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City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes City Council Thursday, May 20, 2021 8:30 AM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream | Comcast Channel 15 | AT&T Channel 99 Special Meeting: Budget Workshop - 8:30 AM 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 8:30 a.m. via teleconference. ROLL CALL Present: 7 - Mayor Larry Klein Vice Mayor Glenn Hendricks Councilmember Gustav Larsson Councilmember Russ Melton Councilmember Mason Fong Councilmember Alysa Cisneros Councilmember Omar Din Mayor Klein, Vice Mayor Hendricks and all Councilmembers attended via teleconference. OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING BUDGET WORKSHOP Public Comment opened at 8:33 a.m. John Cordes, Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition communicated support for funding the Study Issue DPW 21-03 related to Tasman Drive and allocating $5 million per year towards implementation of the Active Transportation Plan (ATP) for completion by 2030. Edith Alanis, President, Sunnyvale Employees Association Local 21 voiced support for investing in the City’s workforce and creating an office of cultural inclusion as described in Budget Supplement 2.08 option B. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2021 Mark Kato, President, Sunnyvale Sister City Association spoke towards the history of the Association’s exchange program. He shared support for continued funding of the program and for the recommended budget. Ari Feinsmith voiced support for funding the Study Issue DPW 21-03 and allocating $5 million per year towards implementation of the ATP for completion by 2030. Kristel Wickham, Sustainability Commission Chair communicated the Commission’s recommendation to defer the funding allocated to Project 824780 (upgrading of fuel stations) for fiscal year 2021/22 to a later year. She requested justification for planned expenditures on fossil fuel infrastructure as the City has committed to electrify its fleet. Public Comment closed at 8:46 a.m. WORKSHOP 21-0116 Budget Workshop City Manager Kent Steffens provided an overview of the budget and presented the budget message. Finance Director Tim Kirby provided the budget report and overview presentation. He also provided the General Fund presentation. Council took a recess at 10:30 a.m. and reconvened at 10:45 a.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference. Budget Manager Felicia Silva provided the Special Revenue Funds and the Capital & Infrastructure Funds presentations. Assistant Finance Director Grace Zheng provided the Enterprise Funds and Internal Service Funds presentations. PROJECT REVIEWS BY CATEGORY Public Works Public Works Director Chip Taylor provided the staff report and presentation. City of Sunnyvale Page 2 City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2021 Council took a recess at 12:10 p.m. and reconvened at 12:55 p.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference. Governance and Community Engagement Chief Information Officer Kathleen Boutté Foster provided the staff report and presentation. Environmental Services Environmental Services Director Ramana Chinnakotla provided the staff report and presentation. Public Safety Chief of Public Safety Phan Ngo provided the staff report and presentation. Library Library and Recreation Services Director Cherise Brandell provided the staff report and presentation. Housing Community Development Director Trudi Ryan provided the staff report and presentation. Council took a recess at 2:50 p.m. and reconvened at 3:05 p.m. with all Councilmembers present via teleconference. BUDGET SUPPLEMENTS Budget Supplement 1 MOTION: Councilmember Melton moved and Councilmember Fong seconded the motion to include $75,000 in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021/22 Budget for Study Issue DPW 21-04. City of Sunnyvale Page 3 City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2021 The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 4 - Councilmember Melton Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 3 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson MOTION: Councilmember Fong moved and Councilmember Melton seconded the motion to include $125,000 in the FY2021/22 Budget for Study Issue ITD 20-01. The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 5 - Mayor Klein Councilmember Melton Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 2 - Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson MOTION: Vice Mayor Hendricks moved to exclude funding for Study Issue DPW 21-03 from the FY 2021/22 Budget. The motion failed due to lack of second. MOTION: Councilmember Melton moved and Councilmember Fong seconded the motion to include $100,000 in the FY2021/22 Budget for Study Issue ESD 17-01. SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Councilmember Fong moved and Mayor Klein seconded the motion to withdraw the motion. The substitute motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 4 - Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din City of Sunnyvale Page 4 City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2021 No: 3 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Melton MOTION: Councilmember Melton moved and Mayor Klein seconded the motion to include $60,000 for Study Issue CDD 21-02, $200,000 for Study Issue DPW 21-03 and $50,000 Study Issue FIN 21-01 in the FY2021/22 Budget. The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 6 - Mayor Klein Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Melton Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 1 - Vice Mayor Hendricks MOTION: Councilmember Larsson moved to include $0 in the FY2021/22 Budget for the Council Set Aside Project. The motion failed due to lack of second. Budget Supplement 2 MOTION: Vice Mayor Hendricks moved and Councilmember Motion seconded the motion to take no action on Budget Supplement 2. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Councilmember Fong offered a friendly amendment to exclude 2.08 from the motion. Vice Mayor Hendricks declined to accept the friendly amendment. SUBSTITUTE MOTION: Councilmember Fong moved and Mayor Klein seconded the motion to withdraw the motion. The substitute motion carried with the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 5 City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2021 Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Melton Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 0 MOTION: Councilmember Fong moved and Councilmember Din seconded the motion to select Option B for 2.08 Cultural Inclusion to include funding for a three-year pilot. The motion failed with the following vote: Yes: 3 - Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 4 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Melton MOTION: Councilmember Fong moved and Councilmember Cisneros seconded the motion to include $235,000 in the FY 2021/22 Budget for one year to hire an Inclusion Manager. The motion failed with the following vote: Yes: 3 - Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 4 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Melton City of Sunnyvale Page 6 City Council Meeting Minutes May 20, 2021 MOTION: Vice Mayor Hendricks moved and Councilmember Din seconded the motion to select Option A for 2.13 City-wide Tree Trimming to extend the full reduction by one year. The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 5 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 2 - Councilmember Melton Councilmember Fong MOTION: Vice Mayor Hendricks moved and Councilmember Melton seconded the motion to take no additional action on Budget Supplement 2. The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Hendricks Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Melton Councilmember Fong Councilmember Cisneros Councilmember Din No: 0 SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS City Manager Kent Steffens and Mayor Klein provided closing remarks. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 5:36 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 7