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The Council Policy and Procedures Committee (CPPC) met on October 7, 2026, at 9:00 AM in a hybrid format. The committee considered three agenda items: a proposed policy for community-driven projects, an update on council policy modernization, and a work plan update. All actions were approved unanimously, and staff received direction on next steps.
Okay, we're good. Good morning. I'm going to call the meeting to order. This is the October 7th Council Policies Procedures Committee. It's now 9 a.m. This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the committee virtually may join the meeting online at HTTPS phone forward slash forward slash mapview.zoom.us slash J slash 8475493805 or by dialing 669-900-9128 and entering webinar ID 847-549305. When the chair announces the item on which you wish to speak, click the raise hand feature in Zoom or dial star nine on your phone. When the chair calls your name to provide public comment, if you are participating via phone, please press star six to unmute yourself. Any emails received by 5 p.m. yesterday were forwarded to the CPBC. Emails received after 5 p.m. will not be read during the meeting but will be entered into the record for the meeting. Recently, a regional and local elected and appointed bodies have been subjected to disruptive racist verbal attacks by anonymous scholars during virtual public comments. The city of Mountain View is fully committed to racial, religious, and cultural equity and justice as we strive to create a welcoming, safe and inclusive community for all. This advisory body or commission, I guess this is a committee, uh welcomes respectful and non-threatening public comments regarding matters over which the advisory body commission or committee has jurisdiction. Comments deemed otherwise pursuant to council code of conduct and the government code may be grounds for immediate uh for immediately terminating a speaker's comment period. We'll move to item two. Uh and uh we'll have uh deputy city manager Thomas uh take the role. Good morning, good morning, sir. Uh Chair Ramirez. Here. Uh Council Member Sherwalter, move pending, and now it's here. Thank you very much. We'll now move to item three, minutes approval. Uh does anyone have any comments or questions about the meeting minutes from the CPPC meeting on uh May 6th, 2026? Not seeing any comments or questions. Um speak on the minutes not this time. Um if uh anyone would like to make a motion to approve the minutes. I voted second, we'll have the role called out. Yes. Uh public council member showwalder is absent for the moment. Yes. Um move on to item four, uh, which is oral communications from the public. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the committee on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during this session. Uh state law prohibits CPBC from acting on non-agendized items. Would any member of the public like to provide comment on an item that's not on the agenda? If so, please submit a call card. If uh sorry, or if on Zoom, click the raise hand feature or dial star nine on your phone. Uh if there are no members of the public wishing to speak, we will close world communications to me.