INFORMATION/ACTION  ITEMS

COUNCIL DIRECTIONS TO STAFF

Date Assigned	Directive/Action Required	Dept	Due Date	Date Completed
8/12/03 1.	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 2.	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
5/18/04 3.	Bring back an update  in a year on actions taken on the recommendations regarding enhancing community linkages with the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety (Hamilton)	DPS	May 2005
6/1/04 4.	Staff will conduct a before and after study of the effects of the "sharrow" installation on Wolfe Road as part of the Connecting North and South Sunnyvale for Bicyclists project.  Bicycle use, bicycle and motor vehicle lane positioning, and traffic safety will be investigated.  Staff will report back to Council one year after completion of construction of the project (Swegles)	DPW	June 2005
6/8/04 5.	Direct staff to report back in a year with the results of the implementation of staff’s recommendations from the Multi Cultural Diversity Task Force (Hamilton)	OCM	June 2005
7/27/04 6.	Request staff to do a study to look at attached housing units vs. detached single family housing units in terms of construction duration, construction hours, number of building permits in a given time period, in accordance with the Noise Ordinance, and bring it back to Council (Howe/Miller)	CDD	12/21/04 1/11/05 1/25/05 (moved by Council on 12/21/04)
8/24/04 7.	Staff to report back to Council by the end of July, 2005 on any Community problems related to the enrollment expansion of the existing Stratford School and to report the number of students for the first year. (Howe)	CDD	July, 2005
8/24/04 8.	Provide a dedicated staff person to review e-mail complaints regarding the enrollment expansion at Stratford School.  Track quarterly and report back to Council in July 2005.  (Hamilton)	CDD	July, 2005
10/26/04 9.	Bring back the appeal of a decision by the Planning Commission approving a use permit and denying a variance for a monopole located at 231 Sunset Avenue to after the return of Council Member Hamilton from maternity leave. (Howe)	CDD	1/25/05

NEW STUDY ISSUES

SPONSORED BY COUNCIL IN 2005

Date Requested		Study Issue Title	Requested By	Department	Issue paper Submitted to City Manager

CITIZEN CONCERNS

Date Issue Raised	Name	Issue	Dept	Date Issue Addressed
10/19/04	Suzie Blackman	Provide a response to the Chamber of Commerce regarding the availability and accessibility of a list of new business licenses for the public and what it would cost the City to come up with a fee to charge the public for this list.	FIN

BUDGET MODIFICATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2004-05

Approved	Budget Mod. No. RTC #	Subject	Fund	$ Amount
7/27/04	1 04-265	Authorization for filing and acceptance of trails and open space grant program funds for the Calabazas Creek Trail project, authorization for the City Manager to execute required grant agreements, and Budget Modification No. 1	1. Trails and Open Space Grant	$200,000
7/27/04	2 04-277	Authorization for the City Manager to execute a cooperative funding agreement for the Frances Street Transit Corridor Project and Budget Modification 2	1. Federal Transit Administration Grant (FTA)	$178,000
10/12/04	3 04-367	Award of contract to conduct an optimal staffing study for the department of Public Safety and Budget Modification No. 3	Asset Forfeiture Non Recurring Events FY 2003/2004 GF carryover	$60,588   $4,093   $34,319
9/14/04	4 04-317	Acceptance of contributions from property owners in the amount of $2,000 for Murphy Avenue Tree lights maintenance and Budget Modification No. 4.	1. Contributions from property owners	$2,000
9/21/04	5 04-330	Award of Bid No. F0306-88 for Roof replacement at the Water Pollution Control Plant laboratory building and approval of Budget Modification No. 5	1. Wastewater Management Fund Reserves	$152,605
9/28/04	6 04-341	Update on the status of Wastewater Capital and Infrastructure improvement projects, use of proceeds from the Water and Wastewater Revenue Bonds Series 2001, and Budget Modification No. 6	1. Wastewater Management Reserves	($1,148,212)
TBD	7 TBD	Pending – work in progress	TBD	TBD
9/28/04	8 04-343	Update of the Economic Development Program and Approval of the Economic Development Goals and Strategies and Budget Modification No. 8	Non Recurring Events Program 244 Economic Prosperity Operating Savings from FY 2003/2004	$5,000   $12,000
10/19/04	9 04-363	Authorization to Accept $1,000 California Sttories Uncovered Grant from the California Council for the Humanities (CCH) and Budget Modification No. 9	1. California Council for the Humanities/California Stories Uncovered Grant	$1,000
10/19/04	10 04-358	Authorization for the Sunnyvale Public Library to Accept $25,000 Global Language Materials Grant, and Budget Modification No. 10	1. California State Library/Global Language Materials Grant	$25,000
10/26/04	11 04-382	Fiscal Year 2003/04 project and equipment carryover report and budget modification No. 11	1. FY 2003/04 Carryovers
10/26/04	12 04-383	Authorization for additional expenditures for the rental of temporary cooling equipment at the Sunnyvale office center and approval of budget modification No. 12 (No. F0410-17)
10/26/04	13 04-379	Fiscal Year 2004-05 recommendations for General Fund supported outside group funding projects and budget Modification #13	1. Outside Groups – General Fund projects reallocation (cost neutral)	$142,531
12/14/04	14 04-413	Acceptance of Fiscal Year 2003 Part II and Fiscal Year 2004-05 Homeland Security Grant Funding and Budget Modification #14	TBD	TBD
12/14/04	15 04-439	Fiscal Year 2003-04 Budgetary Year end Financial Report, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and Budget Modification #15	TBD	TBD
12/14/04	16 04-430	Acceptance of the California Office of Traffic Study – Sobriety Checkpoint Program Grant for local law enforcement agencies II and Budget Modification #16	TBD	TBD
12/14/04	17 04-427	Adoption of two resolutions for the Department of Public Safety related to the approval of abolishment of the Assistant Director of Public Safety Classification, revision and retitling of the Captain II classification to deputy chief, revision and retitling of Captain I classification to Captain, and Budget Modification #17	TBD	TBD
12/7/04	18 04-425	Amendment to salary resolution: category A (COA represented) and Category C (PSOA represented) and Budget Modification #18	1. Non Recurring Events	$78,225
11/9/04	CC 1 04-399	Sc(i)3 – The Sunnyvale Center for Innovation, Invention and Ideas	1. Non Recurring Events	$40,000
12/7/04	CC 2 04-421	Study Issue – Report on Board on Accessibility for Physically Challenged	1. Non Recurring Events	$8,500