City Council
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · January 28, 2025
Agenda
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025 - 5:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500
CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041
Mayor Ellen Kamei Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager
Vice Mayor Emily Ann Ramos Jennifer Logue, City Attorney
Councilmember Chris Clark Heather Glaser, City Clerk
Councilmember Alison Hicks
Councilmember John McAlister
Councilmember Lucas Ramirez
Councilmember Pat Showalter
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro 5:00 PM Tuesday, January 28, 2025
St., Mountain View, CA 94041
JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY
(SPECIAL)
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City Council AGENDA AND NOTICE TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2025 - 5:00 PM
5:00 P.M.-STUDY SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
3. STUDY SESSION
3.1 Pathways to Housing - Homeless Response Strategy and Expenditure Plan
Recommendation(s): The purpose of this Study Session memorandum is to provide an overview of the draft
Pathways to Housing-Homeless Response Strategy Implementation and Expenditure
Plan (Attachment 1) and obtain City Council feedback on the vision statement, guiding
principles, and goals and strategies that set forth a roadmap for addressing
homelessness in Mountain View over the next seven to 10 years.
Attachment(s): Study Session
ATT 1 - Pathways to Housing—Homeless Response Strategy
ATT 2 - Homeless Regulatory Context Summary
6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. ROLL CALL
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): Acting as the City Council and Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park
Community, approve the meeting minutes of October 22, 2024.
Attachment(s): 10-22-24 Council and Shoreline Mnutes
4.2 Annual Report of the Investment Review Committee for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and Amendment of City
Council Policy B-2
Recommendation(s): 1. Accept the Annual Report of the Investment Review Committee for Fiscal Year
2023-24 (Attachment 1 to the Council report).
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2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending
Council Policy B-2, Investment Policy, to be read in title only, further reading waived
(Attachment 3 to the Council report).
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Annual Report of the Investment Review Committee for FY 2023-24
ATT 2 - Council Policy B-2, Investment Policy (marked)
ATT 3 - Resolution
ATT 4 - Investment Review Committee Memorandum, December 6, 2024
4.3 Water and Sewer Main Replacement at U.S. 101, Project 20-41-Additional Appropriation and Amend
Construction Contract
Recommendation(s): 1. Acting in its capacity as Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park
Community, appropriate and transfer a total of $1,113,000 from the Shoreline Regional
Park Community Fund to Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement Crossing U.S.
101, Construction, Project 20-41.
2. Transfer and appropriate $371,000 from the Waste Capacity Fund and $371,000
from the Wastewater Capacity Fund to Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement
Crossing U.S. 101, Construction, Project 20-41. (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 and Community
Manager, or their respective designees to amend the construction contract with K. J.
Woods Construction, Inc., for Water and Sanitary Sewer Main Replacement at U.S. 101,
Project 20-41, to add $1,700,000 to the contingency budget for a total contract
amount of $11,518,000. Approximately 16% of the total project costs will be funded
by the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.4 Landfill Gas Collection System Replacement-Back Nine, Design, Project 24-42-Professional Design Services
Agreement
Recommendation(s): 1. Acting in its capacity as Board of Directors of the Shoreline Regional Park Community,
transfer and appropriate $1,276,000 from the Shoreline Regional Park Community
Fund to Landfill Gas Collection System Replacement-Back Nine, Design, Project 24-42.
2. Acting in the joint capacity as the City Council and Board of Directors of the Shoreline
Regional Park Community, authorize the City Manager and Community Manager, or
their respective designees to execute a professional services agreement with SCS
Engineers (Business Entity No. 773324) to provide landfill gas collection engineering
design and golf course design services for Landfill Gas Collection System
Replacement-Back Nine, Design, Project 24-42, in a not-to-exceed amount of
$1,538,000. All of the design engineering cost through construction for the project will
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be funded by the Shoreline Regional Park Community Fund.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.5 City Council Work Plan Process
Recommendation(s): Approve the recommended process for reaffirming the City Council’s Strategic Priorities
and developing the Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Council Goals Work Plan.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Council Strategic Priorities and Fiscal Years 2023-25 Work Plan
ATT 2 - Ad Hoc Council-Goal Setting Committee December 4, 2024 Memo
ATT 3 - Fiscal Years 2023-25 Council Work Plan Status
ATT 4 - Councilmember Potential Project Submittal Template
ATT 5 - Comprehensive List of Other Projects
4.6 Recycled Water System Expansion, Phase 1, Project 23-40-Reservoir Siting Study and Professional Design
Services Contract Amendment
Recommendation(s): 1. Approve Charleston Park as the site for a new recycled water reservoir.
