August 25, 2020 Regular Meeting of Mountain View City Council

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[00:11:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Back, I hope folks did have a little, a little break, at least, um, some, despite everything going on. I hope we did get some rest and um, are ready to go for the fall. And uh, I'd like to call the meeting to order at 640 p.m. And uh, I make, I'll make the announcement that this meeting will be conducted in accordance with state of California executive order N 2920, dated March 17, 2020. All members of the city council are participating in this meeting by video conference with no fiscal meeting location. Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting live may do so at mountain view.legistar.com on YouTube at mountain view.gov slash YouTube and on Comcast channel 26. As noted on the meeting agenda, members of the public may provide oral public comments during the public comment period for an item by signing up at mountain view.gov slash cc underscore speakers. Any emails received by 4 p.m. today reported to the city council. Emails received after 4 PM will not be read during the meeting that will be entered into the record for the meeting. All votes will be taken by roll call vote. And we also have Spanish translation available in Zoom for this meeting, and I will ask Nora Beltran from our community outreach team to make a brief announcement. Welcome, Nora. Nor are you there? I see that she is present and not muted. I'm not sure. Um, And it appears that her audio is not available at this time. Um, Spanish translation will be available for item 7.2. If she comes back on at some point, we'll just make a, oh, ask her to make the announcement at that time then. Um, and, uh, I just wanted to, um, before we we go to the pledge, um, mention that, uh, we have, um, in light of the fires that have been going on, on throughout the state, um, we have had, actually quite a few firefighters, um, helping with, uh, the, all over, frankly, as well as other 1st responders. I know some of our police officers were deployed the other day. Um, we've had some of our city employees who have had to evacuate um, because of where they live close to a fire. And so, um, these are obviously very challenging times, um, on top of the pandemic and the continued, um, race relation challenges. I know there was another incident the other day. Um, and so I, I, I, I totally, um, I personally in our family, you know, we've been trying to, um, get through all of this, but we know it's been very difficult. And so, I just wanted to, um, you know, ask that as we go through this evening's meeting. I know some of these issues that we deal with on our agendas are challenging, but I would like to ask that we all be mindful of each other. Um, and what we all may be going through in these, um, very traumatic, chaotic crisis times, and that we are respectful of each other when we, um, speak. So um, that is my request to everyone. And with that, I would like to ask you all to please join me in the pledge of allegiance. Thank you.

[00:15:21] Unknown Speaker: I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States. And she's... Which is Stan. When initial. And your God. And it was a better visible...

[00:15:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And um, just to continuation. Our thoughts and prayers are with our 1st responders and our, um, plays and all of our, um, family and friends, um, who may be experiencing the, the, the, the challenges with the fire at this time. So thank you with, um, we'll go now to, we'll call, please, city clerk.

[00:16:06] City Clerk: Council member Clark. Council member Hicks.

[00:16:10] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Here.

[00:16:11] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[00:16:13] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Here.

[00:16:14] City Clerk: Remember McAllister.

[00:16:15] Councilmember John McAlister: Here.

[00:16:16] City Clerk: Also, member Ramirez.

[00:16:18] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Here.

[00:16:19] City Clerk: Nice to meet you.

[00:16:20] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Here.

[00:16:21] City Clerk: Yeah, they come down.

[00:16:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Here, thank you. Thank you. So we are all present, and we will start off with item 3, our presentation of, well, some next city manager, Kimra McCarthy. She'll be giving us an update. On COVID-19. Um, all that's been going on through the summer. They're welcome. Miss McCarthy.

[00:16:45] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, mayor. I'm gonna start sharing my screen here. Okay. Well, welcome back everyone. Like the mayor said. Um, we've been out for a couple months now on our recess and during that time, we've, we've certainly had even more challenges um, arise in that time period and I know that this year continues to bring, to bring really unprecedented impacts to both the community and the organization. So what I want to do tonight is talk about, uh, the COVID-19 updates and give you all an update on some of the new developments that have taken place and also touch a bit on the wildfires. And as the mayor mentioned, This is a challenging time not only for those folks that are in the wildfire area. So right now the CZU lightning complex fire. And the SCU lightning complex fire. Those are the 2 fires, one in Santa Cruz and one in Santa Clara County. We have had quite a few employees that have had to evacuate along with all of those community members and people throughout the counties that have had to evacuate. So our thoughts are certainly with them as we go through this challenging time on top of COVID and everything else. So, The one thing that I really wanted to stress and, uh, I think just make note of at this time is that as an organization, we are also experiencing the same thing that everyone in the community is experiencing. So, like um, all employers, we not only have these employees, as we mentioned, that some have evacuated, but we also have a lot of employees who are working at home, who are having to teach their children at home. And we're just dealing with a lot right now and really trying to make sure that we are bringing the best services we can for the community. So, Just having said that, I just want to make sure that we know that we are still all in this together. Um, but that it is challenging for all of us right now at this time. So with that, um, I did want to start off with the county and city COVID update um, based on the numbers today. So I'm not sure that everyone is aware that Santa Clara County does have interactive dashboards on their website. on the public health department website where you can take snapshots of a lot of different data models, whether it's looking at the numbers of positive cases within all the cities in Santa Clara County or the number of hospitalizations. But right now in our county, we have around 1600, 16,300 cases. That is up today. Um, 160 of those cases are new as of today, and we have had 232 233 people die. Unfortunately, and we also currently have 153 hospitalizations. So on average right now, there are around 250 newly reported COVID cases per day in the county. And while the hospital capacity remains steady. This number does indicate that we are still seeing widespread community transmission. And in Mountain View, we are seeing an average of about 7 new cases a day. And right now, our positive cases are 366. So continuing to wear our masks and sheltering in place and maintaining social distancing, making sure that we're hand washing and doing most things outdoors still continues to be a very important way for us to all do our part to slow the spread of the virus. In terms of testing, I do want to spend a little bit of time about this because, uh, we have ramped up our testing partnerships and collaboration with various medical providers, and I want to make sure that the community is aware of all of the testing opportunities that are available right now. And since May, we have worked with the county Planned Parenthood, El Camino Healthcare District and Stanford Hospital, um, to roll out various testing events, a total of 5134 tests have been provided at our city facilities since we have started. So we're really pleased that we've been able to offer this amount of testing to the community. And the last test that we did last week on August 18th. We tested around 527 people. Um, we do have ongoing testing at our shoreline athletic fields Tuesday through Thursday and that's 8 AM to 1230 PM. We have had to close that, drive through testing the last few days just because of the air quality. But generally that is open Tuesday through Thursday. Then we also have upcoming testing dates for people that aren't experiencing any symptoms of COVID. Tomorrow. And Wednesday, September 23rd at our Center for Performing Arts from 830 to 420. Uh, we will have an appointment based testing site that's provided by El Camino Healthcare District. These are really targeting frontline employees. So those employees that are working downtown and restaurants or retail or grocery stores. Uh, really folks that are on the front line serving people. Uh, these testing events are really targeted uh, for you. And so we want to make sure that you're aware of those, uh, Opportunities and you do have to go online and register for that. You can find this information on the city's website. And if you do use social media, you can also find those links through our Facebook and our Twitter accounts. Then on Tuesday, September 1st and September 15th, we'll be back at the Center for Performing Arts from the 930 to 430 um time frame. And this testing is being done in partnership with the county of Santa Clara. So this is similar to the events that, uh, we've held over the last few weeks and it's also going to be in the same location at the center for the performing arts. Um, I also want to make sure that people know that they can go to www.sccfreetest.org to see all of the testing that's going on throughout the county. And then I also want to let everyone know that the county has recently launched a new testing site at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. And they are expected to perform about a 1000 tests per day. So if you're unable to make any of these testing opportunities, and which we will have more opportunities throughout the fall, past September, and even in addition to the daily testing that we offer at Shoreline athletic builds. If you're unable to do that, you can go to that website, see what other tests are available, or also register to take a test at the Santa Clara County fairgrounds. And I also wanted to touch on the most recent public health order. The new urgency ordinance was enacted, effective August 13th, and it does require that face coverings are required to be worn, which has been in effect for a while. But what is new is that if face coverage aren't worn, residents and businesses could be subject to a civil penalty. Those penalties range from $25 to $500 for individuals and $250 to $5000 for businesses that are not enforcing face coverings within their businesses. There is a 72 hour window to fix that. So I did want to make sure that, um, folks know that this is a county wide order, um, that is in place in every city in the county. And right now they were, the county was intending to deploy an outreach team to make sure that they could really get the word out and spread communication about this. Um, but they have been delayed because of the uh, air quality. So I do want to make sure that the people know that, please wear your face coverings, wear a mask, wear a bandana, whatever it is that you have to cover your face that will help us slow the spread. I also wanted to note that the public health department has Facebook live events, that anyone in the community can watch where they are giving the most up to date information on uh, COVID data, and all kinds of other information um, about the health order, or different things that they're doing um, in terms of community events, food delivery. resources for community members and businesses. They do English updates Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10 AM, and they also provide updates in Spanish on Wednesday and Friday at 11 AM. Then I also wanted to pivot to what's happening now with the wildfire. So as the mayor said, um, we're all well aware that we are battling COVID on top of now, um, facing some of the worst fires in our state's history. And this was a little snapshot that Cal Fire put out today, um, just really summarizing the depth and the severity that our firefighters and fire personnel are dealing with across the state. So there have been over 13,000 lightning strikes just since August 15th. So just within a week and a half . Um, and 233 new lightning strikes in the past 24 hours, which has created over 650 new wildfires. So right now there's over a 1000000 acres that have burned and 1400 structures destroyed and 7 fatalities across the state. So as you can see, there are multiple multiple challenges on this front, over 14,000 firefighters that are working these fires, 2400 fire engines. Um, this truly has stretched uh, the resources of our state. And I'm proud that our own Mountain View firefighters, we do have personnel deployed, which I'll talk about that in a little bit. Um, but we are really trying to fight this effort on all fronts and, Uh, as, as these fires continue to spread. Uh, and as the weather continues to be hot, obviously that that means that we will have more chance of more fires. So, um, our thoughts really are with everyone that is working this, um, these fires during this time period. And as I mentioned, we do have 17 Mountain View firefighters that are deployed across the state. And, um, I would just note that the picture on the top right side was actually taken by one of our fire crews, um, leaving a fire where they were in an area where the fire blew up around them. And, uh, this was taken from the front of their engine, just to show that the severity and the impacts of what they're dealing with and fighting these fires. And we also still have our, um, firefighting team here in Mountain View, um, at the ready, um, to help and service the community. We are fighting fires on all fronts. I also wanted to note that you can check the air quality index at any time on airnow.gov to see what the air is anywhere in Mountain View or anywhere else you're going, um, just to make sure that, um, you're basically staying up to date on, on the air quality and it is certainly not, not been great over the last 24 hours, but you can check it. I believe they update it every hour or so. Then pivoting from COVID and wildfires into an update on some of the programs that we have. You'll hear more about our rent relief program and the eviction moratorium item tonight. But I did want to show an updated chart on the status of each application. So this chart has been revised to show those applications that are in process and eligible, non-responsive or have yet to be contacted for those newer applications. So as of last week, just over $240000 has been provided to $1150 households. And also last week, we were really happy that Tom Myers, the CEO of the community services agency, announced that CSA is adding more than $1200000 from private foundation and corporate donations that has been added to the city's amount of 26 million.

[00:29:58] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: So, right now, there's more than 3.800000 that has been dedicated towards this program. And I know before there have been questions about, um, what range, the area median income. So those households that are receiving these checks. And right now, the checks do continue to go primarily 50% of those households are in the 0 to 30% AMI range. And 24% are in the 30 to 50% AMI range. So essentially around 75% of households served are at the 50% or under area median income. For our small business resiliency program update, the loan program has provided 71 small businesses with micro loans of $7000 in a 0 interest loan, and we do still have a little over 300,000 remaining to be loan, which gives approximately 40 businesses the chance to apply for this program. So staff right now is working on reopening this program and um, hopefully giving out the rest of that money to businesses that need it. For our homeless and unstably housed update. So this is a picture of the Apollo Alto or Alta housing lot um before. And what the lot looks like now after being fixed and cleaned up. So I'm happy to report that this lot is expected to be open this week. Um, I know that the, we have been waiting for this uh, for, for a while. And so this, uh, what the addition of this lot. It means that the city will have 3 safe parking lots provided. Right now, we have an average of 58 vehicles and around 120 people that are being served in those lots. And so we will have 9 added capacity adding the all to housing lots. In addition, we've already served also over 350 meals per day at CSA in Hope's Corner, which is around a 600 um, per day increase since July. In terms of other updates from our parks and recreation program, we do continue to receive a lot of questions about what events are available and what events have been changed. So our preschool program does start up on September 8th. So we will start the new school year in person. And we're able to offer this program with modifications to the group size. And we certainly have increased cleaning and sanitation based on the guidelines from the county and state. We also have our appointment base lap swim program continuing into the fall with updated hours. Uh, it will be available Monday through Friday and also on Saturday and Sundays, and you can go to the, um, community services department website and register for lap swim. One of the great things that our staff has brainstormed to do is to allow conditional use permits for gym and fitness providers to offer outdoor services. So, staff proactively reached out to businesses around town to see if they would be interested. And providing these services at our parks. And so far, we have given 3 conditional use permits, uh, want yoga. A trainer, a mother fitness group, and to a personal trainer as well. We also have our youth sports continuing into the fall season with updated guidance from the county guidelines. And so the youth sports facilities are able to reserve the field, um, for practice only outside. Then I also wanted to make sure that everyone knows that the census self-reporting has been extended to September 30th. So this is one month earlier than uh, what we thought it would be. And right now we have 73% of our households that have taken the census and have been counted so far. And right now, since this workers are going door to door visiting households that have not completed the census, and they will be asking the 9 questions that are on the form. They will be outside of your door, wearing face coverings, practicing social distance, making sure that they're 6 feet away. Um, they will not be asking any personal questions such as social security number or credit card number. Um, so if you do have someone come to the to your door asking those sort of personal questions. Um, be very wary of that. Um, because they will only be asking you the 9 questions that are on the census form. Um, they will be conducting their work between 9 AM and 9 PM. And they'll also have an ID badge with them. And so you can either complete your senses this way if they come to your door or go to my 2020 census.gov. You can also call the 800 number on the screen, 844-330-2020. And with that, that concludes my update for this evening, and I would just remind you you can receive the weekly briefing by texting 22828 on your mobile phone. Thank you.

[00:35:33] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you very much, city manager. Are there any questions from council members? Council member Ramirez.

[00:35:44] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor. Thank you, Kimber, for the comprehensive update. Um, I just have a couple of questions. So 1st regarding the county mask requirement. Um, can you uh, share with us, what city staff may be empowered to enforce the requirements. So I know MVPD. I think maybe part of that, but I've heard also that code enforcement staff and and maybe there are others who, who, who might be empowered to, to enforce the requirement. Um, and then, uh, there was a 2nd component to that. I can't remember. So, so we'll start with that and then hopefully the other question will come up.

[00:36:26] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Sure, thank you, council member Ramirez. Um, and our city attorney may have to jump in if I forget any of the categories, but, um, right now, any um, county employee is uh, deemed to have the ability to, um, give civil enforcement fines. And anyone, um, who is appointed or deemed, um, okay to provide uh, enforcement by any county employee. So that could also be our code enforcement officers, as you mentioned, um, also our um, place department. And I would emphasize that we are still focused on education at this point. We are making sure that, um, folks are educated and are, um, being compliant with the order and we have received reports lately of, um, some large gatherings and areas that we didn't know about. Um, so we do encourage members of the public that should they see um, very large gatherings of people um, to let us know so that we can go out and make sure that um, people are being compliant with the order. But yes, there are broad categories of folks who have the ability to enforce this.

[00:37:43] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, thank you. And that reminds me, the 2nd part of that was, what is the best way to report violations for uh, individuals and then also for businesses?

[00:37:55] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: The best way to report violations is still by calling the police department.

[00:38:02] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Oh, so non-emergency? I assume.

[00:38:04] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Correct, yes. And I don't have that number now, but I can find it and give it to you in a few seconds.

[00:38:11] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, thank you. Um, and then, uh, can, uh, would it be possible for staff to track the number of, at least reports of violations, uh, that are reported to the city, just, so, we can maybe as part of the, the COVID-19 updates or, uh, in some other communication, just so we have a sense of whether there's, uh, ongoing violations or increasing compliance, maybe if there's additional work that we need to do. at the local level to enforce that requirement.

[00:38:44] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, um, the police department has been tracking uh, this data, and so we can provide an update on that in the next council meeting.

[00:38:53] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Great, thank you. Um, and then on a different topic, so the CUP for businesses to uh, conduct operations outside, I think is great. Uh, I'm really glad that that staff is, uh, investigating opportunities to allow flexibility, um, for businesses, um. But I was wondering, is there a reason why we're, we're requiring a CUP, and I'm thinking, for instance, about uh, the safe parking program that we're offering during the emergency shelter allows for, uh, an even simpler expedited process. And I think just given the impact of COVID and given, I think, the stress that many businesses are under. Is there, is there an even easier process that we can allow? Um, to help these businesses continue operations.

[00:39:43] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Um, so, Couple, couple thoughts on that. Um, the, the new process that Community services is working on is, is a very easy process and and right now those, those services don't operate in parks. Um, so they have designed it to be as as easy and simple as possible, um, for those gyms or or fitness operations to be able to come into our city parks and run their business. So really it's just a matter of working with them on it and registering. Um, so that that is not intended to be a, um, red hoop to jump through. Um, then in terms of the 2nd piece of that is, um, the other outdoor businesses that may be possible to operate in terms of maybe the hair salons, um, or other businesses. So we do have a city team that is looking at that. And I expect that we will be able to, uh, roll out some guidelines very soon. But they are working on that right now.

[00:40:47] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, fantastic. Thank you. Um, and then, uh, Final question. So, I, I've, I've gotten some questions or I guess, confusion about, um, I think it's the state program that, uh, allows homeless individuals to be temporarily housed in hotels and motels. Um, and what I've heard anecdotally suggest that, uh, there's, there's very limited utilization of that program. And I'm wondering, if, if you happen to know uphand how many hotels and motels and mountain view are being used to temporarily house homeless individuals. Um, and if there's anything that we might want or need to do, uh, I guess, increase the utilization of that program, whatever it entails.

[00:41:41] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Thank you, council member Ramirez. Right now there are no hotels or motels in Mountain View that are housing homeless individuals. Um, I know that our assistant to the city manager, Kimberly Thomas is on this call, and this is an ongoing conversation that we have had to, um, try and find out how many, um, hotels or motels might be interested, but at this point, it has been, um, hard to do. And so I don't know if Miss Thomas has anything else to report or provide an update on that. If you do, Kimberly, you're on mute.

[00:42:26] Assistant to the City Manager Kimberly Thomas: Oh, good evening, Marion city council members and city manager McCarthy. We don't have any updated this time regarding any Mountain View hotels as the city manager referenced. We are looking at some other opportunities potentially with the county on this as well as as it pertains to isolation and other needs associated with COVID, but we don't have anything yet to bring before the council. It is likely that if we were to pursue a program like that. would have obvious costs associated.

[00:42:57] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: I didn't realize that there was a city cross. I thought that was like a county and state program. Is that that's news to me. What, what, what, what cost would the city bear?

[00:43:07] Assistant to the City Manager Kimberly Thomas: Uh, it would be cost for the the county's administration of the program itself. Uh, the city wouldn't uh, generally recommend that we take that task on. It would be similar to what we've done in the past for programmatic elements like permanent supportive housing, or rapid rehousing, where we revenue share with the county, a certain percentage, to be able to expand that opportunity for Mountain View residents.

[00:43:33] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. I appreciate it.

[00:43:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other questions, council members? You don't see any more hands. If there are any members of the public wishing to speak, if you're in the attendee box, please raise your blue hand, and if you're on the phone, please press star 9. And I have a 2 and I'm gonna, um, in the interest of time, um, uh, limit to 2 minutes on this item, so we'll start with Eli. Lisa, mute yourself.

[00:44:06] Eli: Alright, can you hear me?

[00:44:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[00:44:09] Eli: Hello, thank you. I just wanted to clarify before I made my comments. So are masks now required in Mountain View for people living in apartment buildings like while they're walking around the halls or is that only in like businesses when they go out.

[00:44:26] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, well, go ahead and answer that afterwards. So if you can just finish your comment, then we'll come back.

[00:44:31] Eli: Well, I apologize if this is unnecessary and my questions answered, but if not, I would really like to ask you guys to pass some sort of mandate that requires masks when people are in apartment buildings but are not in their actual apartments with door closed. Um, I happen to live in one of these and basically no one wears a mask. So when they walk in the hallways, when they walk down the stairs, in the elevators, when they congregate to check their mail, right in the front where everyone has to go out. Um, no doors mask. And the whole point of, to my understanding, you know, shutting down the businesses was to limit people's exposure was to make it so that you weren't having a lot of contact, especially indoors in large groups of people. Um, but if everyone is now at home in large apartment buildings and not wearing masks and frequently entering and leaving the building where there's no ventilation, um, that strikes me as a pretty big risk, um, for an outbreak. And so I apologize if the answer is, that's already required, and maybe then the comment is just, um, I would recommend you reach out to, um, the apartment buildings because at this point my apartment building has said it's required if you go into the front office, but only recommended in the buildings. So thank you guys for your time.

[00:45:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Uh, we will go to Rosilia DMs. If you can unmute yourself, please. Oh, me just heard you. Can you and try a muting again? There we go. You should be on. welcome.

[00:46:18] Rosilia DMs: So, yeah, did you? Oh, yes. There you go. I know I speak a lot of English, only Spanish. Sorry.

[00:46:26] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, no worries. We will have Spanish translation later.

[00:46:29] Rosilia DMs: Yeah, yeah, yes, thank you.

[00:46:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Did you like comment at this time? Oh. Do you have a comment at this time? Sorry. Did you want to make a comment right now or?

