Agenda packet — Los Altos City Council, April 12, 2022 (part 3 of 3)

February 17, 2021

LOS ALTOS CITY COUNCIL
DRAFT 5-YEAR STRATEGIC GOALS AND FY 2021-23 OBJECTIVES
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
GOAL 1: HOUSING (as a standalone goal)
The City of Los Altos will support the creation of housing that is safe, diverse, and affordable for all income levels to meet the needs of the Community and will advocate for State legislation and funding that support this goal.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1: Update the Housing Element in partnership with the Community through a constructive, collaborative, and efficient process, consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have the Housing Element Certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the required statutory deadlines.
 Objective No. 2: Collaborate and support the development of 330 Distel Circle for the purpose of developing a rental housing project with significant focus on supportive and very low/low-income housing.
 Objective No. 3: Collaborate with Alta Housing to establish a prequalification process focused on accessibility of housing opportunities for below market rate units.  Objective No. 4: Implement linkage and impact fees.
 Objective No. 5: Develop policies and approaches to increase affordable units through public/private partnerships and other methods for all new projects in the CT zone.  Objective No. 6: Support legislation to increase funding for affordable and workforce housing and associated infrastructure. Ensure cities retain flexibility for zoning and approval of housing based on the land-use needs of each community.

GOAL 2: LAND USE (as a standalone goal)
The City of Los Altos will implement policies that support a land use mix and density that reflect the values of the Community, which includes seeking to increase and protect its green space, while ensuring compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1: Ensure zoning codes and other land use documents provide objective standards as required by State law while maintaining maximum City discretion.  Objective No. 2: Reevaluate land use mix and density for each of the City’s commercial districts and take into consideration elements such as economic vitality, neighborhood context, character, RHNA requirements, inclusionary zoning, and updated zoning codes/objective standards to achieve desired results.
 Objective No. 3: Proactively endeavor to increase and protect the City’s park land with an emphasis on the acquisition and preservation of green space or open space. 413
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 Objective No. 4: Update the Housing Element consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have the Housing Element Certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the required statutory deadlines.

GOAL 3: FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
The City of Los Altos will continue to be financial stewards of its resources and assets in order to provide fiscally sustainable government services that address the needs of the Community. This goal will be achieved by practicing sound, responsible, and transparent financial management principles and practices that are adaptable and flexible to meet the City’s financial needs in an ever-changing world.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1: Closely monitor the economic recovery and financial impacts associated with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and update the City Council and the community on a timely basis.
 Objective No. 2: Seek federal and state grant funding available through FEMA, CARES and others for the City resources expended in response to COVID-19.  Objective No. 3: Evaluate the staffing and resource needs of the Finance Division.  Objective No. 4: Through the biennial budget development process, continue to control and/or reduce costs to achieve a fiscally sustainable budget, while maintaining adequate fund balance reserves.
 Objective No. 5: Annually evaluate the City’s existing user fee schedules to ensure reasonable costs of providing services are appropriately assessed.  Objective No. 6: Develop and implement plans to ensure effective and sustainable maintenance of City utilities, transportation infrastructure, buildings, and properties.  Objective No. 7: Maintain sound financial practices in accordance with all Federal, State, and local laws and direct its financial resources towards meeting the City’s long-term goals.  Objective No. 8: Proactively pursue ways to make financial information publicly available, accessible, and easy to understand to the community.
 Objective No. 9: Proactively identify and monitor long-term financial liabilities, including unfunded pension obligations, and take actions to manage these commitments that prioritize the City’s long-term financial sustainability.
 Objective No. 10: Reports on the City’s fiscal status will be provided to the City Council and Finance Commission on a timely basis.
 Objective No. 11 - Review the recommendations of the Council’s Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Financial Practices for policy and procedural changes that are desired by the City Council.

Goal 4: Community Safety
The City of Los Altos will continue to provide the high-quality public safety services that the Community values. This will be achieved by continuing to implement plans and strategies for improving public safety, transportation safety and emergency preparedness services in a responsive, equitable, and professional manner.
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Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1 – Strengthen Code enforcement to support proactive engagement and to provide enforcement trending data that council can use to direct proactive revision of city ordinances.
 Objective No. 2 – Create safe multi-modal transportation solutions that align Community needs with city priorities.
 Objective No. 3–Assess long-term cumulative impacts from public and private development projects and regional traffic through established environmental review processes (CEQA), including the newly required Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) analysis, and the traffic impact fee (TIF) program.
 Objective No. 4 –Enhance Traffic and Pedestrian Safety Though Engineering, Education and Enforcement. Staff will work with the Complete Streets Commission to implement this objective.
 Objective No. 5 – Achieve an overall PCI (Pavement Condition Index) of 75 by 2026 by maintaining an annual resurfacing budget of $3.5M
 Objective No. 6 – Evaluate Traffic Impact Fees
Goal 5: Asset Management
The City of Los Altos will set clear expectations and allocate the necessary funding to support the maintenance and improvement of City facilities and infrastructure that are necessary to preserve the quality of services and well-being of residents.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1: Complete construction and open the Los Altos Community Center.  Objective No. 2: Award a construction contract to build a new Emergency Operations Center.
 Objective No. 3: Develop a Needs Assessment & Options Analysis Plan for improving the police and fire stations, including but not limited to options for constructing new facilities versus renovation and increased maintenance measures on existing facilities.  Objective No. 4: Make a policy decision on the future of the Halsey House.  Objective No. 5: Make a policy decision on the disposition of Grant Park Improvements.  Objective No. 6: Make a policy decision on the future of 999 Fremont Ave.

Objective No. 7: Approve an update to the 5-year budget for the Civic Facilities-Buildings CIP (CF-01003).

Goal 6: Environmental Sustainability
The City of Los Altos will be a leader on environmental sustainability through education, and adopting and embracing policies, initiatives, and practices that advance this effort.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

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 Objective No. 1: Update the Climate Action Plan to include a menu of goals and objectives that establish and carry forward the City’s climate policy.  Objective No. 2: Explore public/private partnerships (PPP) with clear roles and expectations to help educate the community on important environmental issues such as reach codes and the Climate Action plan.
 Objective No. 3: Create a water conservation strategy and implementation plan after the completion of the Climate Action Plan.

Goal 7: Community Engagement
The City of Los Altos will continue to improve its community engagement process to ensure residents are heard, informed, and engaged. Completion of this priority will ensure that community engagement t remains a foundation of how the City meets its responsibilities to the community on an on-going basis.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1: Continue to improve our community engagement tools and platforms.  Objective No. 2: Continue to standardize our community engagement processes.  Objective No. 3: Provide the community with relevant multiple engagement opportunities.  Objective No. 4: Communicate with the community in an efficient, transparent manner.

GOAL 8: TRANSITIONING THROUGH CHANGE
The City Council will proactively address the impacts on the community from COVID-19 and other consequential changes in 2020 and 2021 to ensure Los Altos successfully navigates these transitions to be an even stronger, better community.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes only and are not in any particular order.

The Council will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.  Objective No. 1: Support efforts to keep the Community and City staff safe, including supporting County efforts on vaccine rollout, community communication, mask wearing, and other public health measures.
 Objective No. 2: Evaluate and support/implement adopted policies and guidance documents that support economic recovery across the City. This includes evaluating and implementing, as appropriate, improvements that will increase the number of parking stalls available for public use and the recommendations of the Downtown Buildings Committee that will support the economic recovery of businesses, property owners, and residents.  Objective No. 3: Develop an Economic Recovery Plan with the assistance of community stakeholders that assists and supports the recovery of local businesses, citywide.  Objective No. 4: Seek out grants that will assist the economic recovery of businesses, property owners, and residents.
 Objective No. 5: Starting in 2022, support the establishment or formation of an independent citizens working group with interest in establishing a theater in Downtown Los Altos.  Objective No. 6: Review the measures put in place as a result of the work of the Public Safety Taskforce. Debrief what is working, what is not, and if any other best practices 416
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should be initiated in building on the taskforce, while at the same time considering staff capacity to undertake new initiatives in 2021.
 Objective No. 7: Complete recruitment of the City’s next City Manager  Objective No. 8: Review the City Council’s code of conduct/norms and ethics and reevaluate Council’s relationship with Commissions, including the appropriateness of Council commission liaisons.

COMBINED GOAL 1/2: HOUSING & LAND USE:

The City of Los Altos is committed to land use policies and regulations to support housing for all income levels in the City and a built environment that reflects envisioned outcomes.

Housing Objectives –
 Objective No. 1: Update the Housing Element in partnership with the Community through a constructive, collaborative, and efficient process, consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have the Housing Element Certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the required statutory deadlines.
 Objective No. 2: Collaborate and support the development of 330 Distel Circle for the purpose of developing a rental housing project with significant focus on supportive and very low/low-income housing.
 Objective No. 3: Collaborate with Alta Housing to establish a prequalification process focused on accessibility of housing opportunities for below market rate units.  Objective No. 4: Implement linkage and impact fees.
 Objective No. 5: Develop policies and approaches to increase affordable units through public/private partnerships and other methods for all new projects in the CT zone.  Objective No. 6: Support legislation to increase funding for affordable and workforce housing and associated infrastructure. Ensure cities retain flexibility for zoning and approval of housing based on the land-use needs of each community.

