City of Mountain View  
Minutes  
Rental Housing Committee  
Thursday, March 28, 2024  
7:00 PM  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500  
Castro St., Mountain View, CA 94041  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
6 - Member Alex Brown, Alternate Mark Balch, Member Robert Cox, Member Kevin Ma, Vice  
Chair Guadalupe Rosas, and Chair Edie Keating  
Present  
3.  
CONSENT CALENDAR  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION - MS - Brown/ Ma - To approve the Rental Housing Committee meeting minutes. The motion  
carried by the following vote:  
Yes:  
5 - Member Brown, Member Cox, Member Ma, Vice Chair Rosas, and Chair Keating  
Minutes for the February 22, 2024, RHC Meeting  
3.1  
4.  
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC  
No public comments received.  
5.  
APPEAL HEARINGS  
Appeal of Hearing Officer’s Decision Re: Petition No. C22230037  
5.1  
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded to  
questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY APPELLANT-LANDLORD - Shirley Ankenbauer  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY RESPONDENT-TENANT - Eric Walker  
REBUTTAL BY APPELLANT-LANDLORD - Shirley Ankenbauer  
REBUTTAL BY RESPONDENT-TENANT - Eric Walker  
MOTION - MS - Cox/ Brown - To accept the Tentative Appeal Decision in its entirety The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
Yes:  
5 - Member Brown, Member Cox, Member Ma, Vice Chair Rosas, and Chair Keating  
Appeal of Hearing Officer's Decision Re: Petitions Nos. C22230050 and  
C22230051  
5.2  
Nazanin Salehi, Special Counsel, Goldfarb and Lipman, presented an oral report and responded to  
questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY APPELLANT-LANDLORD - Jian Luo and Robert Chen  
PRESENTATION AND ARGUMENTS BY RESPONDENT-TENANT - Lina Sampayo  
REBUTTAL BY APPELLANT-LANDLORD - Robert Chen  
REBUTTAL BY RESPONDENT-TENANT - Lina Sampayo  
MOTION - MS - Ma/ Brown - To accept the Tentative Appeal Decision in its entirety.The motion carried by  
the following vote:  
Yes:  
5 - Member Brown, Member Cox, Member Ma, Vice Chair Rosas, and Chair Keating  
Meeting went into Recess at 10:25 p.m.  
Meeting Reconvened at 10:34 p.m.  
6.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Tenant Relocation Assistance Program Annual Overview  
6.1  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
The RHC received an annual overview on the Tenant Relocation Assistance Program for Fiscal Year  
2022-23 and the Fiscal Year 2023-24 through February 2024 and provided feedback.  
Information on City's Tenant Displacement Response Strategy-  
Acquisition/Preservation, Community Ownership Action Plan, and Other  
Efforts  
6.2  
Housing Department Director presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
The RHC received an update on approach to advance acquisition/preservation efforts, community  
ownership action plan, and other related efforts to address tenant displacement and provided feedback.  
Reclassification of Project Manager to Rent Stabilization Manager  
6.3  
Housing Department Director presented a report and responded to questions.  
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR WITH COMMENTS:  
No public comments received.  
MOTION - MS - Ma/ Brown - To authorize reclassification of the 1.0 Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Project  
Manager Position to 1.0 FTE Rent Stabilization Manager Position.The motion carried by the following vote:  
Yes:  
7.  
5 - Member Brown, Member Cox, Member Ma, Vice Chair Rosas, and Chair Keating  
COMMITTEE/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE REPORTS  
Upcoming Workshops and Housing Help Center Dates  
7.1  
Analyst Kennedy presented a report and responded to questions.  
Expected Future Agenda Items for RHC Meetings  
7.2  
Chair Keating provided an update on future RHC agenda items.  
Committee member Ma asked staff if there would be any regulations on the next RHC agenda. Staff  
responded that a petition valuation schedule and a petition hearing would be presented at the next RHC  
meeting.  
8.  
ADJOURNMENT - At 12:10 a.m., Chair Keating adjourned the meeting to the next RHC meeting  
to be held on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers and Video  
Conference.  
Submitted for approval by Andrea Kennedy  
Approved by the RHC on April 25, 2024