Mayor Vorreiter commended the Sunnyvale Public Safety SWAT team for its recent overall First Place win in the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Invitational SWAT Competition "Best in the West" 2000. In the seven years the competition has been held, this is the third time the Sunnyvale team has come out on top. Individual accomplishments included the Top Sniper Award to Joel Witmer, and third place in the two-person Combat Town for PSOs Moretto and Pang.

The salute to the flag was led by Mayor Vorreiter.

Councilmember Risch made announcements on behalf of the City Council. First, he announced that Councilmember Miller was appointed to the Association of Bay Area Governments’ Legislation Committee. He also reminded people to mark their calendars for the second annual Community Pancake Breakfast and Safety Fair hosted by the Sunnyvale Public Safety Department on Saturday, October 14 from 8:00 to 12:00 at Fire Station No. 2. Cost is $3.00 per person, $2.00 for children 10 and under. Proceeds will benefit the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation. He further announced that the City recently sponsored the first of two public forums on Measure S, the ballot measure regarding accepting fluoridated water from suppliers. The forum will be rebroadcast on KSUN, Channel 18, twice a week, at 7:00 p.m. Fridays and at 5:00 p.m. on Sundays. The second forum will be held on Thursday, October 19 and will be moderated by the League of Women Voters. It will be held here in the Council Chambers, 456 W. Olive Avenue at 7:00 p.m. The forum will be open to the public and will be broadcast live on KSUN, Channel 18.

Mayor Vorreiter announced that the City’s first International Street Fair was held on Saturday, September 23^rd and was highly successful.

Alan Berkowitz, Executive Director of Environmental Volunteer, presented the organization’s purpose and mission. The group is run by volunteers and offers educational workshops and field trips for schools. Over 11,000 students are served annually through their programs. Interested individuals can volunteer to receive multi-subject or single-subject training to serve as an environmental volunteer. Interested persons are encouraged to call (650) 961-0545 for more information.

Werner Gans, member of the public, requested that Item 1.D. be pulled from the Consent Calendar.

Vice Mayor Walker moved, and Councilmember Valerio seconded, approval of the Consent Calendar with the exception of Item 1.D. The motion carried unanimously.

Acting Public Works Director Mark Dettle presented the staff report.

Mayor Vorreiter opened the public hearing at 7:47 p.m.

Werner Gans asked if there would be a completion incentive or a lack of completion penalty for this project, and stated that he was concerned with the Wolfe Road widening project taking too long.

City Manager LaSala stated that road construction was on schedule.

Mayor Vorreiter closed the public hearing at 7:50 p.m.

Councilmember Fowler moved approval of the staff recommendation. The motion was seconded by Vice Mayor Walker and carried unanimously.

At 7:51 p.m., Councilmember Miller declared a conflict of interest on this item and excused herself from the dais.

Planning Officer Ryan presented the staff report and responded to Council questions. She stated that staff was amending Condition 11 for clarification (bicycle parking review process). The language of Condition 14 is being added to Condition 11.b. She also clarified that the TDM program goal is toward an 18% trip reduction program.

Mayor Vorreiter opened the public hearing at 8:04 p.m.

Dan Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance, explained the history and evolution of Network Appliance, and stated that the company has exceeded its growth expectations. He thanked the Council for its support.

Suzi Blackman, President/CEO, Chamber of Commerce, spoke in support of the project.

Werner Gans inquired about a building on the property that is one year old, and asked about the possibility of high-density housing for a walk to work opportunity.

Thom Bryant of Network Appliance stated that Moffett Park may not be the best place for high-density housing, but that he supported such housing nearby.

Don Warmenhoven, CEO of Network Appliance, concluded his remarks and stated that his workforce creates a critical mass of employees for light rail transit.

Mayor Vorreiter closed the public hearing at 8:16 p.m.

Vice Mayor Walker moved, and Councilmember Fowler seconded, the staff recommendation, to uphold the decision of the Planning Commission to affirm the Mitigated Negative Declaration and approve the use permit with conditions, as clarified by staff. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:

Councilmember Miller returned to her seat at the dais at 8:19 p.m.

Information Technology Director Hernandez presented the staff report and responded to Council questions.

City Manager LaSala commended IT staff on this project and the unique and innovative agreement, and noted that legal counsel Ed Taylor donated his time on the agreement.

Mayor Vorreiter opened the public hearing at 8:27 p.m.

