Butcher's Corner - 3.

From Holly Lofgren on "NextDoor" - edited for length:

How each Council member helped out or didn’t seem to help out: 

Councilmember Meyering: Made it clear that there is no reason we ‘have’ to annex the property. If it is left under the County, it likely won’t be built. 

Councilmember Whittum: Made it clear that the cost to annex after January 1st is ~$5k-$10k if the county even charges the City of Sunnyvale anything. He later made the motion to ask for a study session to specifically consider down-zoning to R2. 

Councilmember Griffith: Made it clear that once annexed, things do change as a pre-zoned property becomes zoned and that we would want to make our changes prior to annexation. 

Mayor Spitaleri: Was reluctant to study down-zoning to R2 until the process with the developer/neighbor meetings occurred. 

Councilmember Moylan: Thought we should annex and then deal with trying to down-zoning (even though it was made clear that this would be far more difficult to achieve.) 

Councilmember Martin-Milius: Was reluctant to consider down-zoning to R2 until the process with the developer/neighbor meetings occurred. 

Councilmember Davis: Made it clear that R3, the preliminary plans and the ECPP have differences the council would have to rectify. Thought we should annex and then deal with trying to down-zone (even though it was made clear that this would be far more difficult to achieve.) 

In the end, the vote was 3 to 4 to study down-zoning to R2 at this time. The motion failed. 

Meyering, Whittum, Griffith AYE 

Spitaleri, Moylan, Martin-Milius, Davis NAY