STUDY SESSIONS:

1.      New Council Orientation

West Conference Room, 5 p.m.

2.      Review Fire Sprinkler

Requirements for Commercial

and Residential Buildings

West Conference Room, 5:30 p.m.

3.      Intergovernmental Relations Update

West Conference Room, 6:30 p.m.

City Council Meeting Location:

Council Chambers

456 West Olive Avenue

Sunnyvale, California

 

 

AGENDA
SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
AND FINANCING AUTHORITY
DECEMBER 2, 2003
7:30 P.M.

 

SALUTE TO THE FLAG

 

ROLL CALL

 

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY

 

 

Red Ribbon Poster Award

 

Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) Awards

 

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

(Speakers are limited to 3 minutes for announcements of community events, programs, or recognition)

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

1.A.

MOTION

Approval of Draft Minutes (November 25, 2003)

 

1.B.

MOTION

 

Approval of Information/Action Items - Council Directions to Staff

Fiscal Items

 

1.C.

RESOLUTION

RTC 03-423

Amendment to the Salary Resolution: Category A (COA - Represented), and Category C (PSOA - Represented) Classifications and Budget Modification 17

 

1.D.

MOTION

RTC 03-419

Request to Amend FY 2003/2004 Action Plan to Increase Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding for Project Match and Provide Funding to the Mid-Peninsula Alano Club and Budget Modification No. 16

 

1.E.

MOTION

RTC 03-424

FY 2003/2004 Reduction in Workforce Investment Act Funding to Conduct Labor Market Research and Forums and Budget Modification No. 20

Contracts

 

1.F.

MOTION

RTC 03-420

Award of Request for Proposals No. F0308-09 for Third Party Administrator

1.G.

MOTION

RTC 03-417

Approval of Lease of Space at 420 South Pastoria Avenue for Department of Employment Development from the State of California

 

1.H.

MOTION

RTC 03-416

Award of Bid No. F0307-06 for a Golf Cart Storage Building at the Sunnyvale Golf Course and Budget Modification No. 18

Other Items

 

1.I.

MOTION

RTC 03-426

Volunteers in Routine Law Enforcement Pilot Project:  Workplan, Goals and Objectives

1.J.

MOTION

RTC 03-409

Recommendation to Sunnyvale City Council to Approve Confirmation of New Members to the NOVA Workforce Board

1.K.

MOTION

RTC 03-410

Ratification of Councilmember Miller's Appointment to the Association of Bay Area Governments' (ABAG) Inter-Regional Partnership

 

1.L.

MOTION

RTC 03-429

Ratification of Councilmember Miller's Participation in the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Stakeholder Forum

 

CITIZENS TO BE HEARD

 

 

This category is limited to 15 minutes, with a maximum of three minutes per speaker.  If you wish to address the Council, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the City Clerk. If your subject is not on the agenda, you will be recognized at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by Council Members.  If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by Council.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

 

2.

MOTION

rtc 03-422

 

Appeal of Planning Commission Decision Approving a Special Development and Tentative Map for 17 Townhomes at Crescent Avenue

 

3.

MOTION

RTC 03-427

 

Public Hearing on Potential Council Study Issues for Calendar Year 2004

4.

MOTION

RTC 03-425

The Riding Group: Request to Initiate a General Plan Amendment Study to Change the Land Use Designation for 1279 and 1287 Lawrence Expressway from Industrial to Medium Density Residential

 

5.

MOTION

RTC 03-418

Fiscal Year 2002/2003 Budgetary Year-end Financial Report and Comprehensive Annual Financial Report

 

6.

MOTION

RTC 03-411

 

Proposed Special Agreement with Sunnyvale Neighborhood Associations; Neighborhood Association Registry

7.

MOTION

RTC 03-428

 

Palo Alto Animal Services and Shelter Contract Proposal

 

8.

MOTION

RTC 03-430

 

National League of Cities 2003 Conference Resolutions

9.

MOTION

RTC 03-376

 

City Council Interim Appointment to Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Board of Directors

 

10.

 

motion

rtc 03-421

 

Pre-Appeal of Planning Commission Agenda of December 15, 2003 and Administrative Hearing Agenda of December 17, 2003

 

 

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

 

COUNCIL

 

STAFF

 

INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS

 

Study Issues Calendar

Personnel Board Unapproved Minutes of November 20, 2003

 

ADJOURNMENT TO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

ROLL CALL

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

RA - 1.A.

