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CC 06-04-01 APPROVED MINUTES CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL Regular Meeting Monday, June 4, 2001 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE At 6:45 p.m. Mayor James called the meeting to order in the Council Chambers, 10300 Torte Avenue, Cupertino, California, and led the Pledge of Allegiance. ROLL CALL City Council members present: Mayor Sandra James, Vice-Mayor Richard Lowenthal, and Council members Don Burnett and Michael Chang. Council members absent: None. Staff present: City Manager David Knapp, Administrative Services Director Carol Atwood, Community Development Director Steve Piasecki, Public Works Director Ralph Quails, City Attorney Charles Kilian, Senior Civil Engineer Michael Fuller, and Deputy City Clerk Grace Johnson. CEREMONIAL MATTERS - PRESENTATIONS 1. Presentation of a monetary contribution for improvements at Blackberry Farm by Lion's Club representative John Kolski. The item was continued. POSTPONEMENTS - None WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS A supplemental memo for item #10 was distributed recommending that the public heating be opened and then continued to July 16 at 7 p.m. to allow for mailed notices to be provided to customers. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Bud Kundich reported a property overgrown with weeds, between Homestead Road and 1-280, adjacent to Homestead High School. CONSENT CALENDAR .- Burnett moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar as recommended. Lowenthal seconded and the motion carried 4-0. 2. Approval of minutes: May 21 and May 23. June 4, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 2 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency 3. Accounts payable: May 18 and May 25, Resolution Nos. 01-118 and 01-119. 4. Payroll: May 25, Resolution No. 01-120. 5. Treasurer's Budget Report - April 2001. 6. Review of application for Alcoholic Beverage Control license: Thai Delight, 20916 Homestead Road. 7. Contract Change Order No. 1, Miller Avenue Bicycle Facility Improvement Project, Project No. 9438, and South Stelling Road Bicycle Facility Improvement Project, Project No. 9412, Resolution No. 01-121. 8. Acceptance of city projects performed under contract: Miller Avenue Bicycle. Facility Improvement Project, Project No. 9438, and South Stelling Road Bicycle Facility Improvement Project, Project No. 9412. 9. Acceptance of municipal improvements (may include grading, street improvements, on- site and off-site improvements): a) 10112 Camino Vista Drive, APN 342-14-065, Nan Yin Ku -' b) 10322 N. Stelling Rd., APN 326-30-089, G. B. Estate Homes, LLC c) Lisa Wang, 10171 Camino Vista Dr., APN 342-14-086 d) Shen-Wei Sh/ao and Tai-Yi Shiao, 21799 Almaden Ave., APN 357-15-092 e) Kenneth A. Clark, 10151 Amelia Court, APN 326-17-022 Vote Members of the City Council AYES: Burnett, Change, James, Lowenthal NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR (above) - None Mayor James m-ordered the agenda to take up discussion of New Business item No. 12 next: 12. Approval of recommendation of Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris (SMWM) as the architectural team for the Cupertino Library and authorize execution of architectural design agreement, Resolution No. 01-122. Public Works Director Ralph Quails reviewed the staff report and said that out of 14 responses, 5 firms were interviewed and the finn of SMWM was selected and a contract was successfully negotiated. June 4, 2001 Cup~Sno City Council & Page 3 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency Linda Sobuta, the principle architect~ introduced the members of the firm who w/Il be involved in the pwject and gave a powerpoint presentation on the finn's design approach and important themes for the City's new library. Charles Liggett said that due to the budget issues that the Public Works Director outlined in a recent memo, he thought it might be too soon to hire a consultant to design the library. He also said that the Library Steering Committee d/d not vote unanimously for the current site and that the professional librarians on that committee voted twanimously for a different site for the construction. He asked that the Council defer the selection of the arch/tect until a more definitive approach could be taken. Jean Gallup, a member of Fr/ends of the Library and a steering comm/ttee member, confirmed the selection of SMWM. She said she visited the Newport Library, which the rum showed to the committee as 'an example, and said that the firm had great ideas, paid attention to what a library needs, and used materials well and innovatively. Council concurred with the selection of SMWM. Lowenthal moved to adopt Resolution No. 01-122. Chang seconded and the motion carried 4-0. PUBLIC HEARINGS 10. Consideration of water rate changes proposed by the San Jose Water Company for Cupertino water customers (to be heard at 7:00 p.m.). Public Works Director Ralph Qua_lis reviewed thc staff report and discussed a supplemental memo suggesting a continuation. He said that the City's ordinance and lease agreement with the San Jose Water District requires that a public hearing be held to consider the increased rates proposed by the water company. He said that the water company didn't completely fulfill the noticing requhements, but since it had been noticed in the newspaper, he suggested that the public hesring be opened to hear any testhnony and then continue the hearing, to July 16 at 7 p.m. to hear any additional testimony. The public hearing was opened at 7:25 p.m. No testhnony was heard and the item was continued to July 16 at 7 p.m. 11. First of two public hearings to review proposed 2001/02 Budget (prelim/nary rev/ew). Administrative Director Carol Atwood reviewed the staff report and gave a powerpoint presentation on the budget. She talked about the budget assumptions, the general fund revenue, revenues at risk, revenue projections, general fund expend/tm-es, department .