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City of San José, California
Envision San José 2040 General Plan 4-Year Review Task Force Meeting of October 29, 2020
This public meeting will be conducted via Zoom Webinar. For information on public participation via Zoom, please refer to the linked meeting agenda below.
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A
A
A
B
Welcome
everybody
to
tonight's
meeting,
it's
a
pretty
significant
one.
I
know
a
number
of
people
are
looking
forward
to
the
discussion
tonight,
so
we're
going
to
have
an
agenda
overview
from
staff.
I
do
want
people
to
understand
that
items.
Four
and
five.
The
plan
is
to
have
separate
discussion
and
votes
on
those,
although
there's
some
in
a
relationship
between
those
we'll
have
a
separate
discussion
and
vote
on
those
items
so
I'll
turn
it
over
to
staff.
At
this
point.
C
All
right,
thank
you
david,
so
good
evening.
Everyone
welcome
task
force
members
and
the
public
members
of
the
public
jared
hart
with
the
planning
division.
So
on
the
agenda
tonight
we
have
the
approval
of
the
september
task
force
meeting
synopsis,
then
we're
gonna
we're
gonna,
move
on
to
presentations
by
planning
staff
on
coyote
valley
and
redistribution
of
planned
growth.
C
I
also
want
to
note
that
county
planning
staff
will
also
be
providing
information
on
agenda
item
4
on
coyote
valley.
That
will
be
followed
by
public
comment
and
then
task
force,
discussion
and
recommendations
after
the
meeting
is
adjourned
for
public
attendees.
There
will
be
a
virtual
meeting
survey
that
pops
up
in
your
browser,
it'd
be
great.
If
you
could,
you
know,
provide
us
feedback
on
our
virtual
meeting
format.
C
The
the
survey
is
pretty
short
and
with
that
david
I'll
hand,
it
back
to
you
for
approval
of
september's
meeting
synopsis.
D
D
I
do
have
this
is
harvey
darnell.
I
have
a
comment.
I
looked
for
some
comments.
They
made
that
I
was
concerned
that
the
same
comment
I
made
in
2009
11
whenever
it
was
in
the
original,
is
that
by
pushing
down
the
vmt
and
if,
if
the
authority
is
not
able
to
provide
enough
public
transportation,
we're
doing
the
the
lower
economic
strata
in
the
valley.
So
I
want
some
kind
of
comment
that
I
made
like
that.
B
Can
you
just
say
that
one
time
and
we
can
direct
staff
to
include
that
in
there.
D
B
D
B
Anyone
in
opposition
to
the
motion
hearing
none
it
is
approved.
Thank
you
so
we'll
go
to
item
four,
the
stop
presentation
on
the
long-term
future
of
coyote
valley.
All
right.
Thank.
C
You
david
okay,
so
this
item's
on
coyote
valley,
as
david
said
so
specifically,
the
scope
of
work
approved
by
city
council,
was
to
analyze
potential
redistribution
of
planned
jobs
from
north
coyote
valley
and
potential
effects
upon
the
city
that
could
result
from
the
loss
of
employment
lands.
C
So
I
want
to
give
a
just
a
brief
overview
of
the
coyote
valley
planning
area
and
the
general
plans.
Existing
land
use
designations,
so
coyote
valley
is
located
in
the
southern
reaches
of
san
jose
and
it's
broken
up
by
three
distinct
planning
areas.
In
the
general
plan
covering
over
7
000
acres,
you
have
north
coyote
valley,
which
is
designated
as
an
employment
growth
area
for
industrial
park
uses
that's
shown
in
the
blue
and
labeled
on
the
map
on
the
slide
existing
uses.
C
Mid-Coyote
is
also
it's
outside
the
city's
urban
service
area
and
the
the
predominant
land
use.
There
is
also
agriculture,
and,
although
there's
some
you
know
it's,
there
also
is
it's
some
commercial,
industrial
and
residential
uses
located
in
mid
coyote
as
well.
Most
of
those
are
east
of
of
monterey.
C
Highway
there
monterey
road.
This
is
the
south
coyote
valley.
Green
build
is
located
outside
the
city's
urban
growth
boundary
and
it's
actually
the
most
developed
and
personalized
planning
area.
It's
got
a
mixture
of
residential
agriculture
and
other
uses
such
as
the
coyote
creek
golf
club.
C
C
The
san
jose
2020
general
plan
adopted
in
1994
established
the
urban
growth
boundary
and
then
in
2002
in
response
to
development
interest
really
spurred
by
the
dot-com
boom.
At
the
time,
the
city
council
initiated
a
specific
plan
process
to
prepare
a
plan
for
development
of
50
000
jobs
and
25
000
housing
units
in
north
and
mid-coyote,
so
that
the
specific
plan
effort
ended
in
2008
and
actually
was,
was
ultimately
never
completed.
C
And
then
consideration
of
development
and
coyote
valley
was
deferred
to
the
envision
2040
general
plan
comprehensive
update,
which,
by
many
of
you
on
the
task
force,
participated
in
the
result.
There
was
that
north
coyote
was
maintained
as
an
employment
growth
area.
The
urban
reserve
was
left
in
place,
but
not
planned
for
development
during
the
time
frame
of
the
general
plan,
so
2040
and
then
the
green
belt
was
maintained
as
a
permanent
non-urban
buffer
between
us
and
in
morgan
hill.
C
C
So
staff's
new
long-term
vision
reflects
the
you
know
many
current
general
planning
goals
and
recognizes
coyote
valley
as
a
unique
asset
to
san
jose
that
should
be
preserved.
As
a
resource
for
the
community,
and
which
furthers
the
city's
goals
of
environmental
sustainability,
enhancement
of
open
space
and
support
of
agriculture
in
the
non-urban
areas
of
the
city,
as
well
as
protecting
critical
linkages
for
wildlife
movement.
C
So
since
adoption
of
the
general
plan
in
2011,
there's,
there's
been
a
handful
of
key
changes
in
planning
context
related
to
coyote
valley,
the
most
significant
of
which
is
is
measure
t,
which
I
think
everyone's
very
familiar
with.
It
was
a
650
million
disaster
preparedness,
public
safety
and
infrastructure
bond
that
was
passed
by
san
jose
voters
in
2018.
C
This
effectively
leaves
approximately
314
acres
of
remaining
developable
land
with
an
industrial
park
designation
and
again,
and
that
is
shown
on
the
map
as
well
in
the
teal
or
turquoise
color.
That's
also
attachment
c
in
the
task
force
packet.
C
Recently,
our
adoption
of
climate,
smart,
san
jose
and
city
council
policy
5-1,
both
both
of
those
were
approved
in
february
of
2018.
climates,
aren't
san
jose.
It's
it's
a
plan
that
charts
a
path
for
reducing
carbon
emissions
in
san
jose
in
line
with
a
paris
climate
agreement,
and
one
of
the
strategies
in
the
plan
is
creating
jobs
in
san
jose
that
are
transit
accessible
and
which
can
reduce
the
need
for
commuter
car
trips.
C
C
Another
important
plan
adopted
in
2018
by
the
county
board
of
supervisors
was
the
santa
clara
valley
agricultural
plan,
which
its
purpose
is
to
protect
agriculture
lands
as
a
long-term
resource
and
minimize
the
impacts
of
climate
change.
The
plan
identifies
an
agricultural
resource
area
for
the
county,
including
mid
and
south
coyote
valley,
and
lays
out
strategies
to
support
agriculture
and
the
agriculture
industry
in
our
county.
C
Ranches,
let's
see
what
go
back
there:
okay,
so
other
policy
items
to
highlight
our
plan
bay
area
2040..
So
this
was
adopted
in
2017,
which
is
a
it's
a
state-mandated
transportation
and
land
use
plan
developed
by
metropolitan
transportation,
commission
and
abag
association
of
bay
area.
Governments
which
looks
at
how
the
bay
area
region
will
grow
and
identify
strategies
focused
on
creating
really
a
more
sustainable
and
equitable
future
for
our
region
in
plan
bay
area.
C
Most
of
coyote
valley
is
located
within
a
priority
conservation
areas,
and
these
are
identified
as
regionally
significant,
open
space,
also
state
assembly
bill,
948,
authored
by
assembly,
member
ash.
Cholera
was
signed
into
law
in
2019
and
designates
over
17
000
acres
in
coyote
valley,
including
north
mid
and
south,
as
a
resource
of
statewide
significance.
C
Post,
so
speaking
of
you
know,
speaking
of
natural
resources
in
coyote
valley
studies
have
documented
the
ecological
value
of
the
area
for
rare
and
endangered
species,
and
coyote
valley
has
been
identified
as
a
top
priority
for
regional
conservation
efforts,
particularly
because
it's
the
last
intact
valley,
floor
connection
between
the
santa
clara
santa
cruz
mountains
and
the
diablo
mountain
range.
The
general
plan
recognizes
this
and
includes
goals
and
policies
to
minimize
adverse
effects
of
development
on
wildlife
movement.
C
Coyote
valley
also
accounts
for
almost
50
percent
of
undeveloped,
aquifer
recharge
areas
for
silicon
valley
and
based
on
studies
by
the
santa
clara
valley,
water
district,
it's
highly
vulnerable
to
contaminant
releases
due
to
its
shallow
groundwater
depth
and
high
permeability
similar
to
wildlife
linkages.
The
general
plan
includes
policies
to
protect
groundwater
by
discouraging
the
location
of
new
development,
with
the
potential
to
impact
groundwater
quality
in
areas
identified
as
having
a
high
degree
of
aquifer
vulnerability
by
valley,
water.
C
So,
in
addition
to
natural
resources,
coyote
valley
is
also
known
for
its
agriculture
resources.
Much
of
the
valley
is
classified
as
farmland
of
statewide
importance
and
as
having
class
1
soils,
which
is
the
most
productive
soils
for
agriculture.
Major
crops
today
include
hay
asian
vegetables,
mushrooms
and
walnuts.
C
It's
for
uses
that
have
not
much
or
no
real
long-term
investment
like
hay
farming
that
so
again,
the
general
plan
recognizes
these
resources
and
includes
goals
and
policies
to
protect
agriculture,
lands
to
facilitate
production
and
provide
access
to
local
foods,
as
well
as
to
promote
environmental,
fiscal
and
economic
benefits
of
rural
agricultural
lands.
C
E
Evening
before
michael
starts,
just
a
quick
introduction-
I'm
not
michael
I'm
rob
easton,
I'm
the
planning
plan,
division
manager
in
the
county,
nice
to
see
you
all
this
evening
and
recognize
a
few
faces,
and
at
least
one
county
planning.
Commissioner,
that's
on
your
task
force
just
a
few
things.
We're
really
happy
to
be
here
tonight.
We
always
see
the
county
in
a
symbiotic
relationship
to
the
cities.
While
the
cities
are
responsible
for
urban
development
services
to
our
urban
residents,
we
see
ourselves
as
stewards
of
the
land
and
resource
conservation.
E
Our
general
plan,
since
1980
has
focused
on
our
rural
areas
really
for
resource
conservation,
ag,
preservation,
open
space
preservation,
and
really
we
see
ourselves
in
that
symbiotic
relationship
of
stewards
of
those
lands
as
sort
of
an
enveloping
wall
outside
of
the
cities.
I
had
a
special
relationship
with
the
city
over
many
years.
A
lot
of
those
policies
are
embedded
both
in
your
general
plan
and
ours,
and
we
have
a
layer
of
other
agreements
that
reinforce
those
very
happy
united
to
see
the
staff
direction.
E
Cody
valley,
as
you
know,
is
a
special
place
and
for
us,
we've
done
a
lot
of
policies
and
programs
over
the
years
that
look
to
really
sustain
it.
In
long-term
agriculture
and
the
actions
the
city
is
taking
now,
I
think,
will
really
reinforce
and
sort
of
weed
out
some
legacy
issues
we're
dealing
with
in
trying
to
keep
it
in
agriculture.
E
With
that
I'll
hand
it
over
to
michael,
we
really
want
to
present
to
you
kind
of
two
big
things.
One
is
you
know,
what
are
the
investments,
the
county's
doing
into
agriculture
in
cody
valley
and
the
rest
specifically
footy
valley
and
some
of
the
policies
that
we're
making,
and
this
give
you
a
snapshot
of
what's
happening
out
there.
We
really
do
have
folks
out
there
that
every
day
are
doing
farming
in
that
area,
and
you
you
see
the
crops
that
come
to
your
tables,
it's
not
just
theory
and
policy.
E
It's
it's
folks,
actually
getting
out
there
and
working
the
land.
So
with
that
I'll
hand
it
over
to
michael.
F
Thanks
rob
good
evening,
thank
you
to
the
city
staff
and
the
task
force
for
this
opportunity
to
make
a
short
presentation
on
the
county's
work
pertinent
to
this
subject
of
agricultural
preservation
and
viability
in
coyote
valley.
F
F
Earlier
this
year,
the
santa
clara
valley,
or
rather
santa
clara
county
food
systems
alliance,
prepared
a
robust
follow-up
to
the
ag
plan,
focusing
specifically
on
the
challenges
and
opportunities
facing
opportu
operations
on
smaller
parcels
in
the
county
and
back
to
our
general
plan.
We
are
in
the
midst
of
initiating
an
update
that
will
take
climate
change
resiliency
as
one
of
its
focuses
and
in
which
the
preservation
of
working
lands
will
play
a
central
role.
