TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2023 - 5:15 PM  
CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW  
COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND VIDEO CONFERENCE, 500  
CASTRO ST., MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94041  
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND NOTICE  
Alison Hicks, Mayor  
Pat Showalter, Vice Mayor  
Kimbra McCarthy, City Manager  
Jennifer Logue, City Attorney  
Heather Glaser, City Clerk  
Margaret Abe-Koga, Councilmember  
Ellen Kamei, Councilmember  
Lisa Matichak, Councilmember  
Lucas Ramirez, Councilmember  
Emily Ann Ramos, Councilmember  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro  
St., Mountain View, CA 94041  
5:15 PM  
Tuesday, December 5, 2023  
SPECIAL MEETING  
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the Council virtually may join  
Webinar ID: 843 5126 7142. When the Mayor announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the “raise hand”  
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5:15 P.M.-STUDY SESSION  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. ROLL CALL  
3. STUDY SESSION  
3.1  
The purpose of this Study Session is to obtain Council direction on updates to  
Recommendation(s):  
requirements for legislative Gatekeeper projects, including review procedures,  
streamlined projects, criteria, and community design principles.  
Attachment(s):  
6:30 P.M.-SPECIAL SESSION  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE  
3. ROLL CALL  
4. CONSENT CALENDAR  
These items will be approved by one motion unless any member of the Council or audience wishes to remove  
an item for discussion. The reading of the full text of ordinances and resolutions will be waived unless a  
Councilmember requests otherwise.  
4.1  
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending City  
Recommendation(s):  
Council Policy A-6-Election of Mayor and Vice Mayor to Clarify the Elections Process  
and to Add a Dais Seating Chart, to be read in title only, further reading waived  
(Attachment 1 to the Council report).  
Attachment(s):  
4.2  
Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Amending the  
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Budget to Appropriate One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) from the  
Liability Self Insurance Fund (Fund No. 754) and Two Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars  
($210,000) from the Wastewater Fund (Fund No. 602) for Litigation Expenses, to be  
read in title only, further reading waived (Attachment 1 to the Council report). (Five  
votes required)  
Recommendation(s):  
Attachment(s):  
4.3  
1. Review the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Compliance Report for Development Impact  
Fees (Attachment 1 to the Council report).  
Recommendation(s):  
2. Review the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Annual Compliance Report for Capacity Charges  
(Attachment 2 to the Council report).  
3. Review the Fiscal Year 2022-23 informational reporting for the Park Land Dedication  
Fund (Attachment 3 to the Council report).  
Attachment(s):  
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute Addendum No. 12 to the Basic  
4.4  
Recommendation(s):  
Agreement between the cities of Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Los Altos for the City of  
Palo Alto to construct the Joint Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation Phase 1 Project at the  
Regional Water Quality Control Plant with a cost-share not-to-exceed amount of  
$5,159,619 from the City of Mountain View.  
2. Appropriate $235,500 in the Public Works Department in the Wastewater Fund for  
the Joint Intercepting Sewer Rehabilitation Phase I Project. (Five votes required)  
Attachment(s):  
1. Appropriate $75,000 from the Development Services Fund for the Public Works  
4.5  
Recommendation(s):  
Department for consultant support services. (Five votes required)  
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24  
professional services agreement with Tanner Pacific, Inc., for an additional $315,000 to  
provide construction engineering services in a not-to-exceed contract amount of  
$715,000.  
Attachment(s):  
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services  
4.6  
Recommendation(s):  
agreement with ELS, a California corporation, for Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center  
Replacement, Project 18-38, to add $90,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $2,401,855.  
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the professional services  
agreement with Griffin Structures, Inc., for Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center  
Replacement, Project 18-38, to add $190,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of  
$1,050,000.  
3. Authorize the City Manager or designee to amend the construction contract with  
Bobo Construction, Inc., for Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center Replacement, Project 18-  
38, to add $300,000 for a not-to-exceed amount of $21,788,000.  
Attachment(s):  
4.7  
Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a professional services agreement  
with Moore Iacofano Goltsman, Incorporated, to provide professional services for  
Vision Zero Outreach, Marketing, and Engagement, Project 20-99, in a not-to-exceed  
amount of $255,000.  
