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From YouTube: JUL 24, 2019 | Planning Commission
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City of San José
Planning Commission
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A
Good
evening,
everybody
and
welcome
to
the
San
Jose
planning
commission
meeting
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
started.
First,
I
want
to
beg
your
forgiveness.
This
is
my
first
time
being
chair,
so
you
all
get
to
muddle
through
this
with
me.
In
addition
to
that,
our
technology
isn't
working,
so
we're
gonna
have
to
do
things
the
old-fashioned
way
and
actually
vote
by
saying
aye.
B
Welcome
to
a
meeting
of
the
San
Jose
planning
commission,
the
following
is
a
summary
of
the
Planning
Commission's
hearing
procedures.
If
you
want
to
address
the
Commission,
please
fill
out
a
speaker
card
located
on
the
table
near
the
audio-visual
technician
and
deposit
the
completed
card
in
the
basket.
There
are
also
speaker
cards
in
the
back
of
the
chambers
and
at
the
side
entrance.
The
procedure
for
this
hearing
is
as
follows.
After
the
staff
report,
applicants
and
appellant
may
make
a
five-minute
presentation.
B
The
chair
will
call
out
names
on
the
submitted
speaker
cards
in
the
order
received,
as
your
name
is
called.
Please
line
up
in
front
of
the
microphone
at
the
front
of
the
chamber.
Each
speaker
will
have
two
minutes.
Speakers
using
a
translator
will
have
four
minutes
after
the
public
testimony.
The
applicant
and
appellant
may
make
closing
remarks
for
an
additional
five
minutes.
Planning
commissioners
may
ask
questions
of
the
speakers.
Response
to
Commissioner
questions
will
not
reduce
the
speaker's
time
allowance.
B
The
public
hearing
will
then
be
closed
and
the
Planning
Commission
will
take
action
on
the
item.
The
Planning
Commission
may
request
staff
to
respond
to
the
public.
Monie.
Ask
staff
questions
and
discuss
the
item.
If
you
challenge
these
land-use
decisions
in
court,
you
may
be
limited
to
raising
only
those
issues
you
or
someone
else
raised
at
this
public
hearing
or
in
written
correspondence
delivered
to
the
city
at
or
prior
to
the
public
hearing
the
Planning
Commission's
action
on
rezoning,
x',
pries,
awnings
general
plan
amendments
and
code
amendments
is
only
advisory
to
the
City
Council.
B
The
City
Council
will
hold
public
hearings
on
these
items.
Section
twenty
point:
one:
twenty
point:
four
hundred
of
the
Municipal
Code
provides
the
procedures
for
legal
protests
to
the
City
Council
on
reasonings
and
pries
awnings.
The
Planning
Commission's
action
on
conditional
use
permits
is
appealable
to
the
City
Council
in
accordance
with
section
twenty
point.
One
hundred
point:
two:
twenty
of
the
Municipal
Code
agendas
and
a
binder
of
all
staff
reports
have
been
placed
on
the
table
near
the
door
for
your
convenience.
Thank
you.
A
A
C
Memo
what
what
happened?
Everybody
listening,
yeah
good
comment,
an
ecological
crisis
that
we
are
facing,
it's
even
worse
than
we
even
thought
it's,
the
IPCC,
which
is
the
Intergovernmental
Panel
on
Climate
Change,
the
united
nations
supported
panel
called
the
Intergovernmental
Panel
on
Climate
Change
and
their
2018
report,
I
hope,
you're,
taking
notes.
This
is
very
important.
There
2018
report
about
how
to
keep
our
society
out
of
keep
our
world
at
1.5
degrees,
Celsius
above
pre-industrial
levels,
means
that
we
need
to
reduce
our
emissions.
C
50%.
That's
5,
0,
50
percent
by
2030,
that's
10
years.
Ok,
so
start
panicking,
like
Greta
Sundberg,
we
need
to
panic
cuz
our
house
is
on
fire
is
what
Greta
says
and
she's
right.
She's
a
climate
scientist
write
that
down
not
a
crime
science,
climate
activists
at
16
years
old,
Sweden
and
1.6
million
children
are
protesting
around
the
world.
It's
called
the
butterfly
effect
when
one
person
does
something
and
it
really
spreads
and
we
needed
to
do
it.
Now
too,
we
need
to
change.
C
We
need
human
change,
not
climate
change
and
now
what's
happening
is
that
they
in
the
IPCC
report
of
2018
how
to
keep
it
at
1.5
degrees,
C
above
pre-industrial
levels.
We
are
now
burning
in
the
Arctic
and
that
was
never
even
recorded
a
part
of
the
the
analysis.
The
Arctic
is
burning.
Ok,
that
means
nature
is
cooking.
It's
kicking
in.
It's
called.
It's
called
it's
the
feedback
effects,
but
it's
really
called
nature.
It's
the
tipping
point.
We
have
reached
the
tipping
point.
It's
happening.
Ok,
climate
emerge.
C
Nature
is
kicking
in
adding
carbon
dioxide,
never
even
recorded
in
the
20
in
terms
of
the
IPCC
report
of
2018.
Right
now,
it's
on
fire,
our
Arctic,
that's
Alaska,
and
it's
Siberia
on
fire,
adding
to
our
carbon
dioxide.
We
need
to
be
at
zero
fossil
fuel
emissions
in
10.
What
extinction
rebellion
says:
zero
in
2025
and
that's
what
we
need.
So
that's
my
comment.
A
A
All
right
moving
on
to
the
consent
calendar
typically
on
consent.
What
that
means
is
these
items
unless
pulled,
get
voted
on
in
one
fell
swoop
with
no
discussion,
but
we
have
two
speaker
cards
one
for
each
item,
so
I
believe
that
means
we're
automatically
pulling
these
items
off
consent
and
so
process
wise.
Do
we
want
to
just
take
public
comment
and
then
have
a
staff
report
or
right,
but
should
I
take
public
comment
first
and
then.
D
C
A
C
Right
so
this
was
a
an
issue
that
looked
like
it
was
development
and
what
I
can
understand
of
this
project
that
it
was
developing
property
and
under
climate
emergency,
that
we
need
to
just
declare
the
city
of
San
Jose
needs
to
declare
a
climate
emergency
and
other
cities,
and
other
countries
have
declared
a
climate
emergency.
That's
United,
Kingdom,
you've
heard
of
it
UK
declaring
the
climate
emergency,
San,
Francisco,
Berkeley,
Los,
Angeles,
city
of
San,
Jose,
nice
and
clear
climate
emergency,
and
when
we
declare
climate
emergency,
we
have
hooks
to
make
decisions
differently.
Tessa.
A
C
To
the
item
that
they're
talking
about
development
and
what
we
need
to
do
under
a
climate
emergency
is,
we
have
to
have
nothing.
No
I
cannot
supposed
to
talk
about
economics
or
politics
or
religion.
All
we
need
to
talk
about
is
biology,
physics
and
engineering,
and
under
that
we
should
have
no
development.
So
we
need
to
stop.
We
need
to
start
going
decreasing
our
economic
development.
We
need
to
be
if
we're
supposed
to
reduce
50
percent
in
the
next
ten
years.
C
That
means
five
percent
depression
every
year
and
that's
ten
on
top
of
each
other
ten
depressions,
so
that
will
be
no
development.
So
that's
what
I'm
commenting
on
on
this
thing.
There
should
be
no
development.
We
need
to
be
going
into
a
depression
and
part
of
it
is
in
relationship
to
open
space.
We
need
to
keep
open
space
open
so
that
we
can
grow
food
because
that's
the
issue
we're
dealing
with
is
trying
to
survive
as
a
species,
and
that's
the
issue
extinction
you've
heard
of
that
it
could
happen.
C
A
C
Reducing
or
not
including
environmental
impact,
so
I
don't
really
understand
it
exactly,
but
under
a
what
we're
we're
facing
in
terms
of
climate
Christ
climate
collapse,
we
also
have
an
ecological
collapse.
That's
what's
happening
ecological
collapse,
so
any
way
that
we're
in
some
ways,
reducing
or
eliminating
environmental
review,
is
very
detrimental
to
life
on
Earth,
because
right
now
a
million
species
are
going
extinct,
they're
saying
like
in
our
lifetime,
so
or
I
have
to
look
that
up
exactly.
C
But
there
was
a
big
report:
it's
called
the
IP
peanut
butter
environment,
it's
IP
b
ec,
and
it's
it's
a
it's
about
the
issue
of
our
that
we
have
a
climate
collapse,
not
a
climate
ecological
collapse
that
we're
losing
a
million
species,
and
so
we
don't
really
need
to
like
I
said
only
be
dealing
with
biology,
physics
and
engineering,
nothing
to
do
with
economics.
We
have
to
stop
economics
as
being
an
issue.
We
have
to
stop
politics
as
being
an
issue
and
religion.
You
know,
and
we
are
the
last
microsecond
of
survival
potential
survival.
C
A
F
A
few
years
ago,
the
ordinance
was
updated
to
create
a
process
whereby
someone
who
doesn't
agree
with
the
decision
would
essentially
appeal
the
project
back
to
the
City
Council
to
reconsider
their
decision.
The
interested
party
would
have
three
days
to
appeal.
The
decision
and
the
the
excuse
me
request
reconsideration
and
the
reconsideration
request
is
limited
to
offering
new
evidence
or
evidence
and
facts
that
the
City
Council
failed
to
provide
a
fair
hearing
or
that
they
abuse
their
discretion.
F
We
have
found
that
we
are
the
only
municipality
in
the
California
that
has
such
a
process
that
we've
been
able
to
find
it's
not
required
under
sequa,
and
given
that
it
only
takes
you
know,
someone
has
three
days
to
supposedly
come
up
with
brand-new
arguments.
It
hasn't
been
effective.
We've
had
two
applications
that
had
the
reconsideration
process
filed
on
them
and
in
both
cases
the
appellant
actually
filed
the
same
information
that
they
had
initially
provided
to
the
City
Council.
F
G
H
Good
afternoon
members
of
the
Planning
Commission
David
Keon
principal
planner,
remember
I'm
an
environmental
review.
So
the
two
cases
where
this
and
reconsideration
was
filed
were
both
the
same
individual
up
in
the
Alviso
area.
They
were
the
Microsoft
data
center
237
industrial
project,
which
went
to
the
whole
sequence
in
vibration,
carrying
the
four
Planning
Commission
and
appearing
before
the
City
Council.
The
dir
was
adopted
and
an
individual
file
for
reconsideration
of
the
e
IR
with
the
exact
same
letter,
essentially
that
they
had
submitted
previously
in
the
city,
a
daughter
responded
to
so.
H
In
the
second
instance,
there
was
just
down
the
street
at
the
america
center
project.
There
was
additional
office
building
and
ER
was
repaired,
went
to
the
sequel
process,
again.
Full
public
review
disclosure
response
to
comments,
as
required
by
sequa
Planning
Commission
hearing
and
City
Council
hearing
adopted
the
e
IR.
H
Basically,
a
one-page
letter
was
submitted
to
do
reconsideration
with
the
exact
same
information
that
was
submitted
previously.
No
new
information.
It
was
essentially
new
being
used
as
a
delay
tactic,
since
no
new
information
is
provided
to
go
back
to
City
Council
and
in
both
cases,
City
Council
upheld
their
adoption
of
the
e
IR.
Okay,
in
both
cases,
they
the
appellant,
did
file
a
lawsuit.
F
J
A
There's
a
motion,
and
a
second
by
Commissioner,
Allen
and
Commissioner
Leyva,
and
also
for
the
record
I,
wanted
to
note
that
Commissioner
Oliverio
has
arrived
so
with
that.
If
there
is
no
other
questions
or
discussion
on
the
item,
I
will
go
ahead
and
ask
for
a
vote.
All
those
in
favor
say:
aye
aye
any
opposed
any
abstentions.
A
Okay,
then,
moving
on
to
number
five
public
hearing
and
I'll
read
what's
written
here
generally,
the
public
hearing
items
are
considered
by
the
Planning
Commission
in
the
order
in
which
they
appear
on
the
agenda.
However,
please
be
advised
that
the
Commission
may
take
items
out
of
order
which
doesn't
apply
tonight,
since
we
only
have
one
item
under
public
hearing
to
facilitate
the
agenda,
such
as
to
accommodate
significant
public
testimony
monie
or
may
defer
discussion
of
items
to
later
agendas
for
public
hearing
time
management
purposes.
A
K
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
The
item.
5A
is
the
appeal
of
the
directors
determination
to
approve
a
site
development
permit
to
demolish
an
existing
single-family
house
and
commercial
building,
allow
the
construction
of
an
approximately
5,000
650
square
foot
retail
building
and
allow
the
removal
of
three
ordinance
ice
trees,
ranging
from
approximately
38
to
56
inches
in
circumference,
on
in
approximately
0.38
gross
acre
site
located
on
the
southeast
corner
of
race,
Street
and
garland
Avenue.
K
The
proposed
project
is
located
on
the
southeast
corner
of
race
street
and
garland
Avenue.
A
portion
of
the
site
is
currently
occupied
by
Middlebrook
Gardens.
The
site
is
surrounded
by
commercial
uses
to
the
north
and
west
and
a
church
to
the
east
and
south.
The
project
was
reviewed
for
conformance
with
a
commercial
pedestrian
zone,
a
district
and
the
neighborhood
commercial
neighborhood
community
commercial,
general
plan
land
use
designation.
The
proposed
project
meets
the
height
limitations,
setbacks
and
development
standards
set
forth
in
the
zoning
ordinance.
The
project
includes
a
20%
parking
reduction.
K
The
project
would
provide
20
on-site
parking
spaces.
The
current
commercial
nursery
and
landscape
company
Middlebrook
Gardens
has
been
in
operation
since
2000.
In
2010,
there
was
intent
to
redevelop
the
site,
a
site
development
permit
for
an
approximately
five
thousand
nine
hundred
square
foot.
Retail
building
was
approved
in
2010.
The
project
was
found
to
be
exempt
from
environmental
review
under
the
provisions
of
section
15
33
2.
