Sustainability Commission

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes Sustainability Commission Monday, September 15, 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 at 7:01 p.m. SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chair Paton led the salute to the flag. ROLL CALL Present: 5 - Chair Bruce Paton Vice Chair Amit Srivastava Commissioner Barbara Fukumoto Commissioner Gerald Glaser Commissioner Dan Hafeman Absent: 1 - Commissioner Petya Kisyova Council Liaison- Glenn Hendricks (absent) PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS None. CONSENT CALENDAR 1 14-0852 Draft Minutes of the Sustainability Commission Meeting of August 18, 2014 Chair Paton pulled the minutes from the consent calendar and requested the minutes be amended. Commissioner Hafeman moved and Commissioner Sirvastava seconded a motion to approve the minutes with the clarifying language added. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 5 - Vice Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Chair Paton City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes September 15, 2014 No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Kisyova PUBLIC COMMENTS None. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS 2 14-0854 Proposal of Study Issues No action was taken. 3 14-0853 Review of Proposed Study Issues for Submission to Study Issue Process · Ban on the Sale of Single Use, Single Serving Plastic Water Bottles at City Facilities and Public Events · Climate Change Preparedness · Early Adoption of State Zero Net Energy (ZNE) Model Building Policies · New Study Issues Commissioners discussed the previously proposed Study Issues. No new Study Issues were identified. Commissioner Glaser moved and Commissioner Hafeman seconded a motion to approve and advance the three Study Issues as amended. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 5 - Vice Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Hafeman Chair Paton No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Kisyova NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments Chair Paton and the Commissioners wanted to acknowledge Dustin Clark's many years of service and contributions to the Sustainabiliy Commission and the Horizon 2035 Committee. City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes September 15, 2014 Chair Paton lead a discussion about Commission meeting administration in light of the staffing transition. Elaine Marshall will be the point of contact for the Commission going forward until the Sustainability Coordinator position is filled. Agenda items can be sent to Elaine Marshall, Chair Paton, and Vice Chair Srivastava. Future meeting agendas will also be slightly reorganized to allow for staff comments to be heard earlier in the meeting. Commissioner Hafeman reported attending three good meetings, two of which were sponsored by Sunnyvale Cool. One of the meetings included a City speaker and was focused on transportation and planning impacts from high density development and VTA's proposed North/South routes (Bus Rapid Transit). Commissioner Glaser reported that he spoke at a Sierra Club meeting regarding Community Choice Aggregation. Commissioner Glaser also highlighted the upcoming event to break the world's record for most elctric vehicles in a parade at De Anza College on Saturday, September 20, 2014. Commissioner Fukumoto reported attending the State of City event and a recent El Camino Real Forum. -Staff Comments Melody Tovar reported that the Climate Protection Campaign and Joint Venture Silicon Valley was hosting a CCA Workshop for elected and municipal staff on September 17, 2014. Melody Tovar also provided a preview of the schedule for the Climate Action Plan Work Plan which will likely be on the Commission's October agenda and will also be considered by three other commissions prior to consideration by the City Council in November. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:05 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 3