NOTICE AND AGENDA

 

SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2007

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 456 WEST OLIVE AVENUE

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

 

5:30 P.M.  SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING  (Study Session)

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

2.  Roll Call

3.  Convene Study Session – “Promote Sunnyvale” Study Findings and Recommendations

4.  Public Comments

5.  Adjourn Special Meeting

 

6:30 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 significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9; one potential case

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.)

 

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY – Arbor Day Proclamation

 

 

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 February 6, 2007

1. B.

MOTION

Approval of Information/Action Items - Council Directions to Staff

 

Fiscal Items

 

1. C.

MOTION

RTC 07-072

 

List of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager - List Nos. 337 and 338

 

Staff Recommendation: Council reviews the attached list of bills.

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

 

1. D.

MOTION

RTC 07-070

 

Acceptance of California Department of Health Services, Licensed to Care Program Grant for Purchase of Bicycle Helmets and approval of Budget Modification No. 40

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council accepts and appropriates the San Diego State University Foundation Monies in the amount of $2,995.20.

Staff Contact: Heather Tannehill (408) 730-7157 

 

1. E.

 

 

MOTION

RTC 07-062

 

Payment for Santa Clara County Crime Lab Services

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council approves payment of $122,295 to the Santa Clara County Office of the District Attorney for Crime Lab Services.

Staff Contact: Heather Tannehill (408) 730-7157 

 

1. F.

MOTION

RTC 07-054

 

Notice of Intent to Apply for California Office of Traffic Safety Equipment Grant Funding

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council authorizes the Department of Public Safety to proceed with the Office of Traffic Safety grant application in the amount not to exceed $40,000.

Staff Contact: Heather Tannehill (408) 730-7157 

 

1. G.

MOTION

RTC 07-056

 

Appropriation of Traffic Safe Communities Network of Santa Clara County Funds and Budget Modification No. 37

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council accepts and appropriates the TSCN monies in the amount of $3,827 for DPS Program 483, Activity 483290, Traffic Special Enforcement for the Stop on Red Campaign.

Staff Contact: Heather Tannehill (408) 730-7157 

 

1. H.

RESOLUTION

MOTION

RTC 07-079

Tasman/Fair Oaks Area Streetscape and Sense of Place Acceptance of Grant Funding from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Community Design and Transportation Grant Program, Project Conceptual Design Approval, and Approval of Budget Modification No. 39

 

 

Staff Recommendation:

·      Council approves the Conceptual Design for the Tasman/Fair Oaks Area Streetscape and Sense of Place Enhancements project as the report describes in detail, and

·      Council adopts a Resolution authorizing acceptance of grant funding in the amount of $1,809,040 from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Community Design and Transportation Capital Grant Program for construction of this project and approves Budget Modification No. 39.

Staff Contact: Dieckmann Cogill (408) 730-2713

 

Personnel

 

1. I.

RESOLUTION

MOTION

RTC 07-065

 

A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Sunnyvale to Extend the Maximum Period of Employment/Maximum Number of Hours of Work for the Unclassified Temporary Employee Hired to Support the Onizuka Air Force Station (AFS) Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Project

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council adopts a resolution of the City Council of the City of Sunnyvale authorizing the extension of the maximum period of time/number of hours that the unclassified temporary employee hired to support the BRAC project may work.

Staff Contact: Tammy Parkhurst, (408) 730-7498

 

1. J.

MOTION

RTC 07-074

 

Approval of City Manager’s Pay for Performance Bonus in accordance with the Agreement for Services between the City of Sunnyvale and the City Manager

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council authorizes a 10% performance bonus for the City Manager for Fiscal Year 2005/2006 as a result of a recent performance evaluation by the City Council.

Staff Contact: Erwin Young, (408) 730-7495

 

Contracts

 

1. K.

MOTION

RTC 07-080

 

Award of Bid No. F0612-52 for Bayland Storm Water Pump Station No. 1 Rehabilitation and Approval of Budget Modification No. 41

 

Staff Recommendation

·         Council awards a contract, in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in the amount of $743,369, to Valentine Corporation for the rehabilitation of Bayland Storm Water Pump Station No. 1;

·         Council approves a contingency in the amount of $111,505; and

·         Council approves Budget Modification No. 41 as outlined in this report.

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

  

1. L.

MOTION

RTC 07-071

 

Award of Contract for Fire Damage Repair to the Serra Park Restroom Facility (F06-016) and approval of Budget Modification No. 42

 

Staff Recommendation:  

·         Council awards a contract, in substantially the same from as the attached draft and in the amount of $45,472 to Kuehne Construction for fire damage repairs to the Serra Park restroom facility, based upon the results of informal Request for Quotations No. 06-016;

·         Council approves a project contingency in the amount of $11,368; and

·         Council approves Budget Modification No. 42

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

 

1. M.

MOTION

RTC 07-063

 

Extension of Existing Contract for Financial Auditing Services (F0602-71)

 

Staff Recommendation: Council apprvea a one-year contract extension, in substantially the same form as the attached Third Amendment to Service Agreement and in an amount not to exceed $77,975, of an existing contact with Caporicci & Larson CPAs for financial auditing services, making a total seven-year contract amount of $541,645.

