May 13, 2025 Joint Meeting of Mountain View City Council and Shoreline Regional Park Community

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Agenda

• 1. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION): Mayor Kamei convenes the meeting and announces the closed session item. (00:01:10)
• 2.1 Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of litigation: City Attorney announces the closed session item. The Council recesses to closed session. (00:01:44)
• 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ROLL CALL: Regular session begins with the Pledge of Allegiance and Roll Call. (01:03:38)
• 2. CLOSED SESSION REPORT: City Attorney reports no reportable action was taken in closed session. (01:04:34)
• 3.1 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation: Mayor presents proclamation to representatives from Jamboree Housing and MV Community Land Trust. (01:04:47)
• 3.2 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation: Mayor presents proclamation to representatives from Momentum for Health and Palo Alto University. (01:11:47)
• 4. CONSENT CALENDAR: Council considers consent items. Public comment covers both Consent and Oral Communications. Item 4.12 is pulled for discussion and voted on separately. (01:21:30)
• 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS: Public comments for this item were heard during the Consent Calendar public comment period. (02:04:30)
• 6.1 AB 481 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption: Presentation by Police Chief Canfield on military equipment inventory and usage policy renewal. (02:04:47)
• 7.1 Federal Fiscal Year 2025-30 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Action Plan: Public hearing and adoption of federal housing and community development grant funding plans. (02:30:00)
• 8.1 Recommended Fiscal Year 2025-26 through Fiscal Year 2029-30 Capital Improvement Program: Presentation and approval of the five-year Capital Improvement Program. (03:00:33)
• 9. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS: Councilmembers provide reports on committee activities and community events. (03:30:00)
• 10. ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned in memory of a community member. (03:35:35)

Transcript

1. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION)

[00:01:12] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Good evening everyone, thank you for joining us for closed session. City Attorney Logue will make a closed session announcement, and then we will welcome public comment on the item listed for closed session.

[00:01:24] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: Good evening Mayor and Councilmembers. There is one item on this evening's closed session agenda. Item 2.1 is a conference with legal counsel regarding one item of anticipated litigation, pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9. Thank you.

[00:01:43] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you.

2.1 Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of litigation

[00:01:44] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Would any member of the public joining us virtually or in person like to provide comment on the closed session item listed on tonight's agenda? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or submit a speaker card to the assistant City Clerk.

[00:01:58] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: I am not seeing any in-person speakers or hands raised, so we will close the public comment and move to closed session.

1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ROLL CALL

[01:04:18] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Good evening and welcome to the Mountain View City Council meeting of Tuesday, April 13th, 2021. This meeting is now called to order.

[01:04:25] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Can we please begin with the Pledge of Allegiance? Councilmember Clark, would you lead us?

[01:04:30] Councilmember Chris Clark: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

2. CLOSED SESSION REPORT

[01:04:50] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: All right. Welcome back, everyone. We are resuming our meeting. I'll turn it over to the City Attorney for a report out of closed session.

[01:04:55] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: Thank you, Mayor. The City Council met in closed session regarding items 1.1 and 1.2 on the closed session agenda. Council provided direction to staff and no reportable action was taken.

[01:04:59] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you.

3.2 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation

[01:11:00] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you to all our teachers and to the district for that presentation. That concludes my comments.

3.1 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation

[01:11:03] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Good evening, everyone. We are back from closed session. There's no reportable action from our closed session, and we are going to start with presentations. Our first presentation tonight is a proclamation for Affordable Housing Month. I'm going to turn it over to Vice Mayor Ramos to read the proclamation.

3.2 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation

[01:11:15] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you, Councilmember Ramirez. This concludes Item 3.1. Moving on to Item 3.2, which is the Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation. This proclamation is co-sponsored by Vice Mayor Ramos and myself. And so I'd like to ask Vice Mayor Ramos if she'd like to share some opening comments.

3.1 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation

[01:11:20] Councilmember Emily Ramos: Thank you, Mayor Kamei. Whereas, Silicon Valley at Home, SV@Home, is a regional organization that works with partners to increase the supply of housing in Silicon Valley that is affordable to all people;

[01:11:32] Councilmember Emily Ramos: and whereas, housing afford- affordability is critical for the health and vitality of all people in Mountain View and the broader Silicon Valley community; and whereas, everyone should have the opportunity to live in a safe, healthy, and affordable home;

3.2 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation

[01:11:40] Councilmember Emily Ramos: Thank you, Mayor. And thank you for co-sponsoring this with me. Mental health is something that affects all of us, either directly or through our loved ones. Especially during this pandemic, we have seen the importance of supporting one another and having resources available.

3.1 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation

[01:11:43] Councilmember Emily Ramos: and whereas, local government, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and community members must work together to address the regional housing crisis;

3.2 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation

[01:12:00] Councilmember Emily Ramos: I'm really glad that we're recognizing this month and the great organizations that do this work in our community and I look forward to hearing from our guests.

[01:12:15] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you, Vice Mayor. I will now read the proclamation. Whereas, mental health is essential to everyone's overall health and well-being; and whereas, all people experience times of difficulty and stress in their lives; and whereas, mental health conditions are real and prevalent in our nation.

[01:12:45] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And whereas, with early and effective treatment, those with mental health conditions can recover and lead full, productive lives; and whereas, each business, school, government agency, healthcare provider, organization, and citizen has a responsibility to promote mental wellness and support prevention efforts.

[01:13:25] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Now, therefore, I, Ellen Kamei, Mayor of the City of Mountain View, do hereby proclaim the month of May 2021 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Mountain View. And I'd like to invite our guests to join us today. We have Vic Ojakian from NAMI Santa Clara County and Marsha Deslauriers from CHAC. Vic, would you like to start?

[01:14:00] Vic Ojakian: Thank you, Mayor Kamei and Vice Mayor Ramos and the rest of the Council. My name is Vic Ojakian, and I'm the Board President for NAMI Santa Clara County. We are so appreciative of this recognition. NAMI provides support, education, and advocacy for those living with mental illness and their families.

[01:14:45] Vic Ojakian: This past year has been incredibly challenging, and we've seen a significant increase in the need for our services. Proclamations like this help reduce the stigma and let people know that help is available. Thank you for your support of our community's mental health.

[01:15:20] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you, Vic. And now Marsha.

[01:15:30] Marsha Deslauriers: Thank you, Mayor and Council. I'm Marsha Deslauriers, Executive Director of CHAC, the Community Health Awareness Council. We have been serving Mountain View and the surrounding communities for nearly 50 years, providing mental health services in schools and through our clinic.

[01:16:15] Marsha Deslauriers: We have seen firsthand the toll the pandemic has taken on our youth and families. We are committed to ensuring that no one has to face these challenges alone. We're grateful to the City of Mountain View for its long-standing partnership and for highlighting the importance of mental health awareness. Thank you.

[01:17:05] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you both for the incredible work you do. I'll open it up to Council for any comments. Councilmember Showalter?

[01:17:20] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Thank you. I just wanted to express my deep gratitude to both NAMI and CHAC. The work you do is life-saving, literally. And during this year of isolation, it's been more important than ever. I also want to remind everyone that if you're struggling, please reach out. There are people who care and resources available. Thank you, Mayor, for bringing this forward.

[01:18:10] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Councilmember Hicks?

[01:18:20] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Thank you, Mayor. I also want to thank our guests. I'm particularly interested in the school-based services CHAC provides. Our children have been through so much change and uncertainty, and having that support in the schools is vital. Thank you for your dedication to our community's well-being.

[01:19:10] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Councilmember Clark?

[01:19:20] Councilmember Chris Clark: Thanks. Just a quick thank you to the sponsors and to our guests. Mental health has often been in the shadows, and bringing it into the light through proclamations and public discussion is a key step in helping our residents feel supported. Thank you.

[01:20:00] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you, everyone. We are so lucky to have such dedicated partners in this work. This concludes Item 3.2.

[01:20:20] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Moving on to Item 3.3, which is the Affordable Housing Week Proclamation. This proclamation is co-sponsored by Councilmembers Hicks and Ramirez. And I will turn it over to Councilmember Hicks to introduce.

[01:20:45] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Thank you, Mayor. Affordable Housing Week is a time to celebrate and recognize the importance of safe and stable homes for all members of our community. I'm honored to present this proclamation.

4. CONSENT CALENDAR

[01:43:37] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay, good evening, everyone. Welcome to the joint meeting of the Mountain View City Council and the Shoreline Regional Park Community of May 13th, 2025. Please stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance.

[01:44:10] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you very much. Our Assistant City Clerk will take attendance by roll call.

[01:44:14] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Councilmember Clark?

[01:44:16] Councilmember Chris Clark: Here.

[01:44:17] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Councilmember Hicks?

[01:44:18] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Here.

[01:44:19] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Councilmember McAlister?

[01:44:19] Councilmember John McAlister: Here.

[01:44:21] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Councilmember Ramirez?

[01:44:22] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: He is here somewhere.

[01:44:24] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Councilmember Showalter?

[01:44:25] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Here.

[01:44:26] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Vice Mayor Ramos?

[01:44:27] Councilmember Emily Ramos: Here.

[01:44:28] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Mayor Kamei?

[01:44:30] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Here. Thank you.

[01:44:33] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. We'll move on to item 2, our closed session report. City Attorney Logue, do you have a city, do you have a closed session report?

[01:44:40] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: No reportable action was taken in closed session this evening. Thank you.

[01:44:46] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. So we'll move on to item 3, our presentations. Please note, these are presentations only. The City Council will not take any action. Public comment will occur after the presentation items, so if you'd like to speak on either of these items in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the Assistant City Clerk now or you can raise your hand in Zoom.

[01:45:08] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: So the first item we'll be celebrating is affordable housing month, and we will have Spanish translation services available for this item. We'll now hear from our interpreter.

