City of Mountain View
Minutes
Council Neighborhoods Committee
6:30 PM Edith Landels Elementary - MUR, 115 W. Dana
Street
Thursday, June 1, 2023
CALL TO ORDER1.
At 6:40 p.m., Chair Showalter called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL2.
Present - Chair Showalter, Councilmember Ramirez and Councilmember Ramos PUBLIC FORUM3.
An open forum on issues and concerns of residents in the Central Neighborhoods.
Members of the public were able to pre-submit questions via Formstack. City staff responded to questions pre-submitted via Formstack during the public forum of this meeting.
The following members of the public spoke on:
Kwame spoke on the boundaries of downtown Mountain View.
Anonymous spoke on the empty storefronts on Castro Street.
Maria from Mountain View spoke on a place to report obstructed sidewalks.
Maureen Blando from Mountain View Spoke on “porta pottys” behind the church on Mercy.
Anonymous spoke about marijuana shops.
Anonymous spoke about installing speed bumps on Chiquita Ave. between California and Latham Street.
Maria Nattestad from Mountain View spoke about Saturday story time at the library.
Anonymous spoke on traffic mitigation along Sylvan Avenue.
Anonymous spoke about the annual Mountain View Art and Wine Festival.
Anonymous spoke on supporting downtown businesses that are not restaurants.
Mia Whitfield from Mountain View spoke on AksMV.
Jerry Steach from Mountain View spoke about the El Camino Real Bike path.
Maria from Mountain View spoke about the bike path being scary due to a bridge that is not completed.
Anonymous spoke about improving the street lighting.
Mia Whitfield from Mountain View on improving the bike paths.
Maria spoke on calming traffic.
June 1, 2023 Council Neighborhoods Committee Minutes
ADJOURNMENT4.
At 8:13 p.m. on Thursday June 1, 2023, Chair Showalter adjourned the meeting.
Approved on December 7, 2023