ATTACHMENT 2
Questions relating to the proposed new Police and Fire Administration building From robert.cox.cit@ krobert.cox.cit
Date Thu 9/25/2025 5:21 PM
To Printy, David <[email protected]>; Anderson, Eric B. <[email protected]>; Govind, Naveen <[email protected]>
Principal Project Manager David Printy, Advanced Planning Manager Eric Anderson, and Senior Project Manager Naveen Govind,
Thank you for giving Livable Mountain View an opportunity to reach back to you about the proposed redevelopment of the city's Police and Fire Administration Building.
Our chief concern is that there be adequate and reliable funding to ensure the completion of this project. As was mentioned at the December 17, 2024 city council meeting, estimated costs for this project, initially set at $165 million have climbed to $210 million.
You stated in the Zoom meeting with Livable Mountain View regarding this project that its funding would come from two sources: revenue the city obtains from its partnership with the Ameswell Hotel at 800 Moffett Blvd. and Measure G funds. We assume that the amount that the city receives from this partnership would be dependent on occupancy of the hotel.
Therefore, we would like to know the following:
What is the amount of funding that the city is calculating will come from the Ameswell Hotel partnership? What is the period of time the city is relying on these funds to be paid to the city for this project? Does the city have an alternate plan for funding this project if the desired levels of revenue from the Ameswell Hotel partnership does not come to fruition? For example, is there a date or stage of work where it is determined funds are lacking? Would the project then be scaled down and if so, in what order? You also stated the revenues generated from Measure G which are, by design, dependent on the number and value of properties transferred with a value of over six million dollars, will also be used to fund this project.
Again, what is the amount the city calculates will come Measure G funds and over what period of time would they be collected? Because such revenue could be highly variable from year-to-year, what is the plan in the event of shortfall?
We would also like some guidance on if and how Mountain View residents can register their opinions on the new structure's scope and aesthetics, such as retaining some of the existing building's features -- for example, a newer version of its clock tower. Would we have such an opportunity? Thanks in advance for any insight you can provide to us.
Robert Cox, Louise Katz, Peter Spitzer, Leslie Friedman, Nazanin Dashtara, Hala Alshahwany, Muriel Sivyer-Lee, and Jerry Steach
For the Steering Committee of Livable Mountain View