Sustainability Commission
Regular MeetingSunnyvale, CA · September 16, 2024
Minutes
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
Sustainability Commission
Monday, September 16, 2024 7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room, City
Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Veitch called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. in the Bay Conference Room
(Room 145) at City Hall.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
Chair Veitch led the salute to the flag.
ROLL CALL
Present: 7 - Chair Tonya Veitch
Vice Chair Jeffery Nabhan
Commissioner Cortney Jansen
Commissioner Douglas Kunz
Commissioner Bobbykin Makwana
Commissioner Richard Parenteau
Commissioner Kristina Pistone
Council Liaison - Councilmember Melingher (absent)
Council Liaison - Mayor Klein (present)
PRESENTATION
24-0710 PRESENTATION - Zero Waste Program Update
Shikha Gupta, Solid Waste Division Manager, and Deepti Jain, Solid Waste
Environmental Programs Manager, provided an update on Zero Waste Programs
and SMaRT® Station upgrades in Sunnyvale. Commissioners asked clarifying
questions, and staff provided answers.
24-0993 PRESENTATION - Recycled Water Master Plan Update
Ramana Chinnakotla, Director of Environmental Services, and Mansour Nasser,
Water & Sewer Systems Division Manager, provided an update on the Recycled
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Water Master Plan in Sunnyvale. Commissioners asked clarifying questions and
offered input, and staff provided answers.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None.
CONSENT CALENDAR
24-0746 Approve the Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes of
August 19, 2024
Commissioner Kunz moved, and Commissioner Pistone seconded, a motion to
approve the consent calendar. The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 7 - Chair Veitch
Vice Chair Nabhan
Commissioner Jansen
Commissioner Kunz
Commissioner Makwana
Commissioner Parenteau
Commissioner Pistone
No: 0
STANDING ITEM: CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL STUDY ISSUES
24-0994 Working with Partner Cities in Santa Clara County for addition
of Medium-duty and Heavy-duty truck Hydrogen Fueling
Station (potential Study Issue)
Christina Raby, Interim Environmental Programs Manager, presented the
Commission with an option to revisit the potential Study Issue, "Working with
Partner Cities in Santa Clara County for addition of Medium-duty and Heavy-duty
truck Hydrogen Fueling Station."
Chair Veitch requested to wait until the October 28 meeting to discuss and vote on
the potential Study Issue.
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Commissioner Comments
Commissioner Pistone shared National Public Radio’s (NPR) Climate Week series
and recommended Commissioners visit NPR’s page to read the articles and find
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useful resources.
Commissioner Parenteau recommended that Commissioners read a Washington
Post article on artificial turf being removed at schools.
Chair Veitch announced the September 21, 2024, State of the City event located at
City Hall and encouraged Commissioners to attend.
Mayor Klein invited Commissioners to Sunnyvale’s State of the City event and
provided details on the event schedule. Mayor Klein also gave updates on an
artificial turf ban item that the City Council discussed in August, the Redwood
Square open space project in downtown Sunnyvale and the status of Caltrain’s
newly operational all-electric trains.
-Staff Comments
Ms. Raby reported on past and upcoming events.
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS
24-0949 Updated Annual Work Plan September 2024
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 9:50 p.m.
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Agenda
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
Sustainability Commission
Monday, September 16, 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
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• 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
24-0710 PRESENTATION - Zero Waste Program Update
24-0993 PRESENTATION - Recycled Water Master Plan 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
during this section.
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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.
24-0746 Approve the Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes of
August 19, 2024
Recommendation: Approve the Sustainability Commission Minutes of August 19,
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
24-0994 Working with Partner Cities in Santa Clara County for addition
of Medium-duty and Heavy-duty truck Hydrogen Fueling
Station (potential Study Issue)
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Commissioner Comments
-Staff Comments
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS
24-0949 Updated Annual Work Plan September 2024
ADJOURNMENT
Notice to the Public:
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
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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.
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