June 23, 2020 Joint Meeting of Mountain View City Council, Shoreline Regional Park Community and Capital Improvements Financing Authority

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[00:06:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Meeting to order. Welcome to our Mountain View City Council meeting for June 23rd, 2020, and um, thank you to the city clerk. We have a flag to do our pledge of allegiance too. So, um, if everyone would please join me in the pledge. And... I pledge your agents to the United States of America. And to the Republic, for which it stands. One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. And everybody froze. Okay. We got 23 live bodies and everybody else is gone. May I, you there?

[00:07:29] City Clerk: Mayor, you don't seem to have audio, YouTube, and on Comcast Channel 26. As noted on the meeting agenda, members of the public may provide oral public comments online during the public comment period for any item by signing up at mountainview.gov slash CC underscore speakers or by phone by dialing 669-9009128 and entering webinar ID 96301238081. Any emails received by 5 PM today were forwarded to the city council, emails received after 5 PM will not be read during the meeting, but will be entered into the record for the meeting.

[00:08:10] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: And, um, most likely due to the length of this agenda with various items. Um, I will be limiting public comment to one. 5 minutes per speaker. And all votes will be taken by roll call vote. And now I'd like to ask the city clerk to proceed with the roll call, please.

[00:08:30] City Clerk: Thank you, council member Clark.

[00:08:32] Councilmember Chris Clark: Here.

[00:08:33] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[00:08:35] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Here,

[00:08:35] City Clerk: Council member Matichek.

[00:08:37] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Here.

[00:08:38] City Clerk: Council member McAllister. Council member McAllister, you're on mute.

[00:08:47] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes. Thank you.

[00:08:48] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[00:08:50] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Here.

[00:08:51] City Clerk: Bye, Mayor Kame. May I be coca?

[00:08:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Here. Thank you. Thank you. All members are present. We'll go on to item three. Our presentation 3.one on COVID-19. We have an update by our city manager, Kimber McCarthy. Welcome

[00:09:10] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, mayor council members. I'm going to share my screen now. Okay, tonight I'm going to provide a brief update on our COVID-19 efforts thus far, and I'm sorry if you can hear my printer printing in the background. I sent something a while ago and it's just not printing. So what I wanted to do tonight was provide some brief updates on some of the programs that we've been working on over the last several weeks and also talk a little bit about the efforts that we've been working on for our operations and share some positive news with things that we've been able to reopen and start again this week. So in terms of our together MV online donation portal right now, um, to date, we have received $145,000 around $500. So we're really, really, um, every week we're really, really happy that we continue to see those donations come in from our community. And you can see from the bottom that that's around $90,000 towards rent relief and business relief is around $57,000. So, I want to thank the community for being so generous and continuing to donate to this effort. It's really making a difference. I also wanted to provide an update on the rent relief program and share a little bit different um, data and information than what council has seen in prior weeks. So one of the things that we wanted to make sure that council and the public knew was that CSA has, um, either made contact or attempted to make contact with pretty much every person who has put, put in an application. So, as of Friday, there were around 2100 applications that were submitted, and they have either contacted or attempted contact with at least 2000 of those people a little over 2000 people. And they are currently in process with 457 applications. Of all of those applications of people that have applied. 166 people were not qualified. And so what CSA's done with those people are referring them to either another CSA program. So not necessarily are together in the rent really fund, but another program that they have. Or they've referred them to other agencies if possible. They've also had around 740 applications and people that have been non-responsive to CSA trying to contact them at least 3 times. So that is a significant number of the people that have put in applications. And so, they continue to try and reach out and make sure that they are contacting everyone, but, but as you can see, there are quite a few people that they have not yet been able to, to maintain that contact with beyond the initial application that was put in. Then there are only 37 applications that haven't been contacted by a case manager. So the good news is that they have gotten through the 1st month of funding and they've served over a little over 700 people. And there are around 26 people that are still awaiting their check to be cut. And right now they have moved into the 2nd month of funding. So, of the amount that Mountain View has provided the 2600000 they've gotten through at least 1300000 of that. And the percent breakdown of the area median income continues to be around the same as we've seen the past several weeks. So most of the funding is going towards people who are at below the 30% level of the AMI and about a quarter is between the 30 and 50% AMI level. In terms of our small business resiliency program, I'm happy to say that we have provided funding to 60 businesses. And there are 26 businesses in process right now working on their loan applications. There were quite a few who, um, put in inquiries into the program and talk to Main Street launch or talk to our city staff and decided not to apply for the micro loan program. So right now, it is looking like we may have funding left over from that. So staff will be continuing to meet weekly with Main Street launch about that and I will bring an update for city council about that next week to decide what we want to do with that funding. Then in terms of our efforts for our homeless or unstably housed residents, I wanted to provide just some data on the averages and what we're seeing this month. So, right now we're seeing an average of around 51 vehicles being served every week. And that number has continued to stay pretty consistent since May. Um, and of those vehicles, that amounts to around 123 people that are staying in the lot. So there are more than one family member or person in each vehicle. And that's up about 12 people since May. And we have provided a lot of funding for this program over 12 million. Um, as I mentioned, in rent relief funds have been provided at least through our CSA program. And the city has also provided funding for grocery gift cards and mobile and hygiene sanitations. We're also working with Hope's Corner to provide meals over 2000 meals have been provided in May alone. And those meals will continue. And you can see that just since April alone, that's almost more than 650 meals over the prior month. Then in terms of our testing that's taking place every day, I'm happy to say that today, actually, sorry, yesterday was the 1st day that testing was available for anyone in the community, and testing is at the shoreline athletic field right now. It is drive through. And insurance and ID is encouraged, but it is not required. So anyone can drive up and receive testing. And that is open from um, 9 to noon and one to 4 on Monday through Wednesday. And then on Thursdays. It's just from 9 to noon only. And yesterday there were almost 80 people who got tested on the 1st day and I was told that there was already a line at 8 AM this morning. So an hour before testing even opened. So, we're really pleased that we were able to partner with the county, um, on this program through uh, their, their community partner, Planned Parenthood, and provide this service, um, to residents and Mountain View and also the North County area. Then I also wanted to provide an update on our library, grab and go program, which also just launched. So, just in the 1st 3 days alone, we served over 500 residents, and there were almost 2900 items checked out in those 3 days. And there was a number of people that have come and just been so excited that were doing this and you can see from the data that the average number of items that are being checked out per day is almost a 1000 So, those, um, will continue to increase. I'm sure as more people decide that they want to preserve their books online and then drive through a person to pick them up. So that service is available Tuesday through Saturday. from 2 to 6 PM and you can go to mountain view.gov slash library to reserve your books. Then I also wanted to provide a really brief update on our summer camps. Right now, we have 56 participants in our summer camps participating through July 2nd and registration open today for our new camp program that starts from July 6th through August 14th. There are 64 courses to choose from that are around one to 3 weeks in length, and we are serving, um, individuals from 4 years old to clear up until 15 years old. So we think that we have camps available for everyone and I would encourage everyone to go on the community services homepage to look at those camps. And then just this week, I'm happy to announce that we have started our effort to close Castro Street, where the 100 to 400 blocks are going to be closed off to traffic, so that we can move tables onto Castro Street so that people can enjoy eating and businesses and go to our businesses. And you'll see from this picture that the yellow circles have been stenciled in. Um, by staff and it shows where the tables will be once the tables are put in. And if you look across the top of the screen, you'll see the branding, um, that this program is called Castro's summer streets. So, E A T S, and we had a number of staff that had been out there yesterday and today from so many of our different departments, stenciling, working on the ball art, setting up, um, traffic cones, working with a VTA, really working so hard to plan this program over the last month and a half . And I just wanted to thank all of staff for their efforts and thank our public works director, Don Cameron and our community development director, RT Shravastova, and helping shepherd this in spearhead this because I really think that once this gets going for the summer, it's going to be something that I think our residents and members of the community can really look forward to. So, it starts officially this Friday and it's expected to last all through September. And I'll just conclude by saying that you can still sign up for our weekly briefing by texting MB COVID to 22828. And that is all that I have. Thank you.

[00:19:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hey, thank you so much, sitting as your, you have some questions from council members, council member McAllister.

[00:19:59] Councilmember John McAlister: I had one question about the drive up. Is the reason the drive up is to manage social distancing or why couldn't somebody just walk up?

[00:20:11] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, I believe so because if someone's walking up, they're not really able to maintain that distance and the car presents some sort of, um, kind of physical barrier between the people that are testing and, um, the person that's getting tested. So, yes.

[00:20:29] Councilmember John McAlister: Is there options throughout North, like in Mountain View where people can walk in or ride a bike to? Or?

[00:20:38] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: There are other locations in mountain view where testing is offered and um, I'm happy to say that um, all medical facilities should now be doing testing. So, um, El Camino Hospital is doing testing right now and All of the other medical providers are also doing testing. So, um, you can go to, um, any of those testing locations and and get tested by walking up.

[00:21:04] Councilmember John McAlister: Are they free also?

[00:21:07] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: I'm not sure if all of them are free. I would ask if, I'm not sure if, um, our community services director is on the call right now, but, John Marchant. I'm not sure if he knows, um, I can find out for you.

[00:21:23] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, I'm just afraid. If we have that information to share it later.

[00:21:26] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Oh, there's John or coming a lot.

[00:21:33] Community Services Director John Marchant: I'm sorry, can you repeat the question?

[00:21:35] Councilmember John McAlister: John, uh, if somebody wanted to, well, 1st off, if they go to a medical like Kaiser or help him in a hospital, Do they also get the free charge for getting the the testing? Whereas, we know for sure if they go to Mount Deal, they get it, but can. They don't have a car, so they need to walk in or ride a bike.

[00:21:55] Community Services Director John Marchant: So yeah, understood. I am not sure if they will be asking for insurance at the other locations and that type of thing. So, um, I would suggest calling ahead and seeing what their options are.

[00:22:06] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, thank you.

[00:22:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I can interject. They do ask for your insurance. Um, but you're guaranteed a test and it'll get paid for. So if you can't, if you have insurance, they'd like to bill it if they can, but, um, if you don't, then it'll get covered. Elsewhere Hicks?

[00:22:32] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Well, I want to start by, um, also thanking staff for all the hard work on, um, on everything responding to the pandemic, but today, in particular on, uh, opening up the downtown, And I'm going to ask, sort of do a comment question. I've been getting, and my imaginal council has been getting a lot of feedback on the downtown, a lot of positive feedback on opening up, but also a tremendous amount of advice on how to do it, how to tweak it here and there. And I just wanted to confirm with the city manager that this is a pilot program. So a lot of those, I just want to make sure that people know that a lot of their great advice, you know, we may look at how it works out as it is now and maybe incorporate some input from running it and from comments from the public in the future. So I just want to confirm that that's true.

[00:23:29] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, thank you, Council member Hicks. that is that is the case. This is a pilot program. And we really are treating this kind of like everything that's happened. We're learning as we go. Every day, we are taking suggestions that we're getting from the community. We're also seeing how things are on the ground. So our staff are going out there and really looking at what's working and what isn't working. So we are really approaching this as an opportunity to adapt and change as we go and do things differently. And yes, we are getting a lot of different feedback and information and we'll be incorporating that in the days to come. Um, and I'm not sure if uh, Don, Cameron, our public works director would like to add anything to that, but, um, yeah, this is a pilot program and, and I think that we'll just continue to to change as we need to.

[00:24:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, um, we go on to counselor Ramirez?

[00:24:25] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Oh, I said one more. Oh, thanks. Just on the other things regarding small businesses, if you, if you don't know now, I'm wondering, um, Businesses that, well, what kind of business is applied and then the ones that decided not to apply, it seems like this happened with federal business, small business support as well, that sometimes things didn't work out for certain businesses. So if you know why that is, I'd like to know, or if you don't know right now, you know, if you can bring that back to the next meeting, I think that would be helpful to hear who it's working for and who it's not working for.

[00:25:06] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, council member Hicks. I don't know that detail, I don't know that level of detailed information. I can tell you that um, 22 businesses put in an initial application or inquiry and decided, um, they just, they actually haven't been responding to calls. Um, and then 27 have just decided not to apply. And there are a number of, um, federal, um, I guess, uh, programs that businesses can can apply for and work through. So we have received information that some of the businesses just don't need to participate. And in our program anymore, and I'm sure there's other factors and I will look into that with staff and bring that back next week with an update.

[00:25:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, thank you so much.

[00:25:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, customer Ramirez.

[00:25:58] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor. Just a couple of quick questions. So 1st on testing. Um, the, the hours are fairly challenging for uh, essential uh, workers who are working during those times. Um, and I've, I've gotten this, this question a couple of times now. Is there any way we can provide testing on weekends or in evenings when the folks who we really need to get tested, the essential workers. Um, you know, are are more likely and able to be able to access the testing?

[00:26:31] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, council member Romero. So this is something that we have discussed and one of the ideas is to try and work with the county to bring the pop-up testing unit again to the downtown area. So that people who are working in essential employment, um, downtown may be able to to walk there. Um, because our pop-up testing site before was at our aquatic center. So we are talking to the county about that. And in terms of nights and weekends. I think it really comes down to staffing and the availability of staff that are performing the test, but that is something that we can talk to them about and look into. I'm not sure um, just of their availability. And, um, John Marchant, our community services director, if you know anything more about the night and weekend, I would ask you to provide any input on that.

[00:27:26] Community Services Director John Marchant: Yeah, we are, we need to rely on our providers and their ability to meet the times that they are available. So we have like, uh, the city manager said, had some discussions up front about alternatives. We continue to look at those alternatives, and if we are able to find a solution to that question. We let you know.

[00:27:47] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Great, thank you. I'm glad you're you're looking into it. And uh, the other question is about the rent relief program. I'm, um, I'm concerned about the 740 non-responsive, um, uh, folks who submitted inquiries, and I'm wondering if, if there's anything the city can do to help spread the word. We've, you know, for instance, sent out a couple of mailers about the eviction moratorium. Is there anything we can do to, um, make sure that folks who may benefit from the rent relief program are aware that, you know, hey, if you, you know, there's still some funding available, if you need help, here's the number to call. Here's the email address to to contact um. Have we been working with CSA to help make sure folks are aware of the program?

[00:28:36] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, we do have our multilingual outreach program who is working on this and also with our Spanish language ambassadors. And we can make sure that this is something that they're continuing to put out. And we're also working with different community agencies and partners that we have and trying to get the word out. Um, but I think there are certainly more that we can always do. So we'll just continue to make sure that we're looking at different avenues. and getting that information out and work with CSA on that.

[00:29:09] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. I appreciate it.

[00:29:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other questions from council members?

[00:29:16] Unknown Speaker: I just had one regarding our safe parking lots. Have we been able to rehouse any of the vehicle dwellers? Good case management?

[00:29:28] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: At this time, I do not believe that any have been able to be rehoused, but this, it did just start. So I know that is the ultimate goal. And um, they are working on that, but I um, am not aware that there is anyone that actually has been rehoused at this point.

[00:29:47] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, great. Thank you. I'm going to go now to public comment. Um, if there are any members of the public wishing to uh, comment on the presentation. If you're in the attendee box on Zoom, please, uh, hit the raise hand button at the very bottom, and um, I have one hand versus England, welcome aboard, let me, unmute, or actually, if you can unmute yourself, that would be great.

[00:30:12] England: I do, at least I think I do. Can you hear me?

[00:30:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, we can hear you.

[00:30:16] England: Thank you, man. I just had a couple of clarifying questions. So on the closure of Castro Street, um, Don responded to a question of mine. If she's there, maybe she can respond again so you all can hear it, but there's supposed to be a passageway allowed and enabled for pedestrians and bicyclists through it, but all the photos I've seen don't indicate that. So she did describe that to me, and I think it's worth your hearing about. And then the other question I have is about face mask distribution. My understanding is that at the last event, at least at the last event, um, only people who drove up were given masks, but I see that the police department is saying, on the, at the event on the 29th that they're going to allow all walk up drive up and bike up. And I hope that's going to be true for all future events for mass distribution, but I don't know. Thank you.

[00:31:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other members of the public wishing a comment if you're in the 10 day box? Please raise your hand. You don't see any. Um, city clicked. Do we have any other public comment that's come in?

[00:31:29] City Clerk: No ma'am, thank you.

[00:31:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great. And, um, would, uh, Steph be willing to respond to the inquiry on the, or if you can explain the passage through the Castro Street closing, and then, um, face mask events, if all, uh, folks who show up in any mode of transportation will be able to receive the face mask.

[00:31:57] Public Works Director Dawn Cameron: Um, this is John Cameron, Public Works director, I can respond to the Castle Street closure in the pedestrian bypath through. Instead of uh, creating a path down the center of the road, which is fully exposed to the sun all day long, and also can kind of create a situation where bicycles or others on other devices might want to zoom through. What we did is we designed it to be the pathway on either side of the road. So there are portions of the road where it's on one side, along the curb, and then it meanders over to the other side. And you'll see that when you see the circles along Castle Street, you'll see that they're grouped that way. And what this does is this allows the pedestrians a much more pleasant experience because they're mostly going to have tree shade along the full length of castro as they walk along. Also, this meandering from side to side will give our storefronts on different sides of the street. you know, put direct pedestrian access and just create a much more vibrant, active, um, field to the street as you walk through the table areas. We also very carefully set it up to maintain social distancing for the pedestrians and the tables and so on.

[00:33:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. And anyone can respond to the face mask question? If not, we can get back to Mr. England, the answer on that. Okay, great. Um, so with that, I will close this item and move on to, um, actually, I wanted to, uh, request, um, moving up item 8.one, the resolution proclaiming Black Lives Matter, um, up to the next item. I don't, do I have to take a, um, vote on this or, basic journey or can I just?

[00:33:56] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, majority of council would have to agree to that movement of the item.

[00:34:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Do I need a motion in a 2nd then?

[00:34:04] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: I'm not sure I understand. Oh, sorry. Yes, yes. you would.

[00:34:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, great. Thank you. Vice singer?

[00:34:13] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: I'm happy to make a motion to move item 8.one to now.

[00:34:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Is there a 2nd on that?

[00:34:23] Unknown Speaker: Sure, uh, whoever.

[00:34:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I say, Council member Ramirez's hand, so take his, um, any other discussion on this? and then, uh, if not, can we get a roll call, though, please?

[00:34:34] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[00:34:36] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[00:34:36] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[00:34:39] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[00:34:39] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[00:34:41] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[00:34:42] City Clerk: council member McAllister.

[00:34:43] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[00:34:44] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[00:34:46] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[00:34:47] City Clerk: Bye, Mayor Kamei.

[00:34:49] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[00:34:50] City Clerk: Mirabi Koga.

[00:34:52] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi. Uh, 70 no extension, so we will move on to item 8.1. Oh, sorry. Yeah, my little... 8.one Do we just make a motion to pass the resolution?

[00:35:14] Unknown Speaker: Uh, we could. We had a presentation by Vice Mayor.

[00:35:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, I'm sorry. Prepared, but, um, if I didn't see one in my packet. That's why I just asked, so. Oh, all right. Yeah, if, uh, we could give, nice mayor, coming a few minutes to do the presentation.

[00:35:30] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Sure. I, I, I'll be very brief, council member McAllister. Um, you know, 1st I just wanted to thank, um, my, my colleagues, all of you for unanimous support 2 weeks ago to bring forward tonight's Black Lives Matter proclamation. I think it's important for the city to stay and affirm that all black lives matter to our community. And I believe our council's committing to taking look at racism and having the conversations necessary on how we operate as a city, um, as well as how we how we do things in the city, and that we stand in solidarity with our black and African-American community. And as such, I thought it was important to reach out to our black and African-American community. And in doing so, I reached out to the NAACP Silicon Valley chapter, the African-American community services, um, agency and family resource center, the black kitchen cabinet of Silicon Valley, the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce, the Minority Business Consortium, as well as one of members of our, of our community partners, Orlando Light, with LinkedIn, who's been a part of the, my brother's keeper, rising as part of the San Francisco host committeeee And, um, I just wanted to share the letter that we did receive with the public from the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce, um, just briefly, uh, which states it's a great pleasure that the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce, its president and its board of directors do a firm Mountain View's resolution proclaiming Black Lives Matter. At a time when our country needs healing and restoration, Mountain View has chosen in this weekend, a joyous weekend celebrating Juneteenth, commemorating the emancipation from slavery for all people proudly called African Americans today. No finer words can be remembered than our own Constitution saying, Black Lives Matter and this day in Mountain View will forever commemorate it. We the Silicon Valley Black Chamber of Commerce stand with Mountain View, exhorting our brothers and sisters that all lives matter. And we will not stand for injustices ever again. Thank you, Mountain View, for your courage and at this proclamation. And I believe we have a few others from our community, particular, particularly, Milan Valentine with the African-American Community Services and Family Resource Center, as part of public comment. Thank you, mayor. Thank you colleagues.

[00:37:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Vice Mayor. Are there any questions from council members on this item? I don't see any, so I will now go to public comment. Again, if you are in the attendee box and would like to make a comment on this item, please hit the raise hand button at the bottom of the box and I see several names. So, um, again, we'll do a minute and a half and we'll start with Geneva goings. And if you can unmute yourself, please.

[00:38:25] Geneva Goings: Let's see if I need to.

[00:38:26] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, you should be able to unmute yourself. There we go. Welcome aboard.

[00:38:31] Geneva Goings: Thank you. Um, I wanted to share my experiences here in Mountain. I've been here since, so I wrote a letter that I sent in to your email, so I'm going to go ahead and just read it. Um, I've been a resident and eventually a resident homeowner near the Target area since 2011. My child attends school in Los Altos. I am delighted to be a part of this privileged community. It's amenities and I love the very small commute to my job. I did have hopes. high hopes given this area is considered diverse and progressive. Um, I'm sharing these experiences with you because I'm hoping that my life and other people's black lives matter enough to sustain measurable action and make the community stronger. Um, to be more inclusive to black people in particular. Um, I've been on the receiving end of both overt and covert racism here for many years. Um, long before COVID. I can't tell you how many times our neighbors have gone out of their way to cross the street to avoid walking next to me and unambiguously black American. Um, when my relatives visit, they comment on it and it reminds me of what I felt when I 1st got here. Um additionally. You know, I won't be able to read my whole comment because I, it's not going to fit in this time period, but I'm basically asking, um, if we can take, like, if we can identify specific metrics, um, and specific actions, which we're going to take, and I'm asking that bill, uh, businesses that, uh, support Black Lives Matter, place your signs in the window so we know which places to go. Thank you.

[00:40:07] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go on now to John Lashley, Lashley. And you should be able to unmute yourself.

[00:40:15] John Lashley: Yes, hi.

[00:40:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: There you go.

[00:40:17] John Lashley: Hi there. So, what I wanted to say is that Black Lives Matter, of course, um, this resolution is very important to pass, this resolution is, uh, you know, it's an intellectual exercise saying what, to which we commit, and what we value as a community, but it's incumbent upon the council to take up not just our intellectual or moral position, but improve materially the lives of people of color and meet the demands of the Black Live movement and Mountain view. A crucial part of the demands of the Black Lives movement in our community, our county, our state, et cetera, is, The defunding of the police and meeting the problem of police brutality. So later on in this meeting of the council, you must take up the issue of police defunding or abolition, in the budgetary process. So you can say black lives matter now, and you should. But you should take up the material demands later. We see the op-ad that you're writing mayor. We don't believe you're taking the demands of the movement seriously, and we will be watching your vote in the budgetary portion to see if your actions are aligned with your words here. Thanks, I'm done.

[00:41:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go on to LA Green. You should be able to unmute.

[00:41:42] Ellie Green: Uh, hi, can you hear me?

[00:41:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[00:41:45] Ellie Green: Hi, counsel. Um, I just want to 1st of all, start with saying thank you for addressing this issue, but you choosing to address issues with statements doesn't actually reflect in any of your actions. As you heard at the last city council meeting, you heard massive outpouring of people calling to lower the police budget, which has already been increased by a fairly large margin, to review police spending, to review if the city really needed more and more weapons to attack people that we haven't, if we haven't even used the ones we have. You've heard again and again, people calling for action, people calling for community led reform. And yet none of your actions have actually reflected any of these calls. of your actions have actually reflected the asks from your communities. Quite frankly, although I support this resolution, and I will always stand by Black Lives Matter. You passing a resolution without backing that up with your actions does nothing. We're going to discuss the budget leader tonight, and yet again, we will see that you have done, frankly, nothing to actually address the massive police spending in Mountain View. When we're talking about Black Lives Matter, we're talking about tangible action. And unfortunately, as much as you seem to want to help the black communities and black members of our community. You don't, you simply sit there and issue statements without backing it up with action. You simply sit there and say, well, this is bad. Of course it's bad. We know it's bad. People getting killed is bad. But you not reviewing our police farm. You allowing the police to review themselves is simply a poor reflection on your leadership and on your lack of commitment to this community. Thank you, and I yield my time.

[00:43:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll move on to Henry. Uh, you should be able to unmute, please.

[00:43:23] Henry: Huh? Hello, city council. I have, hello, is this, can you hear me? Okay. I have been a resident of Man View for nearly my entire life and speak on half of the coalition for police and perform and catchability and everyone else who stands for more sensible policing. Well, I do love the city, and I do appreciate this cancel's 1st step. It is but a very slight 1st step. I echo the call for material changes to policing in Mountain View. Since the previous city council meeting. It has been abundantly clear that citizens not only know what policing is like in match view. As in, they know, not only, perhaps what it is important for, but also the way that it can truly hurt citizens in Mountview. It seems clear that the goal now should be to put control in the hands of citizens. So they are the ones who are directing how policing works in Mount View and can ultimately review it further. So, although, again, it is true that black lives matter, and we should always stand by that statement. I do think that the city council ought to really, really evaluate what it is doing and ought to commit itself to taking more material action so that people who have experienced the worst of pleasing can be the ones who decide that or who decide how the next steps should be taken. I yield the rest my time.

[00:44:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Go on to Milan, Valentin. Welcome. Should be, let's see.

[00:44:51] Milan Valentin: Oh, do you know mayor and city council? Uh, we have the African-American community service agency. Definitely, thank you for putting forward this agenda regarding Black Lives Matter, which is a global network, providing that it builds power to bring justice, healing, and freedom to black people across across the globe. I think specifically when we talk about the city of Mountain View and the work that you are rolling, hopefully your sleeves up to get to regarding the recent ad hoc committee that you've created on race, equity, and inclusion, really listens to what the people are asking. What the people are trying to get and convey to our government officials in regards to defunding the police are reallocating funding. However, you, uh, think of it in that way and putting funding to where the people are asking. We really encourage you during this journey, as we continue to dismantle oppression and white supremacy in the ways that have oppressed African Americans from over 400 years, while things do look okay and great. We now know that things are not as great as they seem. And we depend on the leaders of the city of Mountain View to stand with the black community, stand with the citizens of Mountain View, and change the system. Thank you so much and continue your great work.

[00:46:10] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Welcome to Charlotte Quinn. You should be able to unmute.

[00:46:17] Charlotte Quinn: I am a resident of Mountain View. Um, this resolution's beautifully worded and it should be passed, but those words are hollow due to your lack of concrete action. Let deeds, not words, be your adorning. You are neither leading by example nor creating an equitable society, nor do you create a welcoming, safe and inclusive community to use your words. The stats show that Mountview Police Department does not provide ethical treatment of all people. They disproportionately stop and detain black and brown community members. Black residents are stopped 11 times more than white residents. Increasing MVPD's funding instead of reallocating funds to significantly move public safety away from policing shows that Mountain View is not leading by example. By not significantly reducing MVPD's budget or and scope of work. You're clearly not supporting black lives in a tangible way. You clearly haven't been paying attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, which is specifically demanding the funding of the police and changing this system. Nobody's fooled by these hollow words. You have to pass this and then do real concrete work. You can't fail to take the basic tangible actions to support black lives. We're not going to forget your empty words and this. Performative action. I yield my time.

[00:47:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Well, go on to Tim McKenzie. You should be able to unmute.

[00:47:45] Tim McKenzie: Thank you. I want to start by saying black lives matter. And it's good to see our society finally beginning to reckon with the structures of racism that have been the lived experience for black Americans for their entire lives. And during this modern civil rights moment, you actually wield the levers of power and can have a concrete impact. in our lives, in the lives of black American Black Mountain View residents. And it's nice to say this statement, it's necessary, but it's completely meaningless if it's not backed up with action. And the material demands of the Black Lives movement is very clear. It's defund the police, move structures from duties from the police to other civil servants, people who are not carrying guns. You are talking about this later on. You have the ability to say and back up your words with action. And thank you, and you'll meant time.

[00:48:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go now to Bright Lou. You should be able to unnew.

[00:48:52] Bright Lou: It's nice that you guys have issued a statement in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, but we're not seeing any actual action from you guys considering the fact that you say that you stand with the movement and you believe their lives matter. The Baka's Matter movement has repeatedly asked for either, well, really, it's focusing on defunding the police. But if you can't defund the police, at least investigate into what they have been doing. Because when the police are not held accountable for the actions, they, are, they just turn into, a group of people with a lot of authority be that don't have their power checked, and in America, it's supposed to be a system of checks and balances, but for some reason, we don't see that reflected in local areas. So, It'd be really great if you guys could. Um, instead of just saying that you want to help support the community, you want to help these organizations, instead of only doing these things, actually use your power as city council members. Put committees into action. I yield my time.

[00:50:05] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, that's good, Alex Brown, you should be able to unmute.

[00:50:14] Alex Brown: Words. I yield my time.

[00:50:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go on to Dana Petey. Oh yeah, please unmute yourself.

[00:50:24] Dana Petey: Hi, can you hear me?

[00:50:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[00:50:26] Dana Petey: Good evening. This is Dana Petey. I'm a resident of Mountain View, and I want to say thank you so much for bringing this resolution to the top of the agenda. As others have mentioned, we have to recognize that this moment in our country is happening because of white supremacy and police brutality specifically. Policing in America needs scrutiny, saying it happens elsewhere, but not here in Mountain View, no longer cuts it, and it never has. Mountain View residents are telling us that it does happen here. And I know that you have emails in your inbox that attest to that fact. So the idea that it doesn't happen here is no longer ignorant, but it's becoming a lie. We can't say that black lives matter in Mountain View, unless we are also willing to say that we need an independent commission of Mountain View residents to take a closer look at the policies and budget of the Mountain View police department. Well, we as a country need healing and restoration. Most of all, we need justice, and justice is not achieved through words, but through actions. Thank you so much for your time.

[00:51:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Moving on to Elise Joshi, please unmute yourself.

[00:51:27] Elise Joshi: Hi, um, I wanted to 1st start off with telling you how wonderful it is to hear all these community members talking about their experiences, but I look, as I listen to all these wonderful people, I look at your faces, and I see a blank face of, it almost seems like you just want to get it over with. And I'm telling you internalize what all these people are telling you. This is the 2nd wave of the civil rights movement. And you can either be part of the problem or part of the solution, and it's really only 2 of those options. I came to a protest for the 1st time in Mountain View. And it was the 1st time when we truly, we blocked off streets and we truly had our voices spoken for the 1st time. And we see drones and helicopters in the in the sky. How much money are you truly spending on your police to need that unnecessary militarization of the police? It is completely unnecessary. What you guys are doing. is you're telling us black lives matter. You're saying you're Democrats, but you're just hiding behind your words. Internalize what these people are telling you, and I came here with an agenda and to tell you demilitarize the police, you know, create a community commission team, but, you know, I really want to tell you, just actually do something. Listen to what all these people are saying. I yield my time.

[00:52:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go on to Kelsey Joseph. Please unmute yourself.

[00:53:03] Kelsey Joseph: Hi. Um, I'm really glad to hear you say that Black Lives Matter, and I'd really love to see what you're going to do to put action behind that because you have to recall that Black Lives Matter has a platform and civic asks, and so far I've seen no evidence that the Mountain View City Council is moving to meet any of those asks. It's really easy to say the right thing, but it doesn't mean much of anything until you also do the right thing. And so far I haven't seen much evidence that you're willing to do that. And it'll take a lot of work and require reallocating budgets in ways that might feel painful, like the police budget, and changing policies that will make Mountain View as progressive as we like to say we are. I look forward to the drastic and positive reforms that you surely intend, since you've proclaimed they feel so strongly about the Black Lives Matter movement. Thank you.

[00:53:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Good, Alicia Hoffman, please unmute yourself.

[00:53:56] Alicia Hoffman: Hi, my name is Alicia. I'm a resident of Mountain View and member of Silicon Valley DSA. I don't know why people are saying thank you for introducing this resolution. It's literally the bare minimum. It seems like you want us to be grateful for crumbs. If you're planning to adopt this resolution. I look forward to hearing your plans later tonight to defund the Mountain View Police Department. Which targets our black residents disproportionately. You cannot say you support black lives and then continue to fund the people who harm them. Make your actions, match your words, defund and abolish the police. Black lives matter. I yield my time.

[00:54:30] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go on to Anna Marie Morales, please, and mute yourself.

[00:54:36] Anna Marie Morales: Hi there. Um, I've been in Mountain View for nearly 40 years now, and I am asking that city council make actual change and listen to our community voices in regards to Black Lives Matter. There is not equity in our community, and this must end. We should be reallocating funds from the police budget and have a citizen led commission to give the police department actual accountability and reform. Please listen to our voices and help the block community. Black Lives Matter. And while words supporting this movement are a start, the time for actual action is now. Thank you. I yield my time.

[00:55:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Go to Rohein Goshe. Please unmute yourself.

