
SAN
JOSE CITY COUNCIL
AMENDED
AGENDA
FEBRUARY 17, 2004
|
LINDA J. LE ZOTTE |
DISTRICT 1 |
|
KEN YEAGER |
DISTRICT 6 |
|
FORREST WILLIAMS |
DISTRICT 2 |
|
TERRY O. GREGORY |
DISTRICT 7 |
|
CINDY CHAVEZ |
DISTRICT 3 |
RON GONZALES MAYOR |
DAVID D. CORTESE |
DISTRICT 8 |
|
CHUCK REED |
DISTRICT 4 |
|
JUDY CHIRCO |
DISTRICT 9 |
|
NORA CAMPOS |
DISTRICT 5 |
|
PAT DANDO, VICE MAYOR |
DISTRICT 10 |
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· Call to Order and Roll Call
9:30 a.m. - Closed Session, Room 600, City Hall
1:30 p.m. - Regular Session, Council Chambers, City Hall
7:00 p.m. - Public Hearings, Council Chambers, City Hall
· Invocation (District 2)
Fenella Nguyen, Oak Grove High School
· Pledge of Allegiance
· Orders of the Day
Items marked with an asterisk (*) denote changes or additions to the previously published Agenda for this meeting.
Items
recommended to be added, dropped, or deferred are usually approved
under Orders of the Day unless the Council directs otherwise.
Adjournment: This meeting will be adjourned in memory of Ms.
Ruth Huddleston, long-time activist in the African-American
Community and the mother of Ann Nelson, Assistant Superintendent,
Franklin-McKinley School District.
1.1 Recognition of West Valley Branch Library by the U.S. Green Building Council for achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification (LEED), the City's first project and the nation's first library to be certified. (LeZotte)
*1.2 Presentation of a commendation to the Fontanetti Yankees baseball team for representing San José at the SuperSeries Winter National Championships in Glendale, Arizona from December 27, 2003 -January 2, 2004. (Dando)
(Orders of the Day)
TO BE HEARD IN THE EVENING
Notice to the
public: There will be no separate discussion of Consent Calendar
items as they are considered to be routine by the City Council
and will be adopted by one motion.
If a member of the City Council, staff, or public requests
discussion on a particular item, that item will be removed from
the Consent Calendar and considered separately.
* Recommendation: Approval of City Council Minutes for:
(a) Special meeting of August 28, 2003
(b) Regular meeting of December 16, 2003
(c) Joint Council/Redevelopment Agency Board meeting of December 16, 2003
(d) Regular meeting of January 13, 2004
(e) Joint Council/Redevelopment Agency Board meeting of January 13, 2004
(f) Joint Council/San José Financing Authority meeting of January 13, 2004
Recommendation: Final adoption of ordinances:
(a) ORD. NO. 27063 – Rezones certain real property situated at the southwest corner of Tully Road and Highway 101 (1290 Tully Road) to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District. PDC 03-040
(b) ORD. NO. 27064 – Rezones certain real property situated at the north side of Ringwood Court, approximately 900 feet northerly of McKay Drive, to IP(PD) Planned Development Zoning District. PDC 03-079
(c) ORD. NO. 27065 - Rezones certain real property situated at the southwest corner of Meridian Avenue and Curci Drive to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District. PDC 03-084
(d) ORD. NO. 27066 - Rezones certain real property situated on both sides of Delmas Avenue between San Fernando Street and Santa Clara Street to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District. PDC 02-046
* (e) ORD. NO. 27067 – Rezones certain real property situated at the southeast corner of Winchester Boulevard and Neal Avenue to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District. PDC 02-071
* (f) ORD. NO. 27054 – Rezones certain real property situated at the southwest corner of McKee Road and Jose Figueras Avenue to CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District. C 03-085
Recommendation: Acceptance of the Office of the City Auditor’s monthly Report of Activities and Findings through January 15, 2004. (City Auditor)
Recommendation: Adoption of the following appropriation ordinance and funding source resolutions amendments in the General Fund:
(a) Increase the Library Grants appropriation by $82,177.
(b) Increase the estimate for Revenue from the State of California by $82,177.