F
So
importantly,
the
counties
work
to
preserve
agricultural
lands
and
their
economic
viability
is
rooted
in
an
interest
to
mitigate
and
adapt
to
our
region's
climate
change
impacts.
The
funding
for
much
of
our
policy
and
preservation
work
thus
far
has
come
from
the
state's
greenhouse
gas
reduction
fund
generated
through
cap
and
trade
auctions,
which
comes
with
an
explicit
nexus
to
reduce
sprawl
development
and
the
incredible
emissions
from
increased
vehicle
miles.
F
Traveled
that
result
analysis
that
we
conducted
as
part
of
our
ag
plan
found
that
specific
to
santa
clara
county,
one
acre
of
farmland,
will,
on
average,
produce
77
times
fewer
emissions
than
the
most
likely
conversion
to
another
use.
This
is
a
dramatic
difference
and
by
and
large,
the
result
of
increased
traffic.
F
Both
the
ag
plan
and
the
small
farms
report
each
found
that
preservation
and
land
access
were
really
the
fundamental
barriers
to
the
sustained
economic
viability
of
farmland
in
our
county.
The
specter
of
development
on
those
farmlands
has
long
resulted
in
short-term
leases,
as
jared
mentioned,
which
results
in
instability
and
disincentivizes
the
investment
and
innovation
in
ag
businesses.
F
This
is
a
difficult
barrier
to
overcome
and
the
county
has
been
working
to
address
the
many
challenges
that
farmers
and
ranchers
face
through
our
implementation
of
the
ag
plan.
To
date,
we've
piloted
an
agricultural
conservation,
easement
program
and
agricultural
resilience
incentive
grant
program
to
fund
carbon
farming
practices
in
the
valley,
most
recently
permit
streamlining
and
expanded
options
for
ag
employee
housing
and
we're
currently
undertaking
the
creation
of
a
farmland
security
zone
and
an
update
to
our
county's
williamson
act.
Guidelines.
F
F
F
I
believe,
sam
thorpe
of
spade
and
plow
one
of
our
relatively
new
small
farms
in
the
valley
in
attendance
here
tonight
and
I
believe,
he'll
be
available
for
any
questions
from
the
task
force
later
on,
and
so
will
myself
and
county
planning
manager
rob
eastwood
be
available
later
on
for
any
questions.
Thank
you.
C
Okay,
so
thank
you
michael
and
rob
so,
as
is
mentioned,
coyote
valley
and
north
coyote
valley,
in
particular,
has
been
planned
for
campus
industrial
uses
for
over
three
decades
with
the
city
osa
and
posts
purchase
of
the
the
937
acres
of
land.
I
mentioned
earlier
for
preservation.
C
To
assist
with
this
work,
staff
brought
on
board
an
economic
consultant
strategic
economics
to
conduct,
conduct
an
analysis
of
the
potential
redistribution
of
planned
growth
and
help
identify
strategies
to
accommodate
future
economic
growth
in
san
jose.
The
full
report
was
included
in
task
force
packet
and
dena
belzer.
President
of
strategic
economics,
is
here
tonight
and
is
available
to
answer
questions
from
the
task
force
on
the
report.
C
If
employment
users
located
in
north
coyote
valley
today,
it
would
be
industrial
based
industries
that
typically
occupy
more
your
horizontal
building
types
such
as
manufacturing
transportation
and
warehouse
housing
uses
based
on
the
interviews
with
industrial
developers.
The
the
market
demand
in
coyote
valley
is
really
what
we
found
was
primarily
for
large-scale
logistics
buildings
for
warehousing
and
distribution,
since
these
types
of
users
are
increasingly
focused
on
last
mile
delivery
logistics.
C
C
C
However,
at
the
same
time,
you
know,
steph
really
wants
to
stress
the
importance
of
protecting
industrial
employment
lands
in
our
urbanized
areas
of
the
city
to
ensure
that
that
san
jose
is
economically
balanced,
particularly
in
providing
middle
wage
jobs
for
san
jose
workers.
C
So,
with
that
getting
to
staff's
recommendation
for
north
coyote
valley,
considering
the
natural
and
agricultural
resources
in
coyote
valley
and
the
significant
policy
shifts
that
have
changed
the
planning
context,
probably
the
most
significant
being
measure
t
in
the
purchase
and
preservation
of
937
acres
in
north
carolina
valley,
as
well
as
the
current
market
conditions
for
industrial
uses
on
the
remaining
developable
lands
staff
is
proposing.
Eight
recommendations
related
to
north
coyote
valley,
including
reallocating
all
35,
000
jobs
and
removing
north
coyote
valley,
is
an
employment
lands.
C
Growth
area
in
the
general
plan,
in
conjunction
staff,
recommends
to
change
the
land,
use
designations
of
the
properties
purchased
through
measure
t
from
industrial
park
to
open
space
park,
lands
and
habitat
and
change
the
land
use
designations
of
properties
not
already
developed
with
industrial
uses
from
industrial
park
to
agriculture
and
public
quasi
public
in
the
case
of
gavilan
college's
site
properties
would
also
be
rezoned
as
needed
to
align
with
the
appropriate
general
plan.
Land
use
designations.
C
Only
if
the
office
buildings
includes
manufacturing
or
logistics
space
so
shifting
to
mid-coyote
valley,
as
I
mentioned
earlier
in
the
presentation,
mid-coyote
valleys
is
designated
as
an
urban
reserve
in
the
general
plan.
It's
not
planned
for
urban
development
through
2040
through
the
lifetime
of
the
general
plan.
The
loud
uses
in
the
urban
reserve
currently
are
primarily
agriculture
and
the
areas
is
again
located
it's
outside
of
the
city's
urban
service
area
and
is
mostly
unincorporated,
meaning
it
is
not
inside
the
city's
jurisdictional
boundary
most.
C
So
moving
along
to
our
recommendations
for
mid
and
south
coyote
valley,
with
staff's
recommendation
to
remove
the
north
coyote
valley,
employment
lands
area
from
the
general
plan,
it
leaves
a
large
physical
divide
or
disconnect
between
mid-coyote
valley
and
the
urban
extent
of
san
jose
staff
is
also
you
know,
basing
our
recommendations
off
of
the
general
plan's
goals
and
policies
on
rural
agriculture
and
opportunities
to
better
align
the
city
and
county's
regulations
consistent
with
actions
in
the
santa
clara
valley
agricultural
plan.
C
The
overlay
is
proposed
to
be
applied
to
properties
that
have
an
existing
or
proposed
agriculture.
Land
use,
designation
that
are
within
north
mid
or
south
coyote
valley
and
are
inside
the
city's
jurisdictional
boundary,
and
this
is
also
proposed
to
be
applied
to
properties
within
mid
and
south
coyote
valley
that
are
outside
of
the
city's
jurisdictional
boundary,
but
are
zoned
exclusive
agriculture
under
the
county.
Zoning
ordinance,
which
again
sets
a
minimum
lot
size
of
40
acres.
C
So
so
that
concludes
staff
presentation
for
agenda
item
four
david.
If
it's
okay,
I'll
just
I'll,
move
right
in,
go
directly
into
agenda
item
five,
which
is
the
redistribution
of
planned
growth,
and
then
we
can
open
it
up
for
for
public
comment
test
for
this
discussion,
it
sounds
sounds
good,
we'll
proceed.
B
And
let
me
just
remind
the
task
force
again:
these
are
separate
items
we'll
have
separate
discussions
and
votes
on
each
of
these,
but
it's
just
it's
not
given
the
the
zoom
meeting
that
we're
doing.
I
think
this
is
going
to
be
the
most
efficient
way
to
do
the
staff
presentation
and
afford
public
comment.
C
Thank
you
david,
so
so
several
of
the
the
four
year
again.
So
this
this
item
is
is
on
a
plan
redistribution
of
plan
growth
and
so
several
the
four-year
review
scope,
scopo
work
items
involved,
shifting
of
plan
growth
capacity
in
the
general
plan
that
includes
items
related
to
urban
village
implementation,
residential
uses
in
neighborhood,
business
districts,
shifting
planned
housing
capacity
to
downtown
and,
of
course,
the
previous
item
related
to
planned
jobs
in
north
coyote
valley.
C
So,
regarding
proposed
shifts
of
housing
to
downtown,
which
is
one
of
the
scope
of
work
items
approved
by
council.
So
downtown,
is
it's
a
really
a
key
focus
area
for
the
city?
It's
it's.
The
only
specific
location
that
has
its
own
major
strategy
in
the
general
plan
that
lays
out
a
vision
to
continue
growth
and
intensification
is
both
an
employment
center
and
a
urban
residential
hub
that
you
know
that
also
brings
together
cultural
activities,
dining
and
entertainment,
and
really
in
public
life.
Two
key
planning
processes
currently
underway.
C
C
The
downtown
west
project
proposes
to
increase
general
plan
development
capacity
in
the
downtown
by
557
residential
units
and
the
dsap
amendment
process.
That's
evaluated
the
potential
increase
in
development
capacity
within
the
deerdon
station
area,
boundary
outside
of
downtown
west
and
determined
that
up
to
7044
units
could
be
accommodated
at
maximum
build
out
so
based
on
the
on
the
capacity
study
completed
as
part
of
the
dsap
amendment
process
and
proposed
development
as
part
of
the
downtown
west
mixed
use.
C
Project
staff
is
proposing
to
shift
approximately
12
600
units
from
horizon
two
and
three
urban
villages
to
downtown
to
support
the
growth
and
placemaking
vision
in
the
deodon
station
area
and
the
greater
downtown
after
the
proposed
housing
unit
shifts
and
taking
into
account
projects
already
entitled
in
downtown
and
assuming
that
the
downtown
west
project
is
also
entitled
there.
Would
that
would
leave
over
12
000
units
available
for
entitlement
in
in
the
downtown
staff
believes.
C
I
also
want
to
note
that
a
staff
updated
made
some
updates
to
attachment
j
of
your
packet
prior
to
the
meeting,
which
is
we've
also
posted
online.
We
realized
that
some
of
the
horizon-
2
urban
village
shift,
the
proposed
horizon
2
urban
village
shifts
were
not
reflected
on
the
table
and
that
has
now
been
updated
for
you.
C
C
So
the
last
of
staff's
recommendations
tonight
is
to
create
a
pool
with
the
residential
units
planned
for
former
horizon
3
neighborhood
urban
villages,
which
are
highlighted
there
in
yellow
on
the
map.
On
the
slide,
the
pool
would
allow
proposed
residential
and
mixed-use
residential
projects
in
neighborhood
villages
to
pull
from
an
approximately
2500
unit
planned
residential
pool
across
20
villages.
C
B
Okay,
so
they
are
separate,
there's
some
in
a
relationship
between
those
two
items,
I'm
sure
there's
many
task
force
members
who
are
eager
eager
to
ask
questions
or
begin
the
discussion,
but
I'm
going
to
ask
you
to
be
patient
and
wait,
because
what
we're
going
to
do
at
this
point
is
go
to
a
public
comment.
B
Part
of
the
reason
of
combining
these
things.
The
two
items
was
to
give
people
in
the
public
who
wait
here
patiently
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
both
of
them
without
having
to
wait
for
one
discussion
to
conclude,
which
might
take
a
while
to
then
have
the
opportunity
to
comment
on
the
second
item.
So
that's
why
we're
doing
it
this
way.
B
I
want
the
task
force
again
to
know
that
we
will
have
separate
discussions
on
those
we'll
take
those
up
separately
and
before
we
turn
to
the
public
comment,
as
it
is
noted
on
the
webpage
for
our
task
force.
We've
gotten
quite
a
bit
of
correspondence
on
that
on
this
issue:
correspondence
from
our
own
task
force,
members,
megan,
fluke,
vince,
rocca,
marjorie,
matthews,
margie
matthews
and
over
50
letters,
including
a
combination
of
114
letters
in
support
of
the
staff
comment.
So
I
just
wanted
that
to
be
part
of
the
record.
B
E
Yes,
all
right
well,
if,
if
anyone's
interested
in
speaking,
go
ahead
and
praise
the
press,
the
raise
hand
button
at
the
bottom
of
your
screen
and
if
you've
called
in
go
ahead
and
press
star
9
if
you'd
like
to
speak,
and
so
let's
get
started.
So
for
let's
see
for
the
first
speaker,
we
have
charlene,
you
may
unmute
yourself
and
speak
a
good
evening
task
force
members.
My
name
is
charlene
nishma
chairwoman
of
the
mwak
maloney
tribe
of
the
san
francisco
bay
area.
We
strongly
support
staff's
recommendations.
E
Our
tribe
is
comprised
of
all
the
known
surviving
american
indian
lineages
aboriginal
to
the
san
francisco
bay
region.
We
have
been
on
these
lands
lands
made
sacred
by
the
blood
of
our
ancestors
for
thousands
of
years,
and
today
our
people
still
reside
in
our
aboriginal
territories,
which
we
are
connected
to
in
a
spiritual
way.
E
E
Hi,
thank
you
for
the
meeting
tonight
when
you
put
two
items
together.
I
understand
your
efficiency,
but,
but
you
know
people
do
will
want
to
talk
on
these
items,
maybe
in
the
future.
