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Councilmember John McAllister moved the consent calendar; Councilmember Sofia Ramirez seconded. The assistant city clerk conducted a roll call and the motion passed unanimously.

Public comment on consent items included two visitors who asked the council to consider specific priorities before advancing future park or facility work. Giovanna Sardelli, introduced as the new artistic director of TheaterWorks Silicon Valley, thanked the council for long‑standing support and described the nonprofit’s economic and cultural contribution to downtown Mountain View, saying the company “generates nearly $2,000,000 in economic impact annually to Mountain View” and hopes to work with city staff on the revised performing‑arts arrangement.

Andrea Wald — identified with Community for Natural Place Surfaces — spoke during the consent public comment period to urge the city to avoid artificial turf in the Perchetti Park renovation and to align decisions with Mountain View’s Climate Action goals. Wald asked staff to accept presentations from community groups as the park project advances.

Councilmembers acknowledged the public comments. Several members said they expected the parks and recreation and biodiversity plans to address turf and natural‑surface priorities in the coming months.

Why it matters: The performing‑arts relationship and park surfacing choices affect downtown vitality, nonprofit tenant stability and the city’s stated climate goals. The unanimous consent vote advances staff‑recommended contracts and administrative items; substantive policy changes will return for deliberation when specific proposals are ready.

What's next: The council directed staff to continue working with tenant partners at the Performing Arts Center and noted the parks‑planning process would be the appropriate forum for any turf‑policy updates.

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Staff presented a parcel‑by‑parcel approach that keeps commercial uses allowed where they exist today and applies targeted residential densities to identified opportunity sites. Under staff recommendations: mixed‑use village or neighborhood mixed‑use designations would apply to existing commercial corridors (Evandale/Fairchild, Miramonte/Cuesta and Calderon areas) so new development could include ground‑floor commercial while meeting the housing‑element density targets; the Grant Road site would use the R‑3 multiple‑family zone (up to 35 units/acre); and the transit‑center area would remain a focused, phased joint‑development effort with Caltrain, with a precise‑plan approach allowing up to 75 units/acre if joint development proceeds.

Advanced Planning Manager Eric Anderson told the council the aim is to \"ensure that target densities and commercial components are as identified in the housing element\" and to avoid zoning changes that would render existing businesses nonconforming.

Councilmember Clark moved to approve the staff approach and Mayor Ellen Kamei seconded. Councilmembers Clark, Hicks, Ramirez, Vice Mayor Ramos and Mayor Kamei voted yes; Councilmember McAllister voted no; Councilmember Showalter was absent. The measure passed 5‑1 with one absence.

Council discussion emphasized the need to retain neighborhood commercial vitality during redevelopment. Members asked staff to study incentives and zoning provisions that could help small businesses remain — or return — on sites that are redeveloped, and to return with proposed code language and a corresponding environmental review. Staff said the next step is drafting text amendments, performing the required CEQA review, and returning to the Planning Commission and council later in 2025 ahead of the housing‑element deadline.

Why it matters: The action implements the city’s housing strategy by matching zoning to sites the city identified to satisfy required lower‑income RHNA capacity. By maintaining mixed‑use designations where commercial corridors exist, staff and council intend to preserve opportunities for neighborhood-serving businesses while unlocking housing capacity.

What's next: Staff will draft ordinance and General Plan amendments, perform SEQA/CEQA analysis, and return to the Planning Commission and City Council for formal adoption before the statutory housing‑element submittal deadline.

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The presentations covered last year’s work, including efforts to preserve a $20 million state allocation for the Rengstorf grade‑separation project and pending federal earmarks for local affordable housing. California Public Policy Group (CPPG) and MMO Partners described the state and federal landscapes and the issues they expect to track this year, from housing and transportation to climate‑resilience funding.

\"We tracked 1,860 pieces of legislation for the city,\" Dane Hutchings of CPPG said, noting staff and consultant touchpoints and the coalition that helped protect the state funding. John O’Donnell of MMO Partners outlined the uncertain Washington appropriations calendar and urged alignment with federal priorities when seeking grants.

