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CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH NO PHYSICAL MEETING LOCATION Ellen Kamei, Mayor Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager Lucas Ramirez, Vice Mayor Krishan Chopra, City Attorney Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember Heather Glaser, City Clerk Alison Hicks, Councilmember Sally Lieber, Councilmember Lisa Matichak, Councilmember Pat Showalter, Councilmember Video Conference with No Physical Meeting Location 5:00 PM Tuesday, May 11, 2021 This meeting will be conducted in accordance with State of California Executive Order N-29-20, dated March 17, 2020. All members of the City Council will participate in the meeting by video conference, with no physical meeting location. Members of the public wishing to observe the live meeting may do so at https://mountainview.legistar.com, on YouTube at www.MountainView.gov/YouTube and on Comcast Channel 26. Members of the public wishing to comment on an item may do so in the following ways: 1. Email comments to city.council@mountainview.gov by 4:30 p.m. on the meeting date. Emails will be received directly by the City Council. Please identify the Agenda Item number in the subject line of your email. 2. Provide oral public comments during the meeting: Online: Register in advance to access the meeting via Zoom Webinar: https://mountainview.gov/cc_speakers You will be asked to enter an email address and a name. Your email address will not be disclosed to the public. After registering, you will receive an email with instructions on how to connect to the meeting. When the Mayor announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in Zoom. Speakers will be notified of their turn shortly before they are called on to speak. By phone: Dial: (669) 900-9128 and enter Webinar ID: 960 0568 6214 When the Mayor announces the item on which you wish to speak, dial *9. Phone participants will be called on by the last two digits of their phone number. When the Mayor calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself. Page 1 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM For instructions on using the "raise hand" feature in Zoom, visit https://mountainview.gov/raise_hand. When called to speak, please limit your comments to the time allotted (up to 3 minutes, at the discretion of the Mayor). 5:00 P.M.-STUDY SESSION 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. STUDY SESSION 3.1 Downtown Parking Strategy Recommendation(s): The purpose of this Study Session is for the City Council to provide direction to staff on the Downtown Parking Strategy framework and options to address current and future parking demand in the downtown area. This Study Session is limited to discussion of whether the Downtown Parking Strategy should include parking supply solutions generally. Specific options to increase parking supply, such as whether to construct a new parking structure or specific locations for a potential new parking structure, will not be discussed at this Study Session and will be scheduled for a future meeting. Attachment(s): Study Session Memo ATT 1 - October 15, 2019 Study Session Memo ATT 2 - Fact Sheets 6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 2. ROLL CALL 3. PRESENTATIONS 3.1 Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation 3.2 Affordable Housing Month Proclamation 3.3 Bike Month Proclamation Page 2 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM 3.4 Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Proclamation 3.5 Municipal Clerks Week Proclamation 3.6 National Public Works Week Proclamation 4. CONSENT CALENDAR These items will be approved by one motion unless any member of the Council or audience wishes to remove an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of ordinances and resolutions will be waived unless a Councilmember requests otherwise. 4.1 Minor Zoning Map Amendments (Second Reading) Recommendation(s): Adopt an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending the Zoning Map for the Properties Located at 250 East Dana Street, 300-320 Moorpark Way, 709-711 Vaquero Drive, and 2254 Wyandotte Street to Be Consistent with the General Plan Land Use Map, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). (First reading: 7-0) Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Ordinance 4.2 Provider Changes for Deferred Compensation and Retiree Health Savings Account Plans Recommendation(s): 1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Empower Retirement, LLC (an indirect and wholly owned subsidiary of Great-West Lifeco Inc.), as the sole provider for plan recordkeeping and associated services for the Deferred Compensation and Retiree Health Savings Account Plans, and to terminate provider agreements with ICMA-RC, Nationwide, and VOYA. 2. Authorize the City Manager to execute professional services agreements with NFP Retirement, Inc., and flexPATH Strategies, LLC, an affiliate and separate entity of NFP Retirement, Inc., to provide investment advisory services and to provide custom retirement target date fund and managed account services. Attachment(s): Council Report 4.3 2019/20 City Bridges and Culverts Inspections and Repairs, Project 20-60-Authorize Professional Services Agreement Recommendation(s): Authorize the City Manager to execute a professional services agreement with Biggs Cardosa Associates, Inc., of San Jose to provide design services for 2019/20 City Bridges and Culverts Inspections and Repairs, Project 20-60, in a not-to-exceed amount of $245,000. Page 3 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM Attachment(s): Council Report 4.4 Adoption of Fiscal Year 2021-22 Annual Action Plan and Funding Recommendations Recommendation(s): 1. Allocate $351,200 of Community Development Block Grant funds ($90,000 from Fiscal Year 2021-22 Community Development Block Grant allocation for public services and $261,200 from current-year program income received allowed for public services) for use in Fiscal Year 2021-22 and Fiscal Year 2022-23 for public service applicants recommended for funding as shown in Attachment 3. 