[From nobody Sun Oct 7 19:23:45 2018 Return-Path: <kmathewson@secretgardens.com> Received: from rly-yj01.mx.aol.com (rly-yj01.mail.aol.com [172.18.180.139]) by air-yj02.mail.aol.com (v119.6) with ESMTP id MAILINYJ22-7ed46c5271532c; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:42:23 -0400 Received: from mail59c2.megamailservers.com (mail59c2.megamailservers.com [216.251.41.179]) by rly-yj01.mx.aol.com (v119.6) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINYJ11-7ed46c5271532c; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:42:00 -0400 X-Authenticated-User: kmathewson.secretgardens.com Received: from Kathryn (h-66-167-121-108.snvacaid.dynamic.covad.net [66.167.121.108]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail59c2.megamailservers.com (8.13.6.20060614/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l7H4YpS8032336; Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:38:56 -0400 From: "Kathryn Mathewson" <kmathewson@secretgardens.com> To: <info@savebarec.org> Subject: BAREC Referendum update, CEQA Challenge, City Council Aug 21st Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:35:29 -0700 Message-ID: <007701c7e088$98a82940$6501a8c0@Kathryn> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0078_01C7E04D.EC495140" X-Priority: 1 (Highest) X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Importance: High Thread-Index: AcffFNb+OHiecvcWT/S97SZV9LwCgwBcfcVA X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-AOL-IP: 216.251.41.179 ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C7E04D.EC495140 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Dear BAREC Supporters, I am pleased to announce the overwhelmingly positive feedback we have received from the community regarding the referendum drive. Our website has been updated with all the latest articles and it continues to be a place for updates. Please look at: <http://www.SaveBAREC.com> www.SaveBAREC.com when you have time. Additionally, we continue to lead the community in the effort to protect the citizens and the BAREC land. On Friday, August 10, 2007, SaveBAREC.org filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) lawsuit against the City of Santa Clara for adopting what we feel is an inadequate Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The lawsuit (actually a petition) challenges six major flawed areas in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), including the soil testing and cleanup, traffic, significant impacts, loss of farmland, and history. In filing this "Petition for Writ of Mandate," SaveBAREC is challenging the validity of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in an effort to protect the residents from a faulty cleanup process and the community from an environmental document that is inaccurate. I, Kirk Vartan, was nominated to be the sole spokesman for the group during the referendum and CEQA petition proceedings. This means should anyone contact you or ask you for information, please direct them to me via email (the best way) or by phone. Contact information is as follows: Email: spokesman@SaveBAREC.org Phone: 888-BAREC-80, press 0 (888-227-3280, press 0) Our priority right now is the referendum. We would like you to attend the Tuesday, August 21, 2007 City Council meeting at 7pm when they discuss the referendum and determine the next steps. We hope the Council will save the City of Santa Clara over $172,000 and simply rescind the resolutions. If they do not, the Council will be forced to put these two resolutions on the ballot in February 2008, costing the taxpayers an additional $172,000. As a side note, the Tuesday SJ Mercury News article (August 14, 2007) had a slight error when it stated SaveBAREC was a non-profit. VIVA is the primary 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting the grassroots community SaveBAREC <http://www.savebarec.org/docs/sj-merc-aug-14-2007.pdf> http://www.savebarec.org/docs/sj-merc-aug-14-2007.pdf We continue to work for the public good and for protecting the LAST significant piece of public agricultural land in Santa Clara. Thank you, Kirk Vartan SaveBAREC Spokesman spokesman@SaveBAREC.org www.SaveBAREC.org 888-BAREC-80 ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C7E04D.EC495140 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16525" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear BAREC=20 Supporters,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am pleased to announce the overwhelmingly= =20 positive feedback we have received from the community regarding the referend= um=20 drive.  Our website has been updated with all the latest articles and i= t=20 continues to be a place for updates.  Please look at: </FONT><A href= =3D"http://www.SaveBAREC.com"><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>www.SaveBAREC.com= </FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2> when you have=20 time<SPAN class=3D261004607-15082007>.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Additionally, we continue to lead the commu= nity in=20 the effort to protect the citizens and the BAREC land.  On Friday, Augu= st=20 10, 2007, SaveBAREC.org filed a CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act)=20 lawsuit against the City of Santa Clara for adopting what we feel is an=20 inadequate Environmental Impact Report (EIR). The lawsuit<SPAN class=3D2610= 04607-15082007> (actually a petition)</SPAN> challenges six major=20 flawed areas in the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), including the soil=20 testing and cleanup, traffic, significant impacts, loss of farmland, and=20 history. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In filing this <SPAN class=3D26100460= 7-15082007>"</SPAN>Petition for Writ of Mandate,<SPAN class=3D261004607-150= 82007>"</SPAN> SaveBAREC is challenging the validity of the=20 Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in an effort to protect the residents from= a=20 faulty cleanup process and the community from an environmental document that= is=20 inaccurate.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I, Kirk Vartan, was nominated to be the sol= e=20 spokesman for the group during the referendum and CEQA <SPAN class=3D2= 61004607-15082007>petition </SPAN>proceedings.  This means should=20 anyone contact you or ask you for information, please direct them to me via=20 email (the best way) or by phone.  Contact information is as=20 follows:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Email: <A href=3D"mailto:spokesman@SaveBAR= EC.org">spokesman@SaveBAREC.org</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Phone: 888-BAREC-80, press 0 (888-227-3280,= press=20 0)</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Our priority right now is the referendum.&n= bsp; We=20 would like you to attend the<SPAN class=3D261004607-15082007>=20 Tuesday,</SPAN> August 21, 2007 City Council meeting<SPAN class=3D2610= 04607-15082007> at 7pm</SPAN> when they discuss the referendum=20 and determine the next steps.  We hope the Council will save the City o= f=20 Santa Clara over $172,000 and simply rescind the resolutions.  If they=20= do=20 not, the Council will be forced to put these two resolutions on the ballot i= n=20 February 2008, costing the taxpayers an additional $172,000.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><SPAN class=3D261004607-15082007>As a= side=20 note, t</SPAN>he Tuesday SJ Mercury News article<SPAN class=3D156392604-170= 82007><FONT color=3D#0000ff> </FONT></SPAN>(August 14,=20 2007) had a slight error when it stated SaveBAREC was a non-profit.  VI= VA=20 is the primary 501(c)(3) non-profit supporting the grassroots community=20 SaveBAREC<SPAN class=3D156392604-17082007><FONT color=3D#0000ff>=20 </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT><A href=3D"http://www.savebarec.org/docs/sj-mer= c-aug-14-2007.pdf"><U><FONT color=3D#0000ff><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>ht= tp://www.savebarec.org/docs/sj-merc-aug-14-2007.pdf</FONT></U></FONT></A><FO= NT face=3DArial><FONT size=3D2><FONT color=3D#0000ff><SPAN class=3D1563926= 04-17082007>    </SPAN><SPAN class=3D156392604-17082007= >   </SPAN></FONT><BR><BR>We continue to=20 work for the public good and for protecting the LAST significant piece of pu= blic=20 agricultural land in Santa Clara.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you,<BR> <BR>Kirk Vartan<BR>Save= BAREC=20 Spokesman<BR> <BR><A href=3D"mailto:spokesman@SaveBAREC.org">spokesman= @SaveBAREC.org</A><BR><A href=3D"http://www.SaveBAREC.org">www.SaveBAREC.or= g</A><BR>888-BAREC-80</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0078_01C7E04D.EC495140-- ]