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​Welcome to 
​Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning

We are a group of local volunteers dedicated to making Mountain View 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, June 6th, 10:00 AM: Downtown Committee meeting. City Hall, Atrium conference room (1st 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=1058344&GUID=1503248B-E7B0-49BC-A10A-3E8A068EABB5
    Including:

    6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
    6.2 CASTRO STREET UPDATE
    7. NEW BUSINESS
    7.1 Economic Vitality Strategy
  • Wednesday, June 7th, 2:00 PM: Development Review Committee meeting. City Hall, Plaza conference room (2nd floor), 500 Castro Street.For information on the City website:
    https://mountainview.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=A&ID=1063786&GUID=CA211B1C-9924-45C0-9185-CB33B24D3FFB
    Including:

    2. REVIEW
    2.1 500-550 Ellis Street, Loren Brown for Portola Land Company
    Request for a Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to construct a six-story, 168,647 square-foot hotel with 201 guest rooms and a two-story, 37,611 square-foot office building, and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove 23 Heritage Trees, replacing two commercial office buildings, on a 2.16-acre site.
  • ​​Thursday, June 8th, 6:30 PM: Mountain View Coalition for Sustainable Planning (MVCSP) general meeting. Remote-access meetings at this time (no physical meeting place).  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/1cz-GS89hq1PKgrKvbgNCupCWWHJ-w764nXBA5WLNEZE/edit?usp=sharing
    Summary agenda:
    * Introductions, preliminaries
    * Presentation #1: City of Mountain View active transportation planner Brandon Whyte on the in-progress City Active Transportation Plan (ATP).
    * Presentation #2: Alex Shoor for Catalyze SV revisit on potential collaboration strategy with MVCSP.
    * Update from Internal Operations Committee and Executive Committee
    * 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.​​
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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:​​