City of Mountain View  
Agenda  
Environmental Planning Commission  
Council Chambers and Video Conference, 500 Castro  
Street, Mountain View, CA 94041  
Wednesday, October 4, 2023  
7:00 PM  
This meeting is being conducted with a virtual component. Anyone wishing to address the  
Environmental Planning Commission virtually may join the meeting at:  
https://mountainview.zoom.us/j/85300705240, or by dialing (669) 900-9128 and entering Webinar  
ID: 853 0070 5240.  
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1. CALL TO ORDER  
2. ROLL CALL  
3. MINUTES APPROVAL  
3.1  
Approve Meeting Minutes  
Recommendation:  
Approve the Environmental Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of May 3, 2023  
and May 17, 2023.  
Attachments:  
May 3, 2023 EPC Minutes  
May 17, 2023 EPC Minutes  
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 allowed to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during this section. If  
there appears to be a large number of speakers, speaking time may be reduced to no less than 1.5  
minutes. State law prohibits the Commission from acting on nonagenda items.  
5. PUBLIC HEARING  
5.1  
500 and 550 Ellis Street Hotel and Office Project  
Recommendation:  
The Environmental Planning Commission recommends the City Council:  
1. Adopt the Initial Study of Environmental Significance for the 500 and 550 Ellis  
Street Hotel and Office Project and determine that the project is consistent with the  
East Whisman Precise Plan Final Environmental Impact Report and Mountain View  
2030 General Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program Final Environmental  
Impact Report, pursuant to Sections 15162 and 15183 of the California Environmental  
Quality Act Guidelines (Exhibit 1 to the EPC Staff Report).  
2. Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Mountain View Approving a  
Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to Construct a New  
Six-Story, 168,647 Square Foot, 201 Room Hotel with a Four-Level Parking Garage,  
and a Two-Story, 37,611 Square Foot Office Building, Replacing Two Commercial Office  
Buildings; a Provisional Use Permit for a Parking Reduction to Allow 192 Spaces in  
Lieu of 209 Spaces Required for the Hotel; and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to  
Remove 15 Heritage Trees; all on a 2.16-acre Site Located at 500 and 550 Ellis Street,  
to be read in title only, further reading waived (Exhibit 2 to the EPC Staff Report).  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Exhibit 1 - Initial Study of Environmental Significance  
Exhibit 2 - Draft Project Resolution  
Exhibit 3 - Project Plans  
Exhibit 4 - Arborist Report  
Exhibit 5 - Multi-Modal Transportation Analysis  
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  
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC:  
The agenda, reports, and any writings or documents provided to a majority of the Environmental Planning Commission regarding any  
item on this agenda are posted at https://mountainview.legistar.com under the meeting details for the date of this meeting. The agenda  
may also be viewed at City Hall, 500 Castro Street, the City Clerk's Office, 500 Castro Street, Third Floor and at the Mountain View Library,  
585 Franklin Street, beginning at 4:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, prior to Wednesday Environmental Planning Commission  
meetings. Printed copies of the agenda, reports, and any writings or documents already provided to a majority of the Commission  
regarding any item on this agenda may be requested at the Community Development Department during normal business hours.  
The Environmental Planning Commission may consider and act on items listed on the agenda in any order and thus those interested in  
an item listed on the agenda are advised to be present throughout the meeting.  
It is the policy of the Environmental Planning Commission that all evening meetings of the Commission, including Study Sessions, be  
adjourned no later than 10:00 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 10:00 p.m. 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.  
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you need special assistance in this meeting, please contact the Planning Board  
Clerk at (650) 903-6306 or by email at epc@mountainview.gov 48 hours prior to the meeting so the City can make reasonable  
arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.160 (b) (1)). If you have a hearing or speech disability, please use the  
California Relay System at 711, TDD 650-967-0158 or 800-735-2929.  
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income, gender, gender expression or identity, or any other State or Federal protected class in any of its policies, procedures or  
practices. This nondiscrimination policy covers admission and access to, or treatment or employment in, the City of Mountain View  
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complete accuracy nor used as a verbatim transcript.  
ADDRESSING THE COMMISSION:  
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Planning Commission. Please identify the Agenda item number in the subject line of your email. Requests to show an audio or video  
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meeting date.  
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called by when it is your turn to speak and the item number on which you wish to speak. Please complete one yellow speaker card for  
each item on which you wish to speak. Virtual and in-person speakers will be called in order as determined by the Chair or their  
designee.  
An individual speaker shall have up to three minutes to address the Commission. For any agenda item or for Oral Communications on  
nonagenda items, if there appears to be a large number of speakers, the Chair may reduce speaking time to no less than 1.5 minutes  
per speaker unless there is an objection from the Commission by majority vote.  
If requested in advance of the public input portion of the agenda item to the Chair or dais staff, a speaker who represents five or more  
members of the public in attendance who complete cards but elect not to speak may have up to 10 minutes to address the Commission,  
if the Chair determines that such extension will reduce the total number of speakers who planned to speak.  
An applicant and/or appellant for a zone change, precise plan or quasi-judicial hearing shall have up to 10 minutes to address the  
Commission and, with the consent of the Commission, two minutes of rebuttal at the conclusion of all public speakers.  
The presiding officer may remove or cause the removal of any individual(s) for disrupting a meeting in accordance with California  
Government Code section 54957.95, as may be amended from time to time. In accordance with California Government Code section  
54957.9, as may be amended from time to time, the Commission may order a meeting room cleared and continue in session in the  
event a meeting is willfully interrupted by a group or groups of persons so as to render the orderly conduct of the meeting impossible,  
and order cannot be restored by the removal of individuals who are disrupting the meeting.  
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(1), at least twice the allotted speaking time will be provided to a member of the public  
who utilizes a translator.