City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Thursday, June 13, 2024  
7:00 PM  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500  
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041  
SPECIAL MEETING  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.  
2.  
3.  
ROLL CALL  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
Minutes for the May 23, 2024, Rental Housing Committee (RHC) Meeting  
3.1  
MOTION - MS - Cox/ Ma - To approve the Rental Housing Committee meeting minutes for May 23, 2024. The  
motion carried by the following vote:  
4.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments received.  
5. NEW BUSINESS  
5.1 Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budgets and Annual Fees for the Community  
Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and Mobile Home Rent Stabilization  
Ordinance  
Management Analyst Black presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION - MS - Ma/ Cox - To adopt a Resolution of the Rental Housing Committee of Mountain View  
Approving the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budgets for the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act and the  
Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance and Establishing the Rental Housing Fee and Space Rental Fee  
for Fiscal Year 2024-25.The motion carried by the following vote:  
Contract Renewal with Goldfarb & Lipman LLP for Fiscal Year 2024-25  
5.2  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION - MS - Ma/ Cox - To 1) authorize the Division Manager or designee to execute an agreement with  
Goldfarb & Lipman LLP for legal services related to the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act for Fiscal  
Year 2024-25 and to represent the Rental Housing Committee and the City of Mountain View in litigation  
related to the Community Stabilization and Fair Rent Act for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for a total amount not to  
exceed $200,000.  
2) authorize the Division Manager or designee to execute an agreement with Goldfarb & Lipman LLP for legal  
services related to the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2024-25 and to represent  
the Rental Housing Committee and the City of Mountain View in litigation related to the Mobile Home Rent  
Stabilization Ordinance for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for a total amount not to exceed $65,000.The motion carried  
by the following vote:  
Contract Renewal with Project Sentinel for Fiscal Year 2024-25  
5.3  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION - MS - Cox/ Ma - To 1) authorize the Division Manager or designee to execute an agreement with  
Project Sentinel to provide administrative and hearing process services for the Community Stabilization and  
Fair Rent Act for Fiscal Year 2024-25 for a total amount not to exceed $180,000 as follows:  
a. Administrative support services in an amount not to exceed $10,000;  
b. Deploy and reimburse Facilitators for the Prehearing Settlement Conference Process in an amount not  
to exceed $10,000; and  
c. Deploy and reimburse Hearing Officers for the Petition Hearing Process in an amount not to exceed  
$160,000.  
2) authorize the Division Manager or other designee to execute an agreement with Project Sentinel to provide  
administrative and hearing process services for the Mobile Home Rent Stabilization Ordinance for Fiscal Year  
2024-25 for a total amount not to exceed $18,000 as follows:  
a. Administrative support services in an amount not to exceed $1,000;  
b. Deploy and reimburse Facilitators for the Prehearing Settlement Conference Process in an amount not  
to exceed $2,000; and  
c. Deploy and reimburse Hearing Officers for the Petition Hearing Process in an amount not to exceed  
$15,000.The motion carried by the following vote:  
6.  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing Help Center Dates  
6.1  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings:  
Chair Brown provided an update on future RHC agenda items.  
6.2  
7.  
ADJOURNMENT - At 7:53 p.m., Chair Brown adjourned the meeting to the next RHC meeting to  
be held on Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Video  
Conference.  
Submitted for approval by Andrea Kennedy