NOTICE AND AGENDA

SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2005

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 456 WEST OLIVE AVENUE

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

1. Call to Order in the West Conference Room (Open to the Public)

2. Roll Call

3. Convene Study Session – Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Update

4. Adjourn Special Meeting 

SALUTE TO THE FLAG 

ROLL CALL

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY:  Proclamation – Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Bobbe Smirni, New Frontiers in Prevention of Breast Cancer

CLOSED SESSION REPORT                          

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Each speaker is limited to 3 minutes for announcements of community events, programs, or recognition.

CONSENT CALENDAR 

1.A.	MOTION	Approval of Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of September 27, 2005
1.B.	MOTION	Approval of Information/Action Items - Council Directions to Staff

Fiscal Items 

1.C.

MOTION RTC 05-288

List of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager (List No. 266)   Staff Recommendation: Review list of bills. Staff Contact:  Elaine Wesely, (408) 730- 7380

STAFF RESPONSES TO PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENTS

Staff may provide further information or clarification for the community’s benefit in response to public comments made at previous Council meetings.  Staff will not necessarily respond to all public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENTS

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

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

If you wish to speak to a Public Hearing/ General Business item, please fill out a Speaker Card and give it to the City Clerk.  You will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by Council.  Each speaker is limited to a maximum of three minutes.  For land use items, applicants are limited to a maximum of ten minutes for opening comments and ten minutes for closing comments.

2.	ORDINANCE RTC 05-290	Study Issue to Consider whether Multi-Family Residential Developments should be required to provide Community Rooms Staff Recommendation: Introduction of an ordinance to require community rooms for multi-family residential developments of 100 units or more and allowing the decision-making authority to waive the requirement under certain circumstances. Staff Contact:  Troy Fujimoto,  (408) 730-7443
3.	MOTION RTC  05-285	Council Position on League of California Cities' 2005 Annual Resolutions   Staff recommendation: Council approves Alternative #1: Approves resolution positions as recommended by staff: Resolution #1 , Publication of Home Addresses and Telephone Numbers of Elected and Appointed Officials - Support Resolution #2 , Public Sector Mentoring Program - Support Resolution #3 , Ahwahnee Water Principles for Resource-Efficient Land Use - Support Resolution #4 , Voluntary Statewide Residential Green Building Guidelines - Support Resolution #5, Urban Environmental Accords Adopted by United Nations World Environmental Day - No Position Resolution #6 , Sexual Predators: Increased Distances from Schools - Support Resolution #7 , Follow-up to Proposition 172 re: San Diego County - No Position Resolution #8 , Broadband Internet Access - Support Staff Contact: Coryn Campbell, (408) 730-7475
4.	MOTION RTC O5-286	Timelines for Noticing Council Meeting Agendas and the Distribution of Agendized Reports to Council (Study Issue)   Staff Recommendation: Council approves  Alternatives A, B, C, I and J: A. Council directs the public noticing of Council meeting agendas for regularly scheduled meetings five days in advance (on Thursday preceding a Tuesday meeting). Implementation beginning July 1, 2006 for a trial period of six months. B. Council directs the distribution of hard copies of approved reports to Council five days in advance (on Thursday preceding a Tuesday Council meeting). Reports to be available at established City public access sites on Friday morning. Implementation beginning July 1, 2006 for a trial period of six months. C. Council directs the online posting to the City's web site of approved staff reports for regularly scheduled Council meetings five days in advance (on Thursday preceding a Tuesday meeting). Phased implementation beginning no later than July 1, 2006 for a trial period of six months. I. Council directs distributing final reports earlier if they are ready and approved in advance of their due date. Staff to develop guidelines for early release of reports. Implementation beginning July 1, 2006 for a trial period of six months. J. Council directs adding contact information on the Council Tentative Agenda Calendar posted on the City Web site so that members of the public can more easily make inquiries regarding pending agenda items. Staff Contact: Coryn Campbell, (408) 730-7475

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

• COUNCIL
• STAFF

INFORMATION ONLY ITEMS

2005 Tentative Council Agenda Calendar

RTC 05-289 Boards and Commissions Quarterly Attendance  

Approved Minutes of Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting of 8/24/05

Unapproved Minutes of Housing and Human Services Commission Meeting of 9/21/05

Summary of September 27, 2005 Study Session – Overview of Outside Group Funding Process

ADJOURNMENT

Notice to the Public:

The agenda reports to council (RTCs) may be viewed on the City’s web site at http://sunnyvale.ca.gov, after 7:00 p.m. on Fridays or at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Avenue as of Saturdays 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) are limited to ten minutes.
• Speakers are requested to give their name (address is optional).
• Speakers are to turn in a Speaker Card to the City Clerk.
• Anyone interested in addressing the Council (may only speak one time).
• Closing remarks by the applicant (if applicable) are limited to ten minutes.
• Time limit of 3 minutes per person (may be extended at discretion of Mayor).  Please make comments brief and be prepared to provide new input.

Public Comments

• 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 per speaker,15 minutes total for this category (may be extended or continued to end of Council business at the discretion of the Mayor).  Individuals are limited to one appearance during this section.

Planning to present materials to Council?

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 City Clerk (located to the left of the Council dais).  The City Clerk will distribute your materials to the Council.

SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETINGS

DATE	MEETING	TIME	PLACE
October 04, 2005	Study Session – Intergovernmental Relations Update	6     .m.	West Conf. Room
October 04, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 18, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 20, 2005	Special Council Meeting – (Closed Session) City Manager Formal Evaluation	5:30   p.m.	West Conf. Room
October 25, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
November 1, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
November 15, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
November  22, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
November 29, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
December  13, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
December  20, 2005	Council Meeting	7        p.m.	Council Chambers

OTHER SCHEDULED MEETINGS 

October 3, 2005	Board of Library Trustees	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 5, 2005	Heritage Preservation Commission	7        p.m.	Lobby Conf. Room
October 10, 2005	Planning Commission Study Session	7        p.m.	West Conf. Room
October 10, 2005	Planning Commission Public Hearing	8        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 12, 2005	Administrative Hearing	2       p.m.	West Conf. Room
October 12, 2005	Parks and Recreation Commission	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 13, 2005	Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee	6:30   p.m.	South Annex Conf. Room
October 17, 2005	Personnel Board	5        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 19, 2005	Arts Commission	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 24, 2005	Planning Commission Study Session	7        p.m.	West Conf. Room
October 24, 2005	Planning Commission Public Hearing	8        p.m.	Council Chambers
October 26, 2005	Administrative Hearing	2        p.m.	West Conf. Room
October 26, 2005	Housing & Human Services Commission	7        p.m.	West Conf. Room
November 9, 2005	Parks and Recreation Commission	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
November 16, 2005	Arts Commission	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
December 14, 2005	Parks and Recreation Commission	7        p.m.	Council Chambers
December 21, 2005	Arts Commission	7        p.m.	Council Chambers

CHANNEL 15 – KSUN 

October 4, 2005	City Council Meeting - Live	7       p.m.
October 5, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of October 4, 2005	7       p.m.
October 8, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of October 4, 2005	4        p.m.
October 18, 2005	City Council Meeting - Live	7        p.m.
October 19, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of October 18, 2005	7       p.m.
October 22, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of October 18, 2005	4        p.m.
October 25, 2005	City Council Meeting – Live	7        p.m.
October 26, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of October 25, 2005	7        p.m.
October 29, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of October 25, 2005	4        p.m.
November 1, 2005	City Council Meeting - Live	7        p.m.
November 2, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of November 1, 2005	7        p.m.
November 5, 2005	City Council Meeting – Replay of November 1, 2005