RTC#03-105 Attachment D

BOARD AND COMMISSION COMMENTS ON

NON-REFERRED QUALITY OF LIFE MEASURES AND OBJECTIVES

The Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, Planning Commission and Housing and Human Services Commission addressed some measures and objectives that were not referred by the City Council. Each comment is listed below under the strategic priority, measure or objective that the specific action/motion refers too.

Strategic Priority -- A SAFE COMMUNITY

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	A traffic safety element (including bicycles and pedestrians) should be added to the Safe Community Strategic Priority. An additional question could be added to the external resident survey that would ask whether people feel safe on the sidewalks and riding a bicycle.

Strategic Priority -- High Quality Education

Support a high-quality educational experience for residents of all backgrounds, ages and academic ability, with equal opportunities and resources, emphasizing college preparatory, vocational training or other career choices.

Coordinate and/or create opportunities for high school students to access career action counseling.

Measure: Number of Sunnyvale youth completing NOVA job search workshops.

Collaborate with community resources for educational purposes.

Measure: Number of collaborative activities implemented with local school districts.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	An adult education component should be added to the High Quality Education Strategic Priority. In addition, the external resident survey should be used to determine citizen satisfaction with public and private elementary, middle and high schools within Sunnyvale.
Planning Commission	Include the percentage of people using the services and the percentage of students served.
Housing and Human Services Commission	Add "cultural and ethnic" to the description of High Quality Education so that it reads: "Support a high-quality educational experience for residents of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, ages and academic ability, with equal opportunities and resources, emphasizing college preparatory, vocational training or other career choices".

Strategic Priority -- A Healthy Sustainable Environment

Support a healthy, sustainable environment with ample open space where everyone enjoys clean air and water.

Continue to met or exceed mandated clean water levels.

Measure: Regulatory standards for drinking water are met.

Maintain waste diversion levels.

Measure: Solid waste diversion rate.

Board/Commission	Motion/Comment
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	In the existing objective: "Maintain waste diversion levels" waste diversion levels should be increased, not simply maintained.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	A measure which measures Sunnyvale's consumption of natural resources as compared to a global sustainability index should be added.

Strategic Priority -- Efficient, Safe Transportation Systems

Maximize the efficiency and safety of all means of transportation to improve traffic flow and minimize travel times.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Add an objective which states "Improve citizens transportation choices by providing the right infrastructure." Measures for this objective would be: % of missing curb-cuts, % of missing sidewalks, % of arterial and collector streets with bicycle lanes.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Include a measure which looks at the time it takes to get to employment centers by transit.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Include a measure for the number of Sunnyvale businesses who offer transit incentives.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Include a measure of the number of people working in Sunnyvale vs. the total number of vehicles.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Include a measure that looks at the number of workers in Sunnyvale who use a mode other than single occupancy vehicles to get to work.

Reduce vehicle, bicycle and pedestrian accidents in the City.

Measure: Citywide vehicle collision rate.

Measure: Number of bicycle and pedestrian accidents.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	For the existing measure: "Number of Bicycle and pedestrian accidents", Bicycle and pedestrian accidents should be calculated by rate (per miles traveled).

Quality, Diverse, Affordable Housing

Provide for a high quality diverse supply of housing, including a broad mix of types with ample ownership and rental opportunities for residents of all income levels.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Housing and Human Services Commission	Add a comma and the word "various" so that the description of Quality, Diverse, Affordable housing reads: "Provide for a high quality, diverse supply of housing, including a broad mix of types, with ample ownership and rental opportunities for residents of various income levels."
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Include a measure of the jobs/housing ratio in the City as part of the Quality, Diverse, Affordable Housing Strategic Priority.

Community Pride and Involvement

Increase and promote opportunities for community involvement

Measure: Number of City volunteers.

Measure: Number of board and commission members.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Measure the number of boards and commission vacancies and applicants instead of the number of Board and Commission members.
Planning Commission	Include individual volunteer hours.

Support formation of and participation in neighborhood associations for all types of housing.

Measure: The number of neighborhood/homeowner associations.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Change the measure "number of neighborhood/homeowner associations" to "number of neighborhood associations". In addition, add a measure of the average number of people attending each meeting.

COMMUNITY WITH DIVERSE CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES

Encourage and embrace a diverse, multi-cultural environment, supportive of entertainment, performing and fine arts.

Support multi-cultural City Events

Measure: Number of City-supported multi-cultural events

Encourage broad participation in City cultural events and entertainment, with outreach to all.

Measure: Number of people attending in City multi-cultural events.

Board/Commission	Motion/Action
Planning Commission	Remove in the Community with Diverse, Cultural Opportunities the word "multi-cultural" and use only "cultural".
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	Include a measure for the annual number of hate crimes as part of the Community with Diverse Cultural Opportunities Strategic Priority.

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