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Sunnyvale, CA · March 31, 2020

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City of Sunnyvale Meeting Minutes City Council Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream and KMVT Channel 15 Regular Meeting - 7 PM SPECIAL TELECONFERENCE NOTICE 7 P.M. COUNCIL MEETING CALL TO ORDER Pursuant to Section 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, issued by Governor Newsom on March 17, 2020, the meeting was conducted telephonically. Mayor Klein called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. via teleconference. ROLL CALL Present: 7 - Mayor Larry Klein Vice Mayor Nancy Smith Councilmember Gustav Larsson Councilmember Glenn Hendricks Councilmember Russ Melton Councilmember Michael S. Goldman Councilmember Mason Fong Mayor Klein, Vice Mayor Smith and all Councilmembers attended via teleconference. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS City Clerk David Carnahan read the following oral comments received via email: Sue Serrone, Livable Sunnyvale requested the City take additional action in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, including providing support for renters, mobile home owners, the homeless and small businesses. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 City Council Meeting Minutes March 31, 2020 Richard Mehlinger voiced support for additional methods for the public to provide input during teleconference City Council meetings generally and for the Active Transportation Plan in particular. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilmember Goldman pulled Item 1.D for separate consideration. MOTION: Vice Mayor Smith moved and Councilmember Hendricks seconded the motion to approve Items 1.A through 1.C and 1.E through 1.G. The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Smith Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Hendricks Councilmember Melton Councilmember Goldman Councilmember Fong No: 0 1.A 20-0078 Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 Approve the City Council Regular Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 as submitted. 1.B 20-0442 Approve City Council Special Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 Approve the City Council Special Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 as submitted. 1.C 20-0059 Approve Budget Modification No. 20 to Appropriate $302,900 in FY 2019/20 Transportation Fund for Clean Air County Program Manager Funds for the Retiming of Traffic Signals and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Grant-Related Documents Approve Budget Modification No. 20 to appropriate $302,900 in FY 2019/20 Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) County Program Manager funds for retiming of traffic signals and authorize the City Manager to execute all grant-related documents. 1.D 20-0370 Approve Budget Modification No. 25 in the amount of $464,435 City of Sunnyvale Page 2 City Council Meeting Minutes March 31, 2020 for the Fair Oaks Avenue Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Construction Contract with Joseph J. Albanese City Manager Kent Steffens provided the staff report. Public Hearing opened at 7:25 p.m. No speakers. Public Hearing closed at 7:25 p.m. MOTION: Vice Mayor Smith moved and Councilmember Hendricks seconded the motion to authorize the City Manager to take the following actions: - Award a construction contract to Joseph J. Albanese in the amount of $18,386,002.86; - Execute the construction contract when all necessary conditions have been met; - Approve a 10% construction contingency; and - Approve Budget Modification No. 25 in the amount of $464,435. The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Smith Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Hendricks Councilmember Melton Councilmember Goldman Councilmember Fong No: 0 1.E 20-0340 Award a Contract to Macias Gini and O’Connell LLP in an amount not to exceed $382,243 for Annual Financial Auditing Services (F20-142) Take the following actions: - Award a three-year contract in substantially the same form as Attachment 1 to the report in the amount of $382,243 to Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP; and - Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all necessary conditions have been met. 1.F 20-0303 Authorize Amending the Existing Contract with The Arcanum Group for the Infor Enterprise Asset Management Licensing City of Sunnyvale Page 3 City Council Meeting Minutes March 31, 2020 and Maintenance and Support for the Water Pollution Control Plant and Related Actions Regarding Purchasing Additional Licenses and Renewing Existing Licenses and Maintenance and Support Services (F20-115) Take the follow actions: - Authorize the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to an existing contract with The Arcanum Group, in substantially the same format as Attachment 1 to the report, increasing the not-to-exceed contract amount by $33,245 for a new not-to-exceed contract amount of $667,206; and - Authorize the City Manager to purchase additional licenses and renew existing licenses and maintenance and support for five (5) additional one-year periods with Infor or its Value Added Resellers (VARs) within budgeted amounts. 