DRAFT MINUTES
CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
Thursday, December 12, 2024
SPECIAL MEETING
At 6:02 p.m., Mayor Sheila Mohan called the Special City Council Meeting to order in the Cupertino Community Hall Council Chamber, 10350 Torre Avenue and via teleconference location.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Sheila Mohan, Vice Mayor J.R. Fruen, and Councilmembers Liang Chao, Kitty Moore, and Councilmember Hung Wei (participated remotely).
Absent: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Written communications for this item included emails to the Council.
Mayor Mohan opened the public comment period for all agenda items and the following members of the public spoke.
State Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens presented a commendation from the California Legislature to Councilmember Wei.
Donna Austin
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Claudio Bono (representing self) Belal Aftab
Ignatius Ding
Babu Srinivasan
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Jennifer Shearin (representing self) Planning Commissioner Muni Madhdhipatla (representing self) Sashi Begur
Peggy Griffin
San R.
Patrick Kwok
Neil Park McClintock
Dr. Clifton Der Bing
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Erik Poicon
John Tang, representing Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
Planning Commissioner Steven Scharf (representing self) Vinod Balakrishnan
Library Commissioner Qin Pan (representing self)
Housing Commissioner Connie Cunningham (representing self) Venkat Ranganathan
Urs Mader
Housing Commissioner Ryan Golze (representing self)
Naidu Bollineni
Jennifer Griffin
Richard Mellingher
Sue Moore
Rosa Pellecer
Jean Bedord
Stanley Kou
Rosemary Kamei
Richard Poppen, representing Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) Michael, representing Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee (BAYMEC) Dave McLeroy
Gilbert Wong
Danessa Techmanski
Tracy K
Rhoda Fry
Bicycle Pedestrian Commissioner Ilango Ganga (representing self) Shani Kleinhaus, representing Santa Clara Valley Bird Alliance Philip Nguyen
Housing Commissioner Angan Das (representing self)
Louise Saadati
Clay Hale
John Ishii
Sujatha Venkatraman, representing West Valley Community Services
Mayor Mohan closed the public comment period.
ELECTION RESULTS
Subject:
Statement of results of the General Municipal Election held on November 5, 2024 and declaration of candidates who received the most votes and were elected for the position City Council December 12, 2024 Minutes
of City of Cupertino Council Member.
Recommended Action: Adopt the Resolution 24‐115 stating the election results for the General Municipal Election held on November 5, 2024 and declaring the candidates who received the most votes and were elected for the position of City of Cupertino Council Member.
City Clerk Kirsten Squarcia reported the election results for the General Municipal Election held on November 5, 2024.
MOTION: Moore moved
and Chao seconded to adopt Resolution 24‐115 stating the election results for the General Municipal Election held on November 5, 2024 and declaring the candidates who received the most votes and were elected for the position of City of Cupertino Council Member. The motion carried with the following vote: Ayes:
Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wei. Noes: None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING COUNCILMEMBERS
Subject:
Recognize outgoing Councilmember Hung Wei
Mayor Mohan recognized outgoing Councilmember Hung Wei.
Councilmembers thanked Councilmember Wei for her years of service on the City Council and Councilmember Wei expressed appreciation and made farewell comments.
Outgoing Councilmember Hung Wei left the meeting.
OATH OF OFFICE OF RECENTLY ELECTED COUNCILMEMBERS
Subject:
Oath of Office of Recently Elected Councilmembers
Newly reelected Councilmember Kitty Moore received the Oath of Office from City Clerk Kirsten Squarcia.
Newly elected Councilmember Ray Wang received the Oath of Office from former Cupertino Councilmember Darcy Paul.
Councilmember Ray Wang was seated at the dais.
ELECTION AND OATH
OF MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR
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Subject:
a. Councilmembers elect Mayor
b. Councilmembers elect Vice Mayor
MOTION: Mohan moved and Fruen seconded to appoint J.R. Fruen as Mayor. Fruen made a friendly amendment to appoint Liang Chao as Vice Mayor (Mohan accepted the friendly amendment). Council did not vote on this motion.
Mayor Mohan called for a
vote on the motion. Moore objected and Wang seconded the objection to call for a vote on the motion. The objection was sustained with the following vote: Ayes: Chao, Moore, and Wang. Noes: Mohan and Fruen. Abstain: None. Absent:
None.
SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Wang moved and Moore seconded to a substitute motion to
nominate Liang Chao as Mayor and Kitty Moore as Vice Mayor. The substitute motion carried with the following vote: Ayes: Mohan, Fruen, Chao, Moore, and Wang. Noes:
None. Abstain: None. Absent: None.
c. Mayor and Vice Mayor Oath of Office
Newly elected Vice Mayor Kitty Moore received the Oath of Office from City Clerk Kirsten Squarcia.
Newly elected Mayor Liang Chao received the Oath of Office from former Cupertino Councilmember Darcy Paul.
Mayor Liang Chao resumed the meeting.
Mayor Chao and Vice Mayor Kitty Moore provided comments.
Mayor Chao presented a gift to former Mayor Sheila Mohan in recognition of her service
as Mayor. Councilmember Mohan expressed appreciation and made comments.
ADJOURNMENT
At 8:21 p.m., Mayor Liang Chao adjourned the Special City Council Meeting.
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Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk