Remarks by Linda Sell
71 remarks on the record, newest first · Page 2 of 3
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“Okay. And then sometimes study issues have outreach meetings associated with them. And then sometimes like even me as a council member, I can't keep track of, like, even if I'm interested in a study issue, like when the outreach meetings happen or stuff like that, is there any thought to, I haven't visited the dashboard recently, but is there any thought to like, once you've decided, like, we're going to have an outreach meeting, like three months from now, or, you know, tentatively, like you have the tentative agenda for the council thing. I was just wondering if the dashboard could be like…”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“So one question. So are all of these projects, do they have their own mail list or not?”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“And it might be good on the dashboard to say, here's a link to this web page. That might be good. And then the other last thing is, if it goes to Commission or Council, and you know when it might, then the dashboard having a little notation, like three months from now, four months from now, tentatively. Yeah.”
City Council · Aug 25, 2026
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“Thank you for your presentation. For cities that currently have 20%, has there been any analysis on how it's impacted the rate of development of new housing? Any thoughts on that?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And what were some reasons for them like lowering it?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
- Play at 47:33
“Okay. And then from looking at Sunnyvale, you don't see a reason for rolling it back.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“from what we've heard from your report and from some of the input we've gotten. I also don't support making changes at this time. But I'd like to come out of this study, if possible, with some guidance on what signs we would be looking for to reopen this study, how often, what is a good recommendation for a process to be you mentioned San Francisco is pretty aggressive about looking at this. So I think that's a good thing. Okay. Thank you very much.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“After their summer break fun, Sunnyvale students are heading back to school. In the upcoming weeks, students all over the city and South Bay will be walking and biking to school. Some students are driving to school for the first time this year. To ensure a safe return and commute for everyone, here are a few pointers. Obey the 15 miles per hour speed limit around schools. Our public safety officers will be there out there as a reminder. Drive carefully and observe all traffic laws. Be alert for pedestrians, bicyclists, and student drivers. Please obey all crosswalk guards. Do not use disabled…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“This question is for staff. How would people be involved, engaged in the process on the Las Palmas? Just normal, general people that are interested but want to be involved and give input.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, thank you very much. So the best way to get involved is to go to the website. You do Google Las Palmas Park Renovation, and it takes you to the webpage. And on that webpage, there's a signup list to be on the mailing list. Thank you. Council Member Lay.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Hi, thank you for responding to these grand jury reports. I read over the letters back and forth and very well written, so thank you. So one of the questions I had which related to questions about the VTA. There's the VTA response to the VTA grand jury. We had a pendium to our council questions. And so that took that paragraph and staff suggested an alternate paragraph. So I was just wondering if staff could elaborate on why those changes were made or I could elaborate on why I requested changes. Any thoughts?”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So let me understand this. So there was the current paragraph that was in the letter. And then in our council response to questions, staff came up with an alternate paragraph. So staff is fine with either paragraph. And it's up to council to say which one they prefer. Okay, thank you. That's all my questions.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So this month, the first Thursday of every month, we have a board meeting. And a large time was on the agenda to discuss the response. VTA staff provided a response to each question. There was new information that came out. the board with the auditor had some red lines that they wanted to put in the letters and staff agreed to those red lines but I think that we wanted to make sure the board as a whole seemed like they wanted to make sure that the language was tight and had been reviewed so as board we asked that the letter be sent back to the subcommittee of the um bart silicon valley…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I have to look at the specific question, but I could go back to the VTA staff and get back to you on that. They did say in it that For some of the answers, they did say we already have the information, but the information is not in a format that is currently publishable. But by a certain deadline, we will have a pathway to publish that information. So those were some of the answers that the information exists. But by that date, they would have a plan to publish that information. That was a response to some of the questions, but you're welcome to email me and I will get back with VTA staff and…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“And I did want to make one clarification, which they did put together in their press release. that the grand jury report seemed to tie this measure that will be on the ballot in November to BART Silicon Valley. BART Silicon Valley will not use the funding related to the November ballot. So that's what they...”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I had a comment of the paragraphs that we could do for the VTA letter. There was one paragraph version that's in the original. You want to make a motion and include that change? Yeah. Should I make the motion? Go right ahead. Okay. So I'd like to make a motion to accept... The staff recommendations, which is accept alternative one and three, approve the city's response to the 2026 Santa Clara County grand jury report, potholes, damage, improving claims processes with Santa Clara County as presented in attachment one to the report and authorize the mayor to sign the response. Alternative…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So I think these were good responses and thoughtful responses that staff came up okay and um and the only from like looking at the letters very carefully the only item that i found would i talk about now was that there was one part where um on the letter related to the vta they talk about um Sunnyvale appointing alternates to the VTA board. So we don't appoint alternates to the VTA board because we share two of the seats on the board with three cities and so the three cities rotate being on the board And then there's one of the city representatives that is not on the board. So the…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Hi, I wanted to thank you for doing this study. It was... I, during the study, saw you go to many places, so it was all good, and it came to this conclusion. So I had a question. When I looked at many of the charts about income, inequality, and other things, it would always go back to like some areas of inequity on a lot of the maps were relating to North Sunnyvale. So when you're deciding how to prioritize, how to look at things and stuff like that, how will those things kind of come across? Like when I look at the graphs, many of the graphs talk about different demographics, different…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay, and I think it's great. I think it's like a big reservoir of knowledge. And when you're looking at other things, studies, then you can refer to this and it can give you more information on how to approach those other programs. So thank you for your work on this.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yes. Yes. I would second that motion. In addition, I don't know where this fits in, but what I heard, okay, amendment. A friendly amendment.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“So it was mentioned by some community members that they would like like a community advisory group. I remember when we had the mobile home community and we had 13 mobile homes represented by one representative from each other mobile home. And then they were able to work with the staff and the developers to come up with an agreement. So I do see over my many years of advocacy that when you do engage like a pretty knowledgeable driven group that they're able to bring insights in and then their insights are just the iceberg of what many other people are thinking so then if you're able to hear…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Okay. And then because of the motion of this North Sunnyvale being a focus area, then North Sunnyvale.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“The two zip codes mentioned, like there would be more information about all those resources of how someone can engage that go to community members in those two zip codes so that they can engage in already Some of the programs we have, like the Teen Advisory Committee, the Community Committees, the Senior Committees, and all of those. That would be great. So no amendment needed. Okay. So second, as said. So second.”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“I think this report is great. You know, over the years, my four years here, I've heard of little this and a lot of that and, you know, concerns about inequity in North Sunnyvale, but we weren't able to really substantiate that. And then, so this report does a really thorough job of going through all these different parameters and substantiating some of the things that we've been hearing. And so that makes it easier for staff and the council and the community to focus on those areas. So I think that's great. I remember when I first came on the council, we were doing Moffitt Park specific plans…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026
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“Yeah, I had a quick comment. One of the public commenters mentioned that when we focus on certain areas and we solve problems, that her hope is that it'll solve problems for everyone. And just one comment, when we started working on this shuttle, we were just going to make it a shuttle for students to get from school to home. And then we made it a citywide shuttle because that's what Mayor Klein thought was pushing for in another way. and staff was able to help us find a solution that helps everyone in the city although when we started we were just going to help the students and so hopefully…”
City Council · Aug 11, 2026