COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500 CASTRO
ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041
TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 - 5:45 PM
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
MEETING MINUTES - Final
Pat Showalter, Mayor/President
Lisa Matichak, Vice Mayor/Vice President
Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember/Boardmember
Alison Hicks, Councilmember/Boardmember
Ellen Kamei, Councilmember/Boardmember
Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember/Boardmember
Emily Ann Ramos, Councilmember/Boardmember
Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager/Community Manager
Jennifer Logue, City Attorney/Counsel
Heather Glaser, City Clerk/Secretary
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041
May 14, 2024
JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY (SPECIAL)
This meeting was conducted with a virtual component. All members of the City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community and all speakers participated in-person unless otherwise noted. 5:45 P.M.-CLOSED SESSION
At 5:45 p.m., Mayor Showalter called the meeting to order.
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION)1.
City Attorney Logue announced the item listed for Closed Session.
There were no public speakers in-person or virtually.
At 5:47 p.m., Mayor Showalter recessed the meeting to Closed Session with all Councilmembers present except Councilmembers Hicks and Kamei.
CLOSED SESSION (PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOM)2.
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
At 6:20 p.m., Closed Session concluded.
6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE1.
At 6:32 p.m., Mayor/President Showalter called the meeting to order.
Mayor Showalter led the Pledge of Allegiance.
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final ROLL CALL2.
Councilmembers/Boardmembers Abe-Koga, Ramirez, Ramos, Vice Mayor/Vice President Matichak, Mayor/President Showalter
Present: 5 -
Absent: 2 - Councilmembers/Boardmembers Hicks and Kamei
3. PRESENTATIONS
3.1 Teen Week Proclamation
Mayor Showalter presented the proclamation to Youth Advisory Committee members Taylor Luna and Meital Zayats.
3.2 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation
Mayor Showalter presented the proclamation to Maria Marroquin, Executive Director of the Dayworker Center, Tom Myers, Executive Director & Sergio Herrera, Guaranteed Basic Income Coordinator with Community Services Agency and Amber Stime, Director of Move Mountain View.
CONSENT CALENDAR4.
The following members of the public spoke:
David Bini from San Jose, on behalf of the Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and Construction Trades Council, discussed Item 4.13.
Joe Cabrera discussed Item 4.13.
(Virtual) Louise Auerhahn discussed Item 4.13.
(Virtual) Matthew Estipona, on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors, Northern California Chapter, discussed Item 4.13.
(Virtual) Susan S discussed Item 4.13.
MOTION - M/S - Abe-Koga/Matichak - To approve the Consent Calendar.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes:
Councilmembers/Boardmembers Abe-Koga, Ramirez, Ramos, Vice Mayor/Vice President Matichak, Mayor/President Showalter
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4.1 Approve Minutes
Approve City Council meeting minutes of April 9, 2024 and April 23, 2024.
4.2 Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017-Project List Adopt Resolution No. 18883 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.
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final
4.3 City Council Policy D-9, Council Appointee Communications and Performance Evaluation Process Adopt Resolution No. 18884 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending City Council Policy D-9, Council Appointee Communications and Performance Evaluation Process.
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 $2,220,000.
4.5 Renewal of Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024-25 Adopt Resolution No. 18885 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.
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.
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.
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 $250,000 for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $818,000.
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).
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
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final 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.
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)
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) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS5.
The following members of the public spoke:
Mike Meredith from Mountain View discussed the property at 400 Del Medio Avenue.
Abhay Ganesh from Mountain View discussed emergency shelters in the City.
Sally Lieber from Mountain View discussed expired registration notices given to residents living in recreational vehicles.
Cory Wolbach from Mountain View discussed affordable housing.
Tim MacKenzie from Mountain View discussed expired registration notices given to residents living in recreational vehicles.
Meghan Fraley from Mountain View discussed expired registration notices given to residents living in recreational vehicles.
Joan MacDonald from Mountain View discussed expired registration notices given to residents living in recreational vehicles.