1.G 20-0221 Approve the Downtown Sunnyvale Business Improvement District Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019/20; and Adopt Resolution of Intention to Levy and Collect an Annual Assessment and Reauthorize the BID for Fiscal Year 2020/21 Approve the Fiscal Year 2019/20 BID Annual Report, adopt the Resolution of Intention to levy and collect an assessment and reauthorize the Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2020/21, and schedule the public hearing for April 28, 2020. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS 2 20-0439 Adopt an Emergency Ordinance Enacting a Moratorium on Evictions for Non-Payment of Rent by Residential Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; Introduce a Regular Ordinance Enacting a Moratorium on Evictions for Nonpayment of Rent by Residential Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; and Provide Direction Regarding any Desired Enhanced Provisions on Temporary Moratorium on Evictions of Commercial Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Housing Officer Jenny Carloni provided the staff report. Public Hearing opened at 8:38 p.m. City Clerk David Carnahan read the following public comments received via email: City of Sunnyvale Page 4 City Council Meeting Minutes March 31, 2020 James Uren shared opposition to the proposed moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent due to the COVID-19 Pandemic and raised concerns regarding the potential impacts to landlords. Leia Mehlman voiced support for the inclusion of mobile home park tenants in the eviction moratorium. Annette Kirkham, Law Foundation of Silicon Valley communicated support for the eviction moratorium and expansion of the proposed eviction moratorium to include no fault evictions and protection for small businesses. Richard Mehlinger, Livable Sunnyvale and the Sunnyvale Democratic Club Executive Board shared support for the eviction moratorium and expansion of the moratorium to prohibit all evictions. Anil Babbar, Vice President of Public Affairs, California Apartment Association voiced opposition to the eviction moratorium and detailed possible impacts to landlords. Public Hearing closed at 8:46 p.m. MOTION: Councilmember Hendricks moved and Vice Mayor Smith seconded the motion to approve Alternative 1: adopt an Emergency Ordinance and introduce a Regular Ordinance enacting a moratorium on evictions for non-payment of rent by residential tenants impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic (Attachments 1 and 2 to the report). The motion carried with the following vote: Yes: 7 - Mayor Klein Vice Mayor Smith Councilmember Larsson Councilmember Hendricks Councilmember Melton Councilmember Goldman Councilmember Fong No: 0 COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES FROM INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS City of Sunnyvale Page 5 City Council Meeting Minutes March 31, 2020 Councilmember Hendricks shared details of Santa Clara Transportation Authority actions taken in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. NON-AGENDA ITEMS & COMMENTS -Council Councilmember Fong requested an update regarding options to support small businesses. He inquired regarding a potential electric scooter partnership with the City of Mountain View. Councilmember Fong communicated support for additional public participation tools in future Council meetings. Councilmember Melton asked for updates regarding the Tentative Council Meeting Agenda Calendar (TCMAC) and the Budget Workshop. He requested an overview of the upcoming Council meeting agenda. Councilmember Melton inquired which public works capital improvement projects are deemed essential and will therefore move forward under the recent Shelter in Place Order. Mayor Klein confirmed projects not identified as essential will be preserved in their current state to support construction resuming after the Shelter in Place Order expires or is lifted. MOTION: Councilmember Goldman moved to agendize a discussion of a City of Sunnyvale hiring freeze, exempting Department of Public Safety personnel and other specific positions. Motion failed due to the lack of a second. City Manager Kent Steffens advised the Office of the City Manager is reviewing all hiring requisitions during the Shelter in Place Order to ensure City hiring focuses on filling essential positions. -City Manager City Manager Kent Steffens identified staff work undertaken to support this teleconference Council meeting. He shared staff is exploring how to conduct Board and Commission meetings during the Shelter in Place Order. Vice Mayor Smith inquired if additional public comment methods will be available during future Council meetings. City of Sunnyvale Page 6 City Council Meeting Minutes March 31, 2020 Mr. Steffens advised staff is exploring additional public comment tools. INFORMATION ONLY REPORTS/ITEMS 20-0357 Board/Commission Meeting Minutes 20-0358 Information/Action Items ADJOURNMENT Mayor Klein adjourned the meeting at 9:44 p.m. City of Sunnyvale Page 7

