City Council
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · May 11, 2021
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 5 PM
5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on
March 17, 2020, the meeting was conducted telephonically.
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. via teleconference.
Roll Call
Present: 5 - Mayor Larry Klein
Vice Mayor Glenn Hendricks
Councilmember Gustav Larsson
Councilmember Russ Melton
Councilmember Alysa Cisneros
Absent: 2 - Councilmember Mason Fong
Councilmember Omar Din
Mayor Klein, Vice Mayor Hendricks and Councilmembers Larsson, Melton and
Ciscneros attended via teleconference.
Study Session
21-0114 Board and Commission Interviews
Public Comment opened at 5:06 p.m.
No speakers.
Public Comment closed at 5:06 p.m.
Council interviewed the following applicants for vacancies on boards and
commissions:
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Winnie Lam - Arts Commission
Councilmember Fong joined the meeting at 5:20 p.m.
Casilda de Benito - Arts Commission
Roland Yambao - Arts Commission
Richard Walrod - Arts Commission
Ronald Kundich - Parks and Recreation Commission and Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Commission (Categories One & Two)
Lucie Ramos - Arts Commission
Yonghong Shen - Board of Building Code Appeals
Council took a recess at 6:39 p.m. and reconvened at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Klein,
Vice Mayor Hendricks and Councilmembers Larsson, Melton, Fong and Cisneros
present via teleconference.
Srikanthaiah (Ken) Hiremath - Housing and Human Services Commission
Jim Davis - Housing and Human Services Commission
Scott Duncan - Housing and Human Services Commission
Leesa Riviere - Housing and Human Services Commission, Parks and Recreation
Commission, Planning Commission and Board of Library Trustees
Ralph Kenton - Sustainability Commission (Category One)
Ulirch (Alex) Bonne - Sustainability Commission (Category One), Bicycle and
Pedestrian Advisory Commission (Category One)
Justin Wang - Sustainability Commission (Category One)
Council took a recess at 8:44 p.m. and reconvened at 9:00 p.m.with Mayor Klein,
Vice Mayor Hendricks and Councilmembers Larsson, Melton, Fong and Cisneros
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present via teleconference.
Jonathan Lee - Sustainability Commission (Category One)
Avanti Nadgir - Sustainability Commission (Category One)
Kristina Pistone - Sustainability Commission (Category One) and Bicycle and
Pedestrian Advisory Commission (Category One)
Mehmet (Matt) Pamukcu - Sustainability Commission (Category One), Planning
Commission and Art Commission
Sudeshna Pabi - Sustainability Commission (Category One), Bicycle and Pedestrian
Advisory Commission (Categories One & Two) and Board of Building Code Appeals
Arwen Davé - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (Category One)
Adjourn Special Meeting
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 10:23 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
City Council
Tuesday, May 11, 2021 5:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 5 PM
Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/97267381426
Because of the COVID-19 emergency and the “shelter in place” orders issued by
Santa Clara County and the State of California, this meeting of the Sunnyvale City
Council will take place by teleconference, as allowed by Governor Gavin
Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20.
• Watch the City Council meeting at http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings
• Submit written comments to the City Council up to 4 hours prior to the meeting to
council@sunnyvale.ca.gov or by mail to City Clerk, 603 All America Way,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086.
• Teleconference participation: You may provide audio public comment by
connecting to the teleconference 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/97267381426
Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 972 6738 1426
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Executive Order
N-29-20, if you need special assistance to provide public comment, contact the
City at least 2 hours prior to the meeting in order for the City to make reasonable
alternative arrangements for you to communicate your comments. 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. The Office of the City Clerk may be reached at (408) 730-7483 or
cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)).
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5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Call to Order via teleconference.
Roll Call
Study Session
The public may provide comments regarding the Study Session item(s). If you
wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this
agenda.
21-0114 Board and Commission Interviews
Adjourn Special Meeting
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The agenda reports to council (RTCs) may be viewed on the City’s website at
sunnyvale.ca.gov after 7 p.m. on Thursdays or in the Office of the City Clerk
located at 603 All America Way, prior to Tuesday City Council meetings. 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, during normal business hours and in the Council Chamber on
the evening of the Council Meeting, pursuant to Government Code §54957.5.
Please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 730-7483 to access City Hall to
view these materials and for specific questions regarding the agenda.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if you file a lawsuit challenging any final decision on
any public hearing item listed in this agenda, the issues in the lawsuit may be
limited to the issues which were raised at the public hearing or presented in
writing to the Office of the City Clerk at or before the public hearing. PLEASE
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.6 imposes a
90-day deadline for the filing of any lawsuit challenging final action on an agenda
item which is subject to Code of Civil Procedure 1094.5.
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