City Council on 2025-06-10 5:00 PM - JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL (REGULAR), SHORELINE REGIONAL PARK COMMUNITY (SPECIAL), AND CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS FINANCING AUTHORITY (REGULAR)
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Mountain View City Council
6h 1m
9 speakers
8 agenda items
transcribed 2 days ago
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What is discussed during the opening roll call and introductory remarks?
Good evening everyone. Thank you for joining us for our study session. We will now have roll call. The city clerk will take attendance by the roll call.
Councilmember Clark? Here. Councilmember Hicks? Yeah. Council Member McAllister? Councilmember Ramos? Yeah. I mean Ramirez, sorry. Oh
Here.
Vice Mayor Ramos? Here. Mayor Kamei? Here. You have a quorum with Councilmember Shulbert. Oh, absent.
Great, thank you. So we'll move on to item three, our study session. Item three point one is our citywide transportation demand management. T DM ordinance update. The purpose of this study session is to review and provide feedback. On staff's recommended framework for the citywide transportation demand management ordinance, and directs staff to proceed with preparing the draft. T DM ordinance to be brought to the environ uh To be brought to the Environmental Planning Commission and City Council in late 2025, early 2026. Transportation Planner Ben Pacho. And Assistant Public Works Director Alison Boyer will present the item. If you'd like to speak on this item in person, please submit a blue speaker card to the city clerk now.
And we'll start with the staff presentation.
Good evening, Council. My name is Alison Boyer. I am the Assistant Public Works Director and I have Ben Pacho here, Transportation Planner, and we are here to cover the Transportation Demand Management TDM Ordnance Framework. City Council identified developing a citywide TDM ordinance as a strategic priority in fiscal years twenty twenty three to twenty twenty five. The basis for the TDM was first established in the twenty thirty general plan and will be informed by the specific TDM provisions that are required in the city's precise plans and sustainability action plans. The TDM ordinance also seeks to align the existing policies used for the development review, such as the city's MTA Handbook, VMT screening analysis, and S B seven four three three three three three.
That are important for understanding transportation impacts related to CEQA and required trip reductions. Currently, individual TDM requirements have been imposed on projects in absence of a citywide TDM ordinance. This has resulted in a piecemeal approach and varying levels of trip reduction targets, as seen on the bottom left legend. The strategies required of these existing projects have also been non-standardized, which the TDM ordinance seeks to address by improving the TDM planning process and selection measures. Reviewing the project work plan, staff is in the current phase focused on development of the ordinance framework seen here in blue. We previously brought the TDM framework to CTC in quarter one of twenty twenty five, where members had voiced their support for staff's recommendation.
Staff will next begin working on the draft on drafting ordinance enforcement language for council adoption in early twenty twenty six. To set the stage a bit, staff is here tonight to review staff's recommended framework for their citywide TDM ordinance and get direction for staff to proceed with preparing the draft TDM ordinance. In quarter four of twenty twenty three, CTC reviewed and approved the project's vision statement, where the TDM ordinance will seek to reduce single occupancy vehicle trips for new development and increase use of multimodal transportation alternatives that are sustainable, equitable, effective, and respond to changing demands. The project goals shown below were informed by existing condition analysis and stakeholder input.
For example, staff gathered feedback from the downtown business association. The TMA, including several one-on-one interviews with developers, employers, property managers, and community members, all conveying similar themes, such as the need for a more predictable and flexible process to comply with TDM requirements and to expand access to sustainable transportation options. CTC had raised questions about the citywide TDM ordinance applying to all development, including existing and new development. Staff have determined that requiring projects that have already been approved by council would be infeasible based on pre-existing entitlements.
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Agenda
8 items
1
What is discussed during the opening roll call and introductory remarks?
5:37–43:42
2
How is the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance framework presented and explained?
43:42–1:42:10
3
What questions and comments do council members and the public raise about the TDM ordinance?
1:42:10–2:02:38
4
What is the City Council’s Pride Month proclamation and how is it presented?
2:02:38–2:45:28
5
How does the council handle the consent calendar, public comments, and related motions?
2:45:28–3:36:52
6
What are the key points of the FY 2025‑26 budget presentation and staff updates?
3:36:52–4:10:36
7
What are the proposed modifications to the City’s master fee schedule?
4:10:36–4:30:48
8
Why are council members questioning the concealed‑weapon permit fee and fee‑waiver policies?
4:30:48–6:01:28
Speakers
9 identified
Ellen Kamei 37 min
Chris Clark 37 min
Lucas Ramirez 34 min
Alison Hicks 20 min
Pat Showalter 19 min
Kimbra McCarthy 8 min
Emily Ann Ramos 8 min
Liang Chao 4 min
Rafael Mandelman
Officials recognised by voice; public commenters shown as “Speaker N” unless they state their name.
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