Monday, April 21, 2025
City of Sunnyvale
Meeting Minutes
Sustainability Commission
7:00 PM Online and Redwood Conference Room
(Room 140), City Hall, 456 W.
Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
25-0557 Draft Proposal for FY 2025/26 Sustainability Speaker Series The Sustainability Speaker Series Subcommittee, composed of Commissioners Jansen and Pistone, and Vice Chair Nabhan presented the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26 Sustainability Speaker Series Proposal. The theme for this series is “Game Time: Sunnyvale’s Playbook for Climate Action,” and includes the following seven proposed topics, for up to four events to be hosted in FY 2025/26: (1) Decarbonizing Buildings: The Next Level; (2) Cool Blocks (empowering community); (3) Resilience Hubs; (4) SMART station and solid waste reduction; (5) Active Transportation Plan; (6) Reducing offroad emissions from landscaping; (7) The intersection of climate change and disability rights. 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.
Commissioners individually ranked each topic. Staff tabulated the rankings and provided the following ranked list of topics:
(1) The intersection of climate change and disability rights; (2) Resilience Hubs; (3) SMART Station and solid waste reduction; (4) Decarbonizing Buildings: The Next Level; (5) Reducing off-road emissions from landscaping; (6) Cool Blocks (empowering community); (7) Active Transportation Plan.
Commissioner Parenteau moved, and Vice Chair Nabhan seconded, a motion to approve the FY 2025/26 Sustainability Speaker Series topics as prioritized and authorize staff to finalize it.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 6 - Chair Veitch
Vice Chair Nabhan
Commissioner Janse n
Commissioner Parenteau
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issioner Pistone
Commissioner Kunz
No: 0
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