[00:46:49] Rosilia DMs: No, ladle. No, ladle, ladle. Thank you.

[00:46:52] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, great. We'll go to Mirabelle. Please unmute yourself.

[00:46:58] Mirabelle: Yeah. Hi there. Hi. Um, my question is, uh, because I see a pulse about concretting there, a lot of people's not wearing face masks, and uh, make concert because I see how many people skating and, Hiramon view, uh, is what is required, but I think we need to do more appetitements a bit, how people need to worry in face masks because on Facebook, a lot of people put a comment that happened this weekend. It was a lot people. Uh, together and I see a lot of people playing. Um, Not only Latinos, all community, different colors, different race. And I think they need to be more advertised about the face mask to protect everyone. Thank you.

[00:47:50] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you very much. Any other members of the public wishing to speak? Are there any members on the lines, city clerk? Okay, uh, then I'll bring it back to council um, could someone respond to the apartment question? You have an answer on that?

[00:48:13] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, mayor, I can respond to that. So, um, yes, people are supposed to be wearing their face coverings anytime they're not around really people in their own household. Um, so, as, uh, was referenced around an apartment complex or or building where there are other people, um, not in the same household. People do need to wear face coverage. So, yes, I think, um, just based on these comments, uh, we will also make sure that we are doing uh, more communication with the public about, uh, wearing face coverings, and we will also make sure that, um, we have the signs in English and Spanish. Um, and to the other uh, point about, uh, I believe it was a basketball tournament at Crittenden Middle School. Uh, we did find out about that afterwards and um, let the school district know and uh, the rims have been removed from the basketball courts. And uh, at all city facilities. Um, basketball has not been um, allowed this whole time. It has not been available. So the school districts do have their own property and their own equipment, but we did let them know that that occurred.

[00:49:31] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Any other comments on this item? If not, thank you very much. Miss McCarthy, we'll move on to item 4, the consent calendar. And 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 of resolutions will be waived unless a council number requests otherwise. Would any member of the council like to pull an item? Uh, council member Hicks.

[00:50:09] Unknown Speaker: Well, she's figuring out, I would like to pull item 4.7.

[00:50:13] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So that's the same one I'm pulling just for discussion, not because I'm imposed.

[00:50:18] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Sorry, I had a technical malfunction.

[00:50:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other items to be pulled? If not, uh, let me go to the participants. Are there any members of the public wishing to speak on any of the items? Other than item? Actually, on any of the items. Sorry, I'm a little rusty here. If so, please raise your blue hand or if you're on the phone, press star 9. And I don't see any members of the public pushing this project. Is there anyone on the, oh, we just got 2 So, uh, we'll start with, um, and then we'll do 2 minutes again, Carinda Makara. Please unmute yourself.

[00:51:06] Carinda Makara: So is it a time to speak about the smoke free upon view?

[00:51:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Actually, that'll, that should be under item 5 or okay.

[00:51:14] Carinda Makara: Okay, I'm sorry, I don't have it. I'm sorry, maybe later then.

[00:51:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, no worries. Thank you. How about David Fork? You have a comment on anything on the consent? Calendar? If you can unmute yourself, please.

[00:51:30] David Fork: Let's see here. Here we go. can you hear me now

[00:51:35] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[00:51:36] David Fork: Yeah, I'd like to make some comments about item 4.2. Thanks.

[00:51:41] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Sure.

[00:51:42] David Fork: So, I am a resident of the Sterling Estates neighborhood. And I'd like to offer a view that's a bit different perhaps from some of my neighbors who have voiced opposition to the apartment complex going in there. One argument I've heard is that it's not geographically, that it is geographically isolated. I don't think that's a reason not to build it. Especially if it has ground for retail. I think that will help to accommodate the needs of the residents there. Um, also, I've heard the argument that, um, Overflow parking will be a problem, and I'd like to submit that, um, I think we give away too much free parking in general, since it's a, a shared public space, and it's a tragedy of the commons that, we don't charge for parking. So I think, um, discouraging too many cars and too much free parking in general is a good idea, and I'd like to see parking by permit. In the Sterling Estates neighborhood. And elsewhere in Mountain View. Um, I actually think we need more 7 story, affordable housing complexes. We have a housing crisis. I'd like to see more ADUs and less restrictive setback and bar restrictions for my neighborhood and for others. Um, and even I look forward to one we can build. Multiple family units in the Sterling Estate neighborhood and elsewhere. Um, I think if we are going to increase the housing density, And in my area, I'd like to see more amenities. Those would be nice and welcome. But that's the only point on which I agree with some of my neighbors who have opposed uh, building more housing. along Terabella and nearby. Thank you for listening to my comments.

[00:53:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you very much. Well, go on to Bruce England. Welcome. Please unmute yourself.

[00:53:52] Bruce England: Hi, hear me okay?

[00:53:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, I'm here.

[00:53:55] Bruce England: Um, yeah, speaking for Moundry Coalition for Sustainable Planning, I have brief comments on 46 and 47.

[00:54:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, please go ahead.

[00:54:06] Bruce England: Sure. So due to technical problems, we didn't get all the letters out that we wanted to. We did get one out on 46 and um, we're in favor of uh, closing off the part of Castro, it's being used for dining, um, to bicyclists for the reasons stated in the staff report. We are concerned that, um, there aren't enough good safe ways for bicyclists to move north and south on adjacent streets, and our letter goes into detail about some suggestions on that. Um, Anyway, we're generally supportive of the resolution change. Should I just move on to 47?

[00:54:43] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, please.

[00:54:45] Bruce England: Okay. Um, Project Home key, we're very supportive of that, and in any ways that that program can be used to benefit Mountain View programs. Um, We are in support. And we read the letter from League Women voters and we, um, support our echo, what they say as well. And that's it for me.

[00:55:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you very much. We'll go on to April Webster, if you could unmute yourself, please. welcome.

[00:55:12] April Webster: Hi, thank you. Um, I sent in a letter and I'm on regarding um, agenda item 4.6. I'm not sure if it's going to, those letters are going to be read. If not, I'm happy to read it out.

[00:55:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, please go ahead and go ahead. Oh, sorry. Go ahead and read it, then.

[00:55:29] April Webster: be great. Sure, great. Okay, um... Okay. I want to say I would like to voice my support for agenda item 4.6. However, I would also like to urge the city council to provide safe alternatives for bicyclists. We are an active and growing population in Mountain View. In particular, I would like to ask city council to consider providing clear alternatives on side streets to the east and west of Castro. Shoreline Boulevard is not necessarily a viable option because of high volume of traffic, traveling at high speeds. Um, some additional streetcoming measures council might consider implementing include removing parking along one side of side streets and providing a temporary pop-up lane, I'm using pylons or something similar to what was done in the city of San Jose. Um, ensuring bicycle loop sensors are in working order. I believe there are a couple of sensors. For example, at California and Bryant, and West Evelyn and Hope that don't seem to be activated by bicyclists. Um, also perhaps some slow street signage, uh, cones or partial barricades at the entrance to alternative side streets of biscuits, um, implemented, and then, uh, posting, reduced speed advisory, and alternative streets. And I just wanted to add that I regularly bike to Castro Street to access retail shops. I go to West Valley Music. Wells Fargo therapy, and I go to a lot of the restaurants either to eat, um, in the slow street or get takeout and go to the park. And I would be very disappointed if I had to curtail my patronage of these establishments, um, because bike travel to cash becomes, um, it's no longer convenient, or safe. Um, and I just want to say it's a pleasure to get outside to get some pressure when it's not fire season, and also to get some exercise and not have to drive my car downtown and fight for parking. And it's one of the charms of this community and one of the primary reasons I have chosen it as my home. Thank you. I yield my time.

[00:57:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, thank you. Time is up nicely. Perfect. Yes. Anyone else from the public wishing to comment? Oh, I see. Oh, that was actually April. Uh, anyone else? Not anyone on the line? City clerk?

[00:57:48] City Clerk: Nope.

[00:57:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, then we'll bring it back to council, so, um, And was it just a comment, council number, McAllister, and, uh, I know council number Hicks mentioned on 4.7 or?

[00:58:01] Councilmember John McAlister: No, I had, I had some points I wanted to bring up, so.

[00:58:03] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, then. I'll let, and, um, can we move the balance of the consent calendar? Is there a, an emotion to? I'm gonna, is that Counselor Ramirez?

[00:58:17] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yeah, I'm happy to make a motion.

[00:58:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Items to read, if you could.

[00:58:24] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Sure. So, so I'll move the balance of the consent calendar, including 4.2 uh, adopt an ordinance, amending the zoning map for the property, located at 1001 North Shoreline Boulevard, from the Limited Industrial, and General Industrial Zoning District, to the P zoning District, the red entitle only, further reading waived. And, um, Is there anything else that requires, oh, 4.6, adopt an amendment to resolution number, uh, 18470 temporarily suspending and designating parking restrictions and prohibitions, uh, pursuant to Mountain View City coach, chapter 19, and temporarily closing the 10, 20, 30400 blocks of Castro Street to motor vehicle traffic, pursuant to California vehicle code, section 21101 to facilitate outdoor dining, to be read entitled only further reading wave. Uh, and 447 is full.

[00:59:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, and then is there a 2nd? You can just raise your hand, some, and then you, by smear, come. So, motion by council member, uh, mayor, May seconds. Any other discussion on the balance of the consent, a calendar other than 4.7? If not, uh, we'll take a roll call, please.

[00:59:42] City Clerk: Also member Clark.

[00:59:43] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[00:59:44] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[00:59:46] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[00:59:47] City Clerk: Health member, I'm at a check.

[00:59:49] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes, I will say my internet connection keeps on booting me off, so I'm here now, but I'm going to keep on, it looks like leaving and coming back, unfortunately.

[01:00:00] City Clerk: Okay, thank you. Commander McAllister?

[01:00:05] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[01:00:06] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez?

[01:00:08] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[01:00:09] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Hi, it's Mary May. Yes.

[01:00:12] City Clerk: Abby Koga.

[01:00:13] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi. Thank you. Motion Carrie 7 0 with no abstensions, and we'll go to item 4.7 council member Hicks. Let's start with you.

[01:00:23] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, because these items on the consent calendar often sail by fast. I was just gonna call it out to the attention of the public, although it seems like a council member. McAllister is gonna be gonna make sure it doesn't sail back very fast anyway, but I just wanted to command the staff. I wanted to let the public know that this is kind of very rapid response for people who are homeless and vulnerably housed and that our staff put this together in an incredibly short amount of time. So I wanted to make sure that we spent some time commending them as well as life moves and Sarah's regions, who worked along with them. And it's a very innovative project using an underused lot and temporary, temporary housing structures that can go up very quickly and hopefully can be a model for the future. So I just wanted to make sure everybody knew that.

[01:01:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: And John, you have more.

[01:01:26] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I got I got a... So a lot of you know that I think this is a great idea. I think money coming in for buying apartment buildings and other buildings, I've been pushing this for 7 years that the city should get on board and start buying apartment complex before they're turned over and to maintain our affordability. And, um, It's a great idea, but unfortunately, this one, uh, I'm gonna support it, because it's, it is what it is, but there's, if the city had prepared a program or a process, When funding comes available to buy apartment complexes and put them in our portfolio. Then we again, preserve affordable housing, which everybody's talking about. We have a steady income coming from those properties. We can decide what we want to do with those properties and if it's rapid rehousing, if it's homeless, it's a long term. And here's an opportunity that it still may be possible that it's fairly expensive. And even though it's not our money, Down the road, it could become our money because the operational costs on this thing, there's a lot of unknowns on here, they said, yeah, you get the money, you get it. But then after a couple years, you got to figure out how to deal with it. And their module. Does that mean they're going to be like permanent? Are they like school buildings? There are concerns that, How do you transition people because the whole point was trying to transition people into regular housing. Well, this is portable housing. A, basically a large 8 by 10, 40 foot trailer with 3 units in it, and somewhere along the line, you need to transition these people into permanent housing. Well, here's an opportunity to have money to buy permanent housing. But we weren't ready to do it. And hopefully this will get us to be more proactive, as these programs come down, that we have that place to buy apartments, maintain it, and react quickly, and be nimble. Dan Rich always said, be nimble. Um, and so here's an opportunity. We are being nimble. We are jumping on this thing. But this doesn't guarantee us that we're going to get these units. And there's a lot of expense into putting these items on a lot. And then what kind of a living experience are these people gonna have? They're going to be sitting in a parking lot in a big trailer. Where, where's the greenery? Where's the quality of life? And that's why I'm asking my council and staff to take a look at this. I still think there's time to jump on this because when I was reading the staff report. They said, well, there's no apartments available. Right now, I can tell you there's a 16 or 3 store. That's 625 K a door. There's a 40 unit on Whitney at 23000000 and that's 500,575,000 K per door. And then there's a 13 unit on Chiquita. And that's 446000 per door. These are much more reasonable than what we're trying to do here, even if we had to fix these units up. We would be able to have control, maintain and preserve affordable housing. So it's, it's, we're going in their direction. Hopefully, the state is only given $6000000 and it's going quick. We're going to be taking some money. We got a lot of unknowns. So, I'm just being out there, let's say, if we got the opportunity, buy the, take the money and buy apartment complexes in the future to maintain it. Do what we can right now because it's there, and it's needed. And I just hope that as we go forward. We are going to be proactive and consider doing this with money that's available. And those are my comments and I make a motion that we proceed with 4.7.

[01:05:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, I have to cancel number Clark.

[01:05:17] Councilmember Chris Clark: I was just going to make I was just going to make the motion, but John, you have to read it.

[01:05:22] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Adopt a resolution of the city of Moundview authorizing the joint application to the project, home key program to be read entitled only, further reading wave, attach it much of the council report, to authorize the city manager or her designee to execute an agreement with the state of California to participate in the home project home key program.

[01:05:46] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: And so I'll take council member Clark 2nd on that. Um, thank you. Any other comments on this item? Um, I just wanted to also um, offer my thanks to our staff. Um, so I got a call. I think it was Monday morning from life moves, um, uh, informing me about this opportunity. And, um, you know, I said, well, talk to Steph. I don't know if it can turn it, it can be turned around in 3 days, but, um, I heard they worked around the clock and it was submitted by Thursday. So, um, you know, people say government slow, but I would say that was pretty fast. Um, so I just want to thank staff for doing that. And thank you Counselor Ramirez. I know that you had been talking with life moves or and um, so thank you for the lead on this too. Um, I think, uh, I appreciate Council member McAllister's comments and I know you have been talking about this for many years and, you know, I have been supportive of it. Um, I think there's just, uh, you know, I continue to hear the challenges and it, it, I appreciate your looking through listings. Um, but, yeah, I remember stuff saying that there's also renovation costs that we have to look at and, um, you know, whether they're code and code and uh, up to code or not. And so that's, I think the issue with this grant program was timing. It was a quick turnaround and the money has to be spent by certain time as well. So, um, it, uh, you know, going to buy a purchase the property may take longer than what we had here. Um, so I appreciate this, um, concept and I, I've been looking at modulars or trying to research modulars. I know, Counselor Ramirez mentioned that San Jose has a new project with modulars. Um, I think it's, you know, a new product that I would like to see here tried out. Um, it should be quicker to put up. And um, and also more cost effective is what I'm hearing. Um, I've actually talked with uh, developer foundation that has, um, donated modulars for the San Jose project. There might be some opportunity here in the future. So, I like to see this product actually tried out. So, in that sense, I am not excited about this. Hopefully this opportunity to. So with that, um, if there are no other comments, we'll go ahead and take a roll call vote, please.

[01:08:20] City Clerk: Thank you, council member Clark.

[01:08:21] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[01:08:22] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[01:08:24] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[01:08:24] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[01:08:28] Unknown Speaker: Um, may. You may have lost council member Matt a check.

[01:08:33] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[01:08:35] Councilmember John McAlister: I'll vote for her twice. No, I'll just vote for myself. Yes.

[01:08:39] City Clerk: Thank you. C number Ramirez.

[01:08:42] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yeah. I

[01:08:43] City Clerk: Mayor Kamei.

[01:08:45] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[01:08:45] City Clerk: May I be Coca?

[01:08:47] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I, thank you. The motion carry 60 then with, um, one. I think it's abstention at this point or one absence, and hopefully we will see council member at a check back. So thank you very much. We'll go on to item 5 oral communications. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the council on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for, um, say 2 minutes during this section, state law prohibits the council from acting on non-agenda items. And again, when any member of the public, if you're in the attendee box wishing to speak, please raise your blue hand, and if you are on the phone, uh, please press star 9, and we'll start with Richard's blame. Please unmute yourself and welcome.

[01:09:35] Richard Blame: All right, actually, I raised my hand before you guys did roll call. I was going to make a comment on the Alta Vista project. Um, I don't know if if it's still permissible for me to comment on that, though.

[01:09:46] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, you're welcome to. Yes, please go ahead.

[01:09:49] Richard Blame: Thanks. Yeah. So, you know, I live on San Pablo. I'm in Sterling Estates and I'm actually very close to where the project will be. Um, I'm mostly concerned about the, the, the size of the project being 7 stories and how close that will be to an R1 neighborhood. I also have concerns about the parking impact. I suspect there will be significant parking impact. based on uh, what happened with the uh, affordable housing over by Sandrone Park. That's 2 story housing and all of the cars are out in the street, and then moving into the neighborhood. So, I suspect with increased parking pressure from, uh, the shoreline apartment, the shoreline uh, project, 1001 North Shoreline. Many of those tenants will probably park on the street near their um, near their building, and then that will reduce the amount of available street parking on Terabella, forcing people in Altavista, who are in a 7 story, 100 units to park further up San Rafael into San Pablo. So I suspect as more high density buildings are added, the parking will be pushed into San Pablo. It has to be pushed into the neighborhood. And so I have a concern about a significant concern about that, that I hope the council will address, uh, primarily by scaling back the size of the project. I think if Altavista were scaled back, uh, it would still provide affordable housing to the community, but would uh, significantly lessen the environmental impact on the neighborhood. So thank you for your time.

[01:11:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We will go to Stephen Goldstein, if you could please unmute yourself.

[01:11:33] Stephen Goldstein: Thank you for your time. This is Stephen Goldstein, and I just wanted to give you a notification that the Santa Clara County Boards supervisor just extended the moratorium in the county. So this is kind of like an official notification. At the same time, I've been having a very interesting situation with a person that was part of the sneaky repeal, but his name is Todd Rothbart. And what is going on is that, of course, he's known as the eviction lawyer in the in the county of Santa Clara. Given the moratorium, he's got no business at the moment. And what he's now done is he's been working on harassing me for the fact that I have a defective device in my apartment, which was recently installed by my landlord, which my landlord should have realized was the wrong thing to install. And now they're turning around and trying to charge me for plumbing costs because of that mistake. And at the same time telling me I can't even use my product. anymore at this point. And so, to me, what this is, is this is tenant harassment, being done by this Todd Rothbard, who actually was part of this initiative that was going to be in the in this coming election, but they had to withdraw the bout measure. So I have a feeling what's going on now is that he's trying to, uh, in effect, uh, meet out his frustration for the fact that he's probably lost a lot of income because he's not able to evict anybody and at the same time trying to hold me accountable for uh, errors that my landlord did. And so at this point in time, I'm starting to think that we should really start to, uh, address the possibility that there could be some systemic tenant harassment going on, even though there is a so-called eviction moratorium in place. Now, this is all I wanted to discuss and anything in any case, my understanding moratorium that was passed was says, either at the end of September or to the end of the current urgency order by the governor, which actually goes until November. So thank you very much and have a good day.

[01:13:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Tim McKenzie. Please unmute yourself. Welcome.

[01:13:41] Tim McKenzie: you hear me?

[01:13:42] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[01:13:44] Tim McKenzie: Thanks. I'll start by saying that Stephen's situation sounds terrible. We've got rent control in Mountain View. We should be expanding this and working to protect our renters. That is a horrible situation. We should do everything in our power to help him. Um, Today, I want to talk about uh, Jacob Black, who is a 29 year old black man from Wisconsin who, on Sunday, was shot in the back 7 times by police in front of his 3 children, on his son's 8th birthday, 8th birthday, and he is now paralyzed, presumably for the rest of his life. Um, I just, I want to bring up that there is still state sanctioned violence against black people in our, in our country. This is something that we need to make a change. This is a historic moment. Please rise to the occasion, use your power in city council, defund the police, divert the money towards expanded social services that actually get at root causes so we don't need a militarized police force. harassing our communities. This is not a flash in the pen. You said, back in June, that the budget was made, was in place for far too long, and you needed to start earlier. Well, we're continuing the conversation. Befund the police. I yield my time. Thank you.

[01:15:06] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Annette Lynn. Please unmute yourself in it. Welcome.

[01:15:13] Annette Lynn: Hi, um, can you hear me?

[01:15:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[01:15:16] Annette Lynn: Okay, good. Hi, my name is Annette Lynn, and I'm a member of the Human Relations Commission. Um, I just wanted to extend an invitation to all Mountain View residents, visitors and workers to attend um, our upcoming listening forms that are starting next week. We're gathering stories of individuals. and their personal experiences with local police. Um, the purpose of these sessions is to increase visibility of the community's experience with local police. And we at the HRC want to use this information to submit a commission report to the city to provide insight for future policing policies and programs. Our 1st session is this upcoming Monday, August 31st at 6.30 p.m. It'll be conducted in English. Subsequent sessions are going to target youth, Spanish speaking, and Mandarin speaking communities. All sessions are going to be professionally facilitated. We're also going to be collecting stories in writing online, which can be done anonymously for those who prefer that method, and us individual HRC members. will also be available to conduct one-on-one interviews um, with folks who want to do it that way as well. Um, to learn more or register for the forums or submit a story online. Um, you can go to engage at, um, I'm sorry, engage.mountain view.gov. And um, I personally want to thank the um, tireless Mountain View City staff for making this happen during the summer sessions. And you can reach me. I'm Annette Lynn at Annette Lynn.mv at gmail.com. Um, and you can reach um, the HRC through city staff or through the city website. And that's all I have. I personally am really looking forward to hearing all of your stories. Thank you.