Land Use Objectives -
 Objective No. 1: Ensure zoning codes and other land use documents provide objective standards as required by State law while maintaining maximum City discretion.  Objective No. 2: Reevaluate land use mix and density for each of the City’s commercial districts and take into consideration elements such as economic vitality, neighborhood context, character, RHNA requirements, inclusionary zoning, and updated zoning codes/objective standards to achieve desired results.
 Objective No. 3: Proactively endeavor to increase and protect the City’s park land with an emphasis on the acquisition and preservation of green space or open space.  Objective No. 4: Update the Housing Element consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have the Housing Element Certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the required statutory deadlines.
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DRAFT 2021 Goals and Objectives Comparison Matrix for Staff Report 1 2020 Adopted Goal & Objectives 2021 Proposed Goal & Draft Objectives for Reference Only
Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
Goal: Housing
Develop affordable housing
policies that will enable the City
to achieve its RHNA
requirements and provide
housing to support our
community needs
Objectives:

1. Collaborate and Support the
acquisition (change to
development; SM) of 330
Distel Circle

2. Prequalification process for
BMR’s

3. Increase ADU’s – Move
below the water line

4. Implement Linkage and
Impact Fees

5. Develop PPP methods to
increase affordable units in
CT zone
Goal: Housing
The City of Los Altos will support the creation of
housing that is safe, diverse, and affordable for all
income levels to meet the needs of the Community and
will advocate for State legislation and funding that
support this goal.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Update the Housing Element in
partnership with the Community in a constructive,
collaborative and efficient process, consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing
Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have the Housing
Element Certified by the California Department of
Housing and Community Development (HCD) within the
required statutory deadlines.

Objective No. 2: Collaborate and support the
development of 330 Distel Circle for the purpose of
developing a rental housing project with significant
focus on supportive and very low/low-income housing.

Continue this goal into 2021
Broaden the goal statement to convey that housing is a
policy issue whose purpose is to meet the needs of the
community through an approved housing element and
the RHNA process through a constructive, collaborative
and efficient process.

Consider combining Housing with the Land Use goal (see
draft combined goal)
Look holistically at land use and housing
Continue objectives 1,2,4 & 5 from 2020. For Distel
replace “the acquisition” with “the development”
Obj 3, ADU’s is now “below the waterline”
Add an objective for the Housing Element/RHNA process
and keep it on track
Add an objective re Legislative Advocacy- VM Enander
will provide language for Council consideration.
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Objective No. 3: Collaborate with Alta Housing to
establish a prequalification process focused on
accessibility of housing opportunities for below market rate units.

Objective No. 4: Implement linkage and impact fees.

Objective No. 5: Develop policies and approaches to
increase affordable units through public/private
partnerships and other methods for all new projects in
the CT zone.

Objective No. 6: Support legislation to increase funding for affordable housing and workforce housing and
associated infrastructure. Ensure cities retain flexibility for zoning and approval of housing based on the land
use needs of each community.
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Goal: Land Use
The City of Los Altos will
continually update land use
planning documents (General
Plans, Specific Plans, Zoning
codes) to comply with State law
and reflect the values of our
community.

Objectives:

1. Develop objective standards.

2. Reevaluate land-use mix.

3. Increase and protect park
land.

Goal: Land Use
The City of Los Altos will implement policies that
support a land use mix and density that reflect the
values of the Community, which includes seeking to
increase and protect its green space, while ensuring
compliance with any applicable laws and regulations.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Ensure zoning codes and other land
use documents provide objective standards as required
by State law while maintaining maximum City
discretion.

Objective No. 2: Reevaluate land use mix and density
for each of the City’s commercial districts and take into consideration elements such as economic vitality,
neighborhood context, character, RHNA requirements,
inclusionary zoning, and updated zoning
codes/objective standards to achieve desired results.

Objective No. 3: Proactively endeavor to increase and
protect the City’s park land with an emphasis on the
• Continue this goal into 2021
• Broaden the goal statement so it does not have a
focus on documents.
• Continue the 3 2020 objectives into 2021 and refine
the objectives to be more in context with current
planning work
• Add an objective about the 2021 the Housing
Element process for this goal, whether or not is
combined with Housing (in addition to re-evaluating
land use mix).
• Incorporate “green space” into 2020 objective #3,
“Increase and protect park land”. Convey the City’s
interest in proactively protecting and increasing
parkland and greenspace as well as seeking
opportunities to do so (this objective is a “both
and”).
• Look holistically at land use and housing as land use and housing go hand in hand.
• Acknowledge the importance of Affordable Housing,
the Housing Element and/or RHNA process to this
goal area.
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acquisition and preservation of green space or open
space.

Objective No. 4: Update the Housing Element
consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have
the Housing Element Certified by the California
Department of Housing and Community Development
(HCD) within the required statutory deadlines.
• Land use and Housing may have independent
objectives, however there may be overlapping
objectives for Land Use and Housing which may be
the more immediate priorities for this year and next.
• Consider combining this goal with the Housing goal
which could make sense for the next year or two,
given the overlap between the two goals (e.g., the
Housing Element update, RHNA process, objective
standards, protecting and increasing parkland and
green space). Provide Council with what combining
the goals would look like.
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Goal: Downtown Vision
The City of Los Altos will identify
and implement specific projects
to advance conceptual elements
of the Downtown Vision.

Objectives:

1. Increase public parking stalls
with “low hanging fruit”

2. Consider a theatre plan if
proposed by a citizen’s
group

3. Downtown Building
Committee (DBC)
recommendations
Downtown Vision
Drop for 2021
• This goal as written is an important policy issue,
however at the present time it is not a strategic goal.

It can be reconsidered at another time.
• The urgent and important focus for 2021 and the
near-term future is the health, safety and economic
recovery of the businesses, property owners, and
residents of the community. Delete goal and
incorporate the relevant objectives that could
support this effort (e.g., from DBC
recommendations; Downtown Vision Plan) as obj
under goal “Transition Through Change”.
• Staff bandwidth is a concern, including commissions
committing staff resources on low priority issues.
• Identify rezoning opportunities where the City can
become more creative to get more businesses in
commercial districts.
• Theater to 2022 Parking Lot- Support the creation of
a Citizen’s Group to explore possibility of developing
a Los Altos Theater. The citizen’s group would fund
and support this process.
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Goal: Asset Management
The City of Los Altos will set
priorities and allocate financial
resources to maintain and/or
improve City facilities and
infrastructure.

Objectives:

1. Review financial capacity

2. Community Center

3. Council Chambers

4. New EOC

5. Police and Fire Stations -

6. Main Library

7. Roadways – achieve overall
PCI of 75 by 2026
Goal: Asset Management
The City of Los Altos will set clear expectations and
allocate the necessary funding to support the
maintenance and improvement of City facilities and
infrastructure that are necessary to preserve the
quality of services and well-being of residents.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Complete construction and open the
Los Altos Community Center.

Objective No. 2: Award a construction contract to build a new Emergency Operations Center.

Objective No. 3: Develop a Needs Assessment &
Options Analysis Plan for improving the police and fire stations, including but not limited to options for
constructing new facilities versus renovation and
increased maintenance measures on existing facilities.

Objective No. 4: Make a policy decision on the future of the Halsey House.
• Continue goal in 2021
• Create a separate goal for Financial Capacityrename
• Drop Council Chambers- project complete and now
below the water line
• Table Main Library until JPA is ready to bring forward • Move PCI to Roadway Safety
• Add Halsey House, Grant Park Improvements and
999 Fremont Ave for council to make policy
decisions on the disposition of each.
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Objective No. 5: Make a policy decision on the
disposition of Grant Park Improvements.

Objective No. 6: Make a policy decision on the future of 999 Fremont Ave.

Objective No. 7: Approve an update to the 5-year
budget for the Civic Facilities-Buildings CIP (CF-01003). 424
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Goal: FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
N/A
Objectives (from Asset
Management 2020):

1. Financial Capacity: Review
the City’s financial capacity
for new construction,
renovation and maintenance
of City facilities and
infrastructure, including
consideration of various
funding options.

Goal: FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY
The City of Los Altos will continue to be financial
stewards of its resources and assets in order to provide fiscally sustainable government services that address
the needs of the Community. This goal will be achieved
by practicing sound, responsible, and transparent
financial management principles and practices that are
adaptable and flexible to meet the City’s financial
needs in an ever-changing world.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Closely monitor the economic recovery
and financial impacts associated with the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic and update the City Council and
the community on a timely basis.

Objective No. 2: Seek federal and state grant funding
available through FEMA, CARES and others for the City
resources expended in response to COVID-19.

Objective No. 3: Evaluate the staffing and resource
needs of the Finance Division.
• This new goal was previously an objective under
Asset Management for 2020. Council separated and
established as a new goal for 2021.
• Recast the description of the 2020 objective into a
goal statement.
• Acknowledge that financial staff needs rebuilding
• Balance fiduciary responsibility with staff work
• Consider recommendations of Council Ad-Hoc
Committee on City Finances
• Review and understand the totality of the City’s
finances, policies, and practices (e.g., reserves,
investment policy, authorization thresholds,
contracting practices).
• Commit to transparency in all fiscal matters.
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Objective No. 4: Through the biennial budget
development process, continue to control and/or
reduce costs to achieve a fiscally sustainable budget,
while maintaining adequate fund balance reserves.

Objective No. 5: Annually evaluate the City’s existing
user fee schedules to ensure reasonable costs of
providing services are appropriately assessed.

Objective No. 6: Develop and implement plans to
ensure effective and sustainable maintenance of City
utilities, transportation infrastructure, buildings, and properties.

Objective No. 7: Maintain sound financial practices in
accordance with all Federal, State, and local laws and
direct its financial resources towards meeting the City’s long-term goals.

Objective No. 8: Proactively pursue ways to make
financial information publicly available, accessible, and easy to understand to the community.

Objective No. 9: Proactively identify and monitor longterm financial liabilities, including unfunded pension obligations, and take actions to manage these
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commitments that prioritize the City’s long-term
financial sustainability.

Objective No. 10: Reports on the City’s fiscal status will be provided to the City Council and Finance
Commission on a timely basis.

Objective No. 11 - Review the recommendations of the
Council’s Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Financial Practices
for policy and procedural changes that are desired by
the City Council.
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Goal: Public Safety
The City of Los Altos will
continually improve service
and safety experiences and
perceptions for residents
and visitors.

Objectives:

1. Proactively create and
expand emergency
preparedness programs

2. Align crime prevention
programs with the BATs
to get 100% coverage

3. Strengthen code
enforcement to support
proactively enforcement
Goal: Roadway Safety
The City of Los Altos will
continually improve
traffic/pedestrian/bicycle safety
throughout the City with a
specific focus on increasing
safety on suggested routes to
school.

