City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes - Draft
Community Event and Neighborhood
Grant Distribution Subcommittee
2:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room (Room
145), City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Friday, December 8, 2023
CALL TO ORDER
Councilmember Srinivasan called the meeting to order at 2:02 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Member Linda Sell
Member Murali Srinivasan
Present: 2 -
Member Alysa CisnerosAbsent: 1 -
Chair Cisneros (excused absence)
GENERAL BUSINESS
23-0723 Review of Calendar Year 2023 Grants and Consideration of 2024 Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program
Applications
Youth and Family Resources Manager, Angela Chan, provided a presentation on the Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program. Highlights included:
overview, outreach, grant requests and funding options.
Councilmembers inquired and staff responded:
Why was the Holi event not funded in option 2? The South Asian Cultural Assocation of Sunnyvale (SACAS) did not have bandwidth this year to coordinate the Holi event, so funding for next year was removed from option 2.
Can unused funding be rolled over to the next year? No.
Councilmember Srinivasan opened for public comment.
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December 8, 2023Community Event and
Neighborhood Grant Distribution
Subcommittee
Meeting Minutes - Draft
Valerie S. and Courtney J. supported funding option 2. They cited that groups that serve more people would benefit from receiving a larger portion of the funds. Option 2 would also favor groups that put more detail into their application.
Councilmember Srinivasan closed public comment.
Councilmember Sell moved and Counciilmember Srinivasan seconded the motion to approve Option 1 funding levels for Community Events with the reduction of $587 from the Holi event, and approve Option 2 funding levels for Neighborhood Grants.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Member Sell
Member Srinivasan
2 -
No: 0
Absent: Member Cisneros1 -
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