City Council approves housing fund transfers, temporary parking closure and enforcement grant on consent calendar
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Summary
Mountain View’s City Council on Oct. 14 approved consent calendar items including transfers between affordable-housing funds for the Lot 12 and Linda Vista projects, a temporary closure of up to six parking spaces, a temporary rent waiver for the Shoreline Boathouse Kitchen expansion, and acceptance of a $75,000 traffic enforcement grant.
Mountain View’s City Council voted on Oct. 14 to approve a package of consent items that move money between local affordable-housing funding sources, authorize a short-term parking closure at a city lot, allow a rent waiver while a Shoreline business rebuilds its kitchen, and accept a state traffic enforcement grant.
The council approved two linked housing resolutions that reallocate previously appropriated local housing funds. The first rescinds a $6,800,000 appropriation from the city’s below market rate in-lieu fee fund and $3,000,200 from the local housing trust fund for the Linda Vista affordable housing project, returning remaining funds to their originating accounts. The second resolution reduces prior appropriations to the Lot 12 affordable housing project and appropriates new funding to Lot 12 including $3,200,000 from the local housing trust fund, $1,862,056 in HOME Investment Partnership Program grant funds, and $781,271 in HOME American Rescue Plan funds.
The council also authorized a temporary closure of up to six parking spaces in Parking Lot 7 for up to 60 days to facilitate work related to a consent item, and approved a temporary rent waiver and special arrangement to allow the Shoreline Boathouse Kitchen tenant to continue operating using on-site food trucks while the restaurant kitchen is rebuilt.
Public works director Jennifer Ng described the rationale for the full rent waiver for Silicon Shores during construction: “We also feel that with the impact of construction on the kitchen facility, it's expected that the number of patrons ... will be diminished. And so, in the aspect of just, total fairness to the tenant who has been a great tenant for the city, we are recommending full waiver.”
The council also accepted and appropriated $75,000 to the police department from the Office of Traffic Safety to fund a selective traffic enforcement program aimed at reducing driving under the influence and related collisions.
Votes at a glance - Resolution rescinding and reallocating funds related to the Linda Vista project: motion by Council member Hicks, second by Council member Showalter; passed (unanimous vote recorded in the meeting). - Resolution adjusting Lot 12 appropriations and re-appropriating funds to Lot 12 (details above): motion by Council member Hicks, second by Council member Showalter; passed (unanimous vote recorded in the meeting). - Temporary closure of up to six parking spaces in Parking Lot 7 for up to 60 days: included in the consent motion; passed (unanimous vote recorded in the meeting). - Temporary rent waiver for Silicon Shores (Shoreline Boathouse Kitchen) during kitchen rebuild: included in the consent motion; passed (unanimous vote recorded in the meeting). - Acceptance and appropriation of $75,000 OTS selective traffic enforcement grant: included in the consent motion; passed (unanimous vote recorded in the meeting).
Why it matters The reallocations change how the city will fund two locally significant affordable-housing efforts and shift the sources used for Lot 12 development. The temporary rent waiver and parking closure are operational decisions intended to keep a Shoreline business viable during construction while public-safety grant funding supports traffic enforcement work aimed at reducing collisions in Mountain View.
Council members thanked staff and partner organizations for negotiating the housing funding realignments. Council member Schwalter singled out coordination between the city and Alta Housing on Lot 12. “This represents important progress on the Lot 12 project, as well as realistic transfer of funds from one project to another to make our current affordable housing program work better,” she said.
The council approved the consent calendar in a single motion; no items were pulled for separate consideration. The staff report and adopted resolutions include the detailed appropriation amounts and conditions attached to each transfer and grant acceptance.
