City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes - Draft
Sustainability Commission
7:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web StreamMonday, June 20, 2022
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
2 22-0379 Draft Proposal for FY 2022/23 Sustainability Speaker Series The Sustainability Speaker Series Subcommittee, composed of Commissioners Veitch, Wang and Pistone, presented the Draft FY 2022/23 Sustainability Speaker Series Proposal. The theme for this series is “Food and Climate,” and includes the following seven proposed topics, for up to four events to be hosted in FY 2022/23:
(1) Sustainable and Equitable Agriculture; (2) Regenerative Aquaculture; (3) Community-based Agriculture; (4) Induction Cooking; (5) Food Recovery; (6) School Districts, Food, and Sustainability; (7) Food Systems and Climate Resilience. The Subcommittee also presented potential speakers for each topic and potential talk titles. The Commission discussed the pros and cons of each topic and clarified differences between topics.
Staff tabulated the individual rankings and provided the following ranked list of topics:
(1) Induction Cooking; (2) Community-based Agriculture; (3) Sustainable and Equitable Agriculture; (4) School Districts, Food, and Sustainability; (5) Food Recovery; (6) Food Systems and Climate Resilience; (7) Regenerative Aquaculture.
Commissioner Veitch moves, and Commissioner Wang seconded, a motion to approve the FY 2022/23 Sustainability Speaker Series topics as prioritized and authorize staff to make edits to the draft proposal, based on the presentation provided by the subcommittee, to finalize it.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Vice Chair Kunz
Commissioner Pistone
Commissioner Veitch
Commissioner Wang
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No: 0
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June 20, 2022Sustainability Commission Meeting Minutes - Draft
Absent: Chair Wickham
Commissioner Srinivasan
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