City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
Sustainability Commission
7:00 PM Online and Bay Conference Room,
City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Monday, May 20, 2024
2 24-0635 Forward a Recommendation to City Council to Amend the Climate Action Playbook and Adopt Game Plan 2028
Recommend Alternative 1 to the City Council: Adopt the Climate Action Playbook amendments and Game Plan 2028.
Madeline Khair, Environmental Programs Manager, presented information on the Proposed Final Climate Action Playbook (Playbook) Amendments and Game Plan 2028 including: efforts made to engage the community in providing feedback on the updates to the Playbook and Draft Game Plan 2028, summary of the public review feedback gathered, and the subsequent changes made to the Draft Playbook Amendments and Game Plan 2028. These changes include metric updates to several Plays, removing one Move in Strategy 1, clarifying existing building electrification language in Strategy 2, adding a Move to support vehicle miles traveled (VMT) metrics in Strategy 3 and adding a Move in Strategy 4.
The Sustainability Commission asked questions and staff provided clarifications on several topics. The Sustainability Commission generally agreed that given the urgency of climate change and the nearness and progress needed to achieve the 2030 target, the updates to the Proposed Final Playbook Amendments and Game Plan 2028 are ready for adoption.
Chair Kunz opened the Public Hearing at 8:03 p.m.
Richard Parenteau thanked staff for the effort spent on developing the Proposed Final Playbook Amendments and Game Plan 2028. Mr. Parenteau asked how the City is prepared to help residents electrify and balance the load demand of electric appliances and vehicle charging throughout the day.
Dashel Leeds, Conservation Coordinator for the Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, thanked staff and voiced support for the Proposed Final Playbook Amendments and
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Game Plan 2028. Mr. Leeds requested that ground water rise be addressed in Strategy 6 in the Game Plan 2028.
Chair Kunz closed the Public Hearing at 8:09 p.m.
MOTION: Commissioner Makwana moved, and Commissioner Wickham seconded, a motion to recommend Alternative 1 to forward a recommendation to City Council to Amend the Climate Action Playbook and Adopt Game Plan 2028.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Chair Kunz
Vice Chair Veitch
Commissioner Makwana
Commissioner Nabhan
Commissioner Wickham
5 -
No: 0
Absent: 1 - Commissioner Pistone
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