[00:55:19] Rohein Goshe: All right, I'm gonna keep it pretty brief here and just say, you guys have all these empty words that, unless you guys actually put anything into serious action, mean absolutely nothing. So, if you actually are not gonna lie and actually stand by these, uh, great sentiments that are held up in this resolution, There are 2 fairly simple asks. Have an independent commission, reassess how we do policing in Mountain View. And for goodness sake, get rid of all that exorbitant money, we put into the police budget, and put it towards services that actually help the community, not harassing the most vulnerable residents of this community. Thank you, and I yield volunteer my time.

[00:56:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go on to Francisco Ochella, please, and give yourself. Um, let's see.

[00:56:21] Francisco Ochella: Good evening. Thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us. My comments tonight. Regarding, uh, excesses by the MVPD cannot be covered in the 90 seconds, and for that reason, uh, I will email this to the council tomorrow. I don't like to pull out the victim card, but with over half a dozen altercations with the MVPD. I have been embarrassed by being pulled over in the parking lot of the shadows apartments as we were moving from the shadows to our new home on Folly Street. I've been pulled over simply for waving to the police and just walking down the street, got me thrown into jail, which included excessive force. This is occurring throughout our nation, and it is happening here. I am the face of someone who is a victim of where it's happening, how it's happening and when it's happening. A complete, the mayor's office at that time did not yield any results. So I implored the city council for action so that this does not occur to other innocents. An independent counsel is necessary. Thank you. I yield my time.

[00:57:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Go to Jessica Matthew, please unmute yourself.

[00:57:32] Jessica Matthew: See. Hello? Hello? Hi there. Hi. So my name is Jessica Matthew. Silicon Valley DSA, and I was born and raised here in the South Bay. Black Lives Matter. That is true, and it's important to make statements affirming that you believe that. But, like, a statement is basically nothing. The Black Lives Matter movement is asking for specific things here. They are calling for us to defund the police. In fact, here's what the Black Lives Matter website says. We call for radical sustainable solutions that affirm the prosperity of black lives. We call for our national defunding of police. We demand investment in our communities and the resources to ensure black people not only survive, but thrive, end quote. So if you're going to put out a statement saying that you stand in solidarity with the black community, then you need to actually listen to what they are asking of you. Enough with the performative BS. We are demanding that you actually take real action here to improve the lives of your black constituents. When we say defunding the police. There's no ambiguity there. We are asking you to defund the police and instead invest that money in the community. There is no confusion. And if you feel like you can't do something about this, then resign, and we'll find someone else who will actually listen to us and we'll actually take action. Black Lives Matter. I yield my time.

[00:58:46] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Glad to Sebastian, please unmute yourself.

[00:58:51] Sebastian: Hey. So my name is Sebastian, and I'm a resident of old Mountain View. I'm a member of the Mountain View coalition for police perform and accountability, and I wholeheartedly agree with the others. That say that we need real action. It's wonderful to say black lives matter, but when you make bigger changes to undo systematic racism, and not just say something, but actually be upholding the status quo. So it's time to make Mountain View an Equitable City. And I will remember your actions, not your words for future elections. I yield my time.

[00:59:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, will go down to Yuan Lulu. You are should be unmute if you can unmute yourself, please.

[00:59:36] Yuan Lulu: Hello? Hi there. Uh, yes, I agree that action speaks louder than speech. Um, on the tail of taking action. I actually have several line items that council members you can take tonight. That is the budget plan. The current proposed budget plan shows a skewed priority. Let's just review. There were half a $1000000000 allocated to adding 2 MVPD positions for communications and outreach. Let me just clarify. No other city departments, not the public service, not community service, has any single outreach or communications officer. And police department has 3 And these 2 added positions cost more than half a million. Please consider take the action of removing these uses. Let me give you another thing here. For more than a quarter million. This position focuses on improving the effectiveness of police department's handling of community concerns and issues related to boundary calculations, including homeless and mentally ill. Study after study has shown that issues related to these things are best read off the experts in these fields, not someone within a gun. So please take action. Thank you.

[01:01:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: They'll go on to Eva Tang. Please unmute yourself.

[01:01:21] Eva Tang: Can you hear me?

[01:01:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[01:01:23] Eva Tang: Great. Okay, thank you. Um, I agree that it is important that we do proclaim that Black Lives Matter. This is just way too little and way too late. Um, I think that Mattachek and McAllister's assessment of the police last city council meeting was inaccurate and it really dismissed the disparities that our black neighbors face. I'm just going to remind you that Mountain View Police Department has recorded that it stops black people at 5 times the rate of white people and also arrests them at 9 times the rate of white people. Putting out a statement doesn't mean that you are done and judging from last cancel meeting, you have a lot of work. And a lot of learning to do. So I'm, once again, recommending, white fragility by Robin D'Angelo, and why I'm no longer talking to white people about race by Remietto Lodge. They're available by e-book, e-audiobook, and grab and go through our library. Thank you for that, Kimbra. Our black community is disappearing. I've seen that at Mountain View High School. There are so few African-American students that they don't even get a color on the dashboard. So, please. The age old adage goes. Put your money where your mouth is. I yield my time. Thank you.

[01:02:43] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Well, go on to Connor. Conor O'Brien, please unmute yourself.

[01:02:49] Conor O'Brien: Thank you. Uh, so my name's Conor O'Brien. I am a mountain V resident and member of silicon Valley DSA, and I want to say it's, it is important for the council to affirm that you believe black lives matter. It's even more important that you show that you believe that with your actions. Don't forget that a core plank of the movement from Black Lives platform is to divest from the police in order to invest in communities. This shouldn't be news to any of you, by the way, because it's been in the platform for 5 years. Mayor Abbe Kogan. You heard from speaker after speaker at the last meeting. But the MVPD targets black residents incredibly disproportionate. And then days later came out with a joint outbed with a police chief, bragging that the police department stands for human rights. So, absolutely, you should all pass this resolution in from the black lives matter, but after that, you need to start listening to the actual content and demands that the black lives matter movement.

[01:03:38] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. You go out to Macon freely, please unmute yourself.

[01:03:48] Macon Freely: Hi, council members, thank you for taking the time to hear us on all of these people on this item. Um, I just want to say over the past 2 Plus weeks, I have been so incredibly moved to see the wise leaders that are emerging in our community. Um, I am really just blown away both by this moment in the nation and in our city. And I would like to attest, um, just to the tremendous wealth of insight. that these people who are coming to speak with you have. I have talked with them and they are fantastic. Um, I really appreciated the comment that one person made, um, about what it can be like to watch the faces as we speak. I know each of you personally and every, I know everyone has a good heart. Um, but this is a different time and politics is changing and we truly have revolution. So when we look back, When we look back historically, please be on the right side of the civil rights movement, stop worrying about politics and trying to get ahead of appearances, stop with the politics and please, please, please join the people. Really, really, please join us. I understand it can be hard not to be defensive when people are coming at you with such clear requests, but that is your role as a representative to hear. We don't want dialogue. We want heart to heart, true movement altogether because if we stand together. I yield my time.

[01:05:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: He will go on to David Peters. Please send it yourself, David. Uh-oh. Oh, you? Oh there you are. David? Can you unmute?

[01:05:36] David Peters: Yes, can you hear me?

[01:05:37] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[01:05:38] David Peters: Hello, my name is David Peters. I am a recent graduate from Mountain View High School, and I've lived in Mountain View my whole life. Um, I would just like to say that I would like my hometown. I would like Mountain View to be a model for the rest of the nation. I really think we can be. And I think the only way of it being that model is by establishing an independent citizen led commission to examine are the systemic issues with discrimination and particularly in policing in Mountain View. Um, I think, as people have said in the past, that the subcommittee on race equity and inclusion is not sufficient, and the real way to get real change is to establish an independent citizen led commission. And I really want that in our community so that we can lead the way, uh, for everyone else uh, in this nation as extreme changes upon us. I yield my time. Thank you.

[01:06:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Ashley Kai. The AI? Unmute yourself, please. Let's see, make sure. Can you unmute? Actually, can you try unmuting? Um. Oh, there you go. Oh. Actually, I'm sorry, can you try again?

[01:07:04] Ashley Kai: Hello? There we go. All right, I don't know why this keeps me up. Hi, I'm Ashley. Um, I'm a resident. Um, what's all those hills? I went to school, Mountain View, for 4 years, and I'm a member of the Mountain View Coalition for Police Reform, and I just don't know how you can go publicly and say that you stand for Black Live Matter, Black Lives Matter, without making significant change in your own community, because that's ridiculously performative. And if you actually truly believe in making these changes. Like, I beg you, to not cling to the status quo and just hope and wait for things to return to normal because they're never going to return to normal because things actually have to change. Police officers are being asked to root out anybody that looks suspicious in their neighborhoods and with unconscious biases, that looks a lot like black and brown people in Mountain View. That's why they pull over black people at 5 times the rate as white people, and those numbers are not acceptable in any form, and no amount of like performative action or implicit bias training or reform is actually going to change that. The demands that we're making are not really that radical. That, we defund the police, that we invest in more things, other than militant things, that we invest in areas that actually help our vulnerable communities, because right now the city's budget indicates that our priorities lie closer, but protecting rich people with militant forces, rather than helping actual vulnerable populations that need that help. And I'm just going to end with this, that Martin Luther King was demonized by white moderates. He only had 34% approval when he was assassinated, and in order for us to be on the right side of history, we need to actually make progressive change. Thank you. and I yield my time.

[01:08:38] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, we go to Johannes, Menzel. Unmute yourself, please.

[01:08:45] Johannes Menzel: Hi, can you hear me?

[01:08:46] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[01:08:49] Johannes Menzel: Hi, um, I'm calling in to demand that Mountain View, city council not only adopt the language of the Black Lives Matter movement, but the concrete demands, as others have pointed out, um, the resolution that you're voting on, which is well written, um, contains an accuracy, is it says that the city of Mountain View does not tolerate discrimination, racial injustice or police brutality, but that's exactly what you tolerate at this moment by letting the police continue to, uh, act differently towards people based on the race. The police is inherently a wide supremacist institution. Um, What you need to do is wind down policing um, and reinvest in the community. There's um, there's a housing crisis, right? There's so many gaps in the provision of services. Um, Are you open my time?

[01:09:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You go to Janya Sundar, please unmute yourself?

[01:09:59] Janya Sundar: Hi, I'm Janya, and I go to Mountain View High School. It's great to see what the city stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, but what clearly seems to be black in here is action. You guys have the power to create change. You actively sought positions that gave you these positions of power, so why aren't you using it for good? This is the next wave of the civil rights movement, and you guys are standing by complacent. You are the white moderates that MLK said was the biggest detriment to the civil rights movement. If we, as a city, pride ourselves on being progressive and we value human rights. Then why does your inaction, despite all of these calls to action buy our community members, your actions show your 2 colors. I hope to see significant changes in the budget later tonight. We need to defund the police and invest in community resources. We need to invest in resources that go towards helping the homeless, helping people with mental health problems, and more. Thank you. I yield my time.

[01:10:52] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You look good, Anina, Trousseau. Please unmute yourself.

[01:10:58] Anina Trousseau: Black lives matter means, you fund the police. You can't have one without the other. and yield my time.

[01:11:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go to Celine. Please send yourself, Celine.

[01:11:09] Celine: Right, yeah. Um, so I think the, you know, idea of saying that Black Lives Matter is obviously a good idea, right? That should be like the baseline. Um, that every city agrees that 5 lives matter. Um, and as everyone's noted, the question then is, what do you do about it? So I think one thing that might be missing from the proclamation or the resolution that could be added, uh, would be like a specific recognition of structural racism that exists in non-B. The way it's worded currently, it's acknowledging that, you know, there are these national issues, and we just need to double check that it's not in Mountain View. Uh, and it's not in Moundview's Police Department. So like, you know, at the last city council meeting. Quite a few council members. I think McAllister, Manachek, Mirabi Kobe, Koga, said that they knew police officers personally and could vouch that, you know, their hearts were good. So, you know, if they don't think that there's anything wrong in the Mountain View Police Department. What's the point of this resolution? If you don't think that there's structural races in the mountain view, what does it matter that you think black lives matter if you're not going to do anything to stop structural races in the mountain view? So I think an acknowledgment of specific harms that exists or specific structural racism that exists in Mountain View is necessary. Um, one elephant in the room, uh, you know, mountain view is less than 2% African-American. That's why the city council has no African-American person on it. Uh, and it ends up distorting the conversations that are had. So I don't, unless we do something about the segregation creating, created through a housing policy. Um, one of the most obvious, like, instances of structural races in the Mountain View won't be addressed. Thank you.

[01:12:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Your time is up. Any other members of the public wishing to speak if you're in the attendee box, please hit the race and button? I don't see any other hands going up, so I'll take it to city man, uh, city clerk. Do we have any other public comment? Right now.

[01:13:09] City Clerk: Uh, no, I do not, Mayor. Thank you.

[01:13:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. So, uh, we'll bring it back to council then. Um, any other comments? I'm happy to entertain a notion? Let's see, let me make sure I'm in there. Oh, here we go. Counts number hicks.

[01:13:35] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I will make a motion to pass the resolution at hand. I also wanted to thank everyone who came tonight. Um, and I was, I was hoping that we would uh, do more than just pass the resolution. I also wanted to, I believe that our, um, that our council meeting may for some people, our last council meeting may have been cut off. Um, that's what some people watching told me. But in the end, we did cut the police budget to some degree and we cut some of the items out that many, many people who had emailed us, had suggested. In my opinion, that's a 1st step. And I think that we are, like many speakers have said, at a point when it's a good time to rethink public safety. And I think that the police were also had a contract for, um, rethinking how they would, um, probably grow over the next um, several years as the city grows. And I think they suspended that contract, and I think that's a good opportunity for us all to, um, really, seriously entertain the subject of rethinking public safety and thinking how our police department changes as mountain view changes. So with that, I will, um, I will make the motion to pass the resolution. Thank you. Bye.

[01:15:02] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Oh, I'm sorry. If I could just make a suggestion to read the title of the resolution in your motion, council member Hicks. It would be adopt a resolution proclaiming Black Lives Matter.

[01:15:14] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, I make a resolution to, uh, adopt a, make a motion to adopt a resolution claiming black lives matter.

[01:15:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Is there a 2nd vice mayor committee?

[01:15:31] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes, that's that's a 2nd mayor, and I do want to thank the, uh, black led organizations that I reached out to who came today, um, those who spoke and those who didn't, those who sent in public comment, um, in support, and um, look forward to continuing to work with them. Um, as we move forward as a community. Thank you.

[01:15:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, any other, um, council members. There's a motion by Council member Hicks, a 2nd by Council member, right, sorry, Vice Mayor Kamei. Any other discussion on this item? I think I forgot to lower your hand earlier, council number hicks. So, um, if not, we'll go to roll call, though, please, city quick.

[01:16:15] City Clerk: Thank you, council member Clark.

[01:16:16] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[01:16:17] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[01:16:19] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[01:16:20] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[01:16:22] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[01:16:23] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[01:16:24] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[01:16:25] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[01:16:27] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[01:16:28] City Clerk: Vice Mayor Kamei.

[01:16:30] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes,

[01:16:30] City Clerk: May Abby Koga.

[01:16:32] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I.

[01:16:33] City Clerk: Thank you.

[01:16:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Mission carries 70 with no extensions. So we will move back now up to item 4, the consent calendar, and uh, these items will be approved by one motion unless any member of the council wishes to remove an item for discussion. The reading of the full text if resolutions will be waived unless a council member requests otherwise. Would any council member like to pull an item? Council member McAllister?

[01:17:02] Councilmember John McAlister: 4.3. 3.3.

[01:17:07] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other accounts members wishing to pull an item? Right, um, then I will move to public comment. Are there any members of the public machine to speak on any of the consent items if so, please raise your hand, um, if you're in the attendee box, and if you're on the phone, you hit uh, Star 9. Uh, Eva Tang? And get yourself, please. There you go.

[01:17:39] Eva Tang: Yeah, um, I think Lisa had some slides that I had. ready for you all?

[01:17:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Is this on the consent calendar? Or is that an oral communications?

[01:17:52] Eva Tang: Oh, I'm sorry. I am commenting on the wrong thing. Thank you.

[01:17:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: No. Any other members? So this is like consent, I challenged item 4 if you have any comments on any of those items. I don't see any hands, so I'll bring it back to council. And council member McAllister.

[01:18:14] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, I, I pull, are we gonna take a vote on the others, they come back to 4.3?

[01:18:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, that's what I wanted to do. If there's a notion on the balance of the consent calendar. I know you have to read some of those items. Would you like to make that motion, Counselor McAllister?

[01:18:30] Councilmember John McAlister: Sure, I make some motions that we adopt, uh, to send that kind of, items 4.1, 2, 45, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. And that. Can you read the, um, They have to read 4.2, 4.7, please. 4.2 adopt the northern amending section sections of chapter 36 zoning ordinance of the city code to update home-based childcare regulations to align with new state regulations and modifications to plan, to plan, to community, permit regulations to be read entitled only for the reading waves, attachment once of the counselor for. On 4.7, adopt a resolution, approving a California governor's office of emergency services for 130 designation of application, applicants, agent, resolution, authorized in city of mountain view positions, of city manager, or finance, administrative service director, for purchasing and service support manager, as designated agents to execute for and on behalf of the city of Maui, for the purposes of obtaining certain federal financial assistance, under public law 92 288, as amended by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Service Act of 1988. and or a status, financial assistance of the California Disaster Assistance Act to be read entitled only for the reading wave attached onto the council report. A 4.8, adapt a resolution authorizing the application foreign receipt of local early action planning grants, program funds, and authorize the city manager or designate to execute a grant funding agreement with the state of California for purposes thereof. To be read entitled, only further reading, wave test went to the council report. On a 4.10, adopt the resolution awarding a construction contract, the Billingham Marine Industries, Inc. to make repair, deemed to be of urgent necessity to the sailing lake boat dock, project 20 dash 36 in the amount of $128,000 as authorized by the Mountain View City charter section 1107 to be read entitled early, further reading wave, dash went to the council report. And on 4.10 5 votes are required.

[01:20:57] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, council member clerk, for your 2nd. Any other discussion on the consent calendar. If not, can we get a Rocallo place, city clerk?

[01:21:06] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[01:21:07] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[01:21:08] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[01:21:10] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[01:21:11] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[01:21:13] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[01:21:14] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[01:21:15] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[01:21:16] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[01:21:18] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[01:21:19] City Clerk: Vice Mayor Kime.

[01:21:21] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[01:21:21] City Clerk: May I have the Koga?

[01:21:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Bye. Thank you. Motion carry 70 with no abstentions. We go then to item 4.3 Council member McAllister. would you like to start us off?

[01:21:33] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes, I would. Thank you very much, mayor. I pulled this particular item because I want to put things in perspective for my fellow council members from what I saw when I read this report. We're spending, we're doing, Mount View is spending quite a bit of money on pedestrian bike bed improvements, as we should. But money is not infinite, and so we always need to be judicial in how we spend it and the projects we look at. And I have to look across this one particular item in the staff report, and they broke down the historic inbound morning peak hour mode split comparisons. And they also did one for the afternoon. And at the end of pipe percentages. And starting a spring of 2014. We'll just take bike for destruments, and this is for inbound traffic on all 3 entrances, San Antonio, Ringstorf and Shoreline. And how many people, and there was various modes, single occupancy, VA, from high occupancy, V, transit bike, pit. And those were the categories. So in starting in spring of 2014, 3% of the people going to North Bay Shore use bikes. As we go through the spring of 2015, it got popular, it became 6% of the people going in North Bay Shore were on bikes. Same for 15, 6%, spring of 2016, 5%, spring of 2016, 6%, spring of 2017, 6%, then we get to the fall of 2017. It goes down to 3%. Spring of 18, 3%. Fall of 18, 3%. Spring of 19 down to 2%. Fall of 2019, 4%, and spring of 3%. So you're saying, whoa, a lot of it sounds low. Well, when you look at the actual numbers, when you take that 3%, and you put it into bicycle actual bicycle riders, as I'm due on table 2, On page 4 of the staff report, and just alone on Shoreline Boulevard. 3%, there was 31, 3100 people. That's 95 riders. You shoreline to get into North Bay Shore. And a total of 229 for all of North Bay Shore in the peak in the two-way peak hour gateway into North Bay Shore. 229. In the evening, Again, 95 people, on bikes, left Shoreline Boulevard, on for North Bay Shoreline, for a total of 202 for all 3 gateways. So we are, so we have, you have some projects in front of you that are 1000000s of dollars. to handle 95 people in one hour, 95, another, and it's some, 202. And so what I'm trying to say is when these projects come up. Are we spending our transit dollars, which are very scarce, wisely, and putting them in particular places? I know on Shoreline, I've always said that we got 2 bike tracks on both sides. One side would do. Do we need certain bridges? Yes, but are they going to be the numbers that you hear? Some people say there's going to be 100s of 1000s of people are going to be taking these transportation. They're using their bikes into North Bay Shore. And the reality is the numbers don't indicate that there's a lot of people using their bikes to get into North Bay Shore. So, I'm just showing you the data. I want you to make your opinions, you know, you'll make your own opinions or what's important to you. But you need to look at this. And when you make those decisions with the dollars in transportation that will be coming into North Bay Shore, Consider how many people you were doing, and there's a phrase rate of return, return on investment. I mean, are you getting the most for your money? On these projects based on the data? Now the data may change, but you need to follow that, to use that, to make those type of decisions going forward. And that's why I pull this aside, because I always look at data and that data percentages are one thing, but actual people that are riding their bikes is a number. So, um, that's what I pulled apart and if I wanted to let you guys know if no one has comments. I'll be glad to make a motion, but if anybody would like to, I'll leave it up for you guys to make a comment.

[01:25:57] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: That's Robert Hicks, you any comments, please?

[01:26:02] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Sorry, that always takes me a moment to unmute. Um, yeah, John, basically, I agree with you that we have to, I mean, I'm a, a huge proponent of biking and pedestrianism, but I do think we have to look around, we're spending a lot of money. We have to look around and see if there are places we're duplicating. Make sure we're spending the money well. I think, um, this, of course, is about North Bay Shore and getting in and out of there, but I think also, you know, when we look at biking and uh, walking again, putting money into it, a lot of it is also uh, more and more of what we're seeing is recreational. And I would hate that we're duplicating a bunch of transit routes. And if what a lot of people really want is, you know, for their own health in a pandemic like this and and afterwards to keep our health, keep us healthy. Um, you know, I think recreational biking and and uh, linear parks and so forth and uh, uh, shave trees so that people can actually use them as important as well. So I totally agree with you. Look over the budget. It's a lot of money and make sure we're not duplicating when we're spending money well. Thank you.

[01:27:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other comments? And I would just, um, add that, let me, we've looked at this for several years now, and I think when we did the original study, the, um, estimate, the projections was about a 10 to 11%, um, use of cyclists or cyclists, um, into North Bay Shore, and, um, clearly we have not achieved that. Um, But that's not to say we shouldn't try to achieve that. And, um, you know, I'll say there's, uh, some uh, somewhat bicyclist, I think we still have to make a lot more improvement is to make it, they feel, at least feel safe, feel safe for folks to want to bike, um, to bike, bike around the town. And, um, you know, we see more folks on bikes right now or walking and part of that, I think, has to do with less traffic congestion. So there's a correlation there. Um, and so I think that we should continue to make better bike improvements. If you go to other other cities in the country, other cities in the world, um, there's some really uh, advanced bicycle infrastructure. Um, you know, I've mentioned my experience in Toronto. I hear Vancouver is even better. They have separated bike lanes with ballards and whatnot, um, all over and we're just barely touching the, the, you know, scraping the surface is how I look at it in terms of bike infrastructure. So, you know, I do hope then I have a vision that we will become a much more bike, bike, site friendly, um, city or in region because we just can't put any more cars on the road. Um, I was in a call and we're talking about commute free work and um, the experts, you know, said our roads are at capacity, we cannot add any more uh, cars to our freeways and whatnot. So we really have to, um, be more aggressive and trying to get folks to shift their mode of transportation. So, I understand all of these are really expensive, just like that transit bridge we looked at was $70000000 So I do, you know, I know, I understand that we have to be mindful of our funding, but I do think we need to continue to try to be make it a safer place for folks to not drive cars and take other modes of transportation. So with that, I do have some members of the public wishing to speak, so, um, let's see, Bruce England, if you can unmute yourself, please.

[01:29:58] Bruce England: Okay, you hear me?

[01:30:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[01:30:01] Bruce England: Great. Thank you. Well, Mary, you just really took the words out of my mouth. That's what I was going to say, that you have to have both sides of the equation. You look at how much is being budgeted for various projects, but you also need to build the infrastructure that invites people to use. Um, the infrastructure, and that they feel adequately, safe and comfortable doing so. I know that when I was on the bicycle pedestrian advisory committee, we were presented with data about how, you know, the levels at which people felt safe and comfortable, and it was broken down by, uh, you know, male, female, age groups and things like that. And, you know, man, I can't tell you where that was, but it was interesting information, and maybe Don and Rhea can locate that and share it with John and others on councils who are interested. Thank you.

[01:30:51] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And Ellie Green, please admit yourself.

[01:30:56] Ellie Green: Hi, yeah, I really just wanted to emphasize the need for access to kind of other forms of transportation as many people don't have access to cars. And I also just wanted to quickly come on and question the council as to why, after multiple people pointed out the council's facial reactions, they then switched to a speaker only view so people could not observe those reactions. And if that could be then changed back so people could actually see the council's reactions to various issues that are going to be addressed in this meeting.

[01:31:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, I didn't realize we switched views, so we can um, I can ask our IT folks to switch us back. Uh, thank you. Let's go to Cliff Chambers. Can you please unmute yourself?

[01:31:39] Cliff Chambers: Yes, uh, I agree with Councilman, member McAllister and Hicks in general. But when I look at these numbers, what's most concerning to me is a lack of progress getting to the 45% single occupancy vehicle rate, and there's been a lot of talk about the importance of the transportation management association. Google's efforts. And they're not paying off. We're not, the trend is not getting there to the 45%, and that ultimately is really what makes all this work on North Bay Shore really work. And so hopefully at some point council can have some discussions with transportation management association and find out why there's not that trend line towards achieving the 45% goal. Thank you.

[01:32:30] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Oh, that you on that? Please unmute yourself.

[01:32:35] Public Speaker: Yes, I want to, uh, 2nd uh, the mayor and who is, uh, interesting point about the demand dynamics between investment and development. So they are happy study and you guys are in the US. You know best that when the US, Divested from public transportation and trains in particular. The highways get congested. So, do not think just, we are spending time, money now, and we are not seeing immediate result. Investment needs time. That's all. Thank you.

[01:33:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: And April Webster, please unmute yourself.

[01:33:28] April Webster: Hello, um, I'm April Webster. I just wanted to, um, pop in and, um, echo, um, what you had to say, um, Uh, with respect to biking infrastructure and whatnot. I'm from Vancouver originally. I have been a resident of Mountain View for quite a few years, though. Um, but I would say it's sometimes a case of build it and they will come. Um, there was a lot of opposition at 1st to biking infrastructure in Vancouver, and it was quite unsafe. And just one move by the mayor of opening up a lane on their bride bridge, which is one of the major arteries into the downtown core. Um, uh, resulted in such significant and, uh, amazing changes in the, in the city, um, and the biking culture, and it, There was a change. It turned from the city, like, the businesses in the downtown core being in opposition to biking and it took a 180. And at that point, um, they were so many people were biking downtown to, um, enjoy what the downtown had to offer, um, and that they, at that point became supporters. I yield my time. Thank you.

[01:34:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go to Alex Brown. Please unmute yourself.

[01:34:53] Alex Brown: Hey. As a resident of North Bay Shore. Yeah, our traffic situation is complicated. I think the $7000000 bike pet bridge is not gonna help and is probably just gonna be a waste of resources. But also, I can't pass out the opportunity. Yes, trains, I want trains. Please bring my trains. Uh, having some kind of automated public transit system that goes throughout Mountain View would be amazing, more trains. Thank you. But you have my time.

[01:35:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, let's go to Joshua. Uh-oh. I had Joshua. Hold on. I'm sorry. I think I. Last him. Oh, Joshua? Hello? Palacias. Celia, sorry to, sorry to...

[01:35:46] Joshua Palacias: No worries. Thanks for having me on. I just wanted to 2nd the notion that, uh, I think we should be still prioritizing, um, safety of people who ride bikes, um, because if we just continue to invest in the infrastructure for it, more people will come. I know I've started riding my bike a lot more around Mountain View, and I do appreciate all the extra places where the bike paths are. I feel much safer on the road compared to when there aren't designated spots on the street for the bikes. Um, I just, I really feel that if you continue to invest in it, then it would just be more beneficial to the community and we'll encourage more members to get out. And and try to reduce um, their carbon footprint by biking around more often. Thanks.

[01:36:33] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And Kelsey Joseph, please unmute yourself.

[01:36:40] Kelsey Joseph: Um, I'm your resident and I commute, I bike every single day. Currently my bike commute? Well, I guess I don't right now because everyone's locked down, but we're not, we're not locked down, kind of going into the office and commuting my bike. Uh, my current office is great because I can get there safely. But I've had other jobs in the area where it was a lot sketchier to commute by bike and they've actually turned down a job because I didn't think I could get there safely. I'm sure there are people who feel the same way, so we should definitely be making it safer for people to commute by bike. A lot of my coworkers wish they could give me a bike, but there's not infrastructure for them to do that. Um, so that's some anecdotal evidence of like 15 people who said they would if they could. Thanks.

[01:37:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other members of the public pushing the comment on this item? If not, I'll bring it back to council for uh, more other comments and if not emotion. I'll go ahead. Thank you. Counselor McAllister?

[01:37:43] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I'll, but I just wanted to follow up. I want to make sure people understand I do advocate for safety and maybe as we saw a lot of people are riding their bikes on the south side of 101, I'm just saying, just be aware of it that you make when you make your decisions. It wasn't pro or con. It was just be aware of how the dollars are where they're going and is that the best to go? So, uh, with that being said, I make a motion that we, whoa, whoa, whoa, that's where it is. Uh, accept the North Bay trip count report and authorize the city manager to enter into a contract with fair and pierce for an amount not to exceed $155,000 for North Bay or district transportation monitoring for fiscal year 2020 dash 21. And I do like to make a comment in the staff report that they are going to do it, if I understand correctly, that they're going to delay. Their study and so things get a little back to normal, which makes absolute sense. And I hope the city manager follows up on that. Thank you.

[01:38:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: And council member Hicks,

[01:38:46] Councilmember Alison Hicks: give me a second. Yeah, I'm gonna 2nd that motion.

[01:38:51] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great. Thank you. Any other discussion on this item? If not, could we get a roll call vote, please, city clerk?

[01:38:58] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[01:39:00] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[01:39:00] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[01:39:02] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[01:39:03] City Clerk: Council member Mata Check.

[01:39:05] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[01:39:05] City Clerk: council member McAllister.

[01:39:07] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[01:39:08] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[01:39:10] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[01:39:11] City Clerk: Vice Mayor Kamei.

[01:39:12] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[01:39:13] City Clerk: Mirabi Koga.

[01:39:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Motion carry 70 with no abstentions. We will now move on to item 5 or 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, uh, up to, um, we're doing one. 5 minutes today. State law prohibits the council from acting on nonagenda items. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide an item that is not on the agenda? If so, please again click the raise hand button if you're in the attendee box. And if you are on, um, the phone, it's a star 9. And the city clerk will display the timer on the screen. And we can start with pegging Lee. If you can admit yourself, please.

[01:40:05] Peggy Lee: Hello? Hello, hello, hi. Okay, great. Okay, so hi, city council. Thank you and the city staff. All the work they've been doing during this time. I appreciate, especially the dedication to protecting and providing for the vulnerable populations in the community. So in the time of COVID-19, we are facing overlapping challenges, global public health crisis, ongoing climate change threats, and social and systemic injustices. And these risks and impact do affect us differently. We see that they burn residents who have the most needs and least resources to respond. However, I believe a silver lining is be able to reflect and stand for what really matters to us now and in the future, which is everyone's health and well-being. Plus, as we move forward, I hope that the council considers expanding funding in Mount of view's urban forest and urban environment to enhance our public health. I'll quote a recent study about combating health inequities during and after COVID-19. Quote, Access to safe nearby nature must be prioritized as a critical public health infrastructure, and not just as an amenity for a few, end quote. Urban trees are amount of his greatest natural assets, in addition to, in addition to improving air and water quality, trees help reduce stress, enhance mood, bring mental health, improve respiratory and cardiovascular health. So I hope through targeted investments in health enhancing programs like urban forestry, we can advance social equity, environmental protections, and the physical and mental health for all who work and resign amount of view. I suggest we start with implementing outreach programs to diverse stakeholders, and increase overall funding to protect existing trees, and investing in streets and parks with low retreat canopy coverage, which oftentimes is in low income neighborhoods. Rental properties and new development projects. Thank you.

[01:41:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We're going to Eva Tang, please send me yourself.

[01:41:55] Eva Tang: Okay, uh, now, I believe, is the time. Um, that, uh, I have some prepared slides. I guess, just one moment,

[01:42:06] City Clerk: I mayor, I, They had requested an advance to, um, provide comment and 5 members were going to yield their time. Um, and so Eva is going to um, have 5 minutes for the presentation and I do see the 5 members, um, Rohim Gosch, Caitlin Davis, Esther Fishenholz, Alison Kermsey, and Diet Mandyam are on the line. And so I will go ahead and share my screen. I won't be able to display the timer at the same time, but if it's okay with you, I'll set a timer and I can, um, let the speaker know in 5 minutes up.

