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City of San José, California
City Council Evening Session of June 21, 2022
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A
A
A
A
B
B
B
At
saratoga
and
lawrence
expressway
and
keto,
let's
go
to
roll
call.
First,
honey.
A
C
A
C
B
B
D
As
can
be
seen
on
the
map,
the
project
site
is
located
on
two
sides
of
saratoga
avenue.
We
have
the
1312
el
pasio
de
la
soca.
The
saratoga
site
is
located
east
of
the
intersection
of.
D
D
Construction
of
four
mixed-use
buildings,
including
994
residential
units
with
approximately
150,
affordable
housing
units,
165
000
square
feet
of
commercial
space,
3.5
acres
of
publicly
accessible
open
space,
including
1.1,
acre
public
park.
A
conditional
use
permit
and
public
determination
of
public
convenience,
of
necessity
for
offside
alcohol
at
a
future.
Grocery
store
and
construction
outside
the
normal
hours
of
7
00
am
to
7
pm.
D
D
The
project
was
also
submitted
in
december
2019,
therefore,
subject
to
the
original
signature
project
criteria
per
signature,
project
criteria,
164
square
feet
of
commercial
development
is
required.
The
project
produces
165
square
feet
of
commercial
development,
a
minimum
of
55
dualin
units
per
acre
residential
density
is
required.
The
project
produces
92
units
per
acre
land
development.
Zoning
allows
for
the
development
of
the
project
at
the
density
height
configuration
and
with
the
incorporation
of
open
space,
as
required
for
a
signature
project.
D
With
regards
to
environmental
review,
the
an
eir
was
prepared
for
the
project
and
it
was
circulated
for
45
days,
beginning
october,
15
2021
to
november
29th.
Two
project
options
were
analyzed.
Education
makes
this
option
and
non-education
makes
this
option.
No
significant
and
unavoidable
impacts
were
identified
under
each
of
those
scenarios
we
received
over
70
comments.
All
of
those
comments
have
been
fully
responded
to
and
the
responses
to
comments
have
been
posted
to
the
city's
website
since
may.
6
2022,
it
included
an
errata
on
may
13.
D
Staff
is
recommending
requesting
three
actions
from
the
city
council
which
they
adopt
to
adopt
a
resolution
certified
in
the
environmental
impact
report,
approve
an
ordinance
rezoning
the
property
and
adopt
a
resolution
of
proving
a
planned
development
permit
to
allow
the
demolition
of
the
of
approximately
126
square
feet
of
existing
commercial
buildings.
D
Removal
of
120
trees
for
construction
of
four
mixed-use
buildings,
consisting
of
994
residential
units,
165
000
square
feet
of
commercial
space
and
increasing
the
construction
hours
for
15
hours
before
concrete
between
6
am
to
9
pm
and
also
a
conditional
use,
permit
and
determination
of
public
convenience
of
necessity
to
allow
off
sale
of
alcohol
at
a
future
grocery
store
on
the
10.7
6
acre
grocery
site.
It
should
be
noted
that
the
planning
commission
also
recommended
a
friendly
amendment
to
consider
addition
of
the
saratoga
of
any
corridor
into
the
west
san
jose
multimodal
transportation
improvement
plan.
D
B
D
D
Is
present
and
staff
from
planning
and
other
environments
outside.
E
E
We
are
a
locally
based
company
that
approaches
projects
with
a
long-term
vision.
Hence
our
focus
on
quality
and
building
community
relationships.
This
is
our
site
plan.
The
scope
of
this
fully
compliant
signature
project
that
has
been
recommended
both
by
staff
and
planning
commission
nine
to
one
is
only
for
the
11
acres.
You
see
highlighted
here
the
rest
of
the
center
with
the
large
tenants
in
place,
the
long-term
leases
and
the
retail
buildings
will
remain.
E
E
E
We
heard
from
the
community
that
they
wanted
a
pedestrian
focused
project
that
would
serve
as
a
gathering
spot
and
was
warm
and
inviting
we
responded
and
designed
a
project
that
created
a
main
street
paseo.
That
is
the
heart
of
the
project
that
would
be
lined
with
open
space,
green
space,
retail
and
great
outdoor
seating.
E
E
E
E
E
E
We
have
taken
great
sensitivity
in
designing
our
project,
but
we
still
have
heard
concerns
about
height.
I
wanted
to
remind
council
today
that
our
project
is
consistent
with
the
other
projects
that
have
been
approved.
Other
approved
urban
village
projects
in
the
city
this
chart
illustrates
that
not
only
are
we
consistent,
our
proposed
heights
are
actually
lower
and
than
other
approved
villages
in
the
city,
in
particular
the
urban
village,
at
saratoga
and
stevens
creek.
On
the
other
side
of
saratoga
avenue
presents
very
similar
circumstances
and
has
approved
heights
of
150
feet.
E
E
Finally,
I
think
it
is
evident
that
we
are
designing
a
project
of
the
highest
quality.
We
are
creating
a
mixed-use
project
here
that
will
serve
as
the
community
center.
This
is
where
you
will
want
to
come
with
your
family.
This
is
where
you
want
to
bring
your
out-of-town
guests,
and
this
is
where
you
won't
want
to
spend
your
free
time.
E
B
A
G
How
long
do
we
have
to
speak?
Two
minutes
two
minutes.
Thank
you,
mayor
ricardo
vice
mayor
jones,
council
members.
Thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
present
our
views.
I'm
gary
cunningham
vice
chair
of
district,
one
leadership
group
e1lg,
is
comprised
of
26
neighborhood
associations
and
community
organizations
in
d1
and
requests
that
you
do
not
approve,
as
planned,
the
permit
applications
to
redevelop
a
portion
of
the
30-acre
el
paseo
saratoga
site.
G
There
are
over
1
000
nearby
residents
who
are
affected
by
the
proposed
el
paseo
development
project
and
are
have
currently
planned
and
signed
a
petition
expressing
that
those
views
that
they're
opposed
to
it
d1lg
supports
and
recommends
an
el
paseo
development
project
that
provides
a
plan
for
the
entire
30-acre
site,
not
just
10.
Acres
brings
non-residential
and
residential
density
into
alignment
with
comparable
projects
provides
for
the
development
of
an
independent,
comprehensive,
multimodal
transportation
plan
and
provides
for
the
development
of
an
urban
village
plan
for
the
area.
It's
not
only
el
paseo.
G
I
Gloria
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council,
wherever
you
are,
I'm
doris
libsy
from
the
murdoch
neighborhood
in
district
1.,
there's
a
misconception
that
we
are
nimbies.
We
are
not.
We
do
want
this
project,
especially
the
affordable
housing,
but
with
reasonable
density
that
is
comparable
to
the
other
signature
projects
in
the
area.
12
stories,
stevens
creek
promenade
on
a
major
transit
corridor,
is
63
dwelling
units
per
acre,
which
is
much
more
appropriate.
I
We
do
not
have
transfer
transit
infrastructure
where
we
are
for
2
000
new
residents.
Please
reject
this
plan
and
ask
the
developer
to
come
back
with
something
that's
more
reasonable
for
the
area
we
never
had
40
meetings.
I
was
at
two
that
I
was
notified
of
over
one
thousand
district,
one
residents,
not
all
district
one.
Okay,
we've
got
a
letter.
Please
find
attached
over
a
thousand
petition
signatures
from
local
residents
over
700
of
whom
live
in
district
one
opposing
the
building
heights
greater
than
eight
stories
at
the
proposed
el
paseo
redella
redevelopment
project.
I
The
petition
was
developed
by
residents
to
highlight
the
community's
biggest
project
concerns
the
heights
and
residential
and
the
combined
traffic
input.
It's
interesting
to
note
that
the
developer
is
still
showing
on
the
site,
a
map
of
a
beautiful
huge
park
and
right
now
there's
a
little
tiny
skinny
park.
People
when
we
took
the
petition
around,
they
were
overwhelmed.
No,
no,
no
there's
going
to
be
a
great
big
park.
No!
No!
No!
There
isn't
we'd
like
you
to
look
at
this
and
hear
our
words.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
Next
speaker,
I'm
going
to
call
a
few
more
names,
I'm
not
sure
if
you're.
A
Sorry
I
have
dave
mark
christine
headley,
alice,
sailey
and
christian
hayward.
Please
come
down
go
ahead.
J
J
This
project
is
a
great
fit
for
the
area
of
san
jose,
attracting
and
creating
permanent
jobs,
as
well
as
good
paying
construction
jobs
with
livable
wage
healthcare
retirement
for
workers
benefiting
the
community
that
live
here
in
san
jose,
as
well
as
activating
the
local
economy
by
pouring
those
earned
wages
back
into
the
very
same
community
developer.
J
This
project
is
also
bringing
much-needed
housing
for
our
city
with
994
units
cutting
into
our
housing
deficit
and
also
supporting
the
growth
with
permanent
job
coming
to
the
sierra
san
jose
and
sustain
our
growth
goals.
I
am
in
full
support
of
saratoga
1777
project
and
ask
for
your
support
tonight.
Thank
you.
K
Hello
hi
mayor
and
vice
mayor
jones
and
the
city
council
members.
Thank
you
for
giving
me
this
opportunity
to
talk
this
evening.
My
name
is
christine
headley.
I
live
in
district
1
right
behind
el
paseo
and
I
am
a
school
nurse
for
the
county
office
of
education,
santa
clara
county
and
my
job
as
a
nurse
is
to
make
sure
that
safety
is
the
number
one
goal
with
our
school
districts.
K
So
allow
me
to
tell
you
why
this
proposal
is
not
safe.
Saratoga
ave
from
280
to
lawrence
expressway
has
been
identified
by
the
city
as
a
vision:
zero
priority
safety
corridor.
It
accounts
for
a
higher
proportion
of
fatalities
and
severe
injuries
on
san
jose
streets
due
to
pedestrian
bicycle
and
automobile
traffic.
K
K
K
L
L
This
this
project
is
going
to
be
12
stories,
that's
just
taller
than
any
building
that
I've
ever
seen
around
and
I
can't
believe
the
number
of
people
that
could
be
moving
in
to
the
neighborhood.
This
affects
us
directly,
because
I
also
have
children
that
go
to
prospect
high.
They
walk
to
school
every
day,
it's
going
to
increase
the
amount
of
traffic
in
the
area.
We
need
a
better
traffic
solution
for
this
project.
L
A
Good
evening
mayor
vice
mayor
and
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
alice
salee
and
I
am
a
carpenter
apprentice
with
the
carpenter's
local
405
here
in
san
jose.
It
has
always
been
my
dream
to
become
a
homeowner
here
in
san
jose,
the
city
where
I
was
born
and
raised
as
a
child.
My
family
relied
on
the
section
a
housing
program
and
we
moved
a
total
of
six
times
before
my
18th
birthday
and
despite
graduating
from
uc
santa
cruz
and
now
having
a
good
paying
job
as
a
carpenter.
A
I
have
yet
to
attain
my
dream
of
home
ownership
in
san
jose
by
approving
the
alpa,
sale
and
saratoga
project.
You
will
be
helping
a
lot
of
residents
like
myself.
This
project
is
unique
because
it
will
build
150
on-site,
affordable
homes
rather
than
paying
a
fee
which
is
much
cheaper
for
the
developer.
A
You
will
also
be
helping
to
generate
hundreds
of
union
construction
jobs.
These
jobs
would
provide
local
apprentices,
including
women,
minorities,
veterans
and
at-risk
youth,
you'll
be
given
the
chance
to
earn
a
living
wage
and
contribute
to
literally
building
san
jose.
This
is
a
huge
opportunity
for
san
jose
residents
to
win
more
good
jobs
and
much
needed
homes.
A
A
G
Good
evening,
mayor
licardo
vice
mayor
jones
and
members
of
the
council,
thank
you
for
allowing
me
the
chance
to
speak.
My
name
is
christian
hayward
and
I
have
the
pleasure
of
working
for
devcon
construction,
we're
a
union
shop
and
we're
looking
forward
to
building
this
beautiful
mixed-use
signature
project
in
san
jose.
G
G
Quite
honestly,
many
in
our
industry
are
worried
about
the
job
pipeline
coming
down
in
the
next
year
in
the
next
year
or
two
construction
work
is
down
and
the
prospect
for
jobs
is
looking
unpredictable
for
the
coming
years.
By
approving
this
project,
you
will
provide
job
security
for
hundreds
of
workers
and
their
families,
and
not
only
that
you
will
be
able
to
enable
us
to
build
a
very
beautiful
mixed-use
project
with
parking
underground,
so
that
neighbors
and
residents
can
enjoy
outdoor
dining
a
park,
paseos
open
space
and
even
a
brand
new
whole
foods.
G
The
pandemic
has
shown
us
how
much
we
value
open
space
and
outdoor
spaces
together,
and
our
weather
here
in
california
is
perfect
for
it.
This
project
is
the
right
one
at
the
right
time,
post
pandemic.
We
are
all
looking
forward
to
gathering
together
in
a
special
outdoor
place
like
el
paseo.
I
hope
you'll
support
this
project
and
thank
you
for
your
time.
M
I
moved
into
san
jose
back
in
1991
and
pretty
much
I've
been
here
ever
since
I'm
also
a
union
member
carpenters-
and
you
know
I
can
tell
you
this
much-
that,
like
living
in
san
jose
finding
housing
has
been
an
issue.
I
have
a
great
paying
job
now,
but
I
didn't
always,
and
so
with
the
cost
of
housing
would
be
what
it
is
and
the
the
lack
of
availability
it
becomes
difficult
right.
M
I
urge
you
to
go
ahead
with
this
with
this
job
so
that
there
could
be
like
more
housing
right.
It's
it's
pretty
simple,
trying
to
be
frank
here.
900
units
sounds
pretty
good,
12
stories.
I
think
it's
doable.
I
hear
a
lot
of
arguments
here.
I
have
to
go
on
the
side
of
more
jobs,
more
housing
for
san
jose
residents.
M
You
know
san
jose
citizens
are
that
they
can
like
get
a
job.
You
know
for
us
and
the
locals.
The
guy
from
devcon
was
just
saying.
Is
you
know,
like
man?
We
need
to
like
boost
up
the
morale
pretty
much.
I
guess
because
if
it
looks
like
there's
some
sort
of
bad
times
ahead,
you
know
we
want
to
keep
our
jobs,
but
when
we
have
a
job
we
have
the
money
we
spend
the
money
it
makes.
A
big
circle
makes
everybody
happy
per
se.
A
A
Today,
we've
seen
a
lot
of
increase
over
the
I
mean
well,
not
just
today,
but
we've
seen
a
lot
of
increase
over
the
years.
Everything
from
harker
academy
to
big
park
being
replaced,
campbell,
avenue,
saratoga
and
keto
all
require
several
cycles
to
get
through
the
lights.
Today,
you
can
only
imagine
what
it
will
look
like
with
an
additional
12
several
12-story
buildings.
A
I
am
all
for
affordable
housing.
I
am
all
for
the
contractors
being
able
to
work
on
this
project.
I
just
don't
believe
that
at
this
time
the
sequel
requirements
have
been
met.
Number
one
urban
villages
are
great,
but
I'm
just
concerned
how
we're
gonna
get
around
the
the
development.
Today
it's
difficult.
I
can
only
imagine
what
it's
going
to
look
like
several
years
from
now.
Please
decline
this
proposal
until
a
solution
to
address
transportation
is
proposed.
A
N
C
Projects
like
this
create
jobs
with
livable
wages,
healthcare
and
retirement
benefits
that
will
leave
lasting
impact
on
working
families
right
here
in
san
jose,
additionally,
providing
apprenticeship
opportunities
that
helps
a
variety
of
individuals,
including
minorities.
Women
and
at-risk
youth
obtain
the
skills
necessary
to
develop
a
successful
lifelong
career
in
the
construction
industry.
C
J
Good
evening
mayor,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
all
right,
please
excuse
me
a
little
nervous.
It's
speaking
in
front
of
people,
it's
got
to
shake
it
inside
all
right
good
evening.
