NOTICE AND AGENDA

SUNNYVALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007

COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 456 W. OLIVE AVE.

SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA

5:00 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING  (Presentation)

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

2.   Roll Call

3.   Staff Introductions

4.   Presentation and Council questions – Site and Architectural Plans (Phase I) for Town Center Redevelopment Project

5.  Public Comments

6.  Adjourn Special Meeting

7 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. Information provided herein could be subject to change from date of printing of the agenda to the date of the meeting.)

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

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

PRESENTATION – Valley Transportation Authority Organizational and Financial Assessment, Comprehensive Operations Analysis, and the FY 2008/09 Biennial Budget

CONSENT CALENDAR

1.A.	MOTION	Approval of Draft Minutes of May 8, 2007
1.B.	MOTION	Approval of Information/Action Items – Council Directions to Staff

1.C.	MOTION RTC 07-174	List of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager – List    No. 350
	Staff Recommendation: Council reviews the attached list of bills. Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730–7418
1.D.	MOTION RTC 07-181	Transmittal of the FY 2005/06 Performance Results Audits for Programs: 636 – Library Collection Management, 637 – Library Programs and Services, and 638 – Library Learning Environment
	Staff Recommendation: Council receives the audit report and concurs with management’s acceptance of recommendations. Staff Contact: Mary Bradley, (408) 730–7398

Personnel

1.E.	RESOLUTION MOTION RTC 07-175	Military Reservist – Extension of Benefits and Supplemental Salary Amendment
	Staff Recommendation: ·      Council approves and adopts a Resolution to extend benefits and supplemental salary through June 30, 2008; and ·      Council funds the extension by carrying over the remaining FY 2006/07 Military Reservist Leave Budget estimated at $272,300 to FY 2007/08 budget and appropriating salary savings in the operating programs where the reservists are budgeted to fund this program and unspent funds will be returned to the Employee Benefits Fund and General Fund at the end of FY 2007/08. Staff Contact: Myriam Castaneda, (408) 730–7503

Contracts

1.F.	MOTION RTC 07-172	Award of Bid No. F0603–83 for Electronic Golf Carts to be Rented to Patrons at the Sunnyvale Golf Course
	Staff Recommendation: Council awards a three–year contract, in substantially the same form as the attached sample and in an amount not to exceed $169,754, to Yamaha Golf-Car Company for the lease of seventy–five electric golf carts. Staff Contact: Elaine Wesely, (408) 730–7418

Other Items

1.G.	ORDINANCE No. 2838-07	Adoption of Ordinance No. 2838–07 Amending the Precise Zoning Plan, Zoning Districts Map, to Rezone Certain Property Located Between Fremont Avenue and Ticonderoga Drive and Between Pome Avenue and Mary Avenue From R–1 (Low Density Residential) Zoning District to R–1/S (Low Density Residential/Single–Story) Combining District; and from R–2/PD (Low Medium Density Residential/Planned Development) Zoning District to R–2/PD/S (Low Medium Density Residential/Planned Development/Single–Story) Combining District and R–2(Low Medium Density Residential) to R–2/S (Low Medium Density Residential/Single-Story) Combining District
	Staff Recommendation: Council approves the second reading of Ordinance No. 2838–07. Staff Contact: Gerri Caruso, (408) 730–7591

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 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.

2.	MOTION RTC 07-182	Request from the City of Cupertino to Testify with Regard to Additional Funding of the Mary Avenue Bicycle/Pedestrian Overcrossing Project
	Staff Recommendation: Council approves an increase in funding for the project from $110,000 to $147,000 in order to be consistent with the original intent of the contribution. Staff Contact: Jack Witthaus, (408) 730–7330
3.	MOTION RTC 07-180	2006-0610 – Taylor Woodrow [Applicant] Duane Ventures LLC [Owner]:  Appeal of a Decision of the Planning Commission approving an application for related proposals on a 7.3 acre site located at 1030 East Duane Avenue (near Lawrence Expressway) in an MS/ITR/R-4/PD (Industrial and Service/Industrial to Residential/High Density Residential) Zoning District.  (APN: 205-23-001); Special Development Permit to allow development of 304 condominium units (68 townhomes and 236 condominium units for a total of 304 units); and Vesting Tentative Map for condominium purposes
	Staff Recommendation: Council denies the appeal and upholds the decision of the Planning Commission to approve the Special Development Permit and Tentative Map with modified conditions, including two of the items raised by the appellant (building setbacks and lot coverage) Staff Contact: Steve Lynch, (408) 730–2723
4.	MOTION RTC 07-173	Study the Benefits and Impacts of Increasing Weekend Golf Fees $2 for Non-Resident Golfers (Study Issue)
	Staff Recommendation: Council increases proposed (April 1, 2008) weekend fees for non–resident golfers by $0.50 and reduces proposed weekend fees for resident golfers by $1.50 at both Sunnyvale and Sunken Gardens Golf Courses, thereby creating a $2.00 differential between weekend resident and non–resident golf fees. Staff Contact: Mark Petersen, (408) 738–0813
5.	MOTION RTC 07-171	Review Rental Fees for Plaza del Sol (Study Issue)
	Staff Recommendation: Council directs staff to implement a stepped rental fee structure, with damage deposits required as described in page 13 of this report.  Future increases to the plaza rental fees will be handled administratively along with all other parks and recreation fees (except golf). Staff Contact: John Lawrence, (408) 730–7363
6.	RESOLUTION MOTION RTC 07-179	Resolution Calling for General Municipal Election for Council Seats 4, 5, 6, and 7 and Special Municipal Election for Proposed Charter Amendments, on a Consolidated November 6, 2007 Ballot
	Staff Recommendation: Council approves the Resolution calling a General Municipal Election for the election of Councilmembers, and calling a Special Municipal Election for the purpose of submitting to the voters measures concerning amendments to the City Charter, to be placed on the ballot at the consolidated election to be held in the City of Sunnyvale on November 6, 2007, and requesting election consolidation and the services of the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters. Staff Contact: David Kahn, (408) 730–7460
7.	ORDINANCE RESOLUTION MOTION RTC 07-177	Amendment to Sunnyvale Municipal Code Chapter 9, Related to the Addition of an Alarm Users Permit
	Staff Recommendation: Council adopts the proposed ordinance amending Chapter 9.90. Staff Contact: Doug Moretto, (408) 730–7711
8.	MOTION RTC 07-178	Council Election Debates (Council Ethics Subcommittee Report)
	Staff Recommendation: None Staff Contact: Katherine Bradshaw Chappelear, (408) 730–7474

NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS

·            COUNCIL

·            STAFF

INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS

·         Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar

·         Draft Minutes of the Heritage Preservation Commission Meeting of May 2, 2007

·         Draft Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees Meeting of May 7, 2007

·         Study Session Summary: Overview of the Operating Structure for the North Valley (NOVA) Job Training Consortium, Current Status of NOVA Operations, and Emerging Initiatives for the NOVA Workforce Board – May 8, 2007

·         Study Session Summary: Overview of the Citywide Budget Process – May 15, 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.

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