City Council

Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041

Agenda — 63 items

1. 1 5:00 P.M.-CLOSED SESSION
2. 1 This meeting was conducted with a virtual component. All members of the City Council/Shoreline Regional Park Community and all speakers participated in-person unless otherwise noted.
3. 1. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT (OPEN SESSION) ▶ jump to 1:10
4. 2. CLOSED SESSION ▶ jump to 2:17
5. 2.1 Public Employee Appointment (California Government Code §54957(b)(1)) Title: City Attorney 206245
6. 2.2 Conference with Legal Counsel-Existing Litigation (California Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)); Name of case: San Francisco Baykeeper v. City of Mountain View; City of Sunnyvale; United State District Court, Northern District of California, Case No. 20-CV-00824-EJD 206246
7. 2.3 Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to California Government Code §54956.9(d)(2) (2 potential cases) 206198
8. 2.4 Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of litigation pursuant to California Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) (1 potential case) 206254
9. 8 6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
10. 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 6:53
11. 2. CLOSED SESSION REPORT ▶ jump to 8:32
12. 3. PRESENTATIONS
13. 3.1 National Immigrant Heritage Month Proclamation 205905 ▶ jump to 9:42
14. 3.2 100th Anniversary of the Kiwanis Club of Mountain View Proclamation 206197 ▶ jump to 14:04
15. 3.3 Proclamation Honoring City Attorney Jennifer Logue’s Appointment to the Judiciary 206231 ▶ jump to 21:42
16. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR approved on the Consent Calendar Pass ▶ jump to 54:12
17. 4.1 Approve Minutes 206249
18. 4.2 Amendment to City Code to Govern the Selection of Arguments for City Ballot Measures (Second Reading) 206243
19. 4.3 Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2026-27 205637
20. 4.4 Modifications to Council Policy A-11, Financial and Budgetary Policy 205726
21. 4.5 5-Year Update to the Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage Contingency Plan - Adoption 205757
22. 4.6 Recommended Fiscal Year 2026-27 Capital Improvement Program 205766
23. 4.7 Amendment to Strategic Energy Innovations Agreement for Climate Fellow Services 205892
24. 4.8 Public Safety Building, Project 20-49-Various Actions 205980
25. 4.9 Amendment to the Agreement with Optony Inc. for Technical Support on Solar Energy and Battery Storage Projects 206139
26. 4.10 Resilient Facilities Coalition and Proposition 4 Climate Bond Grants 206145
27. 4.11 Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program Resolution-Various Actions 206157
28. 4.12 Notice of Intention to Vacate Public Street and Easement for Gamel Way 206158
29. 4.13 Mountain View Transit Center Mobility Hub Pilot, Project 23-27-Program Supplement Agreement Resolution 206165
30. 4.14 Council Policy A-13b Community Engagement in Public Meetings 206185 voted Pass ▶ jump to 55:17
31. 4.15 Prohibition on the Use of City Property for Federal Civil Immigration Enforcement Activities 206196
32. 4.16 Modifications to Council Policy D-13, Mountain View Employee HomeBuyer and Relocation Assistance Program 206216
33. 4.17 Appointment to the Youth Advisory Committee for the 2026-27 School Year Term 206217
34. 4.18 Acceptance and Appropriation of up to $498,397.20 California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant 206223
35. 4.19 Shoreline Golf Links Parking Lot Repaving-Various Actions 206002
36. 4.20 South Bay Salt Pond Restoration, Project 18-53-Various Actions 206028
37. 4.21 Shoreline Sea Level Rise Study Update, Project 21-54-Professional Services Amendment 206174
38. 4.22 Special Event Permit, Sound Amplification Permit, and Street Closure for the 11th Annual Oktoberfest 206045
39. 4.23 North Shoreline Boulevard and Crittenden Lane Reconstruction, Project 21-41, and South Bay Salt Pond Restoration (Bay Trail Improvements at Pond A2W), Project 18-53-Construction Acceptance 206055
40. 4.24 Acquisition of Real Property at 909 and 917 San Rafael Avenue, Project 23-47-Various Actions 206094
41. 4.25 Newspaper Advertising Bid Award 206104
42. 4.26 San Antonio Area Sewer Main Improvements, Project 19-45-Construction Contract and Professional Services Agreement Amendments 206142
43. 4.27 2025-26 North Bayshore Trip Cap Monitoring Reports 206176
44. 4.28 California Street (West) Complete Street Improvements, Pilot, Project 21-40-Various Actions 206179
45. 4.29 Professional Services Agreements for Building Plan Checking and Inspection Services 206195
46. 4.30 Increase Appropriations in the Shoreline Golf Links Fund 206207
47. 4.31 Lease Agreement for 485 and 495 Clyde Avenue 206212
48. 4.32 Professional Services Agreement for Land Management Assessment Advisory Services 206240
49. 4.33 Approving Travel and Other Expenses to Attend the 50th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony of the Sister City Relationship per Council Policy A-14 206258
50. 4.34 Cuesta Water Main Incident - Emergency Construction Contract Ratification 206259
51. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS ▶ jump to 55:43
52. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
53. 6.1 Biodiversity and Urban Forest Plan Adoption 205409 adopted as amended Pass ▶ jump to 116:36
54. 7. NEW BUSINESS
55. 7.1 Adoption of Community Ownership Action Plan-Housing Element Program 3.2 205857 approved Pass ▶ jump to 153:39
56. 7.2 Call a Municipal Election for November 3, 2026, and Place a Measure for Transient Occupancy Tax on the Ballot 205716 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 166:33
57. 7.3 Resolution Appointing a Retired Annuitant as Interim City Attorney Under Government Code Section 21221(h) 206247 approved Pass ▶ jump to 170:43
58. 8. PUBLIC HEARINGS
59. 8.1 Residential Development Project at 333 Franklin Street 205930 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 189:15
60. 8.2 Adoption of Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budgets, Fee Modifications, and Funding for Fiscal Year 2026-27 Capital Improvement Projects 205636 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 207:52
61. 9. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS ▶ jump to 208:07
62. 10. ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 247:55
63. 62 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC: There is a 90-day limit for the filing of a challenge in Superior Court to certain City administrative decisions and orders which require a hearing by law, the receipt of evidence and the exercise of discretion. The 90-day limit begins on the date the decision is final (Code of Civil Procedure Section 1094.6). Further, if you challenge an action taken by the City Council in court, you may be limited, by California law, including but not limited to Government Code Section 65009, to raising only those issues you or someone else raised in the public hearing, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council prior to or at the public hearing. The City Council may be requested to reconsider a decision if the request is made prior to the next City Council meeting. 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