A regular meeting of the Sunnyvale Planning Commission was held on May 13, 2002, at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 456 West Olive Avenue, Sunnyvale, with Chair Brown presiding.

Members Present: Chair Brown; Vice Chair Simons; Comms. Babcock, Chu, Lee, Moylan, Satterlee

Staff Present: Trudi Ryan Planning Officer; Joan Borger, Senior Assistant City Attorney; Gerri Caruso, Principal Planner; Paula Bradley, Associate Planner; Tanya Higgins, Assistant Planner, and Alice Gamboa, Recording Secretary

Comm. Satterlee provided the recording secretary the typographical error in the minutes.

Vice Chair Simons clarified with Comm. Babcock whether the minutes for the Arts Policy truly reflected her motion. Comm. Babcock confirmed that she recommended staff's recommendation. Ms. Ryan responded that the minutes reflected the alternatives that staff recommended. No change to the minutes was necessary.

Comm. Moylan added his comments to the last paragraph of the Sprint PCS Minutes -"that the study should include an analysis of whether the city should allow any or all providers to install as many antennas as they deem necessary to provide cellular service to the city or if the city has any discretion on how many shall be allowed.

Comm. Chu requested that the word "facility" be added to his comments regarding the use of the in-lieu fee.

Vice Chair Simons commented that the minutes on the Juniper project did not accurately reflect his discussion on Mary Avenue and stated that he stated "not to include" on pages 8 and 9 of 11. He also added that the motion regarding low emissions should include low emission vehicles. Ms. Ryan responded that staff can listen to the tape and make changes as necessary.

Comm. Lee also asked that his comments regarding the height limitation be reviewed.

Ms. Ryan reported that the City Council Meeting of April 30, included the parking lot landscaping guidelines and Council approved the guidelines. She added that the Commission expressed concerns that the guidelines require editing and staff will make the return the edited guidelines available in two months.

Also, City Council approved the renaming street policy process and directed staff to develop criteria for evaluating a request for street renaming. Ms. Ryan stated the study will not require Planning Commission action but it may be of interest to the Commission.

Ms. Ryan also reported that on May 7, 2002, Council considered the Effectiveness of Existing Arts Policy Study and approved the study as recommended by staff but deleted the $500K cap and exempted maintenance fee requirements.

The same evening the Council considered the Amendment on the SMC considering deviations in height and after considerable discussions, City Council approved the amendment limiting it to North of 237, MS and M-3 Zoning Districts, basically the Moffett Park Area requiring a Planning Commission review prior to Council action.

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1. 2002-0226 - Jay Paul [Applicant/Owner]: Application for a Special Development Permit to allow construction of a second story parking structure above an existing parking lot increasing site parking from 993 spaces to 1137 spaces. The property is located at 410, 420, and 430 North Mary Avenue in an M-S (Industrial & Service) Zoning District. (APN: 165-32-007) (Negative Declaration)

Comm. Satterlee commented that she would like to see the downtown review include modifying the parking requirements relative to the number of bedrooms. She added that larger homes are owned by more affluent people, therefore may own more cars.

Comm. Chu encouraged the public to bike to work during the next week and try to use the bike network throughout the City. He added that Thursday, May 16 is Bike to Work Day.

Vice Chair Simons added that there will be energizer stations along Maude/Mary, Caltrain, Wolfe/El Camino Real. The Energy Stations are sponsored by the City, ABAG, MTC and the VTA, which will have water bottles, juice, tote bags and other energy providing food. He also encouraged the public to bike to work.

Chair Brown thanked Vice Chair Simons and Comm. Chu for their active participation in the Bike To Work Week.

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With no further business, the Commission meeting adjourned at 9:14 PM.

Submitted by:

Trudi Ryan
Planning Officer