[01:45:20] Public Speaker: Para las personas que necesitan interpretación en persona, tenemos auriculares disponibles. Hoy ofreceremos interpretación en persona y de manera virtual. Para aquellos que necesiten interpretación mediante Zoom, favor de hacer clic en el botón de interpretación y después elija el idioma de su preferencia. También estamos ofreciendo interpretación durante los comentarios públicos en persona y virtuales. Las personas que necesiten interpretación consecuente, por favor, hablen en bloques de tres oraciones, luego tomen una pausa para que nosotros podamos interpretar y así se interpreten consecuentemente todas sus ideas.

[01:45:58] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. We're happy to be joined this evening by two people representing two different organizations. First we have Roger Kinoshita, the Senior Vice President of Jamboree Housing, and Olga Melo, the co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust, to accept this proclamation. So I'll invite both of them to join me at the lectern.

[01:46:38] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay. So no te preocupes as they both say the same thing. So before I present I'll just read some highlights of our proclamation. So whereas each year in May, which is designated as Affordable Housing Month, which is organized and led by SV@Home, and the regional theme for Santa Clara County for 2025 is Strength in Housing, recognizing that our well-being is tied to the well-being of our neighbors and the importance of realizing stable neighborhoods for whole communities in addition to creating affordable homes for families and households.

[01:47:18] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And whereas affordable housing is a basic human right, and yet each year thousands of Silicon Valley families and individuals struggle to find an affordable home in one of the most expensive housing markets in the nation, and affordable housing is an essential building block for stable families, resilient communities, and an opportunity for residents to thrive, making our community healthy, more inclusive, and prosperous.

[01:47:46] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And we'll get into some specifics about both of your organizations. So whereas Jamboree Housing partnered with the City to transform our Crestview Hotel into the Heartwood Apartments, 49 unit permanent supportive housing community, which serve youth transitioning out of foster care and families at risk of homelessness by providing services and a safe, secure place to call home.

[01:48:07] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And the success of the Heartwood Apartments was made possible through a collaborative and innovative partnership between the city, the Santa Clara County Office of Supportive Housing, the Santa Clara County Housing Authority, and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development, and Jamboree Housing, therefore creating the first hotel conversion project to address the needs of the most vulnerable residents in the city.

[01:48:34] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And whereas the Mountain View Community Land Trust has established itself as the first Community Land Trust in Mountain View committed to preserving existing housing units for communities vulnerable to displacement.

[01:48:45] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And the Mountain View Community Land Trust is a member of the city's Community Ownership Action Plan Advisory Committee to help innovative housing options that are not currently provided by the housing market and to implement models that provide permanent affordability and active roles for tenants and community members in shared governance and stewardship.

[01:49:03] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Now therefore I, Ellen Kamei, Mayor of the city of Mountain View, along with my colleagues on the City Council, do hereby proclaim the month of May as Affordable Housing Month in the city of Mountain View and call upon members of our community and regional efforts led by SV@Home, who I see here in the audience too, to continue supporting affordable housing and inclusive, diverse communities, to recognize the successful efforts of the city and its dedicated community partners delivering innovative housing solutions, and to present this proclamation to both Jamboree Housing and the Community Land Trust.

[01:49:39] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: So before I present the proclamations, I wanted to give you both an opportunity to share a few words. So we'll start with Jamboree Housing and turn it over to you. Great, thank you.

[01:49:58] Roger Kinoshita, Senior Vice President of Jamboree Housing: Thank you very much. Once again, my name is Roger Kinoshita with Jamboree Housing. Thank you very much, Mayor and City Council members, for this incredible honor. I'm accepting this on behalf of Jamboree, this proclamation during Affordable Housing Month.

[01:50:14] Roger Kinoshita, Senior Vice President of Jamboree Housing: This recognition is truly shared. This work is only possible because of the many committed partners, as mentioned, the state of California, HUD, as well as the office of supportive housing, as well and the Housing Authority.

[01:50:30] Roger Kinoshita, Senior Vice President of Jamboree Housing: But we especially want to say thank you very much to the city of Mountain View for your partnership, your bold leadership in setting new standards in California that proves cities can build housing at all income levels when there's vision, courage, and political will.

[01:50:48] Roger Kinoshita, Senior Vice President of Jamboree Housing: We're proud to be your partner in creating homes that are more than shelter. They are stepping stones to better economic, educational, and mobility outcomes. Thank you again for this recognition and we look forward to doing more in the city. Thank you.

[01:51:13] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And now we have the Mountain View Community Land Trust, and it's going to be in both English and in Spanish. Sí, adelante.

[01:51:23] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Muy buenas tardes a alcaldesa Ellen Kamei, vice mayor Emily Ramos y todos los miembros del concilio y a todos los en la audiencia. Gracias. Mi nombre es Olga Melo y soy parte del comité de fideicomiso de tierras comunitarias y aceptamos con mucho entusiasmo y compromiso esta proclamación de parte de Ellen por el mes de la hispanidad, perdón, por el mes de la vivienda.

[01:52:03] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Este reconocimiento a nuestro trabajo es la creación del primer fideicomiso de tierras comunitarias en Mountain View. Agradecemos la confianza que nos han demostrado el liderazgo de la ciudad en nosotros y el gran apoyo que nos han brindado durante la creación del fideicomiso de tierra comunitaria el cual nació en septiembre del 2024.

[01:52:28] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: El fideicomiso de tierra comunitaria está trabajando con la ciudad para identificar y adquirir un edificio de 15 a 20 unidades donde vive ahora y donde seguirán viviendo familias de clase trabajadora vulnerables que pueden sufrir el desplazamiento. Con esta adquisición el CLT retirará esta propiedad del mercado inmobiliario especulativo, preservará estas viviendas y mantendrá su accesibilidad a la perpetuidad.

[01:52:59] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Agradecemos enormemente la disposición de la ciudad de colaborar con nosotros para identificar formas innovadoras y flexibles de ofrecer vivienda accesible de forma no tradicional lo que contribuirá a asegurar el futuro de nuestra comunidad. Esperamos continuar trabajando en colaboración con ustedes y el personal de la ciudad para llevar adelante nuestro primer proyecto antes del fin del año.

[01:53:26] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Quiero decir que este fideicomiso de tierra comunitaria es el primero aquí en Mountain View. Creo que es una figura muy especial porque en este fideicomiso está la comunidad representada. No está liderada por otras personas que tal vez vienen con muy buenas intenciones pero en este caso es la propia comunidad tomando liderazgo, enfrentando problemas y soluciones.

[01:53:48] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Así es que esto es lo que nos hace únicos y creo que el trabajo más relevante es el de nuestras siete compañeras que están aquí presentes ahorita que son las que hemos llevado a cabo este trabajo con mucho amor y con mucha dedicación para mantener a nuestra comunidad firme aquí echar raíces para siempre.

[01:54:22] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: No queremos que nos sigan desplazando. No queremos perder más tejido social. Queremos permanecer aquí. Queremos seguir viviendo en Mountain View. Queremos estar en la fotografía del futuro. Así es que vamos a luchar con muchas fuerzas con mucho amor con mucha pasión para que esto se haga una realidad.

[01:54:41] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Y muchas gracias al concilio porque han aceptado trabajar con nosotros hombro a hombro pero esto se requiere de mucho esfuerzo y de que se abran a cambios, a hacer cambios en la forma de cómo trabajar en este proyecto de vivienda porque eso es lo que va a hacer el cambio, que estén abiertos a las decisiones que nosotros como comunidad hagamos.

[01:55:05] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Y por último yo también quiero reconocer a todos los grupos de aquí de Mountain View que luchan por una vivienda digna porque no somos el único grupo, hay más grupos luchando y todos, todos nuestra misma misión es mantener a nuestra comunidad unidad. Muchísimas gracias por esta proclamación.

[01:55:30] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: Thank you, Mayor Kamei and Vice Mayor Emily Ramos and the City Council members, as well as all the audience here. My name is Olga Melo and I am part of Mountain View's first Community Land Trust. We appreciate the confidence that city leaders have in us and the great support we have received as we formed Mountain View Community Land Trust.

[01:55:56] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: The MVCLT is working with the city to identify and acquire a 15 to 20 unit building that currently houses and will continue to house working class families that are vulnerable to displacement. With this acquisition, MVCLT will remove the property from the speculative real estate market and preserve those homes and maintain their affordability in perpetuity.

[01:56:19] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: We are so grateful for the city's willingness to work with us to identify innovative and flexible ways to deliver affordable housing in non-traditional ways that will help secure the future of our community. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with you and the city staff to bring our first project forward by the end of this year.

[01:56:41] Olga Melo, Co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust: This is a first in Mountain View, so it's very special. Community is represented in this, not others who may not be as interested as we are. Our community has problems, but we also have the solutions. So we're here to also recognize our partners who are here with us tonight who have worked tirelessly with love and dedication. We are firmly here with roots. All groups as well I'd like to recognize all their hard work because they all are putting in the same effort and have the same goal. Thanks again to everyone.

[01:57:22] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay, so we will do the proclamations and we'll invite our council to stand and our recipients to stand here. And I also want to encourage the other members of the CLT, los otros miembros, vente por favor para tomar un foto. Yeah, so we'll all take a photo together.

[01:57:48] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Jamboree folks, please join as well. I know it's a group effort. And also want to make sure we shout out our housing staff with the city who I know does so much in collaboration.

5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS

[02:04:00] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Next, we move on to Item 5, Oral Communications from the Public on non-agendized items. This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the City Council on items that are not on tonight's agenda. Each speaker will have up to three minutes to speak. We do have one speaker in person this evening. Please come forward.

[02:04:24] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Good evening.

[02:04:25] Public Speaker: Good evening.

[02:04:27] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: It's good to see you.

[02:04:28] Public Speaker: Good to see you too.

[02:04:30] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: We have in Mountain View, Palo Alto University, and with a, I guess still quite a new location. Yeah, I think so. It's right here downtown. And I'd love for you to share a little bit and...

[02:04:43] Public Speaker: Thank you so much. Thank you so much, Mayor. Thank you so much to the City of Mountain View for the opportunity to share. My name is Dr. Kimberly Hiroto, and I am the Director of the Gronowski Center at Palo Alto University.

