1 CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPORT
Meeting: April 2, 2025
Reporting Councilmember: Councilmember J.R. Fruen
Report Dates: 2/11/25 to 3/24/25
Item Date, Title, and Description:
Event 1. March 12, 2025 – Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board Walk-Through of New Headquarters – I took an in-person tour of SVCE’s newly acquired headquarters building in downtown Sunnyvale. The building will be more than sufficient to house the JPA’s expected expansion and to allow for additional community gathering space.
Event 2. March 12, 2025 – Silicon Valley Clean Energy JPA Board Meeting – I took part in this meeting in my capacity as Cupertino’s representative on the JPA Board of SVCE. Meeting materials are available here. Of particular note to Cupertino residents, is that SVCE will return fee credits to utility users in August of this year, leading to lower bills in a month that typically sees a spike in charges.
Event 3. March 13, 2025 – Cities Association of Santa Clara County JPA Legislative Action Committee Meeting – I chaired this meeting of the Cities Association Legislative Action Committee in my capacity as 2
nd Vice President of the JPA. We received presentations from Townsend and Associates, a notable lobbying firm that represents numerous cities and city coalitions in Sacramento to go over present priorities in the Legislature as well as bills on their watch list for cities. We also received presentations from State Senators Josh Becker and Dave Cortese on their legislative priorities for the year and partnership opportunities. LAC members were asked to supply the bills for position discussion and consideration at the next LAC meeting. I stayed for the Cities Association Board meeting immediately afterward to present an update on the LAC to the Board. Materials for this meeting are available at the Cities Association website here.