Thank
you
for
allowing
me
to
be
here
and
speak
with
you
in
favor
of
this
project.
My
name
is
emmanuel
diaz,
I'm
a
carpenter
apprentice
and
a
proud
member
of
local
405.
J
The
closer
job
sites
means
more
family
time
and
just
to
kind
of
go
off
of
what
I've
been
hearing
about.
You
know
and
not
being
safe,
and
you
know
how
is
this
and
that
gonna
happen
all
the
union
jobs
that
I've
been
on
very
safe.
I
if
it
was
close
to
my
house,
I
would
have
no
problem,
because
I
know
the
safety
practices
that
we
put
into
providing
safety
period
not
only
for
ourselves
but
for
the
community
and
just
the
effort
that
goes
into
that.
J
It's
it's
sometimes
it's
crazy,
but
we
do
it
for
for
the
safety
of
everyone
and
who
wants
an
accident
right.
So
all
right,
the
closer
job
sites
means
family
time.
Please
support
our
our
working,
our
working
men
and
women
and
all
families
in
the
trades
who
also
share
this
point
of
view,
and
finally,
projects
like
this
will
allow
me
to
finish
my
apprenticeship
program
and
work
in
san
jose,
which
will
help
give
me
the
ability
to
continue
to
afford
to
live
here,
raise
my
family
here
in
the
city
that
I
love.
J
So
I
urge
you
all.
Please
pass
the
vote
move
forward
with
this
project.
Thank
you
and
sam.
Thank
you
for
all
your
service
that
you've
done,
and
good
luck
in
the
rest
of
your
endeavors
that
you
have
after
this.
We
all
know
the
good
work,
never
stops
right,
so
keep
your
head
up
and
thank
you
for
yourself.
G
Go
ahead
good
evening,
mayor
and
city
council
members,
my
name
is
joe
lopez,
and
I
was
born
and
raised
here
in
san
jose
san
jose
native
I'm,
a
journeyman
carpenter
out
of
local
405.
G
G
O
G
Brothers
and
sisters
to
work
in
our
own
backyards,
the
benefits
that
come
with
a
developer
that
partners
with
the
union
gives
our
members
which
are
san
jose
residents,
wages
and
benefits,
job
site,
training
for
apprentices,
less
travel
time,
less
pain
for
expensive
gas.
The
el
paso
will
create
happier
employees
as
well
as
rested
employees
which
results
in
safe
work
environments
on
top
of
the
best
quality
that
we
can
provide
so
tonight.
I
urge
you
to
approve
this
project
and
thank
you
for
your
support.
C
C
K
Member
I'm
here
to
support
my
union.
P
H
Good
evening,
mayor
licardo
vice
mayor
jones
and
members
of
the
council,
my
name
is
laura
josek.
I
am
a
resident,
a
proud
resident
of
san
jose.
I'm
a
proud,
also
23-year.
Member
of
the
carpenters
union,
local
405
here
in
san
jose,
the
al
paseo
de
saratoga
signature
project
will
provide
opportunities
for
career
building
local
apprentices,
including
women,
minorities,
veterans
and
at-risk
youth,
to
begin
or
continue
a
highly
skilled,
trained
career
in
the
construction
industry.
A
I'm
going
to
call
a
few
more
names:
luanne
abrams,
roberto
with
carlos
duran,
come
on
down,
go
ahead.
J
J
J
G
A
I'm
luanne
abrahams,
mayor
licardo,
vice
mayor
jones,
council
members.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you
for
hearing
I'd
like
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
brothers
and
sisters
from
the
unions.
I'm
a
proud
former
member
of
the
afscme
and
was
a
shop
steward,
and
I
know
the
importance
of
union
jobs
and
I'm
actually
heartened
to
hear
that
sandhill
is
a
union-friendly
organization,
because
that's
important,
as
is
development
of
the
site.
We
want
to
see
development
there.
It's
important
right
now,
it's
a
dead
mall
and
nobody
wants
that.
A
What
we
don't
want
is
a
rush
to
a
program,
a
project,
that's
inappropriate
for
the
site.
It's
too
small
to
accommodate
the
program
that
sandhill
has
laid
out.
There's
inadequate
public
open
space
for
the
2000
residents.
Ms
coo
talked
about
how
the
neighbors
asked
for
a
park,
so
they
gave
us
a
park.
They
are
required
to
put
a
park
in
for
the
signature
project.
In
fact,
they
have
to
pay
millions
of
dollars
of
fees
because
their
park
is
too
small.
That
is
not
a
community
give
back.
That
is
a
requirement.
A
A
The
green
area
here
and
yellow
indicates
what
the
developer
calls
a
pedestrian,
paseo,
1.7
acres
of
public
open
space
planning
staff
was
surprised.
However,
when
we
pointed
out
that
in
that
yellow,
open
space
bars
and
parking
stalls
are
clearly
visible.
These
are
obviously
indicated
in
the
white
areas.
You
can
see
them
driving
in
the
circle.
You
can
see
them
parked
here.
This
is
a
parking
lot,
not
a
paseo.
A
I
I
I
am
for
affordable
housing
and
I
am
for
progressing
growth
in
this
area.
But
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
density
and
the
height.
I
am
for
reasonable
density
and
reasonable
height.
When
I
take
a
look
at
this
project,
it
appears
that
the
below
market
housing
is
all
in
the
1777
saratoga
avenue,
building
again
a
tall
building,
but
it
isolates
the
people
who
are
in
the
affordable
housing
building.
They
would
have
to
cross
multiple
lanes
of
traffic
across
saratoga
avenue
to
get
to
the
pre-planned
shopping
area.
I
Frankly,
I
don't
need
another
grocery
store.
We
already
have
enough
grocery
stores
right
there
sprouts.
I
like
smart
and
final.
I
don't
want
costco,
but
that's
another
issue
down
the
street.
There's
a
dollar
store
grocery
outlet,
big
lots,
all
kinds
of
other
grocery
stores
available.
If
you
drive
the
people
in
that,
1777
will
have
to
drive
and
when
they
try
to
get
out
of
that
locked
corner
of
saratoga
prospect
in
lawrence.
You're
going
to
hit
a
lot
of
traffic,
that
also
is
a
concern
of
mine,
too
dense
too
tall.
M
I
represent
over
36
000
members
in
northern
california,
close
to
7.
700
of
those
members
live
right
here
in
santa
clara
county
and
san
benito
county.
As
a
representative,
I
speak
for
all
of
our
members
and
strong
support
of
approving
the
el
paseo
de
saratoga
project
and
moving
it
forward
through
the
entitlement
process.
M
M
So,
like
my
fellow
brothers
and
sisters
who
are
here
today,
he
stand
up
carpenters,
dry,
wallers,
millwrights,
pile
drivers,
cabinet
makers,
hardwood
floor
layers,
we're
all
here
in
strong
support
of
this
project
done
by
sandhill
properties,
who's
made
a
commitment
to
use
a
union
gc
and
create
valuable
jobs
for
local
residents.
So
I
urge
you
to
help
create
opportunities
for
local
san
jose
local
san
jose
residents
by
approving
this
project
and
moving
it
forward.
I
thank
you
for
your
time
and
the
opportunity
to
speak
in
support
of
the
al
paseo
de
saratoga
project.
C
Good
evening
staff
council,
honorable
mayor,
my
name
is
jordan
grimes,
I'm
here
tonight
on
behalf
of
the
greenbelt
alliance.
We
are
an
environmental
nonprofit
focused
on
helping
ensure
our
communities
are
environmentally
sustainable
and
climate
resilient.
We're
in
strong
support
of
the
project
at
el
paseo
projects
like
el
paseo
are
important
not
only
locally
to
san
jose
and
but
in
fact,
throughout
the
entire
south
bay
and
bay
area
region.
An
abundance
of
jobs
without
commensurate
home
building
has
resulted
in
a
tremendous
imbalance
that
has
sent
housing
process.
Housing
prices
skyrocketing.
C
Four
in
santa
clara
county
is
a
whopping
166
thousand
dollars.
Workers
have
scrambled
in
response
forcing
them
to
find
places
further
and
further
away
to
live.
The
affordability
crisis
has
severe
impacts
on
our
climate
as
well.
It
has
also
trapped
our
friends,
neighbors
and
community
members
into
grueling
hours-long
commutes,
during
which
time
thousands
of
idling
and
slow-moving
cars
spew
greenhouse
gases
into
our
atmosphere.
C
A
C
C
The
letter
and
report
concern
a
significant
efficiency
in
the
preparation
and
content
of
the
environmental
impact
reporter
eir
for
the
paseo
project
concerning
the
impact
of
the
whole
foods
market
as
a
tenant,
the
presence
of
whole
foods
was
known
but
not
disclosed
in
the
draft
versions
of
the
eir
and
its
impact
not
taken
into
account
and
supermarkets
in
their
trucks,
have
significant
impact
for
noise
and
air
quality
should
be
taken
into
consideration
for
any
air.
C
The
developer
said
in
their
opening
statement.
They
ensured
neighbors
concerns
are
heard
and
addressed
in
the
interest
of
ensuring
important
impacts
on
quality
and
noise
impacts
on
these
neighbors
are
considered
an
address.
We
recommend
the
council
decline
to
certify
the
eir
first
amendment
and
prepare
and
circulate
an
air
that
actually
represents
the
effects
of
the
project.
Thank
you.
F
Hello,
my
name
is
barbara
gaylord
and
I'm
a
resident
of
baker.
West
neighborhood.
I
live
behind
the
alpaceo
de
saratoga
project.
I'm
here
to
ask
that
you
please
reject
this
proposal.
I
do
support
more
affordable
housing
and
growth
in
our
neighborhood,
but
I
want
more
reasonable
density
and
height.
12
stories
is
too
high
for
our
neighborhood.
F
The
30-acre
el
paseo
parcel
of
lands
is
a
rare
opportunity
and
the
city
deserves
a
comprehensive
rather
than
a
piecemeal
development
plan.
A
comprehensive
plan
should
support
san
jose's
long-term
needs
in
terms
of
affordable
housing
and
jobs.
We
believe
it
is
critical
for
san
jose
to
work
with
saratoga
campbell
and
santa
clara
county
to
develop
a
comprehensive
transportation
and
utility
infrastructure
plan
to
support
all
local
development,
as
well
as
san
jose's,
long-term
goals
on
job
creation
and
housing.
H
Good
evening
my
name
is
julie,
reynolds
grabby
and
I
am
a
resident
of
the
eastern
brook
neighborhood
in
district
1..
I
also
have
a
student
who
attends
prospect
high
school
and
am
also
concerned
about
the
safety,
as
he
rides
to
and
from
prospect
every
day
on
his
bike,
I'm
also
a
former
moreland
school
district
trustee,
a
neighborhood
leader
and
a
former
leader
of
the
district
one
leadership
group
previously
mentioned.
I
find
it
interesting
that
union
members
who
don't
live
in
our
area
are
speaking
about
supporting
this
project
tonight.
H
As
is,
I
want
to
make
sure
that
it
is
crystal
clear
that
we,
the
local
residents,
also
want
more
union
jobs,
but
not
at
the
expense
of
safety,
green
space,
congestion
and
quality
of
life
for
families
who
already
live
here.
There
is
a
way
to
achieve
better
balance
on
this
project,
but
it's
not
quite
there
yet.
My
concerns
one
lower
building
heights.
H
Eight
stories
max
12
stories
is
ridiculous,
too
less
total
density,
three
new
green
space
should
have
at
least
six
acres,
which
is
required
not
one
acre,
and
you
cannot
use
local
schools
for
this
purpose.
Four:
better
transportation
infrastructure,
five
traffic
mitigation
and
safety
measures,
six
add
more
retail
space.
That
means
more
tax
revenue
for
the
city,
seven,
not
enough
parking
for
proposed
residents,
eight
increase,
affordable
units.
We
should
have
more
than
150
units.
H
I
support
more
affordable
housing
units
in
the
development,
but
want
less
overall
density
and
respectfully
ask
for
reasonable
building
heights
of
no
more
than
eight
stories
as
this
project
stands,
I
request
that
you
reject
it
as
it
needs
more
work
specifically,
including
the
voice
and
support
of
the
local
community.
A
successful
project
will
require
balancing
the
needs
of
local
residents,
city
leaders
and
the
developer.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
consideration.
H
H
I
have
lived
in
the
baker
west
neighborhood
behind
el
paseo
for
15
years.
I
support
redevelopment
of
the
el
paseo
center,
in
particular
the
creation
of
new
commercial
destinations,
and
that
will
also
create
jobs
and,
very
importantly,
the
creation
of
affordable
housing
that
our
community
in
the
city
of
san
jose
so
desperately
needs.
However,
I
cannot
support
the
current
proposal
as
the
building
density
and
heights
are
just
simply
not
reasonable.
H
There
is
a
way,
as
julie
mentioned,
to
create
a
much
more
balanced
and
appropriate
proposal
for
this
site.
All
along
the
proposed
building
heights
and
densities
have
been
in
building.
Densities
have
been
raised
as
major
concerns
of
the
surrounding
residents
since
the
earliest
meetings,
with
the
developers
you've
already
heard
from
many
of
us
about
the
lack
of
sufficient
transit
infrastructure
to
support
this
proposed
density
and
the
whole
and
the
inadequacy
of
the
allotted
park
space.
H
Eight
stories,
I
agree
with
julie.
Eight
stories
is
appropriate,
not
10
to
12.
the
building,
height
and
density
was
also
acknowledged
as
areas
of
known
controversy
in
the
draft
environmental
impact
report.
Despite
this
and
the
clear
concerns
expressed
by
the
residents,
the
building
heights
and
densities
in
this
proposal
have
only
increased
over
time.
Please
consider
the
concerns
of
the
community
and
reject
this
proposal
as
currently
configured.
Thank
you.
A
J
Name
is
roberto
aguilera,
another
local
member
from
9144,
I'm
a
resident
of
san
jose
for
over
15
years.
This
project
will
bring
me
my
family
and
local
union
members
to
work
here
in
our
city
with
this
opportunity
we
can
afford
to
live
here
while
getting
health
care
and
working
towards
empowerment,
respectfully
help
us
approve
this
project
and
bring
more
jobs.
A
C
Good
evening,
mayor
licardo
vice
mayor
jones
and
the
members
of
the
san
jose
city
council,
my
name
is
ryan
globus
and
I'm
a
resident
of
san
jose
and
I'm
also
a
member
of
the
south
bay
yimbi
organization,
and
I'm
calling
tonight
to
ask
you
to
support
this
project.
This
is
a
fantastic
opportunity
for
the
more
homes
that
we
desperately
desperately
need
for
150,
affordable
homes
for
a
great
park.
You
know
the
where
I
live.
C
Currently,
you
know
there's
newly
built,
affordable
apartments
right
across
the
street
and
it's
definitely
increased
the
vibrancy
and
the
diversity
of
the
neighborhood,
adding
families
and
seniors
who
otherwise
wouldn't
be
able
to
afford
to
live
here.
C
I'm
also
down
the
street
from
a
park
and
it's
great
walking
my
dog
there
every
day,
and
I
know
that
d1
is
extremely
underparked,
and
so
this
is
a
great
opportunity
to
add
more
green
space
and
I'm
also
within
walking
distance
of
a
whole
foods
and
it's
great
to
be
able
to
to
walk
over
there
get
anything
I
need
they
have
a
coffee
bar.
They
have
events
there,
so
you
can
find
a
good
deal
there
and
it's
really
improved.
C
C
C
I
urge
you
to
move
this
project
forward,
and
this
project
also
includes
strong
community
benefits
such
as
the
3.5
acres
of
green
space,
connectors
walking,
biking
trails,
which
is
really
important
in
the
neighborhood.
I
have
tried
to
bike
in
that
neighborhood
the
way
it
is
now
and
it
definitely
needs
connection
of
the
trails.
C
More
than
50
neighbor
and
community
meetings
and
responded
with
significant
changes.
I
understand
people
want
a
couple
of
stories
cut
from
it,
but
you
know
I
live
in
a
six
story.