Goal: Community Safety
The City of Los Altos will continue to provide the highquality public safety services that the Community values. This will be achieved by continuing to
implement plans and strategies for improving public
safety, transportation safety and emergency
preparedness services in a responsive, equitable, and
professional manner.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1 – Strengthen Code enforcement to
support proactive engagement and to provide
enforcement trending data that council can use to
direct proactive revision of city ordinances.

Objective No. 2 – Create safe multi-modal
transportation solutions that align Community needs
with city priorities.

Objective No. 3–Assess long-term cumulative impacts
from public and private development projects and
regional traffic through established environmental
review processes (CEQA), including the newly required
Continue Public Safety and Roadway Safety in 2021 and
combine into one goal.

Re: Public Safety
• Do not roll over 2020 Public Safety objectives 1 &2
objectives. They are now below the waterline
• Provide an update to Council on the status 2020
Public Safety objective #3. Consider continuing this
objective.
• In combining Public Safety and Roadway Safety
convey through the goal statement or an objective
that the City is still committed to providing quality
public safety services
• Include the interests in social justice and reviewing the status of the work from the taskforce as an
objective under “Transitioning Through Change”
Re: Roadway Safety
• Keep the PCI objective from Asset Management and
move it to this Goal area
• Completing the CS Masterplan is important but not
urgent. Allow the CSC to continue their work. Keep
the Alta Bike Plan moving forward.
• Leave traffic impact fees as an objective
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Objectives:

1. Develop Complete Streets
Master Plan

2. Identify and take action on
“hot spot” transportation
projects

3. Leverage road maintenance
and rehabilitation projects
to include safety amenities
(Something we talked about
in 2021 SM)

4. Evaluate traffic impact fees
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) analysis, and the traffic
impact fee (TIF) program.

Objective No. 4 –Enhance Traffic and Pedestrian Safety
Though Engineering, Education and Enforcement. Staff
will work with the Complete Streets Commission to
implement this objective.

Objective No. 5 – Achieve an overall PCI (Pavement
Condition Index) of 75 by 2026 by maintaining an
annual resurfacing budget of $3.5M
Objective No. 6 – Evaluate Traffic Impact Fees –
• Traffic pattern may continue to change post-COVID.

Former plans maybe being out of date; wait on
implementations.
• Look for leveraging/timing opportunities for
implementing maintenance projects during this time
of lighter traffic.
• Consider including CSC input to the retreat as
objectives for 2021.
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Expressed during Retreat
Goal: Asset Management
The City of Los Altos will set
priorities and allocate financial
resources to maintain and/or
improve City facilities and
infrastructure.

Objectives:

8. Review financial capacity

9. Community Center

10. Council Chambers

11. New EOC

12. Police and Fire Stations -

13. Main Library

14. Roadways – achieve overall
PCI of 75 by 2026
Goal: Asset Management
The City of Los Altos will set clear expectations and
allocate the necessary funding to support the
maintenance and improvement of City facilities and
infrastructure that are necessary to preserve the
quality of services and well-being of residents.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Complete construction and open the
Los Altos Community Center.

Objective No. 2: Award a construction contract to build a new Emergency Operations Center.

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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
Objective No. 5: Make a policy decision on the
disposition of Grant Park Improvements.

Objective No. 6: Make a policy decision on the future of 999 Fremont Ave.

Objective No. 7: Approve an update to the 5-year
budget for the Civic Facilities-Buildings CIP (CF-01003). 431
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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
Goal: Environment
The City of Los Altos will adopt
policies and practices that
advance the City’s sustainability
and GHG emission reductions
and position Los Altos as a leader
Objectives:

1. Update the City’s Climate
Action Plan

2. Prepared and adopt the
reach codes

3. Ban single-use plastics

4. Increasing recycling and
composting of waste in
commercial districts

5. Support Santa Clara County
Healthy Cities

6. Determine how City Council
could use sustainability lens
when evaluating projects
Goal: Environmental Sustainability
The City of Los Altos will be a leader on environmental sustainability through education, and adopting and
embracing policies, initiatives, and practices that
advance this effort.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Update the Climate Action Plan to
include a menu of goals and objectives that establish
and carry forward the City’s climate policy.

Objective No. 2: Explore public/private partnerships
(PPP) with clear roles and expectations to help educate the community on important environmental issues
such as reach codes and the Climate Action plan.

Objective No. 3: Create a water conservation strategy
and implementation plan after the completion of the
Climate Action Plan.
• This continues to be a priority goal
• Updating the Climate Action Plan should be the main
objective as the City’s priorities and actions will be
identified in that plan
• Defer “Ban single use plastics” to 2022 (currently
2020 Objective #3)
• Add as an objective: Explore public/private
relationship to help educating the community for
issues such as reach codes and the Climate Action
plan with clear rules and expectations. Includes the
Mission Trails contract provision for community
education, communication on water conservation,
etc.
• Some of the 2020 objectives are below the water
line and should not roll over as objectives in 2021.
• Future considerations following the CAP:
o The City should be more aggressive with its
environmental policies
o Support State and Federal legislation that move the
needle on mitigating climate change/improving the
environment
o Could the traffic analysis be programmed under
environment?
o Hydration stations
o Consider the cost impacts of achieving
environmental goals on local businesses
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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
Goal: Community Engagement
The City of Los Altos will
continually improve ease of
access to information through
the City website and create
robust community engagement
opportunities (both online and
in-person)
Objectives:

1. Implement improvements to
the City’s website

2. Improve relationships among
residents, City staff, and
Council members
Goal: Community Engagement
The City of Los Altos will continue to improve its
community engagement process to ensure residents
are heard, informed, and engaged. Completion of this
priority will ensure that community engagement
remains a foundation of how the City meets its
responsibilities to the community on an on-going basis.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Continue to improve our community
engagement tools and platforms.

Objective No. 2: Continue to standardize our
community engagement processes.

Objective No. 3: Provide the community with relevant
multiple engagement opportunities.

Objective No. 4: Communicate with the community in
an efficient, transparent manner.
• This is a value, not a strategic goal; a value/way of doing business that should be integrated in all
practices
• Strive to ensure that the City uses best practices in community engagement as the way it does business,
and that Community Engagement is no longer a
strategic goal by 2023.
• Improve City communication tools and practices:
• Understand what motivates people to show up
• Continue the tailored neighborhood cluster outreach
within staff bandwidth/as a matter of practice
• Reevaluate Granicus which is not user friendly for
mobile devices and tablets
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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
Goal: Transitioning Through
Change
N/A – New for 2021
Goal: Transitioning Through Change
The City Council will proactively address the impacts on the community from COVID-19 and other
consequential changes in 2020 and 2021 to ensure Los
Altos successfully navigates these transitions to be an even stronger, better community.

Draft Objectives below are for reference purposes
only and are not in any particular order. The Council
will discuss these draft objectives at a future meeting.

Objective No. 1: Support efforts to keep the
Community and City staff safe, including supporting
County efforts on vaccine rollout, community
communication, mask wearing, and other public health
measures.

Objective No. 2: Evaluate and support/implement
adopted policies and guidance documents that support
economic recovery across the City. This includes
evaluating and implementing, as appropriate,
improvements that will increase the number of parking
stalls available for public use and the recommendations of the Downtown Buildings Committee that will
support the economic recovery of businesses, property
owners, and residents.
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Expressed during Retreat
Objective No. 3: Develop an Economic Recovery Plan
with the assistance of community stakeholders that
assists and supports the recovery of local businesses,
citywide.

Objective No. 4: Seek out grants that will assist the
economic recovery of businesses, property owners, and
residents.

Objective No. 5: Starting in 2022, support the
establishment or formation of an independent citizens
working group with interest in establishing a theater in Downtown Los Altos.

Objective No. 6: Review the measures put in place as a
result of the work of the Public Safety Taskforce.

Debrief what is working, what is not, and if any other
best practices should be initiated in building on the
taskforce, while at the same time considering staff
capacity to undertake new initiatives in 2021.

Objective No. 7: Complete recruitment of the City’s
next City Manager
Objective No. 8: Review the City Council’s code of
conduct/norms and ethics and reevaluate Council’s
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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
relationship with Commissions, including the
appropriateness of Council commission liaisons.
436
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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
Goal: Housing and Land Use
N/A for 2020
Goal: Housing and Land Use
The City of Los Altos is committed to land use policies and regulations to support housing for all income levels in the City and a built environment that reflects envisioned outcomes.

Housing Objectives –
Objective No. 1: Update the Housing Element in
partnership with the Community in a constructive,
collaborative, and efficient process, consistent with the housing needs identified in the final Regional Housing
Needs Allocation (RHNA) and have the Housing Element
Certified by the California Department of Housing and
Community Development (HCD) within the required
statutory deadlines.

Objective No. 2: Collaborate and support the
development of 330 Distel Circle for the purpose of
developing a rental housing project with significant focus on supportive and very low/low-income housing.

Objective No. 3: Collaborate with Alta Housing to
establish a prequalification process focused on
accessibility of housing opportunities for below market rate units.

Objective No. 4: Implement linkage and impact fees.
• Draft a combined Housing and Land Use Goal for
Council consideration
• Same interests as reflected under stand-alone goals
• Keep the Housing element process on track,
regardless of stand-alone or combined goal structure
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Expressed during Retreat
Objective No. 5: Develop policies and approaches to
increase affordable units through public/private
partnerships and other methods for all new projects in the CT zone.

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Expressed during Retreat
Objectives:

N/A for 2020
Land Use Objectives -
Objective No. 1: Ensure zoning codes and other land
use documents provide objective standards as required
by State law while maintaining maximum City
discretion.

Objective No. 3: Proactively endeavor to increase and
protect the City’s park land with an emphasis on the
acquisition and preservation of green space or open
space.