However,
the
site
development
permit
expired
on
January
27
2012,
because
no
building
permit
was
approved
prior
to
the
expiration
date.
A
historic
report
was
prepared
for
the
existing
single-family
house.
K
The
building
was
not
found
to
be
individually
eligible
for
listing
in
the
California
Register
of
historical
resources
or
National
Register
of
Historic
Places.
It
was
also
not
found
to
be
eligible
as
a
city
landmark
and
was
not
considered
to
be
a
historic
resource
for
the
purposes
of
seeker.
Review
staff
acknowledges
comments
about
the
loss
of
the
garden,
while
staff
acknowledges
these
concerns
and
heartfelt
comments,
staff
must
review
the
project
in
conformance
to
the
city's
general
plan,
city
policies
and
findings.
K
The
department
has
to
be
consistent
in
our
evaluation
of
private
development
proposal
and
they're
consistent
with
the
adopted
land
use
and
Zoning
standards.
Therefore,
staff
recommends
that
the
Planning
Commission
consider
the
exemption
in
coordinate
with
sequa,
deny
the
appeal
and
uphold
the
directors
approval
of
a
site
development
permit,
as
described
above
and
analyzed
in
the
resolution
and
staff
report.
Thank
you.
A
L
Thank
you
all
planning,
commissioners,
and
thanks
to
all
the
members
of
the
community
who
came
out
to
support
our
work
in
the
community
for
almost
twenty
years
now,
I
have
five
minutes.
You
have
to
cut
me
off
in
order
for
us
as
humans,
all
of
us
to
continue
to
live
on
this
planet.
We
must
restore
and
protect
our
local
ecosystems
in
cities
in
cities
where
more
than
half
of
the
people
in
the
world
live.
L
Twenty
years
ago,
we
took
a
broken
concrete
parking
lot
full
of
weeds
and
began
to
restore
the
oak
woodlands
and
the
grassland
ecosystems
that
you
see
today
when
you
visit
the
Middlebrook
Center,
we're
asking
the
Planning
Commission
to
postpone
your
decision,
because
mr.
Sultan's
ad,
the
landlord
and
I
the
tenant
are
required
by
the
Superior
Court
of
Santa
Clara
County,
to
participate
in
a
mediation
process.
L
L
L
It
would
launch
Silicon
Valley
the
city
of
San
Jose,
the
County
of
Santa
Clara,
as
global
leaders
and
partners
in
climate
crisis
solutions
and
mr.
Sultan's
ad
would
be
fairly
compensated
for
his
property.
We
need
more
time.
We
need
time
to
go
through
what
the
Superior
Court
has
mandated
that
we
go
through
so
I'm
I
am
just
asking
for
a
postponement.
A
Oh
okay,
so
we
all
really
appreciate
your
enthusiasm.
However,
I
would
respectfully
request
that
you
keep
it
inside
hold
it
inside,
because
we
want
to
make
sure
everybody
who
comes
down
here
feels
welcome
and,
for
example,
if
someone
were
to
be
booed
or
clapped,
it
may
feel
make
people
feel
like
they're
a
little
scared
to
get
up
to
the
mic.
So
if
you
could
just
keep
your
emotions
subdued,
that
would
be
wonderful.
A
A
M
L
I,
when
you
see
the
presentation
that
we
have
we've
been
talking
to
major
institutions
to
look
at
a
larger
center,
that
would
actually
begin
to
educate
our
youth
on
how
to
resolve
the
climate
crisis
in
terms
of
urban
land
use.
And
so
those
institutions
are
the
County
of
Santa
Clara,
Catholic
Charities,
the
San
Jose
City
College,
and
also
our
neighbor,
the
parish
and
the
school
of
st.
Leo's.
Most
of
the
land
in
the
block
is
actually
owned
by
the
bishop,
and
so
we
are
already
starting
to
put
a
deal
together,
but.
L
L
You
know
we're
you
know,
even
as
we
are
now
with
0.3
acres,
we
are
working
with
you
know:
San
Jose,
City
College,
we're
working
with
the
diocese
we've
been
working
with
the
schools
I
serve
on
the
care
for
sewers
of
our
common
home
committee.
That
advises
the
bishop
on
how
he
can
have
more
environmental.
L
Programs,
while
he
is
the
new
bishop,
so
I've
been
working
for
the
last
year
to
bring
the
attention
of
the
community
to
you,
know
the
the
crisis
that
we
have
here,
not
just
here
but
globally
and
in
terms
of
climate
crisis
and
really
it's
how
you're
going
to
solve
it.
You
really
need
to
solve
it
by
educating
our
youth
on
land
use
on
urban
agriculture.
L
Recently
in
May
15th
on
May
15,
the
United
Nations
Food
and
Agricultural
agency
stated
that
we
have
60
harvests
left
with
the
way
we're
growing
food
and
I
have
been
perfecting
this
regenerative
organic
agriculture
farming
system.
We
have
a
farm,
I
was
consultant
to
the
Agri
Hood
in
Santa,
Clara
I,
don't
know
if
you've
heard
of
that,
but
that's
a
low
income,
low
income
housing
and
it
will
have
her.
D
A
M
Yes,
I
feel
like
the
answer
now
is
trying
beyond
what
I
asked.
I
did
have
one
additional
question
which
is
in
looking
at
the
at
the
history
of
the
site.
It
appears
that
there
was
a
site
development
permit
that
was
issued
back
in
2008,
and
so
what
happened
at
that
point
in
terms
of
your
tenancy
and
attempts
to
potentially
find
a
more
permanent
site
sort
of
given
I
guess
the
long-standing
knowledge
that
the
owner
might
develop
the
building
well,.
L
Fred
and
I
had
a
we've,
had
a
good
working
relationship,
pretty
good
over
the
last
twenty
years
and
I
was
I've,
always
been
convinced
because
I'm,
a
professional,
ecological
designer
and
I
build
these
farms
in
Africa
and
whatever
you
don't
want
to
hear
about
that.
But
I
felt
that
what
we
were
doing
there
by
restoring
nature
in
the
city
was
really
valuable
for
the
youth
that
come
to
our
camp
and
that
we
have
been
doing
something
there.
L
Well,
there's
a
lot:
that's
happened
in
terms
of
climate
change
and
and
in
land
use
issues
since
then,
and
I.
Don't
believe
that
that
particular
use
of
the
property
is
really
addressing.
You
know
this
is
a
very
pedestrian
neighborhood.
Now
there
are
so
many
more
people
that
are
walking.
There
are
so
many
more
people
that
are
taking
public
transit
and
I
think
the
way
that
that
you've
put
more
parking
there
yeah.
M
Ayat
talk
back
to
me.
I
just
want
to
stop
you
because
it
it
seems
like
you're
sort
of
veering
beyond
what
I'm
asking
I'm
asking
back
in
2008
through
2010
when
it
was
a
potential
for
redevelopment.
A
you
know
on
the
table
potential
were
things
explored
in
terms
of
moving
the
garden
somewhere
else,
because
we
delay
our
decision
for
the
potential
of
a
partnership.
I
have
to
wonder
why
wasn't
a
partnership
explored
in
2008
or
2010?
Well,.
L
I,
don't
think
it
was
clear
to
me
that
that
was
approved.
You
know
I
I,
don't
ever
recall,
knowing
that
that
was
approved.
I
thought
I
appeared
before
the
Planning
Commission
at
that
time
and
we
were
going
for
a
designation
that
we're
the
only
designated
property
in
San
Jose
and
were
designated
for
having
200
benchmarks
for
sustainable
urban
land
use
and
that's
a
designation
by
the
United
States
Green
Building
Council
and
the
sustainable
sites
initiative
and
the
Planning
Commission
that
I
talked
to.
G
Couple
questions
so
the
just
following
on
this
issue
of
entitlement
from
2008
to
2010.
So
in
our
staff
report
it
said
On,
January,
27th,
2010,
the
Planning
Commission
denied
the
appeal,
and
it's
that
proved
the
site
development
permit.
Is
that
that's
correct
in
the
record?
Okay,
so
on
on
the
site
itself,
are
you
tenants
on
both
seventy-six
race
street
and
80?
Race
rates
are
just
we're.
L
L
Then
he
just
kept
raising
the
rent
this
year,
the
rent
went,
you
know
way,
sky-high
okay,
because
of
Google
coming
in
and
I've
also
been
talking
to
Google
I
talked
to
Google
for
five
months,
and
they
were
really
interested
in
this
because
Google's
campus
is
going
to
be.
You
know
all
native
gardens
they're
only
going
to
be
1,500
feet
from
us,
and
you
know
we
envision
this
being
a
larger
center
for
environmental
education
and
sustainability
and
training
of
our
youth
and
I.
L
A
Worried
about
it
so
so
I
don't
know
that
you
need
to
convince
us
that
it's
a
problem
and
I
also
want
to
just
say
for
commissioners
who
are
asking
questions.
I
don't
want
to
necessarily
interrupt
you
if
you
feel
like
a
question,
hasn't
been
answered,
but
you
know
feel
free
to
interject,
so
Vice
Chair,
Laura.
G
G
L
N
Evening,
do
you
have
any
letters
of
intent
from
these?
You
mentioned
the
County
of
Santa
Clara
San
Jose
City
College
Catholic
Charities.
Are
there
any
Divini
documentation
tonight?
Yes,
I'm
sorry
to
have
any
documentation
with
you
tonight
that
talks
about
hey,
we
were
interested.
We
want
to
do
something.
I
have.
L
L
E
If
she
didn't
use
all
her
five
minutes
as
she
wanted
to
yield
some
of
the
times
of
the
video
she
could
have
done
that
earlier.
But
it
seems
we
moved
along
from
that
parts
of
questioning,
so
those
people
can
still
come
up
and
present
the
video
later,
but
I
think
the
next
process
is
now
give
the
applicant
an
opportunity
to
present
theirs
and
then
public
comments
right.
O
Hello,
everybody,
my
name
is
Fred
Sultan
Zod,
my
family
owns
this
property
for
last
20
years,
audrey
has
been
a
tenant,
a
good
tenant,
but
last
time
we
applied
for
this
project.
It
was
2008
2010
approved
and
she
was
appealing
the
same
process,
the
same
thing
at
that
time,
the
same
meetings
we
had
it
at
2010
and
she
knows
exactly
that
he
was
approved.
O
Then
she
asked
me
to
not
to
build
that.
Give
her
time
a
little
bit
time.
I
said:
okay,
I
give
you
one
year,
then
one
year
passed
another
year,
no
another
year,
no
until
expired
and
I
had
some
financial
difficulty
too.
Then
I
could
not
build
that
I
could
have
done
it,
but
they
gave
her
a
lot
of
time
to
do
that,
and
now
she
is
she's
been
just
telling
me
these
things
all
the
time
for
the
last
20
years,
I'm
gonna
buy
the
property.
I'm
gonna
buy
the
property
every
month.
O
I
should
have
said
these
things
yeah,
but
every
month
I
have
to
go
to
that
place.
Beggin
for
the
rent,
as
of
today,
she
owes
me
62
thousand
dollars
for
back
rent.
That's
why
I
gave
her
three
knotty
three-day
notice.
I
gave
her
the
addiction,
the
Superior
Court
is
gonna
evict.
Her
I
have
to
do
with
what
I
have
to
do
with
my
property.
I
cannot
depend
on
anybody
else.
My
property
is
my
property
she's.
She
just
come
and
pay
the
rent.
I
have
do
these
two.
O
O
She's
gonna
be
out
just
clear,
she's
gonna
be
out,
I
need
for
this
project
and
I
appreciate
your
time.
Sorry
that
I'm
emotion,
I'm,
really
sorry
about
that,
but
I
have
to
do
what's
right
for
my
family
and
what's
I
have
children
I
have
future
I'm
getting
old
I
have
to
take
care
of
them.
I
appreciate
that
thank.
O
A
A
B
You,
madam
chair,
I'm,
sorry,
my
my
question
is
relatively
simple:
would
you
accept
an
amendment
to
your
permit
to
revise
some
of
the
vegetation
in
the
landscape
plan
to
native
species?
Definitely
I
understand
this
isn't
the
same
thing
as
what
there's
now
on
both
this
is
a
movement
we're
trying
to
encourage
whatever.
O
B
N
Evening
you
had
a
entitlement
granted
by
the
city.
Yes,
you'd
me
met
every
legal
requirement
and
gone
through
the
appeal
process.
You
let
it
expire,
yes,
and
if
I,
if
I
understand
from
your
comments,
you
let
it
expire
because
you
had
economic
difficulties
to
go
forward
to
the
development.
Is
that
correct?
At.
O
The
same
time
that
the
plan
was
approved
by
the
board-
yes,
I
could
have
built
it
okay,
but
she
was
just
making
me
like
everyday.
Please
wait
for
me,
I'm
talking
to
Google
and
talking
to
City
College
I'm
talking
to
church
I'm.
Talking
time
goes
by
and
my
situation
wasn't
right
in
two
years
later:
that's
why
I
could
not
build
it
otherwise,
right
away
after
the
fire
after
the
probe
on
I
could
have
done
it.
It
was
nice
of
me
to
give
her
a
lot
of
time,
so.
N
O
N
O
N
You're
one
of
the
few
people
that
comes
to
us
without
a
lobbyist-
oh
guys,
planning
no
offense
to
my
professional
planning
staff,
but
it's
sometimes
a
difficult
process
for
the
average
person,
and
it's
I'm
actually
shocked
that
you
don't
have
a
lobbyist
because
I'd
say
most
of
the
time.
That's
what
I
see
yeah.
So
if
staff
could.
Let
me
know,
though,
is
there
a
if,
when
you're
in
this
situation,
do
you
have
the
option
of
filing
an
extension
or
something
like
that
you're
allowed.
E
E
It's
a
mod
of
the
times
the
market
cycles,
kind
of
determined
that
we
have
some
projects
disappear
and
never
come
back
and
those
projects
didn't
consider
inactive
and
not
valid
permits
anymore.
