City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes  
Heritage Preservation Commission  
Wednesday, December 6, 2023  
7:00 PM  
Online and Bay Conference Room (Room  
145), City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,  
Sunnyvale, CA 94086  
Regular Meeting - 7 PM  
Public Participation  
Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Johnson called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM and also welcomed  
Commissioner Garrett.  
SALUTE TO THE FLAG  
Chair Johnson led the salute to the flag.  
ROLL CALL  
Present: 5 -  
Chair Sue-Ellen Johnson  
Vice Chair Sarosh Patel  
Commissioner William Garrett  
Commissioner Ashmita Rajkumar  
Commissioner Pamela Sharma  
Commissioner Steve Caroompas  
Commissioner Aaron Sofaer  
Absent: 2 -  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
None.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
Approve the Draft Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes  
of September 6, 2023  
1.  
23-1112  
MOTION:  
Commissioner Sharma moved and Commissioner Patel seconded to approve the  
Draft Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting Minutes of September 6, 2023, as  
submitted.  
Motion carried by the following vote; however it was unclear if this met a quorum.  
Staff decided to continue the item to the next regular meeting:  
Yes: 3 -  
Chair Johnson  
Vice Chair Patel  
Commissioner Sharma  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Caroompas  
Commissioner Sofaer  
Abstain: 2 -  
Commissioner Garrett  
Commissioner Rajkumar  
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS  
2.  
23-1111  
Annual Review of Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed  
Officials  
MOTION:  
Commissioner Garret moved and Commissioner Rajkumar seconded to  
acknowledge that the Annual Review of Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected  
and Appointed Officials were reviewed.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes: 5 -  
Chair Johnson  
Vice Chair Patel  
Commissioner Garrett  
Commissioner Rajkumar  
Commissioner Sharma  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Caroompas  
Commissioner Sofaer  
Approve the Draft Heritage Preservation Commission 2024 Master  
Work Plan.  
3.  
23-1113  
Senior Planner Momoko Ishijima presented the Draft Heritage Preservation  
Commission 2024 Master Work Plan and discussed the Work Plan with Principal  
Planner George Schroeder. She noted meeting dates and relevant study issues that  
are tentatively scheduled. She also discussed that any applications for Heritage  
Preservation Commission review will be scheduled accordingly to these meeting  
dates. She then went through the Work Plan with the Commission.  
MOTION:  
Vice Chair Patel moved and Commissioner Garrett seconded to approved the Draft  
Heritage Preservation Commission 2024 Master Work Plan.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes: 5 -  
Chair Johnson  
Vice Chair Patel  
Commissioner Garrett  
Commissioner Rajkumar  
Commissioner Sharma  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 -  
Commissioner Caroompas  
Commissioner Sofaer  
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES  
None.  
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS  
-Commissioner Comments  
Commissioner Patel welcomed Councilmember Srinivasan as the Council Liaison to  
the Commission and thanked Mr. Schroeder for his guidance for the past years as  
the Staff Liaison to this Commission.  
Mr. Schroeder welcomed Ms. Ishijima as the new Staff Liaison to the Commission.  
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS  
None.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Johnson adjourned the meeting at 7:29 PM.