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional design services
agreement with Wood Rodgers, Inc. (Business Entity No. 2000350) to provide final
design services for Recycled Water Reservoir, Project 23-40, increasing compensation
by $1,962,000 for a total not to exceed contract amount of $2,519,000.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Recycled Water Reservoir and Pump Station Renderings
4.7 186 East Middlefield Road and 851 and 853 Sierra Vista Avenue-Public Improvements
Recommendation(s): 1. Accept the public improvements for the development at 186 East Middlefield Road
for maintenance throughout their useful life.
2. Accept a portion of the public improvements for the development at 851 and 853
Sierra Vista Avenue for maintenance throughout their useful life.
Attachment(s): Council Report
4.8 Magical Bridge All-Inclusive Playground, Project 18-36, and Rengstorff Park Maintenance and Tennis
Building Replacement, Project 21-48--Various Actions
Recommendation(s): 1. Transfer and appropriate $540,000 from the Park Land Dedication Fund to Magical
Bridge All-Inclusive Playground, Project 18-36. (Five votes required)
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services
agreement with Tanner Pacific, Inc., a California corporation (Entity No. 3876190), for
Magical Bridge All-Inclusive Playground, Project 18-36, and Rengstorff Park
Maintenance and Tennis Building Replacement, Project 21-48, to increase the
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compensation by $150,000 for additional construction engineering services for a total
not-to-exceed amount of $900,000.
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the construction contract with
Robert A. Bothman, Inc., for Magical Bridge All-Inclusive Playground, Project 18-36, and
Rengstorff Park Maintenance and Tennis Building Replacement, Project 21-48, to
increase compensation by $575,000 for a total not-to-exceed amount of $11,799,382,
including a $1,080,908 construction contingency.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Park Land Dedication Fund Commitment
4.9 Appointment of City Auditor
Recommendation(s): Appoint Derek Rampone to the position of City Auditor pursuant to Sections 701 and
710 of the City Charter. (Five votes required)
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Council Policy A-12
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. PUBLIC HEARING
6.1 198 Easy Street Residential Rowhouse Development
Recommendation(s): 1. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Conditionally
Approving a Planned Unit Development Permit, Special Design Permit, and a
Development Review Permit to Construct a Five-Unit Detached Rowhouse Project and a
Heritage Tree Removal Permit to Remove Eight 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), and Finding that the Project is Exempt from Review under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15332, 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 Conditionally
Approving a Vesting 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).
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Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Project Resolution
ATT 2 - Vesting Tentative Map Resolution
ATT 3 - Project Plans
ATT 4 - City Council Staff Report May 11, 2021
ATT 5 - Zoning Administrator Hearing December 18, 2024
ATT 6 - Public Comment
7. NEW BUSINESS
7.1 Potential Modifications to Allowed Rent Increases in Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance-Housing
Element Program 3.2
Recommendation(s): Direct staff to prepare an amendment to the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance
to modify allowed annual rent increases from the current combination of an
adjustment limited to 100% of the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers
(CPI-U) for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward region, with a 2% floor and 5% ceiling,
to an adjustment limited to 75% of the CPI-U with a 1% floor and 5% ceiling.
Attachment(s): Council Report
ATT 1 - Summary of Comparable Jurisdictions
ATT 2 - Stakeholder Input Received via Email
ATT 3 - Summary of Initial Recommendations to RHC on December 12, 2024
8. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Council at this time.
9. ADJOURNMENT
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