We
do
have
applications
that
do
extend
the
permits
in
terms
of
that,
so,
unfortunately,
staff
doesn't
call
to
follow
a
lot
of
times
the
applicant
land
order
them
has
changed
over
time
as
well.
So
it's
really
on
the
owner
uses
of
the
owners
and
the
applicants
have
follow
up
if
they
want
an
extension.
Thank
you
very
much.
N
O
G
Vice
chair
Wow,
that's
rather
complicated
I'm,
all
about
streamlining,
I'm.
Sorry
in
terms
of
the
development
on
the
site
there,
yes,
I
was
just
curious.
If
you
could
share
why
that
particular
configuration.
You
know
one
story
office,
building
like
why
that
product,
and
not
perhaps
something
else
given
an
you
know,
everybody
in
San
Jose,
is
in
a
film
about
that.
O
House
yeah
I
have
some
invested
approach
to
me
and
they
wanted
to
have.
They
were
telling
me
to
go
underground
parking
and
some
commercial
down
stair
and
residential,
upstairs
I
said
it's
gonna
cost
a
lot
of
money
for
that
I'm
not
doing
that.
I
cannot
afford
to
in
it,
because
I'm
just
doing
this
for
my
kids
and
that's
why
I
did
not
want
to
pursue
this.
A
At
this
point,
I'm
gonna
go
ahead
and
open
the
public
hearing.
There
are
many
many
cards
here,
so
I'm
gonna
be
strict
about
keeping
you
all
to
two
minutes.
I'm
gonna
ask
again
that
you
keep
your
emotions
subdued
and
in
check
so
that
we
can
make
sure
everybody
feels
safe
coming
down
to
the
mic.
It
is
a
scary
thing
to
stand
up
here,
regardless
of
what
side
you're
on
and
so
we're
gonna
go
ahead
and
get
started
unless
stuff
has
something
to
correct
me
on
all
right,
so
we're
gonna
start
with
Melinda.
P
Can
I
start
whenever
all
right,
hi
everyone?
My
name
is
Melinda
I
interned
with
Middlebrook
gardens
in
the
California
native
garden
foundation
in
2017
and
I.
Just
want
to
share
a
little
bit
about
my
experience.
I
feel
that
the
Middlebrook
gardens
and
California
native
garden
Foundation
are
an
incredible
asset
to
the
local
community
because
it
provides
so
many
valuable
learning
opportunities
for
students
in
the
South
Bay,
as
well
as
the
East
Bay
I
myself,
and
not
a
resident
of
San
Jose.
P
Leaders
of
the
systems
doing
their
craft
in
action,
including
or
Beau's
aquaponics,
and
seeing
frogs
farm
in
a
I
got
to
present
alongside
other
interns
and
our
e
to
the
US
representative,
Congress
from
Enzo
Lofgren
and
city
of
Santa
Clara
mayor
Lisa
Gilmore,
as
well
as
the
sounds
sounds
a
State
University
to
share
with
them
that
you
kovala
eco-village
model
we
had
been
working
on.
I
feel
that
in
my
time
at
Meadowbrook
Gardens
I
was
able
to
learn
core
concepts.
P
A
B
B
We
were
thrilled
to
find
a
home
next
to
one
of,
if
not
the
only
private
green
space
in
central
San
Jose.
Several
months
ago,
we
were
dismayed
to
find
that
a
progressive
community
focused
educational
space
was
going
to
be
destroyed
in
order
to
build
another
nondescript
strip
center
and
parking
lot
already.
There
are
numerous
abandoned
developments
on
Race
Street.
Our
neighborhood
would
be
much
better
served
by
having
one
of
these
existing
developments
refurbished
and
reopened
other
than
having
a
lovely
green
space
eliminated.
B
In
addition,
the
addition
of
this
development
is
almost
certain
to
increase
traffic
on
our
narrow
residential
streets.
Already
there
is
no
parking
allowed
on
garland
Avenue
due
to
the
narrow
nature
of
the
street.
Already
garland
Avenue
and
the
surrounding
streets
are
used
as
a
cut-through
by
motorists
seeking
to
avoid
traffic
on
the
Alameda
race,
Street
and
Park
Avenue
dozens
of
children's
and
Families
attend
school
or
church
at
st.
Leo's
parish
and
will
be
affected
by
this
traffic
neighborhood
and
parish.
Children
use
these
streets.
They
need
streets
that
are
safe.
B
P
Good
evening,
okay
I
think
most
people
have
said
what
I
fit
inside
my
heart,
so
I'm
gonna
keep
it
even
shorter
than
your
two
minutes.
You
can
hold
me
to
that.
Okay,
I,
think
middle
Burke
is
a
wonderful
place
because
it
teaches
the
importance
of
pollinators
etc
to
children
and
adults,
and
they
say
the
children
are
lot
smarter
than
us
at
the
nowadays.
I
think
we
should
keep
it
in
some
way
or
another
I
think
the
San
Jose
should
find
a
way
to
keep
it
some
way.
P
There
is
always
a
way
because
teaching
future
generations
how
to
look
after
and
sustain
such
a
healthy
environment.
What
plants
to
grow,
what
improves
the
local
native
species?
How
we
can
improve
the
soil,
I
see
children
doing
that
or
there
all
the
time
and
I
think
it's
wonderful
and
obviously
I'm
from
the
UK.
We
have
many
gardens
there.
We
are
passionate
about
our
gardens
and
our
parks.
P
Q
My
name
is
Jennifer
Jagger
I
am
an
artist
and
the
Professional
Development
chair
of
the
board
of
directors
to
the
NC
WCA,
that
is
the
Northern
Californian
Women's
Caucus
for
arts.
The
Eiffel
Tower
of
Paris
originally
was
disliked
by
the
French.
It
was
to
be
destroyed
20
years
after
it
was
built.
Today
it
is
a
beloved
landmark
that
guarantees
creative
inspiration
and
revenue
for
the
city.
Dear
San
Jose.
Where
are
our
beloved
landmarks?
We
are
more
than
techno
corporations
and
traffic
jams.
San
Jose
used
to
be
known
as
the
valley
of
the
heart's
delight.
Q
What
is
delightful
about
concrete
and
cookie
cutter
strip
malls
that
look
like
any
other
city
who
from
Paris
would
fly
all
the
way
to
San
Jose
to
visit
Panera
on
Race
Street
San
Jose
is
not
Paris
not
today,
but
it
could
be
tomorrow
as
an
artist
with
a
vision
for
of
the
future.
For
all
of
us,
I
see
grand
things
coming
from
Middlebrook
Gardens.
There
is
already
beautiful
artwork
in
place
at
Middlebrook.
That
must
be
saved.
Q
Someone
from
Paris
may
want
to
see
it
in
the
future,
like
the
Eiffel
Tower
Middlebrook
is
now
in
limbo
of
being
destroyed.
After
almost
20
years
in
the
beginning,
the
people
of
France
had
no
idea.
The
Eiffel
Tower
would
bring
them
a
golden
future.
Where
does
gold
come
from?
Go
golden
things
come
from
the
ground,
it
is
part
of
Mother
Earth,
San
Jose.
Q
You
already
have
gold
and
Middlebrook
gardens
as
an
artist
and
board
of
director
of
the
NCW
CA
I
bring
a
promise
of
a
golden
future
and
collaboration
with
Middlebrook
Gardens
save
the
garden,
and
you
will
see
artistic
creations
and
art
and
nature
that
will
bring
the
world
to
us.
This
is
a
golden
opportunity.
Q
Q
A
very
good
question:
I
am
late
in
the
game
to
this
I
didn't
know
about
what
was
gonna
happen
to
Middlebrook
Gardens
late.
If
had
I
known
about
this
months
ago,
I
would
have
planned
and
an
advanced
to
have
a
certain
amount
of
people
to
help
with
finances
and
funding.
Right
now,
I
will
honestly
say
that
that
is
possible
and.
Q
Annual
budget-
well,
that's
that's
an
excellent
question
and
I
wish
I
brought
you
the
exact
figures,
but
that's
something
that
I
can
hand
to
you
later
if
you
like.
But
if
to
answer
your
question
right
now,
there
is
no
monetized
agreement,
but
that
is
not
to
say
that
there
could
be
in
the
future,
but.
N
N
Q
So
let
me
make
this
clear:
it
would
be
something
that
okay,
so
the
artists
of
this
organization.
We
are
artists,
but
we're
also
activists.
So
we
go
out
and
we
help
our
artists,
such
as
Audrey
and
around
the
Bay
Area,
and
we
find
ways
in
which
we
can
reach
out
to
other
people
who
do
have
the
money
to
come
and
help.
Okay,.
D
My
name
is
Barry
Slater
and
I've
been
a
family
physician
in
San
Jose
for
the
past
45
years,
I'm
still
practicing
trying
to
get
it
right
over.
My
career,
I
have
been
witness
to
many
medical
miracles,
but
I
wonder
sometimes.
If
we've
truly
made
our
patients
healthier,
we
have
more
diabetes,
obesity,
anxiety
and
depression.
What
we
don't
have
is
a
clear
message
from
our
leaders
about
the
role
of
alienation
from
the
natural
world
as
a
cause
for
disease.
D
Our
cities
are
like
our
bodies.
They
have
skin.
It's
called
soil.
If
you
abrade
it
denuded
poison,
it
suffocated
with
asphalt.
You
can
drive
cars,
but
you
can't
grow
plants.
If
soil
is
our
skin,
then
plants
are
our
lungs
native
trees.
Bushes
grasslands
took
a
fill
a
few
million
years
to
produce
the
exact
amount
of
oxygen
and
absorb
the
excess
of
carbon
dioxide.
If
there's
no
arable
land,
then
there
will
be
no
trees.
So
what
has
this
to
do
with
76
race
stream?
D
This
piece
of
land
is
one
of
the
last
bastions
where
children
and
adults
get
to
dig
their
hands
into
rich
fertile
earth
eat.
A
warm
vegetable
friend
freshly
picked.
Learn
about
the
intricacies
of
the
reality.
We
call
nature,
it
teaches
them
to
honor
and
protect
the
land
I'm,
not
a
lawyer
or
politician,
or
even
a
particularly
good
businessman,
but
I
know
something
about
health
and
the
health
of
this
city
and
the
people
who
live
here
tied
to
the
decision
you
make
tonight.
D
A
A
F
You
for
the
opportunity
to
speak
on
this
topic.
My
name
is
Lisa
Paulo.
My
daughter
is
a
San
Jose,
State
student
and
she
volunteers
at
the
Middlebrook
garden
at
76
race
street,
through
her
I,
have
learned
about
the
benefits
the
garden
has
provided
to
the
local
community,
such
as
educational
programs
designed
to
teach
children
and
adults
about
environmentally
sustainable
farming,
such
as
regenerative
farming,
hydrophone
composting
and
native
landscaping.
F
This,
like,
for
example,
instead
of
saying
I
want
to
be
a
racecar
driver
or
a
beauty
queen.
If
you
realistically
teach
children
as
young
as
kindergarten,
they
will
come
up
with
other,
more
realistic
careers
such
as
sustainable
farmer
or
native
landscape
fost.
This
is
all
documented
in
scholarly
journals
and
child
development
agencies
are
very
aware
of
this.
One
document
I'll
call
your
attention
to
is
called
the
early
years,
career
development
for
young
children
by
Cahill
and
for
a
if
you're
really
interested.
F
So
this
preserving
this
valuable
educational,
local
community
garden
and
farms,
which
are
increasingly
rare,
especially
in
the
cities
due
to
climate,
due
to
a
climate
of
over
development
and
valuation
of
financial
revenues
over
other,
more
valuable
community
resources.
For
these
reasons,
it
is
important
to
support
an
extension
and
mediation
for
careful
consideration
of
the
potential
negative
impact
on
this
community,
which
will
result
from
destroying
this
valuable
community
resource
which
has
existed
for
over
20
years.
Thank.
N
I'm
in
favor
of
capitalism
and
land
ownership
and
I
understand
it's
a
really
hard
decision
and
feel
for
all
sides.
There's
no
easy
decision
in
this,
but
I
just
think
that
this
project
it
takes
out
an
entire
ecosystem
and
we
can't
devalue
that
and
San
Jose
has
resources.
We
have
camaraderie,
we
have
good
community
and
giving
this
more
time
could
allow
us
to
come
up
with
ways
that
would
do
something
more
than
just
putting
up
a
retail
building.
N
Essentially
we're
valuing
money
here,
we're
not
going
for
the
low-hanging
fruit.
We
have
single-family
homes
that
don't
represent
entire
ecosystems.
That
developers
would
love
the
opportunity
to
put
the
building
up
on,
but
instead
we're
going
to
go
for
a
property
like
this
and
put
up
a
parking
lot.
That's
not
even
a
good
way
to
solve
a
problem
like
the
lack
of
housing
that
we
have
in
San
Jose.
N
So
it's
not
even
a
good
solution
to
a
problem
and
it's
taken
away
a
very
scarce
ecosystem
that
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
so
as
a
local
student
here.
I
hope
that
I
can
see
some
way
in
the
future
that
we
can
postpone
this
or
change
what's
being
done
to
it
in
a
way
that
is
more
congruent
with
these
values.
You
guys
all
believe
in
climate
change.
We
know
that
you're
on
the
right
side
there,
so
we
just
hope
that
things
can
be
more
congruent
with
what
we're
going
forward
with
and
thank
you
thank.
A
F
You
for
this
opportunity
just
be
F
and
give
me
this
opportunity
to
speak.
I
am
sandy
tada
I
am
an
environmental
science,
professor
in
San,
Jose,
City,
College
and
I
have
a
very
rewarding
job,
because
I
have
students
like
Michael
who
just
spoke
so
I
met
a
Lurie
only
a
month
and
a
half
ago
and
I've
been
to
that
garden
many
times,
and
what
I
can
say
is
that
about
70%
of
my
curriculum
overlaps
with
that
garden
and
I
see
a
huge
opportunity
to
involve
my
students.
