CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPORT
Meeting: April 3, 2024
Reporting Councilmember: Vice Mayor J.R. Fruen
Report Dates: 3/12/24 to 3/25/24
Event Date, Title, and Description:
Event 1. March 14, 2024 – VTA Policy Advisory Committee Meeting – I attended this meeting in my capacity as Cupertino’s representative to the Committee. The Committee received reports on Measure A (2000), the Valley Transportation Plan, and Programmed Project Monitoring. The Committee also examined four informational items for feedback: Equitable VMT Mitigation, 2016 Measure B Innovative Transit Service Model Competitive Grants, 2016 Measure B Bicycle and Pedestrian Education and Encouragement programs for Fiscal Year 2023, and the Countywide Ped-Bike Safety Campaign. Discussion of the Innovative Transit Service Model Competitive Grants focused significantly on what sort of additional funding could go to the Silicon Valley Hopper (formerly Cupertino Via) microtransit program. Staff clarified that funds could be used on further expansion of the program. Cupertino also featured heavily in the discussion of bicycle and pedestrian safety education (Item 12). The agenda and attached items for the meeting are available here.
Event 2. March 14, 2024 – Cities Association of Santa Clara County Legislative Action Committee Meeting – I attended this meeting in my capacity as Cupertino’ representative to the Legislative Action Committee. The Committee received legislative overviews from Assemblymembers Evan Low and Marc Berman. Asm. Low highlighted his bills to address theft and burglaries targeting victims on the basis of race through hate crime sentencing enhancements. Asm. Berman underscored his work on regulation to mitigate negative impacts of AI and particularly noted his work to close a loophole in the State’s penal code dealing with the dissemination and creation of child sexual abuse material created through the use of artificial intelligence. Asm. Berman’s VTA governance reform efforts also received attention and discussion.
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2 On the suggestion of the Chair (Tina Walia, Saratoga), the Committee held off on discussion of any specific bills because many were only placeholder “intent” bills. The Committee will examine these bills for potential positions at its next meeting. The Committee intends, tentatively, to examine and recommend positions on the following bills: SB 1164 (Newman), AB 2814 (Low), AB 1886 (Alvarez), AB 1820 (Schiavo), AB 1779 (Irwin), SB 21 (Umberg), SB 1095 (Becker), SB 1130 (Bradford), AB 1999 (Irwin), AB 1772 (Ramos), AB 2619 (Connolly), and AB 817 (Pacheco). The agenda and related materials from this meeting are available here.
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ent 3. March 15, 2024 – Weekly Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my weekly meeting with City Manager Wu to discuss the upcoming council agenda, resident concerns, and items of interest.
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ent 4. March 18, 2024 – Capital Improvement Plan Briefing – I attended this briefing and preparatory session offered by Susan Michaels of Public Works. The briefing was informative and useful preparation for the March 19 council discussion of the Capital Improvement Plan budget.
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ent 5. March 22, 2024 – Weekly Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my weekly meeting with City Manager Wu to discuss the upcoming council agenda, resident concerns, and items of interest.