INFORMATION/ACTION ITEMS

COUNCIL DIRECTIONS TO STAFF

FY 2007/2008

July – December 2007

 

Date

Assigned

Directive/Action Required

                   Dept

Due Date

 

Date Completed

8/19/03

1.

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.

CDD

February 2008

 

3/01/05

2.

Revisit the implementation of the proposed sign ordinance in three (3) years to help ensure that it continues to help businesses remain competitive through signage and to look at requiring permits for the use of bounce houses.(Howe)

CDD

March 2008

 

5/23/06

3.

Helen Putnam Award Application – Health & Safety Fair (Swegles)

OCM

July 26, 2007

Application submitted 4/11/07

Completed 7/19/07

6/13/06

4.

Maintain log of all bid solicitations involving Sunnyvale businesses.  Indicate winning bid and preference percentage required for award of contract to the Sunnyvale business.  (Lee)

FIN

Report to Council scheduled for Aug.14, 2007 

Report to Council on 8/21/07

RTC 07-293

11/14/06

5.

Guidelines for Friendly Exchange Relations Agreements (Moylan)

OCM

Report to Council scheduled for July 10, 2007

Council continued to July 17, 2007

RTC 07- 215

5/24/07

6.

OCA to identify legal options regarding Councilmembers elect (prior to being sworn into office) attending National League of Cities (NLC)  Conference and policy related to outgoing councilmembers attending the NLC Conference (Moylan and Howe)

OCA

August 2007

Memo sent 9/5/07

6/5/07

7.

Follow-up with Comcast regarding free or reduced rate cable service to Sunnyvale nursing homes (Lee)

ITD

June 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report 7/5/07

7/17/07

8.

 

 

Consider additional lighting for Lakewood Park (Swegles)

DPR

August 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report

7/26/07

 

 

 

 

 

7/17/07

9.

Status of treatment of street trees for aphid infestation and related funding (Hamilton)

DPW

August 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report 719/07

7/24/07

10.

Follow-up report on 816 Tamarack Lane remodel regarding Council’s jurisdiction to address concerns; distribute same information to concerned citizens that addressed Council on 7/24/07

CDD

July 31, 2007

Response via e-mail to residents and City Manager on 8/7/07 & 8/14/07

7/31/07

11.

Provide notices to 30 or 50 houses in the immediate area of 816 Tamarack Lane

CDD

August 2007

Residential  Care Facility for the Elderly (RCFE) Fact Sheet sent via postal mail to 130 residents, and posted on City Web page on 8/10/07

7/31/07

12.

Informational report  regarding City’s follow-up on permit condition compliance and code enforcement infractions

CDD

August 2007

City Manager’s Weekly report 8/30/07

8/21/07

13.

Staff meet with Patrick Mahoney regarding CC&Rs for Fair Oak Business Park (APNs 110-53-001 through 110-53-036)

CDD

 

City Manager’s Weekly Report 9/20/07

9/18/07

14.

Sound-wall noise mitigation for Classic Communities (Trinity Baptist Church) between developer and resident Yong Ja Walteskirchen

CDD

October 15, 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report 10/25/07

9/18/07

15.

Parking mitigation on Pomme Avenue

CDD

 

October 15, 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report 10/25/07

10/16/07

16.

City Manager assist Lucas Villagomez in contacting Project Sentinel regarding second hand smoke

CDD

 

City Manager’s Weekly Report 11/1/07

10/16/07

17.

CDD Director speak with Denise Kopecky about code compliance dispute with neighbors

CDD

 

City Manager’s Weekly Report 11/1/07

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/16/07

18.

CDD look at conditions of approval for parking at Danbury Place and assert right to enforce conditions to get a fair of parking situation as possible, including how policy deals with ADA requirements and requirement for 2 covered parking spaces

CDD

October 25, 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report 10/25/07

10/16/07

19.

As OCM finds appropriate, review on-street parking  and modification of no parking zones to regular parking; and parking analysis on public streets around Danbury Place

DPW

October 25, 2007

City Manager’s Weekly Report 11/1/07

10/16/07

20.

Follow-up on Board and Commission Policy with Thom Mayer

OCM

 

Via e-mail on 10/17/07

10/16/07

21.

Create list, in the next two to three months, of what we’re doing on the project on Murphy Avenue, approximate costs of the Murphy Avenue area, the approximate time frame of the Murphy Avenue area in conjunction with the mall, and if appropriate, the Town and Country

DPW/CDD

December 20, 2007

 

10/23/07

22.

Additional copies of Candidate Forum video for Library

OCM

 

City Manager’s Weekly Report 10/25/07

9/11/07

23.

Board and Commission memo to Council on 1st Amendment issues

OCA

OCA

Memo to Council 11/27/07

11/20/07

24.

Investigate claims of rusty water on Iris Avenue

DPW

12/6/07

Staff response to prior public comment 12/4/07

11/20/07

25.

Check with DPS and Code Enforcement on the Club La Ronda and report at next meeting

CDD/DPS

11/27/07

Staff response to prior public comment 11/27/07

11/20/07

26.

Inform Council regarding rear yard fencing requirements via weekly report

CDD

11/29/07

City Manager’s Weekly Report 11/29/07

 

    NEW STUDY/BUDGET ISSUES

SPONSORED BY COUNCIL IN 2007

Date Requested

Study Issue Title

Requested By

Department

Issue paper

Submitted to City

Manager

1/9/07

Consideration of policy to require all City employees funded by grants to be designated as temporary/contractual   

Moylan

HRD

Signed by Assistant City Manager 4/17/07

 

 

 

 

2/27/07

Consider Modifications to Below Market Rate (BMR) Requirements

Howe & Swegles

CDD

Signed by City Manager 5/25/07

3/20/07

Consider revisions to Zoning code for Conversions of Mobile Home Parks to Other Uses

Chu & Moylan

CDD

Signed by City Manager 5/25/07

6/5/07

Exemptions for special event parking  

Swegles & Spitaleri

DPS

Signed by Assistant City Manager 6/29/07

6/19/07

Consider impacts of providing Sunnyvale resident discounts to City recreation programs for active duty military and their families

Swegles & Lee

DPR

Signed by City Manager 7/9/07

6/19/07

Explore City’s role in providing funding for social services

Moylan & Swegles

CDD

Signed by City Manager 9/10/07

7/10/07

Reconsider rezoning study for Service Uses from M-S to C-4 Zoning including a review of the history West Maude Avenue

Howe

CDD

Signed by City Manager 10/4/07

10/16/07

Noise requirement hours of operation of pile driving; consider whether to impose greater notification requirements than 300 feet and a need for greater restrictive hours than normal construction noise

Chu & Hamilton

CDD

Signed by City Manager 11/13/07

10/30/07

Look at a split-equity arrangement for BMR program participants

Hamilton

CDD