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, September 16, 2024
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
Chair Tonya Veitch
Vice Chair Jeffery Nabhan
Commissioner Cortney Jansen
Commissioner Douglas Kunz
Commissioner Bobbykin Makwana
Commissioner Richard Parenteau
Commissioner Kristina Pistone
Present: 7 -
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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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: Chair Veitch
Vice Chair Nabhan
Commissioner Jansen
Commissioner Kunz
Commissioner Makwana
Commissioner Parenteau
Commissioner Pistone
7 -
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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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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