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Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board

Regular Meeting

Mountain View, CA · March 12, 2025

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City of Mountain View Minutes - Final Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board Wednesday, March 12, 2025 7:00 PM Plaza Conference Room and Video Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041 This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Commission virtually may join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/85027481875 or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 850 2748 1875. When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself. 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Davis called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL Present 5 - Commissioner Ronit Bryant, Commissioner Steve Filios, Vice Chair Joe Mitchner, Chair Jonathan Davis, and Commissioner Sandy Sommer 3. MINUTES APPROVAL 3.1 Minutes Approval M/S Filios/Mitchner - To approve the January 15, 2025 minutes. Yes: 5 - Commissioner Bryant, Commissioner Filios, Vice Chair Mitchner, Chair Davis, and Commissioner Sommer 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC Speaking from the floor and/or virtually: -Lubab Sheet-Davis regarding Deer Hollow Farm -Daniel Shane regarding the urban forest -Shani Kleinhaus regarding banding burrowing owls 5. NEW BUSINESS City of Mountain View Page 1 Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes - Final March 12, 2025 and Urban Forestry Board 5.1 Advisory Body Input on the Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Council Work Plan Potential Projects Senior Management Analyst Lindsay Wong provided a report and answered the Commission's questions. The Commission provided input, including each Commissioner's top three priority projects. Speaking from the floor and/or virtually: -Jim Zaorski -Slija Paymer -Shani Kleinhaus -Emilie Danna -Mike Rogers -Mary Lokhorst -Rashmi 5.2 Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan-Park Land Level of Service Assistant Community Services Director Kristine Crosby and Founder and CEO of Next Practice Partners, LLC, Neelay Bhatt provided a presentation and answered the Commissions questions. The Commission provided input. Speaking from the floor and/or virtually: -Mike Rodgers -Rashmi -Albert Jeans -Dan Shane -Emilie Danna -Jessica Chohan -Jim Zaorski -Shani Kleinhaus -Silja Paymer -Bill Lambert 6. COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS Recreation Manager Colin James provided an update on the following: -Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center soft and grand openings -Spring/Summer registration -Recreation special events, including Multicultural Festival, Teen Week, and Earth and Arbor Day 7. ADJOURNMENT Chair Davis adjourned the meeting at 10:30 p.m. City of Mountain View Page 2

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City of Mountain View Agenda Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board Wednesday, March 12, 2025 7:00 PM Plaza Conference Room and Video Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041 This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Commission virtually may join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/85027481875 or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 850 2748 1875. When the Chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand” feature in Zoom or dial *9 on your phone. When the Chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press *6 to unmute yourself. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. MINUTES APPROVAL 3.1 Minutes Approval Recommendation: Approve the January 15, 2025 minutes. Attachments: Minutes 4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Commission from acting on non-agenda items. 5. NEW BUSINESS 5.1 Advisory Body Input on the Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Council Work Plan Potential Projects Recommendation: Review the proposed project list for the Fiscal Years 2025-26 and 2026-27 Council Work Plan and provide input on project prioritization. Attachments: Memo ATT 1 - FY 2023-25 Council Work Plan Status ATT 2 - FY 2025-27 Potential Projects List City of Mountain View Page 1 Printed on 3/7/2025 Parks and Recreation Commission and Agenda March 12, 2025 Urban Forestry Board 5.2 Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan-Park Land Level of Service Recommendation: Review and provide comment on the draft Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan’s Park Land Level of Service, specifically how school sites and Shoreline at Mountain View are recommended to be calculated. Attachments: Memo ATT 1 - Draft Recommended Level of Service Standards 6. COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Commission at this time. 7. ADJOURNMENT NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: The agenda and staff reports are available online at mountainview.legistar.com. Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Community Services Department at (650) 903-6400 or prc@mountainview.gov. The Commission may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order. Consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the recommendations indicated herein. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Community Services Department at (650) 903-6400. 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 COMMISSION: Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair. Anyone wishing to address the Commission on an item not on the agenda may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak once on any number of topics for up to three minutes. For any agenda item or for Oral Communications on nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker unless there is an objection from the Commission by majority vote. 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. City of Mountain View Page 2 Printed on 3/7/2025

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