1 CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPORT
Meeting: April 3, 2024
Reporting Councilmember: Mayor Sheila Mohan
Report Dates: 3/12/24 to 3/25/24
Item Date, Title, and Description:
3/12/24: Worked on a video recording for a message on behalf of the City welcoming the public to Cupertino’s Cherry Blossom Festival. This year, the festival will be held on April 27 and 28 and, as in previous years, will be hosted by the Cupertino‐Toyokawa Sister Cities, Inc.
3/13/24: Participated in the retirement reception for Girish Balachandran, CEO of Silicon Valley Clean Energy. The highlight of the program was the musical performance of Elton John’s “Rocket Man” by SVCE’s Board of Directors!
3/13/24: Attended the monthly Board of Director’s meeting of SVCE. The new CEO, Monica Padilla, assumed the role of CEO last week. At the March meeting, the board received the 2022‐23 fiscal year (“clean”) audit, approved the mid‐year budget, allocated additional funding to decarbonization programs, and approved a contract to support implementing a single‐family residential install program.
3/14/24: Hosted the quarterly West Valley Mayors and City Managers breakfast meeting at the Community Hall. Mayors of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Mountain View attended. The roundtable discussion included concerns about possible decline of city services as housing increases, impact on the entire Bay Area of major events such as the Superbowl and World Cup Soccer scheduled to be held in Santa Clara in 2026, and the financial hit city businesses are taking as a result of workplaces continuing to implement remote work.
3/14/24: Attended the Cities Association of Santa Clara County Board of Directors meeting. Larry Stone, County Assessor was the guest speaker and spoke
City Council Councilmember Report
2 on regulation re: taxation of parklets. The newly formed JPA and next steps were also discussed.
3/15/24: Attended Assemblymember Evan Low’s Woman of the Year Celebration. This year’s honoree was Diana Ding, Founder and CEO of Silicon Valley Media and Ding Ding TV. Councilmember Wei was the first Woman of the Year honored by Assemblymember Low in 2015 for her role on the FUHSD Board of Trustees.
3/16/24: Along with Councilmember Moore and school district officials, I attended Congressman Ro Khanna’s town hall meeting at Hyde Middle School.
Questions directed at the Congressman by the public focused mainly on the Israel‐ Palestine conflict. There were also some comments made by members of the public on The Rise development as well as rail tracks in the Lehigh area.
3/20/24: Conducted the Mayor’s Commissioner meeting on Zoom. Some of the highlights of the discussion included: artistic bike racks, 2023 Artist Awards, approval of two public art installations at Westport, community grant funding applications, extension of development agreements for two hotels, a Hazardous Awareness dashboard at the City website, the upcoming Earth and Arbor Day Festival on April 20, the Teen Resource Fair, and possible update of CMC to include issues such as cybersecurity and AI.
3/21/24: Attended the first Audit Committee meeting of 2024, and welcomed new members Councilmember Hung Wei, Eno Schmidt (new chairperson) and Hanyan Wu. Presentations were made by Chandler Investments, The Pun Group (independent auditors) and Moss Adams (internal auditing firm). The committee also reviewed the Audit Committee’s 2024 schedule and workplan
3/25/24: Attended the Holi festival at Memorial Park organized by the Nepali community. Residents of Nepali origin gathered to celebrate the event with music, food and poetry reading. Made a few remarks celebrating the City’s diversity and acknowledging the hard work of the community.