Edie Keating discussed expired registration notices given to residents living in recreational vehicles.
At 7:13 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez left the dais.
Alex Brown from Mountain View discussed expired registration notices given to residents living in recreational vehicles.
(Virtual) Devon Conley from Mountain View discussed the broadband needs of the City and the County.
At 7:16 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez returned to the dais. (Virtual) Bruce England from Mountain View discussed fair labor practices, residents living in recreational vehicles, and the property at 400 Del Medio Avenue.
NEW BUSINESS6.
6.1 Lot 12 Affordable Housing Development - Supplemental City Funding and Project Modifications
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final Councilmember Ramirez, Vice Mayor Matichak, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Abe-Koga and Mayor Showalter disclosed they each spoke with the applicant separately.
Housing Director Wayne Chen and Acting Assistant City Manager/Community Development Director Dawn Cameron presented the item.
Nick Wilder, on behalf of one of the applicants, Related California, made remarks.
There were no public speakers in-person or virtually.
MOTION - M/S - Ramirez/Abe-Koga - To:
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.
FRIENDLY AMENDMENT
Mayor Showalter moved to direct staff to draft a letter to the State legislature regarding the challenges of developing affordable housing, using Lot 12 as an example.
The maker and seconder of the motion accepted the amendment.
The amended motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Councilmember Abe-Koga, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Ramos, Vice Mayor Matichak, Mayor Showalter
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6.2 Potential Revenue Measure for 2024 General Election Ballot Assistant City Manager Arn Andrews, Deputy City Manager Kimberly Thomas, and Jessica Polsky-Sanchez, Principal, EMC Research, Inc., presented the item.
The following members of the public spoke:
Peying Lee from Mountain View
Clara Jessup from Mountain View
Alex Brown was called to speak
(Virtual) Bruce England from Mountain View
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final (Virtual) April Webster from Mountain View
(Virtual) Emil Abraham
MOTION - M/S - Ramirez/Showalter - To:
1. Receive the revenue measure polling results and recommendations from the Revenue Measure Ad Hoc Subcommittee.
2. Direct staff to continue community outreach regarding service needs and come back to Council with recommended action at the June 25 Council meeting.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Councilmember Abe-Koga, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Ramos, Vice Mayor Matichak, Mayor Showalter
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6.3 AB 481 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption Police Chief Michael Canfield presented the item.
At 8:38 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez left the dais.
At 8:41 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez returned to the dais and Councilmember Abe-Koga left the dais.
At 8:44 p.m., Councilmember Abe-Koga returned to the dais.
The following members of the public spoke:
Tim MacKenzie from Mountain View.
Clara Jessup
Peying Lee
(Virtual) Bruce England from Mountain View.
MOTION - M/S - Ramirez/Matichak - To:
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 Is Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, and set a second reading for May 28, 2024.
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
5/14/2024City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community MEETING MINUTES - Final Department Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 481 and Finding That This Action Is Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, and set a second reading for May 28, 2024.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Councilmember Abe-Koga, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Ramos, Vice Mayor Matichak, Mayor Showalter
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7. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilmember Ramos stated she attended a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Policy Advisory Committee meeting.
Vice Mayor Matichak stated she attended a County of Santa Clara Airport Land Use Commission meeting and Google I/O 2024.
Councilmember Abe-Koga stated she attended meetings of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Caltrain Board of Directors, and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors. She stated she attended the Challenge Team Champions for Youth Lunch and a Cities Association of Santa Clara County Executive Board of Directors meeting.
Councilmember Ramirez stated Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority Board of Directors would consider an amendment to its Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement to add the Town of Los Gatos.
Mayor Showalter stated she attended a Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority Finance & Administration Committee meeting.
8. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Logue stated there was no Closed Session report.
9. ADJOURNMENT
At 9:22 p.m., Mayor/President Showalter adjourned the meeting.
Approved on June 25, 2024.
______________________________ ______________________________ Patricia Showalter, Mayor/President Heather Glaser, City Clerk/Secretary