6.1 AB 481 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption

[02:04:47] Marsha Deslauriers: to the Council. We're very, very honored. You know several years ago when we opened our Mountain View campus, we were so excited to have a physical presence in this part of the county, and we're just thrilled that it has been such a wonderful experience. Our students love being in Mountain View. So that's a - that's a good thing.

5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS

[02:04:55] Public Speaker: We are a community clinic located at 330 Castro Street, right here in downtown Mountain View. And we're really excited to be here just to share a little bit about what we do.

6.1 AB 481 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption

[02:05:05] Marsha Deslauriers: For those of you who don't know, we provide graduate, mostly graduate education in mental health counseling starting in the fall social work, and clinical psychology. And we - in California it's very important to understand that the private non-profit universities like PAU graduate 90% of the mental health counselors and clinical psychologists in the state.

[02:05:28] Marsha Deslauriers: So we provide a very big service in terms of our - of addressing the workforce and these wonderful agencies like Momentum and so many others that that are supported - are wonderful training grounds for our students and our students through that process provide service to the community. We do have a clinic, our community clinic is just down the street on Castro. We serve a - almost 500 clients a year and we're just so honored to be in Mountain View and thank you very much for this honor. Thank you all.

[02:06:01] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Wonderful, well thank you both for being here. And so we'll just take a quick photo. If there's anyone else from your teams that you would like to invite to join the photo please do, and I'll invite my council colleagues to stand.

[02:06:57] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. And now, um, would any member of the Council like to say a few words? I am not seeing - oh, Councilmember McAlister.

[02:07:09] Councilmember John McAlister: Uh, I am really glad to see the Community Land Trust, those folks come along. I've been advocating for over 10 years that the city or whoever should be start buying - should start buying property and, uh, using it for Mountain View. We - that - it's a much less ex- it's less expensive to buy affordable housing, and once we own that housing, we can use it for whatever needs are appropriate.

[02:07:28] Councilmember John McAlister: So I'm glad anytime that we are engaged in a process where we are taking property, bringing it to the use of Mountain View, allowing us to control our future, uh, at a much lower cost, almost 50% cheaper than buying something new. I'm all for it and I'm so proud that they are doing that in the city and, uh, look forward to more projects like it.

[02:07:56] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, I am seeing no other colleagues wishing to speak, so I'll open it up to public comment, uh, for our presentation items. Would any member of the public joining us virtually or in person like to provide comment on the presentation items listed on the agenda?

[02:08:17] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Yeah, it's not showing in the queue. Is that you, Corey? Okay. All right. Corey Wolbach with SV at Home.

[02:08:30] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: Hi, good evening. Um, Honorable Mayor Kamei, Vice Mayor Ramos, Councilmembers, great to see you. Uh, my name is Corey Wolbach, I'm the civic leadership manager at SV@Home or Silicon Valley at Home. Uh, SV@Home is a local non-profit that advocates for evidence-based solutions to meet the housing needs of all our residents.

[02:08:51] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: Our work focuses on policy solutions that create new affordable housing, preserve our existing affordable housing, and protect our most vulnerable residents from housing instability throughout Santa Clara County. We also prioritize community education and strengthening grassroots organization and leadership, as we believe that empowering communities to raise their voices, uh, and drive meaningful change is important to solving our housing problems.

[02:09:19] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: So, uh, want - I want to say thank you again, uh, to coun- the entire Council and the city staff for inviting us to participate in affordable housing month and for your wonderful proclamation, uh, and for your commitment to advancing affordable housing here in Mountain View. We have an engaging lineup of events throughout May, hosted by SV@Home and our partners.

[02:09:46] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: We encourage you to visit siliconvalleyathome.org/events to explore the exciting programs happening here in Mountain View and across the county, in person and online. I also want to add that, uh, the city's ongoing implementation of the sixth cycle housing element is a great step in the right direction. Reducing barriers to affordable housing and supporting tenant protections, innovative solutions, and affirmatively furthering fair housing right here in Mountain View. And we commend Mountain View for its leadership.

[02:10:16] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: The need remains great; we know that nearly half of the county's renters - and renter households - remain cost-burdened, and your continued leadership in supporting and expanding affordable housing is essential. This year, as you mentioned before, our theme for Affordable Housing Month is 'Strength in Housing', and we try to remind ourselves that housing is not just a building, it is the foundation of a strong community.

[02:10:40] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: By investing in affordable housing, we are securing the future and well-being of all of our residents. And Affordable Housing Month is more than a celebration, it is part of a movement, and by dedicating this entire month we hope to bring people together to strengthen our shared commitment to real solutions for homelessness, rent burden, and housing insecurity.

[02:11:02] Public Speaker Corey Wolbach: There is strength in coming together, strength in our community, and strength in housing. Lasting change happens when we work together. So thank you again, we invite you to join us in imagining a future where everybody in our community has a safe, stable, and affordable home. And thank you again for your partnership in Affordable Housing Month.

[02:11:16] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you, and thank you to SV at Home for all they do to help us celebrate, um, Affordable Housing Month. All right, let's see. Is there any other - was that - no. Okay. So I believe that closes, uh, public comment, so we'll move on to Item 4, which is our Consent Calendar.

[02:11:41] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: These items will be approved by one motion unless any member of the Council wishes to pull an item for individual consideration. If an item is pulled from the Consent Calendar, it will be considered separately following approval of the balance of the Consent Calendar. If you'd like to speak on these items or the next item, oral communications on non-agenda items in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the Assistant City Clerk now. Would any member of the Council like to pull an item? Councilmember Hicks.

[02:12:00] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I could either pull this one or just speak on it, but I wanted to talk a little about 4.7.

[02:12:11] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay, why don't I go through the rest of the queue and then we can see how you feel. Councilmember Ramirez.

[02:12:14] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to pull 4.12.

[02:12:22] Councilmember Pat Showalter: I just have a few comments to make.

[02:12:26] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay. All right. So why don't - Councilmember McAlister.

[02:12:28] Councilmember John McAlister: I'd just like to comment on 4.13.

[02:12:34] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay. So thank you. Let me circle back. Councilmember Hicks, would you like to pull that item or would you like to comment?

[02:12:41] Councilmember Alison Hicks: I can just comment.

[02:12:43] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Okay, so why don't we start with comments with Councilmember Hicks, and then we can go comments with Councilmember Showalter, and then we'll do comments from Councilmember McAlister. Does that sound right? And then we have the pulled item 4.12 from Councilmember Ramirez. Is that okay? Okay.

[02:12:57] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So, 4.7 is Council Report: Public Safety Building Design, etc. I'm not going to read the full title. Um, I just want to continue advocating - I've done it in the past - but for more value engineering on this particular project. I'm a little worried about es- the escalating price, and, um, you know, one example of things we could be thinking about is, um, that I've heard that Silicon Valley Clean Energy bought an office at, kind of, fire-sale prices for $12 million, an office.

[02:13:36] Councilmember Alison Hicks: And so perhaps a better option than reserving, after we finish building the public safety building, um, there's additional land for future, um, public office, perhaps, you know, we - we could be selling off that land and, um, buying an already-built office. I think there are multiple - as we see the price of this escalate - I think there are multiple opportunities for value engineering and I'd like to continue to look at those.

[02:14:06] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Councilmember Showalter.

[02:14:09] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes, um, I wanted to comment on 4.3, 'The Preservation of City Records.' And, um, I just wanted to say that, um, this is - this is something that we think of in terms of, um, uh, cutting back on paper. But it's not just cutting back on paper, it's also making sure that our records are available if there's some sort of natural disaster, such as a flood or a fire.

[02:14:40] Councilmember Pat Showalter: I know for instance in, um, Colorado, uh, there was a - a major flood that - fire that went through Boulder and they - they burned up, you know, all - all of the records on site. And the ones that were offsite were really what saved the day in being able to resurrect their water and sewer system. So I just wanted to mention that this is important from not just a paper retention, uh, point of view, but - but from a disaster preparedness point of view as well.

[02:15:12] Councilmember Pat Showalter: So. And then the other thing I want to talk about was 4.13, um, the recycled water, uh, item. We have gotten to the point now where, um, uh, we are about to, uh, okay the contracts. And, um, uh, this is something that staff, I know, has been working on for more than 10 years and it's just a really wonderful addition to our water system.

[02:15:40] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Um, this is exactly what we should be doing to prepare for the expected fluctuations we'll see in - in the snowpack. This is an example of right-sizing the quality of water for the use of the water. So this recycled water isn't going to be used for drinking; it's going to be used for things like irrigating plants, flushing toilets, and cooling towers. And then we can save the water that we import from the mountains, um, for - for drinking. So I just want to, uh, to bring this to everybody's attention and, um, it's - it's a great project. Thank you.

[02:16:18] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Councilmember McAlister.

[02:16:21] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I'd like to, um, agree with Councilmember Showalter about all the great benefits of this project. Uh, the reason I'm bringing this up, I want to point out that this first came to Council in 2017. The cost of doing this was $20 million. Through delay or, uh, priorities, now it's closer to $60 million to do the - the work that should have been done long time ago.

[02:16:47] Councilmember John McAlister: And this is one of those projects, we - we've gone through a couple of droughts and this is the type of projects where it will help us recycle, save, re- repurpose water, which we should be doing all along. And it's part of our infrastructure that I think we've been neglecting over these all these years is that we don't pay enough attention to the necessities that this is going to provide or the luxury of being able to divert water from one point to another.

[02:17:14] Councilmember John McAlister: Uh, we're still not to the place where it's potable water; it's enhanced water to get through this, uh, advanced water system plant. And, uh, we need to continue to stay on this course. We're cons- right now we're pro- we're also looking at putting in piping to get that water over to the south of 101, which is very important so that it's a broader use. And as we increase the water that we're able to enhance, um, the more demand will possibly come along.

[02:17:43] Councilmember John McAlister: And so yes, I'm glad it's going. I think Palo Alto was working on this contract, uh, recently, and we need to do more projects like this. We need to be more proactive in doing items that increase our maintenance and our, um, uh, infrastructure that will be a benefit for the whole city. So I'm very happy to see this going and I will continue to look forward to seeing this thing get done hopefully soon. Thank you.

