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Commissioners used a ranked ballot to prioritize seven proposed topics; staff displayed the compiled rankings and announced the top four. The commission then voted to adopt the ranking and send it to Council for approval and scheduling in the coming fiscal year.

The series is intended to “educate, engage, and motivate residents to take action on key sustainability issues in Sunnyvale,” presenters said during the public hearing. Proposed topics included community-level programs (Cool Block), a resilience-hub overview, a SmartStation tour and a session on decarbonizing multifamily housing, plus sessions on active-transportation updates, off‑road emissions (leaf blowers/landscaping) and inclusion of people with disabilities in climate planning.

During public comment, Crystal Wickham urged the commission to prioritize the SmartStation and solid-waste reduction, calling an on-site visit “amazing” and saying a physical tour offered a different experience than remote materials. Raby confirmed staff’s plan toward a virtual tour and said staff would consider on-site elements when feasible.

In a roll-call vote to adopt the ranking, commissioners recorded unanimous approval. Commissioners who voted “yes” during the roll call were recorded in the meeting minutes as Commissioner Jansen, Commissioner Pronto, Commissioner Pistone, Vice Chair Naphand, Commissioner ***** and Chair (name recorded in the minutes as Beach/Veach). The commission instructed staff to prepare the required report to Council and to begin speaker outreach for the top-ranked topics.

Commissioners and subcommittee members asked staff to seek speakers who could provide actionable takeaways for residents (for example, concrete steps for renters and multifamily residents to pursue electrification) and to consider neighborhood outreach partners for community-level programs like Cool Block. Staff said speaker availability could shift scheduling and the subcommittee would accept recommendations for potential speakers via the liaison.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Sunnyvale Sustainability Commission Meeting - April 21, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The commission voted to send four topics to City Council for the FY2025–26 Sustainability Speaker Series: the intersection of climate change and disability rights; resilience hubs; a SmartStation/solid-waste reduction program tour; and multifamily building decarbonization.","taxTitle","Sunnyvale , Santa Clara County, California","taxId",2858,"location","headline","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_47":80,"_49":81,"_51":82,"_53":83,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":84,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":85,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":56,"_73":56},6575586,"Sunnyvale staff report mixed progress on Climate Action Playbook 2028; highlight EV events, bike lanes and Earth Day turnout",1511,348000,1859000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3088926-709a6afd9438defdb6d1806459b094fb&start=348&end=1859","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3088926-709a6afd9438defdb6d1806459b094fb/thumbnail_348000.jpg","/articles/6575586/Sunnyvale/Santa-Clara-County/California/Sunnyvale-staff-report-mixed-progress-on-Climate-Action-Playbook-2028-highlight-EV-events-bike-lanes-and-Earth-Day-turnout","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6575586-82e1e548f104aab3de4b8d30fed0b19e/orig.mp4?Expires=1771191113&Signature=HOg-WAywWersp3O0ZdThjQuB9Mf4nmNo~TNvFflrSdSJ1dVlA6MFGRnC67QG1j5I6rvNB2i-lloLYEUoUcyds~tYNBbnvLpAG0Hss~LWJgIcuALGoHtyWLOjzxfDJ8Q00SuLVkXdgVS3KPqOaVWtD7IQ9eVe8pxkxSSSuJB-flV-3m-chO9qZv47CKLQpE7OYzRAvGX8zfn7ybQNCmpn02xGjB33Sp01Cn5Q8BgzYg7btVdr1kkQoUlRpb1EUFXiQtoi7-2vkdiSWdMxqbbL8oMUlsfoZpyhg-j~u9EPhOQosRHQ3OLevic29vEMSpaRziE2GhTHgVX3UBBHyzKbIA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Christina Raby, staff liaison and environmental engineering coordinator for Sunnyvale’s Environmental Services Department, presented the annual progress update on the Climate Action Playbook (Game Plan 2028) at the Sustainability Commission meeting on April 21, 2025. The presentation reviewed FY2023–24 activity across energy, buildings, transportation, waste, resilience and community engagement moves.