[01:17:03] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great. Thank you and thank you to you and the HRC for all of your hard work. We'll go on to Melise Lee. Hopefully I pronounce that correctly. Please unmute yourself.

[01:17:13] Melise Lee: Okay. Okay. My name is Melise Lead, and I'm thrilled that Mountain View. We'll be Carbon Neutral by 2045. Thank you for making this happen. I appreciate living in a community that takes the lead on addressing climate change. But only so much can be done. I think we need to really look at the national level. And that's why I'm here. Mountain View can address climate change at the national level by endorsing Congress' HR 763, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. HR 763 is a carbon fee and dividend bill. The price, it puts a price on carbon and distributes the proceeds evenly to households. Endorsements from communities such as male and view are important. It tells Congress that the people care and cities care. Additionally, Mountain View has a high tech community, and that would signal that the bill makes economic sense and fosters innovation. An endorsement would also create momentum, inspiring other communities and organizations to do the same. It would be far reaching, taking our country closer to fixing our climate emergency. It would be awesome to get the endorsement by the end of the year. This would send the signal to Congress to take action. It would be even better to have it completed around election day. This way during the lame duck session. Congress is does not have reelection pressures and free to vote as they choose. I ask that you, Mountain View City Council, direct Mountain View Sustainability Manager, Steve Attinger, to evaluate HR 763, so that an endorsement is completed around election day. Thank you.

[01:19:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Ellie Green, please unmute yourself.

[01:19:15] Ellie Green: Hi, can you hear me?

[01:19:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[01:19:17] Ellie Green: Great. Thank you so much. Hi, city council. So nice to see you again after the break. I don't quite know where to start. I am a member of NBC Bra. I have been since the beginning, and you've now had a number of months to come forward with a plan, and yet, as we sit here at the 1st city council meeting, We hear radio silence. Yes, I know that your commission is still working. But yet it's not being addressed. When we're talking about police or from, we're talking about helping people when we're talking about helping our community. There's still no action when we're talking about doing something tangible to help when we're saying, Open this up. Stop hiding behind walls every single city council meeting. Stop sitting there and listening to people, your constituents saying, change something, help us. The system is broken. With blank faces. You have had multiple months. To develop a plan to come forward with something, to hold listening sessions, to talk to people as you seemed so fond to do. And yet during those months. You sat there. During those months, you hid behind more and more closed doors, during those months, you took no action. Do you not remember that 9 hour city council meeting? Of your constituents telling you they wanted change. Of your constituents saying something needed to change. And yet you continue to sit there, do nothing. So happy to be complacent in a broken system. I've never been more disappointed in my representatives. I yield my time.

[01:21:13] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll go onto your recline, please unmute yourself, Yuri.

[01:21:20] Yoni Klein: Hi, can you hear me?

[01:21:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes.

[01:21:21] Yoni Klein: Hi, my name is Yoni Klein. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. I wanted to talk about a public health issue that uh, many of us are facing in Mountain View. Um, my wife and I were uh, very fortunate enough to buy our 1st home together here in Mountain View last year, uh, condo in the Sierra Vista Park neighborhood. Um, unfortunately, we've discovered that we've got more than one neighbor who smokes uh, cigarettes regularly near our bedroom windows. Um, We found that our HOA doesn't have any smoking rules and our neighbors, um, We're not willing to be reasonable with us. Um, we're also surprised to find that our city doesn't have any smoking ordinances that cover homes like ours, multifamily homes like condos and apartments and things like that. Um, even though our county and most of our neighboring cities do. Um, we're sort of at a loss here. Um, sort of out of options, we're sort of afraid to open our windows and, um, we have sort of, uh, put on hold a plan to start our family here. Um, so through outreach to our neighbors. We found we're not the only ones who are dealing with us, for many people. And really the only way to protect everyone is with a smoking ordinance. I just want to emphasize a few points. Uh, this is a serious public health issue, and the hazards of secondhand smoker are well known. It is urgent. We need it now because even though one day of exposures too much. We're all sheltered in place for the foreseeable future. And third, although I know there are competing priorities. Um, We can use the many smoking ordinances around us as models for our own. Um, so I think this is something we all want and need and isn't necessarily uh, a controversial issue, and I hope you'll consider taking this on. Thank you for your time.

[01:23:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Parinda, Makara. Like Brenda, you can unmute yourself, please.

[01:23:28] Public Speaker: Oh, good evening. Um, sorry, um, so I'd like to, um, add a point for the smoking man. I know that in Sunnyvale, that um, that's smoking in my family, both inside the unit and in the common area. In um, So there's... How, how bad, you know, um, maybe. Sorry. The other day, I, I, I, I had, I, I, I, purifier in my bedroom, run all night. So, but in the morning, when I open my bedroom door, um, to the okay, I just. Okay, I don't know how long or something like that, but the smoke, super smoke was in my unit. In my windows and those clothes. It's... and I could slip better. Had I done that that night? I would have woken up with a pretty bad headache, considered smoke. So I really, really...

[01:24:59] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Go on to David Peters. Please unmute yourself, David.

[01:25:08] David Peters: Yes, hello, can you hear me?

[01:25:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[01:25:11] David Peters: Wonderful. So good evening. My name is David Peters, and I am also a member of the Mound View Coalition for, please perform my accountability or NBC Pra. Uh, we would like to thank the race equity and inclusion subcommittee members and the rest of city staff for their attention to this critical issue. And we remain committed to working with you and envisioning a more equitable future of public safety in Mountain View. Since June, our organization has been calling for an independent resident led task force to review MVPD's policies and budget. We recognize that choosing a police oversight model is a complex process that will take time, and we thank Melvin Gaines of the city staff and the Stanford researchers who have been looking into this issue. As a coalition, we've united around the following principles, and we hope the subcommittee will take them into consideration moving forward, as well as the council in full. One, we should reduce the scope of policing in Mountain View and have appropriate experts handle situations. Two, public safety solutions must amplify the voices of communities most affected by institutionalized racism and criminalization of poverty, including, but not limited to, black, Latinex, unhoused, and vehicle dwelling neighbors. Three, institutionalized racism is real, and it is our duty to dismantle it. We must structure institutions to prioritize equity. And for, taxpayer money should go to non-punitive solutions. We hope the city council will take these, uh, principles in mind as moving forward on this issue, and we look forward to working with you as we develop solutions. Thank you.

[01:26:52] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Good at Jen Singh. Sing. You can unmute yourself, Jen.

[01:27:01] Jen Singh: Hello, can you hear me?

[01:27:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[01:27:04] Jen Singh: Hello, um, good evening. My name is Jensing, and I'm also here on behalf of NBC, bro. Thank you, David Peters, for introducing our principles. Um, although our coalition is focused on policing, we understand our fight is inextricably linked to the fight for housing justice, um, both are rooted in institutional racism, which we must work, all work to dismantle, as stated in our 3rd principle. That is why we support our neighbors in asking the city council to appoint a member to their rental housing committee, who will protect rent control. In our 2nd principle, we articulate the need to amplify the voices of communities most targeted by institutional racism and criminalization of poverty. These are the communities that rely on the just implementation of rent control by the RHC in order to continue living here. If the council votes in September to appoint a member to the RRC who will go against the will of the voters in the community and undermine rent control from the inside out, the council will be reinforcing the institutional racism that has caused our Latin X population to drop dramatically in the recent years. NBC 1st stands in solidarity with our neighbors in calling on you to appoint a member of the RHC who is committed to fairly protecting friend control. Thank you.

[01:28:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Patricia Klein, please, and mute yourself.

[01:28:22] Patricia Klein: Hi.

[01:28:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You have an echo.

[01:28:25] Patricia Klein: Can you hear me? Okay? Great,

[01:28:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: yes. Perfect.

[01:28:28] Patricia Klein: Thank you. Um, thank you for allowing me the time to speak. I also wanted to talk to you about the lack of smoking ordinance for Mountain Housing in Mountain View. This is a serious health issue that many people in our city are dealing with, a surprising amount of people either don't have smoking rules where they live or do have rules for dealing with a lack of enforcement or unreasonable neighbors. Where we live, we have multiple neighbors that smoke near our windows and doorways. We have to keep our windows closed so we don't breathe the secondhand smoke. If we want to open them for fresh air, we have to constantly be on alert in case smoke is getting through and run to close them. There are times where we have experienced smoke in our home when the windows are even closed. And we really need the city to adopt a smoking ordinance to protect us. Many cities around us have a smoking ordinance, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Santa Clara County for the unincorporated, Redwood City, and we're one of the few ones left. I just found out I'm sheltering in place until at least January. I know other companies in the area have their employees home too. students are home. The elderly are home and we're all trying to do our part to stay safe from COVID-19 and keep others safe. But I'm not safe at home. I'm more exposed to secondhand smoke now. This is not a way to live life. Those who choose to smoke, should not be allowed to make that choice for those around them. So when you open your windows, to take a breath of fresh air. Once the air quality is good again. Remember that there are those of us who cannot. Thank you. I'm done

[01:30:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Nikki Robinson, please send me yourself.

[01:30:09] Nikki Robinson: Hello, um, thank you so much for letting me speak with you today. Um, my name's Nikki Robinson. I live next to Rainstorf Park. I want to thank you for establishing and sticking to ambitious climate action plans to protect our community from climate change. In particular, I've recently joined the composting pilot program, and I'm very impressed by how well put together the program is. Um, and your work on this matter to me, uh, is really important to me because I've seen the impacts of climate change on the Bay Area. When I was growing up in the Santa Cruz Mountains 20 years ago, we had multiple years with significant snowfall. Then I lived in New Jersey for many years, and now it returns to find we have barely any precipitation, causing horrible droughts and fires. My mom still lives in the mountains, and often has to either evacuate or prepare to do so. And here in Mountain View, we're stuck inside without air conditioning, because the air quality is too bad from all the smoke. Our fellow residents without homes, of course, have it even worse. If we don't take significant action. This is only the beginning, though. The Mountain View City website. References a study that found that the bay could rise between 8 and 31 inches by 2016, potentially flooding a large portion of Northern Mountain View. I experienced plenty of flooding in my time in New Jersey, and let me tell you, we really don't want to have to deal with both floods and fires. Mountain View has done a lot to fight climate change, but there's only so much we can do without federal help. This is why I want to echo Melissa's ask that the council consider endorsing the energy innovation and carbon dividend act. This will send a strong message to Congress that we need them to take action. This bill or a similar policy has already been endorsed by the cities of San Jose, Los Altos, and Santa Cruz, as well as the counties of San Mateo and Santa Cruz. Please refer this important matter to the sustainability manager. So Mountain View can join them and send in this important message to Congress. Thank you.

[01:32:06] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Okay, Ruth Rosenhal. You can unmute yourself, please.

[01:32:14] Ruth Rosenthal: Hi, my name is Ruth Rosenthal and I'm a Mountain View resident. I'd like to start off by appreciating the city for all the great efforts they've done to combat climate change locally. In particular, I'm really impressed with the city's efforts commissioning a number of different studies to understand how sea level rise is going to negatively impact our community if climate change is allowed to continue without serious action. For me, the current wildfires remind me of the urgency of major national action on climate change, even amidst all the other crises that were currently experiencing. Scientists earlier this year published a study that said climate change has doubled the number of extreme risk days for California's wildfires. As my, uh, fellow residents, Nikki and Malise discussed, uh, the energy innovation and carbon dividend act, a bill that's currently in Congress now, would dramatically reduce our carbon emissions. It would actually lower our national emissions by 90% by 2050. This is the sort of dramatic national action that we need now to address the climate crisis. Please help us show our members of Congress that this bill is important to our mountain view community by considering a resolution of endorsement. Please refer this issue to the sustainability manager. We would love to further discuss the details of the bill and a resolution of endorsement with the sustainability office. Thank you.

[01:33:45] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Dina, if you can unmute yourself, please.

[01:33:56] Dina: Hi, can you hear me?

[01:33:57] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes welcome.

[01:33:59] Dina: Thank you. Hi, my name Dina, and I'm here today to speak in support of adopting a city ordinance that would protect residents of multi-unit houses from secondhand smoke. Um, it is a well-known fact that secondhand smoke is a deadly toxin and it is significantly increases risk of lung cancer, heart disease, stroke, multitude of other health issues. The U.S. surgeon general estimated the secondhand smoke causes premature death for more than 40,000 people a year. Furthermore, some evidence has emerged by now that not only smokers, but also people exposed to chronic, and secondhand smoke, vulnerable to COVID-19. Breathing in secondhand smoke puts us all at greater risk because the exposure weakens the immune system and limits the body natural defense against COVID. We're all now forced to spend a lot of time at home due to the pandemic. Personally, I'm home almost 24 by 7 at this time since I also work from home. Um, it will remain the case in any foreseeable future. And this makes issue of secondhand smoke and more unit housing, especially urgent. Um, I live in a townhome community where units attached and attic space is connected. Since one of my neighbors is a smoker, I have a health condition that makes me especially sensitive to smoke. I can never leave my doors or windows open, and I cannot enjoy my outdoor area as well. Excuse me. Even with all the doors and windows closed, smoke penetrates the house to cracks and vents. Currently, there's 60 California municipalities, uh, including our neighboring palate in Sunnyvale, number of others already enacted this low for smoke free, multi-unit housing. And I would like to urge the city council to act prompt on this issue as well. Thank you.

[01:35:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I'll get it, Gian Lou. John, please unmute yourself.

[01:36:01] Jianne Loa: Um, hi, uh, my name is Jianne Loa, and um, I live right outside of downtown Mountain View. Um, I just graduated from Los Angeles high and Um, I like to applaud Mountain View for their extraordinary compliance with climate change, especially with AV 32 and their adoption of the greenhouse gas reduction targets and inventory system. Um, from 2005 to 2018. Municipal greenhouse gas emissions and mountains have decreased by 51%, which is a really big deal. However, um, Malise, Ruth, and Nikki, um, previous residences who spoke made uh, really good points about the urgency of addressing climate crisis, especially as we see increased natural disasters. And I believe that I build up the energy, innovation, and carbon dividend act, which is estimated lower emissions by 90% and 30 years, with signal bottle support for local policymakers and businesses in Mountain View, and I urge an endorsement for it. Um, And, um, I think that getting us in contact with the sustainability manager would also be very helpful. Um, thank you. I yield my time.

[01:37:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Go to John Simantov. He's unmute yourself. Um, actually, I'm getting a note. Oh, I'm gonna have to promote to panelists, it says. Um, I guess he's using an older version of Zoom. So, that, I'm just gonna promote it, does that work?

[01:37:38] John Simantov: Oh, I, can you hear me?

[01:37:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, yes, yes.

[01:37:41] John Simantov: Sorry for my old June version.

[01:37:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: No worries. You can speak up a little too, please.

[01:37:47] John Simantov: How's that?

[01:37:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: That's great. Thank you.

[01:37:51] John Simantov: Hi, my name is John Simentov, and I'm a resident of Mountain View. The pandemic and wildfires have shown us that breathing is essential, and clean air is not to be taken for granted. When you smoke inside of an apartment, townhome, or condo. The smoke goes through vents, electrical outlets, and tiny cracks in walls, ceilings, doors and windows, affecting residents and other units adjacent to yours and beyond. When my downstairs neighbor smokes, my entire condo smells like cigarettes. Other neighbors with asthma, including kids, have had trouble breathing at home on multiple occasions due to residents of our condo complex, smoking inside their units, or outside in common areas. Secondhand smoke has been shown to cause lung disease and other respiratory problems. And right now is exactly the time we should not be exacerbating these issues, allowing people to willfully poison their neighbor's air, which cannot be escaped by closing windows and doors, is irresponsible at the best of times and critically dangerous right now when we're all trying to stay safe in our homes. Frankly, this is a public health risk that can't be ignored. Many other cities in the Bay Area, including Redwood City, Concord, Alameda, San Rafael, and even our neighbors, Palo Alto, and Sunnyvale, have banned smoking in multifamily dwellings, including inside units and in common areas. Sunnyvale has had this law on the books for years. It's time Mountain View caught up. Thank you for your time.

[01:39:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And are there any other members of the public wishing to speak? Don't see any more hands, anyone on the phone? City Clip?

[01:39:23] City Clerk: Mary, I could just ask us to check, um, Sandra, um, as far as that has sent me an email asking. Ah, I see her, um, if Sandra Esparza, I'm not sure if you would like to speak under item 5 items not on the agenda. Um, she had set me an email, um, indicating she was hoping to get into the meeting, but I'm not sure what item she's interested in. I see her in the attendee list.

[01:39:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, let me see if I can find her. Sandra. Sandra, could you unmit yourself? Hmm. Sandra, are you able to unmute? Hmm. Not being England, not seeing her unmuting. Not with my butt, my button's not working.

[01:40:25] City Clerk: Okay. Yeah, I'm not able to either. Okay, I'm sorry about that. I'm not sure what item she wanted to speak on, but I know she was trying to provide comments at some point in the meeting. Should I try to promote to panelists? Would that help?

[01:40:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Sure. Sandra, are you able to end me? Oh, I think you're muted. Sandra? Hello? Sandra. She's Hello? Oh, hi there.

[01:41:06] Sandra Esparza: Hi. Sorry, it was, it was in the wrong item. I want to speak later on. I'm sorry for the conclusion. Thank you.

[01:41:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: We'll see you later.

[01:41:16] Sandra Esparza: Thank you, mayor.

[01:41:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. All right, so that concludes all communication. So we will close item 5 and move on to item 6.

[01:41:27] Councilmember John McAlister: Mayor, I had a question for one of the panelists.

[01:41:29] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh yes, please.

[01:41:31] Councilmember John McAlister: Hey, uh, John, the uh, last baker that spoke on uh, Indoor uh, on the smoke. Do you, when you looked at these other cities, were you able to determine the size of the unit? Does it go as low as a duplex or was there a certain size of number of units that these, um, non-smoking apply to?

[01:41:57] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: So, who are you directing that to?

[01:41:58] Councilmember John McAlister: It was John, uh, uh, uh, uh, cement top.

[01:42:04] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, Simotov. Yeah.

[01:42:07] City Clerk: Ooh, let's see, his face still on. I had to promote him to panelists. I don't see him.

[01:42:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, I'm on the line either, yeah.

[01:42:18] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, Patricia Klein, are you able to answer this? Question?

[01:42:26] Patricia Klein: Hi, council member McAllister. Okay, thanks. Sorry. Um, yeah, so it does include duplexes from what we saw. does not include single family homes.

[01:42:36] Councilmember John McAlister: Thank you. Okay, thank you.

[01:42:38] Patricia Klein: Or more, sorry.

[01:42:39] Councilmember John McAlister: Oh, 3 or more. So okay, so not duplexes, but 3 or more. Is that pretty general across all ordinances? Patricia?

[01:42:53] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Oh, let's see here if we can ask, let's get you the onion. There you go.

[01:43:02] Councilmember John McAlister: Patricia, did you hear my question about, is that across all ordinances?

[01:43:08] Patricia Klein: No, it is not across all ordinances. It really just depends on the city and what they decide to be honest, but um, for example, when I was reading the Santa Clara County one, we notice, and that's sort of the, what we think is sort of the model one because it's not super intrusive, but, um, it also gets the point across. That one does not include duplexes. So it's 3 or more units.

[01:43:38] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes. Okay. Thank you. Appreciate that. Thank you. Chef.

[01:43:44] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right. With that, we will close item 5 and move on to item 6, our public hearing 6.one gatekeeper for 1020 to 1040 Terabella Avenue. Um, do any council members wish to make disclosures such as contacts with an applicant or site visits? Yes, counselor Ramirez?

[01:44:06] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. I've met with the applicant.

[01:44:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, uh, uh, vice mayor.

[01:44:15] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Uh, yes, I connected with that applicant and did a site visit.

[01:44:20] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thanks. And Council member Hicks?

[01:44:24] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes, I met with the apple comes as well.

[01:44:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Anyone else? Uh, Counselor Metachek. Raise your hand. Unmute yourself.

[01:44:38] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: I'm sorry, yes, got it. I mean, major issues here. Um, Apologies. I keep on turning off the video, hoping that will help with the stability of my internet. Um, but yes, I met with the both of, uh, the applicants. And I have been to the site many times. I've probably met with the applicant several times over the past few years we've been talking about this project.

[01:45:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you.

[01:45:01] Councilmember Chris Clark: Thank you, I'm required. Yes, same. This has been going on for a while, so I've met with them at least once and then out to the site at least once.

[01:45:11] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: And I would like to disclose that I met with the applicants as well, uh, several times and uh, visited the site. So with that, uh, we have one more. Oh, I'm sorry, council member McAllister.

[01:45:25] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I had similar experiences as council member Mattachek that over the years we talked about it. I visited the site today, in fact, and uh, but no one was there, but I just drove by. So, I have met with them numerous times.

[01:45:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Now we will move on to our staff presentation by Stephanie Williams, our planning manager, zoning administrator. Welcome Stephanie.

[01:45:53] Planning Manager Stephanie Williams: Thank you. Um, if, If the city clerk could enable screen sharing for me.

[01:45:59] City Clerk: Yeah, you got that.

