About Horizon 2035: A Convergence of Climate, Land Use and Transportation

Horizon 2035 is an important combination of two projects that are underway at the City to address Sunnyvale’s energy and water efficiency, land use, transportation, and air quality. These projects are the Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE), part of the City General Plan, and the Climate Action Plan (CAP). Working together, these documents will contain policies and programs that are designed to help the City sustain its natural resources, grow efficiently, and meet state legal requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction.

The LUTE and CAP are two unique projects, but the issues they cover are related. Since both the LUTE and the CAP are being completed concurrently, the City is gathering public input on both policy documents. It is also beneficial to address both projects at the same time in an effort to make the projects as cost-efficient as possible for Sunnyvale residents.

The LUTE update will address land use and transportation activity to sustain resources and encourage more efficient development through 2035. The CAP will analyze the greenhouse gas benefit of LUTE policies as well as policies that focus on energy, waste, and water conservation.

Why Horizon 2035 is Important to You

Everything you see built around you is affected by the LUTE and CAP—from the air and water, to roadways and sidewalks, to the smallest or largest buildings in Sunnyvale.

Sunnyvale residents and business owners all have a vested interest in maintaining a high-quality of life in our City both now and for generations to come. The issues being addressed in these projects will shape how the City considers future development and redevelopment, sustainability, economic development, public transportation corridors, and conservation issues like energy, water and recycling.

Get Involved. Shape the Sustainable Future of your Community

Active public participation at the meetings we will be holding throughout the City on the LUTE and CAP are of great importance to the development of City policies on these issues. All public comments are an important part of policy and plan development and will be considered and integrated, where appropriate, into both documents.

Sunnyvale residents, businesses and community members are invited and encouraged to participate in our public outreach meetings and to provide comments to City staff via email.