NOTICE AND AGENDA
SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, MAY 15, 2007
COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 456 W. OLIVE AVE.
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA
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5:00 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 – Overview of Citywide Budget Process
4. Public Comments
5. Adjourn Special 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. 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 – Recognition of Government Finance Officers Association Award
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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS |
Each speaker is limited to three minutes for announcements
of community events, programs, or recognition. |
PRESENTATION – Daphne Kwok, Executive Director, Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation
CONSENT CALENDAR
Fiscal Items
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1.C. |
MOTION
RTC 07-163 |
List of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager – List No. 349 |
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Staff Recommendation: Council reviews the attached list of bills.
Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730–7418
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MOTION
RTC 07-161
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Transmittal of the Wastewater Management (Program 342) Performance Results Audit for FY 2005/2006
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Staff Recommendation: Council receives the audit report and concurs with management’s acceptance of recommendations.
Staff Contact: Sue English, (408) 730-7401 |
Contracts
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MOTION
RTC 07-160 |
Authorization to Modify an Existing Contract for Wastewater Treatment Chemicals and Approval of Budget Modification No. 50 (F0602-73)
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Staff Recommendation:
· Council authorizes the one-year extension of an existing contract with Monolyte Laboratories, Inc., for wastewater treatment chemicals in substantially the same form as the attached draft Third Amendment to Service Agreement and in an additional amount not to exceed $2.6 million through the end of the one-year extension; and
· Council approves Budget Modification No. 50 in the amount of $ 482, 231 to adjust the current budget for wastewater chemicals to reflect the contract extension.
Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730–7418
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1.F. |
MOTION
RTC 07-162 |
Award of Contract for Software Maintenance Services for the Integrated Financial System (F0604-99)
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Staff Recommendation: Council awards a one-year contract, in substantially the same form as the attached draft and in an amount not to exceed $71,453, to Tier Technologies, Inc., to provide software maintenance services for the accounting, purchasing and cost allocation modules of the City's Integrated Financial System.
Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730–7418 |
Other
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MOTION
RTC 07-167
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Ratification of Agency Appointment to Fill Vacancy on Child Care Advisory Board
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Staff Recommendation: Council ratifies appointment of Mary Smith to the remainder of the unexpired term (expires June 2008) vacated by Angela Carmack on the Child Care Advisory Board.
Staff Contact: Janice Clark, (408) 730-7595 |
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STAFF RESPONSES TO
PRIOR PUBLIC COMMENTS
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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.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
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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 Councilmembers. 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 10 minutes for opening comments and 10 minutes for closing comments.
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ORDINANCE
MOTION
RTC 07-166
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2006-1119 Suzanne Shea (Applicant) Application for 116 residential properties located between Fremont Avenue and Ticonderoga Drive and between Pome Avenue and Mary Avenue, to rezone properties from:
- R-1 (Low Density Residential Zoning District) to R-1/S (Low Density Residential/Single-Story)
- R-2 (Low Medium Density Residential Zoning District) to R-2/S (Low Medium Density Residential/Single-Story)
- R-2/PD (Low Medium Density Residential Zoning District/Planned Development) to R-2/PD/S (Low Medium Density Residential/Planned Development / Single Story)
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Staff Recommendation: Council approves the rezoning to apply the Single-Story combining District as recommended by staff with a 100-foot single-story buffer on the Trinity Church site.
Staff Contact: Gerri Caruso, (408) 730-7591
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MOTION
RTC 07-165
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2007-0153 Heritage Districts and Individual Resources - New Residential Heritage Districts (Study Issue)
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Staff Recommendation: Council directs staff to:
· Pursue heritage district designation for two neighborhoods and five individual properties; and
· Develop Eichler design guidelines that can be applied to all Eichler neighborhoods in the City.
Staff Contact: Diana O'Dell, (408) 730-7257
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MOTION
RTC 07-168
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2007-0153 Taaffe Frances Design Policies - New Residential Heritage Districts (Study Issue)
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Staff Recommendation: Council makes additional modifications to the Taaffe-Frances design policy, and funding source to be determined in January 2008 when other study issue funding is considered.
Staff Contact: Diana O'Dell, (408) 730-7257
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MOTION
RTC 07-156
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Provide Sunday Afternoon Swimming at Fremont High School Pool
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Staff Recommendation: Council takes no action and confirms the existing service level for public open swimming.
Staff Contact: John Lawrence, (408) 730-7363
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MOTION
RTC 07-164 |
2005-0105 Akbar Abdollahi [Applicant/Owner]: Application for related proposals on a 13,802 square foot site located at 963 South Wolfe Road (near Maria Lane) in an R-3 (Medium Density Residential) Zoning District. (Negative Declaration) (APN: 211-50-002)
· Rezone from R-3 (Medium Density Residential) to R-3/PD
(Medium Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning
District;
· Special Development Permit to allow the construction of six
Townhomes; and
· Tentative Map to subdivide one lot into six lots and one common
lot
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Staff Recommendation: Council continues this item to the Council meeting of June 19, 2007
Staff Contact: Jamie McLeod, (408) 730-7429 |
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NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
· COUNCIL
· STAFF
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS
· Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar
· Draft Minutes of the Housing & Human Services Commission Meeting of March 28, 2007
· Draft Minutes of the Arts Commission Meeting of April 18, 2007
· Draft Minutes of the Housing & Human Services Commission Meeting of April 18, 2007
· Draft Minutes of the Housing & Human Services Commission Meeting of April 25, 2007
· Study Session Summary: Quarterly Intergovernmental Relations Update – May 1, 2007
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 p.m. on Thursdays or at the Sunnyvale Public Library, 665 W. Olive Ave. as of Fridays prior to Tuesday City Council meetings. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk 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 Office of 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 Office of the City Clerk 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 10 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 Councilmembers. 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 tables 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?
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If you wish to provide the City Council with copies of your presentation materials, 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 items to the Council. |
SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETINGS
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DATE |
MEETING |
TIME |
PLACE |
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May 15, 2007 |
Council Meeting |
7 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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May 22, 2007 |
Council Meeting |
7 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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May 24, 2007 |
Special Meeting – Council Budget Workshop |
8:30 a.m. |
Council Chambers |
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June 5, 2007 |
Council Meeting |
7 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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June 12, 2007 |
Council Meeting |
7 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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June 19, 2007 |
Council & Redevelopment Agency Meeting |
7 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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July 10, 2007 |
Council Meeting |
7 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
OTHER SCHEDULED MEETINGS
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May 14, 2007 |
Planning Commission Study Session |
7 p.m. |
West Conf. Room |
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May 14, 2007 |
Planning Commission Public Hearing |
8 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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May 16, 2007 |
Administrative Hearing |
2 p.m. |
West Conf. Room |
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May 17, 2007 |
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee |
6:30 p.m. |
West Conf. Room |
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May 21, 2007 |
Personnel Board |
5 p.m. |
Council Chambers |
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May 30, 2007 |
Special Joint Study Session: Arts Commission/ Parks and Recreation Commission – 07/08 Budget |
6 p.m. |
Board Room
Community Center |
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May 30, 2007 |
Special Joint Meeting: Arts Commission/Parks and Recreation Commission |
7 p.m. |
Board Room
Community Center |
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May 30, 2007 |
Administrative Hearing |
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