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ATT 2 - Council Advisory Body Recommended FY 25-26 Work Plans

Mountain View City Council
September 23, 2025

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ATT 2 - Council Advisory Body Recommended FY 25-26 Work Plans
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BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Review, prioritize, and recommend bicycle and pedestrian projects for the annual TDA Article 3 funding application cycle Preliminary review of
potential projects

April 2026
VTA call for projects Q2 2026
B. Provide input into the development and review of
comprehensive bicycle/pedestrian facility plans and
regulations (e.g., General Plan Mobility Chapter, Precise Plans, City Code revisions, and Zoning Ordinance bicycle parking requirements)
As required/requested

Active Transportation
Plan
As required/
requested

December 2025
and February 2026

C. Review the City roadway system and bikeway/pedestrian facilities for bicycle and pedestrian suitability and recommend improvements
Ongoing Ongoing

D. Make recommendations on capital improvements to
bicycle/pedestrian facilities
Annual Capital
Improvement Program
(CIP) development and
approval process
2026
E. Review public projects to ensure adequate consideration of the needs of bicyclists, pedestrians, and people with
disabilities

Regular review of current
active transportation
projects
Ongoing

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
F. Promote bicycle and pedestrian safety via the City website and programs
Ongoing

Ongoing

G. Coordinate with City departments and advisory bodies, other jurisdictions within Santa Clara County, and transportation- related agencies (e.g., VTA, Caltrans) on pedestrian and bicycling matters
City representatives
attend monthly VTA BPAC
meetings

Participate in Association
of Pedestrian and Bicycle
Professionals webinars
offered through the VTA

Explore conducting a joint
meeting with one other
city BPAC (e.g., Los Altos,
Palo Alto, Sunnyvale)

Pursue coordination
activities as opportunities
are identified
Ongoing

Ongoing

September 2025

Ongoing

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
H. Active Transportation Plan/Local Road Safety Plan
performance measures, trends, and targets to assess progress in improving the City’s pedestrian and bicycle environment Receive/review Police
data on
pedestrian/vehicle,
bicycle/vehicle, and
pedestrian/bicycle
collisions and near misses
Quarterly
I. Monitor performance measures, trends, and targets to assess progress in improving the number of students walking or bicycling to school
Implement SRTS program
with schools
Ongoing
J. Promote and participate in events to encourage bicycling and walking (subject to BPAC members’ availability)
Bike MV Bike Rides

SVBC 2025 Bike Summit

Monster Bash

Earth Day
Monthly

August 2025

October 2025

April 2026

Bike to Wherever Days May 2026
K. Annual Review of Active Transportation Plan BPAC agenda item Q4 2025

L. Annual Legislative Review and Update BPAC agenda item October 2025 Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Develop Active Transportation Plan Input into plan elements October 2025 and February 2026

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

2. Review progress on Vision Zero Policy and implementation of Vision Zero Action Plan
Implement Local Road
Safety Plan
Ongoing

3. Review progress on the Citywide Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance
Implement ordinance
framework
Ongoing

4. Miramonte Ave Complete Streets Phase II

Input into plan elements September 2025

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BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Accept donations Accept money and
property donated to the
City for Library purposes
Ongoing
B. Review and revise policies as needed Adopt and revise policies for the administration and
protection of the Library
Ongoing
C. Review Library usage performance/workload measures
biannually
Regularly review Library
performance/workload
measures to evaluate
usage patterns and trends
Biannually To be discussed twice a year
in conjunction with City
Performance Measures
D. Annual work plan Prepare annual work plan
to be approved by the City
Council
June
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Annual meeting with Friends of the Mountain View Library Board
Hold annual joint meeting
with Friends of the
Mountain View Library
Board to share how each
group is supporting Library
services for the City
Fall 2025

2. One to two discussions of “hot topics” in public libraries Keep up-to-date with current trends in public
libraries
To be
scheduled as
needed

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DOWNTOWN COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Est. Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Review, comment, and recommend programs, projects, and policies to implement the vision for downtown

Receive updates on
Downtown development
projects and new
businesses

Ongoing Monthly updates from
Planning staff
Projects and policies which
are tangentially connected
to downtown

Ongoing
Review policy
considerations and
recommendations that
support greater activation
and utilization of
downtown (e.g., including
additional live
entertainment and active
uses)

Ongoing
B.