CEQA: Not a Project. (City Manager’s Office)
Recommendation:
(a) Approval of the proposed 2003-05 Spending Plan for the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services (SLES) Fund.
(b) Adoption of the following amendments to the annual appropriation ordinance and the annual funding sources resolution in the Supplemental Law Enforcement Services Fund (Fund 414) for Fiscal Year 2003-04:
(1) Establish a SLES Grant 2003-04 appropriation for the Police Department in the amount of $1,377,911;
(2) Increase the Earned Revenue by $1,377,911.
CEQA: Items included on the 2003-05 Spending Plan are not a project. (City Manager’s Office/Police)
Recommendation: Approval of the first amendment
to the agreement with the consulting firm, YEI Engineers Inc.,
for the “San José/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant:
WPCP Electrical Systems Improvement Study,” increasing the total
compensation by $77,200, from $314,068 for a total maximum compensation
amount not to exceed $391,268, and extending the term of the
agreement for nine months, from September 2004 to June 2005. CEQA:
Not a Project. (Environmental
Services)
Treatment Plant Advisory Committee
Recommendation: Adoption of a resolution setting a public hearing on March 30, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. for the approval of the report of the Directors of Finance and Transportation on the cost of sidewalk repairs. CEQA: Not a Project. (Finance/Transportation)
Recommendation:
(a) Approval of award of open purchase orders for supplies, materials, equipment, and services for FY 2003-2004 #13, and authorization for the Director of General Services to execute the purchase orders. CEQA: See memo for CEQA designation(s). (General Services)
(b) Approval
of award of open purchase orders for supplies, materials, equipment,
and services for FY 2003-2004 #14, and authorization for
the Director of General Services to execute the purchase orders.
CEQA: See memo for CEQA designation(s). (General Services)
Teatment Plant Advisory Committee
Recommendation: Adoption of a resolution granting a Temporary Construction Easement (TCE) to the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) over a portion of Mayfair Park for the purpose of widening and improving the existing flood control channel and parkland improvements, and delegating authority to the Director of General Services to execute all documents necessary to complete transfer of the Easements, including 3 permanent easements included for Flood Control over street rights-of-way, which do not impact the park. CEQA: Negative Declaration, PP03-09-294. Council District 5. SNI: Mayfair. (General Services)
Recommendation: Adoption of the following appropriation ordinance and funding sources resolution amendments in the Parks City-Wide Construction and Conveyance Tax Fund to:
(a) Establish the Guadalupe Gardens Irrigation Project for $1,000,000 to the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department;
(b) Establish the Guadalupe Gardens Open Turf Play Area Project for $308,000 to the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department;
(c) Increase the Earned Revenue estimate by $190,000; and
(d) Decrease the Ending Fund Balance by $1,118,000.
CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration, PP02-02-033. (Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services/City Manager’s Office)
Recommendation: Adoption of a resolution increasing the prior authorization given to the City Manager to negotiate and execute an agreement with San José Unified School District on behalf of Almaden Elementary School from a prior amount not to exceed $336,000, to a new agreement amount not to exceed $672,000, to expand the number of Smart Start San José spaces. CEQA: Exempt; PP03-04-124. Council District 9. (Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)
Recommendation: Adoption of a resolution initiating proceedings and setting March 2, 2004 at 1:30 p.m. for Council consideration on the reorganization of territory designated as McKee No. 120, which involves the annexation to the City of San José of 5.37 acres of land, more or less, consisting of three parcels totaling approximately 4.80 acres and a portion of Hyland Avenue totaling approximately 0.57 acre, located at Hyland Avenue between Marian Lane and Maro Drive, and adjacent to the City of San José annexation McKee No. 91, and the detachment of the same from Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District, Santa Clara County Lighting District, Santa Clara (Library Services) County Service, Area No. 1, County Sanitation District 2-3, and the Library Benefit Assessment County Service Area No. 1. CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration, PDC01-082. Council District 5. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement)