F
There
whoo
inside
City
College
are
often
come
from
low-income
households
and
with
very
little
exposure
to
natural
places,
and
they
can
get
hands-on
work
on
a
regular
basis
in
a
place
that
is
really
unique.
It
is
I
understand
what
you
were
saying
with
about
planting
natural
vegetation
and
native
plants
and
all
that.
But
what
we
have
here
is
an
urban
agriculture.
It
is
not
the
same
as
growing
crops
on
big
plots
of
land.
It's
a
very
different
skill
set
which
actually
has
been
done
really
well
here.
F
So
that
is
something
that
I
cannot
find
in
other
places.
Just
before
coming
here,
I
heard
from
the
Chancellor
of
Evergreen
Community,
College,
District
and
he's
interested
in
talking
about
this
he's
also
very
interested
in
developing
low
income
housing
for
some
of
our
students,
so
I
haven't
had
a
chance
to
talk
to
him.
I
saw
his
email
just
before
coming
here,
like
I
said:
I
just
met
her
you
a
month
and
a
half
ago
and
I've
been
kind
of
wrapping.
My
brain
around
this,
but
I
have
been
very
impressed
with.
F
N
N
P
Hi
I
live
and
work
in
San
Jose,
both
within
walking
distance
of
the
garden
one
Saturday
at
the
farmers
market
I
met
al
REE
I'd,
been
looking
for
a
sustainable
community
and
was
thrilled
to
discover
such
a
place
within
walking
distance
at
76
race.
This
is
the
place
that
grows
my
lunch
some
days.
It's
where
I
throw
up
my
food
scraps
away.
It's
where
children
love
to
run
around
and
find
an
alligator
lizards
on
the
ground.
We
need
you
to
keep
Middlebrook
alive
and
get
25
other
gardens
to
thrive.
P
If
we
use
our
collective
power,
this
garden
can
continue
to
flower.
My
understanding
of
the
Planning
Commission
is
that
it
is
applet
body
of
the
City
Council
and
makes
land-use
decisions.
It
doesn't
seem
to
me
that
these
decisions
are
made
based
on
the
sustainability
goals
that
the
city
has
or
any
other
of
the
city's
goals.
The
agenda
shows
the
Commission
plans
to
uphold
the
decision
to
approve
the
development
of
the
mini-mall
based
on
whether
or
not
it
conforms
to
the
city's
existing
rules,
plans
and
zones
as
opposed
to
goals.
P
A
F
As
a
public
health
student
at
San,
Jose
State,
University
I
have
learned
the
importance
of
green
spaces,
such
as
parks
and
gardens
in
the
improvement
of
community
members.
Mental
health
and
attitudes,
as
they
are
proven
to
help
reduce
stress
in
neighborhoods
green
spaces,
encourage
connection
and
involvement
between
community
members,
which
is
essential
in
any
urban
cities
such
as
San,
Jose,
city
planners
and
officials,
should
take
into
account
the
mental
health
and
well-being
of
their
citizens
to
help
create
a
healthy
community.
F
The
California
native
garden
foundation
is
quite
special
because
it
gives
the
citizens
an
opportunity
to
give
back
and
be
active
in
their
community
while
same
simultaneously.
Educating
the
public
on
the
importance
of
native
ecosystems
in
repairing
our
earth,
regenerative,
agriculture
and
urban
farming,
our
skills,
everybody
should
be
learning
from
childhood,
especially
with
the
climate
crisis
our
earth
is
facing
today.
This
garden
needs
to
stay
and
continue
cultivating
as
an
educational
and
hands-on
resource
for
many
generations
to
come.
F
B
I
Urban
sustainability
I'm
gonna
push
in
right
now,
and
this
is
the
rooftop
aquaponics
garden
and
training
center
right
next
to
it
was
the
faculty
and
student
housing.
This
is
the
st.
Leo's
and
great
church
parish,
above
that
we
have
a
restaurant
of
eating
California,
which
is
a
chef
and
residency
program.
I'll
see
the
teaching
garden
is
really
important.
Those
the
only
ones
existing
today
at
the
center
right
now,
quiet
gathering,
space
for
residents,
st.
Leo's,
school
and
gymnasium
solar
panels
on
the
roof
of
that
building
and
wind
panels.
I
We
have
an
outdoor
teaching
classroom
stage
area
adjacent
to
that,
a
demonstration
garden,
a
public
gathering
area
and
barn,
and
retail
and
food
prep
area,
which
is
a
great
place
to
harvest
the
regenerative.
Organic
agriculture
grown
at
this
space,
and
next
to
that
was
the
food
forest
and
Orchard
on
top
of
this
aquaponics
farm
is
also
the
student
and
faculty
housing
and
both
of
those
are
parking
structures
as
well.
M
I'm
sorry
I
was
a
little
confused
at
what
I
was
looking
at
on
that
on
the
diagram.
Now
it's
no
longer
on
the
screen,
but
is
the
the
Center
for
sustainability
with
the
Leo
school?
Is
that
side
of
it
separate
from
what
we
were
looking
at
today
was
any
was.
This
was
all
of
the
what's
depicted
here
in
the
site
or
it's
the
whole
block
the
whole
block?
Okay,.
B
M
Have
is
there
any
agreement
with
st.
Leo's
or
I'm,
not
sure
if
st.
Leo's
occupies
that
entire
area,
where
you
have
the
rooftop,
aquaponics
and
and
the
regenerative
organic
agriculture
area,
but
is
there
any
agreement
with
the
landowners
for
those
sites
to
put
into
place
what
you
have
proposed
here?
We
did.
B
Talk
with
st.
Leo's
and
they
said
that
they
would
like
this
design
because
it
includes
what
they
want
in
like
early
childhood
development
playground
school
the
church
is
gonna
stay
Brett
is
right
now
and
we're
just
adding
more
elements
for
the
program
and
the
children
to
have
the
children
to
be
more
exposed
to
like
the
native
gardens.
M
B
N
N
M
Everything
seems
like
it's
starting
to
come
together,
whether
it's
with
you
know
our
new
partners
with
San
Jose,
City,
College
or
the
archbishop,
or
you
know
other
streams
of
revenue
that
haven't
been
official
eyes.
Yet
I
have
been
volunteering
there
for
over
a
year
now-
and
you
know,
I
didn't
get
a
speech
together,
but
you
know
tomorrow,
I'm
going
to
be
making
elderberry
syrup
with
kids,
and
you
know
we're
gonna
be
doing
native
foods.
You
know
what
she's
created
there.
M
It
has
only
been
20
years
and
it's
it's
all
these
little
beautiful
plant
communities
like
a
little
microcosm
of
California,
whether
it's
desert
chaparral
mixed
evergreen
forests,
a
woodland
coastal
Bluff.
All
these
things
that
you
know
I
never
even
knew
about
going
into
it
as
a
native
Californian
and
as
someone
that
was
born
and
raised
in
San
Jose,
like
I,
said,
I
didn't
build
a
speech,
but
I
just
wanted
to
say
that
when
I
spoke
to
a
Google
employee
that
actually
just
came
here
from
Brooklyn,
she
said
this
would
never
happen
burthen.
M
This
would
never
get
mowed
down
and
turned
into
a
strip
mall,
and
it's
like
that
hole.
They
paved
paradise
and
put
up
a
parking
lot.
You
know,
don't
don't
always
seem
to
go.
You
don't
know
what
you
got
till
it's
gone
and
what
time
is
almost
up,
but
I
don't
want
us
to
do
this
and
look
back
and
go.
Oh
I
wish
that
didn't
happen
or
I
wish.
We
did
something
to
make
that
stop
and
I.
Think
that's
why
everyone
is
here
today.
Is
you
know,
let's
try
to
make
this
stop.
M
F
My
name
is
Don
Seenu
Thomas
stood
in
from
San
Jose,
State
I'm,
originally
from
San
Diego
and
when
I
moved
to
San,
Jose
and
through
the
classes.
That's
when
I
started
in
about
Gardens,
so
I'm
here
to
talk
about
the
importance
of
in
garden,
not
just
to
save
this
one
but
open
more
I'm
37.
Until
two
years
ago,
I
was
just
earning
about
what
is
Campos.
What
is
a
desert
and
the
communities
desert
fit
in
the
communities?
The
problem
with
the
visiti
I'm
David
it
when
I
was
a
kid.
F
I,
never
had
the
opportunity
to
go
garden
and
learn
about
campus
I.
Never
learn
about
the
project,
like
the
good
reason
to
returning
all
those
food
ways
for
more
vegetables
and
put
it
back
to
their
or
on
each
other,
to
the
earth
and
to
right
now.
So
I
feel
that
you
see
kids
over
here.
So
I
have
the
opportunity
that
my
parents,
grandparents
pass
me
plants
and
pass
me.
F
Water,
clean
water
and
I
was
able
to
see
this
blue
sky
and
breathe
clean
air
and
I
feel
like
we're
not
doing
nothing
for
the
kids
are
here,
I
think
we're
passing
plastic
to
them.
So
this
is
important
why
we
need
to
start
teaching
our
kids
from
from
from
kids
to
learn
the
importance.
All
these
things
and
I
understand
the
position
of
the
owner
of
the
place,
but
we
we
communicate.
We
can
give
termers
to
to
to
plan
something
for
the
benefit
of
him
and
his
family,
so
he
have.
F
K
Ladies
and
gentlemen
of
the
Planning
Commission,
it's
funny
to
meet
you.
My
name
is
Gavin
rust,
I'm,
13
years
old
and
go
to
Hoover
Middle
School
in
San
Jose
California,
located
nearby
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
about
Middlebrook
Gardens,
where
I
actually
am
right.
Now
this
garden
is
very
important,
as
you
could
tell
by
so
many
of
the
people
that
showed
up.
K
But
what
happens
if
it
all
goes
to
waste?
Well,
let's
start
off
with
the
work
we're
doing.
There
aren't
too
many
small
half
acre
community
gardens
with
roses
and
daisies
that
give
thousands
of
dollars
and
grants
to
six
schools
in
the
San
Jose
Unified
School
District,
helping
them
change
the
way
we
farm
in
the
way
that
we
change
history,
also
not
to
forget
the
way
that
we
are
restoring
our
ecosystems
I
mean
I'm
currently
in
it
may
not
look
like
it
where
I
am,
but
this
is
a
grassland
ecosystem.
K
This
is
completely
restored
and
we
could
have
over
20
more
of
these,
and
this
could
help
us
solve
climate
change.
Here's
the
thing
San
Jose
used
to
be
the
capital
of
the
valley
of
the
heart's
delight
specializing
in
native
plants
being
able
to
really
have
a
hub
for
nature,
and
we
have
the
Silicon
Valley,
which
is
also
great
for
computers
and
attracting
so
many
people
from
across
the
globe.
K
But
then
we
began
to
choose
one
Silicon
Valley,
but
when
it
comes
to
saving
this
garden,
finding
ways
to
solve
climate
change,
while
at
the
same
time
being
able
to
help
me
like
myself
as
a
child
at
my
school,
what
if
you
were
able
to
bring
the
valley
of
the
heart's
delight
and
the
Silicon
Valley
together
snap
them
together?
My
question
for
you,
ladies
and
gentlemen
of
the
Planning
Commission:
do
you
want
to
be
on
the
right
side
of
history
or
the
wrong
side?
The
choice
is
yours.
A
P
But
the
middle
bird
garden
center
is
so
much
more
valuable
in
terms
of
economic
viability
as
well
as
planning
sustainably
in
San
Jose.
Then
the
proposed
retail
development,
the
development
is
not
considering
the
long
term
or
future
conditions
that
humans
will
have
to
adapt
to,
as
our
climate
continues
to
change
and
after
reading
the
agenda
that
the
Planning
Commission
provided
I
realized
that
outdoor
spaces,
like
Middlebrook
gardens,
are
very
undervalued
in
our
downtown
area.
P
Now
giving
back
to
my
community
and
spearing,
seeing
the
kids
playing
and
learning
in
the
garden
garden
is
a
priceless
opportunity
and
I
hope.
The
planning
commission
will
do
what
they
can
to
help
Holly
and
her
nonprofit
find
a
solution
to
buy
the
property
from
the
current
land
order
and
keep
that
gardens
running
and
I
strongly
hope.
P
You
revise
your
planning,
focus
to
value
the
open
space
and
sustainable
and
uses
that
will
serve
the
community
as
a
whole,
rather
than
the
individual
property
developers
who
build
structures
rather
than
native
open
spaces
and
contribute
to
carbon
emissions
and
climate
change,
because
our
future
depends
on
sustainable
land
use
rather
than
our
and
the
garden
provides
the
open
space,
hands-on
experience
and
education
necessary
for
the
people
of
San
Jose
to
create
a
viable
future.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
D
Thank
you
so
much
commissioners
for
this
opportunity.
I'm
Correa,
Hummer
I'm,
a
resident
of
San
Jose,
live
in
downtown
San,
Jose
and
I've
been
an
activist
in
San
Jose
for
a
long
time.
I've
known
el
remit,
abrooke
I'm,
a
co-founder
of
the
preservation
of
Action
Council
of
San,
Jose,
proud
to
say
and
I
knew
Ellery
from
way
back
when
we
were
saving
the
houses
on
River
Street
and
by
the
way
there
is
a
historic
house.
In
my
opinion,
it
is
an
historic
house.
D
Ellery
Middlebrook
actually
designed
the
Italian
gardens
down
there
in
Little
Italy
they're
in
the
next
to
walk,
Guadalupe
Park
and
it's
quite
a
beautiful
sight.
It's
a
landmark
and
then
she
went
on
to
really
design
her
own
landmark
site.
It's
already
a
landmark
for
the
city
and
I
think
somebody
mentioned
the
Eiffel
Tower,
and
it
is
indeed
in
landmark:
I
am
the
founder
and
clinical
director
and
president
of
Factor
Family
Alliance
for
counselling
tools
in
resolution.
