This is fantastic and the best way to development for the cities from Sunnyvale to Menlo Park. It has alway been an under-developed hellhole with East Palo Alto at the center of it all.
Developing this strip of land east of Bayshore with responsible housing and communities is the only way to get rid of the blight that we on the other side of the highway have suffered from since the 1950's. And to all the liberal and racist activists that deny this just look back to what happened to Ravenswood High School, banks, and grocery stores: you know this is true, and the facts support it. Only when the bay side of the south bay area is fully developed with new working communities will the nightmare of crime, gangs, and corruption end, and responsible communities grow; so let's start with Mountain View and continue to make it even a greater city than it is.

@Dennis,

Thank you!

To add to your point, the best way to alleviate the rising cost of housing in this area is to increase inventory. There's not a ton of empty land on the West side of 101 w/o tearing down existing housing or businesses. We have the opportunity to do something right here....let's not blow it.

Putting housing near the high density of jobs is also the best way to address the traffic issues that will come along with another 2.5Million sq. feet of commercial space (or whatever it ends up being). Good for MV City Council for bringing their city planning into the 21st century.

"much of the area sought for housing was located along a contaminated groundwater plume of toxic trichloroethylene and perchloroethene. While commercial development was possible, any new residences would face enormous liability in a toxic environment.."

I guess I read this article differently than the previous commenters, but who really knows the truth. It seems Mountain View Council thinks this is not true or their are extremely naive with our money.

Dennis,
"Developing this strip of land east of Bayshore with responsible housing and communities is the only way to get rid of the blight that we on the other side of the highway...Only when the bay side of the south bay area is fully developed with new working communities will the nightmare of crime, gangs, and corruption end, and responsible communities grow; so let's start with Mountain View and continue to make it even a greater city than it is.

I live on Shoreline and don't see what you are seeing in Mountain View. I don't think this article addresses the land area you think it does.

Hi Dennis,

Throwing Easy Palo Alto into a Mountain View discussion is offbase. If you
look at crimereports.com you will see there is very little crime in
North Bayshore. Less crime than the rest of Mountain View. This refutes
your argument.

It takes bravery for Inks to assert the absurd remark that housing in North Shoreline is a new idea. The majority of the prior council did their best to kill the idea, but the council debated it for the past couple of years.

When we have water restrictions all over, is it wise to build 5000+ units? The greedy developers don't care, then we the people should.