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From YouTube: March 31, 2022 - Mountain View 2022 City Annual Update
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Informative discussion with Mayor Lucas Ramirez and City Manager Kimbra McCarthy to learn about the projects happening in our city.
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Welcome
to
mountain
view's
city
annual
update,
we
at
el
camino
health
are
proud
to
continue
as
a
long-term
sponsor
of
this
event
as
our
community
heals
from
the
pandemic,
I
want
to
underscore
the
importance
of
returning
to
health
and
taking
care
of
routine
medical
needs.
Delaying
routine
care
can
cause
minor
ailments
to
become
serious.
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Hi,
my
name
is
katie
ferrick
and
I'm
from
linkedin
we're
really
proud
to
support
this
year's
mountain
view,
city
annual
update-
and
we
welcome
you
all
here-
we're
also
proud
of
mountain
view,
chamber
members,
and
we
encourage
all
of
you
to
get
more
involved
in
this
fantastic
community.
We
call
help.
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G
H
He
is
belly
calling
for
a
tropical
jungle
in
search
of
a
rare,
butterfly
and
she's
hot,
on
its
trail,
unfortunately,
for
evie
she's,
not
actually
in
the
tropics
she's
in
her
backyard,
and
that
jungle
is
actually
a
thick
patch
of
poison
oak.
Fortunately,
with
over
65
locations,
stanford
pediatricians
and
specialists
are
nearby,
which
means
our
intrepid
young
scientists
won't
have
to
venture
far
to
get
her
poison
intended
to
stanford
children's,
have
access
to
excellence.
E
A
Amazing
to
see
this
room
filled
with
people,
but
also
so
refreshing
not
to
have
to
go
like
this,
and
today's
event
is,
is
more
than
a
city
update.
It's
really
a
city
gathering.
Someone
said
to
me
it's
kind
of
like
a
high
school
reunion
kind
of
thing
I
said.
Well,
I
hope
I
look
better
than
I
did
in
high
school,
but
it
really
is
feeling
that
way
of
just
being
able
to
say,
hi
and
and
greet
people
who
we
really
haven't
seen
in
person
for
so
long.
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A
Last
year
we
held
the
update
virtually
with
the
theme
of
hope
in
view,
while
this
has
been
yet
another
crazy
year.
Thanks
to
all
of
you,
our
businesses,
our
non-profits,
our
schools,
our
services,
our
residents
and
our
city
leadership.
Mountain
view
has
made
significant
strides
to
turn
hope
into
reality.
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I
All
right,
thank
you,
peter
and
my
sincere
thanks
to
the
mountain
view,
chamber
of
commerce
for
co-hosting
this
event.
The
city
is
grateful
for
your
partnership.
I
have
no
slides.
Unfortunately,
before
I
begin,
I
would
like
to
recognize
my
colleagues
on
the
city
council,
who
can
introduce
their
leadership
over
the
past
two
years
has
been
essential
in
guiding
our
community
to
recovery
and
prosperity.
B
I
That
they're
here
for
to
advocate
for
us
and
most
importantly,
I
want
to
express
my
immense
gratitude
to
the
city
to
our
city
staff.
During
these
challenging
times,
they
have
remained
committed
to
providing
excellent
service
to
residents,
businesses
and
visitors
alike.
Community
department
heads
are
in
attendance
now
and
I
hope
you
have
the
opportunity
to
speak
with
them.
Our
community
is
successful
because
of
your
exceptional
work
and,
finally
to
those
who
are
watching
the
live
stream.
Thank
you
for
joining
us
this
morning.
I
You've
already
spoiled
the
punchline
leader,
but
I'm
going
to
tell
the
joke.
Anyway,
in
the
year
1992
a
contentious
presidential
election
divided
our
nation.
Unusually
for
the
modern
era,
there
were
three
serious
contenders:
george
h.w
bush,
the
incumbent
bill
clinton,
governor
of
the
state
of
arkansas
and
eccentric
billionaire
ross
perot.
I
For
the
first
time
in
history,
three
candidates
candidates
shared
the
stage
in
a
televised
presidential
debate
and
for
the
first
time
in
history,
three
candidates
shared
the
stage
in
a
televised
vice
presidential
debate
when
it
came
to
be
his
turn.
Vice
admiral
james,
stockdale,
pero's
running
mate
introduced
himself,
and
here
now
in
your
good
company.
I
echo
his
immortal
words,
who
am
I:
why
am
I
here.
I
I
appreciate
that,
like
my
brother
left,
when
I
read
it
too,
I
shared
a
story
to
convey
how
honored
I
am
to
serve
as
your
mayor
this
year
and
to
introduce
the
city
annual
update
and
also
how
surreal
it
feels
to
serve
as
your
mayor
and
introduce
the
city
annual
update
for
this
morning.
I
want
to
recount
some
of
the
great
successes
of
the
city
during
a
dark
time.
I
I
I
In
addition,
the
city
distributed
over
ninety
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
in
zero
interest
microloans
to
more
than
one
hundred
small
businesses.
These
micro
loans
were
provided
through
the
small
business
resiliency
program,
which
included
city
funding
of
400
000,
a
400
000
match
from
google
and
a
100
000
match
from
linkedin.
My
sincere
thanks
to
google
and
linkedin
for
helping
our
mom
and
pop
businesses
persevere.
As
we
know
it
has
not
been
easy
for
them.
I
A
significant
amount
of
money
was
also
invested
in
our
community
to
help
keep
our
most
vulnerable,
neighbors
housed
and
safe
with
arca
funding.
The
city
has
been
able
to
provide
250
000
in
safe
parking
and
homelessness
services.
Mountain
view
has
the
largest
safe
parking
program
in
santa
clara
county
with
three
safe
parking
lots.
These
lots
operate
24
hours
a
day,
seven
days
a
week
and
have
capacity
for
101
vehicles
to
park
and
assist
unstably
housed.