[01:42:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, thank you.

[01:42:43] City Clerk: Hey, thank you just one moment to share my screen.

[01:42:55] Eva Tang: Okay. All right. Uh, thanks for your time and thanks to those who yielded their time so I could speak tonight. My name is Eva Tang. I'm a 3 year Mountain View resident, and I hope to be a resident for much longer than that. I'm also high school science educator. And um, active member of the community. So, uh, I wanted to talk to you today about our coalition, if, uh, you can move on to the next slide. So many have been curious. We are the Mountain View Coalition for Police Reform and Accountability, or MVC Breath for Short. We are a bunch of Mountain View residents of a variety of ages coming together, United and One Cause. We've got a lot of different backgrounds. We've got educators and engineers, everyone in between, new residents to lifelong residents as well as a variety of neighborhoods. We want to emphasize that we are a member driven coalition focused on police reform. Uh, next slide, please. Our ask is for an independent citizen led commission to be run through the human relations commission in order to review the police policy and budget. Next slide, please. We wanted to address the press release that you put out yesterday and the direct text from the press release is on the left. We did want to address some of the action items that you were putting out. And we did want to say that, uh, items one and 3 of the creation of the race equity and inclusion subcommittee, as well as the round table on unconscious bias. They're not sufficient to address concerns about policing and mountain view. We have heard a lot about dialogue. I think from the last city council meeting, you all have heard a lot of dialogue, and what we need is action and the public is calling for action and not dialogue. A review of policing policies for alignment with best practice through the police department, as well as the review of alternative service delivery models. That's great. But it needs to be led by the independent citizen led commission, and it also must address the police budget. It's a little absurd to ask the police department to be accountable for the police department. Next slide, please. So we have a proposal for a community led process. We're going to utilize the human relations commission for its intended purpose. They would accept and review applications from members of the community and then 5 Mountain View residents would be chosen. So the Human Relations Commission and those 5 members, altogether, those 10 people, with an independent legal counsel, would conduct a more focused and in-depth review process in order to revise review and audit the police policies as well as the recommendations for the budget for the next year, for the next fiscal year. I want to emphasize that uh, this commission would be dedicated solely to police reform. Next side, please. And so many may be wondering, we just made the subcommittee, why don't we just hand it over to the race equity and inclusion subcommittee, where we have a few reasons. We have a lack of trust. There's not a great track record of addressing community concerns. We have measured D as that example. There's a lack of diversity. There's no representation from black residents and residents who are most impacted by the negative experiences with police, and there's also a lack of specificity. We don't know the scope of the work of the race, equity, and inclusion, subcommittee is very broad. It does not guarantee specific attention to reviewing policing, and action to review policing is something that the public is calling for, if you will recall. Next slide, please. Thanks for taking the time to listen to me, many people have been curious about us. So we have our Instagram and our Twitter handles out here. We are working on a website and um, thank you for your time. Thank you.

[01:47:28] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go on to Albert Jeans. You can unmute yourself, Albert. Okay. Um. Okay. Nice. Here, is that you, Albert? Yeah. There you go. Albert. We should be on. You think you're gonna talk more? Mm, maybe not. Someone else is on. Let's see. Let me. Let me sure. Albert, are you there? Could you, oh, there you are. I see you. Can you un? I think you're on. Could you speak? Try speaking, Albert. Albert. Okay, I'm gonna come back to you, Albert. Let me go to the next speaker. We'll figure out what's going on with, uh, your speaker. Oh, are you back, Albert? No. Okay. Well, go to LA Green. Unmute yourself, Ellie.

[01:48:57] Ellie Green: Hi, counsel, can you hear me? Hi, um, my name is Ellie Green and I'm with the Mountain View Coalition for Police Reform, as you already heard, our presenters speak on this. I really want to emphasize the need for community lab reform. I know that the council has come forward with a subcommittee and we really feel this is an inadequate response and it feels like a rush job on a very important issue. I really want to emphasize the fact that the city council in this case doesn't need to be rushing to make themselves look good. They don't need to be rushing to check a box about diversity and about addressing Black Lives Matter. This is not a box to check. This is people's lives at stake. We are asking you for a commission because we want a group of people who are dedicated working with legal council working with the community to fully review all aspects of the police regulations. In your press release. You mentioned that the police were going to go back and review the current regulations. The police have had the power to go back and review all of their regulations for as long as they've existed. If they really wanted to address these issues, they could have done it 5 years ago. They could have done it 2 months ago. They could have done it in any span of time. But they haven't. And therefore, I don't know if they should really be the ones trusted to go through and review this. I really want to urge the council. To think about who's actually being affected here. We are talking about people's lives. We're asking you to go to the community, to use an organization, to use a commission that you frequently ignore, and actually utilize them, to do their job, to work with the community, and to put together a report for you all. To make change, to impact change, to listen to your people. Thank you so much, and I yield my time.

[01:50:37] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, I'm going to try Albert again. Albert, are you able to unmute yourself? It's showing that you're unmuted, Albert. If you could, um, maybe try calling in? That might be another option. So, um, in the meantime, I'm going to go to Bright Lou.

[01:51:06] Bright Lou: Hmm. Hi. There you go.

[01:51:09] Public Speaker: Can you hear me? Okay. Hi, I am with the Mountain View coalition for police reform and accountability. And I would like, I would, it'd be very great if you guys could take more action on making a committee to hold these police accountable for their actions and to check in on where their money is going. Especially because that the police budget increase does not, unlike what McAllister said, is not, um, a result of the cost of living adjustment. Because Teachers. With over 10 years of experience in the same city mountain view. Are paid, Like half as much. Well, not half as much, but oh, they're not paid anywhere near as much as a rookie police officer. And these teachers not only have to live off of this money, they also have to use their money to buy us supplies. They are providing for our community. They are some of the leaders in, who are supposed to help children. Learn and create a safe space for them in schools. Yeah, somehow you guys find it more important to fund the police and increase their budget year after year instead of giving these pillars of society more money so they can help people in need. I yield my time.

[01:52:38] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. So if you were, um, speaking about any budget items and that includes the police department, um, that is on our item, Later on in the evening. So, um, this is for non-agendaized items. So please limit your comments to non-agenda items. And I'm going to ask, uh, see if we can get Albert Jeans Mac on, Albert. Are you on? No. All right, um, Maybe I would affect it, yeah, try to call back in and see if we can, uh, get you. Heard. I'll go to Dana Petey. Please send me it yourself.

[01:53:23] Dana Petey: Hi there, thank you so much. Um, You heard from me a little bit earlier. I am a member of NBC Pre and a resident of Mountain View. I'd like to thank the council for taking the initial steps as listed in yesterday's press release while also reiterating that they are not yet sufficient for the reasons that you heard earlier from Eva and her presentation. I want to express a specific comment about item 4 in the media release, which refers to a review of alternative service delivery models to address community needs like homelessness, mental health, and substance abuse. I think this is a really important idea and something that could be really powerful for the community, but ultimately it means nothing if it doesn't happen hand in hand with a thorough audit of the police department's policies and budgets so that homelessness, mental health crises, and substance abuse are no longer criminalized. The measures and items 2 and 4 must be led by an independent commission of citizens organized through the HRC. An independent commission would allow for residents from our targeted communities to lead the conversation. Listening sessions in town halls where they get a minute or 2 of public comment are not sufficient, and they don't actually see power to the folks whose voices need to be most meaningfully amplified. We need to be listening to them as leaders, not just as public commenters. Furthermore, an independent commission can do a very necessary deeper dive and spend more attention on it. These city council members already struggle so many other issues that it would be hard for a subcommittee to give this issue the time and the scrutiny that it deserves. Thank you so much for your time.

[01:54:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I'm sorry, David Peters, please unmute yourself.

[01:54:58] David Peters: I was muted. Yes, hello, can you hear me?

[01:55:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes. Go ahead.

[01:55:04] David Peters: My name is David Peters, and I am also with MV Cepra. Um, I am also advocating for an independent citizen led commission to be run through the HRC uh, for police reform and accountability. And the reason I believe that an independent commission is necessary is because, as Eva stated in their presentation, there are some serious flaws with the subcommittee that has been created. The subcommittee committee may very well, uh, be well suited to certain problems, but it's broad focus on race equity and inclusion as a general category means that it's, from appearances at least, ill suited to the specific task of police reform. And additionally, as others have stated, giving police accountability to the hands of the police officers themselves, does not spark much confidence in, uh, significant change and important change that needs to happen that hasn't happened in the past. And so for these reasons, I believe that an independent citizen led commission is necessary because it's the only way to ensure that important voices are heard and not silenced by uh, competing interests. Thank you very much. I see my time.

[01:56:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You will go to Lara, PD. Alright, please unmute yourself.

[01:56:24] Lara Petey: Hi there. Um, this is Liar Petey. I a Mountain View resident and a member of MVC Prep. I am here in solidarity with Mountain View residence, calling for council to authorize the HRC to create an independent citizen led commission to review MVPD policies and budget. Thank you for your time.

[01:56:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I'm going to go try again, Albert Jeans, are you with us? No. Okay, we'll try again in a bit. Let's get an April Webster, please unmute yourself.

[01:56:59] April Webster: Hi, April Webster again. This is the real reason I wanted to attend the meeting today. Um, I wanted to say that I am really excited and fully in support of the Summer streets program and from what I've seen, I'm not the only one. Castro Street is hopping. I'd like to, however, request 3 improvements that could make it just a bit more bike friendly. Um, one, with respect to the various arteries, bicyclists used to get to Castro Street. Consider ways to make those safer, for example, designating some of those streets, maybe improving signage and awareness, um, maybe a map, showing these safer routes would help. Uh, 2 more bicycle parking at the entry points. Um, now that uh, some of the cars uh, parking spots have been removed. And the restaurants are moving out onto the sidewalks and the streets, some of the parking that was previously available is is becoming lost. Um, and third, um, I'm not sure if this makes sense because it's unclear to me if bicyclists will be permitted on Castro once, um, summer streets goes into full, um, uh, low. Um, but if, if they are considered widening the entry points between the cement barriers, just to make it a bit easier for people to get in, um, particularly for families with bike trailers and children on bikes, um, there's a surprising number of families and youth getting around by bike right now. Thank you. Yield my time.

[01:58:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: It will go to Kelsey, Joseph. Please unmute yourself.

[01:58:42] Kelsey Joseph: see. Sorry, it wasn't one,

[01:58:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: no worries. You're on now.

[01:58:48] Kelsey Joseph: I'm sorry if I don't trust the police to audit themselves and don't trust the subcommittee to recommend meaningful reforms given that it has so many police backed council members. We're not right now in a place where small token reforms or empty words or anything close to enough. I'm very concerned that that's all the current steps the council has proposed are going to get us. Police policies in America are out of control. And Mountain View is not an exception, no matter how much the editorial in the Mountain View voice and all the false ally statements I've heard claim that it is. We're asking for a citizen medical commission to review all policies that will lead to real meaningful change. We must do more than listen to those most impacted by these issues. We must empower them. We must let them lead the way. Thank you.

[01:59:37] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I'm going to try Albert again, Albert, are you there? You should be able to speak. Albert? All right, we'll go back to, uh, Celine Celine, please, uh, unmute yourself.

[01:59:56] Celine: Right, council. Um, yeah, so I'm a resident of Mountain View. I don't have any request for council as a body to do anything, but I would like the council members to personally read the lawsuit against Chief Bazelle, where he was accused of sexual harassment and retaliating against a former employee. There are 2 things in the lawsuit that are beyond factual dispute. So one is that Bazelle made multiple romantic advances towards a subordinate. There's a reason why HR departments tell you not to do this. So after, um, the person Brazel made romantic advances for it, turned him down, and he demoted her, it made him look not objective anymore, uh, to say the least, which created the lawsuit, uh, which seems like poor judgment. And then the 2nd thing that's beyond factual dispute. Um, Brazil was ran a SWAT team um, that had a very deeply broken culture. Uh, I'd like to quote some of the, um, some of the uh, court documents. So, quote, throughout his tenure on the SWAT team from 1997 to 2007, defendant Bazell participated in conversations regarding hazing new members and actively encouraged the sexually inappropriate conduct. For example, at a swap party in approximately 1999 or 2000, a team member brought a blowup doll, which was used to simulate various sexual acts, defended Brazil, encouraged and participated in this inappropriate conduct. At another event, defended Bazell simulated groping a female dispatcher while giving her a kiss. Uh end quote. And then start, quote, this actually inappropriate behavior within SWAT continued throughout plaintiff's membership on the team. Um, uh, ellipses, uh, defendant Bazelle received at least one report of a female volunteer complaining that she had been groped by a male SWAT team member during a training exercise, uh, and certain squad hours with force other...

[02:01:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Time is up. We're going to go to Megan Freely. Please unmute yourself.

[02:01:48] Megan Freely: Hi, thank you. I'm actually a little shaken up hearing, uh, hearing, uh, that. So I almost have to, um, Actually get re-centered because it's, um, Just really horrifying to hear these stories, um, and. Sorry, that was, that's quite the comment to have to, um, follow. I guess. Okay, so my comment was going to be about just democracy and process. And just to name how, um, challenging it is to have my dog is now crying because when I get upset, then she's upset. Um, Wow, I, I maybe I should just not even say anything at this point. I just, We are, finally, we are in a moment in our country where things can change, and it requires all of us to be introspective and to really listen, not have a town hall, not nod, or look down at your phone. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Um, Like this requires every single one of us to truly be introspective and see what we need to revolutionize within ourselves so that we can actually meet this moment and create real change. So, I guess I'm just begging each and every one of you to do that because you have a lot of power and I know sometimes it doesn't feel like it, but you have so much power over our lives. So, um, Sorry that this was probably my most rambling of comments, but please feel the impact of this moment and that people are really, really, really talking about people's lives and their dignity. Thank you.

[02:03:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Albert James. I'm going to tell you again. Are you available? Are you on, Albert?

[02:03:32] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: No. Okay,

[02:03:33] Unknown Speaker: he should be on my phone now. to raise his hand, but I'm not seeing a phone number with a raised hand right now. Um, There's a 650620 is the last 3 numbers. Do you think?

[02:03:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, let me try let me try that one. Albert, is that? you hear me?

[02:03:54] Albert James: Yay, yes. All right. I'm calling in my phone. I don't know what the problem was this time. My screen shows that I'm unmuted, you know, and anyways, okay, I have a presentation and I have my own timer. All righty, thanks. If Lisa could please share the screen.

[02:04:11] Lisa: Yes, yes, I'll be right there, sharing my screen just one moment.

[02:04:18] Unknown Speaker: Fortunately, there are plenty of other people to talk.

[02:04:27] Albert James: Great. Okay, I'll start my timer. Um, as you know, you're gonna be reviewing the 1001 North Shoreline Development next week, and we me and my neighbors have met with many of you, and I'm sure you're meeting with the applicant. So I wanted to share a couple of the other piece of information that I think might be helpful next flight, please. Preview slash show this photo which was composite photo I put together using a building that's going on at Warren Station. By the way I found out that this is actually incorrect. And the building is further from the show in here, it's further than the street than it should be. So I redid the photo next flight, please. This is the view I'm looking at across the street from Terabella at the site. Now if you add the building next flight, please. This is what will actually look like. It's a 7 story building. The only other 7 story residence I know about. Well, there's a couple, but the biggest one is the Dean is San Antonio, but San Antonio is a 100 feet wide. is only 50, so you don't have to get the full impact of the 7 stories, and next 5 please. The African will tell you that they've made modifications for the frontage to make it less imposing, but if you look at their actual plans, this is from page 33 of their, uh, project plan set, you'll see that the, project goes straight up from terrible, you can see with arrow points on the right side on both, both of those. And so I urge you to question the Apple can adopt that when you get a chance and also go, go look at the site and use my photo as a guide to what you can imagine being there. Thank you very much.

[02:06:06] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I'm glad we got you on Albert. We'll go on to Deneva goings. Please unmute yourself. Thank you, Geneva. I think I lost an event. Oh, there you are, Geneva. Please send me it yourself.

[02:06:32] Geneva Goings: Hi, I wanted to make a comment about a couple of things. So, I agree with all the other commenters who are suggesting an independent citizen lab commission, um, to increase accountability. The police are absolutely unqualified to evaluate themselves. As another person mentioned, they knew their stats a long time ago, and they've chosen not to do anything about this for many years. So obviously black lives do not matter in mountain view. At the beginning of this school year, the school called the police on my son, who is on the autism spectrum, 9 years old. How is this appropriate? Please hold the schools accountable for throwing special needs kids under the bus. Additionally, in the last 3 weeks, our Mexican-American janitorial vendor did not feel comfortable calling the police when he discovered that there were people who basically moved into our cabana, broke in, moved in and set up all the materials, and he couldn't clean in there. So he came to my house and I didn't really want to call the police either because I'm like, what are they going to do? You know? I was afraid, you know, they're going to see a black woman and, you know, I don't know what's going to happen. So, you know, when the police arrived, they discovered that yes, these people were there. They lied about what they were doing. They lied about many things, they found drugs, they found weapons, and then the police told me that I was making a citizen's arrest. I don't understand that. I really don't understand that. There is no way that the police in Mountain View are qualified to police themselves. That's the end of my comment. Thank you.

[02:08:03] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Alex found, can you hand mute yourself? Here next.

[02:08:06] Alex Found: Yeah, I can try it on you myself. Hi. Hi. Uh, you guys know on a regular here. I was kind of hoping that Albert James would come to us with another city skylines presentation showing us beautiful traffic modeling, but his slides were also cool. I just wanted to note that I'm really happy and proud to see all these residents in Mountain View stepping up and speaking. And I just wonder where your supporters are. Where are the people who are calling for the things that you're actually voting on? Why, is every voice, uh, like speaking out in a concerted, like, cry for help. And everyone that you guys seem to talk to between meetings to back up your policies are absent. Where'd they go? I yield my time.

[02:08:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go to Yuan Luu, please send me yourself.

[02:09:03] Yuan Luu: Hi, um, I'm here with my new coalition for public uh, police uh, reform and uh, accountability, as I listen to Eva's supprintation one point, strike me as a very, interesting, that 2 of the 3 um, member committee, subcommittee, has heavy police uh, union. in their campaigns. These does have the appearance of conflict of interest. So therefore, I support an independent commission. That's all.

[02:09:46] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, go to NSZ, please unmute yourself.

[02:09:52] Anna: Hello, my name is Anna, and I've lived in Mountain View since 2004. I'm part of the NBC Bra. Eva outlined our demands well. I wish we could make eye contact right now. We both know that words are just a show unless there are actions behind them. I yield my time.

[02:10:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go to Francisco Ochoa, please unmute yourself. Let's see. Francisco. Are you there? That's last you. Um. Uh-oh. Oh, Francisco. Yes. Are you able to unmute?

[02:10:32] Francisco Ochoa: There it was. I thought pop up. Yes. Thanks. Um, yeah, I don't know if I mentioned before that aside from being a 38 year resident Mountain View, as well as a small business owner here. I am also a veteran of the US armed forces. It was a long time ago. Um, I would like to emphasize and reiterate what my fellow MVPRC colleagues have stated, an outside agency. Not affiliated with the city, such as HRC needs to be included in the oversight of MVPD. I'm sure there are many of Mountain View's finists who are honorable men and women who are committed to doing the right thing. Police are running amok, and it's still occurring even after the senseless murder of George Floyd. That's where it starts to police brutality. And the Blue Shield, police have unions, which will always look out for police behavior, which has not been known too well until Rodney King video cams. And now cell phones, which allow us all to capture police action, which otherwise would not, which otherwise would fall to the word of the citizen, as a defendant in court, and just sort of a police officer, sort to protect and serve. We need to assure justice is served in a fair manner for all, not just the privileged few. As was mentioned, for all, for all the previous reasons, which have been expressed by other folks. MVPD cannot be counted on to police themselves. Thank you very much.

[02:11:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you Then I don't see any other hands in the 10 day box, so, oh, there's one more. Gallon Fiore. Please unmute yourself.

[02:12:09] Gallon Fiore: Uh, let's see. Oh, there you go. can you hear me?

[02:12:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes. Come on, welcome.

[02:12:15] Gallon Fiore: Hello?

[02:12:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi there, you're on.

[02:12:20] Gallon Fiore: Uh, sorry, I think there was an issue with my, with my, uh, earbud.

[02:12:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, I can hear you better now.

[02:12:25] Gallon Fiore: Um, Okay, hi, I'm I'm Gown Fiore. I'm with MVC Pro. Um, Bottom line is really that Mountain View needs an independent citizen led commission for police reform and accountability. Your elected offices exist to serve the citizens of Mountain View and improve their lives. To that effect, overhauling the police department is the most effective action that you can take. And doing that effectively without direct inputs from the citizens you serve is impossible. The NBC Press proposal in EVA's presentation gives you a clear pass forward to make that happen. We're here to make it easy for you. So join us, take action, and be on the right side of history. Thank you.

[02:13:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other members of the public wishing to speak? Don't see any more hands, so I will close oral communications and um, let's see, why don't we take a break? It's been over 2 hours now, so let's take a, can we do a 10 minute break and be back at, I'll just say 8. Uh, 850. Okay, everyone. I think I'm not sure who's on and who's not, but we'll go ahead and start. Um, it's, uh, let's see, we go to item 6 unfinished business 6.one. The citywide school strategy, and we have a staff presentation by our principal planner, Eric Anderson, Polkameric.

[02:25:19] Principal Planner Eric Anderson: Thank you very much, Mayor Abby Koga. I hope you can hear me. Okay, I'm gonna share my screen. Well, thank you again, Mayor Abby Koga, Vice Mayor Kame and City Council. This is the Citywide School Strategy. My name is Eric Anderson, and I'm joined by Artisha Vostova, our assistant city manager and community development director. Schools are very important to the city of Mountain View, and they're a key element of the city's quality of life. The city shares the school district's concern about adequate facilities to accommodate planned population growth. As a result, the city has worked with the school districts over the last several months to years to develop an unprecedented school strategy program. It's one of the many ways that the city works with the local school districts, including maintenance, school resource officers and after school programs, which have amounted to $6.50000 of funding last fiscal year. Uh, the uh, shoreline regional park community, uh, joint powers agreement, uh, which has amounted to about $51000000 since 2006. Uh, and it reached some teacher housing opportunity enabled through a general plan amendment and rezoning. The big picture of the school strategy is, uh, starting with uh, the school district's growth assumptions and identified needs based on the long-term uh, growth of the city. Uh, we take that and we look at opportunities that the city has to reduce costs. This is what we call our land strategy, and I'll get into a little more detail of that later on. Um, in addition, there is a school share that acknowledges their resources from the state, uh, bonding and other opportunities. And there's a shared, uh, an ultimately shared understanding of a funding gap, recognizing that, uh, the, the school resources are not adequate, and the city opportunities may not be completely adequate to cover, um, all the infrastructure that the school districts need. So a shared understanding of a funding gap, which can help inform voluntary developer contributions. This is a good opportunity to remind the city council of the city's legal constraints. Under state law, the city cannot deny or condition developments based on school capacity mitigation. In effect, schools cannot be part of the city's land use deliberation. And stated more simply, the city council cannot use compliance with the school strategy in one way or another to evaluate projects, and must treat them the same, whether they provide additional funds, land or other resources or not. So without that out of the way, we'll go on to the direction that we received from the city council back in October. Uh, council provided uh, direction endorsing the land strategy. This includes shared open space, transfers of development rights, and incentives for land dedication. In addition, uh, council, uh, was presented with school district share and voluntary developer contribution assumption options. And council's direction was to continue to study voluntary developer contributions with an assumption that residential should be on the order of $6.30 to 1316 per square foot, based on the feasibility of that development, and office to feasibility could support a higher contribution amount. Well, the 1st recommendation for council today is the uh, city policy, which we're presenting, uh, which includes the land strategy, uh, tools that council endorsed back in October. The shared open space, the opportunities for the city and the school districts to develop shared open space using the city's parkland dedication funding. Offsite transfers of development rights. This is an opportunity for the school district to acquire land, uh, that has significant value, uh, based on its owning capacity. And then the, uh, school districts could then sell off that zoning capacity, uh, and uh, uh, acquire some of that value back and help them uh, pay for uh, either the acquisition of the land or the improvements needed on that land. And lastly, incentives for developers to voluntarily dedicate land. This is similar to what was done for the dean project on San Antonio, which you can see a schematic of here, where the city can offer kind of a no loss of development capacity in cases where uh, school, um, developers wish to dedicate land to the schools. And in addition, potential exceptions to some development standards to also help facilitate that. Of course, school districts must have already worked with the developer to identify the area and the need. The city may uh, need to review the effect on the project. For example, its effect on character, traffic, other issues, um, as well as on development feasibility. And of course, there may also be other city needs, such as parks, uh, that may, uh, drive, uh, dedication of of land, uh, for specific projects. In addition to the 3 points mentioned before, the policy also includes guidance for long-term collaboration with the school districts. The key outstanding item from the council meeting back in October was this identified funding gap. The purpose, as I said, is to create a shared understanding between the cities, school districts, and developers of what the school district need is over the next 30 to 50 years. Uh, taking the school district's growth assumptions and some uh, uh, assumptions related to school share and uh, the amount of development and the fees that they could provide. Uh, these assumptions, these school Sarah assumptions in the funding gap uh, result are based in part on council direction back in October and also uh, based on viable uh, school funding sources, as well as uh, development, economic feasibility. So based on our feasibility studies that we've done before. Uh, we found that there may be capacity in some developments pro formas to accommodate this voluntary contribution, uh, at the funding gap level identified. So to convert the funding gap to a voluntary contribution amount which shows the calculation. Um, the feasibility input to this conversation creates more certainty that this funding can be voluntarily provided by development. The residential amount is consistent with both the East Wizman precise plan and community benefit analyses as well as council direction. Uh, and the total amount is uh, can be shown here to add up to the, um, the total funding gap from the previous slide. This analysis is, in effect, the last element of the school strategy project, it brings together the city actions, economically feasible, voluntary developer contributions, and other opportunities available to schools into a single viable program to achieve the school's self-identified need. Again, I'll note the line at the bottom of this slide, the funding gap voluntary contributions are not community benefits. So of course, outside the school strategy, there are many opportunities for the city to support the school districts, including direct funding through collected community benefit funds and other sources. The city can base this funding on immediate school district needs or projected school district needs, their specific improvement plans, other funding opportunities that the school districts may have, or that may be available to the city at the time. Um, opportunities to fill timing gaps or to take advantage of reimbursement agreements. And then, of course, it also gives the city an opportunity to weigh other city priorities, such as transportation improvements or open space improvements, that might be used, or that might, that community benefits might be used for. So this gives the city maximum future flexibility to tap available resources. Uh, and the greatest future certainty that the funding will be used as needed. Council asked staff a couple of months ago to bring back discussion of the school portion of the Summerhill project on middlefield, their community benefits with this item. If the city council is interested in doing so, that could be agendized to a future date after more analysis is done, of process, agreements, and alternatives. Um, staff does not recommend in the future a development by development community benefits contribution. Um, so it's not recommending a contribution based on Summerhill's action at this time. So that concludes Staff's presentation. Here are the recommendations by staff. We are open to any questions that you might have.

[02:35:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you very much, Strangerson. Uh, city council members, do we do you have any questions? Please raise your hand. You don't see any. So um, if not, I will move on. Oh, here we go. We have the full view. Any questions? From council members. Okay, so, so I will move on to public comments. Um, there's any member of the public wishing to speak on this item. Please raise your hand, click the button at the bottom, if you're in the 10 day box, and I have a Fiona Walter. Please unmute yourself.

[02:36:26] Trustee Fiona Walter: Thank you. Hi everybody. Just an enormous thank you to all of you to counsel and to staff. Sorry, should I identify myself, Fiona Walter, MBLA trustee. Um, as Eric mentioned, tonight is the culmination of a couple years of work on, um, from both of our teams. And I want to I want to just note for everybody else listening in. Mountain View is one of only a handful of cities working with their schools to help mitigate the impacts of housing growth. And for this, we are just truly grateful. So thank you for your time tonight and for all the hours leading into staff's recommendation tonight. Your partnership is very much appreciated and um, Just can't thank you guys enough.

[02:37:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, and we're good at Ayende Rudolph. Please unmute yourself.

[02:37:19] Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph: Um, I interviewed Rudolph Superintendent, that would be worse in the school district. I just wanted to echo Fiona's comments and thank Eric and RT and Christian and Kimber and everybody else who has been working on this for quite some time. Um, unfortunately, I'm the last of, of the group, along with Eric, who has been working on this over the last couple of years. Uh, but it is, I really appreciate it on behalf of our trustees, the creativeness that, uh, SAP has come up with considering the limitations that exist. Obviously, we hope that there can be other funding strategies for our community, our communities like ours, which are very high priced compared to other places. But we do appreciate this staff as taking a very unique approach to making this come to fruition. So thank you on behalf of Mountain View West Miss Quigas.

[02:38:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And we'll go to Dennis Martin. Please unmute yourself.

[02:38:22] Dennis Martin: Uh, good evening, mayor and council. My name is Dennis Martin speaking on behalf of the Billing Industry Association of the Bay Area. The IA respectfully submits. Our comments tonight is follow-up to our May 1st letters, June 9th letter, and comments of prior hearings. BIA appreciates that the city acknowledges the staff report in a staff report, the city council that controlling state law has preempted the field of school facilities, adequacy, and mitigation measures. The staff report correctly concludes that under these statutes, local governments are prohibited from denying or withholding the approval of housing projects based on a refusal to provide school facility mitigation measures beyond that expressly authorized and limited by statute, and importantly, that the maximum fee amount specified in the state statute are, as a matter of law, deemed to provide adequate school facilities. However, we remain concerned that this policy, the proposed policy, describing so-called voluntary contributions is very problematic, because it could be interpreted as tacitly inviting counsel, staff, and even the public to suggest, solicit, or expect a voluntary or charitable school contribution, thereby creating a de facto expectation that conflicts with state law. If this were to, if the city were to show a pattern of favoring projects that provide voluntary school contributions of those that do not, that practice could face the same scrutiny as a formal policy, and the city would bear the risk, not the school district. Thank you very much.

[02:40:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other members of the public wishing to speak? If you can click the raise hand button. I don't see any. So, um, I will close public comment on this item and bring it back to council for further discussion and I will entertain emotion. Any council numbers? Make sure in a comment or emotion? Yes, Council member Clark.

[02:40:34] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yes, if uh, if no one else, uh, wants to speak. I, I just, um, I want to thank the, the trustees and the, and the, um, and the, and those superintendents for, for working with the fondness, um, to get to the stage, and I think we've come up with a really solid, um, plan that balances a lot of, a lot of needs that are in place, and, and thank you very much to staff for all the work that you did on this and all the intricacies that are involved in this, um, especially some of the legal intricacies. So um. Without all move that we adopt a resolution to adopt a council policy for a citywide school strategy, to be read entitled only for the reading wave detachment one, the council report.

[02:41:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, and is there a 2nd council member Hicks?

[02:41:18] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: I'm sorry to interrupt. There's also a 2nd component to the recommended action about amendments to the precise plans.

[02:41:27] Councilmember Chris Clark: Sorry, yeah, so the motion is to adopt the, the staff recommendation, both items, and then I read the, the, the title of the resolution.

[02:41:35] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Right. And council member Hicks?

[02:41:39] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Well, I will be happy to 2nd. I was actually going to make comments, but technical difficulties. I could not find the right hand button, so sorry. I will 2nd. I just wanted to say that I did want to, um, thank particularly Eric and everybody else who's worked on this because I know it was there were a lot of details. And just my additional comments, I do really hope we don't do. I appreciated the part about not doing, um, development by development community benefit decisions. I really think it's important that the communities that the, um, developments are going into, uh, get those benefits. And I'm hoping that if we need, I'm hoping that this strategy will provide adequate money for the schools and that if we need additional money, the shoreline community might provide some funding as well as it has in the past. My background in city planning, one of the things we learned is that tax increment financing should get some money back to the school. So that would be my preference. And I guess the very last thing I'll say is, um, although I strongly support the the ongoing shared park schoolyard strategy, I really want to make sure that, um, the perks that we create through that really serve all residents well. Um, I've worked a little in the past with um, schoolyards through the living classroom, and I learned through that work that, um, that, uh, schools are not really, our schools are not really lavished with money to do landscaping and develop their schoolyards. So I want to make sure that in the process of, you know, that those shared agreements can work really well. But, um, I want to make sure that we are also allowing the using the schoolyards, you know, maybe adding a little extra money so that we can make, um, like I said, the schoolyards, slash parks, meet the needs of all residents. There's a kind of growing movement to make sure that perks meet the needs of people from 8 to 80. Um, so as we develop the schoolyard parks, I'd like to make sure that we also think of, you know, toddlers, frail elders, everybody in between, and make sure that we're making them true parks as we do that. And with that, I would be happy to say.

[02:44:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Counselor Medachek.

[02:44:18] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. So I also appreciate all the work that has been done on the school strategy. Um, I know it's been challenging. And, um, I thank staff for doing this. Um, and I think the school districts for working with us on this. Um, it's good to have us all working together. Um, I share uh, council member Hicks comments about the property that is shared between schools and uh, the city. Um, it is important to have at least a portion of that feel more like a park. Then, say, a field, um, because residents are using it, um, or want to use it more like a park. Um, although some are using it as fields. So I think we need to keep that in mind as we develop them and make sure, as council member Hicks said, that they work for all residents. But I will be supporting this motion. Thank you.

