City of Sunnyvale

Notice and Agenda

City Council

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

5:00 PM

Online and Council Chambers, City Hall,

456 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Special Meeting: Study Session - 5 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.

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

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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)).

5 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.

23-0890

23-0886

Review of Legislative Advocacy Policies and Process

Overview of Draft Housing Element Modifications

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

SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY

Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Active Aging Week

Arts and Humanities Month

Indigenous People’s Day

23-0889

Recognition of Outgoing Assistant City Manager

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

23-0834

Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of September 12, 2023

Recommendation:

Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of September 12,

2023 as submitted.

1.B

23-0277

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

by the City Manager

Recommendation:

Approve the list(s) of claims and bills.

1.C

23-0787

Approve Budget Modification No. 4 to Appropriate $158,000 in

2010 Measure B Vehicle Registration Fee Countywide

Program funds from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation

Authority to Project 831590 - Intelligent Transportation

Systems

Recommendation:

Approve Budget Modification No. 4 to Appropriate $158,000 in

2010 Measure B Vehicle Registration Fee Countywide

Program funds from the Santa Clara Valley Transportation

Authority and authorize the City Manager to execute

Amendment No. 1 to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation

Authority Funding Agreement (Attachment 2) and all

grant-related documents.

1.D

23-0851

Approve an Agreement in the amount of $407,430 with

HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County for Case

Management Services and Shelter Beds for the Unhoused

Population in Sunnyvale

Recommendation:

Approve the following actions:

- Authorize the City Manager to execute an Agreement in

substantially the same format as Attachment 1 in the amount of

$407,430 with HomeFirst Services of Santa Clara County for

Case Management Services and Shelter Beds for the

Unhoused Population in Sunnyvale.

- Delegate authority to the City Manager to extend the

agreement for two additional one-year periods if pricing and

services remain acceptable and subject to available budget.

1.E

23-0888

Adopt a Resolution Amending the Classification Plan and

Salary Resolution to Update the Schedule of Pay to Change

the Classification Title of Job Seeker Services Manager (Grant

Funded) to Senior Manager of Workforce Development (Grant

Funded), Increase Salaries for the Classifications of

Neighborhood Preservation Specialist and Senior

Neighborhood Preservation Specialist, and Make

Corresponding Changes in the Schedule of Pay

Recommendation:

Adopt a Resolution Amending the Classification Plan and

Salary Resolution to Update the Schedule of Pay to Change

the Classification Title of Job Seeker Services Manager (Grant

Funded) to Senior Manager of Workforce Development (Grant

Funded), Increase Salaries for the Classifications of

Neighborhood Preservation Specialist and Senior

Neighborhood Preservation Specialist, and Make

Corresponding Changes in the Schedule of Pay.

1.F

23-0853

Adopt Resolutions Amending the City’s Contribution for

CalPERS Medical Insurance for Management, Sunnyvale

Employees’ Association/International Federation of

Professional and Technical Engineers Local 21 (SEA/IFPTE

Local 21), Confidential, and Service Employees International

Union (SEIU) Employees and Annuitants (Retirees)

Recommendation:

Adopt two resolutions: (1) Setting the employer's contribution

under the Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act

("PEMHCA") for 2024, and (2) Amending the City's Salary

Resolution to modify the City's contribution for medical

insurance for Management, SEA/IFPTE Local 21, Confidential,

and SEIU employees and annuitants (Retirees).

1.G

23-0762

Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Sunnyvale

Acknowledging Receipt of a Report from the Department of

Public Safety Regarding Annual Fire and Life Safety

Inspections Pursuant to Sections 13146.2 through 13146.4 of

the California Health and Safety Code

Recommendation:

Adopt a Resolution acknowledging receipt of a report from the

Department of Public Safety regarding annual Fire and Life

Safety Inspections pursuant to Sections 13146.2 through

13146.4 of the California Health and Safety Code.

1.H

23-0933

Adopt a Resolution Amending Resolution Number 712-15, the

Executive Mortgage Assistance Policy for the Provision of

Housing Assistance to Newly Appointed Charter Officers and

Department Directors (the “Executive Mortgage Assistance

Program”) to Update the Index Used to set the Interest Rate on

New Mortgages.

Recommendation:

Adopt a Resolution amending Resolution Number 712-15, the

Executive Mortgage Assistance Policy for the provision of

housing assistance to newly appointed Charter Officers and

Department Directors (the "Executive Mortgage Assistance

Program") to update the index used to set the interest rate on

new mortgages.

1.I

23-0781

Adopt Ordinance No. 3220-23 Amending Section 1.04.010

(Violation-Misdemeanor or Infraction) of Chapter 1.04 (General

Penalty) of Title 1 (General Provisions), Repealing Chapter

16.62 (Prevention of Flood Damage) and Adding Chapter

16.62 (Floodplain Management) of Title 16 (Building and

Construction) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code

Recommendation:

Adopt Ordinance No. 3220-23 Amending Section 1.04.010

(Violation-Misdemeanor or Infraction) of Chapter 1.04 (General

Penalty) of Title 1 (General Provisions), Repealing Chapter

16.62 (Prevention of Flood Damage) and Adding Chapter

16.62 (Floodplain Management) of Title 16 (Building and

Construction) of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code.

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.

23-0931

Approve a $4 million Contribution to Sunnyvale Community

Services (“SCS”) and Authorize the City Manager to Execute

and Administer an Equity Sharing Agreement Giving the City

an Equity Share in Property Owned by SCS Located at 1160

Kern Avenue in Proportion to the $4 Million City Contribution

Recommendation:

Alternative 1: Approve a $4 million Contribution to Sunnyvale

Community Services ("SCS") and Authorize the City Manager

to Execute and Administer an Equity Sharing Agreement

Giving the City an Equity Share in Property Owned by SCS

Located at 1160 Kern Avenue in Proportion to the $4 Million

City Contribution in substantially the same form as Attachment

1 to the report.

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

Council Advocacy Letters

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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