NOTICE AND AGENDA

 

SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2007

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 456 WEST OLIVE AVENUE

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

 

 

6:00 P.M. SPECIAL  MEETING (Closed Session)

City Council Closed Session

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

2.   Roll Call

3.   Convene to Closed Session – The public may provide comments regarding the Closed  

      Session item(s) just prior to the Council beginning the Closed Session.  Closed Sessions

      are not open to the public.

·         Conference with Legal Counsel regarding existing litigation, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9.  Case name: Dave Whittum v, City of Sunnyvale, Sup. Ct. No. 1-06-CV-077357

4.   Adjourn Special Meeting

 

7:00 P.M. REGULAR MEETING

 

SALUTE TO THE FLAG

 

ROLL CALL

 

(Per Council Policy, the City Council will not begin consideration of any agenda item after 11:30 p.m. without a vote.  Any item on the agenda which must be continued due to the late hour shall be continued to a date certain and will be placed at the beginning of the Public Hearings/General Business portion of the ensuing agenda.  At approximately 9:30 p.m., Council will make an announcement indicating that items may not be heard after 11:30 p.m.  Some of the information provided herein could be subject to change from date of printing of the agenda to the date of the meeting.)

 

CLOSED SESSION REPORT FOR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY – JANUARY 31, 2007

 

CLOSED SESSION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 6, 2007

 

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 January 30, 2007

1. B.  

MOTION

Approval of Information/Action Items - Council Directions to Staff

 

Fiscal Items

 

1. C.

MOTION

RTC 07-042

 

List of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager - List No. 335

 

Staff Recommendation: Council reviews the attached list of bills.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730-7418

 

1. D.

MOTION

RTC 07-041

 

Authorization for NOVA to Submit Proposal to Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for Funding to Continue Efforts to Resolve Nursing Workforce Gap

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council, on behalf of the NOVA seven-city consortium and in concurrence with the NOVA Workforce Board, authorizes the submission of a proposal to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in the amount of $95,000 to continue efforts to alleviate the nursing workforce gap.

Staff Contact: Mike Curran, (408) 730-7240

 

 

Personnel

 

1. E..

RESOLUTION

MOTION

RTC 07-044

 

Cobra (Consolidated Omnibus Budget and Reconciliation Act) Layoff Benefit Authorization for Workforce Reductions Occurring in February 2007

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council adopts a City paid benefit and authorization for City employees to provide donations for COBRA extension for sixteen (16) employees who will be affected by layoffs in the Department of Employment Development.

Staff Contact: Myriam Castaneda, (408) 730-7503

 

Contracts

 

1. F.

MOTION

RTC 07-043

 

Award of Bid No. F0612-51 to Resurface the Washington Park Swimming Pool and Approval of Budget Modification No. 35

 

 

Staff Recommendation:

·            Council awards a contract in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in the amount of $218,000, to Pool Scene, Inc., for the Washington Park Swimming Pool Resurfacing Project;

·            Council approves a contingency in the amount of $32, 700; and

·            Council approves Budget Modification No. 35 as outlined in this report.

Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730-7418

 

 

 

 

 

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 (may be extended or continued after the Public Hearings/General Business section of the agenda at the discretion of the Mayor) 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. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this section.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS

If you wish to speak to a Public Hearings/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.

MOTION

RTC 07-048 (htm)

 

Fourth Quarter Properties XLVII (Partnership Common Name: Forum Development Group), [Applicant/Property Owner] Target Corporation, Sun Town Center Properties Corp. (Macy's), and Sunnyvale Redevelopment Agency [Property Owners] application for the redevelopment of 2502 Town Center Lane (Town Center Mall) with a new open-air mixed use shopping district.

Special Development Permit for site plan, design and use approvals to allow the construction of up to 1,000,000 square feet of commercial space (including a cinema), 275,000 square feet of office space, and up to 292 housing units.

Tentative Map to allow the subdivision of 12 lots into 20 lots

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council approves with conditions.

Staff Contact: Steve Lynch, (408) 730-2723

 

3.

MOTION

RTC 07-046

 

Application to Initiate a Special Plan Amendment Study for Block 18 of the Downtown Specific Plan area for the addition of a new hotel with a maximum of 170 rooms and an increase in the maximum amount of allowed office square footage from 282,000 up to 322,000.

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council authorizes initiation of a Special Plan Amendment

Staff Contact: Steve Lynch, (408) 730-2723

 

 

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

·            COUNCIL

·            STAFF

 

INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS

·         Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar

·         RTC 07-047 Opportunity to Appeal Decisions of the Planning Commission of January 22, 2007 and the Administrative Hearing of January 24, 2007

·         Draft Minutes of the Arts Commission Meeting of January 17, 2007

·         RTC 07-045 Board and Commission Resignation – Information Only

 

 

JOINT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

ROLL CALL FOR REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

JOINT SESSION PUBLIC HEARINGS / GENERAL BUSINESS

If you wish to speak to a Public Hearings/General Business item, please fill out a Speaker Card and give it to the City/Agency Clerk.  You will be recognized at the time the item is being considered by the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency.  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.

 

4.

RESOLUTIONS (2)

MOTION

RDA 07-001

 

Approval of Amended and Restated Disposition, Development and Owner Participation Agreement with Downtown Sunnyvale Mixed Use LLC (RREEF and Sand Hill Properties Joint Venture) for the Redevelopment of the Town Center Property

 

 

Staff Recommendation: City Council and Agency Board approve resolutions authorizing the Sunnyvale Redevelopment Agency Executive Director to execute Amended and Restated Disposition, Development and Owner Participation Agreement and related documents as necessary, with Downtown Sunnyvale Mixed Use LLC for the redevelopment of the Town Center property.

Staff Contact: David Kahn, (408) 730-7460

 

5.

MOTION

RDA 07-002

 

 

Construction Mitigation Plan Submitted by Sand Hill Properties for the Construction Phase of the Town Center Mall Redevelopment

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council approves Construction Mitigation Plan.

Staff Contact: Karen Davis, (408) 730-7628

 

 

ADJOURNMENT OF CITY COUNCIL

 

 

CONTINUATION OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

RDA 1. A.

MOTION

Approval of Draft Minutes of Regular Meeting of December 12, 2006

 

PUBLIC COMMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

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.

 

 

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

·            AGENCY

·            STAFF

 

ADJOURNMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

 

 

 

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 Thursdays or at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Avenue as of 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 CFR 35.104 ADA Title II).


GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL

 

Public Announcements – Beginning of Council Meeting

§         Three 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 three 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.

§         This category is limited to 15 minutes (may be extended or continued  after the Public Hearings/General Business section of the agenda at the discretion of the Mayor) 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. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this section.

 

Planning a presentation for a City Council/Planning Commission Meeting?

 

To assist you in utilizing the technology available in the Council Chambers, the publication “How to Make Your Council Chambers Presentation More Effective” may be helpful. Copies are available on the table located at the back of the Council Chambers prior to scheduled City Council and Planning Commission meetings.  You may also pick up a copy at the Office of the City Clerk or visit the City’s web site at http://sunnyvale.ca.gov.

 

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

February 6, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

February 13, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

February 27, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

March 6, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

March 20, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

March 27, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

April 3, 2007

Council Meeting

  7     p.m.

Council Chambers

 

OTHER SCHEDULED MEETINGS

February 5, 2007