If
you
allow
two
minutes
30
seconds
or
three
minutes
to
combine
both
items
to
allow
people
to
speak,
maybe
that
can
be
an
idea
to
help
as
well
about
the
planning
ideas
of
your
of
the
last
item
you
just
talked
about.
E
I
I
wanted
to
note
to
yourselves
that
the
mtc
is
is
gearing
up
themselves
to
consider
new
ways
to
talk
about
vli,
very
low
income,
extremely
low
income
and
mixed
income,
housing
ideas
and
how
that
can
balance
with
your
urban
village
plans
and
your
plans
for
downtown
and
just
you
know,
overall
housing,
affordable
housing
plans,
how
that
can
balance
itself.
E
I
think
I'm
guessing
in
the
next
few
months
and
years,
so
I
thought
I'd
just
give
you
a
heads
up
on
that,
so
good
luck
to
new
practices
and
what
we
can
do
with
with
very
low
and
extremely
low
in
mixed
income,
affordable
housing
about
the
coyote
valley
issues.
I
work
on
accountability
with
technology.
E
There's
a
great
future
in
that
and-
and
you
know,
open
accountable
practices
with
technology
and
open
guidelines
do
a
lot
and
that's
there's
going
to
be
technology
issues
in
coyote
valley,
and
I
wanted
to
make
yourselves
aware
of
its
of
the
good
practices
that
and
open
public
policy
ideas
that
can
go
with
that
and
the
the
davis
area
has
has
developed
some
really
good
practices.
I
invite
yourselves
to
look
into
and
with
measure
t
funding,
public
oversight,
ideas,
think
of
technology
oversight
as
well.
It's
important
purpose
thanks.
B
I
think
jessica
who's.
Our
next
caller
just
see
a
phone
number.
E
D
Good
evening
sierra
club
loma
paradise
chapter
thanks
staff
for
their
scientifically
and
economically
researched
and
well-planned
recommendations,
and
we
urge
you
to
move
them
forward.
So
many
pieces
of
the
puzzle
come
together
to
revitalize
our
walkable
downtown
communities,
leap
forward
with
our
vmt
reduction
strategies
and
climate,
smart
global
leadership
and
even
a
silicon
valley.
F
Thank
you
hi.
Can
you
hear
me?
Yes?
Yes,
sorry,
thank
you.
So
my
name
is
justin.
Wang
with
rebuilt
alliance.
Greenbelt's
alliance
is
an
environmental
nonprofit
that
encourages
the
protection
of
open
space,
as
well
as
directing
development
and
growth
into
our
existing
communities
to
promote
climate
resilience.
First
of
all,
thank
you
to
staff
for
your
tremendous
work.
This
recommendation
is
nothing
less
than
a
historic
moment
for
san
jose
and
our
communities
that
will
benefit
from
the
protection
of
coyote
valley.
F
As
you
may
well
know,
california
is
the
state
with
the
most
people
currently
living
in
the
wildlife
wildland
urban
interface,
where,
as
it
so
happens,
is
where
wildfire
problems
are
most
pronounced.
We
simply
cannot
afford
to
allow
more
development
in
the
wui
where
people's
lives
are
at
greater
risk
of
being
lost
due
to
climate-driven
wildfire
disasters.
We
know
across
the
region
that
we
desperately
need
more
housing
and
have
advocated
advocated
accordingly,
but
it
must
be
climate.
Smart,
housing
building,
new
development
in
the
wee
is
putting
people
in
harm's
way.
F
At
a
time
when
we
know
climate
impacts
across
the
bay
area,
like
wildfires,
are
only
getting
worse
in
conjunction
with
the
smoke
heat
waves,
floods
and
other
climate
challenges
that
we've
seen
in
the
last
few
years,
it
has
never
been
clear
that
these
hazards
must
be
planned
around.
Furthermore,
as
we've
seen,
the
ecological
and
cultural
value
cannot
be
overstated
task
force
members
by
voting
to
adopt
the
staff
recommendations.
As
stated
in
their
memo,
you
are
contributing
to
a
safer,
better,
more
climate,
smart
bay
area
for
generations
to
come.
Thank
you
so
much
for
your
time.
A
Thank
you
good
evening.
My
name
is
sabella
krauss,
president
of
sage.
Sustainable
agriculture,
education
stage
has
led
and
participated
in
landmark
agriculture
and
food
systems,
projects
in
the
coyote
valley
and
city
of
san
jose
for
almost
20
years,
in
collaboration
with
the
city
county
and
numerous
other
agencies,
businesses
and
non-profits.
A
In
turn,
this
vibrant
urban
aid
jag
food
belt
will
help
support
a
renaissance
of
local
circular
economy-based
food
businesses
from
local
food
specialty
shops
in
new
office,
centers,
the
food
and
beverage
makers,
house
and
multi-tenant
multi-story
incubation
centers,
the
food
distribution
and
manufacturers,
using
incentives
to
convert
to
all
electric
fleets
and
operations
and,
as
the
farm
to
family
food
box
showed
shows
when
local
food
assistance
is
sourced.
Locally
benefits
a
crew
to
the
whole
across
the
whole
food
supply
chain
and
planning
for
food
security,
goes
far
beyond
emergency
preparedness
and
encompasses
long-term
resilience.
A
San
jose's
food
economy
has
a
direct
value
of
around
three
billion
dollars
annually
and
an
indirect
value
multiple
times
higher,
which
accounts
for
contributions
to
climate
resilience,
public
health,
culture
and
identity,
and
also
dynamic
and
creative
place.
Protecting
and
investing
in
the
natural
agricultural
and
cultural
resources
of
the
coyote
valley
is
a
critical
first
step.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership.
B
H
Hi,
I'm
ariana
haberman
a
high
school
freshman
from
san
jose
and
part
of
the
youth
contingent
of
mothers
out
front
silicon
valley.
I'm
thrilled
with
the
city
staff's
recommendations
to
preserve
coyote
valley
to
many
coyote
valley
is
a
place
filled
with
trails,
beautiful
trees
and
home
to
much
wildlife,
but
to
me,
and
so
many
youth
around
san
jose.
It
is
so
much
more
with
the
looming
danger
of
climate
change,
threatening
to
destroy
the
earth.
As
we
know
it.
H
Open
spaces,
like
coyote
valley,
are
very
important
to
absorb
carbon
dioxide
from
the
atmosphere,
so
that
kids,
like
myself,
can
have
a
future.
We
need
as
many
open
spaces
as
possible
to
be
preserved
if
we
want
to
reverse
the
effects
of
climate
change.
In
addition,
coyote
valley
provides
vital
flood
protection
for
our
area.
This
is
important
as
extreme
weather.
Events
like
the
heavy
rains
in
2017
that
flooded
parts
of
san
jose
are
now
occurring
with
increasing
frequency.
H
H
I
know
I
speak
for
many
other
kids
like
me
when
I
say
I'm
excited
for
the
changes
to
come
as
we
build
wiser,
concentrating
development
in
the
urban
core
and
preserve
vital
spaces,
vital
open
spaces
like
coyote
valley
to
protect
humans,
wildlife
and
our
fragile
climate.
Thank
you
for
for
your
service
and
thank
you
for
listening.
B
Thanks
very
much
for
your
comments
tonight
we're
going
to
go
next
to
eli
ziegas,
please
unmute
yourself,
hey.
F
Good
evening
task
force,
my
name
is
eli
ziegas,
I'm
the
food
and
agriculture
policy
director
at
spur
and
I'll
be
brief.
We
are
here-
or
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
spur
to
wholeheartedly
endorse
the
recommendations
of
staff.
That's
before
you,
I
agree
with
one
of
the
previous
commenters.
This
is
a
historic
pivot
and
change
in
vision.
F
It's
a
long
time
coming
and
it'll
benefit
san
jose
for
a
long
time
also
want
to
give
a
special
recognition
and
commend
the
staff
for
of
the
city
coordinating
with
the
staff
of
the
county.
That,
too
is
a
step
that
many
other
jurisdictions
fail
to
do,
and
san
jose
in
coordinating
cross
jurisdictionally,
I
think,
is
showing
a
model
of
what
we
need
in
a
lot
of
other
places.
So
I
hope
you'll
embrace
all
the
recommendations
that
have
been
put
before
you
and
look
forward
to
seeing
the
resolution
tonight.
Thanks.
B
I
You
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
the
markeisy
family
this
evening.
I
hope
that
you've
all
had
time
to
read
the
february
24th
letter
from
the
marchese
family,
aka
cherry
orchard,
tenancy
they
own
the
largest
undeveloped
parcel
in
the
south
coyote
area.
It's
about
220,
acres,
adjacent
to
the
relatively
new
sobrato
high
school
and
its
play
fields.
I
The
marche
family
is
in
the
city,
while
the
vast
majority
of
the
land
in
south
coyote
is
under
the
jurisdiction
of
the
county,
as
the
letter
suggests.
Now
that
large
swaths
of
swaths
of
north
coyote
have
been
acquired
by
open
space
agency,
there
is
a
new
paradigm
for
the
valley
that
can
now
be
explored.
I
I
I
This
leads
us
to
the
conclusion
that
more
analysis
should
be
undertaken
by
the
staff
before
there
are
any
recommendations
regarding
land
uses
in
south
coyote.
I
would
point
out
that,
over
the
course
of
the
task
force,
discussions
on
topics
that
you
have
been
presented
with
many
of
you
raised
other
policy
issues
that
that
you
wish
to
pursue
staff
indicated
that
the
work
and
recommendation
had
to
be
guided
by
the
direction
of
the
city
council,
and
thus
you
were
not
permitted
to
expand
these
issues
now.
I
Apparently,
staff
has
decided
it's
okay
to
include
its
own
recommendation
on
south
coyote,
notwithstanding
that
the
council's
direction
did
not
include
the
specific
topic.
We
would
therefore
ask
that
you
refrain
from
voting
on
the
staff's
recommendation
related
to
lance
and
south
carolina.
This
issue
needs
more
thorough
and
thoughtful
analysis
before
changes
could
be
proposed.
Thank
you.
B
Thanks
very
much
our
next
speaker
is
rebecca.
Haberman.
Excuse
me,
edward
burke,
edward
berg,
mr
berg,
we've
gotten
some
letters
from
you
go
ahead
and
speak.
Please
thank
you.
I'm
wavered.
J
Representing
the
families
who
own
126
acres
in
north
coyote
valley,
their
land
is
labeled
as
remaining
developable
properties
and
attachment
c,
but
staff's
recommendation
would
turn
them
into
undevelopable
properties
and
leave
them
without
any
economically
beneficial
use.
We
respectfully
see
these
issues
with
the
overview,
memo
and
staff's
recommendation.
J
First,
there's
no
analysis
of
the
economic
impacts
to
these
property
owners
or
the
impacts
on
their
property
rights.
Second,
nearly
60
percent
of
the
city's
workforce
do
not
have
college
degrees,
removing
35,
000
middle-income
jobs
from
north
coyote
valley
and
adding
50
000
paper.
Jobs
to
downtown
high-rises
will
massively
impact
job
diversity
and
turn
the
city's
back
on
those
who
seek
and
need
these
middle-income
jobs
staff
could
only
identify
one
single
56-acre
parcel
outside
of
north
coyote
valley
in
the
entire
city,
as
appropriate
in
size
and
designation
to
support
new
industrial
jobs.
J
Third,
while
interviews
with
some
developers
were
conducted,
no
one
interviewed
the
developer,
who
is
currently
under
contract
to
buy
these
north
coyote
valley
properties
for
industrial
development.
Fourth,
agricultural
use
of
these
properties
is
not
economically
viable.
Staff's
recommended
new
vision
for
coyote
valley
is
that
it
should
be
preserved.
As
a
resource
for
the
community,
if
the
community
wants
to
turn
these
developable
properties
into
a
community
resource,
the
community
needs
to
buy
them.
J
B
Thank
you,
mr
burg.
The
next
speaker
is
rebecca,
haberman
rebecca
you
can
go
ahead
and
unmute
yourself.
K
K
First
and
foremost,
coyote
valley
is
an
important
carbon
sink
which
absorbs
carbon
out
of
the
atmosphere.
Second,
it's
a
flood
plain
that
absorbs
excess
rain,
providing
vital
flood
protection
for
san
jose,
preserving
it
contributes
to
a
livable
future
by
enhancing
both
climate
mitigation
and
climate
resilience.
K
Also,
coyote
valley
is
the
last
intact
valley,
floor
connection
between
the
santa
cruz
mountains
and
the
diablo
range.
It
therefore
serves
as
a
crucial
wildlife
corridor
for
many
different
animals.
In
addition,
the
coyote
valley,
open
space,
offers
many
opportunities
for
recreational
walks
hikes
and
runs
my
family
frequencies
area.
K
It
is
only
a
20
minute
drive
for
me
to
enjoy
a
walk,
soak
up
the
natural
beauty
and
rejuvenate
my
spirit,
while
my
daughter
runs
the
hilly
four
mile
loop,
I'm
proud
to
live
in
a
city
with
climate,
smart
goals,
to
reduce
per
capita
vehicle
miles
traveled
and
protect
our
precious
open
spaces
by
focusing
jobs
and
dwellings
in
urban
growth
areas.
Please
vote
to
approve
the
recommendations
to
protect
coyote
valley
and
other
open
spaces.
Our
children
are
counting
on
us
to
preserve
these
irreplaceable
lands,
so
they
can
enjoy
their
benefits
for
years
to
come.