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

 

1. N.

 

MOTION

RTC 07-075

 

Award of Bid No. F0601-60 for Three Hybrid Vehicles for the City's Fleet

 

Staff Recommendation: Council awards a contract to Larry Hopkins Honda, in substantially the same form as the attached draft purchase order and in an amount not to exceed $69,172, for three hybrid compact sedans.

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

 

1. O.

 

MOTION

RTC 07-066

 

Award of Contract for Department of Public Safety Building Security Upgrade (F0602-70)

 

Staff Recommendation:

·         Council awards a contract to Southern Folger Detention Equipment Company, in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in the amount of $96,966, to upgrade/replace the existing cell block doors, related security device and hardware in the Public Safety Headquarters facility;

·         Council approves a project contingency in the amount of $13,436; and

·         Council approves Budget Modification No. 38.

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

 

Other

 

1. P.

MOTION

RTC 07-082

 

Ratification of Council Intergovernmental Committee Appointments

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council ratifies the appointment of Councilmember Dean Chu to: the National League of Cities' CityFutures Panel on Community and Regional Development; the National League of Cities' Transportation Infrastructure and Services Policy and Advocacy Committee; and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.

Staff Contact: Yvette Agredano, (408) 730-7536

 

1. Q.

MOTION

RTC 07-083

Appointment(s) to Council’s Sub-Committee Studying Events to Recognize Longtime Residents

 

Staff Recommendation: Council confirms appointments to Council’s Sub-Committee Studying Events to Recognize Longtime Residents

Staff Contact:  Robert Walker, (408) 730-7458

 

 

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 07-073

Auto Repair in Residential Zoning Districts (Study Issue)

 

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council continues this item to the Council Meeting of April 3, 2007. 

Staff Contact: :  Ryan Kuchenig, (408) 730-7431

 

3.

MOTION

RTC 07-067

 

Fukui Construction [Applicant] Bautista Justin S Trustee & Et Al [Owner]: Application for related proposals on a 21,431 square foot site located on 102 Cumulus Avenue (near Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road) in an R-0 (Low Density Residential) Zoning District.  (Negative Declaration) NC;

·      Rezone from R-0 (Low Density Residential) Zoning District to R

     0/PD (Low Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning  

     District,

·      Special Development Permit to allow three single family homes,

·      Parcel Map to subdivide two lots into three lots.

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council refers this item back to the Planning Commission.

Staff Contact: Noren Caliva, (408) 730-7637

  

4.

ORDINANCE

RESOLUTION

MOTION

RTC 07-084 (.htm)

Application(s) for related proposals for an approximately 130-acre site located between East Duane Avenue, Stewart Drive, Wolfe Road and Xavior Drive. M-S (Industrial and Service) Zoning District

·        Certify the Environmental Impact Report and make Statements of Overriding Consideration;

·        General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Industry to Industrial-to-Residential (High Density Residential, Medium Density Residential, Low Medium Density Residential);

·        Rezone the study area from M-S (Industrial and Service) to M-S/ITR (Industrial-to-Residential) with appropriate residential designations (R4/PD, R3/PD, R1.7/PD) and C-2.

 

 

 

Staff Recommendation:

·         Council certifies the Environmental Impact Report;

·         Council approves the General Plan Amendment; and

·         Council approves the rezone.

Staff Contact: Gerri Caruso, (408) 730-7591

 

5.

MOTION

RTC 07-078

The Riding Group [Applicant] Advanced Micro Devices [Owner]:  Application for related proposals on a 13.9 acre site located at 920 & 962 East Duane Avenue (near De Guigne Dr.) in an M-S (Industrial & Service) Zoning District (APN:  205-22-020, 205-22-005)

·      Special Development Permit to allow 242 townhomes;

·      Tentative Map to subdivide one lot into 49 lots for condominium purposes.

  

 

Staff Recommendation: Council approves with conditions if the AMD General Plan Amendment and EIR are approved.

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

 

6.

ORDINANCE

MOTION

RTC 07-069

Adoption of the Ordinance Adding Chapter 3.60 to Title 3 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code Establishing a Downtown Sunnyvale Business Improvement District

 

 

Staff Recommendation: Council approves the Ordinance.

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

 

 

7.

MOTION

RTC 07-076

 

City Council Campaign Contribution Limits and Spending Limits;  Public Funding of Campaigns (Study Issue)

 

Staff Recommendation: Council receives and reviews Study Issue Report on City Council Campaign Contribution Limits and Spending Limits; Public Funding of Campaigns

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

 

 

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

·            COUNCIL