City of Sunnyvale

Meeting Minutes

City Council

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

5:30 PM

Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,

456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Special Meeting: Study Session - 5:30 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM | Joint Meeting of City

Council and Sunnyvale Financing Authority - 7 PM

5:30 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)

Call to Order

Vice Mayor Srinivasan called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.

Roll Call

Present: 7 -

Mayor Larry Klein

Vice Mayor Murali Srinivasan

Councilmember Russ Melton

Councilmember Alysa Cisneros

Councilmember Omar Din

Councilmember Richard Mehlinger

Councilmember Linda Sell

Study Session

24-0458

Re-evaluate Traffic Calming Program and Policy Update

Principal Transportation Engineer/Planner Lillian Tsang provided the staff report

and presentation.

Public Hearing opened at 6:51 p.m.

David Kesting spoke to the need for a traffic calming study on Washington Avenue.

Shawn Ellis shared the need for a traffic calming study on Washington Avenue and

for developing a more understandable traffic calming process.

Eli Kesting voiced their safety concerns with the traffic troubles on Washington

Avenue.

Marloleine De Waal spoke to traffic safety concerns on Washington Avenue, Evelyn

Avenue and Mary Avenue.

Bryce Beagle voiced their support for revising the traffic calming program.

Mei-Ling Shek inquired about the traffic calming study in the Panama Park

neighborhood and if it could be escalated.

Kristen Kurimoto shared their desire for improved communication of the traffic

calming program and quick-build project notifications.

Public Hearing closed at 7:00 p.m.

Adjourn Special Meeting

Vice Mayor Srinivasan adjourned the meeting at 7:21 p.m.

7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 7:29 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 Murali Srinivasan

Councilmember Russ Melton

Councilmember Alysa Cisneros

Councilmember Omar Din

Councilmember Richard Mehlinger

Councilmember Linda Sell

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

Councilmember Mehlinger announced the Sunnyvale Independence Day Drone

Show and applications are being accepted for the community member interview

panel to select the next City Manager.

Geeta shared their traffic and safety concerns at the Central Avenue and E. Olive

Avenue intersection.

Martin Pyne, Political Director, Sunnyvale Democratic Club, announced the Club is

hosting endorsement interviews for Sunnyvale City Council and Mayoral elections.

Shilpa B shared their concerns with recent robbery incidents and how Public Safety

responds to such incidents.

Sreeja Pavuluri, Government Affairs and Policy Associate, Tarana Wireless,

announced the 4th annual Stars and Stripes Community Run and Walk.

CONSENT CALENDAR

Public Comment opened at 7:43 p.m.

No speakers.

Public Comment closed at 7:43 p.m.

MOTION: Vice Mayor Srinivasan moved and Councilmember Melton seconded the

motion to approve agenda items 1.A through 1.O.

The motion carried with the following vote:

Yes: 7 -

Mayor Klein

Vice Mayor Srinivasan

Councilmember Melton

Councilmember Cisneros

Councilmember Din

Councilmember Mehlinger

Councilmember Sell

No: 0

1.A

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 7, 2024 as submitted.

24-0031

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 7, 2024

1.B

24-0199

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 13, 2024

(Closed Session | Board and Commission Interviews)

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 13, 2024 as submitted.

1.C

24-0233

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 14, 2024 (Board

and Commission Interviews)

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 14, 2024 as submitted.

1.D

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2024 as submitted.

24-0218

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2024

1.E

24-0283

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2024

(Budget Workshop)

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2024 as submitted.

1.F

24-0601

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2024 (Board

and Commission Appointments)

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2024 as submitted.

1.G

24-0440

Approve the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment

by the City Manager

Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.

1.H

24-0711

Adopt a Resolution Amending the City’s Salary Resolution and

Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for Pay Plan Category C

(Public Safety Officers Association) and Pay Plan Category M

(Public Safety Managers Association) Effective July 7, 2024

Adopt a Resolution amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to

increase salaries for Pay Plan Category C (Public Safety Officers Association) and

Pay Plan Category M (Public Safety Managers Association) effective July 7, 2024.

1.I

24-0405

Adopt Resolution for the City of Sunnyvale to Seek

Reimbursement for Costs Related to the Water Pollution

Control Plant Secondary Treatment and Dewatering Facilities

Project to be Included in the City’s Low-Interest Loan from the

State Water Resources Control Board

Adopt a Resolution seeking reimbursement for costs related to the Water Pollution

Control Plant Secondary Treatment and Dewatering Facilities Project to be included

in the City’s low-interest loan from the State Water Resources Control Board.

