City of Mountain View
Minutes
Council Neighborhoods Committee
6:30 PM City Hall - Atrium Conference Room, 1st FloorThursday, December 7, 2023 CALL TO ORDER1.
At 6:34 p.m., on Thursday December 7, 2023 Chair Showalter called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL2.
Present- Chair Showalter, Councilmember Ramirez, and Councilmember Ramos APPROVE MINUTES3.
Motion to approve meeting minutes of February 23, 2023; April 12, 2023; May 18, 2023; June 1, 2023; and October 5, 2023.
Motion - M/S Ramos/Ramirez - Carried 3-0- To approve the Council Neighborhood meeting minutes of February 23, 2023; April 12, 2023; May 18, 2023; June 1, 2023 and October 5, 2023 as submitted.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC4.
NONE
NEW BUSINESS5.
5.1 Review of the 2023 Council Neighborhood Committee Program and Preview of the 2024 Program
Staff presented a PowerPoint summary to review the 2023 Council Neighborhood Committee program and provide a preview of the 2024 program.
Discussion took place among the committee as it relates to the budgeted amount for the CNC grants.
Currently, no additional funding exists to support any other groups who may apply. Some groups have mentioned dividing into smaller groups, which may result in different applications in the next grant cycle. The committee has also seen more groups come to fruition post the pandemic. The consensus is that the program should anticipate more groups needing funding.
Councilmember Ramirez asked if we should ask staff to increase the budget for the CNC grants. All agreed, yes. This would need to take place through the annual budget process.
The committee requested that the mobile home park neighborhood meeting for 2024 be held at the Senior Center to accommodate all residents from all the different mobile home parks. Staff will look into the Senior Center availability.
The committee discussed the 2024 networking event and how they enjoyed the social and engaging portion.
The committee asked staff to think about how to communicate the "hot topics" that may come up at future neighborhood meetings to the committee. The staff mentioned they could email that information before the neighborhood meeting.
December 7, 2023Council Neighborhoods Committee Minutes
6. COMMITTEE/STAFF COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMITTEE REPORTS Committee Member Ramirez asked Housing Director Chen about transitioning the CNC program to a department other than housing. The Housing Director reported no plans currently for a transition, and committee members may consider providing this input at the next council meeting focusing on the budget.
7. ADJOURNMENT
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday December 7, 2023, CHair Showalter adjourned the meeting