CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2026 - 5:15 PM MEETING MINUTES - Final COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500 CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041
Mayor/President Emily Ann Ramos Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager/Community Manager Vice Mayor/Vice President Chris Clark Jennifer Logue, City Attorney/Counsel Councilmember/Boardmember Alison Hicks Heather Glaser, City Clerk/Secretary Councilmember/Boardmember Ellen Kamei
Councilmember/Boardmember John McAlister
Councilmember/Boardmember Lucas Ramirez
Councilmember/Boardmember Pat Showalter
February 24, 2026 Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041
JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY (SPECIAL)
5:15 P.M.-CLOSED SESSION
At 5:15 p.m., Mayor Ramos called the meeting to order
CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION)
City Attorney Logue announced the items listed for Closed Session.
There were no public speakers in-person or virtually.
At 5:18 p.m., Mayor Ramos recessed the meeting to Closed Session with all Councilmembers present.
2. CLOSED SESSION
2.1 Conference with Real Property Negotiator (California Government Code §54956.8) Property: City Lots 4 and 8; no street address (APNs 158-20-069 and 158-20-004) Agency Negotiators: Arn Andrews, Assistant City Manager, Dawn Cameron, Assistant City Manager, Christian Murdock, Community Development Director, Amanda Rotella, Economic Vitality Manager, and Angela LaMonica, Real Property Program Administrator
Negotiating Party: The Robert Green Company
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment for Lease of Real Property
2.2 Conference with Real Property Negotiator (California Government Code §54956.8) Property: 928 Mariner Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043 (APN 153-24-021) Agency Negotiators: Arn Andrews, Assistant City Manager; Christian Murdock, Community Development Director, and Angela LaMonica, Real Property Program Administrator Negotiating Party: Department of the Army
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Purchase
At 6:05 p.m., Closed Session concluded.
6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ROLL CALL
At 6:30 p.m., Mayor/President Ramos called the meeting to order.
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Mayor Ramos led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: 7 - Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Showalter, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos
2. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
City Attorney Logue stated no final action was taken in Closed Session.
3. PRESENTATIONS
3.1 American Heart Month Proclamation
Mayor Ramos presented the proclamation to Leslie Carmichael, Board Member of Hope's Corner.
3.2 Certificates of Recognition to STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Winners from the Santa Clara County 2025 Synopsys Championship Science Fair
Mayor Ramos presented certificates of recognition to the following:
Anastasia Aliashvili
Juliana Baltz
Milan Grbovic
Emma Krovblit
Ashley Lim
Yugin Ma
Avni Rajagopal
Dhruv Ramasubban
Amron Seyoum
Aria Sindledecker
Meital Zayats
Abby Zhou
There were no public speakers in-person or virtually.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
Councilmember Ramirez pulled Item 4.2 from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration.
Councilmember Hicks pulled Item 4.3 from the Consent Calendar for individual consideration.
The following members of the public spoke:
Cesar Plasencia from San Jose, on behalf of Carpenters Local 405, discussed Item 4.1. (Virtual) Bruce England discussed Item 4.5.
(Virtual) Robert Cox discussed Item 4.3.
(Virtual) Dennise Jauregui, on behalf of Housing Choices, discussed Item 4.1.
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MOTION - M/S - Ramirez/Ramos - To approve the Consent Calendar.
The motion carried, except for Items 4.2 and 4.3, by the following vote:
Yes: 7 - Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Showalter, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos
4.1 Approve Minutes
Acting as the City Council and Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park Community, approve the meeting minutes of October 14, 2025, October 21, 2025, October 28, 2025, November 4, 2025, November 18, 2025, December 9, 2025, December 16, 2025, January 13, 2026, and January 27, 2026.
4.2 Adoption of Legislative Platform for 2026
This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Ramirez for individual consideration.
MOTION - M/S - Ramirez/Showalter - To Adopt the Legislative Platform to guide the City's regional, state, and federal legislative advocacy efforts for 2026, amended to delete policy statement K20 from the Local and State Legislative Platform.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 7- Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Showalter, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos
4.3 Thompson Mini Park, Project 26-35-Professional Services Agreement This item was pulled from the Consent Calendar by Councilmember Hicks for individual consideration.