[02:45:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other comments on this item? So, um, I wanted to, I will support the motion, and thank you to staff and for our school district, um, our, um, representatives for, um, working on this collaboratively over, uh, quite a while. Um, I think we've had some twists and turns and new information that we've discovered along the ways. And so took it maybe a little longer than expected, but, um, I'm glad that we're here. So, um, I do, um, support the, the, the, the notion. Um, I, I'm not sure if I, well, maybe I'll, I'll try, but, um, I do feel strongly that, um, when we talked about the Summerhill project, the East Swisman project, and, um, there was the community benefit, um, issue there. Um, that I think it's $250000 over the um, school contribution. Um, at that time, we, um, There's some of us who have wanted to make a decision on it, whether there should be more of that funding to go to the schools, but I recall that we chose to defer that to a different, um, time. And so I, I, I know that and I support not doing project by project going forward, but I do feel that, um, there was a, at least, like, 1st for me, a, a commitment that was made, um, or at least a, um, you know, uh, some kind of expectation that was created from our, our discussion that evening to at least discuss that East Wisman project. And so, um, I just want to honor that. And, um, I was going to ask for a friendly amendment to include, um, bringing back that Summer Hill project, community benefit discussion to a, um, later council meeting date. Council member Clark and Hicks would be open to that amendment request.

[02:47:24] Councilmember Chris Clark: Um, Yeah, I think based on this representation, that would just need to come back to us for an appropriation decision. So I don't mind bringing it back, um, or just giving that direction to bring it back whenever the time's appropriate.

[02:47:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes. Great. Thank you. Customer Hicks, are you okay with that that amendment?

[02:47:43] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes, we can bring it back.

[02:47:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. Counselor Ramirez.

[02:47:48] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, ma'am. just really quickly on that point. Um, I feel like there are a lot of considerations, uh, in, um, in making that appropriation, and I guess a question for staff. Um, Will, will there be, so, just for instance, you know, I, I feel pretty strongly that community benefits, um, that are generated from development should benefit the neighborhood that the development is constructed in, and I would want to make sure that there's some, for lack of a better word, nexus between the use of that funding, uh, and and the benefit of the neighborhood that the development comes in. So, um, and, and that, you know, if, if a majority of the council is supportive of, of that parameter. Is that, is that something that, you know, we would have to codify in some kind of agreement? What exactly will staff come back with when we consider this appropriation?

[02:48:47] Unknown Speaker: I'll try to answer a little bit and maybe Eric can fill in. Um, the community benefits were expected to fund, um, many improvements, including, uh, infrastructure as well as traffic, um, and transportation improvements. So what staff will bring back would be some of those expectations and those projects, um, so that the council can review all the items that would, um, likely compete for those funds and make a determination of how much they may want to, um, give to the schools, and then we can certainly based on some of the parameters. Um, you know, work on an agreement based on council's principles and then bring that back for maybe a consent item or so, but I might want a Christian to chime in on the agreement piece.

[02:49:36] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, that sounds like a reasonable approach and it may require that next step to to formalize that.

[02:49:48] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: The next step with an agreement. Yeah. Okay, and then what, what, so, um, would the council have an opportunity to provide input on that agreement or is that something that city staff will negotiate with uh, the school districts?

[02:50:03] Unknown Speaker: Well, at the meeting that, um, the council decides uh, whether or not to provide the money to the schools, um, we would want them to give us some direction on the basic parameters. Um, which would allow us then to go and create an agreement. And then typically these come back on consent and the council can review and comment additionally on those as well. On the agreement.

[02:50:28] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, no, that's helpful. you.

[02:50:30] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right. That's my manachek.

[02:50:34] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes, I guess I had a follow-on question to council member Ramirez's comments or questions. Um, and, um, it says comes back. In addition to having information on, say, competing projects, um, would we sort of be able to estimate the amount of community benefits we might generate in, say, the East Wisman area, and the total dollar value of the projects that, um, would be competing. So we would know, um, if there are projects that would not be able to get done or if there's, Um, more resources than we expected, um, that, you know, it's easier to share. Um, when we have that like whole, would we be able to estimate that whole picture?

[02:51:27] Unknown Speaker: Um, I might have to ask Eric to speak to this and then we might have to talk to public works, but I think that was the general idea.

[02:51:35] Eric: Yeah, so the East was a precise plan already includes a list of proposed improvements. Um, we are actually, um, going to start work fairly soon on the, um, uh, uh, nexus study for, um, kind of getting cost estimates, of some of those improvements, might be attributable to new development. Um, and so that could also fill out the picture of what uh, the Councilwoman Matachek is asking about uh, total costs and and trade-offs. Um, although that may be, um, you know, several months out, uh, and and we'd have to look at the timing of when that information is coming in.

[02:52:20] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay, thank you.

[02:52:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Consumer Hicks.

[02:52:25] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I think we're basically going in the direction council member Matt took us in the direction I was going to go. I want to. I just don't want to make uh, a community benefit decision to, um, when we have, I think, other choices like the shoreline community funds eventually available. I don't want to make decisions that are shortening communities and things, you know, the actual community of things they may need. But I think the things that we've been discussing, bringing up, bringing into the discussion, I think that we've covered enough of those items so that we can make a smart decision. So thanks.

[02:53:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, any other discussion on this item? If not, uh, could we take a roll call vote, please?

[02:53:12] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[02:53:13] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yes.

[02:53:14] City Clerk: Council member.

[02:53:16] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[02:53:17] City Clerk: count the check.

[02:53:19] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[02:53:20] City Clerk: council member McAllister.

[02:53:23] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[02:53:24] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[02:53:26] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[02:53:28] City Clerk: Vice mayor Camay.

[02:53:29] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[02:53:30] City Clerk: Mirabi Koga.

[02:53:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I,

[02:53:32] City Clerk: thank you. Notion carry 70 with no abstentions.

[02:53:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you very much. We'll move on to item 6.2 plus voters, initiative, charter amendment, ballot measure, for the November 3rd election, and our staff presentation is by our city quick. They send a Tush. Welcome.

[02:53:53] City Clerk: Thank you. Yes, so the item before you this evening includes actions relating to submitting to the voters the Mountain View, homeowner renter, and taxpayer protection initiative charter amendment, which was put forth by proponents John Inks and Brian Danforth. This measure would amend the city's charter to modify the community stabilization and Fair Rent Act adopted by the voters in November of 2016. This item was continued from the June 9th city council meeting. In accordance with the election code provisions governing the placement of a charter amendment on the ballot by an initiative petition. Deedral requirements have been satisfied to briefly summarize, the initiative petition was circulated for signature beginning in April 2018, and after verification from the county register our voters in November 2018, was found to contain 5723 valid signatures, satisfying the requirement that 15% of registered voters must have signed the petition for it to qualify for the ballot. The city council accepted the certification of sufficiency of the petition in November of 2018. Once an initiative measure is found to have the requisite number of valid signatures to qualify, For the ballot, the council has the ministerial duty to take various actions to place it on the ballot. November 12th, 2019, the city council took action to place a city initiated charter amendment related to the CSFRA on the March 3rd, 2020 ballot, measure D, and also considered placement of the initiative measure on the March 3rd or November 3rd ballot at that time. The council did not take action to place the initiative measure on the ballot at that time, and therefore must take action to do so at this time. The 75 for ballot question is proposed in the staff report, and I can share the balance on my screen of counsel desires. I'll note that it was modified from the June 9th sap report for additional clarity upon further review. In addition to adopting the resolution to submit the measure to the voters with the final ballot question language, the other actions before council this evening are to direct the city attorney to prepare an impartial analysis of the measure, determine whether or not council wishes to submit an argument or authorize any member or members of the council to submit an argument related to the measure, and to determine whether to print the full text of the measure in the county voter information guide. Um, this concludes my report and I'm available for questions.

[02:56:20] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, city clerk. Any questions from council members? I don't see any hands. So then I'll go to the comment, and going to the attendee box, if you have a comment, um, is click the raise hand button at the bottom, and if you're on the phone, it's star 9, I believe, and we'll go, we'll start with Joan Bodowski. Oh Joan, where did you go? There you go, John.

[02:56:52] Joan Bodowski: Let's see. Let me see if I can. There we go.

[02:56:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Please unmute yourself.

[02:56:58] Joan Bodowski: Uh, I think I'm unmuted. you hear me?

[02:57:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[02:57:03] Joan Bodowski: Thank you Uh, I'm Joe Burdowski, I'm speaking on behalf of the Mountain View Housing Justice Coalition. Uh, we worry about how you will choose whether or not to write the November ballot statement against the California Apartment Association initiative, which I just heard is was sponsored in part by John Inks. The defeat of measure D last March showed that Mountain View voters continue to support meaningful protection for renters. The apartment association landlords will try to make us think their initiative will benefit winters. In reality, it would end our hard gained renter protections. Uh, the vacancy uh, rate in mountain view is swung between 3 and 4% for years. Oh, that's our normal. The landlord initiative with just a 3% vacancy would trigger and would suspend rinse stabilization. The opposition ballot statement must make that clear. But passing the initiative effectively erases our community stabilization and fair wind act. Our community remains housed because of rent stabilization. So do you city council members really support our rent stabilization law? Are you aware that, uh, it's our, uh, vacancy rate is normally greater than the trigger? We think you should write the opposition ballot only if you can answer yes. Thank you.

[02:58:39] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: He needs that. Thank you. Thank you. We'll move on to Rohein Gosh. Please unmute yourself.

[02:58:48] Rohein Gosh: Hey, good evening, counsel. Uh, rent stabilization is extremely important to the people of Mountain View. It is the reason why our community retains its diverse character to this day. This ballot measure that is being put up is the sneaky repeal of rent control. It ends, red stabilization, and tended protections in Mountain View as we know them. If you as a council are prepared to write the ballot statement. Honestly, with the word sneaky repeal and stating clearly that this ballot measure ends rent control, go ahead, but do not by any means lie to the voters of Mountain View and and use disingenuous language that does not paint the full nature of the implications of this ballot measure. If you are not willing and able to clearly write how this ballot measure will impact the residents of Mountain View, your constituents. There are plenty of great activists and groups willing to write that ballot statement, honestly. Please be honest with your constituents. Use the words sneaky repeal, and use the phrase end rent control in your ballot statement, or let people who will be honest, write the statement. Thank you, and I yield my time.

[03:00:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go to LA Green. Can you send me yourself?

[03:00:25] Ellie Green: Hi, counsel. can hear me? Okay, great. I just really want to speak an echo of his statements as well as statements from the Mountain View, from the Mountain View, Housing Justice Coalition. Is that if you're going to write this statement, write it correctly. Reflect the true intent of this legislation, reflect the intent, to remove rent control, to expose your most vulnerable populations. To the tyranny of landlords. I urge you to, if you are going to stand with the people, stand with them, use the correct language, acknowledge this as a sneaky repeal of that mutual acknowledge this as endangering your citizens and call it what it is. on in the ballot. If you're unable to do that, leave it to the people who can. Even to people who can accurately express the harm that comes from this. I really urge you to just consider whether or not you can speak on this honestly. And if you can't speak on this honestly, and you shouldn't really be speaking at all. Thank you. I yield my time.

[03:01:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Speaking next, John Lashley, please, and and yourself.

[03:01:33] John Lashley: Yeah, hi. Um, my name is John Lashley. I'm a resident of Mountain View and a member of Silicon Valley DSA. Uh, to the, to the majority on the city council. Nobody trusts you on the housing issue. The majority of the council opposed the CSFRA, the majority of the council tried to weaken the CSFRA with measure D. You lied about how measured D would weaken rent control. Some of you are so out of touch with Mountain View residents that you probably don't know this. The measure D was a huge electoral failure. Motors saw measure D for what it was. Your attempted giveaway to the California Apartment Association. Face backs. Sneaky repeal is even worse than measure D, and it's going to lose even worse than measure D did. Mountain View voters are going to organize to defeat sneaky repeal because we like rent control. And we haven't forgotten that some of you were for sneaky repeal before you were against it. Mayor, you were on video saying that rent control is too expensive. Apologize to Mountain View voters for pushing measure D on us. If you can't strongly support the CSFRA and oppose sneaky repeal, get out of the way and let us in DSA write the ballot argument against sneaky repeal. You should go to the voters and apologize for what you've done. You wasted our time and our money with measure D. Don't waste it again. Get out of the way and say you're sorry. I'm done.

[03:02:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Well, go to Alex Brown, please unmute yourself.

[03:03:04] Johannes: Hi, this is not Alex Brown. Uh, I think you had meet at the wrong person.

[03:03:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Mary, you're muted. Is it Johannes?

[03:03:28] Johannes: Yeah, should I go? Are we going to Alex Brown?

[03:03:30] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, please go ahead.

[03:03:32] Johannes: Sure. Um, yeah, uh, mayor Abakoga back in uh, early 2018? You were featured in an ad supporting the sneaky repeal of front control. Let me quote what you said at the time. These are your exact words. Our strict rent control policy is costing us $2500000 a year to implement, and those funds could be better used to help folks in need right away. A sneaky ad for a sneaky ballot measure. Measure V pays for itself. It always has. So, do I think that you and city council should write the ballot statement against the sneaky appeal? No. Um, You should resign. You don't have any credibility on this issue or any other issue. Um, Yeah. May open time.

[03:04:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right, let's go to Alex Brown now.

[03:04:26] Alex Brown: This is not Johannes.

[03:04:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Alex, right?

[03:04:31] Alex Brown: Yep. I'm here to thank you all for all the work you've done to protect the vulnerable residents of Mountain View's mobile home communities. Thanks for haste and diligence and including us under the Aegis of the CSFRA, our neighbors and friends, many of whom are elderly, disabled, their veterans are finally safe, from rent shocks that might otherwise drive them out of their homes and likely out of the area. I'm especially impressed with how you were able to do this while also helping them save the house and other renters who were exposed to the danger of predatory rent increases. Wait, what? Sorry, wrong timeline. You're about to put an attempt to repeal what little protections the voters were able to get past you without your help in 2016. My bad. I'm sorry I yield my time.

[03:05:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Well, that is Steve Chesson. Please send mute yourself.

[03:05:17] Steve Chesson: Uh, thank you, Mayor Abbe Koga, and council members and members of the public. Um, my name is Steve Chesson. I live on Lloyd Way, not too far from the Baskin-Robbins on El Camino. I would urge each of you individually to oppose the sneaky repeal charter amendment, but I don't trust you to write the ballot argument against it, especially since you were the ones that drafted and voted to put measure D on the March ballot. In fact, Mayor Abbe Koga and council member Clark signed the argument in favor of measure D, and council member McAllister signed a rebuttal to the argument against it. Council member Clark also signed the argument against the community stabilization and Fair Rent Act that the voters adopted in 2016. Let the folks who conducted the set lit, sorry, let the folks who conducted the successful campaign against measure D, write the argument against the sneaky repeal. Thank you very much.

[03:06:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Look at it, Charlotte Quinn, please unmute yourself. Charlotte?

[03:06:21] Charlotte Quinn: I'm a resident of Mound View. Um, this repeal, this is a repeal of rent control and it will make the existing and disgusting pricing out of community members even worse. The citizens of Mountain View want to keep rent control. That's what we've been saying, and this was proven with the massive failure of measure D. I'm calling in today to say that city council should not write the against argument for the ballot because we know that you do not support rent control. You do not support renters, and you will not be honest that this is a repeal of rent control. We haven't forgotten clearly, as you just heard. We haven't forgotten that mayor Abikov was against measure V. We haven't forgotten the gutting of affordable housing projects to give money to landlords instead of enacting emergency price control to actually help renters during this ongoing pandemic. You need to have supporters of rent control right against argument for the ballot, so that voters aren't duped into repealing something they do want to retain. I yield my time.

[03:07:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go to Anna Marie Morales, please unmute yourself.

[03:07:22] Anna Marie Morales: Hi there. I've lived in Mountain View for nearly 40 years in Sahara mobile village since 2014. How are renters supposed to rely on a city council that has historically opposed rent control to begin with? This council lied to voters about how measure D would help renters, when in fact, it was made to weaken rent stabilization. Thankfully, voters ensured this measure did not pass. I ask counsel, what will they be saying in regard to this sneaky repeal? Will you support renters or will you follow the money trail and support the California Apartment Association? Will you allow renters to write the ballot statement? This council says they want to keep a diverse mountain view, but your actions are in direct opposition to this. Council. How do you expect to have a diverse community when you are doing nothing to protect vulnerable renters? Mayor Abbe Koga, vice mayor Kameh, Council members Clark, McAllister, and Manachek. How do you listen to all these comments and continue to not take any real action to help renters and mobile home residents? You were elected to act out when Mountain View residents really wanted? But instead you ignore our comments and do whatever serves your own agendas. I am disgusted by the actions and inactions of this council when it comes to preserving a diverse mountain view. Do better. There has been a displacement epidemic and this council does not care. This council and the RHC has repeatedly failed the mobile home community and renters at large. I yield my time.

[03:08:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Edit Tim McKenzie. Please unmute yourself.

[03:08:54] Tim McKenzie: Um, let's see. Hey, can you hear me?

[03:08:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[03:08:59] Tim McKenzie: Thanks. I remember in 2006 being excited and grateful that I was going to be able to vote for rent control in Mountain View. Um, although I was a little bit confusing that there was measure V and measure W. Luckily, there are some concerned citizens who are came to my door and knocked on my door and talked to me, told me about measure B being the strong rent control that we needed in Mountain View. I was very happy to have that. And then, in 2000, just this past year, the city council has put measure D on the ballot because of this upcoming sneaky repeal of rent control. You've said it was going too far. So clearly you can't be in favor of the upcoming ballot measure. But all of your actions have been to weaken rent control. And it's just, you cannot make a good faith argument either for or against uh, this upcoming ballot measure. And I urge you as a council to listen to all the people who have commented today and listen to the residents of Mountain View that we need and want rent control. I think we showed that with the resounding defeat of measured D and support it as a council, but allow other people to write the ballot measure because you just cannot, in good faith, write it in either direction. Now yield my time.

[03:10:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, let's go to Connor O'Brien. Please unmute yourself.

[03:10:27] Conor O'Brien: Hi, uh, Conor O'Brien, I'm a Mountain View resident and a member of Silicon Valley DSA. Mountain View voters deserve to know the truth about the sneaker appeal measure. The against argument needs to recognize or control in mountain view is the success it is, and accurately tell voters that this measure would take it away. Most of you have been against rank control from the beginning. Most of you voted to weaken it via measure G earlier this year, which the people of Mountain View overwhelmingly rejected. And as this public comment should make pretty clear, we have not forgotten that some of you joined forces with the CIA and campaigned for this measure we're talking about now a couple years ago. So you should all individually oppose this measure, but you should leave the valid arguments to folks who have been wholeheartedly defending my control this whole time. Thanks.

[03:11:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, thank you, Lucas, let's go to Dana Petey. Please, please unmute yourself.

[03:11:18] Dana Petey: Can you hear me?

[03:11:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[03:11:20] Dana Petey: Hi, thank you so much. Dana PD again, Mountain View resident. I just want to briefly share my concern that the truth about the sneaky repeal could be hidden from the voters. When I was voting in Mountain View for the 1st time on the measure D issue. It was really hard for me to find the information that I needed. And I just want to say Mountain View voters have a right to know in no uncertain terms that this is a sneaky repeal that would end rent control as we know it. Please allow a community to write the against argument in order to clearly inform their neighbors that this would end rent control rather than further deceiving voters. The significant failure of measure D has clearly already plunged this council into a crisis of credibility regarding protection for renters. If you yourselves write the against argument. Mountain View residents will have no reason to trust you on housing issues like this or other things perhaps ever again. Please take this opportunity to regain any amount of trust and credibility by letting the community take the lead and allowing someone else to write an honest argument against the ballot measure. Thank you for your time.

[03:12:20] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right. We're good at being handsome. Please unmute yourself.

[03:12:25] Public Speaker: I know. Hi, I just want to, uh, I don't think better than most of the folks who have already spoken on this. Uh, Anna Marie neighbor blew me away. Uh, and the Mountain View mobile home alive has been, uh, and trying to, uh, stick it out and wait for, uh, our neighbors to be protected, uh, with the possibility of that happening, apparently. Uh, now I just want to, you all. You know, that we know that this ballot initiative is. It was written as I, is even the title is a lie. Uh, you are about to go on the record, uh, for the voters in November. Those of you who are up for reelection. Uh, Bus, exact, you feel about getting, yes, FR, dissolving the rental housing. Um, that's going, uh, if voters fool accept this deceptive, uh, initiative and and past. you know that's true. Uh, if you write against argument, make, use the thinking repeal. Understand that, that you know. Thank you.

[03:13:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Good, Sebastian, please unmute yourself.

[03:14:03] Sebastian: Hey, uh, Sebastian here. So I now live in old Mountain View, and I lived in Shoreline West when I 1st moved here, and when I moved to Mountain View, I thought, great, we have rent control here. That was pretty cool. But little did I know that the city council would be actively working to undermine and repeal it. And that's for some reason, it doesn't apply to mobile homes. This is pretty confusing. Because rent control needs to be upheld and applied to all residents. Luckily, I can afford to live here, at least for now. But we all know that many longtime Bay Area residents are being priced up. We want to retain, not push out our poorer residents. Just look at the results of measure D. No ski repeal. Be honest, that is all.

[03:14:57] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right, and Eva Tang?

[03:15:02] Eva Tang: Uh, should be, there you go.

[03:15:06] Eva Tang: Okay. Uh, thank you. Um, so, we've talked about Black Lives Mattering. And I want to let you know that there has been a black flight in the Bay Area, largely due to the unaffordable cost of living. And another thing is that one of the barriers to voting is that people have no idea what they're voting for in the 1st place. So, I need you to call this what it is. Say that this is a sneaky repeal. Say that this ends rent control, and if you can't say that, let renters write the ballot statement. Do black lives matter to you? I don't know.

[03:15:52] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Right. Are there any other members of the public machine to speak? I don't see any other hands, so I'll bring it back to council. Um, and I have council memory Ramirez.

[03:16:08] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor. Um, so, My, my thing, you know, this is fairly simple. The voters collected enough signatures to place measure B on the ballot and approved it. The proponents of this measure collected, and that's valid signatures to place this measure on the ballot. It's really. A discussion that needs to occur within by the voters. It's not really an issue, I think the council needs to weigh in on, aside from our legal obligation to place the measure on the ballot, because uh, enough valid signatures were collected. Um, you know, I, I, there, there may be other perspectives on this, but I, I don't see a lot of value as in the council drafting, um, any of the ballot arguments. Um, I'll go ahead and and make a motion, uh, to adopt a resolution calling for the holding of a general municipal election on Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020, and requesting the board of supervisors of the county of Santa Clara. To consolidate the general municipal election with a statewide election to be held on that date pursuant to section. of the elections code for the purpose of submitting to the voters a proposed initiative charter amendment and related actions to be read entitle only further reading waived. Um, and then to take, uh, actions 2 and 4, so to direct the city attorney to prepare an impartial analysis, um, or sorry, and then for 3 and 4, uh, to not, uh, have the council submit an argument or to authorize members of the council to submit an argument, and also, um, to not print the full text of the measure, in the county voter information guide.

[03:18:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, thank you for the motion, Council member Medachek, and I am looking for a 2nd.

[03:18:18] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Well, I was going to make the motion, but council member Ramirez did it, so I will 2nd it because that's the exact motion I was going to make.

[03:18:26] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Um, vice mayor, did you have comments or?

[03:18:31] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Nope. You're just gonna make the 2nd.

[03:18:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay. Any other comments from council members? Any other discussion? If not, uh, city clerk, we take a roll call, vote please.

[03:18:47] City Clerk: Yes, council member Clark.

[03:18:49] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[03:18:50] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[03:18:53] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[03:18:54] City Clerk: cancel member Mattachek.

[03:18:56] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[03:18:57] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[03:18:59] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[03:19:00] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[03:19:02] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[03:19:03] City Clerk: Ice Mira Kame.

[03:19:04] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[03:19:05] City Clerk: May I be Koga?

[03:19:07] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I Thank you. Ocean carries 7 0 with no abstensions. Um, and jelly keep going. We will go on to, I, um, 7 public hearings, 7.one, the downtown parking maintenance and operations assessment district for fiscal year 2021 and we have our staff presentation, uh, Tiffany Chu. business development specialist. Are you on this? Let's see you in our.

[03:19:43] City Clerk: I'm getting an error and I have to apologize for my delay in moving her over. I was distracted by my item. Um, let me see if I can. It looks like there was an error when trying to make her a panelist and I am not seeing her. If you see her hand is raised in the attendee box. Are you able to move her?

[03:20:05] Unknown Speaker: See, I can. Okay. Doesn't seem to be moving her over. There we go.

[03:20:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, you see her. Tiffany, welcome. Are you?

[03:20:29] Business Development Specialist Tiffany Chu: Yes. Oh, yeah, there you are. Good unique city and council. Tonight, we are holding a public hearing regarding the annual renewal of the downtown parking maintenance and operations assessment district for fiscal year 2021. This is the 2nd of 2 meetings. The district supports the overall maintenance and operations of the downtown public parking system. Tonight, city council will be asked to adopt a motion waiving the reading of the engineer's statement and adopt a resolution, approving the engineer's report, and authorize into delivery of the assessments to the county of Santa Clara. This concludes staff presentation. Thank you.

[03:21:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great. Thank you very much. Are there any questions from council members on this item? Uh, yes, let's see. I have Council member Clark.

[03:21:22] Councilmember Chris Clark: Um, I, um, I think we take public comment after this, uh, per the agenda flow. So I'll move that we waive the reading of the statement of the engineer of record.

[03:21:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, thank you, and vice mayor committee.

[03:21:42] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: I just had a quick question. Um, that occurred to me, um, when we were going over the COVID-19 presentation. And so I was just curious. So for some of the small businesses, um, If they have any financial hardship, would they be able to maybe qualify for some of that relief to pay? Um, for their, what they owe or has there been any thought about that or?

[03:22:11] Business Development Specialist Tiffany Chu: These assessments are pay through the property owners, um, and it's, uh, the district is a, a limited um, area within the downtown, so it's really focused on the, the 100, 300 block. Uh, so, um, I wouldn't be utilized. So I'm not aware of any of the loans being used for for this purpose.

[03:22:32] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Thank you.

[03:22:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: So, Counselor Clark made a motion to waive the reading. Um, I'll go ahead and 2nd that if, and then, uh, do I need to take public comment on the waving of the reading? Or can I take public comment on the entire item?

[03:22:53] City Clerk: Actually, so for now that the 1st step is to waive the reading and then there's a brief statement that I will read and then you and then we'll go ahead and have public comment at that time.

[03:23:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, great. So, um, may I get a roll call vote, please?

[03:23:08] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[03:23:10] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[03:23:10] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[03:23:13] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[03:23:13] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[03:23:15] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[03:23:16] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[03:23:17] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[03:23:18] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[03:23:20] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[03:23:21] City Clerk: Ice Mayor Kame.

[03:23:22] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[03:23:23] City Clerk: May Abby Cogo.

[03:23:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I. So, the, no abstensions, and then city clerk, do you have a statement?

[03:23:33] City Clerk: Yes, thank you, mayor. Notices have been posted, published, and mailed as required by the Mountain View City code for this public hearing. Affidavits and certificates for posting, publishing and mailing are on file in the city clerk's office. A copy of the engineer's report for the assessment district, which the public works director has caused to be prepared was made available on the city's website for public inspection. This report consists of the 2020, 2021 parking maintenance and operation assessment district budget, including an itemized listing of direct costs and expenses, the assessment role computed in accordance with benefits, and a description of the assessment formula and the assessment rules. Thank you.

[03:24:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And then my statement, uh, This is the time and place for the public hearing on the adoption of the annual engineers report for the downtown parking maintenance and operation assessment district for fiscal year 2020, 2021. All written protests to be computed in the protest percentage should have been filed with the city clerk by postal mail or email by 630 on Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020. The council may consider all protests, including oral protests presented at this hearing in arriving at its determination relating to this assessment district. Protests or endorsements may be made by any person interested, but only written protests filed by the owners of the property may be considered in determining the percentage of protests. It will now be in order for the hearing to be declared open. You are asked to clearly identify yourself, your property assessment number, assessors, parcel number, or property address. And so at this time, I will ask if there are any members of the public on the line would like to provide comment on this item. Again, if you're in the attendee box, please raise your hand, and if you're on the phone, please press star 9. And I do not see any hands raised. So I will bring it, I close public comment and bring it back to council, and I have council number clock.

[03:25:37] Councilmember Chris Clark: Um, I maybe we adopt a resolution adopting the engineers report for the downtown parking maintenance and operation assessment district for fiscal year 2021 and authorizing its delivery to Santa Clara County.

[03:25:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you and Councilman McAllister.

[03:25:52] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes, I like to 2nd it, but I just want to let Chris know that I will not bring this topic up ever again so you can relax.

[03:26:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: He appreciates it more than anybody else. Great. Well, thank you, Counselor Clark for the motion and the 2nd vice council member McAllister. Are there any other comments deliberation on this item? I don't see any hands of that with that? Could we get a roll call book, please?

[03:26:23] City Clerk: Also number Clark.

[03:26:25] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[03:26:25] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[03:26:27] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[03:26:28] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[03:26:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[03:26:30] City Clerk: council member McAllister.

[03:26:32] Councilmember John McAlister: There's no fees we can raise, Chris. It's a yes.

[03:26:36] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[03:26:38] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[03:26:39] City Clerk: Bye, Mayor Kame.

[03:26:40] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[03:26:41] City Clerk: Mayor Abby Koga.

[03:26:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi.

[03:26:43] City Clerk: Thank you.

[03:26:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Mission Carries 70 with no abstensions. Let's move on to Item 7.2, the Google Landings office development project, and our staff presentation today is from our planning manager zoning administrator Stephanie Williams. Welcome, Stephanie.

[03:27:09] Planning Manager Stephanie Williams: Good evening. Good evening. Sorry, I'm having a little bit of a technical difficulty. One moment. Okay, sorry about that. And and good evening. I'm Stephanie Williams. I'm the planning manager. Zoning administrator and Edna Rango, who is the assistant, um, public works director will be my co-presenter this evening. I know before you tonight is the Google Landings Project. And the approximately 41 acre project site consists of multiple properties and includes a new office building and a separate 4 level parking garage. The office building is located on Landings Drive, south of Charleston Road, west of Permanente Creek and north of Highway 101, and the parking garage is in a separate location between Alta Avenue and Half Avenue, mid block between Charleston Road and Plymouth Street. A new pedestrian and bicycle path would connect the 2 sites, bridging over Permanente Creek. The project also includes other site improvements such as habitat enhancements to Permanente Creek, parking lot improvements to the properties located at 1851 to 1875 Charleston Road, and a new frontage road along US 101. The proposed 5 story office building includes approximately 799,482 square feet of office and associated amenity space above one level of underground parking. The ground level of the building includes entry lobbies, workspaces, employee cafes, and amenities, all the upper floors are office areas. The design includes a series of repeating building segments at graduating heights, where the center of the building at the ground floor is lifted to create a large open space patio beneath the building. The building facade is comprised primarily of bird friendly, frittered glass, and is accented by variegated metal panels. The landscaped area surrounding the office building includes private outdoor office amenity areas, as well as publicly accessible landscaped areas, and pedestrian and bicycle pathways. A portion of the outdoor areas located on the property leased by Google, located at 1851 Charleston Road. In site modifications to this property, to move the parking from it to the adjacent property at 1875 Charleston Road are also proposed as part of the project. Propose widening and habitat restoration improvements are proposed to a portion of a permanente creek between Charleston road and highway 101 as well as a new east-west pedestrian bicycle bridge over the creek, which would extend the green loop between the office project and the Huff garage. Additionally, 414 heritage trees and 644 non-heritage trees are proposed to be removed due to poor health and conflicts with the proposed buildings, utilities and site improvements. And approximately 1279 California native and region appropriate trees are proposed to be planted to replace the heritage and non-heritage trees to be removed throughout the project site and at offsite locations. The Huff parking garage is proposed to serve as a district parking facility for the landings in Charleston East Office buildings. The garage includes 4 levels of parking with 1709 parking spaces and approximately 10,500 square feet of publicly accessible retail space on the ground floor. The design of the garage includes a kinetic facade comprised of a series of colored panels, arranged in a landscape design, which is meant to provide an attractive skin to the structure, and screen the parking decks behind it. The pedestrian entrances to the garage provide brakes in the mass, and are designed with vertical wood elements and awnings to complement the remainder of the facade and provide further building articulation. And now I'm going to hand it over to Ed. who will be presenting.