I
Presidents,
and
I
could
also
attest
to
the
city
of
san
jose,
employing
that
other
cities
are
taking
notice
and
in
fact
several
members
of
the
san
jose
city
council
have
toured
those
those
slots
they
serve
as
a
model
for
the
county.
The
city
also
established
one
of
the
largest
rent-related
programs
in
the
bay
area.
We
allocated
one
million
dollars
in
harper
funds
to
the
city's
rent
relief
program
and
will
be
provided
nearly
300,
sorry,
4
million
to
help
mountain
view
renters
in
need
during
the
pandemic,
and
also
to
help
rental
property
owners
stay
in
business.
I
I
Assistance
programs,
the
city
allocated
one
million
dollars
in
the
federal
arm
of
funds
to
csa
to
provide
immediate
financial
assistance
to
extremely
low-income
families.
In
mountain
view,
these
are
flexible,
one-time
funds
that
families
can
use
to
pay
medical
costs,
credit
card
debt
and
other
essential
expenses.
I
Finally,
we
have
reserved
one
million
dollars
to
launch
a
guaranteed
basic
income
pilot
program
called
elevate
mountain
view
later
this
year.
This
pilot
program
will
aid
extremely
low-income
mountain
view,
families
and
caregivers,
with
at
least
one
child
you'll
hear
more
about
elevatemb
from
our
city
manager,
kimber,
mccarthy,
momentarily.
I
We
also
set
aside
750
000
to
help
residents
and
small
businesses
affected
by
covet
pay
past
due
utility
bills.
Now,
in
anticipation
of
the
second
tranche
of
armathons,
we're
seeking
community
input
on
how
best
to
use
some
of
this
funding
to
support
small
businesses,
invest
in
workforce
development,
alleviate
poverty
and
maximize
opportunities
for
upward
economic
mobility.
I
I
I
F
C
Mayor
ramirez,
I
I
feel
like
I
don't
deserve
that
standing
ovation
myself,
because
everything
that
we've
all
gone
through
these
past
two
years
and
and
the
extraordinary
advancements
that
we've
made
are
really
due
to
the
city
executive
team.
The
department
heads
many
that
are
here
today
and
the
city
staff
their
teams.
C
It
is
unbelievable
the
amount
of
work
and
love
and
compassion
that
our
team
has
put
into
serving
the
community
these
past
two
years,
and
some
of
that
will
be
able
to
highlight
today,
but
I
have
to
start
off
by
saying
that
it
is
totally
surreal
to
actually
be
here
in
person
for
the
first
time
I
think
I've
said
probably
50
times
this
morning.
It's
great
to
see
you
in
person.
I
C
To
actually
meet
all
of
you
in
person
and
talk
to
you,
so
you
may
recall,
I
started
in
march
of
2020,
so
I
was
I
was
blessed
with
kind
of
knowing
what
I
was
coming
into
in
february.
In
the
last
couple
weeks
of
february
2020,
I
was
starting
to
read
up
on
crisis
management
and
those
books,
and
I
told
someone
after
like
the
second
or
third
week.
I
burned
those
books
because
there's
nothing
in
those
books
that
could
have
prepared
us
for
what
we
had
to
go
through
with
coven.
C
So
it
is
my
honor
to
be
here
with
you
after
a
long
two
years
to
stand
here
in
front
of
you,
talk
about
the
accomplishments
in
the
city
and
talk
about
what
we
see
going
forward.
So
I
want
to
first
start
with
thanking
the
council
members
and
also
thanking
the
executive
team.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
none
of
this
stuff
that
we're
talking
about
would
be
possible
without
the
council's
leadership
and
also
without
the
hard
work
and
dedication
and
creativity
of
the
department
head
team.
A
couple
folks
were
mentioned.
C
And
then,
lastly,
before
I
go
on,
I
want
to
give
a
special
thank
you
to
lincoln
wright
our
chief
communications
officer.
If
you've
noticed
all
of
the
wonderful
communication
and
a
lot
of
the
changes
that
we've
made
over
the
last
couple
years.
It's
due
to
linka,
who
I
would
say
we
poached
from
another
city
in.
I
C
Okay,
we're
going
to
start
off
by
talking
a
little
bit
about
covid
recovery,
so
the
mayor
mentioned
all
of
the
things
that
we
had
worked
on
over
the
past
couple
years
and
right
now
we're
entering
a
different
stage
of
the
pandemic.
I
think
you
all
know
that
the
governor
has
now
declared
that
the
pandemic's
over
and
we're
now
in
an
endemic,
and
I
never
thought
that
I
would
get
a
table
gift
of
a
rapid
antigen.
C
But
a
lot
of
that
is
related
to
things
that
you
all,
don't
necessarily
see.
It's
operational,
how
we
do
things
internally,
and
so
I
think
what
the
pandemic
has
given
us
in
local
government
is
an
opportunity
to
look
at
how
we
did
things
in
the
past
and
how
we
can
do
things
in
the
future.
This
is
it's
like
an
onion
peeling
back
the
layers
and
thinking
how
we
can
be
effective,
how
we
can
best
serve
our
customers,
how
we
can
best
work
with
all
of
you
and
also
what's
going
to
help
our
own
staff.
C
A
lot
of
the
most
hard
hit
residents
in
mountain
view,
do
not
speak
english,
so
we've
been
very
thoughtful
in
making
sure
that
we
have
enhanced
communication
and
we're
trying
to
meet
people
where
they're
at
also.
I
did
want
to
note
that,
like
so
many
of
you
in
the
public
sector,
we
are
also
going
through
a
complete
resurgence.
The
great
resignation
has
affected
the
city
as
well.
C
We
have
experienced
more
retirements
this
past
year
than
ever
before,
and
like
many
of
you,
our
employees
are
also
thinking
about
what
they
want
to
be
when
they
grow
up
and
where
they
want
to
go,
and
so
this
is
also
for
us,
a
a
real
thinking
about
how
we
recruit
and
retain
our
wonderful
employees.