D
I
do
a
lot
of
nonprofits,
that's
my
latest,
and
that
is
on
for
the
benefit
of
refugees
and
immigrants,
and
we
are
a
partner
at
the
California
native
garden
foundation
at
76
race
street,
where
we
have
a
demonstration
project
called
the
mindful
aging
project
on
behalf
of
elder
immigrants
and
refugees.
What
ALRI
has
managed
to
do
there
is
to
build
an
eco
village
for
many
purposes
to
serve
both
those
in
greatest
need,
such
as
refugees
and
immigrants,
and
to
educate
our
city
and
our
area
as
a
for
the
whole
region.
D
A
I
The
San
Jose
Center
for
urban
sustainability
is
a
green
campus.
First
and
foremost,
the
campus
residents
and
their
families
have
access
to
the
following
programs.
You
are
about
to
see
inside
the
campus
lies
a
regenerative
farm
and
training
program,
so
residents
can
learn
to
grow
and
harvest
their
own
food
from
in
the
orchard.
I
It
also
has
an
upcycled
greywater
system
supplying
the
majority
of
residents,
water
and
a
composting
and
vermicompost
in
area.
The
center
boasts
a
farm-to-table
restaurant
in
cafe
with
a
rotating
chef
residency,
so
chefs
from
all
over
the
world
can
come
to
San
Jose
and
experience
the
sustainable
Oasis.
I
The
new
Catholic
school
adjacent
will
also
have
an
outdoor,
Learning,
Center,
preschool
and
after-school
program,
so
kids
can
learn
the
importance
of
soil,
ecology
and
nutrition
that
food
plants
provide,
along
with
the
chicken
coop
for
the
children
to
harvest
eggs
from
the
San
Jose
Center
has
a
scooter
and
bike
charging
station
is
wind
and
solar
powered
as
an
outdoor
community
space
and
an
attainment
area
along
with
a
fitness
area
and
a
green
track
to
get
that
perfect
workout
in.
Thank
you
for
hearing
with
this
incredible
space
can
become.
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Elizabeth
a
Grimm
hosting
Yano
and
I
believe
that
is
extremely
important
to
keep
the
melba
Middleburg
garden
open
and
the
community
of
San
Jose
is
an
integral
part
of
the
community,
is
valued.
Education
in
the
environment
is
valued
being
in
nature.
Has
a
calming
and
peaceful
effect
on
people
hands-on,
interactive
learning
outside
has
a
positive
impact
on
children
and
older
students
and
everyone.
It's
important
to
keep
these
spaces
successful,
because
many
people
living
in
stays
for
low-income
have
difficulties
accessing
educational
gardens,
especially
as
the
funding
for
public
education
continues
to
decrease.
F
It's
important
that
these
resources
remain
free
or
low-cost
and
accessible
for
everyone
being
in
a
garden
has
positive
impacts
on
people's
mental
health.
Please
provide
extension,
please
say
if
songs
they
helped
secure
additional
funds
to
keep
the
California
native
garden
open
and,
just
after
seeing
that
video
I'm
super
excited
for
what
this
could
become
and
I
feel
like.
This
is
something
that
would
attract
more
people
to
the
city
of
San
Jose
and
make
them
want
to
get
involved
and
I
think
it's
extremely
important
that
we
keep
spaces
like
this
and
continue
this
educational
process.
F
I'm,
remembering
the
land
that
we
are
on
is
not
our
land,
but
the
land
of
the
well
only
need
of
tribe
and
being
indigenous
myself
being
of
Quechua
descent
I'm
from
Bolivia.
It's
really
important
to
be
able
to
have
access
to
these
spaces
and
also
being
just
like
black
and
Latino
I'm.
Half
black
half
Latino,
like
based
in
Oakland
I,
don't
really
have
access
to
this
and/or
I
saw
it
slowly
disappear
as
funding
an
education
decreased,
so
I
think
that
it's
extremely
important
to
have
these
spaces
for
our
future
generations
and
for
us
now.
A
R
My
dad
used
to
say
that
when
you
grow
up,
you
understand
when
you
grow
up,
you
understand
you
see,
and
then
the
more
I
grow
up
the
more
I
understand
and
the
more
I
understand
the
rest.
I
understand
like
what's
going
on
really
like
I
understand
that
it's
all
about
money.
Yes,
that's
fine,
but
I
also
understand
that
we
become
really
narrow-minded
and
greedy
and
short-sighted
when
it's
all
about
money
and
really
I'm,
sorry
to
say
use,
but
of
course
all
Fred
one
sees
money
and
that's
fine.
R
Yes,
he's
his
property,
of
course,
but
all
what
I
know
has
happened
is
that
rent
has
risen
significantly
and
just
go
up
and
up
and
up
and
what
happens
with
that
is
that
holistic
development
cannot
happen
because
we
want
to
build
commercial.
We
want
to
build
houses,
that's
good
okay,
but
if
we
don't
have
Gardens,
there's
absolutely
like
to
see
the
health
of
the
city
is
absolutely
no
way,
and
it's
really
sad
that
this
is
happening
and
again.
R
R
F
Noticed
so
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
I,
live
about
six
blocks
from
this
site
and
I'm
an
advocate
for
walkable
livable,
sustainable
communities
here
in
our
city,
I'm
concerned
that
this
usage
that
is
proposed
would
not
be
in
compliance
with
land
use
policy
5.3
which
says
to
encourage
new
and
intensification
of
existing
commercial
development,
including
standalone,
vertical
mixed-use,
or
integrated
horizontal
mixed-use
projects
consistent
with
the
land
use
transportation
diagram.
This
is
part
of
the
general
plan.
I,
don't
see
a
single
story,
building
replacing
a
single-story
home
as
a
quote.
F
Intensification
of
land
that
to
me,
is
what
I
would
call
a
replacement
of
land
use
at
the
exact
same
height,
I.
Think
an
intensification
would
be
a
two-story
building,
say:
50
store
are
50
feet,
which
is
what
is
allowed
by
the
general
plan
on
this
site.
29
feet
is
not
an
intensification;
it
is
a
replacement
of
this
site
and
I
think
I.
Reading
the
planning
report,
the
planning
report
talks
a
lot
about
well.
The
buildings
on
this
street
on
Race
Street
are
a
single-story,
so
this
is
totally
fine.
Well,
this
is
not
the
historical
Department.
F
This
is
the
Planning
Department
and
this
city
and
this
department,
and
you
all
as
a
commission,
are
planning
for
a
future
in
which,
in
dense
urban
areas
like
on
Race
Street,
we
are
not
going
to
just
have
single
story
buildings
forever.
If
we
approve
this
project
here
tonight,
as
is
I
worry
that
all
of
us
will
walk
around
this
city
and
walk
around
this
neighborhood
and
walk
past
this
site
for
years
to
come
and
say
what
could
have
been
and
I
understand.
F
D
Good
evening
my
name
is
Marita
Goodson
I
am
a
resident,
and
my
family
has
been
for
40
years
here
in
San,
Jose
I
also
am
associate
director
emeritus
of
the
Stanford
University
ethnographic
project,
where
we
studied
ethnic
elders,
their
world
beliefs,
their
healing
practices
and
many
other
aspects
of
their
understanding
of
disease.
Their
seeking
of
disease
and
I
know
firsthand
from
having
trained
many
physicians.
D
Social
workers
pastors
and
I
know
firsthand
that
there
is
a
real
gap
between
the
ways
that
we
practice
Western
health
and
healing,
and
the
ways
that
ethnic
minority
elders
do
and
I
have
visited
with
the
ethnic
minority
elders
that
come
to
Mill
Brook
Gardens
and
it's
amazing
the
level
of
ease
of
comfort
of
connection
that
they
feel
not
only
with
the
earth
but
with
one
another.
I
wonder
how
many
of
you
have
visited.
D
The
LC
Middlebrook
Gardens
could
I
see
how
many
of
you
have
actually
been.
There
know
what
it
looks
like
I'm,
encouraged
by
that
that
four
of
you
have
and
I
have
to
tell
you
that
it
to
me
at
this
point
in
time.
We
all
have
been
invited
to
live
in
this
moment
of
time
where
we
know
that
we
have
eleven
and
a
half
years
before
millions
of
insects,
other
species
will
be
eliminated.
We
have
to
make
choices
that
support
health
and
the
environment,
and
sustainability
and
I.
Ask
you
to
look
at
the
big
picture.
B
Hello,
my
name
is
Gus
Fernandez
I
am
a
neighbor
of
minute,
Middlebrook
gardens
on
that
map
that
you
see
there.
We
are
right
across
the
street
from
race
street
there
and
that
directly
to
the
left
on
the
map
on
the
squarish
property.
We
are
very
concerned.
My
wife
and
I
are
very
concerned
about
the
increased
traffic
and
increased
noise
that
will
occur
if
we
redevelop
that
space.
B
We
already
have
a
large
problem
already
with
noise
with
local
restaurants,
there's
two
Mexican
restaurants
and
a
lot
of
other
establishments
that
are
causing
a
lot
of
traffic
in
that
area.
We
see
a
lot
of
homelessness.
There
is
a
bus,
shelter
around
the
corner
from
where
we
live,
when
we
regularly
have
to
ask
homeless
people
to
to
leave,
and
we've
had
to
call
the
the
police
department
on
that
many
times.
B
B
A
little
good
evening,
my
name
is
Tali
la
fée.
Rossellini
I
am
very
concerned
about
this
situation
in
the
sense
that
I
believe
that
the
garden
should
be
preserved
because
it
is
in
the
interest
of
really
teaching
the
world
through
the
children
through
the
youth
about
regenerative
farming,
which
is
in
fact
the
way
that
we
can
avoid
a
calamity.
We're
in
a.
B
I
am
from
Seattle
and
I've
been
living
in
California,
most
of
my
last
30
years,
based
in
Santa
Cruz
I'm,
the
founder
of
African
family,
film,
Foundation,
an
all-volunteer
nonprofit,
and
we
help
families
in
Africa
avoid
famine
and
through
after
the
following
droughts
and
floods,
and
we
also
support
the
teaching
of
children
at
the
grade
school
level
in
Africa
in
one
of
the
poorest
countries
on
the
planet,
in
Burkina,
Faso,
they're,
learning,
Rigo,
regenerative,
agriculture,
reforestation
and
solar
energy
production.
I
have
two
are
two
copies
of
an
article
from
dr.
Joseph
Mercola.
B
Who
is
the
number
one
natural
health
website
on
the
planet?
Number
nine
in
all
health
websites.
He
has
an
article,
you
can
go
on
I'll,
give
you
two
copies
of
this,
and
you
can
look
on
his
website
and
watch
a
20
minute,
video
on
regenerative
farming,
restoring
soil
health
and
saving
Americans
from
cancer
and
chronic
disease
and
San
Jose
has
the
possibility
has
thank.
I
So
what
I
found
out
about
this
place
in
the
fall
I
was
like
super
stoked
because,
like
this
place
is
like
doing
it
perfectly
like
we're
growing
all
the
food
where
the
people
are,
so
you
don't
have
to
transport
it
you're
growing
native
crops
that
don't
take
a
lot
of
water.
They
were
used
to
the
California
drought
and
they're,
drawing
in
native
pollinators
that
can
like
restore
all
the
ecosystems.
I
It's
super
cool
and
you're,
renewing
the
soil
so
that
you
can
keep
growing
stuff
there
for
a
long
time,
and
it's
not
just
one
garden
like
well.
It
is
one
garden,
but
it
can
be
so
much
more
than
that,
because
other
places
can
see
this
garden
and
learn
from
it,
and
we
can.
We
can
have
places
like
this
like
all
over
the
US
and
you
guys
keep
started
like
this
is
like
your
guys,
then
I
know
like
you
can't
like
there's
private
property
rights.
I
A
F
Thank
you
so
many
have
spoken
on
the
merits
of
this
space,
and
I
won't
talk
further
on
that.
However,
one
thing
is
very
clear
to
me,
and
that
is
that
Fred
deserves
to
be
very
fairly
compensated
for
his
valuable
land
that
he
owns
and
for
the
league
leeway
that
he
has
given
to
this
space
for
the
past
20
years.
If,
indeed,
his
claim
is
true
that
the
tens
of
thousands
of
dollars
that
he
is
owed
and
then
he
needs
to
be
compensated
for
that
money.
F
F
That
has
not
been
eroded
to
the
point
that
those
of
us
who
are
a
bit
older
have
lost
faith
in
their
government,
and
it's
regretable
to
me
that
should
this
development
go
through
and
this
play
space
of
theirs
be
lost,
that
it
will
be
possibly
their
first
exposure
to
how
unfair
this
system
is
and-
and
that
is
a
generational
loss
that
may
not
be
recovered
so
for
the
sake
of
our
community
I,
strongly
encourage
a
delay
in
the
decision
as
we
are
requesting.
Thank
you.
Thank.
K
And
he
was
there
Bryant
I
am
a
urban
agriculture.
It's
my
own
I
have
a
few
community
gardens
one
of
Milpitas
and
now
I
live
in
San
Jose,
a
master
composter
and
I
am
the
first
community
garden
coordinator
for
the
city
of
Santa,
Clara
City,
Santa
Clara,
the
city
fun
finally
got
their
first
community
garden
and
they
plan
on
getting
more
and
more
following
the
lead
of
San
Jose,
who
has
many
community
gardens
when
I
first
got
into
urban
agriculture?
K
Middle
Bert
was
one
of
the
first
places
I
visited
and
hadn't
returned
until
recently,
when
my
daughter
joined
their
program
this
summer,
of
course,
force-feeding
urban
agriculture
down
my
daughter's
throat.
She
denies
it,
but
just
the
other
day
she
was
like
I
love
this
garden
and
overcame
her
fear
of
chickens
and
all
that.
But
what
I
want
to
say
is
you
know:
I
walked
up
and
down
race,
Street,
and
you
know
debilitated
area
if
there's
anything
that
you
guys
are
gonna
tear
down
or
that
should
be
torn
down.
K
There
are
many
organizations
and,
as
being
in
this
business,
for
a
while
I've,
been
trying
to
connect
all
these
organizations
to
come
together
and
work
together
to
save
spaces
like
this
I
think.