Council members asked for clarifications and pressed for new language in the platforms on a handful of issues. After discussion staff recorded council straw‑polls on proposed additions and clarifications. Council direction captured during the meeting directed lobbyists to:

- Pursue train‑noise mitigation and quiet‑zone remedies with state and federal agencies (CPU C for light‑rail/State, and federal agencies for Caltrain/heavy rail) and add explicit platform language supporting technical and funding solutions.

- Support requiring jurisdictions to include homelessness‑response measures (permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing or other documented strategies) as part of their next housing element submittals.

- Support legislative fixes to remove a contractor‑licensing barrier that effectively requires artists who paint public murals to hold contractor licenses or carry large construction policies, a change the city’s visual‑arts stakeholders said is already the subject of pending legislation.

- Ask the city’s advocates to seek improvements to the builder’s‑remedy pathway and to distinguish in federal/state advocacy between jurisdictions making good‑faith efforts to meet housing obligations and jurisdictions acting in bad faith.

- Add a state/federal item to address the federal preemption clause that limits certain local reach codes (identified in discussion as the Energy Policy and Conservation Act) and to explore a national League of Cities resolution already in development.

Staff and both consultant firms said they will draft revised platform language and return to council for adoption; MMO Partners said it will also pursue rapid outreach to congressional staff while the appropriations and reconciliation calendars remain fluid.

Why it matters: Councilmembers said they want the platform to be both a statement of values and a practical tool for winning competitive funding or policy relief. With major federal and state budget and policy questions pending, council members said they expect more frequent updates from the city’s lobbyists.

What's next: Staff will incorporate council direction, draft specific platform language and proposed amendments, and return for formal adoption later this month for the state/regional platform and later this spring for the federal platform. MMO Partners and CPPG will continue outreach to the city’s legislative delegation.

","City staff and the city’s state and federal lobbyists briefed the City Council Monday on draft 2025 legislative platforms and recorded council direction to pursue targeted additions including train‑noise mitigation, homelessness requirements in housing elements, a fix to a mural licensing barrier, and builder’s‑remedy improvements.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6332423,"Mountain View proclaims February American Heart Month; Kaiser Permanente representatives urge lifestyle medicine",244,3100000,3344000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2307229-b7cc48f4e6081099b1f5b7fb77b3876a&start=3100&end=3344","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2307229-b7cc48f4e6081099b1f5b7fb77b3876a/thumbnail_3100000.jpg","/articles/6332423/Mountain-View/Santa-Clara-County/California/Mountain-View-proclaims-February-American-Heart-Month-Kaiser-Permanente-representatives-urge-lifestyle-medicine","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6332423-f2096f3b51187ebdd1f93c6617c5bd3b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186830&Signature=dWBresDzYEo4uQxohgyyOnfX1l9nQKyEOuqvZHz3XNI50jf5f0sIS8L40x6dzJDUdvA7OJlvmMZuwCLpMV~-HFQfROX94NJqRYR9Q0ayTivXxA-jU8ZgWJPMSSgRHBOzcUQ53ocg3r940fjTASUC~-IbUa5XWqmj9NSyBzOL9tVV6N0XxPoyFjUmshb0dPUyln~-7FuCFhwlH6P1D9s435ZsS5COVfXFbzGwDIKrx7TewTGiXOUvvmq-wqHNqOecoZwIKnH1ZIzwhJglyL~73pF5hTB~m4C2eliKve7Q-Rl~4mRN7rR1pBlJsPT6-GX0pqSniuuTo7wQFeuu4Y-o0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Mountain View City Council proclaimed February as American Heart Month at its Feb. 11 meeting and invited representatives from Kaiser Permanente Mountain View Medical Offices to accept the proclamation and speak about heart health.

Mayor Ellen Kamei presented the proclamation; Dee Burris (identified in the agenda as associate chief administrative officer) and Dr. Wakako Nomura from Kaiser Permanente Mountain View accepted on the organization’s behalf. Dr. Nomura described Kaiser Permanente’s team‑based approach to chronic‑disease management and emphasized prevention. “Lifestyle medicine is a use of evidence‑based lifestyle therapeutic approach such as whole‑food, plant‑predominant dietary lifestyle, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection,” Nomura said. She said Kaiser’s programs include nutrition counseling, pharmacist and social‑worker coordination, monthly cooking demonstrations and other prevention resources.