[01:46:03] Planning Manager Stephanie Williams: Thank you. Uh, good evening, and welcome back, everyone. It's good to see you. I know before you tonight is a request from public storage and all to housing for gatekeeper authorization, which would authorize the assignment of staff resources for consideration of zoning and general plan amendments, to allow the redevelopment of the project site with a new personal storage buildings and an affordable housing project. The project site includes 2 properties located on the northwest corner of Tarabella Avenue in San Rafael Avenue. And are currently developed and occupied with a personal storage facility and a temporary safe parking use. The proposal would rearrange the current property configuration so that the housing site, which currently fronts primarily on San Rafael Avenue. To Tarabella Avenue, and a storage facility would be behind this adjacent to the freeway. To facilitate this and allow a larger housing site, public storage would donate about a half acre of land to all to housing, which increases the number of affordable housing units that could be built on the current property owned by Alta housing from approximately 56 units to 105 units. With the donation of the half acre from public stores to altar housing, public storage would redevelop the remainder of their site with 25 story personal storage buildings and new site improvements and landscaping. And all to housing would develop an approximately 7 story, 105 unit 100% affordable housing community. The project plans presented as part of the gatekeeper request being considered, has only have only undergone a cursory review by staff and are meant to be preliminary. If the gatekeeper request is authorized, The applicant would then be allowed to submit a development application with detailed development plans, which would be reviewed for compliance with city policies, regulations and guidelines, as well as the associated zoning and general plan amendments. In conclusion, staff recommends that council authorize the gatekeeper request at 1020 to 1040 Tarabella Avenue, and I'm happy to answer any questions you may have, and the applicants are also here tonight to answer any questions. And will be giving a presentation as well.

[01:48:37] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. Uh, so let's see. Should we? Um, let's, uh, let's, why don't we go to the presentation? Um, that. Mr. Friedman? Do you like to? Present if you can unmute yourself, please.

[01:48:59] Public Storage Representative Andreas Friedman: Hi, good evening, Mayor, can you hear me?

[01:49:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome. I think we'll see. I'm sorry. Um, is, is it, flight 7 minutes, like we normally give? I'm there. I think, or go ahead, Miss Williams, if you wanted to go ahead.

[01:49:18] City Clerk: Okay, I think it's giving me now. The option. Oh, do you need to share screen?

[01:49:26] Public Storage Representative Andreas Friedman: Yeah, I need to share screen, please. Oh. Uh, let's see if I can, I believe, I believe the outcome was told 10 minutes total, um, if I use Williams might be able to clarify.

[01:49:38] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right. Um, yes, please go ahead then. 10 minutes.

[01:49:44] City Clerk: and there you go.

[01:49:45] Public Storage Representative Andreas Friedman: Excellent. Thank you, thank you again, everyone, and thank you for your patience with technology. So, I'm here together with the representatives from out the housing, Randy, Diana, here with me, and we'll share the presentation, I'll share my screen, but they'll be speaking as well. This project was initially brought to you back in November of 2019 for a city council approved unanimously to come forward to a gatekeeper. Uh, we've since been working, uh, in a collaborative mixed-use development, very similar to what we presented to you without the housing, that will result in an increase, uh, development of affordable housing, uh, in diverse uh, unit sizes. So ultimately our gatekeeper will be working to create a general plan amendment and rezone to a planned community district to allow a collaborative project. As part of this effort, Stephanie, eluded, will be donating public storage throughout the housing, about half an acre of our property, to allow them to go from 56 unit to about 101 units and increase their number of better.

[01:51:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: You're breaking up, Andre. Uh, I think he might have frozen. Is, uh, Randy, are you able to take over or?

[01:51:30] Alta Housing Representative Randy: Um, I can jump in and pretend I'm Andreas if, uh, I need to, can I share my screen? Is that, uh, is that possible?

[01:51:48] City Clerk: Just one moment. Let me see, I can get, okay. I'm actually not able to bring down that screen. It must be frozen. It's frozen on Andre's.

[01:52:08] Alta Housing Representative Randy: Okay. Yes, I am not able to.

[01:52:17] City Clerk: Okay, wait, let's see. Yes, unfortunately, it's not letting me. I could withdraw his. Um, I have a button saying this will stop other screen sharing.

[01:52:29] Alta Housing Representative Randy: Can I share? I don't mind trying that. It's not working for me. Um, it's really like it. No, actually, that doesn't work. Uh. Stop, share. Back here. I guess that didn't work. Sorry.

[01:52:50] City Clerk: I might go ahead and withdraw the permissions and let's see. Um. And Andreas, if you're on the line and you can call in, please do so and we'll bring you back. I did go ahead and actually try to remove him. Um, There we go. It looks like it kicked in there. Um, think. Oh, Andre, are you back? Is Andreas back? Okay, let me go ahead and start. Just disappeared again. Uh, I'm trying to start you back. Can you hear me?

[01:54:03] Public Storage Representative Andreas Friedman: Oh, yes. Okay, so my I apologize. My computer, totally messed up with me. So I call from my iPhone. So, Randy, if it's okay with you, share your screen and I happy to. Yeah, to talk and walk through the presentation. So, Frank, you can, you can hear me, just go to the 3rd slide. I'll try to be efficient with my presentation. All right, so coming coming back to the presentation. So as I mentioned, the design by providing a maximizing the frontage of Terabella has improved the layout of the residential component, created more quality units for the affordable project. As mentioned, we are relinquished the frontage of Terabella, which is a much more pedestrian street, and it faces the rest of the community while we're going to be facing the interchange in the back. This project achieves city goals to provide a variety of housing types in a variety of income levels. In in addition, this project, as I mentioned before, increases the amount of units we'll be able to provide. And as important, it will allow out the housing to reduce the cost of their units by approximately $80,000 each. And the project itself would create a mix of affordable housing that includes one, 2, and 3 bedrooms as well. And out the housing will be discussing their program here in the moment. Next slide, please, Randy. Stephanie shared an aerial view. This is depicting the existing condition, public storage property, outline in red orange, in out the housing, which is currently .47 acres in blue. Next life. After the joint effort in the land, donation, moving our project to the back, it is provides an additional half an acre, almost an acre, plus throughout the housing to be able to develop their project. Next slide. I'll briefly talk about the public storage proposed project and then I'll turn it over to Randy so he can walk you through out the housing development, but we are proposing a 2 phase project that includes 25 story buildings. The 1st one is about a 200,000 square foot building. And ultimately, the idea is to develop the 1st one in once the 1st one is stabilized to go to the next one. We're going to be removing approximately 16 buildings, replacing with these 2 buildings. And one of the advantages of moving the building here to the back and providing the residential to the front is just provides a significant sand barrier for the residential project, but also the rest of the community. This project also allows us now to provide a variety of storage unit mixes with smaller units that allow us to make them also more affordable. It will be a climate control with greater security, state of the art, um, that will provide much needed uh, storage units uh, for the community, and it's a much, much quieter use also because all the units now are looking inside. So any customer that will come will minimize the noise that they create by visiting our property. With that, I'll turn it over to Randy, so you can give you an overview of their project.

[01:57:48] Alta Housing Representative Randy: Great. Thank you, Andras, and good evening, mayor and members of the council. So I wanted to publicly thank Andreas and public storage for being such a great partner in this project as he mentioned already. He's the donation by public storage is allowing us to more than double the size of our site from under half an acre to just over a half an acre. This is a quick sketch of what of a concept we had developed on our previous site. And then this is a, again, a very early schematic of what the, what the new site with public storage is donation could yield. Uh, it, uh, clearly fronts on Terabella. It's well buffered from one on one, one on Highway 101. In fact, the average setback of the building from 101 is close to 270 feet. So the public storage property now gives it a great buffer from Highway 101. And at the same time, it maintains 650 feet of distance to the residential neighborhood. Um, this is the initial design concept. We're looking forward to the opportunity to work with DRC and staff to refine, uh, refine the design and aesthetics of the project, but I just wanted to point out a couple key design principles that we gave to our architects, uh, Van Meter Williams and Pollock as we started this process. One is that we, we asked them to really put the donation on, from public storage to work. We really were shooting for at least 100 units to provide a substantial increase in affordable housing opportunities here in Mountain View. The 2nd principle we gave them is to really provide a generous setback from the street. We wanted to incorporate area to be able to incorporate landscaping, trees, and create a more traditional residential feel along Terabella as this area transitions to more residential. And then the last thing we ask them to do is to look for ways to break up the mass of the building and push it back, uh, from Terabella. And I think they've really been successful in doing that. The front setback now is a traditional 20 foot setback from the back of walk. That's the same setback that is required in a single family neighborhood, including the, uh, New public sidewalk, the building will be 28 feet, uh, roughly from the back of curb. Meanwhile, on the 3rd floor. We, the step backs of the building range from 2 feet to 60 feet with an average step back of 30 feet. And what that allows us to do is not only break down the mass of the building. Um, But also to uh, incorporate a quarter acre of open space on the, on the patio up on that, uh, on that 3rd level. So with that, uh, we just, again, wanted to acknowledge the donation by public storage, and we are asking counsel to, uh, respectfully grant us the, um, gatekeeper request tonight, and I'll turn it back over to Andras for one last slide.

[02:01:07] Public Storage Representative Andreas Friedman: Yeah, so this is just a rendering out of San Rafael, um to your right, you have the freeway interchange. So the project really is kind of hidden behind the freeway in the interchange, but we understand the city and what we still represent. So we're stepping away a little bit from our prototype by creating a very contemporary in clean experience. This is the main entrance to our customers, what you see below will be the office and the rental, uh, with some um, display on top of it. And then as you enter in a secure environment, you'll be able to get to the lobbies of each building and into your project. So, um, well, again, looking forward to working with staff and without the housing to develop a project that we're all proud of. So, With that, I'll thank you, everyone, and I will open it for questions.

[02:02:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you very much. We will now move to questions from council members either for staff or for the applicants. Any questions from council members? That's remember Ramirez.

[02:02:17] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor. Um, I don't want to take too much time, uh, really quickly 1st. Um, one of the issues that I think we, we discussed in the context of 1001 North Shoreline was, uh, concern about compatibility of uses, the introduction of residential, uh, in an industrial area may have some impact on existing businesses. And I'm wondering if you've had a chance to conduct any uh outreach to businesses in the industrial area.

[02:02:51] Applicant: Uh, we have not at this point in time. We intend to, should we get through the gate, um, but we have not done so uh, to the industrial businesses. We did have a meeting with representatives from the Sterling Estates neighborhood. Uh, And I know that Andras, I don't know, Andras, if you've met with folks from the industrial area or not.

[02:03:15] Public Storage Representative Andreas Friedman: No, no, I think we did a lot of working session as when the city was divisioning plan and our use was there and the proposed use to densify it was there. So, um, to that extent, we communicated with the community, but we haven't done specific targeted, um, to the current neighbor. So we will be doing that next.

[02:03:38] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, that's great. Thank you. And then, um, many, what I met with, um, the neighbors in the area, uh, one of the issues that, uh, uh, was expressed, one of the concerns that was expressed was, uh, transportation safety for staff. I'm wondering if you can, uh, remind us, uh, and and everyone in the audience, what transportation, safety, improvements, uh, we will benefit from, uh, with the, uh, with the construction of 1001 North Sherman.

[02:04:19] City Staff: Yeah, respond to that? Oh. As part of, um, that project approval, um, council requested a review in, um, 2021 of the 5 year CIP. And would decide at that time, um, the allocation of the community benefit funds and exactly which transportation improvement projects those would go to. Which could include my claims along, uh, Terabella or or other.

[02:04:54] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, perfect. Thank you. I appreciate it.

[02:04:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Consumer McAllister?

[02:05:00] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, this is for staff, but I just want to acknowledge Randy. I love it when he says step back. We've had many discussions about step back versus setback. So that was, uh, North Bayshire, we're learning a little bit on that. Unless... Um, The parking. So, we're always assuming that because it's affordable, you know, there's no one, the parking isn't required or it's minimized and they're requesting minimized. So is there a parking study going to be done in conjunction with the cumulative effect of putting the other items up from the Saras Regis project in apartments?

[02:05:46] City Staff: Yes, as part of the project review, we would engage with a transportation consultant to do a parking analysis. For not for not only the residential, but also for the public storage.

[02:06:02] Councilmember John McAlister: Public stores. Okay. Um, so this is just a gatekeeper. So we're not authorizing, all we're doing is authorizing staff. Putting any kind of approval on the project. It's sort of um,

[02:06:15] City Staff: Correct.

[02:06:16] Councilmember John McAlister: Are we putting a sort of a de facto approval of the project?

[02:06:20] City Staff: Absolutely not.

[02:06:22] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. So could you walk us through the gatekeeper process so people. I mean, there's concern about it, you know, it's a great project for affordable housing, but there are consequences that are unintended potentially. So could you walk us through the sort of a timeline of what's going to happen with this gatekeeper?

[02:06:44] City Staff: With council authorized the gatekeeper, then the applicants would be able to submit their development, permit applications, and it would go through, um, the development review, review process, you know, site design, architecture, um, as well as be reviewed by the other departments for, um, consideration from fire building, public works, and Also concurrently, we would be doing environmental review. under sequel. And ultimately, um, it would come back to our environmental planning commission for a recommendation to cancel. We would then make the plans.

[02:07:25] Councilmember John McAlister: And so will next come back to council after the EPC does it or will there be a check-in along the line?

[02:07:34] City Staff: With council. Um, if council would like to request a study session, uh, typically for gatekeepers, we do an environmental planning commission study session. And that kind of serves as the 1st step in terms of, um, Study sessions for projects that include legislative acts.

[02:07:58] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Um, okay. So, there was another question. Randy made the comment that they want to be sensitive as this area turns into residential, but yet right across the street, I saw a brand new office complex going in there. Are there any implied assumptions that this will become residential? This area?

[02:08:21] City Staff: Council member McAllister, I'll answer that. We went through a visioning process for Terabella. And um, council chose not to move forward with it. So at this time, we don't have anything adopted. But should the council wish to continue the process or start a new process, um, and finally adopt the plan. That's when, um, you know, we can say, yes, there is a vision to bring residential into the area. So right now, it's primary light industrial light manufacturing office in that area.

[02:09:00] City Staff: That's right.

[02:09:01] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Um, we're going to be coming. They're asking for a development agreement. Is there Any reason that We can't, uh, well, we usually we ask some kind of compensation. for that development agreement because they're buying time and we go over there. Is there any way, and since this is a negotiated process as we go forward, that Since the alta housing is exempt from parkland, kind of dedication. Is there a way to go to public storage and say, To move this project forward, we're going to be putting in 500 units, we're going to be putting in a 1000 or more people in this 2 block area. We need to start thinking about parkland and putting some parks in this area because. That's going to be overwhelming. So is that a possibility?

[02:09:59] City Staff: As part of a development agreement. We do negotiate and the council may suggest items for both staff and the outlook into consider. Um, so we're happy to, Look at that. We'll go back, discuss what the applicant can do, and then we can come back with, um, any, any amendments, uh, as or requirements as part of the DA. So uh, agreement.

[02:10:26] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, so in the past that, uh, I thought we, do we have a new policy and that any, uh, the development agreements have to be approved by the council?

[02:10:35] City Staff: Yes, they're ordinances and have to be approved by the council.

[02:10:39] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Um. What else? Um, No, I, okay, I just, I think the project will be well suited. I think it's gonna be nice and it. But I do have some concerns about parking, traffic, the size of it, transportation, um, and so forth. So, thank you.

[02:11:00] Andreas Friedman: It, counselor, may I, can you hear me?

[02:11:04] Unknown Speaker: Yeah, I can hear.

[02:11:05] Andreas Friedman: Okay, this is Andreas Friedman with public storage. I just wanted to comment on the development agreement request, and it has to do a little bit with part of our community benefit, if you will, is this land donation to be able to allow to increase the amount of affordable housing units. We estimate based on land value for apartments that would probably in the proximity of $8000000 One of the hopes and the idea of that was also to allow us to face this project into 2 pieces, to allow us enough time to create stability on this, to buildings that will be delivering. We are fully committed even under the current market conditions. We are experiencing to move as fast as we can, but we do not know what the future will take and how fast we'll be able to feel the 1st one. So the only reason we're requesting additional time is, one, to be able to keep our current customers in place for the phase 2 while the 1st building is completed and stabilize, and then to give us enough time to build the 2nd building, as, you know, the stabilization occurs. So we were hoping, and the idea initially, when we started all this increasing the land donation, which started as a quarter of an acre to increase to half an acre, then to give up the entire frontage, which we all acknowledge is of great benefit, but that was part of the conversation about this development agreement as well.

[02:12:39] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, I have no problem with development agreements. I was just curious about it. So thank you.

[02:12:43] Andreas Friedman: Yeah, thank you. That's why I'm at a check. Thank you.

[02:12:48] Unknown Speaker: So I want to follow up on a couple of topics that council member McAllister brought up. Uh, the 1st is the process that this would go through. Um, and I was wondering, you know, often we have, right after our project is given the green light to go through the gatekeeper, or given gatekeeper status, it goes to the EPC for a study session. So would there be, Would there be 2 EPC meetings or is it just one after it's gone through the DRC and the other departments?

[02:13:28] City Staff: There would be one study session after gatekeeper authorization and then, um, it would, once it went through the development review process. It would go back to EPC for final recommendation. counsel.

[02:13:42] Unknown Speaker: Okay. Thank you. And his other question about parking studies. Can you talk a little bit about? What is involved in a parking study? Like. Are they surveying the parking, uh, how do they choose comparables, um, just sort of some of the details of how that would work.

[02:14:09] City Staff: They typically, uh, choose comparable other built, um, projects with, especially for affordable housing projects with, with similar attributes, so they would be looking for other family housing projects. And um, look to see what the, what, what the parking dynamics were for those built projects. And then compare them to the proposed parking ratio of the project and be able, and they also look at, um, things like peak hour demand and mixing abuses and things like that, but, um, Then ultimately any, you know, adjustments to the project based on that would be made if it was determined that there would be a parking supply. There would be a shortage of parking supply based on the results of the parking study.

[02:15:07] Unknown Speaker: So are they also looking at, um, how many, or how full the streets are around, uh, an affordable housing complex or are they just looking at the parking lot associated with the complex?

[02:15:22] City Staff: So project are expected to fully park themselves within their project boundaries on private property, and public streets are not allowed to be counted towards your required parking.

[02:15:34] Unknown Speaker: Right, but if you were surveying, um, say the, uh, affordable housing project on the corner of, Middlefield and San Veron. Um, you would see lots of parking on the street, and it's not people at the park. Um, you see them going to their cars from the complex. And so when you look at parking in a parking study, Um, if you were just looking at the parking lot, You might not have a complete picture. So would they also be looking at the streets around a development? When they do surveys?

[02:16:13] City Staff: Right. So comparison to other projects is not necessarily to do surveys of those projects and how they operate, but it's to find other projects that have similar attributes that are sufficiently parking themselves. So do those projects have, what is their parking, what are their parking numbers? And then if it's similar to the proposed project, then you would compare that.

[02:16:40] Unknown Speaker: So there's, um, maybe I misunderstood. So they don't really see if, um, What's happening with those parking spaces, they just see how many were built to go with that project. But they don't look at utilization of the spaces. Is that right?

[02:17:00] City Staff: Right. They would make a utilization of the spaces, but we wouldn't want to compare it to a project. That is is under parked based on an evaluation of their utilization of parking.

[02:17:12] Unknown Speaker: Okay. Um, and what are we using for, um, sort of the guidelines or the rules, for, um, because, well, this is a, P district is what we're they're proposing here. So, what are we using to provide any sort of guidance to things like, um, setbacks?

[02:17:37] City Staff: Um, if they are, uh, just typical development standards. Um, some preliminary thought was that the R 4 district would be inappropriate, um, District to kind of benchmark development standards. As the R4 allows up to 80 dwelling units per acre.

[02:18:03] Unknown Speaker: Okay. And then um. Would this project be feasible with perhaps a greater subsidy at a lower intensity?

[02:18:22] City Staff: I think maybe the applicant can respond to this. We don't have the alternative economics.

[02:18:28] Applicant: Yeah. Yeah. Council member, we would need to do a more detailed analysis of that pro forma. At this point, we have not engaged a contractor at this point to be able to break out foundation costs and other things like that from the overall reduction in the growth square footage of the building. So, while we do know that the average cost per unit would go up, which could jeopardize the project's ability to obtain funding given the competitive nature of funding at the state level these days, to what degree, that is true, we don't know. We would need to run a more detailed pro forma to give you that answer.

[02:19:16] Unknown Speaker: Okay. Uh, thank you. That's it for now.

[02:19:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other questions from council members? I had one. Um, it was a follow-up to my written question about park fees. Um, It meant, uh, the answer was that, uh, there's, in the, the, this area, there was, there was about $4000000 I think. Um, but it's been, uh, dedicated to project. I was just wondering what that was for.

[02:19:55] City Staff: Um, I, I don't know if either Dawn or, um, John Marchant are available, um, but I could, I could try to dig up some of the information. In just one moment, I'm just bringing John Marshawn in and I can bring Don in as well.

[02:20:19] Community Services Director John Marchant: Good evening, counsel, John Marshall Community Services director. So the 4.4 approximate dollar that was provided is committed for land acquisition. So those funds are actually available for acquiring land in that area.

[02:20:35] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, great. And then, um, from 1000 Does this include the 1001 Shoreline project? I can't remember how much park fees we were going to generate from that project. I know some of that we were looking at using for improvements at San Verone, but was there any balance to that as well? And is that in the 4000000 or is it in addition? Sorry, I didn't mean to throw. Like her ball at you.

[02:21:13] Community Services Director John Marchant: I think that is, um, Included, but I can follow up afterwards.

[02:21:18] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, that's fine. Great. Thank you. Any other questions? If not, I will go to public comment, um, if you are in the attendee box and would like to comment, please raise your blue hand. And if you're on the phone, please hit star 9. Um, so I have three. We'll start with Roheen Gosch. And please unmute yourself. Hmm, let's see.

[02:21:50] Unknown Speaker: Yeah, I'm sorry, can we confirm the amount of time for each speaker?

[02:21:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Two minutes, please?

[02:21:56] Unknown Speaker: 2 minutes. Got it.

[02:21:57] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: you. In Rohin, are you able to unmute yourself? I see you in R L.

[02:22:07] Roheen Gosch: No.

[02:22:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, I'm going to come back to you, Roheem. Oh, uh, see if, uh, you could unmute yourself in a bit. We'll go to Bruce England. You can unmute yourself, Bruce.

[02:22:23] Bruce England: Okay, can you hear me okay?

