City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Tuesday, April 7, 2026  
7:00 PM  
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,  
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086  
Regular Meeting - 7 PM  
7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING  
CALL TO ORDER  
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.  
SALUTE TO THE FLAG  
Mayor Klein led the salute to the United States flag.  
ROLL CALL  
Present: 7 - Mayor Larry Klein  
Vice Mayor Richard Mehlinger  
Councilmember Alysa Cisneros  
Councilmember Murali Srinivasan  
Councilmember Linda Sell  
Councilmember Charlsie Chang  
Councilmember Eileen Le  
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY  
A
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Arab-American Heritage Month  
Mayor Klein spoke in honor of Arab American Heritage Month.  
Diane Mogannam Straetker, President, Arab American Cultural Center of Silicon  
Valley, spoke in recognition of Arab American Heritage Month.  
B
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Fair Housing Month  
Mayor Klein spoke in honor of Fair Housing Month.  
Sheng Ziong, Fair Housing Community Outreach Coordinator, Project Sentinel,  
spoke in recognition of Fair Housing Month.  
PRESENTATION  
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Current Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Projects and  
Senate Bill (SB) 63 (San Francisco Bay Area: Local Revenue  
Measure: Public Transit Funding)  
Councilmember Chang recused themselves from the presentation item due to their  
employment at a public transportation agency and left the meeting at 7:18 p.m.  
Carolyn Gonot, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer, Santa Clara Valley  
Transportation Authority (VTA), provided the report and presentation.  
Public Comment opened at 8:31 p.m.  
David Heffernan shared experience using VTA transportation services and offered  
suggestions for improvement.  
Calley Wang voiced their support for improving VTA service and Senate Bill 63 (SB  
63) San Francisco Bay Area: Local Revenue Measure: Public Transit Funding.  
Adina Levin, Seamless Bay Area, spoke in support of increasing VTA services and  
SB 63.  
Mark Brawnson shared their concerns with how their life is impacted by VTA and  
the City of Sunnyvale.  
Afsaneh Jabbar spoke to traffic signal prioritization and how it may create  
pedestrian safety issues.  
Public Comment closed at 8:43 p.m.  
City Council took a recess at 8:43 p.m.  
Councilmember Chang returned to the meeting at 8:49 p.m.  
Council reconvened at 8:49 p.m. with all Councilmembers present.  
STUDY SESSION  
D
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Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness  
Ray Bramson, Chief Operating Officer, Destination Home; and Kathryn (KJ)  
Kaminski, Director, Office of Supportive Housing, Santa Clara County, provided the  
report and presentation.  
Public Comment opened at 10:01 p.m.  
Daniel Heffernan spoke to homelessness in Sunnyvale and how the one might best  
access unhoused services.  
Tony Cammarabi voiced their concerns with the use of taxes to fund unhoused  
supportive services.  
Erica Jones communicated their concerns with government using taxpayer dollars  
towards unhoused services.  
Elaina Babayab sought a better understanding of measurable outcomes and  
understanding target goals of the community plan.  
Rose Gregorio shared concerns for unhoused seniors and their ability access  
unhoused services.  
Marie Bernard, Executive Director, Sunnyvale Community Services, shared their  
comments on the partnership between Santa Clara County and to Sunnyvale  
Community Services to provide homelessness prevention programs.  
Public Comment closed at 10:14 p.m.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
Councilmember Chang announced the current Board and Commission recruitment,  
National Library Week, Poetry Month, and the Earth Day Festival.  
Stephen Meier voiced concerns with the City’s litigation with Bay Keeper.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
Public Comment opened at 10:22 p.m.  
No speakers.  
Public Comment closed at 10:22 p.m.  
MOTION: Vice Mayor Mehlinger moved and Councilmember Cisneros seconded  
the motion to approve agenda items 1.A through 1.I.  
The motion carried with the following vote:  
Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein  
Vice Mayor Mehlinger  
Councilmember Cisneros  
Councilmember Srinivasan  
Councilmember Sell  
Councilmember Chang  
Councilmember Le  
No: 0  
1.A  
1.B  
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26-0122  
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of February 26, 2026  
(Council Priority Projects Workshop)  
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2026  
Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of March 10, 2026 as submitted.  
