City of Mountain View
Minutes - Final
Parks and Recreation Commission and Urban Forestry Board
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
6:00 PM
Maple Room and Video Conference, 201 South
Rengstorff Avenue, Mountain View, CA 94040
This meeting was conducted with a virtual component.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Mitchner called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
2.
ROLL CALL
5 -
Present
Commissioner Ronit Bryant, Commissioner Jonathan Davis, Commissioner IdaRose Sylvester,
Vice Chair Sandy Sommer, and Chair Joe Mitchner
3.
MINUTES APPROVAL
3.1
Minutes Approval
M/S Bryant/Sommer - To approve the April 8, 2026 minutes.
Yes:
5 -
Commissioner Bryant, Commissioner Davis, Commissioner Sylvester, Vice Chair Sommer, and
Chair Mitchner
4.
5.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC - None
NEW BUSINESS
5.1
Public Safety Building, Project 20-49
Senior Project Manager Naveen Govind presented a report and answered the Commission's questions.
Principal Project Manager David Printy and Assistant Public Works Director Ed Arango answered the
Commission's questions.
Speaking virtually:
-Bruce England
-Rashmi
M/S Sommer/Bryant - To forward a recommendation to the City Council to approve the mitigation of forty (40)
Heritage trees at a 2:1 replacement ratio, with the planting of eighty (80) 24” box trees within the project site
and to substitute the four Regal Prince Oaks on Villa Street with appropriate native trees. Explore other
substitutions, with a preference for native trees, to be determined by the City Arborist prior to Council review.
Yes:
No:
4 - Commissioner Bryant, Commissioner Sylvester, Vice Chair Sommer, and Chair Mitchner
1 - Commissioner Davis