[02:22:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, a little higher place. Higher.

[02:22:28] Bruce England: There we. I had to lean over my phone. There we go. Another case where Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning was not able to get off a letter. So, uh, just want to voice, um, our support for the gatekeeper request. This Alta housing project is very important to the future of Palo Alto and to provide affordable housing. Um, and so it's a reasonable ask. And so just in short, we support the gatekeeper request and urge you to approve it. Thank you.

[02:22:58] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, assume you meant for the future of Mountain View, not Palo Alto, but...

[02:23:02] Public Speaker: Can't forget my own history.

[02:23:07] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, now. All righty, thank you. Uh, Roheen, can you unmute yourself now?

[02:23:12] Roheen Gosch: Hey, yeah, I'm back. Sorry, that's working again. Uh, I would like to uh, uh, say that this is a exactly the type of project that we're looking for a 100 units, 100% BMR units, with no displacement, and like the business is like just making a deal with the alta housing developer. I think this is. I don't like to call things perfect, but I think this is close to that. And I really, really, really hope this project goes through. This is exactly what we need. Thank you.

[02:23:47] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And Albert James, please unmute yourself.

[02:23:59] Albert Jeans: I have a presentation too.

[02:24:01] Unknown Speaker: Okay. And I have my own timer. as the presentation goes on. I'll start the timer.

[02:24:07] Albert Jeans: Alrighty. Do we need to share screen or? Yeah, I just close. I have met with the applicant anytime as well. Just one moment, I'll get that. Thank you. Sorry about that. Okay. Yeah, I'm Albert Jeans, €32 resident of Sterling Estates. Um, yeah, there's a lot to like about this project, and we all know we need more affordable housing, but I still have some concerns that I like to voice, similar to Council member McAllister. Next slide, please. The 1st one is what, some people refer, uh, refer to at the, um, visioning plan meeting, and that is land uses and the general plan. You know, we're dropping a couple of residential locations right in the middle of this light, light industrial area, and which is not called out as a change area in the general plan. And I'm just wondering, why are we spending so much time on a general plan where we can just kind of easily amend it just to put things like this, you know, willy-nilly here and there when their time seems right. This is a very large project, um, along with Sean Gateway, and next slide, please. Next type, this is what it looks like now, and this is what next slide, please. This will look like when it's built out. In the foreground, you can see the new office building that Calvano's building. That's a good 2 story building. It's great. We all support that. But I think we find the 7 story residential a bit imposing. And because it's in the middle of this industrial zone is relatively isolated, despite what one of the other speakers said. And especially since this is intended to be a family ordered development, seems like it's not too appropriate. Next slide, please. You know, do you really expect kids to be playing the street here on Tarabella next slide, please? And it's about a 14 minute walk from Safeway. So I think everybody's going to need a car here and next slide, please. And as Councilman Mattachek mentioned, we already have an overflow of parking problems from Sanford Apartments, that is part of the model standard, 100% affordable, and there's always full parking on the street outside, next slide, please. And just go next slide, please. So, yeah, in order to make it more conducively residential, we hope that council will direct staff to, at least try to implement these, uh, conditions that we'd like to see happen, especially about having putting a park in there. Thank you.

[02:26:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And anyone else? Uh, yes, Zer, Nahustan? Oh, sorry if I didn't pronounce it correctly, please unmute yourself.

[02:27:03] Zu: Hello? you hear me?

[02:27:05] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, hello. welcome.

[02:27:07] Zu: Hi, my name is Zu, and I also live in Sterling Estates. While I'm for affordable housing, I join my neighbors and I'm opposed to the specific project. I share similar concerns is Albert mentioned, and then council member McAllister mentioned. And around the site, traffic and parking. I have 2 kids and as a parent, I would not like to raise my kids in the middle of an unsafe industrial area surrounded by robotics shop, roofing company, car shop, glass shop, offices, storage facility, and the recycling center. I would like the city to consider building affordable housing in much more kids friendly areas, like the lot near Questa Park, between Began Avenue and Questa Park, or the lot on Calderon Church in downtown. As for traffic, I believe traffic studies for 1001 shoreline, we're already borderline and completed traffic is just exceeding the recommended limits. And as for parking, I would recommend permit parking in starting states to help with overflow parking. Thank you.

[02:28:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak? Um, let's see here. Oh, uh, cutty, cutty blues. Please unmute yourself. Hi there.

[02:28:29] Kathy: Hi. Okay. Thank you everyone. Um, hello, my name is Kathy. and I live in Sternity States. Um, actually on San Pablo, so I'm very, very close to um, Terabella, and we drive there when we drop the kids to school and to when we emerge to 11 and 85. Um, so unfortunately, I don't support the scale of this project, um, specifically regarding Alta housing. Um, we already have 2 stories approved on Terabella and any additional residential project. Should wait before the city does precise plan or gender plan or whatever you want to call it plan. It really feels like these projects are being approved on the basis of 1st come, sir. Instead of a proper planning for the whole area that's affecting the existing neighborhood. Alta has another lot on Terabella. Will that also become 7 stories? Or will they donate this space for a park for their affordable housing residents, which are families as well? Why it has to be 7th story? Where else we have 7 stores, affordable housing in Monteview. We already have affordable housing next to San Veron. There will be affordable units on Terabella and Shoreline corner, and on Middlefield, across San Ron. Meantime, no new amenities for future or existing neighbors. So it doesn't feel fair at all to me. If you support 7 stores in my neighborhood, then be prepared to support 7 stores in other neighborhoods in Mountain View. My neighborhood shouldn't be the only lucky one like this. Thank you.

[02:30:06] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And Celine Der Merci. Please unmute yourself.

[02:30:13] Celine Der Merci: Hi, um, I support this housing project. It's an amazing housing project. Um, you know, it's not often that the council gets the opportunity to approve 100 plus units of affordable housing, especially so close to major job centers in Mountain View. Um, I understand that locally, it might increase traffic, but across the region, it decreases traffic because more people will live near their jobs. Um, so I, I hope all of you uh put in favor of this project. Thank you.

[02:30:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Are we gonna Thank you. We'll go to Jack Thompson. Unmute yourself, please, Jack.

[02:30:51] Jack Thompson: Hi, I'm a Mountain View homeowner and also a board member at Alta Housing, and I want to just express my support for the plan in general, and and I think we will all listen to the, um, the concerns and the desire for amenities and hope that we can work those things out to the satisfaction of everyone around. There's an urgent need for this kind of housing in our community and this is a great chance to do it without displacement. So I do support the project and hope you will too. Thank you.

[02:31:22] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other members of the public wishing to speak? If not, do we have anyone on the line? Did they clerk?

[02:31:32] City Clerk: I know, ma'am, I'm not seeing anyone. on the line. Thank you.

[02:31:35] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I will close public comment and bring it back to council for deliberation and emotion, Counselor McAllister.

[02:31:42] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, a couple of questions came up or that I was interested in. Um, This is for Randy. Randy, so what are your, what are your plans for your other property on Carabella?

[02:31:58] Randy: Uh, we, we intend to develop that, that one. That one is actually a site we've a where we've done some preliminary work exploring that as a possibility for a modular project. We haven't made a firm decision on that. That's why you haven't seen it yet, but, uh, assuming we get this project through the gate and into the entitlement process, then we would activate the work on on our 2nd site. Uh, at Linda Vista and Terabella.

[02:32:29] Councilmember John McAlister: How many units would that you, you envision going over there?

[02:32:36] Randy: Um, we're not completely sure at this point in time. We haven't determined the product type population type. Uh, nor the exact mode of construction of that one yet, so, uh, We, we, we haven't made a final decision on that.

[02:32:53] Councilmember John McAlister: How big is the lot?

[02:32:56] Randy: I believe it's off the top of my head. I think it's roughly half an acre, maybe Tadmore.

[02:33:02] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Um, what I'm, where I'm going with this is, uh, I called Randy a while ago. I asked him about the recology site, but he didn't, uh, he didn't get back to me, but that's, uh, it's something that we're building all that's residential in here. And we have it in our request. We talked about it with the 101 property. And John there, John Merstant says, hey, we're supposed to go buy some property potentially. Uh, if we get this 4.300000 and we use our old city property, can we take that 4.3000000 and relocate it for a potential other site for recology? Anybody on staff?

[02:33:58] Public Works Director Dawn Cameron: If I hadn't, uh, sorry, Don Cameron, public works director, if I understand your question, what you're suggesting is we use the parkland funds to acquire a new recycling center site in order to convert the current recycling center site into a potential park. Is that what you're asking?

[02:34:19] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes, because we're building all this, we are, we're building new housing, we know for sure. potentially more. Someone's going along now line and say, well, this recycling site is not an appropriate place for this housing. So let's be proactive on this, and get land when it's available, and get the amenities in there. Something new, get the amenities in sooner, then the housing projects come along. Yes, that's my question.

[02:34:50] Public Works Director Dawn Cameron: So I know that there are some restrictions on how we can spend parkland funds, so I think it is something we would have to take back and explore. and respond to, uh, you know, I'm not certain if, you know, because the city owns that land that's being used to recycling center, I'm not certain whether parkland funds could be used to kind of buy that land. Uh, which would then provide that money as part of the general fund. But these are all things that we would have to take some time to explore the legal pieces of it. Also, as you know, we've been, staff has been recommending that there be a park development feasibility study done before trying to commit to any park site in that area, is including the ecology site. Because me to determine what's really the most appropriate site that can best serve the existing and future residents and is this, is this a good location for it? So, it is something that, uh, we're prepared to bring forward as part of the 5 year CIP for council's consideration, is doing such a feasibility study, and at that time, can also look at potential funding sources, what that would mean for moving the ecology. I mean, the recycling center. So all those are things that we can explore as part of a study.

[02:36:12] Councilmember John McAlister: Well, haven't we, uh, or Mr. Rashad? I think you mentioned last time that there's a deficit, a parkland in that area. So what, if that's true, John, if you could, confirm or, or change my, uh, give me more information. We've already sort of had a study done to say, we've done it. So if Mr. Rashad can answer that question, based on what's, uh, What you know?

[02:36:39] John Marchant: Overall, in the planning area, we do have a deficit in park space. I think Dawn is speaking to the larger question of, uh, is looking at locations within the Terabella area and doing a study to determine the best location to serve the residents, whether it's recology or otherwise. So I think that's what Dawn is referencing.

[02:37:03] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. So, I'm being way proactive on this because it's gonna take some time, I know. But when you say, Terabella is not that big of an area. And so when you say, well, let's move it around, there's not a lot of choices, and here you have a site at Recology, unless you go on the west side of Shoreline, where our quote, master plan will be coming down. Somewhere along the line and hopefully Artie could give us an update on that. Uh, there was some parkland potentially over there. But you don't have, Cherubella is not a big area. So when you're saying, well, we're going to put it on this block or 2 blocks down later. It doesn't make so sense. So, um, champion for Randy's products, other products for the neighborhood to start looking at this parkland and be proactive to say, we have some money. Let's go do it.

[02:38:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: So would you need, and city manager can jump in here. Do we need specific direction from council to move such a study along? Or to dawn.

[02:38:16] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yeah, council member McAllister. So yes, we would need specific direction. However, I would say that there are still some considerations that staff is working out with the uh, recology agreement that is underway right now, um, and we will be bringing that back to council later on this fall. And then I know we also have the Parkland ordinance update that we will be bringing back to council this fall too. So, um, I think, yes, we would need direction to study that, um, but we do have some items in the works already. As far as workload goes. I think we would just have to assess how we would be able to either combine that or not with the work that's underway. And so I would need to talk to Dawn and John further about that.

[02:39:04] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Yeah, I didn't expect to get. I wasn't going to give directions tonight. It makes sense to me, operational, if we're putting in the housing. The parkland should be parallel with the projects in that area. Because we seem to be getting away from our 3 1000, you know, people with one acre. So, thank you. That's I just want to put it on everybody's radar so that when fall comes. Don already knows that I got it coming in. So just being on the radar that that's important that we got to start changing the way we think a lot about development is, yes, we want them. I'm all for it, but we got to put the infrastructure in, and if we can do it beforehand, that would be greater.

[02:39:47] Aarti Shrivastava: Just reporting back, Council member McAllister on, um, the the gatekeepers. We do have people interested both on the west and the east side, but we're holding gatekeepers off until fall of next year. Um, and as part of that, we've informed them that we would like them to bring forward a park plan that shows how they're going to meet. Um, you know, the park requirements. So that is an additional tool that the council has in their toolbox as part of a future precise plan or a master planning process, and that might give the council more options as to where to locate parks in a better location.

[02:40:26] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, well, that's no, that's great. I know we were talking about that. But then we were also talking about, well, how do the 1000 people on the east side of Terabella get to the west side? And that's hopefully we were also talking about a underground tunnel. Pedestrian tunnel to get people moving over to their Ann Arbor. So I'm going down on a side road, but it's all part of a bigger picture that's going to come together sometime. Thank you.

[02:40:53] Unknown Speaker: Yeah, and we're looking both on the east and the west sides for park. It won't just be on one side. So, um, I think I think uh, that's going to be part of the equation.

[02:41:03] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah. Cancel a map check.

[02:41:10] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. So, um, I really would have preferred to have a precise plan for this area before we got into additional development projects. Um, When I 1st saw the proposal for this specific, uh, couple of parcels, and this was before Randy, uh, was with altar housing. Um, I kind of questioned if it was a good location for, um, housing at all, um, and in particular affordable housing. It's um, pretty close to the freeway. even with the, um, public storage buildings as somewhat of a barrier between, um, but it's also very close to the recycling center. And that's a very noisy, you know, active, um, location that I'm, I'm really not sure, I, you know, I would want to live near. Um, I get that you would have to, uh, have the building so that the sound, uh, was not as loud as it is when you are at the recycling center, but it's still, I just didn't think this was an ideal location for housing. And I think it's really um, hit me. Even more recently, you know, when we talk about um, equity. Is it really the best place for affordable housing when we're talking about equity? Just going to put that out there. Um, that said, um, uh, you know, some folks articulated that there is, uh, obviously a need for affordable housing in the city, and it's not often that there's a, an opportunity to do a 100 units with no displacement, um, or to have a land dedication. So from that perspective, you know, these are good things. Um, But I do have some concerns, and I want to make sure I, um, put them out at the very beginning of this process rather than as we go through it, if we go through it. Um, and that is, I am concerned about the massing. Um, you know, we, we didn't finish the visioning, but even the visioning, didn't have um, this much massing in this location. And so I would prefer to have it closer to what we talked about in the visioning. Um, I know it's early in the architecture phase of this. Um, but I already did share with uh, Mr. Suda that I want to make sure the building um, has interest along Terabella. That it has, um, Step backs that are greater than a couple feet. And that there's more articulation. Um, and that it needs to have interest on the sides as well as along Terabella. And um, I also think it'd be nice if the public storage, and I know that's not, you know, completely firmed up either. Um, especially on the sides had a little bit of interest to it. So that these aren't really blocky buildings. I would like something more pleasing and varied. Um, we also talked a little bit about colors and having it tasteful. Um, maybe subtle is a better word. Um, And I think, you know, for me, uh, massing is a big concern. The other concern I have is um, about parking, as you might have guessed. You know, I can't think of any affordable housing project in Mountain View. that doesn't have a parking issue where the streets are being used for parking. Um, The one in on San Antonio Circle, I think it's called. Um, over by Bruce Bauer Lumber. Um, boy, there's parking all along the street there. The one on Tyrella. Uh, the um, downtown affordable housing project. You know, every single one, I feel like there's not enough parking. And I get it. We are trying to get people out of their cars and walk and bike, take public transportation. But you know what? So far, it just doesn't feel like it's working. And so, you know, we have to figure out something. Um, that works for the residents who live nearby, as well as the affordable housing projects. Um, it's it's just not fair to have so much of the public right of way taken up for parking by private development. Um. Let's see, I agree with council member McAllister's comments about a park and planning ahead. Um, I wouldn't, I mean, again, in the visioning. I felt like we kind of had these, you know, spot zonings, um, areas for housing, um, on the north side of Terabella. And we are taking out, you know, industrial, which Council member McAllister is always saying, we can't lose our, you know, small business, industrial base. Um, and it, it, again, it just doesn't seem like the right place for this from my perspective. Um, but if we're going to do this, then we do need the infrastructure, we do need the parks. And I absolutely would like to think of that now rather than later. Um, and start putting those plans in place. It's too difficult to do it after the fact. Let's see. Um. I guess those are my comments for now. Thanks.

[02:47:21] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Counselor Hicks.

[02:47:26] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I, I, um, will be supporting this, uh, gatekeeper moving forward, but I do share the concerns that the previous council members have brought up. Um, just that there's a lack of infrastructure and if we don't provide the infrastructure, we're really not being respectful to the current residents in the neighborhood. Um, I, the things I appreciate about it are the setbacks and the stepbacks. I thought that the step back with the plaza or deck on it, um, made for fairly good massing, and I thought the the massing the height of it also, um, kind of hid the the public storage building. So, um, so that, that I appreciated. I also appreciate it. I know it's very preliminary, but the, um, the, the colors that were shown, the materiality, that it wasn't, um, the colors were not garish. Um, I agree with, uh, council member Mattachek when she said that the size of the building should have interest as well on public storage, as well as the, um, as well as the, uh, alta housing. Um, and I agree that, and I thought that the Saras Regis project that we approved recently, there was a lot of thought put into the tree that, that would purify the air between the freeway. I'm not thrilled about. I mean, we really need affordable housing so it's fine to put housing here, but in an ideal world, I would not be put in housing this close to a freeway. So, um, so I would like, uh, I would like alto housing uh, uh, to look into and public storage, to look into the kinds of trees that were used on that on the Saras Regis project and because I think they did look at them specifically for air purification. And, you know, if possible, put in a double row of trees. Um, I, I'm also concerned about that a parking study would be done well because I think that, uh, places can easily be under parked. Um, let me see, and yeah, and I am concerned that we find, uh, that the number of residents were putting into this neighborhood, we do need, we do need to, um, look early into a place to put a park in the neighborhood. Let's see if I had anything else. Oh, the last thing was the Saras Regis project also, uh, we talked about making sure that there were transportation improvements. Um, and so I don't know whether this project could contribute to that as well. And that's all I have. Thank you.

[02:50:19] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Council member Clark?

[02:50:22] Councilmember Chris Clark: I don't have anything additional to add in since we're just assigning staff resources tonight. I was just going to move the staff recommendation.

[02:50:32] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Council member McAllister?

[02:50:34] Councilmember John McAlister: I'll 2nd that. Yeah, I was going to make the motion too. So I'll 2nd that.

[02:50:39] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, any other discussion? I just, oh, yes, council member Ramirez.

[02:50:47] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, man. I'll be very brief. I know, um, it provided a lot of, uh, preliminary input and I know much of the work on, uh, development standards and and design will be done, uh, by the DRC and EPC. Uh, so I, we'll see a lot of refinement over the next, um, of several months and, and hopefully not years, but, uh, I know these things take time. But, uh, the only thing I would, uh, want to add is, uh, and a couple of council members have have referenced this. There is, uh, I'll be supporting the motion, but, but there is an impact, uh, to industrial uses with the introduction of, of residential. And one of the things that, that I would like to see, and I, I think STAP is already working on this, but in the context of the small business strategy, uh, some concerted outreach to industrial businesses in, in the city to see what we can do to support them, and maybe get a better understanding of what we may need to do to, uh, to enhance the viability of industrial uses in Terabella, you know, around Leghorn, you know, the, the, few blue colored areas Uh, in our uh, in our general plan, land use designation map. Um, I think that, you know, I, I, they are important and I, they are uh, very difficult to replace, you know, once lost. And even though I think this is, uh, I think the public storage component certainly consistent with the, with the, the intent of the area. I, I think the partnership with alta housing is very creative, uh, and I appreciate the, the, the donation of land. Um, I do think, you know, minimizing the city subsidy will be important because we have a lot of affordable housing in the pipeline. Um, and uh, it'll be a challenge to make all of it work. So, so, to the extent, we're able to minimize the city subsidy, um, you know, I think, I think we'll be doing, uh, ourselves, uh, a service later on. But I don't want to get. I don't, I don't want the, the broader potential impact to, to industrial uses in the area to be lost, and I feel like an appropriate opportunity to discuss that, maybe, uh, the small business strategy. Uh, beyond that, though, um, I'll support the motion and I'm grateful for all of the, the work that has been done to make this possible.

[02:53:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other discussion?

