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Sustainability Commission

Regular Meeting

Sunnyvale, CA · February 20, 2024

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City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes Sustainability Commission Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 CALL TO ORDER Chair Kunz called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. in the Bay Conference Room (Room 145) at City Hall. SALUTE TO THE FLAG Chair Kunz led the salute to the flag. ROLL CALL Present: 6 - Chair Douglas Kunz Vice Chair Tonya Veitch Commissioner Kathryn Besser Commissioner Bobbykin Makwana Commissioner Jeffery Nabhan Commissioner Kristina Pistone Absent: 1 - Commissioner Kristel Wickham Commissioner Wickham's absence was excused by general consent. Council Liaison - Councilmember Din (absent) PRESENTATION 24-0370 PRESENTATION - SVCE Programs Update Nupur Hiremath, Manager of Decarbonization Programs and Policy and Zoe Elizabeth, Deputy Director of Decarbonization Programs and Policy, from Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) provided an overview of SVCE’s policy updates, community programs, incentive and rebate programs, and pathways for electrification. The Commission asked clarifying questions, and SVCE staff provided answers. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes February 20, 2024 STUDY SESSION 24-0371 Single Use Plastics Policy/Programs Update Shikha Gupta, Solid Waste Programs Division Manager, and Bailey Hall, Environmental Programs Specialist II, provided an update on the recently launched Reusable Foodware Pilot Project with Sunnyvale businesses. Commissioners asked clarifying questions, and staff provided answers. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Residents Andrea Wald and Kristel Wickham thanked the Sustainability Commission for their efforts to highly rank Study Issue ESD 24-01, “Evaluate the Use of Artificial Turf versus Living Groundcover.” Both residents mentioned the Study Issue was ranked highly at the Council Strategic Study Session on February 15, 2024. CONSENT CALENDAR Chair Kunz noted the January 16, 2024 meeting minutes contained an incomplete motion statement under the consent calendar. Commissioner Nabhan moved, and Commissioner Pistone seconded, a motion to approve the consent calendar items. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Vice Chair Veitch introduced a friendly amendment to vote separately on the two consent calendar items. Commissioner Nabhan accepted the friendly amendment. 1.A 24-0372 Approve the Joint Study Session Minutes of November 30, 2023, with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory, Planning and Sustainability Commissions. Commissioner Nabhan moved, and Commissioner Pistone seconded, a motion to approve itme 1.A in the consent calendar. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 6 - Chair Kunz Vice Chair Veitch Commissioner Besser Commissioner Makwana Commissioner Nabhan Commissioner Pistone City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes February 20, 2024 No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Wickham 1.B 24-0373 Approve the Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes of January 16, 2024 Commissioner Nabhan moved, and Commissioner Pistone seconded, a motion to approve item 1.B in the consent calendar reflecting the correct motion statement for the January 16 consent calendar item. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 5 - Chair Kunz Commissioner Besser Commissioner Makwana Commissioner Nabhan Commissioner Pistone No: 0 Absent: 1 - Commissioner Wickham Abstain: 1 - Vice Chair Veitch STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES None. NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments Vice Chair Veitch and Commissioner Pistone thanked attendees and Commissioners for attending and promoting the two recent Sustainability Speaker Series events and provided information on where to watch the recorded webinars. The theme for fiscal year 2023/24 is “Water in a Changing Climate.” Chair Kunz thanked SVCE staff for their presentation and noted he has taken advantage of a few of the residential electrification programs offered. Chair Kunz encouraged Commissioners to watch the Active Transportation Update that was provided at the January 25 Council Strategic Workshop by Department of Public Works staff. Chair Kunz reported to the Commission that he provided public comment at two of the recent City Council meetings discussing potential Study Issues to advocate for the ESD Study Issues the Sustainability Commission ranked in January. City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes February 20, 2024 -Staff Comments Christina Raby, Environmental Engineering Coordinator, reported on previous and upcoming events and reminder Commissioners to save the date for the upcoming Study Session with the City Council on Game Plan 2028 happening on March 19, 2024. INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS 24-0374 Updated Annual Work Plan February 2024 ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 10:17 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 4

Agenda

City of Sunnyvale Notice and Agenda Sustainability Commission Tuesday, February 20, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086 Meeting Online Link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/87351330039 Public Participation • In-person participation: You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving it to the Recording Officer. As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option. The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications. • Online participation: You may provide audio public comment by connecting 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/95835903911 Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0282 | Meeting ID: 958 3590 3911 (*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute) • Watch the Sustainability Commission meeting at: http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings • Submit written comments to the Sustainability Commission no later than 4 hours prior to the meeting start to sustainabilitycommission@sunnyvale.ca.gov or by mail to: City Clerk, 456 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086 City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Printed on 2/21/2024 Sustainability Commission Notice and Agenda February 20, 2024 • Review recordings of this meeting and past meetings at https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance to provide public comment, or for other special assistance; please contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. ADA contact: Christina Raby may be reached at 408-730-7742 or craby@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)). CALL TO ORDER SALUTE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL PRESENTATION 24-0370 PRESENTATION - SVCE Programs Update STUDY SESSION 24-0371 Single Use Plastics Policy/Programs Update ORAL COMMUNICATIONS The Chair may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting. Such a determination shall be made prior to opening public comment on Oral Communications. This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the Sustainability Commission on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15 minutes (may be extended or continued after the public hearings/general business section of the agenda at the discretion of the Chair) with a maximum of up to three minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow the Sustainability Commission to take action on an item not listed on the agenda. If you wish to address the Sustainability Commission, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. Individuals are limited to one appearance City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Printed on 2/21/2024 Sustainability Commission Notice and Agenda February 20, 2024 during this section. CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If a member of the public would like a consent calendar item pulled and discussed separately, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. 1.A 24-0372 Approve the Joint Study Session Minutes of November 30, 2023, with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory, Planning and Sustainability Commissions. Recommendation: Approve the Joint Study Session Minutes of November 30, 2023, with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory, Planning and Sustainability Commissions, as submitted. 1.B 24-0373 Approve the Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes of January 16, 2024 Recommendation: Approve the Sustainability Commission Minutes of January 16, 2024, as submitted. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to notice at the beginning of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three minutes. STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Commissioner Comments -Staff Comments INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS 24-0374 Updated Annual Work Plan February 2024 ADJOURNMENT Notice to the Public: City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Printed on 2/21/2024 Sustainability Commission Notice and Agenda February 20, 2024 Any agenda related writings or documents distributed to members of this meeting body regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the originating department or can be accessed through the Office of the City Clerk located at 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours and in the Bay Conference Room on the evening of the Sustainability Commission Meeting, pursuant to Government Code §54957.5. Agenda information is available by contacting Christina Raby at 408-730-7742 or craby@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Agendas and associated reports are also available 72 hours before the meeting on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov and during normal business hours at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue. City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Printed on 2/21/2024

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