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Environmental Planning Commission Meeting - June 18, 2025: Work Plan Review and Approval

City Council — Wednesday, June 18, 2025
BodyMountain View, California
SessionCity Council
DateWednesday, June 18, 2025
StatusFILED
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0:22

Good evening.

0:22

The time is 701 p.m.

0:24

And welcome to the environmental planning commission meeting of June 18th, 2025.

0:29

I will call the meeting to order at 7.02 p.m.

0:33

For those joining us in person, please note that due to our hybrid environment, audio and video presentations can no longer be shared from the lectern.

0:40

Request to show an audio or video presentation during a meeting should be directed to EPC at Mountainview.gov by 4 30 p.m.

0:47

on the meeting date.

0:48

Additionally, due to our hybrid environment, we will no longer have speakers lineup to speak on an item.

0:53

Anyone wishing to address the EPC in person must complete a yellow speaker card.

0:57

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.

1:04

Please complete one yellow speaker card for each item on which you wish to speak and turn them in to the EPC clerk as soon as possible, but no later than the call for public comment on the item you are speaking on.

1:14

Instructions for addressing the commission virtually may be found on the posted agenda.

1:18

Now I will ask the EPC clerk to proceed with roll call.

1:24

Um Commissioner Dempsey.

1:27

Here.

1:28

Commissioner Donahue.

1:31

Absent.

1:32

Commissioner Yun.

1:33

Here.

1:34

Commissioner Cranston.

1:36

Present.

1:37

Commissioner Phan?

1:39

Here.

1:39

Uh Vice Chair Nunes.

1:41

Here.

1:42

And Chair Gutiers.

1:44

Here.

1:44

Um all commissioners are here with the exception of Commissioner Donahue.

1:53

Okay, now that the roll call has been completed.

1:55

I have a note here to welcome our Commissioner Tina Phan, but we've already done that, but let's do it again because we don't have that much to do right now.

2:01

So welcome Tina to the team.

2:04

Thank you.

2:05

Glad to be here.

2:09

Okay.

2:11

So by what I have here on the agenda, we've got the minutes approval, 3.1 environmental planning commission meeting minutes, uh meeting minutes of November 20th, 2024.

2:19

Uh let's see here.

2:21

We've got EPC discussion, public comment, emotion.

2:25

Okay.

2:25

So any uh discussion on this uh issue for the meeting minutes of November 20th, 2024.

2:34

No.

2:37

Clerk, do we have any public comment?

2:41

There are no um participants online.

2:44

And for the record, there's no members of the community here either.

2:48

So this is moving rather quickly.

2:50

Um I need help from someone on the team to provide a motion to approve the minutes.

2:54

Moved.

2:56

Do I hear a second?

2:57

I'll second.

2:58

Okay.

3:05

Sure.

3:06

So the motion was by Commissioner Dempsey.

3:09

Second and by excuse me.

3:14

Thank you, Commissioner Yen.

3:33

Motion uh moves forward.

3:35

Uh five yes and one abstain.

3:38

Awesome.

3:39

We'll move on to oral communications.

3:41

This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the EPC on any matter not on the agenda.

3:46

Speakers are allowed to speak on any topic for up to three minutes during this section.

3:50

State law prohibits the commission from acting on non-agenda items.

Discussion Breakdown — Share of Meeting
Procedural█████████████████████████████████████████41%
Personnel Matters██████████████14%
Housing███████████11%
Downtown Revitalization██████████10%
General Plan████████8%
Tree Preservation███████7%
Parks and Recreation█████5%
Historic Preservation████4%
Summary of Proceedings

Environmental Planning Commission Meeting - June 18, 2025

The Environmental Planning Commission met on June 18, 2025, at 7:02 PM to review and forward the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Plan to the City Council. The meeting also included approval of previous meeting minutes and a public comment period.

Consent Calendar

  • Minutes Approval (November 20, 2024): The Commission approved the minutes with a vote of 5-0-1 (Commissioner Donahue absent; one abstention, not specified).

Public Comments & Testimony

  • Non-Agenda Items: No members of the public spoke during oral communications.
  • Work Plan Item: One speaker, Daniel Shane, addressed the Commission regarding recommendations for city code updates related to parkland dedication (Chapter 41). He advocated for adding natural resources such as urban forests and highway vegetation barriers to the list of options for parkland dedication, emphasizing the need to consider environmental features on private lands during development review.

Discussion Items

  • Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Plan (Item 5.1): Principal Planner Diana Pantoli presented the draft work plan, which includes three categories: ongoing work (e.g., General Plan, housing element reports), continuing items (e.g., gatekeeper process update, downtown and Moffett precise plans, historic preservation ordinance, Dark Sky ordinance, zoning standards updates), and informational items (e.g., citywide TDM ordinance, biodiversity and urban forest plan). Staff noted that the City Council's work plan has been intentionally reduced to about 15 items to focus on priorities. Commissioners asked about staffing (nearly fully staffed), the timeline for the downtown precise plan update (comprehensive update through 2028 due to interrelated sub-areas and housing element priorities), and the Dark Sky ordinance progress (moved up two quarters due to a less comprehensive approach and consultant support). Commissioner inquiries also covered the work plan development process and the status of gatekeeper applications. Chair Gutierrez shared a closing remark about maintaining respectful language and clarified his approach to handling feedback from council members regarding commissioner conduct.

Key Outcomes

  • Work Plan Approval: The Commission voted unanimously (6-0) to accept the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-26 Work Plan as presented and forward it to the City Council for approval. Motion by Commissioner Cranston, seconded by Vice Chair Nunes.
  • Next Meeting: The next regular EPC meeting is scheduled for August 20, 2025 (not weekly as some calendars may indicate).
  • Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 7:35 PM.

Note: Commissioner Donahue was absent. The minutes approval vote included one abstention (not specified).

Meeting Transcript

Good evening. The time is 701 p.m. And welcome to the environmental planning commission meeting of June 18th, 2025. I will call the meeting to order at 7.02 p.m. For those joining us in person, please note that due to our hybrid environment, audio and video presentations can no longer be shared from the lectern. Request to show an audio or video presentation during a meeting should be directed to EPC at Mountainview.gov by 4 30 p.m. on the meeting date. Additionally, due to our hybrid environment, we will no longer have speakers lineup 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 turn them in to the EPC clerk as soon as possible, but no later than the call for public comment on the item you are speaking on. Instructions for addressing the commission virtually may be found on the posted agenda. Now I will ask the EPC clerk to proceed with roll call. Um Commissioner Dempsey. Here. Commissioner Donahue. Absent. Commissioner Yun. Here. Commissioner Cranston. Present. Commissioner Phan? Here. Uh Vice Chair Nunes. Here. And Chair Gutiers. Here. Um all commissioners are here with the exception of Commissioner Donahue. Okay, now that the roll call has been completed. I have a note here to welcome our Commissioner Tina Phan, but we've already done that, but let's do it again because we don't have that much to do right now. So welcome Tina to the team. Thank you. Glad to be here. Okay. So by what I have here on the agenda, we've got the minutes approval, 3.1 environmental planning commission meeting minutes, uh meeting minutes of November 20th, 2024. Uh let's see here. We've got EPC discussion, public comment, emotion. Okay. So any uh discussion on this uh issue for the meeting minutes of November 20th, 2024. No. Clerk, do we have any public comment? There are no um participants online. And for the record, there's no members of the community here either. So this is moving rather quickly. Um I need help from someone on the team to provide a motion to approve the minutes. Moved. Do I hear a second? I'll second. Okay. Sure.

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