Building
and
once
buildings
get
over,
you
know
three
or
four
stories,
they're,
all
just
big
and
they
all
just
have
the
type
of
internal
layout
where
nobody
gets
cross
ventilation
because
they
have
internal
hallways,
and
you
know
you're
up
past
where
there's
shade
on
the
building.
It's
all
pretty
much
the
same
over
the
third
floor,
thanks
very
much.
P
Hi
claire
beekman
here
I
thought
this
may
be
a
time
to
try
to.
I
don't
know,
speak
to
you
know
the
mixed
income
ideas
that
I've
been
trying
to
understand
and
learn
better
about
over
the
years
here.
P
Mixed
income
ideas
are,
is
the
concepts
of
how
very
low
and
extremely
low
people
of
income
can
live
in
the
same
building
and
area
as
people
who,
you
know,
are
of
a
regular
income
and
market
rate
housing,
and
I
think
that's
an
interesting
concept
that
can
address
many
issues,
including
this
one
and
it's
a
way
to
we
can
adjust
the
dial
in
how
exactly
we
want
to
build
our
communities
in
the
future,
and
it
gives
ourselves
choices
and
flexibility
and
yeah.
P
I
I
think
it's
an
important
concept
that
I
think
can
help
in
in
in
the
debate.
That's
going
on
for
for
this
area,
that
includes
urban
villages
and
that
urban
villages
should
be
allowed.
The
concepts
of
extremely
low
and
very
low
income
housing
to
be
included
and
mixed
income
can
allow
that
it
doesn't
have
to
be
a
full
overwhelming
majority,
but
it
you
know
these
are
practices
that
can
allow.
You
know
some
and-
and
some
is
better
than
nothing
is
my
feeling
and
it's
you
know
we.
We
have
these
skills
to
do
this
already.
P
It's
time
we
have
to
reestablish
and
re-practice
these
sort
of
ideals
and
ideas,
and
I
think
it
builds
a
better
community
experience
for
all
of
us.
It
creates
a
better
idea
of
sharing
and
trust
and
and
builds
relationships
between
different
levels
of
income.
Good
luck,
how
to
work
on
this
idea.
Thank
you.
F
Good
evening,
mayor
licardo
vice
mayor
jones
and
council
members,
my
name
is
ali
saberman
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
the
housing
action
coalition
in
strong
support
of
el
paseo,
I've
shared
with
the
council
our
formal
letter
of
endorsement.
Additionally,
among
the
council
offices,
you
should
have
received
about
a
thousand
letters
of
support
from
san
jose
residents
and
members
of
housing,
pro
housing
organizations
such
as
umb
action,
south
bay,
yambi
housing,
action
coalition,
silicon
valley,
leadership,
group,
greenbelt
alliance
and
catalyze
sv.
F
What
you
will
hear
tonight
is
that
all
the
groups
who
aim
to
address
our
housing
crisis
believe
that
el
paseo
is
an
incredible
use
of
land
space
that
will
bring
nearly
a
thousand
much-needed
homes
to
this
resource-rich
area.
You've
heard
from
a
lot
of
residents
tonight
who
are
mostly
wealthy
homeowners,
but
now
you
will
hear
from
a
resident
who
is
a
renter
beyond
my
role
at
hacc.
F
I
am
first
and
foremost
speaking
as
a
san
jose
resident,
a
district
one
constituent
and
a
neighbor
to
el
paseo
in
the
hathaway
neighborhood,
I'm
a
renter
in
a
rent
control
department
and
I'm
speaking,
an
enthusiastic
support
of
el
paseo.
Half
of
the
project
site
is
already
vacant
and
I'm
afraid,
without
this
project,
bringing
the
much
needed
vibrancy
and
activity
to
this
area
that
this
part
of
district
1
will
become
a
ghost
town.
F
Beyond
this,
most
people
can't
afford
to
live
in
san
jose,
and
if
we
want
to
retain
residents,
we
must
find
new
spaces
to
house
them,
especially
in
affordable
homes.
This
project
will
create
new
homes
for
our
middle
and
lower
income,
neighbors
with
149
deed,
restricted
subsidized,
affordable
homes
on
site.
So
more
people
like
me
can
live
and
strive
here.
F
K
Hello,
my
name
is
michelle:
I'm
a
resident
of
baker,
west
neighborhood
association,
I'm
actually
a
neighbor
behind
the
el
paseo
project,
and
I
also
support
affordable
housing
and
growth
in
our
neighborhood.
I
support
our
unions,
I'm
also
part
of
a
union,
I'm
part
of
the
california
school
employees,
association,
chapter
198,
I
think
pretty
much.
I
think
most
of
us
are
not
arguing
that
we
definitely
want
this
area
to
be
developed.
The
problem
is,
is
a
developer,
since
the
very
beginning
has
shown
one
thing
and
ended
up
with
something
else.
K
In
regards
to
the
park
screens,
one
1.1
acres
is
far
below
the
park
space
required
for
a
project
of
this
density,
2
000
people,
which
actually
requires
over
six
acres.
That's
a
requirement.
The
d1
area
has
the
fewest
number
of
public
parks
in
any
district.
The
developer
told
the
planning
commission
that
residents
could
use
the
moreland
school,
the
moreland
middle
school
fields
or
go
over
to
prospect
to
use
their
outdoor
fields.
I
know
for
a
fact
that
this
is
not
true.
K
In
fact,
I
four
o'clock
wanted
to
go
over
and
use
the
fields
and
it
was
chain
rocked
and
any
time
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
use
the
fields
you
get
this
message.
All
persons
entering
or
remaining
on
school
grounds
between
the
hours
of
six
and
five
are
required
to
register
at
the
school
office.
So
it's
not
public.
It's
private
school
property
is
not
the
solution.
K
L
Hello
mayor
vice
mayor
and
city
council,
this
is
fred
bouzou
san
jose
director
for
spur
I'm
calling
in
to
voice
our
support
for
the
project.
L
You
know
spur's
been
a
longtime
supporter
of
urban
villages
and
you
know,
as
you
know,
signature
projects
are
a
key
facet
to
the
urban
village
framework
and,
unfortunately,
you
know
signature
villages
have
been
few
and
far
between
over
the
past
several
years
or
really
since
the
adoption
of
the
policy,
and
so
when,
when
you
have
an
opportunity
to
adopt
an
urban
village
to
approve
another
village,
we
are
strongly
in
support
of
of
doing
so,
and
you
know
it's
one
of
these
things
that,
while
a
lot
of
the
focus
has
been
on
on
building
heights
and
or
lack
of
park,
space
and
or
affordable
housing,
you
know
there's
a
criteria
set
forth
for
signature
projects
and
in
our
opinion,
we
agree
with
the
recommendations
set
forth
by
staff
that
this
does
fit
within
the
criteria
of
signature
projects
and-
and
I
don't
believe
that
criteria
is
up
for
debate
today.
L
It
is
what
it
is,
and
so
we
feel
confident
that
that
the
developer
is
acting
in
good
faith
and
will
continue
to
work
with
the
community
as
they
further
develop
the
site,
and
we
also
look
forward
to
working
with
the
city
of
san
jose
as
they
move
forward
in
planning
the
entire
el
paseo
de
saratoga
urban
village.
Thank
you.
F
H
I
support
everything,
that's
good
about
this
project
and
I
don't
support
the
extreme
heights
or
density.
Mostly.
The
height
is
the
part
that
I
have
the
most
problem
with,
but
for
but
today
I'm
going
to
speak
about
one
of
the
issues
and
the
previous
speaker
just
talked
about
how
this
project
meets
all
of
the
criteria
for
the
signature
project.
But
I
do
not
agree.
I
believe
that
they
have
not
met
the
criteria
for
job
creation.
H
The
proposal
doesn't
meet
signature
project
criteria
because
the
jobs
are
meant
to
be
above
average
for
the
area.
The
number
of
jobs
have
to
be
above
average
and
the
eir
process
described
the
project
description,
having
660
new
jobs,
which
sounds
wonderful
and
amazing,
but
that
is
not
true.
Unfortunately,
I
pointed
out
the
calculation
error
and
now
the
final
eir
is
corrected
and
states
that
there
are
190
net
new
jobs.
H
So
I'm
questioning
does
2000
new
residents
compared
to
190
new
jobs.
Does
that
meet
the
signature
project
requirement
for
above
average
job
creation?
I
would
rather
see
more
jobs
here,
more
permanent
jobs,
not
construction
jobs,
construction
jobs
are
great,
but
that
is
not
what
we
need
for
the
future.
So
please
reject
this
proposal
until
it's
meets
the
signature
project
requirements.
Thank
you.
A
C
Yeah
hi
dear
mayor
vice
mayor
and
city
council
members,
thank
you
for
providing
the
opportunity
to
speak
at
this
meeting.
My
name
is
ramesh
kuna,
a
resident
of
west
san
jose
who
lives
in
the
neighborhood
where
the
project
is
proposed
as
part
of
the
west
valley
neighbors
for
reasonable
growth.
I
asked
the
city
to
not
approve
the
project
or
certify
the
eiir
as
it
stands.
C
A
F
I'm
donna
ewan
a
baker
west
resident,
and
I
live
three
blocks
behind
the
alpa
sale
project.
I
have
two
major
concerns:
parking
and
traffic
with
994
residential
units
and
1.25
parking
spaces
designated
for
each
unit.
Where
will
the
overflow
of
cars
park?
If
many
of
the
residents
have
more
than
one
vehicle
as
residents,
we
do
not
want
the
overflow
of
the
parking
to
flow
onto
our
neighboring
streets.
F
If
the
cost
code
development
occurs
at
the
westgate
west
shopping
center,
an
additional
874
cars
could
be
on
the
road
with
994
residential
units
from
the
alpa
sale
development
that
could
potentially
have
as
many
as
2
000
plus
residents.
The
traffic
analysis
report
that
was
commissioned
by
the
developer
says
that
during
the
am
commute
hours,
there
will
only
be
219
new
outbound
trips
by
residents,
assuming
that
there
are
1100
residences.
F
That
means
only
14
to
20
percent
of
the
residents
will
commute
at
the
peak
am
hours.
We
do
not
agree
with
the
traffic
analysis
report
that
the
developer
has
commissioned.
Our
neighborhood
association
has
created
a
petition
and
we
request
that
the
city
of
san
jose
address
the
combined
traffic
impact
from
this
project,
together
with
the
newly
proposed
costco
development
at
westgate,
west,
the
former
osh
site
and
three
high
density,
housing
projects
at
keto,
village,
saratoga
and
lawrence
and
saratoga
and
cox.
Before
this
project
comes
to
a
council
vote.
C
Good
evening,
mayor
and
council,
my
name
is
vince
rocha,
I'm
a
senior
vice
president
of
housing
and
community
development,
with
the
silicon
valley,
leadership
group,
representing
employers
in
the
innovation
economy,
from
our
largest
employers
to
startups,
and
I
want
to
say
that
our
members
are
proud
to
support
this
project,
because
it'll
address
our
critical
housing.
It's
with
over
a
thousand
new
homes,
150
of
those
affordable,
create
some
vibrant
outdoor
space
and
community
serving
grocery
store.
C
I
would
like
to
say
everyone
agrees.
We
have
a
high
housing
crisis
and
are
in
dire
need
of
affordable
housing.
Everyone
also
agrees
that
we
are
in
a
climate
crisis.
The
solution
to
both
is
to
build
densely
on
underutilized
urban
infill
sites
like
this
one.
We
simply
cannot
ignore
the
scale
of
our
housing
need.
C
C
Yes,
good
evening,
my
name
is
bob
levy.
I'm
a
d1
resident
former
plan,
commissioner
and
a
member
of
the
2040
task
force.
I
urge
you
to
reject
the
current
proposal
in
order
to
prove
the
project.
You
must
make
the
finding
that
the
project
is
a
signature
project.
This
project
does
not
meet
the
criteria
required
to
be
a
signature
project.
Signature
project
is
a
set
example
for
future
development.
C
C
The
project
provides
the
bare
minimum
of
affordable
housing
units,
as
required
by
law.
At
the
upper
end
of
the
ami
spectrum.
The
project
provides
inadequate
park.
Land
6.9
acres
of
park
land
is
needed
to
mitigate
the
impacts
of
the
project.
The
project
is
proposing
1.1
acre
acreage
that
will
likely
not
be
accepted
by
the
parks
department.
It's
very
likely.
This
project
will
have
no
publicly
owned
parkland
the
project,
the
general
plan
states
over
and
over
again
that
urban
villages
and
signature
projects
are
designed
to
remedy
the
city's
jobs,
housing
imbalance.
C
This
project
does
exactly
the
opposite:
it
provides
housing
for
over
2
000
new
residents
and
only
190
new
jobs.
Signature
projects
must
include
broad
and
diverse
community
engagement.
The
public
engagement
portion
of
this
project
was
woefully
inadequate,
as
is
evident
by
tonight's
testimony.
The
letter
from
the
neighborhood
association
presidents,
the
d1
leadership
group
and
the
petition
with
over
a
thousand
signatures.
C
A
H
Dear
san
jose
mayor
and
council
members,
my
name
is
shobha
rao,
I'm
a
resident
of
moreland,
west
neighborhood
and
a
parent
like
other
wonderful
residents
and
neighbors
that
spoke
before
me.
I
want
to
support
more
growth
and
all
the
new
jobs
that
come
with
it
in
the
area,
but
I
want
it
to
be
more
reasonable,
with
more
traffic
study
and
infrastructure
added
to
support
the
density.
H
Do
you
know
many
students,
many
kids,
actually
walk
and
bike
to
prospect
today.
The
bike
infrastructure
today
in
this
area
is
not
sufficient.
Already
saratoga
avenue
and
lawrence
expressway,
as
you
know,
already,
are
extreme
caution
and
prospect.
Road
is
dangerous
at
any
time
of
the
day
and
you
want
to
add
more
to
the
mix
by
adding
12
story
residential
buildings.
H
H
G
My
name
is
adam
sweeney.
I'm
a
d1
resident.
I've
lived
in
the
happy
valley,
neighborhood
just
across
prospect
from
from
this
project
for
the
last
18
years.
I'm
one
of
those
rich
homeowners
that
someone
mentioned,
and
I
want
to
speak
in
support
of
this
project.
We
have
a
great
neighborhood.
We
have
houses
like
mine,
we
have
duplexes
apartments,
makes
for
a
great
mix
of
families
and
income
levels
for
the
kids
in
our
schools.
My
kids
went
to
schools
in
the
moreland
district.
G
G
G
C
Thank
you,
mayor
licardo,
vice
mayor
jones
and
members
of
the
san
jose
city
council.
My
name
is
david
meyer
and
I
represent
silicon
valley
at
home,
which
is
an
affordable
housing,
advocacy
organization
that
works
all
across
the
county
and
on
behalf
of
sv
at
home.
We
are
happy
to
support
al
paseo
de
saratoga
proposal
before
you
tonight,
both
of
the
council
member
council
memos
regarding
this
proposal
that
have
been
released,
raise
important
points
and
opportunities.
C
C
Development,
any
reductions
in
densities
or
heights
at
this
stage
of
the
process
would
undermine
not
only
the
affordable
units
slated
for
development,
but
the
city's
goals
of
using
urban
villages
to
advance
residential
development
across
san
jose
el
paso
to
saratoga
is
a
key
opportunity
to
make
good
on
san
jose's
commitment
to
site,
more
affordable
housing
opportunities
all
across
the
city,
to
provide
access
to
people
of
all
incomes
and
backgrounds
and
truly
help
address
housing
equity
across
the
city.
So
we
urge
you
to
approve
this
proposal
without
delay.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
F
C
C
C
But
my
family
and
I
moved
to
district
six
and
we
were
lucky
we
could
move,
but
I'm
worried
that
more
and
more
families
won't
be
able
to
live
anywhere
in
san
jose
because
it's
getting
too
expensive.
We
need
more
housing
in
san
jose.
We
need
more
housing
everywhere
in
san
jose.
We
need
middle
class
families
to
be
able
to
afford
to
stay
in
san.