[02:18:08] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Um, so that ends, um, comments. Uh, we have a pulled item, Item 4.12. Uh, may I - I will do... but do we have a motion? Yeah, so you want to make a motion, you want to have the public comment...

[02:18:30] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Can I get a motion on the balance? Sorry, I just wanted to make sure I...

[02:18:32] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Mayor, we have a public comment.

[02:18:34] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Got it. All right, so I have a motion and a second, and we'll take public comment from Bruce England.

[02:18:51] Public Speaker Bruce England: Sorry, uh, unmute, uh, took some time to show up. Uh, Bruce England, Whisman Station Drive. I have three very quick comments on some of these items. Uh, on 4.3 about the preservation and destruction of city records, as you probably know, um, a lot of us out in the community are digging through city records to find information we need that sometimes is very old and on older systems and we usually can find what we need but not always. And so we're in favor of doing whatever can be done to preserve, um, those older records along with the newer records of course so that we can find what we need.

[02:19:31] Public Speaker Bruce England: Uh, thank you for taking that into account. On the public safety building, um, so some of us including me have an interest in seeing flexible design in that as much as possible so as times change - that building's going to be there for a long time - that different parts of the facilities can be modified for a - a different kind of use if they decide that they need that in the future.

[02:19:51] Public Speaker Bruce England: And then lastly on the recycled water service, definitely in favor of broad thinking around our water, how water's managed, how water is used, stormwater management, all of those kind of details can be very complicated. So, um, we're always in favor of seeing that, uh, explored. Those are the items I wanted to talk about. Thank you.

[02:20:12] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Next virtual speaker is Tolga Akar.

[02:20:27] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: And the hand went down. Okay. Is that right? Okay.

[02:20:31] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Um, so I'll bring the item back for Council action and note that a motion to approve the Consent Calendar should also include reading the title of the resolutions... oh. I think they unmuted.

[02:20:42] Public Speaker Tolga Akar: Yeah, can I - I was - I thought I was talking but I think I was muted.

[02:20:46] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Yeah. Why don't we reset the timer because your hand went - so your hand went down so I didn't - I didn't - I thought that you weren't going to, uh, comment. Go ahead, we'll restart your timer.

[02:21:01] Public Speaker Tolga Akar: Thank you. Um, good evening again, Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers. Tolga Akar with Webcor Builders, we're a general contractor. Uh, we're signatory to all unions. Um, so on Item 4.7, the public safety building, uh, we're pleased to express our strong support for the city's initiative to design and construct a new public safety building.

[02:21:27] Public Speaker Tolga Akar: I think this is, uh, essential for replacing the outdated facility with a modern seismicly safe structure. Um, I understand that the proposed building will accommodate future growth and also enhance community - community engagement. Um, so we commend the city's commitment to public safety and community well-being, um, and we're looking forward to contribute our expertise and compete, uh, for the project when it comes out for bid. Thank you.

[02:21:52] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Okay, now we'll close, um, public comment and I'll bring the item back for Council action and note that a motion to approve the Consent Calendar should also include reading the title of the resolutions attached to the Consent Calendar items 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, and 4.13. And we have a motion by Councilmember Clark.

[02:22:11] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yes, so I move that we approve the balance of the Consent Calendar which is everything except item 4.12, and it includes Item 4.2 to adopt a resolution 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 Number 2 and approving the levying of assessments for fiscal year 2025 through 2026 to be read in title only, further reading waived;

[02:22:36] Councilmember Chris Clark: Item 4.3, adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View amending City Council Policy A-9, Preservation and Destruction of City Records, to implement a trusted system to be read in title only, further reading waived; Item 4.4, adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View repealing Resolution Number 18199 and all amendments thereto and adopting a resolution re-establishing the Performing Arts Committee to be read in title only, further reading waived;

[02:23:02] Councilmember Chris Clark: Item 4.5, adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View authorizing the City Manager or designee to accept a grant in the amount of $102,000 from Destination: Home SV to support the city's ongoing and new homeless - new homeless initiatives and authorizing the City Manager or their designee to execute all documents necessary for receipt of the grant of - of the grant funds to be read in title only, further reading waived;

[02:23:28] Councilmember Chris Clark: And Item 4.13, adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View to authorize payment of $22 million to the City of Palo Alto as a pay-as-you-go contribution toward the capital cost of Phase 1 advanced water purification system project, uh, which is, uh, referred to as the project, and assume responsibility for the payment of principal and interest on a $10.5 million loan to be obtained by the City of Palo Alto for the project to be read in title only, further reading waived;

[02:23:58] Councilmember Chris Clark: And adopt a resolution of the Shoreway Regional Park Community Board of Directors authorizing the Community Manager to enter into an agreement for $22 million with the City of Mountain View for the capital cost of the Phase 1 advanced water purification system project to be read in title only, further reading waived.

[02:24:16] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. And that was seconded by Councilmember Showalter. So let's vote. All right, and that motion passes unanimously. So we'll bring the item back to the Consent Calendar for the pulled item from Councilmember Ramirez, 4.12.

[02:24:38] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. I have a few questions for staff. Um, the first question is, uh, are the public improvements described, uh, just for Phase 1 or are they the public improvements for the totality of the project that was intended?

[02:25:01] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: We'll give staff a moment to make their way down.

[02:25:12] Assistant Public Works Director Ed Arango: Thank you for the question. Ed Arango, Assistant Public Works Director and City Engineer. Uh, the public improvements were for the totality of the project. Uh, as the public improvements are tied to the subdivision, the subdivision included all phases of the, uh, project which included both, um, the properties that were part of Phase 1 and part of Phase 2.

[02:25:34] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. So - so no additional public improvements are contemplated for if and when the building permit for Phase 2 is pulled?

[02:25:43] Assistant Public Works Director Ed Arango: That would depend on the logistics and specific details of Phase 2, how they plan to, uh, develop Phase 2. That may require additional improvements, but are only related to the - the - the circulation on how they're planning on providing perhaps a driveway location, multiple driveway locations, and that would require a public improvement.

[02:26:05] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, but these ones, uh, serve Phase 2 as well?

[02:26:10] Assistant Public Works Director Ed Arango: Correct.

[02:26:12] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, great. Thank you, Ed. I'm - um, thank you Ed. I'm not sure the remaining questions are necessarily for you. Uh, are public improvements exactions or what is the - what's the mechanism, the authority that the city uses to - to secure these types of public improvements?

[02:26:37] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Councilmember Ramirez, I'm not sure that Ed can answer that question, or if our Community Development Director would be able to answer that.

[02:26:56] Community Development Director Christian Murdock: Good evening, Mayor and Council, Christian Murdock, Community Development Director. Um, typically cities adopt standards related to subdivision, uh, requiring certain minimum subdivision improvements for things like public rights-of-way, circulation, uh, water, sewer, etc., those kinds of basic infrastructure associated with a subdivision.

[02:27:20] Community Development Director Christian Murdock: So typically, uh, through the development review process, in this case the review of a subdivision map, the city's ensuring that those standards are met or deviations from those standards are approved by the city to ensure safe provision of those, uh, general public infrastructure requirements. And so it's typically through that review and approval of the tentative map authorizing the sub- subdivision of land as a prerequisite to authorizing new development, um, that those types of improvements are required by the city.

[02:27:40] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. And I - I think I understand. So - so does the magnitude of the development, so if this were a single-family home project or, you know, the 635-unit with square footage, office square footage project, would the public improvements that we got here that are listed here be the same or - or are they proportional to - to the magnitude of the project?

[02:28:05] Community Development Director Christian Murdock: Sure. I think it's a very fact-specific question, but I'll have to answer in generalities. So, um, typically, uh, those types of improvements would, uh, be subject to the same types of considerations, nexus, proportionality to the project and so forth.

[02:28:26] Community Development Director Christian Murdock: Um, what you'll sometimes see with smaller-scale development that has, excuse me, some sort of impact on infrastructure, they may to make - need to make some sort of proportional contribution, uh, financial payment for example if the overall, uh, improvement would be disproportionate to the project. Uh, another way that that's sometimes accomplished is requiring the person or developer to make the improvement but then reimbursing them proportionally over time as other users of that infrastructure, uh, come in subsequent to the improvement.

[02:28:53] Community Development Director Christian Murdock: So there are different mechanisms to ensure that a particular project is not disproportionately burdened by an infrastructure improvement, uh, but as the project gets larger, uh, it's a little harder to sort of portion out at that very specific level of detail, um, the proportionality in some instances.

[02:29:07] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Thank you very much. And then if the building permit for Phase 2 is never pulled, what are the implications for the city?

[02:29:14] Community Development Director Christian Murdock: Uh, again, I think it's a very fact-specific, uh, question. Um, you know, the potential exists for a developer to seek, uh, some sort of, uh, redress if you will of those kinds of contributions, but, uh, it's a very complicated question to answer. Uh, timing, um, proportionality again, different factors, uh, would bear on that - that answer.

[02:29:34] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Great. Thank you very much. Those are my questions. Thank you, Mayor.

[02:29:38] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Seeing no others in the queue, I'd entertain a motion. All right, and this has been moved by Councilmember Clark, seconded by Councilmember Showalter, so we can vote.

[02:29:50] City Clerk Heather Glaser: And the motion before you is the approval of 4.12.

[02:29:56] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Oh, yes. Apologies. Thanks.

7.1 Federal Fiscal Year 2025-30 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2025-26 Annual Action Plan

[02:30:03] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: All right, and that passes unanimously. We'll move on to Item 5, Oral Communications. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic within the City Council's subject matter jurisdiction for up to three minutes during this section.

[02:30:21] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: State law prohibits the Council from acting on non-agenda items. If you'd like to speak on this item or the next item in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the Assistant City Clerk now. Would any member of the public joining us virtually or in person like to provide comment on this item? And I see a few in person, so we have quite the queue. So if we could go to two minutes, please. Thank you. And we'll start with Karen followed by James followed by Harmony then Grace and Wanda.

