City Council
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
5:30 PMTuesday, June 18, 2024
Special Meeting: Study Session - 5:30 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM | Joint Meeting of City Council and Sunnyvale Financing Authority - 7 PM
Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96111580540 Public Participation
• In-person participation: You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving it to the City Clerk.
As a courtesy, and technology permitting, members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee that the public’s access to online technology will be uninterrupted, and technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue despite technical difficulties for participants using the online option.
The Mayor may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications.
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5:30 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
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.
Re-evaluate Traffic Calming Program and Policy Update24-0458A 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
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
The Mayor may determine it would be impractical to include remote public
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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 City Council Meeting Minutes of May 7, 202424-00311.A Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 7, 2024 as submitted.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 13, 2024
(Closed Session | Board and Commission Interviews)
24-01991.B
Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 13, 2024 as submitted.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 14, 2024
(Board and Commission Interviews)
24-02331.C
Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 14, 2024 as submitted.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 21, 202424-02181.D Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 21, 2024 as submitted.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2024
(Budget Workshop)
24-02831.E
Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 23, 2024 as submitted.
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Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2024
(Board and Commission Appointments)
24-06011.F
Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of May 28, 2024 as submitted.
Approve the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager
24-04401.G
Recommendation: Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.
Adopt a Resolution Amending the City’s Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to Increase Salaries for Pay Plan
Category C (Public Safety Officers Association) and Pay Plan Category M (Public Safety Managers Association) Effective July 7, 2024
24-07111.H
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution amending the City's Salary Resolution and Schedule of Pay to increase salaries for Pay Plan Category C (Public Safety Officers Association) and Pay Plan Category M (Public Safety Managers Association) effective July 7, 2024.
Adopt Resolution for the City of Sunnyvale to Seek
Reimbursement for Costs Related to the Water Pollution
Control Plant Secondary Treatment and Dewatering Facilities Project to be Included in the City’s Low-Interest Loan from the State Water Resources Control Board
24-04051.I
Recommendation: Adopt a Resolution seeking reimbursement for costs related to the Water Pollution Control Plant Secondary Treatment and Dewatering Facilities Project to be included in the City's low-interest loan from the State Water Resources Control Board.
Approve Budget Modification No. 25 to Appropriate $412,829 of Senate Bill 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funds 24-06501.J
Recommendation: Approve Budget Modification No. 25 to appropriate $412,829 of CalRecycle SB 1383 Local Assistance Grant Program
funds.
Award of Consultant Services Agreement in the Amount of $2,422,269 to Alta Planning + Design, Inc. for the East Channel Trail Study (F24-054) and Find that the Action is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15262
24-06251.K
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Recommendation: Take the following actions:
- Award a Consultant Services Agreement in substantially the same form as Attachment 2 to the report in an amount
not-to-exceed $2,422,269 to Alta Planning + Design, Inc. of Portland, OR;
- Approve a 10% contingency in the amount of $242,227;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all necessary conditions have been met; and
- Find the Project exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Guidelines Section 15262.
Authorize the City Manager to Apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge Permit from East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for the Disposal of Source-Separated
Residential and Commercial Organic Waste from the
Sunnyvale SMaRT Station® in the Amount of $470,000
24-06931.L
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to apply for a Discretionary Wastewater Discharge Permit in the amount of $470,000 with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) for the disposal of source-separated residential and commercial organic waste from the Sunnyvale SMaRT Station(r) 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.
Authorize the City Manager to Sign the Memorandum of
Understanding Between the Santa Clara County Recycling
and Waste Reduction Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
Member Jurisdictions Establishing Ongoing Management and Operation of the Edible Food Recovery Program to Comply with the Requirements of Senate Bill 1383 (California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy)
24-05781.M
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between the Santa Clara County Recycling
and Waste Reduction Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
member jurisdictions establishing ongoing management and operation of the edible food recovery program to comply with the requirements of Senate Bill 1383 (California's Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy).
Authorize the City Manager to (1) Execute the Memorandum of Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Energy for the
24-05581.N
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Public Facility Resilience Implementation Program in Substantially the Same Format as Attached, and (2) Approve Project Scope Revisions Necessitated by Project Funding, Budget or Bid Changes and Submit Scope Change
Requests to the EPA as Needed During Implementation of the Grant
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to (1) Execute the Memorandum of Agreement with Silicon Valley Clean Energy for the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Public Facility Resilience Implementation Program in substantially the same format as attached, and (2) Approve Project Scope Revisions necessitated by Project Funding, Budget or Bid Changes and Submit Scope Change
Requests to the EPA as needed during implementation of the grant.
