Welcome to
Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning
We are a group of local volunteers dedicated to making Mountain View, California, as beautiful, economically healthy, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian accessible, and affordable as possible. MVCSP member interest and expertise covers areas such as housing, transportation, the environment, the economy, and beyond!
MVCSP generally meets on the second Thursday of every month from 6:30-8:30 PM. The location varies. See "What's Hot" below and the Calendar for upcoming-meeting details.
To receive the latest MVCSP updates in your inbox, click here to subscribe to our announcement-only email list (about one message per week).
To search our site, use the field below. Another option: Google search works well if you include site:mvcsp.org in the search field.
Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning
We are a group of local volunteers dedicated to making Mountain View, California, as beautiful, economically healthy, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian accessible, and affordable as possible. MVCSP member interest and expertise covers areas such as housing, transportation, the environment, the economy, and beyond!
MVCSP generally meets on the second Thursday of every month from 6:30-8:30 PM. The location varies. See "What's Hot" below and the Calendar for upcoming-meeting details.
To receive the latest MVCSP updates in your inbox, click here to subscribe to our announcement-only email list (about one message per week).
To search our site, use the field below. Another option: Google search works well if you include site:mvcsp.org in the search field.
What's coming up
- Tuesday, March 19th, 5:00 PM: City Council meeting. City Hall, Council Chambers (2nd floor), 500 Castro Street and see remote access details in the agenda file.
For information on the City website:
https://mountainview.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1135390&GUID=54A122B4-4D00-471B-86C8-161BE8A5E578
Including:
3. STUDY SESSION
3.1 Displacement Response Strategy - Acquisition/Preservation, Community Ownership Action Plan, and Other Efforts
6. PUBLIC HEARING
6.1 Floodplain Management Ordinance-Amendment - Wednesday, March 20th, 2:00 PM: Development Review Committee meeting. City Hall, Plaza conference room (2nd floor), 500 Castro Street and see remote access details in the agenda file.
For information on the City website:
https://mountainview.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1148828&GUID=2E0A5F80-56F3-4B94-B6F3-0ED066317E4E
Including:
2. REVIEW
2.1 236 Castro Street, Boyd Smith for Smith Development
Request for a Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to construct a 58 square foot addition and major façade modifications to an existing multi-tenant commercial building on a 0.06-acre site. - Wednesday, March 20th, 2:00 PM: Council Finance Committee meeting. City Hall, Atrium conference room (1st floor), 500 Castro Street.
For information on the City website:
https://mountainview.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1186403&GUID=FAFF09F4-5D8F-4A5B-92A1-9E0729D08DE1 - Thursday, April 11th, 6:30 PM: Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning (MVCSP) general meeting. To connect with the meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/bnb-jyjv-uwr
Or dial: (US) +1 484-416-4647 PIN: 388 566 059#. More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/bnb-jyjv-uwr?pin=4249719644556
Agenda file: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-s5Step80xyc_mWExkXBBCLe3GbJv9sBa8H5o9NSNlg/edit?usp=sharing
Summary agenda:
* Introductions, preliminaries
* Presentation #1: (tentative) Castro Commons development team with updates on that project.
* Update on Projects: Current and upcoming
* Proactive Engagement Committee (update)
* Development updates
* Discuss past presentations
* City Advisory Body updates
* Updates from related community organizations
* Final comments - Wednesday, March 20th, 6:00 PM: Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition Biketivist Forum and Mountain View local team meeting.
Contact Bruce England at bkengland@gmail.com if you need details and/or register here. - For more about the above and other items, see NEWS AND UPDATES and CALENDAR.
- MVCSP comments on Displacement Response Strategies to City of Mountain View City Council (March 19, 2024)
- Future Mountain View City Council agenda items updated for January–March 2024 (December 21, 2023)
- City of Mountain View External Roster updated February 13, 2024
- MVCSP comments on Legislative Program Priorities for 2024 to City of Mountain View City Council (February 13, 2024)
- City of Mountain View City Planning Division Update (February 2024)
- City advisory body workplans updated for FY 2023–24 on September 12, 2023.
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Related Organizations and Stakeholders in Mountain View |
Organizations in and around Mountain View dedicated to making our city as sustainable as possible, in all ways:
- Canopy (https://canopy.org/)
- Carbon-Free Mountain View (http://www.carbonfreemountainview.org/)
To join, go to http://www.carbonfreemountainview.org/cfsv - Catalyze SV (https://www.catalyzesiliconvalley.org/)
- Community Services Agency (https://www.csacares.org/)
- Day Worker Center of Mountain View (https://www.dayworkercentermv.org/)
- Destination: Home (https://destinationhomesv.org/)
- Friends of Caltrain (http://www.greencaltrain.com/friends-of-caltrain)
- Friends of Mountain View Parks (https://www.friendsofmvparks.org/)
- Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail (http://www.stevenscreektrail.org)
- GreenSpacesMV (http://www.greenspacesmv.org)
- Livable Sunnyvale (http://www.livablesunnyvale.org)
- Living Classroom (https://www.living-classroom.org/)
- Magical Bridge Foundation (http://magicalbridge.org/)
- Mountain View Chamber of Commerce (http://chambermv.org/)
- Mountain View Housing Justice Coalition (https://mvhousingjustice.org/)
- Mountain View Mobile Home Alliance (https://mvmha.com/)
- Mountain View Tenants Coalition (https://mvtenantscoalition.org/)
- MV YIMBY (https://mvyimby.com/)
- Mountain View Streets for All (http://mvstreetsforall.org/)
- Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (https://bikesiliconvalley.org)
- Soil&Water (Mountain View urban gardens support and advocacy) (http://www.soilandwatergarden.org)
- SV@Home (http://siliconvalleyathome.org)