- operating budgets, Capital Improvement Program (CPI), and the reserve policy. The public hearing was opened at 7:35 p.m. No testimony was heard and the hearing was closed at 7:35 p.m. June 4, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 4 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency PLANNING APPLICATIONS UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 12. Item No. 12 was heard after Oral Commuoications. 13. Report on procedures for Council consideration of permit parking petitions from Cupertino neighborhoods and consideration of petitions for permit parking on Tula Lane and Imperial Avenue. A. Designating a preferential parking zone on Tula Lane to include the first Saturday of each month between 8:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m., Resolution No. 01-123 Public Works Director Ralph Quails reviewed the staff report and said that the Municipal Code provides for preferential parking within the city. He said that past practice has been to bring a petition forward us'mg forms provided by the City, and after evaluation by staff, to bring the petition to Council on the Consent Calendar. He suggested an alternative approach would be to bring the item to Council as a New Business item as an informal hearing and give a staff recommendation based on criteria from thc ordinance and any background information, as Council had directed previously. Quails said that staffmet with the Tula Lane residents and that the enforcement on fica market days is rigorous. He said that thc resident complaints were not enforcement related, but that the vehicle still remains even after having been given a citation, which causes congestion. He clarified that if thc preferential parking existed than people would avoid the area altogether, knowing they would be cited. Since there is currently no limit on parking, people park everywhere, even illegally. Quails noted the cost to park at Dc Anza is $2. The following individuals expressed their favor for preferential parking, citing concerns about congestion, safv~y and fire hazards, from blocking fire hydrants, if the item is not passed. They felt that 4 hours of preferential parking once a month was reasonable. Bob Sapirstein, 10300 Tula Lane Herbert Trujillo, 10330 Tula Lane Gen Sapirstein, 10300 Tula Lane Smart Colvin, 20860 Tula Court Lowenthal and James said that although they are opposed to permit parking in general, that they could support this resolution given the Jimited amount of time. Chang and Burnett supported the resolution. June 4, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 5 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency Lowenthal suggested the idea of having signage, directing people to park at De Anza Collegc. Quails said that staff would look into this idea. Council discussed thc idea of proactively cxtending thc pemlit parking to all the areas around De Anza for the flea market timeframe, since people may not even want it. Mayor lames suggested that this would be a good topic for the City- School Summit meeting. Lowenthal moved to adopt Resolution No. 01-123. Chang seconded and the motion carried 4-0. B. Designating a preferential parking zone on Imperial Avenue between Alcazar Avenue and McClellan Road, Resolution No. 01-124 Quails reviewed the staff report and said that the residents' petition requested preferential parking for the same hours as the adjacent streets around Monta Vista High School. Chang pointed out that there is a difference between long-teix- high school parking and short-term parking for the elementary school. · -- The following individuals expressed their support for preferential parking citing concei~s about illegal long-term parking from thc high school students, unsafe streets for elementary children walking to school due to the number of cars parked and not having any space to park their own cars in front of their houses. Sandie Zander, 10390 Imperial Avenue Ashok Bhatia, 10415 Imperial Avenue Manju Chexal, 10425 Imperial Avenue Council comments included: looking into shared parking with other schools and neighbors and to be aware of the impact on the Lincoln Elementary parents with permit parking; Monta Vista High School not having provided adequate resources for their students to park; getting the community together to talk about a shared parking program; and having staff bring definite recommendations to Council along with future petitions regarding neighborhood parking. Council directed staff to amend the procedure on bringing preferential parking petitions to Council, to look into putting up signage at the entry to the neighborhood directing people to park at De Anza College, and to reopen the offer to the school district about student parking at Blackben'y Farm, talcing the neighbors into consideration. Council concurred to defer this item to June 1 $. lune 4, 2001 Cupertino City Council & Page 6 Cupertino Redevelopment Agency ORDINANCES - None STAFF REPORTS Public Works Director Ralph Quails introduced Deputy City Engineer Mike Fuller, who comes to Cupertino fi'om Mountain View. COUNCIL REPORTS Lowenthal met with neighbors about the Monta Vista parking issue. Burnett said he found out that vehicle license fees are to be returned. Chang said he thought the budget study sessions were well prepared and thanked staff, especially Administrative Services Director Carol Atwood. James said she attended the first City-School Summit where one of the topics was affordable housing for teachers. She also attended promotional exercises for the sheriff's department in which Captain SeffMiles was promoted to Commander and the new captain is Dennis Bacon; the installation of new officers meeting at the Quota Club; the West Valley Mayors and Managers meeting at the Outback Steakhouse; and the retiring of a youth court judge. She mentioned that a special education teacher in our district will be honored as an outstanding community activist and her story will be a national television program. CLOSED SESSION - None ADJOURNMENT At 8:30 p.m. the meeting was adjourned to a study session regarding a proposal from Compaq Computers for a mixed-use development on vacant land on Stevens Creek Blvd., Monday, June 11 at 5:00 p.m. in Conference Room C/D, 10300 Torte Avenue. Grace Johnson, Deputy City Clerk