So
I
think
that
much
of
what's
happening
in
the
private
sector
is
also
affecting
us
in
mountain
view,
but
the
good
part
is
that
we
still
remain.
I
think
the
employer
of
choice
in
our
area.
C
So
you
all
know
that
we
changed
our
community
center
into
a
mass
vaccination
site
and
also
we
have
testing
at
the
community
center
and
when
this
was
first
brought
to
us
as
an
idea
from
the
county.
It
was
in
january
of
2021
and
I
think
either
I
or
community
services
director
got
a
phone
call
asking.
Do
you
think
that
we
can
get
a
testing
and
vaccination
site
in
north
county
somewhere,
and
it
was
literally,
I
think,
like
a
24-hour
whirlwind
conversation
of?
Can
we
do
this?
Talk
to
the
council.
B
I
C
Also
done
over
the
martin
luther
king
junior
holiday,
so
staff
came
in
over
the
holidays.
This
involved
staff
from
so
many
departments.
It
wasn't
just
community
services,
it
was
fire,
it
was
police,
it
was
building,
it
was
finance,
it
was
our
city
attorney's
office
working
on
contracts,
facilities
had
to
change
the
configuration
of
the
community
center
to
get
the
actual
vaccines
there.
So
it
was
an
extraordinary
amount
of
work
that
has
resulted
in
over
132
000
vaccinations
given
to
people.
C
C
One
other
thing
that
I'd
like
to
highlight
is
the
extraordinary
efforts
of
our
fire
department,
so
they
had
the
idea
to
give
mobile
vaccinations
to
our
homebound
or
senior
residents
who
are
able
to
go
to
that
vaccination
site
at
our
community
center.
So
you
can
see
here
by
the
pictures
that
we
had
several
firefighters
that
would
go
to
people's
homes
and
vaccinate
and
boost
them
if
it
was
needed.
C
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
also
created
the
small
business
grant
program
during
this
time.
We
issued
over
97
small
business
grants
totaling
almost
five
hundred
thousand
dollars,
and
this
is
in
addition
to
the
million
dollars
that
the
mayor
mentioned
for
our
zero
interest
micro
loan
program
again
made
possible
with
help
from
google
and
linkedin.
C
C
So
one
of
the
things
that
has
been
cooking
in
the
california
legislature
just
this
week
is
an
extension
of
that
moratorium
by
three
months,
and
this
is
because
the
state
rent
relief
funds
have
not
yet
all
been
dispersed,
so
we
do
still
have
residents
and
even
small
landlords
in
mountain
view
that
have
not
yet
received
those
state
rent
relief
funds.
So
we
have.
This
eviction,
help
center
staffed
by
city
staff,
who
are
available
to
help
people
apply
for
those
relief
funds.
C
C
All
of
the
key
projects
and
initiatives
fall
under
these
seven
categories.
We
have
about
50
and
these
are
special
projects
and
initiatives,
in
addition
to
other
strategic
action
plans
and
daily
work
that
we
do.
On
behalf
of
the
community,
so
one
of
the
other
things
that
you
may
have
noticed
that's
come
out
of
this
process
is
launching
a
new
look,
so
one
of
the
things
that
we
knew
that
we
wanted
to
do
especially
going
through
covid,
was
to
really
think
about
what
best
represents
mountain
view.
C
The
logo
that
we
had
was
designed
in
the
90s
by
a
city
staff
member
and
it
was
never
designed
to
work
with
mobile
applications.
So
what
we
wanted
to
do
was
represent
how
mountain
view
is
now
its
vibrancy.
Its
color
represent
the
oak
tree,
the
shoreline,
the
path,
the
mountains
and
the
sun,
which
does
pay
homage
to
our
prior
logo,
but
really
gives
it
more
of
that
that
vibrancy,
and
that
feel
so.
C
You
will
see
this
starting
to
be
rolled
out
on
all
of
city
services
and
also
we
are
redesigning
our
website,
which
I
know,
we've
received
feedback
about
the
website
and
thank
you
linka.
She
has
the
honor
of
trying
to
unravel
the
website
over
the
next
year
year
and
a
half
so
next
year
in
2023,
we
will
have
an
overhauled
website
that
really
reflects
our
our
new
image
and
also
wanting
to
be
more
accessible,
easily
easy
to
find
more
interactive
for
all
of
our
community
members.
C
So
now
pivoting
to
economic
vitality.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
we
have
devoted
a
lot
of
resources
and
funding
towards
making
sure
that
our
community
remains
vibrant
and
part
of
that
is
ensuring
that
the
economic
vitality
of
our
community
is
important.
So
talking
a
little
bit
about
budget
and
finances
right
now.
We
all
know
that
we
are
in
a
time
period
now,
where
we
have
inflation,
there's
still
a
lot
of
uncertainty
over
what's
happening
with
the
war
in
ukraine.
C
We
all
know
that
gas
prices
are
rising,
but
even
that,
even
though
that
is
happening
on
a
national
level
and
even
somewhat
here
locally,
our
economy
locally
is
very
strong
and
our
budget
is
stable.
I
will
be
able
to
recommend
a
fiscally
sound
budget
that
is
structurally
balanced
to
council
this
june,
and
we
anticipate
that
the
next
several
years
beyond
that
will
also
be
very
positive
for
the
city,
and
this
is
really
because
we
have
a
very
diverse
revenue
base.
In
mountain
view.
C
We
are
different
than
a
lot
of
cities
and
that
we
don't
necessarily
solely
rely
on
sales
and
property
tax,
primarily
as
our
revenue
drivers.
We
also
have
lens
rents
and
leases,
and
so
the
city
is
essentially
a
landlord,
and
these
decisions
were
made
many
many
decades
ago
by
wise
council
members
and
city
managers
back
in
the
day,
but
has
really
put
us
in
the
position
that
we
are
right
now.
