City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board  
Sycamore Room, 2073 Crisanto Avenue, Mountain  
View, CA 94040  
Thursday, August 28, 2025  
2:00 PM  
SPECIAL MEETING - WORKSHOP  
Spanish or Chinese interpretation via Zoom and translation of meeting materials are available at no cost upon request. Please  
contact the City by 5:00 p.m. at least two business days prior to the day of the scheduled meeting by phone at (650) 903-6608 or by  
email at mep@mountainview.gov.  
Interpretación por medio de Zoom y traducción de los materiales de la reunión estarán disponibles sin costo alguno con solicitud  
previa. Favor de comunicarse con la Ciudad antes de las 5:00 p. m. al menos dos días hábiles antes de la reunión agendada al (650)  
903-6608 o por correo electrónico a mep@mountainview.gov.  
如有需要，可通过 Zoom 获取中文翻译版，会议材料翻译版免费提供。请至少在会议预定日期前两个工作日下午 5:00 前致  
903-6608 或发送电子邮件至 mep@mountainview.gov 联系市政府。  
1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. ROLL CALL  
3. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission on any matter not  
on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law prohibits the Commission from acting on  
non-agenda items.  
4. PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WORKSHOP  
Best Practices for Effective Commission/Staff Working Relationships  
4.1  
Recommendation:  
During this workshop the members of the commission and staff will review and  
discuss best practices for effective commission/commissioner & staff working  
relationships. The discussion will also include the potential identification of strategies  
to strengthen these working relationships and commission/staff performance.  
5. COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Commission at this time.  
6. ADJOURNMENT  
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:  
The agenda and staff reports are available online at mountainview.legistar.com.  
Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Community Services Department at (650) 903-6400 or prc@mountainview.gov.  
The Commission may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order. Consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the  
recommendations indicated herein.  
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Community Services  
Department at (650) 903-6400. Notification of 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure  
accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1))  
ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION:  
Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.  
Anyone wishing to address the Commission on an item not on the agenda may do so during the "Oral Communications" part of the agenda.  
Speakers are allowed to speak once on any number of topics for up to three minutes. For any agenda item or for Oral Communications on  
nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes per speaker  
unless there is an objection from the Commission by majority vote.  
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a member of the public who  
utilizes a translator.