G
All
right
good
evening,
mayor
le
cardo
vice
mayor
jones
and
council
members,
thanks
for
the
time
to
speak
tonight,
first
time
doing
something
like
this.
So
I
appreciate
being
part
of
the
process,
I'm
a
father
of
two
kids
under
five
and
as
we've
started
kind
of
raising
our
young
family
here
living
in
the
the
moreland
neighborhood,
just
a
block
away
from
the
site.
I've
kind
of
gone
and
look
of
parks
and
other
places
that
we
could
spend
a
lot
of
kind
of
family
time.
G
And
it's
been
a
struggle.
I
mean
a
lot
of
times.
We
essentially
end
up
getting
out
of
the
car
and
having
to
drive
a
mile
or
two
to
find
another
location
to
kind
of
to
go
and
play
out
rather
than
having
an
easily
accessible
neighborhood
park.
G
A
couple
other
people
have
mentioned
similar
types
of
things
about
district
one,
having
kind
of
a
lack
of
park
space
throughout,
and
so
I
was
excited
when
I
saw
the
redevelopment
notices
go
up
a
year
or
two
ago
that
this
would
be
an
opportunity
to
gain
some
of
that
and-
and
it
does
seem
like
there's
some
gain,
but
there's
also
quite
a
bit
of
additional
density,
and
I
feel
like
both
for
myself
and
the
surrounding
neighborhood,
as
well
as
for
the
the
new
residents
that
would
be
coming
in.
G
A
lot
of
us
again
are
just
going
to
be
jumping
in
the
cars
having
to
go
off
and
and
drive
a
bit,
which
is
unfortunate
that
we're
not
able
to
create
something
more
local
and
and
kind
of
goes
against.
What
I
believe
is
kind
of
the
long-term
vision
of
the
city.
G
So
I
would
ask
that
you
guys
not
currently
not
propose,
not
accept
the
plan
proposal
as
it
currently
stands,
and
and
that
hopefully,
the
developer
would
come
back
with
with
something
that
does
create
that
that
feeling.
For
my
families,
like
myself
and
others.
Thank
you.
G
Thank
you,
mayor
licardo
and
council
members.
I'm
a
baker
west
resident
and
I
need
to
raise
details
about
this
plan's,
affordable
housing,
the
baker
west
and
moreland
west
neighborhoods
have
been
in
consistent
support
of
affordable
housing.
However,
this
project
maximizes
the
market
rate
housing
at
185
units
and
delivers
only
the
bare
minimum
of
below
market
rate
units.
None
of
the
149
below
market
rate
units
actually
include
the
lowest
ami
income
tier.
Our
neighborhoods
have
in
fact,
actually
asked
for
better
alignment
to
all
of
the
city's
arena.
G
Income
targets
most,
if
not
all
the
bmr
units
in
this
project,
are
located
in
the
quote-unquote,
affordable,
tower
separated
by
six
lanes
of
traffic
from
many
site
amenities,
unlike
the
other
three
buildings
in
the
project
across
the
street.
The
affordable
tower
is
in
a
commercial
island
separated
by
six
lanes
of
traffic
in
every
direction.
Out
from
that
tower,
according
to
a
2019
planning
department
menu,
the
two
sites
required
two
separate
signature
project
applications.
G
We
have
in
fact
asked
that
the
149
bmr
units
be
kept
in
any
plan
revision,
but
don't
assume
that
the
below
market
rate
units
will
be
built
in
a
recent
meeting
with
the
planning
department.
We
were
told
that,
even
if
you
approve
this
project,
the
149
units
could
still
be
replaced
by
in-law
fees
at
a
later
date.
G
J
J
J
We
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
be
part
of
this
project.
I
strongly
support
the
council
moving
forward,
but
would
like
to
reiterate
that
our
ability
to
be
part
of
this
project
is
can
is
a
conditional
on
the
ability
of
the
pro
of
the
council
to
move
forward
with
this
project
and
so
are
looking
forward
to
being
involved.
If
and
when
this
project
is
approved.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
This
project
promises
the
bare
minimum
required
of
15
below
market
rate
unit,
yet
it
still
doesn't
conform
with
the
city's
arena
allocation.
Please
reject
this
proposal
as
it
stands
at
this
time.
In
addition,
our
neighbors
have
joined
together,
not
in
we.
We
support
the
development
and
we
want
progression
in
our
groups.
We
now
have
just
gained
and
really
has
worked
together
as
as
leaders
here
and
really
want
eight
stories
density
as
a
maximum.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
C
This
project
is
exactly
what
our
members
want
to
see
in
san
jose:
more
homes,
including
150,
affordable
homes,
a
grocery
store
and
benefits
for
the
residents
of
san
jose.
Our
members
want
to
urge
you
to
approve
this
project
tonight
with
the
following
four
recommendations:
one
provide
one-to-one
bicycle
parking
ratio
to
secure
bike
stations
and
promote
connections
to
public
transit.
Two
designate
more
parking
areas
as
tv
charging
stations
number
three
provide
on-site
residents
with
transit
passes
to
encourage
the
use
of
alternate
alternative
modes
of
transportation.
C
This
is
especially
important
because
this
is
a
bicycle-oriented
development
and
it
goes
along
the
lines
of
the
parking
reductions
and
tdm
frameworks,
which
was
approved
last
week
and
number
four
make
this
project
at
least
led
gold.
So
it's
a
more
sustainable
development.
So,
on
behalf
of
our
members,
I
strongly
urge
you
to
approve
el
paseo
de
saratoga
without
modifications
to
the
density
council
members.
We
can't
wait
our
way
out
of
this
housing
crisis.
We
have
to
move
forward.
Please
approve
it
paso
this
evening.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
C
Licardo,
I'm
gary
smith,
I'm
president
of
the
english
estates,
neighborhood
association,
a
group
of
five
or
six
streets,
just
north
of
prospect,
high
school,
high
school
and
adjacent
to
prospect
road.
I
do
not
support
the
proposal
as
it's
presented.
I
do
support
reasonable
growth,
reasonable
housing
heights.
I
very
much
support,
affordable
housing
and
I'm
hoping
that
residents
of
all
60
urban
villages
are
listening
tonight
to
glean
from
what
we're
saying
my
recommendation.
C
I've
heard
this
week
that
the
the
city
council
is
considering
putting
a
foot
bridge
over
saratoga
avenue.
I
think
that's
a
great
idea.
I
encourage
you
to
do
that.
I
also
encourage
you
to
do
the
very
same
thing
over
keto
road
keto
road
in
this
development
is
called
keto
road.
You
could
also
call
it
the
on-ramp
to
lawrence
expressway
driving
north
and
the
off-ramp
of
lawrence
expressway
driving
south
building,
one
which
will
be
an
11
story.
C
Building
with
a
setback
of
about
zero
to
five
feet
will
be
parallel
to
that
there'll
be
what
120
some
residents
in
there
there'll
be
an
in-ramp
and
an
on-ramp
coming
out
on
the
keto
road.
Let's
build
a
bridge
over
prospect,
road
as
well.
Those
are
two
bridges.
Let's
make
that
a
condition
of
this
project
going
forward,
we
care
about
people's
lives.
Everybody
on
this
call
from
every
60
urban
villages
in
san
jose.
Please
glean
from
what
we're
saying
san
jose
and
2015
joined
the
vision,
zero
program.
C
C
Hi,
I'm
another
rich
homeowner
in
d6.
I
see
a
lot
of
commentary
for
and
against.
We
can
see
that
there's
a
moral
aspect
of
this
project
dealing
with
housing
access,
as
well
as
some
really
heartfelt
comments
by
san
jose
labor.
The
project
has
been
pending
since
2019
and
we
need
new
housing.
Now
the
people
of
san
jose
cannot
wait
for
housing.
C
The
major
thoroughfare,
which
can
really
benefit
from
density
and
height,
the
local
businesses,
can
hugely
benefit
from
additional
customers
within
walking
distance,
height
and
density,
and
this
new
development
can
really
create
a
community
with
mixed
income
and
diversity
of
residents.
There's
some
great
comments
about
lack
of
park
space.
This
is
currently
a
parking
lot
and
we'll
have
a
park
immediately
with
new
park
development
to
come.
C
F
Hi
this
is
alex
shore
executive,
director
of
catalyze
sv.
You
know
work
trip
in
boston
calling
in
today,
because
this
project
is
so
important
to
me
and
to
catalyze
sv
members.
I
grew
up
in
saratoga.
I
went
to
this
shopping
plaza
when
it
was
in
its
previous
iteration.
So
I
care
very
deeply
about
what
happens
here,
and
I
also
feel
for
some
of
the
neighbors
who
spoke
tonight
who
expressed
concerns
and
fears
about
this
development.
F
I
understand
where
those
perspectives
come
from,
yet
I
would
say
that
the
need
for
affordable
housing
is
the
greatest
issue
in
our
community
right
now.
I
am
at
a
conference
on
u.s
competitiveness
among
cities
and
san
jose,
I'm
glad
to
say,
is
doing
really
really
well
compared
to
other
cities,
except
on
one
really
important
metric
on
housing.
F
F
I'm
very
grateful
for
all
the
council
members,
including
esparza
and
arenas
for
talking
about
the
moral
imperative
of
more
housing,
particularly
affordable
housing
on
this
site.
This
project
needs
to
be
approved
tonight.
We
need
to
make
it
as
good
as
possible,
and
thankfully
the
council
has
heard
the
community's
concerns
has
heard
the
opinions
of
catalyzes
fee
members
and
is
on
the
precipice
of
approving
a
great
project.
J
Yes,
thank
you,
mayor
ricardo
and
city
council.
I
just
want
to
say
I'm
supportive
of
low
income
housing.
Just
ask
that
if
there's
anything
left
to
take
care
of
with
this,
I'm
very
concerned
about
the
traffic
increase
that
will
take
place
from
this,
especially
with
the
costco
possibly
going
in.
It
is
a
very
busy
section
there
and
our
kids
go
to
eastern
brook
they'll
be
going
to
the
prospect
eventually
a
few
years
from
now,
and
it's
going
to
make
sure
it's
a
safe
location
to
be
able
to
get
to
school
and
back.
J
This
project
obviously
is
going
to
happen
soon
and
yes,
very
supportive
of
it,
but
do
consider
the
concerns
of
the
neighbors
in
the
various
districts
that
will
be
impacted
by
the
project.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
P
P
I
live
less
than
half
a
mile
from
the
proposed
site
and
we've
been
living
here
for
the
last
22
years,
where
we've
raised
both
of
our
daughters
who
graduated
from
prospect
high
school.
As
you
heard
many
times
this
evening,
we
neighbors
actually
do
welcome
this
project,
I'm
not
a
nimby
proponent
at
all.
I
actually
welcome
this
project
in
our
backyard,
but
the
backyard
is
way
too
small
for
a
project
of
this
scale.
P
Public
transportation
is
inadequate
in
this
area,
with
only
one
bus
line
providing
a
15-minute
headway
to
others
with
much
more
limited
service.
In
addition
to
the
2000
new
residence,
this
project
brings
a
destination
store
and
shoppers
are
not
going
to
walk
or
take
a
bus
to
go
to
whole
foods.
That's
new
traffic,
providing
new
residents
with
vta
bus
passes
is
a
nice
idea,
but
they
will
find
them
of
little
use
without
major
upgrades
to
the
bus
service
levels
and
stations.
P
As
you
could
see,
this
site
can
reasonably
accommodate
about
eight
stories
worth
of
residences.
The
current
proposal
of
12
stories
is
way
over
provision
for
this
site.
Please
reject
this
proposal
as
it
stands
at
this
time.
Do
keeping
in
mind
that
we
do
welcome
the
overall
development
just
not
the
way
that
it
is
currently
provisioned.
Thank
you
deeply
for
your
consideration
have
a
good
evening.
P
P
P
Hello
there
this
is
neighbors
for
intelligent
development,
most
from
district
1..
We
all
agree.
We
need
housing
and
parks,
but
this
is
not
that
project.
Please
everyone
take
off
their
blinders
and
see
more
than
affordable
housing
in
this
project.
People
seem
willing
to
forget
everything
else
for
affordable
housing.
Remember
we
built
low-income
housing
with
many
union
jobs
and
work
at
that
time,
and
we
gave
up
a
huge
park
promised
back
to
us
by
the
city
of
san
jose,
sam
and
chapa.
Remember
that
where's
the
park.
P
We
will
show
you
the
critical
differences
from
other
signature
urban
projects.
Some
of
the
projects
may
be
missing.
One
thing
this
project
comes
short
on
multiple
items.
Project
is
not
near
freeways
like
other
projects
well
over
a
mile
away
to
any
of
the
entries
to
the
freeways
nothing
close
worse.
Yet,
access
roads
to
the
freeways
are
way
too.
Small
keto
road
is
only
a
one
lane
road,
don't
believe
their
pictures,
where
they're,
showing
four
and
five
lanes
on
keto.
Only
one
lane
campbell
avenue
two
lanes
only
saratoga
avenue
two
lanes
both
ways.
P
No
urban
village
has
only
one
lane
on
one
side
of
it,
and
also
the
parking
entrance
is
only
accessible
from
one
side
of
keto.
This
is
the
main
entrance
to
underground
parking
and
the
only
entrance
you
do
not
have
to
transfer
its
parking
lots
to
get
to
it,
get
ready
for
major
illegal
u-turns
and
cutting
through
all
the
neighborhoods.
P
No
meaningful
mass
transit,
no
train,
no
bart,
no
light
rail.
Only
a
bus,
no
one
rides
giving
passes,
won't
help.
People
did
not
ride
it
when
it
was
free
and
you
didn't
need
a
pass.
That
means
driving
everywhere
no
close
parks,
freeway
et
cetera,
no
park
where's
the
park
and
and
point
six
alleyway
for
the
homeless
and
a
puny
half
acre
circle.
That's
not
a
park,
that's
an
embarrassment!
We
gave
up
acres
and
acres
of
parkland
and
open
space.
P
A
C
Hello
good
evening,
my
name
is
jeffrey
herdman
and
I'm
a
local
district,
one
renter
working
in
entertainment.
Our
city
faces
an
acute
housing
crisis.
Personally,
it's
hurt
to
see
my
friends
and
co-workers
struggle
to
make
ends
meet
because
of
the
housing
costs.
Worse
still,
several
of
them
have
been
pushed
out
of
the
air
area
entirely
during
the
pandemic,
never
to
become
a
long-term
resident.
C
Who
could
send
their
kids
to
school
here
or
enjoy
the
opportunities
within
our
city
continued
in
action,
endless
studies
and
project
downsizing
is
hurting
an
entire
generation
of
workers
and
young
parents
and
sabotaging
our
future
potential
as
a
great
city.
This
project
is
a
step
forward
in
a
leaving
alleviating
that
housing
burden
for
present
and
future
residences
residents,
and
I
ask
that
the
council
please
move
forward
with
this
project.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
L
L
L
Although
we're
in
saratoga,
not
san
jose,
our
home
is
about
500
feet
from
el
paso
el
paseo.
The
increased
proposal
in
terms
of
density
alpaceo
will
add
significantly
to
the
traffic
congestion.
Combine
this
with
san
jose's
plant
costco
to
be
located
in
westgate
west
and
then
saratoga's
own
housing
element
plan.
These
will
all
have
an
unbearable
negative
impact
on
the
traffic
and
safety
in
our
area.
I
haven't
seen
any
attempt
to
coordinate
those
multiple
projects
and
look
at
the
traffic
impact.
L
A
A
Justin,
you
need
to
update
your
zoom
software
zoom
users.
H
My
name
is
shelly
hoyt
and
I'm
a
long
time
resident
of
moreland
west
neighborhood.
I
support
the
redevelopment
of
the
center,
but
want
more
reasonable
density
and
height
community
involvement
has
been
driven
primarily
by
the
neighbors,
not
by
the
developer.
There
have
been
long
waits
for
information
and
especially
drawings.
Communication
in
meetings
have
been
mostly
limited
to
the
residents,
are
immediately
adjacent
to
the
site
and
do
not
take
into
account
the
nearby
neighborhoods
that
will
be
impacted
by
this
project.
