400-660 more cars in the neighborhood? This is ludicrous to think the neighborhood can support this traffic when we already are trapped in our homes for 1/4 of the day. When are the brilliant minds supporting explosive growth without consequences gonna expand roads and infrastructure to keep from wasting hours trapped in traffic? A overpass will give little relief but as I said little when you are adding so much to an existing problem. The tide will turn soon as I see more and more homeowners fixing and renting their houses for 7-8k and moving elsewhere.

I think this is an excellent use for community owned property - that is currently vacant and thus giving us No Return On Assets! In the world of commerce, zero ROI is not good. In the world of community investment zero ROA is also not good.

Freestyle Academy program would be an excellent fit. The facilities there are old - portables - and at the-end-of-life. MVLA facilities people have been very well treating their building assets (even the older portables forming the language area near MVHS tennis court) and this would be a great time on replacing the old portables.

I look forward to the City administration and my Council in facilitating this 'best use' of a community land resource.

(ab normal - I live next to an elementary - have for decades, I expect traffic, always have! it is No Surprise! When kids sports leagues rent the fields for their kids - I also expect LOTS of families to bring their kids by My Driveway and parking next to My House. All weekend! Yippie! good clean fun for all)

I totally agree with ab normal, and would like to add more. MVHS is already a massive organization, truly industrial in scale, sitting in the middle of an (expensive) housing area. To add to its already considerable size is a big mistake. In fact, considering its growth over the past couple decades, actions should be taken to reduce its now imposing impact on the neighborhood. For example, cut back on intentionally noisy activities, such as Marching Band, Winter Percussion, etc. Note that sporting activities are not intentionally noisy, and are not intrinsically a noise problem. As for traffic, MVHS has done a commendable job in getting students to take alternative transportation, most notably bicycles. Nevertheless, the automobile traffic at certain times of the day is horrendous, and there is no easy fix. Simply putting a traffic light at Truman and Fremont is not going to fix it, but that could make the situation a little less ridiculous. I strongly urge the City of Mountain View to reject any MVHS plans for growth. Find another location for a campus serving students closer to downtown. It was a mistake to close the old MVHS on Castro. Now that poor choice is coming back to haunt us.

@ Steve Nelson
I believe you missed the point. Expansion of El Camino hospital and cars cutting through the neighborhood when 85 is stopped has made grant road a mess. What was 3-5 minutes to main road access and freeway is now 15,20 -30 minutes for 2 miles(Yippee! dirty exhaust fun for all!). I heeded my fathers advice Not to buy the houses next to a school. The noise and band doesn't bother me. My point is that the reaction of this will make an existing mess much worse. Maybe you and your school buddies could make Fremont a 3 lane rd. to alleviate some; 2 lanes in might encourage more reroutes from 85 and gridlock grant road. It is more fun when you are trapped and can't get your kids to soccer practice or piano lessons on time sitting in gross polluting traffic, but we all will be driving electric cars soon enough....yippee

Some of you wanted to add more corporations and workers and now you are starting to pay with. overcrowding. $2.5 million for a good house - for what? Maybe it will continue to increase in price so you can bail out of the area with spending money. Great plan.

"Some of you wanted to add more corporations..."

Specifically who???? No really, who on this page are you speaking to: Steve, Waldo or ab normal?

OR... did you make up an imaginary person who said imaginary things so that you could then say "See what you get?" to those figments of your imagination. Good plan but you might want to seek help.

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