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<DIV>Here is the most recent email I have received from Save BAREC. As
previously noted, the GPSCC endorsed this effort back in March 2005. I
have suggested that GPSCC members in the City of Santa Clara be contacted about
this -- both to support Save BAREC and as an organizing activity for the GPSCC
(e.g., to get some GPSCC activists who live in Santa Clara). I request 10
minutes for discussion. Note particularly below that there is a good
possiblity Santa Clara city residents will be needed to
circulate referendum petitions (i.e., to put challenge approval of
the development if the City Council approves it). In that case,
circulators may need to be City residents. Obviously, petition
signers will need to live in Santa Clara. Warner </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/28/07 4:06:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
kmathewson@secretgardens.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921080921-28042007>Hello BAREC
Supporters:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921080921-28042007>Following is good
news in our efforts to keep BAREC in open space:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921080921-28042007>1. This
past week the Santa Clara Planning Commission voted to delay their BAREC
discussion and vote because the Final EIR meeting for Valley Fair was being
held the same night and both are huge changes to the BAREC neighborhood.
It will probably be held on Monday May 14th at 7 pm and the following night
the City Council may have its BAREC hearing and vote. We will keep you
informed.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921080921-28042007>2. Last week
the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to support the County
Historical Commission's letter stating that the BAREC EIR was not sufficient
and that BAREC was sufficiently historically important that it should be
placed on the state historical registry. This is something that the
Santa Clara City Historical Commission has been unwilling to
address.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921080921-28042007>3. We have
gone before the San Jose Rules Committee to place BAREC on the City
Council Agenda with the hopes that San Jose will begin negotiating for BAREC
as a San Jose City park now that it is clear the city of Santa Clara has no
intention to keep BAREC in open space nor to save any of its
history. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=921080921-28042007>4. Keep
adding to to the BAREC/Santa Clara EIR document with any new information or
comments you have. You can do this up until the day the Santa Clara City
Council votes on approving the Final EIR. It looks like this will be
Tuesday, May 15th. For those who made comments it is very important that
you read the State's comments to yours as most do not have substance and do
not address all your issues. However, do use a lot of words.
We need your comments to prove this, however. Send
them to: </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">TO:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Gloria Sciara, Project Manager<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Clara</st1:City></st1:place>, Planning
Division<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>1500 Civic <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Center
Drive</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa Clara</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">95050</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">"Gloria Sciara" <A title=mailto:GSciara@ci.santa-clara.ca.us
href="mailto:GSciara@ci.santa-clara.ca.us">GSciara@ci.santa-clara.ca.us</A><BR></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></FONT></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">FAX:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>247-9857</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left"
align=left><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
class=921080921-28042007><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Following are
some research and support projects for which we need extra help. We are
coming down to the final days and this help is most important in
saving BAREC from housing. Those starred are the most important
ones. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><SPAN
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<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
class=921080921-28042007>HISTORY </SPAN>RESEARCH ISSUES:</SPAN></U></B><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*1. BAREC STRAWBERRY JAPANESE CULTURAL
RESEARCH PROGRAM:</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Why did
the State spend so many pages in the Final EIR refuting the importance of this
research program? Was it because the story is too important and a
major reason why BAREC is historically important? The State did not
use local historians for their report and, therefore, the people they got to
prove their points were not the people who really know our local
history. We need more research on the importance of the BAREC research
on strawberries and the importance of the Japanese Cultural Research Program
at BAREC so we can refute what the State is saying.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*2. VETERANS ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING'S
RELATIONSHIP TO THE CIVIL WAR VETERANS HOME:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The State is hiding something here
and showing us conflicting stories. Recently the State renewed its five
year lease to the Veterans Office on the corner of BAREC. At the
last meeting they said that the reason they did not include this land in the
BAREC housing proposal is because the county was responsible for this
land. The original entrance to the 1880s home and the home for the
Civil War Veterans is adjacent to the Veterans Office (road, sidewalk, and
trees) Why? </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*3. FIND A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> There are living people that have
told us that in the San Jose Mercury News that when the veterans’ home
was closed in 1963 that the State did not own this land. We need someone
to go through the newspaper to find this.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>4. RESEARCH RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BAREC AND
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">WINCHESTER</st1:place></st1:City>
HOUSE:</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Especially important
is the Civil War connection. There is a library at the Winchester
House.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> </SPAN><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">MISCELLANEOUS
RESEARCH</SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>1. CONTACT THE PEOPLE WHO WROTE COMMENTS TO THE
DRAFT</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> <B>EIR:</B> Make
sure the people who wrote comments to the Draft EIR read their comments and
comment back. We need to show that the State did not do a thorough job
addressing the issues that were raised.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>2. STATISTICIAN FOR INFORMATION COLLECTED
ON BAREC CANCER CLUSTER:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The neighborhood has done a
good job collecting the information about the people who have had or have
cancer around BAREC but it needs to be put in a professional
format.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>3. LEGAL RESEARCH ON PRECEDENTS FOR STATE
OFFERING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LAND AND FOR OPEN SPACE FEES RATHER THAN
HOUSING:</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> The law
states this is a requirement but we need precedents. What should
the fair price for open space be?</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*4. FOUNDATION <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>AND DONATION MONEY:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> To keep BAREC in open space we have
raised $200,000. We probably will need
more. The big high tech valley companies all have organic food
in their cafeterias for their employees so we know there are people with money
who will support local organic food. What foundations or people
will donate money for a more sustainable <st1:place
w:st="on">Silicon Valley</st1:place>?</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><FONT size=3><B>5. BIOREMEDIATION
RESEARCH:</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> We need more
people and reports on soil bioremediation to clear up in particular Dieldrin
and Arsenic and the many other chemicals which do not have toxic<SPAN
class=921080921-28042007>ity ratings</SPAN>. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>6. WRITTEN LETTERS FROM BAREC NEIGHBORS
REGARDING STATE DROPPING CHEMICALS FROM PLANES:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> We need written signed letters with
details from the BAREC neighbors who experienced the State dropping chemicals
from airplanes from the 1950s to the 1960s. Questions to ask: How
long did it take? How often? What day of the week? What time
of day? How low did they fly over the property? Was the wind
blowing? What was the smell like and how long did it
last?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B><U><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">ORGANIZATIONAL
PROJECTS</SPAN></U></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></U></B></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*1. BAREC MAILING LIST:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> We need help to set up BAREC
mailing list so those who do not have an email can receive US Postal
mail.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*2. GENERAL FILING AND FINDING:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> We have collected a lot of
information and it needs to get into the public record. Help is needed
here.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*3. ORGANIZING THE CITY COUNCIL
MEETING:</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> We need help
organizing the City Council meeting the evening the Santa Clara City
Council will vote to approve the Final EIR and change BAREC's
zoning.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>*4. <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">SANTA CLARA</st1:place></st1:City> CITIZENS TO HELP GATHER
SIGNATURES FOR REFERENDUM:</B><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">
If the City Council votes to change BAREC's zoning we will need to collect
more than 7000 signatures in 30 days. We need help organizing and
doing this.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoTitle style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B>5. INFORM ALL <st1:City w:st="on">SAN
JOSE</st1:City> CITY COUNCILMEN:</B><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> Let them know about the BAREC issues
and why it is important that <st1:City w:st="on">San Jose</st1:City> rather
than the city of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Santa
Clara</st1:City></st1:place> take BAREC.</SPAN></FONT></FONT><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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