[02:31:14] Public Speaker Karen: My name is Karen. I attended my first city council meeting about seven months ago, asking if the city would allow Ridwell to operate in our town. Ridwell is a voluntary service that residents can sign up for and get hard-to-recycle and reusable items picked up from their doorstep. Today I'm here with a more specific ask for the City Council members. I ask that you talk with employees in the city to fully look at the pilot program that Ridwell has tailored for our city and involve Ridwell in the discussion about it.

[02:31:42] Public Speaker Karen: Ridwell first reached out to the city three years ago. At this time, I worked for them and can attest to the slow response, canceled meetings with no explanation, and general ghosting. I have read the City's Zero Waste Plan and I have read the pilot program that Ridwell has presented to the city. The pilot program aligns with the City Zero Waste Plan, which encourages pilot programs for hard-to-recycle and reusable items. The current franchise agreement contains an exception for pilot programs, meaning there is no conflict with Recology's exclusive rights.

[02:32:16] Public Speaker Karen: One specific item that Ridwell stated that they would take in the pilot program is clamshells. Our city doesn't take them, but Ridwell will, and it also is written that if Recology does take them that Ridwell will stop. I have been told from the members of the city that this is an issue between Ridwell and Recology. The pilot program does not violate any contractual agreements with Recology, meaning this is an issue that the city needs to resolve, a program that the city needs to and should approve.

[02:32:48] Public Speaker Karen: Again, I ask for the city to prioritize this matter, take a meeting with Ridwell and sort it out. Let Ridwell be a partner to the city and the citizens to help achieve our zero waste goal. And one more thing, not everyone here is going to speak, but raise your hand if you're here for Ridwell and the support and just know that a lot of people are supporting this. Thank you.

[02:33:18] Public Speaker James: My name is James and I'm a 10-year-old. I want to share how kids are making a difference in our town and how Ridwell has been a part of it. At school, I'm part of a green team that helps kids learn about recycling, composting, and trash. Before the green team started, we had roughly 40 plus bags of trash a week from snack and lunch. Last week, we had one. The reason this is working is because of education and a little bit of effort.

[02:33:50] Public Speaker James: The green team help teach kids what goes in which bin. The bins are liquid, recycling, compost, trash, and Ridwell, which for our school is a lot of snack and chip bags. We help sort it and parents from our school take these plastics to other towns where their families have Ridwell, so it avoids going in our landfills. Imagine every school in Mountain View could do this. Every country, every state, the whole world.

[02:34:16] Public Speaker James: That's a lot less trash and plastic in our landfills and oceans. This is proof that a little bit of education and effort can make a big difference. Please let Ridwell in our town so more people can learn and help our environment. Yeah!

[02:34:49] Public Speaker Harmony: Hi, I'm Harmony. I'm just here in support of Ridwell. I recycle clamshells currently in Palo Alto and I collect it from these guys. So I'm just passionate and I hope that the city will be able to have the program come. Thank you.

[02:35:23] Public Speaker Grace: Hi, my name is Grace and thank you very much for allowing me to speak today. I'm a 20-year resident of Mountain View and in keeping with the city zero waste plan that encourages pilot programs that work toward that goal, I would like to strongly encourage that the City Council consider Ridwell's proposal which was submitted several months ago. Ridwell is filling a void, providing a recycling service currently not provided by Recology, thus helping to reduce landfill waste.

[02:35:58] Public Speaker Grace: They demonstrate it is possible to recycle these items. Recology's Mountain View contract still does not accept certain common household items like chip bags, any kind of plastic that's kind of a film, Trader Joe's bags. I won't bore you with all of these, but these are all what would have ended up in the landfill and actually this is only from one week of my garbage.

[02:36:36] Public Speaker Grace: One of the things that really is very personal to me is that I'm a type 1 diabetic and so I have to receive my insulin that comes in a 90-day supply in these Styrofoam bins. I hate it, but I have to accept it and the way I get rid of it now is I have to fill this entire 30-gallon bag and then find a facility, and the closest one that is available is in Sunnyvale. I used to drive up to Redwood City after the One Green Citizen shut down in Mountain View.

[02:37:10] Public Speaker Grace: There are other cities all across the Bay Area, I won't name them all, but on their site they have about 59 cities. So I'd like to also be part of that. Thank you.

[02:37:16] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: I'm sorry, your time is up. Thank you.

[02:37:19] Public Speaker Grace: Thank you.

[02:37:23] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: James? I mean, Harmony, then Grace, Wanda, Peter.

[02:37:34] Public Speaker Wanda: Hi, I just want to say too that there's no reason why the city shouldn't accept Ridwell because it's not going to cost anyone anything. We as citizens that want to continue with recycling, we're willing to pay the 14 dollars a month to have them come to our door and pick it up. And that saves me more time than having to drive somewhere to drop it off in another city.

[02:38:05] Public Speaker Wanda: And I love Mountain View and I think we're doing a lot of great things so I think this is one more thing that we can add to the pile. And I could yield my time to someone else right now. Thank you.

[02:38:22] Public Speaker Peter: Hi, I'm Peter Norco, a proud resident of Mountain View for over 10 years. I'm here to say I'm a bit embarrassed to have to come to you today to ask your permission for the right to be able to purchase a service that is not provided by the city. Not provided by the city, is available in many of our neighboring cities, comes at no cost to any Mountain View resident that doesn't want this service, and provides a significant benefit to our environment, something that I know is very important to this council and Mountain View residents.

[02:38:54] Public Speaker Peter: The service I'm speaking about is the one you've heard from many other people. This is one provided by Ridwell, who accountably recycles products that a curbside partner is not able to. One thing that's also, our city has another proposal in mind, another partner, another service, I would be open to that and I think others would as well. The thing we're very focused on is we want to be able to do something with our recyclables that the curbside won't take.

[02:39:20] Public Speaker Peter: And so this chamber and the people leading it, I know have done many great things for the city, some of them have been mentioned here today, and you have a fairly thankless job, so thank you for doing it. But one thing I think we're dropping the ball is in terms of recycling. You know every day we choose to not make available service that comes at no cost to the city, no cost to residents that choose not to use it, but that prevents single-use plastics from entering our drinking water, oceans, and food is by our choice of inaction, choosing to damage our future and our community.

[02:39:55] Public Speaker Peter: So I'm asking you to put the same vision, courage, and political will that someone mentioned you all have about affordable housing behind the ways we can support our environment. And so as you consider this proposal, I leave you with a chant that my children and my family will say at home, which is: Hey, hey! Ho, ho! This plastic has got to go! Where is it going to go?

[02:40:15] Public Speaker Peter: Not in a landfill! Thank you.

[02:40:24] Public Speaker David Franklin: Hello, my name is David Franklin. As residents of Mountain View, my family has always done our best to be as green and sustainable as possible. However, we can't help but see the huge amount of waste that our household places in the landfill on a weekly basis. We do a great job saving items that are allowed by Mountain View to be collected. However, items such as multi-layer plastics, we call them crinkly plastics like the chip bags, and film or stretchy plastics, the one you can poke your finger through, I think she brought some examples, thank you.

[02:40:58] Public Speaker David Franklin: Items that can be found around the house have no place except for the landfill bins. Ridwell, a business that offers voluntary subscription-based doorstep service that fills these critical gaps in the traditional curbside system by collecting at-home source-separated hard-to-recycle and reusable items that my family uses on a regular basis is a program our community deserves, especially if zero waste is a reasonable citywide goal.

[02:41:34] Public Speaker David Franklin: The beauty of Ridwell is that they want to take this hard-to-recycle material and they will take them. They are very transparent about what they take and what they make with the items that they take. At our home, we collect a plastic grocery store-sized bag every week of what we call at our house Ridwell-able material. And if everyone in Mountain View had the choice to do this, imagine how many bags we'd save to be put in the landfill to be making other products.

[02:42:12] Public Speaker David Franklin: The list of Mountain View residents wanting to bring Ridwell to our community is up to 500 and growing. We are waiting for the opportunity to get as close to zero waste and be as sustainable as we can. Mountain View City Council, please consider bringing Ridwell into our Mountain View community. Thank you.

[02:42:25] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you. We'll move on to virtual public comment, versus Bruce England and then Celia Pamer.

[02:42:26] Public Speaker Bruce England: Thank you Mayor. Bruce England, Winston Station Drive again. So as you likely know, Ridwell held a community meeting about their services at the Community Center recently with a full house attending. And it's notable that so many members showed up for the event given it was in the middle of a workday and a lot of residents were likely unaware it was even happening.

[02:42:45] Public Speaker Bruce England: We absolutely should make the curbside option happen in Mountain View for the reasons called out in a recent Mountain View Voice article and discussed tonight, and sooner rather than later. All other means including those offered by the city here are band-aid workarounds. It's fairly disingenuous for Recology to object when the items that would be picked up by Ridwell are intended to be those that Recology does not deal with at all.

[02:43:31] Public Speaker Bruce England: Also as you have heard already tonight, responsible management of materials across the entire lifecycle is very important to younger people who after all will be carrying forward our efforts after most of us, and they need to know that we support what they do or wish to do today for our environment. Thank you.

[02:43:35] Public Speaker Celia Pamer: Hi, thanks for hearing me out. I'm Celia Pamer, also a Mountain View resident of about 15 years. I'm also speaking in support of a Ridwell program. I feel like if we can get a pilot project for robots to take over the sidewalks, we should be able to do the crazy thing of instead of having full boxes delivered and empty boxes picked up, have empty boxes delivered and full boxes picked up, if it helps reduce our environmental impact.

[02:44:05] Public Speaker Celia Pamer: So I don't think it's a completely novel idea. Again, we get boxes delivered all the time that are full. I don't see how picking them up is such a big difference. And if we can have pilot projects that are much more complex and involve electronics and I don't know, I even saw something about drone delivery, I don't know if that's realistic, but you know if that's happening I don't see why we can't just have a porch pickup service for waste that would otherwise fill up our landfill. Thank you.

[02:44:38] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you very much. I am not seeing any other public comment in person or virtual, so I'm going to close public comment and then turn it over to City Attorney Logue.

