REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association's Proposed Expansion of the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum
Report
SUMMARY OF COMMISSION ACTION
The Parks and Recreation Commission considered this item on June 12, 2019.
The Parks and Recreation Commission voted to approve Alternative 2: Recommend to City Council not to proceed with the addition to the Museum at this time. The vote was 4-0, with Commissioner McCune absent. Chair Kenton stated that not enough information was available at this time and wanted to wait until completion of Study Issue (DPW 17-05 Orchard Heritage Park and Heritage Park Museum - Analysis and Options for the Long-Term Operations and Maintenance of Orchard Heritage Park and Review of the Sunnyvale Historical Society and Museum Association Proposed Expansion of the Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum Site).
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Senior Center, Community Center and Department of Public Safety; and by making the agenda and report available at the Sunnyvale Public Library, the Office of the City Clerk and on the City's website.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Direct staff to develop modifications to the Orchard Heritage Park Master plan and associated agreements and documents, including appropriate CEQA review, of Alternative Plan 1 - add an addition to the Museum at the location preferred by SHSMA, with all costs including CEQA (estimated $25,000 to $60,000) to be fully funded by SHSMA.
2. Do not to proceed with the addition to the Museum at this time.
3. Direct staff to develop modifications to the Orchard Heritage Park Master plan and associated agreements and documents, including appropriate CEQA review, for a different alternative with the costs to be funded by the City, because SHSMA has indicated that they will not support a different alternative.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
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