Title
Study Session Summary of August 21, 2014 - City Council Strategic Planning Meeting
Summary
The City Council met in study session at Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum, Room, 570 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale, California on August 21, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. with Mayor Jim Griffith presiding.
Call to Order: 8:38 a.m.
City Councilmembers Present:
Mayor Jim Griffith
Vice Mayor Jim Davis
Councilmember David Whittum
Councilmember Tara Martin-Milius
Councilmember Glenn Hendricks
City Councilmembers Absent:
Councilmember Pat Meyering
Councilmember Gustav Larsson
City Executive Staff Present:
City Manager Deanna Santana
Assistant City Manager Robert Walker
Assistant City Attorney Kathryn Berry
Director of Human Resources Teri Silva
Director of Finance Grace Leung
Director of Information Technology David Jensen
Director of Community and Library Services Lisa Rosenblum
Director of Public Works Kent Steffens
Director of Public Safety Frank Grgurina
Director of Environmental Services John Stufflebean
Director of Community Development Hanson Hom
Visitors/Guests Present:
Dr. Bill Mathis, Mathis Consulting Group
Public Comments:
Maria Pan provided comments regarding the City's Mission Statement.
Study Session Summary:
Council received presentations on operational priorities, service gaps and trends in service in each of the following areas:
-Administrative Services
-Library and Community Services and Public Facilities
-Transportation, Streets and Infrastructure
-Public Safety Services
-Environmental Service
-Community, Economic, and Workforce Development
Council reviewed organizational and resource capacity and limitations, and identified policy priorities and issues, summarized below:
1. Civic Center
2. Main Library and Lakewood Branch Library
3. Public Safety Over-hiring Policy and Additional Positions proposed study session
4. Infrastructure to support development
5. Strategic Planning for the Drought/Water; Decentralized systems/recapture
6. Transparent Performance Based Budgeting (especially for reserves); administrative cost centers
7. Open space acquisition planning
8. Affordable housing
9. Technology
10. Revenues v. expenses/funding
11. Community engagement
12. Workforce Planning/capacity of staff
13. Traffic
14. The Downtown
15. Creative solutions for golf courses
Council discussed policy priorities as topics for further discussion on Day 2 of the Strategic Planning Sessions:
1. Civic Center Campus and Main Library
2. Infrastructure to Support Development and Traffic
3. Open Space Acquisition Planning and Future of Golf Courses
4. Downtown Sunnyvale
Adjournment: 4:46 p.m.
Prepared by Kathleen Franco Simmons, City Clerk