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Legislative Public Meetings

File #: 25-0041   
Type: Study Session Status: Study Session
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 8/4/2025
Title: Board and Commission Interviews
Attachments: 1. Board and Commission Interview Schedule - August 4, 2025, 2. Summary of Board and Commission Applicants, 3. Daniel Karpelevitch, 4. Shandor Dektor, 5. Pranjali Dani, 6. Yael Grossman Levy, 7. Ariana Ziolkowski, 8. David Beaudoin, 9. Diyi Zhu, 10. Anubha Gupta, 11. Betsy Giselle Ortega Florez, 12. Yuriana Valencia, 13. Yency Guio

Title

Board and Commission Interviews


Report

BACKGROUND

The application deadline was July 17, 2025. The deadline serves as a cutoff point to allow time to verify voter registration and schedule interviews. Applications received after the deadline are marked as “late” on the first page of the application.

 

EXISTING POLICY

Council Policy 7.2.19 Boards and Commissions

Administrative Policy Manual Chapter 1 - General Management Article 15

 

DISCUSSION

The City received 11 applications for current vacancies on Boards and Commissions. 7 applicants are scheduled to be interviewed on August 4, 2025. The remaining applicants were interviewed within the last twelve months for the same board or commission.

 

Appointments to Boards and Commissions are scheduled for August 12, 2025.

 

Councilmembers are provided with a set of non-redacted applications.

 

PUBLIC CONTACT

Public contact was made by posting the Council meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board at City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In addition, the agenda and this report are available at the City Hall reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue (during normal business hours), and on the City's website.

 

Staff

Prepared by: David Carnahan, City Clerk

 

ATTACHMENTS

1. Board and Commission Interview Schedule - August 4, 2025

2. Summary of Board and Commission Applicants

3. Board and Commission Applications:

                     Daniel Karpelevitch

                     Shandor Dektor

                     Pranjali Dani

                     Yael Grossman Levy

                     Ariana Ziolkowski

                     David Beaudoin

                     Diyi Zhu