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Robert Scheer

Fred Fowler nets his results in the race for Seat 1 on the Sunnyvale City Council Tuesday night.

It's Fowler, Miller and Roberts

By Natasha Collins

Voters elected Fred Fowler, Julia Miller and Jim Roberts to the three open seats on the Sunnyvale City Council Tuesday.

Fowler seized Seat 1 with 72.3 percent of the vote, or 8,150 ballots cast in his favor. His opponent, Kayvan Navai, received 3126 votes.

Fowler, a former member of the Community Advisory Committee for Moffett Field and president of the Lakewood Village Neighborhood Association, said he'll put as much work into being a councilmember as he did into getting elected.

"I feel like a horse hitched up to a huge wagon, but I'm looking forward to the hard work," Fowler said.

As Sunnyvale grows it needs to keep its identity, Fowler said. There is traffic in Sunnyvale because the city is successful, he added, and the city must be mindful of the impact of any future developments. Fowler said he will follow the floor-area-ratio guidelines in order to help alleviate traffic problems.

Miller, the only woman in the race, beat out her opponents, Michael Szymanski and Joseph Martin, for Seat 2. Miller won 47.6 percent of the votes Szymanski received 41.7 percent and and Martin received 10.7 percent.

Miller hopes to keeping Moffett a federal airfield and to use her influence as a councilmember to make that happen. She is in favor of an air and space museum and allowing the current uses of the airfield--department of Defense deliveries, Navy Reserve units and Lockheed Martin Deliveries.

She would also like to address the redevelopment of the Town & Country and Town Center malls-during her four-year term. Redeveloping the area and making downtown more readily known to surrounding areas, she thinks, will help generate revenue.

"I'm very pleased with the result and pleased the citizens

Szymanski, a former planning commissioner, could not be reached for a comment on election night.

Before the final results were in, Martin said he would run for election next year if he lost.

Roberts, to no one's surprise, was once again elected to Seat 3. Roberts ran unopposed, and received 100 percent of the 9,385 votes cast.

Maintaining the suburban feel of Sunnyvale is something the council will have to keep in mind when approving developments, he said. Before multistory or high-density developments are allowed, the council must look at the impact they will have on the city's traffic and residents.

Candidates will be sworn into office at the Nov. 18 council meeting at 8 p.m. Meetings are held in the City Hall Council Chambers located at 464 W. Olive Ave.

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This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, November 5, 1997.
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