A new request for proposals published by NASA Ames officials provides more insight into their ambitious plans to build at least 1,930 new housing units at Moffett Field. The new housing would be built by private developers over the next decade in staggered phases in a 46-acre section on Moffett Field's southeastern side.
NASA push for new housing represents one of the largest plans for residential growth in the area, dwarfed only by Google's plans in North Bayshore. Like North Bayshore, NASA's vision for housing calls for a mix of apartments along with parks, amenities and retail space.
NASA officials specify that government employees, contractors and students should get priority for these new apartments. At least 10 percent of this new housing will be kept as "affordable" units.
About 425,000 square feet of existing building, including some abandoned older apartments, will need to be demolished to make way for the new housing. This demolition could affect a handful of tenants, including Singularity University and the California Air National Guard. NASA and the future developer will jointly decide whether these tenants will remain at Moffett Field, according to the new plans.
Additionally, these new housing plans could also impact an ongoing research project using a grove of poplar trees to clean up the contaminated groundwater.
A large section of the planned housing is located along the Middlefield-Ellis-Whisman Superfund plume. This means that any new homes will need be built with extra safeguards, such as ventilation systems and underground vapor barriers.
It is not immediately clear how local schools would be affected because this housing would be built on federal land. Administrators at multiple school districts near Mountain View have been warning they will need hundreds of millions of dollars to build new campuses to accommodate an increase in students spurred by the regional housing growth. The NASA request for proposals stipulates only that the future developer pay all required impact fees and mitigation fees to local school districts.
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