1 CITY COUNCIL ACTIVITY REPORT
Meeting: October 15, 2024
Reporting Councilmember: Vice Mayor J.R. Fruen
Report Activity Dates: 9/24/24 to 10/7/24
Event Date, Title, and Description:
Event 1. September 27, 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. September 27, 2024 – City-Owned Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR) Program Preparatory Session – I attended a preparatory briefing with city staff in advance of the city council’s consideration (Item 12 on the October 1 council agenda) of a contract and lease with Flock Safety for ALPRs in the city. Tom Chin, the city’s Emergency Manager, did an excellent job of explaining the background, the lease terms, and various privacy protections in place to support the program.
Event 3. September 28, 2024 – Cupertino BikeFest – I attended the annual BikeFest at Civic Center Plaza in support of fostering greater awareness of and safety for biking in the City of Cupertino. The event was extremely well-attended and the range of booth types had increased over years prior.
Event 4. September 28, 2024 – Meeting with Neighbors of 20739 Scofield Drive – I met with a group of roughly 50 neighbors of this location—site of a “builder’s remedy” application—at the campus of Faria Elementary School. I explained the background of the builder’s remedy, where the current application sits in the application evaluation cycle, and what neighbors and policymakers can do about the potential project.
Event 5. September 30, 2024 – Meeting with Representatives of Summerhill Homes – I met with representatives of Summerhill Homes with regard to two sites they are interested in
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2 developing in Cupertino, to gain insights into their current thinking on both prospective projects, and to share community concerns, especially about the Housing Element site at Evulich Court.
Event 6. October 4, 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 7. October 5, 2024 – Local Electeds Panel Discussion re Saratoga Urban Village – This was a follow-on meeting to a prior, narrower community engagement study performed by SJSU graduate students in the Department of Regional and Urban Planning as part of their Capstone Project, and convened by San Jose Vice Mayor Rosemary Kamei, representing West San Jose. We were joined by representatives of Saratoga (Vice Mayor Belal Aftab and Councilmember Tina Walia) and Campbell (Councilmember Ann Bybee). This meeting’s discussion focused on the whole of the Saratoga Urban Village planning area from El Paseo de Saratoga and Westgate West in the southwest to the Saratoga Avenue entrance to I-280 in the northeast. It was a very productive and enlightening discussion.