B
L
Evening
task
force
members,
so
I'm
a
property
owner,
ed
berg,
actually
is
you
just
heard
from
he
represents
us.
So
my
father,
my
grandfather,
purchased
our
properties
50
years
ago
and
with
the
intention
of
it
is
an
investment
and
for
development.
L
So
we're
two
of
the
teal
colored
properties
that
are
near
the
intersection
of
bailey
and
santa
teresa.
Were
our
labeled
developable
remaining
developable
parcels
in
your
presentation.
There's
really
three
points
that
I
just
want
to
make
first.
Is
there
is
no
economic?
There
is
no
economic,
beneficial
use
for
agriculture
in
50
years
of
land
ownership.
Our
rents
are
so
low,
it
doesn't
even
cover
the
property
tax
and
we've
absorbed
these
losses,
holding
these
properties
as
an
investment.
L
And
third,
you
know
my
other
comment
would
be
that
not
all,
although
these
goals
that
you're
putting
forward
are
great
and
lofty
for
the
valley,
not
all
properties
are
the
same
for
achieving
these
goals.
Our
properties
are
outside
the
floodplain,
so
we're
not
important
to
flood
control,
we're
not
part
of
any
animal
migration
paths
and
that's
per
your
own
study
or
for
the
study
of
the
linkage,
the
coyote
valley,
linkage
assessment
and
we're
not
in
we're
not
a
habitat
for
endangered
species
and
that's
been
borne
out
by
other
studies.
B
I
Audio
coming
through
yes,
great,
thank
you.
My
name
is
neil
sharma
with
post,
I'm
the
wildlife
linkages
program
manager,
I'd
like
to
express
appreciation
for
the
staff
recommendations
for
zoning
and
land
use.
Changes
in
coyote
valley,
coyote
valley
is
truly
a
unique
and
irreplaceable
resource
for
the
wildlife,
habitat
and
ecological
connectivity.
It
provides
between
large
areas
of
core
habitat
and
the
adjacent
mountain
ranges.
I
We
know
that
connectivity,
including
the
ability
for
wildlife
to
find
resources,
is
essential
to
promote
adaptation
to
a
changing
climate
and
environment,
as
well
as
to
promote
recovery
of
natural
communities
following
events
such
as
wildfire
as
the
science
on
these
issues
grows.
The
urgency
becomes
more
and
more
apparent.
I
This
past
april,
the
california
fish
and
game
commission
decided
to
consider
the
mountain
lions
in
our
area
as
candidates
for
listing
under
the
state
endangered
species
act.
This
is
based
on
research
that
found
a
lack
of
genetic
exchange
between
neighboring
populations
being
largely
attributed
to
habitat
fragmentation
at
the
landscape
scale.
I
So
this
example
underscores
the
importance
of
conserving
coyote
valley
as
a
last
chance
and
a
living
linkage
to
support
biodiversity
in
the
valley
floor
and
throughout
the
region.
Much
of
the
ecological
value
is
in
the
scale,
quality
and
the
diversity
of
habitat
across
the
landscape.
So
the
specifics
of
land
use
throughout
the
valley
floor
and
the
adjacent
foothills
will
have
a
strong
influence
on
ecological
integrity
when
we
consider
pressures,
including
direct
habitat
loss
degradation
emanating
from
noise
light,
other
pollutants
and
vehicular
traffic.
I
This
is
increasingly
important
to
consider
as
more
of
the
valley
is
protected
and
development
under
current
zoning
would
contribute
to
increased
habitat
fragmentation
that
would
have
broad
and
far-reaching
environmental
impacts.
So
the
staff
recommendations,
if
adopted,
would
be
a
major
milestone
to
recognize
and
protect
the
unique
values
and
benefits
that
coyote
valley
provides.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
Thank
you,
mr
sharma.
Our
next
speaker
is
robert
chapman
wood,
and
we
do
have
several
letters
from
you.
Mr
wood,
so
certainly
you're
welcome
to
use
the
full
two
minutes
but
feel
free
to
bring
up
points
that
you
haven't
already
brought
up
in
in
your
letters
as
well.
E
Thank
you
very
much.
I
deeply
appreciate
the
chance
to
talk.
I'm
really
concerned
by
the
staff's
assertion
that
it's
climate
smart
to
overturn
the
whole
of
the
urban
reserve,
designation
in
mid-coyote
valley
before
we
have
a
real
program
and
policy
and
plan
to
address
the
housing
problem
around
here.
E
E
L
B
B
Thanks
miss
mckenzie
and
thanks
for
your
work
on
behalf
of
the
open
space
authority,
we're
going
to
go
next
to
chris
cruz,
go
ahead
and
unmute
yourself
hi.
Can
you
hear
me.
M
Sure
yeah
great,
thank
you
very
much
for
the
opportunity
to
comment.
I'm
the
department
chair
of
the
west
valley
college
park
management
program
and
for
the
last
51
years
we've
supported
open
space
and
parks
protection
in
the
in
the
santa
clara
valley,
and
we
clearly
support
the
staff
recommendations
for
the
coyote
valley.
M
It's
important
that
the
natural,
the
cultural
and
the
agricultural
resources
that
we
have
in
the
valley
are
protected,
and
it's
also
going
to
provide
opportunities
for
employment
as
well,
because
there'll
be
a
need
for
providing
protection
for
these
lands
and
you'll
need
employees
to
do
that,
and
we
have
students
that
have
been
serving
in
our
community
for
all
those
51
years,
and
we
want
to
continue
to
do
that.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
talk
and
we
support
the
staff
recommendations.
J
Hello,
david
good
evening,
task
force
members
long
time,
no
see
for
many
of
you.
I
have
submitted
a
couple
of
letters
to
the
task
force
and
I
I
figured
out
that
I
don't
need
to
repeat
that,
as
the
chair
has
repeatedly
said.
So
I
just
have
a
couple
of
comments
to
make.
First,
the
staff
recommendation
on
north
coyote
is
is
unfair
to
the
families
that
now
have
the
opportunity
to
put
jobs
on
their
lands
under
the
existing
designations.
J
You
heard
from
ed
berg
there's
a
letter
he
submitted
on
the
on
the
constitutional
questions
and,
of
course
it
not
only
is
unfair
but
unconstitutional
to
deprive
these
property
owners
of
their
property
rights
unless
proper
compensation
is
paid.
The
third
point
is
that
it's
not
necessary
to
deprive
these
people
of
their
property
rights.
J
A
few
hundred
acres
out
of
the
7
000
and
coyote
could
be
used
for
jobs
to
help
fund.
The
vision
that
you
have
for
a
coyote,
an
expensive
vision
and
development
on
a
few
hundred
acres
could
go
a
long
ways
towards
making
it
possible
to
do
everything
else.
You
want
to
do
in
in
coyote
valley
with
that.
Thank
you
and
good
luck
to
you.
E
We
work
to
promote
the
enjoyment,
understanding
and
protection
of
birds
in
our
region,
and
we've
been
fighting
for
the
preservation
of
kaori
valley
and
its
220
bird
species
for
decades.
Staff
recommendations
are
a
reason
for
celebration.
They
provide
protection
of
the
valley
with
its
beauty,
its
habitat
and
its
species.
E
E
B
E
The
staff
have
shown
a
way
for
san
jose
to
get
it
right,
the
first
time
in
coyote
valley
and
embrace
the
benefits
of
a
natural
flood
plain
before.
Even
building
on
it,
I
asked
the
task
force
members
to
support
the
staff
recommendations
for
jobs
to
be
moved
out
of
kaida
valley
and
to
protect
this
land.
Thank
you.
E
Good
evening
I'm
linda
ruthruff,
I'm
the
environmental
advocate
for
the
santa
clara
valley,
chapter
of
the
california
native
plant
society.
Cnps
is
dedicated
to
celebrating
our
rich
california
native
plant
heritage
and
preserving
it
for
future
generations.
E
We
have
been
working
to
protect
coyote
valley
for
decades.
The
bay
area
is
a
biodiversity
hot
spot.
We
have
more
species
in
our
area
than
many
other
places
have
in
an
entire
state,
but
every
day
we
lose
more
habitat
to
development
and
to
channelize
flood
control,
and
every
time
we
lose
habitat
the
species
that
depend
on
that
particular
niche
move,
one
step
closer
to
permanently
disappearing
from
our
landscape.
E
E
N
Yeah
that
was
correct.
Thank
you
so
much.
This
is
stacey
sheet,
I'm
I'm
speaking
on
behalf
of
assembly
member
ash
cora,
who
actually
supported
a
joint
letter
signed
by
his
assembly
senate
colleagues,
we're
calling
for
the
task
force
members
to
support
staff
recommendations
related
to
coyote
valley,
outlining
changes
that
would
be
consistent
with
the
state's
decision
to
establish
the
county
valley
conservation
program
through
ab-948
and
I
know,
was
mentioned
earlier
last
year,
ab-948
was
introduced
by
assemblymember
kara,
which
was
signed
into
law.
N
As
many
of
you
know,
assembly
member
kara
has
long
been
fighting
for
preservation
of
coyote
valley
since
2007,
I
believe,
before
he
was
even
on
the
san
jose
city
council.
We
all
know.
Coyote
valley
is
one
of
the
last
remaining
undeveloped
valley,
floors
and
houses.
Hundreds
of
species
both
endangered,
not
endangered.
N
Time
and
again
today
has
to
do
with
you
know:
jobs
bring
jobs
to
our
city,
and
in
no
way
are
we
saying
that
we
don't
believe
in
jobs
and
jobs
are
important,
but
if
you
think
about
it,
I
think
it
was
back
in
2016
when
ash
was
still
on
city
council
panettone
tried
coming
into
with
a
warehouse
project
in
coyote
valley,
and
it
was
only
bringing
a
handful
full
of
jaws.
It
really
wasn't
bring
a
substantial
amount
that
would
make
an
economic
difference.
N
B
All
right
and
please
share
with
assemblyman
kara
our
appreciation
for
his
efforts
on
behalf
of
coyote
valley
will
do.
Thank
you,
okay,
so
just
to
give
a
heads
up
to
the
public
members
present
tonight.
I've
got
three
more
hands
and
we're
going
to
call
on
those
people
shortly.
So
if
you
haven't,
you
want
to
participate
tonight.
K
K
You
know
that's
the
people
that
are
going
to
help
us
move
into
a
you
know
to
even
potentially
have
a
livable
planet,
and
what
my
scientist
husband
was
just
saying
to
me
is
that
you
know
the
property
rights
have
to
be
superseded
with
the
greater
good
for
surviving
a
species
as
a
species
ourselves
and
right
now
he
was
telling
me
my
husband
on
cougar
w
on
youtube.
Is
our
climate
channel
is
that
he
was
saying
that
we
have
lost
two-thirds
of
all
life
on
earth,
since
humans
have
been
in
civilization?
K
You
know
that
we
have
destroyed
two-thirds,
and
now
we
are
into
the
sixth
great
mass
extinction
on
top.
So
that's
the
one-third
left
of
that
of
all
animals
that
are
left
since,
since
we
have
destroyed
everything
and
now
a
million
of
them
are
subject
for
extinction.
That's
the
sixth
great
mass
extinction
and
the
fifth
one.
K
Just
so
you
have
reference
happened
at
the
dinosaur
era,
so
we
are
the
ones
that
are
changing
the
planet
and
we
have
to
start
with
what
we're
doing
and
how
we're
doing
things,
and-
and
it's
not
a
matter
of
slowing
down
our
our
development
and
slowing
down
our
progress,
slowing
down
our
our
destroying
of
nature.
We
have
to
have
a
complete,
stop
and
start.
You
know
bringing
nature
into
our
urban
urban
lives.
That's
what
has
to
happen.
We
have
to
not
only
saves
coyote.
K
We
also
have
to
start
saving
all
open
land
that
is
in
our
our
communities
and
having
all
of
our
open
space
that,
on
our
properties,
become
food
food
production.
As
we
move
towards
a
fossil
fuel
free
future,
we
have
to
have
urban
sustainability,
and
that
needs
to
be
a
new
ordinance.
That
says
any
open
land
needs
to
preserve
and
not
be
developed.
That
has
to
be
added
to
the
issue.
B
All
right
thanks
very
much
with
miss
woodman
c,
okay,
the
next
speaker,
alice
kaufman,
go
ahead
and
unmute
yourself.
I
see
you've
done
that.
G
Yeah
hi
thanks
very
much
good
evening,
chair
and
task
force
members.
This
is
alice
kaufman
legislative
advocacy
director
with
green
foothills.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
comment.
Coydee
valley
is
one
of
two
remaining
wildlife
corridors
in
and
out
of
the
santa
cruz
mountains.
Without
this
critical
habitat
area,
species
such
as
mountain
lions
could
be
cut
off
from
needed
habitat
and
their
populations
could
become
genetically
compromised.
G
Now
the
strategic
economics
report
found
that
the
market
demand
for
industrial
development
in
coyote
valley
is
primarily
for
warehouses
and
distribution.
Centers.
This
type
of
use
would
result
in
constant
heavy
truck
traffic
through
coyote
valley,
particularly
along
monterey,
road,
which
is
already
a
roadkill
hot
spot
where
bobcats,
coyotes,
badgers
and
other
animals
are
hit
and
killed
constantly
there.