C
So
I'm
very
happy
to
report
that
so,
like
all
of
you,
I
mentioned
that
the
great
recession
is
also
impacting
our
budget,
in
the
sense
that
we
have
less
staff
more
vacancies.
So
one
of
the
things
that
I'll
also
be
recommending
as
part
of
the
budget
is
increase
staff
to
help
with
a
lot
of
these
priority
projects
that
we'll
be
talking
about
today
and
also
just
helping
us
get
through
these
expansive
programs
and
priorities
that
we're
working
on.
C
C
We
just
finished
the
request
for
proposal
to
hire
a
consultant
to
really
help
us
think
through
what
such
strategy
might
look
like,
and
this
is
going
to
include
a
lot
of
outreach
to
many
of
you
to
the
business
community,
to
our
residents
and
to
our
partners
as
to
what
is
going
to
help
with
the
vibrancy
of
not
only
downtown,
but
also
just
the
economic
aspect
of
mountain
view
in
general.
So
we
look
forward
to
launching
that
very
soon.
Probably
late
spring
is
what
we're
thinking
for
the
retail
engagement.
C
We
also
just
recently
had
a
virtual
broker
meeting
to
highlight
some
of
the
vacant
retail
properties
throughout
mountain
view.
This
was
the
first
broker
meeting
that
we
have
had
in
over
a
decade,
so
we
are
committed
to
helping
our
small
businesses
and
really
trying
to
see
how
we
can
expand
downtown
and
other
areas
of
the
city
and
make
sure
that
people
are
attracted
to
come
to
mountain
view
and
also.
C
C
So
we're
really
making
sure
that
we're
pressure
washing
the
street
cleaning,
the
sidewalks,
repairing
signs,
trimming,
trees,
fixing
lights
just
to
make
sure
that
this
is
a
wonderful
area,
because
we
do
intend
on
keeping
it
closed
through
january,
23,
to
then
be
followed
by
eventually
creating
this
castro
street
into
a
pedestrian
mall.
So.
C
So
in
june
of
2020,
as
I
mentioned,
we
did
close
the
100
to
400
blocks
of
castro
street
and
it's
been
very
popular
with
our
residents
with
visitors
and
with
the
businesses
and
so
last
fall.
We
also
heard
the
results
council
heard
the
results
of
a
pedestrian
mall
feasibility
study.
This
was
actually
started
before
covid,
but
I
think
covid
has
really
amplified
the
need
to
do
something
different
and
the
desire
on
the
part
of
our
community
and
businesses
to
do
something
different.
C
So
the
results
of
that
feasibility
study
were
to
close
the
100
block
near
the
transit
center,
but
now
also
we're
going
to
expand
it
into
the
200
and
300
blocks
of
castro.
So
when
all
of
us
go
on
castro
street
and
10
or
15
years
from
now,
it's
going
to
look
very
different
than
it
does
today
and
I'm
very
excited
that
our
council
and
staff
are
paving
the.
F
C
Right
now
for
that
to
happen,
so
I
think
that's
such
an
exciting
aspect
right
now
that
that
we're
working
on
and
just
to
let
everyone
know
the
timing
of
that.
We
are
expecting
in
june
to
bring
the
resolution
of
intent
to
council.
So
this
is
our
intention
to
make
it
a
pedestrian
mall
and
then
we'll
have
our
first
study
session
on
this
in
the
fall.
C
Also,
the
downtown
parking
strategy
was
adopted
last
november,
and
this
is
a
very
comprehensive
strategy
that
addresses
our
current
and
future
parking
demands.
There
are
82
pay,
82
implementation
items
across
18
different
strategies
as
part
of
this,
so
because
there
are
so
many
strategies.
This
is
intended
to
be
a
10-year
kind
of
long-term
document,
but
it
will
address
downtown
parking.
C
You
also
all
may
know
that
we
are
really
focused
on
public
safety
downtown
and
making
sure
that
when
people
shop
and
dine
they're
safe
and
one
of
the
things
that
our
police
department
did
in
conjunction
with
some
of
the
other
departments,
is
to
launch
an
ambassador
program
which
some
of
you
may
have
volunteered
for
I
know
councilmember
has,
and
the
ambassador
program
is
so
that
people
can
actually
be
warned
if
they
leave
things
in
their
vehicles.
Don't
forget
to
take
your
purse
with
you.
Don't
don't
leave
your
laptop
in
the
car.
C
It's
actually
prevented
a
lot
of
break-ins.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
public
works
department
for
installing
more
lighting.
There
they've
done
a
lot
of
work
with
the
infrastructure
just
to
make
our
parking
lots
more
safe
for
people
too.
So
this
has
been,
I
think,
a
really
great
way
for
people
to
feel
safe
as
they
go
downtown.
C
Also,
we
have
had
a
boon
year
for
our
city
programs.
We
had
just
registration
just
opened
for
our
summer
and
spring
camps
and
just
in
the
first
day
alone,
we
had
over
50
percent
more
registrations
than
we
ever
have
before.
So
I
think,
like
all
of
us
here
in
the
room
parents
want
their
kids
back
in
person.
C
C
To
where
we
are
here
right
now,
michael's
and
our
golf
lakes,
as
you
can
imagine,
golf
has
been
a
sport
that
so
many
people
wanted
to
get
out
and
do
during
the
pandemic.
So
we're
really
pleased
that
our
shoreline
links
have
have
done
very
well
over
the
past
year
year
or
two
and
michael's
here
just
had
renovations
and
those
renovations
have
allowed
us
to
have
events
like
this
finally
and
also
new
catering.
So
we
hope
that
you
register
to
your
events
here
at
michaels
and
just
really
enjoy
the
facilities
here
since
they've
been
renovated.
C
C
Where
there
is
you
can
see
on
the
right
hand,
side,
there
is
spaces
about
100
spaces
that
are
they're
like
they're,
not
necessarily
tiny
homes,
they're
almost
more
like
large
dorm
rooms
for
single
adults
and
actual
larger
spaces
that
have
a
couple
rooms
for
families
to
reside
in.