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Council Key Interests re Goals and Objectives as
Expressed during Retreat
2022 Parking Lot from Council Retreat
• Reconstitute Parking Taskforce
• Downtown Theatre: Support the creation of a Citizens
workgroup for downtown theatre.
• Traffic Impacts based on Origination- What are the
heaviest impacted intersection in the City based on
origination/termination data
• Ban Single Use Plastics
440
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February 25, 2022
Honorable Los Altos Mayor, Vice-Mayor, and Councilmembers, The Complete Streets Commission is interested in the City Council’s annual priorities. The commission would like to share its Work Plan again this year as the City Council considers any priority development.

The Complete Streets Commission believes it is in alignment with the City Council regarding the advancement of complete streets initiatives in the City. The Complete Streets Master Plan (CSMP) demonstrates our common interest in seeing positive transformation in street design in the City and we are actively working toward its broad implementation. Again this year, the Complete Streets Commission is working closely with City Staff in the Engineering Services Department to align the CIP Street Maintenance Programs (i.e. street resurfacing/paving) with Complete Streets Master Plan projects so the City can use active projects to implement complete streets initiatives. The commission also undertakes many other responsibilities.

The Complete Streets Commission has updated its annual CSC priorities for your review. This includes the addition of a fourth priority; an imperative to secure grant funding to implement the CSMP and complete streets projects. CSC priorities for 2022:

1. Plan and implement safe multi-modal transportation solutions that align community needs with city priorities.

2. Manage long-term cumulative impacts from public and private development projects, and regional traffic.

3. Achieve effective transportation-related community engagement with residents.

4. Pursue and secure adequate grant funding for safe, connected, and sustainable complete streets projects.

For each of these four priorities, we have detailed specific goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) with underlying projects and programs that are outlined in the attached Complete Streets Commission - Work Plan document. This is a multi-year plan, which our commission will update annually.

The commission would also like to remind the City Council of its 2021 priority: Achieve an overall PCI (Pavement Condition Index) of 75 by 2026 by maintaining an annual resurfacing budget of $3.5 million.

Please let us know if you have any feedback, input, or questions as you set annual city-wide priorities and make funding decisions. In addition, we will be reviewing this plan with you in more detail during our annual Joint Session currently scheduled for May 3, 2022.

Nadim Maluf, Chair - Los Altos Complete Streets Commission 441
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CSC Vision: Our community-focused and sustainable streets empower people of all ages and abilities to access destinations comfortably, safely, and conveniently, regardless of their mode of transportation.

Goal 1: Plan and Implement Safe Multi-Modal Transportation Solutions that Align Community Needs with City Priorities No Initiative KPIs Projects & Programs Deliverables
1A Implement
Complete Streets
Master Plan -
Prioritized
Projects and
Programs
Adopt plan in
Spring 2022 (City
Council)
Implement
high-priority
projects within 10
years
Coordinate with
Climate Action Plan
(CAAP) on
implementation of
1 project per year
Manage bike and ped network
improvements from CSMP
Align with Resurfacing Program, see Goal 1E
Create additional list of Bike and Ped improvements
consistent with 5-year plan for CIP, see Goal 1E
Implement school improvement
plans (Phases I and II)
Convert school improvement maps into reviewed/approved
construction docs for school routes, and implement plans - Signage and striping improvement plans - Phase I (2022) - Civil improvements plans - Phase II (2022-23)
Identify any budget shortfall to complete city-wide
improvements on school routes
Promote Suggested Routes to
School maps, and Schoolroutes
App
Promote Suggested Routes maps to school districts annually Roll out/Promote Schoolroutes app to parents and students in collaboration with school districts (spring/fall 2022) Deploy additional features of app including Carpool
Coordinator and School Depot Stations (walking school bus and bike trains)
Develop Conceptual Plan Line
Drawings (from CSMP) into plans
for Priority Locations
Some plan line drawings will not move forward due to lack of community support. Some will be implemented as part of
the resurfacing program. The remainder will compete with 442
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all CSMP recommended improvements for priority, and be
considered for refinement as part of grant applications.

Plans for pursuit include: Jardin, Clark, Covington, El Camino Real, Gordon, Grant, Loyola Corners, Berry & Miramonte, St Joseph, Alicia.

Align with Climate Action and
Adaptation Plan, and Committee
[develop deliverable with CAAP]
1B Align Pavement
Program to
Increase PCI and
Simultaneously
Add Multi-Modal
Safety Amenities
Achieve PCI of 75
by 2026
Review PCI pavement program Review biennial PCI report update (2022) and progress Implement Priority Bicycle and
Pedestrian Facilities and Traffic
Calming with Pavement Program
Develop pavement program identifying priority streets for annual resurfacing program including minimum 2 corridor goal per year for Bike/Ped/traffic calming improvement
Expand sidewalk/shoulder policy Enhance sidewalk/shoulder policy to include maintenance responsibility (current policy is on stormwater permeability) 1C Develop Safe
Routes to School
Education &
Encouragement
Program with
School
Communities
Increase share of
students
walking/biking to
school by 10%
Maintain advisory
committee with
quarterly meetings
Survey results
showing at least
20% increase in
student comfort
walking and biking
Create and implement education
programs to expand bike/ped
safety knowledge with
students/families
Execute pilot education and encouragement program via
assembly and in-class for bike safety and awareness
Finalize and publicize plan and curriculum
Create and implement
encouragement programs to
increase bike/ped commuting
Show school administration survey, hand tally results,
number of students/families participating in program
activities, parent survey, student survey
Collect annual Bike-Ped counts
Create plan and solicit/incorporate feedback, adjust plan based on additional feedback
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10% of classrooms
conduct hand tallies
Review school traffic Receive update from PD about school traffic, and crossing guard program
1D Enhance City’s
Traffic Calming
Program
Reduce traffic
speed by 10% on
city streets with
traffic calming
measures
Reduce congestion
and cut through
traffic
Improve downtown
visitors and
business owners
satisfaction with
traffic flow
Develop New Traffic Calming
Plan to slow traffic speed
Have CSC discussion to scope the traffic calming program (2022) with goal of identifying needs in near term and
establishing programs over the long-term.

