City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes  
City Council  
Monday, May 12, 2025  
5:00 PM  
Online and Cottonwood Conference  
Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,  
Sunnyvale, CA 94086  
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 5 PM  
5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)  
Call to Order  
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 5:09 p.m.  
Roll Call  
Present: 7 -  
Mayor Larry Klein  
Vice Mayor Linda Sell  
Councilmember Alysa Cisneros  
Councilmember Richard Mehlinger  
Councilmember Murali Srinivasan  
Councilmember Charlsie Chang  
Councilmember Eileen Le  
Study Session  
A
25-0037  
Board and Commission Interviews  
Public Comment opened at 5:12 p.m.  
No speakers.  
Public Comment closed at 5:12 p.m.  
Council interviewed the following applicants for the Board and Commissions:  
Claudia Camacho - Human Relations Commission  
Juan Alvarez - Human Relations Commission  
Betsy Gisell Ortega Florez - Human Relations Commission (1st preference),  
Sustainability Commission – Category One (2nd preference)  
Council took a recess at 6:09 p.m. and reconvened at 6:20 p.m. with all  
Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.  
Marlene Hernandez - Housing and Human Services Commission (1st preference),  
Human Relations Commission (2nd preference)  
Yuriana Valencia - Human Relations Commission  
Pedro Valencia Landa - Human Relations Commission  
Terry Aaron - Human Relations Commission (1st preference), Sustainability  
Commission – Category One (2nd preference), Heritage Preservation Commission  
(3rd preference), Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (4th preference),  
Parks and Recreation Commission (5th preference), Housing and Human Services  
Commission (6th preference)  
Council took a recess at 7:24 p.m. and reconvened at 7:35 p.m. with all  
Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.  
Madeline Chang - Human Relations Commission (1st preference), Sustainability  
Commission -Category Two (2nd preference)  
Kristina Pistone - Sustainability Commission (Only preference)  
Yency Guio - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission  
Alex Bonne - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission  
Rao Shen - Housing and Human Services Commission (1st preference), Arts  
Commission (2nd preference)  
Colin Ford - Sustainability Commission – Category One (1st preference), Housing  
and Human Services Commission (2nd preference)  
Council took a recess at 9:28 p.m. and reconvened at 9:35 p.m. with all  
Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.  
Anubha Gupta - Parks and Recreation (1st preference), Planning Commission (2nd  
preference), Sustainability Commission (3rd preference), Bicycle and Pedestrian  
Advisory Commission (4th preference), Arts Commission (5th preference)  
Leesa Riviere - Housing and Human Services Commission (Only preference)  
Manisha Anarkat - Housing and Human Services Commission (1st preference),  
Planning Commission (2nd preference), Arts Commission (3rd preference),  
Personnel Board (4th preference), Parks and Recreation Commission (5th  
preference)  
Adjourn Special Meeting  
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 10:14 p.m.