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Sunnyvale, CA · May 13, 2025

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City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday, May 13, 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 5:02 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 25-0038 Board and Commission Interviews City Clerk David Carnahan provided the staff report. Public Comment opened at 5:04 p.m. No speakers. Public Comment closed at 5:04 p.m. Council interviewed the following applicants for the Board and Commissions: Vahidreza Bitarafhaghighi - Sustainability Commission – Category Two Adam Zuro - Sustainability Commission – Category One Vincent Lui - Sustainability Commission – Category One City of Sunnyvale Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes May 13, 2025 Amber Frederickson - Heritage Preservation Commission (1st preference), Housing and Human Services Commission (2nd preference), Arts Commission (3rd preference), Board of Library Trustees (4th preference) Council took a recess at 6:13 p.m. and reconvened at 6:20 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room. Pamela Sharma - Heritage Preservation Commission Ting Fung So - Sustainability Commission – Category One Johnathan Valencia - Sustainability Commission – Category One David Kesting - Parks and Recreation Commission Council took a recess at 7:27 p.m. and reconvened at 7:35 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room. Christina Wright - Arts Commission Mariia Tkachenko - Arts Commission Sharon Morkatz - Arts Commission Council took a recess at 8:32 p.m. and reconvened at 8:40 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room. Richard Lesher - Personnel Board Martin Pyne - Planning Commission Daniel Wong - Planning Commission Subas Bastola - Planning Commission Council took a recess at 9:41 p.m. and reconvened at 9:45 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room. City of Sunnyvale Page 2 City Council Meeting Minutes May 13, 2025 Kurt Erikson - Planning Commission Kerstyn Clover - Board of Library Trustees Indira Patil - Board of Library Trustees Cara Kuhn - Board of Library Trustees Adjourn Special Meeting Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 10:43 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 3

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City of Sunnyvale Notice and Agenda City Council Tuesday, May 13, 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 25-0038 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: City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Printed on 5/8/2025 City Council Notice and Agenda May 13, 2025 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. Language Access and Translation City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Printed on 5/8/2025 City Council Notice and Agenda May 13, 2025 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. City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Printed on 5/8/2025

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