City of Sunnyvale  
Meeting Minutes - Final  
Community Event and Neighborhood  
Grant Distribution Subcommittee  
Friday, December 8, 2023  
2:00 PM  
Online and Bay Conference Room (Room  
145), City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,  
Sunnyvale, CA 94086  
CALL TO ORDER  
Councilmember Srinivasan called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m.  
ROLL CALL  
Present: 2 -  
Member Linda Sell  
Member Murali Srinivasan  
Absent: 1 - Member Alysa Cisneros  
Chair Cisneros (excused absence)  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
None.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
Councilmember Sell moved and Councilmember Srinivasan seconded the motion to  
Approve the Community Event and Neighborhood Grant Program Subcommittee  
Meeting Minutes of August 18, 2023 as submitted.  
Yes: 2 -  
Member Sell  
Member Srinivasan  
No: 0  
Absent: 1 - Member Cisneros  
23-0722  
Approve the Community Event and Neighborhood Grant  
Distribution Subcommittee Meeting Minutes of August 18, 2023  
GENERAL BUSINESS  
23-0723  
Review of Calendar Year 2023 Grants and Consideration of  
2024 Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program  
Applications  
Youth and Family Resources Manager, Angela Chan, provided a presentation on  
the Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program. Highlights included:  
overview, outreach, grant requests and funding options.  
Councilmembers inquired and staff responded:  
Why was the Holi event not funded in option 2? The South Asian Cultural  
Assocation of Sunnyvale (SACAS) did not have bandwidth this year to coordinate  
the Holi event, so funding for next year was removed from option 2.  
Can unused funding be rolled over to the next year? No.  
Councilmember Srinivasan opened for public comment.  
Valerie S. and Courtney J. supported funding option 2. They cited that groups that  
serve more people would benefit from receiving a larger portion of the funds. Option  
2 would also favor groups that put more detail into their application.  
Councilmember Srinivasan closed public comment.  
Councilmember Sell moved and Counciilmember Srinivasan seconded the motion to  
approve Option 1 funding levels for Community Events with the reduction of $587  
from the Holi event, and approve Option 2 funding levels for Neighborhood Grants.  
The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes: 2 -  
Member Sell  
Member Srinivasan  
No: 0  
Absent: 1 - Member Cisneros  
INFORMATION ONLY  
None.  
ADJOURNMENT  
Councilmember Srinivasan adjourned the meeting at 3:00 p.m.