Rental Housing Committee
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · March 27, 2023
Minutes
City of Mountain View
Minutes
Rental Housing Committee
Monday, March 27, 2023 7:00 PM Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present 3- Committee Member Susyn Almond, Vice Chair Guadalupe Rosas, and Alternate
Matthew Grunewald
Absent 1- Committee Member Julian Pardo de Zela
Committee Member Grunewald attended the meeting virtually due to a childcare or caregiving
need of a child that required them to participate remotely. There was no one else in the room
during the Committee Members participation in the meeting.
3. PRESENTATION
Chair Almond presented the Recognition of Service certificate to departing RHC Members
Nicole Haines-Livesay, Julian Pardo de Zela, and Emily Ramos.
Vice-Chair Rosas presented the Recognition of Service certificate to departing RHC Chair
Almond.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:
Alexander Brown
Edie Keating
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
MOTION: M/S - Rosas/Grunewald - To approve the Consent Calendar. taking action on
this item.
Yes: 3- Committee Member Almond, Vice Chair Rosas, and Alternate Grunewald
4.1 Approve the Minutes for January 31, 2023 RHC Meetings
The RHC will reconsider the approval of the January 31, 2023 minutes at the April 24,
2023 RHC meetingdue to a lack of in person quorum during the March 27, 2023 meeting
which prevented the Committee from taking action on this item.
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5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Steven Goldstein hopes the new RHC will consider regulations regarding building
compliance and unlawful rent.
6. APPEAL HEARINGS - None
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
8. NEW BUSINESS
8.1 Quarterly Financial Expenditures-Fiscal Year 2022-23 through December
31, 2022
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:
No public comments received.
The RHC reviewed the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act Quarterly Financial
Expenditures Report for Fiscal Year 2022-23, through December 31, 2022, and the
Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance Quarterly Financial Expenditures Report for
Fiscal Year 2022-23 through December 31, 2022 and provided feedback to staff.
9. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
9.1 Workshops, Clinics and Office Hours
Analyst Kennedy presented on the monthly workshops, clinics and office hours.
10. ADJOURNMENT - At 7:37 p.m., Almond adjourned the meeting to the next RHC
meeting to be held on Monday, April 24, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. via video conference.
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Agenda
City of Mountain View
Agenda
Rental Housing Committee
Monday, March 27, 2023 7:00 PM Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro St.,
Mountain View, CA 94041
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the
Committee virtually may join the meeting online at: https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/93773068363
or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar ID: 937 7306 8363. 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
Chair Susyn Almond, Vice-Chair Guadalupe Rosas, Committee Members Julian Pardo de Zela and
Matthew Grunewald (alternate).
3. PRESENTATION
Recognition of Service by departing RHC Members Susyn Almond, Matthew Grunewald, Nicole
Haines-Livesay, Julian Pardo de Zela, and Emily Ramos
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
4.1 Approve the Minutes for January 31, 2023 RHC Meetings
Recommendation: Approve the Rental Housing Committee meeting minutes for January 31, 2023.
Attachments: Minutes RHC Meeting, January 31, 2023
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Committee on any matter not
on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for one three-minute period during this
section. State law prohibits the Committee from acting on non-agenda items.
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6. APPEAL HEARINGS - None
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
8. NEW BUSINESS
8.1 Quarterly Financial Expenditures-Fiscal Year 2022-23 through December
31, 2022
Recommendation: Review the attached Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act Quarterly Financial
Expenditures Report for Fiscal Year 2022-23, through December 31, 2022
(Attachment 1 to this memorandum), and the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization
Ordinance Quarterly Financial Expenditures Report for Fiscal Year 2022-23 through
December 31, 2022 (Attachment 2 to this memorandum).
Attachments: Staff Report
ATT 1 - CSFRA Quarterly Financial Report
ATT 2 - MHRSO Quarterly Financial Report
9. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Committee at this time.
9.1 Workshops, Clinics and Office Hours
10. ADJOURNMENT
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The agenda, reports, and any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Rental Housing Committee regarding any item on this
agenda are posted at https://mountainview.legistar.com under the meeting details for the date of this meeting. The agenda may also be
viewed at City Hall, 500 Castro Street, the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor and at the Mountain View Library, 585 Franklin
Street, beginning Thursday, prior to Monday Rental Housing Committee meetings. Printed copies of the agenda, reports, and any
writings or documents already provided to a majority of the Committee regarding any item on this agenda may be requested at the Rent
Stabilization Program during normal business hours.
The Committee 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. In the event it appears that the entire agenda cannot be completed by the time
of adjournment, the Committee may take up and act upon the more pressing agenda items. All agenda items not considered at the
meeting shall be on the agenda of the next regular, special, or adjourned regular meeting unless the Committee directs otherwise.
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Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Rent
Stabilization Program at (650) 903-6136 or by email at mvrent@mountainview.gov 48 hours prior to the meeting so the City can make
reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)). If you have a hearing or speech disability,
please use the California Relay System at 711, TDD 650-967-0158 or 800-735-2929.
The City of Mountain View does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, age, source of
income, gender, gender expression or identity, or any other State or Federal protected class in any of its policies, procedures or
practices. This nondiscrimination policy covers admission and access to, or treatment or employment in, the City of Mountain View
programs and activities. For inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policy, please contact the City's Section 504 Coordinator at
laurel.james@mountainview.gov or 650-903-6397.
Computer-generated captioning of the Rental Housing Committee meeting is unedited and should neither be relied upon for complete
accuracy nor used as a verbatim transcript.
ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE:
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 Committee on an item not on the agenda may do so during the Oral Communications portion of the
agenda. 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 2 minutes per speaker unless there is an objection from the Committee 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.
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