City Council on 2024-12-17 5:00 PM - SPECIAL MEETING
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Mountain View City Council
7h 13m
7 speakers
8 agenda items
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What is discussed at the beginning of the study session?
Good evening, everyone. I'd like to call this study session to order. Welcome to the last city council meeting of 2024 for the Mountain View City Council. We have a lot of work this evening. So we're gonna start with the study session and first we'll have a roll call.
Council
Member Abacoga.
Here. Council
Member Hicks. Here.
Council Member Kamei. Here. Council Member Ramirez. Here. Council Member Ramos. Here. Vice Mayor Matichak.
Here.
Mayor Showalter.
Here.
Ann McCorm.
All right. Okay, so now we are on to item three, the study session. 3.1 is the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance Review. It's part of Housing Element Program 3.2. Spanish translation services are available for this item, and we will now hear from our interpreter.
Well, perhaps I'll just read a little bit more and I'll go back to our interpreter. So the purpose of this study session is to receive city council input on options to increase the efficacy of the tenant relocation assistance ordinance, commonly called the TRAO, in meeting anti-displacement goals as part of program 3.2 in the city's 2023-31 housing element. and we have Housing Director Wayne Chin and Rent Stabilization Manager Anki Van Diersen who are here to present the item. If you would like to speak on this item in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the city clerk now. I understand that the translator is available now, so could you please make the translation announcement in Spanish?
Thank
you so much. Okay, with that, we'll move to the staff presentation.
Good evening, thank you, Mayor and Council, appreciate the time. I do also want to note that Karen Tiedemann, Legal Counsel to the Rental Housing Committee is also available by Zoom should any technical questions arise. And I also want to recognize Andrea Kennedy, Senior Management Analyst with the Rent Stabilization Division for all her hard work in helping to assist with this item. So as you mentioned, this is regarding the review of the TREO, the Tenant Relocation Assistance Ordinance as related to Housing Program 3.2. And here's what the housing element says. There's a couple parts. One is to implement the state SB 330 provisions related to tenant protections as well as the city's TREO program.
and to evaluate the efficacy of TREO in meeting anti-displacement goals, such as being able to see a mountain view. There's a deadline for completing this study, which is December the 31st, so just in a couple of weeks. Quickly, process to date, staff have conducted a review over the last several months and looking at comparable jurisdictions. We've held stakeholder and community meetings in the summer, two for tenants, one in person, one via Zoom, as well as a meeting with landlords and property developers. And then we also held a study session with the Rental Housing Committee as well on November the 14th, since the interaction of the TRAO and the Community Stabilization Fair Rent Act is part of both programs.
Briefly, the history of the TRIO and purpose. The TRIO was established in 2010, and since that time, there have been four amendments undertaken, and those amendments have been related to expanding the eligible tenants who could apply for benefits, as well as increasing the amount of the benefits as a way to increase TRIO efficacy. Here is language from the chapter 36 of the city code that identifies the purpose of the TRIO, which is a mitigation measure. to address those who are impacted from displacement, moderate and very low income tenants. And it covers situations related to the demolition and redevelopment of existing housing units, remodeling or renovating properties as well. And we also implement Senate Bill SB 330.
That bill went into effect in 2020 and it has a sunset date of 2030. SB 330 covers a wide variety of items, but it also has tenant protection provisions and it includes relocation benefits. The situations that are covered by it are specifically related to protected units that are demolished and redeveloped, so under the category of protected units. And in the case of Mountain View, that's primarily the units covered under our apartment rent stabilization ordinance.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is discussed at the beginning of the study session?
3:44–32:04
2
How do council members address the staff recommendations and public questions?
32:04–1:05:10
3
What decisions are made during the consent calendar and related motions?
1:05:10–2:43:28
4
What design concepts and landscape features are being presented for the East Westman project?
2:43:28–3:20:51
5
How do council members question the POPA programming, park size, and traffic impacts?
3:20:51–4:04:34
6
What public comments and council motions are made before the final vote?
4:04:34–5:02:19
7
What staff presented about the affordable housing project and its approvals?
5:02:19–5:45:50
8
How did council members question informal design requirements and financing?
5:45:50–7:13:02
Speakers
7 identified
Alison Hicks 65 min
Pat Showalter 33 min
Lucas Ramirez 29 min
Emily Ann Ramos 12 min
Kimbra McCarthy 4 min
Lisa Gillmor 1 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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