, 2028 and Tessa Parish as the Housing Commission Business Representative Alternate. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
MOTION: Fruen moved and Wei seconded to appoint Yuyi He as the Housing Commission Community Member to a full term ending January 30, 2028 and Yvonne Thorstenson as the Housing Commission Community Member Alternate. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Parks and Recreation Commission:
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MOTION: Moore moved and Chao seconded to appoint Carol Stanek and Claudio Bono to Parks and Recreation Commission to full terms ending January 30, 2028; and Sashikala Begur as Parks and Recreation Commission 1 st Alternate and Santosh Rao as 2 nd Alternate. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
Public Safety Commission:
MOTION: Wei moved and Chao seconded to appoint Sidharth Rajaram, Neal Evans and Nirmalendu Das to the Public Safety Commission to full terms ending January 30, 2028; and Alexander Fung as Public Safety Commission Alternate. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Sourcewise Advisory Council (Cupertino Representative)
MOTION: Fruen moved and Moore seconded to appoint Jean Bedord to the Sourcewise Advisory Council (Cupertino Representative) to a three year term beginning July 1, 2024 .
The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei.
Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
Sustainability Commission:
MOTION: Fruen moved and Wei seconded to appoint Alexander Fung as the Sustainability Commission Business Representative to a full term ending January 30, 2028. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None.
Abstain: None. Absent: None.
MOTION: Chao moved and Moore seconded to appoint Susan Hansen as the Sustainability Commission Educational Representative to a full term ending January 30, 2028 and Andrew Goldenkranz as Educational Representative A lternate. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
MOTION: Wei moved and Fruen seconded to appoint Conny Yang as the Sustainability Commission Community Member to a full term ending January 30, 2028; and Joseph Dan Marshall as Alternate.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Wei made a friendly amendment to appoint Sam Jew as the Business Representative Alternate.
Council did not vote on this motion.
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SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Chao moved to appoint Conny Yang as the Sustainability Commission Community Member to a full term ending January 30, 2028; and Randa ll Kunkee as Community Member A lternate and Sam Jew as Business Representative Alternate.
Council did not vote on this substitute motion.
SECOND SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Mohan moved and Wei seconded a substitute motion to appoint Conny Yang as the Sustainability Commission Community Member to a full term ending January 30, 2028; and Joseph Dan Marshall as the Community Member Alternate and Sam Jew as the Business Representative Alternate. The second substitute motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, and Wei. Noes: Chao and Moore. Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Technology, Information, Communications Commission (TICC):
MOTION: Wei moved and Chao seconded to appoint Balaram Donthi and Sudeep Kumar to the TICC to full terms ending January 30, 2028; and Ravi Kiran Singh Sapaharam as 1 st Alternate and Venkatesan Ranganathan as 2 nd Alternate. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None.
Absent: None.
Appointment Summary:
Audit Committee
Eno Schmidt, appointed to full term ending 1/30/2028
Louise Fishler, appointed to full term ending 1/30/2028 Angela Chen, reappointed to a partial term ending 1/30/2025 Alternate:
1 st Alternate: Hanyan Wu
2nd Alternate: Luis Buhler
Housing Commission
Business Representative: Ryan Golze, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
Tessa Parish
Community Member: Yuyi He, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
Yvonne Thorstenson
Parks and Recreation Commission
Carol Stanek, reappointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 City Council Minutes January 30, 2024
Claudio Bono, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
1st Alternate: Sashikala Begur
2nd Alternate: Santosh Rao
Public Safety Commission
Sidharth Rajaram, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Neal Evans, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028
Nirmalendu Das, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
Alexander Fung
Sustainability Commission
Business Representative: Alexander Fung, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
Sam Jew
Educational Representative: Susan Hansen, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
Andrew Goldenkranz
Community Member: Conny Yang, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
Joseph Dan Marshall
Technology, Information, Communications Commission (TICC) Balaram Donthi, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Sudeep Kumar, appointed to a full term ending 1/30/2028 Alternate:
1 st Alternate: Ravi Kiran Singh Sapaharam
2nd Alternate: Venkatesan Ranganathan
Sourcewise Advisory Council (Cupertino Representative)
Jean Bedord, appointed to a three year term beginning July 1, 2024
ADJOURNMENT
At 10:22 p.m., Mayor Mohan adjourned the Special City Council Meeting.
Minutes prepared by:
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Lauren Sapudar, Deputy City Clerk