Sustainability Commission

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes Sustainability Commission Monday, August 18, 2014 7:00 PM West Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order by Chair Paton at 7:00 p.m. SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chair Paton led the salute to the flag. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Chair Amit Srivastava Commissioner Barbara Fukumoto Commissioner Gerald Glaser Commissioner Dan Hafeman Commissioner Petya Kisyova Commissioner Bruce Paton Council Liaison- Glenn Hendricks (present) PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS Chair Paton opened the meeting to public announcements. There were no announcements. Chair Paton closed the public hearing. CONSENT CALENDAR 1 14-0776 Draft Minutes of the Sustainability Commission Meeting of July 21, 2014. Commissioner Hafeman pulled the draft minutes from the consent calendar and requested the minutes be amended. The draft minutes of the Sustainability Commission meeting of July 21, 2014 were approved as amended by the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes August 18, 2014 Yes: 5 - Chair Srivastava Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova Commissioner Paton No: 0 Abstain: 1 - Commissioner Fukumoto PUBLIC COMMENTS Chair Paton opened the meeting to public comments. There were no public comments. Chair Paton closed the public hearing. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS 2 14-0698 Approval of the Urban Forest Management Plan Commissioner Glaser made a motion and Commissioner Srivastava seconded to recommend Council adopt Alternatives 1 and 2: 1) Approve adoption of the Urban Forest Management Plan; and, 2). Provide other direction to staff as Council deems appropriate, as follows: - Recommend a need for a shade standard for parking lots satisfied by trees, solar panels or other methods to increase shading - Recommend policies to support native trees - Plan for modifications in street specifications to support native trees or those appropriate to this area The motion failed by the following vote: Yes: 2 - Chair Srivastava Commissioner Glaser No: 4 - Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova Commissioner Paton Commissioner Fukumoto made a motion and Commissioner Kisyova seconded to recommend Council adopt Alternative 1) Approve adoption of the Urban Forest Management Plan. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes August 18, 2014 Yes: 6 - Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova Commissioner Paton No: 0 Commissioner Paton made a motion and Commissioner Glaser seconded to recommend Council consider issues of concern to the Commission, as follows: 1) Clarification of the methods of how shading is achieved in parking lots including through use of trees and/or solar panels 2) Include in the Urban Forestry Management Plan specific mechanisms for dealing with the effect of high density development on the urban canopy Friendly Amendment- Commissioner Kisyova made a friendly amendment to include ways for collaboration between organizations, volunteers, nonprofit organizations, Commission's and staff to create and implement policies to address concerns of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other city interests. Friendly Amendment- Commissioner Hafeman made a friendly amendment to modify the public right-of-way to allow trees to be planted to expand species variability and numbers, including places where planting strips have been paved over. The final motion was to recommend Council consider issues of concern to the Commission, as follows: 1) Clarification of the methods of how shading is achieved in parking lots including through use of trees and/or solar panels 2) Include in the Urban Forestry Management Plan specific mechanisms for dealing with the effect of high density development on the urban canopy 3) Include ways for collaboration between organizations, volunteers, nonprofit organizations, Commission's and staff to create and implement policies to address concerns of pedestrians, bicyclists, and other city interests. 4) Modify the public right-of-way to allow trees to be planted to expand species variability and numbers, including places where planting strips have been paved over. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes August 18, 2014 Yes: 6 - Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova Commissioner Paton No: 0 3 14-0777 Proposal of Study Issues -Climate Change Preparedness Commissioner Glaser moved and Commissioner Hafeman seconded a motion to recommend a study issue that would research key requirements for protecting citizens and businesses in Sunnyvale from harmful effects of sea level rise and other impacts from climate change. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova Commissioner Paton No: 0 Commissioner Fukumoto moved and Commissioner Kisyova seconded a motion to recommend to Council a study issue that would examine how to prepare the City to adopt the State's model zero net energy codes. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova Commissioner Paton No: 0 NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes August 18, 2014 -Commissioner Comments Commissioner Fukumoto reported attending numerous meetings recently regarding AB 2145. Commissioner Glaser reported that he will be speaking about Community Choice Aggregation to the Loma Prieta Chapter of the Sierra Club along with Mayor Jim Griffith and Ann Hancock with the Climate Protection Campaign. The event will be September 18 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Old Adobe Bldg located at 157 Moffett Boulevard in Mountain View. Commissioner Glaser reported that SAP and the Electric Auto Association of Silicon Valley (EAASV) are sponsoring the Guinness Book of World Records attempt for the largest number of electric vehicles in a parade 10:00 a.m. September 20 at De Anza College. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 5