City Council
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · September 30, 2014
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:00 PM Special Meeting - Study Session 6 PM
(Audio only)
6 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
1 Call to Order in the West Conference Room (Open to the Public)
Vice Mayor Davis called the meeting to order at 6 p.m.
2 Roll Call
Present: 7 - Mayor Jim Griffith
Vice Mayor Jim Davis
Councilmember David Whittum
Councilmember Pat Meyering
Councilmember Tara Martin-Milius
Councilmember Glenn Hendricks
Councilmember Gustav Larsson
3 Study Session
14-0706 City’s Criteria and Standards for Accepting Park Land
Dedications
Study Session Summary:
Director of Public Works, Manuel Pineda, presented information about the City’s
current parkland dedication standards, using a PowerPoint slide presentation.
Councilmembers asked questions, made comments, and requested additional
information; summarized below (some comments were made by more than one
Councilmember and are only listed once).
• Discussion on the remediation costs of Seven Seas Park
• Concerns about the standards excluding large sites
• Concerns about the standards being too conservative
• Questions regarding Sunnyvale High School and whether it meets our standards
• Questions regarding housing being allowed where parks are not
• The legal options and legal concerns with contaminated property as parks
including mitigation and superfund sites
• Discussion on the standards allowing more flexibility
• Support of the stated purpose of Sunnyvale’s standards
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• Support of staff’s recommendation to review options and come back to Council
4 Public Comment
None.
5 Adjourn Special Meeting
Vice Mayor Davis adjourned the meeting at 6:39 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
City Council
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 6:00 PM West Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W.
Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Special Meeting - Study Session 6 PM (Audio only)
6 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
1 Call to Order in the West Conference Room (Open to the Public)
2 Roll Call
3 Study Session
14-0706 City’s Criteria and Standards for Accepting Park Land
Dedications
4 Public Comment
5 Adjourn Special Meeting
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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