The Environmental Planning Commission (EPC) formulates and recommends long-range plans, including the General Plan, for the physical development of the City and also establishes and maintains the environmental planning process. The Commission consists of seven members, supported by the Community Development Department's Planning Division.

The general functions of the Commission include:

• Participate in sub-regional and regional planning;
• Establish, maintain, and monitor an environmental planning process for the City;
• Monitor and communicate with the City Council, public agencies, and citizens concerning the City's environment and progress of plan implementation; and
• Coordinate plans of other public agencies affecting the City's environment

Environmental Planning Commission Workplan

Current Environmental Planning Commission projects are noted in this workplan.

Meetings

The Environmental Planning Commission usually meets the first and third Wednesdays of every month at 7:00 p.m. in the following location:

Council Chambers
City Hall, 2nd Floor
500 Castro St.
Mountain View, CA 94041

The EPC meetings are available in hybrid format for public participation. To attend the meeting virtually, instructions are available on the posted meeting agenda. Please note, meeting dates and location are subject to change.

Agendas and Minutes

The Current Agenda and supporting documents will be posted the Friday prior to the hearing date by 5:00 p.m. at mountainview.legistar.com. It may be necessary to navigate to the appropriate meeting date. The current agenda is also posted in front of the entrance to City Hall at 500 Castro Street. To view archived meeting agendas, materials, and minutes through December 2019, visit City Records online.

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Commission Members

• Hank Dempsey, Chair
• Jose Gutierrez, Vice Chair
• Chris Clark
• William Cranston
• Joyce Yin
• Paul Donahue
• Alex Nunez

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View the Advisory Body Roster for additional information.

To contact Commissioners, you can email them directly (see Advisory Body Roster) or send an email to epc@mountainview.gov.

Public Comments

Members of the public can provide public comments orally at the hearing or written comments can be sent via email to the:

• EPC Commissioners at epc@mountainview.gov, 
• Planning Division email at planning.division@mountainview.gov; or
• Project Planner listed on the agenda

Written comments received prior to 5 p.m. the day of the EPC hearing will be posted online with the meeting materials.