[02:53:14] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: I would just add my my comments. I concur with a lot that's already been said. I want to thank the applicants. Um, I thought this was a very creative um, partnership. And, um, frankly, I was excited about the opportunity for affordable housing. We definitely need more. Um, but I had got my conversations with the applicant and the, um, you know, originally when they had offered landed occasion. Um, I had said, you know, I... Lucas. Counting on you to keep the mantle going that. We need a diversity of land uses. Um, excuse me. Can you not hear me? Oh. Okay. So, um, we can also have John. Yeah. So, um, so I, I, uh, support, I support this project, uh, the gatekeeper. Um, I, I do want to be, um, Ment, uh, mindful of the issues that have been raised, and I believe with the parking study, we'll talk about parking. Um, the permanent parking, I had asked that question about where we are on that. Um, I hope that we can, um, finalize the changes to the residential parking permit program, and um, hope that the neighborhood could utilize that. I think what I heard was that there's, there's issues with parking from the other, um, the other development, this, I think it, I think it's the San Verona apartments, and, um, if, uh, I don't know if staff has had a chance to talk with the operator. I think it's mid peninsula, but um, maybe we could have that conversation. If, you know, if these projects are supposed to satisfy parking on their properties, then there's an issue there, it sounds like. So we should definitely follow up. Um, I think what was mentioned, you know, good design. The renderings we saw are preliminary, but good design can really make a difference. Uh, the set back's being 30 feet. That's quite generous, so I appreciate that. Um, and then I, my hope was actually that we can improve the transportation, or make it, transportation improvements, extend it from the 1001 shoreline project out. And, uh, you know, certainly I, you know, me, I, I'd like to try to add bike claims wherever we can. So I hope that we have that opportunity. And then, um, In terms of the park. So I agree, Counselor McAllister and others. Yes, I think this area, we should definitely look at infrastructure and amenities and, you know, in a in a perfect world. We should probably have precise planned this. I hope that, you know, we will do that soon. Um, that's something that I hope that maybe we can look at, uh, when we do goal setting next year, should I be back? Um, so, I think that's how we will, you know, be able to start to talk about how, where, where things go and the amenities and infrastructures that are needed. So that, uh, not just the new residents, but the existing residents can benefit from, um, the developments. And, um, so, but and then with the park. So my thought was actually, since we have for, you know, over 4000000 and then I think with Shoreline, 1001 Shoreline. I hopefully we'll get some more fees there. Um, you know, I wanted to ask staff, our, our real property, Administrator, um, you know, Dennis Drennan, our, our former, um, real property guy, used to actively go out and look for, um, parcels for the city to potentially buy for parks, and that's how we got, um, Mariposa. And, uh, Wyandotte was a dog kennel, I think. Um, I remember there was a car wash that he brought forward to us. We chose not to do that one because of the location, but I would like for us to actively look for a parcel in that neighborhood, um, to, to purchase if, if not the recology site. I think, frankly, it might be easier to just find a different parcel to purchase in light of what's going on in the real estate market right now. So that would be my um, request to staff. Um, And so in terms in terms of where, whether this is a good location for housing, I think affordable housing is, you know, is good every anywhere. Um, land costs are always sort of the driving factor to it. Um, someone mentioned, well, why not, you know, downtown where we actually do have several projects downtown too. So I think, you know, whenever we have the opportunity to build more affordable housing, um, because of just land costs, we have to, um, you know, take those opportunities. So, I look forward to that moving, this moving forward. I think there's still a lot of refinement that is needed. Um, but I will um definitely be supporting the motion. And with that, if there is no other comment, uh, could we take a roll call vote, please?

[02:58:22] City Clerk: Thank you, council member Clark.

[02:58:24] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[02:58:25] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[02:58:27] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[02:58:28] City Clerk: Council member Matachek.

[02:58:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[02:58:32] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[02:58:33] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[02:58:34] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[02:58:37] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[02:58:37] City Clerk: Vice Mayor Can May.

[02:58:39] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[02:58:40] City Clerk: Mayor Abby Coca.

[02:58:41] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi.

[02:58:43] City Clerk: Thank you. Motion case 70 with no abstentions.

[02:58:46] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, let's see. Should we move on to item 7 new business, 7.one, an amendment to Calper's, Contract for all unrepresented miscellaneous pet for employees, and we have a staff presentation by senior human resources analyst, Ada Chang. Welcome, Ada.

[02:59:23] Senior Human Resources Analyst Ada Chang: All right. Could you hear me?

[02:59:25] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, welcome.

[02:59:27] Senior Human Resources Analyst Ada Chang: Perfect. Thank you. Good evening, Mayor and Council. I'm Ada Chay from the HR department. Tonight's item is a resolution of intention and introduction ordinance to amend the Cowper's contract regarding employee cost share. For miscellaneous public employees pension, reform act, Pepra, employees. In the 2018 cow purse valuation reports, Cowper set the required contribution rates for fiscal year 2020 to 2021. And this increased employee contributions from miscellaneous pepper employees by 0.75%. So from 6.25% to 7%. In addition to the normal employee contributions, city employees also contribute to a cost share in which employees pay a portion of the employer contribution, and the city has this council resolution for represented employees that sets a maximum total deduction of 10.5% for the cost share and normal employee contribution combined. The increase in the cow per's normal employee contribution results in the total contribution paid for by the employees to exceed the set maximum of 10.5%. So therefore, the employee costure amount will be reduced by .75% through this contract amendment. The contract amendment process is governed by Cal Purse, after council passes the resolution of intention and introduction ordinance, staff will wait the required 20 days per Cal Purse requirements, and will return with a recommendation to counsel to adopt the final ordinance on September 22, 2020. The effective date of the amendments will then be October 22nd, 2020, and the changes to the member contributions will be effective beginning November 1st, 2020. This concludes my presentation. Thank you.

[03:01:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any questions from council members? I don't see any hands, so I will open this up for public comment. Any members of the public wishing to speak if you're in the attendee box, please raise your blue hand. I don't see any, um, city clerk, do we have any members on the line?

[03:01:36] City Clerk: I know, Mary.

[03:01:38] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. I'll bring it back to councilman, council number McAllister.

[03:01:44] Councilmember John McAlister: I like to make a motion to adopt a resolution. of intention to approve an amend to the contract between the board of administrative, administration, California public employees, your retirement system, and the city council, of the city of Mountain View for all unrepresented miscellaneous public employees, pension reform, act employees, should be read in title only, for the reading, further reading, wave, attachment right to the council report, to introduce an ordinance of the city council, of the city of Mountain View authorizing an amendment to the contract between the city council, of the city of and the Board of Administration, of this California public employees retirement system, to be read entitled only for the reading way. And 2nd, 2nd reading for September 22nd, 2020 attachment to the council report.

[03:02:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, and vice mayor committee.

[03:02:38] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Like 2nd the motion.

[03:02:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. So we have a motion by Counselor McAllister, 2nd by vice mayor. Any other discussion on this item? If not, could we get a roll call vote, please?

[03:02:52] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[03:02:54] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yep.

[03:02:55] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[03:02:57] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[03:02:58] City Clerk: Council member Matachek.

[03:03:00] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[03:03:00] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

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

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

[03:03:06] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[03:03:06] City Clerk: Vice Mayor Kime.

[03:03:08] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes,

[03:03:09] City Clerk: Mayor Abby Koga.

[03:03:10] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi. Thank you. Thank you. Mission carries 70 with no extensions. We'll go on to item 7.2 extension of the urgency ordinance temporarily suspending evictions for nonpayment event by residential tenants impacted by COVID-19 and related actions. And we have staff, a staff presentation by our city attorney. Christian, not that welcome.

[03:03:34] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, thank you, mayor, and uh, Diana Pizzelli, our senior assistant city attorney, is going to share her screen and the brief PowerPoint that we have for you tonight.

[03:03:48] Unknown Speaker: Excuse me, um, the attorney, uh, mayor, if I may, would you mind, um, we would like to have the, um,

[03:03:54] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: oh, you can outreach member, make an announcement about you, no problem.

[03:03:58] Unknown Speaker: We believe we have the, um, the issue resolved. So, Miss Beltran, are you able to make an announcement right now?

[03:04:09] Ms. Beltran: It seems that we're still having. Problem. I'm going to.

[03:04:16] Unknown Speaker: Is the translation available? We, we will go. Yes we can go ahead and just make it available. We were hoping to, um, we were hoping to have that announcement, but I, yes, we'll go ahead and just make it available.

[03:04:28] Ms. Beltran: I was actually going to ask if I swear, would you be? I was going to make an announcement in Spanish that translation is available. Um, sure. So, sorry, are we, we're just saying that more relatable? And there, is there, is it the interpretation button that they would hit, hit to get the translation?

[03:04:57] Unknown Speaker: That's correct. So, um, yes, exactly rice bear. So there is the interpretation button available at the bottom. So after you conclude your announcement, I will turn on the translation and this bell channel will be available to translate in Spanish to anyone who clicks the Spanish interpretation button.

[03:05:13] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Sorry to put you on the spot place there.

[03:05:17] Ms. Beltran: No, that's okay. I just wanted to ask what I'm supposed to say before I say anything. Okay. See next if he does try to see it. I, I, uh, I tell you soon, um, In Zoom. Sorry, I'm just trying to figure out how to do that. Um, uh, um, uh, uh, uh, uh, interpretation. Para traducier in Español.

[03:05:45] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Thank you. Yep, that's great. Okay, and just, and just one moment. Um, I just want to, uh, confirm, um, Ms. Viselli's. I'm having a difficulty. Okay, it looks like we're all set. I apologize. Thank you. Thank you, good evening, council members, and thank you for your attention to this important item. Tonight's item is the extension of the urgency ordinance temporarily suspending evictions for nonpayment of rent by resident- residential tenants impacted by COVID. And as you know, this will be consideration of the 2nd extension of this ordinance. And with me tonight is Wayne Chen, you know, with the community development department, he's going to be talking about the financial actions also on your agenda tonight. Next slide, please. Just some quick background. I won't go through all of it in detail. This process started with the city's declaration of a local emergency due to COVID back in March. Uh, These actions were also tied to the governor's order, which allowed local jurisdictions to enact eviction ordinances. That order has been was extended to September 30th. However, there has been no further extension of that, as of today's date. Uh, in addition, Uh, our extension, the city's extension goes to August 31st, which is why we're uh, before you tonight because that is right around the corner. Also of note, there was a judicial council action, which effectively repealed all, uh, excuse me, uh, prohibited, uh, all eviction proceedings in the in the state courts, but that is set to expire on September 1st because the judicial council chose not to extend that. There's some speculation. That was because they wanted to pressured the legislature to take some action, some statewide action. There's speculation about that. Next slide, please. Uh, as we all know, the, since the beginning of this COVID pandemic, the state and county actions have continuously evolved, and local jurisdictions have taken their own approaches with protecting uh, tenants from eviction. Some cities in Santa Clara County have been content to follow the county ordinance because it covers cities which don't have their own ordinances, and others have adopted their own regulations such as mountain view, and that is largely to institute some level of local control and administration of, of these ordinances, and there was a council question about that. Uh, which we hopefully responded to. And as of today, the, as I mentioned, the governor has not extended the order. Past September 30th, there's anticipation, he will. Uh, in addition, the county considered their extension today and we were just updated during the previous part of the meeting tonight. Just not even uh, an hour and a half ago, that the county has extended to the earlier of the extension by the governor or November 30th. And this was hard for us to track because the county had signaled about a week ago, they were going to extend to nove- excuse me, September 30th, uh, or the extension of the governor's order, whichever's earliest. So next slide, please. Uh, I'd also like to mention some state legislation, which we're tracking, uh, just by the day, uh, AB 1436, which is probably the more likely uh, bill to pass. And that provides statewide, that would provide statewide eviction relief to residential tenants. And very likely could eclipse or supersede all of these city ordinances. If, if that does pass and we're tracking that, the legislature, legislative session ends next week at the end of next week, we would analyze that. And if it covered the field of evictions, which we anticipated it will. It would likely simply supersede all city ordinances and become the rent, uh, the eviction control, uh, protection statewide. But we are tracking that. Next slide, please. This, uh, opportunity for extending the ordinance also allows uh, the city to align with other important parts of the county ordinance, which we present for council's consideration tonight. I'd reiterate that since the beginning, the city has always had its own police power and emergency authority to adopt its own ordinance. However, as this pandemic has evolved and as the housing division has received inquiries about certain aspects of the county and city interplay of the ordinances, there have been numerous questions about which repayment provisions control. And Currently, the city's repayment provision is 180 days. But there's more and more utility to considering extending to the county's provision, which is, uh, 12 months and with at least half of the repayment due, uh, at 6 months. So that is presented for counsel's consideration tonight as part of the amendments. And I will describe what we're proposing. If you go to the next slide, please. Yes, we'll stop here. The language which is currently before council was drafted with maximum flexibility while the county's action was still unknown. And it reads that the city ordinance will be extended to September 30th or any other date. The county extends their ordinance to. So it's broadly, broadly captures any additional extension by the county. And then, in addition, if the county does not extend past September 30th. The city ordinance would remain in effect until the, through the duration of the city's declaration of local emergency, which will, which continues in existence until it is lifted by the director of emergency services and then ratified by by council. This, in our view, preserved the most amount of flexibility, and maintained eviction protection in Mountain View, uh, due to uncertainty with the state and county actions. And the way that the county provision is written, and I've just reviewed it. It just came through and we confirmed what it says. It says, again, the county ordinance will be extended. The early to the earlier date of the governor's order or November 30th, and we don't know how they chose November 30th. But that language theoretically leaves open the possibility that the state could extend for a very short period of time or not at all. And, uh, in considering this, uh, uh, the language as drafted is more protective and covers more scenarios than the county language. Certainly if the council were interested in simply following the county's language. We could incorporate those changes tonight. And then finally, there are just some housekeeping notes, there were some late revisions to both the ordinance and staff report, both were updated and made available to the public. It was a simple minor issue of describing the repayment period in terms of months rather than days, and there were also some syntax changes to the ordinance to make it read correctly, but those have all been provided to the public. And finally, there were some public comments in writing to the council, which hopefully I can shed some light on, which, uh, the commenter suggested that the city's action has proposed tonight would leave a gap of time where tenants are not protected. I've reviewed those public comments and if counsel were to act to adopt an amendment tonight. That would go into effect immediately tonight, as soon as the vote is taken. So the, the, there would be no gap in coverage of the city ordinance. So I, I, wanted to maybe answer that question if any council members were curious about those comments. So those are my comments about the ordinance itself. I now will turn it over to Wayne Chen to describe the other related financial actions before you tonight.

[03:15:48] Wayne Chen: Thank you very much, Christian. So, as Christian, I mentioned, there are 2 additional components to extending the cities moratorium. Um, and these are related to um, funding mechanisms and um, relief efforts. Uh, quick context, um, for these additional items is that this is indeed a statewide and actually a nationwide crisis, um, we have seen and expect to continue to see, um, overwhelming demand for rent relief. And this is driven significantly by um, current economic and employment impacts and uncertainty um, from that, and that insert uncertainty is expected to continue. So the 1st additional recommendation is to shift the $100,000, um, that was set aside for the small landlord assistance program for council direction, which was part of the small business, um, COVID-19 um, relief uh, program. Um, to date, there hasn't been any loans made. And, um, part of the assessment is that, uh, shifting it over to the rent relief program, um, would directly, um, benefit landlords. And as mentioned, there does continue to be a high demand. in need for rent relief. The 2nd additional action is to reappropriate the $1000000 of BMR funds that was originally appropriated in May, specifically for the COVID-19 rent relief program. The other funding sources that were approved, had been encumbered by the program, process wise. Um, it was just that these funds had not been encumbered um, uh, yet. Um, but because the significant need remains. It is recommended to have these funds reappropriated, so they can be quickly encumbered and made available for the program. Um, so to fluctuate the shift in funding from the small land order assistance program. Um, to the rent relief program, requires um, council actions that are represented in recommendations to 3 and 5. Um, and for the BMR appropriation, that is recommended. Um, that is recommendation number um, four. Um, and with that, I'll turn it back over to Christian.

[03:18:13] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Thank you. And we are seeking a number of recommendations tonight. 1st is the ordinance and 2 through 5 are the recommendations Wayne just described. We're available for any questions and I believe, uh, Tom, uh, from CSA is also here, uh, if for questions or maybe he is not. Wayne, do you know if Tom is about?

[03:18:41] Wayne Chen: Yes, Tom, Tom is, um, um, in attendance and, uh, I think we can elevate him as needed if there are, um, any responses to questions. Thank you very much.

[03:18:54] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: And that concludes our presentation and we're available for questions. Thank you.

[03:18:59] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any questions from council members? I see, cancer and McAllister, your hand?

[03:19:05] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, yes, please. I do have a couple questions. Or one question. Um, I want to get clarity on the timeline that you are recommending. Um, in the in the staff report under section two. It says September 30th or any later expiration date of county of Santa Clara. My understanding that this county, Has there extended their September moratorium to September 30th or November 30th, depending on additional action by the governor. Do you have any, so I heard something different from you. So what is more, uh, to think?

[03:19:51] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, the, the, the county language is provides that they extend their ordinance. Uh, to the earlier of the extension of the governor's order, or November 30th, whichever is earlier. And the way ours is, uh, the, What's before you tonight is drafted, it provides that the ordinance is extended through September 30th. That was the information we 1st had, or any other subsequent extension by the county, and then it goes even farther than that and says, if the county doesn't extend past September 30th, our ordinance stays in effect until the local emergency is lifted in Mountain View. So it's, it's very open-ended and it was designed for flexibility. So ours is more, um, protective in terms of remaining in effect. And it also, in my view, eliminates the uncertainty of being dependent on a potential that the governor's order extension could be very short or, uh, you know, theoretically, it could not happen at all, in which case, uh, you know, this, and it would expire on September 30th. So, uh, I believe the way it's drafted in your staff report is a broader and longer extension, and it also eliminates the need to return to council. Uh, If if circumstances change.

[03:21:36] Councilmember John McAlister: So we don't need to worry about, okay, because I thought the county put in the word or, and it was September or November, and you're heard an update that says it's different than that.

[03:21:50] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, we just were able to verify the exact language, uh, which is the, uh, Extension of the county ordinance goes to the earlier of the governor's order extension or November 30th, which, yeah, that's what we just verified that.

[03:22:09] Councilmember John McAlister: So with your wording, we do not, we will still be in sync with the county, but we don't need to change any of our wording to be in sync with the county then.

[03:22:21] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Correct. If they extend, uh, if if it happens that the, uh, governor extends past, uh, the, Past November 30th, then the, the county's provision governs, uh, it's not written the exact same way, but the effect is, is the same.

[03:22:45] Councilmember John McAlister: So our moratorium would go to November 30th. Where you have right here in our staff report September 30th.

[03:22:54] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, and and again, that was based on the county's initial intention to extend to September 30th. Sorry, this has been very tricky to keep up with. Uh, It may be worthwhile considering, uh, using the county's language. However, uh, I still think it leaves open the possibility that the, the governor's order could be uh, considerably shorter, then November 30th. Uh, nobody nobody knows at this point, but it is an option to sync up exactly with the county and we can use that language if that's council's desire.

[03:23:37] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, because then that would take September 30th out of our language. And automatically or by doing that, it would make it November 30th.

[03:23:46] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, and and I think there's, you know, a relatively high certainty that the Governor will extend his order and uh, but there's not certainty about when that will be. So, uh, you know, the county acted, um, and they have, um, made the determination that this is, uh, uh, how they want to extend, uh, our our language was, again, drafted before tonight's action and designed for flexibility. And it would, it would cover any, any extension that the county undertook.

[03:24:24] Councilmember John McAlister: Now, would that cover any legislation from the California state legislators?

[03:24:29] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: That would, um, good question, if the state acts to occupy this field of regulation, we'd have to 1st verify the extent of the legislation, and if it did cover what all these city and county ordinances cover, then it would just control by operation of law. It would just supersede or preempt the local ordinances. But again, we'd have to see the details in the final bill, and, um, It's very possible that it would eliminate the need for a local ordinance.

[03:25:06] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Uh, because I, okay. So I'm gonna, I'm gonna move things a little bit here along, and I'm gonna make a motion to adopt amendment to ordinance number 2.20, an urgency ordinance of the city of Mountain View, temporary suspending eviction, for nonpayment of rent by residential tenants impacted by COVID-19 emergency, extending the duration of the ordinance and repayment period to be read in title only. Further reading wave, effective immediately upon adoption, one to the council report, that the resolution would be amended to be in sync with the county. Second, I would go to reappropriate in fiscal year 2021, the $100000000 for the blow market rate housing fund approved by city council on May 5th, 2020, and number 3, amend the agreement with community service agency for the COVID-19 rent relief program by $1100000 for total amount not to exceed $2,734th. $1,702. I purposely left out 2 and 3 because it's still too early. There are too many unknowns. Uh, so we do not know what's gonna occur. If we need to redirect the money later. We can do it. And there's still, I believe, some 300,000 or more in item 3 for businesses. And we are probably seeing a lot of businesses that are at the end of their rope, and then they may need this. So by ending that, I think that would be premature. So that's why I have just done one, 4, and 5 for counsel's consideration.

[03:26:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, so there's a motion on the floor. Is there a 2nd for this? If you want to just raise your hand. uh Some romance check, you're nodding? Is that a 2nd for the motion?

[03:27:02] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Sure, I had some questions, but I'll also 2nd it.

[03:27:06] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Well, yeah, we'll just, um, take it now, now we can ask questions and have, um, further deliberation. So, counseling or met a check, would you like to continue?

[03:27:16] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yeah, thank you. I just want to make sure, um, so it seems like if we're trying to, um, eliminate, Confusion. Um, Why would we, is there a downside with of just using the county's wording? In section two?

[03:27:36] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: You know, it, it is, I would say it's a small downside. There is a theoretical possibility the governor would choose not to extend. We don't think that's going to happen, but I would say a, only a small, small downside. Again, this is, you know, speculating with the best information we have and the county looked at it closely and, uh, So I would say a small downside, but not, uh, not huge.

[03:28:04] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay, but that's the only part that, um, council member McAllister you were saying we should align with the county is section 2 on page 2 of the ordinance.

[03:28:15] Councilmember John McAlister: Well, I think, uh, I think it was the timing, which was the most important, because we also cover mobile home parks, and so that's why the timing, that's, again, trying to keep it simple, but maximize the time. So that's why I was thinking of going with the county. If you have some amendments. That'd be interesting to hear.

[03:28:39] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: I just would also like to clarify that the ordinance as presented, uh, allows for counsel to consider the way it's drafted. It synchronizes the repayment period with the counties for clarity for residents and tenants and city staff. That's still for council's consideration, that the way the ordinance is drafted. It changes the city's repayment period from 180 days to 12 months after the expiration of the ordinance with at least 50% due at the 6 months. So that's in there also, but in a different section than what Council member McAllister is referring to.

[03:29:20] Councilmember John McAlister: We're adding more protection by going with the county.

[03:29:24] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Oh, yes. Yes, there's 2 things. There's the extension and then the repayment period, and the 2nd proposal that's in the ordinance is synchronizing with the county's repayment period, which is 12 months as opposed to 6 months.