Ray Berryman, CEO of Berryman & Henigar Enterprises, thanked Council for its consideration of this item, thanked staff for their good work, and stated that the software will be a great benefit to other cities.

Mayor Vorreiter closed the public hearing at 8:36 p.m.

Vice Mayor Walker moved, and Councilmember Fowler seconded, the staff recommendation to approve the agreement with Berryman & Henigar Enterprises. The motion carried unanimously.

Management Analyst McQueen presented the staff report and responded to Council questions.

Acting Community Development Director Rose also responded to Council questions.

Mayor Vorreiter opened the public hearing at 9:01 p.m.

Darah Ghafarian stated that he is opposed to extending construction hours in residential areas even for interior work.

Thom Mayer stated that he was concerned with a lack of guidelines and that he preferred homeowners’ remodeling hours to not be before 9:00 a.m. on Saturday or Sunday.

Mayor Vorreiter closed the public hearing at 9:05 p.m.

Councilmember Fowler moved, and Councilmember Miller seconded, first reading of the ordinance as amended to insert "within non-residential districts" after the word "activity" in 16.08.110(b)(3) (or similar wording by staff that meets his intent to support flexibility in non-residential areas and to keep current controls in residential areas).

Councilmember Miller requested a friendly amendment to start homeowner work not before 9:00 a.m. on Sundays and national holidays (instead of 8:00 a.m.). Councilmember Fowler accepted the friendly amendment.

The motion failed by the following roll call vote:

Councilmember Roberts moved the staff recommendation to hold first reading of the ordinance as presented. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Risch and carried by the following roll call vote:

Sr. Management Analyst Kelly presented the staff report and responded to Council questions.

Parks and Recreation Director Walker and City Attorney Armento also responded to Council questions.

Councilmember Miller requested a Study Issue regarding a Policy on Street Light Pole Banners.

Mayor Vorreiter opened the public hearing at 9:35 p.m.

Thom Mayer stated his hope that formalizing the processes would not make holding the Lakewood Village events more complex or more expensive.

Mayor Vorreiter closed the public hearing at 9:36 p.m.

Vice Mayor Walker moved, and Councilmember Miller seconded, the staff recommendation to establish a standardized policy for funding special events, and establish an annual process for considering requests for event assistance (Alternative No. 1) as amended: (a) staff to come back to Council with a recommended amount to be budgeted annually for special events; (b) direct the City Manager to include his recommendation regarding whether or not to fund this project in his Recommended Budget Resource Allocation Plan to Council for Fiscal Year 2001/2002 in spring of 2001; (c) direct staff to return to Council by spring 2001 with a recommended Council policy that includes a process and guidelines for acting on requests for special event support; and (d) staff to come back with a recommended policy to Council to allow appropriate signage at the two City locations, with criteria for banners to be limited to displaying the name of the sponsoring organization, name of event, location, date, time, contact phone number, and web site. The motion carried by the following roll call vote:

Darab Ghaffary expressed concerns with parking restrictions when street cleaners come by, and that his street is not getting cleaned. He asked why the City does not have no parking signs for street sweeping. He also stated that he has had no response on a call he made to the abandoned vehicle hotline.

Acting Public Works Director Dettle stated that staff can work with the neighborhoods to do a clean sweep, and that staff will work with Mr. Ghaffary to address his concerns.

Mayor Vorreiter stated that a reminder could be placed in the quarterly report regarding parking regulations.

Acting Community Development Director Rose stated that the City Council’s position has traditionally been to eliminate signs when possible, and that the Council has addressed this issue a few times in years past.

Thom Mayer stated that on Weddell East of Fair Oaks, bike lanes were being removed. He asked if this was consistent with Council policy.

Acting Public Works Director Dettle stated that he will look into the situation and get back to Mr. Mayer.

Mark Priscaro stated that he recently received an apology from the City regarding an unauthorized property appraisal at the property he is renting in the downtown redevelopment project area. He also stated that he thought the City was being overzealous and overaggressive in its desire to acquire properties in this area.

City Manager LaSala stated that an apology was issued, and that the City’s practices were not overly aggressive in this area.

Councilmember Fowler commended City staff on how they handled Vice President Gore’s visit to Sunnyvale last week.

Councilmember Risch clarified that the next Measure S public forum would be held on October 19^th, not October 9^th, as he mistakenly stated.

There were no additional comments from staff.

Mayor Vorreiter declared the meeting adjourned at 10:04 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Kelly
Senior Management Analyst/Deputy City Clerk