H
The
neighborhoods
will
be
able
to
support
the
project
and
the
union
workers
will
be
able
to
have
their
work
that
there's
more
than
one
way
to
do
this,
but
I
urge
you
to
reject
this
proposal
as
it
currently
stands,
and
have
modifications
made
that
everybody
that
most
everybody
can
get
on
board
with.
Thank
you.
H
Mayor
le
cardo
vice
mayor
jones
and
council
members,
my
name
is
amy
cody
and
I'm
president
of
the
moreland
west
neighborhood
association,
I'd
like
to
use
my
time
to
discuss
community
outreach
and
incorporation
of
community
input.
The
proposed
el
paseo
project
will
greatly
impact
our
entire
commercial
area
and
the
neighborhoods
around
it,
but
affected
residents
did
not
have
the
benefit
of
broad
community
outreach
that
occurs
with
the
development
of
an
urban
village
plan.
H
Moreland
west
is
located
across
the
street
from
the
el
paseo
shopping
center
and
it
took
four
months
to
get
a
meeting
with
the
developer.
The
developer
did
attend
neighborhood
meetings
that
we
organized,
but
the
increasingly
tall
and
dense
plans
did
not
reflect
the
top
two
concerns
of
our
residents.
H
In
follow-up
conversations,
I
regularly
reminded
the
developer
about
the
community's
long-standing
request
for
a
rendering
that
shows
the
entire
site
all
four
buildings,
so
the
public
can
visualize
being
proposed.
This
was
not
provided.
Most
renderings,
we've
seen
are
close
up,
inspirational
or
conceptual.
H
The
developers
submitted
architectural
drawings
to
the
city
in
december,
which
we
looked
forward
to
seeing
at
community
meeting
number
two
hosted
by
the
planning
division
in
january.
Rather
than
show
all
four
buildings.
The
developer
chose
to
show
a
single
building,
the
shortest
one.
At
nine
stories
to
be
clear,
we're
not
talking
about
a
nine
story
or
a
twelve
story.
H
Building
what's
being
proposed,
are
four
massive
buildings
with
six
towers:
nine
ten,
ten,
eleven,
eleven
and
twelve
stories
more
appropriate
for
the
transit
oriented,
stevens
creek
corridor,
we're
talking
about
over
2
000
new
residents,
only
190
new
jobs,
minimal,
affordable
housing,
zero
units
for
our
very
low
income
population
grossly
insufficient
park
space
in
a
park
deficient
area.
We
encourage
you
to
not
support
this
project
as
currently
planned.
A
I
Hello
and
thank
you
for
listening
to
me,
I'm
a
lifelong
local
citizen
that
invested
in
the
region
within
walking
distance
of
al
paseo.
I'm
also.
I
In
addition,
recent
research
for
my
career
shows
that
demand
for
commercial
real
estate
is
expected
to
settle
at
only
26
percent
in
the
bay
area,
26
of
what
it
was
pre-pandemic
and
with
that.
The
demand
for
housing
is
also
expected
to
drop
significantly
from
pre-pandemic
numbers,
because
employees
are
demanding
to
work
remotely
and
employers
are
catering
to
that.
I
They
decided
to
approve
this
project
using
target's
parking
lot.
The
schools
for
park
space
and
two
members
talked
about
moving
into
the
affordable
housing
portion
of
the
project,
which
is
an
inherent
conflict
of
interest
that
I
find
egregious.
So
please
reject
tonight's
proposal
and
go
back
to
the
drawing
board.
We
can
build
something
appropriate
for
our
neighborhood.
G
G
C
Hello,
my
name
is
neil
park,
mcclintock
mayor
members
of
the
city
council.
I
am
actually
the
president
of
cupertino
for
all
and
I
live
in
cupertino.
So
I
don't
live
nearby
the
property,
but
I
did
find
a
lot
of
similarities
between
this
project
and
things
I've
seen
in
my
own
city
in
relationship.
You
know
you
hear
a
lot
of
reasonable
height
versus
reasonable
density.
Well,
we're
kind
of
a
job
center
we're
an
urban
center.
So
if
anything,
our
past
densities
haven't
been
reasonable,
and
so
we
have
to
catch
up.
C
They
come
from
parts
of
the
the
county
already
they
come
from
nearby,
often
and
so
like
I'm
down
the
street,
and
so
we
should
open
our
doors
to
all
folks
and
think
of
ourselves
as
a
collective
community
and
region.
I
think
this
project
is
a
step
in
that
direction
as
well.
Additionally,
we
can
have
density
while
also
promoting
walking
and
biking
some
of
our
most
dense
or
safest
areas
in
san
jose
are
actually
where
there
is
more
density.
C
C
Hi,
my
name
is
gayle
miller
and
I'm
a
long
time
resident
of
district
one.
I
own
my
own
home,
I'm
an
older
person,
and
I
feel
that
this
alpha
sale
is
out
of
characteristic
for
this
neighborhood.
It
was
always
or
two
or
three
story:
apartment
houses,
now
you're,
building,
a
high
density
apartment
house,
and
also
it's
going
to
be
an
impact
on
traffic,
air
pollution
and
pedestrian
traffic,
and
also
you're,
not
considering
the
older
population
in
this
area,
and
I
feel
with
the
traffic
congestion.
C
P
Good
evening,
mr
mayor
and
council
members
eugene
bradley
silicon
valley
of
transit
users,
can
everybody
hear
me?
Yes,
yes,
by
the
way
I
was
just
looking
at
this
particular
project.
One
speak
about
two
speakers
ago.
Somebody
said
that
there's
people
coming
from
all
over
the
county
that
want
to
move
to
san
jose.
I'm
someone
that's
been
priced
out
not
only
in
san
jose
but
now
priced
out
of
santa
clara
county.
So
nowadays
I'm
in
monterey
county
anyway.
Look
at
this
project.
P
P
Bus
lines
that
bta
runs
right
now,
including
one
express
bus
that
express
bus,
only
runs
twice
in
the
weekday
morning
then
twice
in
the
weekday
evening,
there's
no
weekend
service
and
also
even
with
vta's
proposed
plans,
there's
actually
some
saturday
and
sunday
service.
That
would
be
just
the
process
being
reduced
so
I'll.
While
I'd
like
to
see
this
project
go
through
as
it's
much
needed,
affordable
housing
in
san
jose,
there
certainly
needs
to
be
some
improvements
around
the
area
to
further
enable
people
to
walk
bike
or
even
take
the
bus.
P
P
G
Yes,
hi
bob
fan
joy
here,
I'm
a
district
1
resident
as
well
and
a
long
time
and
I'm
a
founding
board
member
and
past
president
of
the
murdoch,
neighborhood
association,
we're
probably
a
mile
or
two
away
up
lawrence
expressway
from
where
this
project
would
be.
G
I'm
going
to
urge
you
to
please
vote
no
on
this
project
as
proposed.
I
think
you've
heard
from
a
lot
of
people
that
we
are
for
developing
the
el
paseo
site,
but
not
as
currently
planned.
There's
been
many
changes
to
it
and
has
not
addressed
the
top
two
neighborhood
concerns
that
have
already
been
mentioned.
G
This
project
is
way
too
large
in
size
and
scope
and
does
not
meet
the
needs
of
the
surrounding
neighborhoods.
This
project
would
increase
traffic
inject
congestion,
which
will
already
be
strained
by
the
new
costco
planned
at
westgate
west.
A
few
blocks
away
the
surrounding
roads
and
infrastructure
do
not
support
the
addition
of
two
thousand
plus
new
residents
living
in
approximately
a
thousand
high
density
apartments
in
this
area.
G
G
G
The
city
of
sunnyvale
has
a
limit
of
building
height
for
a
reason
to
prevent
unrestricted
growth
by
developers
who
do
not
live
here.
So
take
a
look
at
the
eight.
What
the
eight
neighborhood
associations
are
telling
you
please
and
I'd
like
to
borrow
from
matt
mahan.
Let's
have
a
revolution
of
common
sense
about
this
project
and
not
approve
it,
as
is.
Thank
you.
A
C
Oh
good,
I'm
back,
I
guess
my
software
is
working
yeah.
So
I've
heard
a
lot
of
flowery
talk
here,
great
stuff,
I've
heard
real
estate
developers
and
building
trade
unions
appealing
to
people's
kinder
gentler
impulses.
We
hear
a
lot
of
talk
about
housing,
affordability.
C
We
hear
people
talking
about
park
space.
Well,
we've
talked
about
how
much
park
space
there
is,
and,
let's
just
say,
there's
not
very
much.
We
have
developers
who
want
to
build.
You
know
hundreds
of
units
of
housing
and
they're,
saying
oh
well,
there's
going
to
be
affordable,
housing.
C
Well,
the
thing
is,
these
are
not
people
who
are
motivated
by
social
good
or
some
sort
of
happy
fantasy
about
what
an
urban
village
can
be.
These
are
people
who
want
to
make
a
lot
of
money
and
the
primary
beneficiaries
of
this
project
are
not
going
to
be
people
in
this
area.
They're
not
going
to
be
people
in
san
jose
they're,
going
to
be
people
in
woodside
and
los
altos,
and
probably
san
francisco,
los
angeles.
C
You
know
whatever
private
equity
firms
are
bankrolling
the
whole
thing
and
they're
selling
it
to
us
as
though
it's
some
sort
of
social
good.
I
think
it's
time
for
us
to
be
realistic
and
say:
okay,
we
have
people
who
are
trying
to.
You
know
appeal
to
our
noble
and
kinder
impulses,
but
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
talking
about
people
who
are
motivated
by
naked
financial
self-interest,
and
you
know,
I
think,
it's
crazy-
how
many
people
are
coming
in
here,
sort
of
soft
and
saying,
oh
well,
it's
all
good.
It's
like
no!
C
B
Well,
on
that
note
thanks,
everyone
appreciated
hearing
the
the
the
overwhelmingly
constructive
comments
from
from
the
community
and
appreciate
that
there
are
some
very
strong
feelings,
particularly
from
neighbors
who
are
concerned
about
all
the
impacts,
traffic
parking
and
all
the
other
issues
that
are
related
to
a
project
of
this
density.
B
I
I
do
think
it
is
an
important
testament
to
our
community
that
people
have
stayed
engaged
and
been
in
been
speaking
out
at
many
of
these
meetings
and,
obviously
today
as
well.
So
I
want
to
assure
you
that
you're
being
heard,
I
also
appreciate
there
are
many
questions.
I'll
have
a
few
myself.
Why
don't
we
go
first
so
to
council
member,
I'm
sorry
to
vice
mayor
jones.
O
As
everyone
knows,
we've
had
pretty
extensive
conversations
with
community
members
and
what
makes
this
project
especially
difficult
for
me
is.
These
are
a
lot
of
the
members
who
spoke
and
have
talked
to
and
have
engaged
with,
are
not
just
my
residents,
my
constituents,
but
they're.
Also
a
lot
of
them
are
my
friends.
O
We
have
personal
relationships
so
to
be
in
a
situation
where,
where
you
have
those
deep
relationships
with
people
that
I'm
gonna
be
friends
with
for
a
long
long
time,
it
makes
this
especially
difficult
when
they're
in
opposition
of
a
project
like
this,
it's
been
about
a
three-year
journey
when
the
project
was
first
proposed
to
me
and
sandhill
came
to
me
one
of
the
first
things
that
I
said
is:
I
have
to
have
affordable
housing
on
site.
O
O
I
also
appreciate
the
sandhill
team
to
working
with
me
and
working
with
my
staff
working
with
cassidy
and
taking
in
all
the
input
that
we
gave
you
in
terms
of
our
vision
of
the
project,
and
that
vision
is
a
project
where
all
the
members
of
the
community
and
even
throughout
the
area
could
come,
can
gather
and
spend
time
can
eat,
drink
and
socialize
in
a
development.
O
O
O
You
could
throw
a
rock
and
not
hit
anybody,
because
there's
very
few
people
that
actually
were
in
lucky's
when
we
were
shopping,
but
the
demand
and
attractiveness
of
the
whole
foods,
I
think,
is
a
different
scenario
and
sandhill
was
able
to
to
do
that.
Just
the
vision
of
having
a
main
street
again,
an
area
where
you
could
walk
from
your
house
or
ride
your
bike
and
spend
time
there
and
walk
along
that
main
street
and
go
to
an
ice
cream
shop
or
a
deli
or
just
sit
down,
and
just
talk
with
your
friends.
O
I
mean
that
that's
the
vision
and
I
think
that
sand
hill
has
captured
that
there
are
elements
of
the
architecture
that
are
outstanding.
O
O
I
have
concerns
about
the
height
and
density
and
the
impact
on
traffic,
so
I'm
gonna
speak
to
the
traffic
first,
with
my
experience
on
stevens
creek
in
our
urban
villages
as
well
as
my
position
on
vta,
I
have
a
very
good
understanding
in
terms
of
the
whole
chicken
and
egg
dilemma
which
came
first,
the
housing
or
the
transportation,
and
I
can
tell
you
based
on
my
efforts
so
far
on
stevens
creek.
O
O
O
I
really
struggled
with
the
issue
around
the
height,
especially
and
the
community,
particularly
people
like
amy
cody
and
some
of
the
other
leaders
rosemary
command.
All
my
advice.
O
O
O
I
understand
your
concerns,
but
I
got
a
lukewarm
reception
with
with
that
proposal
and
with
other
memos
that
came
out,
I
had
a
clear
understanding
of
where
this
was
going
in
terms
of
counting
votes,
so
I
had
to
make
a
decision
whether
I
wanted
to
just
oppose
the
project
or
or
drop
another
memo
with
another
alternative.
O
That's
not
something
I
could
do
and
feel
good
about
myself
and
look
in
the
mirror.
I
want
to
be
very
transparent
with
the
community
and
very
authentic,
and
my
feeling
is,
if
I
don't
support
the
project
knowing
the
direction.
This
is
going
that
I
won't
have
an
opportunity
in
my
last
six
months
to
have
the
kind
of
input
and
impact
on
this
project
to
at
least
incorporate
other
elements
that
are
going
to
benefit
the
community.
O
So
I'm
not
going
to
make
a
motion
right
now
mayor,
but
I
want
to
listen
to
the
conversation
from
my
colleagues
so
that
you
can
hear
directly
from
them
the
rationale
behind
this
project
and
whether
they
support
it
or
not.
So
I'll
I'll
defer
to
my
colleagues
mayor
and
then,
if
we
can
come
back
to
me,
that'd
be.
B
Okay,
yeah
we'll
come
back
to
you.
Thank
you.
Vice
mayor,
I
had
a
couple
questions
and
I'm
happy
to
offer
my
thoughts
one.
I
I
saw
that
one
of
the
members
of
the
community
came
forward
with
what
appeared
to
be
a
planning
department
notice
that
described
according
to
him
a
project
that
was
only
800
units
and
had
a
five
acre
park.
B
B
D
Yeah,
it's
not
unusual
for
a
project
description
to
change
during
the
review
process.
The
applicant
will
be
able
to
specifically
answer
that
question
why
it
changed,
but
we
did
look
at
especially
from
this
eis
standpoint.
We
looked
at
the
maximum,
which
is
within
the
current
proposal
right
now,
and
the
impacts
wouldn't
have
still
changed,
and
I
don't
believe
there
were
heights
in
that
proposal
that
were
higher,
so
the
applicant
may
be
able
to
respond
directly
to
why
it
changed.
D
Okay
and
the
sign
was.
B
E
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity.
So,
as
staff
indicated,
project
description
does
change.
Our
studies
did
indicate
there's
multiple
options
that
were
being
studied
as
part
of
the
analysis,
and
I
think
all
of
that
information
was
widely
posted
both
on
city's
website,
as
well
as
our
own
project
website.
E
So
I
don't
take
care
of
the
the
distribution
of
the
mailing,
but
that
information
has
well.
B
Q
Application
so,
however,
for
the
eir,
the
notice
of
preparation
when
that
was
issued,
that
was
the
description
at
that
time.