1.J

24-0650

Approve Budget Modification No. 25 to Appropriate $412,829

of Senate Bill 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funds

Approve Budget Modification No. 25 to appropriate $412,829 of CalRecycle SB

1383 Local Assistance Grant Program funds.

1.K

24-0625

Award of Consultant Services Agreement in the Amount of

$2,422,269 to Alta Planning + Design, Inc. for the East

Channel Trail Study (F24-054) and Find that the Action is

Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15262

Take the following actions:

- Award a Consultant Services Agreement in substantially the same form as

Attachment 2 to the report in an amount not-to-exceed $2,422,269 to Alta Planning

+ Design, Inc. of Portland, OR;

- Approve a 10% contingency in the amount of $242,227;

- Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all necessary conditions

have been met; and

- Find the Project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

pursuant to Guidelines Section 15262.

1.L

24-0693

Authorize the City Manager to Apply for a Discretionary

Wastewater Discharge Permit from East Bay Municipal Utility

District (EBMUD) for the Disposal of Source-Separated

Residential and Commercial Organic Waste from the

Sunnyvale SMaRT Station® in the Amount of $470,000

Authorize the City Manager to apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge

Permit in the amount of $470,000 with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD)

for the disposal of source-separated residential and commercial organic waste from

the Sunnyvale SMaRT Station® and authorize the City Manager to renew this

permit for five additional one-year periods subject to available budget and as long

as service and pricing remain acceptable.

1.M

24-0578

Authorize the City Manager to Sign the Memorandum of

Understanding Between the Santa Clara County Recycling

and Waste Reduction Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

Member Jurisdictions Establishing Ongoing Management and

Operation of the Edible Food Recovery Program to Comply

with the Requirements of Senate Bill 1383 (California’s

Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy)

Authorize the City Manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the

Santa Clara County Recycling and Waste Reduction Technical Advisory Committee

(TAC) member jurisdictions establishing ongoing management and operation of the

edible food recovery program to comply with the requirements of Senate Bill 1383

(California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy).

1.N

24-0558

Authorize the City Manager to (1) Execute the Memorandum of

Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Energy for the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution

Reduction Grant Public Facility Resilience Implementation

Program in Substantially the Same Format as Attached, and

(2) Approve Project Scope Revisions Necessitated by Project

Funding, Budget or Bid Changes and Submit Scope Change

Requests to the EPA as Needed During Implementation of the

Grant

Authorize the City Manager to (1) Execute a Memorandum of Agreement with Silicon

Valley Clean Energy for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate

Pollution Reduction Grant Public Facility Resilience Implementation Program in

substantially the same format as attached to the report, and (2) Approve Project

Scope Revisions necessitated by Project Funding, Budget or Bid Changes and

Submit Scope Change Requests to the EPA as needed during implementation of

the grant.

1.O

24-0734

Approve Amendment to Exhibit A to Resolution 1234-24

(Resolution Calling a General Municipal Election) to Correct

Clerical Errors in Proposed City Charter Amendments

Approve an amendment to Exhibit A to Resolution 1234-24 (Resolution Calling a

General Municipal Election) to correct clerical errors in proposed City Charter

Amendments.

ADJOURNMENT TO JOINT MEETING WITH THE SUNNYVALE FINANCING

AUTHORITY

Mayor Klein adjourned the Council meeting to the joint meeting of the City Council

and Sunnyvale Financing Authority at 7:45 p.m

7 P.M. (OR SOON THEREAFTER) JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND

SUNNYVALE FINANCING AUTHORITY

Call to Order

Authority Chair/Mayor Klein called the joint meeting of the City Council and

Sunnyvale Financing Authority Meeting to order at 7:45 p.m.

Roll Call

Present: 7 - Authority Chair / Mayor Larry Klein

Authority Vice Chair / Vice Mayor Murali

Authority Member / Councilmember Russ Melton

Authority Member / Councilmember Alysa Cisneros

Authority Member / Councilmember Omar Din

Authority Member / Councilmember Richard Mehlinger

Authority Member / Councilmember Linda Sell

Oral Communications

No speakers.

Consent Calendar

Public Comment opened at 7:48 p.m.

No speakers.

Public Comment closed at 7:48 p.m.

MOTION: Authority Vice Chair Srinivasan moved and Authority Member Din

seconded the motion to approve agenda item 2.A

The motion carried with the following vote:

Yes

Authority Chair Kleinꢀ

Authority Vice Chair Srinivasanꢀ

Authority Member Meltonꢀ

Authority Member Cisneros

Authority Member Din

Authority Member Mehlingerꢀ

Authority Member Sellꢀ

Absent

2.A

24-0687

Approve Sunnyvale Financing Authority Meeting Minutes of

June 4, 2024

Approve the Sunnyvale Financing Authority Meeting Minutes of June 4, 2024 as

submitted.

