Legislative Public Meetings

File #: 15-0063   
Type: Report to Council Status: Public Hearing/General Business
Meeting Body: City Council
On agenda: 5/19/2015
Title: Appoint Applicants to Boards and Commissions
REPORT TO COUNCIL
 
SUBJECT
Title
Appoint Applicants to Boards and Commissions
 
Report
DISCUSSION
Names of applicants, the applicants' preferences (when the applicant has applied for more than one board or commission), and terms of appointments are as follows.
 
Arts Commission (1 term to 6/30/2019)
Koppel, David
Valenzuela, Kenneth (1st preference)  
 
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (Category 1, 1 term to 6/30/2019)
La Fetra, Frank
Mattis, John
VanPernis, James
Veitch, Tonya
Welch, Kyle
 
Board of Building Code Appeals (1 term to 6/30/2019)
Kisyova, Petya  
 
Board of Library Trustees (1 term to 6/30/2017, 1 term to 6/30/2019)
No applicants.
 
Heritage Preservation Commission (2 terms to 6/30/2019)
Hopkins, Dawn  
Valenzuela, Kenneth (2nd preference)
 
Housing and Human Services Commission (1 term to 6/30/2019)
Evans, Patti  
Stetson, Elinor (2nd preference)
 
Parks and Recreation Commission (1 term to 6/30/2019)
Kwok, Minjung  
Pasqua, Craig  
 
Personnel Board (Council Nominated Seat, 1 term to 6/30/2019)
No applicants.
 
Planning Commission (2 terms to 6/30/2019)
Simons, David  
Stetson, Elinor (1st preference)
Thangamuthu, Kandaswamy  
 
Sustainability Commission (1 term to 6/30/2019)
Do, Cam Thuy  
Hafeman, Dan  
Peters, Kate  
Shen, Yonghong  
 
Terms will be effective July 1, 2015. Following appointments, the staff liaison for each commission will provide a commission-specific orientation and each new member is required to take the Oath of Office, sign the Model of Excellence and attend the Board and Commission Orientation hosted by the Office of the City Clerk. A ceremonial oath will be offered to all incoming members.
 
EXISTING POLICY
On April 21, 2015, Council adopted revisions to Council Policy 7.2.19 Boards and Commissions regarding the appointment of board and commission members to allow for paper votes or individual candidate votes, at the discretion of the Mayor.
 
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
 
ALTERNATIVES
1. Appoint commissioners from the applicants listed in this report.  
2. Provide other direction to staff on how to proceed.
 
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Staff makes no recommendation.
 
Staff
Prepared by: Lisa Natusch, Deputy City Clerk
Reviewed by: Robert A. Walker, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Deanna J. Santana, City Manager