2. Allocate the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Community Development Block Grant funding allocation for public services, estimated to be $90,000, to the recommended applicants as shown in Attachment 3. If the actual Community Development Block Grant funding available for Fiscal Year 2022-23 is more or less than $90,000, then the increase or decrease will be proportionally allocated to all public service agencies being funded based on their awarded funding levels up to the amount requested. 3. Allocate $171,000 total from the General Fund ($163,500 from the City’s General Operating Fund and $7,500 from the City’s General Housing Fund) for Fiscal Year 2021-22 to the public service applicants recommended for funding as shown in Attachment 3. 4. Allocate $116,632 from the City’s American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Federal stimulus funds to supplement the CDBG funding for LifeMoves and the Day Worker Center; to supplement the General Fund support for YWCA and Community School of Music and Arts; and to provide a one-time funding exception for Junior Achievement of Northern California, as shown in Attachment 3. 5. Allocate an estimated $3.7 million of available Community Development Block Grant and HOME Investment Partnership Program funds for the conversion/rehabilitation of the Crestview Hotel for affordable housing. 6. Approve the Final Fiscal Year 2021-22 Annual Action Plan (Attachment 1). Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Final Fiscal Year 2021-22 Annual Action Plan ATT 2 - April 27, 2021 Council Report ATT 3 - Summary of Final Public Service Funding Recommendations 4.5 Contribution Agreement with the Housing Trust Silicon Valley Page 4 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM Recommendation(s): Authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement with Housing Trust Silicon Valley to provide an annual City contribution of $150,000 in Fiscal Years 2020-21, 2021-22, and 2022-23, for a total contribution of $450,000 over three years, subject to City Council appropriation of funds, to fund housing programs. Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Letter from Housing Trust Silicon Valley 4.6 Increase Appropriations in the Fire Department for Reimbursement of Mutual-Aid Support and Staffing Costs Incurred in Fiscal Year 2020-21 for COVID-19 Testing Project, COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic Staffing, and Mobile Vaccination Clinic Recommendation(s): For reimbursements not received by June 30, 2021, transfer and appropriate from the General Non-Operating Fund Mutual-Aid Support estimated at $590,683 for California Office of Emergency Services Strike Team deployments, personnel costs incurred as a result of implementing a COVID-19 testing program for suppression members, personnel costs incurred as a result of providing support staff at the Santa Clara County Vaccination Clinic between the months of January and March 2021 and any additional months as applicable, and personnel costs incurred as a result of planning and implementing a Mobile Vaccination Clinic during the month of March 2021 and subsequent months. (Five votes required) Attachment(s): Council Report 4.7 Participation in Santa Clara County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority Recommendation(s): Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Authorizing the Continued Participation in the Santa Clara County Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Service Authority Program and Extension of the Service Fee, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Resolution 4.8 Appropriate Additional Funding for Insurance Premiums Recommendation(s): Appropriate $250,000 to the Liability Insurance Fund due to increased costs for higher insurance premiums. (Five votes required) Attachment(s): Council Report 4.9 1127 Castro Street - Accept Public Improvements Recommendation(s): Accept the public improvements for the development at 1127 Castro Street for maintenance throughout their useful lives. Attachment(s): Council Report Page 5 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM 4.10 Metropolitan Transportation Commission Safe and Seamless Mobility Quick-Strike Competitive Grant-Stierlin Road Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project Resolutions Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt a Resolution of Local Support of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Funding Assigned to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and Committing Any Necessary Matching Funds and Stating Assurance to Complete the Project, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). 2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View to Comply with Assembly Bill 2135, Surplus Land Act, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 2 to the Council report). Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Resolution Authorizing Application ATT 2 - Resolution Affirming Surplus Land Act Compliance 5. 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 topic for up to three minutes during this section. If there appears to be a large number of speakers, speaking time may be reduced to no less than 1.5 minutes. State law prohibits the Council from acting on nonagenda items. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS 6.1 Renewal of Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District No. 2 for Fiscal Year 2021-22 Recommendation(s): 1. Hold a public hearing on the annual renewal of the Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District No. 2 for Fiscal Year 2021-22. 2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Preliminarily Approving the Annual Engineer’s Report for the Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District No. 2 for Fiscal Year 2021-22, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Resolution ATT 2 - Downtown Parking Map ATT 3 - Draft Annual Engineer's Report ATT 4 - Public Hearing Notice 6.2 Rowhouse Development at 198 Easy Street Page 6 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving a Planned Unit Development Permit, Special Design Permit, and a Development Review Permit to Construct a Five-Unit Rowhouse Project and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to Remove 10 Heritage Trees on a 0.51-Acre Site on the West Side of Easy Street, Between State Route 85 and Gladys Court (198 Easy Street), to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). 