City Council
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · August 21, 2014
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:30 AM Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum Event
Room, 570 E. Remington Drive,
Sunnyvale
Special Meeting: City Council Strategic Planning Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Griffith called the meeting to order at 8:38 a.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: 5 - Mayor Jim Griffith
Vice Mayor Jim Davis
Councilmember David Whittum
Councilmember Tara Martin-Milius
Councilmember Glenn Hendricks
Absent: 2 - Councilmember Pat Meyering
Councilmember Gustav Larsson
PUBLIC COMMENTS
Maria Pan provided comments regarding the City’s Mission Statement.
14-0109 City Manager’s Memo to Council: August 21 and September
2, 2014 Strategic Sessions
Study Session Summary:
Council received presentations on operational priorities, service gaps and trends in
service in each of the following areas:
-Administrative Services
-Library and Community Services and Public Facilities
-Transportation, Streets and Infrastructure
-Public Safety Services
-Environmental Service
-Community, Economic, and Workforce Development
Council reviewed organizational and resource capacity and limitations, and
identified policy priorities and issues, summarized below:
1. Civic Center
2. Main Library and Lakewood Branch Library
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3. Public Safety Over-hiring Policy and Additional Positions proposed study session
4. Infrastructure to support development
5. Strategic Planning for the Drought/Water; Decentralized systems/recapture
6. Transparent Performance Based Budgeting (especially for reserves);
administrative cost centers
7. Open space acquisition planning
8. Affordable housing
9. Technology
10. Revenues v. expenses/funding
11. Community engagement
12. Workforce Planning/capacity of staff
13. Traffic
14. The Downtown
15. Creative solutions for golf courses
Council discussed policy priorities as topics for further discussion on Day 2 of the
Strategic Planning Sessions:
1. Civic Center Campus and Main Library
2. Infrastructure to Support Development and Traffic
3. Open Space Acquisition Planning and Future of Golf Courses
4. Downtown Sunnyvale
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Griffith adjourned the meeting at 4:46 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
City Council
Thursday, August 21, 2014 8:30 AM Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum Event
Room, 570 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale
Special Meeting: City Council Strategic Planning Meeting
CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order in the Event Room (Open to the Public)
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS
This category is limited to 15 minutes with a maximum of three minutes per
speaker. If your subject is not on the agenda you will be recognized at this time;
however, the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by
Councilmembers. If you wish to address the Council, please complete a speaker
card and give it to the Mayor. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this
section.
OVERVIEW
14-0109 City Manager’s Memo to Council: August 21 and September
2, 2014 Strategic Sessions
OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES
-Administrative Services
-Library and Community Services and Public Facilties
-Transportation, Streets and Infrastructure
-Public Safety Services
-Environmental Services
-Community, Economic, and Workforce Development
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COUNCIL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any agenda related writings or documents distributed to members of the City of
Sunnyvale City Council regarding any open session item on this agenda will be
made available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk located at 603 All
America Way, Sunnyvale, California during normal business hours and in the
Sunnyvale Heritage Museum on the day of the Special Council Meeting, pursuant
to Government Code §54957.5. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408)
730-7483 for specific questions regarding the agenda.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in
this meeting, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 730-7483.
Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.106 ADA Title II).
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