The
effect
of
any
industrial
development
in
north
carolina
valley
would
not
just
be
limited
to
these
sites
that
that
is
proposed
on.
It
would
have
a
devastating
effect
on
coyote
valley's
value
as
a
wildlife
corridor
entirely.
G
So
it's
not
the
same
thing
as
just
allowing
some
of
the
property
to
develop.
We
need
to
protect
all
of
it.
It's
not
that
big
concerning
how
many
animals
depend
on
it.
There
are
other
places
for
industrial
development
in
san
jose.
There
is
no
other
pathway
for
these
animals
to
use.
The
fact
is
that
coyote
valley
is
far
more
valuable
to
san
jose
as
open
space
than
his
warehouses
and
open
space
provides
a
variety
of
jobs.
In
addition
to
what
chris
cruz
with
west
valley
college
spoke
about,
there
are
jobs
with
open
space
management
districts.
G
B
Thanks
very
much
miss
kaufman.
The
next
speaker
is
rajini.
H
Hi,
my
name
is
ragini
shinibasin
and
I
am
one
of
the
hub
coordinators
or
leaders
of
sunrise
silicon
valley.
The
sunrise
movement
is
a
coalition
of
youth
across
the
nation
fighting
for
climate
justice
and
political
action
based
in
the
silicon
valley.
We
work
really
closely
with
environmental
organizations
in
our
area,
as
well
as
the
local
government,
and
we
strongly
urge
the
task
force
to
adopt
the
staff
recommendations
for
coyote
valley.
H
Experts
agree
that,
in
order
to
stop
climate
change,
we
need
to
protect
our
open
spaces.
This
reduces
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
not
just
because
we're
allowing
plants
and
soil
to
continue
to
absorb
carbon,
but
also
because
building
in
infill
areas
means
people
will
drive
less
just
right
now.
We
are
first
hand
seeing
the
detrimental
effects
of
climate
change
with
fires
raging
across
california.
H
As
we
speak,
droughts
draining
our
water
supply
in
our
agriculture
industry,
hurricanes
ravaging
the
east
coast,
the
fact
that
it
still
gets
to
90
degrees
fahrenheit
when
we're
almost
in
november
and
as
climate
change
looms
on
us
day
by
day
disproportionately
affecting
our
low-income
communities
and
our
communities
of
color.
Our
environment
is
not
something
dispensable
on
which
we
can
compromise.
H
L
I've
been
in
the
coyote
valley
myself
for
77
years.
I
have
been
involved
in
the
history
of
land
use
in
all
the
years
since
our
land
was
annexed
to
the
city
of
san
jose
and
zone
since
1959,
that's
61,
plus
years,
as
stated
in
the
staff's
history
of
land
use
in
coyote
valley,
and
they
did
a
very
good
job
under
virtual
meeting
number
nine.
At
attachment
b.
L
However,
I
was
involved
in
many
studies
from
gp75
until
coyote
valley's
specific
plan
2002
yet
was
not
allowed
to
be
on
this
committee,
especially
me,
being
a
resident
and
private
landowner
in
the
valley
vacant
in
the
history
were
the
annexations
of
1959,
riverside,
1b
and
1966
riverside
24.
L
purpose,
as
stated
in
writing
for
the
territory
was
to
procure
municipal
services
and
advantages
such
as
police,
fire
street
public
works
service,
municipal
zoning
planning
or
any,
and
all
municipal
services
and
facilities,
which
would
become
available
to
the
territory
upon
its
annexation
to
the
city
of
san
jose,
a
written
contract
between
the
city
and
my
family.
In
closing,
as
a
young
boy,
I
asked
my
grandpa:
why
did
he
come
to
america?
His
answer
was
to
buy
a
second
pair
of
shoes
to
earn
them,
I'm
here
to
protect
that
second
pair
of
shoes.
B
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
sasso,
that
the
next
speaker
and
last
speaker
I
have
is
norm.
Mataoni.
B
Go
ahead
and
unmute
yourself.
B
Your
microphone
is
still
showing
as
being
muted.
There
you
go.
K
As
you
move
down
the
roadway
all
the
uses:
industrial,
commercial,
some
farming,
rv
parks,
residences,
you
have
the
railroad
tracks
on
the
west,
you
have
the
coyote
creek
that
obviously
needs
to
be
protected
on
the
far
east
and
in
between
along
the
corridor.
You
have
these
properties
that
deserve
a
specific,
steady
and
distinction
from
the
rest
of
the
valley.
B
B
First
part
is
going
to
be
recommendations
on
the
future
of
coyote
valley
and
that's
going
to
deal
with
the
staff
recommendations
that
start
on
page
17
of
the
overview
memo,
and
so,
if
you
want
to
speak,
go
ahead
and
put
your
hands
up,
I
am
going
to
recognize
because
you
wrote
letters
to
the
the
task
force
as
a
whole,
megan
fluke
and
then
margie
matthews
in
regard
to
emotions
or
questions
that
you
may
have.
B
We
have
a
pretty
full
attendance
actually
tonight
and
to
split
it
like
we've
done
in
prior
nights,
it
I'm
not
sure
it's
the
best
for
way
to
conduct
the
meeting
with
this
kind
of
medium.
So
I
want
everyone
to
know
that
I
really
want
to
avoid
anybody
doing
emotion
like
call
the
question,
or
I
want
everybody
to
have
a
chance
to
ask
questions
and
get
clarifications
before
we
vote.
H
Thank
you,
chairman
pandori
fellow
task
force,
members,
staff
and
members
of
the
public.
First
and
foremost,
I
would
like
to
offer
a
land
acknowledgement
to
the
ancestors
and
descendants
of
the
muwekma
ohlone
tribe
they
inhabited
and
stewarded
the
unseated
lands
we
are
discussing
tonight
for
many
thousands
of
years.
H
There
is
very
little,
perhaps
nothing
that
I
can
say
that
hasn't
already
been
said
by
members
of
the
public,
the
county
staff
and
board
of
supervisors,
lafco
staff,
state
officials,
city
staff
and
our
city
council.
This
is
a
historic
moment
that
took
years
of
work
by
many
hundreds
of
people,
no
other
city
in
the
state.
H
More
than
three
and
a
half
billion
dollars
of
public
and
private
investment
has
already
been
spent
to
protect
nearly
500
000
acres
of
the
santa
cruz
mountains
and
the
mount
diablo
range
for
wildlife
and
connectivity
and
coyote
valley
is
a
linchpin
in
this
investment
and
for
the
people
of
san
jose
and
the
greater
santa
clara
valley.
Action
toward
protecting
the
greater
coyote
valley
region
is
a
step
toward
economic
sustainability,
food
security,
biodiversity,
climate
resilience,
flood
protection,
water
quality,
fire
protection
and
environmental
justice.
H
As
you
all
know,
I
submitted
the
motion
that
I
wanted
to
make
tonight
to
the
task
force
yesterday.
I
would
like
to
make
an
amendment
to
that
motion,
especially
after
the
presentation
from
rob,
eastwood
and
michael
meehan
from
the
county.
With
that
I
move
to
have
the
task
force,
adopt
the
10
recommendations.
As
stated
in
the
staff
memo
under
agenda
item
4
sent
on
october
22nd,
additionally,
I
would
like
to
move
that
the
city
requests
the
county,
impose
protections
in
coyote
valley
that
match
or
exceed
the
city's
protections.
B
We
usually
take
seconds
from
people
other
than
the
co-chairs,
so
is
there
a
section
barbie?
Okay.
Second,
thanks.
Second
lots.
B
Yeah
we
have
a
motion
on
the
floor,
so
sean
your
next
stop
sean
miller.
Yes,
thank
you.
B
D
Hi,
it's
harvey
darnell.
I
am
very
supportive
of
this
motion,
but
I
also
am
concerned
about
the
property
rights
of
the
individuals
who
own
property
in
the
area
and
they
may
come
back
and
go
to
court
and
throw
all
this
into
a
great
turmoil.
So
I
want
to
know
what
staff
is
doing
in
terms
of
how
we
can
somehow
compensate
the
current
property
owners.
D
C
Sure
yeah,
I
just
reminded
the
task
force
yeah,
one
of
the
the
fifth
recommendation
on
coyote
valley
related
north
carolina.
Coyote
staff
is
recommending
to
explore
a
credits
program
in
in
parallel
with
those
proposed
land
use,
changes
to
support
not
only
the
further
conservation
actions
in
coyote
valley,
but
then
also
facilitate
development
in
urbanized
areas
of
the
of
san
jose.
D
B
You
thank
you.
Harvey
next
up
is
roberta
moore.
D
I
we
have
to
have
economic
compensation.
That
would
need
to
be
added
for
me
to
vote
for
this,
and
it
cannot
just
be
a
credits
program
number
two.
We
really
need.
I
thought
and
maddioni's
comments
were
really
important.
There's
some
areas
that
are
still
ideal
for
development
and
we
do
need
space
for
adult
the
development.
I
think
those
need
to
be
identified
and
separated
out
and
three.
D
I
think
it's
crucial.
We
identify
the
areas
that
are
needed
for
the
wildlife
corridor
for
the
land,
for
you
know
the
I'm
sorry
the
water
table,
and
things
like
that.
I
thought
tom
foster's
comments
were
really
important
and
should
not
be
ignored.
So
if
there's
not
additions
to
this,
I
will
be
voting
no.
J
Bob
yeah,
thank
you,
I'm
very
excited
about
this
proposal.
This
is
really
something
we've
been
working
on
for
at
least
a
decade.
I
think
staff
did
not
outstanding
job
of
justifying
the
proposal
from
a
a
public
direct
public,
a
government,
a
community,
a
habitat
water,
a
climate
perspective.
I
think
they
did
a
very
thorough
job.
I'd
like
to
highlight
the
importance
of
the
coyote
valley
for
protecting
the
city
from
climate
change.
J
We
have
a
very
valuable
aquifer
there
that
needs
to
be
protected
and,
as
climate
change
goes
on,
we
are
going
to
be
running
into
droughts
and
hotter
weather
and
that
aquifers
can
be
critical.
We
also
need
to
make
sure
we
protect
that
wildlife
corridor
as
habitats
change
from
climate
change.
Animals
are
going
to
need
to
migrate
between
the
santa
cruz
mountains
and
the
diablo
range,
and
we're
also
going
to
see
a
lot
more
fires
they're
going
to
force
their
migration.
J
So
from
an
environmental
perspective
from
a
water
perspective,
this
property
is
critical.
I've
been
fully
in
agreement
with
staff's
recommendations
on
the
north
and
central
coyote.
I
have
some
questions
concerning
the
south
county,
though
I'm
wondering
you
know
really:
what's
our
jurisdictional
preview
is
there?
B
C
Yeah,
so
most
of
south
coyote
valley
is
outside
of
the
the
city's
jurisdiction.
C
So
it's
within
the
county
in
terms
of
the
the
designations
most
of
south
coyote
is
really
aggra
designated
agriculture
or
for
for
open
space
or
open
hillside,
and
so
we're
the
you
know,
staff's,
not
proposing
any
land
use
changes
there.
We
are
proposing,
of
course,
the
application
of
the
overlay
on
on
certain
properties
in
south
coyote
valley,
but
we're
not
we're
not
proposing
any
land
use
changes
and
again,
most
most
of
the
the
area
is
without
outside
of
the
city's
jurisdiction.
Exactly
is.
J
B
J
B
General
plan,
if
I
could
just
intervene,
yeah,
it's
part
of
the
general
plan.
It's
always
been
part
of
the
general
plan
and
our
sphere
of
influence,
and
it's
always
been
non-urban
planning
for
that
area
of
the
city.
That's
one
thing:
that's
been
at
least
somewhat
consistent
over
the
decades,
despite
all
the
different
general
plan,
changes
that
have
occurred
elsewhere.
J
G
E
So,
while
I'm
completely
supportive
of
the
preservation
of
coyote
valley,
I
too
have
concerns
about
property
rights,
lawsuits
and
compensation.
So
I
have
three
questions
for
staff
and
the
first
is,
you
know
how
many
property
owners
are
affected.
G
E
C
The
in
terms
of
the
number
of
property
owners
we
would
have
to
follow
up
on
the
the
exact
number
we
can.
We
can
get
that
information
is
a
follow-up
item
we
have
had.
You
know
discussions
with
some
of
the
the
property
owners
in
the
area
and,
in
terms
of
you,
know,
potential
litigation.
It's
it's
our
staff's
understanding.
You
know
that
the
you
know
proposed
change.
Land
use
change
that
agriculture
would
not
result
in
a
takings.
N
Yeah
it
would,
I
mean,
there's
still
there'd
still
be
an
economic
hang
on
one.
Second,
sorry,
I
have
two
devices
on
yeah,
so
we've
talked
to
our
attorneys
about
this,
and
it's
not
a
takings,
because
there's
still
an
economically
viably
civilian,
it
could
still
be
used
for
agricultural
uses.
Well,
it
may
not
be
the
highest
and
best
use
of
the
land
there
are.
There
are
still
things
that
the
property
could
be
used
for,
and
I
think
the
other
regarding
public
outreach.
N
So
when,
after
a
conclusion
of
the
task
force
process,
we
will
have
community
outreach
and
meetings
for
all
of
the
task
force
recommendations
so
we'll
be
doing
outreach
as
part
of
that
process
before
we
go
to
planning
commissioning
council
with
the
recommendations
of
staff
in
the
task
force.
