Dear Staff of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission,
Regarding the preliminary draft map of where Senate Bill 79 applies, we are in general support of the map as it relates to the transit stops within the city of Mountain View.
A potential clarification is that for stations like those on Caltrain whose platforms generally face the public realm, that the “pedestrian access points” be instead the full perimeter of the platform in order to avoid jaggedness of the Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Zone boundaries. Alternatively, additional PAPs could include any Clipper Card reader stations on the platform.
We are also aware that the city of Mountain View is in talks with the Army to incorporate the federal land otherwise omitted from the TOD Zone of the Mountain View Stations. The map may want to consider extending to this location, or prepare in the event annexation occurs.
David Watson, on behalf of Mountain View YIMBY