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Board of Library Trustees

Regular Meeting

Sunnyvale, CA · May 15, 2024

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City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes - Final Board of Library Trustees Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Special Joint Meeting with the Arts Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission. 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 Sharlene Wang Board Member Charlsie Chang Board Member Carter Hu David Kesting Prakash Giri Prashant Gattani Daniel Bremond Agnes Veith Kathryn Filley Winnie Lam Molly Kauffman Dawna Eskridge Absent: 2 - Board Member Rahul Jain Dona Mason Board Member Jain (excused absence) Vice Chair Mason (excused absence) Council Liaison Cisneros (present) Council Liaison Klein (present) Council Liaison Mehlinger (absent) PRESENTATION City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Board of Library Trustees Meeting Minutes - Final May 15, 2024 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: City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Board of Library Trustees Meeting Minutes - Final May 15, 2024 Yes: 13 - Chair Wang Juttukonda Board Member Chang Board Member Hu Kesting Giri Gattani Bremond Veith Filley Lam Kauffman Eskridge No: 0 Absent: 2 - Board Member Jain Mason NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Board Member 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. City of Sunnyvale Page 3

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City of Sunnyvale Notice and Agenda Board of Library Trustees Wednesday, May 15, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Special Joint Meeting with the Arts Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission. Special Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96704441776 Public Participation • In-person participation: You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving it to the Recording Officer. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option. The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications. • Online participation: You may provide audio public comment by connecting to the meeting online or by telephone. Use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak (*9 on a telephone): Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96704441776 Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 967 0444 1776 (*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute) • Watch the Board of Library Trustees meeting at: www.Sunnyvale.ca.gov/YouTubeMeetings • Submit written comments to the Board of Library Trustees no later than 4 hours prior to the meeting start to LibraryTrusteesBoard@sunnyvale.ca.gov or by mail to: City Clerk, 456 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Printed on 5/6/2024 Board of Library Trustees Notice and Agenda May 15, 2024 • Review recordings of this meeting and past meetings at https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to provide public comment, or for other special assistance; please contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. ADA contact: Angela Chan may be reached at 408-730-7599 or ncs@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)). CALL TO ORDER SALUTE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL PRESENTATION 24-0622 Future of Sunnyvale Main Library ORAL COMMUNICATIONS The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting. Such a determination shall be made prior to opening public comment on Oral Communications. This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the Board of Library Trustees on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15 minutes (may be extended or continued after the public hearings/general business section of the agenda at the discretion of the Chair) with a maximum of up to three minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow the Board of Library Trustees to take action on an item not listed on the agenda. If you wish to address the Board of Library Trustees, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this section. CONSENT CALENDAR City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Printed on 5/6/2024 Board of Library Trustees Notice and Agenda May 15, 2024 All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If a member of the public would like a consent calendar item pulled and discussed separately, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to notice at the beginning of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three minutes. 24-0619 Review and Recommend Council Approve Recommended Budget NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Board Member Comments -Staff Comments INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS ADJOURNMENT Notice to the Public: Any agenda related writings or documents distributed to members of this meeting body regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the originating department or can be accessed through the Office of the City Clerk located at 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours and in the Bay Conference Room on the evening of the Board of Library Trustees Meeting, pursuant to Government Code §54957.5. Agenda information is available by contacting Elizabeth Rich at 408-730-7316 or erich@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Agendas and associated reports are also available 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov and during normal business hours at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue. City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Printed on 5/6/2024

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