[Sosfbay-discuss] BAREC Update; Final EIR Released

[JamBoi]

 BAREC Update; Final EIR Released
Date:	Sat, 7 Apr 2007 02:44:35 -0700
BAREC Friends (the City of Santa Clara is trying to move things VERY
quickly, so you will see a few emails from us in the coming weeks):
 

FINAL EIR RELEASED:
  After having begun the BAREC EIR in the Summer of 2002, the State and
City of Santa Clara have finally released the Final EIR  (FEIR) for
BAREC/Santa Clara Gardens last week.  It is a much larger document
electronically than in a hard copy format.  As with the Draft EIR,
attorneys have been retained to comment on the FEIR.  Following is the
City's website for the EIR:
http://www.ci.santa-clara.ca.us/city_gov/city_gov_90nwinchester_barec_update.html.
 You can also read the two volume hard copy at Santa Clara's main
library on Homestead or check it out (applying for a library card is
easy even if you are not a resident).

 

If you care about saving BAREC, than these are the meetings you should
attend.  If you can only come to one meeting, choose the City Council
May 8th meeting because that may be a voting day. We need standing room
only out the door support especially at this meeting.  We need to have
as many people as possible state their opinions about why the BAREC 17
acres should remain as public land.  Written comments can be made up
until the day before the City Council votes to change BAREC's zoning by
writing or emailing:  Mayor and City Council, City Hall, 1500 Warburton
Avenue, Santa Clara, CA or  MayorandCouncil at ci.santa-clara.ca.us.  We
only need three votes to stop the development and the most likely ones
to support open space would be:  Dominic Caserta djcaserta at hotmail.com,
Kevin Moore MRKEVMOORE at aol.com, and Will Kennedy
willkennedy-sclara at pacbell.net.

  
The public meetings on Certification of the FEIR and consideration of
the entitlement applications schedules are below. They will be held at
the Santa Clara City Council Chambers at City Hall, 1500 Warburton
Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95050.

    * Planning Commission - Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 7:00 pm
      The Commission will receive a staff presentation and applicants’
presentations, and will take public comments. The Commission may
continue the public hearing to another date and time, as necessary, to
conclude their review and make recommendations to the City Council.
    * City Council - Tuesday, May 8, 2007, 7:00 pm
      The Council will receive a staff presentation and applicants’
presentations, and will take public comments. The Commission may
continue the public hearing to another date and time, as necessary, to
consider the Planning Commission recommendations and make decisions. 
The Council must wait at least a week before they vote after the May
8th meeting before a final legal vote to change BAREC's zoning from
agriculture to medium density housing (May 15).    

IMPORTANT TO EDUCATE SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT BAREC ISSUES:  
Getting the city government of San Jose to become part of the BAREC
discussion is an important alternative to saving BAREC.  If you know a
San Jose City Councilperson, please immediately set up an appointment
with him or his staff to educate him/her about BAREC.  Let us know when
you plan to meet with the councilperson (info at savebarec.org) and we
will either educate you about the issues or have a more informed person
attend the meeting with you.  Write the San Jose Mayor and Council and
express your opinion (mayoremail at sanjoseca.gov).  We hope BAREC will be
on the San Jose Council Agenda in the near future and that they will
vote to begin negotiating with the State and City of Santa Clara to
make BAREC a part of San Jose rather than Santa Clara.   
 
SAN JOSE’S VICE MAYOR CORTESE AS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY TO SAVEBAREC:  San
Jose Vice Mayor Dave Cortese has a great deal of experience to help
save BAREC.  He is an attorney from a third generation Valley farm
family and President of the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)
so he understands BAREC's importance to our Valley, to the region, and
to our history.  His legal mind understands the law that requires the
State to offer BAREC to San Jose before they offered it to a developer
and that this did not happen.  This is why San Jose can and should
begin negotiating with the State to bring BAREC into the San Jose park
system.  BAREC is currently on the Possible San Jose Park Greenprint
Plan.  District 6 is missing 80 acres of required open space and BAREC
is the largest available public land in or near it.  Another
alternative is to work with County District 4 (Supervisor Ken Yeager)
because the county wasn't offered BAREC as well.  County District 4 is
the only county district which has no county park and BAREC is in the
center of this district.
 
OLIVERIO WINS SAN JOSE DISTRICT 6 COUNCIL SEAT:  Pierluigi Oliverio's
campaign statements supported keeping BAREC in open space.  Oliverio
has 18 months to help us deliver on these statements.  Vice Mayor
Cortese and Save BAREC supporters will be working with him closely on
BAREC to help get him up to speed on the BAREC issues.  Write Oliverio
and tell him what you think (District6 at sanjoseca.gov).

www.SaveBAREC.org
888-BAREC-80 

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