Remarks by Larry Klein
284 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 5 of 12
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“Which items were you talking about? Council Member Srinivasan, sorry.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you, Council Member. Next is Council Member Sell.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up is council member Cisneros.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up is Vice Mayor Millinger.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up is Council Member Chang.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Let me just go a little bit more on, I think the closed items are always a question for me. And the problem is, you know, and I think it's how you clarify the work plan. One of which is if for things that are delayed, you know, Council often, when we get to the study session, ask for a lot more than what was initially scoped. And I think being very clear that council forced staff to kind of reevaluate or gave new items to you, I think that's important. But from a complete standpoint, many of these, some of these are complete when the project is done. And some of these are complete at some,…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Okay. And I appreciate that. I think, you know, the work plan itself fantastic in capturing, getting a better idea and making it easier for residents to figure out what's happening. And not all of them have a website related to them, but with that being said, at least it kind of lays out where we'll be over a two-year period and how well we're meeting those targets. So I appreciate that. And definitely capital projects or something that residents normally point to or ask, I'll say, the most questions of. So I appreciate whatever we can do to figure out what the next entry in this table is or…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you. City Manager, do you have any non-agenda items or comments?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“thank you very much city manager thank you and please pass on our our um best wishes hopefully going forward to the families of colleagues in san jose so thank you um with that we will adjourn our meeting at 10 31 p.m thank you all thanks for everyone who was here tonight good night”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“No, but you said that the study was completed in Mountain View?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Mayor Klein. Thank you very much. First, so before this comes back to us again, Definitely want to find out what Mountain View did if they decide to make any changes in any cities that you talked about. Other cities are going through the studies right now. If it makes it to their council, make sure that we get what their new numbers are if they've made a decision to make any changes as far as that's concerned. You said in your presentation that in lieu fees are paid up front that's not the case in Sunnyvale okay so in Sunnyvale we pay as the units are sold and we take that seven percent right…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I understand. And so I'm trying to get a better idea. When this comes back, I would like to know. that what other cities are doing for in lieu fees? Are they taking them at groundbreaking? Are they taking them at full occupancy of all units? Because there's a very big difference from that standpoint, from a city standpoint, that because we take them as, you know, after groundbreaking, but not until occupancy of each unit and taking seven percent of that cost and we're just talking about um um affordable affordable housing right i mean talking about for sale housing only i want to make sure…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“For me, it's important that. We get that money, get the money as possible and whether or not that's that at that's at approval of the process groundbreaking.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. Because to me, figuring out what other cities are doing there, what we can do from a state standpoint, to me, is part of this process that we can apply that money. The sooner we can apply that money, the better, especially if the project doesn't go forward. And then I would love to see, so you based all this specifically on Sunnyvale and we've had tons of multifamily apartments, we've had tons of multifamily townhomes, we've had very little condos. And you're kind of saying, Well, we could get more from in lieu on condos and, and. I, you know, what that percentage is, is it is it 17? Is…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. First, thanks for the presentation. You had my questions from earlier. I appreciate the speakers who talked about that the economic conditions are difficult. That's all I ever hear from developers. It's always difficult. No matter what in lieu fees we set, no matter what inclusionary requirements we put on, it's always difficult. But I think looking at the data, we can definitely say that rental inclusionary increase is not called for. I will question staff to evaluate whether or not now or sometime in the near future we should look at conceivably inclusionary increase for…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Let's go ahead and take, let's do a nine-minute recess and come back at 7.05.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Good evening. Let's call to order the council meeting of August 11th, 2026 at 7 0 6 PM. The city does not tolerate disruptive behavior in our meetings. Sunnyvale prides itself on the rich diversity of our residents. We are committed to creating a culture of belonging where members of our diverse community feel included, safe, and respected. This council meeting is considered a limited public forum, which means the council can regulate the time, place, and manner of speech. Speaker comments must be limited to the agenda item being considered by council for a consent calendar or public hearing…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Next up is oral communications. This is now the public's opportunity to address council on topics not listed on tonight's agenda. This section is limited to 15 minutes and may be extended or continued after our general business section of the meeting. individuals may only speak once during oral communications this council meeting is considered a limited public forum which means the council can regulate the time place and manner of speech speaker comments during oral communications must be limited to matters within council's authority generally referred to as council subject matter…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you, council member. I now will be reading the speaker card names of people in the room. I will read off two names. The first name, please come to the lectern. The next person be hopefully waiting in the wings so we can reduce the amount of transition. First up is Russ M followed by Mike C. Thank you. One second.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. Next is Shangi P. Followed by”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Thank you. That was my last card in the room. City manager, did you have a comment?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“That's correct. Thank you. Okay. That was my last speaker card in the room. City Clerk, do we have any remote speakers? wishing to speak under oral communications.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“done properly we are not against the new construction we want to have new construction but a reasonable construction sensible construction in our neighborhood thank you mayor that was the final remote public speaker for oral communications okay thank you i'll go ahead and close oral communications uh next up is our consent calendar i'll open up our uh public comment on consent calendar items uh please submit a speaker card to the city clerk raise your digital hand now Board, I'll start on your telephone, indicate that you wish to speak. I will call on members of public participating in person…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I will close public comment and bring it back to Council.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026