[Sosfbay-discuss] [Fwd: [SPAM] Help Save Castro Valley Ranch!]

[Wes Rolley]

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Subject: 	[SPAM] Help Save Castro Valley Ranch!
Date: 	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:05:59 -0700
From: 	Michele Beasley <mbeasley at greenbelt.org>
To: 	mbeasley at greenbelt.org



*Help Save an 8,000 acre Ranch Southwest of Gilroy from Future Development!!

Immediate Action Alert!!!!!!

*This coming *Tuesday, June 19*, the Santa Clara County Board of 
Supervisors will decide whether to approve a subdivision for the 
environmentally-pristine, 8,000-acre Castro Valley Ranch in the hills 
just outside of Gilroy. *Please contact the Supervisors and tell them to 
oppose this growth-inducing project!

*The subdivision would rearrange 16 existing lots in a way that would 
facilitate their further division into smaller parcels. It would also 
provide road access to lots that are currently not served by any roads 
and would significantly improve the one existing road on the ranch. The 
draft environmental impact report failed to analyze the obviously growth 
inducing impacts of the project.

*Why this is important:
*Land parcelization is a hidden but critical threat to the long-term 
integrity of the Bay Area’s greenbelt. It usually happens in a piecemeal 
fashion, meaning sprawl can occur outside of public view and with little 
planning or oversight. The parcelization of large tracts of open land 
such as Castro Valley Ranch breaks up contiguous blocks of habitat 
essential for many wildlife species and carves up otherwise-intact 
farming areas.
*
*Parcelization puts large demands on rural roads and other 
infrastructure and it would be expensive to provide services to such 
remote locations. This creates pressure for sprawl-inducing 
infrastructure expansion. By undermining the values of an intact 
greenbelt, parcelization makes it more likely that a given area will be 
converted to full-blown suburban sprawl in the future. This threat is 
most acute in Sonoma and Santa Clara Counties.
*
What YOU can do: (because your voice matters and needs to be heard!)
*The Board of Supervisors will decide this coming Tuesday, *June 19,* 
whether to approve the subdivision. Please call, email or fax your 
County Supervisor asking that they deny the Castro Valley Ranch 
Subdivision. It would fragment the greenbelt, harm the environment and 
could lead to full blown suburban sprawl.

don.gage at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us 
<mailto:don.gage at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us> Tel: (408) 299-5010
blanca.alvarado at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us 
<mailto:blanca.alvarado at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us> Tel: (408) 299-5020
ken.yeager at bos.sccgov.org <mailto:ken.yeager at bos.sccgov.org> Tel: (408) 
299-5040
primo.mchugh at bos.co.scl.ca.us <mailto:primo.mchugh at bos.co.scl.ca.us> 
Tel: (408) 299-5030
liz.kniss at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us 
<mailto:liz.kniss at bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us> Tel: (408)-299-5050

Thank you for your time and energy!

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

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


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Wesley C. Rolley
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