City Council
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · May 14, 2024
Agenda
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2024 - 5:45 PM
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500
CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041
Pat Showalter, Mayor Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager
Lisa Matichak, Vice Mayor Jennifer Logue, City Attorney
Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember Heather Glaser, City Clerk
Alison Hicks, Councilmember
Ellen Kamei, Councilmember
Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember
Emily Ann Ramos, Councilmember
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro 5:45 PM Tuesday, May 14, 2024
St., Mountain View, CA 94041
JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY
(SPECIAL)
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5:45 P.M.-CLOSED SESSION
1. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION)
2. CLOSED SESSION (PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOM)
2.1 Conference with Labor Negotiators (Government Code Section 54957.6) - Agency Designated
Representatives: City of Mountain View Assistant City Manager Arn Andrews, Human Resources Director
Maxine Gullo, Human Resources Manager Lindsey Bishop and Charles Sakai - Sloan Sakai Yeung and
Wong LLP; Employee Associations: 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 Unrepresented Confidential Employees
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.
3.1 Teen Week Proclamation
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3.2 Affordable Housing Month 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 Approve Minutes
Recommendation(s): Approve City Council meeting minutes of April 9, 2024 and April 23, 2024.
Attachment(s): 04-09-24 Council Minutes
04-23-24 Council Minutes
4.2 Senate Bill 1, Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017-Project List
Recommendation(s): Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Adopting a List of
Projects for Funding to Be Allocated During Fiscal Year 2024-25 from Senate Bill 1: the
Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, to be read in title only, further reading
waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
4.3 City Council Policy D-9, Council Appointee Communications and Performance Evaluation Process
Recommendation(s): Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending City
Council Policy D-9, Council Appointee Communications and Performance Evaluation
Process.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
EXHIBIT A - Policy D9 Strikethrough
EXHIBIT B - Policy D9 Clean Version
4.4 City Buildings Workplace Study (City Attorney’s Office Phase), Project 21-50-Various Actions
Recommendation(s): 1. Find that in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act requirements, City
Buildings Workplace Study (City Attorney’s Office Phase), Project 21-50, is categorically
exempt under California Public Resources Code Section 15301, Existing Facilities.
2. Approve plans and specifications for City Buildings Workplace Study (City Attorney’s
Office Phase), Project 21-50, and authorize staff to advertise the projects for bids.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to award a construction contract to the
lowest responsible responsive bidder if the bid is within the total project budget of
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$2,220,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.5 Renewal of Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2024-25
Recommendation(s): Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving the
Annual Engineer’s Report for the Downtown Parking Maintenance and Operation
Assessment District No. 2 and Approving the Levying of Assessments for Fiscal Year
2024-25, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council
report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Resolution
EXHIBIT A - Engineers Report
ATT 2 - Downtown Parking Map
4.6 Mountain View Transportation Management Association-Community Shuttle Agreement
Recommendation(s): 1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an agreement with Mountain
View Transportation Management Association to operate the Mountain View
Community Shuttle, a California nonprofit corporation (Entity No. 3613068), for the
period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $3.5 million
for operations, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the agreement with Mountain
View Transportation Management Association for Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 to
increase the total amount of the agreement to match any future budget or amended
budget adopted by the City Council.
3. Authorize the Public Works Director or designee to approve minor modifications to
Mountain View Community Shuttle operations and nonfinancial amendments to the
agreement with Mountain View Transportation Management Association.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.7 Public Works Department Landfill Operations-On-Call Engineering Services Contract
Recommendation(s): 1. Appropriate $40,000 from the Solid Waste Fund to the Public Works Department
Landfill Operating Index. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services
agreement with Telstar Instruments, Inc., a California Corporation (Entity No. 1099363),
for on-call electrical and mechanical engineering services, to add $40,000 for a total
not-to-exceed amount of $330,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
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4.8 Public Art for Evelyn Park, Project 21-60
Recommendation(s): Approve the revised Looking Up Arts’ monarch butterfly sculpture entitled “Butterfly
Reflect” for Evelyn Park, Project 21-60, for $30,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Council Policy K-5
ATT 2 - Call for Artists
ATT 3 - Butterfly Reflect - Lighting Revision
4.9 Public Art for Villa-Chiquita Park, Project 21-61
Recommendation(s): Approve James Dinh’s public art proposal-powder-coated aluminum images to be
attached to the backrest of the park’s concrete seat walls-for Villa-Chiquita Park, Project
21-61, for $28,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Council Policy K-5
ATT 2 - Villa-Chiquita Park Call for Artist
4.10 El Monte Corridor Improvements, Design and Construction, Project 21-38 - Professional Services
Agreement
Recommendation(s): Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement
with BKF Engineers, a California corporation (Business Entity No. 3696846), to provide
design and construction support services for El Monte Corridor Improvements, Design
and Construction, Project 21-38, in a not-to-exceed amount of $533,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.11 Safe Routes to School Program-Professional Services Agreement
Recommendation(s): Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services agreement
with NN Engineering, Inc., a California corporation (Entity No. 4253715), for the Safe
Routes to School program, to add $225,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of
$447,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.12 Biodiversity Strategy, Project 23-37-Various Actions
Recommendation(s): 1. Transfer and appropriate $300,000 from the Capital Improvement Program Reserve
to Biodiversity Strategy, Project 23-37, increasing the project budget from $700,000 to
$1 million. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an amendment to the
professional services agreement with San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI) for
consultant services for the Biodiversity Strategy to increase maximum compensation by
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$250,000 for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $818,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.13 Community Workforce Agreement
Recommendation(s): Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Community Workforce
Agreement with the Santa Clara and San Benito Counties Building and Construction
Trades Council (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Draft Community Workforce Agreement
ATT 2 - City Projects Included in CWA
ATT 3 - CWA Comment Letters
4.14 Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101, Project 16-61-Various Actions
Recommendation(s): 1. Acting in its capacity as Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park
Community, transfer and appropriate $105,000 from the Shoreline Regional Park
Community Fund to Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101,
Design, Project 16-61.