[02:44:49] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: Thank you Mayor Kamei, Vice Mayor Ramos, and Councilmembers and members of the public. I just wanted to take this opportunity to provide a brief update to the Council and so that the members of the public could hear this because I understand that the residents of Mountain View are very passionate about this issue and I wanted to let you know that we are taking it very seriously in the City Attorney's office and we are, you know, understand and are following the commitment that Mountain View has to the environment.

[02:45:20] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: So we are conducting a thorough legal review of the franchise agreement right now. We are working on preparing a confidential legal memo for the City Council members that will hopefully provide options for moving forward. This is a complicated legal issue. We have received an email from Recology's legal counsel stating clearly that allowing Ridwell to operate in Mountain View would violate the franchise agreement.

[02:45:48] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: And so in light of receipt of that email, we do have to take it seriously because we do not want to put the City of Mountain View in litigation without thoroughly analyzing all of the issues. And so we are working on this confidential legal memo which we will share with Council and then hopefully we will be able to provide an update in the future. It will take us about a month or two to finish this because it is a complex issue and we've got a lot of items coming up on Council, but I just wanted you to know that we're taking it seriously and that this issue is not being ignored by the City Attorney's office.

[02:46:22] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you very much. All right, so I've closed oral communications and we'll move to Item 6, which is new business. Item 6.1 is AB 491 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption.

[02:46:40] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: This will be a joint presentation by our Police Chief Michael Canfield and City Attorney Jennifer Logue. If you'd like to speak on this item in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the Assistant City Clerk now. We'll begin with the staff presentation.

[02:47:01] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Good evening Mayor, Council. I'm Mike Canfield, Police Chief. Presenting with me is City Attorney Logue, and this is Assembly Bill 481's presentation, that's military equipment funding, acquisition, and use. With that, I will pass the first slide over to the City Attorney.

[02:47:20] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: Thank you Chief Canfield. Jennifer Logue, City Attorney again. Good evening Mayor Kamei, Vice Mayor Ramos, and Councilmembers. The Police Department worked very closely with the City Attorney's office to prepare tonight's Council item, and I thought it would be helpful to provide to refresh Council's recollection and the public's recollection of the requirements of Assembly Bill 481 and why we are here this evening.

[02:47:52] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: So this first slide gives you a couple little facts about AB 481. Assembly Bill 481 enacted California Government Code sections 7070 through 7075, which governs the funding, acquisition, and use of military equipment by local law enforcement agencies. And military equipment is specifically defined in the Government Code, so it's not just any type of military equipment that you can think of. It has 15 categories of military equipment that needs to be reported on by local government agencies if they wish to use them.

[02:48:25] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: The purpose of AB 481 and these Government Code sections enacted is just to ensure that there's adequate oversight of the acquisition of use of military equipment in local or by local law enforcement agencies. So what does it actually require? The first step is that the local agency that wishes to use military equipment must seek authorization by the governing body, and the governing body must provide this authorization by adoption of an ordinance.

[02:48:57] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: The next step is once that ordinance is adopted, the local law enforcement agency must prepare annual reports for as long as the authority exists. And the annual report is supposed to contain specific information, it's submitted to the governing body, and it's also made publicly available by posted on the law enforcement agency's website. After it is publicly released and submitted to the Council, there needs to be a community meeting.

[02:49:25] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: The community meeting needs to be held within 30 days after the report is submitted and publicly released. And the community meeting is to allow discussion and questions about the report and funding or acquisition and use of military equipment. And then the last requirement is why we're here this evening. It requires the Council or the governing body of the agency to annually review the military equipment policy and to vote on whether to reauthorize that policy.

[02:50:04] City Attorney Jennifer Logue: And so now I will turn it back to Chief Canfield to sort of walk you through how we've complied with AB 481 and other specifics regarding the military use policy.

[02:50:12] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Thank you City Attorney Logue. And that is the transition into our AB 481 legal compliance. Here's just a highlight of that legal compliance. Starting last year, June 11th, City Council adopted Ordinance No. 6.2024 and that was the renewal of our Police Department policy 709.

[02:50:34] Police Chief Michael Canfield: The this year 2025, the Police Department coordinated and created our annual AB 481 report that was posted on our city website on April 11th. Starting the 11th and continuing through the 18th, we provided community notification in a number of ways of our public meeting. That included our City Hall Connections newsletter, direct communications from me, as well as phone calls and emails from me the Police Chief to our community stakeholders and using our robust social media networks to notify our community of that meeting.

[02:51:11] Police Chief Michael Canfield: The meeting was held on April 21st just next door in the conference room and it was attended both virtually and in person with Spanish translation services available, although they were not needed. Today and May 27th Council meeting you will review and vote to renew the ordinance and then that will be the compliance component of AB 481. With that, I'll go into a high-level summary of the equipment that we do have in our possession that qualifies for AB 481.

[02:51:41] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Those items are covered in much more granular detail in both our 2024 AB 481 report as well as our staff report. But you can see here that the Police Department has a number of items like many police departments that qualify for AB 481 reporting. Those include drones, mobile command vehicles, a robot which I would liken more to like an RC car but with treads, not tires, explosive breaching equipment, chemical munitions such as tear gas, noise flash diversionary devices.

[02:52:18] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Some firearms qualify for AB 481 that we possess and their related ammunition, as well as all of our kinetic energy less lethal munitions, those are like the sponge rounds or bean bag round launchers. Those all qualify as AB 481 equipment. As we look at the two columns on the slide, you can see the items that were used in 2024 and the items on the right that are proposed for 2025.

[02:52:55] Police Chief Michael Canfield: It's important to note that when we say the items that are used on the left, they were either used in training or they were equipped on our officers when they were working in the field, but that does not mean in this circumstance that any of them were fired or launched or ignited, etc., with the exception of training facilities. These were carried at times but never deployed if you will. Our equipment was, like I said, used in our training.

[02:53:31] Police Chief Michael Canfield: It requires training, supervised training, in order to be able to carry it. So we did utilize some of our equipment in training and as such the bottom four bullet points on the right column are highlighting items that we believe we will either need to replace now or anticipate needing to replace for our future training, to accommodate future training. It's important to note that there were no complaints associated to any of our AB 481 equipment in 2024.

[02:54:04] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Those would be listed in our AB 481 report. Back to those four bottom bullet points, those are a total of about 16,000 dollars is what we anticipate needing to replace both expired as well as utilized equipment. But that top bullet point is the larger ticket item and that is for an armored rescue vehicle. That total for an armored rescue vehicle that we discussed at length at our AB 481 community meeting is about 382,000 dollars, with the lion's share of that money, about 230,000 dollars, proposed to be coming from the department's federal and state asset forfeiture funds.

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[03:00:33] Councilmember Emily Ramos: Like one piece of equipment per city or is it do one piece of equipment per our current populations at 85,000 -- how if as we grow is that something we have to think about like every single time? I don't think we're going to double in size anytime soon but does that mean we need another armored vehicle after another few thousand?

[03:00:55] Police Chief Michael Canfield: I suppose there is an economy of scale and I think if you look at major cities very large population cities you will see that they have more than one armored rescue vehicle however I believe that tipping point is significant and I don't think it would be likely for a city of our size even even if the city were to grow by 40 percent. And I think what makes sense to me and to the regional police chiefs is that each city has that piece of equipment on their own. I'll be frank many of our tactical operations to do safely require more than one. So if they're planned out in advance for example there was a SWAT activation a couple of weeks ago that required two of these armored rescue vehicles which means a lot of asking and a lot of favors. It's much easier if you have one. For an emergency situation having one immediately available is really a lifesaver potentially a lifesaver but I would recommend that the the city our size have one. It's the right size for us or the right number for our population and calls for service.

[03:01:57] Councilmember Emily Ramos: So is it kind of like this is our contribution to the regional pot of armored vehicles that other cities can also ask politely from us from?

[03:02:11] Police Chief Michael Canfield: As is the case with all law enforcement there can be regional mutual aid requests that come through the California Office of Emergency Services so certainly it can be requested of other agencies you'll see that for example with the Super Bowl or with FIFA World Cup that request will be made. I think it's more important to have that piece of equipment present and available for the city of Mountain View for our community. When it's available and it's appropriate and it doesn't impact our safety for our community I would consider allowing neighboring agencies in an emergency to utilize that equipment as they have for us but I would not consider it a piece of equipment designated to be readily deployed to other cities at their beck and call.

[03:02:56] Councilmember Emily Ramos: Alright, thank you.

[03:02:58] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Councilmember Showalter.

[03:03:01] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yeah, I'm just going to repeat a question I asked on paper and that was about the use of the drones because I'm because drones can be used for a lot of police work but they can also be used for other city work like roof inspections. So I wondered if you could share with us some of the things that we do use them for as well as some of the things that we might use them for.

[03:03:26] Police Chief Michael Canfield: That's a great question. Yeah drones we have found to be very multi-faceted with a lot of different purposes obviously from a law enforcement perspective they are invaluable at searching for a missing person for example or looking for a firearm that may have been disposed on a roof line that we can't find. We have in our application utilized the drone on a SWAT activation related to a shooting and seen a suspect throw a bag with a firearm over a fence and then we were able to deploy resources right to that bag and pull a firearm out of it so there's one for one kind of I guess what I would say is kind of obvious right in your face uses for drones for law enforcement. Very valuable even in indoor situations we can put a drone into a room and look around in a room to see if it's safe before we have to put any human beings into that room any of our officers to see if a situation's safe. But also they could be used if the fire department needed us to do the same thing in a chemical a chemical environment so if it's hazardous materials or if they need a roofline inspected for fires etc we have done this for public works where we have checked roof lines to make it safer for city staff by putting our drones up with our high quality cameras to examine the areas that they need inspected and then preventing them from having to walk on potentially dangerous rooflines some rooflines are much more dangerous than others. There's also an interesting question that you posed about how we might provide services in the Shoreline Park area related to our wildlife. It's it was actually very interesting we hadn't thought about that but it's an area in which we can consider and work with our city to see if there's an area where we can deploy the drone to to support wildlife management. What makes sense for me just off the top of my head is after a large rainstorm or flooding in the creek seeing what habitat could be damaged that's very hard to do on foot and it's it's actually pretty easy to do in the air that's it's really a great application and and likely if there was some damage out or or flooding out in the Shoreline Park examining habitat. That would be something we'd have to be very careful about the application in a wildlife setting but our pilots are extremely professional qualified and licensed to do that work and would would coordinate with the appropriate parties.

