City of Sunnyvale
Excerpt Meeting Minutes - Draft
City Council
5:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream |
Comcast Channel 15 | AT&T Channel 99
Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Special Meeting: Study Session - 5 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM 7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Pursuant to Government Code Subdivision 54953(e), the meeting was conducted telephonically; pursuant to state law, the City Council made the necessary findings by adopting Resolution No. 1089-21, reaffirmed on December 14, 2021.
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. via teleconference.
ROLL CALL
Present: 6 - Mayor Klein
Vice Mayor Hendricks
Councilmember Larsson
Councilmember Melton
Councilmember Cisneros
Councilmember Din
Mayor Klein, Vice Mayor Hendricks and all Councilmembers attended via teleconference.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
3 22-0020 Adopt an Urgency Interim Ordinance Amending Title 19 (Zoning) and Introduce an Ordinance Amending Titles 18 (Subdivisions) and 19 (Zoning) and Title 13 (Streets and Sidewalks) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code Related to New State Legislation (Senate Bill 9) on Housing Development in Single-Family Zoning Districts and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act Principal Planner Amber Blizinski provided the staff report and presentation.
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January 4, 2022City Council Meeting Minutes - Draft
Public Hearing opened at 9:02 p.m.
Richard Mehlinger spoke towards including R-2 zoning districts and eliminating the proposed parking requirements in the ordinances.
Galen Kim Davis, Chair, Livable Sunnyvale shared the Board’s endorsement of Senate Bill 9 and of the urgency interim Ordinance. He encouraged Council approve the staff recommendation.
Ari Feinsmith voiced support for not including parking requirements.
Tito communicated support for the ordinances.
Carlene Nakagawa questions if lots could be subdivided after multiple housing units are constructed and who would pay to provide City services for additional residents.
Mei-Ling Shek requested R-2 zoning be excluded from the ordinances.
Steve Scandalis noted that Sunnyvale opposed SB 9 and requested Council revisit the parking requirements and inclusion of R-2 zoning in the ordinances.
Public Hearing closed at 9:18 p.m.
MOTION: Councilmember Hendricks moved and Councilmember Larsson seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1:
- Find that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Public Resource Code Section 15282(h) and does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3);
- Adopt an Urgency Interim Ordinance amending Title 19 (Zoning) (Attachment 2 to the report); and
- Introduce an Ordinance (Attachment 3 to the report) amending Title 18 (Subdivisions), Title 19 (Zoning) and Title 13 (Streets and Sidewalks) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code related to new State Legislation Senate Bill 9 on housing development in single-family zoning districts with following modifications:
-add text related to re-lettering the tables in Sections 19.18.030 and 19.28.080 in the ordinance and urgency interim ordinance.
City Clerk David Carnahan read the Ordinance title into the record.
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January 4, 2022City Council Meeting Minutes - Draft
The motion carried with the following vote:
Yes: Mayor Klein
Vice Mayor Cisneros
Councilmember Larsson
Councilmember Hendricks
Councilmember Melton
Councilmember Din
6 -
No: 0
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