What
we're
hearing
today
is
a
lot
of
us
found
out
about
this
a
little
bit
too
late
and
misses
Middlebrook
has
the
support
behind
her
to
make
something
beautiful
happen
in
this
place.
K
We
also
want
to
get
this
land
owner
paid.
I
want
to
call
your
attention
to
a
b55
one.
It
is
the
ordinance
where
he
can
get
a
tax
write-off
for
that
land
if
it's
used
for
agricultural
purpose,
but
I
hope
you
allow
us
some
more
time
for
all
of
us
to
come
together
and
save
this
space
and
make
something
beautiful
out
of
it.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
F
Hi,
my
name
is
Emeline
DeLong
and
I
live
on
Luther
Avenue
up
there,
it's
pretty
close
to
the
middle
book.
Gardens
I
am
a
mother
of
three
small
children
and
we
are
very
connected
there.
We
walk
her
neighborhood
almost
daily,
and
so
we
see
everything
that's
going
on
all
the
time.
I'm
always
looking
around
making
sure
my
kids
are
safe
and
I
really
do
love
my
community,
my
neighborhood.
We
bought
a
house
a
fixer-upper.
F
Big
reason
was
because
this
place
was
there
too,
for
my
children
to
be
I,
grew
up
in
Mendocino
County,
so
moving
to
San
Jose
was
a
big
decision.
A
different
decision
for
me
and
having
these
gardens
close
by
is
huge.
A
big
deciding
factor
on
why
me
moved
there,
so
them
being
gone
would
really
really
be
beyond
words
hard
for
my
family,
my
kids,
because
we
go
there
on
a
weekly
basis
and
have
fun
preschool
time
really
discovering
nature,
and
they
ask
so
many
questions.
F
They
learned
so
many
things
beyond
what
they
could
learn
in
the
classroom.
I
know
that
this
is
Frank's
property
and
I
want
to
respect
that
and
I
watch
really
just
to
plead
the
the
community
San
Jose
that
we
we
find
a
way
to
make
this
happen
to
where
we
can
all
be
on
the
same
page
in
bursts
and
keep
this
place
the
way
it
is
and
have
it
grow
and
be
a
model
for
for
the
rest
of
st..
F
A
A
I
Hi,
my
name
is
Kerry
viernes
Araya
I
do
also
live
in
this
neighborhood,
like
a
few
blocks
from
the
garden
I
understand
the
gentleman's
argument
that
he
has
a
right
to
do
what
he
wishes
with
his
land.
However,
as
a
member
of
this
community
and
the
resident
of
this
neighborhood
I
would
also
like
to
have
a
say
my
children
attended
preschool
here
at
the
garden
and
they
learned
so
much
there.
I
They'd
never
really
been
known,
know
how
to
feed
chickens
or
rabbits
or
know
how
Caleb
rose,
and
they
learned
a
lot
and
I
think
it's
really
important.
We've
also
strengthened
a
lot
of
community
ties
in
this
garden.
I
have
met
a
lot
of
families
in
my
neighborhood
and
that
just
doesn't
happen
these
days.
People
don't
know
their
neighbors,
we
love
our
garden,
we
don't
love
Panera,
we
don't
love
parking
lots
and
we
don't
need
them,
I,
believe
in
the
importance
of
community
gardens
and
education
and
land
stewardship
as
a
nation
as
a
planet.
I
We
are
at
a
critical
juncture
in
the
climate
crisis.
We
must
stop
prioritizing
concrete
over
nature.
Corporate
development
over
Community,
Development
panera
will
generate
plastic
waste,
which
we
do
not
need
food
waste
and
contribute
to
increased
traffic
in
our
neighborhood.
It
may
also
negatively
impact
smaller
locally
owned
businesses
and
bakeries
that
are
just
around
the
corner.
We
have
plenty
of
restaurants
in
Midtown,
rose
garden
area,
but
precious
few
public
community
gardens.
What
are
we
teaching
the
next
generation
about
our
values
and
morals?
I
If
we
allow
yet
another
corporate
retail
development
in
our
neighborhood,
we
need
environmental
education,
not
more
concrete
jungles.
This
council
has
already
much
to
my
chagrin,
agreed
to
allow
Google
to
take
over
our
lovely
neighborhood.
I
could
not
be
more
furious
about
that.
It
will
impact
every
aspect
of
my
life
and
I
may
end
up
losing
my
rental
because
of
it
enough
is
enough.
Green
over
greed,
nature
over
parking
lots,
slow
food,
not
fast
food.
Please
have
conscience.
I
B
Thank
you,
I
appreciate
it.
So
I
grew
up
here
in
San,
Jose
and
Willow
Glen,
when
Willow
Glen
was
much
more
unassuming.
Part
of
the
part
of
the
city
and
I
have
watched
many
initiatives
to
do
things
like
revitalize
downtown.
A
lot
of
these
were
ill-fated
and,
to
be
honest,
when
I
always
felt
like
it
was
a
bit
of
a
liability
to
say
that
I'm
from
San
Jose
over
the
years,
because
we
always
seem
to
be
a
few
steps
behind
the
Bay,
Area
and
other
places.
B
Now
Google
can
come
in
and
wave
their
magic
wand
and
we'll
look
good,
you
know,
and
but
this
the
soul
and
the
livability
and
the
quality
of
life
is
something
that
should
I
believe
be
front
and
center,
and
this
is
an
opportunity
to
lead.
This
is
one
tiny
portion
of
one
block
and
there's
nothing
else
like
it
around.
You
can
put
in
parks,
you
can,
you
know,
I
mean
we
couldn't
we
couldn't
even
get
bathrooms
or
drinking
fountains
over
at
Cahill
Park.
You
know
like.
Where
are
the
priorities?
You
know?
B
That's
all
I
want
to
say
this
is
an
opportunity
to
lead
I'm,
addressing
you
guys
and
those
who
seats.
You're
now
occupying
who've
been
part
of
this.
You
managed
to
direct
some
people
downtown
to
spend
their
money.
Now
it's
actually
a
fun
place
to
be
now.
Congratulations
but
I
think
there's
more
to
a
city
and
it's
in
its
and
its
value
and
what
makes
people
and
human
beings
happy.
N
Chair
I
just
wanted
to
let
the
speaker
know
that
Cahill
Park
was
designed
to
have
bathrooms,
but
the
community
was
absolutely
opposed
and
they
didn't
happen
with
the
fear
of
creepy
people
being
in
the
bathrooms
and
that's
why
there's
no
bathrooms
there,
but
the
city
intended
on
doing
that
in
2005.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
that.
N
C
So,
under
a
climate
emergency
that
we
are
on
and
ecological
collapse,
so
when
we
look
at
the
IPCC,
the
Intergovernmental
Panel
on
Climate
Change,
that
says
we
have
10
years
to
reduce
50%.
So
what
is
50%?
Okay,
our
whole
economy
is
based
on
fossil
fuels.
We
have
destroyed
our
natural,
our
natural
habitat.
We
have
no
natural
habitat
and
our
whole
artificial
habitat
is
fueled
by
fossil
fuels.
So
everything
about
our
economy
is
connected
directly
with
fossil
fuels
so
when
they
say,
reduce
50
percent.
What
does
that
look
like?
Well,
the
way
The
Economist's
are
saying.
C
It
looks
like
in
America
that
we
are
such
high.
Fossil
fuel
users.
We
to
reduce
50%
means
no
driving,
no
flying
no
movement
of
goods,
no
jobs
doesn't
mean
there
won't
be
work,
there'll,
be
lots
of
work
and
there
will
be
no
money,
so
essentially
we're
going
back
to
the
Native
American
way
of
living
in
an
agrarian.
We
need
to
go
back
and
live
a
more
agrarian.
C
We
need
to
be
like
a
Lurie
says
more
like
plants,
that
that
is
the
more
way
that
we're
the
more
native
way
natural
way
for
us
to
be
so
if
we
have
no
movement
of
goods,
what
that
means
is
that
there
is
no
food
at
the
Safeway
at
the
Trader
Joe's
at
the
you
know,
whatever
places
we're
buying
it,
because
there
will
be
no
diesel
trucks,
bring
them
in
there'll.
Be
no
boats,
no
flying
nothing!
C
That's
no
movement
of
goods!
Ok,
so
that
means
we've
got
to
become
a
resilient
community
and
we
know
that
the
city
of
San
Jose
is
aware
of
the
problems
with
PG&E
as
they
shut
off
our
power,
and
our
mayor
says:
oh
I'm,
not
gonna.
Let
that
happen.
We've
got
to
become
a
resilient
community
and
the
way
we
become
a
resilient
community
is
to
grow
our
own
food.
That
is
what
was
going
to
unify
us
as
community
members.
C
A
A
O
All
of
us-
that's
so
precious
of
you,
I,
want
to
say
that
what
Audrey
is
doing
according
to
the
lease
that
she
signed
20
years
ago,
she
did
not
open
institution
to
ichika
for
education.
She
opened
a
gardening
place
and
not
educational
of
his
or
school.
That's
this
one
she's
doing
something
against
her
lease.
O
O
O
But
I
will
be
nice
again
and
give
her
time
to
go
ahead
and
find
whoever
she
wants
to
find
to
come
in
and
if
they
have
I
have
not
heard
anything
from
anybody.
No
one
has
approached
me
yet
to
say
they
are
interested
in
purchasing
the
property
if
they
come
in
within
the
time
that
I'm
doing
my
problem,
my
project,
yes,
I,
will
work
with
them.
If
the
terms
and
conditions
are
right,
I
will
work
with
them.
I,
let
them
buy
it
I.
O
Let
them
keep
it
us
and
use
it
for
whatever
use
they
want,
but
all
the
people
are
using
this
land
with
whose
cost
my
cost
I
have
obligation.
I
do
not
receive
rent
I,
do
not
get
anything
from
this
land
and
I
think
it's
very
unfair
to
continue
and
she
will
be
out
soon,
as
you
know,
termination
because
she
is
she's
not
paying
rent
and
she's
not
doing
what
it's
supposed
to
do.
That's
all
I
have
to
say.
O
A
L
Thank
you.
I
am
still
asking
for
a
postponement
because
we
are
in
a
negotiation
and
it's
been
mandated
by
the
Superior.
Court
I
have
not
paid
rent
since
the
eviction
started
because
I
I'm
not
supposed
to
there
are
disputes
between
mr.
Sultan's
ad
and
I
over
the
course
of
the
time
that
I've
been
there.
I
have
paid
rent
for
20
years.
The.
L
Photographs
that
you
saw
this
is
a
proposal
and
it
was
sent
today,
Cindy
Chavez,
the
head
of
Catholic
Charities.
It
was
sent
to
Chancellor
Breland
at
San,
Jose
City,
College
I
did
hear
back
from
him.
He
is
interested
in
a
partnership.
We
are
already
working
with
his
teacher
professor
data,
and
you
heard
the
young
man
mic
maker,
who
is
also
a
voting
member
of
the
board
of
trustees
for
San
Jose
City
College
and
evergreen
I'm.
L
Just
need
more
time,
a
postponement
so
that
we
can
continue
to
work
together.
I've
worked
with
these
people,
you
know,
I
was
the
founder
of
San
Jose
beautiful
I
won.
We
won
a
top
award
for
the
river
street
garden
project.
I've
been
a
volunteer
in
the
city
and
recognized
by
the
city
over
the
last
30
years,
and
I
asked
just
for
a
postponement
so
that
Fred
can
get
his
compensation
that
he
deserves
and
he
will
get
it
from
a
major
institution.
L
A
E
There
are
quite
a
few
comments,
but
at
least
the
areas
that
are
within
germane
to
my
land
use,
I,
believe
one
of
the
public
speakers
I'm
sure
talked
about
land
use
policy,
5.3
of
intensification
of
the
land.
When
we
consider
products
coming
in,
we
do
have
to
take
in
consideration
of
adjacent
uses.
We
NCC
designation,
doesn't
have
a
minimum
density.
E
What
the
proposed
project
would
be
replacing
a
single-family
home
in
a
commercial
business
on
there,
so
the
city
did
find
that
is
consistent
with
the
land
use
policy
in
terms
of
doing
that,
it's
kind
of
hard
goods.
It's
always
a
fight
back
between,
what's
too
intense,
what's
not
intense
of
the
community,
and
we
can't
force
applicants
to
do
projects
that
may
or
may
not
pencil
out.
Given
some
of
the
history
on
that
site.
K
And
in
in
regards
to
time
as
well
so
with
this
permit,
we
did
have
a
condition
that
extended
it
typically
from
two
years
after
approval
to
pull
a
building
for
the
building
permit
to
four
years.
So
with
this,
the
permit
team
may
request
up
to
two
one
year:
extensions
for
a
total
of
now
six
years
to
pull
building
permits
before
the
permit
expires,
and
we
also
would
like
to
note
that
during
this
time,
the
tenant
and
owner
can
still
negotiate
the
terms
for
the
continuance
of
the
use
of
the
garden.
A
N
You
chair
for
City
Attorney,
you
have
a
a
plant.
That's
gone
through
the
process
approved
once
coming
back.
A
second
time
meets
the
general
plan
meets
the
zoning.
If
a
Planning
Commission
in
that
situation,
state
of
California
said
you
know
what
for
an
arbitrary
reason,
it
has
nothing
to
do
with
land
use.
I.
Don't
want
to
approve
this.
What
type
of
litigation
does
that
open
the
city
to.
H
H
To
answer
your
question:
if
the
Planning
Commission
has
no
facts
or
information
in
a
record
to
support
the
decision
and
there's
a
lawsuit,
a
subsequent
lawsuit
I
mean
that
opens
up
to
the
city
acting
arbitrary,
there's
due
process
violation.
There
could
be
a
regulatory
taking
there's
a
number
of
different
causes
of
action
that
may
be
pursued
against
the
city.
H
I
just
want
to
do
focus
the
Planning
Commission
on
ultimately,
what's
before
you
is
there's
a
determination
by
the
Planning
Director
that
they
that
he
made
a
determination
that
the
project
meets
the
requirements
on
the
municipal
code
and
it
meets
this
consistent
and
further
the
policies
of
the
general
plan.