Review 2011 Collector Street Traffic Calming plan, and
develop Traffic Calming Plan and Toolkit. Initiate pilot program for one corridor, and develop implementation plan including minimum 2 corridor goal per year for Traffic
Calming implementation. Align with Resurfacing Program
Revamp Neighborhood Traffic Management Program (NTMP)
to be a more effective program to manage speeds and
cut-thru traffic on residential streets
Review enforceable speed limits especially with AB-43
Create strategy for congestion
and cut-through management
Develop plan to manage congestion and cut-through traffic Consider Residential Open Streets Program
Review truck routes through City
Recommend transportation
improvements for Downtown
Receive update on Downtown Open Streets/Parklet Program Initiate downtown study (including one-way loop) per CSMP 1E Align CIP
Transportation
At least 10% of
Transportation CIP
projects advance
Review Annual Street
Resurfacing program to advance
priority CIP projects
Review Annual Street Resurfacing Program (CIP) by March each year at CSC mtg, including (ideally year in advance) street selection for bike/ped/traffic calming improvements 444
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Program to CSC
Work Plan
CSMP and CSC
priorities each year
Annual Transportation CIP
project selection
Review and prioritize annual transportation CIP selection by March each year at CSC mtg
Conduct biannual review of CIP
transportation projects
Receive biannual update report in February and September 1F Coordinate
Regional
Transportation
to Advance Los
Altos interests
Attendance at
regional forums
Meetings and
communications
with nearby
jurisdictions
Initiate
inter-jurisdictional
partnerships
Coordinate with partner
government agencies to
represent City of Los Altos
multimodal transportation
needs
Participate in VTA regional
meetings and other agency
meetings that impact Los Altos,
including provide a
representative to the
VTA/county BPAC and TSCN
meetings
Coordinate multimodal transportation projects at/across jurisdictional borders proactively (example projects in 2022 include Hetch Hetchy trail crossing, County/VTA led
Homestead Rd SR2S project, Caltrans El Camino Real
resurfacing/bike lanes project, County led Measure B Foothill Expy widening from Homestead Rd to I-280) and monitor
adjacent cities bike/ped/active transportation
planning/implementation near jurisdictional borders
Coordinate traffic signal timing and regional transportation projects with adjacent and regional jurisdictions
Provide input on regional multimodal plans in 2022
- County of Santa Clara Active Transportation Plan and
Expressway Bicycle Design Guidelines
- MTC Regional Active Transportation Plan and MTC
Complete Streets Policy
Monitor implementation of other regional plans and provide feedback when plans are updated
- Santa Clara Countywide Bicycle Plan 2018
- VTA Bicycle Superhighway Implementation Plan 2021
- VTA Bicycle Parking Guidelines 2022
- Caltrans District 4 Pedestrian Plan 2021
- Caltrans District 4 Bike Plan 2018
- Midpen Rancho San Antonio Multimodal Access Study 2021 - Others?
445
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1G Enhance
Multimodal
Parking
Facilities
Increase
multi-modal parking
stock by 10%
Identify/Implement EV Charging
Stations for Vehicles and eBikes
Define policy and plan for private sector e-charging facilities (Future project Pending Funding)
Expand Bicycle Parking (2022 Pending CSMP Adoption)
Future Interests Build Transit plan
Consider Scooter share and
Ebike program
Partner with adjacent Cities to explore regional
bike/scootershare program
Adopt bicycle and pedestrian
technology enhancements
Consider technology enhancements and digital traffic
controls such as wave push buttons
Goal 2: Manage Long-Term Cumulative Impacts from Public and Private Development Projects and Regional Traffic No Initiative KPIs Projects & Programs Deliverables
2A Utilize Citywide
Traffic Model to
Monitor Traffic
Trends and
Impacts
Maintain Citywide
traffic data model -
update biannually
Collect traffic data regularly to identify changes in
traffic patterns
Provide developers traffic model for utilization in
traffic analysis of qualifying developments
Count traffic semi-annually citywide
(88 locations) and add new data to
model after independent data collection
Receive update presentation on
city-wide traffic model (what the model
is/how it works) in 2022
Monitor and track changes in Bicycle/Pedestrian
stress level on local roads
Develop Bike-Ped Stress Measures
2B Create
Transportation
Policy and
Adopt consistent
policy and study
methodology by 2022
Establish a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and updated
Level of Service (LOS) Policy
Adopt VMT/LOS Policy (Spring 2022)
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Programs to
Advance Los
Altos goals and
visions
Finalize Transportation Analysis Checklists for
consultants by land use type to ensure consistency in
study methodologies, including TDM incentives and
transportation network improvements reqd for dev
Finalize Transportation Analysis
Checklists for transportation consultants
by land use type
Develop CSC Development Review Questionnaire to
streamline commission participation in private
development approval process
Finalize CSC Development Review
Questionnaire and circulate to
developers and planning dept
Develop transportation-related Objective Standards
for development projects
Upcycle some of the Development
Review Questionnaire into creation of
Objective Standards (e.g. queuing at
development parking garage entrances)
2C Develop
Streetscape
Plans to
Provide Holistic
Area Planning
Develop Streetscape
Plan in 2022 for First
Street
Develop Streetscape Plan for First Street
Consider future Streetscape Plan for El Camino Real
(reference Grand Blvd Initiative vision and principles) Maintain existing streetscape plans (i.e. Loyola
Corners) and identity any other areas that may
require streetscape plans in the future (Sherwood
Triangle, Woodland, Foothill Crossing)
Hire consultant to develop the First St
Streetscape Plan in 2022
2D Maintain
General Plan as
Required
Maintain General Plan Circulation Element - consider
housing element goals, cut-through traffic/traffic
calming, and all other relevant aspects
Review General Plan Circulation
Element (do not review/update until
authorized by city council/legal)
Review the Housing Element and provide supporting
transportation plans and infrastructure
Receive Housing Element Site Inventory
presentation and identify next steps for
CSC including a CSMP review for
completeness and housing-need
designation/prioritization, and
447
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identification of complete list of parking
data collection locations (see 2F)
2E Overhaul TIF to
Help Fund
Priority
Transportation
Projects
Development of
report and review
and implementation
of Municipal Code
Chapter 3.48
Align TIF with future development, Complete Streets
Master Plan, and other Local and Regional
Transportation Projects
Report on TIF rates and fees
Evaluate existing TIF Rates to ensure fees reflect
existing needs and construction costs
Recommend TIF increase to appropriate
rate
2F
Evaluate Public
Parking Needs
(cumulative
impacts) and
Establish Parking
Management
Program as
Needed
Develop Curb Management and Parking
Management Plan including:
- Study inventory and baseline utilization data at key
locations (Downtown, ECR, LAHS area, Loyola
Corners, future housing development areas)
- Define parking policy and initiatives
- Set methodology for future data collection and
projection
- Consider technology applications for future use
Work with staff or hire a consultant to
develop a comprehensive Parking and
Curb Management Plan
2G
Review Assigned
Development
Projects
Complete timely review
of all assigned
development
application
Review all assigned development projects Advise planning commission/city council on transportation related aspects of all
development projects assigned to CSC
Goal 3: Achieve Effective Transportation-Related Community Engagement with Residents No Initiative KPIs Projects & Programs Deliverables
3A Develop
Effective
Outreach
Strategies to
Promote Public
Measure community
satisfaction with
level of engagement
Identify Better Methods of Engaging with
Residents
Evaluate lessons learned from CSMP
engagement
448
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Participation in
Transportation
Projects
Increase community
participation in CSC
projects by 5%
Pre and post
engagement surveys
by 2025
Develop plan for efficient community outreach
and engagement - methodology, function, and
effectiveness
Conduct Annual Survey on transportation
related priorities
Increase online communication and
engagement
Use Los Altos Complete Streets Website as
informational portal that residents may look to
for updates on all transportation projects
Incorporate Public Input into each Project
Evaluation
Capture and share/summarize public input
received while planning projects (from surveys,
comment cards, emails, etc.)
Develop online post construction surveys and
summarize public input on construction projects
Include Post-Project Data Collection to
Monitor Project Effectiveness
Introduce post construction reporting in CSC
Bi-Annual Reports. (2022)
3B Integrate with
City-School
District School
Issues
Subcommittee
Keep subcommittees informed of and collect
their feedback on relevant projects related to
school routes, and education and
encouragement programs
Present (staff) at subcommittee meetings
Share feedback from meetings at CSC meetings
3C Promote
Walking and
Bicycling in the
Community
Determine Bike to Work/Wherever Day plans Make annual plans to support Bike to Wherever Day (5/20/22) including activities/promotions
Re-establish status as a Bicycle Friendly
Community
Apply to become a Bicycle Friendly Community
and maintain its status
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Use publicly-visible technology to encourage
increased biking/walking
Consider publicly-visible attractive signs that
count bicyclists/peds passing by couple locations
Goal 4: Pursue and Secure Adequate Grant Funding for Safe, Connected and Sustainable Complete Streets Projects No Initiative KPIs Projects & Programs Deliverables
4A Identify and
apply for grant
funding
opportunities
for construction
and
studies/design
Secure 1-2 grants in
2022
Establish annual or
regular grants for
complete streets
funding
Establish CSC Grant Subcommittee to create
grant application strategy and support the
grant application process
Identify available grants and create priority
list of strategic projects that correlate with
available grants and likely funding success
Review available grants (see list of grants from
CSMP, VTA, distribution lists, etc.) and
list/review key submission details (confirm
eligibility criteria, grant cycle and submission
deadline, project status requirements at
application, key selection criteria, funding
amount available, etc.)
Recommend priority list of 3-5 projects for
which to seek construction grant funding
(Projects at intersection of CSMP priority,
concept plan line/community engagement
started, projects that will score well on grant
applications, etc.)
Identify list of 1-2 projects (see CSMP) for which
to seek funding for project study and/or design
Establish team to create and write successful
grant applications
Seek VTA funding and other outside funding
Hire a consultant to manage grant application
process and write grant applications, supported
by CSC Grant Subcommittee. (Consultant should
specialize in transportation and
climate/sustainability grant writing)
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Formulate plan to get identified projects in
state of grant application readiness, and create
grant applications for key grants
Track grant/funding sources - establish tracking
spreadsheet or system for funding and grants
4B Identify and
apply for grant
funding to
implement
CAAP
Transportation
Plans
Implement 1
Transportation
Action per year as
identified by the
CAAP
Establish a joint working group between the
CSC Grant Subcommittee and the
Environmental Commission to identify any
synergistic CSMP projects and CAAP actions
Identify available grants and create a priority
list of strategic projects that support both
CSMP and CAAP
Review available grants (see list of grants
identified in the CAAP transportation strategy),
and list key submission details (see goal 4A)
Coordinate grant priority transportation-related
projects into a single list (see goal 4A)

1. Plan and implement safe multi-modal transportation solutions that align community needs with city priorities.

2. Manage long-term cumulative impacts from public and private development projects, and regional traffic.

3. Achieve effective transportation-related community engagement with residents.

4. Pursue and secure adequate grant funding for safe, connected, and sustainable complete streets projects. 451
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Proposed Schedule of Activities 2022
Month Proposed Meeting Topics* for 2022
January Consent/Update Items
- Work plan review
- Annual CSC Letter to City Council for council priorities (with CSC workplan attached)
- Formation of plan review subcommittee (for SRTS and potential other) Discussion Items
- Hetch Hetchy crossing (public noticing)
- St Joseph update (public noticing) (update sign & striping plan, update on parking data collection, update about sidewalk, schedule for design)
February - Biannual transportation CIP update report - status update on transportation projects in the works
- Attorney update / info training
- Cuesta Dr
- Almond Ave - update on bike lane barrier, signal timing update - Fremont bridge (ongoing/update item)
- Bike to Work Day (5/20/22) plan
March - Annual Street Resurfacing Program recommendations - Annual transportation CIP Program recommendations - (part of council budgeting process)
- St Joseph outreach/combined CSC meeting for sidewalk/walkway alternatives
- Michelle & updated TDM – info/update item
- Update on Signage & Striping Plans with Public Noticing, after school community and subcommittee approval, circulate to commissioners in advance of CSC meeting and ask for specific feedback, use subcommittee comments to facilitate CSC approval
- ECR updates from Caltrans
April - Annual CSC letter to city council in advance of joint meeting (with updated CSC workplan attached)
- First Street Streetscape Plan
- Jaime’s traffic model – output, how are we using the output, Data already collected, how will we use the data, purpose of model, overview, etc. Receive review/explanation of city-wide traffic model. what the model is, how it works, when to use it?
- Traffic Calming Project Scoping
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Proposed Schedule of Activities 2022
May - Transportation-related Objective Standards Review - Homestead Rd SR2S Design Phase
- Sidewalk / shoulder policy (current policy re: stormwater/permeability, proposed policy re: maintenance responsibility)
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June - TBD
July - SRTS school improvements phase 2, civil improvements (curb ramps, speed feedback signs, etc)
August - TBD
September - Biannual transportation CIP update report
- Form annual workplan subcommittee
October - TBD
November &
December (combined)
- Work plan review
- Annual CSC Letter to City Council for council priorities (with CSC workplan attached)
To be scheduled - County of Santa Clara - Expressway Bicycle Design Guidelines - County of Santa Clara - Active Transportation Plan
- Housing Element Site Inventory Presentation
- SRTS Education and Encouragement Program Update
- PD update on school traffic and crossing guard program - CIPs
- Annual Bike/Ped access improvements
- Hetch Hetchy trail crossing
- City-wide Pathway rehabilitation project
- SRTS 500k
- Cuesta Dr
- In-road light system maintenance
Proposed - Form Grant subcommittee
- Grant subcommittee report (and any follow-on work)
- Curb Management and Parking Management policy/plan
- TIF review
- El Camino Real resurfacing update (bike lanes)
- Community Outreach best practices
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Proposed Schedule of Activities 2022
Joint CSC/Planning
Commission mtgs -
to be scheduled
- Parking Management policy
- Transportation-Related Development Objective Standards Future - Measure B Project, Foothill Exp Widening (Homestead to I-280) (pending city funding to county for design phase - $150K) Notes:

