FHDA Faculty and Staff Housing Acquisition Project
Summary
SCH Number
2025090365
Public Agency
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Document Title
FHDA Faculty and Staff Housing Acquisition Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/9/2025
Document Description
The City of Mountain View certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (Certified EIR) for The Sevens project and approved the project on May 19, 2019.1 The Certified EIR included an analysis of environmental impacts of development of a 716-unit apartment complex including the 572 market rate units at 777 West Middlefield Road and the 144 BMR units located at the 699 North Shoreline Boulevard (i.e., The Sevens development). MVWSD, as lessee under a ground lease with The Sevens developer as lessor, constructed the 144 BMR units, consisting of studios, one-, and two- bedroom units, of which 123 are dedicated to MWVSD staff housing and 21 are dedicated to City of Mountain View employees. In accordance with the city of Mountain View approvals for The Sevens project, construction of the 144 BMR units began in 20222 and was completed in 2025. The 144 BMR units, including the 123 units dedicated to MVWSD staff, have been opened to residents as of February 2025.
The District has been seeking affordable housing options for District faculty and staff. The District includes two campuses, Foothill College and De Anza College, and serves the communities in Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Stanford, Sunnyvale, and parts of Saratoga and San José.
As described, 123 of the 716 apartment units at The Sevens development are BMR units, owned MVWSD, and are currently designated for MVWSD faculty and staff. The District proposes to purchase a thirty-five (35) percent co-tenancy interest of the 144 MVWSD-owned BMR units, which will include fifty (50) of the existing 123 below market rate units, 50 parking spaces located in The Sevens parking garage, and The Sevens amenities as set forth in the Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements recorded December 06, 2022 as Instrument Number 25411919 of Official Records. The 50 units would be designated specifically for District faculty and staff from Foothill and De Anza Colleges.
Contact Information
Name
Joel Cadiz
Agency Name
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Job Title
Executive Director, Facilities and Operations
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Mountain View
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
North Shoreline Boulevard, Stierlin Road
Zip
94043
Total Acres
1.78
State Highways
85, 101
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Common Sense exemption, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3)
Reasons for Exemption
The project involves the purchase of 35 percent co-tenancy interest of 144 existing BMR units to be used by the District for faculty and staff housing. The District does not propose to make any physical changes to the site or existing development; as such, there would be no possibility that the proposed project would have a
significant effect on the environment. The proposed project is exempt as a “common sense” exemption under State California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because the proposed project involves the purchase of a 35 percent cotenancy interest of existing below market rate units to be used by the District for faculty and staff housing as described above. The District does not propose to make any physical changes to the site or existing development. In addition, the project would not increase the number of residents beyond what was analyzed for the site in the Certified Environmental Impact Report prepared for the existing apartment development in 2019. For these reasons, there would be no possibility that the proposed project would have a significant effect on the environment. Refer to the attached CEQA Exemption Memorandum.
County Clerk
Santa Clara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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