[03:05:47] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yeah thank you I can imagine too on a flood situation not necessarily looking for wildlife but just looking for where there were backups you know you could fly the fly the drone down the creek and find out where there was some sort of a backup that was causing flooding much much faster than you could do by having people walk along the creek. Yeah that'd be great. Thank you.

[03:06:08] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Absolutely.

[03:06:10] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Councilmember McAlister.

[03:06:11] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I just want a couple of follow-up questions in my own. Does the fire department have drones?

[03:06:16] Police Chief Michael Canfield: To my knowledge right now they -- oh, the Fire Chief is here. I think he's signaling for me to answer. The -- if I may speak for the fire department currently they do not have drones however all they need to do is ask and we will make our drones and our drone pilots available.

[03:06:35] Councilmember John McAlister: We'll look into that later on. Okay. Uh on a second note so this vehicle armored vehicle I remember when the Super Bowl was held in Santa Clara before and the light rail station -- I mean rail station was a well-guarded area I mean there was SWAT teams all around the anticipation of anything. Would that type of vehicle be used at a situation for the Super Bowl at the light rail station the train station for security?

[03:07:07] Police Chief Michael Canfield: So clearly an ARV will be used for many ARVs in fact probably all of the ARVs in the region will be used for for a Super Bowl. It is a tier one event that has a lot of both federal and state assets as far as you know law enforcement and threats. They will also be used for the FIFA events. Exactly how probably not the best place to discuss but I will say they also have a lot of value for other larger community events and gatherings they have been used in other agencies for a vehicle barrier to stop a wayward vehicle that may be intending or accidentally moving into heavily populated areas they are essentially the best mobile barrier around.

[03:07:53] Councilmember John McAlister: Well sort of a side note is that when President Obama came to Walmart we used buses VTA buses as a security so would you say that would be a little stronger than a VTA bus barrier but that's something to think about later on.

[03:08:08] Police Chief Michael Canfield: They both have their application.

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[03:08:12] Councilmember John McAlister: Sure. A question also there was some bullets that you were you put on your list. What's what's unique about those particular bullets?

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[03:08:19] Police Chief Michael Canfield: So different types of ammunition. So ammunition that's not carried day to day or firearms that aren't carried day to day in our standard issue those that ammunition needs to be reported as well. So for example there's the the 308 caliber ammunition those are ammunition that our snipers use in specific firearms so that ammunition because it's not general issue has to be reported in AB 481.

[03:08:48] Councilmember John McAlister: And in the spirit did you realize that this is National Police Week?

[03:08:52] Police Chief Michael Canfield: I did.

[03:08:53] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay on behalf of the council or among myself I'd like to thank you and all your officers for doing such a good job for the city being here to be fully transparent about the type of equipment we have and on your day-to-day work that you do with for the community so I thank you.

[03:09:08] Police Chief Michael Canfield: You're welcome. Thank you.

[03:09:09] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: That didn't sound like a question. That sounded like a comment. We're not into comments yet. Thank you. Yes happy happy National Police Week as our Fire Chief is here too. Do we have any other questions? Alright if not I'm going to open it up for public comment. Would any member of the public online or in person like to provide comment on this item? I see one raised hand and that is Bruce England so we'll give you two minutes Bruce.

[03:09:50] Public Speaker Bruce England: Thank you Mayor I don't even need that long but um yeah I just wanted to mention again my regrets that we don't have the Public Safety Advisory Board I think that that was ended prematurely there is interest in the community about our public safety in all aspects including police fire and emergency services. I do worry about what's going to happen when the larger earthquakes happen here when we have the next big earthquake that we're properly prepared that the public knows what to do I have a feeling that they really don't. Um and I appreciate Chief Canfield's work on outreach and you know I talk with him myself regularly and I appreciate his staying connected with me. We have the community group MV CPA that still exists but we counted on PSAB and we don't have that to work through anymore so we have to kind of do things on our own. I think it's very important for the information that you're hearing tonight to be shared it's great that it's being shared here at City Council in any way that that can happen whether it's by reactivating PSAB or continuing reports at council or the community meetings that Mike holds with members of the community and with with his particular interest groups. I think having all of those are great and I encourage that and I have no particular questions or concerns about the equipment that he described tonight. Thank you.

[03:11:17] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great thank you. Our next virtual speaker is April Webster.

[03:11:24] Public Speaker April Webster: Thank you. Um just a quick comment and thought as I um I was listening to some of the details about drones and and I'm just thinking outside of the box and wondering if we could you know maybe use drones as a cost-effective way to detect blocked bike lanes on Middlefield and El Camino Real and I don't know maybe use technology to automatically trigger tow dispatch or alerts. Um thank you so much that's all I wanted to share.

[03:11:53] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Alright I am not seeing any others in the queue so I'll bring the item back for council deliberation and action and note that a motion to approve the recommendation should also include reading the title of the ordinance attached to the report. And while I wait for a motion I'll just ask the Chief a question which is you know there was a suggestion about sharing further and maybe perhaps you could tell us how you know any other actions might be shared with the public.

[03:12:28] Police Chief Michael Canfield: Yes so there are a number of community advisory bodies that I work with both the Faith Leaders Advisory Body and the Latino Community Advisory Bodies. The city also has a a community-based organization stakeholder meeting through the human services department of the city manager's office. Those are all really valuable ways for me to seek and receive feedback. I we go out of our way to really try to be accessible engaged and communicate with everybody from a broad perspective whether it's Coalition for Police Reform and Accountability or or former and former members of the Public Safety Advisory Body. So it is a high priority for us. One of the things that we've done although I want to be accessible and try to to always be available to people with questions but we also want to answer questions in advance and provide that information to folks so a priority for the police department was the creation of our transparency dashboard. We have received very positive feedback it is a work in progress so we're always encouraging folks to go online and then also take a look at it and provide us with comments and recommendations for improvements. It is been a valuable area for us to continue that transparency and engagement.

[03:13:43] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great thank you. So it sounds like multiple venues to try to continue the dialogue and the and the transparency that we're having tonight. So I see a motion from Councilmember McAlister seconded by Councilmember Clark and I see no one in the queue so let's vote.

[03:14:03] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Oh I'm sorry Councilmember McAlister needs to read the ordinance. Thank you. You need to read the ordinance.

[03:14:22] Councilmember John McAlister: Thank you. I will now talk about the ordinance. Introduce an ordinance of the city of Mountain View renewing approval of Mountain View Police Department's military equipment use policy adopting updated military equipment use policy and finding that this action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act to be read in title only further reading waived and set a second reading for May 27th, 2025.

[03:14:48] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Alright now we can vote.

[03:14:56] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Alright and that passes unanimously. Thank you to City Attorney Jennifer Logue and Chief Canfield for the joint presentation.

[03:15:03] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: We'll move on to item seven which is our public hearing. Item 7.1 is our Federal Fiscal Year 2025 through 30 Consolidated Plan and Fiscal Year 2025 through 26 Annual Action Plan. Housing Officer Alec Vibrel and Affordable Housing Manager Julie Bernard will present the item. If you'd like to speak on the item in person please submit a blue speaker card to the Assistant City Clerk now and we'll begin with the staff report.

[03:15:37] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: Hello Honorable Mayor Kamei Vice Mayor Ramos and Councilmembers. It's good to see you all. I hope you're doing well. My name is Alec Vibrel and I am a housing officer with the city's affordable housing division and I am joined by Julie Bernard the affordable housing manager. Also available for questions is Wayne Chen housing director, Praneet Dinza human services manager, and Heidi Agler managing director of Root Policy. Today I will be giving you a presentation on on the fiscal year 2025 through 2030 Consolidated Plan and 2025 through 2026 Annual Action Plan which includes the grant funding recommendations. First some quick background. The city receives annual grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development or HUD which includes the Community Development Block Grant or CDBG and the HOME Investment Partnerships Program or HOME. The CDBG program provides funds to help address community development needs. A maximum of 15 percent can be used for public services activities such as services for unhoused persons, seniors, and survivors of domestic violence. A maximum of 20 percent can be used for program administration and the remaining funds can be used for other eligible activities such as capital projects including affordable housing rehabilitation and minor home repairs for income eligible homeowners or economic development activities including small business assistance. The HOME program provides funding to help fund the development of affordable housing and related programs and a maximum of 10 percent can be used for program administration.

[03:17:13] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: In order to receive CDBG and HOME funding the city must submit a consolidated plan to HUD. This document outlines housing needs, barriers to affordable housing, and includes a strategic plan with priority needs and goals to assist low and moderate income households. The city partnered with Santa Clara County and other participating jurisdictions in the county to help develop each jurisdiction's respective consolidated plan through a regional process while also ensuring that local priorities and needs were properly identified and incorporated into the city's consolidated plan. The plan contains the city's priority needs which are key housing and community development issues identified through data analysis, public input, including public workshops, focus groups, pop-up events, a community survey, and more. Based on the data analysis and public input it is staff's recommendation that the following five priority needs be included in the 2025 through 30 Consolidated Plan: number one increase affordable housing, number two respond to homelessness, number 3 support public services, number 4 promote economic vitality, and number 5 enhance public infrastructure.