So
this
is
an
interim
housing
community
and
we
were
able
to
work
with
our
partners.
Both
the
county,
saras
and
life,
moves
who
operates
this
and
we
worked
with
them
and
got
this
up
in
less
than
six
months
which,
as
you
all
know-
and
I
know.
C
Truly
extraordinary
governor
newsome
visited
the
site
last
year
and
he
issued
a
challenge
to
other
cities
in
our
region
and
across
the
state
to
find
innovative
solutions
and
create
projects.
Like
mountain
view
did
so,
there
are
other
cities
in
our
region
that
are
now
going
to
be
opening
sites
like
this,
but
I
want
to
really
thank
the
council
and
thank
staff
for
supporting
this
project
so
that
we
could
pave
the
way
for
a
new
way
of
thinking
about
how
we
can
help
those
most
vulnerable,
and
the
mayor
talked
a
little
bit
about
workforce
development.
C
So
this
is
an
area
that
we
are
focusing
on
now
and
we'll
be
focusing
on
even
more
in
the
future.
What
you
see
here
is
a
program
that
the
library
offers
that
is
called
the
career
online
high
school.
So
the
gentleman
you
see
here
jose
castro,
is
our
very
first
graduate
of
our
career
online
high
school
program.
C
We
also
have
a
lot
of
online
digital
resources
available,
so
we
have
linkedin
learning,
which
is
various
online
classes.
We
have
other
literacy
assessment
programs,
and
this
is
an
area
that,
as
the
mayor
said,
we're
really
going
to
be
work
on
expanding
over
the
next
couple
years:
elevate,
mv,
the
guaranteed
basic
income
pilot
program.
C
C
They
will
be
randomly
selected,
so
the
application
process
will
open
up.
We
are
working
with
csa
on
this
program
and
once
the
applicants
are
selected,
then
they
will
receive
a
500
amount.
Cash
payment
no
strings
attached
every
month.
There's
also
a
very
specific
research
component
to
this,
where
we've
partnered,
with
the
university
of
pennsylvania
and
the
jane
research
institute
to
really
learn
about
the
outcomes
of
this
and
how
this
helped
our
economy
in
mountain
view,
how
it
helped
keep
people
out
of
poverty
and
how
it
helped
people
also
prevent
from
going
into
homelessness.
C
Another
area
that
I
know
is
very
important,
and
it's
not
just
an
issue
that
we
talk
about
here
in
mountain
view,
but
it's
housing-
and
this
is
probably
one
of
the
issues
of
our
time,
certainly
the
issue
of
our
region.
But
it
is
something
that,
in
mountain
view,
we
pride
ourselves
on
how
we
are
working
on
housing
solutions
and
how
we
are
really
trying
to
lead
from
our
affordable
housing
projects,
but
also
some
of
the
innovative
and
creative
solutions
that
we
have.
C
In
mountain
view,
we
have
a
little
over
11
000
units
that
we
must
identify
council
just
recently
provided
feedback
to
staff
on
the
housing
element,
update
and
we'll
be
bringing
it
back
to
council
with
some
modifications
and
some
of
the
work
that
we've
done
since
council
direction.
That
will
come
back
to
council
in
june.
It
is
required
for
us
to
submit
this
by
the
end
of
this
calendar
year,
so
once
we
do
that
this
will
remain
in
place
for
the
next
eight
years.
C
I
also
wanted
to
highlight
a
few
of
our
affordable
housing
efforts
that
we
have
underway.
So
some
of
you
may
know
that
the
vta
lot,
that
is
across
from
evelyn
avenue
right
now,
it's
a
safe
parking
lot
that
is
eventually
going
to
be
turned
into
an
affordable
housing
site,
and
all
of
this
is
made
possible
by
a
great
partnership
that
we
have
with
the
county
in
using
measure
a
funds.
C
We're
very,
very
grateful
and
happy
that
we
were
able
to
partner
with
the
county
on
this,
because
it's
going
to
be
much
needed
cash
infusion
infusion
for
us
to
pay
for
these
projects.
The
city
also
is
responsible
for
funding,
and
we
also
use
federal
and
state
funding
for
these
projects.
So
it
really
does
take
a
village
to
to
fund
these
affordable
housing
projects,
but
we're
very
grateful
for
the
county's
partnership
on
these
measure,
a
funds
we
also
have
the
redevelopment
of
lot
12
coming
up.
C
So
this
is
the
parking
lot
that
is
caddy
corner
from
the
back
of
city
hall
across
from
the
library,
and
we
have
partnered
with
related
and
ulta
housing
to
redevelop
this
lot
12
into
120
residential
residential
units,
and
all
of
these
will
be
indeed
restricted
to
households,
learning
80
of
the
area
median
income.
So
we're
very
excited
to
start
moving
forward
on
this,
then
turning
to
mobility
and
connectivity.
This
is
another
major
priority
and
project
of
the
councils.
C
C
If
any
of
you
have
been
out
here
in
shoreline
on
our
trails,
you
may
have
seen
all
the
work,
that's
underway
and
some
of
the
construction,
and
that
is
because
we
are
restoring
our
salt
ponds
there
and
we're
preparing
that
tidal
marsh
habitat
and
really
preparing
for
sea
level
rise.
We're
working
with
the
u.s
fish
and
wildlife
service,
as
well
as
the
state
coastal
conservancy
to
restore
those
two
salt
ponds.
C
B
C
The
sailing
lake
access
road,
so
this
road
has
to
be
raised
to
assist
with
bringing
in
all
the
dirt
that's
required
to
help
with
the
salt
ponds.
So
these
two
projects
are
working
in
conjunction
to
really
help
the
long-term
sea
level
rise
needs
that
we're
going
to
have
in
mountain
view.
I'm
also
really
excited
that
we're
finally
going
to
be
starting
construction
on
our
new
aquatic
center.
Soon,
we
anticipate
can
starting
construction
next
month.
