City Council
City of Sunnyvale
Notice and Agenda
Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,
456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
5:00 PMTuesday, January 28, 2025
Special Meeting: Closed Session - 5 PM | Special Meeting: Study Session - 6 PM | Regular Meeting - 7 PM
Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96111580540 Public Participation and Access
View the end of the agenda for information on:
• Public participation options
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• Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice • Legal notices
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). To address the Council, refer to the notice at the end 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).
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.5: Significant Exposure to Litigation Under Government Code Section
54956.9(d)(2): Receipt of a written communication from a 25-0194A
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potential plaintiff threatening litigation related to a proposed project at 1250 Oakmead Parkway. 1 potential case
Adjourn Special Meeting
6 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). To address the Council, refer to the notice at the end of this agenda.
Outdoor Sports Assessment Study25-0054B
Adjourn Special Meeting
7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING
Pursuant to Council Policy 7.3.19, City Council will not begin consideration of any agenda item after 11:30 p.m. without a vote. Any item on the agenda that is continued shall be continued to a specific date. Any changes to the agenda will be communicated to the public.
CALL TO ORDER
Call to Order in the Council Chambers.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY
Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month25-0032C
Muslim American Heritage Month25-0033D
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Prior to opening public comment on Oral Communications, the Mayor may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment for the purpose of timeliness of the meeting or conducting an orderly meeting.
Oral Communications is the opportunity for the public to address the City Council on items not listed on the agenda and is limited to 15 minutes with a maximum of up to three minutes per speaker (one appearance per speaker). Note the Brown Act does not allow the Council to take action on an item not listed on the agenda. To address the Council, refer to the notice at the end of this agenda.
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed on the consent calendar will be acted upon by one motion unless discussion is requested by a Councilmember or the public. To address the Council, refer to the notice at the end of this agenda.
Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of December 3, 202425-01221.A Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of December 3, 2024 as submitted.
Approve the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment by the City Manager
25-00221.B
Recommendation: Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.
Award a Contract in the Amount of $396,438 to McNabb
Construction, Inc. dba DK Environmental for On-Call
Maintenance of Vegetation at the Water Pollution Control Plant Oxidation Ponds (F25-111)
25-01871.C
Recommendation: Take the following actions:
- Award a contract to McNabb Construction, Inc. dba DK
Environmental in an amount of $396,438 for on-call
maintenance of vegetation at the WPCP oxidation ponds for a one-year term in substantially the same form as Attachment 2 to the report;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all necessary conditions have been met;
- Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to three additional one-year periods; and
- Authorize the City Manager to increase the compensation in future renewals subject to budget availability and if service and pricing remain favorable to the City.
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Authorize the Issuance of a 5-year Master Services Agreement in the Amount of $1,270,500 to DataBank Holdings, LTD. to Provide a Colocation Facility for City Data Centers. (F25-185) 25-01801.D
Recommendation: - Authorize the issuance of a Master Services Agreement to DataBank Holdings LTD in the amount of $1,270,500 in the same form as Attachment 1 to the report to provide a
colocation facility for City Data Centers;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the Master Services Agreement when all necessary conditions have been met; and - Approve a 10% contingency in the amount of $127,050.
Authorize the Issuance of a Five-Year Purchase Agreement to General Datatech LP in the Amount of $1,399,274.55 for
SMARTnet Maintenance and Software Subscriptions
(F25-148)
25-01681.E
Recommendation: Take the following actions:
- Authorize the issuance of a five-year purchase agreement to General Datatech LP in an amount of $1,399,274.55 for
SMARTnet maintenance and software subscriptions;
- Authorize the City Manager to execute the purchase
agreement when all necessary conditions have been met; and - Authorize the City Manager to increase the purchase
agreement amount not to exceed 10%, subject to budget
availability if pricing and service remain acceptable to the City.
PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS
To speak on a public hearing/general business item, refer to notice at the end of this agenda. Each speaker is limited to three minutes. For land use items, applicants are limited to 10 minutes for opening comments and five minutes for closing comments.