Approve Amendment to Exhibit A to Resolution 1234-24
(Resolution Calling a General Municipal Election) to Correct Clerical Errors in Proposed City Charter Amendments
24-07341.O
Recommendation: Approve amendment to Exhibit A to Resolution 1234-24 (Resolution Calling a General Municipal Election) to correct clerical errors in proposed City Charter Amendments
ADJOURNMENT TO JOINT MEETING WITH THE SUNNYVALE FINANCING
AUTHORITY
7 P.M. (OR SOON THEREAFTER) JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL AND
SUNNYVALE FINANCING AUTHORITY
Call to Order
Call to Order in the Council Chambers
Roll Call
Oral Communications
This category provides an opportunity for members of the public to address the City Council and Financing Authority Board on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15 minutes (may be extended or continued at the discretion of the Mayor/Board Chair) with a maximum of up to three minutes per speaker. Please note the Brown Act (Open Meeting Law) does not allow the City Council or Board to take action on an item not listed on the agenda. If you wish to address the City
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Council/Board, 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 Sunnyvale Financing Authority Meeting Minutes of June 4, 2024
24-06872.A
Recommendation: Approve the Sunnyvale Financing Authority Meeting Minutes of June 4, 2024 as submitted
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.
City Council Adoption of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 Budget, Fee Schedule and Appropriations Limit, and Sunnyvale
Financing Authority Adoption of the FY 2024/25 Budget
24-02643
Recommendation: City Council:
Alternative 1: Adopt the resolutions presented as Attachment 1 (including Exhibit A), Attachment 2 (including Exhibits A through D), and Attachment 3 (including Exhibit A) to the report that provide for the adoption of the FY 2024/25 Fee Schedule, Budget, and Appropriations Limit.
Sunnyvale Financing Authority:
Alternative 2: Adopt the FY 2024/25 Budget Resolution
(Sunnyvale Financing Authority) presented as Attachment 4 to this report.
ADJOURN JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND SUNNYVALE FINANCING AUTHORITY
MEETING
RECONVENE TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to
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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.
Adoption of a Resolution of Necessity and Introduction of an Ordinance Ordering the Submission to Sunnyvale Voters at the November 5, 2024, General Municipal Election of a
Proposition Incurring Bonded Indebtedness for the Purpose of Financing the Cost of Acquisition, Construction, and
Improvement of Certain Municipal Improvement Projects (New Main Library)
24-00254
Recommendation: Alternative 1: Adopt a Resolution Determining that the Public Interest and Necessity Demand the Acquisition, Construction and Improvement of Municipal Improvement Projects
Constituting Public Infrastructure of the City, and Their Financing Through the Issuance of General Obligation Bonds; and Introduce an Ordinance Ordering the Submission of a Proposition Incurring Bonded Indebtedness to the Qualified Voters of the City of Sunnyvale at the General Municipal Election to be Held on November 5, 2024, for the Purpose of Financing the Cost of the Acquisition, Construction and Improvement of Certain Municipal Improvement Projects
Constituting Public Infrastructure of the City.
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 Calendar24-0023
Information/Action Items24-0623
Board/Commission Meeting Minutes24-0694
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Council Advocacy Letters24-0725
ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The agenda reports to council (RTCs) may be viewed on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov after 7 p.m. on Thursdays or at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours, prior to Tuesday City Council meetings. Any agenda related writings or documents distributed to members of the City of Sunnyvale City Council regarding any open session item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk located on the fourth floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours and in the Council Chambers on the evening of the Council Meeting, pursuant to Government Code §54957.5. Please contact the Office of the City Clerk at 408-730-7483 for specific questions regarding the agenda.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that if you file a lawsuit challenging any final decision on any public hearing item listed in this agenda, the issues in the lawsuit may be limited to the issues which were raised at the public hearing or presented in writing to the Office of the City Clerk at or before the public hearing.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that Code of Civil Procedure section 1094.6 imposes a 90-day deadline for the filing of any lawsuit challenging final action on an agenda item which is subject to Code of Civil Procedure 1094.5.
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