C
Park
is
being
transformed
as
we
speak.
We
also
have
a
couple
new
city
parks
coming
on
right
now.
Maura
park
is
a
.45
acre
park
in
the
san
antonio
planning
area,
and
pyramid
park
is
an
almost
three
acre
park.
That's
under
construction
in
the
wisman
planning
area,
so
these
are
expected
to
open
moore
park,
will
open
next
month
and
pyramid
park
will
open
in
the
spring,
so
we're
very
excited
to
hopefully
have
in-person
park
openings,
which
we
haven't
really
been
able
to
do
so
just
also
quickly
highlighting
some
of
our
other
major
projects
underway.
C
The
gateway
master
plan
was
just
approved
this
past
december,
and
this
includes
new
development
standards
for
that
gateway
area
coming
off
of
101
shoreline,
it's
in
the
north
bay
shore,
precise
plan
area,
and
it's
really
going
to
help
help
with
the
goals
of
the
precise
plan.
So
this
would
include
everything
from
land
use
for
office,
residential
hotel,
retail
entertainment.
Just
everything
and
these
land
uses
will
really
help
implement
the
vision
to
have
unique
and
distinct
neighborhoods
in
that
area,
and
part
of
that
is
also
going
to
be
helped
by
google's
north
bay
shore
master
plan.
C
So
we
are
very
excited
that
we
are
currently
working
with
google
to
make
this
master
plan
come
to
life.
This
has
been
many
years
in
the
making
and
september
21
was
when
google
submitted
an
application
to
the
city.
This
will
include
up
to
7
000
residential
units
in
north
bay
shore,
almost
31
acres
of
public
parks
and
open
space
and
3
million
square
feet
of
office.
C
The
middlefield
park
plan
that's
around
1900
residential
units
and
about
1.3
million
square
feet
of
office.
So
these
two
parks
will
really
help
transform
the
economic
vitality
in
mountain
view
and
we're
working,
I
think,
daily
weekly
on
these
projects,
so
we're
very
excited
to
be
pushing
these
forward.
C
We
also
are
working
on
a
new
public
safety
building,
so
the
one
that
we've
had
has
been
around
for
many
many
years
and
it
has
some
seismic
retrofit
issues
in
addition
to
some
other
infrastructure
challenges,
and
so
right
now
we
have
decided
that
the
new
building
will
be
built
on
the
same
site,
and
we
took
this
to
council
last
year
and
right
now
we're
trying
to
determine
the
funding
strategy
for
this.
So
as
as
you
all
know,
prices
have
increased
on
the
cost
of
construction.
C
So
you
know
even
at
the
city,
we're
definitely
feeling
that
we
had
originally
anticipated
that
this
might
cost
130
million.
But
now
it's
upwards
of
115
million
and
I
think
climbing.
So
we
are
actively
working
on
the
next
steps
and
figuring
out
the
timing
of
being
able
to
start
this
and
bringing
it
forward.
C
So
then,
lastly,
just
wanting
to
make
sure
that
we
are
talking
about
how
we
are
connecting
with
the
community.
As
I
mentioned
earlier,
one
of
our
major
priorities
right
now
is
making
sure
that
we
are
going
to
people
where
they
are,
and
it's
been
a
little
bit
difficult
candidly,
the
past
couple
years,
because
so
much
has
been
virtual.
But
I
think
now
that
we
can
be
in
person
and
we're
really
thinking
about
all
the
different
things
that
we
can
do.
C
Instead
of
just
hearing
from
people
in
city,
council
meetings
or
in
an
evening
meeting
that
only
a
few
people
might
be
able
to
attend,
and
one
of
the
things
that
we
are
excited
about,
is
that
we've
finally
been
able
to
return
to
these
city-wide
events
where
we're
seeing
more
people
and
we
can
talk
to
more
people
and
we
can
have
booths
there
and
actually
talk
to
residents.
That
may
not
show
up
to
council
meetings
or
they
may
not
be
there
in
the
evening,
but
maybe
they'll
be
there
on
the
weekend.
C
So
we're
very
excited
that
we
were
able
to
host
our
monster
bash
this
past
year,
which
attracted
over
3
000
people.
It
was
kind
of
the
first
time
that
we
had
had
something
in
person,
and
I
think
we
were
all
floored
that
so
many
people
showed
up
our
holiday
tree
lighting
also
had
the
most
people
that
we've
ever
had
at
it.
C
So
I
think
you're
sensing
a
theme
here
that
every
time
we
do
something
especially
a
lot
of
our
recreation
events,
we've
had
the
most
people
there
that
we've
ever
had
so
clearly
we
are
wanting
to
be
around
each
other.
We
are
wanting
to
have
this
sense
of
community
and
I'm
really
happy
that
our
rec
department
staff
can
can
make
these
great
events
happen.
So
just
kind
of
a
pluck
for
some
of
the
things
that
are
coming
up
this
summer,
we're
going
to
host
several
concerts
on
the
plaza
in
our
series
there.
C
So.
Lastly,
I
just
want
to
mention
some
of
the
ways
that
you
can
stay
engaged
and
informed
about
what's
going
on,
and
the
easiest
way
is
to
receive
the
city
hall
connection.
If
you
don't
already,
I
encourage
you
to
text
city
hall
news
to
the
number
22828
and
you
will
get
the
city
hall
connection
every
couple
weeks.
C
And
that
concludes
my
remarks.
But
I
just
want
to
end
by
saying
that
I
want
to
thank
all
of
the
partners
and
all
of
the
collaboration
that
we've
had
with
so
many
of
you
over
these
last
couple
years.
We
couldn't
do
what
we've
done
without
all
of
you
there's
so
many
programs
and
initiatives
that
we've
done,
that
weren't
just
city
related.
They
involved
help
from
many
of
you.
C
So
I
think
what
we
have
here
in
mountain
view,
what
I've
really
found
over
my
past
two
years
here
is
just
this
great
sense
of
pride
and
respect
and
compassion
and
love
for
this
community
and
in
working
together.
