City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda - Revised

City Council

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

6:00 PM

Online and Bay Conference Room

(Room 145), City Hall,

456 W. Olive Ave.,

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Special Meeting: Closed Session - 6 PM | Regular Meeting - 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.

• Online participation: You may provide audio public comment by connecting 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

• Submit written comments to the City Council no later than 4 hours prior to the

meeting start to council@sunnyvale.ca.gov or by mail to:

City Clerk, 456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

• Review recordings of this meeting and past meetings at

https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or

http://youtube.com/SunnyvaleMeetings

Accessibility/Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Notice

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special

assistance to provide public comment, or for other special assistance; please

contact the City at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make

reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. The Office of the

City Clerk may be reached at 408-730-7483 or cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28

CFR 35.160 (b) (1)).

6 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Closed Session)

Call to Order

Call to order in the Bay Conference Room - Room 145 (Open to the Public).

Roll Call

Public Comment

The public may provide comments regarding the Closed Session item(s). If you

wish to address the Council, please refer to the notice at the beginning 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).

23-0858

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): A statement threatening litigation made

by a person outside an open and public meeting related to a

proposed project at 1154 and 1170 Sonora Court

Adjourn Special Meeting

7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING

CALL TO ORDER

Call to Order in the Bay Conference Room (Room 145)

SALUTE TO THE FLAG

ROLL CALL

CLOSED SESSION REPORT

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY

23-0381

23-0380

23-0075

Hispanic Heritage Month

Workforce Development Month

Ceremonial Oath of Office for Board and Commission

Members

PRESENTATION

23-0057

2023 Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Electric Showcase

Awards by SVCE Chief Executive Officer Girish Balachandran

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.

1.A

23-0049

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of August 8, 2023

Recommendation:

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of August 8, 2023

as submitted.

1.B

23-0242

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of August 15, 2023

(Board and Commission Interviews)

Recommendation:

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of August 15, 2023

as submitted.

1.C

23-0783

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of August 29, 2023

Recommendation:

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of August 29, 2023

as submitted.

1.D

Approve the List(s) of Claims and Bills Approved for Payment

by the City Manager

23-0278

Recommendation:

Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.

1.E

23-0782

Approve Budget Modification No. 3 to Appropriate $217,816 of

CalRecycle SB1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funds

to Project 830910 - Zero Waste Strategic Plan

Recommendation:

Approve Budget Modification No. 3 to Appropriate $217,816 of

CalRecycle SB1383 Local Assistance Grant Program Funds

to Project 830910 - Zero Waste Strategic Plan.

1.F

23-0183

Receive and File the City of Sunnyvale Investment Report

-Second Quarter 2023

Recommendation:

Receive and file the City of Sunnyvale Investment Report -

Second Quarter.

1.G

23-0640

Receive a Report of an Emergency Repair Project to

Reconstruct a Damaged Stormwater Outfall and Restore the

Embankment of Stevens Creek at Mockingbird Lane. The

Project is Urgent to Ensure Public Safety and the Operation of

the Storm Drainage System (Policy SN-1.3).

Recommendation:

Receive a Report of an Emergency Repair Project to

reconstruct a damaged stormwater outfall and restore the

embankment of Stevens Creek at Mockingbird Lane. The

project is urgent to ensure public safety and the operation of

the storm drainage system.

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.

23-0794

Award of a contract to Group 4 Architecture, Research +

Planning, Inc. for the Civic Center Phase 2 Planning - Main

Library in the amount of $976,342.50 and approve Budget

Modification No. 5 in the amount of $431,929.47 (F23-130) to

fund the contract and ongoing staffing support

Recommendation:

Alternative 1 - Take the following actions:

- Award a contract to Group 4 Architecture, Research +

Planning, Inc. for Civic Center Phase 2 Planning - Main

Library in substantially the same form as Attachment 1 to the

report in an amount not-to-exceed $992,342.50;

- Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all

the necessary conditions have been met;

- Approve a 10% contingency in the amount of $99,234; and

- Approve Budget Modification No.5 in the amount of

$431,929.47.

Introduce an Ordinance Repealing Chapter 16.62 (Prevention

of Flood Damage), Adopting Chapter 16.62 (Floodplain

23-0780

Management) of Title 16 (Buildings and Construction),

Amending Section 1.04.010 (Violation-Misdemeanor or

infraction) of Chapter 1.04 (General Penalty) of Title 1

(General Provisions) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code, and

Find that the Action is Exempt from the California

Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to Public

Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1) and CEQA Guidelines

Sections 15061(b)(3), 15268, and 15308

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Introduce an Ordinance Repealing Chapter

16.62 (Prevention of Flood Damage), Adopting Chapter 16.62

(Floodplain Management) of Title 16 (Buildings and

Construction), Amending Section 1.04.010

(Violation-Misdemeanor or infraction) of Chapter 1.04

(General Penalty) of Title 1 (General Provisions) of the

Sunnyvale Municipal Code, and Find that the Action is Exempt

from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21080(b)(1) and

CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3), 15268, and 15308.

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 Calendar

Board/Commission Meeting Minutes

Information/Action Items

Mayor-Appointed Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Potential

HomeKey Application - Notice of Completion (Information

Only)

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 Bay

Conference Room (Room 145) 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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