[03:32:28] Assistant Public Works Director Ed Orango: Great, thank you, Stephanie, and honorable mayor and council members. As Stephanie mentioned, I'm Ed Orango, Assistant Bubble Works director. And I'll be going over the transportation components, including the traffic and gateway analysis. So a site-specific transportation analysis was done to identify the localized traffic impacts and operational improvements not addressed with the North Bay Shore precise plan priority transportation improvement projects. Where 2 intersections were identified needing operational improvements. Next slide, please. So the 1st intersection is the Charleston Rank Store, Amphitheater in Garcia Intersection. Shown here, abbreviated as the crag interception for shorts, and highlighted in Orange. It's located approximately a quarter mile north of the project site. This intersection is part of the larger Charleston quarter priority improvement project, where the project proposes to implement the precise land standards with cycle tracks, sidewalks, and a dedicated transit lane. When the additional traffic is added from the landings project, the results showed that additional turning lanes are needed at this intersection. For the inbound movement, an additional, uh, sorry, an additional right turn lane from northbound brainstorf to Charleston. And for the outbound movement, an additional left turn lane from Charleston to rank store. You can see that in the blue highlight there. Next line, please. The 2nd intersection is a Shoreline Plymouth intersection. This intersection is also a priority transportation improvement in the North Bay Shore precise plan, where it's proposed to realign Plymouth Street, with Space Parkway, highlighted again here in the exhibit. With the addition of the Huff Garage, an additional turning lane on Shoreline to Plymouth. As well as additional lanes on Plymouth are needed to accommodate the garage traffic. As a result of the identified improvements at both this and the crag intersection, conditions of approval are included to implement these improvements with the landings project, and Google would fund the cost for those lines. Next slide, please. The gateway analysis was done to determine the incremental trips to the gateways and capacity for those trips. The results show that there was capacity of both the San Antonio and Shoreline gateways. For the ring store gateway, with the previous approved projects, and adding the landings development, the gateway capacity is exceeded by approximately 200 trips in the AM peak hour. To accommodate the project and stay within Ranksource gateway trip capacity, a condition of global is included to implement an interim trip reduction plan that would reduce the trips to the Ranksource gateway by 200 trips for up to 6 years after occupancy. This would be above and beyond the condition for Google to meet their TDM measures requiring the project to have a 45% single occupant vehicle rate. That concludes the presentation, and we can answer any questions you might have.

[03:35:32] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any questions from council members? See, everyone. Council member Ramirez.

[03:35:43] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. Um, I've got, uh, small number, hopefully. Um, so the 1st is, uh, some clarification from, uh, regarding some of the written responses to counsel questions submitted in advance of the meeting. Um, so staff had mentioned that the, the, uh, if we were to convert the garage to an office building, it would require bonus SAR because, uh, the, I guess, the, the mass of the building, um, is, is large enough that you would, you would need bonus SAR to, to, to do a wholesale conversion. But if, if, if only a portion of the garage were to be converted, so for instance, you had, you maintained a certain amount of parking within the structure, and, um, some smaller portion of the garage were to be converted, because, if memory serves, parking structure, uh, is not included as part of the FAR calculation for commercial projects, could, could it be possible for, The, for a portion of the parking garage to be converted into a, into a base FAR. Um, commercial development that would not require council approval.

[03:37:12] Unknown Speaker: Uh, yes, that is correct. If this, if the portion of the garage that was converted to office fell below .45 FAR.

[03:37:24] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Okay. Um, thanks for the clarification. Um, the other thing that, that surprised me was if, um, so we're, we're sort of having 2 separate projects here with this entitlement, there, there could just be a scenario. There could be a scenario in which only the Husk garage is actually constructed. And if that occurs, staff had mentioned that there would be a reduction in the number of spaces, right? So from 1700 roughly to, uh, I think it was, um, what was it? Well, 1300, 1200 something along those lines. Um. We would know that relatively quickly, right? Because the applicant needs this parking for Charleston East, as soon as they pull a building permit for, for the puff garage, if they determine, if they only pull it for, for, uh, for a structure with 1200, 1300 spaces, We would know then that they're not proceeding with the landings office project, right? Presumably.

[03:38:36] Unknown Speaker: I could try to answer that council member Ramirez. Um, so, the garage itself and the spaces, uh, combination of building and actual spaces on the in the building and stackers. Um, so they're using special stackers to increase the, the capacity of each parking space. So, um, um, depending on their phasing plan, they could move forward and build the building. But if they wanted to move forward and also put the stackers in, that that's when you would know exactly how many spaces they intend to create. So it's a more nuanced discussion, but we're, um, maybe I haven't answered it in the way you want, we're happy to, um, add to the discussion.

[03:39:26] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: No, that's that's helpful. I guess what I was getting at is, um, you know, we're allocating bonus FAR to the site. And I think maybe I had misinterpreted staff. Um, uh, comments. So I, I had envisions that there would be a physically smaller parking structure with, with the parking reduction. Um, and that would mean that as soon as we found out exactly what type of garage they were planning to build. We would, we would know, even if the applicants were, weren't sane. We would know whether the landings office project would proceed. If they went, in my thinking, that they had proceeded with a smaller parking structure, that would guarantee that they couldn't, that they weren't planning to proceed with landings because it would be physically impossible to provide the parking that they need. But it sounds like that's not the case. We, we, they could proceed with the hub garage, and, you know, they, they could, determine that they want to proceed with the landings of this project at a later date, and the, there would be no physical constraint within the parking structure because they could always add stack. Is that is that a fair assessment?

[03:40:37] Unknown Speaker: Uh, yes, the building itself, um, accommodates, uh, fewer than the 1700 spaces, and the rest would be made up with stackers, so they, they would proceed with the building. Um, um, based on the size is our understanding, but Google is here to make a presentation and maybe some of those questions are better, um, posed to them. Uh, we're making assumptions. As staff.

[03:41:03] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Um, last question related to that. So if, if, Google does not proceed with the landings office project, does, do they retain the bonus FAR, until the expiration of, of the entitlement for that project, or, you know, once we have some assurance that they're not going to proceed, does it go back into the ether where, you know, it could be competitively allocated in, in a different process?

[03:41:37] Unknown Speaker: They would retain that until the entitlement's expired. That's our, that's our typical process, and that's 2 years with another 2 year extension.

[03:41:48] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Thank you. Um, higher level questions, I guess. Um, can staff, um, share when roughly, um, the gateway site and the shorebird master plan will be brought back to council. Is that something that's going to happen? This year, is that are we looking into next year? Do you have a rough sense?

[03:42:15] Unknown Speaker: Um, we are. Depending in, in, in some way, uh, before bringing the showbird master plan on when they plan to submit. So I would, I would defer that question to Google. But we did plan to bring, um, uh, the gateway master plan, I believe, early next year, because we wanted to make sure that the council, uh, reviewed and adopted the, uh, findings in the North Bay Shore circulation feasibility study, uh, before that went forward. Um, and the idea was to bring a study session on the shore bird. Um, and the Joaquin master plans. Um, and then bring the final gateway master plan. But, um, you know, I don't know when Google intends to apply specifically for the master plan and that's a question that they can answer.

[03:43:09] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, um I have one more question for the applicant, but I guess I'll wait until after their presentation. Thank you.

[03:43:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Counselor McAllister.

[03:43:19] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I just want to have clarity on the one of the questions that Lucas ask you about. So the entitlement is 2 years, but they have to get permission. It's not an automatic 2 years.

[03:43:30] Unknown Speaker: No, I believe they have to show some progress towards getting the building permit and it does go to the zoning administrator.

[03:43:41] Councilmember John McAlister: And, um, I told the council member Mattachek might help me out because we were, at one time we were looking at the responsibilities of the various, uh, requests from developers and some could go to the, the council members. And so I'm not sure if this was one of them that that was, so I just need somebody to clarify that for me down the road a little bit. Because she's a very smart woman. She'll know what I'm talking about. Uh, the other question I had, I just wanted, if, The, and the community benefits only get paid when Google, submits, request building permits, or does there a timeframe between entitlement and the, and the submission for a building permit? When's the timing?

[03:44:28] Unknown Speaker: Typically, the fees, the fees and the cash items get paid with, um, the issuance of a building permit. That means when the applicant picks up the building permit from the building department. Um, and some of the other items are construction projects and they would come uh, based on the construction timelines.

[03:44:53] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Uh, yeah, I have the other questions. Yeah. The, uh proposed community benefits.

[03:45:01] Unknown Speaker: Those are proposed, those, we're not voting on those tonight. They're just examples of how the money could be used. Um, that is the proposal at this time. Um, and and the council can make revisions to that. Google has told us that they, um, made some proposals based on what they heard, um, from speaking to council members and members of the community, but it would be up to the council to delegate, um, to which items, um, the community benefits could go to. So the cash contributions.

[03:45:38] Councilmember John McAlister: With the cash contributions. Okay, would that be part of emotion or just given direction?

[03:45:45] Unknown Speaker: Um, we, you know, we understand that would be part of the project approval, so we could follow through on which funding pots uh, they would go to when the building permits were issued. So um, it would be included in the council motion. Tonight.

[03:46:00] Councilmember John McAlister: So if we've said, let's defer the allocations at this time for for more further study, that would be part of the motion.

[03:46:09] Unknown Speaker: That that could be is my understanding.

[03:46:13] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, thank you.

[03:46:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I can't remember Hicks.

[03:46:19] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So this is a related question, just some previous questions. Because of the the changing building environment, if so my understanding is that usually if a project is not built in time, a ministerial extension. But I'm wondering if we could we instead do an entitlement with an expiration, say, where it would come back to council within 2 years so that we could review it because of the changing nature of development now. I'm wondering if that's something that we could do instead if we so chose.

[03:46:59] Unknown Speaker: Typically, if it's the same project and it gets extended, um, it tends to be, um, a simpler process. But if they make changes to the project, then those would follow the um, process in the precise plan. Um, I guess you're asking the question about whether the extension could come back to the council.

[03:47:23] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, I'm wondering, as we think through this, I'm wondering if that's something we might want to do. We may not, but I'm just wondering if it's possible.

[03:47:34] Unknown Speaker: I don't know that we've ever done it, um, but we could, we could look at that. Um, uh maybe Stephanie could help me out.

[03:47:43] Zoning Administrator Stephanie: Yeah, so the extension process outlined in the zoning code does require an administrative zoning hearing and an action by the zoning administrator, but, um, I could always differ or basically kick up any decision to the council. So if that's something that counsel desired, I could certainly do that.

[03:48:06] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, thank you.

[03:48:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other questions from council members? So, uh, I had a follow-up to the uh, Council of Hits question. I recall a project in Ace Wisman that had expired and I thought that it had to come to council for an extension. Do you? We call, I'm trying to remember the name. I think it was, um, but yeah, so I guess my understanding was that it would come to council for the extension, but is that not the case?

[03:48:40] Unknown Speaker: No, it's not the case. Uh, it could have been a development agreement maybe. Um, in which case, I will come to council. You're right.

[03:48:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah. All right. Thank you. And then the other, um, the other question I had was, um, it's along the same lines, I think you've heard from other council members as well as, um, the questions that were submitted, but, um, I understand that these, the landings office building is being treated separately from the Huff garage, but in essence, the garage, and the way I looked at it is the garage is needed for landings to satisfy their parking requirements, as well as for Charlon. Um, and so, in a typical project where the parking would be included in the office building, maybe underground, um, how, how, how is this different from that? Like, um, shouldn't the, and I guess like, you know, question goes to the community benefits. If it were a typical project, as soon as they start building, regardless of, and usually it starts with the parking underground, um, that triggers, I, I, I believe, that triggers the community benefit piece. But, um, why is that not being, um, the same, uh, procedure for for this project? Well, essentially, they're they're separate buildings. So if you're pulling separate building permits, then it will be linked to the permit that provides the bonus FAR. Um, you, you, you see this typically with master plans, for example, in this case, I guess the Huff Garage is a district plan, and it has parking for more than one building. Um, in a master plan process, you might have a series of buildings that are served by one or 2 parking garages. And so the, the process for that is, when the, when the buildings themselves have permits pulled, that's when they would pay the fees, uh, not at the time that the parking for those buildings are built. And sometimes, uh, a parking garage has to be built in order to, um, accommodate a building. Um, but it might also con include parking for another building. Um, which is, which is the case here. Um, the half garage includes parking for Charleston East, which, of course, pulled the building permits and paid the fees. And so, uh, in this case, The landings project will pay the fees when they pull their permits. So we don't link them to the parking garage itself. Um, in the case where you have one single building and one single permit. Um, then, then you would pay for all of it one time. And yes, and I guess that's where I'm trying to, um, I guess I understand they're physically different buildings, but in essence, it's really one project is how I look at it because you can't do the office without the parking, right? And, um, so, Even if it's a different, if the Huff garage is separate, it's still to me, I look at it as part of this part project as a whole. So, I guess I just, yeah, I can't, um, really, I, I can't quite acknowledge that it's 2 separate projects. So, um, that's my challenge with this and, um, And then if it were at district parking, facility, then why, um, why not require more spaces for future parking needs in other office? that should occur, that might occur down the road. Right.

[03:52:42] Unknown Speaker: You know, that was a very, very good question and I asked that question myself. Um, the precise plan actually has a maximum parking requirement. And so you're not allowed to build more parking, then you have projects for it. So in this case, um, the maximum parking they can build includes the the projects that they have currently under review or built, which is Charlestonese and the landings. Um, and and the idea is if they don't build the landings, then we wouldn't authorize the additional stackers. Um, that would expand the garage in the parking spaces.

[03:53:26] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I guess the other way I was looking at it is, wait, wait. I know it's not set yet, but we have some idea that there are other office buildings in the works like Shorebird and Joaquin. So, knowing that and knowing that there are some, um, parking structures attached to those projects, um, couldn't we try to offset some of that parking with this puff garage to really make it a district parking structure.

[03:53:58] Unknown Speaker: Uh, in this case, we don't have the buildings being proposed yet. And so we couldn't include that as part of the approval. Um, but we do estimate that when they do come forward at some time, with the master plan, you might see, a longer term master plan. So, Um, I could just say that we don't have a proposal right now to apply to the half garage. Um and so there's no way to review the maximum. Parking requirement if we don't have a building associated with it. Uh, we would need to have an actual building before we could say it complied with the precise plan.

[03:54:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, it's kind of, yeah, chicken and egg at this point. And it's not like we haven't, and we've seen the plans for short bird and whatnot, right? So it's, yeah, I feel like we're pretending it's not there, but it really is there. So, um, that's my whole challenge with this, but, um, yeah, it would, it would have been nice to be included.

[03:55:01] Unknown Speaker: The reason it's called district parking is because the precise plan actually calls any offsite parking structure as district parking. This offsite parking structure serves Charleston East, and even if it were only for Charleston East, it would still be called district parking. And require master plan. It's a specific nomenclature and the precise plan for an off-site parking garage.

[03:55:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, and I thought district parking meant centralized parking for, you know, a structure for a number of different office buildings.

[03:55:39] Unknown Speaker: You wouldn't be mistaken if you thought that, but I think the precise plan calls it, um, has a very specific definition.

[03:55:47] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right. Thank you. Okay, any other questions? And council members? If not, I will go to public comment and um, uh, why don't I start with, um, the representatives from Google, if you have a presentation you would like to make? Is there anyone from Google?

[03:56:09] Unknown Speaker: Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and um, over.

[03:56:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Mr. Time Off is, um,

[03:56:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: yes, Mr. Time Hop. welcome.

[03:56:25] Google Representative Tymoff: Good evening, mayor, vice mayor council members. Apologies for that. I was just, um, booted out of Zoom and then joined back in. So, um, Thank you all for your time this evening. My name is Michael Time Off on the district development director for Google. Overseeing all of our development activities from ground up to master plans. In Mountain View. And, uh, before I turn it over to Drew, I just wanted to say thank you, uh, to counsel and to staff for all the hard work and effort that you all have put into landings and working with us more broadly, um, in North Bayshore and East Westman over the past several years and in particular. Um, the efforts that RT and her team, um, Dawn and her team have really rallied, um, to keep this date and to work through some complex issues and, um, really just the spirit of partnership and collaboration has been fantastic from our standpoint. So I wanted to acknowledge that. Also, um, you know, a lot of good questions so far, and well, Drew will speak to a number of them in his presentations. But as it relates to housing and our commitments in North Bay to our East Westman, I just wanted to make a note that, um, Google remains committed to being a long-term partner and part of the housing solution in Mountain View. Mountain View is our home. It's been our home for 20 years and we're here for the long haul. Um, We have been in conversations with staff over the past several months about, um, what the next steps look like in East Westman and North Bay Shore, um, particularly around Shorebird in the gateway. Um, we are currently undergoing internal reviews of master plans both in North Bay Shore and East Westman, and hope to have something for conversation with staff and council in the coming months. We understand that staff is, uh, proposing study sessions on each district later this year and so really looking, um, forward to engaging in those conversations on the larger master planning efforts. So with that, I will turn it over to Drew for his presentation. Thank you.

[03:58:45] Google Development Executive Drew Wonzel: All right. Thank you very much, council members, city staff, and the public for the opportunity to be back in front of you this evening. I am looking for the screen share. There we go. Um, Staff's presentation is very comprehensive and I will do my best not to be repetitive as we proceed here. Again, my name is Drew Wonzel. development executive, Google on landings and hops. Uh, we are excited to be back in front of you this evening, uh, to discuss these projects and, um, to reorient you as fast did, as the project is these 2 components, um, here, the landings project, uh, roughly 100,000 square feet between 101 Permanente Creek and Charleston Road, and then the Health Garage, which, as we've covered already, will accommodate some overflow from the underground parking at landings as well as reparking the Charleston East, uh, cars by the end of 2025. The Hoff component will also include the extension of the green loop, a staff discussed, which will extend from where it ends today at the end of Alta and connect to the existing Permanente Creek Trail. Driving into Huff specifically. As was covered, this is a 4 story structure. There are 2 ground floor retail spaces, each little over 5000 square feet that are adjacent to and will activate the green loop. Um, the rest of the structure is uh, uh, for parking and um, to answer council member Ramirez's question earlier, uh, about 910 uh, spaces are kind of ground floor parking and the rest would be made up with stackers. Um, The roof of the structure here per council's direction. I has about a megawatt of solar panels on salt and salt on top. And as we worked with DRC, we set them back from the edge of the building, uh, so that the sight lines were a little bit more flazing from those on the ground. As has been mentioned already, and we talked about in the last study session, uh last October, um, we spent a considerable amount of effort making sure that this building is not a single purpose structure. This is engineered, uh, structurally to be converted to office or residential at some point, uh, Florida poor heights, work for those cases, egress has been already sized. Um, our hope is that this is a really great case study for how we build structures that are, um, not just torn down, um, when we're done with them and help us move from our car dependent culture now to a new future. Uh, we have also worked very carefully with uh, an artist who has, um, studied the color palette of uh, the local uh, plant and animal species and developed this great, uh, landscape, which has been uh, abstract landscape, which has been applied to the, the facade, um, this kinetic facade, this was mentioned and will move a bit in the wind. Um, and it's a really great story that is of this place. We're excited to be able to share it with everybody who's using this public route through North Bay Shore. So moving over to the landing site, uh, on the other side of Cerente Creek today. This is 9 very disconnected buildings surrounded by a sea of parking. Our intent is to take that parking and stick it underground and build something that is a whole lot more connected and usable on top of it. We wanted to start with uh, the right building form that was not just uh, easy to build, but worked well with the environment in this region, um, and it still provided the access to nature and views and connectivity that we feel is really important for the teams in these spaces. So we end up with and what you've seen before is the series of cascading sheds that rise and fall across the length of 101 here. Uh, as we mentioned, the topology of this building, it is an office building, the amenities. Uh, the net new area of 554000 square feet was allocated during the 2015 bonus FAR process. I mean, the total area to just shy of 800,000 square feet is we built one.0 F AR. The sustainability story of the building itself is really quite impressive. I mean, at this FAR level, we are building to leap platinum, um, that we would probably be doing this on our own. Um, this is still a 100% electric building, uh, which is aligning with some of the outcomes of the city's climate action plan committee, um, and really putting us all in the right path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The water story. We're going to be connecting and using as much water from the city's recycled water system as possible. In addition to that, collecting and reusing all the rainwater we can from on site. Um, is is going to help us um, reduce our water consumption, um, by about 770000000 gallons per year compared to, uh, as standard building. Um, and again, a significant portion that also is due to our advanced systems and geothermal heat rejection, uh, which also gives back a lot of space on site since we won't need cooling towers. Again, starting with the right building, uh uh, form, this, uh, south facing route, is the right orientation for a 2.4 megawatt solar array that is going to produce just shy of 30% of the whole building's energy demand. The story of the site is equally compelling. And today this stretch of Permanente Creek is very channelized. It's functional from a flood control perspective, but our hope is, um, to create a, a, much more usable habitat, um, by softening the edge, edges of these creep, I meandering it. I think um, Commissioner Cranston at the EPC says, you know, this is giving the creek room to breathe. Um, and creating not just one meaningful habitat, um, but also creating a really amazing experience for those in this area. When you land on site, uh, where you have, uh, access to a number of different publicly accessible paths running north, south, as the Greenwood, Greenwood continues, um, and east-west, creating connectivity across the site, that really just doesn't exist today. And again, these are all the publicly accessible routes that are highlighted. In order to get to this new, um, uh, landscape, we will necessarily be removing a, a number of trees on site, a significant number of trees on site, but per council's direction we worked with, uh, community services to identify a number of projects in North Bay Shore that would allow us to plan about 326 trees before we removed any of the ones on site. And um, by the end of the project, we would be replacing more trees than we started with and would certainly be in compliance with the 2 to one heritage tree replacement ratio requirement, and equally as important, recovering the canopy loss within, uh, a 10 year time frame. By the time these trees reach maturity, we're looking at 13 to 14 acres in total. Community benefits in total. Uh, this, this package that we are offering is uh, 44.600000 um, as was uh, determined at the last council study session, per staff guidance. We've separated these into 2 major buckets. Um, this, uh, fixed component, is delivered as part of the project itself, part as components of the project, and we've talked a little bit about already about the permanente create enhancements, and each an open space. As well as for 0 net water components. For the other piece of this, the community benefits uh, that are cash contributions to the city. Uh, that's all into, we fall into uh, one of 3 categories, uh, uh, contributions generally to the city for disadvantaged communities programs, uh, this is for case management and food assistance for those experiencing some homelessness, temporary shelters and beds and mental and physical health services. Uh, this community services contribution, uh, the intention has been for this to go to the Magical Bridge Foundation in their proposed playground at Price Park. Our timelines are, we'll see if we can make those lineup or certainly our intention to keep working with them and community services to see if we can make that work. If it doesn't, then this is $900,000, the community services will use for some need within the city. And the final piece of this, this public works contribution of $2040000 for transportation, infrastructure, and TDM measures. I'll actually switch to this side so we can lay this out a little bit more clearly. Uh, these transportation funding calls into one of 3 categories, the required mitigations that, um, uh, Edurango walked through earlier, um, in the presentation, the physical improvements of the crag and from the space park realignment and the operational requirements to reduce peak car traffic during the AM and PM hours. Um, the transportation impact fees, the $16.400000 Again, separate bucket here, determined by the next study and to be used for the identified priority transportation projects in the precise plan. And then the $20400000 is above and beyond that 16.4 um, and to be used in staff and council's discretion for projects or additional TDM measures, um, uh, as as they see fit. I'll just end quickly here with a few renderings. We're looking from landings drive into the site itself. This is close to Charleston Road, but looking down, um, this restored stretch of Permanente Creek, and you can see the new bike head bridge in uh, the distance there. This is if you just come over that bridge and are now looking north along the extension of the Green Luke. And then, uh, working with DRC, we made sure this public drop off area at the front of the building, uh, was, uh, a very kind of welcoming environment, has plenty of seating and and people coming to visit the site. Feel welcome. Then also working with DRC. Uh, we spent a lot of time developing this uh, soffit design, this radio wood pattern, which at the end of the day, we think is just incredible. And that's, uh, the end of the project here, and we look forward to answering any of your questions. Thank you.

[04:09:10] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. And I know there were some council member questions. Um, when I go back to the council, if anyone had questions to ask our applicant, and I do see council number Hicks.

[04:09:28] Councilmember Alison Hicks: I do have 2 questions. We had, um, some residents email and ask about, um, about trees that with the heritage trees coming down in the new native trees going up, how that would affect the tree canopy when you're walking around. Um, and I actually hadn't asked you that before. They wanted to make sure that, you know, as the trees maybe would not be as tall. How would it affect the sidewalks and bike paths so that they're comfortable to use?

[04:10:03] Google Development Executive Drew Wonzel: So the, the trees that we'll be replanting are a range of box sizes, um, from 24 to, I think the biggest ones we have are 60. And and I believe, um, uh, a landscape design team has worked very carefully to make sure that the, the layout and and the ability to access these trees for, for maintenance is, is going to be easy to do and won't be conflicting with these. publicly accessible routes. We also gave some careful consideration to the types of trees that were selected so that we're not, um, dropping, you know, fruit or other um, you know, parts of the tree that would be hard to clean from these paths as well. Is that, is that what you were, you're driving at council now?

[04:10:52] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Well, I think what the resident was asking. Um, I think they were asking whether there would be Shea. So not whether, not so, I mean, I appreciate that there won't be, um, things you'd be tripping over. But, um, you know, it would be, I mean, I understand there's time for growing and so forth, but that the aim would still be to have. I think when a lot of non-native species have been planted, the aim has been to have a tree canopy, and they were wondering whether that was no longer going to be the case or whether the sidewalks would still be comfortable to walk, huh?

[04:11:28] Google Representative Drew: There are 81 trees that are remaining and and a number of those are on the perimeters, where we have a lot of the publicly accessible, sidewalks and spaces, and after we spoke, um, previously, we made sure that, uh, we updated the, we have rendering, to show the existing trees that we're remaining and will actually be providing a substantial amount of shade along the green loop. at that site Um. I think we can, the, specific, uh, how, how long it takes for additional shade to come back over some of those accessible areas, or some of the paths, I, I could look into that answers for you a little bit more closely, but there are areas for respite on some of those publicly accessible trails that go into the, the trees and and areas themselves and provide seating so that if somebody is looking, In that early period, while those trees are growing and providing additional shade, they can get into an area that does have natural shade. And if necessary, there are ways to bring umbrellas and other structures out to provide more shade in the meantime.

[04:12:39] Unknown Speaker: Yeah. Anyway, I do, I do, share that resolution, and I want to make sure that the trees are, you know, that they're for the general habitat, but also that people, you know, still find, they've found the area, uh, pretty good to walk around, and I want to make sure that that's, that's still true. Um, and then my, my other question is about the, um, the parking garage, the parking garage is in the downtown, I've noticed are, um, often not even, even before COVID, they're often not used, and yet at the same time, uh, members of the public would want to come and use our restaurants and so forth, um, can't find parking space. That's real, um, I'm wondering whether there's flexibility if the need, you know, for public visitors versus office soldiers need changes. Is there a way to, um, change the parking garage so that, um, as you, I mean, I know it can be changed to office and housing. Can they, the amount accessible to the public versus office users? Is that flexible as well? Or could it be made so?

[04:14:00] Google Representative Drew: There are 50 spaces on the ground floor that are dedicated to the retail, um, in, in, in the building itself. Um, and those are available, are accessible to the public during, uh, the business hours for those retailers that, that is the intention of this time. The upper floors are separated by security for employee parking. Um, you know, as we were talking about, as counseling was talking with staff earlier. Um, there are, the 1st bacteria is just getting the structure built. Um, and we tried to design something that is very flexible depending upon the direction north based short takes. And so there could be a scenario in the future, if there are projects and additional kind of development, um, as the north part, as the precise plan gets built out where we could have those conversations. It's just not the plan at this time.

[04:14:59] Unknown Speaker: Okay. Thank you.

[04:15:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Uh, Counselor Mike Callister.

[04:15:06] Councilmember John McAlister: Thank you. Drew, I had an ask of you, but the, um, the bridge that, um, maybe you are in a happy mood because you brought this project for entitlement tonight. And Certainty is always good. So, what about, had, had you given some thoughts in my proposals that you donate $900,000 to the magic bridge, and let them move forward with it, and out, and we would not include that as a community benefits, but that is the good nature of Google to, um, keep that project moving because there's uncertainty about what's happening with landings.

[04:15:50] Google Representative Drew: I appreciate the question, council member, and, you know, at this, at this time, we have, we have business approval to get through entitlements and to create a set of permutable documents so that, even when we get that green light, we are ready to go, um, and and build this project. Um, so at this time, we don't have the approval to forward that funding. What I, what I can say, is that, um, the, if when, when we get that, um, that go ahead internally, there is a conversation that we could have about the advancing of that funding, um, before receipt of building permits. And, and between now and then, a commitment to making sure that we are staying in constant communication with Magical Bridge and CSE to see if we can make that alignment happen.

[04:16:47] Councilmember John McAlister: Well, I was just hoping that you were just independent of the project. Donate the 900,000. And that would be certain keep them. I know. I'm just, We talked about it briefly the other day and I was just asking you, if you considered it, so.

[04:17:06] Google Representative Drew: Google Bottles did make a 100 K donation to magical bridge and and I think that, if we were in a position because that's not what we have approval to do at this time.

[04:17:20] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, thank you. I just wanted to follow up on that.

[04:17:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right. Counselor Ramirez?

[04:17:27] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. I was just following up on, um, the last question, I think, um, I asked of staff and they, sort of deferred to you, so do you have a sense of timing for, when, um, uh, the short burn, master plan will be, um, submitted and and when we'll have, an opportunity to weigh in on, um, you know, the housing component of, of framework.

[04:17:59] Google Representative Drew: Michael, are you still on or, or do you want me to uh, sure, tempt us?

[04:18:04] Google Representative Michael: Okay. Yeah, I'm here. Um, happy to take that. Um, and then my introductory remarks, um, council member Ramirez said, in the brief time that I had, I just tried, tried to provide a high level overview. Um, but as you know, back in 2018, um, Google submitted a bonus FAR requalification. Request to the city, which included included a master plan for Shoreburg. Um, and there's there's a lot of history in there that, um, I think many of us have lived through. Um, and a great deal of uncertainty as it relates to the gateway. However, we have been in, um, very close, um, conversations with staff about how to move forward, um, on shore bird, and we're internally reviewing, um, a number of different scenarios and would hope to bring something forward in the coming months. Um, Also, as I mentioned, it's our understanding that staff is planning old 2 separate study sessions, I believe later this year. Not sure exactly when, both on East Westman and North Bay Shore, so that we can discuss those. But I don't have an exact date for you.

[04:19:23] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, no problem. That's that's helpful. Um, I guess, um, going even higher level than that. We did receive a little bit of correspondence, um, about, um, housing and and, uh, letter from the mountain vehicle coalition or sustainable planning. I guess if I were to distill it into a key question, it would be, you know, how can you provide assurance to, to the community that, you know, you are committed to delivering housing? What are some things that we can do? to demonstrate that the commitment to building the housing that I think we're all interested in seeing in North Bay Shore?

[04:20:08] Google Representative Michael: Yeah, man, it's a great question. I mean, I think over the, over the years, um, and this goes back way beyond my time, um, Google has demonstrated a deep commitment to, um, housing and being a partner with, with the city to identify viable economic solutions to deliver that much needed housing. And that started with our own advocacy to include housing in the precise plan when it was updated in 2017. Through the submittal of the master plan in 2018 and our ongoing conversations and dialogue on North Bay Shore with staff, as well as our participation in the gateway. And then in East Westman. We were very, um, Much involved. Um, in providing comments and feedback to staff and council in the study session about the East Westman precise plan so that when we put forward a master plan, we would be assured and the city would be assured that we could comply with that plan, including, um, the job's housing ratio that's called out for in that plan. So I think their commitment is has been demonstrated in past actions, and all I can give you tonight is our word that will continue to partner with the city. Um, to, you know, realize the promise of those 2 precise plans.

[04:21:29] Google Representative Drew: And I'll also add to that, but as part of this project, we did advance about a $5000000 of our housing impact fees, um, at the end of the last year to ensure that an affordable housing project in Mountain View would be going forward. Um, finding ways to do what we can with the resources and projects we have right now to move housing along in parallel.

[04:21:55] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. Those are all of my questions.

[04:21:59] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Be spare?

[04:22:02] Unknown Speaker: Great, thank you. Counselor Ramirez asked all my questions about housing. So, um, I just have a quick question that I actually had emailed over to, um, Drew and Michael earlier today and I thought it was helpful and so hoping to ask it again so that my colleagues can hear it. So I think one of the things we've been talking about in North Bay Shore is, you know, a complete community and one of those is, um, creating circulation and connectivity. And so my question had been about the green path between landings and huff and kind of the different phasing and the timelines on both of those and how those would integrate into kind of the greater footprint that Google has within North Bay Shore. So you could just maybe expand on the response that I got. I think it was pretty helpful.

[04:22:50] Google Representative Drew: Thank you. Certainly. Um, So the, the connection that you're talking about the green with the extension from Huff would in its entirety go, uh, across 900 Alta, connect with the Permanente Creek Trail, cross that nearby pedestrian bridge and connect with the new, um, publicly accessible path on the west side of the creek. Uh, Huff will deliver as part of the scope of that project. Not just the green loop on that site, but also the 900 alta piece, uh, that will connect and integrate with the Permanente Creek Trail, um, as it exists today and make sure that, you know, those connections work smoothly and safely. Um, uh, which should enhance both the creek trail and the use of the green loop um, on that side of the creek. For land, for landings. Um, the bridge and uh, the creek incruitments and and the publicly accessible paths are also very integrated as part of a single design. Um, they all go together as as a single package. Um, and so if we get that green lights, we move forward with landings, all that comes along with it. Um, but so that's how, uh, the 2 are separated and there's still some really good use associated with getting a fully designed and, and, um, uncompromised green loop to connect to uh, Permanente Creek Trail as, as part of a health project.

[04:24:23] Unknown Speaker: Because I was, you were looking for a council member, or prisoners. Right. And I, and I think also, um, you know, the connection, that point that it'll get with, um, Charleston East, and the extension that will, that will happen there in terms of the green loop and kind of like, breaking up those mega blocks with that, correct?

[04:24:46] Google Representative Drew: Right. So, this would be one of the, um, blasphemating pieces of, of the green loop would be, the, this huff piece to permit the creek in the landing piece, making a, and there are a few pieces over in Shorbird that will come a little bit later, but, um, the vision of a separate biking pedestrian, um, circulation route throughout North Bay Shore is, is very close to being fully realized.