MOTION - M/S - Hicks/Showalter - To Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement with Westwood Professional Services, Inc., a Texas corporation (Entity No. 6133015), to provide design and construction support services for Thompson Mini Park, Project 26-35, in a not to exceed amount of $385,000.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Showalter, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos
4.4 Miramonte Pump Station Improvements, Phase 2, Project 23-43-Appropriation and Construction Contract Award
Transfer and appropriate $1,000,000 from the Water Fund to Miramonte Pump Station Improvements, Phase 2, Project 23-43, increasing the project budget from $4,103,000 to $5,103,000.
Authorize the City Manager or designee to award a construction contract to Anderson Pacific Engineering City of Mountain View Page 3
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Construction, Inc. for $2,830,000, which includes a $320,260 contingency.
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS The following members of the public spoke:
Elaina Tyson from Mountain View discussed proposed amendments to the smoking prohibition ordinance.
Dylan Rich, Director at Palo Alto Prep School in Mountain View, discussed sight lines for oncoming traffic.
Tim Mackenzie from Mountain View discussed cleanup of the City Charter and proposed the adoption of ranked choice voting.
Karen Burkey discussed a survey about Rengstorff Avenue improvements and traffic changes for pedestrian safety at the Middlefield Avenue and Rock Street intersection.
6. NEW BUSINESS
6.1 Automated License Plate Reader Contract
At 7:02 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez left the dais.
At 7:05 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez returned to the dais.
Chinese and Spanish interpretation was available for this item.
Police Chief Michael Canfield and Lieutenant Evan Crowl presented the item.
At 7:27 p.m., Councilmember McAlister left the dais.
At 7:31 p.m., Councilmember McAlister returned to the dais.
At 7:50 p.m., Mayor Ramos called a recess.
At 7:55 p.m., the meeting resumed with all Councilmembers present.
The following members of the public spoke:
Melissa Livanos
Karen Burkey
Brandon King from Mountain View.
Tim Mackenzie, with the Steering Committee of Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America, on behalf of Kimberly Woo, Austin Marshall, Brian Jones, Linda, Jenny Schroeder, and himself.
Melissa Dinwiddie from Mountain View, with Indivisible Palo Alto Plus, on behalf of Pierre, Lisa S, Alex Dillard, Manny, Elizabeth Agrament-Justiniano, and herself.
Cara Silver with Indivisible Palo Alto Plus.
Tim Domke from Mountain View.
Heidi Baikie from Mountain View.
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Lucien Eckert from Mountain View.
Brandon Downey from Mountain View.
Serge Bonte from Mountain View.
James Kuszmaul from Mountain View.
Yun
Huy Tran, executive director of SIREN.
Ariel
Evan Barnes
Angelica Guadalupe on behalf of SIREN.
Juritzi on behalf of SIREN.
Katie Pieitez from Mountain View, on behalf of SIREN.
Al Brooks
John Scarboro from Mountain View.
Jesus Romero
George Duque from Mountain View.
Yanming Wen
Connor O'Brien from Mountain View.
Julie Meyerson
Alex Brown
(virtual) Victor Sin on behalf of the Santa Clara County chapter of ACLU Northern California. (virtual) Leo
(virtual) Lucila Ortiz on behalf of Silicon Valley Rising. (virtual) Eva Tang from Mountain View.
(virtual) Bruce England from Mountain View.
(virtual) Anna Marie Morales from Mountain View.
(virtual) Michael Multhaup from Mountain View.
(virtual) Sam Guzman
(virtual) Sebastian Brisbois from Mountain View.
(virtual) Hannah Leonard on behalf of the Steering Committee of Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America.
(virtual) Batman of San Jose
(virtual) Claire Witte on behalf of the Steering Committee of Silicon Valley Democratic Socialists of America. (virtual) George Lance
(virtual) Quintin
(virtual) Larry Fink
MOTION - M/S - Kamei/Ramirez - To Authorize the City Manager or designee to terminate the existing automated license plate reader contract with Flock Safety.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 7 - Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Showalter, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos City of Mountain View Page 5
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At 9:55 p.m., Mayor Ramos called a recess.