1.C  
Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of March 24, 2026 as submitted.  
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Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of March 24, 2026  
1.D  
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Approve the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment  
by the City Manager  
Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.  
1.E  
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Approve Budget Modification No. 17 to Appropriate $503,384  
of the Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Noncompetitive  
Member Agency Grant Funds for the Fire Station 2 - New  
Construction Project  
Approve Budget Modification No. 17 to appropriate $503,384 of the Silicon Valley  
Clean Energy (SVCE) Noncompetitive Member Agency Grant Funds for the Fire  
Station 2-New Construction Project.  
1.F  
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Authorize a Change Order Increasing the Agreement with  
Can/Am Technologies, Inc. by $133,660.36 to add Teller  
Online with Elavon Integration and Implementation Services  
for the Teller Implementation Project and Approve Budget  
Modification No. 18 in the Amount of $33,202 (F26-418)  
Take the following actions:  
- Approve the change order to the software as a service agreement with Can/Am  
Technologies, Inc. in substantially the same form as Attachment 1 to the report to  
increase the agreement amount by $133,660.36 for a new not to exceed total of  
$728,766.36;  
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the change order when all necessary  
conditions have been met;  
- Authorize the City Manager to amend the agreement, and to increase  
compensation subject to budget availability, need, and negotiated pricing; and  
- Approve Budget Modification No. 18 in the amount of $33,202.  
1.G  
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Award a Consultant Services Agreement to BFS Landscape  
Architects in the Amount of $520,848 for Professional  
Services for the Baylands Park Infrastructure Project  
(F26-105)  
Take the following Actions:  
- Award a Consultant Services Agreement to BFS Landscape Architects of  
Monterey in the amount of $520,848 for professional services for the Baylands Park  
Infrastructure Project in substantially the same form as Attachment 1 to the report;  
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement when all the necessary  
conditions have been met; and  
- Approve a 10% contingency in the amount of $52,085.  
1.H  
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Approve the First Amendment to the Oracle Enterprise  
Resource Planning (ERP) Support and Testing Services  
Agreement with Novamodus, Inc. and Authorize the City  
Manager to Approve up to Three Additional One-Year  
Extensions, Subject to Budget Availability (F26-310)  
Take the following actions:  
- Approve the First Amendment to the Oracle ERP Support and Testing Services  
Agreement with Novamodus, Inc., in substantially the same form as Attachment 1  
to the report, increasing the not-to-exceed contract amount from $230,403 to  
$478,800 and exercising the first of four optional one-year extensions through  
March 31, 2027;  
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment when all necessary  
conditions have been met; and  
- Authorize the City Manager to approve up to three additional one-year extensions  
subject to budget availability and satisfactory performance.  
1.I  
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Adopt a Resolution Dissolving the Human Relations  
Commission  
Adopt a Resolution Dissolving the Human Relations Commission (HRC).  
City Council took a recess at 10:23 p.m. and reconvened at 10:29 p.m. with all  
Councilmembers present.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS  
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REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE TO JULY 21, 2026  
Proposed Project: Consider applications on a 0.77-acre site at  
Carlisle Way:  
USE PERMIT: To allow construction of a replacement  
groundwater extraction well, a 17-foot-tall water storage tank,  
chemical storage cabinets, and associated utility and  
right-of-way improvements; and  
EIR: Adopt a Resolution to certify the Environmental Impact  
Report (EIR), make required findings under the California  
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and adopt a Statement of  
Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and  
Reporting Program.  
Location: 800 Carlisle Way (APN: 309-12-013)  
File: 2022-7041  
Zoning: R-0/S (Low Density Residential/Single-Story  
combining district)  
Applicant and Owner: California Water Service (Cal Water)  
Environmental Review: Environmental Impact Report  
Project Planner: Mary Jeyaprakash, (408) 730-7449,  
mjeyaprakash@sunnyvale.ca.gov  
Deputy City Manager Connie Verceles provided the staff report.  
Public Hearing opened at 10:30 p.m.  
No speakers.  
Public Hearing closed at 10:30 p.m.  
MOTION: Vice Mayor Mehlinger moved and Councilmember Srinivasan seconded  
the motion to continue the City Council public hearing date to July 21, 2026.  