The update summarized accomplishments and metrics across several strategies. Raby said Silicon Valley clean-energy partner SBCE invested about $3.6 billion in renewable projects in 2023 and that 96% of Sunnyvale households and businesses receive clean energy through SBCE. She reported 101 heat-pump water heaters and 30 heat-pump HVAC installations tracked through rebate programs in FY23–24, and about $779,000 in rebates claimed through SBCE programs.

Raby told commissioners the city continued to advance active-transportation work. Public Works listed about 43 active projects valued collectively at roughly $110,000,000; staff reported about 90 miles of proposed bikeway projects and 34 miles implemented through FY23–24, including 4.2 miles of new bike facilities such as a shared-use path on Caribbean Drive and bike lanes on Sunnyvale and Indian Wells Avenues.

On micromobility, staff said the Bird scooter pilot completed in FY23–24 and city staff were evaluating whether to continue the program with Bird or another vendor. Raby also described the Drive Electric outreach series (five webinars and four in-person ride-and-drive events) that drew hundreds of participants and 525 test drives.

The presentation highlighted demonstration and capital projects: bidding and award for the Lakewood Branch Library construction was completed in May 2024; City Hall’s Civic Center campus opened to staff in March 2023 and served as the site for a large Earth Day event; and the City Council allocated $40 million in 2022 to redesign and build a new all-electric Fire Station 2 and training center, with consultants contracted in December 2023 and design work starting February 2024.

Staff also reported work on green stormwater infrastructure: staff estimate about 1,520 acres of GSI installations in the community to date and said GSI language has been incorporated into specific plans adopted since the city’s 2019 GSI plan. The Department of Public Safety completed a severe-weather annex to the Emergency Operations Plan in April 2024 to address climate-related heat, flooding and air-quality events, Raby said.

Raby reviewed the city’s engagement and communications metrics: the Environmental Services Instagram and Facebook accounts showed rising followers and engagement in FY23–24, and the library hosted 27 sustainability-themed programs with a combined audience of about 845 people. On greenhouse-gas accounting, staff noted the 2021 inventory (published August 2023) showed emissions 33% below 1990 levels, while the 2022 inventory (published March 2024) showed emissions 26% below 1990 levels.

Raby described the city’s participation in the federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program (CPRG). Sunnyvale joined a regional Phase 1 planning grant led by Santa Clara County and later submitted a joint Phase 2 implementation application for a Public Facility Resiliency Implementation Project requesting just under $5 million to decarbonize and add resilient power at critical public facilities, including an electrified microgrid for Fire Station 2 and electrification of the Clean Water Center administrative building. Raby said the joint regional application was not selected for implementation funds and noted few California agencies received implementation awards nationally.

Raby closed by noting outreach and education highlights, including an “Electrify Your Life” event series that reached about 95 attendees and a Cool Cooktop (induction) kit program at the library that recorded 324 uses since inception and has served about 94 households as of FY23–24. On Earth Day, staff reported strong participation and reduced event waste: staff later summarized the Civic Center Earth Day event as drawing about 2,500–3,000 attendees and generating about 1 cubic yard of garbage, down from roughly 2 cubic yards previously.

The commission asked for clarifications about the GSI acreage target, which moves were delayed or off track and the difficulty of capturing total heat-pump installations (staff said rebate-tracking by SBCE captures part of installs but not all installs citywide). Raby and other staff said some moves were pending staffing capacity, and that newly hired positions funded in the budget should improve implementation capacity in the coming year.

Commissioners and staff said they will return additional detail on delayed and off-track moves in the next annual update and follow up with partners (for example, SBCE) on rebate and installation denominators.","Environmental Services staff told the Sustainability Commission on April 21 that roughly half of FY23–24 moves tied to the Climate Action Playbook are on track, while the city expanded bike facilities, held EV events and reported a low-waste Earth Day event.","actionData","errors"]

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Sunnyvale Sustainability Commission ranks speaker series: disability-climate, resilience hubs, SmartStation tour and building decarbonization

Sunnyvale staff report mixed progress on Climate Action Playbook 2028; highlight EV events, bike lanes and Earth Day turnout