At 10:06 p.m., the meeting resumed with all members present except Councilmember Ramirez.
MOTION - M/S - Clark/Kamei - To continue the meeting past 10:00 p.m.
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 4- Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos No: 2- Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Showalter
6.2 Fiscal Year 2025-26 Midyear Budget Status Report and Adjustments, Fiscal Year 2026-27 Preliminary General Operating Fund Forecast, and Fiscal Years 2025-27 Council Work Plan: 6-Month Project Update At 10:08 p.m., Councilmember Ramirez returned to the dais.
Finance and Administrative Services Director Derek Rampone and Assistant Finance and Administrative Services Director Grace Zheng presented the item.
The following member of the public spoke:
(Virtual) George Lance
MOTION - M/S - Ramirez/Hicks - To:
1. Receive and file the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Midyear Budget Status Report, the Six-Month Status of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Performance Measures (Attachment 1 to the Council report), and the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Preliminary General Operating Fund Forecast.
2. Adopt Resolution No. 19070 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View: (1) Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget to Reduce Revenue Appropriations by $2,177,370 in the General Operating Fund, Increase Revenue Appropriations by $2,000,000 in the Capital Improvement Reserve, Increase Revenue Appropriations by $1,000,000 in the Strategic Property Reserve, Increase Revenue Appropriations by $1,000,000 in the Parental Leave Reserve; (2) Appropriate $2,000,000 in the City Attorney's Office, Liability Self Insurance Fund for Litigation Cases, Appropriate $2,000,000 in the General Operating Fund for a Transfer to the Capital Improvement Reserve, Appropriate $1,800,000 in the Public Works Department, Wastewater Fund for Wastewater Treatment Costs, Appropriate $1,000,000 in the General Operating Fund for a Transfer to the Strategic Property Acquisition Reserve, Appropriate $1,000,000 in the General Operating Fund for a Transfer to the Parental Leave Reserve, Appropriate $300,000 in the General Fund Parental Leave Reserve for the Parental Leave Program, Appropriate $235,000 in the City Manager's Office, General Non-Operating Fund for Revenue Measure Consulting Services, Pilot Funding for Local Organization, and Homeless Prevention Program, Appropriate $150,000 in the Finance and Administrative Services City of Mountain View Page 6
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Department, General Non-Operating Fund for Revenue Measure Consulting Services and Transient Occupancy Tax Audit, Appropriate $148,300 in the Community Services Department, General Non-Operating Fund for ActiveNet Fees, Power Washing Services, and Landscape Maintenance Services, Appropriate $125,000 in the Public Works Department, General Non-Operating Fund for Facilities Services, Appropriate $74,200 in the Public Works Department, General Operating Fund for a Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Position and Transportation Division Position Reclassifications, Appropriate $70,400 in the Community Development Department, General Operating Fund for a Public Art Administrator Position, Appropriate $48,000 in the Human Resources Department, General Non-Operating Fund for Staff Training, Appropriate $10,500 in the Public Works Department, Solid Waste Landfill 544 Acres Fund for Permit Fees; (3) Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget to Transfer and Appropriate $155,000 from the Capital Improvement Reserve to CIP 23-26, citywide Travel Demand Model Update, Transfer and Appropriate $105,000 from the Construction and Conveyance Tax Fund to CIP 23-13, Annual Real Estate Technical and Legal Services, Transfer and Appropriate $100,000 from the Capital Improvement Reserve to CIP 26-13 Planned and Emergency Facilities; and (4) Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget to Transfer $18,300 from the Information Technology Department, General Operating Fund, to the City Clerk's Office, General Operating Fund, for NetFile Services (Net Zero Impact) (Five votes required); as amended to allocate an additional $50k to the Homeless Prevention Direct Financial Assistance Program (Attachment 2 to the Council report).
3. Adopt Resolution S-184 of the Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park Community Amending the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Adopted Budget to: (1) Reduce Revenue Appropriations by $11,665,100 in the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund; (2) Transfer and Appropriate $475,000 from the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund to CIP 26-10, Shoreline Landfill Gas, Cap and Leachate Maintenance; and (3) Appropriate $4,100,370 in the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund for Administrative Overhead, Appropriate $136,800 in the Public Works Department, Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund for the Transportation Analysis Project and Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Position, Appropriate $44,800 in the Community Development Department, Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund for the Public Art Administrator Position, and Appropriate $27,300 in the Community Services Department, Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund for Landscape Maintenance Services (Attachment 3 to the Council report).