Thank
you.
If.
B
I
could
follow
up
with
one
of
bonnie's
questions
the
the
issue
of
contracts
for
development.
That's
that's
a
a
matter
between
a
property
owner
and
a
developer.
The
development
still
has
to
conform
to
the
city's
plans,
and
the
plans
currently
for
for
north
coyote
are
very
restrictive
in
terms
of
campus
industrial
development
with
minimum
acre
sizes
of
so
much,
and
I
think
it
was
like
50
acres,
an
average
lot
size
of
100
acres,
there's
nothing
pending
before
the
city
right
now
that
conforms
to
that
is
there.
C
B
B
There's
nothing
on
file,
of
course,
for
the
urban
reserve
right,
correct,
okay,
correct
funny!
Do
you
have
some
any
other
questions.
B
G
B
I've
got
pat
cesado
next
and
I
guess
I
want
everybody
to
know
that.
Pat
tell
me.
If
I'm
remembering
things
right,
you
were
on
the
economic
development
task
force
that
was
appointed
when
there
was
the
initial
planning
for
coyote
valley
weren't.
You.
A
Well,
that,
and
and-
and
I
think
some
of
the
comments
that
have
been
made
this
evening
and
even
by
staff-
it's
very
correct-
I
mean
the
land
use
the
whole
issue
of
employment
lands.
I
mean
that
has
been
seen
north
coyote
for
many
years
as
an
economic
and
economic
opportunity
for
the
city,
and
that
has
been
part
of
the
plan
for
quite
some
period
of
time.
There's
no
question
about
that
as
we
look
at
today
in
the
future
and
where
we're
going
for
tomorrow.
A
So
my
questions,
I
did
have
a
question
and
I
know
staff
had
talked
about
creating
the
credits
program.
I
I
guess
my
question
because
we
clearly
have
heard
from
several
property
owners
remaining
property
owners.
Aside
from
the
already
developed,
and
then
the
measure
t
purchase
plans
that
are
now
down
in
the
north
coyote
empire.
A
But
on
the
credit
program,
is
the
idea
you're
going
to
have
this
program
put
together
very
clear?
The
property
owners
will
understand
exactly
as
well
as
council
when
you
bring
the
recommendations
to
council
for
adoption
for
the
task
force,
work
that
we've
done
and
what
is
the
timeline
for
this
credits
program
to
be
flushed
out.
C
Yeah,
so
with
the
credit
program
we
would,
we
would
seek
direction
from
the
council
on
whether
we'd
further
explore
that
program
in
terms
of
the
timing.
So
when,
when
we
bring
the
four-year
review
task
force
recommendations,
we
would
seek
direction
from
council
on
whether
to
continue
to
explore
this
concept.
Further.
A
So,
okay,
that
causes
me
some
concern,
because
also
what
I've
heard
in
response
to
bonnie's
question
is:
there
has
not
been
an
effort
to
to
literally
to
bring
the
property
owners
in
and
sit
down
and
have
a
conversation
with
them
about
what
the
city
wants
to
do
and
changing
the
debt,
the
designation
on
their
properties-
and
I
think,
that's
unfortunate,
because
we
talk
in
san
jose
all
the
time
about
transparency
and
outreach,
and
these
folks,
some
of
them
we've
heard
this
evening.
I
know
ken
sasso.
A
I've
sat
on
a
number
of
task
groups
myself
with
kim
they've,
been
around.
I
mean
they're
not
unknown
to
san
jose,
so
I
think
it's
really
disappointing
that
there
wasn't
more
effort
to
bring
them
in
go
through.
All
of
this
make
them
fully
aware
of
the
plan,
the
timelines
and
what
and
get
feedback
from
them.
That's
unfortunate.
A
C
Yeah
as
part
of
our
our
recommendation
and
part
of
all
our
recommendations
for
the
the
foia
review,
we
would
be
conducting
a
sequel
analysis,
so
we
would
look
at
what
are
the
impacts
of
of
changing
the
land
use
designations
from
industrial
park
to
agriculture
and
what
those
impacts
would
be
on
the
city
so
on
the
environment.
That
is.
A
C
I
I
don't,
I
know
in
the
last
four
year
review
we
did
receive
direction
on,
not
that
it
our
work
shouldn't
result
in
an
environmental
impact
report.
I
don't
believe
we
receive
that
same
direction
this
time,
but
we
also
we
don't
anticipate
the
changes
that
we
propose
to
result
in
the
need
for
an
eir.
C
We
we
would
need
sequa,
certainly,
but
we
wouldn't
yeah
anticipated
eir
and
a
little
more
information
about
the
credits
program
too.
I
think
you
know
steph
will
you
know
we
hope
to
bring
more
information
about
that
potential
credits
program
to
the
you
know,
best
of
our
ability
to
counsel
when
when
we
get
there
for
them
to
be
able
to
make
a
an
informed
decision,
whether
we
can
you
know
it's
something
that
we
want
to
continue
to
work
on.
If
you
want.
A
A
E
A
Have
a
concern
that
wiping
this
area
out
for
any
kind
of
economic
opportunity
other
than
ag
open
space,
etc.
It's
still
I'm
still
struggling
with
that
this
evening,
and
I
will
be
until
we
finally
vote,
but
I
did
want
to
lay
that
out
and
it
does
cause
me
some
concern
long
term.
In
fact,
I
wanted
to
ask
staff
how
many
acres
of
urban
reserve
will
the
city
of
san
jose
have
if
the
converting
of
land
use
for
the
urban
reserve
and
coyote
happens?
C
A
A
Yeah,
so
really
we
will
be
looking
at
all
future
economic
and
the
existing
urban
service
area.
Urban
growth
boundary,
which
the
other
action
will
be
to
pursue
moving
the
urban
growth
boundary,
and
so
I
will
make
one
overriding
comment:
less
land,
who
will
more
typically
re,
resemble
our
peninsula
cities
of
palo
alto,
menlo
park
mountain
view.
A
Sunnyvale
land
will
get
more
expensive,
which
could
ultimately
ultimately
mean
housing
can
get
more
expensive.
That's
not
to
negate
the
good
things
that
could
happen
by
these
changes,
but
I
think
we
need
to
be
honest
and
we
need
to
acknowledge.
We
will
likely
drive
the
cost
of
housing
up
even
further
by
the
potential
actions
of
our
recommendation
that
the
council
taking
this
action
down
the
road
and
they
make
their
decisions
on
these
recommendations.
B
G
So
I
want
to
thank
them
and
acknowledge
their
hard
work
and
I
do
support
with
one
small
exception,
but
it's
a
significant
one,
especially
for
the
people
involved,
and
I
must
speak
out
on
behalf
of
the
town
of
alviso,
while
the
staff
has
written
out
a
very
thorough
history
of
coyote
valley,
there's
another
history
that
goes
even
farther
back
with
the
city
and
that's
the
one
with
alviso,
because
for
years
alviso
has
been
neglected.
It's
a
very
fragile
environment.
G
It's
been
a
dumping
ground
for
landfills
and
and
a
sewage
treatment
plant
it
it's
prone
to
flooding.
And
many
years
ago
we
got
together
and
put
together
an
alviso
master
plan
to
turn
that
around
to
protect
the
historic
nature
of
albiso
and
to
start
paying
attention
to
its
fragile
environmental
situation.
So
I
would
ask
the
maker
of
the
motion
to
make
a
small
amendment,
and
that
is
to
rather
than
to
reallocate
five
thousand
jobs
to
to
alviso,
just
a
slight
wording.
G
Change
to
to
evaluate,
in
conjunction
with
the
avisa
community,
the
possibility
of
reallocating
it
might
be
just
fine,
but
I
do
not
feel
comfortable
just
reallocating
jobs
to
aviso
without
a
deeper
look
and
without
including
the
people
of
alviso.
So
I
would
ask
the
maker
of
the
motion
to
change
that
wording
a
little
bit,
and
for
these
reasons
the
area
is
prone
to
very
dangerous
flooding,
not
only
for
the
town
of
alviso,
but
for
the
city
of
san
jose,
particularly
the
downtown,
and
it's
only
going
to
get
worse
with
climate
change.
G
It's
a
treasure
of
open
space.
Now
we
finally
acknowledge
we
have
a
marina
there's,
a
wildlife
preserve.
There
are
trails
around
the
bay
and
trails
for
the
creeks
that
go
in
there
and
it
has
unique
historic
resources
that
haven't
really
been
rediscovered
yet
or
paid
any
attention
to.
So
you
know,
for
all
these
reasons,
alviso
is
really.
It
still
remains.
A
hidden
gem.
Its
proximity
to
the
rest
of
the
urban
area
means
that
it
could
really
be
an
asset
for
everyone
in
terms
of
open
space,
recreation
and
historic
resources.
G
So
I
I
really
think,
as
it
makes
its
way
to
the
council,
I'm
not
I'm
not
asking
to
delay
the
process,
but
as
it
works
its
way
to
the
city
council,
that
a
deeper
look
be
taken
at
relocating
these
jobs,
five
thousand
jobs
to
aviso
and
and
that
there
be
some
community
input
into
that.
Because
again
they
have
a
long
history
of
being
ignored
and
shut.
It
aside-
and
I
don't
want
this
to
be
another
bad
chapter-.
B
So
margie
for
clarification,
you
did,
you
did
send
a
letter
to
the
task
force
and
you
put
in
the
the
precise
language
that
you're
looking
for
in
that.
That
would
be
your
request
to
megan
to
amend
the
motion
for
that
particular
language.
G
Yes
and
it's
the
second
reallocate
it's
not
the
the
first
word
in
recommendation,
one
is
reallocate
all
35
000
jobs,
I'm
I'm
fine
with
that.
It's
the
second
reallocate
where
it
says
specifically
reallocate
5000
jobs
to
aviso
I'd
like
to
change
that,
to
evaluate,
in
conjunction
with
the
alviso
community,
the
possibility
of
reallocating
five
thousand
jobs
to
aviso.
C
Sure
yeah,
I
just
just
wanted
to
clarify
and
margie
yeah,
definitely
appreciate
the
the
comments
and
just
that
want
to
clarify
that
the
the
shift
in
jobs,
the
the
5
000
jobs,
wouldn't
result
in
any
changes
to
the
alviso
master
plan.
C
So
you
know
any
any
development
moving
forward
would
still
need
to
be
consistent
with
that
plan,
so
the
the
land
use
regulations
that
are
in
place
at
this
time
would
not
change.
So
we
just
wanted
to
to
provide
that
clarification
for
the
the
task
force.
N
And
to
elaborate
that
on
more
there's,
an
area
along
237,
primarily
east
of
the
alviso
village
and
south
that
is
currently
has
industrial
and
combined
industrial
commercial
land
use
designations
on
it
and
we're
not
proposing
to
expand
or
change
those
landings
designations
in
any
way.
G
B
And
the
many
people
who
seconded
it
is
there
anybody
in
opposition?
I
think
we
need
an
official
second
who
wants
to
be
the
official
second
on
this
one
did
staff
get
that
second
jared
or
jessica
or
keelan?
B
C
I
think
was
it,
I
think
bob
levy,
kulan
or
jessica.
Let
me
know
if
you
you've
got
something
different.
You
had
something
different
on
that.
C
C
B
J
B
Right
recognizing
there
were
other
people
who
seconded
it
as
well,
but
thank
you
bob
just
because
we
have
to
have
a
clear
record
here.
Okay,
let's
keep
going,
we
do
have
a
lot
of
other
comments.
Still
smita
patel
smita.
I
Hey.
Thank
you.
It's
great
to
see
everyone.
I
want
to
thank
staff
for
just
their
extraordinary
work
on
this.
The
memo,
the
thinking
the
vision.
All
of
this
has
just
been
incredibly
impressive.
I
I
want
to
add
you
know.
People
have
already
said
it
so
articulately.
All
the
many
reasons
why
coyote
valley
is
so
important.
I
Just
wanted
to
add
that
it's
important
for
our
mental
health
this
year
has
shown
us
anything
the
need
to
have
open
space
to
be
able
to
get
away
from
it
all
the
need
to
have
greenery
and
open
space
for
our
children.
There's
a
recent
study
that
came
out
that
showed
its
connection
with
higher
iqs
in
children.
I
think
it's
just
so
important
that
we
not
lose
touch
with
that
sense
of
identity
and
place
and
and
the
ancestors
who
lived
here
the
farms
where
our
food
comes
from.
I
So,
in
addition
to
all
the
other
important
roles
that
coyote
valley
plays
for
our
valley,
I
think
that
that
has
to
be
considered.
In
fact,
I
was
remembering
that
when
I
was
growing
up
in
san
jose
people
always
referred
to
san
jose
or
to
san
francisco
as
the
city,
and
it
was
like
what
about
us,
you
know.
Are
we
chop
liver
here?
I
I
have
a
few
questions,
so
one
of
them
is,
I
don't
know
if
michael
meehan
might
be
able
to
answer
this,
but
I
remember
seeing
in
some
of
the
letters
that
agriculture
was
not
really
feasible
or
viable
in
coyote
valley,
and
I
thought
I
saw
something
in
mr
means
presentation
that
said
that
it
actually
was,
and
there
was
just
some
issue
with
availability
of
land.
