City Council
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · October 19, 2015
Minutes
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 - 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES SENIOR CENTER, 266 ESCUELA AVENUE
Christopher R. Clark, Councilmember Ken S. Rosenberg, Councilmember
John M. Inks, Councilmember Patricia Showalter, Vice Mayor
R. Michael Kasperzak, Jr., Councilmember Leonard M. Siegel, Councilmember
Daniel H. Rich, City Manager
Lorrie Brewer, City Clerk John McAlister, Mayor Jannie L. Quinn, City Attorney
October 19, 2015 Senior Center, 266 Escuela Avenue
6:00 P.M.-STUDY SESSION (HELD IN THE SOCIAL HALL)
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor McAlister called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present: 7- Councilmember Clark, Councilmember Inks, Councilmember
Kasperzak, Mayor Rosenberg, Vice Mayor Siegel, Councilmember
Showalter, and Councilmember McAlister
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS
Gary Wesley expressed concerns that a correspondence he forwarded to Council did not contain the
City of Campbell's rent mediation ordinance materials that were attached.
4. STUDY SESSION
4.1 Consideration of Rent Relief Program Options.
Neighborhood and Administrative Services Manager Lauzze, Public Interest Law Firm Senior
Attorney and Fair Housing Law Project Attorney Melissa Morris, Project Sentinel Director Martin
Eichner and California Apartment Association Tri County Division Executive Director Joshua
Howard presented oral reports and they, City Manager Rich and City Attorney Quinn, responded to
Council's questions
Council recessed at 7:44 p.m. and reconvened at 7:59 p.m.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR EXPRESSING CONCERNS AND/OR WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Todd Rothbard
Chris Shupp
Gary Wesley
Larry Voytilla
Linda Curtis
Kai Zhu
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Timothy He
Lilly D.
Viktam Balakrishnan
Nikel Balakrishnan
Louis. Louis also responded to Council's questions.
Elena Pacheco
Tom Myers, Community Services Agency Executive Director. Mr. Myers also responded to
Council's questions.
Karen Skold
Gus Cano
Mark Burns
Jeff Bell
Kathryn Tomaino
Moise Nahouraii
Maria Ahmad
Carson Bruno. Mr. Bruno also responded to Council's questions.
Goran Culic
Hao Xu
Regan Avery
Maria Morgan-Butcher
Mari Hernandez, speaking in Spanish, translated in English
Jeremy Barousse, Services Immigrant Rights & Education Network Community Organizer
Nerissa Vantuyl
Terry Blaine
Evan Ortiz, speaking on behalf of the Mountain View Renters Coalition. Mr. Ortiz also responded
to Council's questions.
Darren Carrington
Philip Cosby. Mr. Cosby also responded to Council's questions.
Ken Ow-Wing
Jennifer Liu
Haluk Konuk
Nancy Carlson, speaking on behalf of Catherine Fry, Santa Clara Silicon Valley Association of
Realtors, MountainView/Los Altos Council Chairperson
Donna Hughs
Juliet Brodie. Ms. Brodie also responded to Council's questions.
Chris Lepe
Keith Suddjian. Mr. Suddjian also responded to Council's questions.
Mike Fischetti
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR EXPRESSING CONCERNS AND/OR WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS (continued):
Edie Keating
Jay Tang
Kim Pham
Raul Richardson
Frank Kalcic
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Barbara Goodwin
Joan MacDonald, speaking on behalf of Advocates for Affordable Housing
Jeremy Hoffman
Tod Spieker. Mr. Spieker also responded to Council's questions.
Angel Santuario
Chris Isaacson
Olga Melo, speaking in Spanish, translated in English
Marilu Delgado
Rosemarie Nola
Jessica Epstein, speaking on behalf of the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors. Ms. Epstein also
responded to Council's questions.
Susan Worley
John Scarboro
Lucas Ramirez
Michael Pierce
Emily Ramos
Steve Welter. Mr. Welter also responded to Council's questions.
Paula Perez, speaking in Spanish, translated in English
Dana Iller. Ms. Iller also responded to Council's questions.
Roy Tinkenborg
Maria Marroquin
Council recessed at 10:13 p.m. and reconvened at 10:28 p.m.
5. ADJOURNMENT - At 12:21 a.m., on October 20, 2015, Mayor McAlister adjourned the
meeting to the next City Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in
the Council Chambers, 500 Castro Street.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
____________________________ _____________________
LORRIE BREWER, MMC JOHN MCALISTER
CITY CLERK MAYOR
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Agenda
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 - 6:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE SENIOR CENTER, 266 ESCUELA AVENUE
Christopher R. Clark, Councilmember Ken S. Rosenberg, Councilmember
John M. Inks, Councilmember Patricia Showalter, Vice Mayor
R. Michael Kasperzak, Jr., Councilmember Leonard M. Siegel, Councilmember
Daniel H. Rich, City Manager
Lorrie Brewer, City Clerk Jannie L. Quinn, City Attorney
John McAlister, Mayor
Senior Center, 266 Escuela Avenue 6:00 PM Monday, October 19, 2015
6:00 P.M.-STUDY SESSION (TO BE HELD IN THE SOCIAL HALL)
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
Councilmembers Clark, Inks, Kasperzak, Rosenberg, Siegel, Vice Mayor Showalter, and Mayor
McAlister
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS
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 number of topics for one three-minute
period during the meeting. State law prohibits the Council from acting on nonagenda items.