Support City economic vitality initiatives in downtown

Discuss opportunities that
support and retain a
diverse mix of downtown
businesses

Ongoing Monthly updates on Economic
Development initiatives

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Title and Description Key Milestones Est. Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Develop a Downtown
Committee budget to
support the activation and
implementation of
business programs for
downtown

TBD
C. Promote a variety of business outreach services and
activities to create a viable downtown
Collaborate with the
Chamber of Commerce
and Downtown Business
Association (DBA) on
supporting downtown
activations

Ongoing Committee to provide input
on World Cup/Super Bowl
2026 activations and business
collaborations

Downtown/Visual Arts/
Performing Arts Committees
joint ad hoc committee
established to collaborate to
discuss opportunities to
promote downtown events
and create stronger
connections between the
Center for Performing Arts and
Pedestrian Mall

Form an ad hoc committee
to discuss opportunities to
promote downtown locally
and regionally, including
additional events

Ongoing
D. Make recommendations on the development and
maintenance of downtown public parking facilities
Continued implementation
of downtown parking
programs

Ongoing

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Title and Description Key Milestones Est. Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Review downtown parking
occupancy data, including
parking permit information

Ongoing
E.

Provide the City Council with recommendations on the
assessment districts [the Business Improvement Areas (BIA) and Parking Maintenance Assessment District]
Review BIA annual renewal

Fall 2025
Downtown Parking
Maintenance Assessment
District annual renewal

Spring 2026
F. Support the implementation of the Economic Vitality
Strategy (EVS)
Review and discuss
relevant initiatives and
implementation strategies
specific to the downtown
that are identified in the
Strategy

Ongoing

Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Support the continued implementation and activation of the Interim Castro Street Pedestrian Mall
Discuss the midterm
improvements, changes
for Castro Street closure,
and engage businesses in
the process

Ongoing

Receive monthly updates on
Castro Street and Pedestrian
Mall implementation actions.

Discuss long-term options
for the Castro Street
closure and engage
businesses and residents in
planning process

Ongoing

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Title and Description Key Milestones Est. Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

2. Collaborate with the Visual Arts Committee (VAC) on downtown public art opportunities
Support the development
of the VAC Public Art
Strategy

Summer/Fall
2025

3. Continue to implement the Downtown Parking Strategy Discuss and review the Downtown Parking Permit
Program

Provide input on parking
programs and policies
related to implementation

Ongoing/
as needed

As needed

4. Receive updates from City departments on downtown
events, programs, and initiatives

Receive updates on
transportation initiatives
from the Public Works
Department

Ongoing

Receive updates on
downtown events and
programming from the
Community Services
Department

Ongoing

Receive updates from the
Police Department on
various topics related to
downtown efforts

Ongoing

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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING COMMISSION WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. General Plan and Housing Element Annual Implementation Reports

Review reports Due Annually
in April

B. General Plan, Precise Plan, and Zoning Map Amendments (Gatekeepers)

As needed
C. Master Plans; Bonus FAR projects

As needed
D. Minor Clean-up Amendments of Codes and Precise Plans (includes some minor Housing Element implementation)

As needed
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Updates to Chapter 36 (Zoning) regarding the Gatekeeper process

Adoption Q3 2025

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

2. Review and consider updates to the Downtown Precise
Plan

Outreach

Study Sessions or New
Business Items to review
policy

Draft Precise Plan and
Environmental Review

Adoption
Q2 2025 -
Q3 2026

Q4 2025 -
Q3 2026

Q3 2026 -
Q3 2027

Q1 2028

3. Develop a Moffett Boulevard Precise Plan

Draft Precise Plan and
Environmental Review

Adoption
Q3 2025 -
Q1 2026

Q2 2026

4. Review and Update the Historic Preservation ordinance Outreach

Study Sessions or New
Business Items to review
policy

Adoption
Q2 2025 -
Q3 2025

Q4 2025

Q2 2026

5. Review and propose revisions to the R3 Zone standards that consider form-based zoning, incentivizing stacked
flats, and updated rowhouse guidelines.

