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OCTOBER 23, 2015 VOLUME 23, NO. 39
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Makeshift RV camps spark concern NEIGHBORS WORRY ABOUT TRASH AND SAFETY, WHILE PEOPLE LIVING OUT OF RVS SAY THEY’RE OUT OF HOUSING OPTIONS By Kevin Forestieri and Mark Noack
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ike many local households, the Reyes family is faced with dwindling options to continue living in Mountain View. Last month, the family of four lost their Ortega Avenue apartment, where they had lived for 10 years, after their property owner increased their rent by 35 percent. José Reyes said his job at a Palo Alto restaurant didn’t provide enough income to keep living there, but he was equally worried about moving to a cheaper area. His family had planted roots in Mountain View, and his 10-year-old daughter was starting a new year at Castro Elementary School. See RV CAMPS, page 8
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José Reyes said his family of four is living in an RV after a rent increase forced them from their Mountain View apartment where they had lived for the past 10 years.
Community center revamp to cost extra $4.25M By Mark Noack
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long awaited project to remodel the community center at Rengstorff Park is now expected to cost $4.25 million more than originally estimated. The new cost overruns bring the project’s total price to just over $21 million, the Mountain View City Council learned last week.
Despite some grimaces, council members agreed in a unanimous vote at the Oct. 13 meeting to bear the cost increases, which are largely due to factors outside the city’s control. The council originally approved the community center redesign in March, and at the time elected See COMMUNITY CENTER, page 7
City signals support for LinkedIn TRAFFIC REMAINS BIG CONCERN FOR NORTH BAYSHORE CAMPUS PROJECT By Mark Noack
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erhaps the biggest and most complicated development on the horizon for Mountain View, LinkedIn’s proposal for a new 10-building campus received a round of support from city leaders on Tuesday, with some big caveats attached. The project, reviewed in a City Council study session, now faces a difficult battle to prove it can mitigate traffic
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impacts along Shoreline Boulevard near Highway 101, widely considered to be the most congested spot in town. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the project now dubbed the “Shoreline Commons” was put under the proverbial magnifying glass by city officials to see if it should go forward as planned. Council members expressed some concern that the plans essentially hinge on LinkedIn being able to partner with Google and
other local rivals on a slate of transportation improvements to the area. Plans to build a new frontage road along Highway 101 would require the two tech companies to work together and both contribute land. The two firms would also be required to work together on a planned pedestrian and bicycle bridge over Highway 101 as well as a new See LINKEDIN, page 11
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