Even
if
we
don't
agree
all
the
time
it's
working
through
these
things
and
getting
into
a
place
that
is
really
going
to
be
the
best
place
for
our
community
and
our
residents.
So
I
am
proud
and
honored
to
be
the
city
manager
in
mountain
view.
C
I
feel
very
fortunate
to
be
here
and
I'm
very
excited
to
finally
be
back
in
person
and
to
hopefully
have
tours
and
meet
many
of
you
and
and
really
learn
more
about
all
the
amazing
things
that
we're
doing
in
mountain
view.
So
thank
you.
We
are
a
city
with
a
lot
of
heart
that
punches
above
our
weight
and
thank
you
for
all
of
that,
and
I
appreciate
you
being
here
today.
A
Kimber
was
saying:
I
too
am
struck
by
the
way
this
community
comes
together
and
with
that
we
really
are
an
ecosystem
that
one
part
of
the
city
cannot
succeed
in
other
parts
of
the
city.
Don't
succeed
if
city
council
doesn't
work
with
the
chamber
of
commerce,
doesn't
work
with
business,
doesn't
work
with
non-profits
and
so
on.
We
all
come
together
to
make
this
city
just
the
most
exciting
innovative
place
to
live
work
and
play.
So
I
want
to
thank
everybody.
Who's
had
a
hand
in
that
been
making
that
happen.
A
A
A
I
And
different
experiences
are
in
touch
with
different
constituencies
and
we
do
the
best
we
can
to
balance
the
merits
of
a
given
project.
You
know
with
some
of
the
challenges
and
I
think
it
really
is
a
testament
to
both
the
staff
who
do
the
best
that
they
can,
when
advancing
a
project
to
the
council
for
deliberation
and
trying
your
best,
I
think,
to
come
up
with
whatever
trade-offs
seem
realistic
and
feasible.
I
They're
consistent
with
our
code.
They
adhere
to
our
regulations
and
they're
also
responsive
to
the
community
input
that
occurred.
I
think
in
particular,
you
know
what
we've
been
hearing
from
the
community
is
a
special
appreciation
for
tree
canopy,
open
space,
the
need
for
parts
and
a
way
we
can
make.
This
work
is
by
reducing
the
the
physical
envelope
of
the
building.
You
know
increasing
height,
so
it
doesn't
have
to
be
as
wide,
but
that
creates
a
new
trade-off
right
now
we
have
to
contend
with
the
pressure
that
the
community
feels
from
from
taller
buildings.
I
A
Thank
you.
So
the
next
question
goes
to
city
manager,
mccarthy,
and
in
2020
a
consulting
group
was
hired
to
review
the
city
of
mountain
view's
development
review
process,
and
so
just
as
mayor
ramirez
was
saying
looking
at
our
processes
and
how
can
we
make
them
more
responsive?
How
can
we
make
them
come
come
to
fruition
in
a
faster
fashion?
A
C
Sure,
thank
you
peter,
so
I
know
that
several
of
you
in
the
room
have
wondered
about
how
things
have
changed
with
our
development
review
process
with
pogba,
and
I
mentioned
kind
of
thinking
of
this
as
an
onion
kind
of
peeling
back
the
layers
and
seeing
what
worked
before,
but
maybe
what
needs
to
be
improved
in
the
future.
So
we
engaged
and
initiated
this
development
review
process
to
really
see
what
is
going
to
help
us
help.
C
Our
staff
also
help
developers
and
help
people
who
may
come
in
and
apply
for
permits
really
to
help
everyone
who
works
with
our
planning,
permitting
building
department
and
division.
So
one
of
the
things
that
the
study
did
was
really
look
at
things
that
involve
our
processes
and
how
we
can
improve
those
processes
also
looking
at
our
systems.
C
So
what
systems
do
we
have
in
place?
And
what
might
we
need
to
do
better
in
the
future
and
also
looking
at
people
so
the
capacity
you
know
how
many
people
do
we
have,
and
what
really
do
we
need
going
forward?
So
those
kind
of
three
categories-
people,
processes
and
systems-
and
they
came
up
with
around
53
recommendations.
C
So
what
we're
working
on
now,
in
conjunction
with
our
assistant
city
manager
and
community
development,
director
rt
srivastava,
we
are
putting
these
in
place
in
phases
of
short
term,
medium
term
and
long
term.
So
some
of
the
short
term
improvements
that
we've
made
have
been
creating
an
innovation
team
and
a
team
that
is
working
specifically
on
projects
that
are
coming
in
any
concerns
or
issues
that
are
coming
in
from
folks
we're
also
creating
what
we're
calling
a
permit
navigator
point
person
for
each
of
the
various
divisions.
C
So
that
would
include
someone
in
planning
someone
in
engineering
someone
in
building,
so
that
when
we
have
issues
that
arise,
we
have
this
kind
of
crack
team
in
place
who
can
address
those
issues?
One
of
the
other
things
that
we've
also
uncovered
is
that
we
have
a
lot
of
systems
and
processes
in
place
that
just
aren't
going
to
work
for
us
going
forward.
C
They
may
not
be
as
efficient.
They
may
not
be
as
fast
as
what
is
needed
now
going
in
the
future.
So
right
now
we're
working
on
an
online
permit
system
and
we're
also
going
to
be
doing
a
complete
land
development
system,
which
this
is
a
major
major
mini
mini
year,
undertaking
at
least
the
the
land
development
system.
But
the
online
permitting
system,
hopefully
should
be
in
place
next
year.
A
A
C
Yeah,
I
think
that
this
is
a
question
that
we're
constantly
asking
ourselves
every
day.
As
you
mentioned,
the
pivoting,
the
constant
change,
the
constant
pivoting.
I
did
infer
how
it's
really
had
such
an
impact
on
local
government
and
how
we
do
things
in
local
government.