[03:29:39] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. Right, but I guess I just wanted to clarify that we're not changing anything. I was the one who sent in the question about, um, what's the downside of not having, um, an ordinance of our own, and the city attorney or somebody wrote back and said, um, that our ordinance contains notice, proof of hardship requirements, mediation assistance, and city enforcement mechanisms that differ slightly from the county ordinance, but are designed to address local priorities. So that would still be in there. Which is more protection than the county. Yeah, okay. Yes, and If the, yes, if the city, city ordinance remained. Yes, we would still, I just want to make sure I understand your

[03:30:28] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes. Yes, yes.

[03:30:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay, so, um, I will 2nd the motion then that, um, council member McAllister made.

[03:30:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Thank you. Counselor required?

[03:30:41] Councilmember Chris Clark: So 2 things. One, um, just to clarify, um, one where we'll take public comment at some point, um, I don't think we've done that yet unless I missed it. Um, but the, but Councilman McAllister's motion is, if I'm looking at the agenda flow and the staff report, so that is item one. Um, 4 and 5 and you left out 2 and 3? Okay. Um, I, I would um, so 2 things. One, I would recommend just going with this staff, language and not saying, synchronizing the county because the way that they've written it automatically synchronizes, with the, um, but it doesn't automatically synchronize, but it automatically sort of goes with the, um, um, I guess most generous interpretation of Christian correctly, if I'm wrong, but it basically sounds like, even though we had the September 30th date in there, the way it's set up is that it'll automatically extend.

[03:31:42] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yeah. Yeah.

[03:31:44] Councilmember Chris Clark: So, I don't, if, if. Um, if you're amenable to that, I think you, I think it might be even important just to adopt a staff recommendation because it will automatically adapt, um, sort of speak, and then, just to give folks a head up, heads up, um, all, uh, I would support this motion, um, pending public comment, but then I'll, um, also make a subsequent motion for items, 2 and 3 because I think, um, I actually agree with this staff recommendation on those 2 things that might not have the same. Um, and folks can vote against that, obviously, if they want, but, um. Anyway, I just wanted to share that intention.

[03:32:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other comments? And then I will open it up for public comment.

[03:32:28] Unknown Speaker: Um, I, I had a question on 3, the main street, the small business resiliency fund program. I guess I was confused because, um, earlier in the COVID updates, there was mention about going out for reopening it for a 2nd round, and I guess I read this item as closing it. So, could someone clarify, um, what the intent for 3 is?

[03:32:59] Wayne Chen: Uh, yes, this is Wayne Chen, um, the intent is that, um, procedure wise, the small landlord program is, um, bucketed with the overall small business resiliency program. So in order to carve out the 100,000 and to redirect it to CSA, would require an amendment to that contract, which is number three, and then it would be, then in concert with number 5 to amend the CSA's agreement, to be able to receive the 100,000.

[03:33:30] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: So then for the main street launch program for small, the small business resiliency program, is that continue, will that continues?

[03:33:42] Wayne Chen: With whatever with this, whatever we do this evening. Yes, my understanding, there's no intention to, um, um, modify any other part, except for the small landlord assistance program.

[03:33:53] Unknown Speaker: Okay, great. Thank you.

[03:33:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Customer Hicks.

[03:33:59] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, so I look forward to hearing public comment before we, before we vote, but um, I, I just wanted to say that I would be when uh, council member Clark makes the 2nd motion. I will be supporting it, and my reasoning is that the small landlord doesn't seem to be getting the money out to landlords or renters, and it seems like that if it's folded into the rental relief fund, get to landlords. I mean, we write the checks to landlords. So it will serve landlords in a way that it doesn't seem to be able to do now, and it will also serve tenants at the same time.

[03:34:39] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Great. Any other comments? Right, I'm gonna take open this up for public comments. If you're in the 10 bucks and would like to speak. Please raise your blue hand. If you're on the phone, please hit star 9. And I'll start with Steve Goldstein. Uh, you should be on.

[03:35:09] Stephen Goldstein: Oh, here we are. Here we go Okay. 1st of all, I just want to say, I know I've had my differences with a lot of people in the city council, but in this situation, I am hearing a lot of people with positive intent here and I appreciate it greatly. So I want to make sure that you're aware of that. At the same time, I'm going to say that it looks like, again, it could be that this could be just a very short gap situation, given the fact that when I can see, uh, the vast majority of the situation will be, AB 1436 will be passed, because from I can see, the only thing that's slowing it down is the COVID, uh, uh, uh, process slow down and fire slow down right now. Uh, so I'm figuring that as soon as uh, they, we can get just 2 more boats in, in the, in the state Capitol building, it, it will be a signed law. The bomb line is, though, I appreciate everyone's efforts here. I know that we aren't as any terrible scenario right now. Everything that could possibly go wrong for this county and this city is happening all at once. I mean, this is just an amazing scenario, to say the least. I mean, the pandemic was bad enough, but now we have the fire, and we have all kinds of other things going on at the same time. And so believe me, I'm not being insensitive for that scenario. But I'm noticing that you as members of the city council are trying your best to provide some public service. So I really appreciate it. I, of course, uh, am in complete agreement with the, the motion that's currently, uh, in your hands, and I hope you will vote for. Thank you and I can yield the rest of my time.

[03:36:54] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Well, go to Bruce England. Please unmute yourself.

[03:37:00] Bruce England: You can hear me okay?

[03:37:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes please.

[03:37:02] Bruce England: Okay. Yeah, uh, just briefly, uh, for Mountain View coalition for sustainable planning, we're in support of any programs that, uh, take care of renters and small businesses. So, um, and we realize this is a challenge paying attention to all of the moving parts coming from the county and the state and so on. But this all sounds good. And so, um, we would support the motion that John has stated. Thank you.

[03:37:27] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to Tim McKenzie, please, and meet yourself.

[03:37:33] Tim McKenzie: Hi, can you hear me?

[03:37:34] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yes, please, go ahead.

[03:37:36] Tim McKenzie: Hi, thanks. Uh, thanks to staff for that uh, that presentation. Um, I strongly support doing everything we can to extend, uh, eviction moratorium or related to COVID issues as long as we can. I'd also ask at city council, use your power, your position to advocate at the state level for any state bills that will cancel rent, make landlords toll, but make sure that no one ever faces an eviction due to COVID and the pandemic that was outside of anyone's control. Thank you.

[03:38:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. We'll go to either Tang, please unmute yourself.

[03:38:19] Eva Tang: Check, check, one, two, three. We are. Hi. Um, Eva Tang here, um, just representing myself as a concerned resident. Um, I employ you to support the um, extension on this eviction moratorium, just the more protection that we can offer the residents of Mountain View, the more they will feel valued and a part of our community here. Um, everyone's trying to make it out here, as you know, and as we've seen in the report. Um, and um, the more support we can offer our residents, our businesses, et cetera. Um, The more that they will give back to our community. Thank you.

[03:38:59] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Well, go to Gladys Gudina. Please then mute yourself.

[03:39:06] Gladys Gudina: Hi, good evening. Good evening.

[03:39:08] Gladys Gudina: Addison Dino. I'm a lifetime resident here of Mountain View and now I'm a therapist working with local nonprofit. I work with adolescents and families that are underserved, and I just wanted to express my support for the extension of the evictions moratorium. As well as the allocation of any available funds to continue supporting. Um, the tendons that consequently, the landlords. I've witnessed the support and the help of CSA during our weekly cafesito meetings on Mondays. And just on a personal and professional level, um, I know the differences makes for our families in need. By reducing the stress and providing hope in a lifeline during these difficult times. So thank you so much.

[03:39:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Anyone else wishing to speak and I want it. I'm not sure if I should check if there's anyone, uh, in the interpretation, um, Box, if there's any. I'm assuming this is all being translated, so they would know to raise their hand.

[03:40:08] Unknown Speaker: Correct.

[03:40:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, great. All right, I don't see anyone else. Um, so I will bring this back to the council. Of. See, we do have emotion by customer McAllister, 2nd by council member Medichek.

[03:40:26] Unknown Speaker: If I could, um, just say a few more comments, I realized I could have been maybe a little more clear about the ordinance extension, which is written, and this is in, hopefully to help, uh, clarify some of council member McAllister's questions. What's written before you tonight in section 2 is actually broader and more protective than the county's recent language from tonight, although it doesn't mention the November date. It doesn't need to because we've drafted this extension so broadly that it starts with an initial extension to September 30th and then any later extension adopted by the county. So, uh, it includes that November day, if that gets activated, and it is not dependent on the, uh, counties, I'm sorry, the governor's uh, extension, uh, date. And in addition, it has the further protection of if the county doesn't extend past September 30th, then the city's ordinance, our ordinance remains in effect until we lift the declaration of emergency. So it's actually more protective. It doesn't have the word November in it, but it's, it's a, it's actually more protective and, as council member Clark stated, encompasses any eventuality, any extension by the county, and it, we don't need to mirror the county language to have those same, have that same duration. I just want to do. offer that, uh, hopefully for some clarifying comments to consul member McAllister, uh, that in my view, as written, it's actually broader and more protective than the county's language.

[03:42:18] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you for that clarification. Uh, Councilman Ramirez.

[03:42:24] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. So 1st just just a, uh, a quick clarification. Did, did council member McAllister accept the friendly amendment from council member Clark? Are we, are we using staff's recommended language?

[03:42:37] Councilmember John McAlister: No. No, I don't, I don't accept, because, again, when I mentioned that, that, the landlord tenant, we, if you looked at the council questions, we asked, how do, what kind of outreach was there to the tenants and to the small landlords? And there was a considerable amount more going to the tenants, and maybe there wasn't enough outreach to the landlords. So, we're still in, we're still in uncharted territory, and another reason that I don't want that to go is just because if we take it, give it to the tenant. The landlord may not see the money, he still has to pay a mortgage. And so this could be something as a bridge. So for the time that the lender comes and says, hey, you need to pay something until the time the tenant gets his money to pay the rep. So, there for that, I want to keep the most flexibility. And if something comes down in 2 or 3 months. Yeah, we could probably just say, we could bring it back in, but let's do a, make sure our, we did our due diligence on the outreach, make sure that there, all the parameters are covered, and I think we still need the flexibility like everybody else's, time was, We don't know what's gonna happen.

[03:43:52] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: So just to be clear, so I understand you have decoupled the reallocation of the small landlord relief program, money from the extension of the moratorium. Uh, but the, I was, I was more interested in the, because you, you had recommended that the language pertaining to the expiration of the moratorium, reflect the language that the county has approved, as opposed to, that's recommended language about when the moratorium would expire. And council member Clark had suggested that we retain the existing language, and I think as the city attorney has, has shared. Uh, that language is actually, what the county was, was recommending. So, so for that portion, aside from the small landlord relief program, are, are you, are you, using in your motion, the staff recommend, recommended language about when the moratorium would expire?

[03:44:51] Councilmember John McAlister: I am rec- yes, if that is the most protective language, that is the one I'm using.

[03:44:57] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Okay, great. So it's the staff recommendation minus the reallocation of the small landlord really program.

[03:45:03] Councilmember John McAlister: Um, yeah, item 2 and three.

[03:45:06] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yeah, got it. Okay. And that's why I. Okay. Um, so, so I'll be, with, with that clarification, I'll be supporting the motion, and then I'll be supporting council member Clark's, uh, follow-up motion, uh, related to the small landlord relief program, and, and the primary reason is, I think that the eviction moratorium works because we have a very robust rent relief program. Uh, and I, I don't like the idea of tenants incurring rent debt. It's great that they're able to remain in their homes for the duration of the eviction moratorium, but um, if there isn't a rent relief program. sort of working alongside that, aside the eviction moratorium, then not only are tenants incurring rents debt, but they will struggle to pay back later, but there are many landlords who are not bringing in any income at all. So I, I, I, I think that the reason it's been very successful in mountain views because these programs have worked very well in tandem. Uh, and I think as uh, the, the staff report had made clear, and as we've heard from, from folks in the community, uh, I, I don't think we're quite out of the economic uncertainty created by the pandemic, which is disproportionately impacted, low, uh, and moderate income people. Uh, so I, I feel like the, the $100,000, even though it's fairly modest, um, is better allocated, uh, with the rent relief program because it can be used to provide landlords income, that they're not, that they may not be getting now, and it can help address concerns from tenants who may otherwise be incurring rent debt. And just to illustrate this with a quick story. Uh, early on, uh, a couple of small landlords had had reached that to me, just because, I knew my family, and uh, I had initially directed them to the small landlord relief program, and in fact, the staff will know because, they weren't able, they had some questions about it. I put them directly in touch with staff and they found that they they couldn't qualify. So the next best thing was the rent relief program where not only was the tenant who was struggling to pay rent able to, to apply, but that provided a source of income for, for the landlord. So it ended up being a superior outcome anyway. Um, and, you know, that's, I think the, the challenge is there are probably a lot of small landlords and many tenants who may not be aware of the rent relief programs. So the only addition or recommendation I would have for staff is, uh, when we, when we promote the eviction moratorium, when we're, when we're sharing information about it, concurrently, we should also be directing people to CSA to apply for the rent release program because knowing about the eviction moratorium, I think is insufficient. really only works. when people are aware of the rent relief program. And unfortunately, there's still a lot of folks, including small landlords who may not know to direct their tenants to it. Uh, so I appreciate comes from my report for, for bringing, um, for, for making that, that motion, uh, following this. The only question I have for Steph, though, is given sort of the complexity of the language related to the expiration of the moratorium. When you are uh, sharing this information with the public. How will you share with them that, you know, in the events, the county moratorium isn't extended, that, you know, it will persist beyond that? Because it, it, it, it feels very difficult to explain in, you know, a mailer or, you know, in terms that, um, that, you know, most folks out in the community can understand.

[03:49:02] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, I think that's a good question, and I think the simplest way to, uh, explain it is that it, it, it really stays in effect, uh, through the duration of the, of the emergency in mountain view, the, the language was included, uh, to try to synchronize with the county, to get alignment for those people who are interested in, in, uh, you know, the the terms of of each ordinance, but the practical effect is, uh, this will remain in effect, uh, through September 30th, of course, and if there is no further extension by the county, it will remain in effect until the, um, emergency is lifted in, in, uh, Mountain View. So, uh, I will work with the housing division to find a way to clearly communicate that to the public. It is a good point. It's essentially in effect until, uh, the emergency's over, uh, the way it's written. So, and that's the approach some other cities have taken. So, um, that would be, um, I, I will commit to you to, to make sure that's clearly communicated to the public. I don't have the wording right now, but we will, we will certainly make sure it's clear.

[03:50:28] Unknown Speaker: Okay, just to you. I'm sorry, just to add to what Christian was saying, um, staff have already created, um, a comprehensive outreach plan to both landlords and tenants, um, ready to be um, implemented appending a day or day and a half um, of modifying a language and making sure that the language is is clear and easy to understand and will be um, coordinating with uh, Christian and Diana, um, tomorrow to make sure that the language is, as effective as it could be so that we can get the information out as soon as possible.

[03:51:05] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: That, I, I, that, thank you. I think, you know, it's, Many folks can and stand landlords won't know when the emergency declaration expires, right? or necessarily even what that will mean. Uh, and right now, there, there's, there's some urgency in that there are many tenants who believe that the eviction moratorium will expire, you know, after September, uh, August 31st. So, there, there's the, the urgency in making sure that folks understand the action that we're likely to take right now, uh, and also understand the new parameters of, of the, of the eviction moratorium that we're establishing. And I know it's not easy. It's not easy to get the language right and also get it out quickly, but, um, I I am confident that you'll be able to do that.

[03:51:52] Unknown Speaker: And it also, it also will have to contemplate, say that the, the counties, uh, does extend to November 30th. We'll figure out how to how to say it clearly. It is a little challenging, but we will. We will do our best.

[03:52:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right, cancel on the your medic check. Thank you.

[03:52:16] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Um. So a couple things. Um, if the county is looking at November 30th I guess, you know, I feel like we've got so many different dates out there. Why wouldn't we just change ours to November 30th instead of September 30th in section 2 and leave everything else the same?

[03:52:44] Unknown Speaker: You're on mute.

[03:52:45] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Sorry, we did, we did, uh, consider that and, um, the, uh, we haven't had, uh, too much time to consider the significance of the November 30th date. Uh, We, we, we're trying to find the origin of that. The staff report for the county was very thin and they didn't talk about it, but it actually is would be possible to insert that date, uh, and provide some level of initial clarity. That's, that's, um, actually not a bad idea if it's council's pleasure to, uh, choose that date. The reason we chose September 30th was that's the expiration of the governor's order, which we think will likely be extended. So a lot of dates, but I, I would be comfortable saying that changing it to November 30th would, would, would be okay and and provide some initial certainty.

[03:53:51] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay, and then my other, um, I guess, comment and question. Um, I sent in the questions about how much communication was done on the eviction moratorium as well as the uh, loan program. And. You know, it came back that we've done 4 pieces of communication on the loan program. And 41 pieces on the eviction moratorium. And that's why, um, I was concerned about, um, Moving the $100,000 over right now. We, we still have. Um, and correct me if I'm wrong, but the statistics that we have on the rent relief program. Um, we still have all of the funds that CSA raised themselves, right? Over a $1000000? Or are we just not seeing that part of the data?

[03:54:57] Unknown Speaker: I would ask if Tom could provide some color. I think he has the most up-to-date breakdown on expenditures. I think comes on and if he can provide some color on that.

[03:55:08] Tom: Uh, sure. Uh, happy to. Uh, yeah, I have uh, data as of this morning. Uh, uh, we have spent all of the city money that we have received. Uh, and so we have had to go into the money that CSA has raised. Uh, so far, we have spent uh, over um, uh, 100,631,000 uh, in city funds, and we have spent 800 uh, uh, 848,000 uh, in the CSA funds that we've raised for a total of 2 point, almost 2500000 has been spent between the two.

[03:55:50] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay, so we still have, um, between the 2, um, about, um, a $10000, right?

[03:55:58] Tom: That would be correct.

[03:55:59] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. So, um, I personally would like to do um, a little bit more communication about the loan program. And the only reason I'm saying that is because What I don't want to have happened is, as council member McAllister was listing off apartment complexes that are up for sale. I don't want displacement because of this. And if we haven't really tried to overcommunicate about this loan program, it would just be, Very, very heart wrenching that one of the complexes is sold and there's displacement over this. So I would like to give it a little bit more time and communicate it a little bit more. Um, in my neighborhood, there are some small complexes, and I did reach out to the owners, and I ask them, have you heard about this loan program? And none of them remembered getting any communication on it? Now. You know, that they should have, but you know, we all get a lot of emails and maybe the direct mail piece never made it to them, uh, because of address issues, but I would like to give it a little bit more time and try to communicate a little bit more. And then I am more than happy to revisit this. Uh, a later date as we get closer to, um, spending all the money that has been allocated to the rent relief program, to, um, you know, if there's no takers, then let's move it over. But I would like to give it a little bit more time and more communication. Thanks.

[03:57:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Counselor McAllister?

[03:57:38] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I just wanted to, for Lucas, to think of another thing is that, The money that CSA and Mountain View has is finite. It's not going to last forever. And so once all that money's given out, we potentially have the small landlord still has to pay a mortgage. And so, I'm not saying, I agree with Lisa that, yeah, if we're no one gives it. Let's do it, give it back into the program. But let's, there's, right now we have plenty of money that, to put it in there, there's not a pressing need for 100,000. And that may come up to make a difference to a landlord, that if I don't have the mortgage, I can't do certain things with the property. So I just want you to potentially consider that the money from us runs out. The small business, uh, still has to pay a mortgage and there's no more tenant money. So we're not saying, never, we're just thinking about giving it some more time. If want to revisit it in November. You know, let's do something like that. But let's give it a chance, because I think there's, we're at a tipping point, we're looking at a lot of small businesses, that you see, you're reading the newspaper that they're starting to close up because PPP money's gone. They, you know, used all their own savings. So let's just give it some more time. I'm asking you for, you know, 4 or 5 months. give it a chance.

[03:59:07] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, uh they singer.

[03:59:11] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Uh, great. Thank you. Um, so I just kind of wanted to share my thoughts with the group. Um, it seems like uh, we're all comfortable with the, the items that staff presented aside from item 2 and three. I think I just want to stress, um, You know, there were calls for consistency in terms of, um, you know, making sure that folks know, um, what the county order is, saying, what the state orders, saying, related to eviction moratorium. I think for myself, I'm inclined to go with whatever date is later, because I think this is maybe the 3rd time that we are extending the eviction moratorium. And so, um, I'd like to go as far out as possible. Um, just to kind of be cognizant of that. I think for, you know, myself, one of the things I'm trying to think about as we're discussing, um, items 2 and 3 and the staff recommendation is, you know, what's going to best keep folks in their homes, um, and not have displacement. I think for me, I feel more comfortable with the, um, the staff recommendation in terms of allocating, um, those funds from the small landlord program to rental relief because it has been since March that that has been available. And so, um, It it hasn't been used since since that time. And so, you know, um, for me, I, I think I'm a, I'm a bit more concerned about item number three, which is, you know, for small business relief, I think we're hearing a lot about how different, um, small businesses on Castro Street and throughout Mountain View, are, are kind of starting GoFundMes or other, um, other fundraising efforts to be able to stay down downtown and to stay in our city as a small business. And I know the small business, um, you know, council goal is going to be coming back later on in the fall. But, you know, I feel more more comfort with, um, You know, the stack recommendation for 2 then for item number 3. And so I wasn't sure if we had maybe more information from staff on on the small business relief program. I do know that when I looked online over the summer, the applications had closed and I know during the update the city manager had mentioned, um, reopening that, um, opportunity up for folks. Um, so I don't know if the city manager can answer that, but those are kind of my thoughts right now.

