June 22, 2021 Joint Meeting of Mountain View City Council, Shoreline Regional Park Community and Capital Improvements Financing Authority

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[00:03:17] (archive recording) Mayor Ellen Kamei: I'm going to read the usual announcement as required. This meeting will be conducted and accorded with state of California executive order N dash 29 dash 20, dated March 17, 2020, and the state of California executive order N dash 0821 dated June 11th, 2021. All members of the city council are participating in this meeting by video conference with no physical 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 the item. By signing up at mountain view.gov slash CC underscore speakers or by phone by dialing 669-9009128 and entering webinar ID 961-1462-2600. Any emails received by 4 p.m. today were received directly by the city council. All votes will be taken by roll call vote. City attorney Chopper will make remarks, and then the city council welcomes public comment on the items listed for closed session. City Attorney Chopra.

[00:01:10] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Thank you, Mayor. This is the closed session announcement. The city council will be meeting on 2 items in closed session. The 1st is item 2.one, conference with real property negotiators, government code section 54956.8 property, city lot 12, 917 dash 941 California Street, and 424 dash 468 Bryant Street, APN number 158 dash 11 dash 033 through APN 158 dash 11 03815811 dash 06015811 dash 033 and 15811 dash 055. Agency negotiator, Archie Shrabasseva, community development director. Wayne Chen, assistant community development director. Angelo La Monica, real property program manager, Libby Seipel, consultant. Sioux Block Council. Negotiating parties for related alta housing, the developer, Andrew Schorfar, and Silverberg, Randy Suda, under negotiation, price in terms of payment for lease, development, disposition, and ground lease agreement. And the council will be meeting on item 2.2 conference with real property negotiators, government code section 54956.8 property 525 Hans Avenue, Bob Elementary School. 1701 Rock Street, Crittenden Middle School, 115 West Dana Street, Landells Elementary School, 253 Martins Avenue, Huff Elementary School, 1175, Castro Street, Graham Middle School. 505 Escuela Avenue Mistral Elementary School. 500 Toft Street, Castro Elementary School. 460 Thompson Avenue, Mountain, excuse me, Monteloma Elementary School, 740 San Pierre Way, Stevenson Elementary School, 1625 San Louis Avenue, Therakov Elementary School, 220 North Westman Road, Vargas Elementary School, 333 Unis Avenue, Cooper Park. 310 Easy Street, Westman Park, Agency Negotiator, Kimber McCarthy, city manager, John Marchant, community services director, negotiating parties for Mountain View, Westman School District, IMD Rudolph, Rebecca Westover, Phil Henderson. Under negotiation price in terms of payment for joint use of property agreement. And that would be the time to ask if there's any public comment.

[00:03:57] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you, city attorney Chopra. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on any closed session item listed on tonight's agenda? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press star 9 on your phone. A 2 minute dip timer will be displayed on the screen. Right? And it looks like we have some public comment. Robin Lynn?

[00:04:45] Robin Lynn: Hey there, um, thanks so much for the time. I just wanted to be brief. Um, I don't full, obviously know what exactly is being discussed in closed session, but I do know that. Uh, I'm assuming this is about, um, the joint use agreement between the school district and the city regarding using, um, their fields and land as park space. So all I wanted to say is that this is, um, appreciate the city working so hard, um, on this and that, you know, whatever happens, these are going to be profound, potentially profound changes to how, to kind of how the city, the residents and the school district interact and how we look at parks in open space. And I hope that, um, these are narrowly focused discussions and that for the broader picture of how these relationships will evolve as Mountain View densifies that, that is done in a manner that involves a lot of, um, community input because, um, a lot of the, you know, I guess I don't have to tell you that 66% of the land that the city considers neighborhood parks actually belongs to the school district. And so any changes to this will have profound effects on the residents. And as we, you know, discuss all this densification, it'll have an even more profound effect. And I hope that I look forward to this being an open discussion that the city has with the residents as well as the school district. Thank you so much.

[00:06:22] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Bill Lambert?

[00:06:28] Bill Lambert: Hey, thank you. you hear me?

[00:06:30] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[00:06:31] Bill Lambert: Okay. Mayor Kamai and Council members, this evening, one of the closed session. Agenda items is about the joint use agreement between the city of Mountain View and the Mountain View Whisman School District. During the past 60 years, the residents have enjoyed the use of green space associated with the school sites, and both the residents and the city have treated the green space of city parks. This is about to change dramatically. Within the next few weeks, the district will be installing perimeter, security fencing at all school sites, except at Mona Loma. With completely fenced off school properties, the relationship between many of the neighborhood schools and the communities they serve will change. To date, the city has done nothing to prevent this. After years of supporting the fiction that small green space is city parkland, the city has simply acquiesced to the district's actions. To address the new realities. The city has placed renegotiating the JUA as a high priority item on its work plan. Tonight, the process of renegotiating the JUA, at least to the public's knowledge, begins with a closed session item. A close session item is appropriate when the price of a specific property is being discussed. The discussion about topics not related to specific price terms should be held in open session. Also, any documents or reports that are not related to price terms should be made perfectly available. Aside from illegal formalism, though. But, but, um, the residents of Mountain View deserve to have a public process about all issues that impact the future of parks and open space in Mountain View. The issues raised by the JUA are interpointed with the parks and open space strategic plan update, the ability of the city to comply with the Quimbiak guidelines, and ongoing residential housing growth initiatives such as R3 zoning. It can be expected that the JUA will define the community's relationship with school property for decades to come. Our goals ensuring ample park and open space for all residents of Mountain View will be better served by having an open and public discussion. Thank you very much.

[00:11:56] (archive recording) Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. All right, is there any other public comment on these closed session items? All right. I'm not seeing any, so we can bring it back to council. The council will now recess to close session and return to this meeting at 6.30 PM for our regular session. All right, we will be back. See everyone in closed session.

[02:16:12] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Juneteenth is now a national holiday. Last Thursday, President Joe Biden established June 19th as a federal holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States. The day's name is a blending of the words June and 19th and is also known as Emancipation Day. The city is committed to doing our part to root out racism and inequities for communities of color. The library has been celebrating Juneteenth with a display on the 2nd floor about Juneteenth. The history of the sleep of slavery in the United States and the reconstruction period. We also have a curated Juneteenth reading list that is now posted on our library website. Many efforts are currently underway with our race equity and inclusion action plan, and we continue to focus on marking all making sure all residents in Mountain View feel welcomed and valued and look forward to future celebrations of this new holiday. Now we'll move on to item 3.one, which is our legislative update by our state senator, Josh Becker. Welcome, Senator Becker, I see you. Thank you for joining us this evening. We're looking forward to your update, so please feel free to take it away.

[02:17:29] State Senator Josh Becker: Thank you. Thank you to Mayor Kame and the council members for inviting me today. It's great to see so many friendly faces and there's so much experience and knowledge on this council that I look forward to continuing to work with you, um, on learning from you and collaborating to, um, work on the major issues facing our communities and to make our communities a better place. Um, maybe a kind of quick update. Well, 1st of all, I just want to say, I appreciate, you know, all of you, uh, each of you have done to, um, uh, during this pandemic. I know how hard it's been on our city council members and the hours and the decisions literally affecting people's lives and people's businesses and livelihood that you've had to make and just my great thanks to all of you for your service during this time. And also wanted to give a shout out to city manager, Kimber McCarthy, who joined Mountain View, just as things were shutting down and has helped run the city during these difficult times. So, uh, heads off to you. Uh, for, for uh, doing that. Um, just kind of quick background, you know, I say that I, I, I ran for Santa, so I want to make a difference and I'm an obsessive problem solver, which is a trade my my wife, uh, uh, usually enjoys and my my kids, uh, not so much. They, uh, you know, they're raising 2 teenagers during a pandemic. Um, was uh, very challenging as I'm sure many of you can uh, relate to. But fortunately, they made it through and I hope you and your families are also doing well and have kind of coming out the other side of this. But being a prom solver, like to tackle big issues and that's what we have, you know, coming down to this pandemic. So I'm really focused both on working with you on quality of life issues here on the peninsula, as well as climate and social justice, up in Sacramento. I'm honored to show around 6 committees that focus on some of these key issues, including the energy and utilities committee, the transportation, uh, committee, um, which about business and professions and economic, uh, development, which is really the only place that economic development happens in the state senate. We trying to do more of that. Government organizations, J-LAC, which is a joint legislative audit committee, which has actually turned out to play a big role because we're auditing things like EDD, which, um, uh, and, um, you know, apologize to any of your residents who have been trying to get their unemployment insurance. At times, 5 of my, uh, almost majority of my staff has been focused on helping people navigate uh, EDD and make sure that people get the, uh, benefits. to which they're entitled. Um, And so we've been, you know, helping, you know, improve that situation with EDD. Um, and then I'm vice chair of the joint climate change committee. So this is a joint committee between the Senate and the assembly to look big picture on climate change policies and how do we continue to move the needle here in California. Um, it, it, personally, in my legislation is a focus in a lot of those, uh, areas. And, uh, you know, I choose 2 bills, my 1st day in office, uh, both on climate one that is was SB 67 really focused on 247 clean energy. How do we move, um, from, uh, you know, saying, hey, we're 100% renewable energy, which is great, um, but you can still do that and burn a lot of fossil fuels to how do we get to true 247 clean energy, where we're particularly hitting that peak, that evening peak, uh, especially during the winter from, say, 4 o'clock to uh, 9 o'clock, uh, when we're still burning um, 80, 90% fossil fuels. And how do we um, make sure that utilities are committed to uh, investing resources to hit, serve those hard to serve times of the day. And then another bill, which is around removing barriers to electrication. So those are some of the issues we've been focused on. Tomorrow I'll be presenting on both education technology, and this is something I've worked on with a lot of folks at the local level, bringing back the estate support for regional technology centers for our schools. And I appreciate all the folks in Mountain View have been leading on digital equity. I've had many conversations, um, with them. And then on concrete and cement, I have 2 bills, run on cement, and one on concrete, and I'll be presenting one tomorrow. Thank you for that. Shout out. Many of you know, concrete is actually 7% of the world's carbon emissions. It's estimated that half of all things, um, on the planet, um, that, uh, in weight is actually concrete and we're actually increasing, not decreasing the use of concrete. So we have to get to net 0 and one of them is sort of demand regulatory push on the cement side and then demand pull on the from the state sides that are procuring low carbon concrete. So, um, we have a couple couple efforts there that I'm really excited about and happy to talk more about any of them. COVID obviously really shaped my 1st few months in office and coming in, the vaccine was sort of just coming online and working to make sure teachers and other central workers were prioritized, working to, um, uh, you know, try to get our schools open and kids back in school and having the optimal experience. We're also protecting our teachers and with PPE ventilation upgrades, COVID testing. Um, And, you know, working at the, with folks at the county level, again, to make sure that teachers were prioritized, and we were able to, to get, um, to get schools open, that we have funding, um, for both that protective. And now for this, to address some of that summer, um, intensive programs that we're trying to roll out to address, um, any of the, uh, learning loss. Um, you know, that occur. and worked with folks in the governor's office to send $750,000 to our county specifically for mobile clinics and for folks to really go door to door and particularly vulnerable communities to get people to sign up for the vaccine. The eviction matorium. I know that's something you're dealing with. I don't have concrete news to, um, say today, other than that fact that we're working, um, very close, you know, working hard to, uh, reach a deal on the eviction moratorium, and, um, to extend it and to think about funding, uh, maybe slightly differently than we did before, uh, and another important piece of that is actually helping people access the money. So we had a considerable amount of money allocated and a very small percent has actually been, um, dispersed, and part of that, we found out the application, um, was just really cumbersome 3 hours to over 2 sessions. And fortunately, there's some folks, including some of my folks I knew from the legal tech world who, and folks at Stanford, who've been working on this and expect to roll out the next week or so, revised application will be 30 minutes, have a little bit more of an interface to quickly figure out what it can be worth to you and send people to sign up and make the process easier. So hopefully that's like a happy ending, to that story, we actually get people's money out to folks and as we look to work to extend, um, that. in terms of the budget. Um, It's like to say, you know, when I was elected, we're facing a $50000000000000 surplus. So I feel like I'm doing a pretty good job so far. Um, and uh, I see the I see the smiles on that one. But, you know, we're really, you know, we're fortunate, and like I say, you know, we have a, and I see Sally particularly resonate with her from her time there and being on the edge of one of these big changes. Um, that we have uh, right now historic need and historic opportunity. And so, um, you know, I feel a tremendous sense of, uh, responsibility, um, to, uh, woke my colleagues to make sure that this surplus that we have is allocated wisely, both to, um, meet the immediate needs of folks who are suffering, as well as taking the surplus and really laying the foundation for a broader economic opportunity. How do we use this to, um, to break uh, generational poverty? How do we use this to make really lasting investments? And that's sort of what we're trying to do. There's a big issue right now between legislature and the governor around early childhood education, both very committed to it. But I think the legislature, we recognize that if we do TK and take 4 year olds out of our mixed childcare settings, without a substantial expansion of childcare, both in the rates that we pay providers and the number of spaces for kids, that we really risk collapsing that sector. So it's really, again, is another area where there's just a historic opportunity to make bold investments in early childhood, but again, we have to do it right. Otherwise, there could be some real unintended consequences. So that's one of the things that we're working to sort out here over the next couple weeks. We did have a, um, again, a legislature's budget, some of this is still being negotiated, historic expansion of Cal grants, um, and, um, middle class scholarships. Um, so really focus on um, affordability and access to uh, higher education, uh, as well. Um, I'm a big fan of asset building. It had a bill written on baby bonds, which is really, you know, again, we tried to get people asked at a young age. The governor came out with his proposal around child savings accounts. And so that's another piece that's sort of been negotiated. But, um, it's another aspect of, okay, how do you get people to build wealth over time? And to close, you know, work to close the wealth gap. Um, and that's, you know, another one of the ways that we're working on. And again, look forward to working with all of you and your ideas as we move forward here. Um, so that's a lot of what we're focused on now. getting to the budget process. Um, you know, we're all working through our, our, uh, our own, um, legislation, and I'm happy to update you, uh, more of another bill that came from one of our cities, that's about helping small cities, uh, uh, join together to compete, that are for SB one funds. These are the highway funds, uh, that are that we pass from funded by the increase in the gas tax. We make sure that our peninsula cities can compete better for that. In other words, program on our community colleges and helping be able to pay beyond the enrollment fees for our community college students. So, um, those are some of the other areas that they've been working in. But with that, I don't want to think too much of your meeting. Happy to answer any questions if there's time.

[02:28:46] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you so much. Senator Becker. Does any member of council have anything they'd like to say to the senator or have any questions about the update that we just heard? You're getting lots of thumbs ups in our record. I think that's a good sign.

[02:29:02] Senator Josh Becker: I'll just say once again, another thing, you know, as we all, um, think about homelessness in housing, when it kudos to, um, your city for the life's move project. Um, I think the virtual tour. I look for a really tour, but I knew Elizabeth for a long time, reference is 1st just thinking about it, and it's just amazing to see that as a model and hopefully that will be, um, expanded here. And also thanks to your city for responsiveness as I've been able to, um, work to put in some really direct budget requests and we're crossing our fingers, um, that we'll be able to support some of the affordable housing efforts, uh, that you have, um, uh, that you're working on, particularly with the project uh, downtown. Again, as far the responsibility, I feel, you know, we have to make sure that Sacramento is not, you know, obviously just mandates and that we're really providing money for housing and for transportation, for your great separation and all those efforts that we need to build infrastructure on the peninsula.

[02:29:57] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thanks, thanks so much, Senator Becker, and I see all my colleagues nodding their heads and copying and giving you thumbs up. So we'll give you a virtual round of applause. And thank you for joining us. I mean, I think COVID has created a lot of adjustments and a lot of hardships for one of the great things is we're able to see you virtually, right? And not have, you don't have to race from Sacramento and we're able to have updates like this and I think it's really wonderful. So thank you for making the time to come and visit us and give us a personal update. We are definitely looking to Sacramento as we talk about some other items tonight. Um, and so I'm sure we will be in touch with you. So thank you so much to you and your staff, who's always readily available and reaches out and is such a resource for us in the community. So thank you so much.

[02:30:43] Senator Josh Becker: Great. Thank you all. Have a good rest of the meeting. If I didn't talk too long, you want to have me back. Let me know. And great to see you all.

[02:30:50] Mayor Ellen Kamei: I'm gonna actually open it for public comment.

[02:30:52] Senator Josh Becker: Oh sure, sure, sure. That's okay.

[02:30:54] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom, or press star 9 on your phone, and we'll display a 2 minute timer on the screen, and I do see a hand sender, so hold on just a 2nd. Um, and we'll do the 2 minute timer. Tim McKenzie.

[02:31:20] Tim MacKenzie: Thanks so much for coming to speak with us, Senator. I'm Tim McKenzie. He him pronouns. I've lived in the bay for about 8 years now. Um, just wanted to take the opportunity while you were here, uh, to let you know, as Mountain View resident and a constituent of yours, that I support uh, SB 245, the Abortion Accessibility Act, and SB 357, the safer streets for All Act. I wanted to let you know that. Also, I wanted to let you know about AB 367, the menstrual equity for All Act. I don't know if there's a comparable bill in the Senate, but it'd be great to see something like that. The city of Mountain View, back in January, committed to providing free period products in women's restrooms, and we're hoping to expend to men's restrooms as well, since trans men and some non-binary people menstruate as well. Uh, and would love to see a similar effort at the state senate level. And thank you very much for taking time to speak best.

[02:32:23] Senator Josh Becker: Great. And 245 will be a co-author of Center Gonzalez, and I appreciate on the other Senate bill, and the assembly bill will be coming towards us. So I'll be looking on the lookout for that one too.

[02:32:34] Mayor Ellen Kamei: And then we actually have one more hand, Stephen Goldstein.

[02:32:42] Steven Goldstein: Thank you for your time. The reason why I wanted to talk is because I'm grateful to see Josh Becker here. The reason is very important. I just sent an email to all the council members showing an email that was sent to me by my landlord who was trying to harass me and intimidate me to try to either constructively evict me because he was cleaning it. I owed him so much money regarding rent, given the fact that I've given him a COVID declaration, and I followed all the laws that had been passed regarding my rent. And at the same time, he had, as I sent, in the email, he sent me a message basically said, he will refuse to participate in any rental assistance program, because it is not his style. And basically what he was saying is that no matter what happens, he's going to hold me personally accountable for any rent that I have not been able to pay because I lost my job due to COVID. And I've not been able to get a job since because of the circumstance. Now, of course, uh, this has been a, a pattern that's been even more ugly because he has failed to maintain the property. I have now have an active uh, reduction in petition with the CSFRA RIC uh, showing how he failed to maintain the property, including having a city order to repair my balcony because it was unsafe. So, in any case, um, I just want John Specter to know that what's been going on here. I mean, this is getting ridiculous. I'm almost certain that there are plenty of landlords have been doing the same thing. And it's just unbelievable that the whole thing was that they've been taking advantage of trying to say that they want the tenants personally responsible when they've been given ample opportunities to get the funds. I already paid my 25%. He was not willing to take the 80% that he was offered in the original bill.

[02:34:45] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Thank you. Your time is up. Thanks.

[02:34:49] Senator Josh Becker: Yeah, if I could just say, thank you for that. I mean, it's, it's, It's, you know, okay, obviously, frustrating, it was, for you. Um, in general, when landlords are, um, during this when the law is very clear. We're not evicting people and they try to intimidate and harass anyway. Alex Kobayashi for my team is who has tremendous experiences on the line. If you did not send it to him directly, I'll forward it to him. And we'll make sure that we look into this because that is not supposed to be. And when we look at this potential extension, we're looking at fixing some of the financial pieces, um, uh, so that we don't have that opt out sort of situation that that, that you refer to, because you said, you're doing everything that you're supposed to do. We should keep you housed here. So anyway, we'll definitely follow up.

[02:35:39] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. And we have a couple more hands. Roheen Gosh?

[02:35:46] Rohin Ghosh: Hi, Senator, thank you for being with us tonight. Uh, I wanted to just uh, hop on the line very briefly just to say thank you for your support of uh, popping the rent relief money to 100% and for your work trying to make sure we get a state deal on the eviction moratorium. Uh, please do everything in your power to make sure we get that extension done because landlords, uh, that I've encountered, uh, in through my work, kind of all across the peninsula, are foaming at the mouth ready to evict people, and in expectation that the state moratorium will expire in that some cities, not in mountain view, but other cities may not actually, extend their moratoriums. So please make sure that meritorium statewide gets extended. Thank you for your advocacy.

[02:36:39] Senator Josh Becker: We discussed it in caucus, say, we are, we are working on it. Stay tuned. Thanks for advocacy.

[02:36:44] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Next is Eric Herzburg. Oops, oops. I picked Anthony Chang. Sorry about that. Anthony, can you unmute? Did you get the unmute? You go. Anthony Chang. Hmm. All right, let's try Eric again. You're at Herzburg?

[02:37:18] Eric Hertzberg: Hi, I just want to be a voice in opposition to the densification. I moved to Mountain View, to be in a residential community. I am not thrilled with the idea that my city council is pushing so hard to plan for people to come in 20 years at the expense of myself and my wife and my neighbors. Um, I really don't want to live in Manhattan. If I had, I would have moved there. Um, but I don't want to. So it's just another opinion in the opposite direction.

[02:37:52] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Thank you. Cat McGee?

[02:38:00] Kat McGhee: Hi, uh, my name is Tom McGee. and a constituent of uh, Mountain View, and I'd like to, um, read a statement, um, from a fellow constituent who could make this meeting, Anne Marie, um, who also has something to say regarding the, um, eviction moratorium. She states, I'd like to think.

[02:38:20] Mayor Ellen Kamei: So, yes, we're doing public comment for Senator Becker.

[02:38:24] Kat McGhee: Yeah,

[02:38:25] Mayor Ellen Kamei: and in item 4, we're going to talk about the eviction moratorium for the for consent. So I just wanted to clarify if you wanted this comment for Senator Becker or if you wanted it for item four, which will work.

[02:38:37] Kat McGhee: Yes, I can save it for item four. Thank you.

[02:38:39] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, yeah, no problem. I just wanted to let you know, because I think, um, the eviction moratorium is under our consent calendar under item 4 and we're still on item 3.one. All right. Thanks so much. All right, Senator Becker, that concludes our public comment. Thank you so much again for joining us. We really appreciate it.

[02:38:57] Senator Josh Becker: Absolutely. And just, you know, address Eric's point as well. I mean, I appreciate that. That's what I think we're focused on quality of life issues with all of us here as well as we look for ways for teachers and nurses, not just being our community, but we also look to protect the quality of life of folks here. So, appreciate all the comments. But thank you again for having me.

[02:39:16] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Okay. So we'll move on to item 3.2. which is our park and recreation month proclamation. Parks and open space manager, Tim Youngberg, joins us to accept the proclamation. Hi, Tim. See you joined us. I'd like to thank community services department staff for providing great parks and recreational opportunities to the community, especially during the pandemic when these services were desperately needed. This year, we also recognize their efforts responding to COVID-19. Within the parks by cleaning bathrooms, on a regular basis, closing and opening park facilities, and installing safety signage. In addition, staff supported the county to create numerous COVID-19 testing locations and the vaccination site at the Mountain View Community Center. We thank the community service department staff for the dedication to the community as we enter the month of July to recognize park and recreation month. So I'm just going to read the proclamation briefly, which is uh, whereas parks and recreation programs are an integral part of communities throughout this country, including the city of Mountain View. And whereas our parks and recreation programs are vitally important to establishing and maintaining the quality of life in our communities, ensuring the health of all citizens and contributing to the economic and environmental well-being of a community and region. And whereas parks and recreation programs build healthy, active communities that aid in the prevention of chronic disease, and improve the mental and emotional health of all citizens. And whereas parks and natural recreation areas are fundamental to the environmental well-being of our community, and improve water quality, protect groundwater, prevent flooding, improve the quality of air we breathe, provide vegetative buffers to development, and produce habitat for wildlife. And whereas Mountain View provides residents with access to 41 parks, including Shoreline at the Mountain View Regional Park, and 9 miles of trail systems. And whereas the city values positive gathering places through the city's old winning recreation facilities, such as the community center, senior center, the view teen center, historic adobe building, 2 aquatic facilities, 3 community gardens, 2 gymnasiums, athletic fields, and tennis, and pickleball courts. And whereas Mountain View offers a variety of recreation programs for all ages, which strengthen community image and sense of place. Strengthen safety and security, promote health and wellness, foster human development, increase cultural unity, support economic development, facilitate community problem solving, and provide recreational experiences. And whereas our parks and recreation professionals swiftly mobilized to keep parks, trails, and green spaces open to support physical and mental health while delivering vital services and programs to support the community during the COVID-19 pandemic. And whereas the U.S. House of Representatives have designated July as Parks and Recreation Men. Now therefore, I like May mayor of the city of Mountain View, along with my colleagues on the city council, to hereby proclaim the month of July as parks and recreation month. Parks and Parks and Open Space Manager Youngburg, would you like to say a few words?

[02:42:51] Parks and Open Space Manager Tim Youngberg: Yes, thank you. On behalf of the community services department, I want to thank you, Mayor May, and the city council for recognizing July as Parks and Recreation Month. Thank you to all of our CSD employees for their ongoing efforts to provide quality parks and open space and recreation opportunities to the residents of Mountain View. This past year has been challenging for our department, with all of the evolving COVID rules, and regulations. I want to thank our parks, forestry, and roadways crews for their continued work throughout the pandemic out in the field. To maintain the city's parks, trees, and trails. Thank you to our recreation staff for the work with the county to create and set up COVID testing and vaccination sites throughout the city, while also providing virtual and in-person programming. Finally, we would like to thank the community for their support of our efforts. Thank you.

[02:43:44] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. I'd love to give you a virtual round of applause for all of CSD's efforts during this pandemic and would any member of the council like to say a few remarks before we go to public comment? All right. I'm not seeing any comment from my colleagues, but I will say that um, all of you have played such a vital role in our community more than ever. And, um, we have new community groups that have formed asking us for more parks and open space. So, um, it's it's been such so wonderful to have such committed and dedicated city staff. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in zoo or press star 9 on your phone and we'll display the 2 minute timer. To Mackenzie.

[02:44:36] Tim McKenzie: Thanks for the work that you do in Parks and Rec Parks are great. I think we all love parks as a resident of Monteloma. I have to speak up and say, save our park. You'll see if you come through the neighborhood, you'll see signs all over the place. I know that you guys are aware of the fact that a large fraction of Parkland of the city is actually owned by the school district, and I think you guys are starting to think about that or try to work on that, but we need to keep the parks open and safe for all of the Mountain View community. Thank you very much. Parks are great.

[02:45:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Eric Hertzburg?

[02:45:19] Eric Herzberg: Hi, thank you. Yes. Um, I live next door to the property at church at the intersection of church in Calderon. There has been some, there have been rumors. Let me put it that way, that that property might be purchased by the city of Mountain View as a local park. All I can say is I dearly hope that you actually follow through on that, that those rumors are not unfounded. At any rate, uh, Thank you very much.

