CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 - 5:45 PM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500
CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041
Pat Showalter, Mayor
Lisa Matichak, Vice Mayor
Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember
Alison Hicks, Councilmember
Ellen Kamei, Councilmember
Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember
Emily Ann Ramos, Councilmember
Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager
Jennifer Logue, City Attorney
Heather Glaser, City Clerk
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro
St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Tuesday, May 14, 20245:45 PM
JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY (SPECIAL)
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Council virtually may join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/84351267142 or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 843 5126 7142. When the Mayor announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Mayor calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself. 5:45 P.M.-CLOSED SESSION
1. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION)
2. CLOSED SESSION (PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOM)
2.1 Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) - Agency Designated Representatives: City of Mountain View Assistant City Manager Arn Andrews, Human Resources Director Maxine Gullo, Human Resources Manager Lindsey Bishop and Charles Sakai - Sloan Sakai Yeung and Wong LLP; Employee Associations: Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 521; the EAGLES Association; the Police Officers Association (POA); the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Local 1965; Unrepresented Fire Managers; Unrepresented Police Managers; Unrepresented Department Heads; and Unrepresented Confidential Employees
6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ROLL CALL
3. PRESENTATIONS
These are presentations only. The City Council will not take any action.
3.1 Teen Week Proclamation
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3.2 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
These items will be approved by one motion unless any member of the Council or audience wishes to remove an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of ordinances and resolutions will be waived unless a Councilmember requests otherwise.
4.1 Approve Minutes
Approve City Council meeting minutes of April 9, 2024 and April 23, 2024.Recommendation(s):
04-09-24 Council Minutes
04-23-24 Council Minutes
Attachment(s):
4.2 Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017-Project List Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Adopting a List of Projects for Funding to Be Allocated During Fiscal Year 2024-25 from Senate Bill 1: the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
Attachment(s):
4.3 City Council Policy D-9, Council Appointee Communications and Performance Evaluation Process Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending City Council Policy D-9, Council Appointee Communications and Performance Evaluation Process.
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
EXHIBIT A - Policy D9 Strikethrough
EXHIBIT B - Policy D9 Clean Version
Attachment(s):
4.4 City Buildings Workplace Study (City Attorney’s Office Phase), Project 21-50-Various Actions
1. Find that in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act requirements, City Buildings Workplace Study (City Attorney’s Office Phase), Project 21-50, is categorically exempt under California Public Resources Code Section 15301, Existing Facilities.
2. Approve plans and specifications for City Buildings Workplace Study (City Attorney’s Office Phase), Project 21-50, and authorize staff to advertise the projects for bids.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to award a construction contract to the lowest responsible responsive bidder if the bid is within the total project budget of Recommendation(s):
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Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.5 Renewal of Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving the Annual Engineer’s Report for the Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District No. 2 and Approving the Levying of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2024-25, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
EXHIBIT A - Engineers Report
ATT 2 - Downtown Parking Map
Attachment(s):
4.6 Mountain View Transportation Management Association-Community Shuttle Agreement
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an agreement with Mountain View Transportation Management Association to operate the Mountain View Community Shuttle, a California nonprofit corporation (Entity No. 3613068), for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $3.5 million for operations, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the agreement with Mountain View Transportation Management Association for Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to increase the total amount of the agreement to match any future budget or amended budget adopted by the City Council.
3. Authorize the Public Works Director or designee to approve minor modifications to Mountain View Community Shuttle operations and nonfinancial amendments to the agreement with Mountain View Transportation Management Association.
Recommendation(s):
Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.7 Public Works Department Landfill Operations-On-Call Engineering Services Contract
1. Appropriate $40,000 from the Solid Waste Fund to the Public Works Department Landfill Operating Index. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services agreement with Telstar Instruments, Inc., a California Corporation (Entity No. 1099363), for on-call electrical and mechanical engineering services, to add $40,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $330,000.
Recommendation(s):
Council ReportAttachment(s):
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4.8 Public Art for Evelyn Park, Project 21-60
Approve the revised Looking Up Arts’ monarch butterfly sculpture entitled “Butterfly Reflect” for Evelyn Park, Project 21-60, for $30,000.
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Council Policy K-5
ATT 2 - Call for Artists
ATT 3 - Butterfly Reflect - Lighting Revision
Attachment(s):
4.9 Public Art for Villa-Chiquita Park, Project 21-61
Approve James Dinh’s public art proposal-powder-coated aluminum images to be attached to the backrest of the park’s concrete seat walls-for Villa-Chiquita Park, Project 21-61, for $28,000.
