City of Sunnyvale  
Notice and Agenda  
City Council  
Tuesday, August 16, 2022  
6:15 PM  
Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream |  
Comcast Channel 15 | AT&T Channel 99  
Special Meeting: Board and Commission Interviews - 6:15 PM | Special Meeting: Public  
Hearing/General Business - 7 PM  
Special Teleconference Notice  
Because of the COVID-19 emergency and the “shelter in place” orders issued by  
Santa Clara County and the State of California, this meeting of the Sunnyvale City  
Council will take place by teleconference, as allowed by Government Code  
Subdivision 54953(e) and Resolution No. 1089-21 (reaffirmed August 9, 2022)  
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City Clerk may be reached at 408-730-7483 or cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov (28  
CFR 35.160 (b) (1)).  
6:15 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Study Session)  
Call to Order  
Call to Order via teleconference.  
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.  
A
Board and Commission Interviews  
Adjourn Special Meeting  
7 P.M. SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING (Public Hearing/General Business)  
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 via teleconference.  
ROLL CALL  
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.  
1
Proposed Project:  
Related applications on a 1.25-acre site:  
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (DA): Introduction of an  
Ordinance Approving and Adopting of a DA between the City  
of Sunnyvale and Gary Thon-Lon Hon and Nichole Ying Lin  
Hon, as trustees of the Hon Family Trust and Edward H.  
Leone Jr. LLC  
SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT (SDP): to demolish the  
existing buildings and construct a new 125,128 square foot  
four (4) story office building with two (2) levels of underground  
parking  
Location: 480 and 490 S. Mathilda Avenue and 355 W. Olive  
Avenue (APNs: 209-28-008 and 052)  
File #: 2021-7281 (DA) and 2021-7280 (SDP)  
Zoning: DSP Block 13  
Applicant: Daniel Minkoff, Minkoff Group  
Owners: Gary Thon-Lon Hon and Nichole Ying Lin Hon, as  
Trustees of the Hon Family Trust and Edward H. Leone Jr.  
LLC  
Environmental Review: A Mitigated Negative Declaration has  
been prepared in compliance with California Environmental  
Quality Act (CEQA) provisions and City CEQA Guidelines.  
Project Planner: Shaunn Mendrin, (408) 730-7431,  
Recommendation:  
Alternative 1: Approve the Development Agreement and  
Special Development Permit  
a) Make the findings required by Resolution No. 371-81  
(Attachment 3 to the Report).  
b) Introduce an Ordinance Approving and Adopting a  
Development Agreement between the City of Sunnyvale and  
Gary Thon-Lon Hon and Nichole Ying Lin Hon, as trustees of  
the Hon Family Trust and Edward H. Leone Jr. LLC  
(Attachment 2 to the Report).  
c) Make the required Findings to adopt the Mitigated Negative  
Declaration and Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program  
in accordance with CEQA, and approve the Special  
Development Permit based on the Recommended Findings in  
Attachment 4 and Recommended Conditions of Approval in  
Attachment 5 as recommended by the Planning Commission  
on July 25, 2022.  
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 in the Office of the City Clerk  
located at 603 All America Way, 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 at 603  
All America Way, during normal business hours and in the Council Chamber 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 to access City Hall to  
view these materials and 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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