1 CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPORT
Meeting: January 22, 2025
Reporting Councilmember: Councilmember J.R. Fruen
Report Dates: 12/10/24 to 1/13/25
Item Date, Title, and Description:
Event 1. December 10, 2024 – Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my regular weekly meeting with the city manager to discuss upcoming council agendas and constituent concerns.
Event 2. December 20, 2024 – Prayer Breakfast with Rep. Liccardo – I attended a prayer breakfast hosted by Yan
Zhao, Councilmember of Saratoga, featuring Rep. Liccardo on his legislative priorities as he enters Congressional office. The event was well‐attended and included numerous local area electeds. Vice Mayor Moore and Councilmember Mohan were both in attendance.
Event 3. December 20, 2024 – Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board Meeting – I attended
this closed session meeting on real estate acquisition for SVCE.
Event 4. January 7, 2025 – Briefing with Monica Padilla, CEO of SVCE – I received a briefing from the CEO of SVCE on the upcoming agenda for the SVCE Board meeting scheduled for January 8.
Event 5.
January 7, 2025 – Sunnyvale City Council Swearing‐In and Reorganization – I attended the swearing in of the newly elected/reelected Sunnyvale City Council, including Eileen Le, Charlsie Chang, Alyssa Cisneros, and (Mayor) Larry Klein. The meeting was well attended by elected leaders across the South Bay.
Event 6. January
8, 2025 – Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board of Directors Meeting – I attended this meeting in my capacity as the City of Cupertino’s appointee to the Board. The Board selected new leadership for the coming year by appointing George Tyson,
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2 Councilmember of Los Altos Hills, as Board President, and Larry Klein, Mayor of Sunnyvale, as Board Vice President. The Board also selected a new Executive Committee and received various updates from the JPA’s administration before going into closed session discussion on potential litigation. The agenda and related materials are searchable at the JPA’s website:
https://svcleanenergy.org/board‐meetings/
Event 7. January 10, 2025 – Meeting with the City Manager – I attended my regular weekly meeting with the city manager to discuss upcoming council agendas and constituent concerns.
Event 8. January 10, 2025 – Swearing‐In Ceremony for Supervisor Betty Duong – I attended the community swearing‐in
ceremony for newly‐elected County Supervisor Betty Duong at Mexican Heritage Plaza. Supervisor Duong is the first Vietnamese‐American county supervisor in the history of Santa Clara County. The event was extremely well attended. The Speaker of the California Assembly, Robert Rivas, administered the Oath of Office.
Event 9. January 12,
2025 – Meeting with Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens – I met with Asm.
Ahrens to discuss Cupertino’s needs and budget asks in Sacramento.