INFORMATION/ACTION  ITEMS COUNCIL DIRECTIONS TO STAFF

 

Date

Assigned

Directive/Action Required

Dept

Due Date

 

Date Completed

6/11/02

1.

Report on the effectiveness of the Canary Avenue traffic calming plan after one year

Action: Construction of traffic calming devices completed on 2/7/03. Staff will report on effectiveness of project in March 2004 in the form of an RTC and will agendize as a Public Hearing item to allow citizen input.

PWD

March 2, 2004

3/2/04

11/26/02

2.

Staff to assess the need for consultant assistance to review the property /business improvement district option and return to Council for further recommendations and review the possibility of an advisory board regarding Downtown Parking Facilities. In light of budget reduction, staff will pursue this without assistance of a consultant. Staff will work with Downtown property owners and businesses to identify and evaluate options for long-term management of parking district. Report will be filed with Council when resolved, but no later than May, 2004, the latest that Council can take action to initiate election on parking district assessment.

CDD

May 2004

 

6/3/03

3.

Council directed staff to restructure the Employee Suggestion Program and include the restructured program in the FY 2004/2005 budget.  The HR Supervisor managing the project will meet  with the Personnel Board at their October meeting to review the work plan and solicit ideas from the Board on the new program.  A subcommittee is being formed from members in the Citywide Recognition Committee to collect information on Employee Suggestion Programs best practices from other agencies.  The committee will be formed by October 31, 2003.  The information will be analyzed and the subcommittee is responsible for developing the new proposed program.  The proposed program will be reviewed by the Personnel Board Members by November 30, 2003.  It will be brought to City Council for approval and implementation by January 27, 2004.

 

HRD

Revised date: 3/30/04

 

 

3/30/04

 

8/12/03

4.

Council directed staff to report back to in two years on how the revised lot coverage regulations affect development in single family zoning districts. Over the next 2 years, staff will collect data on the number of single-story homes that utilize the maximum one-story 45% lot coverage and whether any two-story additions necessitated a demolition of first floor area to meet the 40% lot coverage requirement. A memorandum with the above detail will be sent to Council in October, 2005—two years after the effective date of the ordinance.

 

CDD

October 2005

 

8/19/03

5.

Review Housing Mitigation Fee Adjustment in three years. Staff will begin update of nexus study in March, 2006, and report to City Council with recommended adjustment to fee by August, 2006.

CDD

August 2006

 

10/21/03

 6.

Outreach Task Force recommendations with modifications that expanded notice for 2nd story additions be on a one year trial basis to evaluate and then come back to Council as to whether it is cost effective as to if it is generating more people that show interest

OCM

December 2004

 

1/13/04

7.

Provide updated version of open consulting agreements list; provide details of payments made to California Space Authority, Transcor, Bergenhauser Consulting; provide an update of the open consulting agreements list dated April 30, 2003 and every six months thereafter to Council

FIN

4/30/04

 

1/27/04

8.

Provide an explanation as to delay in receiving/posting receipt of utility payments and to see whether the 30-day time frame could be shortened (Miller)

FIN

4/20 Council meeting

 

2/10/04

9.

Study zoning designation from R3 to R2 for the other half of Washington and the north end of McKinley on both sides of the street (Hamilton/Miller).

CDD

6/15

 

2/24/04

10.

Staff provide specific item description in future appeal Planning Commission agendas  that go to Council; and, return to Council with clarification as to the type of training referenced under appeal item #2: 2004-0012/Leticia R. Guiad (Miller)

CDD

 

CM emailed information to Council member Miller

2/24/04

11.

Designate April 13 at 6:30 – 8:30 pm as Sunnyvale Night at the NASA Mars Center  Distribute 100 slots to various roundtable business groups, two to each Council member and the balance to the neighborhood associations managed by Coryn Campbell, NCS Manager (Howe)

OCM

4/13

 

3/2/04

12.

Change the scheduled meetings of April 29 and June 10 to another date subject to availability of the City Council and City Manager and reflect the new dates on the Tentative Calendar for Council information (Miller)

OCM

3/16/04

3/24/04 (Dates moved to April 26 and June 7)

3/2/04

13.

Update the Information/Action Items list for the next Council meeting (Miller)

OCM

3/16/04

3/3/04

3/2/04

14.

