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Parks commission submits ranked priorities as city crafts 2025–27 council work plan
Summary
At its March 12 meeting the Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed a list of 16 potential projects proposed for the City Council''s 2025—27 work plan and each commissioner named up to three top priorities for staff to record and forward to council.
The Mountain View Parks and Recreation Commission on March 12 provided advisory input on potential projects for the City Council's fiscal 2025—27 work plan, recommending that staff and council prioritize a short set of projects from a 16-item list. Commissioners gave individual top-three priorities; staff said it will tally those responses and report to council in April.
The commission heard the presentation from Lindsay Wong, senior management analyst for the Community Services Department, who reviewed the council's list of candidate projects and the staff's selection criteria. Wong told commissioners the council is seeking a smaller, more focused work plan of about 10—14 projects because staff capacity is constrained by ongoing operations.
The staff-proposed project list ranged from completing funding agreements and beginning engineering for the Stevens Creek Trail extension to developing strategies for low- and moderate-income homeownership, updating R-3 zoning standards, pursuing a city-charter amendment and a potential revenue measure for 2026, expanding broadband, piloting an autonomous shuttle, and implementing an interim pickleball plan. Wong outlined that some items are continuations of work already underway and that staff will refine scope and fiscal/legal impacts before the council finalizes the work plan in June.
Commissioners repeatedly flagged the Stevens Creek Trail extension as a top priority. Commissioner Michener said completing funding agreements and engineering for the extension should be prioritized so the project can proceed, and Commissioner Filios, Commissioner Summer and others also included the trail in their top three. Several commissioners also named volunteer-support frameworks, design standards for development, and measures to improve housing affordability among their picks.
Members of the public spoke during the agenda item. Several speakers urged the commission to finish existing planning efforts'notably the Parks and Recreation strategic plan'before initiating new projects; others urged prioritizing community needs such as pickleball courts and downtown activation. Mike Rogers, a former tennis-club president, said any interim pickleball solution should not "cannibalize more tennis courts," arguing the city needs a larger scope than simply reallocating existing court space.
Wong told commissioners staff will bring its refined project analysis and the advisory bodies'input to a council study session on April 22, with final adoption of the work plan scheduled for the June 24 council meeting.
Votes at a glance: At the start of the meeting commissioners approved the February minutes. A motion was made and seconded; recorded votes in the transcript list Commissioner Summer, Commissioner Bryant, Commissioner Filios and Vice Chair Michener as voting "yes." The motion carried.
What happens next: Staff will tally the commissioners'rankings and include them in the April council study session memo; council will then select projects for the two-year work plan that begins July 1, 2025.
