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Uploaded: Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 1:53 PM
Council to vote on 193 apartments
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by Daniel Debolt
Mountain View Voice Staff
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| A 193-unit apartment building could soon spring up on El Camino Real just west of San Antonio Road if the City Council approves the project Tuesday night.
The San Antonio Inn and an auto shop building next door could be scraped to allow Urban Housing Group to build the four-story complex on the 2.9-acre site. The designs includes a pool, extensive bicycle facilities, an unusually high green-point rating and a park along the adjacent Hetch-Hetchy right of way. The site at 2650 and 2656 El Camino Real is located between Lozano's car wash and the CVS pharmacy.
Also on the agenda is approval of a controversial car wash and convenience store at the Shell gas station at the corner of Shoreline Boulevard and El Camino Real. Neighbors have appealed the zoning administrator's approval of the car wash, citing noise and traffic concerns. It would be 23 feet away from the nearest home.
The Council is also set for a vote on a new contract with a major city union, the SEIU, which gives annual raises of 2 percent over the next two fiscal years, while cutting benefits in other areas to save $115,000 annually.
The regular meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. in City Hall at 500 Castro Street. A study session in which the council will discuss community benefit agreements with developers is set to begin at 5:15 p.m.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by rem, a resident of another community, on Jun 26, 2012 at 2:58 pm
rem is a member (registered user) of Mountain View Online NO - NO - NO -NO NO OR DISAPPROVED!!!!!
It would be nice if our City Council could GROW UP..
Oh well - It is election time....
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Posted by Garrett, a resident of another community, on Jun 26, 2012 at 3:05 pm Don't see anything wrong with building apartments on ECR, the buildings that are their now are rundown and need to be torn down.
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Posted by Litsa, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Jun 26, 2012 at 3:23 pm I'm still waiting for my Chick-fil-A. You HEAR ME, city council?!!!
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Posted by stop housing, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood, on Jun 26, 2012 at 5:03 pm Why is Mountain View trying to house the world? Stop building housing, especially low income housing. Property values are going down because no one, and I mean no one wants to live next to the guy paying half of the cost of what rent should be. There have been two attempt on my breaking into my car in the past 4 months. I literally just got the bill to repair the door when the second one happened. This was in my driveway!!!! Low income housing or high density housing is not going to solve anything!
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Posted by John, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Jun 26, 2012 at 9:14 pm Do we get to vote?
Why is Mtn View being targeted for all the excessive over building?
Easy to get a city council vote is the logical conclusion.
We won't be any different than Sunnyvale in a few years. All the developers will have the cash and the residents will have the problems resulting from over building.
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Posted by School Concerns, a resident of another community, on Jun 27, 2012 at 11:47 am 193 more apartments???! The schools in north Los Altos will be bursting at the seams with all of the residential units being built in the San Antonio area north of El Camino. The Mountain View City Council must set aside land for a school in the area for these families. It is not right for Mountain View to grow, grow, grow and reap in the dollars from this area without zoning land for a school or contributing a site to the Los Altos School District, which is responsible for educating children in this area. Already, there are over 350 LASD students living north of El Camino, and 100 more are expected from the San Antonio development alone (not including the apartments to be built on the Safeway site). To alleviate traffic and to meet the needs of these families, a school in the area is essential.
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Posted by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on Jun 27, 2012 at 4:38 pm @SchoolConcerns And just how much regional housing is Los Altos contributing? This area is in the LASD and there are housing development fees and property taxes that are paid on all development and all properties that go to this district. Apartment housing produces much less 'per unit' than single family. (although I don't know how much per 'property tax dollar') The City of Mountain view is allowing regional jobs (for thankful Los Altos managers) and regional housing. Anyone may move to Morgan Hill if they want lower density (and longer commutes to jobs).
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Posted by Kman, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Jun 29, 2012 at 10:40 am And we wonder why our streets are so congested.
A previous article mentioned how we can help stop congestion, well this is exactly what is causing it.
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