I
I
think
that
you
never
could
have
ever
predicted
that
we
would
have
staff
and
local
government
half
of
our
staff
both
working
remotely
and
coming
into
the
office.
That
really
was
something
that
was
never
really
contemplated
and,
frankly,
was
never
really
accepted
in
the
past.
C
C
So
that's,
I
would
say
one
of
the
big
coba
changes
we've
been
open
since
july
of
last
year,
so
we
have
had
some
sort
of
modified
schedule
where
people
can
make
appointments
to
come
in,
but
we
have
been
open
actually
longer
than
a
lot
of
some
of
the
city
cities
in
our
area
have,
and
just
next
week
is
when
everyone
is
going
to
be
returning
to
work.
I
think
that
timing
coincides
with
maybe
many
of
your
businesses
or
or
in
your
workplace
yourself,
so
we
will
have
staff
coming
back
april
4th.
C
If
you
do
come
to
city
hall
or
city
events
like
this,
we
do
not
require
masks,
it
is
encouraged
and
what
will
we
do
if
things
change,
I
guess
might
be
another
question
we
will
just
pivot.
Like
we
have
the
last
two
years.
We
will
take
the
recommendations
from
the
county
public
health
officer
and
do
whatever
we
need
to
do,
but,
let's,
let's
hope
it
remains
like
this.
A
I
Two
messages:
if
that's
okay,
I'm
in
cheap
one,
is
similar
to
the
opening
speech.
Thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
already
have
been
doing
and
kimbra
spoke
to
this
very
well.
This
is
the
response
to
the
pandemic
has
not
been
perfect,
but
we
had
no
choice
but
to
evolve
as
we
learned
what
the
the
true
impact
was
going
to
be.
I
I
think
early
on
many
of
us
had
hoped
that
we
would
lock
down
for
a
couple
of
weeks
a
couple
of
months
and
transition
to
something
close
to
pre-pain,
don't
be
pre-pandemic
normal,
and
that
has
proven
not
to
be
the
case.
Our
our
response
has
been
successful
because
of
the
partnerships
that
have
occurred
across
inter-jurisdictionally
between
the
private
sector
and
the
nonprofit
sector
and
public
agencies.
I
think
that's
important
to
remember.
It
serves,
I
think,
as
as
a
template
as
a
model
for
future
crises.
I
Remember
the
work
that
we've
done
over
the
past
couple
of
years,
because
too
often
we
forget
collectively.
The
second
message
would
be.
The
work
is
not
yet
done.
There's
still
a
lot
of
suffering.
There
are
still
a
lot
of
very
challenging
issues
that
we're
going
to
have
to
contend
with
the
end
of
the
pandemic.
I
Challenge
for
our
community
locally,
you
know
for
the
country
and
internationally
and
I
would
love
to
have
a
longer
conversation
about
this.
I
worry
a
lot
about
our
post-truth
society.
For
instance.
How
do
you
address
that?
I
think
the
best
way
you
can
address
it
is
to
continue
to
work
together.
You
know
further
develop
the
partnerships,
the
relationships
that
we've
built
over
the
past
couple
of
years
be
kind
and
gentle,
because.
A
A
You
know
the
chamber
of
commerce
is
honored
to
have
hosted
today's
city
annual
update
and
to
continue
to
support
our
local
economy,
but
we
do
more
than
just
events.
The
the
chamber
of
commerce
there
we
go.
The
chamber
of
commerce
also
runs
the
chamber
of
commerce
education
foundation,
and
there
are
two
programs
I'd
like
to
bring
to
your
attention.
A
First
of
all,
this
scholarship
mountain
view
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
that
we
give
out
upwards
of
fifty
thousand
dollars
to
underserved
high
school
students
to
help
them
with
their
post-secondary
wishes
and
what's
important
about
this.
Is
it's
not
just
about
going
to
college?
It's
about
junior
college,
it's
about
trained
schools.
It's,
however,
they
can
develop
their
career
and
their
life
going
forward.
A
The
second
thing
that's
important
about
this
program
is
that
I
think
we
all
know
that
tuition
is
not
the
only
cost
in
going
to
college.
There
are
all
sorts
of
other
things
that
you
need
to
consider,
and
especially,
if
you
come
from
a
low-income
environment,
there's
the
cost
of
transportation,
housing,
food
essentials,
and
so
the
grants
that
we
give
to
our
students
is
at
their
discretion.
To
use
in
any
part
of
that
educational
process,
we
are
currently
raising
money
for
the
funds
so
that
we
can
award
19
scholarships
to
our
local
students.
A
A
A
A
Welcome
to
covet,
but
again
I
compliment
brian
on
what's
been
done,
but
I
also
encourage
any
of
you
who
are
considering
leadership
mountain
view.
Please
check
it
out.
We
are
taking
names
for
our
upcoming
class
in
september,
and
I
also
invite
you
to
kind
of
see
who
else
in
the
room
is
has
been
through
it
and
you
know,
bend
their
air
a
little
bit.
I
think
you'll
be
really
really
impressed
and
amazed.
A
Finally,
we
have
a
list
of
our
different
upcoming
events.
Here
I
just
want
to
bring
attention
to
one
in
particular
the
celebration
of
leaders
and
the
athena
awards.
We
are
thrilled
to
be
back
in
person
for
the
celebration
of
leaders
award
coming
up
in
coming
up
in
may
it's
funny,
because
kimber
was
mentioning
how
she
joined
in
march,
and
the
first
time
we
met
was
at
the
celebration
of
leaders,
which
was
my
first
and
only
live
event
for
the
chamber.
A
So
we're
really
really
excited
to
be
back
and
hope
that
you
will
mark
your
calendars
for
that.
Coming
up
again,
I
want
to
thank
mayor,
ramirez
city
manager,
mccarthy,
our
sponsors,
our
city
leaders,
our
community
leaders,
all
of
you
for
being
today
and
helping
us
realize
the
view
ahead
have
a
great
day.