City Clerk’s Office
DATE: May 21, 2026
SUBJECT: Actions from the May 12, 2026 City Council Regular Meeting
At the City Council Regular meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, the following actions were taken:
4.1) Adopted Ordinance No. 7.2025 of the City of Mountain View Amending Article V of Chapter 29 of the Mountain View City Code to Align it with State Law, Clarify Real Property Conveyance Tax Exemptions, and to Make Other Clarifying Amendments
4.2) Adopted Resolution No. 19099 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving the Annual Engineer’s Report for the Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District No. 2 and Approving the Levying of Assessments for Fiscal Year 2026- 27 4.3) Adopted Resolution No. 19100 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View appropriating $8,000,000 in State Funds Received Pursuant to Senate Bill 129 for the Lot 12 Affordable Housing Project
4.4) Adopted Resolution No. 19101 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving a Final Map for Tract No. 10677, 309 Moorpark Way, Accepting Dedications, Making Findings as Required by Chapter 28 of the Mountain View City Code, and Authorizing Execution of an Improvement Agreement as a Condition to Final Map Approval
4.5) Adopted Resolution No. 19 102 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Authorizing Temporary Closure from Public Access of Five Parking Spaces Within Parking Lot No. 2 for 31 Consecutive Weeks and Authorizing Temporary Closure from Public Access of Eight Parking Spaces Within P arking Lot No. 2 for 12 Nonconsecutive Days to Occur Prior to May 25, 2029
4.6) Found that, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements, Annual Street Maintenance, Project 24-01, is categorically exempt as Class 1, Existing Facilities, under CEQA Guidelines Section 15301
Transferred and appropriated $1,000,000 from the 2016 Measure B - Sales Tax Fund to Annual Street Maintenance, Project 24-01
Transferred $500,000 of Construction Tax funding from Annual Street Maintenance, Project 24- 01, to the Construction Tax Fund, reducing the project’s appropriation by $500,000
Actions of the Mountain View City Council
May 12, 2026
Approved plans and specifications for Annual Street Maintenance, Project 24 -01, and authorized staff to advertise the project for bidding
Authorized the City Manager or designee to award a construction contract to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder if the bid is within the available project budget of $5,008,282
4.7) Adopted Resolution No. 19103 of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Finding that a Portion of City -Owned Property within the Bryant Street Parking Lot is Excess to the City’s Needs, Declaring the Property to be Exempt Surplus Land Pursuant to the Surplus Land Act, and Authorizing its Conveyance
6.1) Introduced an Ordinance of the City Council Repealing and Reenacting Chapter 19 (Motor Vehicles and Traffic) of Article X (Transportation Demand Management) of the City Code to Establish a Citywide Transportation Demand Management Program, and finding the amendments to be exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15308, and set a second reading for May 26, 2026 , with the following modifications:
Section 121, Definition 11
11. “Enhanced TDM” is any residential Project, including a residential Project that is otherwise exempt from this Ordinance, that achieves trip reductions or proposes TDM strategies consistent with Section 124(I) of this Ordinance, allowing the Developer to obtain the benefit of residential parking reductions or exemptions from parking requirements, in accordance with the City’s Housing Element.
Section 124(I)
I. Residential Projects meeting enhanced TDM criteria shall be exempt from residential minimum parking standards in Chapter 36. Enhanced TDM criteria for Projects that are subject to the provisions of this Chapter shall include one of the following:
1. The residential Project shall meet an ADT reduction target of at least 5% greater than otherwise required in Table 1; or
2. The residential Project shall adopt one additional core strategy and two additional auxiliary strategies over the minimum requirements of this Chapter.
Enhanced TDM criteria for Projects that are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter shall include one of the following:
Actions of the Mountain View City Council
May 12, 2026
1. The residential Project shall meet a reduction target of at least 5% of its projected ADT; or
2. The residential Project shall include at least one core strategy and two auxiliary strategies.
6.2) Introduced an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending Chapter 36 (Zoning), Article XIV, Division 2 (Residential Development: Below -Market-Rate Housing Program) of the Mountain View City Code to Modify the Below- Market-Rate Program and Add Section 36.40.32 Governing Graduated Fee Reduction for Small Projects, and Finding that These Code Amendments are Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, and set a second reading for June 9, 2026
Approved Relocating the Below -Market-Rate Housing Program Provisions in the Mountain View City Code from Chapter 36 (Zoning) to Chapter 46 (Housing) and Directed Staff to Bring Back Ordinance Amendments Before the End of 2026 for Council Consideration.