Shwetha Subramanian

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Mountain View City Council · City Council on 2025-10-21 6:00 PM - SPECIAL MEETING · 21 Oct 2025 meeting

Ida Rose.

Um, I believe uh the role of a planning commissioner is to be a guide and a steward of both land use policy and land use development for the city.

Um I view this role as working closely with the staff to promote the projects and um bring their views to the table to support the council in making responsible decisions that.

yield the best outcomes for Mountain View and its residents.

And as a a citizen of Mountain View, which I'm very proud of being, I I believe I represent the residents of Mountain View and I want to bring that perspective to the table.

I believe the challenge um in the general plans is is in meeting the housing needs of the region and in particularly aligning and staying ahead of the changes that are being enforced by state and assembly bills that will impact the development in this region.

Specifically, I think the particular challenge is being able to balance development with preserving the character of existing neighborhoods.

The current downtown plan allows up to 85 feet and 60 dwelling units per acre.

And if you look at SP 79, which was passed recently, that almost doubles that density and keeping some of the similar heights.

So I think that will be a particular challenge when SP 79 gets adopted in the middle of next year, and how that balances out with the requirements.

requirements of Mountain View's general plan and looking at areas of the precise plan that are impacted by the proximity to the transit stops.

I also believe that there are aspects in the general plan with regards to improving access and improving mobility to the Caltrain station stops.

With the improved Caltrain services, I believe there are opportunities to reduce car mileage, promote easier pedestrian and bike access to train stops across key thoroughfares, and increase other modalities of

transportation which will become a particular challenge to review.

I also believe that there's an opportunity here where by embracing technology and putting in safeguards, we can improve other modalities of transportation, such as when Waymo's and other self-driving options become more ubiquitous in the South Bay.

We have to ensure that their circulation and pickup and drop-off zones are well coordinated.

through the planning requirements.

And finally Oh thanks.

So I believe that the challenges in addition to some of the state and assembly bills and uh figuring out uh the city's general plan and precise plan alignments with those, I believe the big challenge that faces us, and we're not singular in this, is it's the region as a whole, is um the face of economic changes and the the rapid uh pace at which that

That's happening.

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