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Mountain View committee hears downtown development updates, adopts 2026 meeting schedule

Mountain View Downtown Committee · December 3, 2025
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Summary

The Mountain View Downtown Committee received updates on the Lot 12 affordable housing project, downtown precise‑plan timing affected by new state laws, a proposed dark‑sky ordinance, arts and pop‑up activations, and adopted a reduced six‑meeting 2026 calendar. Two procedural motions carried.

The Mountain View Downtown Committee met in early December 2025 and received a string of updates on downtown development, events and arts programming while formally adopting a six‑meetings‑per‑year schedule for 2026.

Staff presented a suite of development updates, led by the Lot 12 affordable housing project. Amanda Rotella, economic vitality manager, said the Lot 12 project with Alta Housing is moving forward and will require closing the public parking lot starting about Jan. 19, with construction anticipated to begin in February or March 2026. Rotella said staff will undertake communications and outreach to the library, city employees and visitors about the temporary loss of parking.

The committee also heard that several small downtown storefront changes are pending: a…

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