Draft Standards and
Environmental Review

Adoption
Q2 2025 -
Q1 2026

Q2 2026

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

6. Dark Sky Ordinance Outreach

Adoption
Q3 2025

Q1 2026

7. Housing Element Program 1.1(g): Ensure Zoning and
General Plan for all sites is consistent with the Housing Element site inventory and pipeline projects per Housing Element Program 1.1(g):
a. Leong Drive and Fairchild Drive properties at the west end of the Evandale Precise Plan (up to at least 43
DU/ac) – the rezoning will also identify which sites will have required neighborhood commercial
b. 1702 Miramonte, 777 Cuesta Drive, and 1949 Grant
Road (up to a least 30 DU/ac)
c. Moffett Boulevard (separate process through a new
Precise Plan)
d. 677-699 Calderon Ave (up to at least 30 DU/ac)—with
required neighborhood commercial
e. Mountain View Transit Center (up to at least 75
DU/ac)—in addition, the City will continue to work with and facilitate Caltrain in the development of residential on this site, possibly with other uses.
f.

Adoption Q4 2025
The following items may include EPC review and input, depending on their scope and relationship to the Zoning Ordinance.

9. Develop a Citywide Transportation Demand Management
Ordinance (in conjunction with Public Works).

Adoption Q2 2026

10. Develop a Biodiversity Strategy and Urban Forestry Plan Adoption Q2 2026

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HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Participate in and provide recommendations to the City Council regarding Fiscal Year 2022-23 Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment
Partnerships Program funding requests

CDBG/HOME process
review

HRC hearing on
CDBG/HOME requests

Council hearing on

CDBG/HOME
recommendations

Fall 2025

February/March
2026

Spring 2026

B. Respond to City Council referrals and/or inquiries from other City advisory bodies regarding topics of mutual
interest

Attend a Youth Advisory
Committee meeting to
discuss issues of
importance to Mountain
View youth

TBD

C. Attend, participate in, and observe the Council
Neighborhoods Committee meetings

Springer/Cuesta/Phyllis

Spring 2026 meetings
September 11,
2025

As scheduled

D. Participate in the Spring 2026 Multicultural Festival

Spring 2026
E. Receive an informational update from the Multicultural Engagement Program

Spring 2026

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
F. Receive the Mountain View Police Department Annual
Report

June 2026
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Work with City staff to assist and promote outreach
efforts for the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment

Form a subcommittee to
work with City staff

Complete by
June 2026
Carryforward

2. Partner with the Mountain View Public Library to host a “Check Out a Human” event with The Human Library

Host event Complete in Fall
2025
Carryforward

3. Attend community meetings to solicit input on civic
participation to inform recommendations for public
outreach and engagement
Collect feedback from
community members

Compile recommendations

Summer/Fall
2025

Complete by
January 2026

Carryforward

4. Explore hosting Know-Your-Rights workshops

Host event Spring 2025

5. Plan an event focused on the LGBTQ+ community and
table at Mountain View Pride

Convene Ad Hoc
Committee

Attend Mountain View
Pride

Host event

Spring 2026

June 2026

By December
2026

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PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND URBAN FOREST BOARD WORK PLAN Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Naming of Parks

As needed
B. Recognize Youth Sports Organizations

As needed
C. Review Heritage Tree Appeals

As needed
D. Review/Provide Input on Public Works Capital Projects Related to Parks and Trails

As needed
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan—Draft

August 13, 2025

2. Heritage Tree Appeal—1119 Solana Drive

September 10,
2025

3. Heritage Tree Appeal—393 Anna Avenue

September 10,
2025

4. Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan—Final Review and
Recommendation