Tie each item into a goal/initiative
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From: Justin Lin
To: Public Comment
Subject: [External Sender]EV as a priority
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 8:55:51 PM
Hello, Los Alto City Council. Though temporarily canceled, your priority-setting for the 2022 calendar, I advise, must include a thorough policy for energy and Electric Vehicles. As a senior in high school, committed to college as a STEM major, I see that innovation is the ticket to our success in the fight against climate change. Solutions that once seemed farfetched and too expensive now have resulted in massive grid upgrades, large-scale renewable energy, and more. Yet, in our city, I feel as though I rarely see or hear about clean tech implemented on a municipal level that is preparing us for future sustainability. I suggest that EV charging infrastructure be improved so that, by the time wide-scale EV usage is affordable, students like myself will buy electric cars instead of putting a twentyyear deposit on our first gas-powered car due to accessibility. Please do not let us forget the power our city has when it comes to making change and set a priority for EV and energy policy for 2022. Best regards, Justin Lin
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From: Karl Danz
To: Public Comment
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM 1 - March 1 - 2022 COUNCIL GOALS Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 8:53:01 PM
I have lived in Los Altos since 1991. Over the years I have appreciated the actions taken by the City Council to address climate change. Adopting the first Climate Action Plan in 2013 and joining Silicon Valley Clean Energy in 2016 were good early steps. Now it is imperative that the city take it to the next level.

The IPCC just released its Working Group II report, "Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability". It's not a pretty picture. Every decision maker at all levels of government needs to take bold action, now! At a minimum the city needs to adopt the draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. Then we all need to get to work on rapidly implementing the key provisions. There are many other priorities facing us today, but if we no longer have an inhabitable planet, then those other concerns are moot.

Thank you,
Karl Danz
1540 Morton Ave.

Los Altos, CA 94024
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From: Sage Leland
To: Public Comment
Subject: Public Comment for Mar. 1 Priority Setting
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 3:27:49 PM
Los Altos City Council,
Although the priority-setting meeting is cancelled today, I would like to symbolically advocate on behalf of strong environmental policy for the future of our city.

While I do not attend a high school in Los Altos, I am the senior class Vice President at Gunn High School, a position that has given me insight enough to understand that making change through a bureaucratic body is hard, particularly when being demanded to constantly go faster than precedent allows.

That said, climate change is a new urgency. Climate change is an urgency that demands defiance from the status quo of the legislative process and merits unification of the Los Altos community to activate themselves (and their council) against this omnipresent threat. We have been getting the ball rolling on climate policy for a long time, and is time that we call for our community to embrace our legislative potential by taking action against climate change.

All of this to say, we must prioritize climate policy in 2022; there is no more-pressing issue that faces us today
Thank you,
Sage Leland
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Best,
Sage Leland
(she/her)
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From: Ken Branson
To: Public Comment
Subject: Support for CAAP
Date: Monday, February 28, 2022 1:05:01 PM
Dear City Council Members,
I understand that on 3/1 you will be setting priorities for our city for 2022. Please make actions to address environmental and climate issues a high priority.

As state senator Josh Becker's policy advisor for climate, energy, and environmental issues, I work every day to advance climate policy in Sacramento. While we can accomplish a lot at the state level (and others at the national level), a lot of progress is possible from local governments at the city and county level. As an example, many Bay Area cities paved the way with reach codes for all-electric buildings that have given the CEC enough evidence and courage to implement stronger building codes statewide. Cities can continue to take action through local education efforts, building codes and other ordinances to reduce the use of natural gas, transportation infrastructure investments to encourage ZEVs and reduce VMT, improvements to organic waste diversion efforts, and efforts to make the city government itself net zero in its own operations. These are important steps that go beyond just the impact in our own community. They set an example and show what is possible, making it easier for other cities and eventually the entire state (and beyond) to follow in our footsteps.

In the 2022 Los Altos Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), the environmental quality committee has done an outstanding job of identifying priorities and steps the city can take to address our greenhouse gas emissions here in Los Altos. The CAAP documents that 97% of Los Altos greenhouse gas emissions are from the transportation and energy sectors.There are numerous CAAP actions the City can take, like planting trees and conserving water, that are positive and supportive but which would have minimal, if any, direct impact on reducing our GHG emissions.We must prioritize what matters:
emission reductions from transportation and the use of fossil fuels in buildings.

As a 20 year Los Altos resident and strong advocate for climate action, I urge the council to approve the CAAP and prioritize the actions identified in it that will make the most meaningful reductions in GHG emissions.The path you choose for Los Altos will matter far beyond our town's borders. Don't miss this chance to make a positive difference in the fight to reduce climate change and prepare our community to handle the unavoidable changes.

Thank you,
Ken Branson
Los Altos
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From: Pat Marriot
To: Public Comment
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT ITEM #1 - MARCH 1, 2022 COUNCIL GOALS Date: Monday, February 28, 2022 12:19:47 PM
Council Members:

When we built our home in Los Altos, we achieved 181 green points when only 70 were required. We have since added solar panels and backup batteries.

I’ve been driving an EV (Nissan LEAF) since 2013.

We are concerned about climate change and support many environmental organizations.

That said, some of the CAAP proposals are over the top, e.g., -Charging residents for a Carbon Emission Permit. Ever drop wears away a stone. While $50 - $200/year is not a huge amount of money, you will soon be adding some sort of tax for a public safety building + bond financing.
-“4-5 FTE for mitigation actions” is not affordable, given our current financial situation.

Serious efforts that will make a significant difference are worthwhile. Virtue signaling is not.

We should all be mindful of green living, but at this time it should not be a separate goal/priority.

The city has serious problems to content with: finances, staffing and state-required housing to name a few.

As you set goals for the coming year(s) I urge you to FOCUS on what is essential, achievable and affordable. Work with our capable and experienced city manager to set measurable objectives (i.e., with dates), ensure adequate resources are provided, and monitor progress. That should give us all a sense of accomplishment and reasons to celebrate success.

Thanks,
Pat Marriott
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From: Cindy Sidaris
To: Public Comment
Subject: Public Comment - Agenda Item 1 - March 1, 2022 Date: Monday, February 28, 2022 10:56:22 AM
Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Council Members,
As you consider goals for 2022 it is urgent that you take concrete and substantive steps to address environmental and climate issues. According to US News and World Report, "Deadly with extreme weather now, climate change is about to get so much worse. It is likely going to make the world sicker, hungrier, poorer, gloomier and way more dangerous in the next 18 years with an “unavoidable” increase in risks, a new United Nations science report says." USNews 2-28-22 UN Climate Report
We must act locally to take our part to reduce the City's GHG emissions in meaningful ways. Token efforts and only education are not sufficient nor acceptable. Please do at least the following:

1. Approve the 2022 Los Altos Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.

2. Enact changes to our City's building codes for new and remodel construction, commercial and residential, to decrease building energy use, greatly reduce the use of natural gas, motivate increased use of renewable solar energy.

3. Enact changes to support more efficient and cleaner transportation in our City and by our City (ie City-owned vehicles).

4. Work with neighboring cities collaboratively to take real, substantial steps to jointly reduce our energy use and sources of pollution (ie transportation).

If every city takes only the "easy" efforts we face dire consequences as the UN report states. Please take real steps that will make a difference.

Thank you,
Cindy Sidaris
Los Altos resident
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Dear Mayor Enander and Members of the Los Altos City Council, As you plan to address priorities for the current year, Los Altos Community Voices (LACV), a broad coalition of community members committed to advancing solutions to important local challenges while preserving the small town feel of our city, offers the following ideas for your consideration:

Our experienced and knowledgeable city manager, Gabriel Engeland has laid out his thoughts about the “housecleaning” that should be a priority in 2022. Since last year you unanimously voted to hire him, we believe you should support, as we do, his ideas, specifically

1. Clean up accounting and budgeting practices to include all the City’s obligations and liabilities;

2. Develop compensation and other policies aimed at attracting, hiring, and retaining wellqualified staff for the City;

3. Resolve existing lawsuits and avoid initiating new lawsuits that are within the City’s control.

In addition, we are at crisis points and must act immediately to address climate change and social/environmental justice, and one way to do that while addressing another crisis is to adopt a housing element for 2023-31 that provides realistic options for and policies supportive of infill housing affordable to essential workers (many of whom are people of color) who provide critical services to our residents. Doing so not only helps solve the longstanding housing shortage and encourages racial diversity, it also addresses climate by reducing the need for long commutes that, per Greenbelt Alliance (www.greenbelt.org), contribute up to 50% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Infill multifamily, or “compact” housing also has the benefit of using less water per capita than single family homes sited on large lots, per SPUR (originally San Francisco Planning and Urban Renewal Association; www.spur.org).

We encourage you to exercise discipline by adopting no more than 3-5 priorities so that you, the City staff, and Los Altos residents can reasonably expect to see substantial progress this year.

While there are many other worthwhile priorities, many of which LACV supports, we sincerely believe that if you focus, you will actually achieve more than if you try to be comprehensive – 461
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and there will be time, resources, and bandwidth to tackle additional priorities in the coming years.

Many thanks for all you do for our fair City.

Los Altos Community Voices Steering Committee
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From: John Corrigan
To: Public Comment
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT DISCUSSION ITEM 1 - MARCH 1, 2022 - 2022 COUNCIL GOALS Date: Sunday, February 27, 2022 1:52:27 PM
Dear Los Altos City Council Members,
I would like to raise a concern as a Los Altos resident, and not in my capacity as a Los Altos Parks and Recreation Commissioner.

