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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.
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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
- Saturday, April 20th, 10:00 AM: SVBC and The City of MV Community Earth Day bike ride to Bike Exchange.
As part of local Earth Day festivities, this ride takes us through North Bayshore to the San Francisco Bay Trail, by the newly constructed Colony Street Trailhead and bridge, and the ride's focus, to the Bike Exchange in Palo Alto. While there we’ll learn how the BikeEx helps keep bikes out of landfills and supports Earth-friendly cycling. The ride will be commuter-focused, with an anticipated discussion about good commuting practices and how what we saw aligns with City and SVBC plans generally over lunch after the ride.
Start location: City of Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Drive
Date: April 20th
Time: 10 am-noon
Restrooms: Available at the Community Center and the Bike Exchange
Distance and Pace: 8 miles at a moderate pace ~10mph.
Route info: https://www.plotaroute.com/route/2573441 - Thursday, May 9th, 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: Nicholas Hargas to discuss his platform for his run for City Council.
* Presentation #2: (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 - For more about the above and other items, see NEWS AND UPDATES and CALENDAR.
- City of Mountain View City Planning Division Update (April 2024)
- MVCSP comments on R3 Zone Update to City of Mountain View City Council (April 9, 2024)
- Future Mountain View City Council agenda items updated for April–June 2024 (March 30, 2024)
- MVCSP comments on Displacement Response Strategies to City of Mountain View City Council (March 19, 2024)
- 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 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)