City Council
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · March 13, 2025
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Thursday, March 13, 2025 9:00 AM Online and Redwood Conference Room,
City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale,
CA 94086
Special Meeting: Council Strategic Priorities Workshop - 9 AM
9 A.M. COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 9:01 a.m.
ROLL CALL
Present: 7 - Mayor Larry Klein
Vice Mayor Linda Sell
Councilmember Alysa Cisneros
Councilmember Richard Mehlinger
Councilmember Murali Srinivasan
Councilmember Charlsie Chang
Councilmember Eileen Le
PUBLIC COMMENT
Public Comment opened at 9:03 a.m.
Andrea Wald communicated their support for prioritizing banning artificial turf and
promoting natural turf fields.
Sharlene Liu spoke in support for prioritizing the Climate Action Plan, Active
Transportation Plan and Vison Zero Plan.
Tara Martin Milius shared their support for prioritizing the Sunnyvale Library
modernization, Climate Action Plan, and Leadership Sunnyvale and for
deprioritizing Civic Center modernization.
Kevin Jackson communicated their support for separating the Climate Action Plan,
Active Transportation Plan and Vision Zero Plan into individual priorities.
Himanshu Sethi voiced their support for prioritizing unhoused services and
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prevention.
Rose spoke in support of prioritizing unhoused services and prevention.
Kristel Wickham shared their support for prioritizing climate policies including
separating the Climate Action Plan, Active Transportation Plan and Vision Zero
Plan into individual priorities.
Agnes Veith communicated their support for prioritizing a safe parking program,
sanctioned encampments and a guaranteed basic income program.
Angela Rausch, Livable Sunnyvale, shared Livable Sunnyvale’s supported priorities
and shared their personal support of prioritizing homelessness prevention.
Public Comment closed at 9:27 a.m.
OVERVIEW
Sommer Kehrili led an overview discussion.
CITY MANAGER AND FISCAL UPDATE
City Manager Tim Kirby provided an opening presentation and introduced Finance
Director Matthew Paulin.
Finance Director Matthew Paulin provided the fiscal report and presentation.
Councilmembers posed questions for staff and provided comments.
Council took a recess at 10:49 a.m. and reconvened at 11:00 a.m. with all
Councilmembers present.
REVIEW OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA
Deputy City Manager Connie Verceles provided a review of National Community
Survey data.
Councilmembers posed questions for staff and provided comments.
REVIEW HIGH-LEVEL THEMES & DRAFT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
Sommer Kehrili led the discussion in reviewing high level themes in existing
strategic priorities.
Councilmembers posed questions for staff and provided comments.
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Council took a recess at 12:02 p.m. and reconvened at 12:46 p.m. with all
Councilmembers present.
DISCUSSION ON CURRENT COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Sommer Kehrili led the discussion in developing the council priorities.
Councilmembers posed questions for staff and provided comments on the
development of the Council Policy Priorities.
Council took a recess at 2:15 p.m. and reconvened at 2:36 p.m. with all
Councilmembers present.
City Council proposed the following draft of the council priorities:
- A responsive, transparent and efficient city government;
- An accessible, engaged and welcoming community;
- A sustainable city: advancing climate action, active transportation and the Vision
Zero Plan;
- A model to prevent homelessness, prioritize new housing and support the
unhoused community; and
- Modern City infrastructure.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 3:48 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
City Council
Thursday, March 13, 2025 9:00 AM Online and Redwood Conference Room,
City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94086
Special Meeting: Council Strategic Priorities Workshop - 9 AM
Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96111580540
Public Participation and Access
View the end of the agenda for information on:
• Public participation options
• Language access and translation
• Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice
• Legal notices
9 A.M. COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order in the Redwood Conference Room.
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENT
This category is limited to 20 minutes with a maximum of up to three minutes per
speaker. If you wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the end of
this agenda. This is the time for the public to address the City Council on all the
agenda items listed below. No other items may be discussed at this special
meeting. If there are many speakers, the Mayor may either shorten the time for
individual speakers or extend the time for public comment.
OVERVIEW
CITY MANAGER AND FISCAL UPDATE
REVIEW OF NATIONAL COMMUNITY SURVEY DATA
REVIEW HIGH-LEVEL THEMES & DRAFT STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
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DISCUSSION ON CURRENT COUNCIL PRIORITIES
ADJOURNMENT
Public Participation Options
In person public comment:
You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving
it to the City Clerk.
Online participation:
Members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee
uninterrupted access to online technology. Technical difficulties may occur from
time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue
even if technical difficulties prevent online participation.
Online public comment:
To provide audio public comment, connect 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/96111580540
Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 961 1158 0540
(*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute)
Watch the City Council meeting at http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings or on
television over Comcast Channel 15, AT&T Channel 99
Written public comment:
Email comments to the City Council no later than 4 hours before the meeting at
council@sunnyvale.ca.gov. You can also mail or deliver comments to:
City Clerk, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Public review of items:
You can view reports to council on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov after 7
p.m. on Thursdays. You can also review reports in person at the City Hall reception
desk, 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours. Any other documents
distributed to members of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda are
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available in the Redwood Conference Room on the morning of the Council Meeting.
Otherwise, contact the Office of the City Clerk at 408-730-7483 or
cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov for questions.
Planning a presentation for a City Council meeting?
Visit: http://Sunnyvale.ca.gov/PublicComments
Planning to provide materials to Council?
Please provide the City Council with 12 copies of your materials.
Language Access and Translation
To access written and audio translation during the meeting, click the link below:
Choose Language and Click Attend
Use a headset on your phone for audio or read the transcript on your device.
Spanish and Chinese, Traditional
Para acceder a la traducción escrita y en audio durante la reunión, haga
clic en el siguiente enlace:
Seleccione su idioma y haga clic en "Attend"
Use sus auriculares/audifonos para escuchar el audio o leer la
transcripción en el dispositivo.
在會議期間, 如需要書面和音頻翻譯,請點擊以下鏈接:
選擇語言並點擊參加。
在手機上使用耳機聆聽音頻,或在您的設備上閱讀文字翻譯。
Translation Link: https://bit.ly/TDDB-6886
Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the City will make reasonable
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. If you need special assistance,
please contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Reach the Office of
the City Clerk at 408-730-7483 or cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b)
(1)).
LEGAL NOTICES
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
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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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