Rotary Club of Mountain View

October 4, 2022

President Sanjay Dave’s Greeting:  Good Afternoon and welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family! 

Our International call to action for 2022-2023 is “Imagine Rotary.”  Our club’s call to action is “Imagine Mountain View Rotary.”

• MV Pubic Safety Foundation’s 3^rd annual fundraising gala will be on Friday, November 4^th, 5:30 p.m., at the Ameswell Hotel in Mountain View. Tori purchased a table and has some open seats.
• Mandy is going to be walking and supporting the Alzheimer’s Association Walk on October 15^th. Club members are invited to join in on this event.
• Monthly Speaker Chairs – We only need one more volunteer to take the month of April.
• The Golf Tournament held last Friday was a success! There were 24 golfers who enjoyed golf and then several others joined in for a social dinner afterwards at Michael’s Restaurant. Thanks go to Stephen Nichols and Walt Joyce for organizing the event.
• The Buddhist Temple is now open so we will be able to have the crab feed this year.
• Scott Johnson announced that the club is sponsoring some local high students to next weekend’s Interact Clubs Fall Leadership Conference in San Jose.
• Sanjay announced that club member Hiro Kariya is doing fine but one of his sons just passed away. Alan Goodman has had contact with Hiro’s other son, David.
• Paul Reinhart announced that the Stevens Creek Trail clean up service project will be on October 29^th, 9 – 11 a.m., meeting at Whisman Park.
• Bruce announced that Cindy Cole is moving to San Luis Obispo to be closer to her children.

• World Polio Day is October 24^th. President Jennifer Jones pledged $150M. Jones, who spoke in front of 60,000 people in New York City, noted the state of emergency that the governor of New York State recently declared to combat a resurgence of polio in that region.

• Castro Street Pedestrian Mall. This will eventually incorporate three blocks on Castro: 100, 200, and 300.
• “Elevate MV Guaranteed Basic Income Pilot Program.” This project is underway in cooperation with partner agencies and funded with federal money.
• There are plans for affordable housing projects on City Parking Lot 12 and also on a former VTA lot.
• El Camino Streetscape Plan. Street parking will be removed in favor of more auto and bike lanes.
• Google has proposed to the City their plan for developing North Bayshore and Middlefield Park. These plans include housing units, schools, parks, as well as office space.
• A new public safety building is planned to replace the present building (which doesn’t meet earthquake codes).