[04:25:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great. Thank you. Any other questions for our applicant from council members? If not, I will go back to public comment. Thank you for your patience. Let me go back to the attendee box. Um, so we will go to Alex Brown. Please unmute yourself.

[04:25:37] Alex Brown: Hey, Alec Brown, Santiago Villa Neighbors Association. I don't know who that other guy was. seemed mean. Uh, yeah, I wanted to commend Google for reaching out to the neighborhoods up here in North Bay Shore and seeking our input and working with us through the planning phases for this. I think it's a really exciting project. I like the idea of extended green loop. Uh, The ground floor retail if it takes off would be nice to have up here. I'd love to be able to walk to businesses, not take the uh, 2 hours against the cat, eh, less than for 2 hours, like 45 minutes to get the cash show. Uh, Yeah, and also the actual wildlife portion would be incredible. I think a focus on wildlife and the ecosystem as a whole is something we're lacking in our planning and tree cover is nice, but we need things that pollinate those trees and live in them. And part of that is having a connected set of habitats that are a mix of aquatic riparian, like arboreal, like we need a lot, we need more nature. Okay, now back to, uh, classic me. Uh, I like that you guys are always asking us, you counsel, uh, are so frequently asking us to trust you and like, oh yeah, no, we're gonna work through this. take time and, you know, but trust us. stuff will come later. But then, as soon as developer comes before you with a good and ambitious plan, you assume bad faith and want every contingency covered before you will proceed at all. But with us, it's just a matter of trust and, you know, no, we'll get to that. Yeah, no, just trust us. Yeah. I yield my time.

[04:27:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You're going to Cliff Chambers? Please unmute yourself.

[04:27:28] Cliff Chambers: Yeah, thank you very much. Uh, Cliff Chambers, uh, representing the Mountain View coalition for sustainable planning. We send in a letter that goes into quite a bit of detail in our position. Um, we've been strong proponents of the North base, Bayshore, precise plan with the goal of developing 9850, housing units with 20% affordable units, which is extremely important. I really do appreciate Google's efforts. I participated in a Google framework plan. It's award-winning plan as a city planner. I think I've ever seen such a well thought out plan. But the bottom line is, we cannot continue to approve massive office developments in North Bayshore without a corresponding increase in housing. And I think it's just recognized generally, that's what we all want. It's our position that both the city council and Google should commit to move forward with the short word master plan before the landing project is approved. I think there's a lot of pieces of the puzzle. That's a very important one. I think part of this, the city of Mountain View, Google, and SiWest really need to come to terms with the bonus FIR allocation in the gateway area, and discussions with Googles and other. This really seems to be the major barrier to having substantial housing development moving forward in North Bay Shore. The huff parking garage. I think is an urban design monstrosity. I'd like to see rethinking of that, and I think Google has control over telecommunity, and I really like to think about a different TDM plant. Thank you.

[04:29:05] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Linda, Ruth Rush. Linda, if you can unmute yourself, please.

[04:29:15] Linda Ruthruff: Sorry if I... I think I did it. There we go.

[04:29:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: welcome.

[04:29:21] Linda Ruthruff: Um, good evening. I'm Linda Ruthruff.

[04:29:23] Linda Ruthra: I'm the volunteer conservation chair for the local chapter.

[04:29:33] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I'm sorry, I'm hearing an echo. Linda? Linda, can you? Hear us? Can you speak, try speaking again? Linda?

[04:29:49] Linda Ruthruff: Okay, um, I'm Linda Ruthra. from the volunteer conservation chair for the local chapter of the California Native Plant Society. Usually when I speak to a governing body, I speak against a project. The project in question is going to be destructive to what little habitat is left in the very developed landscape we call home. This project is different. This project proposes to create habitat where almost none exists. Who proposes determines basically a ditch and concrete blood walls, into a thriving ripe parent and upland habitat. I've been working with a professional company that specializes in designing and restoring wildlife habitat. They have also collaborated with us, the California Plan Society, throughout the design process. Listen to our feedback and incorporate our suggestions as they demonstrate by their actions that they intend to create a thriving habitat. People need to have nature around them where they work. There's a huge literature documenting the benefits of interacting with nature. I hope that this effort to create a beautiful stream and upland habitat for the public turkey, is able to move forward. Thank you.

[04:31:10] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you Next is B. Hansen, please unmute yourself.

[04:31:18] B. Hansen: All right, um, I've been involved with this for quite a long time. Uh, um, I was involved on this short uh, plan as well and I really would like to see these forward as a total, a total improvement of, sure. Especially the Permanente Creek part. The blue part. Uh, I'm in that area single day, uh, because I bike through North Bay Shore every day. Uh, um, really like to see improvement in what is kind of now an eyesore in that area and area. Uh, what we're really concerned about, and thank you, council member Ramirez, for bringing it up, and for Cliff Chambers, for... This, uh, this, uh, problem and get, get some, uh, to be built. Uh, it takes a long time to realize these plans. And, uh, it's kind of frustrating, isn't it, realize that nothing is even started yet. Uh, so I'd like to express support plan and that it goes forward. Thank you.

[04:32:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other members of the public machine to speak? on this item. I don't see any more hands, so I will close public comment and bring it back to the council, and I have council number McAllister.

[04:32:55] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes. Make a quick, a couple of comments, and then I like to make a motion. Um, For Chris and I, this project goes back to 2015. I think, uh, when this 1st was, uh, brought to us, that was our 1st uh, quote, uh, beauty pageant that we were talking about projects to come to us. And a lot of changed in expectations from the community about projects in North Bay Shore, the emphasis, I'm trying to get that housing, uh, work balance. And I did approach Google quite a few times, say, hey, that parking garage could be great to have some housing on top of it, that mixed use. But, uh, That was, uh, hopefully it will happen with the next uh, project that we go forward with. I wanted to thank the Sierra Club and the Audubon Club and Google working together to make this permanentic trail or creek, the best it could be, and a lot of input from the community. So it will be making it something that people can enjoy for a lifetime. And for staffing and in there and I'm surprised, you know, uh, Drew and Michael, let's see, who was the, John Igo was 1st brought that along. He was the one that we started talking with him. Margaret might remember him and Chris remembers that. So it's been a long road to get to this. And I'm glad that we're, but we're not moving in, we're just still, you haven't committed to building it yet. You're still saying, no, we may or may not. So hopefully you'll get some motivation going there by 2025. So I'm going to make a motion and I'm going to add a few items to it. So, item one, approve an initial study of environmental significance for the Google landing project pursuant to section 15168 of the California Environmental Quality Act, attachment one to the council report. Two, adopt a resolution, conditionally approving a master plan for district plan, parking, planned community permit, and development review permit to construct a 5 story, 799, 482 square foot office building above one level of underground parking, a 4 level parking garage, and site improvement associated with the development, and a heritage tree removal permit to remove 414 heritage trees at 1860 to 21 and 59 landing drive to be read in title only, further reading way of attachment to the council report. Adopt a resolution, approving a vested preliminary, parcel map to dedicated easements and area for city, right of way, at 1860 to 2159 Landing Drive, to be read entitled only, further reading wave attachment 3 to the council report. Four, adapt a resolution ordering the vacation of public easements of 1860 to 2159 landing strife to be read entitled only further reading waves attachment for the council report. Item five. That if development, if Google does not pull permits within the 2 years, it will come back to council for reconsideration. Item 6 would be that our community benefits, one through 4 would be, included, and items 5 and 6 would be, Left for the discretion of council. So that means the magic bridge, playground, at RingStarf Park and the homeless initiatives would be decided at another time for those dollar amounts. That's my question. Thank you.

[04:36:39] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, and Council member Medachek? Do you have a 2nd on that or comments?

[04:36:44] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Um, well, I had comments, but um, now that I've heard the whole motion. Um, I will 2nd it. Um, I do want to disclose that I met with the applicant, probably several times over several years, both on the council and maybe even on the EPC. Um, and um, a couple of comments about this. Um, I do appreciate the architecture. I like this one a whole lot more than I like Charleston East. Um, I actually appreciate the design of the health parking structure. Um, you know, I don't think we want a whole lot of parking structures, but if we're going to have some, I think it's nice that they are nicer looking. I think I've been saying that for 10 years now. And thank you for actually making it nice looking. Um, but what I appreciate the most, actually, there's 2 things I appreciate the most about this um, development, and the 1st one is the rehabilitation of the Permanente Creek area. Um, I've always said, I think it's nice to preserve nature, but it's even better if you can enhance it, and expand it, and that's what's happening here. So um, I really appreciate that aspect of this development. Um, and the 2nd one. I also appreciate are all the elements that you've included to make those, um, a lead platinum and maybe beyond. So all the sustainability elements that have been included, um, this really, I think, sets the bar for others. And I appreciate that. Um, I, I am concerned that, um, Given the uncertainty and the conversations I've had with the folks at Google about, you know, is this going to get built or not, um, I appreciate council member McAllister's, the part of his motion about, um, holding off on how we allocate the, uh, 2500000 And the 900,000. Um, You know, I think, It could be that things change, um, Enough that maybe we want to revisit that. So I do support that coming back to council for our discussion about, is that the right place to put the money? Um, But what I would like to see if council member would, um, council member McAllister would, uh, include in his motion is that, um, we allocate some of the cities, parkland funds, uh, to magical bridge, and hopefully we can, um, sort of repay the parkland, uh, fund. Uh, if this project goes forward or if, um, other projects uh, out in North Bay Shore go forward and have community benefits that could sort of, uh, backfill that, uh, That amount. Would you be open to that?

[04:39:47] Councilmember John McAlister: Uh, you know, when we, Authorized $1000000 to Magic Bridge initially. We asked, they asked for donations and the city gave them a $1000000 and asked them to raise the other funds. And I understand that they have enough funds to build a project now. So, Um, It was sort of, go back on what the council prior council that decided on and the agreement with us. So, I'm a little hesitant to do that right now to allocate park funds that we know are scarce right now. So, uh, so I'm, I'm, let me hear others, but I'm a little cautious on that point right now.

[04:40:37] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: We can also just separate that out from this motion and talk about it. You know, separately. Okay, if folks are okay with that. Um, I do feel like I have, um, confidence that uh, Google does want to move forward with the housing in North Bay Shore. Um, based upon discussions. I feel like I've had in their statements here tonight. Um, I actually feel like maybe the housing is um, more certain than the landings, office building. Um, so, uh, I am okay with moving forward with this one tonight. So yes, I do 2nd council member McAllister's motion. Thanks.

[04:41:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Comments. Um, council members. Yes, council member Ramirez.

[04:41:24] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. Um, I guess, uh, a few preliminary thoughts, so I, I think there's a lot, that's very attractive about the project. Um. It's, uh, I think it's, the reality is even if you're not terribly enthusiastic about office space, the North Bay Shore precise plan, uh, allows for a significant increase in office. Um, one of the, the worst case scenarios. Uh, I'm concerned about is, and I asked a question about this, that Steph answered in the written remarks, if, if we weren't to allocate the bonus that they are, you know, how much office development could occur up to the base FAR, and it sounds like based on staff's estimate, a significant amount, and that would be, you know, a significant amount of office space without. The, the benefit of the community benefit obligations or, um, the requirements for environmentally sustainable buildings. So I, um, even though. Office is not uh, a use. I am terribly enthusiastic about. I would rather see this project with all of the benefits for the city and for the community, than, uh, scenario in which we just see, um, you know, Google, use their, their, you know, their, their ability to, to just build up to the base FBR the way that Microsoft has. Um. I am also concerned about a scenario in which only the office or sorry, in which only the parking garage proceeds. I'm, you know, I, I, it feels, um, a little deflating to know that there's, that there's a, a sound like maybe a fairly non-trivial possibility that, Google doesn't proceed with the landings office, and so we're stuck with, uh, a lot of parking, and I, I understand it's, it's value, but it sounds like, you know, this isn't, this isn't like a parking structure that, We would likely approve if if it were a standalone project, that would be my guess, you know, if Google were to approach us and say we want to build, you know, 12 or 1300 bases in a garage in this area in this way. Um, as I understood it from staff's responses to our questions, that was something, that would be something that would require council approval. Um, and for for that to be the outcome, a possible outcome is is immensely dissatisfying. Um, I, um, and sort of, uh, complicating that is the possibility that, um, there is a, a means by which Google can convert a portion of the parking garage into office space without council approval. So, um, one, one amendment I would request of the maker of the motion is to include a condition of approval that if Google were to convert any amount of the parking structure into office space, even if it were only going up to the base FAR, that it would require council approval. Uh, so council member McAllister, would you, would you be comfortable with including that as a condition?

[04:44:52] Councilmember John McAlister: Well, Lucas, don't you remember that they're building a parking garage because they're required 200 Charleston East, that that parking is primarily used for that and it's not just going to be sitting there for general parking. So they are required to put in 1300 parking spots for Charleston East. So I don't see, and they're going to be the other 400. Drew helped me out, was going to be stackers. So they're required to put that initial thing in. So when you're saying they're gonna convert it. That parking garage is conditional of approval for Charlestonise. So help me understand when you're saying it may become housing when it's already dedicated as a project and required.

[04:45:37] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: So I think the applicant has made it very clear that the structure is designed in such a way that at some point down the road. It could be converted into either additional office or into housing. Um, I'm not concerned about the housing because that would require a general plan amendment and would have to come back to council. But the reason I asked all of the questions about converting to office is, it appears that there's a scenario in which some portion of the parking structure could be converted into office space, up to the base FAR, meaning it would, it wouldn't require council approval under the, the, the process. Um, um, provided in the north facial precise plan. So it, it might be it, it's, it's, I'll concede it, it's speculative, but there's, because there is that scenario. I would feel more comfortable with this if, you know, if there's any intention of converting any amount of this parking structure into office space, which is entirely possible because of the design, that, that would 1st come to council for approval.

[04:46:46] Councilmember John McAlister: Well, where would they do the parking then? That's required under Charles Denise further up. occupancy requirements and building permits. I don't know. Um, I, I, you know, help me understand because it's required. They can't just say, hey, all you cars go somewhere.

[04:47:07] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Uh, so, I mean. If it's a concern you don't share, that's fine.

[04:47:13] Councilmember John McAlister: Well, I'm just trying, I'm trying to, yes, I'd rather don't do it. But that's part of their requirement for that project. And so, the only way, the scenario would be that they eliminate cars altogether. Because that's a lot of people parking there. So, We haven't got to that scenario yet. So, um, if they don't come in back in 2 years, you gotta, okay, but, That's right.

[04:47:39] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: But not to belabor the point, but it's, it's, it wouldn't have to convert the entire structure into office. It may be possible based on the design to convert a portion of it into office space. So you could still have the bulk of it serve as parking for Charleston East, and also have some amount that's available for office space in the future. And that's, and again, maybe, maybe it's not a, a realistic or likely scenario, but as staff had had explained, it sounds like it is possible. And I'd rather not have any of it convert into office space unless the council, um, approves that.

[04:48:22] Councilmember John McAlister: So, uh, RD. Could you, uh, Speak up, so, would they, if they, if they came back and said, hey, we donated all that parking, we could convert it into, Would it come back to council for whatever reasons, if that was proposed?

[04:48:43] Unknown Speaker: I might have to um, check with Stephanie, who may know this process better, but it's my understanding that if they want to change the district parking plan. That was originally approved by council. Um, a district parking plan needs to go to the EPCN council. So, um, in a normal scenario, uh, council member Ramirez, a base FAR project may not have to come to council. But because this involves district parking, um, or a change to that, um, it, it would, it would need council authorization, and Stephanie, you can correct me if I'm mistaken.

[04:49:28] Stephanie: I mean, there's all, there's a lot of scenarios in different paths, so we, we can go down, but um, another, another kind of way to look at it, is it that could be considered a major modification? To an approved project, which major modifications to cancel for projects, um, typically do need to return to the, um, to the council for approval.

[04:49:54] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. So because this is a parking garage that was approved as a district parking garage, it would be a major modification, whereas a completely standalone base FAR building, would have a different process. You feel like that?

[04:50:14] Unknown Speaker: Yes, yes, I do.

[04:50:15] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: If, if, um, if it has to return to council anyway, then I'm comfortable with that. Um, one other and then I'll stop. Um, There was um, I think a helpful response provided by staff about the status of the Magical Bridge Foundation. Um, and I just wanted to, to better understand, so. It sounds like um. So I, I, if John is available or, or, or somebody, uh, it sounds like they're, they're not fully funded, right? So, There's there's a reduced scope, possibility. Um, which we haven't discussed, I guess, but if, if there isn't the certainty of that, the funding to make up the gap. You know, we, we would have to potentially evaluate a, a reduced scope project and, and fast, share, what the differences may be. Um, if we don't have the full funding available for this project and right now, it sounds like there, there is a, uh, there's, there isn't enough funding for the project as, as it has been, um, uh, you know, evaluated. Uh, so what, what, what may be sacrificed, how it would work if there isn't that funding available to get to where magical bridge says they need to be.

[04:51:45] Community Services Director John Marchant: Good evening, once again, John Marshaw Community Services director. The current delta for um, the current design for magical bridge is over $600,000. Um, and that was based on the original, uh, concept of utilizing the space and range store park, um, starting back in, um, 2018. So, The design has a number of elements similar to Palo Alto's magical bridge, where there's different play areas for different types of play. So whether it's spinning, swinging, um, based on the delta that we foresee right now, it could be a reduction in specific equipment, and it could be up to a reduction of one of those specific pods of a play area that could be removed, uh, from the current design that was uh, reviewed by our PRC earlier this month.

[04:52:49] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. That's that's helpful. When is the latest practical deadline? Or for the city and for magical bridge to determine which project to proceed with. So if, um, you know, that the motion on the floor right now doesn't explicitly allocate the funding, uh, the $900,000 magical bridge. Um, and right now, there isn't a meeting scheduled for the council to allocate any additional funding, so, that, that gap exists. Um, you know, when, when does magical bridge, and when does the city need to know for sure whether the original concept will, will be built out or we have to proceed with this reduced, so I'll trend it.

[04:53:38] Community Services Director John Marchant: So currently we have enough funding to get through the continuation of design. That design is actually going to be coming to council in um, in the fall. So that design will require council's approval. At that time, we could further evaluate where magical bridge is with their fundraising and bring, um, uh, bring to council what some of those alternatives may be related to, um, whether that funding is currently where it is or if they've increased the amount of fundraising that they've completed, and then we can look at what that delta is and how far, um, how far we need to to look to fill that gap if that is what council would like to do.

[04:54:26] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, so final question on this. So is staff already planning to return to council with the question of whether we want to make up that difference, or is that something we have to direct tonight?

[04:54:40] Community Services Director John Marchant: Um, the, the, The purpose of coming back back to city council was specific to the design. Uh, however, we would have a physical impact, um, no, statement for you, and that is something that you could, you could look at, or you could provide us some direction tonight. I think it can go either way.

[04:55:02] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Um, so for whatever it's worth, you know, I, I, I like the idea of certainty, I don't, I don't really have a good set of, whether this gap has any impact in, in the development of the design of the project, if it has the impact of ensuring that we're going to end up with a reduced scope project, then that's helpful for us to know. Um, but if we want to at least entertain the possibility of, a full, or like the original concept, I guess, then, that may be something that we, we would want to direct um, tonight. Um, the only other thing I'll say is I, uh, you know, I, the, the 2500000 that, that is, um, uh, proposed for the disadvantaged communities, is important to me, and because it's fairly nebulous to begin with, I'm comfortable with with your recommendation. I counsel member McAllister to to look at that at another time because the needs of the community will change. Um, but, you know, I would like to keep it kind of within, you know, a high level. Uh, the scope of helping folks who, who, who need it, and I don't know, you know, what, what the, what the needs of the community will be then, but, if we can sort of, At least anticipate a use that's consistent with um, with the intention. Um, we don't need to figure out the specifics now, but uh, that would be my strong preference. Thank you.

[04:56:33] Councilmember John McAlister: Lucas, that was my concern too is that we don't know. Things are pretty movable and so this just gives us more flexibility. But I concur with your intent, yes.

[04:56:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Counselor Hicks?

[04:56:49] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Just a brief question about the scope of the magical bridge. I had heard through the grapevine, and I don't even remember where, um, that, Reducing it would also reduce, uh, some of the integration with Renstorf Park as it exists now in terms of, um, trees and softer fencing. Is that one of the elements that, I wonder if John knows if that's one of the elements that, um, that, that, uh, might be taken out? Because I, I am concerned about how it integrates with the rest of the park.

[04:57:24] Community Services Director John Marchant: So there's going to be some trade-offs. Um, as we look at the design, What you are referencing is what a recommendation from the Parks and Recreation Commission was. And so that would be in addition to the existing design, um, or we look at making some, uh, trade-offs with other elements of the park in order to make that happen. So, um, Again, this is the initial design that, um, PRC reviewed and we will be bringing that to you in the fall. Um, and we'll have a better idea of, uh, cost estimates and, um, we can even show some, what may be add alternate, um, based on design and where we are in the current fundraising.

[04:58:13] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, thank. Any other comments from council members? Um, I'll just go ahead and add my uh, few comments. So um, I wanted to disclose. I also have met with the applicant over the years on this project. I'm also spoken with, um, in Sierra Club and, uh, I guess it's mainly the Sierra Club. Um, and, um, I plan to support the project. Um, I think there are some, um, benefits to it. I Council member, Mediche, kid, uh, mention some of them. Um, I actually, um, excited that this will be an all electric building and that comes from my Silicon Valley clean energy hat, um, as we, uh, now require all new buildings to be all electric, um, this will be a good, um, model of that, I believe. Um, I do like the design. I agree with Counselor Retachek much more than the Charlestonese project. Um, and I think the creek improvements um, will be very beneficial. Um, and, um, so definitely think, uh, they're good benefits, retail too, adding some retail to not be sure. I know the residents there have been looking for looking forward to that. So, I look forward to that as well. Um, I, I, you know, definitely have had some questions, challenges around um, the half garage and being treated as 2 different buildings and, and the community benefits attached to this project and, um, disappointed that we will have to wait for the building permits for landings to, to see any of the benefits materializing. Um, I think these are just some of the, you know, issues that are coming up as we see projects through, um, with the North Bay Shore precise plan and, um, there, you know, definitely there's always unintended consequences. And I think this is one of them. But in regards to the garage, um, my interest actually is in this concept of a centralized parking district, parking structure, um, you know, a long time ago when we started North Bay Shore, precise land, we taught, we had, Basically talked about a receptor parking structure at the, um, entrance of one of the entrances into North Bay Shore to collect the cars, and then folks getting out of the cars and using other modes of of transportation to get to their various office buildings. And, um, I know, one of my former colleagues, Counselor Ramasius, at one point, had even suggested no cars in North Bay Shore. And at that time, it was such a, quite a, um, quite a, I think, a scene as an extreme concept. Um, it didn't get a lot of traction, but, um, now 10 years or so later, I think there's some, um, some, you know, some reality to, to, uh, reality to that concept. And that is my hope is that with this hough garage, um, you know, whether landing gets built, landings gets built or not. Um, My hope is that those extra spaces then could be, um, used for any other buildings, future built office buildings that uh, Google plans to build in other neighborhoods. I mean, everything in this area is pretty walkable pretty close. So, I think that this could be a, you know, centralized parking structure for future office buildings if landings doesn't happen. Um, I also did ask um, Google earlier today about the ability to expand um, spaces if we wanted to, you know, really centralize parking and it sounds like with stackers, that's doable. So, my hope is that as we look at the future master plans, concepts, proposals, we can really look at ways to reduce parking elsewhere, and whatever parking is needed, try to put located as much as possible at this huff garage. So, um, you know, and I appreciate, um, the sustainable planning coalition and their comments. Um, I definitely share some of the concerns. Um, to be frank, I think, you know, this was a project that happened in 2015. I know 2 of our members were there. The rest of us were not. And in hindsight, um, Well, I mean, I would say that if there was real interest in having housing, like housing was, the housing requirement was not included in this project and in hindsight. There could have been a, you know, a hold on that bonus FAR giveaway night. Not all the projects needed to be given away that night. Um, and um, there could have been a, you know, wait to see with housing um, done at that time. But in light of those precedents that were set before our time. I feel that, um, we need to move forward with this. Now. So, with that, um, I do see if I sneer Canadian's hand up as well.

[05:03:25] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. I also wanted to discuss Anna with the applicant and then for council member McAllister, could you just clarify what the motion is now with all of its amendments?

[05:03:35] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, well, there was 2 amendments. One, that if the, If landings is not built in 2 years, that they come back for reapproval. Is one of them to councils, so council would be the one that would reapprove the project, this number 6 would be that the $250000 and the $900,000 would not be decided tonight, it would be deferred for future discussion. And to make sure that it's still relevant at that time. So it, those, And that just allows the council a little more flexibility because we don't know if it's going to get built, so you don't want to allocate some money that you don't know you're going to get. So, it's not taking in a way. It's just deferring that decision to you. But the 1st 4 would be required at this time.

[05:04:35] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Got it. Thank you. So, um, appreciate that review and clarification. So, uh, I will be supporting the motion. Um, I think, you know, not to be labor points that have already been made by my colleagues, but I think I see this as one of the pieces, um, that works to unlock North Bay Shore. Um, whether that be for the transportation improvements that were reviewed and mentioned or the the green loop path. I really see that as part of it. And appreciate Google's commitment to pursuing housing. Um, I know that that's something that they feel strongly about. And so I feel comfortable going forward. I do think that, uh, though it is a parking garage, the innovative design on the flexibility of future uses, I think, is shows us that. Um, and and one thing I would like to note is the collaboration with the city water district in Google on the nearly one. um acre creek improvements. Um, you know, I think as we continue to develop more in, in our region, these kind of innovated public private partnerships are going to be really critical for being able to do something like what we're seeing with this project. And so I just want to kind of note the innovative concept and say that that's something that I support and that I'm hopeful that we as a city, um, many of the people getting public comments spoke about the restoration efforts, the preservation of the habitat, and I'd really like us to be able to to work with, um, the water district and future developers on making sure that that happens, um, because, uh, where space is getting more limited. So thank you.

[05:06:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Uh, thank you. City attorney, did you have comments?

[05:06:32] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, I, I, I just want to be uh, crystal clear about council member McAllister's motion. Uh, it's clear about uh, recommendations one through 4 and he doesn't need to reread those, but I did notice uh, when he just restated the additional motions 5 and 6. I believe, um, I think the intent was if landings is not are pulling permits within 2 years. It has to come back to council. I believe you might have said built within 2 years, but I just want to make sure I heard that correctly.

[05:07:08] Unknown Speaker: Oh, yeah, it is that the technical term, I guess, is if they haven't built full building permits within.

[05:07:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Very good. And then just to... That's that's fine. That's clear now, and then 6, just to be clear for the record, so there's no confusion. Uh, the community benefits, one through, uh, on page, on table 3 of page 19 in the staff report are allocated as described, but community benefits, 5 and six, 5 being magical bridge, or 900,000, and 6 being the homelessness initiatives for 2500000 will not be, uh, decided or allocated tonight, but will return to council at a future date for determination.

[05:08:00] Unknown Speaker: Correct.

[05:08:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay. That's clear. Great. So, with that, we have a motion and a 2nd. Motion with counselor McAllister 2nd was council member Ratachek. It was so long ago. I just might have forgotten, but it looks like, yes, Counselor Matachek was the 2nd any other discussion. If not, can we get a roll call vote, please?

[05:08:27] City Clerk: Thank you. Council member Clark?

[05:08:30] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[05:08:31] City Clerk: Council member Hicks?

[05:08:33] Councilmember Alison Hicks: I'm voting, yes, in theatically, and I hope it becomes a model of habitat restoration in the region.

[05:08:41] City Clerk: Council member Manachek?

[05:08:43] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[05:08:44] City Clerk: Council member McAllister?

[05:08:46] Councilmember John McAlister: Oh, yes.

[05:08:48] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez?

[05:08:50] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[05:08:52] City Clerk: Vice Mayor Kim May?

[05:08:53] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[05:08:55] City Clerk: May I be Koga?

[05:08:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi.

[05:08:57] City Clerk: Thank you. Motion carry 70 with those mentions.

[05:09:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you very much. Um, I do believe I need a motion to continue. Um, actually, cancel member, Meta check, did you have a comment?

[05:09:13] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: I did. So, um, I appreciate what, um, Mr. Marchant said, um, about magical bridge and I, You know, I'm feeling like, I'd like more certainty. Um for them. You know, if we're just gonna discuss it when the design comes back. Um, I'm worried that they might scale back the design, um, because they can't really count on so far the $900,000 and, um, I would like to provide more certainty. You know, if it's, um, you know, I make a motion to say we fund that out of park fees and, uh, try to backfill at a later date, either from this project or another one, um, or, you know, some sort of, you know, we encourage them to design to the larger, um, playground, um, I shouldn't say assuming, but, you know, designed the 9 the larger playground, and we'll talk about it, um, when it comes back to us. The funding for that. Um, because I can appreciate that they might be able to raise funds from other sources between now and then, but I, I do feel like I want to have a little bit more certainty around this one.

[05:10:42] Dawn: Um, so this is, this is Dawn, and John, if I misspeak, go ahead and speak up, but since it's our 2 departments working on this together, When we come to the council in the fall, we can be sure to bring uh, the option of a, uh, the full funding design. As well as what it would mean that if, um, not full funding would be obtained, and it would be, uh, designed that would cut out 600,000 if that's what the shortfall is. So, we can still leave all these options on the table and bring them forward in the fall for council's consideration and discussion.

[05:11:20] John Marchant: And I concur with Dawn's assessment to allow us to come back in the fall and bring you the full picture.

[05:11:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay. Uh, thank you. Thank you. So that concludes that item. Um, I do need a motion to continue council member Clark.

[05:11:39] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah, I'll move that we continue 10 PM to the, um, the remaining item.

[05:11:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Anne Councilman McAllister.

[05:11:47] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, uh, I would like, I can't support that, but I'd like to know from the city manager. But the participant, anticipated timeline because, um, We, we have a tendency to go short, thinking we're going to go shorter, and then it goes to 2 o'clock in the morning, and we just don't do our best work when we're that late into it. We already 5.5 hours into this. And, uh, I'm concerned that, from a legal, well, I'm a city manager, is there a legal requirement that we have to have this budget passed, um, by in June?

[05:12:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: The last 3 you were meeting, but I'll let the city manager.

[05:12:27] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, so thank you, council member Clark and council member McAllister. There is one more meeting. The budget does have to be passed by July 1st and this is the last regular median in June.

[05:12:40] Councilmember John McAlister: So the meeting on the 30th would not constitute a regular meeting?

[05:12:45] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: It is a special meeting.

[05:12:47] Councilmember John McAlister: And can you pass the budget at a special meeting?

[05:12:52] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Not that I am aware of, but I would defer to our city attorney to, um, let us know about that.

[05:12:59] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: I, I have, uh, pulled up the, the charter and the, uh, charter sections 1103, 4 and 5 uh, speak to the adoption of the budget. There's actually no requirement that it'd be adopted on a regular meeting. Uh, so, uh, it could be adopted on, on June 30th. Uh, there's actually no special uh, no regular meeting requirement.

[05:13:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, um, does that answer your question? Was there other comment by staff?

[05:13:39] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yeah, um, thank you, mayor. I would just say the presentation I have is very short and so in terms of timing. Um, from the staff perspective, we can get through it fast and it would, um, obviously depend on. how long the um, comment or discussion is.

[05:14:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I'm going to go ahead and 2nd council member Clark's motion to continue. Um, so is there any discussion on that motion? If not, could I get a roll call vote, please, city clerk? Oh, Counselor Matter Check, did you have comments before I start?

[05:14:16] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: So, um, you know, I feel like in addition to the budget, it's also got some other aspects, um, or other topics, uh, sort of, uh, contained within it in terms of the council subcommittee and, um, I personally would prefer to have that discussion, um, maybe separate from the budget, uh, next week. Um, Because I do want to make sure we give it careful consideration and as council member McAllister said, you know, we've been going at this since 6 o'clock. And I'd rather have it 1st thing on the agenda than last thing when we've already spent so much time. Um, I think it deserves more attention than it might get tonight.

[05:15:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other discussion on this? Um, I'd just say that, we do have some big items next week as well. And so, you know, these, it's the last 2 meetings before summer break, it's always this way. We've gone much later in the past before midnight right now. So, um, I would like to just go ahead and um, finish this up this evening. Uh, if there's no other comment. Could I take a roll call vote, please?

[05:15:31] City Clerk: Also number Clark.

[05:15:33] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[05:15:34] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[05:15:36] Councilmember Alison Hicks: No.

[05:15:38] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[05:15:39] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: No.

[05:15:40] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[05:15:42] Councilmember John McAlister: No.

[05:15:43] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[04:58:18] (archive recording) Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[04:58:19] (archive recording) City Clerk: Vice Mayor Kamet.

[04:58:21] (archive recording) Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[04:58:22] (archive recording) City Clerk: Mayor Abby Koga.

[04:58:23] (archive recording) Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi.

[04:58:24] (archive recording) City Clerk: Mission carries 43 with no extensions,

[04:58:27] (archive recording) Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: so we will continue. Why don't we take a quick bio break for 5 minutes? And let's say we'll be back at 1145. Thanks.