[02:45:52] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. All right, that concludes public comment. Thanks so much, Mr. Younger, for joining us.

[02:45:59] Parks and Open Space Manager Tim Youngberg: Thank you.

[02:46:01] Mayor Ellen Kamei: So we'll move on to um, item 3.3, which is immigrant heritage month proclamation. Based on census data, approximately 41% of Mountain View residents are foreign born. Since 1998, the city recently renamed multicultural engagement program has helped our diverse community members, including recent immigrants acclimate and connect with the city. Reflecting the city's commitment to diversity and inclusion. The MEP team, comprised of native Spanish, Chinese, and Russian speakers, provides a broad range of services and information that are culturally and linguistically appropriate. The MEP team translates city outreach materials, provides real-time interpretation at community and council meetings, like tonight, and engages with community members about city programs. Post-pandemic, you will see them out in the community at city events. Where they will answer questions, talk about the latest city events and services, and share children's activities with our neighbors. We're happy to be joined this evening by multicultural engagement program coordinator, Nancy Ducos, and translators, Eileen Lee and Ivy Shu, to accept this proclamation. I think they are making their way over to the virtual stage. And I'll just read the proclamation. Whereas generations of immigrants from every corner of the globe have built our country's economy and created the unique character of our nation. And whereas immigrants continue to grow businesses, innovate, strengthen our economy and create American jobs in Mountain View, California. And whereas immigrants have provided the United States with unique social and cultural influence, fundamentally enriching the extraordinary character of our nation. And whereas immigrants have been tireless leaders, not only in securing their own rights and access to equal opportunity, but also in having a campaign to create a fair and more just society for all Americans. And whereas despite these countless contributions, the role of immigrants in building and enriching our nation has frequently been overlooked, and undervalued throughout our history, and continuing to the present day. Now, therefore, I, Alec May, mayor of the city of Mountain View, along with my colleagues on the city council, to hear designate June 2021 as Immigrant Heritage Month. Multicultural engagement program coordinator Ducos, would you like to say a few words?

[02:48:42] Multicultural Engagement Program Coordinator Nancy Ducos: Yes, thank you. 1st of all, you've been tears to my eyes. Uh, thank you all of you for, uh, this means a lot to our diverse immigrant community here in Mountain View. So, uh, we appreciate the, your, your recognition and your words. Thank you.

[02:49:02] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Hi Leonard, Ivy, did you want to say anything too? Just want to give you the opportunity. Okay. All right, would any member of council like to say a few words? All right. Well, I, I think on behalf of my colleagues, I just want to thank all of you, I know that you've been having to provide all of these services virtually, and our communities needed it more than ever, so we're just so grateful to the team and excited about the new name. MEP. Now everyone will know what it means. So thank you, thank you so much. And I know the rest of your team is translating for us tonight as well, so really appreciate that. So, um, would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom, or press sternine on your phone, and we'll display the 2 minute timer. Eric Herzberg.

[02:50:14] Eric Herzberg: This is, this is very interesting. I did not click. To raise my hand, But I was thinking about it. So, since I'm on.

[02:50:26] Mayor Ellen Kamei: All right, well, we'll start the timer since you are gonna speak.

[02:50:29] Eric Herzberg: By all means, by all means. Um, I was stunned by your statement that 41%? Do I understand correctly? 41% of people who live in Mountain View are, um, of foreign origin? I find that absolutely astounding. Um, one of the concerns that has come to mind. Mind you, my wife was of foreign origin. So, um, that is of interest to me, but... We sold a property recently around here, and all of the bidders on it were foreign origin. And that was because they had the money, and local people could not pay the money. And that was very upsetting to me. I wonder if the city keeps track of the origins of the money paid to purchase property in Mountain View. Just a question. That's all. Thank you.

[02:51:37] Mayor Ellen Kamei: All right, Tim McKenzie.

[02:51:43] Tim McKenzie: This is a great proclamation. I came out to California to come to Stanford, which only exists because Leland Stanford Sr. had a ton of money from being a railroad baron who was exploiting the labor of the Chinese immigrants who actually did the work and built that all that wealth. Um, immigrants built this nation, they continued to do so. It's a great proclamation. Thank you. And I just want to say, thank you, Mayor Kumay, for last council meeting where you were translating Spanish on the fly, that made me have a lot of civic pride, and it helped me follow along, and I really appreciated that. So I wanted to thank that and I love that everything's being translated right now, makes it more accessible. Um, I know there's also a large Russian community, uh, nearby to where I live. I don't know if we have Russian translation, but that is a population here in Mountain View too. Great proclamation. Thanks.

[02:52:39] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thanks. Yes, we do have a Russian translation. Nadia Mora. Hi, Nadia. Did you want to get?

[02:52:54] Nadia Mora: Muchas gracias. For el programma, piostedes, sienne, para laiteración, de la comunidades, finan, pacificamente. Gracias, portogo, lo que nosam, oprecido, cogre, todo, niver personale, familiar, nu precisamente, por, ayudar, nosa, lenterasco, comunitario, y la posque los permitte, como, bajarores, gracias, a todos. Muchicinas, gracias.

[02:53:37] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Nancy, did you want to translate that? Do you want me to translate that? Someone from the team gonna translate?

[02:53:43] Multicultural Engagement Program Coordinator Nancy Ducos: Okay. Um, Nadia Mora just, I say thank you for the opportunities, for the opportunity for growth personally, and as a family and also for providing uh, the leadership through the ambassadors. She mentioned how that uh, that uh, platform held them to become to become stronger leaders and members of the community.

[02:54:14] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, well, that concludes public comments so we can bring it back to council. And I'd love to give Nancy, you and your team a round of applause.

[02:54:28] Multicultural Engagement Program Coordinator Nancy Ducos: Thank you so much.

[02:54:32] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Wonderful. Thank you. So we'll move on to item 3.4, which is non-binary people day proclamation. Casey Pierce joins us this evening to accept the proclamation. The proclamation reads, whereas non-binary is a gender identity, which describes people who do not identify within binary of exclusively man or woman, and who may or may not identify with the transgender umbrella, and may also identify as gender queer, gender, non-conforming, gender, diverse, or gender expansive. And whereas in the 2015 U.S. transgender survey, 35%. 35% of respondents identified non-binary or gender queer as best describing their gender identity. And the Trevor Project's 2021 national survey on LGBTQ youth mental health, found that 26% of LGBTQ youth surveyed identified as non-binary, gender fluid, or gender non-conforming. And whereas international, non-binary people's day falls in the middle of international men's day, and international women's day, and raises awareness of, celebrates, and honors people who are non-binary. And whereas well, there have been milestones for legal recognition of non-binary people. There is still much work to be done in recognizing and supporting people that identify as non-binary. Now, therefore, I, Ellen Kumay, mayor of the city of Mountain View, along with my colleagues on the city, council, to hereby proclaim international, non-binary people's day. Hi Casey, would you like to say a few words?

[02:56:19] Casey Pierce: Sure. Um, thank you so much, Mayor Kumay, and the rest of the council, for this opportunity to educate and lead to more acceptance for non-binary people and non-binary identities. And I hope that this day and this awareness and acceptance is used to create more opportunities to create that acceptance in making more steps forward to equality between genders. Um, thank you so much for claiming, um, this non-binary people's day, the, um, Thank you. Bye.

[02:56:58] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you, Casey, and I want to also share with my colleagues that Casey served on the youth advisory council. So Casey, I want to thank you for your service to Yak. And also thank you for suggesting International non-binary People's Day. Our youth are our leaders, and we just really appreciate, um, you bringing this to council's attention, and it's great to celebrate immigrant heritage month, not a very nice people stay. All in the same council meeting. Um, would any member of council like to say a few words? All right, seeing none with any member of the public on the line, like to provide comment on this item. If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press star 9 on your phone and we'll display a 2 minute timer. Hi, Tim.

[02:57:50] Tim McKenzie: Hi, um, this is great. Visibility and representation is really important. There are some non-binary people may present as male and menstruate. It would be great if they went into the bathroom and were able to access period products. Thank you. And thank you, Casey.

[02:58:10] Mayor Ellen Kamei: That's great. Thank you. Stephen Goldstein.

[02:58:20] Stephen Goldstein: Thank you for your time. Uh, just wanted to say, uh, it's been a long time for this process to go away. It's been going. I can't believe it's still been about only about a year or so after the US Supreme Court established that the, the gender community was protected under the civil rights laws, but yet, as you know, there's many people who are trying to work against the gender community. I will, I'm definitely consider myself a gender, uh, non-binary person, and yet at the same time, of course, I present myself. professionally as a 100% male. But it's only because if I didn't, I would never be able to have any job. So the bottom line has been that it's been so many years for this kind of evolution to take place. And I'm fortunately where seeing a lot of force is trying to reverse it. I feel that, uh, I'm grateful at the same amount of view, has the intelligence and the understanding to take the steps that they're taking, and I greatly appreciate it. I really hope that maybe in about 20 or 30 years when we finally get to that point where it, it will be like, oh, so your gender by now, who get, who really cares? As long as you give a damn about the people around you and you keep doing the best thing you can for the people around you. We want you here and we want you to be part of our tea. Thank you.

[02:59:54] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, that concludes public comment on this item. And Casey, thanks again. Really appreciate it. Great. And so now we'll move on to item 3.5 which is our COVID-19 update by our city manager, Kimber McCarthy. City manager McCarthy. feel free to take it away.

[03:00:19] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Great, thank you, Mayor. Good evening and good evening, council members and members of the public. I will start sharing my screen here. So this presentation will be my last presentation about COVID, uh, before we go into the summer recess and I know that, uh, so much has happened since my last update. So with this meeting. Um, I'm going to talk a little bit about what's happening with the city's reopening plans and then what's happening just at the state level. Um, and county level with the changes that have just come um, so quick over the last couple weeks. And then I'm going to spend some time talking about a topic that we've touched on quite a bit this evening, which is rent relief and then also provide some resources for folks that may be wondering where they can actually find help or where they can go. So let's just go ahead and dive into it. So these 2 charts are not unfamiliar to anyone. I've started all of my presentations, just really presenting the snapshot of, uh, what's happened countywide and in Mountain View. You'll see in the bottom right hand corner. Um, the new cases since uh, June 1st in Mountain View are 13. And right now in Mountain View we're averaging around 2 cases per day. So, clear back when, especially around the holiday period. We were in the double digits, uh, certainly close to the uh, triple digits. So we are definitely on a different trajectory. So this like really tells the picture about that trajectory. If you recall, I would present this slide. Um, in the past, really showing the peaks of where we were at with COVID in terms of the average 7 day count of cases, county wide. So you can see that 1st wave, which came last summer, actually really kind of ramping up to the time that we're going into right now a year ago. You'll see that July 2020 wave. And then, of course, we all know that that 2nd peak hit around the holiday season, where you can see the high 7 day average of 2253 cases a day. We were experiencing around the January, February time frame this year. So right now, the 7 day average of cases in the county is 26. If you look at the bottom right hand screen. It's really small font. Um, the latest daily number was 11 um, of county wide cases. So you can see that we're trending downward and that's certainly tied to the number of vaccinations. So with that, the good news is that the county has just recently announced that we are at around 80% now for our vaccination rate countywide, which is truly extraordinary. This is one of the highest vaccination rates in the nation. Um, certainly the state. Um, and this is for residents who are 12 and up. Um, you'll also notice that right now the county is doing uh, different giveaways right now on raffles for folks who are being vaccinated recently. So, um, if you go get vaccinated now, you're entered to win free concert tickets to a variety of musical performers, everyone from Enrique Iglesias to Bad Bunny, Harry Styles, a variety of musical interests. And I know that they are really doing this in a way to make sure that the folks who are younger have incentive to get vaccinated as that has tended to be the age group, who most often got COVID. Um, in terms of what we're doing here in Mountain View for vaccinations. Our community center is right now still open. Um, the county has indicated that they are going to assess um, how many of their mass vaccination centers are going to remain open past this month and in July. So it is likely that the center in Mountain View will close by the end of the summer, but for right now, it is open. Drop ins are welcome, and since we've opened, we have given almost 78,000 vaccinations. So just, you know, let that sink in for us being the very 1st mass vaccination site in the county where our staff who are acknowledged at the beginning of this meeting in our community services department, they answered the call over the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday period in January and we stood up a mass vaccination site with the county in less than a week. So truly extraordinary to have done 78,000 vaccines since then. Um, so just want to echo the thanks to our staff who've done just Yelman's work there. Also, they've helped with our, um, Our testing at our center for the performing arts. So that is still offered monthly. And you can sign up and get tested monthly, which we are still encouraging people to get tested. In terms of what's happening then with the blueprint for the safe, the economy right now. So we have now, as of June 15th, moved what the state is calling beyond the blueprint. So the state, as we all know now, is fully reopened. So there are no capacity limitations for social distancing, there are no requirements if you go in somewhere for social distancing. However, there is one caveat to that. So 4 mega events that I don't really think any of us have gone to at all over the last year and a half . Um, mega events are for uh, 5000 or more people. There will be a requirement to have either a vaccine verification or negative testing. If you began to attend a large event like this over the next few months, like in the summer or the fall. So for example, those musical events that we just talked about, um, that have over 5000 people. You will have to show proof of your vaccine or negative test. Um, as far as masks go. If you are vaccinated, they are not required in most places. So we'll get into that in a second. So we truly have moved beyond that tier system. So if you recall, we were in that color tier system that is no longer in place and we are fully reopened. In terms of what the county's done, Effective June 21st, they have rescinded all of their public health orders, so we are following the state guidelines. And what the county has said is that we are now following all of the Cal OSHA rules. So right now, masks are not required outdoors. And also vaccinated employees do not need to wear masks indoors. Now I will say this. There are requirements that certain businesses can put in place. So I think we all know that, um, many of the retail establishments that we're going to, uh, people are wearing masks. And also for the employers, um, there are still some considerations to work out, so this may not be fully in effect, uh, for uh, employers right now and bringing everyone back on site, but at least in terms of the Cal OSHA guidelines. That is what the new order was as of last Thursday. So you can see at the bottom here, there are still some exceptions where face coverings are still required. So when you're on public transit, if uh, you go to schools, any healthcare facilities, uh, correctional facilities or any shelters, um, homeless shelters or, for example, are cooling centers. Uh, when it gets really hot out, there are still face coverings um, that are going to be required in those instances. So pivoting now talking about our phase reopening plan with the city. Last week, we announced what our reopening plans were. So starting June 14th last week. The senior center was reopened for recreation summer classes and camps. Uh, we are continuing to accept utility payments at our Center for Performing Arts ticket office. And I know a lot of people are very excited to know that our center for performing art shows started back this past weekend. So you can get tickets for that at mbcpa.com. Then starting next month on July 12th, we're going to have a phase reopening to bring back, uh, many employees back, not all, uh, but many employees will be back, so city hall will reopen to the public with some modifications. That includes, um, appointments at certain departments. For example, the city clerk's office, our finance counter, our public works counter, our fire, and environmental protection divisions will all have some appointments, and then modified hours for in person. Then we are fully planning to be open by September 2021. Um, and really be kind of moving from that July time frame where, um, we are having more appointments and modified hours in person to then by September being uh, fully reopen. So we do have quite a few of our services that are open to the public right now fully open. April 12th, our police department lobby reopened with modified hours on the weekend. Right now, our public library has been open to use computers and pickup holds. Obviously, you can browse the collection of books. Our rec division's front desk reopened at the senior center. And as I just mentioned, we also now have our in-person classes and summer camps going on. So now I want to talk a little bit more about the rent relief program and make sure that the community understands what resources are available to them and also talk a little bit about what we are trying to do at the city to help the community. So this chart is uh, the same chart that I've been showing for many, many months now. And you can see right now that we're at almost 4.700000 and funds expended for our rent relief program, which, you know, I'll just pause a little bit and let that number sink in. $470000 um in rent relief to Mountain View residents. And I know we've talked often about just uh, the level of need in our community, but also just, you know, how the city has stepped up to answer the call, um, to help our community members and to help our residents by offering one of the largest rent relief programs in the Bay Area. So we're very happy that we could help our residents and you can see that they're still about $700,000 and funds remaining. And we are assisting around uh, checks of around $2,100. So diving a little bit deeper into what's happening with the rent relief program. You can see that around 1144 households have received a one month's rent check. Uh, 830 households have received 2 months rent, and 235 households have received 3 months rent. And I want to talk a little bit about some questions that we have received so that um, the community understands um, how things work. So we've received some questions about how CSA determines the need for the 2nd and 3rd month's rent. So what CSA does is keep a running waiting list of clients that do request a 2nd or a 3rd month. So the requirements and eligibility still remain the same as the 1st month, uh, which means that people have to show proof of a COVID um, impact to their living situation, on proof of address, um, and then a rent letter that has to be signed. And we've also want had people wonder if a client has to reapply every month. And yes, they do. So someone would have to request rental assistance each month. And that just, uh, takes the client letting CSA A staff know that they are behind on rent, and then they are then put on the list. And as to the length of time that it takes to turn around a check. CSA has indicated that it does vary based on the client. But specifically, the turnaround is between 4 weeks to 8 weeks once a case is opened. Um, but once the case is complete and approved, then CSA gives the check within one to 2 business days. Um, and this really is because they're processing, as you can see, 1000s of cases, um, and they have a lot of, uh, staff working on this, uh, but obviously their, um, systems have been, uh, very busy and they're doing the best that they can to get through all of the requests that are coming in. So talking about resources now, um, for those that are wondering uh, where they can go and what's happening, um, as you've seen at the beginning of this meeting, we have our multilingual outreach program, and we are trying to communicate what resources are available through many different ways. So someone can go to mountain view.gov on the homepage and learn about our rent relief resources. We're hosting in-person events, newsletters, social media, and webinars. So I want to talk a little bit about, um, what's been happening with all of those events. So not just the committee services agency that's helping helping out. But I also want to recognize the community and action team that's been supporting the county with scheduling vaccination appointments. We also have our Mountain View staff. You could see on the right side of the screen, all of the various in-person application events that we've held, also with webinars that we've held with both landlords and tenants, both in English and Spanish. We've also had community training events, bilingual both in English and Spanish for various community members. And then right now, we have plans in the works after this meeting to put out a postcard, which we've already given, I believe, 2 rounds of postcards that go directly to people who are renting or are landlords in Mountain View, but postcards in both English and Spanish that explain these in-person events and the rental assistance that's available to them. So you can see a little bit more about the work that's being done in person and really just coordinating with our staff and getting the word out. Uh, so let me mention now what the upcoming events are. So Saturday, June 19th at our senior center from 10 AM to 2 PM. City staff is working in collaboration with many community partners, including CSA, Project Sentinel, and the Castro School Service. Uh, we will be hosting an event for learning about and applying for the emergency uh, rent assistance program. We're also doing it again at our city hall plaza area outside on June 23rd from 2 to 3 PM. So then to answer the question, where can I go get help for rent relief? Uh, you can go to mountain view.gov slash COVID-19 housing relief, learn about all the programs that are going on that I'll explain in a minute. You can also call 650 282-2514. The 3 programs that are available right now for someone to get help with rent release include our city program that I just mentioned um, that is administered by our partner, CSA. Uh, you can go to CSA Cares.org, uh, to learn about the program, or you can go to the city website or call the number that I just mentioned. There's also rent relief funds available through the county. You can access those resources through prevent homelessness.org, and it will take you to the county resources. And then the state has also issued 1000000s and 1000000s of dollars of rent relief that's available via state resources. And you can learn about that program and sign up at housingiskey.com. Or you can text the word rent to 211 dash 211. Um, and again, you can visit the mountain view.gov slash COVID-19 housing relief site to learn more about all of these programs. So pivoting now to our Spanish Language Academy, I do want to let everyone know that our application period is open now for our Spanish Language Leadership Academy open through August 18th. And the academy will be meeting every week on Thursdays from 6.30 to 8.30. It's going to run from September 16 to November 4th. We're going to hold some sessions virtually and some in person as we progress over the next few months, and space is limited to 17 participants. So I encourage anyone who's interested to sign up at mountain view.gov slash MEP. And then we're also very excited to announce that our 1st Mandarin Academy will be launching in 2022. So uh, be on the lookout for that uh, academy to be launching next year. And this is the last slide, and I know that typically I thank our city staff for the amazing work they've done over this last year. And I wanted to really take this opportunity in this last update too. Thank the community. So all the pictures that you see here on this side are of community members. Uh, couple staff that are sprinkled in here throughout, but also just employees of our businesses and some business owners on here. And just thank everyone in Mountain View for getting through this, really embodying the together empty spirit, for doing everything that we can to help our neighbors to help the most needy residents, the most vulnerable residents, for really just embodying that welcoming spirit and mountain view that we're so, so proud of. So thank all of you for everything you've done as we've navigated COVID together. We are going to come out of this on the other side. It's been a long year and a half . Um, I know I can speak for everyone and saying that, um, we have definitely had a journey together. And we're very proud and excited of the things that we have been able to do. We know there's so much more that we can and will do, but I just want to end by thanking everyone for the extraordinary sense of community and pride and love and neighborly spirit that you all have shown each other over this last year. So, I'll end on that note and turn it back over to you, mayor, and thank you for, um, everything and I am open for questions.

[03:19:30] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thanks so much, city manager McCarthy. Um, Does any member of council have any questions or um, any comments? Vice Mayor Ramirez?

[03:19:41] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, there. Thank you, city manager for the presentation. A lot of great work. One quick question. Um, it's, we understand that it's inherently challenging to provide, uh, notice to the public about the eviction moratorium because there's a lot in flux. We don't know what the state will do. I think the county took some action earlier. Um, can you share with us what the city's strategy will be to share with the community, what we expect the regulatory framework will be, what their protections and rights are. Thank you.

[03:20:18] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Um, sure, certainly, council member Ramirez. So I will let you know what we are planning to do and then I'll also ask our city attorney to provide any context for where I might need to have the blanks filled in. So just in terms of what is on the consent agenda this evening. So you all will be asked to approve a moratorium that to be extended through August, the end of August, this, this, this year. And uh, the way that it is written is it extends the protections that are in place currently. Um, in terms of the outreach that we plan on doing. So kind of a takeoff of what I described, we are planning on making sure that both renters and landlords know about what's happening and our staff is poised to have something sent out as soon as council takes action, letting the community know about the steps that we are going to take and the extension to the end of August. And then as Senator Becker noted, we are expecting that the state will take action. So, um, it is our understanding that there are ongoing negotiations right now between the governor's office and the assembly and senate leadership to, um, extend the statewide moratorium. What we don't know yet is when we're going to have the news about it or what that might look like. Um, but certainly our local ordinance will be in place, um, should the council approve it this evening until and if the state moratorium is extended, uh, which would supersede any city's moratorium and would be in place statewide. Um, so that's our plan for now, and I would just ask the city attorney to, um, add if I missed anything, um, for if there's anything else that uh, he wanted to add.

[03:22:09] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Thank you, city manager, that was a very good, accurate summary. The ordinance that we're presenting counsel tonight. Uh, is an urgency ordinance and it would go into effect immediately for the duration, the city manager described. It's also structured as a preventive measure and really anticipates the state action and has a clause that it would be superseded and cease to be in effect when the state extension, if they do extend, goes into place. And it is structured, uh, intentionally to follow the, the state, uh, provisions which were protecting landlords in which, which provides certainty to both landlords and tenants in in the city. So, uh, we think the the duration through August is sufficient and uh, it also accounts for what we think is going to be state action. Oh, and in terms of the notification, all of that is, um, uh, consistent with what the city manager said, we will give as much detail as we can to both tenants and landlords, uh, after the the council acts tonight.

[03:23:30] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Council member Abi Koga.

[03:23:35] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, um, Mayor, I just wanted to, um, take this moment when we've kind of, seems like we've come out the other side, um, to just thank, um, everyone. Thank city manager, McCarthy for all of her leadership. I think our entire city organization for all of the hard work that was, um, put into this last 18 months, um, as well as the community for, um, as city manager mentioned, the, the, um, willingness to, to help each other out and the, the love and support that, um, folks gave each other during this, um, you know, as it's been said and unprecedented time. Um, but I do really want to think, um, city manager McCarthy in particular, for her leadership. Um, this really was, you know, something unbelievable, unimaginable. We, you know, a lot of things were done that we, as a government as an organization had never done before. We moved faster than I think we'd ever had done before. And, um, you know, it was definitely a team effort, but without, uh, the strong leadership of our city manager, I don't think we would have been able to come out, um, as well as we did. And so I just want to offer my thanks. So thank you very much.

[03:25:05] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Well said, Council member Abbe Koca. I think you express a lot of sentiments that all of us feel on counsel and it almost feels unbelievable to be at this point. to think that we, this is the last COVID-19 update and that, that we are reaching the, the light at the end of the tunnel. Right. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom, repress starring on your phone, and we'll display a 2 minute timer. David Kim. Hi David, did you want to speak? You just have to hit the unmute button. Okay, we can try to come back. Tim Mackenzie.

[03:26:15] Tim Mackenzie: Thank you, city manager McCarthy, for updating us throughout the pandemic of what's going on. Do hope that it is the last update about the public health crisis and that we're almost through it. Um, We seem to. I hope none of the light at the end of the tunnel isn't the train of another variant coming to knock us over. I think that we have high vaccination around here, which is great. Awesome to see. Imagine just healthcare in general was like the vaccination that you could just walk up and you get taken care of and then you don't have to worry about paying for it or going into medical debt. It's actually a reality in lots of places in the world. Um, and it'd be great if it could happen here. We should push our, for Medicare for all at the, uh, federal level, and there is also at the state level, there's been push for Cal, Calcare. Similar Medicare for all. I think we should go for that. But even though ideally and hopefully we're done with the public health aspect of the pandemic, there is still going to be a long time picking up the pieces of the economic devastation that has been rotten, I think it's important to keep that in mind. And as we emerge from the pandemic, that we don't immediately go back to the status quo of the old dystopia and we use this moment of pausing and thinking of how can we can re-envision, uh, coming out, keep some of the nice things. I hope to be able to join in city council for these meetings sometime in the future, but it's also great and adds accessibility to add in this virtual element. I'm sure there will be bumps in the road, figuring out how to do hybrid, but that would be great to see when we return. But hopefully this is the end of at least a public health aspect. Thanks a lot.

[03:28:02] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Alright, David, let's try again. David Kim? Hi David, you there? It says you're unmuted. David Kim? All right. Okay, this time unmuted, but I don't hear anything. So we'll come back. Making progress hopefully. Dora Salazar? Dora? Okay.

