City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Tuesday, January 31, 2023  
7:00 PM  
Video Conference with No Physical Meeting  
Location  
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.  
2. ROLL CALL  
5 -  
Present  
Absent  
Committee Member Susyn Almond, Vice Chair Guadalupe Rosas, Vice Chair Emily  
Ramos, Chair Nicole Haines-Livesay, and Alternate Matthew Grunewald  
1 - Committee Member Julian Pardo de Zela  
3. CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION: M/S - Almond/Ramos - To approve the Consent Calendar.  
5 -  
Yes:  
Committee Member Almond, Vice Chair Rosas, Vice Chair Ramos, Chair  
Haines-Livesay, and Alternate Grunewald  
3.1  
Approve the Minutes for December 19, 2022 and January 9, 2023 RHC  
Meetings  
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments received.  
5. APPEAL HEARINGS - None  
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None  
7. NEW BUSINESS  
Monthly Status Report December 2022  
7.1  
Senior Management Analyst Black presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
The RHC reviewed the Monthly Status Report for December 2022 and provided feedback  
to staff.  
7.2  
Study Session: Rent and the Treatment of Utilities in the CSFRA and Ratio  
Utility Billing Systems  
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Anil Babbar  
Reyna Dominguez  
Ian Rogers  
Jay Chodagam  
Jeff Zell  
Edie Keating  
Alexander Brown  
The RHC provided initial input on and parameters for developing a potential strategy to  
address the use of Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS) in order to increase compliance  
with lawfully imposed rents and rent increases under the CSFRA.  
Election of a Chairperson and/or a Vice Chairperson  
7.3  
Program Manager van Deursen presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
Alexander Brown  
MOTION: M/S - Ramos/Haines-Livesay - To nominate and elect Committee Member  
Almond as Chairperson and Committee Member Rosas as Vice Chairperson for the  
remainder of the current annual term until the end of April 2023.  
5 -  
Yes:  
Committee Member Almond, Vice Chair Rosas, Vice Chair Ramos, Chair  
Haines-Livesay, and Alternate Grunewald  
8. COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE  
Update on Displacement Response Strategy Study  
Program Manager van Deursen presented on Displacement Response Strategy Study  
8.1  
Upcoming Monthly Workshops, Clinics and Office Hours  
Analyst Kennedy presented on the monthly workshops, clinics and office hours.  
8.2  
Chair Haines-Livesay congratulated Vice-Chair Ramos on their appointment to the City Council  
and thanked the RHC, staff, and the Mountain View community for their commitment.  
Vice- Chair Ramos said she would miss Chair Haines-Livesay and thanked the RHC members,  
Staff and the Mountain View community.  
Committee Member Rosas thanked staff, noted that she is sad to see Chair Haines-Livesay  
leave the RHC, and congratulated Vice-Chair Ramos on her appointment to the City Council.  
Committee Member Almond loved working with both Chair Haines-Livesay and, Vice-Chair  
Ramos on the RHC.  
9. ADJOURNMENT - At 9:35 p.m., Chair Haines-Livesay adjourned the meeting to the  
next RHC meeting to be held on Monday, February 27, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. via video  
conference.