It
was
more
conservative,
so
there
were
changes,
and
I
think
what
the
sign
that
was
posted
on
the
site
was
actually
one
of
the
first
proposals
and
that
has
subsequently
changed
the
notices
that
were
sent
out.
B
B
B
J
There
john
2
sounds
like
there's
a
balance
between
trying
to
get
early
notice
to
the
residents
to
be
aware
of
a
project
that
gets
out
there
and
posting
a
visual
as
soon
as
we
possibly
can.
But
we
do
reference
contacting
the
project
manager.
We
update
the
website
as
well
as
update
the
notice,
as
the
project
does
evolve,
so
it
is
kind
of
hard
to
try
to
keep
that
notice
changed
during
every
iteration.
B
Okay,
in
terms
of
all
the
community,
I
know
there
have
been
several
community
meetings
about
this.
Many
in
terms
of
what
the
city
is
presenting,
presumably
developers.
Well,
we
have
not
presented
that
picture.
That
is
five
acre
park,
800
units
in
any
recent
meeting.
I
hope
that.
Q
B
To
say,
okay,
all
right,
there
was
a
question
about
the
1.7
acres
that
are
dedicated
to
paseo,
and
I
think
one
of
the
members
of
the
community
who's
raising
her
hand
now
indicated
that
what
we
have
designated
as
paseo
in
fact
has
parking
spaces
which
would
suggest
it's
not
a
paseo.
It's
really
access
for
vehicles
could
could
we
explain
the
discrepancy.
J
There
so
john
two
san
jose
division
manager,
so
what
they're
describing
is
up
a
sale
in
the
terms
of
kind
of
how
how
it's
activated
and
other
aspects?
There
is
a
confusion
of
like
what
the
city
will
actually
accept
as
parkland
versus
what
they
call
it
as
paseo.
J
So
we
can
call
it
up
and
say:
oh
it's
activated,
we
have
chairs,
we
have
other
things
that
happen
in
a
paseo.
So
overall,
that's
just
an
aspect
of
the
project
that
can
be
activated.
However,
for
the
sake
of
the
actual
area,
we
wouldn't
necessarily
consider
parking
spaces
as
activated
for
sale,
but
there
are
other
aspects
that
do
not
have
the
vehicles
parked
near
it
that
we
would
say.
Is
it
more
activated
to
say.
B
D
That
is
correct
to
me,
but
nicole
birnham,
the
deputy
director
for
prns
is
actually
online
and
she'll
be
able
to
explain
the.
S
Yeah
sure
thanks
thank
you
mayor
and
thank
you,
robert
and
thank
you.
John
actually,
john
to
gaba
gave
a
good
summary.
I
think
all
of
the
open
space
that's
proposed
as
part
of
this
project.
It's
has
not
fully
been
vetted
yet
by
prns,
it's
unclear
whether
it
meets
our
requirements
for
parkland
dedication.
S
So
what
that
means
is
it's
unclear
whether
or
not
we
will
accept
it
as
public
park?
That
doesn't
mean
it
doesn't
have
benefit
for
public
space
and
public
life,
and
there
are
opportunities
to
get
credit
for
parkland
dedication
for
privately
owned
spaces
that
contribute
to
recreation.
So
as
the
development,
if
it's,
if
this
development's
approved
as
it
moves
forward,
we
would
have
to
work
with
the
developer
to
understand
and
detail
out
working
with
john
and
robert's
team.
S
You
know
what
the
proposed
uses
of
the
space
are
exactly
what
is
proposed
where
and
how
those
spaces
are
going
to
be
used.
What
might
be
used
for
private,
dining
or
private
cafe
space
to
identify
what
actually
would
be
eligible
for
park.
Credit.
B
Is
it
fair
for
for
me
to
assume,
as
I'm
sitting
here,
I
understand
you
haven't,
worked
out
all
the
credits
yet
with
the
developer,
but
if
it's
got
a
parking
space
or
a
series
of
parking
spaces
that
that
line
each
side
of
it,
which
seemed
to
be
the
description
that
I
was
presented
with.
That
would
not
be
something
of
the
eligible
to
satisfy
the
pdo
requirements
of
the
developer.
S
B
For
that
matter,
for
that
matter,
the
space
in
between
the
parking
spaces
that
a
car
would
need
to
drive
to
get
to
that
parking.
That's
right!
Okay!
You
are
correct.
I
just
want
to
make
sure
that
that
whatever
was
characterized
is
not
something
that
we're
going
to
deem
to
be
satisfactory
for
the
obligations
of
the
developer.
B
B
I
I
actually
grew
up
a
couple
miles
away
from
this
site
back
when
it
was
the
opposite
of
saratoga,
rather
than
the
l
parking
lot,
which
it
seems
to
be,
which
is
that
enormous,
massive
parking
area
between
what
was
the
luckies
and
some
of
the
other
stores-
and
I
remember
that
prior
iteration,
because
it
was
actually
a
pretty
wonderful
space-
you
could
walk
through
it
and
there
were.
There
are
lots
of
small
restaurants
and
retail,
and
I
remember
a
toy
store
being
in
there.
B
B
Obviously
that
was
a
prior
iteration
before
we
got
to
the
current
iteration
of
el
paseo
and
obviously
our
conception
of
what
is
an
inviting
commercial
space
changes
with
time
and
I'd
like
to
believe
this
is
a
step
forward.
I
do
believe
this
is
a
step
forward
from
what
is
there
today,
and
I
say
that
for
a
few
reasons
and
part
of
it
really
goes
back
to
sort
of
our
whole
concept
around
urban
villages.
B
You
know
we,
we
crafted
a
general
plan
back
in
2011
with
this
concept
of
urban
villages
in
our
city
and
we
reached
out
and
had
more
than
4
000
residents
participate
in
that
process
about
what
we
were
going
to
create.
What
was
going
to
be
the
vision
for
our
city
and
overwhelmingly,
what
we
heard
was
that,
for
the
most
part,
the
suburban
sprawl
that
characterized
our
city
for
more
than
half
a
century
was
largely
a
failure.
B
It
was
a
failure
in
a
whole
lot
of
ways.
It
was
a
failure
in
terms
of
not
providing,
certainly
affordable,
housing
that
we
critically
need,
because
single
but
valley,
family
homes
and
look.
I
grew
up
in
a
single
family
home
and
live
on
one.
Now,
I'm
not
disparaging
them
in
any
way,
but
that's
not
a
recipe,
a
success.
B
If,
ultimately,
you
need
to
make
room
and
create
affordability
in
a
large
city,
but
it's
it's
a
failure.
For
many
other
reasons,
it
leaves
a
lot
of
people
trapped
in
their
cars
for
far
too
long
to
get
from
one
location
to
another.
B
What
overwhelmingly
our
community
said
they
wanted
was
walkable
communities
where
you
have
retail
restaurants,
job
opportunities
and
social
amenities
within
walking
distance
of
where
you
live
and
and
that
increasingly
there's
a
sense
that
in
the
suburbia
that
we
had
created
and
we're
certainly
not
unique.
This
is
all
true
in
large
cities
all
throughout
the
western
united
states.
It's
somewhat
of
an
isolating
nature
to
the
suburban
communities
we
created.
B
People
are
trapped
in
their
homes,
they
occasionally
escape
when
they
get
in
a
car
and
drive
somewhere
to
park
in
a
parking
lot
somewhere
and
walk
into
a
store
for
a
brief
experience
with
humanity,
and
then
they
return
back
to
their
homes
and
it's.
It
is
something
that
I,
I
think,
an
awful
lot
of
folks
expressed
in
various
ways
way
back
in
2011
as
we
were.
B
Creating
the
urban
village
plan
was
was
something
that
they
believe
we
have
an
opportunity
to
reimagine
that
we
could
create
vibrant
urban
spaces,
because
you
know
the
the
vision
that
so
many
community
members
shared
was
that
the
great
cities
they
love
are
not
places.
They
remember,
chained
to
their
cars.
Traveling
45
miles
an
hour
down
an
expressway
being
changed.
Your
steering
wheel
does
not
allow
you
to
get
outside
and
to
be
able
to
enjoy
a
park,
a
paseo,
a
plaza
or
anything
else,
and
in
order
to
get
those
amenities,
the
parks,
the
paseos,
the
plazas.
B
You
need
density
and
you
need
a
mix
of
uses
and
you
need
all
those
things
within
walking
distance.
So
that
was
the
sort
of
source
of
the
vision
for
urban
villages,
and
so
we
created
this
plan
2011
an
extraordinary
amount
of
input
from
our
communities
about
where
urban
villages
would
go,
and
the
notion
was
we're
going
to
be
densifying
and
along
in
many
areas
of
our
city.
That
hadn't
seen
density
like
that
before,
and
certainly
as
we
look
at
this
site
at
the
intersection
here,
lawrence
expressway
and
saratoga,
avenue
and
quito.
B
We
know
that
at
least
certainly
saratoga
and
lawrence
expressway
are
major
roads
and
precisely
those
locations.
That
kind
of
intersection
is
is
what
we
had
in
mind
and
we've
had
several
updates
now
the
general
plan,
and
we
continue
to
hear
support
for
that
basic
concept,
and
I
know
I
think
a
lot
of
neighbors
will
be.
Understandably,
you
know
frustrated
by
the
notion
that
so
many
san
jose
and
who
weighed
in
today
in
their
public
comment,
don't
necessarily
live
in
the
neighborhood,
those
who
support
the
project.
Well,
they
live
somewhere
else.
How
could
they?
B
You
know?
It's
not
their
traffic
problem
to
deal
with
it's
mine
and
that's
an
understandable
reaction,
but
the
reality
is
there's
a
lot
of
san
jose
and
in
this
city
who
are
frustrated
that
lots
of
other
parts
of
the
city
aren't
really
bearing
their
responsibility
or
their
or
or
sharing,
and
their
responsibility
for
providing
housing
for
everybody
and
providing
the
kinds
of
urban
villages
that
would
make.
I
think,
cities
distinctive.
B
B
Certainly
I
live
east
of
downtown
and
I
can
tell
you
about
plenty
greater
sites
of
greater
density
near
where
I
live
and-
and
the
point
is
that
we
put
this
plan
together-
to
give
everybody
a
very
clear
idea
of
what
could
be
built
and
what
couldn't
be
built.
So
everybody
have
clear
expectations.
Developers
would
know
what
they
could
build.
Community
members
would
know
what
they
could
expect.
So
we
set
the
rules
well
in
advance
when
we
tell
the
builders
comply
with
the
plan
and
you'll
get
approved.
B
If
you
don't
comply
with
the
plan,
then
we
got
no
basis
for
for
for
saying
yes,
and
so
the
idea
is
to
try
to
get
all
that
community
input
on
the
front
end
when
you
create
the
rules
not
on
the
back
end,
when
somebody
follows
the
rules
and
then
you
kind
of
have
to
well
a
lot
of
folks,
don't
like
it.
So
I
guess
we'll
we'll
readjust,
I
think
you
know.
Fundamentally,
we've
got
a
builder
who's,
not
just
willing
to
comply
with
the
rules.
B
I
think
in
many
ways
willing
to
go
well,
above
and
beyond
what
we've
seen
many
many
other
builders
do,
and
I,
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
great
aspects
of
this
project,
not
to
mention
the
design
itself,
which
I
believe
is
very
attractive.
So
I
reviewed
the
depictions
and
the
opportunity
to
bring
a
whole
food
store
to
this
corner
of
our
city
as
well
as
obviously
the
150
units
of
of
on-site,
affordable
housing.
B
If
everyone
abides
by
the
rules,
they
will
be
able
to
build
when
we
change
the
rules
at
the
last
minute,
you
get
a
pretty
predictable
response
from
the
building
community,
which
is
san
jose,
isn't
the
place
to
invest
any
money
because
they'll
set
the
rules
and
when
you've
invested
a
million
and
a
half
dollars
into
all
the
planning
and
all
the
processes
and
all
the
architects
and
all
the
engineers
in
this
case,
probably
more
than
that
you're
going
to
get
a
no
at
the
end
of
the
day,
even
after
you
follow
the
rules
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
pretty
quickly,
you'll
stop
being
a
city
where
anybody
wants
to
build
anything
anymore,
and
unfortunately,
it's
become
a
little
too
common
in
california
and
as
a
result,
we
have
a
housing
crisis.
B
I
I
do
want
to
speak
to
one
issue
that
I
think
vice
mayor
jones
raised,
which
you
know
I
did
appreciate.
He
he
did
share
with
us
proposals
that,
I
think,
would
you
know
many
in
the
neighborhood
would
have
been
much
more
supportive
of,
and
I
was
one
of
those
folks
who
said.
I
don't
think
I
can
support
this
and
it
was
really
because
of
what
I
just
said.
They're
like
look.
We
set
the
rules
we
reached
out
to
the
community.
We
had
thousands
of
san
jose,
tell
us
what
they
want
with
the
rules.
B
B
We
don't
pull
the
rug
out
from
under
people
because
they
followed
the
rules
and
some
neighbors,
don't
like
it.
After
the
fact,
the
neighbors
should
be
participating
in
the
program
and
hopefully
we're
doing
what
we
can
to
engage
people,
so
they
can
participate
meaningfully
in
the
crafting
of
the
general
plan.
So
we'll
get
the
rules
right,
and
so
I
I
didn't
support
that
memo,
and
you
know
the
reality.
Is
it's
not
the
case?
San
jose
is
simply
a
mini
mayor
system.
I
know
that
was
the
criticism.
B
In
past
years,
we
just
had
to
vote
a
couple
items
before
where
we
had
two
council
members
in
whose
districts
were
actually
planning
a
housing
for
for
homeless
residents,
who
both
voted
against
the
particular
proposal
for,
for
various
reasons,
they're,
not
disparaging
the
reasons
at
all
and
everybody
else
voted
for
it.
But
it
was
an
example
of
the
fact
that
there
is
not
a
mini
mayor
system
in
this
city.
B
We
look
at
the
needs
of
the
entire
city
and
decide
what's
best
for
the
entire
city,
and
it
is
true
that
there
are
parts
of
our
city,
undoubtedly
where
density
is
not
always
as
embraced.
Even
though,
as
we
see
here,
we
have
major
intersection
where
density
would
be
appropriate.
So
I
support
the
project.
B
I
know
this
is
a
very
difficult
decision
for
vice
mayor
jones.
I
appreciate
his
honesty
and
his
willingness
to
work
extensively
with
the
community.
I
think
he's
you
know
I've
just
heard
of
bits
and
pieces
of
the
extensive
amount
of
community
meetings
that
have
happened.
I
appreciate
all
staff's
work
here.
B
B
All
right,
I
see
I
vice
mayor
jones
and
I
see
councilmember
cohen.
Did
you
want
me
to
put
okay
council
member
calling.
Q
Okay
well
first,
I
want
to
thank
all
the
members
of
the
community
that
spoke
up
and
acknowledge
the
challenge
that
these
kinds
of
situations
are
for
any
council
member
whose
district
this
these
things
are
in
vice
mayor
jones
works,
really
hard
to
try
to
make
sure
that
the
community
is
engaged
and
has
their
input
heard.
I
don't
think,
there's
anybody
on
council
who
who
does
that
more
than
the
vice
mayor,
I
mean
we've
seen
that
on
several
projects
that
we've
talked
about
in
the
last
couple
years
since
I've
been
on
council.
Q
Q
What
makes
all
these
things
so
challenging
and
they're
not
unique
to
district
one
they're
happening
in
various
districts
around
the
city,
similar
to
what
the
mayor
just
said,
but
say
in
a
little
different
way.
The
growing
pains
of
going
from
what
was
our
traditional
type
of
bedroom
community
to
a
big
city
are
very
difficult
for
the
people
who
are
on
the
on
the
boundaries
of
where
that's
happening
and
we're
trying
to
densify
we're
trying
to
do
what
what
public
planning
tells
us
is.
Q
The
best
way
to
you
know
what
public
planning
theory
tells
us
is
the
best
way
to
build
out
a
city
while
also
trying
to
work
hard
to
to
mitigate
the
effects
on
the
residents
in
the
area
and
also
provide
community
benefit,
and
I
know
there's
been
the
work
on
setbacks
and
things
to
try
to
to
mitigate
what
how
the
neighbors
see
the
project.
