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After years of negotiations, there is now a formal, long-term agreement in place for the city and local school districts to share revenue from a special tax district in the Shoreline area of Mountain View.
Acting in their capacity as the Shoreline tax district’s board, the Mountain View City Council voted unanimously at a Tuesday, June 24, meeting to approve a 10-year agreement to continue sharing property tax revenue from the Shoreline Regional Park Community with the Mountain View Whisman and Mountain View Los Altos High school districts.
The city’s vote comes after MVLA’s board approved the agreement earlier this month and MVWSD’s board approved it in late-May.
Both MVLA and the city approved the agreement as part of their consent calendars, which contain multiple items that are expected to pass in a single vote. MVWSD approved the deal in under three minutes.
The agreement is now being sent to Mountain View City Manager Kimbra McCarthy, who serves as the tax district’s community manager, for her signature, city spokesperson Lenka Wright said.
The agreement would last for a decade, with the two school districts getting annual payments from the tax district. In the 2025-26 fiscal year, MVWSD’s payment is estimated to be $7.57 million and MVLA’s is estimated at $4.85 million, according to a report to the City Council.
The Shoreline Regional Park Community is a special tax district that covers much of the city north of Highway 101, including Google’s headquarters and other major tech offices.
The vast majority of the district’s tax revenue is diverted into a special fund set aside to maintain and improve that area of Mountain View. The city acts as the steward of the funds, and since 2006 has had agreements in place to share revenue with both school districts, although less than they would receive if the tax district didn’t exist.
In recent years, the parties have been trying to reach a new long-term agreement on how to split the tax revenue. Those negotiations have at times been fraught, particularly between the city and MVWSD. Last year, MVWSD unilaterally approved an agreement that didn’t match the one the city had on the table, setting off a public back-and-forth between the two groups.
The school district ultimately relented and agreed in October to accept the terms of a three-year extension agreement.
The new deal that the city and school districts have signed off on in recent weeks is longer term, lasting until June 30, 2035. It will largely continue the funding structure that is currently in place, which is based on the annual percent change in property tax revenues.
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