Agenda

City of Sunnyvale Notice and Agenda - Revised City Council Tuesday, March 31, 2020 7:00 PM Telepresence Meeting: City Web Stream and KMVT Channel 15 Regular Meeting - 7 PM SPECIAL TELECONFERENCE NOTICE Pursuant to Executive Order N-29-20: The Brown Act, Government Code Section 54953, contains special requirements that apply when members of a legislative body participate in a public meeting by telephone. Certain of these requirements have been suspended by Paragraph 3 of Executive Order N-29-20, executed by the Governor of California on March 17, 2020 to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus known as COVID-19. In particular, the Executive Order suspends that provisions of the Brown Act that require noticing, posting of agendas, and public access to each location where a member will be participating telephonically, as well as provisions that require physical presence of members of the legislative body or the public for purposes of a quorum or to hold a meeting. Executive Order N-29-20 allows an agency to conduct a teleconference meeting that provides members of the public telephonic or other electronic participation in place of making a physical location for the public to observe the meeting and provide public comment, consistent with other provisions of the Brown Act. The following members of the Sunnyvale City Council are listed to permit them to appear telephonically at the City Council Meeting on March 31, 2020: Mayor Klein; Vice Mayor Smith and Councilmembers Larsson, Hendricks, Melton, Goldman and Fong. As always, members of the public can send written comments to the City Council prior to the meeting by emailing council@sunnyvale.ca.gov. These emails will be provided to the members of the City Council and will become part of the official record of the meeting. City of Sunnyvale Page 1 Printed on 3/27/2020 City Council Notice and Agenda - Revised March 31, 2020 Members of the public who wish to verbally address the City Council during the meeting should email those comments to cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov. Comments must be received before the Chair announces that the time for public comment is closed. The City Clerk will read the first three minutes of each email into the public record. IMPORTANT: identify the Agenda Item Number or Oral Communications in the subject line of your email. Example: Public Comment for Agenda Item Number 20-0439 Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Executive Order N-29-20, if you need special assistance to provide public comment in this meeting, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 730-7483 or cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov at least 2 hours prior to the meeting in order for the City to make reasonable alternative arrangements for you to communicate your comments. If you need special assistance in this meeting for purposes other than providing public comment, please contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 730-7483 or cityclerk@sunnyvale.ca.gov at least 48 hours prior to the meeting to enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)) Members of the public wanting to view and listen to the open session of the meeting may do so by tuning-in live via sunnyvaleca.legistar.com/calendar.aspx or KMVT Channel 15. 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 via teleconference. ROLL CALL 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 City of Sunnyvale Page 2 Printed on 3/27/2020 City Council Notice and Agenda - Revised March 31, 2020 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 Special Teleconference 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, refer to the Special Teleconference Notice at the beginning of this agenda. 1.A 20-0078 Approve City Council Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 Recommendation: Approve the City Council Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 as submitted. 1.B 20-0442 Approve City Council Special Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 Recommendation: Approve the City Council Special Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2020 as submitted. 1.C 20-0059 Approve Budget Modification No. 20 to Appropriate $302,900 in FY 2019/20 Transportation Fund for Clean Air County Program Manager Funds for the Retiming of Traffic Signals and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Grant-Related Documents Recommendation: Approve Budget Modification No. 20 to Appropriate $302,900 in FY 2019/20 Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) County Program Manager Funds for Retiming of Traffic Signals and Authorize the City Manager to Execute All Grant-Related Documents. 