Council Neighborhoods Committee

Crittenden Middle School, Mountain View, CA 94043 Multipurpose Room

Agenda — 14 items

1. 1. Approve Minutes 204578
2. 1 CALL TO ORDER
3. 2. ROLL CALL
4. 2 At 6.38 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2024, Mayor Showalter called the meeting to order.
5. 3. MINUTES APPROVAL
6. 3.1 Approve Minutes 204454
7. 4 Present - Mayor Showalter, Councilmember Ramirez and Councilmember Ramos.
8. 4. PUBLIC FORUM
9. 5. ADJOURNMENT
10. 6 Motion to approve meeting minutes of June 13, 2024. Motion - M/S Ramirez/Ramos – Carried 3-0 – To approve the Council Neighborhood Committee Meeting Minutes of the June 13, 2024 meeting as submitted.
11. 7 AGENDAS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
12. 8 ADDRESSING THE COMMITTEE
13. 8 An open forum on issues and concerns of residents in the Monta Loma Farley Rock Street Area Neighborhood. Members of the public were able to pre-submit questions via Formstack. City staff responded to questions pre-submitted via Formstack during the public forum on this meeting. The following members of the public asked questions on: Anonymous asked about the plan for property that the City purchased in 2022 on Thompson. Leslie J. Peterson from Mountain View suggested to prune the branches at the corner of Telford and Rock. Burforo Furman from Mountain View asked about the status for the Rengstorff undercrossing under the Caltrain tracks. Burforo Furman from Mountain View asked about the status of Castro and Caltrain crossing. Bill Lambert from Mountain View asked about the planning of this quadrant since its expecting significant residential growth. Zoe Zaorski from Mountain View asked if there was a plan to maintain and protect the habitat of the Burrowing Owls. P. Catolico from Mountain View asked about the blind spot on Montecito and Montebello pedestrian walkway. Deborah Mills from Mountain View asked about the crossing at Craig and Thompson. Alan Whitaker from Mountain View asked about the devices placed on City streets that appear to display vehicle speed. Pamela Baird from Mountain View asked about the cars on Middlefield with modified mufflers making excessive noise and driving too fast. Stiv Ostenberg from Mountain View asked about oversized van parking. Pamela Baird from Mountain View asked about historical markers placed in City parks. Stiv Ostenberg from Mountain View asked about plans to add Rock street to Monta Loma. Kaj Rekola from Mountain View asked about traffic lights and pedestrian flashes. Jill Rakestraw from Mountain View asked about Airbnb’s hosted in CSFRA apartments. Jill Rakestraw from Mountain View asked about pre-submitting questions. Anne from Mountain View asked about economic development and zoning and about smoke shops. Jean MacDonald from Mountain View asked if Mountain View become districted for City Council members. Jill Rakestraw from Mountain View asked about revisiting Airbnb rules. Jill Rakestraw from Mountain View asked about the pedestrian signal at Montecito and Jewell. Kaj Rekola from Mountain View asked about a blind intersections on Jewell and Rengstorff. Kaj Rekola from Mountain View asked about the traffic lights on Thompson and Central Expressway. Kaj Rekola from Mountain View asked about traffic lights on Thaddeus and Independence. P. Catolico from Mountain View asked about RV’s and hour restrictions. Anonymous asked about the Shoreline agreement with the schools. Anonymous asked about the trees at Whisman School District. Anonymous asked about the schedule for the fields to play pick up games. Anonymous asked about the moving violations issued between 2018 through 2023. Anonymous asked about the satellite CERT locations tied to Monta Loma. Anonymous asked about the street and pedestrian lighting along Stierlin Road.
14. 10 At 7:47 p.m. on Thursday, September 12, 2024, Councilmember Ramos adjourned the meeting.