Council Sustainability Committee
City of Mountain View
Agenda
Plaza Conference Room and Video Conference, 500
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041
6:00 PMThursday, November 6, 2025
SPECIAL MEETING
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This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Council Sustainability Committee virtually may join the meeting at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/83818466283, or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 838 1846 6283. When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click on the “raise hand” feature in Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself.
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL - Committee members Pat Showalter, Chris Clark, and Chair Alison Hicks
3. APPROVE MINUTES
3.1 Approve Minutes
Recommendation: Approve the Council Sustainability Committee Minutes of June 26, 2025.
CSC Minutes (Draft) - June 26, 2025Attachments:
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Committee from acting on
November 6, 2025Council Sustainability Committee Agenda non-agenda items.
5. NEW BUSINESS
5.1 Presentation on Climate-related Federal Legislation Recommendation: Receive updates and provide feedback to staff if desired.
5.2 Decarbonization Goal Analysis
Recommendation: Staff recommends the Council Sustainability Committee (CSC):
1. Review the results of five local emissions-reduction actions that were modeled to help the City achieve its community decarbonization goals for 2035, 2040, or 2045.
2. Approve the remaining five local emissions-reduction actions to be included in the model, bringing the total to ten local actions.
3. Direct staff and Cascadia (the project team) to develop a five-year decarbonization roadmap focused on achieving the 2045 decarbonization goal already adopted by the City Council for review at a future CSC meeting and ultimate adoption by the City Council.
CSC Memo and ATTs 1-4 (Decarb Analysis) - November 6, 2025Attachments:
5.3 Results of the Extreme Heat Community Preparedness Program Recommendation: Receive results on the Extreme Heat Community Preparedness Program funded through a grant from Santa Clara County. This is an information item. No action required.
CSC Memo (Extreme Heat) - November 6, 2025
ATT 1 - Extreme Heat and Air Quality Preparedness Flyers Attachments:
6. COMMITTEE/STAFF COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, COMMITTEE REPORTS No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Committee at this time.
7. ADJOURNMENT
AGENDAS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
The specific location of each meeting is noted on the agenda for each meeting which is posted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Sustainability Division of the City Manager's Office at 650-903-6301.
The agenda and staff reports my be viewed at the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor, beginning the evening before each meeting.
Agenda materials my viewed online at mountainview.legistar.com.
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November 6, 2025Council Sustainability Committee Agenda disability, agendas and writings distributed during the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format.
The Board, Commission, or Committee may take action on any matter noticed herein in any manner deemed appropriate by the Board, Commission, or Committee. Their consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the recommendations indicated herein.
SPECIAL NOTICE—Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Council Sustainability Committee regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, during normal business hours and at the meeting location noted on the agenda during the meeting.
ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.
Anyone wishing to address the Committee on a nonagenda item may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak once on any number of topics for up to three minutes.