Provide a year to date or year to last accounting period status report to Council regarding the City’s three reserve funds (Howe)

FIN

 

In CM’s Friday 3/12 memo to Council

 

3/2/04

15.

Provide a status update report on the Plaza, its completion date, and whether this completion date is on schedule (Howe).

DPW

 

In CM’s Friday 3/12 memo to Council

3/6/04

16.

Submit a memorandum to Council with information regarding what contingencies have been spent to date for the Plaza Design Services Agreement (Howe)

DPW

 

 

3/23/04

17.

Schedule a Council Study Session in six weeks to review and discuss the Council approval process for contracts and agreements (Howe)

OCM/FIN

4/20/04

 

3/23/04

18.

Provide Council with a timeline for posting the sign at the Caltrain station to indicate that parking is allowed after 6:00 p.m. free of charge for citizens as requested by Council at its special budget meeting on March 20 (Miller).

DPW

 

 

 

NEW  Study Issues

Sponsored by Council

2004

Date Requested

Study Issue Title

Requested By

Department

Issue paper

Submitted

 

3/2/04

Consideration of a study issue at the December workshop regarding restricting the number of vehicles parked on properties with single family homes.

Council member Miller

CDD

 

3/23/04

Explore City’s policy on auto maintenance and repair work conducted on residential property.

Council member Hamilton

CDD

 

 

 

CITIZEN CONCERNS

 

Date Issue Raised

Name

Issue

Dept

Date Issue Addressed

1/27/04

Citizen at Council meeting

Provide recommendation to Council regarding request from Bobbe Smirni on her request to use City facility for the 2004 Breast Cancer event.

OCM

3/30/04 Information only RTC 04-111

2/24/04

Citizen at Council meeting

Explore possibility of applying a fee waiver for the Girl Scouts’ use of the park building, review the existing Council policy and report back to Council in the next month or two in a memo, its findings and recommendation, with a copy to Phyllis Fowler. Councilmember Fowler requested that the memo contain information about the existing Council policy.

 

 

PRD

3/16/04 Information only RTC 04-090

3/23/04

Citizen at Council meeting

Look into and provide a response to Mr. Thom Mayer regarding the status of the posting of signs at the train station on rules for non-subscription bicycle parking lockers and who is responsible for posting these signs.

DPW

 

 

 

BUDGET MODIFICATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2003/2004

 

Approved

 

Budget Mod. No.

RTC #

Subject

Fund

$ Amount

8/12/03

#1

RTC 03-273

California Energy Commission Grant for Traffic Signal Battery Backup Systems

CEC Grant

Gas Tax

$67,200

$75,100

7/22/03

#2

RTC 03-250

Funding Request to Supplement the Underground Storage Tank Upgrades Project

1,  Gen Services/Fleet Sub-fund Equipment Replacement Reserve

$75,000

7/22/03

#3

RTC 03-240

Funding Request for a Contribution to the Housing Trust of Santa Clara County

1. Housing Mitigation Sub-fund reserves

$500,000

7/15/03

#4

RTC 03-246

Award of Bid #F0205-97 and Budget Modification No. 4 for the Sunnyvale Downtown Plaza (RTC#03-246)

1.Park Dedication Fund

2. 823490-Downtown Public Improvements

$447,548

 

$1,458,888

7/22/03

#5

RDA 03-005

 

Authorization to Issue Tax Allocation Bonds to Refund the Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 1992

1. 2003 Tax Allocation Bonds Refunding

$204,000

7/22/03

#6

RTC 03-257

Establish First-Time Homebuyer Support Program

1. Housing Mitigation Fund – BMR In-Lieu Reserve

$540,000

8/6/03

#7

RTC 03-264

Call for November 2003 Special Municipal Election Regarding the City's Business License Tax and Transient Occupancy Tax, and Examination of Related Ballot Measure Language.

1. Fiscal Uncertainties. This budget modification request was not approved by Council.

NA

9/23/03

#8

RTC 03-330

Sunnyvale Multimodal Transit Station Project

1. VTA

$136,000

10/7/03

#9

RTC 03-349

Continuation of Bureau of Justice Assistance Block Grant

BJA Grant

Gen. Fund

($7,668)

($854)

10/14/03