City Council
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · January 24, 2023
Agenda
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023 - 5:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500
CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041
Alison Hicks, Mayor Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager
Pat Showalter, Vice Mayor Jennifer Logue, City Attorney
Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember Heather Glaser, City Clerk
Ellen Kamei, Councilmember
Lisa Matichak, Councilmember
Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro 5:00 PM Tuesday, January 24, 2023
St., Mountain View, CA 94041
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Council virtually may join the
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5:00 P.M.-STUDY SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. STUDY SESSION
3.1 Legislative Program Priorities for 2023
Recommendation(s): The purpose of this Study Session is to receive City Council input on the proposed
legislative program priority issues to guide the City’s regional, State, and Federal legislative
advocacy during the 2023 legislative session.
Attachment(s): Study Session Memo
ATT 1 - Draft 2023 Legislative Platform
ATT 2 - Council Policy A-16
6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. ROLL CALL
3. PRESENTATIONS
These are presentations only. The City Council will not take any action.
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3.1 National Gun Violence Survivors Week Proclamation
3.2 Proclamation in Recognition of Police Chief Chris Hsiung on His Retirement
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 Annual Water and Sewer Main Replacements, Projects 19-21 and 19-22-Various Actions
Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Adopting a
Mitigated Negative Declaration for Annual Water Main Replacement, Project 19-21:
Pressure Reducing Valve Installation on North Whisman Road and Evandale Avenue;
Whitney Drive, Whitney Court, and Parker Court Water Main Replacements, in accordance
with the California Environmental Quality Act, to be read in title only, further reading
waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
2. Find that in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act requirements,
under California Code of Regulations Article 19, Section 15302(c), the California
Environmental Quality Act does not apply to the replacement of existing water and sewer
mains, and the replacement of the water and sewer mains in project locations not listed
under Recommendation 1 is categorically exempt.
3. Appropriate and transfer $1,440,000 from Miscellaneous Water Main/Service Line
Replacement, Project 17-21, and $940,000 from Miscellaneous Water Main/Service Line
Replacement, Project 18-21, to Miscellaneous Water Main/Service Line Replacement,
Project 19-21. (Five votes required)
4. Appropriate and transfer $600,000 from Miscellaneous Storm/Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement, Project 17-22, and $1,400,000 from Miscellaneous Storm/Sanitary Sewer
Main Replacement, Project 18-22, to Miscellaneous Storm/Sanitary Sewer Main
Replacement, Project 19-22. (Five votes required)
5. Approve plans and specifications for Annual Water and Sewer Main Replacement,
Projects 19-21 and 19-22, and authorize staff to advertise the project for bids.
6. Authorize the City Manager or designee to award the construction contract to the
lowest responsible bidder if the low bid is within the project budget.
7. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement
with Tanner Pacific, Inc., to provide construction engineering services in a total
not-to-exceed amount of $485,000 for Miscellaneous Water Main/Service Line
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City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023 - 5:00 PM
Replacement, Project 19-21, and Miscellaneous Storm/Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement,
Project 19-22.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
4.2 Contract Amendment for Outside Building Plan Checking and Inspection Services
Recommendation(s): 1. Appropriate $2,495,000 from the Development Services Fund for building plan
checking, inspection, consultant, and professional services. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an amendment to the professional
services agreement with Shums Coda Associates for building plan checking and inspection
services to increase maximum compensation by $2,495,000 for a total contract amount
not to exceed $3,405,000 in Fiscal Year 2022-23.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.3 Fiscal Years 2023-24 and 2024-25 Council Work Plan Development Process
Recommendation(s): Approve the recommended Fiscal Years 2023-24 and 2024-25 Council Work Plan
development process.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - City of Mountain View Strategic Roadmap FY 21-23 Action Plan
ATT 2 - Proposed Council Work Plan Development Process
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. NEW BUSINESS
6.1 Resolution Appointing a Retired Annuitant as Interim Police Chief Under Government Code Section 21221(h)
Recommendation(s): Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Appointing Max Bosel