MOTION

 

Approval of Draft Minutes (November 11, 2003)

 

CITIZENS TO BE HEARD 

 

 

This category is limited to 15 minutes, with a maximum of three minutes per speaker.  If you wish to address the Redevelopment Agency, please complete a speaker's card and give it to the Agency Clerk. If your subject is not on the agenda, you will be recognized at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by the Redevelopment Agency.  If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by the Redevelopment Agency.

 

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

 

RA - 2.

motion

rda 03-012

 

Fiscal Year 2002/2003 Budgetary Year-end Financial Report and Basic Financial Statements of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Sunnyvale

 

RA - 3.

RESOLUTION

RDA 03-011

Designating Specified Parcels in the Sunnyvale Central Core Redevelopment Area as a Master Development Area for Redevelopment

 

ADJOURNMENT TO FINANCING AUTHORITY

 

 

ROLL CALL

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

FA - 1.A.

MOTION

 

Approval of Draft Minutes (April 8, 2003)

 

CITIZENS TO BE HEARD

 

 

This category is limited to 15 minutes, with a maximum of three minutes per speaker.  If you wish to address the Financing Authority, please complete a speaker's card. If your subject is not on the agenda, you will be recognized at this time; but the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow action by the Financing Authority.  If you wish to speak to a subject listed on the agenda, you will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by the Financing Authority.

 

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

 

 FA - 2.

motion

FA 03-102

 

Sunnyvale Financing Authority Annual Report of Financial Activities

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

City Council agenda information is available by calling SunDial at 408/774-0262, Code 122.  The agenda reports to council (RTCs) may be viewed on the City’s web site or at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, after 5:00 p.m. on the Fridays prior to Tuesday City Council meetings.  Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 408/730-7483 for specific questions regarding the agenda.

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if you file a lawsuit challenging any final decision on any public hearing item listed in this agenda, the issues in the lawsuit may be limited to the issues which were raised at the public hearing or presented in writing to the City Clerk at or before the public hearing.  PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.6 imposes a 90-day deadline for the filing of any lawsuit challenging final action on an agenda item which is subject to Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.5.

 

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 730-7483.  Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (29 CRF 35.104 ADA Title II)

 

 

GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL 

 

Public Announcements – Beginning of Council Meeting

 

§         3 minutes or less per speaker.

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Recognition of a special achievement.

§         Announcement of public event with definite time and date.

§         Public events that are of community-wide interest that occur on annual basis.

(only announce one time).

 

Public Hearings – Order of Hearing as Follows:

 

§         Opening remarks by the applicant (if applicable).

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Anyone interested in addressing the Council (may only speak one time).

§         Closing remarks by the applicant (if applicable).

§         Time limit of 3 minutes per person (to be extended at discretion of Mayor).  Please make comments brief and be prepared to provide new input.

 

Citizens to be Heard

 

§         Any item relevant to the City of Sunnyvale.

§         Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).

§         Speakers are to turn in a Speaker Card to the City Clerk.

§         Items not on the agenda.

§         Items that do not fall within the scope of the Public Announcement section.

§         Time limit of 3 minutes, 15 minutes total for this category (to be extended or continued to end of Council business, at the discretion of the Mayor).  Limit to one appearance during this section.

 

 

Planning a presentation for a Council Meeting

 

To assist you in utilizing the technology available in the Council Chambers, the publication “How to Make Your Presentation More Effective” may be helpful. Copies are available on the table located in the back of the Council Chambers prior to scheduled City Council and Planning Commission meetings.  You may also pick up a copy at

the City Clerk’s Office or the One Stop Permit Center during normal business hours.

 

If you wish to provide the City Council with copies of any handout materials you are presenting, please provide 12 copies of the materials to the Deputy City Clerk (located to the left of the Council dais).  The City Clerk will pass your materials to the Council.

 

 

SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETINGS

 

DATE

MEETING

TIME

PLACE

December 16, 2003

Study Session: City/VTA Corridor Studies

5:30 p.m.

West Conf. Room

December 16, 2003

Study Session: Presentation of Current Practices Relative to ADA and Accessibility

6:30 p.m.

West Conf. Room

December 16, 2003

City Council Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Council Chambers

January 6, 2003

Study Session:

 

 

January 6, 2003

City Council Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Council Chambers

 

OTHER SCHEDULED MEETINGS

 

December 3, 2003

NOVA Workforce Board

12 Noon

NOVA Board Rm.

December 10, 2003

Parks and Recreation Commission

7 p.m.

Council Chambers

December 15, 2003

Personnel Board

5 p.m.

Council Chambers

December 15, 2003

Planning Commission Study Session

7 p.m.

West Conf. Room

December 15, 2003

Planning Commission Public Hearing

8 p.m.

Council Chambers

December 17, 2003

Housing and Human Services Commission