I respectfully request that the City Council deprioritize the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP), contrary to its position stated in the packet accompanying Agenda Item 5 of the February 8, 2022 City Council Meeting: “The City Council and Environmental Commission prioritized the Climate Crisis and agreed that this is a priority….”1 The elephant in the room for the CAAP is that, even if Los Altos were to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to zero, our efforts would have no impact. “...under current trends, every 10 percent reduction that the developed world makes in its emissions (a reduction it has barely managed in fifteen years) will offset less than four years of growth in the developing world.”2 Since the developed world can’t offset GHG emissions growth in the developing world, Los Altos can’t - particularly because Los Altos accounts for only ~

0.0003% of global GHG emissions. 3, 4, 5 Los Altos would require ~ 1,000 years of zero emissions to offset the volume of global GHG emissions generated in a single day.

Nevertheless, the CAAP proposes a Carbon Emission Permit of $50 - $200/year per household.6 Assuming 10K households, Los Altos residents will pay $500K - $2M per year in Carbon Emission Permit taxes. Raising taxes to reduce emissions may be a wellmeaning proposal, but it is costly and manifestly unproductive since achieving no emissions in Los Altos will have no impact on global emissions.

Residents and businesses are free to take actions of their choice with respect to climate change. But the city shouldn’t make emissions reduction a strategic goal or priority if its actions can only have a maximum potential impact of 0.0003% on global emissions. As a policy matter, therefore, the Los Altos City Council should aim to achieve the minimum GHG emissions reduction required by state and federal law to minimize associated burdens on residents, businesses, the budget, and staff.

Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
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Best regards,
John Corrigan
1 February 8, 2022 City Council Meeting Agenda Packet Attachment 1, p. 4. 2 Koonin, Steven E. “Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters.” Ed. Alexa Stevenson. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, Inc., 2021. 281. 3 Los Altos produces 110,192 MTCO2e/year. ( February 8, 2022 City Council Meeting Agenda Packet Attachment 1, p. 17)
4 The U.S. produces 5,216 million MTCO2e/year. (“Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks.” Environmental Protection Agency, April 13, 2020) 5 The U.S. accounts "...for only some 13% of global greenhouse gas.” (Koonin, Steven E. “Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn’t, and Why It Matters.” Ed. Alexa Stevenson. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books, Inc., 2021. 300.) 6 February 8, 2022 City Council Meeting Agenda Packet Attachment 1, p. 6. 464
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From: roger heyder
To: Public Comment; City Council
Subject: [External Sender]Public comment on City Council Goal Setting meeting 3/1/2022 Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022 8:36:30 AM
Hello,
Please include my comment in the public correspondence record, and read my comment into the minutes.

Roger Heyder - resident of Los Altos
It is important that Council address the needs and objectives of residents when they set their goals. Residents should take a priority over special interest groups. There apparently has been little real outreach to residents, since the only input is from members of LACF and LAPOD.

LACV is an organization primarily composed of LACF and LAPOD members.

Their objectives seem frequently out of alignment with those of residents.

Counter to LACV recommendation, lawsuits on activities that violate city code are appropriate and necessary. This would include things like 5G and oversized buildings. If Los Altos does not legally defend its statutes and laws, then it has no laws. Supporting Los Altos code, appropriately pursuing these legal cases, and recognizing and addressing city corruption (pending legal cases), requires leadership, courage, and morality.

Mr. Weiden is a member of Greentown Los Altos, a LACF organization. The Environment Commission, including Mr. Weiden and a board member of LACF, drove the Natural Gas Ban proposal. An open survey of approximately 800 Los Altos residents indicated that 80% opposed the ban (survey provided to Council at the time). Council proceeded to ignore the residents wishes and approve the ban. One can only wonder how much the Environment Commission was involved in the development of the ‘Climate Action and Adaptation Plan’. More climate control suggestions from LACF Greentown are likely to be as unfortunate as the Natural Gas Ban, and just as onerous to residents.

The majority on Council are people that were heavily supported and campaigned for by LACV, LACF, and LAPOD members during the election - members of these organizations were instrumental in their election to Council.

That would seem to generate a potential conflict of interest. Seeing specific written direction from LACV (LACF and LAPOD members) being provided to Council is more than concerning. Apparently if Council is receiving this direction, then there is no need to actively and competently solicit appropriate goals and objectives from regular residents. When Council populates commissions with a majority of LACF people, or LACF inclined people, that also leads to proposals and actions that do not necessarily reflect the desires of the regular residents.

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violate the Los Altos General Plan, and change the very character of Los Altos.

This benefits developers and property owners, but not residents. These big buildings have not made any substantive progress towards meeting low income housing goals.

The recent Downtown Theater proposal was was driven by a LACF member and former mayor. Residents have protested putting buildings on parking lots in the past, the theater plan apparently has virtually zero fiscal viability, and the Los Altos General Plan calls for tree lined parking lots (rather than parking structures). Council approved the proposal anyway.

There are concerns with regards to who Council actually represents. Council is elected by residents, and is supposed to specifically represent resident best interests and objectives, rather than those of special interest groups. This does not appear to be happening.

I ask that Council cancel this goals meeting, and make a genuine effort to collect resident input on optimal Los Altos goals and objectives, and utilize that input in their process. Special interest groups can develop and propose specific projects to the city, and those projects can later be reviewed in light of resident objectives and goals.

I would recommend that Council goals include - balance budget and establish a surplus fund, increase focus on city maintenance, update the General Plan with broad resident participation, perform a full city financial audit and present it to the residents, return city employees to a 5 day work week, focus on city employees being hands on rather than contractor managers, provide an accurate and precise executive summary on every city proposal, work with city businesses to help them survive until the pandemic ends, and have the city offices and city attorney assure that all projects conform completely to the General Plan and city code.
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From: Couture, Terri
To: Public Comment
Subject: public comments City council meeting March 1, agenda item 1 Date: Saturday, February 26, 2022 12:16:03 PM
Dear City Council
from Terri Couture (as a private citizen) and Fred Tuerk Since we did not have access to the details of the meeting for Tuesday March 1, I am using 2021-23 goals and objectives as guideline.

For 2022 the number 1 goal should be fiscal responsibility and sustainability. The recent national and state financial predictions are going to require maximum conservation of reserves and careful determination of any expenses. Please do not count on continuing increasing property taxes as your buffer for poor planning and decisions. The housing market has seen more than one correction in the last 20 years. We have to pay the loan for the community center among other critical needs.

Number 2 goal should be community safety. More and more reports of crime, and less punishment allows criminals to become bold. Our population are aging and will need more care and protection. We need to support our public safety members.

Number 3 - Asset management. We can no longer ignore our aging facilities. After the finance committee and staff finish their audit, there must be a detailed plan to repair, protect and replace our facilities and infrastructure. This includes recruiting and keeping valuable staff.

You must find people that want to work in public service, because just competing with tech ite salaries will not find the people you need.

Number 4 - Community engagement. This is a high priority item, and much of the population has no idea of what the council is doing and also it appears that when members of the public do speak up, many of their concerns have been ignored.

Number 5 - Land use. We are already losing our downtown charm, so maybe we should concentrate on protecting our single family residence neighborhoods, our parks and our open space. We must protect our Village from overwhelming high buildings.

Number 6 - Housing on the path developed this year.

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From: Roberta Phillips
To: City Council; Public Comment
Subject: City Council Special Meeting/ Goal Setting March 1, 2022 Date: Sunday, February 27, 2022 12:15:58 PM
Dear Council
At your special meeting for goal setting , I suggest you have only one goal. That goal should be the lens you look through as items come before you. The goal is to have "Good Government."
Thomas Jefferson often referred to the term good government. In his opinion,the government ought to be judged by how well it meets itslegitimate objectives. For him, a good government was the one that most effectively secures the rights of the people and rewards of their labor, which promotes their happiness, and also does their will.

If you ask yourself, every time you make a decision if you are promoting good government then you can improve the performance of city business, become more productive, promote stability, foster trust and ensure safer growth.

Sincerely
Roberta Phillips
650-941-6940
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From: Cheryl Weiden
To: City Council; Public Comment
Subject: Public Comments City Council meeting Mar 1 Prioritize Meaningful Climate Action Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:29:22 PM
Dear City Council Members:

On Mar 1 you will be setting 2022 priorities for the City of Los Altos for 2022. Please make actions to address environmental and climate issues a high priority.

The 2022 Los Altos Climate Action and Adaptation Plan has been drafted but not yet approved by City Council. The Plan documents that 97% of Los Altos greenhouse gas emissions are from the transportation and energy sectors. Actions in these two areas need to be quickly advanced to reduce the City’s GHG emissions in meaningful ways.

The effects of climate change are here and now.

On Feb 15 national news reported the mega drought in the western US is the worst in 1200 years.

On the same day a report by NOAA, NASA and five other federal agencies reported human-caused climate change has accelerated sea level rise to the fastest rate in over 3000 years, and global sea level rise of one foot is baked in even with drastic immediate action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

The 2022 report of the International Panel of Climate Change paints a dire future, but with hope if drastic immediate action is taken. Key takeaways - human activities are the cause, weather is getting more extreme, sea levels and temperatures will rise, and cities contribute 70% of the GHG emissions.

Preparing for climate change is not without cost, but not doing so is more expensive. The US National Institute of Building Sciences reports that every $1 invested in climate mitigation saves $6.

Locally we have droughts, fires, smoke, extreme heat events, reduced quality of life, and detrimental effects to health. We observe in the US and the world extreme weather events and mass climate refugee migration…and it will only get worse from here. We have only about seven years to change our course away from a major climate catastrophe.

We must get real about working with neighboring Bay Area cities to avert a future catastrophe. We are naive if we believe that other cities must individually solve the climate change problems they face and that those problems will not impact Los Altos. The CAAP lays out the priorities…energy and transportation. There are numerous CAAP actions the City can take, like planting trees and conserving water, that are positive and supportive but have minimal if any direct impact on reducing our GHG emissions. We must do what matters.

