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In one of the most consequential meetings of 2017, the City Council on Tuesday is set to lay out the grand strategy for Mountain View’s priorities for the near future. But the meeting, known as the goal-setting session, could require some tough choices from City Council members.
For elected leaders, this goal-setting session in one of the few times they can push forward their own pet projects to improve the city. But that stack of proposals is piling up. After months of adding items, the wish list now numbers more than 120 proposals.
That includes many relatively simple ideas like promoting the local library and adding more community gardens, but there’s also some more herculean goals in the mix, such as trying to solve local homelessness and reviewing 10 giant gatekeeper developments.
City staff have repeatedly warned the council that some projects will need to fall off the list, due to lack of staff resources. They suggest council members should pick only about 30 projects to move forward.
The city will hold its goal-setting session at the end of its meeting scheduled to start at 5 p.m., April 18, at the Council Chambers at 500 Castro St.
The full list of proposed goals can be found on the city’s website.
We do not need MORE OFFICE SPACE bringing more employees to Mountain View. But if you want a child to not do something, you might suggest the opposite Child psychology – it was called. So here is my request of these City Council Members: GIVE US MORE OFFICE SPACE AND EMPLOYEES. The sky is the limit. Go up 20 stories – at least.
@More Office Space
Great idea. Make sure to tell them how much we need 20 story housing complexes and transit infrastructure upgrades as well. You know, because we don’t want any of that.
Take a deep breath. Then STOP with the development. Just stop. Give it a break, try to catch up a bit from the infrastructure needs before allowing any more building. Just.Stop.
Come on, this isn’t rocket science. You guys all live here too, aren’t you feeling the pain of this over-development? Haven’t you gotten stuck in this traffic?
Just.Stop. You can always start again later.
Disappointing to not see a MUCH meatier transportation list. Transportation and congestion is the #1 (my opinion) detriment to our city, and it will get worse as massive projects in the pipeline come on line. This list misses the boat and dodges real investment in real solutions.
Virtually every item on the linked list involves bikes, pathways, or parking. While that’s nice and those items need to be part of infrastructure improvement, only about 5% take bikes.
Those items are dessert. We need a main course. Now.
Stop building rental apartments. You are not building a good community with renters.
“Stop building rental apartments. You are not building a good community with renters.”
Right up there with “Let them eat cake…”
But I guess there are those in good ol’ MV who think of renters as a “lesser breed,” never mind that a lot of people who rent don’t have the means or the opportunity to own a home. But I guess that doesn’t matter to the poster from Rex Manor…
Getting votes from the poor and donations from the rich is what keeps council in office. Council will be building apartments ’till the cows come home. Council will be handing out ~4 unrestricted street parking permits to themselves, their friends and family for people too lazy to park in their driveway or want space out front for their Airbnb guests while they walk downtown. This is why we have rent control, unabated luxury apartments sprouting everywhere and no place to park near downtown.
Disappointing to see so few proposals focusing on improving quality of life for residents generally, such as traffic calming, reducing quality of life crimes, improving the quality of our parks, and reducing noise. Sadly, the few initiatives that could help with traffic and improve pedestrian safety were dismissed by city staff because the city already has a (highly ineffective) NTMP.
Goal #1 for city council members: Get re-elected.
Goal #2 for city council members: get elected to higher state office.
Back-up goal: Get re-elected to city council.
@Sxz
There is still a LOT of unmet demand for rental housing. The proof is in the rising rents.