The motion carried with the following vote:  
Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein  
Vice Mayor Mehlinger  
Councilmember Cisneros  
Councilmember Srinivasan  
Councilmember Sell  
Councilmember Chang  
Councilmember Le  
No: 0  
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Introduce an Ordinance Amending Chapter 10.26 of the  
Sunnyvale Municipal Code Relating to Preferential Parking on  
Residential Streets  
Interim Public Works Director Ramana Chinnakotla and Transportation and Traffic  
Manager Angela Obeso provided the staff report.  
Public Hearing opened at 10:42 p.m.  
No speakers.  
Public Hearing closed at 10:42 p.m.  
MOTION: Councilmember Srinivasan moved and Councilmember Cisneros  
seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1: Introduce an Ordinance Amending  
Chapter 10.26 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code Relating to Preferential Parking on  
Residential Streets.  
City Clerk David Carnahan read the Ordinance title for the record.  
The motion carried with the following vote:  
Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein  
Vice Mayor Mehlinger  
Councilmember Cisneros  
Councilmember Srinivasan  
Councilmember Sell  
Councilmember Chang  
Councilmember Le  
No: 0  
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Consider Adopting a Resolution Establishing a City Council  
Policy Prohibiting the Use of City Properties for Civil  
Immigration Enforcement Purposes and Providing Immigration  
Resources for City Property Owners, Businesses and  
Residents  
City Manager Tim Kirby provided the staff report.  
Public Hearing opened at 11:01 p.m.  
Eric Knock spoke in support of the proposed resolution establishing a City Council  
policy prohibiting the use of City properties for civil immigration enforcement  
purposes and providing immigration resources for property owners, businesses and  
residents.  
Bruce Hahne voiced their support for the proposed resolution.  
Akemi Flynn, Immigrant Protection & Empowerment Network, shared their support  
for the proposed resolution.  
Zachary Kaufman questioned how the City would enforce the proposed policy if  
federal agents do not comply.  
Stuart shared their support for the proposed resolution.  
Peggy Shen Brewster communicated their support for the proposed resolution.  
Huy Tran, Executive Director, Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network  
(Siren), shared their support for the proposed resolution and offered their services  
to assist the City in opposing federal immigration enforcement operations.  
Public Hearing closed at 11:13 p.m.  
MOTION: Councilmember Mehlinger moved and Councilmember Cisneros  
seconded the motion to approve Alternative 2: Adopt a Resolution Establishing City  
Council Policy 7.3.32, Prohibiting the Use of City Properties for Civil Immigration  
Enforcement Purposes and Related Policies to Provide Resources for City Property  
Owners, Businesses and Residents with the following modification:  
- Replace, "Identifying City properties that could be used for civil immigration  
enforcement activities" with "Identifying City properties most likely to be used for  
civil immigration enforcement activities."  
The motion carried with the following vote:  
Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein  
Vice Mayor Mehlinger  
Councilmember Cisneros  
Councilmember Srinivasan  
Councilmember Sell  
Councilmember Chang  
Councilmember Le  
No: 0  
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Review, Discussion and Potential Action to Adopt Council  
Policy 7.3.33 Disruption of Telephonic or Internet Service  
During City Council Meetings  
City Clerk David Carnahan provided the staff report.  
Public Hearing opened at 11:31 p.m.  
No speakers.  
Public Hearing closed at 11:31 p.m.  
MOTION: Vice Mayor Mehlinger moved and Councilmember Chang seconded the  
motion to approve Alternative 1: Adopt Council Policy 7.3.33 Disruption of  
Telephonic or Internet Service During City Council Meetings as shown in  
Attachment 1 to the report.  
The motion carried with the following vote:  
Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein  
Vice Mayor Mehlinger  
Councilmember Cisneros  
Councilmember Srinivasan  
Councilmember Sell  
Councilmember Chang  
Councilmember Le  
No: 0  
COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL  
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS  
Agenda item not heard by Council.  
NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS  
-Council  
Agenda item not heard by Council.  
-City Manager  
Agenda item not heard by Council.  
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS  
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Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar  
Board/Commission Meeting Minutes  
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ADJOURNMENT  
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 11:32 p.m.