Environmental Planning Commission
Regular MeetingMountain View, CA · May 30, 2019
Minutes
City of Mountain View
Minutes
Environmental Planning Commission
Commissioners Capriles, Cranston, Hehmeyer, Lo, Yin, Vice Chair Cox and Chair Baird
Thursday, May 30, 2019 7:00 PM Council Chambers, City Hall, Mountain View
1. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Cox called the Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) hearing to order at
7:00 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL
Present 5- Commissioner Margaret Capriles, Commissioner Bill Cranston, Commissioner
Kammy Lo, Commissioner Joyce Yin and Vice Chair Robert Cox
Absent 2- Commissioner Preeti Hehmeyer and Chair Pamela Baird
3. MINUTES APPROVAL - None.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC - None.
5. PUBLIC HEARING
ITEM 5.1 - BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING (BMR) PHASE II
MODIFICATIONS.
Assistant Community Development Director Wayne Chen gave an oral report and
responded to questions raised by the EPC.
Vice Chair Cox opened the public hearing asking if anyone in the public wished to speak.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR
Sue Russell, Housing Committee, League of Women Voters Los Altos
The EPC deliberated this item.
MOTION - M/S - Capriles / Lo - That the Environmental Planning Commission:
1. Adopt a Resolution Recommending that the City Council Amend the Affordable
Housing Program Ordinance, Mountain View City Code Sections 36.40 through 36.40.70,
Amend the Associated Below-Market-Rate Housing Program Administrative Guidelines,
with the further input and recommendations made by staff to be included in the staff
report to council, to be read in title only, further reading waived (Exhibit 2 to the Staff
Report).
The motion carried by the following vote:
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Yes: 5- Commissioner Capriles, Commissioner Cranston, Commissioner Lo, Commissioner
Yin and Vice Chair Cox
Absent: 2- Commissioner Hehmeyer and Chair Baird
6. COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
REPORTS
Vice Chair Cox gave an oral report.
7. ADJOURNMENT
At 10:58 p.m., Vice Chair Cox adjourned to the Regular Meeting on Wednesday, June
19, 2019, at City Hall, 500 Castro Street. Meeting date, time, and venue are subject to
change. Please check online at www.mountainview.gov as an agenda will be posted the
Friday prior to the EPC meeting.
Respectfully Submitted,
Wayne Chen
Assistant Community Development Director
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City of Mountain View
Agenda
Environmental Planning Commission
Commissioners Capriles, Cranston, Hehmeyer, Lo, Yin, Vice Chair Cox and Chair Baird
Thursday, May 30, 2019 7:00 PM Council Chambers, City Hall, Mountain View
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
Commissioners Capriles, Cranston, Hehmeyer, Lo, Yin, Vice Chair Cox, Chair Baird
3. MINUTES APPROVAL - None.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the Commission
on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are limited to three minutes. State law
prohibits the Commission from acting on non-agenda items.
5. PUBLIC HEARING
ITEM 5.1 - BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING (BMR) PHASE II
MODIFICATIONS.
Recommendation: That the Environmental Planning Commission adopt a Resolution
Recommending that the City Council Amend the Affordable Housing
Program Ordinance, Mountain View City Code Sections 36.40 through
36.40.70, and Amend the Associated Below-Market-Rate Housing
Program Administrative Guidelines, to be read in title only, further
reading waived (Exhibit 2 to the Staff Report).
Attachments: Staff Report
Exhibit 1 - Council Study Session Memo (5-14-2019)
Exhibit 2 - Reso - Amend the Affordable Housing Ordinance
Exhibit 3 - Draft of Future Ordinance Wording
Exhibit 4 - BMR Administrative Guidlines
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6. COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
REPORTS
No action will be taken on any questions raised by the Commission at this time.
7. ADJOURNMENT
Adjourn to the Regular Meeting of June 19, 2019, in City Hall, 500 Castro Street. Meeting
date, time, and venue are subject to change. Please check online at
www.mountainview.gov as an agenda will be posted the Friday prior to the EPC meeting.
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AGENDAS FOR BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
- The specific location of each meeting is noted on the notice and agenda for each meeting which is posted at least 72
hours in advance of the meeting. Special meetings may be called as necessary by the Commission Chair and noticed at
least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
- Questions and comments regarding the agenda may be directed to the Planning Secretary at (650) 903-6306 or
community.development@mountainview.gov.
- Interested persons may review the agenda and staff reports at the Community Development offices, 500 Castro Street,
First Floor; the Friday afternoon before each meeting at 4:30 p.m. or soon thereafter; or online at
http://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/Weblink/Browse.aspx?startid=29360; and they are available during each Commission
meeting.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, 1990
- Anyone who is planning to attend a meeting who is visually or hearing-impaired or has any disability that needs special
assistance should call the Planning Secretary at (650) 903-6306 48 hours in advance of the meeting to arrange for
assistance. Upon request, in advance, by a person with a disability, agendas and writings distributed during the meeting
that are public records will be made available in the appropriate alternative format. Also upon request, in advance, an
assistive listening device can be made available for use during the meeting.
SPECIAL NOTICE
- The Board, Commission, or Committee may take action on any matter noticed herein in any manner deemed appropriate
by the Board, Commission, or Committee. Their consideration of the matters noticed herein is not limited by the
recommendations indicated herein.
- It is the policy of the Environmental Planning Commission that all evening meetings of the Commission, including Study
Sessions, be adjourned no later than 11:00 p.m., which time is referred to as the normal time of adjournment. No new
item of business shall be taken up by the Commission after the normal time unless the Commission has determined by
majority vote to set aside this policy. In the event it appears that the entire agenda cannot be completed by the normal time
of adjournment, the Commission may take up and act upon the more pressing agenda items. All agenda items not
considered at the meeting shall be on the agenda of the next regular, special, or adjourned regular meeting unless the
Commission directs otherwise.
-Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Environmental Planning Commission regarding any item on this
agenda will be made available for public inspection in the Community Development Department, located at 500 Castro
Street, during normal business hours and at the meeting location noted on the agenda during the meeting.
ADDRESSING THE BOARD, COMMISSION, OR COMMITTEE
- Interested persons are entitled to speak on any item on the agenda and should make their interest known to the Chair.
- Anyone wishing to address the Board, Commission, or Committee on a nonagenda item may do so during the "Oral
Communications" part of the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak one time on any number of topics for up to three
minutes.
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