City Council

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

Agenda — 47 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)
4. 2. CLOSED SESSION (PLAZA CONFERENCE ROOM)
5. 2.1 Conference with Legal Counsel-Existing Litigation (California Government Code §54956.9(d)(1)); Name of case: Whisman Action Committee v. City of Mountain View, Forrest Linebarger, Tower Investment LLC; Santa Clara County Superior Court, Case No. 25CV465735. 205308
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 205342
7. 2.3 Conference with Legal Counsel - Initiation of litigation pursuant to California Government Code §54956.9(d)(4) (1 potential case) 205355
8. 7 6:30 P.M.-REGULAR SESSION
9. 1. CALL TO ORDER/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 6:25
10. 2. CLOSED SESSION REPORT ▶ jump to 7:15
11. 3. PRESENTATION
12. 3.1 Immigrant Heritage Month Proclamation 205313 ▶ jump to 7:29
13. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR adopted as amended Pass ▶ jump to 50:23
14. 4.1 Approve Minutes 205350
15. 4.2 Centralized Purchasing System Ordinance (Second Reading) 205170
16. 4.3 Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2025-26 204889
17. 4.4 Grant Road and Sleeper Avenue Intersection Improvements, Design and Construction (Phase II), Project 21-39-Various Actions 205199
18. 4.5 Special Event Permit, Sound Amplification Permit, and Street Closure for 10th Annual Oktoberfest 205216
19. 4.6 Annual Homeless Response Contracts 204894
20. 4.7 Recommended Fiscal Year 2025-26 through Fiscal Year 2029-30 Capital Improvement Program 205180
21. 4.8 Mountain View Sanitary Sewer Management Plan Update 204979
22. 4.9 2024-25 North Bayshore Trip Cap Monitoring Reports 205012
23. 4.10 Newspaper Advertising Bid Award 205082
24. 4.11 San Antonio Area Sewer Main Improvements-Phase II, Project 19-45-Construction Acceptance 205179
25. 4.12 777 West Middlefield Road-Public Improvements 205233
26. 4.13 Shoreline Play Structure Replacement, Project 20-55-Various Actions 205235
27. 4.14 Rengstorff Avenue Complete Streets Study-Professional Services Agreement 205259
28. 4.15 East Whisman Area Transportation-Oriented Development Improvements (Phase II: Ellis Street Improvements), Project 16-48-Professional Services Agreement 205260
29. 4.16 City Hall HVAC GHG Offsets, Phase I (Mountain View Senior Center Electrification), Project 22-34-Various Actions 205262
30. 4.17 Appointment to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Committee 205302
31. 4.18 Authorization for Administrative Actions for Public Works Projects through August 31, 2025 205157
32. 4.19 Shoreline Boulevard Interim Bus Lane and Utility Improvements, Projects 16-58 and 18-43-Various Actions 205227
33. 4.20 Approve a New Education Enhancement Reserve Joint Powers Agreement 205314
34. 4.21 Acceptance and Appropriation of $314,998.25 California Highway Patrol Cannabis Tax Fund Grant 205349
35. 5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS ▶ jump to 50:38
36. 6. PUBLIC HEARINGS
37. 6.1 Adoption of Fiscal Year 2025-26 Budgets, Funding for Fiscal Year 2025-26 Capital Improvement Projects, and Fiscal Years 2025-27 Council Work Plan 204888 approved Pass ▶ jump to 75:24
38. 6.2 Modification of 777 West Middlefield Road Below-Market-Rate Housing Requirements 205263 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 94:56
39. 7. NEW BUSINESS
40. 7.1 Water Supply Reliability Contract Actions 204512 adopted Pass ▶ jump to 113:13
41. 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
42. 8.1 New Council Policy G-9, Gatekeeper Application Policy and Procedures 205143 approved as amended Pass ▶ jump to 248:39
43. 8.2 Reconsideration of Density Increases in R3 Zoning District Update Change Areas 205244 took action Fail ▶ jump to 270:59
44. 9. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS ▶ jump to 278:46
45. 10. ADJOURNMENT ▶ jump to 284:29
46. 45 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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47. 8.2 Reconsideration of Density Increases in R3 Zoning District Update Change Areas 205244 approved Pass ▶ jump to 278:27