[04:58:39] (archive recording) City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Turn place order, change significantly by this month or next month, but should the economic impacts grow and the shelter in place order continue for several more months, that deficit could grow to between 2 to $4000000 dollars. So this is where there is a lot of uncertainty ahead. Uh, and it is really dependent on what happens with the economy, what happens with their sales tax, what happens with the hotel tax and really, what is going to happen over the course of this summer and in particular these next 3 or 4 months. We do have a budget, all funds that is $342000000 So part of that is our general operating fund, which covers all of our operations, and that amount is 144 million. There is a new item for city council consideration that has come up since June 9th, and that is to re-budget the balance of $600,000 that was allocated from the general non-operating fund for COVID-19 emergency costs. Um, so we just want to make sure that anything unspent could roll over into next fiscal year to rebudget, uh, whatever the balance is of that amount. There were changes that the council made to the proposed budget on June 9th, and those changes are detailed here. The changes are in the police department budget and those changes amount to around $125,000. So, um, the patrol rifles, the parking enforcement over time, towing fee, and drone equipment was postponed and removed until uh, midyear or consideration at some future time frame. And I know that there has been a lot of discussion and clearly in this meeting and then June ninth. We have heard from the community and we've heard a lot of comments about the police department. Um, funding and ideas for the future. And so, what the recommended next steps are, um, essentially, starting with the council subcommittee on race equity and inclusion. And the idea is for this subcommittee to help engage the community and meaningful dialogue, working with staff in the city manager's office. So myself, and the assistant city manager and a couple other city manager staff, really helping think through to plan events that we want to hold in the next few months and identify community leaders that we want to make sure that we are talking to and engaging with and stakeholders. And the big piece of this, I think, is to make sure that we're hearing all voices in the community. And uh, really make sure that we are talking to the various, um, as we say, stakeholders, but just the various perspectives of our residents and understanding, um, all of the diverse perspectives in our community. So it would start with that. And then the idea and attention is for the subcommittee to work with the human relations commission. And the human relations commission is already going to be planning a civility roundtable on unconscious bias. And working with staff to think through other ideas and ways that we can convene the community and listen to the community. So, we do plan on working very closely with the human relations commission and the council subcommittee to really think through and be very thoughtful about what we're doing over these next 3 months or so. Um, I think the important thing about this, someone said earlier, that we can't rush this, and that's right. We should not rush this. Um, this is something that we need to be very thoughtful about that this is going to take time. And I think that, um, it is really important for us to really understand and hear all the different perspectives. Another piece of this next step and part of the plan would be to review our policing policies for alignment with best practices. So there's been a number of recommendations that have been made by various organizations, including, I think we've all heard of the 8 count weight campaign, which also stem from campaign 0, the California attorney general has issued recommendations, the National League of Cities, has issued recommendations and a resolution, and we are also expecting quite a bit of legislation that's going to be happening over these next few months this summer, not only um, federal legislation, but state legislation and perhaps movement from the governor. So I think that just taking all of that holistically and looking at what is coming down the pike, that is needed to really make sure that we are doing our due diligence and that we are really looking at, what is being recommended and what the best practices are. I said on the ninth that we see ourselves as a leader and part of being a leader is being open to continuous improvement. And so, part of that is just making sure that we are aligned with these best practices and things that we're going to be learning about over the next few months. Um, another thing that staff is really going to be exploring when I say staff, I mean, city manager staff, um, really looking at alternative service delivery models and thinking through how it might work with the police department and also working with regional agencies. So this would include the county in particular, and also other cities in our region to really think through what the community needs are. So we know that mental health and substance abuse and homelessness, a lot of those calls for service, as many people have noted, are not necessarily, um, I guess, if you want to call it kind of segments, um, of calls that police respond to, where there's other ways of doing it. And I think the biggest thing to understand about this is that those 3 areas, mental health, substance abuse and homelessness, those areas are primarily serviced by the county. And any changes that need to be made or any thinking of innovation and thinking of how we deliver service, really needs to be conversations between agencies and really working collaboratively and in partnership and thinking through how this could be done differently. And we are absolutely open to this. I think one of the things that is a hallmark for us in Mountain View and will be in the future is thinking innovatively and thinking differently and how we can really strive to achieve better outcomes. So looking at these alternative service delivery models is also going to take time. And working in these partnerships will take time. Um, but that is also a proposed um, next step. And then essentially after we we do all of these things and there's also a number of, um, other steps that I think we will be taking, um, that we can report back to council in the hall on next steps and other recommended actions. So that would be the intention, um, just in terms of these next few months and thinking through, um, some of the ideas and comments and feedback that we've heard. So that concludes my presentation. There are a number of recommended actions that are included in the staff report. I won't necessarily read all of them. I think it's actually on 3 slides, but council will have to make motion as the city of Mountain View and then also make separate motion for the shoreline regional park community and also for the Capitol Improvements Financing Authority. And I am open for any questions at this point.

[05:32:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, city manager. Any questions from council members? Don't see any hands, so, oh, yes, I do. Counseloromatic.

[05:32:14] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. Um, so, um, on the slide, um, that ended with update the council in the fall on next steps. Did that mean everything before that would happen over the summer?

[05:32:33] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, council member Matchek. So, yes, we're going to start this work this summer. And, um, we certainly don't think it will all end this summer, but the intention is to do a lot of this work, create a really robust, um, action plan, but also that action plan will be developed based on feedback. And, um, information that we're hearing from all members of the community and all segments of the community. So once we listen and learn and, um, do our research and talk to people and talk to leaders in the community and talk to our partners and other, um, community organizations, then we'll come back to council in the fall with an update on where we're at so far. And then also recommendations for next steps at that point because this definitely won't won't be finished just over the course of this summer.

[05:33:28] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: And would you envision at all having, um, groups other than the sub, the council subcommittee or the HRC, like take an issue and have a group work on it. Um, similar to, you know, what sort of comes to mind for me is, when we were taking a look at, um, or when the police department was taking a look at, um, policies around, um, immigration, and it was a group of residents who got together with the police department, because the council usually does not get involved in police policies. But it did come to the council, and I felt like we had a good discussion at that time. And um, modifications were made to the policies. Would you kind of envision something similar to that? Um, Or is it everything sort of goes through the council subcommittee? Or have you even thought about all of that yet?

[05:34:28] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yeah, it's a great question. I've had a lot of thought. I think, I think that this has, this has really moved so fast. Um, You might have heard me say that. We want to get this right. And I think making very quick and rash decisions is not what we want to do with this. And so I have thought about, what you've mentioned, and my lights just went out on me here. Um, So I have thought about what you, what you mentioned, and I do think there will be opportunities to have some sort of like a special committee or a special group that can look at different areas. Um, whether that's different community health or wellness or safety efforts. But I would envision basically that funneling through the council subcommittee and then also working with the HRC on that and staff in conjunction with each other and then figuring out how, um, we'll basically roll that out.

[05:35:31] Unknown Speaker: Okay. Um, let's see. That's all my questions for now. Thank you.

[05:35:39] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: That's for my Hicks.

[05:35:44] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Well, I may be asking the same question, but I'll ask it anyway. So, I'm looking, uh, I'm trying to clarify the process for public input, and it looks to me from the slides like it's, um, 1st with the council subcommittee, under the HRC responsibilities, it says civility roundtable, on unconscious bias, and other assistance in community convening. So it sounds like the public would 1st engage with the council subcommittee and maybe that committee would clarify more, uh, what the HRC might do in terms of other assistance and community convening. Do I have it right or can you further clarify?

[05:36:37] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Sure. Thank you, council member Hicks. So I think the intent would be to really think through what sort of forums and events that we want to have. So, I know that council members individually are having conversations and those conversations are happening not just in the subcommittee, but, um, really any council member having those conversations. Also staff is intending on having conversations with community leaders and stakeholders. So, so myself and other staff that are, um, working with the subcommittee and HRC on this. So, I see us really planning these events and planning the forums and planning meetings and thinking through who we need to talk to and who we're going to meet with and really doing that over the course of the next 2 or 3 months. And then basically the subcommittee giving direction and working with the HRC on maybe helping plan these events and helping us do this and I'm sure, you know, they might have other ideas too, but, um, really kind of funneling through the subcommittee to help us make quick decisions. Um, and then just basically holding these conversations in terms of meetings and forums and events um, and really thinking through how that might work.

[05:37:59] Councilmember Alison Hicks: And then have you talked to any, I don't know that you've actually had time to do this, but have you talked to any other local cities on what kind of process they might be going through in this area?

[05:38:12] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yeah, um, so thank you. That is a great question and everyone is talking about it, um, to be really frank. I think we are in a situation where there are various different models out there. There there are. Well, 1st of all, there's many different sizes of cities and um, different cities, depending on their structure and their history and size, have different sort of models with how they engage with the community and how um, the community may or may not work with the police department. And so, I think right now what we're seeing in the region is everyone is kind of grappling with. Uh, what the next steps are and what that means for their city, um, just because everyone is different. But at the same time, I think we're all looking to kind of figure out regionally what might be happening. So this is why I'm talking about best practices and seeing what unfolds over these next couple months, not just in our region, but, um, just really statewide and nationwide. I think there's going to be a lot of changes coming down from, um, the governor and the federal administration and perhaps the legislature. There's a lot of, um, talk on looking at different policing practices and use of force and I just think that, you know, this is something that we have really just started talking about in the last 2 or 3 weeks. So if you think about the time continuum with how we make decisions in government and how long things take, we're moving really fast on this, but we need time to get it right. So, um, I think just really the foundation of your question is, Yes, I have talked to other cities, we are having a constant dialogue about it. And this is why we need these next few months to learn and listen so that we do get a right.

[05:40:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, thank you. Any other questions for from the council? Don't see any hands? So I will go to public comment. Again, if you are in the attendee box and would like to make public comment, please. Click on the raise hand, benton at the bottom, and let's see, we'll do a one. 5 minute city clerk, as we've been doing all night, and we'll start with Guy Wass with her. Please unmute yourself.

[05:40:45] Guy Wass: Hello. I wanted to highlight some of the pieces of the proposed budget that are most concerning to me as the taxpayer. Mountain View Police Department is asking for a 5.2% increase and says this is, quote, primarily due to normal inflationary cost increases, end quote. But the inflation rate for the Bay Area is well below the 5.2% the Mountain View Police Department's asking for. The US national inflation rate last year was 2.3% and is much lower so far this year. The CPI for the SFA area is down 2.9% from this time last year. The MVPDRE claims the largest percentage of the city budget, the numbers don't support their reasoning for an increase. Last year, the city was on the hook for $675,000 for 2 lawsuits that were brought against the Mountain View Police Department. And this is being paid for by the taxpayers. This shouldn't be coming out of our pockets. It should be the responsibility of the department. What's even more is the fact that the budget includes a 50% decrease in community development, which includes managing affordable housing. I realize that drafting a city budget is a month-long process, and that we're now in the final stages, but the recent 300s of a percent reduction to the police department budget proves there is time to make further changes. Thank you.

[05:42:09] City Clerk: So you will move on to John, John Lashley, please, and mute yourself.

[05:42:17] John Lashley: Yeah, hi. So, McCarthy said, we need these next few months to learn and listen, so we get it right. Listen up. We're on the line telling you what to do. Your constituents. Who are you going to listen to in the next few months if you're not listening to your constituents? Jesus. Okay, so thanks. You're going to do a civility roundtable on unconscious bias. You think George Floyd would still be alive if Derek Chauvin had gone to a civility roundtable on unconscious bias? Yeah, thanks for that. Okay. So listen to everyone who's saying what to do. This budget falls short of what we're demanding as residents, which is a transfer of power, money, and authority, away from the police, to civil servants who don't have guns. The police are not the institution, who should be responding to mental health emergencies, or the unhoused residents, or RV dwellers, who, Madachek and Abbe Coco, want to kick out of the city. You shouldn't send the police on them. You should send unarmed people who are trained for these crises. Listen to the Black Lives Matter movement and defund the police. What are you trying to do here? What do you want? Okay, I'm done.

[05:43:34] City Clerk: Go to Roheen, Gosh. Please unmute yourself.

[05:43:41] Rohein Gosh: Hey, uh, see council. You guys passed the resolution to my knowledge. Earlier tonight, affirming your support for the Black Lives Matter movement. You guys have repeatedly, in the lead up to this budget proceeding, talked about how you want input from the people of Mountain View on how to rethink policing and public safety in Mountain View. But let's be clear. The public of this city has absolutely no reason to put that trust in a city council subcommittee that on which 2 out of 3 of those members on that subcommittee are people who've received campaign contributions from the police union. We want, this, we want this budget, and the practices of Mountain View policing, and the entire idea of how we do public safety in Mountain View, to be rethought by a independent commission that is run by the citizens of Mountain View independent of this city council. That is what the residents of Mountain View want. It is a simple ask. Just as we want a responsible budget that protects the most vulnerable residents of Mountain View and does not fund a police department that abuses them. Thank you.

[05:45:14] City Clerk: Go on to Johannes Menzel. Please unmute yourself.

[05:45:25] Johannes Menzel: Uh, can you hear me?

[05:45:26] City Clerk: Yes.

[05:45:29] Johannes Menzel: Hi, um. That's ridiculous. Okay, my name's Johannes Vincent, and I'm a co-chair of the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. I urge all of you to disarm, defund, and ultimately abolish the police. That is what it's going to take, right? George Florridge should be alive today. Gun Taylor should be alive today. Jade Okobe, up in San Mateo County, should be alive today, right? Like, this is about people's lives. If we have armed white supremacist gangs patrolling the streets, you know, with badges and stuff and guns, um, it's not conducive to keeping people alive. Um, So this is not something you can paper over with, um, use of force policies, you need to take their money and their weapons away, right? Um, you should listen to the people who have spoken up tonight, you should do the reading, right? You should look into the long movement for police and prison evolution. Who do you work for? I mean, are you the city council of Mountain View or, you know, should we be calling in to the police? I don't know, like, to get public comment? Anyway, uh, you have the balance of my time. I'll concert killers. They should quit their useless jobs, and so should all of you. Wait.

[05:46:50] City Clerk: All right, we'll go on to Ellie Green, please unmute yourself.

[05:46:55] Ellie Green: Hi, hello, city council. Can hear me?

[05:46:59] City Clerk: Yes.

[05:47:00] Ellie Green: Okay, great. Thank you so much. I really just want to start off with. I can't really think of a time in my life when I've been involved in politics and I've been so disappointed and almost heartbroken by an organization that I'd once put so much trust in faith in. You have stood here at the past 2 city council meetings, looked at your constituents or, well, I guess you haven't really. And ignored them. You have heard the demands of your people, the demands of people who have voted for you, who put their trust in you, to represent them to defend them, to defend their right to live safely in our community. And you have said, no, I don't need to address this. You have said police reform isn't the issue. Police reform obviously isn't when we need to adjust. The MVPD is perfect. They can go review themselves. They could already do that, mayor, city council. They already had that power. You telling them do that means nothing. Your words are worthless here. We are calling you to use this community that is fired up. That is ready for change, that is ready for action, that's calling on you to make a change, to protect our youth, to protect my peers. You don't have 17 year olds calling you to see the council meetings because everything is fine and dandy. You have been calling in because you fear for the lives of our friends. You have us calling in because you are clearly not doing enough to protect your community and your future generations. I'm so just disappointed in all of you. And doing nothing. Thank you.

[05:48:34] City Clerk: We go on to Kelsey. Joseph. Can you please unmute yourself?

[05:48:41] Kelsey Joseph: Okay, y'all. If your budget process takes so long to complete that it cannot respond to the changing political climate, it has failed. If you're looking to shirk your duties off to the county, instead of addressing the things you can address, you have failed. If you're not listening to the 100s of people who've been calling in the past few weeks, You have failed. Defund the police. This doesn't mean something like the .3% that's been cut. That's a rounding error. There's no constable reason for the police in a city the size of mountain view to have a budget of $44000000 dollars. As council member McAllister said, money is not infinite, and we need to be judicious and how we spend it. He was talking about a much smaller amount of money than this. This current budget is not judicious. Could the city more effectively use all of our money for community safety? Absolutely, according to an overwhelming amount of available data, and everyone, literally everyone, who was called in tonight and last week. We need a line by line review of the budget by people who are not biased, not the cops, not the council, who are clearly influenced by them. And we need this now.

[05:49:52] City Clerk: I'll go to Bruce England. Please unmute yourself.

[05:50:00] Dana Petey: Hi, this is Dana Petey. It looks like you unmuted me on accident. Would you like to go to Bruce or go for me first?

[05:50:05] City Clerk: Go ahead, Dana.

[05:50:07] Dana Petey: Okay, thanks so much. I have to admit, I am so disappointed to hear that what was in a presentation ostensibly about the budget. This is the time that we hear response and counsel's opposition to the citizen leadership that NBC has proposed. I'd like to respond directly to city manager McCarthy's comments about funneling through the subcommittee to make decisions. Respectfully, were you listening at the beginning of this meeting to the public comments on item 8. one. The public clearly does not trust this city institution to lead the conversation, to continue to protect your power in direct opposition to what the public is calling on you to do, is really starting to look like a rinse and repeat of the subcommittee process that got us measured D. Respectfully, the op ed published by the mayor and chief Bozelle demonstrates a complete lack of understanding and visionary of what we need in this moment. Furthermore, you talk about taking the time to get this right. I agree that this will be a long process with many moving parts and it deserves time and attention. And yet, San Francisco is much larger than we are with a much more significant budget. They already came out to say that SFPD would no longer be responding to nonviolent calls. If they connect boldly and quickly. I know that Mountain View can do better than this. Mountain View doesn't look like a leader or an innovative thinker in this moment. The city looks cowardly. It doesn't look like you're taking the time to get it right. It looks like you're taking the time to stall and wait for the public outrage to die down and hope that we don't come back as strong after summer break so that you can host a couple events and call it a job well done. You've heard countless times this evening why we don't trust the subcommittee, why civility roundtable is not sufficient. Please let residents lead or else leadership may look written in November. Thank you.

[05:51:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You'll go to Bruce England now.

[05:51:46] Bruce England: Yep. Hi. Can you hear me okay?

[05:51:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[05:51:49] Bruce England: Hi. Okay, I do think that you need to take some tangible steps tonight. It's clear from the comments and all of that, that waiting for a few months is not gonna, uh, it just isn't going to be acceptable, and I completely understand that. And then listening to the last agenda item about the magical bridge playground funding, which is, you know, very small amount of money compared to the MVPD budget. I think a good faith move on your part would be to say, you know what, we know that we're going to be reducing funding the MVPD. That's just a given, and that we can take part of the money that we've saved on that, and put it into funding for the full magical bridge playground. And if it can be backfilled later by other funding, fine. But, um, pledge it tonight. along with a pledge to make some tangible, uh, uh, steps towards, um, addressing the issue with MVPD. Thank you.

[05:52:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you But Tim McKenzie, please unmute yourself.

[05:52:52] Tim McKenzie: Hey, can you hear me?

[05:52:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[05:52:57] Tim McKenzie: So, the budget presentation earlier explicitly stated that the budget is designed to maintain the status quo, and the whole point of this ongoing new wave of the civil rights movement is that the existing status quo is untenable. There's overwhelming public support to make real concrete, meaningful change, to back up the words you said earlier of a resolution saying Black Lives Matter, back that up with action. Saying the words is more insulting, more harmful if you don't follow it through with action. Defund the police, demilitarized, take services away from the police so that we don't have people with guns showing up for non, as 1st responders for nonviolent things going on in our community. Listen to the overwhelming public support, asking you to make real meaningful change. If you won't do something tonight as we stretch into the wee hours of the morning, as you've mentioned that you're not as crisp as you might be, if you start with it, Put it off till next week. The CD attorney just said that we can wait until next week. You have another week to actually listen to the comments that have been made over the past council meetings. Listen to your constituents. E-fund and demilitarize the police. And if, as I suspect, you will just go forward as is, I suggest you listen to the immortal words of LA resident Jeremy Frisch.

[05:54:30] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You'll do that. We go to Anna Marie Morales. Please unmute yourself.

[05:54:37] Anna Marie Morales: Hi there. So the community of Mountain View is overwhelmingly saying the black lives matter and that you must defund the police and demilitari- excuse me, demilitarize the police. Does the word defund defends your sensibilities? Let me rephrase and say the black lives matter, and you need to listen to our voices, and reallocate funds from the outrageous police budget to areas that will better serve the black community in our community at large. The budget should not just be passed because it was started 7 months ago. Things have changed and these changes need to reflect that budget. A 0.3% cut to the police budget is not enough. Why are we having these frustrating meetings if you don't take any sort of real action? Your words and superficial proposals are meaningless. Do better. Police should not be policing themselves. We need an independent non-biased committee to instead do this. Citizens should be leading this committed committee. I am angry, frustrated, and incredibly disappointed, and I don't think that the majority of this council really wants to do the right thing and defund and demilitarize the police because they're afraid they won't get monetary support from the police department any longer. Stop thinking selfishly and act on what your constituents want. Do not approve this budget. Thank you. I yield my time.

[05:55:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I'm good at Jessica Matthew. Please send me yourself.

[05:56:07] Jessica Matthew: Hello?

[05:56:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi there.

[05:56:10] Jessica Matthew: Hi. Okay, so yeah, hi, my name is Jessica Matthew again. I with Silicon Valley DSA. This has certainly been a long meeting. Hopefully it doesn't go till 3 AM again, but we'll be all here regardless watching you. Um, so you passed the Black Lives Matter resolution earlier tonight in which you said Mountain View is a leader or wants to be a leader in equitable treatment of all people. Well, we've been seeing every city in the South Bay do the exact same thing with regards to this issue, which is not listening to the people who are overwhelmingly saying that they want you to defund the police. And it's not like there's a question about like what we're saying here. We're saying it over and over and over again. It's pretty simple. We want you to defund the police, which is exactly what the Black Lives Matter movement is calling for due to the history, systemic racism and violence towards black people at the hands of police. So you have a real opportunity to be a leader here, like you claim you want to be. Listen to all the speakers. We are demanding police defunding. The budget falls short of what mountain view residents are actually demanding. Again, if you cannot do this, feel free to resign. Seriously, we will gladly work to find someone to take over your job. It is your duty to represent your constituents who overwhelmingly want you to defund the police. You should completely revise this budget. It's that simple. Black Lives Matter. Yield my time.

[05:57:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: But then Alex Brown, please unmute yourself.

[05:57:32] Alex Brown: Hi.

[05:57:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go ahead.

[05:57:37] Alex Brown: Okay. I mean, would you say so? Uh, I'm not gonna ask you to do stuff that I don't, I know you're not gonna do. I don't think that's useful. Um, Instead, I want to note, again, that a budget reveals your priorities. And the things that you question, that you take the time to consider and ask, like should we be doing this? Uh, shows a lot about you, but also the ways that you want to solve problems reveals the depth of your imagination. Uh, if you think that everything should be solved with more funding for patrols of armed security forces. Uh, and that's the, the, the brush with which you paint everything, then that says something about you. If you think that a little bit of money going towards nature or a bridge or a bike lane, that needs to be scrutinized down to the penny. But a line item that is several $1000 for weapons. That's fine. That's, again, says something more about you than anything else. And if you spend 2 hours debating, Uh, you know, the the angle of streets or the amount of tree canopy within the next 5 years, instead of looking long term into how we want to structure our society and who we want to help. And in what ways, again, it says a lot about you. I got my time.

[05:59:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go to you on loop, please unmute yourself.

[05:59:15] Public Speaker: No. Uh, 1st of all, I would really like to think, uh, director, Takahashi. Uh, you responded to my question really quickly, and that gave me an important piece in the puzzle that I was trying to put together. And the puzzle is how imbalanced this budget is. Like I said earlier, Mountain View, police department is the only department that has, A communications and outreach officer, and it not, has not just one, not just 2, and I made a mistake insane 3, It had actually full police officers on this role. That is roughly $1000000 and that is roughly. Uh, how many percent, 2%? Of the police budget. And 2 of these officers, more than half a 1000000 dollars. Were added. Recently. Does they say that council members? You approve that budget that added these positions, That does not necessarily contribute to the community. Does that say that you already failed. Thank you.

[06:00:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Well, go on to Connor O'Brien, please unmute yourself.

[06:01:01] Conor O'Brien: Yep, Connor. Hi. Uh, Yeah, this is not a budget, the city of Mountain View needs, and it's not the budget that the people of Mountain View are commanding. In the middle of a local nationwide protest movement against racist police violence. The city should be moving to defund the police to fund our community, not passing a status quo budget, to increase the police budget to more than $44 million. Two weeks ago, you asked staff to remove a few of the most embarrassing line items from the police budget like spending 1000s of dollars on police drones, but those cuts, as other folks have pointed out, represent a reduction of less than 0.3% from the original proposal. Defunding doesn't mean that. It means taking whole functions away from the police and handing them over to workers who don't carry guns or handcuffs with them on the job. I'll be more specific. The city's contact with young how with our unhoused residents should never be handled by law enforcement because we shouldn't be criminalizing our neighbors. With a smaller police force, maybe we could afford to connect them with housing services and the supplies in a way that doesn't make people wonder if they're going to be sighted or arrested or worse. The police should also never be the ones responding to mental health emergencies, introducing armed police officers in those situations makes them more likely to escalate, not less. We should follow the example of cities like Denver, Colorado, that are sending trained social workers and medics into these situations instead in our budget, which should reflect that reduction in police studios. Uh, earlier tonight. You passed a resolution saying black lives matter, show that you actually are going to follow that with your actions, start defunding the police, take a real step toward meeting the demands of the movement. Thank you.

[06:02:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go to Eva Tang. Please unmute yourself.

[06:02:37] Eva Tang: Hi, can you hear me?

[06:02:39] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, he's great.

[06:02:41] Eva Tang: Okay, uh, Eva Tang, Mountain View coalition for uh, police reform and accountability. Uh, good teaching practice tells me that I need to repeat myself, so I guess I'm gonna do that tonight. Um, can represent it for items that um, are the next steps for the city council. I want to reiterate that the race equity inclusion, uh, dialogue, and the Human Relations Commission, round table on unconscious bias, does not, uh, directly uh, uh, address policing in Mountain View, and it's insufficient to address policing in Mountain View. A review of policing policies by the police department does not give credible accountability. Um, and a review of alternative service delivery models needs to be done by the citizens. My pearl clutching neighbors may be worried about defunding the police because they think that so-called thugs are going to come into our neighborhoods and rob us all. Well, I'm going to let you know that crime does not exist in a vacuum. Crime happens when people do not have their needs met and they need to do anything. They can in order to get those needs met. So, um, by funding the police and not funding community needs, what you're really doing is funding mass incarceration. I yield my time.

[06:04:05] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Go to Brian Parkman, please unmute yourself.

[06:04:12] Brian Parkman: Hello, my name is Brian Parkman. I'm with Silicon Valley, DSA. Uh, the budget for instance, only reflects a moral failure of the council and portable cowardice. Uh, the only way forward is the defunding of the, you know, twice of the boys. But if I felt any of you were capable of feeling shame, I would ask you to fuck yourself. I know that's really not possible at this point. I yield my time. Fuck all of you.

[06:04:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go to Anna Z. Please unmute yourself. Actually, I might. I think I, sorry, I mean, I muted Charice V? Charisse are you online? And Charice? Right, I'll come back to Sharice. We'll go to, let's see if I can get to Anna. Anna.

[06:05:19] Anna Z: Hello. I have 3 things to say. One, withdraw your consent. There is still time. Two, we are talking about people's lives. 3 listening as an act of practice. Thank you and I yield my time.

[06:05:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: That is Sebastian.

[06:05:40] Sebastian: Hey, can you hear me?

[06:05:41] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, go ahead.

[06:05:43] Sebastian: Okay, so I'm with the Mountain View coalition for police reform and accountability. And I want to reiterate something that other people had said, but just really stands out to me is, Why did you say Black Lives Matter earlier, but then proceed to ignore the movement? You clearly don't care what the movement is actually advocating for if you just want to push this issue off into the distance, into the future. Cutting things like drones from the budget is quite a low bar to set. There needs to be more. Also, 2 thirds of the race equity and inclusion subcommittee have had large campaign support from the Mountain View Police Department. That is a clear conflict of interest, hence, the need for an independent citizen led commission for policing issues, including the budget. It shouldn't have to be said, but the police cannot review themselves for obvious accountability issues as well. I look forward to voting out those of you who are up for reelection and do not make actual changes to improve Mountain View. Stand up for black lives, not the interests of the police. Black lives matter. I yield my time.

[06:07:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Well, go to Nina. Trousseau? You know, can you unmute yourself?

[06:07:09] Nina Trousseau: Hi. Uh, Mountain View is not immune to police violence. We just haven't gone viral yet. We need to defend our police. residents spend 12% more per capita than California averages on police budgets and 50% more than national averages. For what? This is unacceptable. Black Lives Matter. I yield my time.

[06:07:28] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Go to Megan Freely, please unmute yourself. Hi, Megan, can you hear me?

[06:07:37] Megan Fraley: Yes. Hi, Megan Fraley. Well, no me. Um, I'm a clinical psychologist and I also am, as I said before, really amazed and I would, by all of the people that are coming out. I've never seen such progressives. Um, I want to say on this that I would appreciate if we could have video links because we all see that you're looking at your phones throughout the meeting, which I understand, we all do it. Um, but I feel very dehumanized right now. And I think, I think when you were hearing all of these voices, you might be saying to yourselves, oh, these are just radicals. I don't know what you're saying, but there's a way that it's very clear that these voices are not being heard. So while you may have been progressive in the past. Right now, I feel like we have a very Republican, very conservative council that is pulling all of the things that happen during the civil rights movement to silence, putting this subcommittee, Black Lives Matter agenda, hidden in the budget, is so a power move in the last, like, it's just such a clear power move to silence, a lot of people that I don't know why you don't respect. Please be one thing or another. If you're going to be progressive, actually be progressive, actually be progressive, like the people who have been speaking to you, 100s of people are. And if you're not, then be honest about it. Don't use Black Lives Matter, as some kind of thing to hide behind, choose whether you're going to be conservative or progressive. But we all see what's happening here. I yield my time.

[06:09:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Look at Annie Caruga, please, unmute yourself.

[06:09:14] Annie Caruga: Yep, I am any group of with Silicon Valley DSA, and I want to speak on the topic of refunding the community services through the lens of all the important programs that are suffering while the police have money for ridiculous equipment and ridiculous engines. Last week, you sat through hours of the community calling on you to defund the police, and then you voted through a budget that did not, in fact, defund the police, and you seemed so proud of yourselves, that you put off buying rifles and drones. I'm unsure, if there's anything I can say at this point, that would make you listen to your community and do your job, except that when people do bad jobs enough times, they lose their jobs and elections are coming this November. You still can vote to defund the police and refund the community like they did in San Leandro, where they set aside 1700000 and we'll be working with the community on what to use it for. You could be like LA, who reduced the police budget by 250 million. You still can create a budget that puts the community first. Frankly, the role of police is way too wide, and it's unreasonable to expect somebody to be a mental health counselor, drug addiction expert, and know how to deal with unhouse people. These other services that um, that do these jobs better, must be prioritized and adequately funded, and the scope of policing must be reduced. Being unhoused or having a mental health crisis is not in fact a crime, so cops should not be involved. A funding, uh, that I are due to defend the place. Black lives matter.

[06:10:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go to Brandon, Henriquez, Henriquez. Please unmute yourself, Brandon.

[06:11:00] Brandon Henriquez: Hello, can you guys hear me?

[06:11:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[06:11:03] Brandon Henriquez: Hello, I'm a member of Silicon Valley DSA, and I'm here to stand in Solidarity with my Mountain View Comrades. So 1st I have a few questions. Who do you serve? Why did you run for office to represent your constituents to represent the residents of Mountain View? Or harmful constituents like corporations and police departments? The residents amount of you have come time and time again, staying all night with city council. Even half of y'all were falling asleep on camera last time at around 2 AM. The rest of us showed up and were right awake with rage and disappointment with your negligence to our comments and the dismissal of our concerns. But with that being said, I would like to say congratulations on passing the Black Lives Matter resolution, but that's not enough. Actions speak louder than words. Black Lives Matter is a radical movement. Calling our demands too radical shows how out of touch you are. Put your money where your mouth is and listen to the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement and defund the police. Thank you. I yield my time.

[06:12:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go to Lara PD. Please unmute yourself.

[06:12:09] Lara Petey: Hi there, this is Lara Petey, and I have several questions. Vice Mayor. How did you meet with several groups of black communities in order to quote unquote support the Black Lives Matter movement and resolution earlier this evening and then support this budget proposal? How much time did you spend with those groups really discussing what they need, what they want, and what will empower them? How much time have we been discussing bike lanes and trees for 5 year future planning, even just this evening? Thank you. yield my time.

[06:12:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I'm good at a cab driver. Please unmute yourself. Hello? Can you unmute yourself, please? My cab. Are you on? It's, uh, should be able to unmute yourself. Oh, Disappeared. I'll go to Liz I. Please unmute yourself, Liz.

[06:13:36] Liz I: Hi, I'm also here to stay in solidarity with all those who have spoken out about defending the police. It is a shame that you all can even utter the words black lives matter without also saying beef on the police. The organization itself is saying defunding the police. You utter these words like they mean nothing to you. You say it to our faces, like they, like, we're not going to follow up on this. The whole system around. Uh, imprisoning people, incarcerating people, is just an extension of slavery. It is modern day slavery. We shouldn't have to keep coming to you and talking to a wall. And acting, performing this fake, Democratic system for you all. This is a shame. You're all a sham. And if you don't support Black Lives Matter, then just be honest about it. We are asking for full transparency. If you cannot reach or meet up to our standards, then just admit it. Stop hiding behind Black Lives Matter like it's going to save you. We can see through everything. It's not just something you can tote around. If you can't acknowledge how racism is also part of class, then you're not, you can't join this discussion. If you can't realize how like racism and gender and class, all stem from the same issue, capitalism, poverty, then you can't join the discussion. Your voice doesn't matter, actually. You're wasting our time here. Thank you.