Councilmembers thanked the Kaiser representatives and noted the proclamation’s role in raising community awareness about cardiovascular disease risk and prevention.

Why it matters: Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of death; the proclamation signals local recognition of prevention efforts and connects residents to local health‑system resources.

What's next: No council action was required; the proclamation is symbolic and staff will share related public‑health resources through city channels.

","Mayor Ellen Kamei and the City Council issued an American Heart Month proclamation. Kaiser Permanente Mountain View staff accepted the proclamation and described the medical center’s preventive programs and a lifestyle‑medicine approach to reducing cardiovascular risk.",{"_33":112,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":113,"_41":114,"_43":115,"_45":116,"_47":117,"_49":118,"_51":119,"_53":120,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":121,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":122,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6332428,"Residents press Mountain View council on methane phase‑out, pickleball courts and Shoreline overpass repairs",186,3868000,4054000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2307229-b7cc48f4e6081099b1f5b7fb77b3876a&start=3868&end=4054","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2307229-b7cc48f4e6081099b1f5b7fb77b3876a/thumbnail_3868000.jpg","/articles/6332428/Mountain-View/Santa-Clara-County/California/Residents-press-Mountain-View-council-on-methane-phaseout-pickleball-courts-and-Shoreline-overpass-repairs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6332428-ceb6b0757eefe63ab2380c6908af3f48/orig.mp4?Expires=1771186830&Signature=PVDnT1tbM1e-tiIByzWFezkpcWbnp148GovNHR05480DxbHaqBebpCGrlXmtP6PkadOU3YWB~YNeHY-SyiFklnOpKHamxba2POMnnlbD-Bsc~s~KMEVnUQhcVwOdAHfKA~FoxtmeKTjSFWQW2xboPGXSLit5bIWIKItt1oNdvA1td5pHc~Vd~hxJ8VHiKd69o-tA4nJ2M~pJO4gNhYXOXV5KrsSvPgZ1F9g0EaUvvIQ5hT~exgCXPKQ3PSSCHpcr~yR8tOhMoCvuyzE9XtHWuNKvzRRBpUHVrpPWCgYtPpnU~B4uCJisHr9Ek1DVfCd0KdQHFEZgRpN2U3qGTEfBAA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A series of public commenters at Monday’s meeting focused on local climate action, recreational facilities and the long‑running Shoreline Boulevard median at the Highway 101 overpass.

Bruce Carney, a 40‑year Mountain View resident, urged the council to commit to making the city methane‑free by 2045 and to adopt policies that accelerate replacement of natural‑gas appliances with electric alternatives. “Getting rid of methane is an obvious and necessary step on the journey to become a carbon neutral city,” Carney told the council.

Several speakers addressed pickleball demand and facilities. Cliff Chambers, president of the Mountain View Pickleball Club, detailed high demand for existing shared courts and urged an interim solution while council considers a long‑range capital‑improvement plan. Monica Williams, who described herself as a longtime resident and volunteer pickleball organizer, said the courts are heavily used by players of all ages and urged consistent hours and additional facilities.

Albert Jeans asked the council to prioritize restoring the Shoreline Boulevard overpass median — which he described as “blighted” — rather than completing a reversible bus lane that, he said, no longer meets current traffic patterns and demand.

The comments followed an earlier batch of calls for the city to pursue stronger climate commitments after state and federal discussions of climate and energy policy during the study session.

Why it matters: Residents’ comments show a mix of quality‑of‑life and climate concerns; councilmembers said the parks and mobility planning processes would be the forums to further study many of these requests.

What’s next: Staff noted the parks and recreation, mobility and legislative directions already on the agenda and said they would fold public input into upcoming CIP and planning work.

","During oral communications, residents urged the council to pursue a 2045 phase‑out of natural gas, requested interim and permanent pickleball facilities, and called for cleanup and improvements to the Shoreline Boulevard overpass median. Speakers included long‑time residents, a pickleball‑club president and neighborhood advocates.","actionData","errors"]

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