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Council Policy K-5
ATT 2 - Villa-Chiquita Park Call for Artist
Attachment(s):
4.10 El Monte Corridor Improvements, Design and Construction, Project 21-38 - Professional Services Agreement
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement with BKF Engineers, a California corporation (Business Entity No. 3696846), to provide design and construction support services for El Monte Corridor Improvements, Design and Construction, Project 21-38, in a not-to-exceed amount of $533,000.
Recommendation(s):
Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.11 Safe Routes to School Program-Professional Services Agreement Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services agreement with NN Engineering, Inc., a California corporation (Entity No. 4253715), for the Safe Routes to School program, to add $225,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $447,000.
Recommendation(s):
Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.12 Biodiversity Strategy, Project 23-37-Various Actions
1. Transfer and appropriate $300,000 from the Capital Improvement Program Reserve to Biodiversity Strategy, Project 23-37, increasing the project budget from $700,000 to $1 million. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an amendment to the professional services agreement with San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for consultant services for the Biodiversity Strategy to increase maximum compensation by Recommendation(s):
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Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.13 Community Workforce Agreement
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Community Workforce Agreement with the Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Draft Community Workforce Agreement
ATT 2 - City Projects Included in CWA
ATT 3 - CWA Comment Letters
Attachment(s):
4.14 Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101, Project 16-61-Various Actions
1. Acting in its capacity as Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park Community, transfer and appropriate $105,000 from the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund to Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101, Design, Project 16-61.
2. Transfer and appropriate $105,000 from the Wastewater Fund to the Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101, Design, Project 16-61. (Five votes required)
3. Acting in the joint capacity as the City Council and Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park Community, authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., a California Corporation (Entity No. 608461), for Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101, Design, Project 16-61, to add $290,000 for a total agreement not-to-exceed amount of $1,511,100.
Recommendation(s):
Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.15 Public Works Department Capital Outlay Operating Budget-Appropriations Appropriate $120,000 from the Wastewater Fund and $120,000 from the Water Fund to the Public Works Department Capital Outlay Operating budget for the purchase of one vacuum excavator and flusher truck. (Five votes required) Recommendation(s):
Council ReportAttachment(s):
4.16 Increase Appropriations in the Fire Department for Reimbursement of Mutual-Aid Support Increase appropriations in the Fire Department in the amount of $130,266.27 received as Strike Team reimbursements for overtime associated with the Smith River Complex Fire. (Five votes required)
Recommendation(s):
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5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic within the City Council's subject matter jurisdiction for up to three minutes during this section. If there appears to be a large number of speakers, speaking time may be reduced to no less than 1.5 minutes. State law prohibits the Council from acting on nonagenda items.
6. NEW BUSINESS
6.1 Lot 12 Affordable Housing Development - Supplemental City Funding and Project Modifications
1. Appropriate $5 million from the City’s Below-Market-Rate (BMR) housing funds to the Lot 12 affordable housing project to supplement City funding already allocated to the project. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the Lot 12 Lease Disposition, Development, and Loan Agreement with MV Lot 12 Housing Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership, and execute any related documents to incorporate the supplemental City funding, modifications to the project’s unit mix related to affordability levels, incorporating units for the intellectually and developmentally disabled, and other related administrative changes.
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - May 19, 2020 - City Council Selection of Preferred Lot 12 Devleoper ATT 2 - Lot 12 Request for Proposals
ATT 3 - Map of Proposed Partial Closure of Bryant Street Attachment(s):
6.2 Potential Revenue Measure for 2024 General Election Ballot Receive potential revenue measure polling results and recommendations from the Ad Hoc Revenue Measure Sub-Committee and provide direction to staff to proceed with drafting a Property Transfer Tax revenue measure for the November 5, 2024 ballot.
Recommendation(s):
Council Report
ATT 1 - Exec. Summary of the Survey Results (Consultant EMC Research) Attachment(s):
6.3 AB 481 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption
1. Find and determine that Mountain View Police Department’s 2023 AB 481 Annual Report has complied with Government Code Section 7071(d) (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
2. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Repealing Chapter 2, Article IV, Division I, Section 2.69.3 of the Mountain View City Code and Finding That This Action Recommendation(s):
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3. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Adopting a Military Equipment Use Policy Governing the Funding, Acquisition, and Use of Military Equipment by the Mountain View Police Department Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 481 and Finding That This Action Is Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for May 28, 2024 (Attachment 3 to the Council report).
Council Report
ATT 1 - 2023 MVPD AB 481 Annual Report
ATT 2 - Ordinance Repealing Mountain View City Code Section 2.69.3 ATT 3 - Ordinance Adopting MVPD Policy 709 - Military Equipment ATT 4 - Use of Military Equipment in Neighboring Jurisdictions Attachment(s):
7. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Council at this time.
8. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
9. ADJOURNMENT
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TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 - 5:45 PMCity Council AGENDA AND NOTICE NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
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