[03:28:56] Dora Salazar: Hola, buen estados este muchas, gracias, alenbajadora, portodo, esto estaciendo, sin duda, una vamos avero, nuevo maneser, yeah, estoy emocionada, portodes, a gente, que esta trabajando, para que todo, esto, se aposible, gracias a todo, estedes, porque, and somado, las fuerzas, porque, muestra de la morque le tienne, las cudas de mountain view, en todo, esto, que most pasado, nadien, via, vido, COVID, des nueve, pero nosotros, estamos enfrentando, estaba, con una fuerza de lucha, de amori de altada, nostra comunidad, me siento muy especial de formal parte desta comunidad, me siento muy feliz, porque yempe samos haver la lus, de gracias tacada uno, de estedes que necho possible, todo esto, y por, mostrades este systema de covierno, con fuerza, con lialtad, con amor, con Esperanza, gracias, por, hac Puertes, nosotros, sambien, como, y spanos, como vulnerables, que somos, para, poder, settle, frente del, de lucha, gracias, a todos, por acer, esto, possible, y porque, javimos que podemos enfrentare, esta batalla. Dios vendiga todos se muchas gracias.

[03:30:20] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Gracias. Nora, did you want to translate?

[03:30:25] Nancy Ducos: Sure. Good afternoon. My name is Donna, and I want to thank, I want to thank you so much because we are able to see a new sunrise. I'm so excited because you have shown your love through all of these COVID battles. Thank you so much for your loyalty, love and hope. Because the government of this city has made us stronger, especially to us, the Hispanic, the most vulnerable population in this city. You have made us stronger because of your hard work, and your government. Thank you so much, city council.

[03:31:13] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. All right, Rohin Gosch? are you there? I think you have to accept the. And mute. Okay. Stephen Goldstein. Hi, Stephen.

[03:31:59] Stephen Goldstein: Okay, 1st I want to say, also, Mountain View has done a lot of good. I'm not going to be highly critical of anything regarding what Mountain View has had to deal with during this time. The only thing I wanted to briefly say it's 2 things. One, I remember back in February of 2020 when I was at, I think, one of the last, I think may have been the last in-person city council meeting, and I was saying at that point in time, if they thought that the COVID situation was going to go away in only a couple months, no way, it was not going to happen. Now, now the key thing is that, yes, you may be actually gay out of the, the, the, the crisis of the, the, the disease itself. But the consequences and the issue of the disruption of the way the economic system has been walked. It's not going to recover in a very rapid situation. Again, we're looking at a lot of companies that literally moved away from the general area, and also that they, they're also implementing longer term, uh, permanent uh, work from home situations. So, believe me, there may be still quite a bit of economic stimulus or economic life support that's still going to be having to survive for quite some time. I mean, in reality, this situation made the 2007 economic disaster look like a small pebble compared to an asteroid. So advancing, I'm just wanting to make sure that people are aware of the fact that there is still a lot of work that needs to be done. And we have not even gotten really close to getting started. But I'm hoping that this will mean that people might start considering the longer term picture. I really appreciate your time and have a great rest of your night regarding this topic.

[03:34:01] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. All right, David, let's try one last time. David Kim. Hi David. Here? It is saying that you are unmuted. Maybe your audio connection. Or if you have headphones or? Okay. David Kim? Okay. All right. Well, hopefully you can join us later on in the meeting. Um, If that's the case. Okay. Oh, oh, we got a last minute hand. Oh, okay. All right. So I'm going to close item 3 and bring it back to council. Um, that concludes our presentation. So we'll move on to item 4 which is our consent calendar. 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 resolution and ordinances will be waived unless a council member requests otherwise. A motion to approve the consent calendar should include reading the title of the ordinance and resolutions attached to items 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.25, 4.27. Items 4.2, 4.11, 4.20, 4.24, and 4.28 require 5 votes. And um, just to clarify too, since we have a large public with us tonight, council members don't need to pull an item to comment. They can just comment on it if they would like. Um, and so just wanted to clarify that because we have many attendees. So would any member of council like to pull an item? Council member Hicks.

[03:36:24] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, so I would like to pull 4.9 regarding the Renksdorf Park Aquatic Center. Oh, you're muted. I love it.

[03:36:38] Mayor Ellen Kamei: 4.9 Got it. Thank you. All right. Cells member Liever?

[03:36:43] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Thank you, mayor. Um, I'd like to abstain on the 2020 um, minutes that are under minutes approval, and then I would like to pull item 4.6.

[03:36:59] Mayor Ellen Kamei: That's a recusal. Let's see. From the minutes. Do we have a number for that castle number leaper?

[03:37:07] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Uh, it's number 4.one and it would be um, minutes from 3720.

[03:37:14] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Uh, 62320 and 6920. Okay, all right. And then you said, okay. So it was a poll of 4.6. Okay. And then 4.one minutes, um, you wanted recusal from 3726-23206 920.

[03:37:39] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Uh, 3720 was the 1st one. And so all of the all the 2020 minutes that are listed.

[03:37:45] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, all 2020 minutes. Got it. Okay.

[03:37:48] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Right. Thank you.

[03:37:51] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Just keeping track on my list here. Counsel, we have a matter check.

[03:37:56] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. So, um, I had a sort of commenter question on 4.9 so I can do that when that one is full. And, um, I just have a comment on 140. Do you want comments now? So on foot 10, um, I feel like this is, uh, a topic that I felt like we need to, um, address via access envy. So, um, while I think XSMV, It's a great start to put all of our different plans into one. The bike ped, vehicle, transit, um, so we can see where there's gaps. Um, one of the things that I feel like comes up quite a bit is the conflict between when we add bike lanes. We take away street parking. And it's come up so many times since I've been on council. And, um, I, I would like it if, in the next phase of excess envy, when it's updated, we take a look at that to figure out how do we address this? Um, because it really does come up quite a bit. And to me, that is a conflict that, um, well, we said originally, you know, it was really only conflict between different bike plans and that we could go with one and not the other, there really still is this conflict between bike lanes and on street parking. And so I'd like to see us address that in the next version of Access MV. Thanks.

[03:39:32] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Okay, and I see other hands. So, uh, council member show Walter.

[03:39:39] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yeah, I um, I primarily wanted to make some comments. I don't think I've ever seen a consent calendar with 28 items on it before. It's really huge, and the amount of work that it represents is also huge. So I just want to give a big thank you to all the staff members who have, um, made this deadline before our break for us. And as the person on the, the council who's a civil engineer, I always try and um, be a little champion for, be a champion for public works, thanks. So I wanted to talk a little bit about all the public works things that are on here. Um, uh, there's a, there's a lot related to water. We have stuff related to water supply, a resolution with SFPUC and well abandonment. There's things related to wastewater. Um, a trunk main rehab, rehabilitation, which is a very, very important um, operation and maintenance job. We have protection from current flooding, approving a program that reduces everyone's flood insurance premiums by 15%. Uh, that the city takes part in. We have lots related to long-term flooding due to the sea level rise. We'll have an update about that later, but um, in the consent calendar. There's an item related to repairing a sailing lake dam, which needs to be done as one of the 1st projects, and, um, uh, so that we can bring in heavy construction equipment and, um, start restoring the salt ponds. Then also the Whitman pump Whisman pump station. relates to our sea level rise restoration efforts. Then of course, transportation. The Calderon bike lanes, bus lanes on Charleston, lots of lots and lots of projects in the capital improvement program. These support our community goals to make Mountain View a better place to walk and bike, and they also were very, very important for maintaining our roadways. Then, of course, we need to have some consulting services to augment our staff because um, the development rates are so high right now that um, we need help with plan check, building inspection, and construction management. And we wouldn't want to forget about reducing our greenhouse gas emissions. There's also included in this, our annual inventory of, um, on greenhouse gas emissions, which is something that, uh, the, you know, the city has been working on really diligently for about 8 years, but in the last 2 years, we've decided, maybe it's about the last 2 years, we've decided to do it annually. And that's really important because things that get measured get paid attention to. So I want to bring um, this uh, to people's attention to uh, take a look at this greenhouse gas uh, inventory uh, report. It's really, if that's something you're interested in, you'll learn a lot here. But bottom line is, I just want to thank the staff for all the work that this represents and it all contributes to making Mountain View a great place to live and work. Thanks.

[03:42:55] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you, Council member Shell Walter. Council member Hicks.

[03:43:00] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So I wanted to, yes, thank, also, thanks, staff for pulling all of these together before our summer break, and also thank council member Shelter for calling sort of daylighting some of the important ones that, um, I think I'm assuming those council members agree with, and we won't be debating, but it's good to call attention to them. The few ones I, the couple of council members show older has made most of my comments, but the couple of additional things I wanted to say is that, um, 1st uh, with 4.7 traffic management program, I was glad to see that some of the tools for traffic calming and traffic management are, um, are also greening tools that have multiple benefits. They encourage walking and biking, um, in addition to slowing traffic and also, um, helpless sequester carbon and so forth. And I'm hoping that we can highlight those as opposed to some of the more, I know when people have talked about traffic calming in neighborhood. We emphasize more speed bumps and signage. And I'm hoping in the future we can, we can highlight more, um, uh, things like bulb outs and uh, and we do have traffic circles on my street, but some of those more, the greener tools with multiple benefits. I also, uh, for uh, for 10, which is the Caldoran bike lane. A member of the public also mentioned that maybe in a future iteration, we can add a crosswalk at Calderon Church. And I think that that, that it may be time to do that. And also members of the public have said that, um, they would like greening for traffic calming and other benefits on Caldron as well. So I wanted to emphasize that. Um, and then lastly, uh, 4.22, the greenhouse gas inventory. Um, I asked a question of staff and got an answer that we can't change our TDM plans, uh, after they've already been negotiated, but staff could, um, ask on a volunteer basis for, um, for companies to sort of upgrade their TDM plans. And I would really like to, since both the city and those companies have, have net 2030 uh, goals, net 0 goals, I would really like to encourage that we do that, that we, that we encourage companies to open that back up and think a little more ambitiously about, um, those goals as I think we're all thinking more ambitiously about our cutting our carbon footprints. So those are, I think those are, oh, and my last comment is on, um, keeping the, several, 1st several blocks of Castro Street car free, although I support the town staying there in the short term. I have gotten comments from residents, and I agree that, um, that many of us don't really like dining under towns. So if people wanted to bring those down voluntarily, I think that that, uh, might for many of us be a more pleasant experience. So, thank you.

[03:46:23] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. So I hear item 4.6 and 4.9 pulled and then some recusals for all 2020 minutes from 4.one. They have a motion for the balance of the consent calendar. Vice Mayor Ramirez?

[03:46:44] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: If we could call for public comment for...

[03:46:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Sorry about that. Sorry about that. Sorry, I thought we needed the motion first. Okay. Um, would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press sternite on your phone and we'll display the 2 minute timer. Sorry about that. Shawnee Kleinhouse.

[03:47:10] Shani Kleinhouse: Thank you, Mayor and Council, Shani Kleinhouse, speaking for Santa Clara Valley, Audubon Society. I wanted to talk about item 4.12, which is the road. Um, to the sailing lakes improvements. Um, this obviously is very necessary. It creates a dam and it enables the restoration of the salt bones. But for years, we have been asking stuff to ensure that short bird chicks that mess, that hatch on the island in the sailing lake can safely cross that road in that location. I know they looked at some options. I did, I don't see anything in the mitigation for the mitigated negative declaration that you adopted in March, and I don't know how the design will ensure that the birds can cross. They need to have some level of shelter and a way that there is no steps that they can't jump to or other types of obstacles in this project. So I just hope that uh, you will direct stuff to make sure that the birds that hatch on the island, the shore bird, they walk, they don't fly yet, can cross safely as this uh, uh, road improvement is, um, implemented. And, you know, I asked to create some kind of an extra elevation. I guess that's too expensive, but it could have allowed them to cross in a culvert. But since that is probably impossible and too late, then plant trees and make sure there's no obstacles to crossing, um, or other vegetation where they can be protected. I've seen gulls pick up chicks in that location and just carry them away. And another set, or a stilt that walks by with 4 or 5 chicks, only one or 2 manage to cross. So that's kind of a chalk point for the birds. Thank you.

[03:49:07] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you Bruce England.

[03:49:14] Bruce England: Hey, mayor and council members, you hear me okay?

[03:49:17] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[03:49:18] Bruce England: Okay, so yeah, several things here. You've got an awful lot. I was already pointed out in your consent calendar. Um, on the capital improvement program and on Axis MV and all of that coming out of public works, yes, a lot of really interesting and great projects coming through there. I wanted to point out, and Rhea or Don might want to talk about this if they're on hand, but, um, they have a new, um, active transportation planner now, Brandon Y. He just started and several of us in the community have already met with him. And, um, he's very knowledgeable and is interested in hearing from people. talk about the kinds of things that we've all been talking about for a long time. So that's great news. There's also an opening for sustainability transportation planner to be filled, and between the 2 of them, they're going to cover bicycle and pedestrian issues within the city. So that all is great. On Axis MV, I would really like to see coverage notice, that goes what Shawnee said. Uh, Some coverage for wildlife migration pass protection because everything in there right now is about people and how people get around, but we do have wildlife and they have their no migration paths and we should be aware of them and protect them. where we can. The eviction moratorium, a lot of work going on there at all levels, the county, the state and the city. So very supportive of that. Um, Council member Hicks talked about the NTMP and uh, emphasizing trees and lowering speed limits. That would be great. Calderon, same thing. Speed limit really needs to be brought down. Traffic coming needs to be implemented, followed by a traffic study so that it could be established. Anyway, there's a bill, very fast at the state level, AB 43, where they're looking at more progressive ways of handling speed limit laws, and that's in the Senate transportation committee right now. I did it. you.

[03:51:08] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Tim McKenzie?

[03:51:13] Tim McKenzie: There's a ton tonight, so I'll try to be quick, although you know how that can go with me. Uh, just thank you very much for the uh, the eviction moratorium extension. That's excellent, uh, wholly needed. Thank you very much. Um, and closing off Castro for pedestrian access. Ooh, I like that. That's one thing I'd like to see as keep as we come out of the pandemic. Yay. And thank you again for the extension of the eviction moratorium. Thank you

[03:51:44] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Cat McGee.

[03:51:47] Kevin G: Hi, uh, I'm Kevin G and hopefully this is the right time this time. Um, but there is a constituent, Anna-Marie, that would like to, um, would have liked to comment on the eviction more atorium, um, but she couldn't make it this evening, so I'd like to read, um, a statement from her. She states, I'd like to thank the Mountain City Council for providing much needed eviction protection during the pandemic and ask council to please extend this protection at the last city council meeting. Many of my friends and neighbor shared personal stories and please, and I feel confident that city council heard us, and that they will finish what they started and extend the eviction moratorium to protect our community. As Daniel Goldman said, true compassion. It means not only feeling another's pain, but also being moved to help retrieve it. Uh, this pandemic has highlighted the inequality and need for help within our community. This is a perfect opportunity for council to take action and relieve the pain. And worries of those that were negatively impacted by the pandemic. Many mountain view residents, including myself, have shared our personal circumstances and vulnerabilities, which is not easy to do. We have done this in order to urge the council to action. Council members, please extend the eviction moratorium. Thank you.

[03:53:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Stephen Goldstein.

[03:53:20] Stephen Goldstein: Thank you very much again. I want to, uh, in effect, uh, uh, uh, indorse and, uh, Ditto, the previous commenters. Uh, I've just been a bit confused about the way this uh, meeting is uh, occurring because uh, from what I can see, the, uh, extending uh, uh, I mean, mortorium is extended through the consent uh, calendar and not necessarily a direct vote. Are we actually saying that the consent calendar? Once it's voted as consented to, actually approves it, or was it already approved, and this is a 2nd reading? In any case, again, I really appreciate the fact that the city Mountain View has taken the time to do things proactively because again, it does seem that for some reason this state seems to wait for the very last minute before it will get anything done. In some cases, I think in like the federal government, it sometimes goes beyond the last minute. It goes a little bit late. Uh, but in any case, the city nombie has done a much better job at this, and I just want to give you major kudos for it, is I know I've been, I tended to be very critical with a lot of things, but sometimes I just have to give credit for credits too. In any case, uh, uh, the only thing is, is that, again, I think that when it comes to this situation, the, the path back is still got a lot of bridges to cross. And I'm hoping that people will start working on making sure that the bridges are built before we start trying to get cars to drive over bridges that weren't built yet. That's all. Thank you very much again and have a great night.

[03:55:02] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. All right. Peter Katz. Here we go.

[03:55:12] Peter Katz: Thank you, mayor. Um, I'd just like to give comment on item 427. Um, I'm Peter Cats, president and CEO of the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce. And I'm speaking tonight, not just on behalf of our 750 member businesses across the city, but also to represent the downtown business association whose operations are specifically in critically impacted by the actions under consideration. Um, the chamber is extremely grateful for all of the city has done through the pandemic. This extraordinary and difficult time is necessitated that the city take dramatic and innovative action, and you have. In fact, we have been a model that others have sought to follow. Keeping Castro open pedestrians, suspension of sidewalk cafe renewals, and aspects of the outdoor mountain view program are all essential to our business's survival. And there's a majority support for both from, excuse me, from both the merchants and their patrons to extend these programs. For these reasons, the chamber fully supports the staff report and the recommendation being considered tonight. What's equally important is the need to invest in Castro, not just keeping it close to traffic. This means platforms, awnings, lighting, music, cleaning, permitting and other actions that create a clean and charming and inviting environment. There are also significant complex and interrelated infrastructure components that need careful and thoughtful integration, such as emergency services, parking, transit, signage. The chamber is pleased that the staff report references the upcoming pedestrian Malt feasibility study, as it should address many of these items. The challenge will be our ability to implement responsible and timely manner. The chamber is excited and committed to work closely in partnership with the city, our merchants, and our community at large to make downtown an attractive and vibrant destination for everyone. Thank you very much.

[03:57:05] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Lisa Smith.

[03:57:12] Lisa Smith: Um, hello. Hello. Uh, 1st off, I want to, um, compliment all the people from the community that are have spoken up at these meetings. It's quite impressive and also to the city council. Um, I also want to speak about, uh, tickets for 10, the bike lanes, um, on Calderon Avenue, and I wanted to, um, also support having the speed limit lowered and ways to to make it safer for pedestrians, because the speed mountain view wants safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. Sorry, I feel a little nervous. Um, and on the research that I did between, uh, Church Street and El Cabino, on the even address side, um, there's 38 separate households. That's a lot of separate households with rental units and such, and they're going to be, um, many of us will be surprised, um, uh, in the spring or whenever the bike cleans will be painted and there won't be any parking on that side, um, And Hicks, thanks for commenting about a, a, uh, creating the sidewalk, I mean, crosswalk at center, and Calder, which will make it much safer because many of those people will have to choose to park on center. Um, to, to, for parking for their friends or, or deliveries or, or, um, there, um, and, uh, I wish there was more time that's public, that's people living on Calderon could, could discuss it more, but, um, uh, I do look forward to having bike lanes, but, um, the crosswalk would be really helpful and also lowering the speed. Um, to like 25 on Caldron would be wonderful for pedestrians and bicyclists together. Thank you very much. Bye.

[03:59:06] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. All right, I don't see. Any more hands raised, so that concludes public comments, so we'll bring it back to council. Council member show Walter.

[03:59:17] Councilmember Pat Showalter: I'd like to move the consent agenda. Is this the time? Okay. Well, there's quite a bit to read. All right. Um, that we adopt an urgency ordinance of the city of Mountain View, temporarily, sorry, city attorney, tempo. Did you have something?

[03:59:33] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yeah, I didn't want to interrupt you. I just, it would be the balance of the consent calendar without 4.9 and 4.6, and you could also note the abstentions from council member Lieber on the 2020 minutes.

[03:59:46] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Okay, as the city attorney stated, the balance of the consent calendar. Item 4.2, adopt an urgency ordinance of the city of Mountain View, temporarily suspending evictions for nonpayment of rent by residential tenants impacted by the COVID-19 emergency, effective from July one, 2021 through August 31st, 2021. Item 4.3. Adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, approving an amendment to the amended and restated water supply agreement between the city and county of San Francisco and wholesale customers and Alameda County, San Mateo County and Santa Clara County. And adopt a resolution of the city council and city of Mountain View, approving a minimum purchase transfer from the city of Mountain View to the city of East Palo Alto. Item 4.4. Adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, adopting the recommended fiscal year, 2021, 2022, through fiscal year, 2025, 2026 capital improvement program, including amendments to existing projects, excluding the shoreline regional park community. And adopt a resolution of the Shoreline Regional Park community of the city of Mountain View, adopting the recommended fiscal year 2021, 2022, through fiscal year, 2025 to 2026, a capital improvement program for the Shoreline Regional Park community, including amendments to existing projects. Item 4.5. Adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, amending city council policy A, dash 15, city of Mountain View, ticket distribution policy for Shoreline Amphitheater, and other tickets. Um, 4.25. Adopt a resolution of the city of Mountain View, temporarily designating the exclusive use, bus only lanes along Charleston Road, from Landings Drive to Shoreline Boulevard, pursuant to California vehicle code section 21655 dash 5. I mean, period five. Item 4.27. Adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, amending resolution number 18470, as amended by resolution numbers, 18489, 18496, and 18547, temporarily suspending, and designating parking restrictions, and prohibitions, pursuant to the Mountain View City Code, chapter 19, and temporarily closing the 100, 200, 30400 blocks of Caster Street, pursuant to California vehicle code section 21101 to facilitate outdoor dining and outdoor business operations. I think, nope, tomorrow. And, um, adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, amending resolution number 18546, temporarily suspending certain requirements for sidewalk cafe, license renewal, pursuant to Mountain View, city code, section 36,42, and waiving sidewalk cafe license renewal fee payments, payable May 1st, 2020 through April 30th, 22, to facilitate a consistent outdoor dining program in the downtown area and adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, amending resolution number 18492, temporarily allowing activities on public and private property to facilitate outdoor business operations in response to the COVID-19 state of emergency. Thank you.

[04:03:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Nice, nice Ramirez, your hand was up.

[04:03:51] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: I'll take care of the hard part and 2nd the motion.

[04:03:54] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, thank you. Counselor Mashak.

[04:03:59] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Follow up on item 412. Uh, was wondering if there's, uh, anyone from Public Works who could respond to Ms. Pleinhouse, concern about the, Uh, Access Road, uh, Shoreline Lake.

[04:04:17] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes. Hold on one moment. We'll bring. Oh, I see Don Cameron and I see Lisa out as well. So I'll bring Lisa over as well. Hello, Lisa, hello, Don.

[04:04:40] Lisa Au: Good evening, mayor and council members. This is Lisa Alice and Public Works director. Like to address the, uh, is Kleinhaus's question regarding the birds around the sailing lake access row, which is now known as the sailing lake dam. This railway was recently classified by the division of safety of dams. As a new dam, and so, um, We're complying with strict rules to treat that role as a dam. And as far as dealing with the bird, the chicks mention, um, we're not able to build any type of covert or openings in the dam as it's, uh, The dam needs to be structurally stable and they do not allow for any openings through the dam. But what staff staff is aware of those chicks and what we're doing is providing more gentle slope towards the water, and we're also planting some shrubs and whatnot to provide some hidden views of the birds that are making their way, walking along the path. So, um, That's how we're handling this issue. Thank you.

[04:05:45] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you so much. I really appreciate that.

[04:05:50] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. And I think, Ms. Al, and Ms. Cameron, if you don't mind staying, I think one of the other items is are yours as well that were pulled, so we'll just finish the balance of the consent calendar. All right, any other items as, uh, we had the motion, uh, very thankfully by Alzheimer's Shell Weltzer, and 2nded by Vice Mayor Ramirez. there anything else? All right, not seeing any Ms. Glaser. Can we have a roll call vote?

[04:06:20] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member, shall Walter?

[04:06:22] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes,

[04:06:22] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: nice Mayor Ramirez.

[04:06:25] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[04:06:26] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Abbe Coca?

[04:06:27] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi,

[04:06:28] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: council member Hicks.

[04:06:30] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[04:06:31] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Leaper.

[04:06:32] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Uh,

[04:06:33] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Matachek?

[04:06:35] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[04:06:35] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mayor, can I?

[04:06:36] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[04:06:37] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Motion carries?

[04:06:38] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. All right, so perhaps we'll start in the numerical order. So we'll start with item I believe it's 4.6. Is that right? that got pulled? Counselor deliver?

[04:06:51] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Thank you, mayor. Um, my my reason for pulling this, and I want to give my compliments um, both to council policy and procedures committee, as well as to um, staff who worked, um, uh, obviously in a very, uh, good way on this. Um, I note that other cities have added um, pregnancy leave to their policies in terms of their boards and commissions. And, um, I would like to see us, um, add pregnancy leave to section 3 B of the policy. Um, in terms of uh, absences. And I, uh, be prepared to make emotion to that effect, uh, when the time is right. Thank you.

[04:07:52] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Um, so let's see. Um, item 4.9.

[04:08:03] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes. That's me. Um, yeah, so I, uh, pulled 4.9 because I was, I happened to talk to a member of the visual arts committee who said that, um, the committee in general was very excited about the public art for, for the aquatic center, um, and was only disappointed that they had thought if they just went, they stuck to the one% for art and that if they had just gone a little bit above that, they could make the public art much more inclusive. And I told that committee member, I would check into it because I know that we're moving towards, but have not finalized, uh, a 2% per our, um, policy. And I was hoping that because this was just a little above the one% and uh, and in particular what it's about and it's functional, fun artwork that uh, people on council have, um, have supported. In particular, this was there are 2 water drop twirling water drop chairs. that will fit children and the, um, the visual arts committee had wanted a 3rd larger chair that they thought made a much more exciting arrangement, but also would be inclusive because there's going to be magic bridge there. There will be, you know, handicapped adults who might appreciate a chair and then just adults, like many of us at meeting, might appreciate a chair as well. So that's what I've, I brought that up and I think there may be from staff, some, um, options for us to pursue what the visual arts committee had wanted. Thank you.

[04:10:00] Public Works Director Don Cameron: This is Don Cameron Public Works director and yes, Tiffany Chew is going to present some options that we looked at.

[04:10:11] Tiffany Chu: Good evening, mayor and city council. This is Tiffany Chu, Business Development Specialist, and staff has prepared an alternative recommendation for our council consideration, an additional large water drop sculpture, and a 12 foot wave bench can fit within the existing project plans and specs, and not affect the project schedule. If council chooses these editions, there are revised recommendations available for approval. Thank you.

[04:10:48] Mayor Ellen Kamei: So just to clarify, sorry, because some of, so the recommendations are on the, what would be the left column, 123? Is that correct? And then the, the other, the alternatives is over on the right. Is that right, Miss Chu? Correct.

[04:11:06] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Council member Mattachek?

[04:11:10] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. So, um, I also was interested in exploring additional public art and spoke with our city manager about it. And, um, yeah, I could have sworn we asked for a 2% option, but, um, perhaps this was before we started asking for that. And so I'm very interested in adding the additional ones that are listed here. Um, So I don't know how you want to do this. Are we gonna? Move the, Staffport and then add the alternative.

[04:11:46] Tiffany Chu: I have the 2nd slide that shows revised recommendations for council direction. Thank you.

[04:11:54] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. And I see City Attorney Sharprow with his hand up. Go ahead.

