This will be the last Council preview that I post, for obvious reasons. This meeting is bisected, somewhat, and there are no closed or study sessions this evening. We start the evening with a special order of the day, certifying the November 6th election results for Council seats 1, 2, and 3. Per Sunnyvale’s tradition, we do this … Read more
Very interesting agenda tonight. We start the evening with two closed sessions, for the City Manager’s and City Attorney’s performance review. One of them is the annual review (the City Manager’s, I believe). The other is the semi-annual review. This is followed by two study sessions to prepare the Council for forming the new government in January — … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
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. … Read more
Small agenda with some big items in it. We start the evening with a study session to review the Civic Center Master Plan Final Environmental Impact Report. For the general session, the consent calendar is pretty small. There are only two items of note – the quarterly investment report and the extension of an exclusive negotiating agreement … Read more