Proposed Project:
Consideration of General Plan and Zoning Amendments
Related to Study Issue CDD 23-02 - Consider General Plan Land Use Designation Amendments and Rezonings for 27
Sites with Legal Non-Conforming Single- and Two-Family
Dwellings, Housing Element Program H45, and Land Use and Transportation Element (LUTE) Policy LT-14.5d:
1. Adopt a Resolution Amending the General Plan to:
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a. Change the General Plan land use designation for the property at 591 South Murphy Avenue (APN 209-30-012) with a legal nonconforming single-family use, from El Camino Real Specific Plan to Low-Medium Density Residential, and remove the property from the El Camino Real Specific Plan area; b. Change the General Plan land use designation for the properties at 260 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-003), 280 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-004), 286 North
Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-005) and 290 North Pastoria Avenue (APN 165-27-006) with legal nonconforming
residential uses, from Peery Park Specific Plan to Low Density Residential, and remove the parcels from the Peery Park Specific Plan area;
c. Change the General Plan land use designation for 22 legal non-conforming single-family and two-family dwelling sites at 411, 415 and 421 Charles Street, 433, 434, 437 and 440
Waverly Street, 572, 602, 656, 702 and 798 West Iowa
Avenue, 428, 432 and 435 Florence Street, and 1301-1320 Oxbow Court, from Office to Low-Medium Density Residential; and
2. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map, to:
a. Rezone the property at 591 South Murphy Avenue from El Camino Real - Commercial (ECR-C) to Low Medium Density
Residential/Office (R-2/O);
b. Rezone the properties at 260, 280, 286 and 290 North Pastoria Avenue from Peery Park Specific Plan/Mixed Industry Core (PPSP/MIC) to Low Density Residential (R-0);
c. Rezone the properties at 411, 415 and 421 Charles Street, 433, 434, 437 and 440 Waverly Street, 572, 602, 656, 702 and 798 West Iowa Avenue, 428, 432 and 435 Florence Street, and 1301-1320 Oxbow Court from Administrative-Professional Office/Planned Development (O/PD) to Low Medium Density Residential (R-2); and
3. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map, to:
Rezone sites within the Industrial to Residential (ITR) combining district that have redeveloped as residential uses from Industrial and Service (M-S), General Industrial (M-3) or
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the combined Neighborhood
Business/Industrial-to-Residential/Medium Density
Residential/Planned Development (C-1/ITR/R3/PD) zoning
district, all to Medium Density Residential/Planned
Development (R3/PD); the subject sites are spread throughout the city in five areas, generally bounded by (a) Tasman Drive, Morse Avenue, John W. Christian Greenbelt and Fair Oaks Avenue, (b) E. Duane Avenue, Lawrence Expressway, Stewart Drive and Britton Avenue, (c) E. Maude Avenue and N. Wolfe Road, Britton Avenue, E. Arques Avenue and Fair Oaks
Avenue, and (d) Caltrain rail tracks, S. Wolfe Road, Old San Francisco Road and S. Fair Oaks Avenue, and (e) Caltrain rail tracks, Lawrence Expressway, Old San Francisco Road and Reed Avenue and Wolfe Avenue; and
4. Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Zoning Districts Map, and to:
Rezone any of the following future opportunity sites located at 455 and 920 De Guigne Drive, and 835, 845, and 935 Stewart Drive, in East Sunnyvale from Industrial and Service (M-S) to Industrial and Service/Industrial to Residential/Medium Density Residential/Planned Development (M-S/ITR/R-3/PD); and
5. Introduce an Ordinance to Amend Title 19 (Zoning) of the Municipal Code to:
Amend Section 19.26.120 of Chapter 19.26 (Combining
Districts) to provide that once a site zoned Industrial to Residential (ITR) has been converted to residential use, the site cannot be returned to a use not allowed in a residential zoning district.
Location: Citywide; see Attachments 7 and 8
File #: PLNG-2024-0460
Applicant: City of Sunnyvale---
Environmental Review: Exempt per California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3) and 15183.
Project Planner: Wendy Lao, (408) 730-7408,
[email protected]
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Recommendation: Alternative 1: Adopt the resolution and the ordinances amending the General Plan, Peery Park Specific Plan, El Camino Real Specific Plan, Zoning Map, and Zoning Code, as set forth in Attachments 2 to 6, and find the proposed actions exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA).
Receive and File the Annual Review of New Laws Report and Approve 2025 Priority Advocacy Issues and Review Long-term Legislative Advocacy Positions (LAPs)
25-01013
Recommendation: Alternatives 1 and 2:
(1) Receive and file the Annual Review of New Laws Report (Attachment 1); and
(2) Approve the Proposed 2025 Priority Advocacy Issues - Clean Version (Attachment 2 to the report) and Council Policy Long-term Advocacy Positions as proposed to be amended
(Attachment 4 in the report).
COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL
COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
NON-AGENDA ITEMS AND COMMENTS
-Council
-City Manager
INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS
Visit http://Sunnyvale.ca.gov/TCMAC to view the Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar (TCMAC) online.
Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar25-0169
Board/Commission Meeting Minutes25-0172
Information/Action Items25-0174
Notice of Public Works Director’s Decision on Final Maps (Information Only)
25-0029
Council Advocacy Letters25-0067
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ADJOURNMENT
Public Participation Options
In person public comment:
You may provide public comment by filling out a speaker card (optional) and giving it to the City Clerk.
Online participation:
Members of the public may also attend online. However, the City cannot guarantee uninterrupted access to online technology. Technical difficulties may occur from time to time. Unless required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, the meeting will continue even if technical difficulties prevent online participation.
The Mayor may determine it would be impractical to include remote public comment during Oral Communications.
Online public comment:
To provide audio public comment, connect to the meeting online or by telephone.
Use the Raise Hand feature to request to speak (*9 on a telephone):
Meeting online link: https://sunnyvale-ca-gov.zoom.us/j/96111580540 Meeting call-in telephone number: 833-548-0276 | Meeting ID: 961 1158 0540 (*9 to request to speak | *6 to unmute/mute)
Watch the City Council meeting at http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings or on television over Comcast Channel 15, AT&T Channel 99
Written public comment:
Email comments to the City Council no later than 4 hours before the meeting at [email protected]. You can also mail or deliver comments to:
City Clerk, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Public review of items:
You can view reports to council on the City’s website at sunnyvale.ca.gov after 7 p.m. on Thursdays. You can also review reports in person at the City Hall reception desk, 456 W. Olive Avenue, during normal business hours. Any other documents
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distributed to members of the City Council regarding any open session item on this agenda are available in the Council Chambers on the evening of the Council Meeting. Otherwise, contact the Office of the City Clerk at 408-730-7483 or [email protected] for questions.
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Language Access and Translation
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Spanish and Chinese, Traditional
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Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the City will make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. If you need special assistance, please contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Reach the Office of the City Clerk at 408-730-7483 or [email protected] (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)).
LEGAL NOTICES
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
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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.