[04:11:57] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, since we have 2 items pulled, I would recommend that we take this one because we have it on the screen now, but also since there are some material changes, it would be appropriate to ask if there's any additional public comment for this item, and then when we go back to 4.6, the same thing, there. So, uh, ask for public comment and then entertain a motion for these revised recommendations.

[04:12:23] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, so we will take 4.9 and 4.6 separately, and we will ask for public comment for both. And so, um, then I would need a motion in a 2nd correct city attorney choke there.

[04:12:37] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: Yes, I'd ask for public comment for each of them separately and you could do that now for 4.9 and then...

[04:12:44] Mayor Ellen Kamei: And then come back for the motion. Okay. All right, great. Thank you. All right, so do we have any public comment on item 4.9. If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or star 9 on your phone. All right. Alexander Brown. and perhaps we could stop the screenshot. Thank you, so we could do the timer. Perfect. thanks

[04:13:06] Alexander Brown: Hey, I would totally use that chair. Thanks.

[04:13:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. All right, I don't see any other hands raised, so we can bring it back. Um for emotion or discussion. Council member Hicks.

[04:13:28] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Well, I would make the motion, but I would have to see the revised motion in order to make it. And I just wanted to ask, it's, the revisions basically just add the, uh, 3rd large, uh, raindrop chair or water drop chair. Is that what am I reading it right?

[04:13:50] Tiffany Chu: There are 2 additional art pieces that will be added to the market. Okay. So it's, um, the 1st one is, um, there will be a 2nd um, Redwood wave bench added to the front exterior, and then a, uh, large teardrop mortar struck, uh, sculpture added on the, um, 2nd piece.

[04:14:13] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, great. Thank you for clarifying and I support that even more. Should I read the motion?

[04:14:19] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: It's not necessary to read the, you can just say you move the revised recommendations.

[04:14:23] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, I move the revised recommendations.

[04:14:28] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great Vice Mayor Ramirez. I saw your hand, sorry.

[04:14:33] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Sorry about that, counselor. I can raise them at those at the same time and his came up popped up first. Sorry about that. I'm happy to give the 2nd to council member Mattachek.

[04:14:42] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Council member Matachek.

[04:14:45] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: I'll 2nd promotion.

[04:14:46] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Okay, great. So we have a revised motion for item 4.9 from council member Hicks, which was 2nded by council member Mattachek. Uh, City Quick Glazer, we'll do a roll call book. Council member Hicks?

[04:15:01] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[04:15:01] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Counselor Matachek?

[04:15:03] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[04:15:04] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: council member Abbe Koga. Council member Lieber.

[04:15:07] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi.

[04:15:08] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Michelle Walter?

[04:15:10] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes.

[04:15:10] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: My name Ramirez?

[04:15:13] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[04:15:13] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mayor May?

[04:15:15] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[04:15:15] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Ocean Case?

[04:15:16] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. All right. So then, um, customer reliever will come back to you for item 4.6. Um, perhaps I know you you gave your comments. City attorney choppers today. See if other council members have, um, comments or should I just open it to public comment?

[04:15:33] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: You can open it to public comment for the edition, I believe it was for adding pregnancy leave to section 3 B related to approved absences.

[04:15:44] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Pregnancy leave to. Approved absences. Thank you. All right. Would any member of the public like to provide public comment on item 4.6. All right, I am not seeing any raised hand. So Council member Libber, I'll turn it back over to you for your motion.

[04:16:03] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Oh, thank you. I'd like to move that we adopt a resolution of the city council, the city of Mountain View, amending council policy, K2, council advisory bodies. Um, adding uh, pregnancy leave to section 3 B to be read in title only for the reading waived.

[04:16:22] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you, uh, council member Hicks.

[04:16:26] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Uh, 2nd that.

[04:16:27] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, great. Thanks. All right, so city clerk, Blazer. will do a roll call vote.

[04:16:32] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Counselor for labor.

[04:16:34] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi,

[04:16:34] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Hicks?

[04:16:36] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[04:16:36] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Abbe Koba.

[04:16:38] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi,

[04:16:39] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Councilman Ramadachek.

[04:16:41] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes,

[04:16:41] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: council member, Sherwald.

[04:16:43] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes?

[04:16:44] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Please, Mayor Ramirez.

[04:16:46] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yeah.

[04:16:47] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mayor can May?

[04:16:48] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[04:16:48] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Motion carries.

[04:16:50] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. All right, thank you. So I think that concludes all of our consent calendar items. And I did hear a question in the public comment about what it meant about, um, you know, did counsel already approved the extension of the eviction moratorium or were we approving it tonight? Just wanted to clarify for the public that we are approving it tonight, and that extension will be till August 31st, pending at the state extends it further. City Attorney Chirper, is that correct?

[04:17:22] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: That is correct.

[04:17:23] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, great. I just want to make sure I know that many people, I think, tuned in for that one. Wonderful. Great. Thank you. So we'll move on to item five, which is 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 up to 3 minutes during this section. State law prohibits the council from acting on nonagenda items. But any member of the public on the line. Like to provide comment on this item. If so, please click the raise hand button zoom and press star 9 on your phone and we'll display the 3 minute timer on the screen. All right, Tim McKenzie.

[04:18:06] Tim McKenzie: Hey, Tim McKenzie, he can pronounce. First, thank you, council member Show Walter, for reading what is, I think, the longest consent calendar I have ever seen. Thank you for falling on that sword and doing the procedural aspects that is the running of the city. Much appreciated. Um, I'm sure counsel is aware, but there's a meeting of the public safety advisory board coming up on this Thursday and Thursday. Um, it would be great to have council members at 10. Uh, I know that we probably saw in the Mountain View Voice a couple of weeks ago something that was really troubling and frightening that there was a body found outside of the movie theater over in the San Antonio community, um, only to find out a week or so later that it was someone who had died by suicide. The police were able to show up and look at the body, but they weren't able to create an environment wherein someone didn't want to take their life. And if we're thinking about how we're allocating resources for public safety. I think it's really important to think about how to build up a community and structures where we don't have people taking their lives so frequently. I mean, I think of how frequently before the pandemic, the Cal train would stop because someone had used it to take their life. This is, this is, I see as a much, much, much bigger issue of public safety than making sure that we have armed agents of the state running around and I'll stop belaboring the point since we'll be talking about the budget later, but I just wanted to make that comment. Thank you.

[04:19:49] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Bruce England?

[04:19:52] Bruce England: Thank you, mayor, and council members. Very briefly. Um, speaking for Green Spaces MV. We understand that a bunch of redwood trees, long middle field, were cut back severely. Um, we're not entirely sure why, if it was for sight lines for passing vehicles, maybe it was that. And something that has been unclear for some people is whether we should handle native trees, the same as non-native trees, and there's been a lot of discussion within our group about it. I haven't even read it all because there's so much of it. But it seems like what we've settled on is that the non-native trees that are already planted should be protected, and not cut down or cut back just to make life convenient for vehicle drivers, and that any new trees shouldn't be non native. They should be native, drought tolerant, pollinator friendly type plants. So, I, we'll bring this up with a PRC when we have the opportunity to do it, but I just wanted to raise it with you, because it just seems like we need to change our emphasis in all ways to, um, build up our canopy and not build our city around vehicle travel. Thank you.

[04:21:00] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. All right, I don't see any other hands. Um, For public comment, so we can bring it back to council to do item 6, which is our new business. Item 6.1. is our charity's housing notice of funding availability proposal at 1265 Montecito Avenue. Project manager, Affordable Housing. Uh, Vera Gill and senior planner Edgar Maravilla will present the report. Planning manager, zoning administrator, Stephanie Williams, assistant community development director Wayne Chen, an assistant city manager, community development directory, director Archie Shavastava are available for questions. Also presenting Sarah Erickson, Kathy Robinson, and Dan Wu from Charities Housing, and Kevin Bessett from Studio E Architects. We'll start with the staff presentation, Ms. Gill.

[04:22:01] Vera Gill: Good evening. Honorable mayor council members. It's a pleasure to be here with you this evening, to present, um, the charity's housing development at 1265 Montecito Avenue. Yes, you mentioned, I'm joined by this evening by senior planner, Edgar Motavilla, um, who's helping present this item. And Want to give you a little bit of background about the Affordable Housing NoFA, and I, I understand that there's a lot of on the agenda, so I'm just going to go through this quite quickly. In 2014, The city released a NoFA for 15.5 million. That's what we had available at that time. Now the city has approximately 50000000 affordable housing funds available for funding reservations and for to encumber for projects. The city has invested over 75000000 in 5 new developments, which are totaling over 404 units, and this is including Law Vanita, which, um, we, the council discussed or last, late last year. The city has 2 more no applications, along with the Evelyn VTA site and lot 12 and that will bring in quite a few additional units as well. Wanted to talk a little bit about the development context, for affordable development. As you know, the land cost in Mountain View are always rising. The sites that are available are less than optimal. They often need to be rezoned and they are often oddly shaped. Um, That adds some additional cost to these developments as does the rapidly rising construction labor in materials cost. Um, tax credits and multifamily bottom issuance fees, um, are added to that cost, as well as the fact that 4% tax credits and the multifamily bond issuance are becoming more competitive, where they used to be, um, quite easy to secure, you know, over the counter. It's now taking longer for those multi- family bond issuance to issuances to happen. Wanted to go over with you quickly, the number of units in this development and the, um, the income level served. So this is an 85 unit development with one manager unit, so it effectively leaves 84 affordable units. 24 studios, 181 bedroom, 212 bedrooms, and 223 bedrooms. So it's a nice mix of of 32s, ones and studios, which is really nice since we've had a lot of studio developments recently. All of these units will be at 60% AMI or less. And I want to turn this over to our senior planner, Edgar Matavilla, who will go over a little bit about the architecture, um, and the rezoning. Edgar.

[04:25:02] Edgar Maravilla: Yes, uh, you can go to the next slide there for me. Thank you, Ms. Gale. Good evening, planning or city council members and members of the public. Well, you are looking at here is the subject site. You'll see it is located at the intersection of Montecito Avenue in North Shoreline Boulevard. Specifically, this site is one. 04 acres in size, and it has a neighborhood commercial designation. If the affordable housing project is to make its way to this subject site, It would require several amendments. One of those being a general plan map amendment to high density residential, and a Sony map amendment to our 4 multifamily residential district. This subject site is located within happy mile to downtown transit center via Stirline Road. Staff is highlighting the distance to transit, as the applicant has requested for parking to be calculated, pursuant to state legislation of half a space per unit. Next slide. The applicants also requesting a one% density bonus. This is to allow one additional residential unit, and in addition to the density bonus and to the 100% affordable project, the applicant is asking for one waiver to deviate from a development standard to provide no personal storage. This project is also providing 44 accurate parking spaces, which is equivalent to happy space per unit. And this is due to the location of the project site within happy mile to major transit and pursuant to state law. Next slide. From an architectural perspective, you'll see that this is a modern building with a flat roof. There are 4 main materials proposed here. This is stucco, cement board, bad insighting, and cedar sighting. From a landscaping perspective, the applicant will real landscape the entire site. And they are proposing to possibly remove 6 heritage trees. Staff is working with the applicant to see if those 6 heritage trees could be relocated elsewhere on site. But as proposed currently, and again, they have not yet formally submit, that would depend on whether or not they received the funding today. Staff would continue to work with them and see if it's feasible to relocate those heritage trees. All in all, this site currently has 88 trees on site, and the applicant is proposing to having that increase of 12 trees, which would be equivalent to 100 trees, and that would be once they formally submit. With that, I will go ahead and hand the presentation back to Ms. Gill.

[04:27:43] Vera Gill: Thank you. So I want to go over the project funding next. This is a typical tax credit project where you have many, many layers of financing. So you'll have the 4% low income housing tax credits, which provide a lot of the funding, a majority of the funding, um, the tax equity on this deal. We will also have the city and Mountain View contributing, being asked to contribute 18000000 in this assumes the city acquiring the property, um, under the measure A, um, guidelines. Either the city needs to acquire the property or the county needs to acquire the property from the developer. Um, County of Santa Clara measure A funding would be 16000000 gets a little, little complicated here. This is under the type 2 category where a 3rd of the units would be rapid rehousing units, a 3rd of units would be required to be ELI units, except in this case, because of the project-based vouchers, that 2nd 3rd will actually go up to 50% AmI instead of the regular 30% AmI. And that final 13rd could go up to 80%, but it will only serve in this case up to 60% AMI because charities housing does have a mission of serving only 60% AMI and below. Um, there is also some additional funding from the federal home loan bank for the affordable housing program. Um, and if other funding is necessary to to close a gap, there could be some additional state funding, the Apple Affordable Housing Fund, the Google Affordable Housing Fund, are also options. These next 2 slides were in, um, in the staff report, and I just want to quickly go through them. These are the funding options that you, that I just went over for a total of development cost of 88 $1000000. This um, table is also in your, in your staff report, and it does show that this development is, is pretty much in line with, um, with the other developments. The per unit cost is quite high, but these units are much larger than the studio units that we've been seeing. And that's why you see a higher cost per unit. But when you look at cost per bedroom. Um, that, that number is line with other developments. Also, the subsidy per unit is probably right in the middle. Um, it's not as high as Alta Housing, Luna Vista project on that 950 West El Camino Real. But still not quite as low as Eagle Park apartments. In January of this year, we had a neighborhood meeting via Zoom webinar, 32 neighbors, and interested parties attended that meeting, and most attendees were very supportive of this development. They were, um, there were some questions asked about traffic, infrastructure impacts, security, um, for the development, approval timeline, uh, the resident screening process. And when they were talking about building security, they were talking about, um, not just the security of the neighborhood, because of a new affordable housing development, but actually concerned about what security would be be provided to protect these residents in this development. Overall, it was a very positive meeting. Um, And after that, NUFA, um, after that meeting, we went to the NoFA review committee meeting, which was held just a few weeks ago in early June. The committee is comprised of council members, Hicks and Showalter, in committee chair, Lucas Ramirez, we discussed several items, most notably the city acquisition of the land, the target population for this development and financing options. The no review committee voted unanimously to send this proposal to council for a reservation of funding, and that's why we're here this evening. So if the council chooses to receive reserve funding for this development, the next steps would be an application submitted to the planning division for the design review entitlement process. We would have additional neighborhood meetings if we believe those were necessary and helpful. We would have the final public hearings on the entitlements and the funding, and that would come back to you, and that would include the rezoning, the site. So the recommendation is as follows, the notice of funding availability, review committee, or no foot committee, recommends that the city council reserve 180000 in housing impact funds for the charity's housing, notice of the funding availability application. Staff recommends from this 18000000 reservation that the city council won, direct staff to include in the recommend recommended budget, 1300000 in housing impact funds for pre-development costs. 1000000 would be reserved for charities housing used for pre-development activities, 300,000 would be used for staff time, environmental parking, and other special studies for this development. And secondly, authorize the city manager to enter into an agreement with charities housing in the amount of $1000000 for the use of those pre-development funds for those activities. And Staff is available. If you have any questions, the applicant charities housing is here this evening. Sarah Erickson with Charity's Housing is available to make a presentation and we also have staff from the um, county of Santa Clara office of support, supported housing, who could answer any questions on measure A as well? And with that, I'll stop sharing, it'll allow Sarah Erickson to make her short presentation.

[04:33:49] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you, Ms. Bill. Thank you. Ms. Erickson.

[04:33:52] Sarah Erickson: Hello. Thank you, Hira. I'm hello council members. Let me share my screen. All right, I'm Sarah Erickson with Charities Housing. We're a deeply mission driven nonprofit. That is nearly 30 years old based out of San Jose. And we build 100% affordable housing communities that we own and manage ourselves. See, our community our communities are located primarily throughout Santa Clara County. We have 2 existing properties in Mountain View, San Antonio Place featured here and Sierra Vista on Hackett Avenue. This community um is in nearby Cupertino and Studio E was the architect. Here's a quick glance at the population type and unit mix. I'd like to highlight that 50% of the building will be housing large families, as Vera pointed out. The units will be between 30% to 60% of area median income with 13rd of the units paying 30% of their income on rent. Construction should commence in the fall of 2024 after we obtain financing and fully design and permit the building. We'd finish construction in the summer of 2026 and be fully leased up by the end of 2026. Um, Kevin from Studio E, our architect will now present our proposed design. Thank you for your time.

[04:35:52] Kevin Bessett: Morning, counsel. Um, so this is the subject site with the several views of the surrounding context where there are 2 and 3 story apartment buildings to the west and south and a shopping center across the street on Montecito. Next line. This is a diagram showing how we arrived at the building massing, uh, starting with the buildable envelope under the R4 standards, uh, taking a five-story tall, double loaded corridor, and splitting it into 2 to achieve a slightly higher, uh, density, which also creates entry courtyards and a rear courtyard uh, in the middle of the site that allows the vegetation to run up and over the level 2 podium. The 2 buildings are connected by a bridge that runs over the planted podium, and we worked with planning over the last year to articulate the building with exterior balconies, transparent bay windows, and steps down volumes at the corners to relate better to the adjacent buildings. This is an aerial view of the project as currently proposed. Um, with uh, units on both sides, a bridge in the middle. Um, there are, as staff mentioned, there's 4 different materials on the project, stucco, a fiber cement, vertical siding, cedar siding on the ground floor, and uh, bay windows with potentially siding or um, uh, small metal pieces. Next slide. This is a ground floor showing how there's 44 at grade parking spaces entered from a driveway on the west side of the site. Utility spaces are tucked behind the back of the building, so laundry and bicycle parking and the trash room, and the front of the site up against Montecito contains common spaces, property management offices, and a transparent lobby adjacent to a large entry plaza that's accessed off the sidewalk. The front, 15 feet of the site, has vegetation and storm water planting. And you can see there's a manager's unit on the ground floor with a private patio on the Shoreline Boulevard frontage. A typical upper-level floor plan shows the building broken into connected by a bridge with a double loaded corridor with units on either side. And this is a diagram showing the 6 proposed heritage trees to be removed. So there's a very small Italian cypress on the northwest corner that's part of the existing row of Cypress. I think it was just larger than the rest. There's a large carob in the middle of the site. That's in the middle of our building footprint. And there are 4 medium-sized redwood trees on the edge of the site that are proposed to be removed. If we were to maintain them, We would have to shift the back row of units closer into the rear courtyard, which would eliminate the rear courtyard, which is where we're proposing play structures for the families. Or we would have to remove 5 units from the project. Next line. Here's that same view, uh, of an upper level showing, uh, how those units have to ship down to make way for the redwood trees. And we haven't done extensive studies into whether they can be relocated or if the current development is impacting the root system. Next line. These are views of the back area. You can see there's children. This is more of a natural concept for a play structure that's just boulders and logs rather than a prefabricated structure, and this is all still in development. And, um, this was in the reports, but this is the main front elevation from Montecito across Montecito from the shopping center. Um, you can see the 2 volumes. You can see the step down volumes at the corners to relate better to the adjacent buildings with an accent material and bay windows. And here, the next few slides will go through quickly, but these are several views of this, um, the sidewalk with planting along the parkway and an elevated entry plaza with an accessible ramp and seating areas for residents to sit before entering or exiting the building. And that concludes our presentation. Thank you.

[04:40:45] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. So I'll bring it back to a council. Do does any member of the council have any questions? Vice Mayor Ramirez.

[04:41:01] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. I have a few questions. Can we, um, bring in the office of supportive housing staff too? I'll have a couple of questions for them. Um, so 1st question for the applicant. Um, does it make a difference for, uh, for you or for the project, if there's more measure funding used to subsidize it or city of Mountain View subsidy, do you have preference one way or the other?

[04:41:36] Sarah Erickson: No, we don't.

[04:41:40] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Uh, and then uh, I have a question for Consuelo. Um. I've asked her to raise her hand.

[04:41:53] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes. She'll, I'll bring her. I'll bring her over.

[04:42:00] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Thank you. There you go. Hi Consuelo.

[04:42:12] Mayor Ellen Kamei: She's needed it.

[04:42:13] Consuelo Hernandez: There we go. Good evening, council members, Consuelo Hernandez, director with the Office of Supportive Housing. Happy to answer any questions.

[04:42:23] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you for being here. Um, I have a question about, uh, the Measure commitment. Um, are we stuck at, I think it's 16000000 proposed or, Would the county be amenable to increasing the measure a subsidy, if, you know, if, uh, in, and, and lowering the city subsidy. So we're reversing. It would be a $16000000 contribution from the city and an $18000000 contribution from the county.

[04:42:55] Consuelo Hernandez: Thank you for the question, um, vice mayor Ramirez. We are actively working with staff on the MOU that we spoke to you about, um, earlier in the year, where there would be, um, you know, some projects might have more funding of measure A and others might have less. Um, one of the requirements is that the county own the land when we have more funding in the development. Um, so that's just one thing to keep in mind. We would absolutely be open to increasing or swapping our dollar amount, our commitment on this project, but again, that would require us to own the property rather than the city owning the property.

[04:43:35] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, and then is the purpose of the county owning the property? to guarantee that it remains affordable in perpetuity?

[04:43:44] Consuelo Hernandez: That is correct, vice mayor.

[04:43:47] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, so the mission of the county is identical to the mission of the city in that case. Um, there may be a concern about land use authority. Are there other ways that we can have the county invest more and also address concerns about affordability and perpetuity or providing the city a greater assurance that, um, you know, a future land use might be, you know, congruent with community interests? What other options? Have you explored?

[04:44:24] Consuelo Hernandez: With other cities, we've had conversations about a shared ownership model, which does complicate the deal for the developer. Um, but we would be open to having that conversation. The other thing that we've looked at is a long-term deed restriction, um, in the way of like a 99 year, um, or actually, if it's a deed restriction, like your density bonus has a regulatory agreement that actually goes on the fee. Um, it gets recorded on the property long term. The council would have to take action. The board of supervisors would have to take action to remove that regulatory agreement. Um, so there are different ways in which we can negotiate um, with the city, if there's interest in identifying other opportunities, because you're right, we both have the same mission, mission of deed restricting the sites for affordable housing for the long term. Um, and would absolutely entertain a conversation about exploring different options.

[04:45:23] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, great. Thank you. Um, and then a couple of questions for staff. So I'm looking, thank you for responding to the questions submitted in advance of the meeting. I'm looking at the list of the pipeline project. projected to receive no funding, and the VTA Evelyn Lott says VTA development only. Uh, and I think that's CIP, right? uh capital improvement pro- program has already been created to cover land costs. But there will probably have to be a considerable city subsidy to actually construct a building there. So have we included that into projected expenditures as well in in the estimation that we can fund these 4 projects?

[04:46:12] Vera Gill: Yes. Yes. So 13, 13000000 has been set aside. The city council set that aside for the, for the ground lease as well as the, um, the purchase option for that site. So, Our guess is that there would be, it would not be as significant as we are seeing for some of these other developments. It's not going to be, we hope it's not in the range of of 20 to 25 million. We hope it's much less because we've already spent some, Well, we will be spending some money for the acquisition of that property. So, um, I'm looking at maybe, depending on the number of units, you're looking at anywhere, I don't know. I don't want to guess, but probably closer to to 15000000 for development only.

[04:47:04] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay. But, so notwithstanding the uncertainty about the ultimate cost, staff has incorporated the full cost of acquisition and construction into this list of pipeline projects.

[04:47:22] Vera Gill: Yes. So the acquisition for the site is not showing up in that in that 50000000 or that projected 53 million. It's, that has already been set aside and cumbered by the, by the city council. It was encumbered a couple years ago.

[04:47:39] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Oh, okay, okay, got it. So that's not in there at all. Okay, okay. then this is just construction. Okay. There are some projects that may be of interest or, you know, we're going to have to plan for them at some point, for instance, the soprano dedication, um, for the project.

[04:48:00] Vera Gill: Yes,

[04:48:01] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: um, and then, uh, the 1st communities, uh, interest in the El Camino site, uh, their sharing council, I think. Um, So, the, the pipeline list here, doesn't feel complete, um, just have thoughts about, the other projects that, you know, likely will be considered by the Nofolk Committee and Council.

[04:48:29] Vera Gill: I don't consider um 1st community housing a pipeline project yet because my definition of pipeline is that they've applied for the funding. They actually haven't applied for the funding, so they have not submitted a note for application with all the materials so that we could, um, begin our due diligence on on the financing or any of that information yet. Um, I'm anticipating that they would do so in the next few months. But I think it's also important to remember anytime we, we have a developer and that's true of charities as well. Um, anytime we have a developer approach the city, we tell them we're quite upfront about how much money we have currently available, how many projects we have lined up in our pipeline for that money. And we do tell them it, you may see a delay. It hasn't ever happened. Um, thank goodness, but it, it may happen. If we run it, if we, for some reason, I can't predict the future, if something occurs and we see a lot less revenue being generated, it may take a while to to generate enough revenue for those developments in the near, in the far future. I think we feel pretty confident about this because many of these projects that you're reviewing and seeing today, it's going to be probably a couple years before that money starts actually leaving the city and getting paid out to the developers, um, in the form of construction and construction payments. So the funding that they get from us is usually used for construction draws. And that is probably 2 years away from now. Um, I think law of Anita is the only development that they are asking if the city does acquire the property and not the county, that we would help them um, pay off their loan to the housing trust. Um, a lot quicker than than using that money for construction. So that's the only project that has asked us to do that. So I feel pretty confident.

[04:50:36] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Mm-hmm. Okay, thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Breast view hotel is not included in here. Do you expect that we may need to put in affordable housing funds to subsidize that project?

[04:50:50] Vera Gill: I'm going to going to allow our assistant community development director Wayne Chen to take on that question. Thanks.

[04:50:58] Wayne Chen: Hi, thanks, Vera, and uh, good evening, counsel. Um, the uh, partnership that we've been exploring and working on with the county is for the county to be, um, uh, the lead in acquiring the CrestView site. Um, the city's commitment would be the funding for the rehabilitation um, part of the project, um, if we get to that stage. So, in the annual action plan that the council just recently approved, there were um, federal funds, um, earmarked for that effort. Uh, we'll continue to work with the county on, on this, um, project. But currently, we don't expect the city to be putting in acquisition funds.

[04:51:42] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, okay, that's good to know. Um, and then last question. Sorry for taking up a lot of time. Um, I know the, the Google proposals are all barely high level conceptual at this point, but, um, a significant amount of their affordable housing obligation is proposed to be achieved through land dedication, which is great, because then we don't have to deal with land, but we're still going to have to put in an enormous amount of funding to deliver the units that they're proposing. Um, do you expect that the commercial linkage fees generated by the office developments will be sufficient to fully subsidize the cost of constructing those affordable units on that dedicated land?

[04:52:33] Vera Gill: I don't think that that's well, it's something I can't comment on right now. I just don't know enough about, um, about that project and how many units are being planned there and what, um, haven't been involved in those discussions. I'm not sure if our assistant community development director has any input on that.

