City Council
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
5:00 PMTuesday, May 21, 2024
Special Meeting: Workshop - 5 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96111580540 Public Participation
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5 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Workshop)
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
Roll Call
Workshop
The public may provide comments regarding the Workshop item(s). If you wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the beginning of this agenda.
Civic Center Phase 2: Main Library Preferred Concept
Selection
24-0234A
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
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ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY
Public Works Week24-0338B
Municipal Clerks Week24-0334C
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 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 the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager
24-04371.A
Recommendation: Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.
Award of Five (5) On-Call Service Agreements for the
Purchase of Wastewater Treatment Enhancer Chemicals for the Water Pollution Control Plant (F24-010)
24-04811.B
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Recommendation: Take the following actions:
- Award five (5) three-year On-Call Service Agreements to the following firms: Jenfitch, Inc. with a contract amount
not-to-exceed $500,000, Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC with a contract amount not-to-exceed $500,000, Veolia WTS USA, Inc. with a contract amount not-to-exceed $500,000, SNF Polydyne, Inc. with a contract amount not-to-exceed $500,000, and Thatcher Company of California, Inc. with a contract amount not-to-exceed $500,000 in substantially the same formats shown in Attachments 2 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 three (3)
additional one-year periods, subject to available budget, need and if pricing and services remain acceptable to the City.
Authorize the City Manager to Apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge Permit from Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) for the Disposal of Source-Separated Residential and Commercial Organic Waste from the Sunnyvale SMaRT
Station in the Amount of $340,000
24-04661.C
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge Permit in the amount of $340,000 with Silicon Valley Clean Water (SVCW) for the Disposal of
Source-Separated Residential and Commercial Organic Waste from the Sunnyvale SMaRT Station and Authorize the City Manager to renew this permit for five additional one-year periods subject to available budget and as long as service and pricing remain acceptable.
Approve the FY 2024/25 Preliminary Engineer’s Report for the Downtown Parking District Assessment, Adopt a Resolution of Intention to Levy and Collect an Assessment for the Downtown Parking Maintenance District for FY 2024/25, and Set the Date of June 25, 2024 for the Public Hearing on the Proposed Assessment
24-03831.D
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Recommendation: Approve the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 preliminary Engineer's Report for the Downtown Parking District Assessment, adopt a Resolution of Intention to Levy and Collect an Assessment for the Downtown Parking Maintenance District for FY 2024/25, and set the date of June 25, 2024 for the public hearing on the levy of the proposed Assessment.
Review and Adopt a Long-term Advocacy Position (LAP)
Related to the Levine Act
24-06151.E
Recommendation: Staff makes no recommendation. Approval of the consent calendar constitutes Council approval of a new long-term advocacy position as presented:
"Support efforts to achieve the goals of the Levine Act while providing clear and understandable rules that do not
unreasonably limit officials' ability to participate in governance of the City."
Adopt Ordinance No. 3228-24 Amending Chapter 19.16
(Precise Zoning Plans - Zoning Districts - Zoning Maps) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to Rezone Certain Property
Located at 1313 South Wolfe Road, a 1.2-acre Site and 898 East Fremont Avenue, a 0.54-acre Site from Neighborhood Business (C-1) with a Planned Development (PD) Combining District to Medium Density Residential (R-3) with Mixed Use (MU) and Planned Development (PD) Combining District
24-06411.F
Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance No. 3228-24 Amending Chapter 19.16 (Precise Zoning Plans - Zoning Districts - Zoning Maps) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code to Rezone Certain Property
Located at 1313 South Wolfe Road, a 1.2-acre Site and 898 East Fremont Avenue, a 0.54-acre Site from Neighborhood Business (C-1) with a Planned Development (PD) Combining District to Medium Density Residential (R-3) with Mixed Use (MU) and Planned Development (PD) Combining District.
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
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minutes for opening comments and 5 minutes for closing comments.
Award a Contract with all Additive Alternate Bid Items to Bobo Construction, Inc. in the Amount of $23,178,824.25 for the Lakewood Branch Library and Learning Center Project
(PW24-11); Adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring, and Reporting Program for the Project; and Approve Budget Modification No. 23 in the Amount of $2,731,329
24-05942
Recommendation: Alternative 1:
Authorize the City Manager to take the following actions:
- Award a contract in substantially the same form as
Attachment 2 to the report in the amount of $22,527,824.25 to Bobo Construction, Inc. of Elk Grove;
- Award all five Additive Alternate Bid items in the contract at a cost of $651,000 for a contract total amount of
$23,178,824.25;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all necessary conditions have been met;
- Make the findings required by the California Environmental Quality Act as stated in the MND, as Attachment 6 to the report, adopt the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration, as Attachment 3 to the report, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, as Attachment 4 to the report, for the project;
- Approve a Budget Modification No. 23 in the amount of $2,731,329 to provide additional funding for this project; and - Approve a 10% construction contingency in the amount of $2,317,882.
Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Placing a Revenue Measure on the November 2024 Ballot: Real Property
Transfer Tax Measure and/or Civic Center Phase 2: Main
Library Bond Measure
24-06103
Recommendation: Alternative 3: Direct staff to return to Council with actions necessary to place a general obligation bond measure to support the issuance of $290 million in bonds for the
construction of a new library on the November 2024 ballot.
Adopt a Resolution Suspending Enforcement of Sunnyvale
Municipal Code Sections 16.42.030 through 16.42.080
24-05454
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Related to All-Electric Requirements for New and Substantially Reconstructed Buildings, and Direct Staff to Investigate Alternatives to Achieve Building Electrification
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Adopt a Resolution to Suspend Enforcement of Sunnyvale Municipal Code Sections 16.42.030 through
16.42.080 Related to All-Electric Requirements for New and Substantially Reconstructed Buildings and direct staff to investigate alternatives to achieve building electrification.
Evaluation and Direction Regarding Wi-Fi Installation at the Corn Palace Park Project (PR-22-03), Lakewood Park
Renovation Project (PR-22-01) and Plaza del Sol Project (PR-21-26)
24-05415
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Approve installation of Wi-Fi in the common areas of Lakewood Park and blanket coverage for Plaza del Sol, do not approve installation of Wi-Fi at Corn Palace Park Development, and direct staff to include the ongoing annual costs in the FY 2025/26 Adopted Budget.
Public Safety Military Equipment Use Annual Report Pursuant to California Assembly Bill No. 481
24-02906
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Adopt a Resolution Regarding the Presentation of the Annual Public Safety Military Equipment Use Report and Renewing the Military Equipment Use Policy Pursuant to
California Assembly Bill No. 481 and Finding the Uses
Conformed to Policy, Authorizing Staff to Seek Grant Funding for Equipment, and Finding that the Action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
Appoint Applicants to the Arts Commission, Bicycle and
Pedestrian Advisory Commission, Board of Library Trustees, Heritage Preservation Commission, Housing and Human
Services Commission, Human Relations Commission, Parks
and Recreation Commission, Personnel Board, Planning
Commission and Sustainability Commission
24-00227
Recommendation: Staff makes no recommendation.
COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
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NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS
-Council
Colleagues Memorandum: Study Session on City Support for Organizing Community Events
24-0639D
-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 Calendar24-0410
Board/Commission Meeting Minutes24-0583
Information/Action Items24-0605
Council Advocacy Letters24-0634
Election Information for Candidates - November 5, 2024
Election
24-0597
ADJOURNMENT
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