City of Mountain View
Minutes
Environmental Planning Commission
Wednesday, May 17, 2023
7:00 PM
Plaza Conference Room and Video Conference,
500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
This meeting was conducted with a virtual component.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Yin called the meeting of the Environmental Planning Commission to order at 7:00 p.m.
2.
ROLL CALL
7 -
Present
Commissioner Chris Clark, Commissioner Bill Cranston, Commissioner Jose Gutierrez,
Commissioner Preeti Hehmeyer, Commissioner Alex Nunez, Vice Chair Hank Dempsey and
Chair Joyce Yin
3.
4.
MINUTES APPROVAL - NONE
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
Chair Yin opened the floor at 7:01 p.m. to public testimony, asking if anyone from the public wished to speak
on this item.
No members of the public wished to speak.
Public testimony concluded at 7:01 p.m.
5.
NEW BUSINESS
5.1
Retreat and Development Review Process Overview
Senior Planner Penollar, Assistant Community Development Director Hagan, Advanced Planning Manager
Anderson, Community Development Director Shrivastava, and CEQA consultant, John Schwartz of JHS
Consulting gave an oral presentation and answered questions from the commission.
Chair Yin opened the floor at 7:49 p.m. to public testimony, asking if anyone from the public wished to speak
on this item.
SPEAKING FROM THE FLOOR:
• Cliff Chambers, Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning
• Bruce England, Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning, and GreenSpacesMV
Public testimony concluded at 7:56 p.m.
The Commission went into deliberation with Assistant Community Development Director Hagan, Community
Development Director Shrivastava and Advanced Planning Manager Anderson answering questions from the
Commission.
6.
COMMISSION/STAFF ANNOUNCEMENTS, UPDATES, REQUESTS, AND COMMITTEE
REPORTS