4. Adopt Resolution No. 19071 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Authorizing the City Manager or Designee to Amend the City of Mountain View's Salary Plans for Regular and Hourly Employees (Attachment 4 to the Council report).
5. Adopt Resolution No. 19072 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View: (1) Authorizing the Addition of Ongoing Positions: 1.0 Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Public Art Administrator Position in the Community Development Department, 1.0 FTE Facilities Maintenance Supervisor in the Public Works Department, 1.0 FTE Lead Security Services Guard and 1.0 Librarian II FTE in the Library Department; (2) Authorizing the Addition of Limited-Period Positions through the end of Fiscal Year 2026-27: 1.0 FTE Limited-Period Account Clerk II Position in the Finance and Administrative Services Department, 1.0 FTE Limited-Period Senior Human Resources Analyst Position in the Human Resources Department; (3) Authorizing Reclassification of 1.0 FTE Deputy City Attorney Position to 1.0 FTE Senior Assistant City City of Mountain View Page 7
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Attorney position, 5.0 FTE Parks and Open Space Worker I Positions to 5.0 FTE Trails and Open Space Worker I! Positions, 1.0 FTE Senior IT Analyst Position in the IT Department to 1.0 FTE Senior Systems Analyst Position in the Finance and Administrative Services Department; 1.0 FTE Transportation Planner Position to Chief Transportation Officer Position, 1.0 FTE Transportation Planner Position to Associate Transportation Planner Position; and (4) Authorizing a Title Change for 2.0 FTE Transportation Planner City of Mountain View Positions (Attachment 5 to the Council Report).
6. Receive and file the Fiscal Years 2025-27 Council Work Plan: 6-Month Project Update (Attachment 6 to the Council report).
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: Councilmember/Boardmember Hicks, Councilmember/Boardmember Kamei, Councilmember/Boardmember McAlister, Councilmember/Boardmember Ramirez, Councilmember/Boardmember Showalter, Vice Mayor/Vice President Clark, Mayor/ President Ramos
PUBLIC HEARING
7.1 Small Business Streamlining and Other Minor Zoning Code Updates Assistant Community Development Director Lindsay Hagan and Economic Vitality Manager Amanda Rotella presented the item.
The following members of the public spoke:
Vadim Osipov from Mountain View, on behalf of Osipova Ballet Academy.
Tim Vago on behalf of Rengstorff Center.
Peter Katz on behalf of the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. (Virtual) James Kuszmaul
MOTION - M/S - Kamei/Ramirez - To introduce an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending Chapter 36 (Zoning) of the Mountain View City Code to Implement the Economic Vitality Strategy by Streamlining Permit Processes for Certain Active, Small-Footprint Land Uses, Remove Change of Use Permit Requirements, and Reduce Minimum Parking Standards for Retail and Personal Service Uses; to Make Other Modifications, Clarifications, and Technical Corrections Throughout the Chapter to Align Land Uses in the Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Zones with Parking Standards and Definitions to Improve Consistency and Clarity; and to Modernize Definitions and Land Uses to Align with Current Business Trends; and Finding that the Amendments are Exempt from Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act, as Recommended by the Environmental Planning Commission, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for March 10, 2026 (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
The motion carried by the following vote:
Yes: 7- Councilmember Hicks, Councilmember Kamei, Councilmember McAlister, Councilmember Ramirez, Councilmember Showalter, Vice Mayor Clark, Mayor Ramos City of Mountain View Page 8
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8. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilmember Showalter stated she attended a Silicon Valley Clean Energy Authority Board of Directors meeting and a San Francisco Bay Conservation Development Committee meeting.
Councilmember Kamei stated she attended a Cities Association of Santa Clara County Legislative Action Committee meeting and a Cities Association of Santa Clara County Board of Directors meeting.
9. ADJOURNMENT
At 11:34 p.m., Mayor/President Ramos adjourned the meeting.
Approved on June 23, 2026.
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