I
was
wondering
if
that
could
be
verified
or
expanded
on
a
little.
F
Sure
I'm
happy
to
to
respond
our
studies
and
our
outreach
to
farmers
and
ranchers
in
our
county,
as
well
as
the
greater
bay
area
region,
pretty
conclusively
found
that
the
number
one
barrier
to
a
successful
farming
operation
was
access
to
land
and
that
there
is
an
abundance
particularly
of
new
and
emerging
farmers,
immigrant
farmers,
to
this
region
and
that
they
have
training
they
have
experience.
F
We've
got
a
number
of
technical
advisories
through
uc
cooperative
extension,
the
rcds,
etc,
and
that
truly
the
chief
barrier
has
been
their
ability
to
access
land
and
to
afford
land
which
in
large
part,
has
a
high
cost
due
to
the
speculative
valley
value
as
a
result
of
the
prospect
for
development,
and
so
while
every
farming
operation
is
different,
I
would
assert
that,
because
certain
types
of
operations
are
not
successful
in
a
given
area
or
during
a
given
time
period
that
agriculture
in
the
entire
bay
area
is
thriving
and
many
farmers
would
love
to
farm
in
coyote
valley,.
I
That's
useful
to
know.
Thank
you.
I
have
one
more
quick
question.
Please,
and
I
will
plead
ignorance
here.
I'm
I'm
I'm
concerned
too
about
people's
property
rights
and
takings,
and
but
I'm
also
I'm
not
clear
on
land
use
versus
zoning,
and
I
thought
I
read
somewhere
that
this
land
was
already
agricultural
zone
for
agriculture.
I
C
Right
yeah,
good
question
so
that
the
so
the
general
plan,
the
general
plan
land
use
designation,
determines
the
type
of
uses
that
are
allowed
on
a
given
property,
and
then
the
zoning
implements
that
you
know
the
zoning's
gonna,
the
the
general
plan
kind
of
provides
the
broad
category
of
uses.
So
let's
take
a
property
in
north
carolina
valley,
that's
designated
industrial
park,
it
dictates
those
types
of
uses
and
then
the
zoning,
the
zoning
will
set
development
standards.
C
C
C
It
varies
but
yeah
many
of
them
are
zoned
agricultural,
agriculture
and
under
recent
under
state
law
we
would
need
to
rezone
those
properties.
If
we're
changing
the
land
use
designation,
we
need
to
rezone
those
properties
to
be
consistent
with
the
general
plan.
N
Yeah,
it's
actually
very,
very
complicated,
so
there
are,
as
jared
described,
there's
also
just
keep
in
mind
that
the
all
of
coyotes
in
this
in
san
jose
sphere
of
influence,
as
david
pandori
just
mentioned,
and
so
our
general
plan
determines
what
how
you
can
use
that
land.
If
you
want
to
redevelop
or
change
the
use
and
there's
underlying
zoning,
and
sometimes
that
zoning
is
in
the
it's
in
the
city's
city
limits
and
that
zoning
is
consistent
with
the
general
plan.
N
Sometimes
it's
not
there's
also
lands
that
are
in
the
county
technically,
but
are
under
covered
by
our
general
plan
and
the
city's
general
plan
and
the
county.
Zoning
districts
are
often
aligned,
but
not
perfectly
aligned
that
we're
trying
to
align
those.
There
are
properties
in
coyote
valley,
thanks
to
city
manager,
dutch
hammond,
who
who
ken
sasso?
N
Actually,
I
think,
indirectly
talked
about
who,
back
in
the
days
when
san
jose
was
going
vision,
was
to
become
the
los
angeles
of
northern
california
and
expanded
widely,
which
is
why
san
jose
extends
all
the
way
to
morgan
hill.
There
are
properties
that
were
annexed
under
dutch
hammond's
leadership
in
the
50s
and
60s
that
are
zoned
for
single-family
homes,
but
have
an
agricultural
land
use
designation
on
top
of
them.
So
it's
very
it's
pretty
complex,
so
there's
many
different
layers
and
many
different
situations
throughout
the
valley.
B
B
Thank
you.
Let
me
see
michelle
yesny
now.
I
would
think
you
would
have
some
perspective
to
offer
us.
O
Michelle
very
funny,
yes,
can
you
hear
me?
I
can
okay,
yes,
my
history
with
coyote
valley
probably
goes
back
as
far
as
pat
potatoes
and
that
I
was
the
lead
staff
working
on
the
first
land
use
plan
for
coyote
valley
at
a
later
date.
I
was
the
green
belt
alliance
board
of
directors
when
we
were
objecting
to
the
city's
plans
for
coyote
valley.
O
O
O
O
O
However,
this
unfolds-
and
I
would
support
murgy's,
suggested
edition-
I'm
glad
the
maker
of
the
motion
included
it,
because
I
also
agree
that
alviso
is
an
equally
fragile
community,
that
the
city
has
responsibilities
for
having
watched
this
evolution
over
time.
O
Having
been
involved
in
land
use
in
the
city
of
san
jose
for
the
last
well,
god
40
years
can't
be
right.
I
am
nevertheless
very
happy
with
to
support
this.
Yeah
dave
you've
been
around
almost
as
long
yeah,
maybe
not
quite
but
anyway,
so
I
thank
staff
for
what
they
have
put
on
the
label.
I
acknowledge
the
concerns
the
property
owners
have
because
this
is
another
set
of
changes
for
coyote
valley,
but
I
think
for
the
city.
This
is
a
good
set
of
changes
and
thank
you.
That's
it.
B
Thanks
michelle
michael
van
avery,.
L
Michael
thank
you
chair.
I
will
not
be
supporting
the
motion
for
the
reasons
mentioned
for
the
property
ownership
rights.
Additionally,
I
I
find
it
disturbing
that
when
we
started
this
general
plan
ten
years
ago,
in
which
I
was
a
member,
many
many
different
triggers
many
different
dollars.
Planning
many
different
infrastructure
dollars
has
been
spent
in
an
attempt
to
bolster
this
area
as
an
industrial
part
of
san
jose.
L
But
this
is
an
incredible
waste
of
resource
over
the
last
20
25
years,
and
it
just
compounds
it
for
these
property
owners
who
watched
the
bayley
interchange
be
entered.
It
would
be
fast-tracked
by
governor
davis,
with
state
funds
put
in
to
actually
have
a
campus
life
in
this
area
and
now
in
the
world
of
covid,
when
we're
looking
we're
looking
at
our
industrial
areas
and
how
companies
will
expand
in
the
future
we're
going
to
limit
our
ability
for
economic
development.
L
Frankly,
with
a
lot
of
emotion,
I
recognize
there's
a
ton
of
science
that
goes
with
open
space,
but
we
have
thousands
of
acres
protected
with
open
space
in
the
mid-coyote
area.
Again,
we're
a
tremendous
amount
of
planning
dollars
and
resources
at
the
expense
of
property
owners
were
spent
and
essentially
denied
and
and
again
so.
I
support.
I
do
not
support
this
motion.
I
support
the
property
owner
rights,
but
I
also
I
I
can't
in
good
faith,
support
something
that
where
infrastructure
has
been
placed
with
millions
of
dollars.
Thank
you.
B
Thank
you,
michael
juan
estrada.
L
Thank
you.
I
have
a
question
that
I
want
to
clear
up
and
then
I'll
voice
my
opinion.
So
I
hear
the
concerns
about
property
rights
and
my
assumption
and,
as
you
know,
I've
been
involved
in
this
type
of
work
too
long
is.
My
assumption
is
that
this
wouldn't
be
the
first
time
that
the
city
has
changed
the
land
use
designation.
It
wouldn't
be
the
first
time
the
properties
have
been
impacted.
Is
that
the
case.
L
Okay,
all
right,
it
almost
seemed
like
this
might
be
the
very
first
time
and
that
this
would
set
some
kind
of
precedent
and
that
this
would
not
be
anticipated
even
decades
ago.
But
it
sounds
like
it
does
happen.
L
L
I
appreciate
staff's
vision
because
I'm
picturing
that
100
years
from
now
my
descendants
and
yours
will
be
hiking
trails
and
enjoying
nature
just
down
the
road,
and
so
when
I
think
about
the
owners
of
those
properties,
it
seems
like
it
would
be
a
wonderful
legacy
for
their
ancestors,
their
grandparents
whenever
the
land
was
purchased,
to
be
able
to
provide
that
for
the
future.
D
Yeah
I'll
chime
in
here
and
just
say,
for
me,
this
issue
is
really
black
and
white.
We
have
incredible
climate
change
issues
and
we're
talking
about.
I
mean
the
way.
The
way
this
is
being
couched
is
kind
of
pitting
the
environment
against
economic
development
and
jobs,
and
that's
just
a
false
premise.
D
We
can
do
both
and
in
fact
it
is
just
much
more
important
to
be
elevating
the
the
rights
of
of
the
earth
over
individual
property
rights.
I
I
wanted
to
add
that
you
know,
while
I
respect
that
people
make
investments
in
purchasing
property
and
that
we
should
do
our
best
to
you
know,
find
policy
solutions
that
don't
pull
the
rug
out
from
folks
who
make
investments
under
certain
rules.
D
It's
still,
it's
still
in
a
gamble
so,
and
the
last
thing
I
wanted
to
say
was
you
know
in
addition
to
strongly
supporting
this
motion
and
strongly
supporting
our
ability
to
protect
coyote
valley
is
to
ask
megan,
who
I
consider
one
of
the
folks
on
this
task
force,
along
with
a
a
lot
of
other
folks,
to
have
been
leading
this
and
being
and
have
been
paying
attention
to
it
and
being
a
lot
of
being
very
intentional
and
thoughtful
about
what
we
should
be
doing
here.
That
is
this
strong
enough.
D
Are
we
doing
enough
to
to
protect
coyote
valley
for
as
long
as
we
can,
because
we
know
we've
seen
the
political
winds
shift
right?
It
was
not
very
long
ago
that
we
were
about
to
open
up
coyote
valley,
and
we
built
a
freaking
intersection
to
intersection
to
nowhere
there
now
right,
but
is
this
enough
to
keep
this
protected
for
as
long
as
we
can.
B
Well,
what
I'd
like
to
do
is
we're
not
here
for
interchange,
discussion
between
people
that
you're
welcome
to
make
your
own
comments.
B
I
don't
want
to
sort
of
think
sort
of
re
if
you
have
a
question
for
staff,
go
ahead
and
do
that,
but
I
don't
want
to
start
reopening
it
up
to
people
who've
already
spoken,
if
you
could
just
trying
to
balance
things
here,
shiloh
with
a
40
person
task
force,
so.
M
Okay,
thank
you
very
much.
I
appreciate
staff's
work
on
this.
When
I
was
on
the
planning
commission,
I
had
always
been
one
who
supported
green
space
and
open
space,
but
I'm
also
very
concerned
about
property
rights.
The
one
thing
that
that
had
come
out
that
was
very
interesting
to
me
is
the
preservation
of
ag
land,
and
I
do
believe
that
agriculture
close
to
urban
areas.
M
And
transportation
impacts
on
the
environment.
If
you
couldn't
do
it,
you
know.
Obviously
we
don't
want
something
like
koalinga,
because
I
believe
that
that
actually
hurts
the
environment
way
more
than
it
helps
the
environment
with
the
impact
of
of
natural
gases,
if
you
will
into
the
environment
and
so
on,
but
I
am
concerned
about
the
700
pound
elephant
or
a
gorilla
in
the
room,
and
that
is,
we've
got
a
couple
propositions
and
I'm
wondering
that
that
are
on
the
ballot
and
I'm
wondering
if
staff
included.
M
Propositions
would
have
on
the
use
of
ag
land,
or
at
least
people
leasing
their
property
for
ag
purposes
if
in
fact,
those
past-
and
maybe
they
have
no
impact
at
all,
and
maybe
I'm
I'm
unduly
concerned.
But
what
I'm
concerned
about
is
that
this
vision
of
allowing
the
land
to
be
used
for
ag
there's
a
lot
of
people
who
have
inherited
the
land
and
they're,
not
farmers,
so
they've
been
leasing.
M
C
M
Because
my
understanding
is
that
it's
not
owned
if
it's
not
occupied
with
19
is
not
by
the
people
who
inherited
the
land
that
it
gets
re
assessed
and
you
get
a
a
a
an
up
tick
of
your
property
taxes,
probably
pretty
considerable,
considering
it's
been
in
a
in
their
families
for
a
long
time,
and
also,
if
you're,
not
the
person
who's
who,
if
it's
not
a
family
farm
and
you're
leasing
the
property
to
allow
others
to
to
farm
your
land,
then
that's
a
business
and
once
again
the
property
gets
reassessed
at
business
property
rates,
and
my
concern
is
that
I
really
do
appreciate
that
that
how
can
I
say
possibility?
B
E
I've
been
at
this
for
as
long
as
you
and
pat
margie
and
some
of
the
others
and
michelle,
so
just
so
much
to
say,
but
you
know
so
much
has
been
said
by
by
a
lot
of
my
colleagues
here
on
this
this
august
committee,
but
I
so
I
just
want
to
say
ditto
to
all
the
comments
by
my
friends
in
the
environmental
community,
megan
fluke,
alice,
kaufman,
shawnee,
clay,
house,
andrea,
mckenzie
and
dave
pichelle,
and
to
you
margie
for
for
bringing
up
elviso.
