[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [SPAM] LAFCO Commission likely to VOTE on Ag. Mitigation Policies 4/4/07]

[Wes Rolley]

For those who are interested in San Jose's plans for Coyote Valley, this 
should be on your calendar.

Wes

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	[SPAM] LAFCO Commission likely to VOTE on Ag. Mitigation 
Policies 4/4/07
Date: 	Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:04:37 -0700
From: 	Michele Beasley <mbeasley at greenbelt.org>
To: 	mbeasley at greenbelt.org



Hello Everyone!

I would like to encourage you to come to the LAFCO meeting this coming 
Wednesday.

*Here are the details:
*
When: Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 1:30pm

Where: Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium (next to Board of Supervisors 
Chambers)
70 West Hedding Street, First Floor
San Jose, CA 95110

Why: The Commissioners are likely to vote on Santa Clara Countywide
Agricultural Mitigation Policies. We need people to voice support for 
strong policies.

*If you can’t join us, a quick email to the Commissioners stating your 
support for these policies will be helpful. Here are their email addresses:

*County Supervisor Blanca Alvarado 
blanca.alvarado at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us 
<mailto:blanca.alvarado at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
County Supervisor Don Gage don.gage at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us 
<mailto:don.gage at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us>
San Jose Councilman Pete Constant pete.constant at sanjoseca.gov 
<mailto:pete.constant at sanjoseca.gov>
City Representative John Howe jh2 at aol.com <mailto:jh2 at aol.com>
Public Representative Susan Vicklund-Wilson: susan at svwilsonlaw.com 
<mailto:susan at svwilsonlaw.com>

Over the years it has been all too easy to pave over a valuable 
resource, farmland. Cities should be focusing on infill opportunities 
near transit instead of always sprawling out onto farmland. While it may 
be difficult to stop paving all the farmland right away, we can at least 
ensure that prime farmland is protected as a result of the new developments.

*Greenbelt Alliance encourages you to ask for the following:
*
That no less than /one acre of farmland be protected for every acre 
paved over/.

That the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Act definition of prime farmland be used 
instead of the LESA model which has failed to protect farmland in 
Gilroy. In other words, /fallow farmland should trigger mitigation.
/
/Cities should craft their own ordinances/ that assure LAFCO that 
mitigation will be fulfilled at the time of development and that the 
mitigation requirement be recorded against the property.

For more information, please visit:
http://www.santaclara.lafco.ca.gov/pdf-files/AgMitgation20070404.pdf
http://www.greenbelt.org/regions/southbay/camp_santaclara_farmland.html

Thank you for your support!

Best,
Michele

~~~~~~~~~
Michele Beasley
South Bay Field Representative
Greenbelt Alliance

1922 The Alameda, Suite 213
San Jose, CA 95126
Ph: 408.983.0856
Fx: 408.983.1001
SF main: 415.543.6771
www.greenbelt.org

<http://www.greenbelt.org/>Greenbelt Alliance protects open space and 
promotes livable
communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Join us today at www.greenbelt.org <http://www.greenbelt.org/> . Your 
donation helps make the Bay
Area a great place to live, work, and play.



Michele Beasley
South Bay Field Representative
Greenbelt Alliance

1922 The Alameda, Suite 213
San Jose, CA 95126
Ph: 408.983.0856
Fx: 408.983.1001
SF main: 415.543.6771
www.greenbelt.org <http://www.greenbelt.org/>

Greenbelt Alliance protects open space and promotes livable
communities in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Join us today at www.greenbelt.org <http://www.greenbelt.org/>. Your 
donation helps make the Bay
Area a great place to live, work, and play.


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