It
conforms
with
the
zoning
code
and
it
meets
applicable
policies
and
it
meets
state
law
in
terms
of
sequa.
H
M
I
had
a
question
for
staff
around
the
sequin
alysus
and
and
specifically
the
determination
that
it
was
exempt
and
that
it
didn't
I,
guess
the
exceptions
under
15
section,
1,
5,
300,
point
2
didn't
apply
and
the
one
exception
that
I
had
a
question
about
was
the
significant
effect
and
if
staff
could
speak
a
little
bit
more
on
what
is
meant
by
a
significant
effect
and
whether
the
garden's
might
be
considered
an
unusual
circumstance.
That
would
take
it
out
of
a
categorical,
categorical
exemption
under
sequa.
H
Good
evening,
members
of
the
Planning
Commission
David
Keon
principal
planner,
of
the
environment,
review
division,
so
in
particular
for
sequa.
The
finding
that
there
is
an
unusual
circumstance
is
intended
for
a
situation
where,
for
example,
if
you
are
on
a
site
that
has
like
a
four
zone
for
a
single-family
house,
but
it
is
on
a
landslide,
the
termination
of
the
nomads
site
could
be
actually
found
to
be
an
unusual
circumstance
that
makes
this
property
have
unusual
environmental
constraints
compared
to
other
other
projects,
other
single-family
zoned
properties,
the
presence
of
a
native
garden
on
the
site.
H
It's
a
garden.
It's
landscaping,
there's
not
an
unusual
circumstance
because
groceries
Gardens
that
are
made,
we
were
private
clients.
Caping
that
is
put
on
private
properties
is
not
really
an
unusual
circumstance
because
it's
common
people
can
plant.
You
know
their
plant,
their
gardens.
I
know
several
nurseries
up
and
down
this
in
this
area.
That
I've
actually
disappeared
over
the
past
several
years,
but
they
had
similar
landscaping.
And
you
know
it's
essentially.
You
know.
H
While
it's
sad
to
see
some
of
these
gardens
go,
it
is
not
an
unusual
circumstance
that
is
warranting
that
to
kick
this
out
of
an
exception
and
there
was
actually
the
exception
that
apply
kicking
them
out
of
an
exemption.
So
again,
it's
mainly
applying
to
certain
circumstances.
Like
you
know,
ok
the
exception
that
you
know
their
unusual
stress.
Unusual
geologic
circumstances
is
there.
Some
example
is
the
property
historic
there?
It's
been
historic
evaluation
done
that
found
it
not
to
be
historic.
Therefore,
on
the
city
determined
that
an
exemption
to
seek
oil
was
the
appropriate
level.
M
M
It's
got
some
historic
value,
but
not
in
the
legal
sense
of
the
historical
evaluation
and
so
I
guess
I
want
to
make
sure
that
if
the
record
is
clear
as
to
why
this
would
be
outside
of
an
unusual
circumstance,
because
not
just
a
garden,
it's
not
just
regular
landscaping.
And
it's
you
know
it's
it's
more
and
that's
I
would
say
in
the
neighborhood
of
maybe
what
they
haven't.
The
Berkeley
gardens
are.
H
So
the
habitat
is,
it's
meant
as
a
demonstration
garden
as
partly
and
also
as
a
a
nursery
that
is
it
it's
not
something
that
would
is
actually
part
of
a
broader
ecosystem.
If
this
had
been
actually
part
of
a
broader
ecosystem
native
habitat
that
wasn't
planted,
it
was
part
of
a
broader,
larger
ecosystem.
That
could
be
something
that
could
be
considered
as
part
of
something
to
further
study.
That
could
kick
it
out
of
an
exemption,
but
you
know:
there's
nothing
presented
no
substantial
evidence
embedded
sand
stating
that
this
is
you
know
such
an
unusual
circumstance.
J
J
No
other
than
just
thank
every
single
person
who
came
out
to
speak
tonight,
whether
you
were
at
the
appellant,
the
applicant,
a
supporter
of
the
gardens,
a
community
member
I,
know
how
difficult
it
is
because
I've
stood
at
that
podium.
Many
times
myself
speaking
before
the
council
and
other
commissions,
including
this
commission,
when
I
wasn't
serving
on
it.
So
I
know
how
difficult
it
is
and
I
appreciate
you
coming
and
speaking
their
minds
and
having
your
voices
heard.
J
Unfortunately,
it
does
not
appear
that
we're
in
position
to
be
able
to
assist
in
the
endeavor
that
you
are
hoping
to
undertake
tonight.
There
is
a
much
bigger
picture
at
play,
am
I
to
echo
Commissioner
Ballard's
comment.
I
know
that
we
all
are
very
sympathetic
and
very
much
understand
and
are
very
much
passionate
about
that
issue
from
my
understanding,
so
I
urge
you
to
explore
all
of
the
other
endeavors
that
the
city
is
actually
undertaking
in
terms
of
a
macro
approach
to
climate
change
and
clerking.
J
The
climate
smart
plan,
which
is
embedded
into
our
general
plan,
which
has
given
the
property
owner
the
right
to
do
this
on
his
property.
So
I
would
encourage
you
to
get
se
involved.
Stay
engaged
with
the
city,
learn
more
about
the
process
and
find
out
ways
that
we
can
hopefully
help
you
to
interject
yourselves
earlier
in
a
process
when
you
can
have
more
of
an
impact,
but
unfortunately
our
hands
are
somewhat
tied
tonight
and
I
believe
that
the
property
owner
does
have
the
right
to
to
move
forward
at
this
point.
B
That's
great.
Someone
said
that
we're
acting
based
on
policies
and
laws,
but
with
no
goals.
The
city's
general
plan
is
nothing
but
goals.
It
gives
us
things
to
aspire
to
plans
to
deal
with
methods
to
get
there
and
it's
based
on
goals
that
were
developed
not
by
the
people
in
this
room,
but
by
thousands
of
citizens
of
San
Jose,
who
spent
many
hours
working
on
them.
Now
you
don't
like
right
now.
What's
gonna
happen
on
this
property.
B
Middlebrook
I
was
gonna,
say
little
feel
for
some
reason.
Mrs.
Middlebrook,
whom
I've
also
known
for
a
long
time,
has
known
for
20
years
that
she
didn't
own.
This
property
and
she's
brought
you
into
a
wonderful
effort
to
create
something
new,
but
she
doesn't
own
this
property,
and
neither
do
you
and
neither
do
we.
The
city
can
only
decide
on
public
uses
on
property.
They're
either
intend
to
buy
her
own.
R
F
M
And
I
have
a
lot
of
sympathy
for
the
property
owner
and
I
do
feel
it's
not
the
responsibility
of
individual
property
owners
to
provide
public
space
and
that
many
of
the
people
here
have
essentially
asked
us
for
an
almost
de
facto
like
eminent
domain
and
that's
not
appropriate.
But
what
I
do
think
is
our
responsibility
and
which
is
why
I
am
NOT
going
to
vote
in
favor.
M
More
importantly,
I
think
that
the
land-use
policy
of
5.3,
the
intensification
that
unless
we
have
intense
development,
I,
don't
think
we're
going
to
solve
our
climate
crisis
which,
as
we
all
believe,
is
probably
the
greatest
threat
facing
all
of
us
today,
and
this
is
a
one
basically,
a
one-story
building
where
the
proposed
building
is
4,800
square
feet
and
the
existing
building
is
2314
square
feet
and
for
an
additional
25
hundred
square
feet.
It
doesn't
doesn't
justify
the
impact
in
my
view.
So
that's
why
I'm
going
to
vote
no.
G
Hate
to
be
a
scold,
but
at
the
top
of
this
room
and
at
the
entrance
there's
a
whole
thing
in
the
agenda
about
rules
of
conduct
and
I'd
really
appreciate
it.
If
all
of
you
adhered
to
them,
we
listened
very
politely
to
all
of
you.
I
actually
agree
with
Commissioner
Griswold
on
this.
The
general
plan
is
full
of
environmental
policies
and
goals
for
the
city,
as
she
said,
and
as
mr.
Shore
mentioned,
the
land
use
intensification
5.3
to
encourage
new
and
intensification
of
existing
commercial
development.
To
me,
that's
a
really
overriding
concern.
G
But
it's
not
your
property
and
you've
known
for
20
years
that
it's
not
yours.
So
that's
that's
really
highly
problematic
and
I'm
also
moved
by
the
fact.
When
I
look
at
the
map
over
here,
I
guess
it's
up
on
the
left,
but
I
have
it
blowing
up
full
screen
here
when
you
look
at
this
site,
this
half
acre
in
the
middle
or
actually
an
edge
of
the
st.
Leo's
neighborhood
and
a
budding
Shasta
Han
ship
Park.
G
G
This
part
of
San
Jose,
like
most
of
this
city,
is
Haile
parks,
deficient
right
now,
in
the
name
of
the
housing
crisis
and
lots
of
other
things
and
their
movements
afoot
to
get
rid
of
the
generation
of
part
from
development
in
this
city
to
reduce
them
or
eliminate
them
entirely.
That's
the
only
dollars
that
get
generated
to
produce
parks,
so
we
have.
We
have
a
shortage
of
parks
and
in
our
park,
spaces,
public
and
private,
or
our
opportunities
for
those
are
disappearing.
G
So
so
that's
where
I'm
really
conflicted,
because
I
want
to
see
more
I
want
to
see
both
more
intensification
on
the
commercial
side
or
and
on
the
residential
side,
but
at
the
same
time
I
I
also
see
you
know
value
in
a
place
like
like
this,
so
I
I
know
that
sounds
kind
of
strange
to
feel
both
sides
of
this.
But
but
what
I'm
hearing
from
all
of
you
is
this
shortage
of
garden,
space
of
green
space
of
park
space
in
your
area,
I'm,
not
just
in
your
area
but
serving
serving
all
of
the
city.
G
A
All
right
again,
if
you
could
keep
your
we,
we
can't
we
can't
hear
from
folks
in
the
audience.
Please
I
want
to
underscore
that
we
need
to
keep
our
clapping
in
check
and
our
emotions
in
check
and
I
wanted
to
ask.
If
any
of
my
colleagues
have
anything
else
to
add
all
right,
Commissioner
Oliverio
thank.
N
You
chair,
I
Commissioner,
Allen's
comments
on
thinking,
everyone
from
the
community
for
showing
up.
Ultimately,
it's
difficult
to
always
agree
if
any
level
of
governments
decision,
but
it's
part
of
the
process
and
that's
appreciated
I
visit
I
think
several
of
us
have
visited
I
visited
it
over
several
years.
Understanding
the
situation
that
was
in
is
it
was
brought
up
that
not
owning
land
makes
it
very
difficult,
whether
you're
a
renter
or
a
commercial
business.
And
if
you
don't
own,
you
don't
have
that
certainty
and
the
country
is
founded
on
private
property
rights.
N
I
do
not
have
the
right
to
tell
my
neighbor
who
wants
to
sell
their
home.
Wait
a
minute.
I
want
there
to
be
something
else,
and
you
should
forego
that
that
just
doesn't
exist
in
the
United
States,
even
as
much
as
the
sincere
feelings
that
neighbor
may
have,
or
the
sincere
feelings
that
everyone
has
towards
this
garden
and
it's
not
a
park.
It's
a
business.
That's
closed
during
the
evening
and
closed
when
it's
not
open.
So
it's
not
really
a
park
and
shouldn't
be
considered
a
park.
N
N
There
is
no
legal
reason
under
sequa
to
deny
this
application
any
you
know.
I
guess
I
have
the
benefit
of
sitting
in
closed
session
for
ten
years
and
seeing
the
amount
of
litigation
the
city
faces
and
when
we
as
commissioners
are
aware
and
told
by
the
city
attorney
that
there
is
no
legal
reason
under
sequa
to
deny
the
project
and
then
we
consider
voting
opposite
of
the
city
attorney
I.
Think
that's
irresponsible
I
think
we
need
to
focus
on
what
what
we
do
is
the
Planning
Commission.
We
are
not
miracle
workers.
N
Obviously
I
can
tell
by
the
accent
you
you
you're,
an
immigrant
you've
worked
probably
pretty
hard
in
life,
and
you
know
and
I
do
really
appreciate
two
of
the
speakers
who
were
you
know,
kind
to
him,
because
it
is
a
dilemma.
We're
not
here
to
tell
you
what
to
do
with
your
own
property,
and
you
know
I
so
I.
You
know
it's
difficult
in
your
position
and
again
this
is
so
rare
to
not
to
have
an
applicant
not
show
up
with
a
lobbyist.
So
I
I,
really,
you
know
I.
N
But
the
general
plan
is
not
to
say
we're
taking
private
property,
making
that
a
community
garden
and
so
and
I
and
I
know
there's
this
well.
So
I
went
to
that
community
meeting
and
and
the
sentiment
was
what
was
shared
here.
No
one
was
really
in
favor
of
it.
Everyone
was
against
and
for
the
same
reasons,
for
environmental
and
and
I
met,
Gavin
excellent
spokesman
that
kid's
gonna
do
great
in
life.
But
you
know
when
someone
brought
up
and
I
think
it's
the
same
speaker
who
came
tonight
who
said:
let's
make
it
a
bigger
building?
N
No
one
supported
it.
So
here
we
have
an
application
that
again
that
fits
within
the
rules.
We
don't
have
minimum
set
up
to
make
it
happen.
The
general
plan
process
is
going
to
start
again
at
the
know
in
about
four
months
or
whatever
that's
gonna
be
the
big
discussion.
Do
we
put
minimums
in
so
that
every
time
a
development
happens,
you
have
to
build
a
tall
building,
but
that's
not
the
law
right
now.
H
J
A
Can
speak
since
I
have
not
yet
so,
and
I
I'm
gonna
go
back
to
probably
asking
staff
a
few
questions,
but
first
I
wanted
to
say
and
Vice
Shirley.