2. Transfer and appropriate $105,000 from the Wastewater Fund to the Water and
Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S. 101, Design, Project 16-61. (Five votes
required)
3. Acting in the joint capacity as the City Council and Board of Directors of the
Shoreline Regional Park Community, authorize the City Manager or designee to amend
the professional services agreement with AECOM Technical Services, Inc., a California
Corporation (Entity No. 608461), for Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement
Crossing U.S. 101, Design, Project 16-61, to add $290,000 for a total agreement
not-to-exceed amount of $1,511,100.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.15 Public Works Department Capital Outlay Operating Budget-Appropriations
Recommendation(s): Appropriate $120,000 from the Wastewater Fund and $120,000 from the Water Fund
to the Public Works Department Capital Outlay Operating budget for the purchase of
one vacuum excavator and flusher truck. (Five votes required)
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.16 Increase Appropriations in the Fire Department for Reimbursement of Mutual-Aid Support
Recommendation(s): Increase appropriations in the Fire Department in the amount of $130,266.27 received
as Strike Team reimbursements for overtime associated with the Smith River Complex
Fire. (Five votes required)
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Attachment(s): Council Report
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 within the City Council's subject matter jurisdiction 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 Lot 12 Affordable Housing Development - Supplemental City Funding and Project Modifications
Recommendation(s): 1. Appropriate $5 million from the City’s Below-Market-Rate (BMR) housing funds to
the Lot 12 affordable housing project to supplement City funding already allocated to
the project. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the Lot 12 Lease Disposition,
Development, and Loan Agreement with MV Lot 12 Housing Partners, L.P., a California
limited partnership, and execute any related documents to incorporate the
supplemental City funding, modifications to the project’s unit mix related to
affordability levels, incorporating units for the intellectually and developmentally
disabled, and other related administrative changes.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - May 19, 2020 - City Council Selection of Preferred Lot 12 Devleoper
ATT 2 - Lot 12 Request for Proposals
ATT 3 - Map of Proposed Partial Closure of Bryant Street
6.2 Potential Revenue Measure for 2024 General Election Ballot
Recommendation(s): Receive potential revenue measure polling results and recommendations from the Ad
Hoc Revenue Measure Sub-Committee and provide direction to staff to proceed with
drafting a Property Transfer Tax revenue measure for the November 5, 2024 ballot.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Exec. Summary of the Survey Results (Consultant EMC Research)
6.3 AB 481 Military Equipment Annual Report and Policy Adoption
Recommendation(s): 1. Find and determine that Mountain View Police Department’s 2023 AB 481 Annual
Report has complied with Government Code Section 7071(d) (Attachment 1 to the
Council report).
2. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Repealing Chapter 2, Article IV,
Division I, Section 2.69.3 of the Mountain View City Code and Finding That This Action
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Is Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, to be read in title only,
further reading waived, and set a second reading for May 28, 2024 (Attachment 2 to
the Council report).
3. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Adopting a Military Equipment
Use Policy Governing the Funding, Acquisition, and Use of Military Equipment by the
Mountain View Police Department Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 481 and Finding
That This Action Is Not Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, to be read in
title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for May 28, 2024
(Attachment 3 to the Council report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - 2023 MVPD AB 481 Annual Report
ATT 2 - Ordinance Repealing Mountain View City Code Section 2.69.3
ATT 3 - Ordinance Adopting MVPD Policy 709 - Military Equipment
ATT 4 - Use of Military Equipment in Neighboring Jurisdictions
7. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Council at this time.
8. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
9. ADJOURNMENT
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