4. STUDY SESSION
4.1 Consideration of Rent Relief Program Options.
Recommendation(s): Take public testimony, discuss possible rent relief options, and provide
direction to staff on which of the options, if any, Council is interested in
pursuing and the relative priority of those strategies.
Attachment(s): Study Session Memo
ATT 1 - Mountain View Housing Programs
ATT 2 - Rent Stabilization Ordinances
ATT 3 - Sample List of Just Causes for Eviction
ATT 4 - San Diego Just Cause Eviction Ordinance
ATT 5 - Fair Rental Practices Programs
ATT 6 - 10-6-15 Council Report
ATT 7 - October 4, 2015 League of Women Voters Letter
ATT 8 - City of Campbell Mandatory Mediation Program
ATT 9 - Speaker Biographies
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City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 - 6:00 PM
5. ADJOURNMENT
The next Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2015, at 6:30 p.m. in the Council
Chambers, 500 Castro Street.
NOTICE
There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in Superior Court to certain City administrative
decisions and orders which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence and the exercise of
discretion. The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure
Section 1094.6). Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be
limited, by California law, including but not limited to Government Code Section 65009, to raising
only those issues you or someone else raised in the public hearing, or in written correspondence
delivered to the City Council prior to or at the public hearing. The City Council may be requested to
reconsider a decision if the request is made prior to the next City Council meeting, regardless of
whether it is a regular or special meeting. For information on the next regular or special City
Council meeting, please call (650) 903-6304.
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this
agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street,
Third Floor, during normal business hours and at the Council Chambers at City Hall, Second Floor,
during the meeting. In addition, such writings and documents will be posted on the City's web site at
www.mountainview.gov.
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City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2015 - 6:00 PM
COUNCIL MEETINGS AND AGENDA
The City Council meets regularly on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 500
Castro Street, Second Floor. Special meetings are called as necessary by the Mayor and noticed at least 24 hours in advance.
Interested parties may review the agenda, minutes and staff reports at the Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin Street, beginning the
Thursday evening before each meeting and at the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor, beginning Friday morning. Agenda
materials may also be viewed electronically at www.mountainview.gov. Staff reports are also available at the Council Chambers during
the meeting.
SPECIAL NOTICE—Reference: Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990. Anyone who is planning to attend the next City Council meeting
who is visually or hearing-impaired or has any disability that needs special assistance should call the City Clerk's Office at 903-6304 48
hours in advance of the Council meeting to arrange for assistance. Upon request, in advance, by a person with a disability, City Council
meeting agendas and writings distributed during the meeting that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative
format. Also upon request, in advance, an assistive listening device can be made available for use during the meeting.
The Council meetings are cablecast live on Channel 26 on the Mountain View Comcast cable system and are replayed on Thursday at
6:30 p.m., Saturday at 10:00 a.m., and Sunday at 5:00 p.m. following that week's Council meeting. In addition, Council Regular meetings
are webcasted, and interested persons may visit the City's web site at www.mountainview.gov to watch the meetings live on their
computer, laptop or PDA device. Archived broadcasts of previous meetings may also be accessed and watched on-line.
The Council may take action on any matter noticed herein, and their consideration and action on the matters noticed herein is not limited
by the recommendations indicated in the Agenda or staff report(s). The Council may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any
order and thus all those interested in an item listed on the agenda are advised to be present throughout the meeting (see Policy and
Procedure A-13). The reading of the full text of ordinances and resolutions will be waived unless a Councilmember requests otherwise.
By policy, no new items of business will be started after 10:00 p.m., unless an exception is made by vote of the Council.
ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any action item listed on the agenda and are requested to fill out the blue cards available at the
rear of the Council Chambers and deposit them with the clerk or at the podium as soon as completed. This will assure that your name and
city of residence are accurately recorded in the minutes and that your interest in speaking is recognized. If you wish to speak and are not
recognized by the Mayor, please approach the podium prior to completion of discussion on the item. Speakers are allowed up to three
minutes each, and if a large group wishes to express its views, it is more effective to have one spokesperson.
Items on the "Consent Calendar" are not discussed individually but are approved as a group with one motion. If a citizen wishes to speak
on an item on the Consent Calendar, he or she may come to the podium at the time announced by the Mayor and request that the item be
pulled for discussion by the Council.
Anyone wishing to address the Council on a nonagenda item may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda. Speakers
are allowed to speak one time on any number of topics for up to three minutes.
Reducing Time For Public Input: For any single agendized item and for Oral Communications from the Public, if there appears to be 15
or more speakers and the Council might not be able to conclude the scheduled agenda items for the meeting if speakers were allotted three
(3) minutes each, the Mayor may reduce speaking time to no less than two (2) minutes per speaker unless there is an objection from
Council, in which case majority vote shall decide the issue without debate.
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