[04:52:54] Aarti Shrivastava: Um, sorry, I, um, I could, I could make you our team a question, um, Artisra Vastava, um, community development director, um, uh, Vice Mayor, we're actually doing, um, uh, an economic uh, analysis of the Middlefield Park proposal. Um, and just, uh, we haven't completed it yet, but uh, a very cursory review shows that it will not cover, um, the cost and additional funding is likely to be uh, required. Uh, we haven't done the same for North Bay Shore because they haven't applied.

[04:53:32] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Um, and my apologies, I just thought of one other question for staff, since I had asked, uh, Consuelo, this, um, what is staff's opinion of some of these alternative models that were evaluated, like a joint ownership or, you know, that kind, long term, you know, or a deed restriction, something along those lines. Is that something that would address some of staff's concerns about property ownership?

[04:54:02] Vera Gill: Mhm. I think that our concern about, um, the prop, who owns the property, it just is, is considering what the council, the city council in 55 years, um, making sure that they still have the land use authority to make decisions and to guarantee that this development is affordable for the long term. Um, and we are definitely open to working with the office, um, office of supported housing to find a way to, to accomplish all of those goals, making sure that the city of Mountain View has the land use authority in the, in the future as well as guaranteeing that this, um, site remains affordable for the, for the long term.

[04:54:54] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, thank you very much.

[04:54:58] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Before we get to you, customer Metachek, I do see Consuela's hand up, so I just wanted to make sure she had an opportunity to respond.

[04:55:07] Consuelo Hernandez: Thank you, mayor. I did just want to clarify that the land use authority always remains, um, with the city when it comes to the development of housing, um, because of the 1998 measure A, um, which restrict need restrictions to the county's authority over the development of properties for housing. So I did just want to clarify a various statement that if a property is going to be developed for housing, it is subject to local land use and the county has no authority over that.

[04:55:41] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Council member about a check.

[04:55:46] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you. I want to start by disclosing that I met with the applicant and I also went by the property on my own. Um, I do want to get back to the play area. Um, so, um, if the applicant could bring up that uh, slide again. When I met with the applicant and I asked them if there was an area outside area for children, uh, to play, because we know, um, affordable housing tends to have a lot of children, I want to make sure they have a place to play. And they said, no, there wasn't a place. And so I'm curious, what has changed?

[04:56:34] Sarah Erickson: Um, hi, this is Sarah. Can you see my screen?

[04:56:37] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[04:56:38] Sarah Erickson: Okay. So I was thinking that you were asking about a playground. And we don't have that in the current design, but, um, we are not 100% committed to the boulders that we have in place and that the design can change during entitlements, but these, um, we do have these, these boulders that are landscape boulders that are, um, intended for children to play on. That's what's in the current design, which you're seeing right here.

[04:57:09] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: In the back. So how big is that area?

[04:57:14] Sarah Erickson: I would defer to Kevin.

[04:57:17] Kevin Bussett: Could we go back to the ground floor plan?

[04:57:19] Sarah Erickson: Sure.

[04:57:22] Kevin Bussett: There we go. So you can see there by the laundry room is sort of that pink box next to the green circle. The green circle is the, uh, a current conceptual version of a stormwater treatment basin. And in between that is sort of a brown area. That is a rear courtyard that would potentially have play equipment or some sort of area designed for children to be seen while their parents are doing laundry. We haven't developed that area in detail yet since most of the discussion during planning and informal review has been about the front, um, elevation along Montecito.

[04:58:04] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: So sorry, could you point out the area? I don't see any brown.

[04:58:08] Kevin Bussett: Right, right where the mouse is hovering over right now.

[04:58:11] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay, now I see it. Okay.

[04:58:13] Kevin Bussett: So that area is, we're still developing that area. The stair, the layout of the stairs, changing the layout of the bio retention planter may change a little bit. But that zone is where we've anticipated having a play structure of some sort.

[04:58:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. Um. Then, um, given your current uh, schedule of funding. How many of the units could we have a work live preference for for existing mountain view residents or workers?

[04:58:57] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Correct me if I'm wrong, Sarah. I think it's the last, um, the last 3rd of those units, so 28,

[04:59:03] Sara Erickson: that is correct. Yes.

[04:59:09] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. So 28 are rapid rehousing that come through the county coordinated entry system. And then, um, 17 are Vash vouchers coming through the Palo Alto, alto, healthcare VA. And 11 are project-based vouchers coming from the housing authority wait list. And the remaining 28 would be through the city local preference. Okay, and um, I guess a question for the NoFA committee. I'm sort of curious about your discussion about the rezoning of this property. Um, and then, uh, the fit with the existing neighborhood.

[05:00:13] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Should I respond there?

[05:00:18] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yeah, sorry, I was, I was trying to see who was, who on our Jeopardy screen was going to respond. Go ahead.

[05:00:26] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Nope, no worries. So just off the top of my head. Counselor member Mattachek. concede that we didn't spend a lot of time talking about uh the the underlying proposal for a general plan amendment and rezoning. I think there was broad support for the concept generally. Um, there were comments about um, you know, ensuring that we're delivering a project that is deeply affordable and, you know, incorporates as many family units as possible. But we didn't, we didn't have a conversation about GPA or the rezoning.

[05:01:01] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. Thanks.

[05:01:04] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. I see council member Hicks's hand up.

[05:01:08] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to say anything very different. I think that we press general support for it, at least I did, but because it's not, to me, it's not an issue. I think it's appropriate for this area. Um, so yeah, we said little to nothing, but I think that's because there was support.

[05:01:32] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Right, any other questions, um, for staff, the county, or the applicant? Okay, I am not seeing any. I also want to disclose that I did meet with the applicant. All right, so would any member of public on the line like to provide public comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press star 9 on your phone. It will display a 2 minute timer on the screen. And thank you to staff, the county enter applicant for answering all the questions and joining us today. All right, Sonia. Tequilos?

[05:02:16] Sonia Sequeiros: Yes, hi. Uh, good evening. Oh, hello, can.

[05:02:20] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes, we hear you. Go ahead.

[05:02:23] Sonia Sequeiros: My question is, how big will be the unique? Do you give us anything, how, how big it won't be because, uh, the reason that my question is, if a big family stays in a, say, uh, member of 4 people things, and you 2 bedroom apartment, and you have a king tiny living room, uh, the family can not get together in the living room because in better you have a space for a, Uh, love seat, uh, not even a couch. So, um, that was learning how big are human. And if you're considering that, you know? Um, because I think it's very important if we, If family is going to leave there, uh, in the money, get together, at the farming, in the living room, but you're not able to see them, and maybe you only know how it's going to be. Uh, how they're going to. Time to get together as a party, you know? Thank you.

[05:03:30] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, Tim Mackenzie.

[05:03:36] Tim MacKenzie: Housing, great, love it. Affordable housing. Great, love it. Uh, the city owning land. Maybe we could start, think about looking for these types of opportunities, building community land trusts. Uh, sounds great. Increase in net increase in the number of trees. Also, awesome. I will say, though, redwoods are great. Um, I grew up on the east coast and they're they're a really cool and interesting type of tree. Um, that's pretty unique to the area. Um, But, uh, net increase in trees with the project in general is awesome. And, uh, like to see it. And also the fact that it's so close to transit. I bike past there all the time, on my way downtown, and it's a nice spot, and I'm looking forward to having some neighbors there.

[05:04:24] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Albert Jeans?

[05:04:30] Albert Jeans: Hi, Albert Jean, Sterling Estates. I live too far away from Arizona, I see it a lot. Sorry, my dog's parking. Um, I just wanted to comment on the appearance. I know it's very early, but, you know, it looks so much like so many other big apartment buildings with very sort of monotonous facades, maybe broken up a little bit, just very repetitive. And I looked around at other buildings in the city to try to figure out what looks good. And I found like, um, there's a complex called Dianza properties, or maybe it's, I don't know, it's a complex, probably in Los Altos, San Antonio, just north of El Camino. I mean, South of del Camino. And it uses a fair amount of stone facades. And the same goes for, I guess, the proposal for 555 West Middlefield, the Avalon Bay. They also use a fair amount of stone and wood in their facades. I think it's because stone has a sort of natural variegation that gives you a lot of variety instead of a flat stucco face. And so since it's early, you know, I hope that, you know, design review committee and people like that, try to take that into consideration because there's just too many of these short, just very, I know people have called them Lego type apartments around town. I'd really like to see something different for change. And yeah, it may cost a little bit more, but I don't think you want affordable housing to look cheap, you know? I think these people deserve to live in a very nice place, and I think the city deserves to have more quality construction. Thank you very much.

[05:06:03] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Alexander Brown.

[05:06:07] Alexander Brown: Oh my god, I can't pass off the opportunity to agree with Albert James Moore. This building looks like all the other buildings. It's rectangles with slightly different colors on rectangles, with rectangles cut out of them. Uh, and we need more weird buildings. Any more interesting architecture. And I think that, yeah, this is worth investing in because you build it now, it lasts for a long time and people have to bike past it every day. So let's take this opportunity to make Mountain View look a little bit more interesting. Thanks.

[05:06:38] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Bruce Snagel? Bruce Nagel?

[05:07:04] Bruce Naegel: Does that get it? There we go. Yeah, so I wanted to make a comment about this building and reviews of other buildings as well. Mountain View has spent a lot of time, working to create standards to make buildings, uh, carbon neutral, and we're, we're doing that because of the fact that we recognize that there's a climate crisis on, and we have a state goal of 2045 de carbon neutral, and that may be not good enough, but at least it's a very strict standard. It explains the fact that we need to look at all of our buildings and make them as resilient as uh, carbon free as possible, which generally means going to all electric construction. And there have been a number of buildings that I've seen reviewed in other Mountain View, um, building reviews that have talked about what the heating and ventilation system is going into the thing and to eliminate natural gas. So it applies to all the buildings, you know, this one and others. I'd like to see that put onto this and make sure that, that as we review buildings, we look at, um, what the carbon footprint is and what are the long-term designs that people are doing to make these buildings carbon free because they're going to be around, as people have said, for a long time, and we need to make sure that we're passing on something that is, um, is fitting the environment. The other thing is, it'll have a direct effect in terms of low income housing because as the amount of gas consume goes down, as we switch to more and more electric buildings, the price of gas is going to go up. And we don't want to burden our, those who can least afford it with expensive energy. Thank you, and I look forward to some way of figuring out how to make sure that we look at this factor as we review buildings in the future.

[05:08:56] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Rick goes a lavis.

[05:09:03] Rick Gosalvez: Hi, thank you, counsel. I appreciate the time to say a few words on behalf of the project. Uh, my name is Reckless Salvis with Silicon Valley at home. For those of you who are not familiar, we're a housing advocacy organization that believes in affordable housing for all. And we strongly support charity housing to Montecito project. Not only will it bring 85 needed homes, affordable homes to the area. Uh, but charity has a strong reputation and one of the reasons that we uh, support this project is because they, they team up and bring thoughtful designs that provide housing solutions and think of the families that will be living in those, in those projects. So I really appreciate them bringing the idea of a play area outside of the laundry facility because those areas as they know through their other projects will be used for that purpose. So we applaud the city for taking action to fund this project. It is a notable project and uh, we urge you to please continue uh, moving the project forward. Thanks for your time.

[05:10:16] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. All right, that concludes public comments so we can bring it back to council. Vice Mayor Ramirez.

[05:10:27] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. And I appreciate council member Metachek reminded me. I also met with the applicant and would like to disclose that as well. Um, I'll lay all my cards out on the table. I'm supportive of the staff recommendation if that's what it comes down to. I do want to try and make a case though, uh, for, uh, better leveraging our, uh, very valuable city funds. Uh, the additional subsidy that's proposed to own the land doesn't unlock additional units. It doesn't make the project more affordable. Um, it sounds like even if we invest less in the county, we still do retain land use authority in some cases. It doesn't make the project affordable in perpetuity because that's already the county's mission. Um, in my opinion, that money would be better spent delivering more projects. And I, I, I, I feel like we, we need to be prepared to, to think about projects that aren't on the pipeline list. I think there will be many more. I appreciate staff's, uh, preliminary analysis suggesting that we have to be, uh, what we're going to have to think about additional sources of funding to deliver, uh, affordable projects from the land dedications from Middlefield Park, if that ultimately gets approved. Um, I just feel very strongly. Uh, that we need to be good fiscal stewards of, of our money. Uh, and, uh, I feel like John McAllister's seeing this, but, but if, if we're not, if we're not increasing the number of units, if we're not increasing the depth of affordability, if we're not, uh, making, you know, guaranteeing the project is affordable in perpetuity, and we're perhaps addressing only a speculative concern 60 years down the road, when I'll be 92 years old. Um it's really, really hard for me to justify doing that. Um, I'm willing to compromise though, because I may have a minority perspective on this. Um, I'd be interested in exploring options like co-ownership that could help address concerns about what may happen. You know, when the life of the building, uh, is is coming to an end. Um, I'd be interested in a longer conversation about, uh, strategic locations. Maybe some properties are so important. that we should own it. We should own the property and I'm thinking lot 12 is a good example of that. That's a strategic location, that's in downtown, that's a project where it makes a lot of sense for the city to own, own the property. Um, maybe, it makes less sense for us to own the La Vanita property, the Eden housing project in North Bay Shore. It's not as strategic a location. So that's, I think, a good conversation that we can have. Um, in this case, I don't feel there's any value add. I would rather save the $2000000 and deliver the same project and use that $2000000 for something else, 1st communities or pair Av or, you know, some unanticipated cost increase for some other affordable housing project that we want to deliver or, you know, rent release if we have another emergency like we did last year. Um, those are all, I think, better uses of that money than what we're getting with this proposal. So I, I'm not going to make the motion because I'm, I, I may lose this vote and I don't want to waste everybody's time. I do think it's an important conversation to have though. Um, separate from that. This is a great project. I hope the council will support it unanimously. Um, you know, it's deeply affordable. It includes a number of family units. I know we've struggled to get family projects. Um, I really don't want to lose units, uh, if at all possible. I really don't want to shrink the building envelope, which has the effect of reducing family units. 3 beds and 2 beds become one beds and studios. That's all that happens when you shrink the building envelope. Um, and, uh, I agree with, uh, with council member Hicks. I think this is this is a good location for this kind of project. Um, I'm supportive of the the rezoning and general plan amendment. I know we have to be, you know, thoughtful about converting commercial areas, but in this case, I think, I think it's justified. Um, and, you know, the conversation notwithstanding about property ownership. I think it's a very well leveraged project. Um, I think the, you know, we, we can, we can make the, the, both the per unit and per bedroom sub, subsidy a lot better by investing $16000000 instead of 18. Um, but even with the 18000000 if they, it's a well leveraged project and they think it, it achieves, uh, most, if not all of our community goals. Um, so interested in hearing your thoughts. Thank you.

[05:15:27] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you, council member Hicks.

[05:15:30] Councilmember Alison Hicks: So, I would agree with um, making that shift and increasing, measure a funding, and I was most interested in, it seems like we can, if I followed this correctly. Um, continue to own the property if we do a long-term deed restriction, which would be, um, you know, that seemed most interesting to me if that, if that is, you know, if I'm following it right and that pans out and other council members agree, it seems like we can sort of have our cake and eat it too that way. Um, and then, uh, yeah, and then others, I strongly support the project. I actually like the materiality and the cedar on the ground floor. I did meet with the African. Um, and, um, I think the cedar on the ground floor, make it look makes it look warm to pedestrians and so forth. Um, and I, I actually like the alternative of boulders and logs from play structure because there is a, a school playground fairly nearby, um, with more traditional play structures, but I, um, you know, when I was a child, the one I had kids always liked, uh, the variety of some alternatives of different kinds of, not always just the standard play structure. So, um, those are my. Okay, council member Abbe Koda.

[05:16:58] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Mayor. Yes, I also met with the applicant, um, and I, um, was, what we called, I think I met with, um, them a few years back, so it's actually great to see this project come forward to us. I'm supportive of staff recommendation. I appreciate the discussion about, um, a play area for the children. Um, so I do, um, encourage that to be included. Um, I am going to stick uh, right now, at least with the staff recommendation, um, and our contribution. Um, I appreciate the vice mayor's comments, but, um, You know, I've been around a while and, um, has was very early on, um, taught that it was, it's important to hold on to land. Um, it can be used as an asset, and you never know, um, how it can be, it might be beneficial, but so far it has done our city well. Um, I also look at other entities, um, particularly, uh, for instance, less out to school district, who sold off a lot of their land, and then here they are 50 years or so later, having to look at acquiring land to build a school. So you just never know and, um, you know, $2000000 may seem like a lot right now, but, um, what we do. I I really believe what we do, we have to think about the long term, um, effects. And so, um, I'm okay with, um, that $2000000 going into this project, if it means it secures, um, our city's ownership of the land, for future, for future councils to, to just, to figure out what, what they need down the road. So, um, I, I, I, if the deed restriction satisfies that, I can probably support that. But, um, I also frankly don't want to complicate things any more than they are. And I know staff is working on an overall agreement with the county, so if this is the, um, most expeditious way to get to resolution, then I would continue to support staff recommendation. Thanks.

[05:19:23] Mayor Ellen Kamei: So I think I heard emotion. For the staff recommendation from Council member, Abicoca, Council member, Mattachek.

[05:19:31] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Thank you So, um, I also think it's important to, um, take advantage of opportunities when they come your way, and when an opportunity to own property comes our way, I think we should stick with it. Um, so, As, um, council member, Abbe Kogo said, you never know what's going to happen in the future. And having, um, property has served the city well over the years. And so I would support that. Um, I am concerned um, about the interface of this project with the apartment complex that is next to it on Montecito. And so I would like, um, the applicant to pay more attention to that area, and potentially uh, step back the upper stories. Um, a little bit to make it a little bit softer on that side. Um I do agree with the comments about the overall architecture. I think it could be more interesting. This is a pretty visible corner. And um, I think it's important to have interesting architecture, um, on such a visible location. Uh, I would like to see a decent size play area for the children, especially when you mention this is outside the laundry room. I can imagine the kids, you know, when they're very young, will want to, Play while maybe their parents are and they're doing laundry. Um, and I guess I'm, I don't think boulders, um, are the way to go. Um, well, I appreciate that there is a school down the roadways. And I don't really know what's going to happen with access to school property. So I would prefer to have at least something that is right there that the little kids could play on. Um, I think that's really important in a complex like this. And, um, I would like to make sure we don't reduce the number of units that have a work live preference. I think it's really important for us to have, uh, units that are available to people who already live in Mountain View or work in Mountain View. Thanks.

[05:21:59] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Council member Lieber?

[05:22:03] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Well, thank you, Mayor. I'm hoping that we can perhaps divide the question. Um, so that we could, uh, deal with, um, the funding, uh, piece of it, uh, separately. And I do think that, um, an extra $2000000 applied to another project could help us to get, Um, you know, bridge the gap to um, more affordable housing. I don't want to vote against the issue overall. Um, but I would appreciate dividing question in that way. And um, I think it's a great synergy with the, the play area in the laundry room. And it really doesn't matter what you give kids to play on, if there are rocks, they will go to the rocks unless there's a cardboard box, and then they will go to the cardboard box. Um, and in terms of the, um, the architecture, I don't know if I'm just an outlier here, but I, I, I kind of like it. And, um, I think that, uh, it's, it's not always possible, um, especially with projects that are stretched, uh, so thin to, um, to have stone and, and, um, you know, a lot of creative natural wood that that takes a lot of upkeep to, Um, keep it looking presentable over time. Um, but I think the main thing is to get individuals housed. And what I've, uh, been in the position of advocating for constituents before and, and working with CSA, um, and we have people in, in Mountain View that are, um, perhaps homeless in Mountain View. And housing is suggested someplace else to them, be it, uh, be it Sunnyvale, be it Gilroy. Um, we now have the great partnership with uh, the housing over by Charleston where the point of the program is to urge people to go live in a different area. I think that we have to be flexible. Um, as other cities are, um, in terms of things. So I don't agree with the live work restrictions. Um, I think that when people are looking for, um, housing for themselves and their family, and this is a, uh, market that breeds a lot of desperation. That, um, you really need to take 1st available. And um, uh, so that's not a, a, a perfect system. And maybe there are people from Sunnyvale, who want to stay in Sunnyvale, and they don't want to come to Mountain View. I've definitely experienced people in Mountain View who don't want to go to Sunnyvale. Or, uh, San Jose is a very daunting prospect for them in many cases. But, um, I think that we have to, um, look at the, the overwhelming need 1st. And um, so I, I'd like to urge the, the maker and seconder of the motion to uh, divide the question in terms of the funding.

[05:25:52] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay thank you. Um, so we had a motion by council member Abbe Koga. I had not heard a second, so I'm going to 2nd the motion, because I say we have people's hands up again. So, um, I don't know if there's any other comments um, on this item, but I'd like to, to be able, we have a, a long agenda. I want to be able to call the question. The only thing that I'd like to add is I did speak with the applicant about, um, transit passes. And they think that this, um, site is a perfect opportunity to, um, provide transit passes to the families or the children that live there. There's the VTA bus stop right there on Shoreline, which people can take. And so really hoping that as the project progresses, that we can build that into um, the project. And I'm, um, I think that council will see this again. Um, so really hope that we can include that because, um, I think our families, particularly those who are in the ELI, VLI, um, may not have transit, um, other transit options, right? So I think we need to build that in. All right, Vice Mayor Ramirez, by council member Hicks, and then we're going to call the question.

[05:27:08] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, thank you mayor. and I support the suggestion to explore transit passes as well. Um, since we've got a split council, um, my understanding this, the motion of on the floor is the staff recommendation, which I'm comfortable with, um, but I did want to test the alternative, if that fails, I will very strongly support the underlying motion, but I did want to test it. Um, So I, I would like to move that we approve the staff recommendation with the simple addition that we invest 16000000 and explore an $180000 subsidy for measure A.

[05:27:44] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Second.

[05:27:50] Mayor Ellen Kamei: So you're gonna do the substitute motion? Okay. All right. All right. Um, so we have a substitute motion by Vice Mayor Ramirez, 2nded by council member Lieber. Uh, Okay, are these hands to vote or are these questions? Question, council member, show alter.

[05:28:15] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes, I'd like to ask staff if this will add substantially to the amount of time it takes to go through the paperwork for this, for the next step.

[05:28:30] Affordable Housing Project Manager Vera Gil: So the next step for, um, for this development would be to go to apply for entitlements and we anticipate it could take anywhere from 9 to 12 months for entitlements. So we have certainly a lot of time to work through the financing.

[05:28:47] Councilmember Pat Showalter: So this wouldn't change that.

[05:28:48] Affordable Housing Project Manager Vera Gil: No.

[05:28:49] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Council member Hicks.

[05:28:55] Councilmember Alison Hicks: And I was going to ask, since several council members expressed comfort with long-term restriction, if that could be the, um, I will be supporting this alternative motion, but if that could be the the 1st option that was explored, uh, you know, so that hopefully there would be more, uh, council support for this particular motion.

[05:29:21] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thanks, Mary Ramirez.

[05:29:24] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you. So, uh, question for staff, uh, like, council member show, Walter, it asked, um, what are, what are the implications for delaying the project or, is that, is that, uh, Uh, uh, a lot of work associated with a deed restriction?

[05:29:44] Affordable Housing Project Manager Vera Gil: I don't anticipate it would, um, as I mentioned, the entitlement process takes probably 9 to 12 months. During that time, we have the ability to continue our conversations with the county of Santa Clara on the MOU, and to continue our discussions with the, with the um, affordable housing developers on, on funding sources.

[05:30:08] Community Development Director Aarti Shrivastava: Um, if if only just add, um, you know, we're expecting to bring the MOU this fall. Um, and and um, there are a lot of projects who will be depending on the MOU for us to move forward. So, We can try to explore the deed restriction, but we weren't anticipating having another year, um, to get the MOU. Um, so we will do our best to see what we can work out and uh, If we can't, then we would just do the 16000000 um, in which case the county would own the land.

[05:30:42] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Uh-huh. Okay.

[05:30:43] Community Development Director Aarti Shrivastava: Under this motion.

[05:30:46] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, thank you for the clarification, since it doesn't appear to delay the project or involve a significant amount of additional staff time, I'm happy to include the modification.

[05:30:59] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Wait, so, Mr. Vazov, to clarify, so the motion at hand is for the county to own the land with the substitute motion.

[05:31:09] Community Development Director Aarti Shrivastava: With exploring the potential for a deed restriction where the city would own the land, if it could be worked out within the time frame of the MRU, which we plan to bring in the fall. So, um, there's a slight chance we can get that done, but a greater chance that the county would own the land under this motion.

[05:31:31] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Thank you. All right, so, um, city clerk laser, we'll do a roll call vote.

[05:31:40] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Ice be on Ramirez?

[05:31:42] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[05:31:43] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member labor? Council member Abbe Koga?

[05:31:47] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: No.

[05:31:49] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Hicks?

[05:31:52] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[05:31:54] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Mattachek?

[05:31:56] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: No.

[05:31:58] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: And Castleman Rachel Walter?

[05:32:01] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes.

[05:32:03] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: And vice mayor, and um, mayor may.

[05:32:05] Mayor Ellen Kamei: No.

[05:32:09] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Okay.

[05:32:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, so that motion carries 43. Alright. Thank you, everyone. We'll move on to item 6.2. Adopt resolutions governing employee compensation and benefits for our bargaining groups, unrepresented employees and hourly employees, human resources director Sue Rush will present the report. Senior human resources analyst Lindsay Bishop is available for questions.

[05:32:38] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Just very quickly, um, Mayor, there is a motion required to continue the meeting after 10 PM.

[05:32:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Captain Michelle Walter.

[05:32:49] Councilmember Pat Showalter: I move, we continue the meeting after 10 p.m.

[05:32:53] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Do you have a second? Council member Hicks.

[05:33:01] Councilmember Alison Hicks: I, 2nd.

[05:33:03] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. I think we need to take a roll call vote on it. City clerk blazer.

[05:33:07] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member, Shelter.

[05:33:09] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes,

[05:33:10] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: council member hits.

[05:33:12] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[05:33:12] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Abbe Coca.

[05:33:16] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: I,

[05:33:16] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Lieberg.

[05:33:18] Councilmember Sally Lieber: I...

[05:33:18] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Counselor Matachek.

[05:33:21] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[05:33:21] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Nice Mayor Ramirez.

[05:33:24] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[05:33:25] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mayor Commé?

[05:33:26] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[05:33:27] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mission case?

[05:33:31] Mayor Ellen Kamei: All right. Hi, Miss Rush.

[05:33:34] Human Resources Director Sue Rush: Hello? I'm gonna share my screen. Okay, good evening. My name is Suraj, thank you, Mary's sources director, and joining me tonight is Lindsay Bishop, senior HR analyst. This evening, we are presenting new compensation packages for all represented and unrepresented city employees who have expiring memoranda of understanding and resolutions. The city has full represented groups, um, which, um, can include eagles, who represent management, professional, technical and clerical staff. IFF represents staff in the fire department. POA represents sworn and non-sworn classifications in the police department. And then at the uh, finally, SCIE represents maintenance, clerical, and technical classifications. The city also has unrepresented employees, police managers, fire managers, department heads, council appointees, and hourly employees. These agreements strive to be consistent with the city's compensation philosophy in light of the fiscal impacts and uncertainty. Due to COVID-19, and these adjustments are reflected in the fiscal year 2122 adopted budget, and the general operating fund 5 year forecast, that finance staff will be presenting to in the public hearing section of tonight's meeting. So the key elements for these groups are consistent for all regular employees. And as you can see in the note below at the top bottom of the screen, the hourly employee compensation package is exclusive to only the cost of living adjustment, which we refer to as a cola that you see on this slide. And all other groups are eligible for all package terms outlined here. So the term of the agreements is 2 years with a 3% cola adjustment in the 1st year for all the groups, and the teams will meet in early 2022 to negotiate coal adjustments for the 2nd year of the term. Employees will receive a one time lump sum payment in the amount of 2750 for each year of the agreement and recognition of providing critical services and essential programs to support the community through the challenges that we have been facing due to COVID-19 pandemic. And there's a note there that IFF will receive leave hours equivalent to the lump sum for their unit for each year, the um, agreement. And the next item is a technology fund program, and this will be available to frontline employees for expenses associated with purchasing technology in the amount of 600 in the 1st year of the agreement. And there are quick, a few quick, um, items that are specific to each bargaining it that I would like to share, um, with everyone, and the 1st one is for SCIU and Eagles members, increasing the number of certificates that are eligible to receive additional pay for. These certificates provide technical training above the normal qualifications for their positions. And there are also additional classifications that are being added to the existing certification program for eagles. And for IFF, POA, police managers and fire managers, uh, the next 2 items, the 1st is implement a 1st responders specialty program through the employees' assistance program. And uh, this provision will also include police chief and fire chief. And the parties agree to meet over amending the retirement health savings account to modify the requirements for deposit of employee compensation at the time of retirement into this account. And then the next item, um, is equity adjustments made to the salary ranges for battalion chief and deputy fire chief, and last for council appointees. Uh, this includes, like, council quinities include city attorney, city clerk, and city manager. This item is to amend the council policy D 9 that outlines the evaluation process for all these appointees. The policy has been updated to provide council, the authority to approve, and implement compensation adjustments in the form of cola, lump sum payments, and or leave hours at the time, at the same time as miscellaneous, unrepresented employees or department heads, I should say. I'm sorry. Um, This change will help achieve or maintain appropriate relative compensation differentials and recognizes the intent of a cola, which is to address general labor market and economic conditions. So in summary, there are 5 resolutions for council tonight for compensation and benefits for all bargaining units. And I'm available to answer any questions.

[05:38:34] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Does any member of council have any questions? All right, seeing none? Would any member of the public on the line like to provide public comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in zoo, or press star and end on your phone, who will display a 2 minute timer. Okay, I'm not seeing any public comment. So I will now bring the item back for council deliberation and action and notes that a motion to approve the recommendation should include reading the title of each resolution attached to the report. Vice Mayor Ramirez.

[05:39:18] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor, just a quick note of thanks to staff for working on this and to all city staff, uh, for for their good work over the past year, especially. Uh, so with that all, move the staff recommendation, including adopt a resolution of the city, council of the city of Mountain View, authorizing the city manager or designee, to amend the memorandum of understanding between eagles and the city, uh, for the period of July 1st, 2021, to June 30th, 2023, to adopt a resolution of the city council, of the city of Mountain View, authorizing the city manager or designate, to amend the memorandum of understanding between the international association of firefighters. Local 1965 and the city for the period of July 1st, 2021 to June 30th, 2023, adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, authorizing the city manager or designate to amend the memorandum of understanding between the Mountain View Police Officers Association and the city for the period of July 1st, 2021 to June 30th, 2023. Adopt a resolution of the city council, the city of Mountain View, authorizing the city manager or designate to amend the memorandum of understanding between the service employees, international union, local 521 and the city for the period of July 1st, 2021 to June 30th, 2023, and 5 adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, authorizing the city manager, or designate to modify compensation for unrepresented confidential employees, fire managers, police managers, department heads, council appointees, and hourly employees, for the period of July 1st, 2021 to June 30th, 2023, modify city council policy D9, council appointee communications and performance evaluation process, and authorize the mayor to amend the employment agreements for the city attorney, city clerk and city manager.

[05:41:10] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you Council member Abikoga.

[05:41:13] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I'd like to 2nd the motion and also offer my, um, thanks to staff and all of the employee groups for, um, their hard work in, um, negotiating these, uh, contracts. I know it's been a challenging year for everyone. I'm glad that the, I think we are able to recognize that to a certain extent while also being mindful of our, the uncertainty of economic times still, where, as it's been mentioned, we're not quite out of the woods yet. Um, but I think these agreements were um, a balanced approach. So thank you very much to everyone for all their hard work.

[05:41:53] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you, council member, Sher Walter.

[05:41:56] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yeah, I have similar comments. I would really like to thank everybody for their part in this negotiation. I think it's really important. There's that there's parity between all the bargaining units. I'm very happy to see that. And I'm also, um, uh, was pleased as I heard about the negotiations from various sources. Everyone talked about how they were conducted with dignity and respect for each other. And I think that that's so important for maintaining the high morale that is needed for people to really work happily and effectively. So, um, just congratulations to everyone for reaching this point.

[05:42:40] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, we have a motion from the vice mayor, 2nded by council member Abi Coca. So, um, City Quick Blazer. Let's do a roll call vote.

[05:42:49] City Clerk Heather Glaser: SPR Ramirez.

[05:42:51] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yeah.

[05:42:52] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Council member Abby Koka?

[05:42:54] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi,

[05:42:55] City Clerk Heather Glaser: council member Hicks.

[05:42:57] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[05:42:57] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Council member Liebert.

[05:42:59] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi.

[05:42:59] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Council member Mattachek.

[05:43:01] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[05:43:02] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Council member Shelter?

[05:43:04] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes.

[05:43:05] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Mayor can May?

[05:43:06] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[05:43:07] City Clerk Heather Glaser: Mission Carey?

[05:43:08] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. All right, so, um, before we move on to item 6.3. I just wanted to check in and see if folks need a break or if we'd like, if you want us to power through. I'm seeing some heads nodding. Would you like a break?

[03:39:33] (archive recording) Unknown Speaker: Yes.

[03:39:34] (archive recording) Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, let's do 10 minutes. I'll see everybody at 1026. Back. We'll move on to item 6.3, the 2020 shoreline sea level rise study update. Assistant public works director, Lisa Owl, present the report. Senior project manager, Raymond Wong, and public works director, Don Cameron, are available to questions.

[05:53:21] Assistant Public Works Director Lisa Au: All right. Good evening, mayor and council members. I'm Lisa Alice, assistant Public Works director. Tonight, I will be presenting on the 2021 Shoreline Sea Level Rise study update. I will be presenting a very high-level summary of the study, and you may find more details in the council memo. I would like to acknowledge the C level I study was completed by senior project manager Raymond Wong and GHD consulting engineers. When you think of sea level rise, you're considering the water bodies the rest around the city of Mountain View. This includes San Francisco Bay to the north, consisting of A one, A2W here, as well as Charleston Sloop, and a neighboring Palo Alto flood basin. The 2 major creeks that run through the city are Stevens Creek to the east, Permanente Creek through the middle. These are the 2 major creek systems that collect storm water that flows through our city, generally from south to north and into San Francisco Bay. The North Bay Short era here is shown in red. It's in the low lying area north of Highway 101. It is subject to flooding due to seal horize and to flooding from the creeks. Um, in 2012, the city embark on a sea level rise study due to the flat risk to the northfay shore area. The study projected, uh, water surface elevations, um, for a 100 year event and for the year 2067 planning horizon. The 2012 study recommended the city to plan for the low plus planning scenario. In this situation, levees would be built to the low sea level rise planning level, but levees would be built with wider base to handle future increases in height. The study recommended 12 capital improvement projects totaling 46 million dollars. Since 2012 Staff has been collaborating with regional planning efforts in the area. This includes the South Bay salt ponds that are planned for ponds A1 and A2W, as well as the Palo Alto flood basin, that's planning that's head by the U.S. Army Corps engineer and the city of Palo Alto. In 2018, the California Ocean Protection Council updated the guidelines for sea level rise projections. For the city of Mountain View, the new planning horizon is year 2070. which provides an approximate 50 year planning cycle. It also projected that seal other rise will be increasing substantially higher than previously analyzed. The low sea level rise level is now increasing from 8 inches to 23 inches, and the high sea level rise scenarios has risen from 31 inches to 42 inches. This map shows the potential flooding risk to the North Bay Shore area. The light blue area shows areas that could potentially be flooded due to a 100 year event currently. The orange areas are additional areas that could be flooded due to the low sea level rise planning scenario. The purple area shows, again, additional areas that would be flooded due to the high level sea level rise scenario. With commute, sea level rise projections, recommended projects from a 2019 storm drain master plan, and updates from regional project efforts. The C-Opervised project list has been updated with new information. Staff is recommended to plan for the high sea level rise planning scenario. The reasons are that we are aligning our design parameters, with our neighboring regional projects, send all sends, most of our levees are interconnected. Also, CFRI projections have been trending outwards with each new assessment. A few scope of work items have been modified from the 2012 study. In addition, 2 new projects, number 13 and 14 shown here, have been added stemming from the 2019 Storm Dream Master Plan. The cost estimate in $2021 is $970000 for the C level rise program. This this table also shows the 5 year, 10 year, and 10 year plus cost for the sea level rise program. In summary, the recommended updated uh sea level rise capital improvement program is estimated to cost $122000000 in year of construction dollars. All of that currently $11000000 are funded. The city still needs an additional $111000000 over the next 10 years plus. As for next steps. We are to update the design criteria of existing projects. For future projects, prepare feasibility analysis to prioritize projects for funding and scheduling. To assess long-term groundwater impacts, including impacts to our closed landfill. Continue to participate in regional project efforts, Identify additional funding sources for projects, Monitor sea level rise changes and impacts to the city, and to update the sea level rise study in 5 years. Tonight, staff is seeking a council approval for 2 recommendations listed here. One is to direct staff to use the high sea level rise risk level, for the city's sea level rise planning, capital improvement program, and funding efforts. And 2 is to direct staff to proceed with the next steps presented in the council report. This concludes that's recommend, uh, presentation and we're open to questions. Thank you.

[05:59:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. I'll bring it back to council. Does any member of council have any questions? All right, I am not seeing any hands. So I think, um, we can stop the sheriff's screen and we can open it up for public comment. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press Darnan on your phone and we'll display the 2 minute timer. Laura Blakely.

[05:59:44] Laura Blakely: Good evening, Mayor and council members. I'm Grew up Blakely and I'm speaking on my own behalf. I'm not a scientist, so I can't intelligently comment on whether the high C level right scenario should now be adopted. But I'm shocked by the $121.800000 estimated price tag of the C level rise improvement projects. The staff report says 119 is currently funded towards these capital improvements. leaving a delta of $110 million. I also understand that there is the possibility of receiving some grant funding, or reducing the cost by collaborating with other regional agencies, and I appreciate those efforts. But even if the $110000000 amount were cut in half to 55 million, that's an enormous sum for a city like ours to pay for improvements that will primarily benefit Google, a company which generated over $55000000000 just last quarter, and whose market capitalization is almost $17000000000 dollars. If Google wants to develop 8 or 9000 new housing units and 100s of 1000s of square feet of new office buildings in North Bay Shore, it's in a strong financial position to contribute a good chunk of the water project cost. $110 million was just too much money for the city. And the Shoreline regional park community to pay for these improvements. And it's not a good use of these funds. If all of the planned development is ultimately built, spending funds on more community benefits, such as parks and libraries, and community spaces, and sharing some of the revenues with the schools that would actually benefit Mountain View residents would be far more appropriate. Googling the developers to pay their fair share for their projects and not just have the city, fund all of the infrastructure costs out of storeline tax revenues, leaving only crumbs for the residents of Mountain View. Thank you.

[06:01:39] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Eileen McLaughlin?

[06:01:50] Eileen McLaughlin: There Good evening, Mayor Kamai and Council members. I'm Eileen McLaughlin representing the citizens committee to complete the refuge. Given our interest in sea level arises, a pleasure to talk with the city that not only has a shoreline study, but is updating it. Excellent. I come not to criticize the report, but I hope to strengthen it. The report mentions adaptation, but not nature based adaptation. We recommend that every project be evaluated. For nature-based options using the 2019 San Francisco Bay shoreline sea level I's adaptation atlas. Um, Not only is nature less costly than hard built, but it is, has major biodiversity benefits for North Bay Shore. Secondly, the report proposes to assess sea level rise. excuse me, seal rise groundwater issues for the landfill. Why not assess groundwater vulnerability throughout North Bay Shore? In 2020, New California and Bay Area studies were published that would provide helpful data. This was used by Sunnyvale for its North Park specific plan update. We recommend that also that you align the shoreline study update with each release of revised guidelines from the state of California. Staff has suggested 5 years for updating. Well, this report is based on 2018, uh, data, and uh, that would end in 2026, if it 5 years. Very likely new data would exist before then. That's what my comments for today, I believe staff has received some more detailed comments that I forwarded yesterday, but do keep up the great work. Thank you.

[06:03:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, that concludes um public comment on this item, so bring it back to council. For deliberation and action. Counselor and Robbie Kogat.

[06:04:03] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, um, in light of the public comment. I had a question. Um, I just thought of, um, in terms of funding, and, um, I do expect that there will be some, uh, funding grant opportunities, but, um, if the city were to have to, um, Fund it, um, mostly on its own. Um, does the community benefit fee that, uh, I believe it's the community benefit fee that, um, we now have in the Northbase, your precise plan um, account for sea level rise projects, like, was that included in the next study that was conducted, um, to determine the amount of that fee.

[06:04:52] Public Works Director Don Cameron: Um, thank you for the question, Don Cameron, public works director. I think what you're referring to is the North Bay Shore impact fee, which is based upon a Nexus study, and those, uh, C level rise projects are not included in that impact fee study or the list of projects that's, It's simply transportation and utility needs. And one of the reasons is when you do the nexus study, what you're studying is, what is the impact of that development on the city's infrastructure? So, for instance, they're having an impact on our transportation network, so you charge an impact fee to help put in improvements to address that impact. They're having an impact on your utility systems that require increasing trunk lines and distribution systems to support them so you have an impact fee for that. The development projects in North Bay Shore are not contributing to what are the C double rise impacts, as you know, it's the global climate change that is happening. And therefore, um, you know, requiring developments in North Bay Shore to pay it uh, as an impact fee, uh, would not pass a nexus test.

[06:06:09] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: So I appreciate the clarification, but, and I understand the impact issue of impact, but, um, even if the projects, the developments are not impacting the situation, they are, because they could be impacted by the changes in climate. Um, is there some way to, um, have the developments contribute towards this investment? Since they would essentially be benefiting from the project, sea level, right, projects.

[06:06:45] Public Works Director Don Cameron: I think that is something I, we may have to go and do a little more research on with a city attorney's office and and finance director. Um, you know, obviously, you know, the way we work with developments in terms of their flood risks is they have to design their projects to accommodate if they're in a flood zone and meet that criteria. But in terms of requiring developments to pay for infrastructure projects where there's not a direct impact, we would have to look into the different kinds of, um, community district funding plans that you can put in place where property owners, um, would vote to approve, to pay it, that type of thing. And I'm sorry, I don't have all the exact terms in place for that, but those are the types of funding mechanisms that would likely have to be explored in this case.

[06:07:41] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: So, um, was intent that the city would find the funding for these projects in back in 2012 when it was not going to cost.

[06:07:52] Public Works Director Don Cameron: Yes, in 2012. Um, the plan was generally for where there were not grants available and regional partnerships, that the shoreline fund would be the primary source of funding to protect against sea level rise. And we do see that still as the primary level of funding that would be used to provide these projects as well. You know, similar to the transportation projects that we presented with the circulation study. You know, the city's next step would be to look at all of these needs, the shoreline fund, and look at the possibility of bonding and other mechanisms to make the funding available when we need it, to pursue these projects. You know, recognizing that, you know, the primary, um, shoreline fund revenue source is the increase in property tax revenues received as development occurs. So there is a bit of a correlation between what we're going to get from the shoreline fund. Um, and the development happening that increases those property values.

[06:09:01] Assistant Public Works Director Lisa Au: Sorry, Don, I like to add, actually, in some of the 2012 projects, in our regional project collaboration, for example, the South Bay saw pond. Building the habitat transition zones out into the ponds, um, actually, those are actually, um, Helping to fortify our levees already. So the city and collaborating and supporting that project is actually reducing some of the sea level rise costs already because that South Bay salt pump project is primarily funded by the California State coastal conservancy. Also, later, we have some other projects along the coast Casey Levy. That we are partnering with the Santa Clara Valley Water District. So, um, we have been in talks with them to help support that project. So, staff is looking for other opportunities for funding wherever we can.

[06:09:50] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Yeah, I appreciate that. I did see that there's some partnerships that have been formed and I'm assuming there will be more opportunities of that in the future. Thank you very much.

[06:10:03] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you, Councilman Believer.

[06:10:05] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Thank you, Mayor. Um, for staff, the points that were raised by Eileen McLaughlin from the Citizens Committee to complete the refuge about the, um, natural strategies and et cetera. Will that be part of what we pursue, um, implementing, um, the steps to follow up to this. Uh, high sea level risk level.

[06:10:36] Assistant Public Works Director Lisa Au: So, council member labor, um, against, um, I'm going to refer back to the South Base Alpine project. Again, we're building the habitat transition zones with collaborating with the California coastal conservancy. That's going to be bringing the, you know, we're going to be bringing like over a 1000000 tons of soil into the bay. And that's going out like a 100 yards into the bay. And so, um, that type of work for restoring the ponds, um, providing sea level rise protection, actually formulating acres of, you know, wildlife habitat. But the variations in ground levels, water level is actually going to really diversify our wildlife population out there in the bay. Also, for Charleston Slough. We also underway for mitigating that cell pond. And so there were also, um, developing ways to mitigate the past Salpine practice with new measures to bring in, again, more wildlife into the area. So some examples, those 2 projects, and we'll continue to look for other opportunities as we work on other projects, but just to let you know, we are actually underway with looking at natural based, um, adaptation with some of our sea level rise projects.

[06:11:55] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Yeah, I think it's really important to to amplify and definitely to work with the citizens committee, since they've been such a long-term voice on this, and I I believe that the city manager said that we had already sent our letter into the state legislature to support the Senate trailer bills on um, increased um, funding, uh, for uh, Bay restoration. And, um, Perhaps we'll be able to do that shortly with, uh, the, the federal legislation, and, and I know that we sent in a letter in the last couple days to support, um, assemblymen, Mullins, uh, bill on, uh, collaboration within the Bay communities, uh, to pursue uh, restoration and these kind of environmental strategies. So I think there, I won't make a bad pun and say that there are things bubbling up all over the place, but they really are.

[06:13:01] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you, council member, show Walter.

[06:13:06] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yeah, I'm really pleased to see this report. It's very well thought out and and organized, um, both uh, to explain it to us and also that from an engineering point of view. Um, I really think it's extremely sound. Uh, policy and science that we're moving forward with, and as everybody's brought up, the, the trick is, is the money. But um, there are many sources for that. And, um, I, I'm sure that staff will continue to work diligently for that and, and we are in a good position to provide really generous matches for grand funding and that, that is available and that kind of thing. So that puts us in a good position. Um, I'm also really pleased to see how the staff has broken this down and to kind of 5 year increments, you know, to identify the things that need to be done sequentially, to get the protection that our community needs. Um, it's, uh, it's just very important. These are very complex jobs, and they have many moving pieces, and you have to do them in the right order. So, for instance, the uh, protection of, I mean, the, the, the rebuild of the sailing lake dam that we passed in the consent calendar, that is a, that is going to serve as a, a construction road, and that needs to be repaired so it can bear the heavy equipment, um, so that the, you know, the truckloads and material could go out, um, to do the restoration. So, you know, I think it's, it's, it's really, when you look, when you read carefully between the lines here. And um, look at the way that these uh, projects have been put together. It's very sound And, um, But at the same time, it's very important. Um, one of the things that we don't know is um, how fast sea level rise is occurring. We we do know it's coming. And we know we're a shoreline city. That's not going to change. So, we have a responsibility. I think we have a responsibility as elected officials for our community to, you know, to steward these projects through. So I'm really glad to see that. And also talking about the nature-based solutions. You know, the South Bay Salt Pond project, when it was started about 15 years ago, was seen completely as a habitat restoration project. And and the and the sea level wise protection was kind of an afterthought. You know, people, the biologists who were involved would say, oh, yeah, and marshes are good for, you know, for wave attenuation and uh, you know, and and providing uh, absorbing energy from waves and flood protection. But, you know, we really care about the ducks and the birds and the fish. Well, Well, the truth is, they're really good for flood protection as well. They're just mother nature sponges. So getting busy and building those marshes up, letting the, um, the work be done so we can, we can breach those outside levees and have the marsh, marsh grow usually takes between 5 and 10 years for that to happen is exactly what we want to be doing. And um, I, uh, you know, I'm really pleased to have this come before us. Are we ready for a, for a move? Okay. I'd like to move the staff recommendation.

[06:16:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: And, um, Okay, so we have a motion by council member, Show Walter, and then I'll go to you, council member, Hicks and Council member, Believer. Go ahead, council member Hicks.

[06:17:02] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Sorry, trouble with my mute. I was not gonna I'm not gonna 2nd it immediately. I wanted to say, I do share the comment, Ms. Blakely is concerned that, um, that the Shoreline Fund is not giving back as much as it could to the community, and that it's being used, um, to a great degree to provide kind of infrastructure for, um, companies that are maybe not paying enough for their own impacts on, on, the city. Um, and, uh, in terms of the, uh, what council member Abbe Koga brought up impact fees and access and so forth, um, I mean, to me that the, if there were not offices there, we would maybe let that go back to, go back to a natural state a little more. So I think it's, it's the, the fact that the offices are there are the reason that, that we need the, the levees basically. Um, because those are the lands that the sea level rise would impact. So I actually do wish there was a way that the, that the companies that are impacting us would pay a little more. Um, uh, and whether that's, I, I, and so, I, you know, I'm kind of sorry this came up at the last minute. I might prefer rather than doing the high level, do the lower level that allows the high level to be, uh, built on at a later point. Um, But, um, I think I'll leave my comment there.

[06:18:51] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Council member Vatachek?

[06:18:58] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: I was sick of the motion. Thanks.

[06:19:00] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Thank you. So we have a motion by council member, show Walter, 2nded by council member, Mattachek. So I think, um, if there's no other comments that we can, um, have a roll call vote.

[06:19:14] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Sean Walton.

[06:19:18] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes.

[06:19:19] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Mattachek?

[06:19:21] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[06:19:22] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Abbe Koba?

[06:19:24] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Hi.

[06:19:25] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Hicks?

[06:19:27] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[06:19:28] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Lieber?

[06:19:30] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi.

[06:19:31] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Nice Mira Ramirez.

[06:19:33] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[06:19:34] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mayor, can I?

[06:19:35] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[06:19:36] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mission case?

[06:19:37] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Thank you to staff. We'll move on to item seven, which is our public hearings. 7.one. is 400 Logue Avenue, a residential development project. Do any council members have any disclosures that they'd like to make like meeting with the applicant? I'll disclose that I met with the applicant. Maybe we could just do a raised hands, given the time. It looks like 6 of us met with the applicant. All right, great. Thanks. All right, senior planning manager, Margaret Netto, will present the report. Planning manager, zoning administrator, Stephanie Williams, assistant city manager, community development director, Archie Shravastova, Senior civil engineer, Renee Gunn, public works director, Don Cameron, and Tyler Rogers from David J. Powers are available for questions. From the applicant's team. We will have Perry Hariri from Miramar Capitol. Ellis Burns from E. Burns Consulting LLC. Brian Milman, Raul Guardino, and Arman, Hadalu from WRNS Studios. James Stockham, and Daniel Raymond from Gazardo Partnership Inc. Gary Black from Hexagon, Jennifer E. Rank from Shepherd Mullen, Kathy Thibodeau from KM Thibodeau Consulting LLC, Elizabeth Hughes from TDM Specialists, Inc. All right, and I think we're gonna start with the staff presentation.

[06:21:12] Senior Planner Margaret Netto: Great. Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is Margaret Netto, senior planner. And as you noted, I have with me tonight, Stephanie Williams, I'm zoning administrator, planning manager. This is a public hearing for planned community permit and development review permit. For a new 8 story, 408 unit residential development, a 36,000 square foot transfer of development rights, and a heritage tree removal permit to remove 5 heritage trees, and a determination that an initial study of environmental significance has been prepared located at 400 logo. The approximately 2.54 acre site is located on the west side of Logue Avenue, the terminus of Mod in the East Woodman Precise Plan area. The project site is located in the high intensity portion of the mixed use character. The slide shows, the um what the project proposes, proposes to redevelop the site by demolishing an existing building and constructing an 8 story residential building. The building would be constructed over 3 level underground parking garage containing 420 parking spaces with access from Low Avenue. The project incorporates several rooftop open spaces connecting, um, open space paths, including pedestrian paths, through the project, connecting loan gaping to the path along the BTA tracks. This is kind of where we've been and the prior hearings and meetings. The project received gatekeeper authorization in May of 2018. The conceptual project presented as part of the gatekeeper authorization included up to 412 residential units and 2 buildings, a 7 and 11 story and height. And a mixture of ownership and rental units split between the 2 buildings and a shared underground parking garage. The project composition has sent chain, uh, has sent chain, uh, the gate keeper authorization because of changing economic conditions, which made the construction of an 11 story building, economically infeasible. And the EPC reviewed out study session in October 2019. Um, DRC provided its approval recommendation in January of 2021. And a neighborhood outreach meeting was held via Zoom in April 2021. And one person was present and was very supportive of the project. And, um, the project received, um, and on May 19th, 2021 EPC unanimously recommended approval of the project. This is um, the project from um, Logan Avenue. Architectural design of the proposed building is contemporary, the project floor along Logue Avenue, is activated as a pedestrian quarter with lobbies, leasing, workspace areas that face the street. The building is elevated above grade, allowing for stoops and private benches with direct path access. Here are some of the project details. The project meets the open space requirement for reusable open space, provides about 48,000 square feet of open space. The parking requirement, um, for the project is designed as a parking maximum. Per the East Quizman precise plan, based on the in and breakdown, the project can provide up to a maximum of 476 spaces. The project proposes 420 parking spaces, which meets the east wisdom and precise plan offsite parking standards, by being below the maximum of 476. The project site contains 38 heritage trees. I mean, 38 trees, including 5 heritage trees. The project proposes removable 38 on site trees, including the 5 heritage trees, and the planting of 196. Trees within the on the project site and on Logue Avenue. And a few more project details, um, The project subject to the city's BMR ordinance, phase 2, which requires 15% affordable units on site. As a result, 62 BMR units are proposed. Are as on-site affordable housing. The subject, um, the project is not in compliance with the BMR phase 2 guidelines in regards to the required weighted average, and the proposed affordability mix is above the maximum 65% AMI. How are the project is in keeping with prior council direction regarding the affordability next for TDR gatekeeper projects and approval of the residential TDR project located at 355 East Middlefield Road. Which used a similar alternative for BMR compliance. This project is one of six, um, LASD TDR projects authorized by city council to participate in the program with the purchase of 36,000 square feet. This purchase will be will provide 130000000 in new funds for the LASD project. The initial study, um, for the environmental, the initial study prepared for the project found that with implementation of the east business standards, and guidelines for project, proposed project would not result in any new environmental impacts beyond those evaluated in the EIR. And the recommendation staff recommends approval of the project. Um, that concludes staff presentation. And as noted, I have Taylor Rogers here from David J. Powers, um, for any environmental questions, and also the applicant is here to make a presentation. Thank you.

