City Council
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
5:00 PMTuesday, February 6, 2024
Special Meeting: Closed Session - 5 PM | Special Meeting: Study Session - 6 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM
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5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Closed Session)
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Council Chambers (Open to the Public).
Roll Call
Public Comment
The public may provide comments regarding the Closed Session item(s). If you wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda. Closed Sessions are not open to the public.
Convene to Closed Session
Convene to Closed Session in the Council Conference Room (Closed to the Public).
Closed Session held pursuant to California Government Code Section 54957:
PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT
Title: City Attorney
24-0227A
Adjourn Special Meeting
6 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
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Roll Call
Study Session
The public may provide comments regarding the Study Session item(s). If you wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda.
Update Regarding the Levine Act (California Government
Code 84308)
24-0226B
Adjourn Special Meeting
7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING
Pursuant to Council Policy, 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. Information provided herein is subject to change from date of printing of the agenda to the date of the meeting.
CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY - Black History Month24-0087C
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
The Mayor may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting. Such a determination shall be made prior to opening public comment on Oral Communications.
This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the
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City Council on items not listed on the agenda and 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 up to three minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow the 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.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of December 12, 202324-00711.A Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of December 12, 2023 as submitted.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of January 9, 202424-00791.B Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of January 9, 2024 as submitted.
Approve the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager
24-00141.C
Recommendation: Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.
Accept Fiscal Year 2023/24 Transportation Development Act Article 3 Funding in the Amount of $160,000, and Approve Budget Modification No. 12 to Appropriate the Grant Funding to Fund a New Project - Install Sidewalk on Poplar Avenue 24-00161.D
Recommendation: Accept Fiscal year 2023/24 Transportation Development Act Article 3 Funding in the amount of $160,000 from the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Approve Budget Modification No. 12 to appropriate $160,000 to fund a new project, Install Sidewalk on Poplar Avenue.
Award of Six (6) Temporary Personnel Service Agreements Totaling $2,200,000 for On-Call Temporary Staffing Services for Plan Check, Inspections and Permitting Support Staff 24-01501.E
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Services for Community Development (F23-168)
Recommendation: Take the following actions:
- Award six (6) three-year Temporary Personnel Service
Agreements to the following firms: 4Leaf, Inc. with a contract amount not to exceed $400,000; BPR Consulting Group, Inc. with a contract amount not to exceed $400,000; CSG
Consultants, Inc. with a contract amount not to exceed
$400.000; Shums Coda Associates, Inc. (SCA) with a contract amount not to exceed $400,000; TRB & Associates Inc. with a contract amount not to exceed $400,000; and Interwest, Inc. with a contract amount not to exceed $200,000 in substantially the formats shown in Attachments 1 to 6 to the report;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements when all conditions have been met; and
- Authorize the City Manager to amend the not-to-exceed amounts and to renew the contracts for up to two (2) additional one-year periods, subject to available budget, need and if pricing and services remain acceptable to the City.
Amend an Existing Contract in the Amount to $419,916 with Solitude Lake Management LLC, DBA Aquatic Environments
for On-Call Maintenance of Vegetation for the Water Pollution Control Plant Ponds (F23-09) for a New Not-to-Exceed amount of $839,832
24-01861.F
Recommendation: Take the following Actions:
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the first Amendment in substantially the same form as Attachment 2 to the report, to an existing Service Agreement with Solitude Lake
Management LLC, DBA: Aquatic Environments; and
- Authorize the City Manager to amend the not-to-exceed amount and to extend the contract for three (3) additional one-year periods, subject to available budget and if pricing and services remain acceptable to the City.
Review the City’s 2024 Code of Ethics and Conduct for
Elected and Appointed Officials
24-02841.G
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Recommendation: Review and reaffirm the 2024 Code of Ethics and Conduct for Elected and Appointed Officials with no changes from the January 9, 2024 Code as set forth in Attachment 1 of the report.
Approve 2024 Board and Commission Annual Work Plans24-02851.H Recommendation: Approve the 2024 Work Plans as submitted.
Adopt Ordinance No. 3223-24 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)
24-03011.I
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 3223-24 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)
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to notice at the beginning of this agenda. 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 5 minutes for closing comments.
Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Section 16.62.330
(Installation of Manufactured Homes section within the
24-00692
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Floodplain Management Chapter) of Chapter 16.62
(Floodplain Management) of Title 16 (Buildings and
Construction) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15268 and 15308 and Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1)
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Find that the action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Sections 15268 and 15308 and Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1) and introduce an Ordinance to
amend Section 16.62.330 (Installation of Manufactured Homes section within the Floodplain Management Chapter) of Chapter
16.62 (Floodplain Management) of Title 16 (Buildings and Construction) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (Attachment 1 to the report).
Adopt Positions on State and Local Ballot Measures for the March 5, 2024 Election
24-02553
Recommendation: Alternative 1:
Adopt the following staff-recommended positions on the ballot measures deemed City business, including any items where staff recommends Council remain neutral (take no position).
SUPPORT - Measure C - Sunnyvale School District School
Bonds 55% Vote
TAKE NO POSITION - Proposition 1 - Authorizes $6.38 Billion in Bonds to Build Mental Health Treatment Facilities for Those With Mental Health and Substance Use Challenges; Provides Housing for the Homeless. Legislative Statute.
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City's Salary Resolution and the Schedule of Pay to Increase the Salary Range for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services
24-02304
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Adopt a Resolution amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase the Salary Range for the Director of NOVA Workforce Services.
Adopt a Resolution and Approve an Amendment to Housing
Assistance Agreement for City Manager Kent Steffens
Extending the Home Loan Repayment Term
24-02825
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Recommendation: Staff makes no recommendation. This report is developed to facilitate conversation for the public hearing and action by the City Council.
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 Calendar24-0165
Board/Commission Meeting Minutes24-0187
Information/Action Items24-0188
Mayoral Announcement of Mayoral Appointment of
Councilmembers to Intergovernmental Assignments
(Information Only)
24-0278
ADJOURNMENT
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