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

24-0264

City Council Adoption of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Budget,

Fee Schedule and Appropriations Limit, and Sunnyvale

Financing Authority Adoption of the FY 2024/25 Budget

Finance Director Tim Kirby provided the staff report.

Public Hearing opened at 8:03 p.m.

No speakers.

Public Hearing closed at 8:03 p.m.

Sunnyvale Financing Authority:

MOTION: Authority Member Melton moved and Authority Vice Chair Srinivasan

seconded the motion to approve Alternative 2: Adopt the FY 2024/25 Budget

Resolution (Sunnyvale Financing Authority) presented as Attachment 4 to this

report.

The motion carried with the following vote:

Yes

Authority Chair Kleinꢀ

Authority Vice Chair Srinivasanꢀ

Authority Member Meltonꢀ

Authority Member Cisneros

Authority Member Din

Authority Member Mehlingerꢀ

Authority Member Sellꢀ

City Council:

MOTION: Councilmember Melton moved and Councilmember Mehlinger seconded

the motion to approve Alternative 1: Adopt the resolutions presented as Attachment

1 (including Exhibit A), Attachment 2 (including Exhibits A through D), and

Attachment 3 (including Exhibit A) that provide for the adoption of the Fiscal Year

(FY) 2024/25 Fee Schedule, Budget, and Appropriations Limit, with the following

addition:

- Include the golf infrastructure fee.

The motion carried with the following vote:

Yes: 7 -

Mayor Klein

Vice Mayor Srinivasan

Councilmember Melton

Councilmember Cisneros

Councilmember Din

Councilmember Mehlinger

Councilmember Sell

No: 0

ADJOURN JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND SUNNYVALE FINANCING AUTHORITY

MEETING

Authority Chair/Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 8:14 p.m.

RECONVENE TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Mayor Klein reconvened the City Council meeting at 8:20 p.m.

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

24-0025

Adoption of a Resolution of Necessity and Introduction of an

Ordinance Ordering the Submission to Sunnyvale Voters at the

November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election of a

Proposition Incurring Bonded Indebtedness for the Purpose of

Financing the Cost of Acquisition, Construction, and

Improvement of Certain Municipal Improvement Projects (New

Main Library)

Assistant Finance Director Dennis Jaw provided the staff report and presentation.

Public Hearing opened at 8:37 p.m.

Larry Alba provided a presentation in opposition to the City putting forward a new

main library bond ballot measure.

Philip Alba continued the presentation.

Basem voiced their concerns with the increase in property taxes associated with the

proposed new main library bond ballot measure.

Ray Johnson spoke in opposition to a new main library bond ballot measure.

Cynthia Johnson communicated their opposition to a new main library bond ballot

measure.

Public Hearing closed at 8:46 p.m.

MOTION: Councilmember Melton moved and Councilmember Mehlinger seconded

the motion to approve Alternative 1: Adopt a Resolution determining that the public

interest and necessity demand the acquisition, construction and improvement of

municipal improvement projects constituting public infrastructure of the City, and

their financing through the issuance of general obligation bonds; and introduce an

Ordinance ordering the submission of a proposition incurring bonded indebtedness

to the qualified voters of the City of Sunnyvale at the General Municipal Election to

be held on November 5, 2024, for the purpose of financing the cost of the

acquisition, construction and improvement of certain municipal improvement projects

constituting public infrastructure of the City.

Deputy City Clerk Sandra Barajas read the Ordinance title for the record.

The motion carried with the following vote:

Yes: 7 -

Mayor Klein

Vice Mayor Srinivasan

Councilmember Melton

Councilmember Cisneros

Councilmember Din

Councilmember Mehlinger

Councilmember Sell

No: 0

COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Councilmember Mehlinger reported on recent Bay Area Water Supply and

Conservation Agency (BAWSCA) and Caltrain Local Policy Maker Group meetings.

Vice Mayor Srinivasanꢀreported their attendance at the National League of Cities

Summer Board and Leadership meeting.

Mayor Kleinꢀreported on a recent Silicon Valley Clean Energy Board of Directors

meeting.

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

-Council

Councilmember Mehlinger inquired if the City has been in communication with the

Sunnyvale School District in regard to the Kids Learning After School (KLAS)

Program.

Councilmember Mehlinger inquired about the recently installed tuff curb’s and if they

can be modified for bicyclist access.

MOTION: Councilmember Mehlinger moved and Mayor Klein seconded the motion

to agendize a study session to discuss how Sunnyvale is partnering with regional

partners to combat retail and vehicle theft.

The motion carried with the following vote: