City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Parks and Recreation Commission  
Wednesday, May 15, 2024  
7:00 PM  
Online and Bay Conference Room (Room  
145), City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,  
Sunnyvale, CA 94086  
Special Joint Meeting with the Arts Commission and Board of Library Trustees.  
CALL TO ORDER  
Chair Veith called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  
SALUTE TO THE FLAG  
Chair Veith led the salute to the United States flag.  
ROLL CALL  
Present: 12 - Chair David Kesting  
Commissioner Prashant Gattani  
Commissioner Prakash Giri  
Sharlene Wang  
Meena Juttukonda  
Carter Hu  
Charlsie Chang  
Agnes Veith  
Kathryn Filley  
Winnie Lam  
Molly Kauffman  
Dawna Eskridge  
Absent: 2 - Vice Chair Dona Mason  
Rahul Jain  
Board Member Jain (excused absence)  
Vice Chair Mason (excused absence)  
Council Liaison Cisneros (present)  
Council Liaison Klein (present)  
Council Liaison Mehlinger (absent)  
PRESENTATION  
A
24-0622  
Future of Sunnyvale Main Library  
Allison Boyer and Michelle Perera from the City of Sunnyvale; and David Schnee  
from Group 4 Architecture presented on the Main Library Project Update. Highlights  
included: project overview, design update, parking, and sustainability.  
Chair Veith opened public comment.  
Ms. Johnson asked if we sought input from other libraries.  
Ms. Martin-Milius is in favor of the larger library and supports the increase in  
property tax.  
Chair Veith closed public comment.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS  
None.  
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS  
1
24-0619  
Review and Recommend Council Approve Recommended  
Budget  
Director of Finance, Tim Kirby, provided a presentation on the recommended  
budget. Highlights included: legal framework, community values, budget principles,  
budget workshop, budget summaries, city-wide revenues, reserve balances, and  
the recommended budget.  
Commissioner Lam moved and Chair Wang seconded the motion to Recommend  
Council Approve the Recommended Budget. The motion carried by the following  
vote:  
Yes: 13 - Chair Kesting  
Bremond  
Commissioner Gattani  
Commissioner Giri  
Wang  
Juttukonda  
Hu  
Chang  
Veith  
Filley  
Lam  
Kauffman  
Eskridge  
No: 0  
Absent: 2 - Vice Chair Mason  
Jain  
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS  
-Commissioner Comments  
-Chair Wang encouraged commissioners, board members and the public to attend  
the May 21, 5 p.m. Council meeting, and show support for the new main library.  
-Chair Kesting spoke about being patient with some city services and advocating  
for things that are important to you.  
-Staff Comments  
-Superintendent of Libraries, Garrett Kuramoto spoke about Summer Reading at  
the library which starts on June 1, and new redesigned library website  
(SunnyvaleLibrary.org).  
-Mayor Klein thanked everyone for attending, and spoke about the Earth Day event,  
Council budget workshop, and the 4th of July drone show.  
-Executive Assistant, Ricky Le thanked everyone for attending Hands on the Arts.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Chair Veith adjourned the meeting at 9:04 p.m.