2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving a Tentative Map to Create Five Lots and One Common Lot on a 0.51-Acre Lot at 198 Easy Street, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 2 to the Council report). 3. Find the project categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act Pursuant to Section 15332 (“In-Fill Development Projects”). Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - Resolution for a Planned Unit Development Permit ATT 2 - Resolution for Tentative Map ATT 3 - Public Comment Letter ATT 4 - Project Plans 7. NEW BUSINESS 7.1 Sustainability Action Plan 4 Progress Update Recommendation(s): 1. Receive Progress Update on Sustainability Action Plan 4 for Fiscal Years 2019-20 through 2021-22 (Attachment 1 to the Council report). 2. Allocate $405,000 from a combination of unallocated funds in the Sustainability Capital Improvement Program (Project 20-99) and savings from the Sustainability Action Plan 4 projects proposed for removal or deferral to fund the actions identified in Tables 2 and 3 in the Council report and provide staff with discretion to use the remaining $114,800 in unallocated funds for other expenses associated with any approved actions in Sustainability Action Plan 4. 3. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Supporting a National Carbon Tax and Dividend Policy, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 3 to the Council report). 4. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Supporting 100 Percent Zero-Emission New Vehicle Sales in California by 2030, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 4 to Page 7 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM the Council report). Attachment(s): Council Report ATT 1 - SAP-4 Progress Update on New Actions ATT 2 - SAP-4 Sustainability Fund Spending Plan ATT 3 - Reso - National Carbon Tax and Dividend Policy ATT 4 - Reso - 100% Zero-Emission Vehicle Sales in CA by 2030 8. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Council at this time. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING COUNCIL MEETING 9. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION) 10. CLOSED SESSION 10.1 Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) - Agency Designated Representatives: City of Mountain View Assistant City Manager Audrey Seymour Ramberg, Human Resources Director Sue Rush and Charles Sakai - Sloan Sakai Yeung and Wong LLP; Employee Organizations: Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 521; the EAGLES Association; the Police Officers Association (POA); the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF), Local 1965; Unrepresented Fire Managers; Unrepresented Police Managers; Unrepresented Department Heads and Council Appointees; Unrepresented Confidential Employees; and Unrepresented Hourly Employees 10.2 Conference with Legal Counsel-Formally Initiated Litigation (Government Code Section 54956.9); Name of case: San Francisco Baykeeper v. City of Mountain View, United States District Court, Northern District of California Case No. 5:20-CV-00824-EJD 11. CLOSED SESSION REPORT 12. ADJOURNMENT Page 8 of 9 City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, MAY 11, 2021 - 5:00 PM NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: 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. The agenda and staff reports may be viewed 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 prior to Tuesday City Council meetings. Agenda materials may also be viewed online at mountainview.legistar.com. 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 during normal business hours and at the Council Chambers at City Hall, 2nd Floor, during the meeting. City Council meetings are broadcast live on Comcast Channel 26 and replayed on Thursday at 6:30 p.m., Saturday at 10:00 a.m., and Sunday at 5:00 p.m. In addition, Council meetings are webcast live and archived at mountainview.legistar.com. The Council may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order and thus those interested in an item listed on the agenda are advised to be present throughout the meeting. The reading of the full text of ordinances and resolutions will be waived unless a Councilmember requests otherwise. Per Council Policy A-13, no new items of business will begin after 10:00 p.m. unless an exception is made by vote of the Council. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at (650) 903-6399. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)) ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL: Anyone wishing to address the Council is requested to fill out a blue speaker card and deposit it with the City Clerk to ensure that your name is accurately recorded in the minutes. Pursuant to Council Policy A-13, an individual speaker shall have up to 3 minutes to address the Council. For any agenda item or for Oral Communications on nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Mayor may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker unless there is an objection from Council by majority vote. If requested in advance of the public input portion of the agenda item to the Mayor or City Clerk, a speaker who represents five or more members of the public in attendance who complete cards but elect not to speak may have up to 10 minutes to address the Council, if the Mayor determines that such extension will reduce the total number of speakers who planned to speak. An applicant and/or appellant for a zone change, precise plan or quasi-judicial hearing or appeal to the Council shall have up to 10 minutes to address the Council and, with the consent of the Council, two minutes of rebuttal at the conclusion of all public speakers. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a member of the public who utilizes a translator. Page 9 of 9