City of Sunnyvale
Excerpt Meeting Minutes - Final
City Council
5:30 PM Online and Bay Conference Room (Room
145), City Hall, 456 W. Olive Ave.,
Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Special Meeting: Closed Session - 5:30 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM 7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Larry Klein
Councilmember Omar Din
Councilmember Russ Melton
Councilmember Richard Mehlinger
Vice Mayor Murali Srinivasan
Councilmember Linda Sell
Present: 6 -
Councilmember Alysa CisnerosAbsent: 1 -
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
3 23-0667 Adopt Citywide Objective Design Standards and Take Related Actions to Adopt a Resolution to Establish Citywide Objective Design Standards for Multi-Family Residential and Mixed-Use Developments, Repeal the Mixed-Use Development Tool Kit and the High Density Residential Design Guidelines, Rename the Citywide Design Guidelines to Non-Residential Design Guidelines, Direct the Director of Community Development to Administratively Update Other Adopted Design Guidelines to be Aligned with the new Objective Design Standards, Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section
19.37.020, and Find that the Action is Exempt from CEQA Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)
Associate Planner Kelly Cha and Bruce Brukaker, Principal, Placeworks, provided the staff report and presentation.
Public Hearing opened at 9:14 p.m.
No speakers.
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Public Hearing closed at 9:14 p.m.
MOTION: Councilmember Mehlinger moved and Vice Mayor Din seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1: Take the following actions:
a. Adopt a Resolution to establish Citywide Objective Design Standards for Multi-Family Residential and Mixed-Use Developments;
b. Repeal the Mixed-Use Development Tool Kit and the High Density Residential Design Guidelines;
c. Rename the Citywide Design Guidelines to Non-Residential Design Guidelines;
d. Direct the Director of Community Development to administratively update other adopted design guidelines to be aligned with the new Citywide Objective Design Standards;
e. Introduce an Ordinance to amend Sunnyvale Municipal Code Section
19.37.020;
f. Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); With the following modifications:
a. To include semi-permeable pavers;
b. The loading zone requirement threshold be set to a minimum of 10 units; c. Color contrasts used rather than darker colors;
d. Direct staff to examine a point system for Chapter 3 aimed at supporting traditional architectural forms and the treatment for stories above 8 floors, include a 10% reduction in every 4 stories versus every 1 story, and return to Council with a report; and
f. Drop the 3,000-Kelvin requirement to 2,700 Kelvin.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Mayor Klein offered a friendly amendment to include the following:
a. 15-point incentive for semi-permeable pavers;
b. Define primary colors;
c. Add battery storage equipment to the definitions of electrical equipment that needs to be shielded; and
d. Set a 3,000-Kelvin standard with a 2,700 and 2,400 Kelvin point table for incentives as listed in Other Tables. Councilmember Mehlinger and Vice Mayor Din accepted the friendly amendment.
City Clerk David Carnahan read the Ordinance title for the record.
The motion as amended carried with the following vote:
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Yes: Mayor Klein
Councilmember Din
Councilmember Melton
Councilmember Mehlinger
Vice Mayor Srinivasan
Councilmember Sell
6 -
No: 0
Absent: Councilmember Cisneros1 -
The City Council took a recess at 9:54 p.m. and reconvened at 10:03 p.m. with Mayor Klein, Vice Mayor Din and Councilmembers Melton, Srinivasan and Sell present.
Councilmember Mehlinger left the meeting at 9:54 p.m.
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