Recommendation:
(a) Adoption of a resolution ordering the reorganization of territory designated as Burbank No. 36, which involves the annexation to the City of San José of 0.13 acre of land more or less, located on the east side of Wabash Avenue, approximately 80 feet northerly of Olive Street and adjacent to the City of San José annexation Burbank No. 31, and the detachment of the same from Burbank Sanitary, County Lighting Services, Central Fire Protection, Area No.1 (Library Services) County Services. CEQA: Resolution No. 65459. Council District 6. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement)
(b) Adoption of a resolution ordering the reorganization of territory designated as Story No. 53, which involves the annexation to the City of San José of approximately 0.58 acre located at the southwest corner of Palomino Drive and Fleming Avenue which is adjacent to City of San José territory and the detachment of said territory from Central Fire Protection, Area No. 1 (Library Services) County Service and County Sanitation District 2-3. CEQA: Resolution No. 65459. Council District 5. (Planning, Building and Code Enforcement)
Recommendation: Approval of an agreement with CH2M HILL, Inc. for design services for the Lower Guadalupe River Trail Project, from the date of execution to December 31, 2005, for a base fee in the amount of $335,000, and additional services in the amount of $25,000, for a total agreement amount not to exceed $360,000. CEQA: Not a Project. Council District 4. (Public Works/Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)
* Recommendation: Approval of travel by Vice Mayor Pat Dando and Council Member Cindy Chavez to Washington, D.C., February 10-12, 2004, to attend meetings relative to BART. Funding: Mayor’s Office. (Mayor)
(Rules Committee referral 2/11/04)
* Recommendation: Approval of two appointments to the Early Care and Education Commission. (Mayor)
(Rules Committee referral 2/11/04)
Mayor
Gonzales, Chair
(a) Meeting of August 21, 2003 – Getting Families Back to Work
(b) Meeting of August 22, 2003 – Getting Families Back to Work
(c) Meeting of August 25, 2003 – Getting Families Back to Work
(d) Meeting of August 27, 2003 – Getting Families Back to Work
* (e) Meeting of January 15, 2004 – City's Budget Projections and Priorities
Vice
Mayor Dando, Chair
(a) Redevelopment Agency items reported out at Redevelopment Agency meeting
(b) City Council
(1) Review February 17, 2004 Draft Agenda
(2) Add New Items to February 10, 2004 Amended Agenda
· Mayor and Council Member Requests
· City Manager Requests
· City Attorney Requests
· City Clerk Requests
(3) List of Reports Outstanding
(c) Legislative Update
(1) State
(2) Federal
(3) Approve a support position for Regional Measure 2, The Regional Traffic Relief Plan, on the March 2, 2004 State Primary ballot
(d) Meeting Schedules
(e) The Public Record
* (f) Appointment to Boards, Commissions and Committees
(1) Recommend one Council Member appointment to Project Diversity Screening Committee
SEE ITEM 3.5(a) FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO BE TAKEN
(g) Rules Committee Reviews, Recommendations and Approvals
(1) Workload assessment and proposed addition to the February 10, 2004 Council agenda for: “Evergreen Specific Plan Construction Tax, Building and Structures Tax, and Residential Construction Tax Fee Suspension/Exemption Renewal”
(h) Oral communications
(i) Adjournment
Vice
Mayor Dando, Chair
(f) Appointment to Boards, Commissions and Committees
(1) Recommend one Council Member appointment to Project Diversity Screening Committee
SEE ITEM 3.5(a) FOR COUNCIL ACTION TO BE TAKEN
Council
Member Campos, Chair
Recommendation:
(a) Approval of the 2003-2004 Mid-Year Budget Review.
(b) Adoption of related appropriation ordinance and funding sources resolution amendments for the 2003-2004 Mid-Year Budget Review.
(c) Addition of one net position as detailed in the 2003-2004 Mid-Year Budget Review.
CEQA: Not a Project. (City Manager’s Office)
(Deferred
from 2/10/04 – Item 3.4)
*RENUMBERED TO 10.1
Recommendation:
(a) Approval of the four Council Member appointments to Project Diversity Screening Committee.
(b) Approval of the four Mayor appointments to Project Diversity Screening Committee.