Recommendation(s):  
Attachment(s):  
4.8  
1. Accept the public improvements for the development at 2580-2590 California  
Recommendation(s):  
Street and 201 San Antonio Circle for maintenance throughout their useful life.  
2. Accept the public improvements for the development at 1998-2024 Montecito  
Avenue for maintenance throughout their useful life.  
Attachment(s):  
5. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC ON NONAGENDIZED ITEMS  
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Council on any matter not on the  
agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic within the City Council's subject matter jurisdiction for up  
to three minutes during this section. If there appears to be a large number of speakers, speaking time may be  
reduced to no less than 1.5 minutes. State law prohibits the Council from acting on nonagenda items.  
6. PUBLIC HEARING  
6.1  
1. Find the proposed amendments to Chapters 8 (Buildings), 25 (Neighborhood  
Preservation), 28 (Subdivisions), 32 (Trees, Shrubs and Plants), 35 (Water, Sewage and  
Other Municipal Services), and 36 (Zoning) of the Mountain View City Code to be  
exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines  
Section 15061, Subsections (b)(1) through (b)(3), as the amendments are to align with  
State legislation, implement adopted Housing Element programs, relate to ministerial  
activities otherwise categorically exempt under the CEQA Guidelines, and are otherwise  
covered by the common-sense exemption that the amendments will not result in a  
significant effect on the environment.  
Recommendation(s):  
2. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Amending Chapter 36  
(Zoning) of the City Code to Align with Recently Enacted State Law and to Implement  
2023-2031 Housing Element Programs, Including Updates to Accessory Dwelling Unit  
and Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations, the Land Use Tables and Development  
Standards in Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Zones Related to Low-Barrier  
Navigation Centers, Child Day-Care, Employee Housing, and Other Residential Uses, and  
Parking Requirements, and Provisions for Micro-Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations  
and Hydrogen Fueling Stations; to Modify Provisions Related to Entitlement  
Applications, Development Review, Hearing and Extension Processes; to Clarify or  
Streamline Existing Procedures and Practices; to Incorporate Permit Provisions for  
Moving Buildings; and to Make Modifications, Clarifications, and Technical Corrections,  
to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for January 23,  
2024 (Attachment 1 to the Council report).  
3. Introduce an Ordinance of the City of Mountain View Approving Amendments to  
Chapter 8 (Buildings), Chapter 25 (Neighborhood Preservation), Chapter 32 (Trees,  
Shrubs and Plants), and Chapter 35 (Water, Sewage and Other Municipal Services) to  
Replace References to the Development Review Committee with Design Review, Align  
with State Laws on Electric Vehicle Charging Requirements and Micro-Enterprise Home  
Kitchen Operations, and Relocate Certain Accessory Dwelling Unit Provisions from  
Chapter 36 into Chapter 8; and Amendments to Chapter 28 (Subdivisions) to Modify  
Lot Line Adjustment Procedures and Clarify Existing Subdivision Map Extension  
Procedures, to be read in title only, further reading waived, and set a second reading for  
January 23, 2024 (Attachment 2 to the Council report).  
4. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Making  
Findings Required by California Public Utilities Code Section 21676 And Notifying the  
Santa Clara County Airport Land Use Commission (ALUC) of the City's Intention to Find  
the Proposed Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments to Chapter 36 (Zoning) of the City  
Code To Align with Recently Enacted State Law, Implement 2023-2031 Housing Element  
Programs, Modify and Clarify Administrative and Development Review Procedures, and  
Make Other Nonsubstantive Amendments, are Consistent with the Purposes Set Forth  
in California Public Utilities Code Section 21670 and Overrule the ALUC Determination  
that the Proposed Zoning Ordinance Text Amendments are Inconsistent with Certain  
Policies in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan For Moffett Federal Airfield, to be read in  
title only, further reading waived (Attachment 3 to the Council Report). (2/3 vote of the  
Council required)  
Attachment(s):  
7. NEW BUSINESS  
7.1  
1. Approve the revised project scope and site plan.  
Recommendation(s):  
2. Select an architectural conceptual design for the building.  
3. Approve a Public Art budget increase from $400,000 to $1 million.  
Attachment(s):  
8. COUNCIL, STAFF/COMMITTEE REPORTS  
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Council at this time.  
9. CLOSED SESSION REPORT  
10. ADJOURNMENT  
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