[06:27:13] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. So we'll turn to the applicant for the presentation. Is that you, Perry?

[06:27:22] Perry Hariri: Yes, I'm I'm available for a presentation, it's Barry.

[06:27:25] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay.

[06:27:27] Perry Hariri: Yeah. Okay. Um... Mayor, can I, members of council, um, Perry Hariri with Miramar Capital? Um, we've been the owners of this property for the past uh, 4 years and we've been working on this project for the past 3 years and we're excited to present this to you tonight for your consideration and approval. Um, I want to thank Margaret for the great job she did for the presentation and working with us for the past 3 years. I want to pull up my camera here. I also want to thank Eric for guiding us through the, um, East Wisman precise plan with the goals and policies. Party, Stephanie, Renee, Rebecca, for working on this project with us. I don't want to waste um, a lot of time rehashing what um, Margaret presented. Um, I just want to highlight a couple um, elements here. One, Residential is key component of the East Wisdom and precise plan. Um, It's crucial to the jobs housing linkage on which all the background studies are based. Without it, the background studies don't really work. Last year, Council, approved, the summer health, East middle field project. Since then, that project's been abandoned. So we're now the only residential project in East Wisman, and really critical for the jobs housing linkage to work. Also, as you can see, right in the middle of the Google Master Plan. I think will be a critical catalyst for getting development going in that area. We can get the area activated. We're offering a 25 foot right away easement for an elevated pet bike path crossing connecting the east side of the master plan to the west side in the BTA. I'm just going to talk about some of the, I don't have a lot of time. I'm going to talk about some of the elements here. One was the 36,000 square feet of TDRs we're purchasing from LASD. I noticed there's small error, large error in the presentation. It's actually $4700000 of value contributing to LASD to acquire the school site, some of which will be joint use, parks, um, we include 62 affordable housing units, um, with a mix of very low income, low and moderate workforce housing. You know, based on the last discussion there on that affordable housing project, we are not going to require any subsidy from the city, obviously, on this one. Um, We have a $280000000 public fee package, about 20000000 of which will be toward parks. Um, Margaret mentioned the 46,000 feet of open space, 38,000 feet of it, will be, um, along the perimeter of the project. Here, the property itself is only 2.5 acres, and we're offering almost an acre of it as publicly accessible open space on the perimeter. Um, a couple other features I want to highlight. We have a very robust, gold green point rating with all electric building, EV station, solar panels. We have a really robust TDM plant, which is to encourage mass transit and biking and discourage car usage. We're offering free. We're going to join the TMA. Um, with its, um, Um, with its free shuttle. We're gonna have, uh, we're gonna have the bike share and car share. We're going to subsidize, um, the Waze carpool. We'll have other transit subsidies. We'll have a bike, fix, repair station accessible to the public with a pump along the EBA. Um, And then I'm going to talk about a little bit about the neighborhood outreach. We did reach out to the wagon wheel neighborhood. Um, we received some comments and feedback. We've incorporated, uh, any of the comments we've seen to the extent we could. We reached out to some of the community advisory groups and received comments and endorsements from them all. And really finally, we have, um, I don't want to take up too much time. We have the architecture. We spent almost 3 years on the architecture. We went through 3 design review committee hearings, some informal hearings, a lot of staff level meetings. And I believe we've ended up with a project in which we can all take pride. It has enhanced, uh, elements and materials. It's got a lot of distinctive features and a signature, uh, corner element with a flagship, uh, corner. And I think this will be really a kind of a flagship project for East Wisman. So I'm not going to take up any more time. Our entire team is here to answer questions and with that, I'll yield.

[06:33:13] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. So I think we'll stop the screen sharing and bring it back to council. Does any, do any members of the council have any questions? Great. All right, by Samara Ramirez.

[06:33:34] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, mayor. Uh, so. A few things. So first, I think one of the frustrating aspects of the project is the people has wanted to increase the uh entry level ownership opportunities throughout the city. This proposed that it doesn't have it anymore. Um, can you go into more detail about that evolution, what changed?

[06:34:01] Perry Hariri: Sure. Um, So this project originally contained um, an 11 story condominium for sale component. We spent about a year and a half designing it. A lot of money designing it, went through DRC, and Um, right around uh, end of 2019, but when the East Wisland precise plan was uh, getting approved, we went out to the Capitol markets. And we couldn't get any traction from any investors to finance a for sale, 11 story project. And there's, you know, I talked to a couple of council members and there is 3 components. One, to construct something like that. You need to do concrete or steal. That's type one construction. And today those costs are $800 a foot, at least. I think you saw in the cost estimate for that affordable housing project, which is type 3, a wood frame, and they were showing a $10000 a unit in cost. You can imagine an 11 story concrete building is going to be well over, well over a $1000000 in cost. It'll be at least a 1000000 6 per unit. So that just wasn't feasible. Construction defect in California has a 10 year tale that makes ensuring it very expensive. It scares away lenders. Um, And it's just the inherent risk of building 120 units for most lenders. They don't like to take that risk. So it just we couldn't get any traction. So we switched over to all rental.

[06:35:38] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay. Um, our, the, the, apartments are maps with those, so they could be converted at the very least.

[06:35:46] Perry Hariri: Well, we wouldn't mind mapping ours, but I think the way the ordinances are today in Mountain View. Um, you would have to pay a lot of the fees up front when you map it, and it just, that wouldn't work. So, If we could find a way of not paying all those mapping fees up front. Um, It's possible.

[06:36:10] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: I guess a quick question for staff then. I know the council's been talking about this for a few years now. Do we have in the strategic roadmaps a priority that addresses this? Are we are we doing anything to incentivize condo mapping and the delivery of ownership of entry level ownership units?

[06:36:36] Aarti Shrivastava: Council member, I'll try to answer that question. I think our primary project related to that is the R3 developing standards, but I can't think of any project that looks specifically a condo mapping.

[06:36:52] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay Alrighty. Um, thank you. And then, um, the, I know the council had authorized the, the Summer Hill exemption. Um aside from that, Even with the TDRs, is this the code compliant project?

[06:37:12] Margaret Netto: Yes. This is a code compliant project.

[06:37:16] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay. In inclusive, so I know the TDR is ordinarily, we're supposed to allow a developer to exceed, you know, development standards, whatever building envelope, but in this case, even with the TDRs, it falls within what the precise plan allows.

[06:37:32] Margaret Netto: Correct.

[06:37:33] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, okay, that's good to know. Um, I think that's, that's all. Thank you.

[06:37:42] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Council member show Walter.

[06:37:46] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yeah, going back to what Vice Mayor Ramirez was saying. Would it be possible to, um, give them, uh, to arrange a, a waiver so that, um, they would pay the fees at the same schedule as if it were being an apartment building, but they would still map the map it for condos. I mean, I think it's a great benefit. Would be a great benefit to the community to have it mapped for condos. Um, we know that 10 years will go by in a flash. And it will still be a very, um, you know, a very attractive building. So, staff, how would that work?

[06:38:34] Aarti Shrivastava: I'm going to try to answer that council member, show Walter. Um, um, I think it would be difficult, um, and certainly can't be done tonight. We need a trigger to be able to charge the fees and once the project's approved. They don't have to come back to the city once they map it. Um, and um, secondly, I think we're going to have to explore the mechanism for a fee waiver. Um, and and potentially offer it to other projects as well. So, um, it's gonna need some research, um, for us.

[06:39:10] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Is there any way we could? Put it in as an option. If the developer was interested in it. If you were able to work it out. I mean, as somebody was saying, we've been talking about this for years. And I think it would be great if we could offer it to every apartment building.

[06:39:31] Aarti Shrivastava: Um, they haven't applied for a map specifically, and staff hasn't had a chance to review it, and we do need to review it as part of um, a project entitlement. So, We can talk to the developer if he's interested in pursuing a map. Um, post fact, but, um, tonight, the council can't take action on an application that hasn't been made.

[06:39:55] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: And hasn't been agendized.

[06:39:58] Aarti Shrivastava: Yeah, and we haven't reviewed it either.

[06:40:01] Councilmember Pat Showalter: All right, well, thank you for your answer. It is something that I think is an interest to a number of us as a way to um, uh, help deal with the, you know, the problem of construction liability.

[06:40:18] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Hey, thank you, council member Hicks.

[06:40:23] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yeah, I agree I'm interested in that as well, but I have a simpler question. Did I hear that the, uh, correctly that the bike uh, repair station was going to be partially public because that's something I'm concerned about as our bike shops close and it gets more and more difficult for people to fix their bikes around here.

[06:40:47] Perry Hariri: Yes, that was one of the comments we received from the community advisory groups. Um, and we are offering one of those bike fixations with their, you know, with some tools and a pump on the EVA, with accessibility to the public. Um, there was a picture of it in the in one of the slides I had. But there are a lot of different options. Um, some of those are pretty attractive and useful.

[06:41:17] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Okay, great. The more public better because I do worry about people's bikes breaking and not being able to pick someone right.

[06:41:24] Perry Hariri: Yep.

[06:41:28] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Council member Mattachek?

[06:41:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: You. Um, just a couple questions. What's the rationale for having 25% native plans? Why not? 50, 75, 100? Why 25?

[06:41:47] Perry Hariri: I'm going to have to give that to our, um, landscape architect James or Daniel. One, one. You're on.

[06:41:58] James Stockham: Great. Well, there's there's sort of no hard and fast answer for that. That's, that's a, uh, kind of an internal target, as a, as a number to shoot for, initially. Um, There's a, there's a lot of reasons why we all agree the natives are incredibly valuable. Um, habitat and it's quite a long list. There's also a lot of reasons why some regionally adopted plants are valuable, and this is a particularly tight and dense site. So, um, We'd like to have a blend of both natives and regionally adapted plans to, uh, achieve, um, a certain performance. So it's just kind of target number.

[06:42:46] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: So, um, are you open to more native friends?

[06:42:51] James Stockham: Yeah, we're open to exploring more than 25, yeah.

[06:42:55] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. Um, and then I don't recall seeing this in the staff report, but I know when I met with the developer, we talked about the BMR units being in perpetuity. that correct?

[06:43:09] Perry Hariri: Yes, we're we're opening that. Yep.

[06:43:13] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay. And I do have a comment, Mayor Quay, about the BMR. I'm sorry, about the condo mapping, if you want me to add a little bit on my recollection of what happened. Or do you want me to wait until comments?

[06:43:28] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Oh, yes, please. I was going to ask a question about it, so go ahead.

[06:43:32] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: So, it's my recollection. That, um, this was a project that supported one of the council goals. And we, staff took a look at it. And this was quite some time ago. Um, There was something in the analysis that made us decide to not pursue the project, that we would just leave it as is. But I cannot remember what that was. It was a technical glitch that was going to be a problem. Um, and so we didn't pursue it. I wish I could remember what it was. I'm sorry. Maybe. Um, Council member Abe Coco remembers. Thanks.

[06:44:25] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. James, you still had your hand up. Is there more that you had to share? Okay, great. Just wanted to double check. So, um, I kind of wanted to pull the thread out a little bit of the questions that the vice mayor asked and council member show Walter asked about, um, I'm trying to think of how to say it. Um, you know, part the condo mapping, but also how we can tackle something that the council's been discussing for years, which is how to make entry level homeownership a possibility. Um, you know, I think. I think we all saw the article that there was Mountain View set the record for the house that sold for $1000000 over asking price in the Mercury News. And I feel that that's one of the things that this project, um, was so appealing is that it had the mix of rental and the opportunity of ownership. And, you know, as a gatekeeper, gatekeepers, my understanding from, you know, 7 years on EPC and 3 on councils that they go above and beyond. And so, you know, while I appreciate all the different things the applicant has done to put something forward, I do think it's worth counsel discussion on how we're going to tackle this issue of entry-level ownership. So if it's not talking about the potential for condo mapping tonight in this project, What's the entry point in staff's point of view on how we can tackle this? Because I think we really need to discuss this.

[06:46:08] Aarti Shrivastava: Uh, May, um, maybe we could take this up, um, separately, and you can provide some direction. Um, it, we hadn't. I think, I think, um, entry level ownership is great and cities can do a lot to help. But there are some issues that are beyond a city's control, and those include economics, um, state law, um, and financing, and we're going to have to do a little more research, um, to find out, maybe all the, all the forces in play, um, and what some best practices are that cities have, um, undertaken. Um, but that would have to be a project. Um, We, we, um, don't have that currently in our workload, but we could certainly look to, um, adding that if the, the council is so inclined and might have the city manager speak to it as well since we've just adopted the, the roadmap.

[06:47:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, Mr. Ross, we've talked about the missing middle. And so is this an opportunity where we can get creative in terms of losing this into the missing middle conversation. I think that's the kind of creativity I'm looking for given. Yes, we did just adopt the strategic roadmap, but I think we're going to start to see this, right? The Summerhill project isn't going forward in East Wisman. And right now we're just seeing only rentals. So I think this there's a, It's a critical point where we need to figure out how we're gonna layer this into perhaps what we're already working in.

[06:47:47] City Manager Kimbra McCarthy: Yeah, um, I think we can take a look at our project list, um, and see how we might, there were strategies for middle income persons to afford different housing types, and we could try to, see if we could include a, kind of an analysis of, of some of the, some of the issues that are, uh, impeding, um, the development of condo.

[06:48:15] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. I just know that council has talked quite a bit about the stacked flat condo opportunities, but in talking with our development community, those can be really difficult to leverage. Um, and I think the only time we saw that was the project we saw in Fayette. It's like the only thing that's kind of coming to recent memory. So, um, appreciate staff looking to see if we can fold that into something that's already existing within our workload. All right, does anyone else have any other questions? All right, see, none. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press R9 on your phone. And we'll display a timer on the screen. A 2 minute timer on the screen. Sorry about that. Okay, sorry, I had to mute everybody else. Jason Baker.

[06:49:18] Jason Baker: Uh, thank you, Mayor May. Vice mayor Ramirez and honorable council members. My name's Jason Baker, and I'm the senior vice president of Transportation Housing and Health Policy at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. I'm here tonight to express our support for the 400 lobe development, as proposed by Miramar Capital. SPLG represents over 350 member companies with the presence in Silicon Valley, with a mission to proactively tackle issues to improve communities and strengthen our economy, with a focus on housing, transportation and other issues. We know the Bay Area is in dire housing shortage. Lack of housing poses a threat to our economy, our diversity, and our quality of life. We need to produce more housing at all levels. 400 log is a great step in that direction. The leadership group's excited to see housing proposed with multiple AMI levels built within the East Quisman Precise Plan area as part of the city's substantial plan for housing in that area. Further, we're pleased to see 400 log maximizing housing steps, just steps from a BTA light rail station. building housing neotransit is exactly the right thing to do. Finally, SPLG appreciates the inclusion of bicycle friendly amenities on the site, including Apple storage and repair station. Having these amenities helps reduce traffic, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and promotes healthy lifestyle. Thank you for your consideration of my comments, and for your service.

[06:50:35] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you, Bruce England.

[06:50:40] Bruce England: and council members. Um, speaking for Moundview Coalition for Sustainable Planning and Green Spaces MB. Um, We've been following this project for some time, attending all of the various meetings, EPC meetings, DRC meetings. We were happy to see some of the design changes that happened early on. so that it just is a lot more attractive than it was originally. And, um, to the point about the landscaping that the Council member Matichek brought up, we absolutely want to see the maximum of native drought tolerant pollinator friendly planning. I have to do some research to find out what regionally adapted planning means because I truly don't know. Um, So that's going to be an important thing. But beyond that, the project looks really good. And, uh, the bicycle facilities that they're going to put in that's publicly accessible, that's very important. That's most recent news, and Smoby might know that a lot of the bike shops that we have had in Mountain Goo have now shut down. We've got mics, um, available. But pretty much everything else is gone and yet we're a bike friendly community. We have that certification and it's hard to tout that when we just have one bike shop that itself might eventually close down, then we have nothing but sports basement in Sunnyvale. So it's all good news. This looks very good. And also just the amount of housing that's available at all levels and all types. Um, that's important. So I appreciate all the discussion that's going on around that tonight too. Thank you.

[06:52:12] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Matt Regan?

[06:52:17] Matt Regan: Good evening, America May, council members, Matt Regan, representing the Bay Area Council and our 350 employer members. I'll try to be brief. It is late. Um, You've got a great project in front of you. It's obviously the result of several years, many years of, um, collaboration with the city and the community, 408 units, 62 below market rate, $280000 in community benefits, um, you know, it is by all, objective standards, a great project, and uh, it should be a great benefit to the city. Um, I, I participated in A-Bag's rena methodology committee along with Artie, Hi, Artie. How are you? And as you probably all know, um your rena number for the next cycle, 2023 to 31 is going to be quite substantial. It's going to be over 11000 units. This project is going to help you get a little bit of the way there. I would like to also address, America, May, your comments on the desire for entry level affordable purchase housing, and that is the holy grail of housing, the missing middle that we're all trying to get. But unfortunately, there's no subsidy for it. And as the as the project sponsor explained, uh, it's impossible to build in this market at a price point that average people can afford. It's just ridiculously expensive. If you want to give up the parking mandates or some of the community benefits, it might work, but absent that, it's just competing priorities. It's really not possible to build that product. in in the Bay Area at this point in time, which is a, which is a tragedy. But overall, it's a great project. We urge your support and thanks for your service as well. Good evening.

[06:53:54] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Peter Katz?

[06:54:00] Peter Katz: Good evening again. It's Peter Katz, President and CEO of the Mount View Chamber of Commerce, and thank you all for taking the time, especially at this late hour. I wish to voice the chamber support of the proposed development of the 400 Logue Avenue, as the growth and vitality of Mountain View cannot be accomplished without sensible and affordable housing, be it rentals or condos. Specifically, the project replaces a one story building with 408 rental units, 62 of which will be below market rates. It also includes 38,000 square feet of publicly accessible open space and will provide over 28000000 in public fees for parks, infrastructure, schools, and community benefits. The project also demonstrates a strong commitment to sustainability with all electric building systems, designing parking for EV charging, and encouraging bike over car use. In addition, the project provides a multi-use trail. It's one of my favorite parts of it, connecting to surrounding bicycle and pedestrian networks. This project has already received unanimous positive recommendations from the environmental planning commission as it combines affordable housing with multi-use public spaces. This is good for the community and good for businesses. We support approval of the 400 avenue project. Thank you very much for your consideration.

[06:55:20] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Jeffrey Bear?

[06:55:31] Jeff Baier: Good evening, Merrick May, uh, vice may Ramirez and honorable members of the Mountain View City Council. Um, I'm Jeff Bear, superintendent of Los Altos school district, and on behalf of the school district. I'm here to express our support as well for the residential development project proposed by Miramar tonight. I think, as you know, by purchasing transfer development, right? Units from the district, projects like this one at 400 log or instrumental in the development of a new community serving school, 2 acre public park, and recreational facilities that will serve both the school and the San Antonio precise plan area community. Miramar is committed to purchasing. 36,000 square feet of TDR units, um, and as uh, pericorrected, uh, that, that will contribute $4.68 million toward the development of the new school and recreational facilities. As you may recall, the TDR program is a joint effort facilitated by an MOU between the Mountain View City Council and our district's board of trustees back in January of 2019. Um, and it's been implemented through several actions to date. We look forward to continued collaboration on the development of that property, and we also look forward to successful implementation of the TDR program. Thank you for your consideration tonight.

[06:56:56] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. All right, so that concludes, um, public comments. We can bring it back to a council for deliberation action. And note that a motion to approve the recommendation should include reading the title of each resolution attached to the report. And there are 3 recommendations. Vice Mayor Ramirez?

[06:57:28] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Thank you, Mayor. I think I share, um, the general lack of enthusiasm for losing the ownership opportunity. Um, and I, I hope that we can work with staff to figure something, some, some way of, of incentivizing the development of condos, but, um, I'm gonna support the staff recommendation for a couple of reasons. One is the LESDTR program, which I think is taking longer than the council probably had anticipated at the time the program was authorized. And, um, I think it's important to see it through, to completion and this is, uh, an important project in delivering that. And the other is, uh, you know, I supported the, the Summerhill ex, uh, ex, exception or exemption for the, the DMR component, but, um, in its defense, the project does include 15% inclusion area, which is something that we haven't really seen. Um, and the affordability levels are not as deep as perhaps I would like. you know, in, in, in concepts, you know, I think it does include some lower income units and some moderate incommunists or not a bad thing. I think, just in terms of uh, accessibility to moderate income people. So because of the TDR program, and because of the 15% inclusionary, I think on balance, it's a good project. Um, so I'll go ahead and move, the staff recommendation, including, uh, prove the initial study of environment, environmental significance for the 400 local avenue residential project, pursuant to section 15168 of the California Environmental Quality Act, and find the project within the scope of the East Wisden Precise Plan final environmental impact report. To adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View conditionally approving a planned community permit and development review permit for a new 8 story, 408 unit residential development, 36,000 square foot transfer of development rights, and the heritage tree removal permit to remove 5 heritage trees located at 400 Locke Avenue, and 3 adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, ordering the vacation of public easements at 400 Logue Avenue. And I did want to include, um, council member Mattachek. I not sure if you had a number in mind for increasing the native landscaping. Um, but I think that's a good uh, addition. And then, um, council member Hicks, you had mentioned something about my, my brain is fading, but so, something about allowing public access to the bike repair. Um, and uh, and correct me if I'm wrong.

[07:00:24] Perry Hariri: That's already in it.

[07:00:25] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Okay, great. Um, so, uh, awaiting a number for the the native, uh, plants, uh, that's that's the motion.

[07:00:41] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Council member Mattachek.

[07:00:42] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Sorry, I thought you were gonna share your number. Hicks was ahead of me in my, in my view, so I thought she was going to speak, but I'm thinking 75% native.

[07:00:55] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Great. Thank you. All right. So we have a motion by Vice Mayor Ramirez, um, with uh, include, uh, change of from 25% native to 75% native, is that right? And then um, council member Hicks.

[07:01:14] Councilmember Alison Hicks: I was going to 2nd.

[07:01:15] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, so 2nd did like council member Hicks, council member, how to check, unions, so up. Did you have more you'd like to add?

[07:01:21] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yeah, I did have a few comments. As others have expressed, I'm disappointed that, um, the ownership units were removed, um, and it's my recollection that, uh, actually, the reason we started down the R3 rezoning project was to incentivize stack flats. And I feel like that project has really, um, gone in a different direction than I certainly intended it for intended for it to go. Um, And, you know, part of my support for the alternative BMR proposal from Summerhill was the composition of the project. Um, it did include ownership units as well as rental units. Um, and we looked at a whole bunch of different alternatives and came up with one that was, um, we thought was best. Um, and I feel like this is a, At the time, this project was sort of similar to that, and now it's not at all. This is 100% apartments. And so I'm a little bit dismayed at, uh, changing the BMR requirements when this is a fundamentally different project than what we. We're basing that decision on, um, Gosh, quite some time ago. So actually, you know, I'd be interested in talking about that. Um, with my colleagues here.

[07:02:57] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thanks. Thanks, Council member, I check. Um, I think before I go to council member Abi Kuga, was there a percentage of BMRs that you were looking to change it to or just kind of wanting to see what the discussion was?

[07:03:12] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: So it's not the percentage, it's the AMI level.

[07:03:16] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Sorry, the AMI level, the AMI percentage levels.

[07:03:19] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes, sorry. Well, um, maybe isn't it or with the BMO requirement.

[07:03:24] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay.

[07:03:25] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Rather than have an exception.

[07:03:27] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay.

[07:03:30] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Okay.

[07:03:33] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Councilman Robbie Koca.

[07:03:35] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you for that clarification.

[07:03:37] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Customer Robert Coco.

[07:03:39] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. Um, I also share in the disappointment that's been expressed and, um, I, I, I, actually, um, if Counselor Mermet checks, um, proposal is included in the, as an amendment to the motion. Um, I could support it, but I just wanted to, um, make a comment about, um, the gatekeeper projects and, um, We've seen this time and time again, frankly, where we have gatekeeper proposals, and once we approve them through the gate. Um, they become significantly different projects. And I know that we've delayed gatekeepers for till 2023. Um, and so I'm hoping that, maybe during that time, we can look at this whole process because, um, we, I feel like we continue to have this situation where, um, you know, we're excited about something at the gatekeeper level, and then when it comes to completion, it's very, uh, very different project. And, um, you know, if it was what, if it was originally what it ends up being, I, I, I would, I have, I would actually probably have not voted for some of these projects. But, um, I think, yeah, there's a fundamental flaw in the process somewhere that needs to be fixed. Um, in regards to the condo mapping. Um, yeah, I'm sorry, I can't remember what the technical issue was, but it was, in fact, a goal in our 2017 2018 list of goals, I believe it was under BMR, um, revision condo mapping. And so if staff could, like, go back and research that and provide us with what happened, that would be very helpful. Um, but I do agree with what's been said. I know Mayor Kame brought it up, but we have time and time again, talked about the missing middle, and we have come up with different strategies to try to, um, address that. But something we're still not getting there, right? And I really think that we do need to go back and look at what we did and then try to figure out something else. Um, I guess in my mind, how whatever the wording was for us, with the missing middle issue and our goals for this coming 2 years, um, my, you know, my assumption, and maybe I shouldn't assume, but was that we were going to really tackle this issue of missing middle, um, in, in that really, in our past conversations has come to, um, you know, entry level ownership units. So, um, I hope that we can, we dig up that goal if we need to, um, and, um, you know, work on that again. So, um, I think at this point it's vice mayor said, um, because of the TDR issue. Um, I'm gonna go ahead and support this, if, um, Council of Romatic checks, uh, suggestion can be incorporated into the motion. Um, But I do hope that we can work on this um, bigger issue of what we do with um, missile missing middle housing. Thanks.

[07:07:14] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor Ramirez, are you open to that suggestion? Just to clarify, that was to require the, to make it code compliant with the, with respect to BMRMIs. um

[07:07:30] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: A question for for the applicant. What does that do to the financial feasibility of the project?

[07:07:43] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Go ahead, Perry.

