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Council Policy Amendment Table

Sunnyvale City Council
August 11, 2026

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Council Policy Amendment Table
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August 11, 2026
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Council Policy Amendment Table
Current Policy Summary Proposed Change
Policy 1.1.8 Video
Games in Commercial
Businesses
Delete policy – Policy was adopted in 1983 and is now obsolete and should be deleted to ensure alignment with the City’s current zoning and land use regulations.

Policy 1.2.6
Roundabout
Intersections
Delete policy – Policy was adopted in 2000, is procedural in nature, and redundant with the City’s existing authority to evaluate and implement roundabouts.

Policy 5.0 Long-term
Advocacy Positions –
Socio-Economic
Amend policy – Updated policy to broaden existing child care legislation language under Section 5.4 Health and Social Services.

Added new positions supporting universal child care and intergovernmental and regional collaboration on child care services.

Policy 5.1.2 Child Care Delete policy – Policy was last updated in 2012 and is no longer needed as a standalone policy. Per recommendation of the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee, staƯ worked to migrate relevant high-level language into the Long-term Advocacy Positions (LAP 5.0), reducing redundancy between the two policies while preserving the City's core child care commitments within the appropriate advocacy framework.

Policy 7.0 Long-term
Advocacy Positions –
Planning and
Management
Amend policy – Updated policy to consolidate advocacy portions of deleted policies, and to include new advocacy positions around Digital Infrastructure & Connectivity section including positions on broadband, telecommunications, internet access, and artificial intelligence governance.

Policy 7.2.15 KSUN-15
Programming
Amend policy – Renamed policy to "Cable Television Programming, " removed operational language covered under Administrative Policy Ch. 7, Art. 2 KSUN/Channel 15 Operation, and updated terminology to include Channel 26 public access channel information.

Policy 7.2.16
Telecommunications
Delete Policy – Policy was adopted in 1996 and has been replaced by current Council-approved implementation guidelines (Reso 951- 19). To ensure high-level policy intent was retained, relevant advocacy content of the telecommunications-related advocacy has been moved to the Long-term Advocacy Positions (LAP 7.0).

Policy 7.2.17 Internet
Use
Delete Policy – Policy was adopted in 1996 and is now outdated and obsolete; the City’s current practices and policy frameworks adequately govern internet use without formal Council policy direction. Advocacy content moved to the Long-term Advocacy Positions list.

Policy 7.3.5 Municipal
Employee Relations
OƯicer
Amend policy – Amend policy language to allow for a designee as authorized under Municipal Code (§ 2.24.250 Designation of municipal employee relations oƯicer.)
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Policy 7.3.27 NASA
Ames and MoƯett Field
Amend Policy – Amend policy to modernize language and update the City’s position on land use, aviation, and community impacts related to the MoƯett Federal Airfield Complex.

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