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Mountain View committee reviews 424 Bryant affordable housing project and public-art plan
Summary
City staff and the Alta/Related development team presented the Lot 12 affordable housing project (now 424 Bryant Street), described a $75,000 public-art budget and a community-centered RFQ/RFP process, and the VAC approved an ad hoc subcommittee to work with the developer on artist selection.
Mountain View—s Visual Arts Committee on a recent meeting heard city staff and the Alta/Related development team outline the Lot 12 affordable housing project (now addressed as 424 Bryant Street), the required public-art program and a selection timeline that reaches the VAC for final input in 2026.
"This evening, we'll be walking the visual arts committee through the Lot 12 project," said Deanna Talavera, senior housing officer in Mountain View's housing department. Talavera said the 1.5-acre site was prioritized by the City Council in 2018, was solicited through a 2019 RFP and is planned as a 100% affordable development with about 120 units. She said the city—s contribution to the project (not including land) is $23,450,000 and that Santa Clara County is contributing $19,750,000.
Why it matters: the council-directed RFP required placemaking and public art as part of the project, and staff told the VAC that art installations must be completed before the city issues a certificate of…
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