Environmental Planning Commission on 2026-03-04 7:00 PM - Mar 04, 2026

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How do hybrid meeting rules and public comment procedures work for the March 4, 2026 EPC meeting?

Alex Nunez 0:00

Those joining us in Zoom, please note that due to our hybrid environment, audio and video presentations can no longer be shared from the lectern. Requests to show an audio or video presentation during a meeting should be directed to epcimountainview.gov by 4.30 p.m. on the meeting date. Additionally, due to our hybrid environment, we will no longer have speakers line up to speak on an item. Anyone wishing to address the EPC in person must complete a yellow speaker card. Please indicate the name you would like to be 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, and then turn them in to the APC clerk as soon as possible, but no later than the call for public comment on the item you are speaking on.

Alex Nunez 0:45

Instructions for addressing the commission virtually may be found on the posted agenda. Now I will ask the APC clerk to proceed with roll call.

Mr. Clerk (EPC clerk) 0:56

Commissioner Subramanian.

Jennifer Logue 0:59

Here.

Mr. Clerk (EPC clerk) 1:00

Commissioner Pham.

Jennifer Logue 1:01

Here.

Mr. Clerk (EPC clerk) 1:03

Commissioner Gutierrez. Commissioner Dempsey. Here. Commissioner Cranston. Here. Vice Chair Donahue. Here. And Chair Nunez. Present. Here, okay. All commissioners present with the exception of Commissioner Gutierrez who is absent.

Alex Nunez 1:25

Thank you, Mr. Clerk. Okay, we'll move on to item number three, minutes approval, of which there is none. So we will then proceed to item number four, oral communications. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the EPC on any matter not on the agenda. Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during this section. State law prohibits the Commission from acting on non-agenda items. If anyone in attendance would like to provide comments on non-agenda items, please fill out yellow speaker card and provide it to the EPC clerk. If anyone on Zoom would like to provide a comment on non-agenda items, please click the raise hand button in Zoom or press star nine on your phone.

Alex Nunez 2:04

Phone users can mute and unmute themselves with star six. Mr. Clerk, do we have any speakers?

Mr. Clerk (EPC clerk) 2:12

There are none in person and none on Zoom.

Alex Nunez 2:16

Okay, all right, seeing as how there are no speakers, we will proceed to item five, public hearing with 5.1, below market rate housing program zoning code updates being the agenda item for the night. We will first have a staff presentation, then questions by the EPC, followed by public comment. At the closure of public comment, the commission will then deliberate and take action. So we'll begin with a staff presentation from our housing specialist, Ana Reynoso, and affordable housing manager, Julie Bernard, thank you. Good evening chair and commissioners. My name is Ana Reynoso and I'm a housing specialist here at the city. This evening I am accompanied by affordable housing manager Julie Barnard and housing director Wayne Chen.

Alex Nunez 3:01

This evening we will be presenting on the ordinance amendments to the below market rate program also referred to as BMR. This evening's presentation will be divided into three main parts. We will provide some background, which includes an overview of the current BMR program, along with the BMR review process. The second part of the presentation is focused on the seven proposed amendments to the BMR ordinance. Finally, we will conclude with next steps. The city's BMR program was originally adopted in 1999 and underwent its first major update in August of 2019. The BMR program refers to inclusionary units that are integrated within market rate developments, not projects that are 100% affordable housing.

Alex Nunez 3:52

Some key components of the BMR program include any residential project that creates seven or more units must include onsite BMR units. Projects less than seven units are subject to a fractional in lieu fee. BMR units are set at different area median income, also known as AMI levels, and are required to be comparable to market rate units, and BMR units remain affordable in perpetuity. Under the program, developers may pursue an alternative means of compliance, also referred to as alternative compliance, in place of providing onsite BMR units.