City Council on 2025-05-13 5:00 PM - JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR) AND SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY (SPECIAL)

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What is the purpose of the closed‑session announcement and how is public comment handled?

Ellen Kamei 0:00

City Attorney Lowe will make a closed session announcement and then we will welcome public comment on the item listed for closed session. Good evening, Mayor and Council members. Um, there is one item on this evening's closed session agenda. Item two point one is a conference with legal counsel regarding one item of anticipated litigation pursuant to government code section five four nine five six point nine. Thank you. Great, thank you. Would any member of the po public joining us virtually or in person like to provide comment on the closed session item listed on tonight's agenda? If so, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or submit a speaker card to the Assistant City Clerk. I am not seeing any in person speakers or hands raised.

Ellen Kamei 0:49

So we will close the uh public comment and move to closed session.

Ellen Kamei 1:04

Okay, good evening everyone. Welcome to the joint meeting of the Mountain View City Council and the Shoreline Regional Park community of May thirteenth, twenty twenty five. Please stand and join me in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ellen Kamei 1:36

Great, thank you very much. Our assistant city clerk will take attendance by roll call.

Unknown 1:42

Council Member Clark. Council Member Hicks?

Ellen Kamei 1:45

Here.

Unknown 1:46

Council Member McAllister?

Ellen Kamei 1:47

Here. Councilmember Ramirez? He is here somewhere.

Unknown 1:52

Councilmember Show Walter. Vice Mayor Ramos. Mayor, come here.

Ellen Kamei 2:00

Great, thank you. We'll move on to item two, our closed session report. City Attorney Logue, do you have a city or do you have a closed session report? Um no reportable action was taken in closed session this evening. Thank you. Thank you. So we'll move on to item three, our presentations. Please note these are presentations only. The city council will not take any action. Public comment will occur after the presentation items. So if you'd like to speak on either of these items in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the assistant city clerk now, or you can raise your hand in Zoom. So the first item we'll be celebrating is affordable housing month. Um and we will have Spanish translation services um available for this item.

Ellen Kamei 2:44

We'll now hear from our interpreter.

Unknown 2:48

Para las personas que necesitan interpretación en persona, tenemos auriculares disponibles. Hoy ofreceremos interpretación en persona y de manera virtual. Para aquellos que necesiten interpretación mediante Zoom, favor de hacer clic en el botón de interpretación y después elija el idioma de su preferencia. También estamos ofreciendo interpretación durante los comentarios públicos en persona y virtuales. Las personas que necesiten interpretación consecutiva, por favor, hablen en bloques de tres oraciones, luego tomen una pausa para que nosotros podamos interpretar y así se interpreten consecutivamente todas sus ideas.

Ellen Kamei 3:25

Great, thank you. We're happy to be joined this evening by two people for representing two different organizations. First, we have Roger Kinoshita, the senior vice president of Jamboree Housing, and Olga Melo, the co-founder of the Mountain View Community Land Trust, to accept this proclamation. So I'll invite both of them to join me at the electoral.

Ellen Kamei 4:08

Okay. So no te precoupers, they both say the same thing. So Um so uh before I present, I'll just read some highlights of our proclamation. So whereas each year in May, which is designated as Affordable Housing Month, which is organized and led by SV at home, and the regional theme for Santa Clara County for 2025 is strength in housing, recognizing that our well-being is tied to the well-being of our neighbors and the importance of realizing stable neighborhoods. For whole communities, in addition to creating affordable homes for families and households. And whereas affordable housing is a basic human right, and yet each year, thousands of Silicon Valley families and individuals struggle to find an affordable home in one of the most expensive housing markets in the nation.

Ellen Kamei 4:58

And affordable housing is an essential building block for stable families, resilient communities, and an opportunity. For residents to thrive, making our community healthy, more inclusive, and prosperous.