October 8, 2025

5. Recycled Water Reservoir Schematic Design

October 8, 2025

6. Visual Arts Committee Update

November 12,
2025

7. Sailing Lake/Bird Island Improvements

November 12,
2025

8. Parkland Dedication In-Lieu Fees and Nexus Study Review

November 12,
2025

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

9. 2026 Meeting Schedule

December 10,
2025
Annual

10. Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan

December 10,
2025

11. Monta Loma Playground Improvements

January 21,
2026

12. Election of Officers

January 21,
2026
Annual

13. Parks Projects and Park Land Fund Midyear Update

January 21,
2026
Annual

14. Real Estate Activity Update

January 21,
2026
Annual

15. Acknowledge Annual Report—Friends of Deer Hollow Farm

February 11,
2026
Annual

16. Acknowledge Annual Report—Friends of R House

March 11, 2026 Annual

17. Acknowledge Annual Report—Friends of Stevens Creek Trail

March 11, 2026 Annual

18. Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget and Park Land Fund Capital Improvement Project Commitments

April 8, 2026 Annual
19 Annual Recent Park Design Evaluation

April 8, 2026 Annual

20. Canopy Presentation

June 10, 2026 Annual

21. Review and Provide Input on Annual Work Plan

June 10, 2026 Annual

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PERFORMING ARTS COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. In support of Council priorities of Livability & Quality of Life and Economic Vitality, discuss options to diversify and increase use of the Mountain View Center for the
Performing Arts
Continue collaborating
with other city
committees, commissions
and civic organizations

Schedule ongoing ad hoc
committee meetings to
continue discussions on
opportunities

Host seasonal gallery
receptions with artists on
display in the MVCPA
lobby
Started March
2025 – July 2026

July 2025 –
February 2026

July 2025 – June
2026
The Visual Arts, Downtown,
and Performing Arts
committees respectively
formed an ad hoc committee
to collaborate

The first ad hoc committee
met in July 2025
B. Annual Resident Company presentations Resident Company presents and answers
questions from PAC

Upstage

TheatreWorks Silicon
Valley

Peninsula Youth Theatre

August 2025

September 2025

October 2025

November 2025
Resident Companies' annual
presentation to the PAC

Resident Companies give
their annual report to the
Committee on the previous
season and provide answers
to the questions from the
PAC

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
C. Quarterly Impact Report Review MVCPA Client
Usage, patron
attendance, and resulting
ancillary spending in
Mountain View
July 2025 – July
2026
Ongoing
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Review of SecondStage fees and create reduced fee
program to encourage additional usage.

Ad hoc committee draft

Ad hoc recommendations
presented for feedback

Present final draft to City
Council

Conduct a public
roundtable discussion to
introduce the revised
SecondStage program
Completed May
2025

November 2025

February –
March 2026

April 2026
Draft completed and
currently under review by
City staff

Roundtable discussion

2. Increase community connections Host roundtable
discussions with the
community

MVCPA 35th Anniversary
Celebration planning
Ongoing

January 2026
Community roundtable
discussions

Roundtable discussions

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

3. Review of Art & Wine Festival Observations for
suggestions on how best
to participate in
upcoming years

Schedule ad hoc
committee meetings to
discuss participation in
the festival for future
years
September 2025

October 2025
An ad hoc committee was
created

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SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Provide enhanced awareness of senior issues within a diverse community, increase outreach, and ensure the
greatest quality of service possible by the Senior Advisory Committee (SAC)

Overarching mission of the
SAC
B. Communications Subcommittee - Communicate with
Mountain View seniors
• Use Senior Center newsletter, Senior Center Facebook, and email distribution list to communicate important
information and updates to seniors
• Focus on way to provide language access for available resources to seniors

Ongoing

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
C. Senior Center Subcommittee - Maintain an active presence at the Senior Center to provide education and support to enhance senior programs and services for the community
• Provide an educational
workshop at the Senior
Center on topics of food
insecurity, affordable
housing options, or senior
resources
• Support the Senior
Center through sharing
resources and new
program ideas in
collaboration with the
Senior Center and
Community Services
Agency

Ongoing
D. Continue dialogue to share challenges of seniors in
Mountain View with other commissions and committees.

