Especially good talk: Don Weden at Housing Action Coalition Meeting
Our guest this month is Don Weden, retired planner of 30 years with Santa Clara County and now one of the Valley's planning oracles. Many of you remember several presentations Don has provided to the HAC, the latest of which centered on planning for our aging communities entitled Cities for All Ages.
Sunnyvale City Council passes strong single-use carryout bag ordinance
Tuesday night, December 6, 2011 night by a 5-1 vote, the Sunnyvale City Council passed a strong single-use, carryout bag ordinance. The ordinance bans those ubiquitous, light-weight plastic bags with handles, distributed at check-out counters. It places a 10 cent charge, to be kept by the retailer, on single-use paper bags. These bags must contain 40 percent post-consumer recycled paper. This part of the ordinance, scheduled to go into effect in June, 2012, will apply to the 90ish stores originally the focus of this project.
Sunnyvale City Council Considers Banning Plastic Single-Use Carry-Out Bags
Sunnyvale City Council Meeting
Tuesday, December 6
Beginning at 7 PM
Council Chambers, City Hall, 456 W. Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale
Tomorrow, Tues., 11/29 1st Presentation of DRAFT Climate Action Plan & Land Use/Transportation Chapter
Sunnyvale Cool's very first request was that the Council adopt the Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement as official City policy. Council adopted the Agreement by unanimous vote on 9/11/07. The Agreement's first recommendation for cities was to conduct a community greenhouse gas inventory, set a target for reducing carbon emissions, and create a Climate Action Plan to reduce these emissions.
Bus Rapid Transit on El Camino Real Video
VTA video, A New Way to Travel on El Camino Real http://youtu.be/COVG7bps9p8
Plastic Political Yard Signs Can Be Recycled
Good news from Sunnyvale's Recycling Manager--those plastic political yard signs can be recycled. Better still, some could be saved and reused in the next election. (If the sign can't be reused, perhaps at least the stands could be saved for reuse.)
Recycle the plastic signs at:
Lynx Recycling
Local Upcoming Events
Local Upcoming Events
October, 2011
Sunnyvale City Council Election Events:
Summary of Safe Routes to School Meeting, hosted by Sunnyvale Cool 9/8/11
Alice Kawaguchi of the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health spoke Thursday night about the joint effort by the City of Sunnyvale and Santa Clara County to expand the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program. The meeting was attended by 24 Sunnyvale residents from various parts of the City. We learned about an exciting opportunity to help our youngest residents and their families develop healthier and more
Sunnyvale Cool Newsletter: September 2011
Sunnyvale Cool Newsletter
Sunnyvale Cool General Meeting: Safe Routes to School in Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale Cool General Meeting
Thursday, September 8
7-8:30 PM
Toyota Sunnyvale, 898 W. El Camino Real
Second floor classroom
Come learn about Sunnyvale's Safe Routes to School grant from MTC. Alice Kawaguchi of the Santa Clara County Public Health Department brings us up-do-date.

