Alison Hicks

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Mountain View City Council · City Council on 2025-11-18 5:15 PM - SPECIAL MEETING · 18 Nov 2025 meeting

I think that's part of the CEQA process.

Let's see if I had anything else.

No, I think that's it.

Thank you, Mayor.

Yes, it would be great if the motion includes amending the resolution to include these findings to deny the concession. podcast-host

don't you podcast-host

Yes, so this is the identical argument that was made in the Tyrella builder's remedy case and I was aware of that argument and I had explained to counsel for the applicant that I was not prepared to recommend that counsel podcast-host

accept the argument because the argument essentially allows for an unlimited time period for the applicant to pull building permits. podcast-host

While I understand that the argument is that the applicant is not going to take an unlimited time period, podcast-host

um the way they are interpreting the law would mean that if you approve the project tonight there is an unlimited time period between tonight and the date in which they need to pull building permits and start construction but at the date that they pull building permits and start construction podcast-host

Then after that date, the two and a half year time period starts to run under the Housing Accountability Act. podcast-host

I respectfully disagree with that interpretation. podcast-host

I do not believe that the Housing Accountability Act, which is designed to facilitate and expedite housing development, is interpreted to mean that there is an unlimited time period to pull building permits. podcast-host

And so while I understand that this particular applicant wouldn't be taking that amount of time, podcast-host

I was thinking big picture, and I was not prepared to recommend to council that you accept that argument. podcast-host

We did not accept it in the Tyrella case, and so it was the identical argument. podcast-host

It was last week, I believe on Wednesday, that we were talking about a middle ground in which we came up with, she presented the possibility of eight years in using a concession, and from that date forward, I, along with my team, were researching this concession issue. podcast-host

but today was the first time we saw a letter on the concession issue. podcast-host

So just for clarity on how that all played out, yes, I was aware of the prior argument, but it was one we had already rejected and had been analyzed in another project. podcast-host

Great, thank you.

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