The President of the Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association just announced on Nextdoor that this year’s Lakewood Village parade, scheduled for December 7th, has been cancelled. Apparently there were scheduling conflicts with the various marching bands, plus some communication problems.
Obviously, this is very disappointing, since this is always one of the best holiday events in Sunnyvale.
Pretty straightforward evening, it looks like.
We start the evening with a study session involving next years intergovernmental relations (IGR) assignments. These are regional committees that different councilmembers serve on to represent Sunnyvale’s interests, and there are a bunch. This year won’t be pro forma since we have two members terming out and two replacing them. So there will likely be some shuffling of assignments.
As of 3:30 today, the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters has made the following November 5, 2013 election results final and official:
| Councilmember, Seat 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gustav Larsson | 9,205 | 52.57% |
| Andy Frazer | 8,306 | 47.43% |
| Councilmember, Seat 2 | ||
| Glenn Hendricks | 10,181 | 57.75% |
| Steve Hoffman | 6,406 | 36.34% |
| Gustavo Mangana | 1,041 | 5.91% |
| Councilmember, Seat 3 | ||
| James R. “Jim” Griffith | 11,410 | 64.77% |
| Tappan (Tap) G. Merrick | 6,207 | 35.23% |
| Measure A – Election Date (even year shift) | ||
| Yes | 13,259 | 72.06% |
| No | 5,142 | 27.94% |
| Measure B – TOT (1% hotel tax increase) | ||
| Yes | 12,657 | 68.58% |
| No | 5,799 | 31.42% |
| Measure C – Gun Safety | ||
| Yes | 12,404 | 66.55% |
| No | 6,235 | 33.45% |
| Measure G – Sunnyvale School District Bonds | ||
| Yes | 6,995 | 68.44% |
| No | 3,225 | 31.56% |
We’ve been off for a month, so this week’s Council meeting is obviously a big one. The down time was unfortunately unavoidable. We didn’t have business for the October 29th meeting, we never meet on an election night, and we never meet on the week of a National League of Cities convention. So here we are.
Surprisingly, no closed sessions or study sessions, and no special orders or public presentations, so we get right to it. The consent calendar is a big one. We’ve got acceptance of three grants plus a resolution related to a fourth one, a contract for ADA curb cuts, and the purchasing of an aerial chipper, four dump trucks, and library materials. There’s a budget modification related to changes to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Sunnyvale Employees Association. There are two second readings of ordinances from our last meeting.
While this is not exactly news at this point, Lockheed will be eliminating 200 positions in Sunnyvale and closing four buildings as part of an overall 4000 person reduction in force. Space News has a good breakdown of the specifics. [Update – and the Silicon Valley Business Journal has even more details]
Lockheed seems to be saying that it is maintaining a long-term commitment to Sunnyvale, given its significant investments in its Sunnyvale facilities over the past five years. That’s good news. But Lockheed’s commitment to Sunnyvale will likely be somewhat contingent on its continued access to the Moffett Airfield, which introduces some uncertainty.
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