[07:07:44] Perry Hariri: Okay. Hi. Um, You know, as Google mentioned their master plan, they, they didn't even do any BMRs, they offered to, to dedicate land, it just doesn't pencil. And we had this discussion for many weeks and months with Eric. about the East Wisman precise plan. Right now, 15% at 60% MIs just doesn't pencil with construction costs today. That's really the only way for us to actually build these. Um, and the, the important part is the moderate income workforce housing is something that, um, can't be financing a tax credit type of project. So this is a rare opportunity for the city to actually get those units. In any of those tax credited bond financing projects, you're not going to get moderate income units. So this is a rare opportunity to get what everybody's talking about, workforce house. So we can't do the project. For the code complying BMR requirement. They just won't work. Okay. And the other issue with the native plants. I personally don't have a problem with native plants, but I think our landscape architect may have some, there might be some issues with their sustainability and their appearance. It's the, it's not gonna look. Quite the same way as non-native, so that's why they mix it up. Um, I don't know if James is available to comment on that, but I think that specific requirement for 75%. May not give you the appearance that you want. It's going to look very dry and yellow quickly. Um, so. Thank you.

[07:09:39] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Sorry, we're just approaching midnight and we've got 2 other items. So I just kind of want to keep it keep it rolling. Does that answer your question, Vice Mayor Ramirez?

[07:09:51] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes, thank you. I'm really concerned about having another entitled project that doesn't happen. We already lost the Summer Hill project. Um, and especially because of the addition, the TDR program. I just, I, I'm I'm comfortable with a staff recommendation.

[07:10:14] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. Did we need an answer for the for the native versus non-native?

[07:10:25] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: I don't have terribly strong feelings. I think there's, if, uh, unless the council has a different number in mind, you know, we maybe we lose something in aesthetics, but, you know, if, if, if we want to prioritize native landscape, then maybe that's the sacrifice that we make.

[07:10:46] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay. So, um, right now we have the staff recommendation plus the 75% of the native plants. Customer amount of check. Are you comfortable with that?

[07:11:03] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: You're asking me how I'm going to vote?

[07:11:05] Mayor Ellen Kamei: No, no, no, no, no, that that that 75% is included or did you want to augment it to the original staff recommendation? I'm just trying to clarify.

[07:11:12] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: No, I'm fine with 75%.

[07:11:14] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, all right. All right, city clerkly, there, I think that we can do a roll call vote. I think before we do that, I just want to, I think we've had robust conversations about how we tackle, the issue of ownership and the issue of missing middle and condo mapping, and I'm hoping that staff will be able to come back to council with, um, information on all of these items, um, and it's a really important discussion, and while some may call up the Holy Grail, V does tough things. We've done a lot. And I don't want to tell our community that it's too hard. And that's why our council isn't trying to find it, find out how to make this a reality for them. So I just wanted to clarify that. City clerk blazer. Go ahead.

[07:12:03] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Nice, Mayor Ramirez.

[07:12:06] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[07:12:07] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council number hits?

[07:12:09] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes.

[07:12:10] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Councilman Rabbi Kota.

[07:12:14] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: I.

[07:12:15] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member labor?

[07:12:17] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi.

[07:12:18] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Manachek.

[07:12:22] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Reluctant eye.

[07:12:24] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Councilman Michelle Walter?

[07:12:26] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Enthusiastic, yes.

[07:12:28] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mayor, can I?

[07:12:29] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[07:12:30] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Mission Harry?

[07:12:32] Mayor Ellen Kamei: All right, thanks everyone. We'll move on to item 7.2. Our public hearing on recommended water, waste water, and trash recycling rate increases. Under prop 218 utility rate increases are subject to a written protest that may be filed by affected customers. Notices went out to all utility customers as required by law, including instructions for submitting a written protest. And this hearing complies with proposition 218 requirements. Written protest to the recommended rate increases, received either by mail, or at the city hall utility payments mail slot prior to the close of this public hearing, will be counted and recorded. If valid written protest letters are received from a majority of the customers, the rates will not be increased. At the end of this hearing, we will take a short recess to enable staff to confirm the final count of valid written responses received. Assistance, finance, and administrative services director, Susie Niederhofer will present the report.

[07:13:38] Assistant Finance and Administrative Services Director Susie Niederhofer: Hi. Thank you and good evening, mayor and council members. I'm going to share my screen. Utility rate increases have previously been presented to counsel at the June 8th budget hearing. The city follows the proposition 218 process based on California Supreme Court decision um that determine utility services are considered property related fees and charges. This process requires a public hearing to be held prior to any increases being adopted for utility rates. Notices are required to be sent 45 days prior to the um, hearing date, and approximately 16,000 notices were mailed on or before May 7th. Notices must include the recommended rate adjustment, calculation methodology, and the process for submitting a protest vote. In addition, legislation provides for future rate increases within prescribed limits to be approved without holding a hearing each year for up to 4 additional years. These limits include inflationary adjustments. 3rd party, supplier, pass through costs, and future rate increases, pursuant to a schedule of adjustment. adopted, noticed and adopted by city council. And if adopted, will allow future rate increases only if attributable to these factors to be adopted without a public hearing for up to 4 years. At this hearing, if a majority protest is received, rate increases subject to the public hearing cannot be adopted, without repeating the notice and hearing process. As of 5 PM this afternoon, 3 valid protests has been received. For water and meter rate, so one% rate increase is being recommended for fiscal year 2122. The SFPC has a 0% wholesale water rate increase this year, and the Santa Clara Valley water district adopted a 9% 9.one% increase for groundwater and 9.5% for treated water at their May 11th meeting. These increases as well as increases in the cost of city programs and annual maintenance projects support an overall average rate increase of one% as recommended. For wastewater, a 6% rate increase is being recommended for fiscal year 2122. The city's share of the treatment plant cost is increasing, um, 7%, and this increase as well as increases in the cost of city programs and annual maintenance projects support an overall average rate increase of 4%. For fiscal years, 21, 22, 324, an additional 2% each year is recommended to complete the phase in a cost attributable to future major renovations at the treatment plan. This represents your 8 through 10 of a 10 year phase in period, and results in an overall 6% increase for fiscal year 2122. For trash and recycling, a 4% rate increase is being recommended for fiscal year 2122. Recology is a private company that provides collection services and the agreement provides for a 7.7% increase for fiscal year 2122 due to agreed upon service levels. The city's trash, yard trimmings, and recyclables are processed at the smart station under an MOU between cities of Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Palo Alto, through the end of 2021. The MOU is being updated with significant changes in processing, which result in a net cost increase to the city of 4.6%. These increases as well as increases in the cost of city programs and annual maintenance projects would support an overall average rate increase of 6%. However, the fund is in stable condition and the 4% overall rate increase is recommended. This is a comparison of rates to our neighboring cities. Um, for water, Palo Alto is more comparable as they receive most of their water from the SFPUC versus Sunnyvale, um, who uses um, Santa Clara Valley water district groundwater. Um, for sewer rates, Palo Alto is the most comparable, as we use the same treatment plant, and I want to note that the city's rate includes the planned increases for treatment plant capital costs for the last um, 7 years, but Palo Alto is not. For trash and all 3 all 3 cities are compare or partners in the smart station. However, as no Palo Alto will no longer be a partner at the end of the calendar year. In this sample, for single family residential homes. The total increase is approximately 2.9% or $5.36 um $5.36 a month difference. Um, there are additional scenarios in the recommended budget document on page 7, um, 66 um, for multifamily apartment and commercial. So in summary, staff is requesting council to consider the recommended one% water, 6% wastewater and 4% trash and recycling rate increases. Adoption of these rate increases for fiscal year 2122 are included with a budget public hearing item amending the master fee schedule next on tonight's agenda. If there is a majority protest at this hearing, they will be removed. At the end of the hearing, the city clerk will provide a tally of the valid written protest receipt.

[07:19:43] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Does any member of council have any questions? And do you mind if we stop the screen shift so I can see folks.

[07:19:58] Assistant Finance and Administrative Services Director Susie Niederhofer: I sorry.

[07:19:59] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Doesn't look like anyone has any questions. So I will now open the public hearing. Would any member of the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press star 9 on your phone. A 2 minute timer will be displayed on the screen. Okay, I'm not seeing. I'm sorry, can we stop the screen share?

[07:20:36] Assistant Finance and Administrative Services Director Susie Niederhofer: Let's see, there we go.

[05:07:16] (archive recording) Mayor Ellen Kamei: Perfect. Thank you. Awesome. So I'm not seeing any public comment. So I will now close the public hearing, and I think we need a brief recess for staff to collect any of the protests, um, during the hearing. Mr. Takahashi is 5 minutes work for you.

[05:07:35] (archive recording) Finance and Administrative Services Director Jesse Takahashi: I've managed to be enough time, yes.

[05:07:38] (archive recording) Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, great. So we'll do a 5 minute recess and we'll reconvene at midnight. As staff collects any protests received during the hearing. All right. City Clerklazer, has the city received any valid written protest on the recommended utility rates?

[05:08:51] (archive recording) Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: SNS received three.

[05:08:54] (archive recording) Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Now bring the item back for council deliberation, and note that the vote on water, wastewater, and trash recycling rates for fiscal year 2021, 22 will be included within the adoption of the budget in our next item for consideration 7.3. So do we just need a motion for the staff recommendation?

[07:27:48] Finance and Administrative Services Director Jesse Takahashi: Yes.

[07:27:51] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Council member Michelle Walter?

[07:27:53] Councilmember Pat Showalter: We have the staff recommendation.

[07:27:55] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. We have a motion by council member show Walter Councilman Robbie Kogo.

[07:28:00] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Second.

[07:28:01] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. City clerk laser, shall we do a real call vote?

[07:28:07] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Councilman Michelle Walter.

[07:28:09] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes,

[07:28:09] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Counselor Rabbi Koga? Council number Hicks.

[07:28:14] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[07:28:15] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: can Summer Liebert?

[07:28:16] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi.

[07:28:17] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Can't remember Manachek?

[07:28:18] Councilmember Lisa Matichak: Yes.

[07:28:20] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Nice mayor Ramirez.

[07:28:23] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[07:28:23] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: May I come May?

[07:28:24] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[07:28:25] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: question case.

[07:28:26] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you so much to Steph. So we'll move on to item 7.3, which is the adoption of fiscal year 2021, 22 budgets, the appropriation limit fee modifications, and funding for fiscal year 2021, 22 capital improvement projects. Finance and administrative services director, Jesse Takahashi, will present the report, and Mr. Takahashi. are we just doing a verbal presentation?

[07:28:56] Finance and Administrative Services Director Jesse Takahashi: Pretty much. I'm going to do an abbreviated presentation here. Um, so thank you very much, uh, American May and council members. Uh, essentially, um, you're going to be adopting a balanced budget. And I'm just going to quickly go through, um, The budget, we do have a public hearing that was held on June 8th, there were no changes made. Um, the budget does maintain current service levels, um, despite the pandemic, and we are seeing, um, uh, the economic situation slowly improved. For the general operating fund. There's 154.60000000 exclusive of $4000000 in an estimate of budget savings. We are estimating an estimated balance ending balance of $16 million. And tonight, we're asking the council to take several actions and 3 motions. The 1st motion will be to approve budgets for the city itself, um, including a number of uh, operating capital budgets, um, the gan limit, um, as well as the feast master fee schedule, as well as committing park dedication funds for capital projects, and uh, amending the classification and salary plan, um, for employees as was covered in the previous uh, item by human resources. The 2nd um, motion will account for uh, the shoreline community and adopting those budgets. And then lastly, the 3rd uh, item or motion will be for the Mountain View Capital Improvements Financing Authority uh, actions to approve their uh, budget for debt service payments. And, um, basically, that is it, but before I turn it back over, I just wanted to take a brief moment to acknowledge uh, the work of our budget team, um, in particular, Anne Trin, uh, senior financial Ennis and Susie, Niederhofer, who just presented the last item, uh, our assistant finance administrative services directors, Ms. Niederhofer, in particular, um, did a, was, was, um, exceptional this past year and coordinating the job. putting together the budget and pulling together everything for enabling us to bring this budget forward tonight for adoption. So I just wanted to thank her and her team for all of their efforts and with that, I will turn it back over to you.

[07:31:38] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. So does any member of council have any questions? All right, seeing them. Would any member at the public on the line like to provide comment on this item? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press star 9 on the phone. A 2 minute timer will be displayed on the screen. Carla Molinari. Hi Carla, you just have to hit the unmute button. Carla. Molinois. Okay. Okay, we can come back to Carla, how about Tim Mackenzie?

[07:32:47] Tim Mackenzie: I, um, I just want to thank again from the presentation last week that, uh, the budget has in the budget process, you have decided to hire city staff instead of a police officer, um, And there's going to be another budget probably around this time next year. So it's never too early to continue asking to, uh, reallocate resources for next year's budget, um, move more away from the police so that they really only have the job of being armed agents of the state, passed with enforcing laws, which is actually a relatively small and narrow, uh, focus and all of the things that sort of fall to the police right now, uh, can be taken care of by people who are better trained and professionalized to do exactly that, um, and we can reallocate resources to that, um, thank you.

[07:33:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Thank you. Okay, Carla, we'll try again. Carla Molinari. Okay, and she disappeared here. Uh, Paula Perez. Hi Paula.

[07:34:14] Paula Perez: Hola, buena, buenos días, Ms. Cuchan.

[07:34:21] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Si, Paula, go ahead.

[07:34:23] Paula Perez: Una estimes, cuchan, yo nice cucho.

[07:34:27] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Oh, si, nosotoso mescuchamos. Is it? You think it's the dual translation? Nora and Elena?

[07:34:41] Unknown Speaker: Can we say?

[07:34:42] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Hola.

[07:34:43] Paula Perez: Hola.

[07:34:45] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Hola, Paula. Can we stop the timer for a second?

[07:34:50] Paula Perez: Buenos dias. Respectable, mi embros del conste homunicipal. Nombre. Es Paula Perez. Bengo and representación de niciete compañeras, nestro compañero, Anthony Chan, todo some of lidres, communitarios, voluntarios, de fondo de solidaridad, de mountain. Oy, estoy aqui, para gradecer, ustedes, todo el la pollo que ambrindado, a fonto de solidaridad de Mountain View. Danda la dirección al personal de la ciudad, sobre la financiación, de plan de restatia Americano. Y hacer la recommendación de only young para fondo de sobidaridad de mountain view. Gracias, a esta recurso. much as familias tendranda opportunidad, de recivier, ayuda finacierra flexible. La cuan, lestara, un poco de olivio economico en estos tiempos difisiles. Gracias, al consejo municipal, especialmente, podarnos, esta opportunidad, increible, de demonstrat, nuestro, liderasco, pica passidad. Tambijeno de si, que con esta acción el consejo municipal, esta de mostrando, que montebio, es una ciudad, que que no principios bascicos de equidad inclusión. Una bees mas, Gracias, portodos sua pollo. A fondo de solidaritat de montenbio. Y de seo, que todos estedes tengan una excellentes vacaciones. Do I have time to translate that to English?

[07:36:47] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes, yes, do you have time?

[07:36:49] Paula Perez: Thank you. Good evening, respectable members of the city council. My name is Paula Perez. Today I come. And I am here on behalf of my colleagues and our partner, Anthony Chen, who are all volunteer community leaders from the Mountain View Solidarity Fund. I am here to thank you all for the support you have given to the Mountain View Solidarity Fund. Giving direction to city staff on funding the American rescue plan and making a recommendation of $1000000 for the Mountain View Solidarity Fund. Thanks to this resource. I'm sorry thanks to this resource. Many families will have the opportunity to receive flexible financial assistance, which will give some financial relief in these difficult times. Thanks to the city council, especially for getting us incredible opportunity to demonstrate our leadership and ability. I also want to say that with this action, the city council is demonstrating that Mountain View is a city that believes in the basic principles of equity and inclusion. One more time, thank you all for your support, and I hope you have a great vacation. Good night.

[07:38:00] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you for that. Gracias, Paula. All right, so we'll move on to Olga, Melo. I always...

[07:38:11] Olga Melo: Buenos dias. Mescucha?

[07:38:14] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Sí, nos odos escuchamos.

[07:38:17] Olga Melo: Okay, gracias. Buenos no, buenos días. Mi nombre esolga melo. Soy parte del Grupo de fondo de soledad en moltenbio. Y nombre de todo nuestro grupo, les damos, nuestra más, in cerro gradicimiento, por confiar, en esta gran taria tan importante. Estambos muy consientes que nosera fasi. Pero pondremos todo nuestros fuers with edicación para cumplire esta grandmición, conificacia, y efficiencia. Esta nochos tedes, votaram, por una causa de custicia social. Finalmente nuestra communidas, mas un dable, sera veniciada. Con estación. Igual mente siabre no opportunidades para aciotros grupos que bienen de estra proque, communidal, pueda, nostra, subran, giveras before tales. Yeah, subesco mos ciudados, tres pondragon, grani gemplo, para, que otraciudad, siga, naciendo, mismo. Todo esto trabagre elisado for muchos años, oy finalmente for reconosido, y estamos realmente muy a gradecidos, croqueto donestro trabajo, valio la pena, which has gracias. Gracias.

[07:39:36] Olga Melo: Thank you, give me 12nd to collect here my notes. Okay? So, good evening, my name is Olga Melo, and I am also part of the Solidarity Fund of Mountain View. I would like to give my sincere thanks. For all the trust that you have given us and in this important task that was not easy. We have tried to work as efficiently as possible as we can. And um, tonight you will be voting um, on something that is a social justice. And with that action, you will be affecting the most vulnerable group. Um, and you will help us to get ahead. As a city, you give great example to others. We are finally recognized, and our long efforts of work are finally seen. Thank you again, it's with a sincere gratitude that I say thank you.

[07:40:36] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Gracias, Olga. Anthony Chang.

[07:40:45] Anthony Chang: Hi. Um, good evening, mayor, vice mayor, city council members. Um, I'm also along with Paula Perez and Olgamelo and 6 other Latino women here in our community. They're a volunteer with the Mountain View solidarity funds. Um, I just want to build on what they both shared um, and express um, our gratitude and thanks for all of the work that city council members have done and city staff have done over the last few months in thinking about economic recovery in our community, and especially, as Orga and Paula mentioned, um, for um, the most vulnerable, the vulnerable um, people and families in our community. and especially want to think city staff like Kimberly Thomas, Christina Gilmore, who have been spending time with us to kind of help us navigate and understand, kind of city requirements as well as kind of work with us as a newer group and kind of understanding the kind of how to how to potentially collaborate with the city. So, I know that a lot of the work has been done. We know that a lot of the work has been done in like months leading up to this. Um, um, and really appreciate that, um, you all continue to include, um, funding for economic recovery in our city, um, in the budget that, um, you're considering tonight. Um, and know that, um, that all of us the not view solidarity fund will be, um, if approved, as is, um, will be working super hard. Um, so, you know, to implement this, you know, and again, as Paul and Olga mentioned, you know, something for the community and by the community, um, to be able to support some of the most vulnerable folks, um, in our city. So thank you so much.

[07:42:17] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. Um, so that concludes um, public comment. So I'll now bring the item back to council for deliberation and action, and note that a motion to approve the recommendation should include reading the title of each resolution attached to the report. Do we have any discussion or emotion from council? Council member Abe Koga.

[07:42:43] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you. I didn't see any other hands, so I was gonna go ahead and um, make a motion. Um, I do want to, again, as always, thank staff for their um, incredible amount of work and getting our budget together yearly. Um, this one was probably a little bit more challenging in light of the uncertainty in, um, in our economy. Um, I'm great and grateful and I'm glad that we are um, balanced. Um, and that's actually a rarity right now, um, among municipalities. So, um, I think, um, our staff, our organization, um, I think we just have a, had a long history of being very financially prudent and that has always, um, done as well, especially in these challenging times. So with, I don't know if council member Hicks had any comments, but if it's okay, I'd like to go ahead and make the motion. Um, and let's see, I believe I need to read, one, adopt a resolution of the city council, the city of Mountain View, adopting the fiscal year 202122 city budget, and appropriations for the adopted fiscal year 202122 capital improvement projects, including amendments to existing projects, but excluding the Shoreline regional park community. To adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, adopting the fiscal year 202122 appropriations limit. 3 adopt a resolution of the city council of the city of Mountain View, amending the city of Mountain View, master fee schedule. 4 commit $7,478,000 of Parkland dedication funds to the adopted fiscal year 202122 capital projects, including amendments to existing projects. Five, adopt a resolution of the city council, the city of Mountain View, authorizing the city manager or designate to amend the classification and salary plans for regular and hourly employees for fiscal year 20, 21 and 22, 6, adopt a resolution in the Mountain View Shoreline Regional Park community, adopting the fiscal year 202122 Shoreline Regional Park community budget, and appropriations for the. Adopted fiscal year 202122 capital improvement projects for the Shoreline Regional Park community, including amendments to existing project. Seven, adopt a resolution of the capital improvements financing authority of the city of Mountain View, adopting the fiscal year 202122 budget for NVCIFA debt service payments.

[07:45:33] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. So we have a motion by council member Abby Koga, Councilman Briggs.

[07:45:39] Councilmember Alison Hicks: A 2nd.

[07:45:41] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, and 2nd Vice Council member Hicks. Don't see any other hands race, so I'll just turn it over to City Corkblazer for the roll call vote.

[07:45:50] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member, Abby, who got?

[07:45:53] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: I.

[07:45:54] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Council member Hicks?

[07:45:56] Councilmember Alison Hicks: Yes,

[07:45:57] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Councilman for labor?

[07:45:58] Councilmember Sally Lieber: Hi.

[07:45:59] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Counselor Monachek? Catsman Rochelle Walter?

[07:46:04] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Yes,

[07:46:04] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Tyceme Ramirez.

[07:46:07] Vice Mayor Lucas Ramirez: Yes.

[07:46:07] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: May I come?

[07:46:08] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Yes.

[07:46:09] Interim City Clerk Silvia Vonderlinden: Motion carries?

[07:46:11] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great. Thank you. So we'll now move on to item 8 council, staff, committee reports. Does anyone have anything to report for this item? Council member Abi Koga?

[07:46:27] Councilmember Margaret Abe-Koga: Thank you, Mayor. I just had a few, um, meetings I wanted to report out, um, from um, for clean energy. Um, You may have seen it. Uh, we have uh, flex alerts and um, SVC is um, increasing their communication efforts to, um, inform the community of our summer flex alerts and emergency and PSPS events. And so you may be seeing um notices. They'll be, they're providing regular updates to our member agencies, social media posts, next door alerts. Our SVCE has a website pop-up, and also doing direct email. Um, uh, clean energy. Also, the board adopted a beyond gasoline initiative to reduce gasoline consumption in Silicon Valley. This was a resolution led by Joint Venture Silicon Valley, an initiative school of cutting gasoline consumption in Silicon Valley by 50% by 2030. Um, and, uh, uh, so, um, we adopted this resolution that aligns well with our clean energies mission. Um, Today, uh, we had a meeting with, um, uh, uh, we hosted a special Silicon Valley transportation, electrification, clearing house event, the road to 2035, um, and this was a meeting, uh, panel, we had a panel discussion with the carb, the California air resources board chairperson. Uh, Randolph and CPUC commissioner, Cliff, Red Shaffin. It was a very interesting conversation. I was able to present on the challenges of, um, providing electric charging stations and existing multifamily complexes and the need for, um, you know, more assistance from the state in doing doing that. Um, and then, um, from the NTC A bag world. Um, the Plan Bay Area 2050 draft plan is out. It's been released. Um, there are a number of meetings and webinars being conducted. There was one last week for Silicon Santa Clara County. They're doing it by county, but anyone interested in learning more about the plan and also providing feedback. Uh, please visit Planbayarea.org and you can see the list of upcoming meetings. Um, and then tomorrow we're actually having our uh, MTC meeting, and I just wanted to note that, um, the quick strike $4000000 grant request for the Sterling Road cycle track is on our agenda for tomorrow for approval. So, um, I think I'm hoping I think it will be approved. That was something that we voted on last month at our council meeting to apply for those funds. And, um, That is it. Thank you.

[07:49:32] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Customer show, Walter.

[07:49:41] Councilmember Pat Showalter: Now, I just wanted to report on the um, uh, neighborhood meeting that we had last Tuesday night, June 15th for the Whisman, um, Moffat Boulevard neighborhood, and as always, uh, was really well attended. Um, we, um, had lots of residents asking questions and, uh, I want to thank uh, Anna Salvador for organizing it from the planning staff and, um, uh, all of the departments and uh, department heads and uh, Kimbra for taking part. And, um, I always keep tabs on who gets the most questions. It varies a little bit from neighborhood to neighborhood. It's usually traffic, but it wasn't this time. This time it was development. So Clarissa, uh, Burt got the uh, got the prize for answering the most questions. But anyway, I think that that is a very unique set of meetings that we put on, you know, every other year for every neighborhood where we bring people from each department to the community to answer their questions. So just wanted to share that that had happened and um, on a more regional note, BCDC. Uh, met last um, Thursday, and uh, discussed uh, uh, way, funding problems associated with civil wise protection. So, uh, something that we talk about um, often. And tomorrow, um, we are having the 1st environmental justice, um, Committee meeting with our new environmental justice advisory board. So I'm really looking forward to that. Thank you.

[07:51:25] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Great, thank you. Um, so I don't see any other hands, but I have a couple quick updates. So one, um, I attended a Czech presentation with Valley Water, and the city of Palo Alto, uh, Valley Water, um, has committed $16000000 to help strengthen our reliable local water, um, for this regional water control, water, quality control plant, where we're going to be having an advanced treatment facility for recycled water between, um, the 2 cities and valley water. Um, so it's really interesting to be back at at an in-person event. And then um, our cities association, legislative action committee, um, meeting met on the 10th. And wanted to share with some of you because I know that, um, we've been, um, hearing some outreach about, um, an invitation that the city of Mountain View has extended to our cities association, um, to come and tour project Home Key. We have a lot of interest in expanding the program and hopefully others will be able to model what we were able to do in Mountain View. Um, and so just wanted to share that and city manager McCarthy is is helping lead that effort. Because I just wanted to give the update to all of you. All right. Okay, so that concludes item 8 and I'll move on to item 9, which is our closed session report. City attorney at Chopa. Do we have a closed session report?

[07:52:52] City Attorney Krishan Chopra: There's no close session report tonight.

[07:52:54] Mayor Ellen Kamei: Okay, which means I get to move on to the most exciting park, which is item 10, our tournament. Before we adjourn, I just want to say thank you to staff, the public and my colleagues, we've made it halfway through the year. I can't believe it. Really? Um, and so just want to, um, voice my appreciation to all of you that we've made it halfway through the year. Yes. Um, and we know that the, the meeting before summer recess is always the long one. So we made it. So thank you so much to everybody who's joined us in our next regular city council meeting. Regular city council meeting will be on August 24th, 2021. Until then, stay healthy, stay safe, and the meeting is adjourned at 1226 AM. Bye, everyone. Have a great summer.

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