Important meetings and announcements week of May 28th
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Notices
Comment letters in development for this week: No comment letters in play right now that I'm aware of, though
verbal comments are anticipated for some of the agenda items listed below as
red text as applicable. For Sustainability Action Plan 4 Progress Update and Recommended Modifications at the Council Transportation Committee meeting, under Develop a Fleet Electrification Plan (T8.3), I'd like to see exploration of vehicle width options included in plan development To help us narrow roadways without having to accommodate emergency vehicle widths that we do today. And support in general for the in-development Active Transportation Plan (ATP) and green complete streets infrastructure. If you have comments/suggestions for any of
those, please share them by replying to this email and/or posting to the related Mountain View Advocacy Slack channels here.
Bookmobile stop location suggestions?: From Brandon Whyte, City of Mountain View active transportation planner: Not really our field of expertise but I’m being asked anyway and I’m happy to help out the Library folks. I need your help. Where should the bookmobile go in MV? Ideas that come to mind: - Mobile home parks - Assisted living centers - Neighborhood meetings - Little league events - Schools – but when I suggested this in person it was met with resistance for reasons I can’t remember…sorry - City events like monster bash - Rengstorff park on a regular basis? Let Brandon know your thoughts at Brando...@mountainview.gov.
Continued Notices
Next City meeting on Bernardo undercrossing project: From Angela Obeso with Sunnyvale Public Works: it
was scheduled for tonight’s Council meeting [5/16] but it got bumped
due to other items and schedules. I was unaware until the agenda came
out, so we are working with the City Clerk’s and City Manager’s offices
to figure out when it will get rescheduled. As of right now, we’re
thinking it will either be next week (5/23) or the following meeting
(6/6). We are working to get the webpage updated, but due to the
tight timeline it may not get done in time. As soon as we have a
rescheduled date, we will update the website and also send out an email
blast to the Bernardo UC subscription list.
June 15, Bridging the Climate/Housing Gap - How to Move Forward Together: From Amie Ashton, Executive Director, Palo Alto Forward: Event Name: Bridging the Climate/Housing Gap - How to Move Forward Together Purpose:
Help climate activists and housing activists understand the connections
between their mutual goals so they can be better advocates for
anti-sprawl housing policies and infill development projects. Date,
Location and Format: June 15, 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Stanford Research
Park - The Hub and on Zoom. Format is an In-person/Hybrid Webinar Links to Sign Up: Eventbrite requires different links for in-person versus on zoom. - Here is the in-person event (limited to 80 attendees): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bridging-the-climatehousing-gap-how-to-move-forward-together-tickets-634253257567 - Here is the Zoom event (up to 500 attendees): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/online-bridging-the-climatehousing-gap-how-to-move-forward-together-tickets-634961205057 Speakers: Each speaker will have a 10 to 15 minute presentation, then we can have Q&A with the audience. - Liz O‘donoghue - The Nature Conservancy - Alice Kaufman - Green Foothills - Jordan Grimes - Greenbelt Alliance To
reduce greenhouse gas emissions during the critical next 10 years in
the Bay Area, we need a regional vision that is resilient to climate
change, protects open space and biodiversity, and advances infill
housing development. Many climate activists are unaware, however, that
focusing housing growth in walkable, bikeable communities is one of the
biggest opportunities we have to reduce Bay Area GHGs. Join The Nature
Conservancy, Greenbelt Alliance, and Green Foothills on Thursday, June
15, from 6 to 8 pm, to learn how smart planning for housing can reduce
emissions and protect our open space and biodiversity. Join the event in
person at the Stanford Hub or join via Zoom.
Active Transportation Plan survey now available: From Brandon Whyte, City of Mountain View active transportation planner: I welcome you to take the Active Transportation Plan survey at www.MountainViewATP.com. Now is the best time to be heard and make lasting change. Do you have a: - Policy improvement you want? - Big project you want prioritized? - A small project? - Maybe a complaint without a solution? - Maybe a solution without a complaint? (I’ll be happy with either) - A bike rack you want ? ANYTHING BIKE OR PEDESTRIAN-RELATED? Please
click the link above and use the survey. There is a handy mapping
function that will allow you to show us exactly where to fix it. You can
also see what other people have requested by turning on a layer of the
map. That said, just because one person requested it does not mean you
should not. The more requests we have for one thing, the more likely we
are to prioritize it. The survey is open until 30 calendar days after the launch, which was May 18th.
VTA/county BPAC update to the county-wide active transportation plan: From Brandon Whyte: I just wanted to share the opportunity to learn more about the County’s on-going update to their Active Transportation Plan. This
is the detailed presentation given to the VTA/county BPAC on the update
to the county-wide active transportation plan:
http://santaclaravta.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=4&ID=11633&MeetingID=3834 The website with more information and the opportunity to submit feedback is: https://activesantaclaracounty.org/
The City still doesn't fully have a public-facing hybrid meeting process in place 😢: For
example, the Parks and Recreation Commission, Public Safety Advisory
Board, Senior Advisory Committee, and Youth Advisory Committee, and the
DRC and Administrative Zoning hearings have not been doing this so far. If
you care about this, please contact City Council to urge them to
expedite the solution. Adequate public access is being compromised
through this until it's fixed. Similarly, you can sign this petition to tell the county to reinstate virtual public comment. What the City is saying on delays to public-facing hybrid meetings: Thank
you for your inquiry regarding hybrid public meetings. This email was
forwarded to me for a response on behalf of the City Council. The
Council is blind copied on this response. Meetings of the City
Council and the Environmental Planning Commission are currently
accessible in person, on Zoom, and on the City’s YouTube page.
Additionally, meetings of the Rental Housing Committee will also be
accessible in person or on Zoom beginning with the Committee’s next
meeting on March 27. Members of the public who wish to participate in
these meetings can choose between attending and commenting in person or
via Zoom. The City is committed to community engagement, including
enhanced access to public meetings, and recognizes the importance of
remote participation options to our community. City staff is working on
enabling remote public participation at Council subcommittee meetings
and all other Council Advisory Body meetings. This includes upgrading
meeting rooms, identifying and assigning additional staff members to
attend advisory body meetings to manage the expanded tasks associated
with supporting both in-person and remote meeting elements, writing
policies and procedures, and training staff to ensure consistent and
effective meetings. Recent upgrades at City Hall will allow us to
begin piloting remote public participation for in-person meetings next
month with a small number of meeting bodies in which community members
have expressed particular interest for a hybrid option. Staff is
continuing work on upgrading meeting rooms throughout the City, though
this work is taking longer than expected due to delayed receipt of
equipment orders and a need to integrate the new technology with
existing AV systems and room configurations. Staff will be testing
the technology and building capacity to run meetings that support
meaningful and organized participation for in-person and virtual
attendees to pave the way for the increased adoption of remote
participation through June and widespread adoption in Fall 2023,
following the summer hiatus. This phased approach is intended to
minimize technological errors, facilitate consistency between meeting
bodies, and ensure sufficient staffing and staff training for effective
hybrid public meetings.
Meetings and events this week
Tuesday, May 30th, 6:00 PM: Council Sustainability Committee meeting. City Hall, Plaza conference room (2nd floor), 500 Castro Street and see remote access details in the agenda file. For information on the City website: https://mountainview.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1101736&GUID=83D08EFE-4718-4F18-ADC5-D9CC53364AE4 Including: 6. NEW BUSINESS 6.1 Final 2020 and Preliminary 2021 Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories 6.2 Sustainability Action Plan 4 Progress Update and Recommended Modifications