[03:18:28] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: During the five-year Consolidated Plan cycle the city also prepares one-year annual action plans that serve to implement the specific projects and activities to address the priority needs identified in the consolidated plan. The fiscal year 2025 through 26 annual action plan covers the period of July 1st, 2025 through June 30th, 2026 which is the first year of the new consolidated plan cycle. The annual action plan includes funding for public services awarded through a competitive Notice of Funding Availability or NOFA which the city operates on a two-year cycle with the upcoming fiscal year being the first. For year one in the cycle there is an estimated amount of $233,000 in CDBG funds available for public services pending the release of the final allocations by HUD. To supplement these funds the city also makes $171,000 in city general funds available. In order to receive CDBG funds applicants must meet HUD eligibility criteria and the city's priority needs from our consolidated plan. In addition each of the applications were reviewed using the city's evaluation framework. The city received many applications through the NOFA process which resulted in the funds being oversubscribed. Funding recommendations were determined using a capped proportion formula to maximize funding for eligible applicants given the oversubscription.

[03:22:07] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great thank you so much. Does any member of the council have any questions? I'm going to guess Councilmember Ramirez.

[03:22:20] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you Mayor you were paying attention. I have a a question about and this is probably difficult uh for for staff uh so if members of the public who intend to speak on this item can share their perspective I I'd appreciate it but I'm I'm curious to understand in the broader context of loss of federal funding uh and and a corresponding increase in need particularly from those who I think are targeted and vulnerable given um what the the federal government is is trying to achieve. Uh what do you believe the impact of those that confluence of the factors will will be in Mountain View and um is this is the this is the hard part of the question is is what we're proposing sufficient to blunt that impact?

[03:23:27] Affordable Housing Manager Julie Bernard: Um yeah thank you for the question. Good evening everybody. Um I'd like to just start by saying as we know the tomorrow the funding allocations will be released by HUD and that is for our upcoming fiscal year our upcoming fiscal year. So the the annual action plan as we've presented it tonight we expect that nothing will change. Um we have heard as as many have been following the news that um the federal budget there is a proposal to remove uh the CDBG and the HOME funding altogether. In which case yes we would be considerably impacted but we wouldn't know um that until around about September when the federal government adopts their their budget. So we can say that for this upcoming year there's no effect to our plan as proposed. Um going forward if we were to assume maybe no CDBG or no HOME in the next couple years um what we can rely on is that we receive a large amount of program income from loan repayments from affordable housing developers and and what have you so we would still have the ability to utilize that funding um for our public service providers. It would be a much smaller amount. Um but we wouldn't have zero available to us at least um for the next for the foreseeable future. Um and to answer I think another one of your questions it is tricky because the priorities have shifted. Um CDBG and HOME is heavily focused on LMI low moderate income persons and people with disabilities etc and um the priority at the federal level right now is is to focus rather on um economic development. Um which also has a value. So if we need to pivot and shift our priorities in order to maybe be creative potentially um that's something we would have to investigate but I'd like to assure you that at least with the upcoming plan um there's we we hope to receive an allocation close to what our budget is reflected tonight.

[03:25:43] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Great. Thank you. That's very helpful. I'll have some comments later.

[03:25:47] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Any other colleagues have questions? Um Councilmember McAlister. And I think too just to flag I know that we had sent a letter to our member of Congress flagging the HOME funds and trying to advocate um for them so we have been as a city proactively trying to to address that issue too. Councilmember McAlister.

[03:26:14] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah thank you. I had a question about affordable care child care and how it's it's important. I own a child care facility and I know it's we're struggling all over the because of the way the schools are putting out TK and so forth. So what are you trying to resolve or help with child care? What's your approach on this?

[03:26:42] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: Yeah so we are hoping to partner with an organization called Upwards for their Boost program. They partner with other cities around our area including San Jose. I believe they recently received an allocation of around a million dollars from San Jose and they have a really great program the Boost program which identifies local child care providers that are low income and helps them to increase their business capacity. Right? It helps them implement more efficient accounting systems, better advertising in order to reach more people, increase their capacity to be able to oversee more children. Um so it not only helps to increase the access of child care for everyone in the city but it also helps those low and moderate income child care service business owners to expand their business and generate more income for themselves.

[03:27:36] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Child care is very expensive to do because of all the licensure requirements, the land required for the space allocation. So are there many low income child providers out there?

[03:27:53] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: Yes so we met with um representatives from Upwards and they have identified a number of of these providers in the city. Um their goal for the upcoming fiscal year is to assist 10 10 child care providers in the city.

[03:28:08] Councilmember John McAlister: In Mountain View.

[03:28:11] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: Mm-hm.

[03:28:12] Councilmember John McAlister: Oh okay. Good. Thank you.

[03:28:13] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great thank you. Councilmember Hicks.

[03:28:14] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So now now you've got me interested. The the 10 that you fund are they family daycare providers? So like in-home daycare providers or are they other situations as well? Larger centers.

[03:28:27] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: Um based on my understanding that is the case. Uh I think we may have a representative from Upwards on the line um and they may be able to answer more detailed questions.

[03:28:38] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Sure I'd love to hear what the 10 kind of what the profile are they family or other situations.

[03:28:49] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Does staff know the name of the individual? Oh we're identifying. Great thank you. Perhaps you can tell you can say into the mic their name so they can be ready for the unmute.

[03:29:01] Housing Officer Alec Vibrel: Yes her name is Melanie.

[03:29:04] Public Speaker Melanie For: Hi good evening Honorable Mayor Kamei Vice Mayor Ramos and Councilmembers. My name is Melanie For. I'm the community impact manager at Upwards. Um I'm also before joining Upwards team I was a client and both my toddlers who hopefully you won't be able to hear in the background um attended Upwards partnered daycares. So I'm happy to answer a couple of the questions that have come up. I'm also happy to share more about how the program works. Um but yes to answer both questions together the focus of our Boost program specifically is to bolster the in-home family child care providers in Mountain View um specifically low to moderate income. Um on average child care providers make about $18 an hour in in Mountain View and even in you know other affluent areas like Palo Alto where we're heading into the third year of the program sadly um it's not difficult to find...

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[03:30:00] Julie Bernard, Affordable Housing Manager: find the providers that hit that low to moderate income requirement in the beginning of the year. By the end of the year, the goal of the program is really to help them increase revenue, increase capacity, we help them hire a teaching assistant if they're interested and able to do so, we offer a subsidy to help offset those initial, that initial financial burden to bring on a teaching assistant until we can fill in those additional childcare slots to make that position sustainable, and really the goal of the program is to provide these, these childcare providers with all of both the digital tools they need but a really intensive year-long mentorship with the Boost team that has their own lived experience of running successful childcare facilities as well, so that they can be successful well after the program year of funding. I'll pause right there and see if there's any other questions and again I had a public comment prepared but wanted to jump in and answer those questions right off the bat.

[03:31:03] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Are there other questions?

[03:31:05] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, no, I think that covers my question. Thank you.

[03:31:08] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, any other colleagues have questions? All right, seeing no other hands, we can open it up to public comment. So we have some in person and virtual. So we'll start with our in person and that is Georgia and then Tom. So we'll allow for three minutes. Welcome.

[03:31:37] Public Speaker Georgia Basil: Good evening. Georgia Basil, I'm the directing attorney of Senior Adults Legal Assistance, SALA. We provide free legal services to Mountain View residents 62 or older. We target clients that are very low income or at risk of abuse or loss of independence. 88 percent of the Mountain View residents we served last year were very low income under HUD guidelines. And 67 percent were 75 or older. We provide our services locally at Mountain View Senior Center once a month and by phone for clients that cannot get to the Senior Center. We are a current CDBG grantee through public services. We thank you so much for that and I wanted to be here personally to do that. We are recommended for funding again and we thank the staff and the commission for the recommendation. We provide a range of civil legal assistance impacting our clients' daily lives. For example, we address income insecurity by assisting clients with legal problems related to the public benefits they rely on, Social Security, SSI, Medicare and Medi-Cal. We address housing instability by assisting clients worried about an eviction, clients needing reasonable accommodations or clients whose housing is in jeopardy. We address loss of autonomy by assisting clients to do basic legal planning so that they can appoint someone they trust to step in and manage their affairs when they can no longer do so. And regrettably, we continue to address elder abuse, usually by someone living in the homes of our clients, an adult child, a grandchild, a tenant they rented out a room to, a caregiver, even their neighbors. And we're attorneys, we go to court, we get elder abuse restraining orders to remove these parties from our clients' homes. We can't charge fees or accept fee-generating cases, we rely pretty much on grants such as CDBG. Over the past two years, we were receiving 150,000 dollars in ARPA COVID-related funding from the Area Agency on Aging and the state bar to expand our services to clients. That funding ended in December. The Older Americans Act is probably going to be in jeopardy, it's our major funder, because of federal policy changes. So your funding is really important now more than ever. If we lose your funding, we will have to reduce services at Mountain View Senior Center and to Mountain View clients in general. So we do appreciate your funding and I'm happy to address any issues or questions you might have.

[03:34:04] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Thank you very much. Appreciate it. Thank you.

[03:34:11] Councilmember Ellen Kamei: Fresh off of your ribbon cutting from your new building!

[03:34:16] Public Speaker Tom Myers: That's right, quite a day. You'll have to excuse me, I'm suffering pretty badly from allergies this year. Uh, good evening, Madam Mayor and councilmembers. I'm Tom Myers, executive director at Community Services Agency. And I originally was going to come up and say simply that we appreciate the partnership that we've had with the city and let you know that I am here with a couple of members of my staff who are here with us tonight to make sure that you know that we value that partnership. But in light of Councilmember Ramirez's remarks, I think it's important to say something a little more. Uh, I have had a long career in nonprofits. I've seen the dot-com bust and the Great Recession. I've seen COVID, and God help us we never go through another AIDS crisis again, and I worked through that. Uh, but I have never seen anything quite as extraordinary as what's going on in Washington right now. Uh, it's truly, truly amazing. Uh, we knew that we were going to be faced with federal funding cuts. We knew that going in.

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[03:35:35] Public Speaker Tom Myers: What I didn't realize that right away it would be balanced on the backs of the poorest and the most vulnerable.

[03:35:43] Public Speaker Tom Myers: The first thing CSA received was information that we were going to see a freezing of any federal funding that we got for our food program.

[03:35:53] Public Speaker Tom Myers: That's extraordinary. Our food program, food is the most basic thing.

[03:35:59] Public Speaker Tom Myers: Now we've gone out and we've done some fundraising and we've been...

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