as an Interim Police Chief Under Government Code Section 21221(h), to be read in title
only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
6.2 Councilmember Vacancy-January 30 Applicant Interviews
Recommendation(s): Provide direction to staff on the number of applicants to be interviewed, questions to be
asked, and length of time for each question or length of time for each applicant to respond
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City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023 - 5:00 PM
during applicant interviews to fill the Councilmember vacancy at the January 30, 2023
Council meeting.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Bryant Redacted Application
ATT 2 - Clark Redacted Application
ATT 3 - Gessert Redacted Application
ATT 4 - Goldstein Redacted Application
ATT 5 - Kasperzak Redacted Application
ATT 6 - McAlister Redacted Application
ATT 7 - Ralston Redacted Application
ATT 8 - Ramos Redacted Application
ATT 9 - Rosen Redacted Application
ATT 10 - Zhang Redacted Application
7. PUBLIC HEARING
7.1 General Plan, Zoning, and Precise Plan Amendments Related to the Housing Element Update
Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Certifying the 2023
-2031 Housing Element Update Environmental Impact Report and Adopting Findings
Related to Environmental Impacts, Mitigation Measures, and Alternatives and Adopting a
Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting
Program in Compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act, 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 Amending the
General Plan Land Use Map from High-Intensity Office to High-Density Residential for the
Properties Located at 57/67 and 87 East Evelyn Avenue South of East Evelyn Avenue,
Between State Route 85 and Pioneer Way, and from General Industrial to High-Density
Residential for the Property Located at 1110 Terra Bella Avenue/1012 Linda Vista Avenue
at the Northwest Corner of Linda Vista Avenue and Terra Bella Avenue; and Amending the
General Plan to Clarify Floor Area Ratio (FAR) Exemptions and Make Other Minor
Modifications, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 2 to the Council
report).
3. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending Sections of Chapter 36
(Zoning) of the City Code to Eliminate Lot Area and Lot Width Minimums in the Residential
High-Density (R4) Zoning District for 100% Affordable Housing Developments that Receive
Authorization Through the City Notice of Funding Availability Process; Allow Residential
Mixed-Use Village Center Development Where the General Plan Land Use Designation
Allows Residential Uses on Sites Within the Commercial Neighborhood (CN) and
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Commercial Services (CS) Zoning Districts; and Establish Definitions, Procedures, and
Standards for Such General Plan Mixed-Use Village Center Development, to be read in title
only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for February 14, 2023 (Attachment
3 to the Council report).
4. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending the Zoning Map from
the General Industrial (MM) Zoning District to the High-Density (R4) Zoning District for the
Properties Located at 57/67 and 87 East Evelyn Avenue South of East Evelyn Avenue,
Between State Route 85 and Pioneer Way; and 1110 Terra Bella Avenue/1012 Linda Vista
Avenue at the Northwest Corner of Linda Vista Avenue and Terra Bella Avenue, to be read
in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for February 14, 2023
(Attachment 4 to the Council report).
5. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the El
Camino Real Precise Plan to Increase the Maximum Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and Height
Allowances for Residential/Mixed-Use Development for Tier 1 Projects in Village Center
Areas Consistent with the General Plan and Make Other Minor Text Amendments, to be
read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 5 to the Council report).
6. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the
Grant-Phyllis Precise Plan to Allow General Plan Mixed-Use Village Center Development as
a Provisional Use and Add Development Standards, to Update the Administration
Provisions, and to Make Other Minor Text Modifications and Clarifications, to be read in
title only, further reading waived (Attachment 6 to the Council report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution for the Final EIR
ATT 2 - Resolution for the General Plan Land Use Map & Text Amendments
ATT 3 - Ordinance for Zoning Text Amendments
ATT 4 - Ordinance for Zoning Map Amendments
ATT 5 - Resolution for El Camino Real Precise Plan Amendments
ATT 6 - Resolution for Grant-Phyllis Precise Plan Amendments
ATT 7 - Notice of Preparation Comments
ATT 8 - Fiscal Impact Analysis Report
ATT 9 - HCD Letter on Second Draft Housing Element Update
10. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Council at this time.
11. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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12. ADJOURNMENT
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:
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