Sustainability Commission

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes Sustainability Commission Monday, October 20, 2014 7:00 PM West Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CALL TO ORDER Chair Paton called the meeting to order at 7:02 p.m. in the West Conference Room. SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chair Paton led the salute to the flag. ROLL CALL Present: 7 - Chair Bruce Paton Vice Chair Amit Srivastava Commissioner Barbara Fukumoto Commissioner Gerald Glaser Commissioner Brian Glazebrook Commissioner Dan Hafeman Commissioner Petya Kisyova Council Liaison- Glenn Hendricks (present) PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS None. CONSENT CALENDAR 1 14-1013 Draft Minutes of the Sustainability Commission Meeting of September 15, 2014 Chair Paton pulled the minutes from the consent calendar to discuss additional clarification regarding the discussion of new study issues. Comissioner Hafeman noted that the roll call was not updated to reflect the change in Commission Chair. Commissioner Glaser moved and Commissioner Fukumoto seconded a motion to approve the minutes as amended. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes October 20, 2014 Yes: 6 - Chair Paton Vice Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Glazebrook Commissioner Hafeman No: 0 Abstain: 1 - Commissioner Kisyova PUBLIC COMMENTS None. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS 2 14-1006 Approval of a Work Plan to Achieve the 2020 Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets in the Adopted Climate Action Plan and Budget Modification No. 22 Commissioner Glaser moved and Commissioner Srivastava seconded a motion to recommend that the City Council approve Alternatives 1 through 5, direct staff to change all "biannual" references to "biennial," and to recognize that the timeframes identified in the Work Plan are considered maximum milestones. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Paton Vice Chair Srivastava Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Glazebrook Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova No: 0 Abstain: 1 - Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Fukumoto moved and Commissioner Kisyova seconded a motion to recommend that the City Council direct staff to accelerate the Green Building Ordinance review schedule in light of the impacts of buildings to occur no later than 2016. Commissioner Kisyova offered a friendly amendment, which was accepted by Commissioner Fukumoto, to change the date to 2015. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes October 20, 2014 Yes: 7 - Chair Paton Vice Chair Srivastava Commissioner Fukumoto Commissioner Glaser Commissioner Glazebrook Commissioner Hafeman Commissioner Kisyova No: 0 NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments Chair Paton suggested that the Commission consider schedulding a strategic planning session that would allow the Commission to discuss opportunities to increase the effectiveness of the Commission,set strategic direction, and identify how the Commission can better support the City Council. Commissioner Glazebrook annouced that NetApp was working with Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Business for Clean Energy, local cities to host a Community Choice Aggregation Workshop to increase local business awareness of CCA and the multi-jurisdictional study that is underway. Commissioner Hafeman and Commissioner Kisyova posed several questions about recent street maintenance projects. Commissioner Fukumoto reported on attending a Sierra Club meeting focused on the findings of their 2014 Local Government Climate Action Suvery. -Staff Comments Elaine Marshall provided an update on the City's participation in a regional grant to install EV charging stations that would include four Sunnyvale locations and the City's participation in a County grant that will include development of an EV Charging Station siting plan. Elaine Marshall also provided an update on the City's participation in the Georgetown University Energy Prize Challenge, informed the Commission about an upcoming community energy efficiency brainstorm, and asked Commissioners to send any energy saving ideas. Melody Tovar provided a progress update on the City's CCA study. The County of Santa Clara will be joining the study as a fourth partner. ADJOURNMENT City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes October 20, 2014 The meeting adjourned at 9:29 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 4