[06:14:59] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right, any other members of the public machine to speak? Raise your hand, please. I don't see any. So close public comment and bring it back to the council. Any comments from council members? And no, I can also entertain emotion. Council member McAllister?

[06:15:28] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I have a few comments. First of all, I want to think, The, the participants from today, they were able to hang in there for 3 different, uh, items. And that's a commitment that I appreciate and respect. I also respect that they continue to come up. And advocate for a position that they care about. And so that's very encouraging that hopefully this new group of uh, committed, People will continue through their lives to look for injustice and inequity. But I have a, I have a couple of comments on the other side that. Where you've been, all these years. Why in the last 2 weeks? Have you come? And try to bully us, intimidate us. And I have listened. And I've listened to all of you. respectfully. But I have a perception that you're trying to bully us into doing something. But if you felt so committed to this cause, Where have you been to help guide us? Now, I'm not saying it's too late. It's never too late to correct something that's wrong. And I'm glad what we're getting these discussions going now and reviewing everything. But look to yourselves to say, I'm part of the problem because I was quiet for so many years. We've all been quiet. We've all should have been up and up. But don't come down here and demand that something gets done. That should have been done before, and where were you? I've heard a lot of questions about, How they, there was a bias. That we're biased. Well, if you could find a neutral party within your group that's not biased, I think that would be helpful too. I've heard from some of you that have been coming to councils for every week. And I think you know that is this council is a dedicated, conscientious group. That we're pragmatic in our approach to solving problems. That we want a solution that's sustainable. And if you're coming in and saying we demand that this gets done. Do you think that's sustainable? I'm not sure. I've been doing this for 8 years. More in my whole life here. And yet, I and when people said, I made the comment that I talked to a lot of people. And not the police. I'm, I think uh, you got to give us council members a little bit of credit that if there's a concern, we're not going to go to the group that's really concerned, well, listen to their side, as we listen to your side, both sides. Because that's part of our job, is to listen to both sides. But I listen to a lot of people. You are a segment of our constituents. There's 80,000 residents in Mountain View. You're a part of it, and you've been hurt. But from my experience of being in this town. There's another segment of the community that may not agree with you and not agree with your approach. So I represent all of them. I'll take my time. I will listen And then I will work for a solution that I think is best. For those who know me, I don't just jump out and try to do something, I try to find a win win for everyone. And so I find it a little disheartening. That you don't give the council the credit. Or you don't take the time to find the research. And get in there and see the track history of what the city of Mountain you've done. And get your information because there's a lot of false information, being talked about tonight, that if we took the time to sit together and Dana, Dana. I'm looking to reach out to you again. We didn't connect last time. But so we can listen to each other. And that's the thing, big deal. It's very important to listen. I have a perception that you're not listening to us, and yet you're saying you're not listening to you. So there's a disconnect. We got to work together to make sure we listen to each other. The act of, The police department. A lot of what you guys say is true about police department and all taking on social issues. But it's a society that has forced the police department to take on mental issue, drug overdose. Those, you know, and the criminals, because we were not stepping up with, as you say, the social workers that needed to do that. It was, if you, there's analogy that fire departments they used to do 90% fires and 10% medical and now it's flipped. Well, it's similar with police department. They used to do criminals and now they're doing social work. And why? If you think, I don't know why. Maybe we didn't put it as much credence as we do, and now's the time to talk about it. I think that would be great. I talk to someone that says, hey, if we get an ambulance. You put in a fire, a paramedic, in a, in a social worker attending to some event. But if we can get the police from going to these nonviolent things, I support that. But it's, you got to do it right and you got to take the steps to get the right people in there. There was a comment about someone said, hey, Mountain View has a SWAT team. And you go, okay. Call the sheriff. Well, are you guys familiar with active shooters and how quickly something escalates? And how would you like to be the person that your child is in the school and there's an active shooter? And you're going, well, I told you to call the sheriff. Well, the sheriff says, I'll be there in 10 minutes. You know what, carnage could be done in 10 minutes with an active shooter? So there's a balance to your request to actually what has to be done. I don't usually carry on like this or talk like this, but this is very, Of all the issues that I've had on this council. This is one of the ones where I'm torn between being overcautious. And I want to make sure that I get everybody's voice heard. But coming in and asking us to do something overnight, I think you do it just justice. And that's what we're gonna do is correct. So, I'm gonna go with the budget as it is. You just don't defund a police department. And I think when people look at the amount of what we do, and I'll be glad to sit down with any one of you and explain, logically and factually without a bias for me, and I did that with Caitlin, I met with her. We sat and chatted. Um, I can do it, but, We gotta both listen. And I'm afraid you guys aren't giving us the due diligence of listening to you or you're listening to us. So I'm sure I'm going to get some heat for it, but that's okay because I think I'm doing the right thing. I got a lot of people that elected me. And I think, you know, election or politics, I'm doing the right thing, regardless of the, the outcome of an election. So, that's my, uh, sequel for tonight, and uh, I love to hear from my other council members, and how they feel. Thank you.

[06:23:47] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Council member Hicks.

[06:23:51] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I'm interested. What is the, um, are there unfilled police positions and how many of those are there?

[06:24:05] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Council member Hicks, yes, there are vacant police positions. I don't know off the top of my head how many vacancies we have right now, so I'd have to get back to you on that.

[06:24:16] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, because I'm thinking we could resolve to not fill those immediately.

[06:24:24] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: We are currently in a soft hiring freeze right now and um, we are only filling critical uh, positions. Those have been some of the sworn positions. And I think part of what we are committed to looking at in the future, what these alternative service delivery models is, um, whether some of the vacant positions might change, um, for different recommendation with the next budget. Um, but that is something that, you know, we would need to look at. But um, There are vacant positions.

[06:25:05] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, so I, so that would be my proposal to not to start off by not filling the vacant positions so that we could fill them with alternative kinds of staff in the future. So that's my comment for now. Thank you.

[06:25:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Neither comments from council members. And again, I'll entertain a motion as well. That's another Clark.

[06:25:44] Councilmember Chris Clark: So I think based on the city manager's comments, um, I'm, I'm confident, um, you know, with, with our oversight and and the conversations that we're going to have over the next, um, you know, we aren't just hunting to the fall. There's going to be a lot of conversations that are ad starting in the next few weeks and all of the summer. Um, you know, I think it's, um, you know, I trust that any unnecessary positions aren't in whether it's the police or in any department aren't going to be, um, aren't going to be filled. So, um, uh, in other multiple parts to this. Um, so I'll go ahead and Um, and make the 1st um, make the 1st part and then I can do the subsequent um, motions and then we can discuss those if we, if we'd like. Um, so the 1st um, acting as our capacity of in, of the city council, the city, Mountain View, to one adopt a revolution, adopting the fiscal year, 2020, 2021 city budget, and appropriations for the, adopted fiscal year, 2020, 2021 capital improvement projects, including amendments to existing projects, excluding the Shoreline regional park community, to be entitled only for the reading wave attachment. One of the council report, 2 that we adopt a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2020, 2021 appropriations limit, to be read entitled only for the regime wave attachment to the council report. 3 that we adopt a resolution, amending within the Mountain View masterpiece scheduled to be read entitled only for the reading letter detachment, 3 to the council report, um, 4 that we commit $10000, $635,000 of Parkland dedication funds. To the adopted fiscal year 2020, 21 capital projects, including amendments to existing projects, shown attachment 4 to the council report, and 5 that we adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager or does need. To amend the classification of salary plans for regular and hourly employees for this year, 2020, 2021 to be written title only for the reading wave attachment 5 to the council report.

[06:27:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Is there a 2nd to the mission? Cylinder McAllister?

[06:27:56] Councilmember John McAlister: The second.

[06:27:59] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, uh, Council member Metachek.

[06:28:03] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yeah, comment. Comments, yes. So, um, I have been listening to everything folks have said tonight as well as 2 weeks ago. Um, I might be looking down because I take notes. Um, I want to go back and, um, See what people said, um, in preparation for, um, you know, meetings and so I take notes at every single council meeting. Um, I am also listening to all the folks who have, um, emailed us or some have called me and, um, you know, they might have different perspectives than the folks here tonight. Um, and I think it is our responsibility to listen to uh, everyone who contacts us. And, um, you know, I appreciate our city manager's comments about, um, you know, I do want to do this thoughtfully. And I, I don't disagree that, um, you know, something's, some activities might be better, uh, placed in a different organization. And I, I think since I've been on council, I've been a little bit, uh, frustrated and surprised at, you know, things that are really within the county's jurisdiction that, I feel like the city steps up to do, uh, to sort of fill, um, avoid because the county also doesn't have enough resources. Um, and so I, I, the 3 items that we've mentioned before, when it comes to mental health, substance abuse, um, and homelessness, I don't want to say, we're going to take money from this bucket and put it into those buckets, when in fact, I feel like there is more that the county can do in those areas. And it's worth having those conversations with the county before we make some changes like that because, um, if the county doesn't pick it up. Um, then it's like, you know, we, we do have to fill that void and then we're sort of overlapping and it's more coordination and I don't know. I just feel like I'd rather have the conversations with the folks whose jurisdiction it is about these areas, um, before we, you know, make changes, but I'm very willing to have the conversations about that because, um, I do think over time as folks have said. Um, we've been asking um, our police department to do things that maybe others should be doing. And, um, absolutely, we can revisit that. Um, so I, I'm struggling a bit with a proposal for the council subcommittee. Um, and I did talk to the mayor about this a little bit. Um, at least one aspect of it. I do think it's important to have our residents involved. And, um, I would like to see. Um, you know, if we do go forward with the council subcommittee, to have maybe, I'm not sure what the term is, like a sub subcommittee, um, of residents and could be council members and others, you know, experts on these topics. To have very meaningful conversation about how things should change. Um, I know a lot of folks, you know, do have strong feelings about things. I do want to hear what they have to say. Um, but I also want to have, um, the conversation about, well, here's why, you know, it kind of is the way it is and let's talk about that. Um, as council member McAllister said, it's a 2 way street here. Uh, to educate each other and work together on these changes. So, um, well, well, I can support the um, motion about the budget. Um, because it's limited to the budget, and because we did say we're going to have the opportunity to talk about that budget every quarter. And as we, um, talk about other changes and we put the plans in place to make those changes, then I think we can make the appropriate budget changes to support that. Um, and I don't want to do it in like out of order. So, um, You know, I'll support the budget because we can change it, um, as we progress, but I also would like us to sort of rethink. Um, how we approach, uh, listening to the community, working with the community, bringing in experts, and not just for like one meeting, um, or a forum, but, you know, in-depth conversations, um, as sort of a team working on these issues is kind of more of what I envision. Um, so I'm hoping we can incorporate that into how we approach this. Thanks.

[06:33:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Guess what, Ramirez?

[06:33:25] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor. I, um, There we go. I wanted to, uh, just respond really quickly to a couple of, um, points made by something of a matter check, which I, I agree with pretty strongly. So, I, um, I'd never seen the subcommittee as being, you know, mutually exclusive with, the, the creation of some kind of citizen involved, you know, panel or whatever, whatever public participation component might look like. Um, and I think part of the, part of the frustration I, I can imagine many members of the public, public might be feeling is, the subcommittee has not yet had an opportunity to discuss its mission, its scope, its work plan. We haven't actually had an opportunity yet to figure out what role we want to play. Um, you know, the, the, the particular items of, of interest, which probably will, which I think are intended to include, um, uh, you know, matters related to MVPD, but, but also broader matters, right? Because these are things that, if we're looking at systemic, racism and inequity. Uh, it extends far beyond just the police department and I think that's part of the intentionality and and and even even the selection of the name is we, we want to have a broader conversation. So, I, I would agree very strongly with council members Mattachek that, um, we, we do have meaningful opportunities for public participation. And I think I would just say, you know, the subcommittee needs an opportunity to talk about that or or even in the context of the full council. Um, you know, the, the, but that was, that's been one of the, the recurring themes and the public comments and, um, you know, ordinarily we wouldn't have that particular discussion about creating a sub, some kind of, uh, citizen panel or, or committee in the context of, of the budget, but we certainly have that opportunity and, and the discussions that we're going to have about this issue, uh, within the, context of the subcommittee and elsewhere. Um, and then the other thing that, uh, that council member Mattachek mentioned that I think is, that I think is very important to highlight for the public is, um, we're going to have probably very frequent reviews of the budget and no small part because there's going to be a lot of uncertainty. Um, in whether, you know, the expenditures and revenue projections will make sense. Depending on how, um, how much more, you know, severe the, the economic impact of the pandemic ends up being, how, uh, how posts sustain that damage is. Um, we're using, I think, some fairly, um, optimistic assumptions in our budget. Um, and I think that will mean that we're going to have to have some harder conversations down the road about. You know, what is it that we're going to find? Um, so, the process does not end with this meeting. There's going to be a lot of opportunity. You know, as soon as next Tuesday. Um, I think to, to think about what, what some of the, in the public process will be, in the context of the budget, in the context of, you know, policing and in, in a variety of other subjects too, that, that have relevance, um, to the, the topics that the subcommittee is going to be taking on. So I, I appreciate sort of, uh, the highlight of, of, of those concerns I share them too. And I think it's important for the public to know, um, that, that the process does not end tonight.

[06:37:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Council member Hicks.

[06:37:21] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So, I'm sorry, I'm still unclear, with the, the frozen positions. The budget that we're looking at tonight, does it include them as if they're filled or as if they're not going to be failed?

[06:37:38] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, council member Hook. So the budget does include funding for all of the city's positions. And so when there is budget vacancies, there are salary savings. And so right now we have a number of vacant positions, um, just off the top of my head. I think it's somewhere in the 60 to 70 position range, citywide. And so some of those positions are in the police department. And other positions are in the other departments. So, um, we do build that salary savings into our budget assumptions also. So every, you know, every organization has the, this uh, turnover and people leave and there's vacancies and that savings is part of what helps with, um, the cost, basically, it decreases the cost. Even though there's funding for it, when they're vacant, there's their savings.

[06:38:38] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So if we wanted to tonight, we could count those police positions and count out of the budget and thus take a 1st step in some reductions. Is that true?

[06:38:54] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: I would need to find out for certain how many vacant positions there are. Um, but, but yes, should that be counsel's desire to pause all of the vacant uh, positions that is something that the council could do.

[06:39:13] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, because that because that is what I would propose.

[06:39:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Uh, so you have a mission in a 2nd with the budget. Um, So that's what we're discussing and we'll need to, um, dispense of that before any other motions are made by smear comet.

[06:39:33] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Um, so, As we're having this discussion. Um, I did want to, to share that, um, the, today, the county of Santa Clara, declared racism, uh, a public health crisis in conjunction with the adoption of their Black Lives Matter, proclamation, and, and while I know a lot of the, the comments the last 2 weeks, the last 2 meetings, have been related to police reform. For me personally, I feel like this is about fighting systemic racism, and that police and policing is one part of that. Um, which is why, you know, I think for myself personally, I'm interested in the items that we are not funding tonight, um, as, as one step, but also in conjunction with that. It's policy. And it is about demilitarizing police, yes, I think. It's also about talking about police use of force as well as, you know, crowd control measures and and, um, another portion is is transparency and providing accurate data up front related to our, all of our departments, I think, is is important and providing that readily access for residents. Um, for folks to be able to see and understand uh, the reality behind the data being put forward. I believe 2 weeks ago I did bring forward, um, equity-based budgeting, uh, which is something of interest of me. And so, When I, when the discussion of an ad hoc subcommittee on race equity inclusion came forward, I felt like that was an avenue, another step towards addressing. Uh, the issues at hand. And so while I appreciate the comments about scope and, and purview, I think that this is, these are all incremental steps on how we move forward as a community so that they last. And I feel like this also needs to be led by our black community. Which is why I reached out to Silicon Valley, Black Led organizations and nonprofits. And They, in my conversations, recognize that this was a step. And that this needed to continue, and they wanted to see what else we were going to do. And we both agreed in my conversations that adopting a proclamation or the county declaring racism as a public health crisis is not enough and that we need to do more going forward. And I'm committed to that. I feel like we have a council that's committed to that. And it isn't in name only. And we're to make these lasting changes. We truly need to have the opportunity for public input, but also the opportunity, I think, to provide further transparency. So, The budget to me is also one component. And these are ongoing conversations, and I understand the frustration. I also understand perhaps how the, the, we might view the subcommittee, just from its name. Just as we're judging the members who are comprised of it. But if we're really talking about tackling systemic racism, we also need to let go of our own biases and give things a chance. Thank you.

[06:44:03] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other comments?

[06:44:08] Councilmember John McAlister: Oh, um, I feel like I should say a few words and, um, uh, you know, I will be supporting the budget, um, this, uh, the budget is something, and we've said this before that takes, um, many months to put together. And, um, you know, the fortunately, the fortunate thing that hasn't really been discussed is the fact that we are able to actually balance this budget. And that is something that other cities are not really able to do, given the recession. And part of that has led to some cuts, some major cuts in some neighboring cities. And so I believe, I mean, I feel very fortunate that we are not in that situation, that we can continue to provide the services we've provided. So I want to thank staff for their hard work in getting us here. I believe this is a result of, frankly, decades of, uh, fiscal responsibility in the city. Um, and, um, and so I'm very proud of that. In regards to the comments that have come in, um, and I, you know, I, I, I do appreciate the interest and the concerns that have been raised. Um, frankly, you know, I've, I, I got involved in public service because of my, my own personal experience and my interest and desire to, to work towards equity, to diminish discrimination and racism. And, um, I've worked for close to 30 years on these issues. And so as someone who has spoken up. When my colleagues on the council, previous council, were, um, received anti-Semitic, uh, comments by a former commit- advisory committee member, I spoke up then. I've spoken up time and time again when we've had discriminatory comments made. I've been the subject of that over and over again. So, I think I understand racism. I know that this is the time for black lives matter, and I understand that if black lives don't matter, then no lives matter, and I want, I very much respect that. But, Given, you know, my experience, experience of others on this council, I think we are really being sincere and trying to to address these issues. And, um, I agree with the vice mayor. For me, this is not, you know, I've said it before. Yes, we can we should review our police procedures, but it goes beyond that to me. This is about systemic racism. You know, someone's, I've seen a lot of emails saying our police departments are, are rooted in white supremacy and black slavery. And frankly, this country was built on those 2 principles. And so to me, this is bigger than just, The police department, we have to really reflect, uh, overall on our procedures and practices as a government, as a society, as a community, um,

[06:47:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I do agree. I thank you, Councilman McAllister, for your comments, as I've listened to the public, and I've heard from many different voices, um, over this past week since the virtual town hall meeting we had on Friday, when I, um, you know, and I always said that I will meet with folks who want to meet with me. Um, I was actually surprised that it seemed like that was a big shock for folks. And then I had over a dozen people in groups and couples contact me since Friday and I've done my best to meet with them. And so I've actually heard from a lot of different voices and this issue of, you know, policing, defend the police. There's actually, um, very different, various definitions on what that means. I think the key for me is that, yes, it's time for us to, we look at how we do things, and city manager has said this, um, time and time again since she arrived, that we should look at how it may, um, deliver service to the community, if there are ways to change that. I think, um, you know, given also COVID and sheltering in place. We, we've seen that that we do need to revisit how we deliver services. So, that's my interest in this. And the police issue is a part of that. But, you know, as has been said, it doesn't happen overnight. This cannot happen overnight. This is a very big issue. Defunding the police, and you know, I've heard, and I've heard black leaders say that it's not about just getting rid of the police department. It's about looking at resources, seeing where we can reallocate those resources to better serve the community. So I am fully interested in doing that in regards to the subcommittee. Um, you know, I will, I will say, I wanted to respond in some form as quickly as possible to, to try to make a gesture that we, you know, we have heard the public and we are sincere about this. And the subcommittee, to me, was really just a vehicle to start the discussion and the conversations. And I've, I appreciate council member, Medicheck, your interest, and that's always been my interest. It's really, for me, and customer Ramirez talked about it too, but it's a way for us to just start the discussion, and my hope is that we will cover many different aspects, whether it's mental health or, you know, policing in schools or, um, As mentioned that there's a healthcare aspect, homelessness, all of these are tied to, um, the issue and and, and I want to, I want to at least have a survey of what the issues are. And then also what the resources out there are. I agree with Counselor Matachek, and you know, I'm learning this myself too. Um, but, you know, let's talk about mental health, respond, 1st responders. Um, in fact, on Saturday during my call with the county. I learned that um, there is a mental health 1st responder mobile van that the county puts out. And this Campbell mayor would had mentioned, and we are supposed to discuss this on Saturday, but in Campbell, they actually get the van. It comes out, um, but, you know, the police go out 1st and then the van comes in later and her concern was the van comes too late. And when I heard that I thought, well, we don't even get the van here. So, um, so there are, you know, those these resources that I don't, we haven't even been able to tap into. And so, we need to figure out all the pieces to the puzzle and then figure out how they fit in. And so this is going to be a long term uh, conversation, examination. Um, you know, and I fully want the community to be involved in all of these examinations and then discussions about how we move forward and how we change things. So to me, frankly, tonight, I don't feel comfortable saying, let's cut positions, you know, let's freeze positions because I think they just have to look at the model as a whole and really figure out what's most effective and just, you know, taking bits and pieces. And I, we did, you know, defend those items for the request of certain city, uh, certain community members. Um, and you know, that seemed like it was fine to do. Um, but I, I don't feel right now that I have enough information to know what else we could potentially defund or reallocate resources from. And that's also a discussion I think we have to have. So, I, that's what I expect. The subcommittee to do is just to have those forums to have these conversations, have, you know, experts come in and discuss it. If we could determine that maybe this piece of peace should go to the HRC or some other body. You know, I've heard, I've been going to the community, uh, our advisory boards and, um, talking to the, the members there and, you know, there have been ideas like how about, um, from performing arts, a poetry slam or from a visual arts, you know, uh, uh, um, exhibit, and our exhibit. So things like that we could even do. So, that's what I'm hoping is that at our 1st meeting and subsequent meetings during the summer, realizing that we are going to be on break as a council, that the subcommittee can flesh out more of those items and then come up with some, some suggestions, but I fully intend the community to get involved. The folks that I've spoken to, many of them have offered to get involved and I want them to be. So this is really, to me, the start of this, um, this, this, Examination, this exploration of, um, how we can change our service delivery. So, with that, uh, Councilman or Medachek, did you have further comments?

[06:53:38] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Just one quick question. Um, when the subcommittee needs, and maybe this is a question for the city attorney, um, you know, I, I really like to hear things firsthand. Um, and so, you know, I'd like to be a member of the audience. Um, at those, if that's possible. I don't know if that means they have to be noticed. Um, you know, I don't know if all of them are going to be recorded. Um, but, um, I'm interested in hearing firsthand.

[06:54:13] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, I think, you know, there are different options, how subcommittees can be, uh, administered, and even though it is an ad hoc committee, committees can always elect to follow the Brown Act, for example, uh, uh, and also we can look into what what attendance by other council members as an audience member, uh, could be permissible. We, uh, we would just want a little time to, um, get the parameters of that for you, but we'll get you those details.

[06:54:46] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Great, thank you.

[06:54:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other comments? If not, then I will ask for a real call vote on the budget.

[06:54:59] City Clerk: If I could just confirm that the motion on the floor currently is for the city of Mountain View actions and council member Clark, did that include item 4 which was not required to be read? I just wanted to make sure.

[06:55:12] Councilmember Chris Clark: It did. I went ahead and read it anyway. But yeah, I apologize.

[06:55:16] City Clerk: Thank you. Items one through 5 for the city of Mountain View, and then I'll proceed to the other portion.

[06:55:22] Unknown Speaker: Thank you very much for the clarification. Also, I'm sorry, um, clerk, um, point of clarification too, for counsel, will need to make sure that you will include the carryover, the 600,000 carryover, um, for the COVID, anything unspent into next fiscal year. So you just would need to mention that you approve. That carryover, the re budget.

[06:55:44] Councilmember Chris Clark: I see. If if, if that wasn't um, indicated in the motion, then um, I'll certainly include the, the carryover, if the 2nd or the motion, we'll agree to that. Uh, Secondary. I think it might have been you, mayor.

[06:56:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I remember. Captain remember McAllister.

[06:56:05] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes that's right.

[06:56:06] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, correct. visually and a verbal okay. All right, any other discussion? If not, could you have a roll call vote, please?

[06:56:16] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[06:56:18] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[06:56:19] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[06:56:21] Councilmember Alison Hicks: I'm going to vote no in hopes that we can come up with the 2nd motion freezing.

[06:56:28] City Clerk: Council member Matachek.

[06:56:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[06:56:31] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[06:56:32] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[06:56:33] City Clerk: Camera Ramirez.

[06:56:35] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[06:56:36] City Clerk: Nice, America May.

[06:56:38] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[06:56:38] City Clerk: Mayor Abi Koga.

[06:56:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I, thank you. Thank you. So mission carries 61 with no abstensions. Can someone required?

[06:56:47] Councilmember Chris Clark: So then, um, my 2nd motion is acting as the Mountain View Shoreline, uh, regional park community. Um, that we adopt a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2020, 2021 Trolling regional bar community budget. Inappropriate for the adoptive fiscal year 2020, 2021 capital improvement project. For the Shoreline Regional Park community, including attachments to existing projects, we were entitle only for the reading wave detachment fixed in the council report, sorry, including amendments to the existing project. So we were in charge only for the reading lawyer detachment for the company.

[06:57:19] Unknown Speaker: Second.

[06:57:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other discussion on this mission? If not, can we get a low call vote, please?

[06:57:30] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep, yep.

[06:57:31] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[06:57:33] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[06:57:33] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[06:57:35] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[06:57:36] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[06:57:37] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[06:57:38] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[06:57:41] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[06:57:42] City Clerk: Eismeer Kame. Abby Koga.

[06:57:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I. Thank you. Thank you, we should carry 70 with no abstensions. Councilman Clark, did you have something else?

[06:57:53] Councilmember Chris Clark: One live motion, um, acting of the city of Mountain View Capital Improvements Financing Authority. Um, I move that we adopt a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2020, 2021 budget. For the MVCIFA, uh, debt service payments to be read entitled only for the re-wave attachment 7 to the council report.

[06:58:12] Councilmember John McAlister: Second.

[06:58:13] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. So, motion and 2nd uh, motion my council member, Clark, 2nd bye. Mr. McAllister, any other discussion on this motion? If not, could we get a roll call vote, please? Council member Clark.

[06:58:26] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[06:58:27] City Clerk: Council member Hicks. Council member Mattachek.

[06:58:31] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[06:58:32] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[06:58:33] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[06:58:34] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[06:58:36] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[06:58:37] City Clerk: Bye, it's May.

[06:58:38] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[06:58:39] City Clerk: Arabic Koga.

[06:58:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi. Thank you. Thank you, Mission Carry 70 with no abstensions. That concludes this item. Thank you very much to everyone. Staff and my colleagues. We'll go to item 9 council staff committee reports. Does anyone have a report from council members? Uh, council number, Clark? I think I saw you 1st actually.

[06:59:04] Councilmember Chris Clark: Very briefly since a few of you have asked me, um, Uh, uh, that date from, from A-Bag. Um, we received the uh, regional holiday needs allocations from, um, the, the total for the Bay Area from HCD, the state, um, the number came in, um, a little lower than we expected. Um, which depending on, um, how you view that is either clear or bad. Um, the, uh, uh, but it, it was, um, a little lower than anticipated, and so the next step there is, um, And we, we could appeal, the A bag executive board could appeal it, um, but we don't have a meeting, um, scheduled to my knowledge, um, before the, the appeal deadline, so unless the special media's cold, I don't think, um, that would be, um, something that we could, we could do because we just received the information to the last meeting. Um, but, um, just so you all know, the next steps will be to take that number and determine how those, um, allocations are distributed throughout the Bay Area, that'll be the next step, um, that'll occur in the fall. Um, so, I just wanted you to all in case you're getting inquiries about those, um, I'm happy to answer questions offline, but those, that's a really important number that came down just in the last week. Thank you.

[07:00:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Uh, Vice Mayer.

[07:00:24] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Can I? Great, thanks. I just wanted to update colleagues that, uh, earlier today, the councils, um, youth subcommittee met, uh, to discuss, uh, youth mental health.

[07:00:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Is that it? I'm sorry, vice scenario. Did you get cut off or was that it?

[07:00:53] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: No, I think I'm not sure my connection hasn't been good today. Um, But, uh, we're gonna be meeting over the summer to continue the youth mental health item and the advisory body members, um, were appointed and approved. Thanks.

[07:01:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Counselor Medachek?

[07:01:12] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: I just want to report that, um, last week we had a meeting of the legislative committee of the Santa Clara Santa Cruz, um, airplane noise round table. Um, and we put together the activities we would like to do in the near future for approval by the full round table. And we, um, also prepared our input to the quiet skies caucus, and that is going to be having a meeting later this summer. Um, but staff members were getting together prior to that. So we wanted to make sure we provided input, um, on what we'd like to, um, have our congressional representatives discuss with the FAA. Thank you.

[07:02:03] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Got Samara McAllister.

[07:02:06] Councilmember John McAlister: Yay. Okay, so VTA had a meeting, a special meeting on Friday to discuss art and measure B funding. You know, that we were very lucky to get a lot of money from BK measure BD on a, uh, highway, and various other projects around. But the discussion came up is that we're talking about phase 2 and phase 2 seems to have a little bit of a budget gap. And that with the measure A from 2000 and measure B, 2016, that sales aren't anticipated as much. And if you recall, measure B, had a 20, uh, they were uh, given $15000000 for that or a 25, uh, percent cap on how much they were going to get. And that, uh, I brought up that discussion because I was reading it and how, The, the, anything that goes to BART really affects North County and us, on our transportation leads. And it was interesting conversation they had. In fact, it evolves that we're going to have a workshop on the funding of phase 2 and how it affects the measure B money. If you think measure B money is not important. Look at our grade crossings. Look, all the great crossings, look at all Mason for guard transportation, look at our roads getting sealed. Uh, bridges, et cetera. So it's very important that the money, uh, is properly allocated so that we get what we contribute. So, uh, I'll keep you in tune when we get that, uh, Part of the studies, uh, study session from BTA, and hopefully someone will continue to advocate that we get our fair share from uh, measure B. Thank you.

[07:03:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Uh, any other reports? Um, I would just report that uh, um, I continue to have my Saturday morning calls with uh, the mayors with county supervisors, uh, Cindy Chavez and, um, as you know, where we, we are fortunate. We have a permanent testing site here. Um, there is the pop-up sites that are being um, put on throughout the county. Um, I, I'm helping. I'm going to try to reach out to the county and see if we can get the pop-up sites for, um, like, as, Counselor Ramirez mentioned. That was a great point. I'll ask about the, um, off hours or not middle of the day hours to see if we can get our essential workers tested. Perhaps we could set up the site downtown. So, um, I will be making those requests. And the other, um, call, call that I, uh, participate in is the commute free work task force and, um, we will be bringing a resolution forward next, uh, at our council meeting next week on, um, supporting telecommuting past uh, COVID as well as, um, we've also uh, crafted a pledge that we hope to, um, get companies with more than 50 folks to sign to also pledge that they will continue to include telecommuting policies um in their work, work policies. Um, so, um, it's been actually a really good, an interesting group, um, we've had a lot of speakers come in and, um, recently had, uh, someone from service now talking about the corporate world and how um, telecommuting has been embraced by their workers and their ideal would be to be able to work one or 2 days from home. And so companies that seem to be looking at that. Um, and um, all of this is really in hopes of being able to lower our traffic congestion and therefore our, um, lowering our GHG emissions. So, and I just wanted to share it. You know, I serve on the Bay Area air quality management district, and as we talked about Black Lives Matter, and we passed our own resolution this evening. We also did so at the, um, air quality management district uh, this past week. And, um, some of the work that we do, and, and this is, again, um, you know, we talk about racism in all aspects. And, um, when we talk about air quality in the environment, there's definitely, um, again, systematic racism that's been involved, um, tends to be that, um, the, the, you know, neighborhoods, the areas that are most polluted, air pollution tends to tend to be the air, um, neighborhoods that have, um, people of color living in there. And so, um, a lot of our work has been in the Oakland, Richmond area, that there is a um, state bill called 8617 that now requires health assessments of those neighborhoods that have um, high pollution indicators. And so, um, they're, we've been advocating to get state funding to do the work. And um, we've, looks like we're going to get some more funding in this um, current state budget to be able to do that work. And so, again, um, you know, it's just a reminder that, um, this issue of racism really is permeates throughout many sectors, and so we have to be vigilant in all in all arenas. So, with that, um, if, uh, city training, do we have a closed session report?

[07:07:38] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: I do. Thank you, mayor. The council met earlier this evening in closed session on item 2.one and authorized the city manager to participate in the employee homebuyer and relocation assistance program in accordance with council policy D13, including a reduction in the property equity requirement from 10% to 5% and an extension of the relocation assistance reimbursement period beyond one year from the date of appointment. That's the announcement.

[07:08:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And with that, uh, I believe we stand adjourned, um, thank you very much, we adjourn at 133 AM and we will reconvene at our city council meeting on June 30th. Thank you very much, everyone. Take care. Have a good good week.

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