If it is not time now for a full-time sustainability coordinator, when will it be?

During this budget cycle, Sunnyvale's Council must decide whether our oft-stated environmental aspirations are to be backed up with a few more resources or a more substantial increase.  Council must determine how important--and how urgent--its sustainability goals are.    
Will Sunnyvale incrementally step up it's activity to protect the earth by hiring a part-time sustainability coordinator or begin more fundamental and strategic change by hiring a full-time coordinator? According to staff, the difference between a part-time and a full time position is the time to do strategic planning.
 
Is it time to plan and implement internal efforts to effect organizational and cultural change? Is it time to be proactive in revising city policy to reflect our sustainability aspirations?   Is it time for Sunnyvale to be strategic in our environmental planning?  Or do we wait at least another year or two for the full-time sustainability coordinator staff says is necessary to fulfill these functions?
 
Can we wait another year to conduct the community audit to begin to be accountable for our greenhouse gas pollution and to gather the metrics needed for comprehensive climate protection plan? By the end of this year, 17  cities in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties will have completed community greenhouse audits.  Will Sunnyvale be one of them? 

Is it likely that there will be increasing or decreasing need for a sustainabilty coordinator during the next year or two? 
 
Is there room on the staff of almost 1000 for one FT person dedicated to protecting the earth for our kids and building the healthy, sustainable Sunnyvale of the future?  If not now, when?  
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