(Mayor)
* [Rules Committee referral 2/4/03 – Item 3.2(f)(1) and 2/11/04 – Item 3.2(f)(1)]
RECOMMEND DEFERRAL OF 3.5(b) TO 2/24/04
Council
Member Chavez, Chair
(a) Discussion of Neighborhood Business Districts
(b) Strong Neighborhoods Initiative – SNI Business Plan
(c) Preliminary discussion on strategy to update Greenprint
(d) Trails Update: Discussion of Current Trails Status and Recommended Trail Development
(e) Oral petitions
(f) Adjournment
Summary
Council
Member Williams, Chair
* Recommendation:
(a) Adoption of a resolution declaring the results of the special election and, contingent upon two-thirds qualified voter approval of the levy of special taxes and determining that Annexation Area No. 1 is annexed to Community Facilities District No. 8, directing the City Clerk to record a notice of special tax lien.
(b) Adoption of an ordinance, to take effect immediately, levying special taxes within Annexation Area No. 1 of Community Facilities District No. 8.
CEQA: Negative Declaration and Addenda thereto, PP03-11-361. Council District 7. (Public Works)
Council
Member Yeager, Chair
Recommendation: Approval of the proposed Master Plan update for Ramblewood Park. CEQA: A Negative Declaration was adopted by the Franklin McKinley School District on December 9, 2003. Council District 7. (Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services)
Council
Member Cortese, Chair
Summary
(a) Approval of Committee Workplan
(b) Expansion and Improvement of Transit and Transportation Systems
(1) Taxicab Service Model Report
(c) Traffic Relief/Safe Streets
(1) No items
(d) Supporting Smart Growth
(1) No items
(e) Regional Relationships/Funding/Policy
(1) Update on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency (VTA), Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2020
(2) ABAG/MTC Merger
(3) Update on State, Federal, and Local Legislation
(f) Oral petitions
(g) Adjournment
Recommendation: Acceptance of the first annual
report on San José/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
(Plant) watershed activities, including updates on the South
Bay Action Plan, Contingency Plan, and Pollutant Prevention
and Minimization Plan, as required by the Plant’s National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
CEQA: Not a Project. (Environmental Services)
Treatment Plant Advisory Committee
* Recommendation: Presentation on the conceptual design progress for the Central Terminal Building and North Concourse Building at the Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport. CEQA: Resolution Nos. 67380 and 71451. (Airport)
(Deferred
from 2/3/04 – Item 8.1)
RECOMMEND DEFERRAL TO 2/24/04
Recommendation: Approval of a third amendment to the San José International Airport-Advanced Traffic Management System Agreement for consultant services to expand the Web Traveler Project between the City of San José and DKS Associates to increase the maximum compensation by $109,000, from $884,000 to an agreement amount not to exceed $993,000. CEQA: Exempt, PP00-02-026. (Transportation)
* Recommendation:
(a) Approval of the 2003-2004 Mid-Year Budget Review.
(b) Adoption of related appropriation ordinance and funding sources resolution amendments for the 2003-2004 Mid-Year Budget Review.
(c) Addition of one net position as detailed in the 2003-2004 Mid-Year Budget Review.
CEQA: Not a Project. (City Manager’s Office)
(Deferred from 2/10/04 – Item 3.4)
RENUMBERED
FROM 3.4
· Closed Session Report
· Notice of City Engineer’s Pending Decision on Final Maps
In accordance with Sec. 19.16.140d of the San Jose Municipal Code, this is notice of the City Engineer's pending decision on the following Final Maps:
|
Tract |
Location |
Council District |
Developer |
Lots/ Units |
Type |
Proposed Decision |
|
9533 |
Woodard Road (s/s), e/o Starview Drive |
9 |
AF Construction |
6 Lots/5 Units |
SFDR |
Approve |
|
9290 |
Northeast corner of McLaughlin & Taper Lane |
7 |
Tony Trieu |
6 Lots/6 Units |
SFDR |
Approve |
|
9481 |
Northeast corner of Aborn Rd. and Murillo Avenue |
8 |
SCS Development |
15 Units |
SFDR |
Approve |
In accordance with Sec. 19.16.140d of the San Jose Municipal Code, this is notice of the City Engineer's receipt of the following Final Maps for review:
None.
· Open Forum—To be heard jointly with Redevelopment Agency Public Discussion. Following Open Forum, Council will recess until 7:00 p.m.
(To be heard by the City Council at 7:00 p.m.)