[04:01:51] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, thank you, Vice America May. So let me clarify how 3 and 4 work in tandem with each other. So the main street launch program has 2 components to it. One is the small business resiliency program, which does have that that leftover funding that we've talked about. So we have granted. I think it was around 70 businesses, and we did not spend all of that $900 and some $1000 So there is around 300 and some $1000 left. Um, main street launch also does the small landlord relief program. And that is that other bucket of $100,000. That has not been used at all. So what recommendation 3 and 4 does. Is it reduces our agreement with Main Street launch? It takes off that $100,000 because they wouldn't have to do it anymore. And it gives that $100,000 to CSA. And so that's why, number two, redirects that $100,000 that Main Street launch has now. And then it's basically amending the agreement with Main Street launch. So they work in tandem with each other. So to your question, yes, the small business resiliency program is still going to continue and we are going to relaunch it with the amount of leftover funds. This just would move that 100,000 out of their purview into CSA.

[04:03:25] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: And that one just to just to further clarify, I just want to make sure it's so clear since we started council at 4 today. So that $100,000, um, was kind of earmarked for landlord relief and not small business relief, right?

[04:03:39] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Okay. Okay. Two separate buckets of funding.

[04:03:43] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Okay. So it doesn't put any of the small business funds into jeopardy. Okay, great. Thank you. I appreciate that clarification. It's been, um, yeah. A lot of different information.

[04:03:55] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: So, um, I think that the, the motion, from council member McAllister and council member Mattachek was for moving forward with item to 4 and 5, is that correct?

[04:04:12] Unknown Speaker: And then, no. Just item one. Item one and five.

[04:04:18] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay. 14 and five. 14 and five. 14 and five. Okay. And then council member Clark was going to do an amendment. Is that what I was hearing?

[04:04:29] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: And if I could just get clarity? We are able to easily change the September 30th date in 2 places in section 2 and that that would give more of a certain farther out date. Again, just to be clear to council member magicics question. The November 30th is not a hard date by the county. It's an expected date. We don't know where they came up with it, but we do have the authority to extend out past September 30th and that that is easily accomplished by changing those dates. I just want to make sure that that was accepted in the in the motion.

[04:05:11] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, that's that's fine. Okay. But now, question. May I, can I ask question?

[04:05:20] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Sure.

[04:05:21] Councilmember John McAlister: So on number three, it says we're going to reduce a total agreement amount to 400,000. So this is sort of misleading, isn't it? Because I thought we had 800,000 or a million. So, where's the rest of the money going? I mean, I thought there was 800,000 plus for small business relief. So is staff recommending we're just shutting it down?

[04:05:43] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: No, we spent that. We spent the other 300,000. And then... So this is for the remainder. It's just to move the 100000 out of the main street. Account, the 100,000 for the last small landlords, move that out and give that to CSA. But to do that, then you have to shrink down the agreement with Main Street launch by $100,000. Okay, is that clear?

[04:06:14] Councilmember John McAlister: Because that's what's, uh, There's not real, I need clarity on that. Because based on here, then I was looking at the staff report. doesn't really explain what was going on. So, My intent, the reason I left out 3 was because I don't want to reduce any amount of money available to small businesses. Now, can staff say, that is the case. We are not reducing any available funds. To staff.

[04:06:46] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: That is correct.

[04:06:48] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. That would have been helpful to be a little more clarity on this particular item.

[04:06:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Right, um, Council member Clark.

[04:06:59] Councilmember Chris Clark: A very quick question for the city's journey. So, I'm fine with the swapping of the date, the September 30th, November 30th. I just want to make one. I just want to ask one thing, if we do that, the beauty of what you had written is that we don't have to address this again. It's just automatically extended to the maximum amount. If we change the date to November 30th. Do we then have to address this again? Um, in November or, or are you, are you good?

[04:07:26] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: No, no, it's a good good question. All we're doing is inserting instead of we're changing September 30th to November 20th. Everything else in that paragraph remains the same. So the, even if the county doesn't extend past November 30th, uh, we still revert to our declaration of emergency duration. So it's the same. It's still, it's, it's, um, It's, it's the same protection. And we, no, we do not need to return other than when the, when the emergency is lifted or if council determines they want to terminate the ordinance earlier by their election.

[04:08:10] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah, or state law supersede or whatever it is. So, okay, okay. If that's the, if that's the impact of changing the September 30th and November 30th for the sake of clarity for the public, then I, I'm, I'm fine with that and we'll support the, the motion, which just to recap is, um, in the staff recommendation is one. Um, 4 and 5 and then I'll make a subsequent motion after we vote on that.

[04:08:36] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great.

[04:08:37] Councilmember John McAlister: And I amend my own motion for a moment.

[04:08:41] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Uh, yes, yes, you can.

[04:08:43] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, 14, 5, 4, and then items 2 and 3, to, to keep, to, uh, keep in and revisit in 3 months. So that's sort of a compromise between what everybody's looking, so within 3 months, we revisited.

[04:09:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: I'm going to suggest counselor McAllister, given the conversation that we bifurcate this and let's just take, I'm going to call the question on 14 and 5 and then we can leave it or revisit 2 and 3 just to keep it as simple as possible. So, I'm gonna call the question here. Um, roll call vote, please, city clerk.

[04:09:24] City Clerk: Council member Clark.

[04:09:25] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah.

[04:09:26] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[04:09:28] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[04:09:29] City Clerk: Council member, Mattic Chag.

[04:09:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[04:09:31] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[04:09:33] Councilmember John McAlister: Yes.

[04:09:34] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[04:09:36] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[04:09:37] City Clerk: Yes, Mayor Kame.

[04:09:39] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[04:09:40] City Clerk: May I be Koga?

[04:09:41] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Bye. Thank you, motion carry 70 and no abstensions without a council member Clark.

[04:09:48] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yeah, so I'll move, um, item 2 and 3 in the staff recommendation, which is, um, I don't have to read the whole thing, but it's just the redirection of the $100,000. Um, for the small landlord relief program, um, to, uh, CSA and then amending the, the agreement with a mainstream launch for the staff recommendation or items 2 and 3.

[04:10:08] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: That's number Hicks.

[04:10:11] Councilmember Alison Hicks: A 2nd that motion?

[04:10:14] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, any questions, deliberation? I just. That's my McAllister.

[04:10:22] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay, this is gonna be an interesting one. So I like to take a subsequent motion. That we revisit items 2 and 3 in 3 months.

[04:10:37] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Is there a 2nd on the subst substitute motion, Council member Medachek?

[04:10:44] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes, I will 2nd that. I just, I feel like we have some time. I don't understand what the hurry is, and I don't feel like this has been widely communicated to the small landlords based upon the data that we were given by staff, and the little checking that some of us have done. So I don't see any downside to waiting a little bit when we still have over a $1000000 in rent relief that CSA can use. Um, I'll be supporting the substitute motion.

[04:11:16] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Any other discussion on the substitute motion. I had a question. I was hoping you could remind me what, was there a, um, amount to this lo- the small landlord loan. It was a loan, correct, and. Did we have that dollar amount or?

[04:11:35] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yes, mayor. It was $10,000.

[04:11:38] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay. Great. Thank you. Any other um, discussion on this?

[04:11:46] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: I guess I haven't waited on this whole topic. My main concern was the small business resiliency program, but it sounds like that is intact and moving forward for a 2nd round. I actually have heard, as this COVID is lasted longer than what everyone thought, um, small businesses are, you know, starting to feel the, again, the, the, the challenges. And so, I, I, am interested in, I'd like dress to reopen that program.

[04:12:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Um, yeah, I, I'm listening to the discussion and I guess I've been thinking about this too and, um, I, I, I realize that, um, by being able to, uh, uh, offer rent relief, we are able to, um, assist those landlords, um, because then they can get paid. Um, and my, my question, I, I guess originally I was wondering if, That, that check goes to, and it does go directly to the landlord, so they would get paid, um, a time in a timely manner. So, um, In light of the fact that we haven't had any qualified takers to this program. Um, and that uh, uh, rent relief would help the landlords as well. Um, I am actually inclined to move the funding over just because, um, I think it's just an issue of, I have this feeling that the rest of the funding in CSA is going to go quickly now that the program's been pretty fine tuned. Um, we just had, you know, a lot of um, startup issues in the beginning, but now things are seeming to go quickly. So, um, I think, um, for that reason, we should go ahead and move the funds over at this time. So with that council member, McAllister, did you have further questions or further comments? Yeah, admit yourself, please.

[04:13:50] Councilmember John McAlister: I talk when I want, don't. For expedition purposes. I, uh, if the 2nd year will go, I'll remove the motion. So because I don't see the votes.

[04:14:00] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Sure. Okay, thank you. Then we'll go back to the original motion by council member Clark. And 2nded by council member Hicks, any other discussion on that motion? Councilman McAllister, is that from previous? All right, let's have a real call vote, please. Council member Clark.

[04:14:23] Councilmember Chris Clark: Yes.

[04:14:24] City Clerk: Council member Hicks.

[04:14:26] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[04:14:27] City Clerk: Council member Mattachek.

[04:14:31] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[04:14:34] City Clerk: Council member McAllister.

[04:14:36] Councilmember John McAlister: No.

[04:14:38] City Clerk: Council member Ramirez.

[04:14:40] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[04:14:41] City Clerk: Council, I'm sorry, vice snare Kameh.

[04:14:43] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[04:14:44] City Clerk: Mayor Abby Koga.

[04:14:47] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Mission carries 61 with no abstensions. Thank you very much. Um, let's see, it's 1044. I need to take a motion to continue with the last item.

[04:14:59] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Uh, I think that's just for substantive matters. Um, I think we only have, uh, we don't have any substantive matters to take up.

[04:15:09] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Okay, nice. Then we'll move on to anime council staff committee reports. Council member Ramirez.

[04:15:18] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Given the late hour, we still have to return to closed session. I don't want to take too much time, but I did want to, um, return to some of the, uh, requests we had in, uh, non-agendized public comments, and elevating idea, uh, that's in there, had introduced. I think when we updated or when we revisited our goal setting back in February. Um, Now, I think, you know, it was a, it's, it's, I think everybody here generally is supportive of, uh, smoking regulations and multifamily residential and the question of that time was, uh, you know, was their stack capacity, did we want the, I said, above something else? And, uh, I want to revisit that because, uh, as several of the public speakers had pointed out. Um, we, we may, in trying to address one public health concern, uh, sheltering in place, you know, to prevent the spread of COVID-19, uh, we may be creating different public health concerns, and I'm thinking particularly, you know, those of us who, who live in multifamily units where, uh, you might have neighbors who smoke. Uh, and that's something that you can deal with if you can leave your home and go to work or have someplace to be outside of your own home. But if you don't have that, that, that luxury or if you're, you know, if you're sheltering in place because you're working from home. Um, it's, it's, it's a huge quality of life issue and it's a, it's a big public health concern. Uh, so I did want to see if there was support from a majority of the council to have staff return with an evaluation of what staff impact there might be in any trade-offs we would have to make in order to move forward with multifamily, uh, smoking regulations. Uh, should we just have a show?

[04:17:17] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah. You could have a straw boat. That's fine.

[04:17:23] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: And this is, again, to have staff bring back. But the trade-offs would be.

[04:17:32] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Right. Would it be a live presentation or a staff report? Could it be a memo?

[04:17:40] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: My, I think we would, well, if we did a memo, then it would have to come back and item 8 for placement. So I would rather agendize that discussion. So that way if we wanted to make, uh, if we wanted to proceed. We would be able to have that conversation and do so expeditiously. So, uh, could we get a show of hands uh, to agendize this item? Let's see, 6. Right? So yes, we will work on that. Thank you, Counselor Ramirez, for bringing this item up again. Um, did you have another recording or was that? It for you?

[04:18:22] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: Um, I think.

[04:18:24] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great, thank you. We'll go to the council member, Medachek? I'm sorry, say manager, did you have your hand up?

[04:18:34] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: I did. I'm not able to raise my hand in this function just because I have the. I don't know what, Yeah, I have the whatever, the hosting abilities. Um, so thank you, mayor. I just wanted to note that, um, just in terms of workload as council member Ramirez mentioned, um, yes, there is a heavy workload and this is not, um, going to be something that we can bring back, uh, quickly. Uh, we'll have to look at what we are planning to bring back in the next several months and what might have to drop off or be pushed back, um, just because of the, the current workload layered with the, the response to the crisis and um, everything else going on. So I just wanted to let counsel know that, that, um, we will look at the trade-offs. And then in terms of um, agendizing it. I just want it to be clear on what that means. Does, so is counsel asking for, um, staff to bring back, um, this item with what the potential timing could be, and then the next steps.

[04:19:46] Councilmember Lucas Ramirez: I guess I'll take a stab at that. So my thinking is, we don't really know what the impact will be until we have an analysis from staff. So what is, what is the, you know, the, what is the capacity that you have to take on new issues? Probably very little, and then what we would have to, you know, as you said, push out or eliminate entirely from the existing work plan in order to make this possible. So I think starting with that, we can then determine whether we want to proceed with, um, implementing new regulations.

[04:20:23] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Got it. Thank you. And, uh, city attorney Chopra. Just because I'm um unfamiliar with section 8 and bringing this back. Is this something that is brought back also in section 8 as a council member, um, item just in terms of, um, how we think through what the implications are?

[04:20:45] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Well, the ideally, the, I, uh, requests under section 8, um, a majority of counsel would have a clear idea of what is being requested to be brought back, whether it's a study session or uh, an ordinance or a memo. So there should be clarity now on exactly what the bring back is. Uh, I hope I answered your question.

[04:21:15] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Council member, magic check. I think we're ready for you now.

[04:21:25] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. And thank you, council member Ramirez, that was also on my list for item 8. Um so thanks for bringing that up. Um, I just want to let folks know that, um, we had a meeting of the legislative committee of the Santa Clara Santa Cruz round table on airplane noise. And, um, You know, I feel like I've been working on airplane noise for quite some time now and, um, we certainly didn't, um, intend for, uh, the, uh, reduction in airplane noise at the moment, be because of the pandemic. Uh, not a good thing to uh, be the driving factor there. Um, but, um, this has been an incredibly challenging issue to address. And I think, um, several of us have come to the conclusion that really the only way to address this is via legislation. And so that's why I wanted to be on the alleged committee because I felt like this is really, I think, our only hope. Um, we can talk about changing flight paths and altitudes and all these other things, but in the end, I think it's legislation that's going to make a difference. Um, and so the challenge with that is, you know, right now, um, there's other things that are federal legislators are busy with. And they absolutely should be focused on. Um, you know, how to deal with the pandemic. That's top priority. So we're starting to think about, you know, the next session. Um, what would we want to have our federal legislators do? Um, and uh, there's a couple of items how to actually, uh, change the way you measure noise. Um, and also take a look at uh, what we could do around the health impacts of the noise as well as the emissions from airplanes. So, um, This is still going to take some time. The FAA is a very large organization that, I believe, has challenges of its own. And so it's been, um, it's been really interesting, but it's also been very frustrating and this is going to take us a while, but we'll keep at it, um, until we can make a difference. Um, and that's it for me. Thank you.

[04:23:49] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. A good account for my McAllister.

[04:23:51] Councilmember John McAlister: Yeah, I got a couple of things. There's a victory. Dawn, if you're still on, we got a victory. Well, the SR 85. Policy advisory board came to a 5 year semi conclusion by we made a recommendation to the VAT board that we are looking for, we recommend a dedicated transit lane from SR 87 in the south all the way up to Mountain View with the tent with the desire to reduce congestion, greenhouse gases, vehicle miles, travel, reduce noise, and approve quality of time. And to make it an expedited system. With minimal stops along the way. So it took us a couple of hours to get that done yesterday, but we do have a final recommendation. It will be going to VJ Council October 1st and stay tuned. Hopefully we will be working, we will have some kind of cut through traffic relief for Mountain View in the near future. The 2nd item I want to talk to about is when we were talking about small businesses and relief. Uh, I've always been bringing up minimum wage and I usually bring it up real late. I just want to put it on the radar so that when we go and talk about the small business resilience program, that you guys give it a thought, last time when I brought it up, 4 of you did not want to even discuss it or think about it. Uh, times have changed, small businesses are getting slammed. And and we have to put everything on the table, see what we can do to help them survive. And minimum wage is one of the things that I've heard many times that was one of the tipping points to make the business go out. All I'm asking is that when we get to that point, we consider pausing it, not reducing it or just pausing it for a year, to get over this COVID-19 because people are really struggling, and every dime matters, and you go, well, it's only this or that. Every dime matters to everybody. So, please consider that when we bring it up uh, in the following months. I'm doing it sooner than I normally do, and that's my own fault. But is it something that, If it's not discussed, we are doing a disservice to our small businesses. Thank you.

[04:26:13] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Council member Hicks.

[04:26:19] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I'm I'm going to announce or or I guess re-announced because I announced this earlier as an upcoming symposium green streets for sustainable communities. Um, it was originally scheduled for this March as a as a real in-person symposium, but as those are no longer a thing, it's been rescheduled for 3 separate sessions. Um, the 1st one being September 10th. And it's sponsored by the Sierra Club, Google, Valley Water, and a slew of cities, including our own. Uh, the focus is on our streets, um, which may seem unglamorous, but they're actually 30% of the land in most cities. 30% of the total land is taken up by streets and streets and sidewalks. So as, um, if you're a city council member, it's an important portion of what you're making policy over. Um, and it's the focus of a lot of recent, um, bigger policy in terms of water filtration, um, uh, reducing carbon footprint through, um, through urban forestry. And then because of the pandemic, you may have noticed out on the streets and sidewalks a lot more. So the topic is, so it's also a growing part of designing cities to meet human needs. Um, And so I encourage you to Google the term green streets for sustainable communities and the symposium will pop up. And you can buy yourself a ticket. I will also be speaking as will um, our city manager. So I encourage everybody to come. Thank you.

[04:28:12] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Nice mayor.

[04:28:15] Vice Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thanks. A couple different announcements. So, um, last Tuesday, the, um, council youth, um, services subcommittee met, we're continuing to meet with different nonprofits, stakeholders, um, and providers talking about youth mental health. We have, um, some meetings coming up in September and hope to bring this back to council with some, um, recommendations, um, so I just wanted to keep that on the radar. And speaking of mental health, I think you all know I'm the JPA member for Czech, they're having a community virtual town hall about how they're supporting family's mental health during COVID on August 30th. I think everyone might have received that email. Um, but I just kind of wanted to highlight that and they are going to be having portions of the event um, translated into Spanish. And then my last um, update is yesterday, the, um, Race equity and inclusion ad hoc subcommittee met, um, where we heard about, um, the city's racial equity justice action plan, and that included, um, 4 different components. First, we heard from staff about the city's action plan going forward. Then we heard from a member of behavioral health from the county talking about the crisis mobile crisis response team and how they respond to calls and there's numbers for, um, adults and then those who may be experiencing crises, um, who are 18 or younger. And so we talk to staff about being able to incorporate that into the city's efforts related to mental health. And then, um, the police chief, um, presented police data, which had, um, racial statistics on arrest booking, citations, as well as, um, Mountain View and non-Mountain View residential data. Um, we also had, um, a fellow from Stanford University and the University of Michigan, um, participate in the call to let us know more about their national police data project that they're doing, um, to help evaluate data, and better understand what that means for cities. Um, and then kind of lastly, we heard uh, an overview of the different police oversight models that are out there. Um, and we heard from city staff and Stanford University researcher who's been working with our city manager as well as various members of our city staff, um, over the summer, um, talking about this issue. So our next meeting, we'll be tackling different topics. And so I just wanted to give a brief update to everyone. Thank you, mayor.

[04:31:02] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. And uh, I had a couple of items, um, going back to public comment, comment. Um, I wanted to see if we could, uh, have staff, uh, look at HR 763 and if it is aligned with um, our principles. I believe I uh, I have the ability to send a letter. So, um, if we can do that, I would appreciate that review. Um, and then, uh, I have been participating over the summer in a Silicon Valley resiliency round table. We had 3 meetings over the summer. Uh, it was a group of, um, All stakeholders from all over education, business, um, 30 mayors, 30 about 30 mayors from the 3 counties, um, Santa Clara, San Mateo, and Alameda counties. Um, and uh, there will be a report coming out tomorrow, actually, uh, the press release, um, of our findings and recommendations. Um, and then, uh, I was, uh, taped a little clip for the virtual groundbreaking of 950 El Camino, the um, Alta housing, uh, affordable housing project. And so that was a lot of fun as I, it, I posted on Facebook, but I'm happy to send you the link to that groundbreaking uh, ceremony that was done virtually, which was interesting. Um, and, um, I went attended cities association board meeting at last Thursday. We spent a lot of time talking about transportation items. I'm sharing the transportation subcommittee. We had a, um, professor from Santa Clara University, talk about alternative funding models for transportation other than a sales tax, and, um, we had to also talked about the cut the commute pledge that we, uh, our council, um, in, uh, approved earlier in June, we're the 1st city to do that, but the city, the city association has adopted it as well, and all the cities will be taking it back to their own councils. Um, So, and then we talked a little bit about the Caltrain, um, funding, um, ballot measure. And, uh, tomorrow, there will be a press conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of of the of women's suffrage. Um, so, uh, that is, um, uh, a big milestone, um, day for for women. So I wanted to make a note of that. And counselor McAllister, did you have something else?

[04:33:43] Councilmember John McAlister: No, I just had a question. You said HR, which was the bill?

[04:33:48] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: HR 763 about um, the carbon free carbon fee. Dividend?

[04:33:55] Councilmember John McAlister: Oh, okay.

[04:33:56] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: HSO, it's in Congress, House of Republic.

[04:33:59] Councilmember John McAlister: Okay. Thank you. That was it.

[04:34:01] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: All right, great. Any other comments? Um, if not, city attorney, do we have a closed session report?

[04:34:09] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Actually, we'll be resuming back into this. There is no closed session report on items on item 2.one and there is none anticipated for 2.2 The item we're continuing and discussing shortly.

[04:34:23] Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga: Great. Thank you. Um, so with that, thank you all for your patience in getting through the, the agenda. Um, I'm not, I'm, we will now, uh, uh, resume and to close session. And, um, let's go ahead and take a 10 minute break and let's say be back at 11. I'll just say 1115 back on the other Zoom call for our closed session. Thank you everyone and have a good evening.

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