Challenges include, but not limited to:
• Loneliness/Isolation
• Socialization
• Transportation

Expand awareness of the
Mountain View
Community Shuttle
Ongoing
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Develop an outreach campaign to bring awareness of the Senior Advisory Committee and its role in the community for the residents age 55+
Participate in
neighborhood association
events

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes

2. Create an overview featuring essential senior services and resources in Mountain View for promotional use
Design and print a
promotional postcard for
distribution at outreach
events

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VISUAL ARTS COMMITTEE WORK PLAN
Fiscal Year 2025-26

Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Ongoing Work Items
A. Recommend visual art for the Center for the Performing Arts (CPA) Visual Arts exhibition

Promote the CPA visual arts exhibit to the community

Review and select artists

Promote art exhibitions

Call for Artists:

Fall 2025
Selection: Early
2026

Ongoing

Exhibits promoted on City’s
Public Art webpage and
Economic Development social
media

Call for Artists to be released
Fall 2025

B. Provide the City Council with recommendations on the selection of art and artists for qualifying capital
improvement projects under Council Policy K-5
Continue to receive
progress updates on in
progress CIP projects

Coordinate grand opening
and art unveiling for Evelyn
and Villa-Chiquita Parks,
and the Shoreline
Boathouse Expansion
project

Recommend public art for
Castro Street Bollards
Interim Art Project (Bollard
Beautification).

Complete project
Ongoing

TBD

TBD

TBD
Current projects: Rengstorff
Park Maintenance & Tennis
Buildings, Villa-Chiquita Park,
Evelyn Park, Shoreline
Boathouse

Community Services
Department to coordinate
grand openings

Project paused in Fall 2024;
pending approval of Senate
Bill 456 (exemption of
muralists from Contractor’s
State Licensing Board
requirements)

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
C. Continue to collaborate with advisory bodies and other entities on visual arts opportunities

Participate in
Downtown/Performing Arts
Committee Ad Hoc
Committee

Collaborate with other
advisory bodies, such as the
Parks and Recreation
Committee, and other
entities to support the
promotion and display of
visual arts

Ad Hoc
Committee
formed 2025

Ongoing
Joint ad hoc committee
established with Performing
Arts and Downtown
Committees
D. Increase outreach for Call for Artists opportunities

Continue to expand list of
local artist groups/
organizations interested in
visual arts opportunities

Ongoing

Improve artist registry and
public art opportunity
visibility

Utilize partnership with
SVCreates to share Call for
Artist opportunities to a
wider audience

Ongoing

Ongoing
Updated the Public Art
webpage

Shared 2024 Calls for Artists
with regional arts
organizations (SVCreates and
Local Color San Jose) and VAC
members’ networks

E. Collaborate with the Chamber of Commerce (Downtown
Business Association) on advancing art in public and
private places
Identify opportunities to
support the community
through art
Ongoing

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Items

1. Develop a Public Art Strategy Work with consultant to conduct community
outreach and develop a
draft Public Art Strategy;
review and provide input on
the draft Strategy

Recommend a final Strategy
for City Council adoption

Explore opportunities to
mark the Public Art Strategy
completion and adoption,
and implement selected
opportunities

2025

2026
City Council Study Session
held October 2024

Consultant to assist with
community outreach and
development of the Strategy
throughout 2025

2. Implement the Mountain View Public Art Strategy Develop a work plan for implementation of the
Public Art Strategy. Review
work plan timeline for
consistency with the visual
arts related action items
within the Economic Vitality
Strategy Matrix

TBD Implementation to begin
following Council adoption of
Strategy

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Title and Description Key Milestones Date
(per milestone) Current Status/Notes
Review Council Policy K-5
associated with capital
improvement projects upon
completion of Public Art
Strategy to ensure
alignment with Strategy
recommendations

Review VAC responsibilities
for consistency with Public
Art Strategy to ensure
alignment with
recommendations

Develop the protocols,
procedures, and
opportunities for potential
acceptance of City receiving
grants or endowments that
could support Mountain
View art activations and
installations

Develop strategy(ies) to
secure additional funding
for art activations and
installations

Develop policy for
commissioning art and for
working with the
community to create art
TBD Implementation to begin
following Council adoption of
Strategy

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