San Jose plans to discontinue its Technical Advisory Committee meetings for Coyote Valley development, a process that gave CGF more input than in the Coyote Valley Task Force meetings. We emailed in our response, which I’ve attached below. -Brian ——– Dear Sal, As a member of the Coyote Valley Specific Plan Technical Advisory Committee, I...
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Comments on the preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for Coyote Valley
San Jose has solicited comments on what it should study when developing an Environmental Impact Report for Coyote Valley. We submitted the following comments. While saying what the City should study, we continue to oppose this environmentally-destructive project. -Brian ——– Darryl Boyd Department of Planning Building and Code Enforcement City of San Jose 801 N....
Letter from a CGF member about Coyote Valley
I really liked this email from CGF member (and CGF Board Member!) Jeff Segall sent to the City of San Jose on behalf of himself and his wife, so with his permission, it’s reproduced here. -Brian —- Dear Members of the Coyote Valley Specific Plan Task Force, I have great concerns that in some ill-considered...
As the song goes, "Paranoia runs deep…."
But it may be accurate. Yesterday’s Coyote Valley Task Force meeting did nothing to reduce the worries we expressed earlier about eliminating San Jose’s triggers that forestall development. The meeting did raise a new worry though. Developer Steve Speno very briefly mentioned the possibility of some type of creative financing tying residential and commercial development...
Trouble in Coyote Valley
A memo signed by Mayor Gonzales and Councilmember Williams suggests that San Jose is trying to abandon its decades-old policy of “triggers” that would restrain Coyote Valley development until the City is prepared to handle the massive growth. The memo is here. Some of our concerns: *The concept of “phasing by the willing” seems to...
Coyote Valley Alternatives letter
San Jose has solicited comments on the alternatives it should consider in the EIR for Coyote Valley. CGF initiated this letter, which was cosigned by Sierra Club and Audubon Society after their input. -Brian
Could be worse – news on Coyote Valley
We would like San Jose to take a break on developing Coyote Valley, considering that more appropriate prospects for urban redevelopment exist that could be hurt by siphoning business to the south. We knew, however, that this was unlikely, so the next best news is that San Jose did NOT clear the deck for an...
Coyote Valley/HCP news
The Gilroy Dispatch has a very informative article on how a delay in the County’s Habitat Conservation Plan is playing into attempts to develop Coyote Valley. The Dispatch quotes CGF several times in the article. And the Pinnacle newspaper has the latest news on the Coyote Valley Task Force approving an outline of the overall...
Rushing towards sprawl in Coyote Valley
One advantage of this blog is it gives us a chance to share documents that might not fit on other parts of the website. Here (in PDF format; requires Acrobat Reader) is a letter we delivered yesterday to the San Jose City Council. Of particular interest is our concern that the county-wide habitat plan may...
Mercury News perspective on Coyote Valley shifting?
The Merc has two new editorials on Coyote Valley, in advance of today’s Coyote Valley Task Force meeting: Triggering Coyote, and Main Issues Must Be Solved Before Approval. The Merc is right to insist on “triggers” that require job creation prior to Coyote Valley residential development. From CGF’s perspective, this requirement shows the fallacy of...