1 CITY COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORT Meeting: June 18, 2024 Reporting Councilmember: Councilmember Kitty Moore Report Activity Dates: 4/30/24 to 6/10/24 Event Date, Title, and Description: April 30, 2024. Attended Water Quality 101 webinar hosted by SJW regarding water quality testing. May 5, 2014. 1:1 meeting with City Manager. May 5, 2024. Westport Senior BMR ribbon cutting. What a thrill to see the inside of the Westport Senior Below Market Rate housing after first seeing the project while serving on the Planning Commission. May 6, 2024. City Council meeting. May 11, 2024. Fremont Union High School District Centennial Celebration at Fremont High School. Attended the celebration and especially enjoyed seeing the yearbook photographs over the years and hearing the history of this excellent school district.
City Council Councilmember Activity Report
2 May 11, 2024. AAPI Multicultural Festival at Cupertino’s Civic Plaza. Enjoyed the dancing, martial arts, visual arts and community spirit at this year’s event.
May 13, 2024. 1:1 with City Manager. May 14, 2024. City Council meeting. May 17, 2024. Budget Prep session with staff. May 18, 2024. Attended the annual Creek Clean up Event at Wilson Park to clean the Regnart and Calabazas Creeks. This is always a very satisfying event to keep our creeks clear of plastic and other debris, like this broken bicycle which was tossed into the creek.
May 20, 2024. 1:1 with City Manager. May 21, 2024. City Council meeting. May 22, 2024. CalCities Peninsula Division luncheon. Topics: $20 Billion regional bond and the Taxpayer Protection Act. May 22, 2024.. Santa Clara Library District Joint Powers (SCCLD JPA) Authority
City Council Councilmember Activity Report
3 Finance Committee meeting1. After approving the consent calendar and recommending the Board adopt the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2025 Budget, the committee then reviewed the Independent Auditor’s Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023 and after asking a series of clarifying questions, the committee recommended the Board accept the report. May 23, 2024. Attended the Boy Scouts of America annual breakfast to learn about the future of Scouting America. Our region will be introducing troops specifically for scouts with special needs expanding on the inclusivity of scouting to let all share in their programs.
May 26, 2024. De Anza College Environmental Studies program update. This quarter’s course will complete the Advanced Environmental Studies Certificate. The class is especially useful because it is on Phase I Environmental Site Assessments which are generally found in all CEQA studies within the Hazards and Hazardous materials section. This is the 12th Environmental Studies course in the Environmental Resource Management and Pollution Prevention program to date. The program covers Environmental Law, Climate Change, General and Specific Plans, CEQA and EIRs, Industrial Ecology, ISO 14001 which applies Total Quality Management principles to environmental management systems. May 31, 2024. Attended the Cupertino-Xianning Friendship City Committee Art Exhibit Celebration and enjoyed all the beautiful works by our Friendship city artists displayed in the Library Expansion room. 1 SCCLD JPA agenda for the May 22, 2024 meeting is here: https://granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/sccl/dec74bc15d59c4b772650b33a4593f470.pdf
City Council Councilmember Activity Report
4 June 1, 2024. Attended the Cupertino Little League Award Ceremony at Wilson Park with council colleagues and commissioners. Congratulations to all of the teams, coaches, volunteers, and families for a successful season! June 1, 2024. Attended Dilli Haat to enjoy the dancing and festivities at Memorial Park. It is wonderful to see the repurposed pond space put to great festival use for a fun event, which was concurrent with the De Anza College flea market.
June 3, 2024. Attended a budget Q and A session with finance staff and CM to go over cost allocation, carryovers, special projects and other budget topics June 3, 2024. Attended 2:1 with City Manager and City Attorney to review past and upcoming agenda items and other items of interest. June 4, 2024. Special and Regular City Council Meeting. June 6, 2024. Together with part of the Santa Clara County Library District (SCCLD) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Board and SCCLD Staff and former JPA members, attended the groundbreaking ceremony for “The Nest” which is an office expansion
City Council Councilmember Activity Report
5 adjacent to the SCCLD District HQ at 1344 Dell Avenue in Campbell. This beautifully designed building will provide space for reading programs and HQ office use, incorporating climate friendly energy efficient design, integrating bird safe and dark sky elements, while overlooking natural planting landscapes and the adjacent ponds. Looking forward to the new addition! June 6, 2024. Served at the SCCLD JPA Board meeting2. The Board received the Summer Reading Program presentation. Please join the over 3,000 readers who have signed up for the program! You may join in the fun here: https://sccld.org/summer/ and yes, reading agenda packets counts! After passing the Consent Calendar which included many donations to our area libraries, the Board reviewed and approved the FY 25 Budget along with the Independent Audit Report. I serve on the JPA Finance Committee which had previously reviewed and approved the report. The Board appointed a nominating committee, received a report from our County Librarian Jennifer Weeks, said farewell to Chuck Griffen, Financial & Administrative Services Manager, who will be leaving the position in July after years of excellent service to the Library District. Lastly, the meeting was adjourned. June 7, 2024. Attended the Cupertino Pride Flag Raising Event at Civic Center Plaza and made a brief speech regarding the importance of acceptance and belonging for well-being. 2 June SCCLD JPA Board Meeting Agenda: https://granicus_production_attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/sccl/0aa9fa4705b4985ea192c7c164aa65ec0.pdf