City Council
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda - Final
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
7:00 PMTuesday, January 30, 2024
Regular Meeting - 7 PM
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7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING
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CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Council to take action on an item not listed on the agenda. If you wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. Individuals are limited to one appearance during this section.
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items. If a member of the public would like a consent calendar item pulled and discussed separately, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda.
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City’s Salary Resolution to Increase Salaries for the Classifications of Housing Officer and Public Safety Records Manager
24-02391.A
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution amending the City's Salary Resolution to increase salaries for the Classifications of Housing Officer and Public Safety Records Manager.
Ratify National League of Cities’ Appointment of Vice Mayor Murali Srinivasan to the 2024 Information Technology and Communications Committee
24-02151.B
Recommendation: Staff makes no recommendation. By approval of the consent calendar, Council ratifies National League of Cities'
Appointment of Vice Mayor Murali Srinivasan to the 2024 Information and Technology Committee.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
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Discuss and Provide Direction Regarding Process, Scope of Review, and Timeline for Potential Amendments to the City Charter
24-02722
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Recommendation: Staff recommends Alternative 1; Alternative 5; and either Alternative 2 or Alternative 3:
1. Direct Staff to return with analysis of items from the Colleagues' Memo that may be able to be modified without a Charter Amendment:
5. Direct Staff to return to Council in early 2025 with options for a more thorough charter review process similar to the one undertaken in 2007, allowing for more opportunity for public participation and adequate time to prepare several potential changes for voter consideration in November 2026: and
2. Pursue Council-Directed Charter Amendments for 2024 by directing Staff to return with proposed ballot measure
language for priority items identified by Council;
or
3. Pursue Council-Directed Charter Amendments for 2024 by appointing a Council Subcommittee to work on designated items identified in the Colleagues' Memo and return with proposed ballot measure language for those items.
Proposed Project: Consider actions related to
implementation of the 2023-2031 Housing Element to create a By-Right Approval process for certain parcels within the City:
A. Adopt Urgency Ordinance to:
a. Add By-Right Approvals (Chapter 19.73) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Designate Parcels Subject to By-Right
Approval, and Make Related Amendments to Chapters 19.12 (Definitions), Zoning Districts and Specific Plan Districts - Residential (19.18), Commercial (19.20), Office and Public Facilities (19.24), Downtown Specific Plan (19.28), Moffett Park Specific Plan (19.29), Lawrence Station Area Plan
(19.35), El Camino Real Specific Plan (19.36), Inclusionary Below Market Rate Ownership Housing Program (19.67),
Miscellaneous Plan Permit (19.82); and
B. Introduce an Ordinance to:
a. Add By-Right Approvals (Chapter 19.73) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Designate Parcels Subject to By-Right
24-02663
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Approval, and Make Related Amendments to Chapters 19.12 (Definitions), Zoning Districts and Specific Plan Districts - Residential (19.18), Commercial (19.20), Office and Public Facilities (19.24), Downtown Specific Plan (19.28), Moffett Park Specific Plan (19.29), Lawrence Station Area Plan
(19.35), El Camino Real Specific Plan (19.36), Inclusionary Below Market Rate Ownership Housing Program (19.67), and Miscellaneous Plan Permit (19.82)
File #: PLNG-2023-0881
Location: Citywide
Applicant: City of Sunnyvale
Environmental Review: Non-discretionary project (Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1), CEQA Guidelines
Sections 15268, 15357)
Project Planner: Julia Klein, (408) 730-7463,
[email protected]
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Recommendation: Alternative 1: Take the following actions:
a. Find that the Action is Exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Public
Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1) and CEQA Guidelines
Section 15268 and 15357; and
b. Adopt an Urgency Ordinance to add By-Right Approvals (Chapter 19.73) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Designate Parcels Subject to By-Right Approval, and Make Related
Amendments to Chapters 19.12 (Definitions), Zoning Districts and Specific Plan Districts - Residential (19.18), Commercial (19.20), Office and Public Facilities (19.24), Downtown Specific Plan (19.28), Moffett Park Specific Plan (19.29), Lawrence Station Area Plan (19.35), El Camino Real Specific Plan (19.36), Inclusionary Below Market Rate Ownership
Housing Program (19.67), and Miscellaneous Plan Permit
(19.82).
c. Introduce an Ordinance in Attachment 3 to add By-Right Approvals (Chapter 19.73) to the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, Designate Parcels Subject to By-Right Approval, and Make Related Amendments to Chapters 19.12 (Definitions), Zoning Districts and Specific Plan Districts - Areas, Residential (19.18), Commercial (19.20), Office and Public Facilities (19.24), Downtown Specific Plan (19.28), Moffett Park Specific Plan (19.29), Lawrence Station Area Plan (19.35), El Camino Real Specific Plan (19.36), Inclusionary Below Market Rate Ownership Housing Program (19.67), and Miscellaneous Plan Permit (19.82).
..Justification
The proposed amendments to the Zoning Code implement the 2023-2031 Housing Element Program H2 (Rezone Program)
by establishing a new By-Right Approval process for various sites throughout the City. Sites identified in the 5th Cycle (2015-2023) Housing Element must be allowed a By-Right
review process since the 6th Cycle (2023-2031) Housing
Element was not adopted by January 31, 2023. Sites within the MPSP have been selected from a pool of identified sites based on proximity to the VTA light rail, different property ownership and in accordance with state law requirements. The new process outlined in Chapter 19.73 (By-Right Approvals)
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provides a ministerial review process for those sites identified in Attachment 4 which allows review at the Director of
Community Development level, does not require notification or public hearing and exempts the projects from the provisions of CEQA. Additional changes proposed provide clarification consistency within the Zoning Code.
Approve the Proposed 2024 Priority Advocacy Issues and
Review Long-term Legislative Advocacy Positions (LAPs)
24-01024
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Approve the Proposed 2024 Priority Advocacy Issues - Clean Version (Attachment 1 to the report) and Council Policy Long-term Advocacy Positions as proposed to be amended (Attachment 3 in the report).
COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Council
-City Manager
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS
Visit http://Sunnyvale.ca.gov/TCMAC to view the Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar (TCMAC) online. The TCMAC is updated each Thursday afternoon.
Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar24-0017
Board/Commission Meeting Minutes24-0142
Information/Action Items24-0154
Council Advocacy Letters24-0231
Mayoral Announcement of Mayor-Appointed Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on City Attorney Recruitment (Information Only) 24-0268
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
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