Please make addressing environmental and climate issues with energy and transportation actions as specified in the CAAP a high priority.

Best regards,
Cheryl & Don Weiden
Los Altos
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From: Abby Ahrens
To: Public Comment
Subject: #8 Grant for a New Theater downtown
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 3:28:15 PM
Honorable City Council Members,
The wave of new construction occurring on First Street will add millions of dollars to the City's coffers. Bringing many new residents to live downtown will improve vitality and as the Downtown Study showed increase revenues.

This opportunity affords the City the better use of the property on which the old bus barn sits for badly need City services.

Please support the Grant Request.

Respectfully,
Abby Ahrens,
Hotelier, Enchante Boutique Hotel
Design and Development, Abigail Co
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From: Connie Miller
To: Public Comment
Subject: PUBLIC COMMENT AGENDA ITEM 8 Priority Setting - April 12, 2022 Date: Friday, April 8, 2022 1:04:18 PM
Dear Mayor Enander and Members of the Los Altos City Council:

Eight years. That’s all the time we have to drastically reduce our CO2 emissions to avert the worst climate-fueled disasters. The updated UN IPCC report, issued this past week, says, “Humanity must phase out fossil fuel extraction and combustion and immediately cease constructing new fossil fuel infrastructure.” While this Climate disaster trajectory is definitively caused by humanity’s fossil fuel use, we possess the technological and economic tools today to avert this crisis. The success of averting it is dependent upon the political will to make the right decisions.

This is not another country’s or community’s problem; it is everyone’s problem, including our city of Los Altos. The impacts of pollution tend to be localized: living near sources of air pollution (like gas stoves, roads and gas leaf blowers) puts our community at risk of health impacts from asthma to respiratory disease. Drought, fire risk and temperature extremes all are felt at the local level. We implore Council to protect Los Altos. We will not be insulated from the Climate change consequences. We ask that every Council Member take this threat seriously and set Council priorities with the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) in mind.

We know from the CAAP that our highest leverage in reducing our CO2 emissions comes from the transportation and building sectors. We urge Council to prioritize the CAAP items that have the biggest impact in these two areas, regardless of the perceived difficulty in completing them. We also urge you to look beyond the CAAP by including a Climate metric in every decision the City makes.

We believe our citizens, who understand the Climate threat, fully support decisions that substantially mitigate our Climate exposure. You are in a great position of leadership to steer our wonderful city to a healthy and safe future.

With full support and confidence,
The Board of GreenTown Los Altos and Executive Director Suresh Venkatraman, Gary Hedden, Connie Miller, Don Weiden, Jana Schlansker, Glenda Chang, Michelle Gerstel, Kim Jelfs, Kris Jensen
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Legislative Committee Report
April 12, 2022, meeting
The committee met once, at a noticed meeting on March 18, to discuss criteria for identifying bills for tracking and to create an initial list of such bills. Two members of the public attended. The committee is focusing on proposed measures with direct, potentially adverse effects on Los Altos Council governance. We are deferring tracking of measures to support until later in the session. We are considering, but not necessarily following, bills tracked by CalCities. At this time, CalCities has taken an “oppose” position on two bills.

Below is the calendar for council action, based on the legislative calendar (also given below). This is followed by the initial list of bills.

Council action: Committee welcomes council members’ and staffs’ suggestions for additional bills to track.

Calendar for City Council action
April 26 – Council action on any bills in policy committees (originating house) May 10 – Council action on any bills in fiscal committees and floor votes (originating house)
Note: No further Council meetings for action prior to floor votes in originating house June 14 – Council action for policy committees (second house) June 28 – Council action for fiscal bills (second house) July 12 – Last opportunity for Council action on floor votes for second houses (note:
fiscal committees for second houses will not necessarily have taken action) Legislative Calendar – key dates
Apr. 29 – Last day for policy committees to hear and report to fiscal Committees fiscal bills introduced in originating house.

May 6 – Last day for policy committees to hear and report to the floor nonfiscal bills introduced in originating house.

May 13 – Last day for policy committees to meet prior to May 31.

May 20 – Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the floor bills introduced in originating house.

May 27 – Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house July 1 – Last day for policy committees to meet and report bills (second house) 473
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Aug. 12 – Last day for fiscal committees to meet and report bills (second house) Aug. 25 – Last day to amend bills on the floor
Aug. 31 – Last day for each house to pass bills.

Current list of bills being tracked for possible action.

The description is not comprehensive as to the provisions of the proposed legislation.

AB 2053 (Lee) Would create a new California Housing Authority AB 2063 (Berman) Would prohibit collection of certain impact fees on “density bonus” units (collection currently is limited on affordable units).

AB 2097 (Friedman) Would prohibit any requirement for parking on developments within one-half mile of public transit. [CalCities: Oppose]
AB 2221 (Quirk-Silva) Would require an agency to return an approved permit or a full set of comments with a comprehensive request for revisions, within the specified time, on certain ADU applications.

AB 2625 (Ting) Would create certain exemptions to the Subdivision Map Act for leasing or easement of land involving an electrical energy storage system.

AB 2762 (Bloom) States intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to allow local agencies to build affordable housing on parking lots that serve public parks and recreational facilities.

SB 897 (Wieckowski) Would require objective standards for ADUs and JADUs, would prohibit standards limiting ADUs to less than 25 feet in height, would reduce the required parking in a multifamily dwelling by 2 parking spaces for each ADU located on the lot, and eliminates the owner-occupancy requirement in either the primary or JADU unit.

SB 922 (Wiener) Would remove the January 1, 2030, sunset to exempt certain bicycle transportation plans, signal timing, and other related projects from CEQA.

SB 930 (Wiener) Would authorize the Department of Housing and Community Development to review, adopt, amend, and repeal standards, forms, or definitions to implement the Housing Accountability Act without complying with the Administrative Procedure Act.

SB 932 (Portantino) Would require addition of a multi-modal transportation network in the Circulation Element of the General Plan for plans after June 30, 2024. [Cal Cities:

Oppose]

SB 1067 (Portantino) Would prohibit a city with population greater than 200,000 from imposing any minimum automobile parking requirement on a housing development within ½ mile of public transit under certain conditions. 474
Agenda Item # 9.

SB 1292 (Stern) Would require jurisdictions that constrain development within certain fire hazard zones to provide for replacement development double the number of units eliminated in the fire hazard zones.
475
Agenda Item # 9.

City of Los Altos 2022 Tentative Council Agenda Calendar April 4, 2022
All items and dates are tentative and subject to change unless a specific date has been noticed for a legally required Public Hearing. Items may be added or removed from the shown date at any time and for any reason prior to the publication of the agenda eight days prior to the next Council meeting.

Date Agenda Item
(Date identified by Council)
Agenda Section
(Consent,
Discussion Item -
note in red if
Public Hearing)
Dept/
Date of
request
to add.

April 26, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
705 Vista Grande Avenue - tentative parcel map CC - Public Hearing
376 First Street - Design Review Approval Public Hearing Small Cell Ordinance – second reading Planning
Alta Housing BMR waiting list
Award of Excellence for the Design of the Los Altos Community Center presented by the California Park and Recreation Society Special Item
Countywide Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program and AB 939 Implementation Fee
Award of Maintenance Contract: Full Trash Capture Devices Cleaning and Inspection
Return to in-person Council Meeting
May 3, 2022 Joint Meeting w/Commissions
May 10, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Special Item – Intro of New Development Services Director Resolution Calling for Election (?)
FY23 Budget Session Public Hearing?
Tree Policy – tree protection ordinance
Use of Civic Center Property
476
Agenda Item # A.

City of Los Altos Tentative Council Agenda Calendar
April 4, 2022
All items and dates are tentative and subject to change unless a specific date has been noticed for a legally required Public Hearing. Items may be added or removed from the shown date at any time and for any reason prior to the publication of the agenda eight days prior to the next Council meeting.

Date Agenda Item
(Date identified by Council)
Agenda Section
(Consent,
Discussion Item -
note in red if
Public Hearing)
Dept.
3rd Quarter Report

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
May 24, 2022 Joint Council/Planning Commission Study Session; Draft Housing Element update 4 p./m
May 24, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
Resolution Calling for Election (?)
Financial System Purchase
June 14, 2022 Adopt Resolution No. 2022-XX approving the Report of Sewer Service Charges and directing the Filing of Charges for Collection by the Tax Collector
FY23 Budget Adoption
June 28, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
July 12, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
August 23, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
August 30, 2022 Commission Interviews
September 6, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
477
Agenda Item # A.

Date Agenda Item
(Date identified by Council)
Agenda Section
(Consent,
Discussion Item -
note in red if
Public Hearing)
Dept.

September 20, 2022* Year End tentative report – September (if needed)

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
October 11, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
October 25, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
November 1, 2021 Joint w/Commissions
November 15, 2022 * 1st Quarter report FY 2021/2022

REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
November 29, 2022 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING
December 6, 2022 CAFR and Year End – 1st meeting December December 13, 2022 Special meeting REORG.

Future Agenda Topics To Be Scheduled….

Proposed City policy that modifies the environmental analysis standard for circulation impacts from a Public 478
Agenda Item # A.

Date Agenda Item
(Date identified by Council)
Agenda Section
(Consent,
Discussion Item -
note in red if
Public Hearing)
Dept.

Level of Service (LOS) analysis to a Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) analysis. Hearing info on Cuesta speed tables
League of California Cities – Role and Representation Presentati on/Discu
ssion
Council Initiated
Story Pole Policy CI 03.22.2022
FOL Waiver Request at LACC
Subcommittee on Grants GE 03.22.2022
Comprehensive multi-modal traffic study (analysis of recent projects projected parking, trip generation, & traffic impacts to actuals; ECR impacts should include adjacent streets) ES
Reach Code 2.0
Policy of use of City Land by Non-Profits at Civic Center 479
Agenda Item # A.

Los Altos City CouncilApril 12, 2022

Los Altos City Council
April 12, 2022