Q
But
I
also
think
that
we're
learning
a
lot
from
some
mistakes
of
the
past
in
terms
of
how
we've
developed
projects
in
the
city
and
when
I
think
about
a
project,
there's
several
questions.
I
ask
and
I
think
when
I
spoke
to
representatives
of
this
project,
I
you
know
they'll
recognize
some
of
the
questions
I
ask
about.
Q
Are
we
building
affordable
housing
on
site,
for
example,
very
frustrated
that
before
my
time
on
council,
but
years
ago,
when
north
san
jose
was
built
started
being
built,
8
000
housing
units
were
built
there
and
not
a
single
affordable?
Maybe
one
project
of
affordable
housing
was
built,
but
really
there's
no
affordable
housing
in
north
san
jose.
Yet
I'm
working
really
hard
to
catch
up,
and
I
think
we
will
get
to
the
point
at
which
20
percent
of
the
housing
in
the
north
part
of
my
district
is
affordable.
Q
But
it's
really
important
to
me
that
projects
include
that
affordable
housing
and
figuring
out
how
to
change
a
project
without
putting
in
jeopardy
the
inclusionary,
affordable
housing
is
a
challenge
that
we
have
to
meet.
So
I
was.
I
am
happy
that
that's
in
the
project-
and
you
know
I
heard
some
questions
about-
is
there
really
an
obligation?
Q
I've
heard
an
obligation.
I've
heard
a
commitment
from
the
developer
for
that,
affordable
housing
and
that's
important
to
me
that
that
commitment
is
met
and
the
trust
of
that
developer
has
to
be
maintained
by
us.
You
know
we
have
a
car,
centric
city
and
we're
trying
to
figure
out
how
to
dig
ourselves
out
from
that.
Q
The
memo
that
that
I
did
sign
on
to
includes
a
requirement
the
vta
passes
to
people
who
will
live
in
the
project
for
some
period
of
time.
I
think
we
were
trying
to
encourage
a
new
way
of
getting
around
san
jose
and
in
the
fall
we'll
be
hearing
about
our
move.
San
jose
plans
that
the
department
of
transportation
is
putting
together
to
help
people
rethink
how
we
get
around.
Q
We
won't
necessarily
have
what
2.4
cars
per
household,
but
we'll
have
other
ways
of
getting
people
around
in
the
city,
and
I'm
hopeful
that
once
we
add
better
bike
infrastructure,
better
public
transit
infrastructure,
if
that
will
work,
the
other
thing
is
that,
unfortunately,
I've
been
talking
about
this
for
years,
you
look
around
the
city
and
and
the
roofs
of
our
buildings
are
useless
right.
We
have
a,
we
have
a
sunny
big
city
and
we
have
a
lot
of
flat
roofs
with
nothing
on
them.
Q
So
I
ask
every
developer:
what
are
you
putting
on
the
roof
of
your
building
and
this
one
I
think
I
can.
Maybe
I
can
ask
for
clarification
for
confirmation
from
our
planning
department,
but
I
believe,
there's
some
green
roof
infrastructure
and
also
solar,
ready
infrastructure
on
the
roofs
of
this
project
is
that
is
that
true
somebody
want
to
confirm
that.
That's
true!
Q
Q
That
we're
looking
for
the
trade-off
here
is
that
when
we
do
these
kinds
of
new
type
signature
projects
that
have
these
all
of
these
benefits
there's
going
to
be
more
height
than
we
expect
and
we're
going
to
have
to
figure
out
how
to
coexist
with
that,
and
I
think
that
that's
what
the
what
the
neighborhood
is
obviously
concerned
about,
but
I
did
want
to
express
what
I
think
are
the
good
aspects
of
this
project
that
I
think
can
be
a
model
for
how
we
build
good
projects
in
the
city
going
forward
and
how
we
rethink
our
communities
so
well,
I
well,
I
definitely
feel
the
for
the
neighbors
who
are
who
are
concerned
about
what
their
might
be
seeing
and
what
they're,
not
you
know
what
the
unknown
is
bringing
I
feel
for
council
member
jones
who's
trying
to
vice
mayor
jones
who's.
Q
B
Thank
you,
council
member
mayhem,.
N
Thanks
mayor,
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
overseeing
the
process
here
and
sand
hill
for
bringing
forward
the
project,
and
so
the
carpenters
who
all
came
out
and
do
great
work
here
in
our
region,
and
especially
the
neighbors
who
have
followed
this
process
for
three
years
or
so
and
engaged
very
deeply
along
the
way
and
are
very
well
informed.
As
the
mayor
mentioned,
I've
had
the
privilege
of
getting
to
know
many
of
them
over
the
past
year
and
really
appreciate
their
thoughtful
feedback
and
and
concerns
I'm
not
in
the
vice
mayor's
brown
act.
N
So
we
haven't
had
the
opportunity
to
speak
about
many
of
the
issues.
Although
I'm
sure
we
spoke
with
many
of
the
same
residents,
I
did
submit
a
memo
regarding
many
of
the
concerns
raised
by
the
residents
in
the
neighborhood
parking,
I'm
sorry
traffic
parks
and
to
me,
most
importantly,
the
process
by
which
we
get
here,
and
I
want
to
first
just
acknowledge.
I
think
there
is
a
lot
to
like
about
this
specific
project
it
does.
As
my
colleagues
have
already
mentioned,
it
has
many
attributes
that
we
want
to
see
in
development
in
san
jose.
N
It's
it's
mixed
income
with
the
affordable
units
on
site,
as
many
of
us
have
referenced,
that's
a
huge
win.
Thank
you
for,
including
that
it
provides
good
high-paying
jobs,
as
has
been
mentioned,
there's
parking
underground.
There
are
improvements
to
the
roadway
and
on
and
on,
and
I
really
appreciate
that
sandhill
wants
to
invest
in
housing
and
jobs
in
san
jose.
I
think
that's
a
good
thing
and
I
think
the
mayor
makes
a
good
point
about
the
general
plan
process
and
the
vision
that
we
laid
out
a
decade
ago
for
urban
villages.
N
I
think
having
greater
clarity
is
good
for
the
community
for
the
investors,
but
also
lets
us
more
effectively
coordinate
with
partner
agencies
like
vta
to
hold
them
accountable
for
actually
planning
and
communicating
the
community
how
we're
going
to
handle
this
growth.
Over
time
I
mean
many
of
the
community
members
have
raised
with
me
the
very
real
concern
that
we
don't
have
a
mass
transit
system
locally.
N
So
access
to
parks,
traffic
parking,
many
of
the
issues
we've
been
talking
about
in
recent
months,
so
my
you
know,
whoever
makes
the
motion
I
hope
will
incorporate
my
memo,
which
requested
the
administration
come
back
to
whether
it's
cd
or
a
more
appropriate
body
here,
but
with
a
plan
for
funding
the
planning
process
around
the
entire
urban
village
in
el
paseo,
with
extensive
community
input
going
forward
so
that
we
can
really
help
the
community
understand
how
we're
doing
our
part
to
plan
for
these
impacts.
N
B
Thank
you,
councilman
peralta,.
R
Yeah,
thank
you.
So
a
couple
questions
one
first
off,
I
want
to
say
thank
you.
I
know
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
participated
tonight
and,
and
obviously
it's
a
very
significant
project
and
so
certainly
controversial
in
nature.
I
think
any
time
we
have
some
of
these
larger
projects.
R
We
get
some
of
the
feedback,
as
we've
heard
tonight,
on
both
sides,
because
there
is
a
significant
need
for
projects
like
this,
for
new
housing,
affordable
housing,
dense
projects,
completing
our
urban
village
plans
and
there's
a
significant
impact
when
these
projects
get
built-
and
I
think,
there's
a
lot
of
concern
that
comes
along
with
it,
but
I
do
want
to
clarify
a
couple
things.
R
I
know
the
mayor
spoke
to
this,
but
just
to
our
planning
staff,
can
you
confirm
because
we
we
had
the
numerous
allegations
that
this
is
not
conforming
to
our
our
urban
village
plan
here
and
and
what
we
have
designated
could
and
should
be
built.
So
does
this
project
actually
conform
and
and
meet
the
the
stated
goals.
D
R
Safety
criteria
yeah.
Thank
you,
it's
safe
to
say,
robert.
If,
because
we
heard
a
lot
of
people
that
made
claims
that
that
was
not
the
case
tonight,
members
of
the
community-
I'm
I'm
assuming
here
that
they
have
a
different
understanding
of
where
they're
reading
into
differently,
how
the
the
plan
and
what
would
stipulate
a
signature
project,
but
from
from
our
planning
team
and
professionals.
R
The
the
understanding
is.
This
is
fully
conformed.
Correct!
That's
correct!
Okay,
thank
you.
I
would
agree
with
the
mayor
as
well
in
regards
to
sort
of
pulling
the
rug
out
from
our
development
community.
We
will
not
get
any
of
our
urban
villages
built
if
we
simply
change
the
the
rules
at
this
stage
in
a
development
project.
R
I
I
respect
what
our
vice
mayor
did
here
and
the
work
that
he's
put
in
and
and
that's
something
that
we
as
elected
officials,
do
working
with
our
community
and
working
with
developers
to
try
and
find
projects
that
can
straddle
what
is
needed
and
and
what
is
is
willing
to
be
accepted
by
the
community
and,
as
the
vice
mayor
pointed
out,
he
did
attempt
to
try
and
see
if
he
could
accommodate
a
little
bit
less
height.
That
is
something
that
I
did
not
agree
with.
R
I
did
not
feel
that
reducing
the
height
was
was
going
to
be
beneficial
to
the
overall
project,
to
the
need
that
we
have
for
housing
in
in
the
area
and
and
specifically
to
again
what
is
allowed
in
this
urban
village
and
specifically
with
this
signature
project,
and
I
do
believe
that
you
know
the
developer
as
well
was
accommodating
throughout
the
process
and
now
was
not
interested
in
in
a
reduction
in
height
again,
and-
and
I
would
concur
with
that-
I
do
want
to
point
out
as
well.
R
R
I
appreciate
that
we
have
decided
to
do
away
with
the
phasing
that
we
had
in
allowing
projects
like
this
to
be
able
to
move
forward,
but
I
want
to
make
clear
that
and
specifically
again
from
the
projects
that
we,
the
villages
that
we've
completed
the
planning
process
on
in
my
district,
we
don't
specify
exactly
where
parks
are
going
exactly
where
office
is
going
exactly
where
housing
is
going.
We
put
out
a
blueprint
of
what
is
allowed,
what
we,
obviously
we
design
what
we'd
like
to
see.
R
We
have
some
height
maximums
and
types
of
development,
and
we
we
have
designed
the
footprint
of
where
these
urban
villages
will
lie
and
then
discuss
the
boundaries
and
the
setbacks.
But
we
don't
specifically
state
this
is
where
a
park
will
go.
The
city
doesn't
own
the
majority
of
the
property
in
urban
villages,
so
we
don't
get
that
level
of
specificity
or
direction
in
projects
and,
quite
frankly,
most
projects
in
urban
villages
are
going
to
be
piecemeal.
R
It
was
a
once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity
to
get
a
project,
for
instance,
like
the
google
village
project,
where
you
have
a
company
or
a
developer
as
significant
as
as
google,
to
be
able
to
come
in
and
help
master
plan
a
a
large
land
mass
like
they
did,
that
is
extremely
rare
and,
and
we
weren't
we're
not
going
to
see
that
wait.
We
don't.
R
We
haven't
seen
that
in
my
urban
villages
in
district
three,
it's
it's
been
piecemeal
and
that's
why
we
we
set
up
this
blueprint
of
an
urban
village
and
we
do
our
best
to
to
attempt
to
get
projects
that
will
conform
to
that.
And
in
this
case
that's
exactly
what
is
transpiring.
We
have
you
know
an
urban
village
that,
unfortunately,
is
not
completed.
So
we
have
our
signature
project
opportunity
that
we've
also
approved
a
number
of
those
in
within
district
3,
and
this
project
is
fully
conforming
and
I'm
not
against
completing
the
urban
village.
R
In
the
area,
I
think
that
right,
it
would
be
great
if
we
could
complete
the
urban
villages
throughout
the
entire
city,
but
that's
a
significant
body
of
work,
and
I
just
wanted
to
ask
staff
about
that
as
well.
If
we
were
to
include
councilman
mayhem's
memo
is
that
is
that
changing
your
workload?
Is
there?
Is
there
something
where
that
was
already
at
in
in
line,
or
is
that
something
that
staff
is
comfortable
with?
What?
What
is
the
response
from
staff?
In
regards
to
that
that
expediting
that
that
work.
J
John
2
acting
division
manager-
I
probably
would
have
to
speak
for
on
behalf
of
my
city-wide
team.
It
takes,
on
average
anywhere
from
two
years
to
three
years
to
develop
an
urban
village
plan,
with
the
outreach
getting
all
the
phasing
components
and
getting
implementation.
J
Other
aspects
all
worked
out
as
well
as
doing
extensive
outreach,
so
it'd
be
pretty
tough,
given
the
staff
levels
as
well
as
having
to
secure
the
funding
to
do
those
studies
and,
as
you
correctly
stated
in
the
process,
we
do
allow
developers
to
move
forward
with
the
signature
project
with
you
know
a
pretty
extensive
list
of
additional
criterias
to
let
them
proceed
ahead
of
an
urban
village
plan.
So,
in
the
question
of
you
know,
developing
and
taking
up
all
the
capacity
the
capacity
assigned
to
each
other
villages.
J
This
is
the
amount
that
is
environmentally
cleared.
The
council,
as
well
as
the
additional
environmental
study,
can
increase
the
capacity
of
each
individual
village
as
well.
I
think
that's
one
of
the
other
questions
that
the
other
council
members
had
so
where.
S
R
Sorry,
where
is
this
this
urban
village
planet
in
sort
of
in
the
pipeline
right
now,
and
because
it
I
understand
the
workload
right,
it
would
take
a
significant
amount
of
work.
Where
might
it
be
in
the
in
the
pipeline.
S
First,
I
just
want
to
share
with
you
that
the
citywide
planning
staff
does
report
to
the
community
economic
development
committee,
at
least
annually,
on
their
work
plan
for
urban
village
planning,
we're
actually
currently
planned
in
the
draft
work
plan
to
go
to
ced
with
an
update
in
february
of
next
year.
S
Obviously,
if
the
council
so
desires
that
we
report
to
ced
earlier,
we
can
certainly
do
that
and
council
member.
I
will
say
that,
currently
in
the
citywide
planning
program,
an
urban
village
for
this
area
is
currently
not
in
our
work
plan.
So
it
would
be
something
that
staff
would
have
to
take
a
look
at
in
terms
of
prioritizing
other
planning
efforts
that
they're.
S
Looking
in
interestingly
enough,
just
this
morning,
at
our
csa
discussion,
we
were
discussing
two
potential
urban
village
plans
working
with
other
city
departments,
talking
about
which
would
be
the
best
one
to
move
forward
with.
So
I
would
suggest
that
we
give
the
citywide
planning
team
an
opportunity
to
finish
that
analysis
and
then
to
bring
a
recommendation
to
the
ced
committee
on
the
next
couple
of
urban
village
plans
that
would
get
underway.
R
Okay,
yeah,
I
wouldn't
I
wouldn't
want
to
simply
prioritize
this
urban
village
because
of
this
one
project
and
and
deemed
that
this
you
know,
take
priority
over
the
the
rest
of
the
work
that
you're
doing
or
take
priority
over,
allowing
the
the
team
to
come
together
and
and
help
make
a
recommendation
to
the
council.
R
I
think
that's
the
appropriate
path
to
go,
and-
and
so
I
appreciate
the
suggestion,
but
I
I
I
will
make
a
motion
here
and
and
I'll
make
a
motion
to
approve
the
staff
recommend
recommendation
and
with
the
joint
memo
that
I
signed
on
to
with
the
vice
mayor,
my
colleagues.
