City Council
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · May 12, 2025
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
Monday, May 12, 2025 5:00 PM Online and Cottonwood Conference
Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 5 PM
5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 5:09 p.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
Study Session
A 25-0037 Board and Commission Interviews
Public Comment opened at 5:12 p.m.
No speakers.
Public Comment closed at 5:12 p.m.
Council interviewed the following applicants for the Board and Commissions:
Claudia Camacho - Human Relations Commission
Juan Alvarez - Human Relations Commission
Betsy Gisell Ortega Florez - Human Relations Commission (1st preference),
Sustainability Commission – Category One (2nd preference)
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Council took a recess at 6:09 p.m. and reconvened at 6:20 p.m. with all
Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Marlene Hernandez - Housing and Human Services Commission (1st preference),
Human Relations Commission (2nd preference)
Yuriana Valencia - Human Relations Commission
Pedro Valencia Landa - Human Relations Commission
Terry Aaron - Human Relations Commission (1st preference), Sustainability
Commission – Category One (2nd preference), Heritage Preservation Commission
(3rd preference), Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission (4th preference),
Parks and Recreation Commission (5th preference), Housing and Human Services
Commission (6th preference)
Council took a recess at 7:24 p.m. and reconvened at 7:35 p.m. with all
Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Madeline Chang - Human Relations Commission (1st preference), Sustainability
Commission -Category Two (2nd preference)
Kristina Pistone - Sustainability Commission (Only preference)
Yency Guio - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
Alex Bonne - Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Commission
Rao Shen - Housing and Human Services Commission (1st preference), Arts
Commission (2nd preference)
Colin Ford - Sustainability Commission – Category One (1st preference), Housing
and Human Services Commission (2nd preference)
Council took a recess at 9:28 p.m. and reconvened at 9:35 p.m. with all
Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Anubha Gupta - Parks and Recreation (1st preference), Planning Commission (2nd
preference), Sustainability Commission (3rd preference), Bicycle and Pedestrian
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Advisory Commission (4th preference), Arts Commission (5th preference)
Leesa Riviere - Housing and Human Services Commission (Only preference)
Manisha Anarkat - Housing and Human Services Commission (1st preference),
Planning Commission (2nd preference), Arts Commission (3rd preference),
Personnel Board (4th preference), Parks and Recreation Commission (5th
preference)
Adjourn Special Meeting
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 10:14 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
City Council
Monday, May 12, 2025 5:00 PM Online and Cottonwood Conference Room,
City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
94086
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 5 PM
Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/87113021535
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
5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Roll Call
Study Session
The public may provide comments regarding the Study Session item(s). To address
the Council, refer to the notice at the end of this agenda.
A 25-0037 Board and Commission Interviews
Adjourn Special Meeting
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:
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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.
The Mayor may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment
during Oral Communications.
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/87113021535
Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 871 1302 1535
(*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute)
Watch the City Council meeting at http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings
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 open session item on this
agenda are available in the Cottonwood Conference Room on the evening 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.
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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/LSYZ-4259
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
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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