Edie Keating News Today

The City Council agreed Tuesday to appoint three new members to two of its advisory committees, one member to the Rental Housing Committee and two members to the Environmental Planning Commission.

The Rental Housing Committee grappled Monday with the issue of how to reconcile fluctuating utility costs with the city’s rent stabilization laws, settling on a plan to phase out the ratio utility billing system.

Mountain View’s Rental Housing Committee will soon be made up of almost an entirely new roster, and the city council decided Tuesday evening who those fresh faces will be.

The city of Mountain View approved a rental housing fee for the next fiscal year that’s lower than last year’s. But some landlords still say it’s too high.

The Mountain View City Council reviewed a wide slate of projects at its meeting April 12, from bike safety to a long-considered affordable housing project.

A mixed-use plan that puts high-density affordable housing next to a compact Public Storage facility won the support of Mountain Views Environmental Planning Commission last week.