City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
City Council
5:00 PM Online and Cottonwood Conference
Room, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 5 PM 5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 5:02 p.m.
Roll Call
Mayor Larry Klein
Vice Mayor Linda Sell
Councilmember Alysa Cisneros
Councilmember Richard Mehlinger
Councilmember Murali Srinivasan
Councilmember Charlsie Chang
Councilmember Eileen Le
Present: 7 -
Study Session
A 25-0038 Board and Commission Interviews
City Clerk David Carnahan provided the staff report.
Public Comment opened at 5:04 p.m.
No speakers.
Public Comment closed at 5:04 p.m.
Council interviewed the following applicants for the Board and Commissions:
Vahidreza Bitarafhaghighi - Sustainability Commission – Category Two Adam Zuro - Sustainability Commission – Category One
Vincent Lui - Sustainability Commission – Category One
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Amber Frederickson - Heritage Preservation Commission (1st preference), Housing and Human Services Commission (2nd preference), Arts Commission (3rd preference), Board of Library Trustees (4th preference) Council took a recess at 6:13 p.m. and reconvened at 6:20 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Pamela Sharma - Heritage Preservation Commission
Ting Fung So - Sustainability Commission – Category One Johnathan Valencia - Sustainability Commission – Category One David Kesting - Parks and Recreation Commission
Council took a recess at 7:27 p.m. and reconvened at 7:35 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Christina Wright - Arts Commission
Mariia Tkachenko - Arts Commission
Sharon Morkatz - Arts Commission
Council took a recess at 8:32 p.m. and reconvened at 8:40 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
Richard Lesher - Personnel Board
Martin Pyne - Planning Commission
Daniel Wong - Planning Commission
Subas Bastola - Planning Commission
Council took a recess at 9:41 p.m. and reconvened at 9:45 p.m. with all Councilmembers present in the Cottonwood Conference Room.
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Kurt Erikson - Planning Commission
Kerstyn Clover - Board of Library Trustees
Indira Patil - Board of Library Trustees
Cara Kuhn - Board of Library Trustees
Adjourn Special Meeting
Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 10:43 p.m.