A
T
So
sorry,
I'm
having
some
technical
issues.
Thank
you
for
your
patience.
I
also
want
to
start
off
by
thanking
a
lot
of
the
residents
that
came
out
to
share
with
us
some
of
their
concerns
and
some
of
their
hopes.
It
excuse
me.
T
I
guess
the
the
grass
is
always
greener
on
the
other
side
and
and
the
reason
I
say
that
is
because
my
district
is
not
the
district
that
typically
receives
a
lot
of
investment
and-
and
I
think
we
have
one
of
the
higher
household
incomes,
but
yet
we
can't
keep
the
constantinos
open.
It
eventually
got
taken
up
by.
It
was
two
different
stores,
and
it
eventually
ended
up
being
a
small
market.
T
Walmart
market
is
what
I
co,
they
call
it,
and
so
access
to
resources
in
my
neighborhood
is
tough,
and
I
know
that
this
this
is
this
project
is
adding
resources
to
that
neighborhood
and
while
I
think
that
there
there
is
some
benefit
to
the
community,
I
can
also
understand
the
difficulty
of
seeing
your
community
change
around
you,
and
so
I
I.
T
I
definitely
can
appreciate
that.
I
heard
some
of
those
concerns
mayor.
I
appreciate
you
asking
some
of
those
questions
about
the
notice
and
what
got
posted,
because
I
also
had
those
concerns
and
questions
and
and
I'm
glad
that
that
got
cleared
up
as
well
as
some
of
the
meetings
that
that
were
shared
or
the
number
of
meetings
or
the
discrepancy
with
a
number
of
meetings.
T
I
know
it's
going
to
be
difficult
to
see
the
community
around
you
changing.
I
remember
when
my
dad
was
alive.
He
would
say
this
was
all
orchards
here,
and
this
was
orchards
and
we'd
go
to
any
almost
any
part
of
san
jose,
and
he
would
say-
and
this
was
you
know-
this-
was
this
kind
of
orchard
over
in
this
area.
T
We
always
look
back
at
what
used
to
be,
but
I
think
this
project
is
an
opportunity
to
see
what
we
can
be
and
I'm
I'm
I'm
supportive
of
this
of
this
project,
not
only
because
it
has
affordable
housing
on
site,
which
is
something
that
it's
very
rare.
We
haven't
really
seen
that
in
many
of
the
projects,
but
also
because
it's
going
to
bring
resources
to
our
communities
and
when
you
bring
resources,
we
know
that
people
like
to
move
into
a
a
nice
and
well-resourced
neighborhood.
T
They
just
have
different
opportunities
to
educational
systems
because
simply
because
of
where
they
live,
and
we
are
all
trying
to
mitigate
that
factor
that
and
and
avoid
having
children's
future
predetermined
by
the
place
that
you
live,
but
unfortunately
that
continues
to
be
the
reality.
And
so
this
is
a
high
resourced
area.
It's
a
very
nice
area
and
is
going
to
bring
in.
T
And
all
those
those
pro
the
projects
that
we
we
enabled
to
help
assemble
some
of
that
financing.
T
This
is
definitely
a
very
high
well-resourced
area
that
we
know
is
going
to
make
a
difference
for
families.
It's
one
of
the
reasons
why
I'm
supporting
this,
and
let
me
correct
myself:
it's
150,
affordable
units.
I
don't
know
why
I
had
199
in
my
head,
and
so
I
I
do
want
to
acknowledge
that
with
this
project
like
I
said
it's
not
often
that
we
get
to
see
it.
This
is
why
I'm
supportive,
but
I'm
also
very
respectful
of
where
our
vice
mayor
in
his
direction.
T
I
thought
this
was
going
to
go
back
to
to
you
vice
mayor
in
terms
of
emotion,
because
you
have
always
demonstrated
a
very
well-balanced
perspective
and
you
you're
a
wonderful
listener
of
your
community,
and
you
know
what
works
in
your
community
and
I
trust
the
direction
that
you
would
go
in.
T
I
know
that
there's
a
different
motion
on
the
floor
than
maybe
you
you
had
hoped
either
way.
I
I
think
that
what
we're
going
to
see
in
this
part
of
san
jose
is
an
opportunity
for
future
families
and
for
children
to
have
those
well-resourced,
opportunities
that
we've
all
been
talking
about
and
it's
it
doesn't
have
to
come
through
the
city
and
we
don't
have
to
put
money
together
and
we
don't
have
to
you
know,
do
all
the
work
that
that
the
housing
department
does
to
get
affordable,
housing
out
the
door.
T
That's
going
to
be
all
on
the
developer,
and
so
one
of
the
one
of
the
things
I
have
I
have
seen
in
other
projects
is
that
affordable
housing
gets
left
at
the
very
end.
And
so
I
don't
know
if
eric
is
still
on
or
or
somebody
else,
who's
representing
the
the
project,
because
I
want
the
assurance
that
affordable
housing
units
will
not
be
the
last
ones
and
get
scratched
or
ext
out
of
of
the
plan,
simply
because
they're
not
feasible
anymore.
B
Okay,
I'm
not
sure
if
you're
able
to
see
but
representative
for
the
applicant
is
approaching
that
mike.
E
No
problem
and
thank
you
for
your
question.
As
we
mentioned,
we're
committed
to
bringing
affordable
housing
on
this
project.
E
There
are
various
phases
that
will
take
place
on
the
project,
and
so
we
anticipate
that
the
first
building
is
whole
foods.
But
beyond
that,
I
think
that
our
goal
is
to
finance
the
project
in
its
entirety
and
finance
the
affordable
component.
So
we
are
not
trying
to
push
it
towards
the
end,
but
we
are
trying
to
work
together
on
the
entire
project
in
a
sequential
process.
T
Great
thank
you
allison,
and
this
is
a
question
I
had
posed
previous
to
developing
this
memo
and
providing
my
support,
and
I
posed
a
question
to
you,
but
I
wanted
to
do
it
publicly
because
I
did
hear
some
comments
earlier
from
some
of
our
community
members
as
to
the
plan
in
terms
of
where
those
affordable
housing
units
would
be
when
those
affordable
housing
units
would
be
developed,
and
so
I'm
hearing
a
level
of
assurance
from
you
that
those
will
get
developed,
that
there
is
no
intention
of
delaying
or
avoiding
the
development
of
these
affordable
housing
units.
T
I
I
appreciate
the
commitment.
Thank
you
allison
by
the
way.
Thank
you.
I
appreciate
the
commitment,
so
I
will
be.
K
B
All
right,
thank
you.
Vice
mayor.
O
B
O
O
Thank
you.
A
couple
of
quick
questions,
another
subject
of
the
m-tip
or
multi-modal
transportation
improvement
plan
came
up,
can
can
is
there
anyone
here
that
can
speak
to
what
that
means
for
saratoga
in
that
area,.
G
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Vice
mayor
jones,
jay
guevara
deputy
director
of
public
works-
I
am
pun
intended
stepping
out
of
my
lane,
but
it
is
related
to
the
funding
for
the
urban
village
plan,
so
the
the
mtip
does
not
have
funding
yet,
however,
department
of
transportation's
plan
lines
were
shared
with
community
for
that
future
state
when
funding
does
become
available.
G
O
Thank
you
on
this
on
the
subject
of
an
urban
village
plan,
I
know
that
you
spoke
to
it,
but
isn't
there
already
direction
to
pursue
funding
from
mtc
for
both
de
anza
and
saratoga.
S
Thank
you
vice
mayor,
rosalind,
huey,
yes,
as
I
recall,
we
did
get
direction
from
council
to
advance
both
of
those
urban
village
plans
and
I
would
have
to
confirm
with
staff,
but
we
did
pursue
those
grant
opportunities
with
mtc
and
just
need
to
verify
in
fact
that
we
got
those.
O
S
Have
to
verify
it
with
step.
I've
been
away
from
it
for
for
a
while
now,
so
I'll
have
to
verify
it
with
the
citywide
planning
team.
I.
O
Appreciate
it
and
really
council
member
man,
the
reason
why
I
asked
that
question
is:
you
know
I've
gone
through
the
urban
village
process.
I
know
in
terms
of
the
resources
funding,
that's
pretty
intense.
They
they
said
it's
a
two-year
process.
That's
pretty
accurate!
O
O
So
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
that
kind
of
an
expectation
that
you
know
we're
talking
about
four
years
out.
The
best
case
scenario.
That's
why,
in
our
memo
we
gave
direction
to
have
the
developer.
Sandhill
start
a
visioning
process
for
the
the
parcel
that
that's
currently
under
potential
development
and
that's
going
to
be
potentially
a
much
faster
process,
as
well
as
it's
an
opportunity
for
the
community
to
be
engaged
with
sandhill
in
terms
of
the
vision
for
at
least
for
that
parcel
that,
for
that
30,
the
whole
30
acres.
O
So
I
just
wanted
to
just
you
know,
bring
that
to
your
attention
and,
and
then
council
member
perales,
you
you
grab
my
motion
but
you're
gonna.
Let
me
you're
gonna
have
to
let
me
make
a
motion
for
a
downtown
project
sometime
in
the
future,
but
can
you
can
I
make
a
friendly
amendment
to
your
motion?
We
we
found
out
that
there's
some
cost
issues
and
implementation
issues
with
the
vta
passes.
R
O
E
R
And
I
apologize
if
I
stole
your
thunder,
I'm
happy
to
to
you
know,
set
aside
my
motion
if
you'd
like
to
once.
B
O
I
appreciate
it
yeah.
Thank
you
mayor
and
again
thank
you
to
the
community.
Thank
you
to
ken
leslie
allison.
Thank
you
to
staff.
I
mean
this
has
been
a
three
year
journey
and
we're
coming
to
the
end,
and
the
expectation
is
this
is
going
to
be
an
amazing
project,
there's
certain
elements
that
people
aren't
happy
about,
but
there's
going
to
be
elements
that
the
community
is
going
to
love.
So,
let's
move
forward.
B
Thank
you
vice
mayor.
I
spoke
too
soon
when
you
said
the
end
council,
member
mayhem.
N
Yeah
thanks
man
I'll
be
quick,
and
I
will
support
the
specific
project
as
I've
said,
but
I
I
do.
I
do
think
it's
a
mistake
to
not
push
harder
on
planning
the
174
acres.
It
absolutely
will
take
four
years
and
I
think
that's
fine,
that's
the
kind
of
process
we
need
to
go
through.
The
build
out
of
this
urban
village
will
likely
take
10
to
20
years.
N
I
think
the
value
of
comprehensively
planning
and
we've
said
this.
We
had
this
conversation
last
year
when
we
looked
at
five
wounds
in
little
portugal
and
we
all
talked
about
how
great
it
was
that
we
were
going
through
a
more
comprehensive
planning
process,
because
that
helps
other
agencies
like
vta,
think
ahead
about
where
we're
growing
and
coordinate
investments
in
transportation,
mobility,
solutions,
which
is
what
we're
constantly
asking
of
them.
N
N
So
I
am
surprised
to
hear
that
we
won't
be
getting
an
update
on
that
until
february
and
that
this
specific
urban
village
is
not
currently
contemplated
to
be
part
of
that
list.
I
personally
think
that's
a
mistake.
It's
something
we
can
talk
about
more
offline
but
rosalind.
I
don't
know
if
you
can
provide
any
more
detail
as
to
why
this
would
not
be
on
the
list.
S
Thank
you
councilmember,
and
I
wasn't
suggesting
that
this
particular
urban
village
would
not
be
on
the
list.
I
just
think
that
the
citywide
planning
team
would
want
to
just
conduct
an
analysis
of
other
urban
villages
that
they
are
considering
given
market
strength
potential
redevelopment
sites.
So
it's
something
that
we
could.
We
would
factor
in
into
that
decision,
making.
N
S
N
Okay,
well,
I
I
don't
feel
that
we
quite
stuck
with
the
direction
that
we
had
given
last
december-
that's
probably
my
fault
for
not
following
up
on
it,
but
I
I
do
think,
in
contrast
to
some
of
the
other
comments,
I
think
there's
a
lot
of
value
in
planning
these
out
with
the
community
and
having
greater
clarity
around
where
we
think
we're
going
with
these
urban
villages.
I'll
leave
my
comments
at
that.
Thank
you.
B
I
assume
the
reason
why
it
didn't
come
up
in
the
budget
process
is
that
planning's
got
a
lot
of
vacancies
right
now,
and
I
assume
filling
those
vacancies
is
probably
the
necessary
precedent
to
being
able
to
actually
get
to
expanding
funding
staff
to
take
on
new
urban
villages.
Is
that
fair,
robert
or.
S
B
Okay,
great
so
so
councilman
mahan
didn't
miss
it.
We
actually
do
have
some
funding
in
there
just
to
begin
so.
Could
you
just
give
us
a
sense
of
what
the
queue
looks
like
I.
I
know
that
not
all
60
some
odd
urban
villages
are
ready
to
roll
and
clearly
some
like
this
one
along
circuit
avenue
are
particularly
strong,
have
particularly
strong
market
interest.
S
Yeah,
I
know
that
initially
we're
looking
to
identify
about
five
different
urban
villages.
Clearly,
you
know
the
the
market
demand
we
know
is
in
west
san
jose
yeah,
so
we
are
definitely
taking
a
look
at
those
urban
villages
in
that
area.
For
sure.
B
C
A
L
A
B
P
Hi
larry
beekman
here
that
last
item
was
one
for
the
ages.
I
think
thank
you,
happy
june
to
everyone
boy.
I
would
like
to
talk
more
about
this
item
tomorrow,
at
open
rules
and
open
government
and
in
the
future
ced
meeting,
possibly
thanks
a
lot.
P
Man
you're,
offering
interesting
ideas
I
wanted
to.
I
guess
mention
that
city
of
san
diego
just
worked
through
their
surveillance
and
technology
ordinance
ideas.
Interestingly,
it's
got
some
really
good
ideas
that
includes
a
public
accountability
board
and
the
language
of
their
ordinance
really
speaks
to
the
concepts
of
just
good
civil
protections
and
civil
rights
and
civil
liberty
ideas.
P
P
La
is
working
on
issues,
good,
look
how
we
can
share
information,
I'm
interested
in
the
idea
that,
for
as
much
as
you
approved
things
like
the
al
frisco
planning
of
risco
dining,
I
hope
we
can
continue
the
zoom
process
for
meetings
for
public
meetings.
I
think
it
offers
an
interesting
way
to
to
offer
public
opinion
and
ideas
and
the
sharing
of
ideas.
P
Good
luck!
How
in
this
post,
covedera
that
we're
trying
to
move
into
that,
I
think
things
like
zoom
can
be
a
good
possibility
for
ourselves
into
the
future.
It's
with
all
of
that
good
luck!
How
we
can
share
information
and
ideas,
and
that's
the
key
I
think
at
this
time
I
don't
think
we
have
to
be
excluded
and
exclusive
to
our
own
little
islands
anymore.
Good
luck!
How
we
share
information
and
ideas
thanks
a
lot.
A
S
Hi
hello,
can
you
hear
me?
Okay,
yes,
hi
everyone.
My
name
is
clarice
mummaguide
and
I've
been
a
resident
from
of
san
jose
for
many
years
now.
I
was
happy
to
hear
of
the
plans
and
efforts
underway
to
address
homelessness
and
provide
individuals
with
affordable
and
interim
housing,
and
I
really
hope,
as
leaders
of
our
community,
that
you
continue
to
prioritize
finding
viable
solutions
to
address
homelessness.
S
I
am
supportive
in
interim
housing
and
regards
to
the
challenges
in
gaining
support
for
interim
housing.
I
think
it
is
important
to
continue
to
provide
support
for
these
individuals
when,
when
they
are
housed
such
as
job
assistance,
mental
health
and
substance
abuse
resources,
because
I
don't
think
you
will
prevent
the
behaviors
that
make
residents
feel
unsafe
if
these
issues
aren't
addressed
firsthand.
Thank
you.
B
S
Sure
it's
it's
on
reinhardt
drive.