11/27/2018 Council Preview – Sunnyvale Golf Course and Human Services Funding

Looks like a pretty simple night. We start the evening with a study session to discuss how to encourage the use of heat pumps for water and space heating.

The agenda is pretty light all the way around. The consent calendar mainly has a construction agreement for rehabilitating the irrigation systems at Braly and Ponderosa Park.

Item 2 on the agenda is discussion of an agreement to lease out 84 parking spots at the Sunnyvale Golf Course for 32 months at market rates, to deal with parking nearby construction.  Staff reports that this won’t impact the “ample parking” during the hours in question.

Item 3 is our biennial review of human services funding. We budget $100,000 per year for discretionary human services funding, and this is a regular review of our funding level.

And that’s it.

11/13/2018 Council Preview – Downtown Block 15 Housing

Long night.  We start the evening with another closed session regarding the California Voting Rights Act. This is followed by a study session where the Council and the various board and commission chairs and vice chairs meet to discuss ways to improve commission meetings.

The general session starts with a presentation of the 2018 Municipal Information Systems of California awards. We then get an update on how Caltrain Electrification is going.

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10/30/2018 Council Preview – School Speed Limits

Pretty straightforward agenda.  We start the evening with a closed session to discuss the potential litigation regarding the California Voting Rights Act.  This is followed by a study session on “Public Safety Bureau of Fire Services Standards of Cover” (and you now know as much about this as I do).

The general session starts with a presentation of the annual report from Silicon Valley Clean Energy.  The consent calendar is pretty small. There’s a $900k contract for sidewalk repair and replacement. There’s a $270k settlement of a labor issue – apparently Water Pollution Control Plant workers were required for years to arrive 15 minutes early to their shifts but weren’t paid for that time, and the City has reached an agreement to address this.

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10/16/2018 Council Preview – Fair Oaks Park Redesign and Ballot Measure Positions

This looks to be a pretty light agenda this time.

We start the evening with a closed session regarding the ongoing negotiations to find an affordable housing provider for the city-owned property on Block 15 of the Downtown (southern half of Mathilda/Iowa/Charles/McKinley). This is followed by another closed session regarding the City Manager’s annual performance review.

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09/25/2018 Council Preview – New Civic Center Campus

Small but significant agenda tonight.

We start the evening with a closed session to discuss potential litigation involving the Sunnyvale Employees Association (and you now know as much about it as I do).  This is followed by a study session to discuss the cleanwater program rebuild costs (the Water Pollution Control Plant rebuild).

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