1 CITY COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORT
Meeting: September 4, 2024
Reporting Councilmember: Vice Mayor J.R. Fruen
Report Activity Dates: 7/9/24 to 8/26/24
Event Date, Title, and Description:
Event 1. July 12, 2024 – Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my regular weekly meeting with the City Manager to go over upcoming council agendas and to discuss ongoing issues, including constituent matters.
Event 2. July 25, 2024 – Reception Dinner for Taichung Sister City Delegation – At the request of the Mayor, I filled in to receive our friendship city guests from Taichung at Joy Dumpling— an establishment whose owner hails from Taichung. The event was well attended and underscored the cultural and personal links our two cities.
Event 3. July 27, 2024 – Ribbon-cutting Ceremony for YogaSix – Together with Mayor Mohan and representatives from Asm. Low’s office, I attended a Chamber-sponsored ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the newest yoga studio in Cupertino—YogaSix.
Event 4. July 28, 2024 – Tour of 19400 Stevens Creek Boulevard – Alongside Mayor Mohan, I took a tour of 19400 Stevens Creek Boulevard, which the city has considered purchasing as an interim city hall location.
Event 5. July 30, 2024 – Follow-up Meeting with City Manager and City Attorney – I met with the City Manager and City Attorney in follow-up to a prior one-on-one discussion with the City Manager.
Event 6. August 1, 2024 – Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my regular weekly meeting with the City Manager to go over upcoming council agendas and to discuss ongoing issues, including constituent matters
City Council Councilmember Activity Report
2 Event 7. August 6, 2024 – Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister Cities Association Bell-Ringing for Peace – I stepped in for Mayor Mohan to help the Cupertino-Toyokawa Sister Cities Association in hosting their annual Bell-Ringing for Peace event at Memorial Park. The event commemorates the precise moment of the nuclear bombings that hit Toyokawa during the Second World War and reaffirms our commitment as peoples to preventing war in the future.
Event 8. August 8, 2024 – Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee Meeting – I attended this meeting in my capacity as Cupertino’s representative on the Policy Advisory Committee. Agenda materials for the meeting are available here .
Event 9. August 8, 2024 – Cities Association of Santa Clara County JPA Legislative Action Committee and Board Meetings – In the absence of Mayor Mohan, I attended both the LAC and the Board meeting as Cupertino’s representative to the Cities Association. The LAC discussed a number of bills under consideration in Sacramento and offered positions for the Board to take in addition to receiving an update from Assemblymember Gail Pellerin. The Board’s discussion included a legislative update from the Association’s lobbyist in Sacramento as well as significant discussion of Regional Measure 4 (RM4), the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority’s (BAHFA) bond to support affordable housing development. The Board formed a subcommittee to interface with the County on the distribution of potential funds. I was appointed to the subcommittee. LAC materials are available here ; Board meeting materials are
available here.
Event 10. August 14, 2024 – Santa Clara County City Managers’ Meeting – In my capacity as a member of the Cities Association subcommittee on RM4, I was invited to attend this monthly roundtable of city managers to receive an update on the status of RM4. That same day, the BAHFA Board voted to withdraw RM4 in order to preserve resources to support Proposition 5.
Event 11. August 15, 2024 – India Flag Raising Ceremony – Together with Mayor Mohan and Councilmember Moore, along with dignitaries and electeds from other cities, I participated in a ceremonial flag raising to celebrate the independence of the Republic of India. The event was well-attended despite the extraordinary heat.
Event 12. August 16, 2024 – Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my regular weekly meeting with the City Manager to go over upcoming council agendas and to discuss ongoing issues, including constituent matters.
Event 13. August 21, 2024 – Meeting with CUSD Superintendent Yao and Faria Elementary School Principal – I met with the superintendent of the Cupertino Union School District and City Council Councilmember Activity Report
3 the principal of Faria Elementary School to discuss community concerns about a builder’s remedy preliminary application for the development of a 23-home project on Scofield Drive.
Event 13. August 22, 2024 – CUSD Groundbreaking for Green Energy Infrastructure – At the invitation of the Cupertino Union School District, I attended the ceremonial groundbreaking for new clean energy infrastructure at Muir Elementary School. The District estimates that it will make significant energy cost savings over time as a result of the project, freeing it to reinvest funds into children’s education.
Event 14. August 23, 2024 – Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my regular weekly meeting with the City Manager to go over upcoming council agendas and to discuss ongoing issues, including constituent matters.