Planning Commission February 10, 2026 - Amended - Feb 10, 2026

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Cupertino Planning Commission 3h 32m 3 speakers 7 agenda items transcribed 2 days ago official recording ↗

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What agenda items are covered during the roll‑call and election of the Planning Commission Chair?

Santosh Rao 0:02

Welcome to the Cupertino Planning Commission meeting of Tuesday, February 10th, 2026. I hope you will join us for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Santosh Rao 0:32

Thank you. Madam City Clerk, may we have the roll call, please?

Unknown 0:36

Commissioner Fung?

Santosh Rao 0:37

Present.

Unknown 0:38

Commissioner Linskog? Present. Commissioner Linskog? Present.

Santosh Rao 0:47

Commissioner Linskog, you might be on mute.

Unknown 0:50

No, I'm not. Oh, we can hear

Santosh Rao 0:52

you now. Oh, we can hear you now.

Unknown 0:54

Oh, present. Commissioner Scharf? Present. Vice Chair Gasolchron? Present. Chair Rao?

Santosh Rao 1:01

Present. Thank you, Madam City Clerk. The first item on the agenda will be the election of the Chair and Vice Chair and the appointments. We will do this one election at a time, starting with the election of the Chair first. Are there any comments that staff would like to make on this item?

Unknown 1:32

No, staff .

1:33

Now? There, okay.

Santosh Rao 1:34

no comments from staff okay very good are there any clarifying questions from commissioners on this item and we're specifically talking about the election of the chair Okay, seeing none, I will open it up for public comments on item number one. Public comments will be for all elections listed in the agenda item. That includes the election of the chair, the vice chair, the election of the housing commission representative, and the election of the economic development committee representative. So any members of the public that wish to comment on this, now would be the time to do that.

Unknown 2:12

We have no speakers in person and no hands raised on Zoom, Chair.

Santosh Rao 2:16

Thank you, Madam City Clerk. We have no public comments on Item 1. I'm going to close the public comment on Item 1, and I will open it up for the first item, which is the election of the Chair for the Planning Commission for the upcoming year. And I will kick it off with a motion to elect Vice Chair Tracey Kosolcharon to the chair of the Planning Commission. Do I have a second? I'll second that. Thank you, Madam City Clerk. We have a motion and a second. I'll open it up for public comment. I mean, for discussions, if commissioners would like to add anything. No discussions. Okay, seeing none, we will run a vote by voice. Madam City Clerk, thank you.

Unknown 3:07

Commissioner Fung?

Santosh Rao 3:09

Aye.

Unknown 3:09

Commissioner Linskog? Aye. Commissioner Scharf? Aye. Vice Chair Kasolchiron?

3:16

Aye.

Unknown 3:17

Aye. Chair Rao?

Santosh Rao 3:19

Aye.

Unknown 3:19

The motion carries unanimously.

Santosh Rao 3:21

Wonderful. Congratulations. Let me be the first to congratulate our Vice Chair, Tracey Kosol-Sharon, for becoming the new Planning Commission Chair for the upcoming year. The current Chair will complete this item, and then we will transition the role and responsibility of the Chair. So the next item on the same agenda is the election of the Vice Chair. Do I have a motion for Vice Chair?

Tracy Kosolcharoen 3:43

Yes, I'd like to make a motion, and before that, I'd like to briefly comment. Thank you very much to this commission for nominating me as chair. It is an honor to serve you in this capacity, and Chair Rao, or former Chair Rao, you've done a great service for our group in always trying to help find consensus and always making sure that everyone has had time to ask their questions. So I appreciate that, and I hope to continue that. So, for Vice Chair, I would like to nominate Commissioner Scharf.

Santosh Rao 4:14

I can second that. Any discussion? Commissioner Scharf, do you accept?

Unknown 4:22

Yes, I accept. Thank you.

Santosh Rao 4:23

Okay. So, do we have any discussion? Seeing no discussion, we will take a vote by voice. Madam City Clerk?

Unknown 4:30

Commissioner Fung?

Santosh Rao 4:32

Aye.

Unknown 4:32

Commissioner Linskog? Aye. Aye. Commissioner Scharf.

Santosh Rao 4:37

Aye.

Unknown 4:37

Vice Chair Kasulshram. Aye. Chair Rao.

Santosh Rao 4:40

Aye.

Unknown 4:41

The motion carries unanimously.

Santosh Rao 4:42

Thank you, Madam City Clerk. I want to congratulate our former chair and now vice chair and former commissioner. I guess current commissioner and current vice chair Schor for once again taking a role that you're all too familiar with. So thank you for that. So with that, we now move on to the next part of this agenda item, which is the election of the housing committee non-voting representative. This is a member of the commission that gets to attend the housing commission. They do not get to vote, but they do get to attend and participate. So do we have a nomination for our housing commission non-voting representative?