If
I
mentioned
a
lot
of
us
live
near
this
site,
I
actually
live
three
blocks
from
it.
I
have
volunteered
time
at
the
site
a
few
years
back,
so
I
just
wanted
to
disclose
that
and
I
check
to
make
sure
that
I
don't
have
a
conflict
of
interest
and
and
I'm
clear.
A
A
So
right
down
the
street
on
the
next
block.
You
have
some
really
interesting
designs,
art
boutique,
II
is
there,
you
know
you
did
it's
pushed
up
close
to
the
sidewalk
and
it's
just
unique
stuff
in
some
of
its
two-story.
Also,
and
so
I
was
dismayed-
that
the
design
as
it's
portrayed
in
the
staff
report
for
the
project
is
very
modern-looking
and
it
looks
like
it
I
mean.
Maybe
it's
trying
to
take
its
cues
from
the
from
the
church
next
door
anyway.
A
I
just
wanted
to
say
that,
for
the
record
that
I've
been
I
was
disappointed
in
the
design
I
and
that
flows
from
there
were
a
couple
homes
that
were
approved
in
the
st.
Leo's
neighborhood,
a
neighborhood
where
almost
every
single
house
has
a
detached
garage
that
is
set
back
from
the
street
and
there
have
been
two
homes
that
have
been
approved
lately,
where
there
are
big
fat
garages.
Just
you
know
announcing
themselves
in
this
neighborhood,
and
so
I'm.
A
Just
I
say
that,
because
I
just
want
to
get
that
on
the
record
that
in
this
neighborhood
I
think
it's
very
special.
It's
one
of
the
few
special
neighborhoods
in
San
Jose.
That
really
has
some
unique
design
elements
that
we
should
carry
forward
and
I
know.
That's
something
we
can
all
argue
argue
about.
I
also
wanted
to
just
say
this.
A
So
I
just
wanted
to
put
that
out
there
that
that
you
know
I
hope.
I
would
hope
that
there
are
some
awesome
partnership
opportunities
out
there.
But
you
know
it's
it's
hard
for
us
simply
to
take
someone's
word
for
that
when
those
folks
aren't
here
and
we're
not
seeing
proof
of
any
of
those
conversations
or
a
letter
of
intent
or
an
MoU,
or
something
like
that.
E
So
the
NCC
designation,
unlike
a
regional
commercial
or
some
of
the
higher
density
general
plan
designation,
is
kind
of
a
balance
that,
when
you're
in
these
kind
of
residential
neighborhood,
there
should
be
something
of
appropriate
scale.
So
the
NCC
designation
only
has
a
maximum
fer
of
two.
There
is
no
minimum
to
that
component.
So
if
an
applicant
comes
with
a
project
of
a
certain
intensity,
they
also
have
to
consider
the
policy
and
constraints
of
their
stormwater.
The
parking
ratio
weather
believe
her
or
not.
E
They
have
to
conform
to
those
codes
and
then,
in
other
projects
they've,
you
heard
before
people
are
concerned.
The
project's
too
big
traffic
is
a
concern,
so
it's
always
weakens
up
balance.
It's
a
very
tough
position
for
a
staff
to
say:
hey.
We
saw
this
one
specific
policy,
five
point:
three.
We
don't
think
it's
intense
enough
and
then
there's
a
bunch
of
other
policies
that
says
be
consistent
with
when
you're
adjacent
uses,
trying
to
minimize
certain
impacts
and
other
aspects,
so
it
all
becomes
a
balancing
act.
Ultimately,
the
city
aren't
developers.
E
We
have
to
look
at
these
projects
and
what
they're,
proposing
and
consistency
with
our
policies,
so
it
so
that's
that's
kind
of
a
the
frame
that
we
have
to
kind
of
consider
in
this
project.
Those
weren't
really
brought
up
as
part
of
community
concerns,
saying
that
this
project
wasn't
intense
in
terms
of
doing
it.
Some
people
did
bring
it
up,
and
a
lot
of
people
also
said:
I
don't
want
the
project
there.
It's
gonna
create
ready
traffic
and
all
these
other
things,
so
we
just
have
to
look
for
constancy
with
those
policies.
If.
B
I
could
add
if
I
could
add
those
my
Michael
Brio,
NCC
neighbor
community
commercial
is
the
lowest
intensity,
land,
commercial
land
use
designation
in
the
general
plan.
It
has
the
word
neighborhood
in
it,
not
to
say
that
you
couldn't
do
more
intense
in
the
right
context,
with
support
and
etc,
but
for
those
reasons
we're
not
establishing
a
minimum
that
you
have
to
have
a
two-story
building
a
lot.
You
know
in
a
lot
of
places
a
one-story
building
is,
it
is
appropriate.
Maybe
it
could
be
more
than
that,
but
it's
really.
B
We
allow
flexibility
for
the
market
to
figure
out.
What
can
you
do?
What
can
be
penciled
out?
So
that's
really
again
the
reason
why
there
isn't
a
minimum,
that
you
do
two
three
four
stories
and,
and
it's
and
I
think
it's
it.
You
know
where
this
we're
trying
to
facilitate
development
within
those
parameters.
B
R
E
A
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
I'm,
just
speaking
again
to
the
motion
and
in
the
interest
of
hopefully
getting
us
off
of
what
might
be
a
split
vote.
I'm
not
really
sure
how
a
couple
of
your
this
one
of
you
were
voting,
but
it
looks
like
we
might
be
headed
to
a
split
vote,
and
that
would
be
unfortunate,
I
think
regarding
a
lots
been
said
about
private
property
already
tonight,
and
the
legal
concerns
something
that
staff
likes
to
bring
up
when
we
talk
about
converting
industrial
land
potentially
to
other
uses
is
precedent.
J
We
hear
a
lot
about
precedent,
I,
don't
necessarily
want,
but
the
city
attorney
on
the
spot
again,
I'm,
not
an
attorney
I
know.
One
of
us
is
and
I
would
point
out
that
this
a
decision
like
this
to
infringe
upon
the
owners,
property
rights,
given
all
of
the
parameters
of
this
situation,
could
lead
to
an
unfortunate
precedent
with
other
appellant
coming
forward
on
other
projects
in
the
future,
and
we
could
set
a
really
bad
precedent
for
this
commission.
I
just
want
to
point
that
out.
J
J
Protect
them
not
meaning
keep
them
in
their
apartment
if
their
landlord
or
their
property
owner
decides
to
tear
it
down
and
rebuild,
but
provide
opportunity
for
them
to
find
a
new
housing
to
find
housing
in
the
new
complex
and
to
have
the
landlord
and
the
developer
actually
support
that
process
right.
That's
actually
a
policy
the
city
has
and
is
working
on.
Preserving
and
I
really
encourage
anyone
to
continue
supporting
that
policy,
because
it's
under
attack
consistently
by
developers
and
landlords.
J
Similarly,
I
believe
we
should
have
a
policy
around
commercial
displacement,
especially
of
small
businesses
and
especially
in
Sikkim
circumstances
like
this.
Now
that
policy
wouldn't
buy
the
land
that
wouldn't
policy,
wouldn't
provide
four
million
dollars
to
buy
the
land
at
fair
market
value.
What
it
would
do,
though,
was
provide
an
opportunity
for
working
with
the
applicant
or
the
applicant
and
the
appellant
to
figure
out
a
way
to
move
the
gardens
to
another
location
and
to
make
sure
everyone
makes
out
right.
J
Hopefully
folks
in
the
community
who
are
going
to
be
missing
out
on
educational
programming
at
the
gardens,
School
of
Visual
philosophy,
it's
at
Fontan
Eddie's,
the
old
fountain
at
ease
on
the
Alameda
at
1065
I've,
actually
go
up
there.
They
have
classes
in
all
sorts
of
different
art
disciplines.
Your
kids
will
love
it
very
affordable.
It's
not
free
in
some
cases
another
example
the
very
next
block
up,
which
was
mentioned
by
Commissioner
Ballard,
the
art
boutique
II.
J
They
were
forced
out
of
their
original
space,
downtown
on
I,
believe
south
first
Raider
market
right
where
those
come
together.
If
anyone's
familiar
with
the
Pierce
development,
it's
a
new
residential
tower
down
this
way.
It's
got
a
interesting
light
sculpture
on
top
of
it,
you
can
see
it
from
280,
probably
so
the
art
Boutique
used
to
be
housed
in
a
building
that
was
on
that
site
property
owner
decided
they
were
going
to
redevelop
it.
They
were
allowed
to
do
that.
The
city
said
yes,
you
can
do
that
and
my
friend
who
owns
their
boutique.
J
He
had
to
find
a
news
place
to
do
his
business
to
have
his
face
artists
to
come
in
musicians
to
perform
I'm
a
musician
myself.
So
I
really
appreciate
it
and
for
the
community
to
come
together
and
he
did
it
and
he
worked
with
the
city.
He
worked
with
the
neighborhood.
Can
you
imagine
trying
to
get
I
can't
imagine
when
he
had
to
go
through
to
get
a
music
venue
established
across
the
street
from
my
neighborhood,
the
Chastain
Hanshin
neighborhood,
traditionally,
one
of
the
most
opposed
to
any
kind
of
densification
development
or
change?
J
I
cannot
imagine
and
what
he
had
to
go
through
to
do
it.
They
did
it
and
he's
still
there
and
it's
surviving.
So
what
I'll
say
is
this
I
toured
this
facilities?
Three
years
ago,
when
I
was
running
for
City,
Council
I
would
love
to
have
gotten
on
the
City
Council
to
be
able
to
affect
some
of
these
policies
and
make
the
change.
J
Not
you
don't
have
the
whole
story,
you
don't
know
the
whole
history
and
that's
unfortunate.
It's
not
your
fault.
It's
not
at
all
your
fault,
I,
just
encourage
you
to
stay
engaged.
I'm
still
voting
the
way.
I
am
I,
really
encourage
other
commissioners
to
vote.
That
way,
as
well
as
we
don't
end
up
with
a
split
decision
tonight
and
I
will
point
out.
There
are
a
couple
opportunities
coming
up
for
you
to
get
involved
in
a
greater
higher-level
policy
picture
here
in
San
Jose.
One
of
them
is
the
council
priority-setting
session.
J
This
happens,
I
think
twice
a
year
where
the
council,
the
City
Council,
gets
together
and
decides
hey
what
kind
of
new
policies
do
we
want
to
explore?
What
do
we
want
to
tell
staff
to
focus
on,
and
what
do
we
want?
What
are
we
envision
for
the
future
of
policy
in
our
city
right?
You
can
bring
something
forward,
talk
to
your
local
council
member
and
get
them
to
champion
something
that
could
really
make
the
change
you're
trying
to
see.
The
second
thing
is
this
fall
the
general
plan,
which
was
already
referenced
tonight.
J
We
have
a
four
year
review
every
four
years.
This
document
gets
reviewed
and
updated
we're
having
a
for
a
review
process
beginning
this
fall.
Two
of
these
commissioners
will
be
sitting
on
that
force.
It's
gonna
be
reviewing
it
along
with
a
ton
of
other
community
members
and
leaders.
You
are
more
than
welcome
to
participate
in
that
process.
Comment
in
that
process
get
involved
in
that
process.
I
encourage
you
to
do
it,
I
encourage
everyone
to
do
it,
because
that's
how
we
make
lasting
change
that
way,
we're
not
having
proxy
wars
about
a
half
acre
site.
J
Okay,
we're
talking
about
bigger
picture,
we're
talking
about.
How
can
we
force
the
Google's
to
do
something
bigger
for
the
community
and
we're
not
having
proxy
wars
over
every
single
parcel
in
San
Jose
cuz?
It's
not
gonna
work.
Folks,
it's
not
we're!
Not
gonna
get
anywhere,
so
I
am
for
my
accounts.
For
my
fellow
commissioners
too.
Sorry,
almost
eight
councilmembers
I
really
did
want
to
be
on
the
council.
I
really
did.
C
A
I'm,
just
gonna
make
one
final
comment
and
and
allay
the
mystery
that
I
will
be
supporting
the
motion
and
I
just
want
to
say:
I
mean
based
on
what
I
heard
from
the
applicant.
It
sounds
like
you
have
a
very
sincere
person
here
who
has
wanted
to
wanted
to
try
to
work
with
the
community
on
this
and
the
way
that
this
is
structured.
A
There
is
still
time
to
and
and
the
staff
is
building
in
an
extra
two
years,
potentially
to
bring
those
conversations
that
are
sound
like
they're
going
on
to
fruition,
and
there
are
great
opportunities
with
Google
here
or
planning
to
be
here
so
I
think
there
is
time
and
I
think
there's
a
willing
partner,
and
so
that
gives
me
hope
that
that
there
can
be
a
win
for
the
community
and
then
I
just
wanted
to
put
a
plug
and
implore
the
the
applicant.
You
know
if
you
know,
assuming
this
project
goes
forward.
A
As
I
said,
I
was
not
impressed
with
the
design.
Many
people
are
here
who
live
in
the
community.
This
is
this
is
our
community.
This
is
where
we
live,
we'll
be
losing
something
special
and
it
needs
to
be
replaced
with
something
even
more
special
from
a
design
perspective,
and
what
I
saw
was
just
kind
of
you
know
right
of
the
mill
bla
stuff.
So
I
would
just
implore
you
if
there's
an
opportunity
to
do
something
that
is
really
more
respectful
of
the
character
of
this
community
and
really
put
it
there
there
with
a
new
building.
A
D
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A
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A
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B
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G
E
J
Surely
I
do
I
do
recognize
that
you
have
only
served
on
the
Commission
for
a
little
over
a
year
now,
but
in
my
experience,
I've
just
learned
to
expect
the
worst
so
I,
but
my
budget
time
according
to
the
very
first
packet
I
received,
which
probably
increased
the
way
to
my
car
by
at
least
two
fold
when
I
put
it
in
the
passenger
seat.
So
I
just
want
to
point
out
for
the
chairs
information
I
will
be
absent
from
the
August
28th
planning
commission
meeting
and
unable
to
conference.