1.D 20-0370 Approve Budget Modification No. 25 in the amount of $464,435 for the Fair Oaks Avenue Overhead Bridge Rehabilitation and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Construction Contract with Joseph J. Albanese City of Sunnyvale Page 3 Printed on 3/27/2020 City Council Notice and Agenda - Revised March 31, 2020 Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager to take the following actions: - Award a construction contract to Joseph J. Albanese in the amount of $18,386,002.86; - Execute the construction contract when all necessary conditions have been met; - Approve a 10% construction contingency; - Approve Budget Modification No. 25 in the amount of $464,435 1.E 20-0340 Award a Contract to Macias Gini and O’Connell LLP in an amount not to exceed $382,243 for Annual Financial Auditing Services (F20-142) Recommendation: Take the following actions: 1. Award a three-year contract in substantially the same form as Attachment 1 to the report in the amount of $382,243 to Macias Gini & O'Connell LLP; and 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute the contract when all necessary conditions have been met 1.F 20-0303 Authorize Amending the Existing Contract with The Arcanum Group for the Infor Enterprise Asset Management Licensing and Maintenance and Support for the Water Pollution Control Plant and Related Actions Regarding Purchasing Additional Licenses and Renewing Existing Licenses and Maintenance and Support Services (F20-115) Recommendation: Take the follow actions: - Authorize the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to an existing contract with The Arcanum Group, in substantially the same format as Attachment 1 to the report, increasing the not-to-exceed contract amount by $33,245 for a new not-to-exceed contract amount of $667,206; and - Authorize the City Manager to purchase additional licenses and renew existing licenses and maintenance and support for five (5) additional one-year periods with Infor or its VARS, within budgeted amounts. 1.G 20-0221 Approve the Downtown Sunnyvale Business Improvement District Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2019/20; and Adopt Resolution of Intention to Levy and Collect an Annual Assessment and Reauthorize the BID for Fiscal Year 2020/21 City of Sunnyvale Page 4 Printed on 3/27/2020 City Council Notice and Agenda - Revised March 31, 2020 Recommendation: Approve the Fiscal Year 2019/20 BID Annual Report, adopt the Resolution of Intention to Levy and Collect an Assessment and Reauthorize the Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2020/21, and schedule the public hearing for April 28, 2020. PUBLIC HEARINGS/GENERAL BUSINESS If you wish to speak to a public hearing/general business item, please refer to the Special Teleconference Notice at the beginning of this agenda 2 20-0439 Adopt an Emergency Ordinance Enacting a Moratorium on Evictions for Non-Payment of Rent by Residential Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; Introduce a Regular Ordinance Enacting a Moratorium on Evictions for Nonpayment of Rent by Residential Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic; and Provide Direction Regarding any Desired Enhanced Provisions on Temporary Moratorium on Evictions of Commercial Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. Recommendation: Alternative 1 and Alternative 4: 1) Adopt an Emergency Ordinance and Introduce a Regular Ordinance Enacting a Moratorium on Evictions for Non-Payment of Rent by Residential Tenants Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic (Attachments 1 and 2); and, 4) provide direction to staff on whether the Council desires enhanced provisions, beyond those set forth in the County ordinance, for eviction moratoriums for commercial tenants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 City of Sunnyvale Page 5 Printed on 3/27/2020 City Council Notice and Agenda - Revised March 31, 2020 afternoon. 20-0357 Board/Commission Meeting Minutes 20-0358 Information/Action Items 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 Manager located at 456 W. Olive Ave., 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 Manager located at 456 W. Olive Ave. 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 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. Planning a presentation for a City Council meeting? To help you prepare and deliver your public comments, please review the "Making Public Comments During City Council or Planning Commission Meetings" available at http://Sunnyvale.ca.gov/PublicComments Planning to provide materials to Council? If you wish to provide the City Council with copies of your presentation materials, please provide 12 copies of the materials to the Office of the City Manager. The City Clerk will distribute your items to the Council following the meeting. Upcoming Meetings City of Sunnyvale Page 6 Printed on 3/27/2020 City Council Notice and Agenda - Revised March 31, 2020 Visit https://sunnyvaleca.legistar.com for upcoming Council, board and commission meeting information. City of Sunnyvale Page 7 Printed on 3/27/2020

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