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CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2019 - 6:30 PM CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - Final COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 500 CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041 Lisa Matichak, Mayor Daniel H. Rich, City Manager Margaret Abe-Koga, Vice Mayor Jannie L. Quinn, City Attorney Christopher R. Clark, Councilmember Lisa Natusch, City Clerk Alison Hicks, Councilmember Ellen Kamei, Councilmember John McAlister, Councilmember Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember February 26, 2019 Council Chambers, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041 SPECIAL MEETING OF SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY 1. CALL TO ORDER President Matichak called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present: 7 - Boardmember Clark, Boardmember Hicks, Boardmember Kamei, Boardmember McAlister, Boardmember Ramirez, Vice President Abe-Koga, President Matichak 3. CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION - M/S - McAlister/Ramirez - To approve the Consent Calendar. The motion carried by the following vote: Yes: 7 - Boardmember Clark, Boardmember Hicks, Boardmember Kamei, Boardmember McAlister, Boardmember Ramirez, Vice President Abe-Koga, President Matichak 3.1 Approve Meeting Minutes. Approve the Shoreline Regional Park Community Minutes of January 22, 2019 and February 12, 2019. 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS Boardmember McAlister announced the Mountain View High School boys basketball team won their division and CCS as Division 2 champions and they are moving on to NorCal. Philip Faillace, Mountain View Los Altos School District Board President, expressed appreciation to the City Council. Joyce Reynolds Sinclair, Chair of the Board, Magical Bridge Foundation, requested additional financial support from the City for the playground project. Miguel Sanchez spoke regarding an immigration incident that occurred earlier in the day. City of Mountain View Page 1 City Council MEETING MINUTES - Final 2/26/2019 Tania O’Connell, Co-Founder, Vistas Mountain View, requested Council retain the goal of protecting vulnerable populations as they consider goals for the coming year. Geri Weizzman, Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County, with IdaRose Sylvester, spoke regarding the immigration incident that occurred earlier in the day and requested Council provide support to the Rapid Response Network in Santa Clara County. Fernando Romero spoke regarding the importance of protecting vulnerable populations. George Rascon spoke regarding the proposed project at 2310 Rock Street and the impact on the residents, and requested Council vote against the project. Bee Hanson, Mountain View Mobile Home Alliance and Santiago Villa, spoke regarding mobile home space rent. Job Lopez spoke regarding an immigration incident that occurred earlier in the day and urged Council to continue to protect vulnerable populations in the upcoming City Council goal setting session. Trey Bornmann, President, Mountain View Mobile Home Alliance, spoke regarding litigation related to mobile homes, and encouraged Council support of mobile home park residents at their upcoming City Council goal setting session. Unidentified woman spoke regarding an immigration incident earlier in the day and requested Council protect vulnerable populations. 5. NEW BUSINESS 5.1 North Bayshore Precise Plan Bonus Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Requalifications City of Mountain View Page 2 City Council MEETING MINUTES - Final 2/26/2019 Principal Planner Martin Alkire presented the staff report. Counsel Jannie Quinn and Community Manager Dan Rich provided additional information. Michael Tymoff, Mountain View District Development Director, Google, provided a presentation regarding Google’s proposal. Bill Vierra, SyWest Development, and David Sabalvaro, STUDIOS Architecture, provided a presentation regarding SyWest’s proposal. Public Comment opened at 9:41 p.m. The following members of the public spoke: Ayindé Rudolph, Superintendent, Mountain View Whisman School District Devon Conley, Mountain View Whisman School District Board Denise Salles Unidentified man Luis Argueno Joan Brodovsky, on behalf of Balanced Mountain View Enrique Arguello, and submitted written materials Matt Regan, Bay Area Council Ryan Globus, Silicon Valley Young Democrats Laura Blakely, Mountain View Whisman School Board Sandy Perry, President, Affordable Housing Network of Santa Clara County Pat Showalter Julie Mahowald, Housing Trust Silicon Valley Kriti Garg, Policy and Outreach Associate, Silicon Valley@Home Nathan Ho, Senior Director of Housing and Community Development, Silicon Valley Leadership Group Bruce Humphrey, President/CEO, Mountain View Chamber of Commerce Jeffrey Buchanan, Policy Director, Working Partnerships USA, representing Silicon Valley Rising Coalition Alexander Gratun, Silicon Valley Young Democrats David Watson Nikita Sinha, Greenbelt Alliance Cliff Chambers, Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning Helen Wolter, Community for Green Foothills Phil Faillace, Board President , Mountain View Los Altos School District Lauren Mitchell, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society Shani Kleinhaus, Santa Clara Valley Audubon Society Laura Drocic, Field Representative, Carpenters Union Linda Ruthruff, California Native Plant Society, Santa Clara Valley Chapter Bee Hanson, Santiago Villa Trey Bornmann, Santiago Villa Alexander Brown, Santiago Villa Guadalupe Rojas, Santiago Villa City of Mountain View Page 3 City Council MEETING MINUTES - Final 2/26/2019 Jose Cabrera, Carpenters Union Eric Kuxhausen Public Comment closed at 10:48 p.m. Jeff Harding, Superintendent, Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, responded to the Board's questions. The Board recessed at 10:50 p.m. The Board convened at 10:58 p.m. with all Boardmembers present. MOTION - M/S - Abe-Koga/Matichak - To: 1. Adopt Resolution No. 18300 Denying Both of the North Bayshore Precise Plan Bonus Floor Area Requalification Requests from SyWest and Google, read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report); and 2. Direct staff to initiate a City-led Gateway Master Plan process using the SyWest, and if interested, the Google proposals for the gateway site as a basis for that master planning process. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT: Boardmember McAlister offered a friendly amendment to give Google and SyWest two weeks to decide if they will agree to mediation. Vice President Abe-Koga accepted the friendly amendment. Following discussion, Vice President Abe-Koga restated the motion including the friendly amendment: Adopt Resolution No. 18300 Denying Both of the North Bayshore Precise Plan Bonus Floor Area Requalification Requests from SyWest and Google, read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report); and give both parties up to two weeks to respond as to whether they would be interested in a mediation process, and if they either or both decline, the City would move into initiating a City-led Gateway Master Plan process. Following discussion, Vice President Abe-Koga stated her motion also includes that the basis for the City-led master plan would be the concepts in SyWest's proposal, and if Google is interested in moving forward with their part of the gateway, the concepts they submitted, as a basis for master planning. Following discussion, Community Manager Rich recommended staff come back to Council with a work plan. Following further discussion, Vice President Abe-Koga removed the portion of the motion related to using the proposals as the basis for the City-led master plan. The motion carried by the following vote: City of Mountain View Page 4 City Council MEETING MINUTES - Final 2/26/2019 Yes: 6 - Boardmember Clark, Boardmember Hicks, Boardmember Kamei, Boardmember McAlister, Vice President Abe-Koga, President Matichak No: 1 - Boardmember Ramirez 6. ADJOURNMENT - At 12:15 a.m., President Matichak adjourned the meeting. ____________________ LISA NATUSCH SECRETARY City of Mountain View Page 5