1 CITY COUNCILMEMBER REPORT
Meeting: October 7, 2025
Reporting Councilmember: Councilmember J.R. Fruen
Report Dates: 9/9/25 to 9/29/25
Item Date, Title, and Description:
Event 1. September 10, 2025 – Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Board Meeting– I participated in the SVCE Board meeting in my capacity as Cupertino’s representative on this JPA’s Board of Directors. Meeting materials are available on the SVCE website here.
Event 2. September 11, 2025 – CASCC Legislative Action Committee (LAC) Meeting – I chaired the LAC Meeting of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County JPA in my capacity as the organization’s Second Vice-President. The LAC voted to recommend that the Board adopt support positions on all of the following pieces of legislation: SB 346 (allowing cities to collect specific information on short-term rentals to better administer local hotel taxes), and AB 476 (clamping down on metal theft), as well as AB 670 and its companion bill AB 726 (allowing cities to count certain types of housing rehabilitated or converted to deed-restricted affordable housing in their Annual Progress Reports documenting progress toward meeting Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) targets). I stayed for the subsequent Board meeting to present the outcome of the LAC meeting. The Board adopted the positions recommended by the LAC. Meeting materials are available on the CASCC website here.
Event 3. September 13, 2025 – Silicon Valley Fall Fest – I attended the annual Fall Fest—a 40- year tradition put on by the Cupertino Rotary Club in Memorial Park. The event was well- attended lively.
Event 4. September 22, 2025 – Meeting with the Interim City Manager – I attended a meeting with Interim City Manager Kapoor to discuss upcoming agenda items and items of interest to residents.
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2 Event 5. September 24, 2025 – Cupertino Chamber of Commerce Speaker Series – I attended the second event in the Chamber’s speaker series, this time featuring Dr. Alonso Vera discussing NASA and its efforts to return to the moon and continue on from there to Mars.
Event 6. September 25, 2025 – CASCC Executive Committee Meeting – I attended the Executive Committee meeting of the Cities Association of Santa Clara County JPA in my capacity as the organization’s Second Vice-President. We discussed the logistics of the upcoming October Board and LAC meeting, as well as the nomination process for selecting next year’s Executive Committee. The October LAC meeting will be cancelled for anticipated lack of quorum based on the presence of the majority of the LAC members in Long Beach for the League of Cities conference. Meeting materials are available on the CASCC website here.
Event 7. September 25, 2025 – Cupertino Chamber of Commerce Small Business BBQ Mixer – I attended this Chamber of Commerce mixer to meet small business owners in Cupertino and help assess their needs in building stronger business in the city.
Event 8. September 26, 2025 – Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens’ “Grill & Govern” Fall BBQ Mixer – I attended and briefly spoke at this community informational and social event put on by Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens at Santa Clara Central Park. The event was exceptionally well attended.
Event 9. September 29, 2025 – Tour of Re-Opened Whole Foods Market – Store management kindly took me on a tour of the newly renovated Whole Foods Market on the day that it reopened. The refresh appears to have been well received and the store was very busy despite a lack wide publication of the reopening.