City of Mountain View
Minutes
Council Neighborhoods Committee
6:30 PM Amy Imai Elementary School
253 Martens Ave.
Mountain View CA 94040
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
CALL TO ORDER1.
At 6:38 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Mayor Showalter called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL2.
Present - Mayor Showalter, Councilmember Ramirez, and Councilmember Ramos.
MINUTES APPROVAL3.
Motion to approve meeting minutes of April 17, 2024.
Motion - M/S Ramos/Ramirez – Carried 3-0 – To approve the Council Neighborhood Committee Meeting Minutes of the April 17, 2024 meeting as submitted.
PUBLIC FORUM4.
An open forum on issues and concerns of residents in the Grant Road Sylvan Area Neighborhood.
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 on this meeting.
The following members of the public asked questions on:
Kathleen Sinclair from Mountain View asked about abandoned vehicles.
Anonymous asked about the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists by Dale Ave and Heatherstone.
Molly Carson From Mountain View asked about the Grant Road pedestrian crossing and the fiber optic project.
Hadon Nash from Mountain View asked about the new shelter on Crestview Drive.
Gordon Sinclair from Mountain View asked about electric appliances in newly constructed homes.
Brooke Friedman from Mountain View asked about the illegal left turn onto Grant Road from Sleeper.
Barbara from Mountain View asked about the pedestrian crossing lights at Eunice and Phyllis.
Kathleen Sinclair from Mountain View asked about pickle ball courts.
Ross Heitkamp from Mountain View asked about the Stevens Creek Trail extension.
Gwynne Young from Mountain View asked about construction obstacles, bicyclists, and pedestrians on sidewalks.
May 15, 2024Council Neighborhoods Committee Minutes
Molly Carlson from Mountain View asked about fixing the potholes on El Camino Real.
Anonymous asked about future improvements to Bryant and Truman Street.
Anne Bradford from Mountain View asked about bike paths.
Barbara from Mountain View asked about the document integration of all the items mentioned in the neighborhood updates.
Polly Jensen from Mountain View asked about affordable housing.
Barbara from Mountain View asked about Cooper Park.
Anonymous asked about zoning at El Camino and Castro for a homeless shelter.
Jake Wellington from Moutain View asked about traffic on Sylvan Ave and traffic enforcement.
Cynthia Palacio from Mountain View asked how the City handles homeless people.
Shari Emling from Mountain View asked about the enforcement of RV parking.
Anonymous asked about panhandling.
Ken Ow-Wing from Mountain View asked about nighttime theft.
Cynthia Palacio from Mountain View asked about large food delivery trucks and where they park when deliveries are being made.
Polly Jensen from Mountain View asked about the gopher trapping business.
Anonymous asked about traffic tickets.
Ross Heitkamp from Mountain View asked about the lights at the Amy Imai School.
Anonymous asked about auto insurance and its enforcement.
Kathleen Sinclair from Mountain View asked about the milkweed plantings.
Kathleen Cutter from Mountain View asked about the pedestrian crossing on El Camino.
Anonymous asked about the increasing rents in affordable housing units.
Shari Emling from Mountain View asked about not increasing traffic on Grant.
Fiona Walter from Mountain View asked about the Cooper Park dog park relocation.
Anonymous asked about disabled van-accessible parking spaces.
Ross Heitkamp from Mountain View asked about continuous sidewalks and bike space on Sleeper Ave.
ADJOURNMENT5.
At 8:23 p.m. on Wednesday, May 15, 2024, Mayor Showalter adjourned the meeting.
Approved on June 13, 2024