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 20.100 and Chapter 20.90 of Title 20, the Zoning Code, of the San José Municipal Code, to allow building additions of less than 500 square feet with a permit adjustment and to modify the parking requirements for shopping centers over 100,000 square feet in size respectively. CEQA: Exempt, PP04-01-006.
Citywide
*Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement and Planning
Commission recommend approval (6-0-1).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 20.100 and Chapter 20.50 of Title 20, the Zoning Code, of the San José Municipal Code, to streamline the single-family house permitting process and to modify the Industrial District use regulations to clarify regulations applicable to assembly use. CEQA: Exempt, PP04-01-005.
Citywide
*Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement and Planning
Commission recommend approval (6-0-1).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVAL OF AN ORDINANCE amending Chapter 20.100 of Title 20, The Zoning Code, of the San José Municipal Code, to clarify the process of concurrent filing and review of Planned Development Zoning and Planned Development Permit Applications. CEQA: Not a Project.
Citywide
*Director of Planning, Building and
Code Enforcement and Planning Commission recommend approval
(7-0-0).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING and approval
of an ordinance adding a new Part 2 to Chapter 20.10.110 of
Title 20 of the San José Municipal Code, authorizing the Director
of Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement to cancel or partially
cancel Williamson Act contracts relating to prime agricultural
land under certain circumstances.
(Planning, Building, and Code Enforcement)
*Director of Planning, Building and
Code Enforcement and Planning Commission recommend approval
(7-0-0).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING of the property located at the northeast corner of Rhodes Court and The Alameda (849 The Alameda), from CP Pedestrian and CO Commercial Office Zoning Districts to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, to allow demolition of a single-family residence and a commercial building, and to allow up to 13,500 square feet of commercial uses with drive-through pharmacy (Longs Drug), on a 0.95 gross acre site. (Boccardo John Trustee & et al., Leanne Rees, Owner). CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration. Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement and Planning Commission recommend approval (6-0-1).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING of the property located at the west side of Saratoga Avenue, approximately 150 feet southerly of Graves Avenue, from CG Commercial Zoning District to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, to allow: (1) Demolition of two existing commercial buildings (Saratoga Lanes bowling alley and Wolf Camera Center), and (2) Construction of up to 79 single-family attached residential units, on a 4.5 acre site. (J.D. Molex LLC, Owner; Riding Group, Developer). CEQA: Mitigated Negative Declaration.
PDC
03-061 - District 1
Attachment A
Attachment B
*Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement recommends
approval and Planning Commission recommends denial (4-3-0).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING ON PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING of the property located at the east side of Minnesota Avenue, approximately 490 feet southerly of Dorothy Avenue (586 Minnesota Avenue), from R-M Multi-Family Residence and R-1-8 Residence District to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, to allow one single-family detached residence and one duplex on a 0.64 gross acre site. (Ron Buchholz, Owner). CEQA: Exempt. Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement and Planning Commission recommend approval (5-1-1).
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING ON CONVENTIONAL REZONING of the property located at the west side of Park Avenue, approximately 50 feet northerly of Emory Street (1811 Park Avenue), from CO Office Commercial Zoning District to CN Commercial Neighborhood Zoning District, to allow commercial uses on a 0.2 gross acre site. (Robert D. and Jill K. Malone, Owner). CEQA: Resolution No. 65459. Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement recommends approval. No Planning Commission action required.
C 03-091 - District 6
Recommendation: PUBLIC HEARING ON CONFORMING PLANNED DEVELOPMENT REZONING of the property located at the north side of Berryessa Road, approximately 50 feet easterly of Mabury Road (929 Berryessa Road), from A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District to A(PD) Planned Development Zoning District, to remove the warehouse use restriction and allow similar industrial uses in an existing 9,994 square foot structure. (Borelli Development Company, Ralph Borelli, Owner/Developer). CEQA: Negative Declaration.
PDC 03-106 - District 4
RECOMMEND
CONTINUANCE TO 3/16/04
· Open Forum
· Adjournment - Adjourn in memory of Ms. Ruth Huddleston, long-time activist in the African-American Community and the mother of Ann Nelson, Assistant Superintendent, Franklin-McKinley School District.
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