Sustainability Commission

City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes - Final Sustainability Commission Tuesday, February 16, 2021 7:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, the meeting was conducted telephonically. Vice Chair Kunz called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. via teleconference. ROLL CALL Present: 7 - Chair Kristel Wickham Vice Chair Douglas Kunz Commissioner Stephen Joesten Commissioner Shana Padgett Commissioner Bruce Paton Commissioner Murali Srinivasan Commissioner Tonya Veitch Council Liaison - Mason Fong (absent) Chair Wickham joined at 7:07 p.m. and resumed Chair duties for the meeting. Chair Wickham, Vice Chair Kunz, and all Commissioners attended via teleconference. PRESENTATION 21-0316 PRESENTATION - Urban Forest Management Plan Update Jim Stark, Superintendent of Parks and Golf, and Leonard Dunn, Urban Landscape Manager, presented on Sunnyvale’s Urban Forest Management Plan (UFMP). They provided an overview of the goals and strategies of the UFMP as well as the current progress. Commissioners asked clarifying questions, and staff provided responses. 21-0160 PRESENTATION - Equitable and Sustainable COVID-19 City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes - Final February 16, 2021 Recovery Commissioner Veitch presented information on frameworks and strategies for ensuring that recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic is both sustainable and equitable. Commissioners asked clarifying questions, and Commissioner Veitch provided answers. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. CONSENT CALENDAR 21-0318 Approve the Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes of January 19, 2021 Vice Chair Kunz moved, and Commissioner Joesten seconded, a motion to approve the consent calendar. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Chair Wickham Vice Chair Kunz Commissioner Joesten Commissioner Padgett Commissioner Paton Commissioner Srinivasan Commissioner Veitch No: 0 STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES No new Study Issues were submitted. NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments Commissioner Paton shared that he attended the meeting of the Council Subcommittee on Boards and Commissions on February 11, 2021, at which the Subcommittee discussed how to improve the Study Issue process. He shared that the staff presentations appropriately reflected the feedback gathered at the Joint Meeting of the City Council with Board and Commission Chairs and Vice Chairs to Review and Improve Overall Effectiveness of Commission Meetings Study Session on November 17, 2020. Chair Wickham recommended that Commissioners listen to the recording of the City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes - Final February 16, 2021 Moffett Park Specific Plan workshop held on February 1, 2021, regarding transportation and infrastructure. She shared that the final workshop in this series, entitled Market Condition, Land Use, Housing, and Open Space, will be held March 2, 2021. She noted that she will be presenting the Commission’s rationale for its ranking of the Study Issues at the Council Study Issue and Budget Workshop on February 25, 2021. She summarized the latest Sustainability Speaker Series (SSS) event held on January 30, 2021, and provided reminders of the two upcoming events on Decarbonizing Transportation (March 17, 2021) and Sunnyvale’s Recycling and Solid Waste Management (May 19, 2021). -Staff Comments Madeline Willett, Environmental Engineering Coordinator, provided a summary of the feedback for the SSS event held on January 30, 2021. She announced that the next the electric vehicle education workshop, entitled Finding the EV for Your Lifestyle, would be held on February 20, 2021, and that the City is planning virtual Earth Week events from April 18-24, 2021. She noted that the Proposal for the Sustainability Speaker Series for FY 2021/22 will be presented to City Council on February 23, 2021. Nupur Hiremath, Environmental Programs Manager, shared that the current Climate Action Playbook Game Plan will be extended through FY 2022/23. She noted that at the Climate Action Playbook Quarterly Update in March, staff will present the process for developing the next Game Plan. INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS 21-0317 Updated Annual Work Plan February 2021 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 8:54 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 3