I
absolutely
agree
with
you.
E
But
I'd
also
be
remiss
as
the
director
of
the
water
district.
If
I
didn't
mention
the
importance
of
flood
protection
and
groundwater
preservation
at
this
historic
recommendation
and
and
motion
and
the
purchase
of
land
by
the
city
by
osa
by
post,
brings
to
bear
on
the
mission
that
I
care
about
at
the
water
district,
which
is
you
know,
providing
a
water
security,
flood
protection
and
environmental
stewardship
to
to
this
county
and
and
all
the
hard
work
that
we've
all
done
for
coyote
valley.
E
So
I'm
gonna
wholeheartedly
support
the
motion,
particularly
with
the
amendments
made
by
margie
concerning
albiso.
So
thank
you,
megan
and
bob
for
accepting
that.
B
All
right,
thank
you,
linda
andre,
lutard,.
L
Thanks
chair
pandori
and
I'd
like
to
thank
the
staff
for
all
their
work
that
they've
done
in,
and
I
I
appreciate
all
the
comments
that
the
public
and
the
other
members
of
the
task
force
have
presented
so
far.
L
I
fully
support
the
staff
recommendations
in
coyote
valley
in
terms
of
all
the
environmental
benefits,
the
agricultural
and
climate
resiliency
objectives,
the
term
historic
has
been
used
several
times
this
evening
and
so
apparently,
as
as
a
task
force
member
representing
this
drug
preservation
community,
I
have
to
issue
a
strong
caution,
specifically
regarding
the
reallocation
of
the
jobs
and
employment
or
residential
jobs
and
residential
capacity
into
downtown
and
to
albezon.
L
Many
folks
don't
realize
that
san
jose
was
founded
in
1777
and
our
downtown
includes
and
is
surrounded
by
many
historic
neighborhoods
that
feature
many
many
architectural
and
historically
significant
buildings
and
some
of
them.
We
don't
even
know
about
because
there
haven't
been
proper
surveys
to
assess
our
historic
resources
and,
if
you
think
about
the
the
the
downtowns
that
people
flock
to
like
the
gaslamp
district
of
san,
diego
or
chicago
or
even
san
francisco
shocker
right,
there
are
areas
that
have
historically
significant
and
and
and
architecturally
significant
buildings
in
them.
L
We
are
losing
that
very
quickly,
so
the
jobs
and
housing
redistribution
proposal
does
not
address
and
indeed
perpetuates,
the
legacy
sprawl
that
continues
to
contribute
to
higher
vehicle
miles,
traveled
and
low-density
housing
and
far-flung
suburbs
of
san
jose.
So
I
just
wanted
to
issue
that
caution
to
those
who
are
listening
thanks.
L
One
of
the
things
I
love
about
san
jose
is
the
diversity
we
have
in
our
community
and
I
think
our
land
use
in
the
way
we
approach
land
use
reflects
some
of
that
diversity.
You
know
we
have
the
urban
centers.
We
have
the
open
space.
That
said,
I
do
have
concerns
like
some
of
the
other
task
force
members
in
terms
of
the
impact
on
the
current
property
owners.
L
It
seems
to
me
that
they've
encountered
some
financial
hardships
recently
with
the
current
use
and
with
this
proposal
we're
basically
changing
the
playing
field
to
the
detriment
of
the
values
of
that
property,
and
I'm
not
seeing
that
the
the
credit
idea-
or
maybe
I
just
don't-
have
enough
details
that
that
actually
will
do
much
to
rectify
that
situation.
L
Part
of
the
strategy
was
to
try
to
reverse
the
commute
as
one
of
the
factors
in
terms
of
climate
and
what,
with
this
proposal,
we
would
be
completely
removing
that
opportunity
and
my
last
comment
would
be
in
terms
of
the
allocation
of
the
jobs
to
downtown,
I
think,
with
covet
and
the
impact
and
we're
just
seeing
the
initial
stages
and
I'm
sure
the
pendulum
will
swing
back
the
other
way,
but
right
now
that
urban
center
doesn't
really
support
the
trends
that
we're
seeing
from
a
commercial
standpoint,
office,
space
standpoint
and
also
from
housing,
and
this
is
more
about
the
jobs.
L
But
it
looks
like
most
of
the
transition
is
used
with
jobs
and
housing
migrating
out
of
urban
centers.
So
anyway,
because
of
those
reasons,
I
don't
think
I
can
support
the
current
motion.
E
H
H
H
In
addition
to
all
the
other
reasons
that
coyote
valley
is
important,
I'm
so
proud
to
live
in
a
city
that
recognizes
the
climate
emergency
and
the
value
of
these
lands
and
to
be
part
of
this
historic
vote
to
preserve
open
space
and
agriculture
in
coyote
valley.
I
enthusiastically
support
the
staff
recommendations.
B
F
You
and
good
evening
everyone
I
just
want
to
start
off.
I
support
the
staffs
recommendation,
appreciate
your
work
as
well
as
everyone
that's
been
doing
this
work
for
many
many
years,
and
I
support
the
current
motion
on
the
floor
by
megan
fluke
I
just
quickly.
I
do
want
to
thanks
mita
for
mentioning
mental
health.
These
types
of
benefits
of
open
spaces
are
difficult
to
articulate,
but
they
are
made
more
apparent
when
we
have
less
safe
ways
to
relieve
stress
during
this
pandemic,
and
I
also
want
to
thank
shiloh
for
perspective
on
property
ownership.
F
Considering
the
needs
the
we
need
to
consider
decisions
in
one
area
leading
to
impacts
somewhere
else,
and
I
think
about
that,
because
I
often
wonder
what
land
use
decisions
led
to
the
need
for
a
major
flood
control
project
that
led
to
the
guadalupe
river
park
that
we
have
right
now
and
do
we
need
it
in
the
future
for
coyote
creek.
F
I
do
have
a
quick,
redesignation
question
that
is
inspired
by
what
juan
estrada
asked,
because
it's
making
me
think
about
other
designation
changes.
We
as
a
task
force
have
recommended.
So
this
is
a
question
to
staff.
N
N
F
N
F
N
B
Okay,
I've
got
a
couple:
people
who
still
haven't
spoken
roberta.
I
see
your
hand
up,
but
I'm
gonna
skip
for
now,
because
I
want
to
give
the
opportunity
for
people
who
haven't
spoken
yet
so
it's
two
people
left
sam
ho
and
then
eric
shaina
or
so
sam.
E
E
If
I'm
clear
of
that,
and
I'm
confident
of
that,
then
I
would
fully
support
this
motion,
but
that
would
be
the
major
factor
for
me
in
the
consideration
and
if
the
land
property
owner's
land
issue
is
not
clear,
I
would
not
be
able
to
support
that.
So.
Can
somebody
help
clarify
that.
C
Yeah,
I
can,
you
know
just
to
kind
of
reiterate
yet
staffs
understanding
that
the
proposed
land
use
changes
would
not
result
in
a
takings
under
law
in
terms
of
rendering
those
property
owners,
property
of
zero
value,
from
the
recommendations
that
we're
making,
on
kind
of
on
a
side
note
to
follow
up
with
pat's
question
about
the
south,
almaden
valley
urban
reserve,
it's
approximately
1
000
acres.
C
So
just
wanted
to
to
note
that
on
that
question
and
sam,
I
hope
I
answered
your
question
to
do.
We
can
try
to
add.
I
certainly
try
to.
We
can
try
to
add
additional
information
so.
N
Yeah,
so
our
attorneys
have
said
that
we,
you
know,
cities
have
the
legal
right
to
change
land
uses
in
nations
and
they
often
do
it
to
increase
the
value
of
the
land.
For
example,
you
take
it
from
maybe
a
commercial
lanes
designation
near
a
high-density
venus
destination,
but
occasionally
we
go
the
other
direction,
as
is
proposed
here,
where
we
take
in
this
case
in
atlanta
for
industrial
park
and
designated
for
agriculture.
N
But
that's
within
you
know,
I'm
not
we're
not
so
I'm
just
relaying
what
we've
had
a
conversation
with
the
attorneys
on
that's
within
our
governmental
powers.
We
can
do
that.
What
you
can't
do
is
make
their
land
worthless.
N
That's
not
a
question
for
staff.
We
we
don't
know
that's
more
of
a
question
for
the
property
owners,
but
we
don't
know.
B
Well,
sam
I'll
just
tell
you
this
as
an
attorney,
I'm
due
criminal
law,
but
I
just
would,
I
would
think
in
most
decisions
like
this
of
this
magnitude.
It
would
be
unusual
if
there
aren't
lawsuits
the
issue
here.
I
think
we're
all
struggling
with
and
trying
to
deal
with
is
do
a
proper
balancing
here.
B
Certainly
it's
proper
and
it's
part
of
an
amer,
our
american
values,
to
respect
property
rights.
I
think
what
staff
is
telling
us
essentially
is:
the
constitution
does
not
does
not
guarantee
the
highest
and
best
use
for
any
property
owner.
It
guarantees
an
economic
return
or
a
fair
return
on
the
property
and
ultimately
courts
decide
those
things.
I
I
think
the
staff
analysis
here
is
and
I'll
offer
my
own
perspective
at
this
point
in
time.
B
The
industrial
park
designations
here
are
completely
different
from
edenvale
from
north
san
jose
and
they
were
made
that
way,
because
this
was
viewed
as
a
resource
that
was
going
to
be
available
only
for
a
very
large
campus
industrial
development.
When
the
plan
was
developed
for
this
in
1983
and
84,
the
city
had
thousands
and
thousands
of
acres
of
vacant,
industrial
land
in
north,
san
jose
and
edenvale,
and
so
the
argument
was.
Why
do
we
need
to
look
at
coyote
valley
when
we
have
all
these
thousands
of
acres
available
for
development?
B
And
the
rationale
was
this
should
be
preserved
for
a
very
large
corporate
user
who
could
not
otherwise
assemble
the
acreage
that
they
needed,
despite
the
acres
and
acres
of
vacant
land
in
the
other
parts
of
the
city.
So
when
you
look
at
the
development
regulations
that
are
in
existence
right
now,
north
coyote
had
an
average
requirement
of
an
average
lot
size
of
100
acres.
B
There
were
no
pending
developments
like
that.
What
prompted
this
was
a
proposal
from
a
silicon
valley
company
that
no
longer
exists
tandem,
computers,
the
hope
was-
maybe
apple-
might
come
here
one
day
I'll
I'll
just
make
this
comment.
B
B
Now,
where
you
have
the
very
opposite
thing
happening
the
biggest
company
in
our
valley,
google
has
chosen
a
very
different
path
of
doing
the
very
thing
we
thought
no
company
would
ever
do,
which
would
be
assemble
lots
at
great
expense
to
themselves
and
cobble
together
their
own
campus,
which
they've
done
and
are
in
the
process
of
completing,
and
so
that
was
the
idea
with
coyote
and
for
me
why
I
differ.
I
respect
the
views
of
the
property
owners
out
there,
and
mr
matione
is
probably
the
the
state's
leading
attorney
on
condemnation
law
and
inverse
condemnation.
B
Law
where
I
differ
with
them
respectfully,
is
that
there
was
never
an
expectation,
a
real
expectation
from
any
of
the
property
owners
there,
that
they
had
a
a
major
fortune,
500
company
in
their
back
pocket.
That
was
on
the
cusp
of
development,
and
until
that
happened,
there
wasn't
going
to
be
any
development
in
the
urban
reserve.
B
So
for
me,
where
I
fall
on
this
is
there
is
a
fair
market
value
here
in
the
agricultural
use
and
there
was
never
a
legitimate
pending
real
expectation
of
more
than
that.
Anybody
who
who
bought
there
was
buying
that
really.
I
think
I
would
agree
with
shiloh.
It
was
at
some
level
of
speculation
and
hope
that
the
property
development
situation
would
ultimately
change
out
there.
E
So
if
we
put
water
put
ourselves
in
their
shoes,
we
would
like
to
have
things
settled
so
that
we
don't
end
up
spending
money
on
legal
processes.
So
that
would
be
my
reservation
in
the
motion.
B
Thank
you,
sam
eric,
so
I've
got
erica
as
the
last
speaker
here
go
ahead.
Eric.
P
All
right,
thank
you,
david,
so
I
think
preserving
coyote
valley
as
open
space
is
a
natural
evolution
of
our
city
and
our
region.
It's
a
it's
a
natural
evolution
of
our
environmental
policies,
it's
a
natural
evolution
of
our
of
our
economy
and
the
transformation
of
our
economy,
and
it's
a
natural
evolution
of
our
politics
and
where
our
politics
are
today,
so
county
valley
will
be
preserved
as
open
space.
That's
a
foregone
conclusion,
but
I
to
get
to
shiloh's
question
about.
Are
we
doing
enough
to
ensure
that
it's
protected?
P
P
As
most
people
know,
the
two
largest
property
owners
got
the
benefit
of
receiving
most,
if
not
all,
of
the
measure
t
funds,
so
they
got
compensated
and
the
remaining
small
and
medium-sized
property
owners
have
got
nothing
so
it
seemed
like
it
would
be
fair
to
once.
This
policy
decision
is
made
over
the
coming
years
to
work
hard
to
find
those
funds
through
the
open
space
authority
through
future
bond
measures
through
grants
from
the
state
and
elsewhere,
and
I
think
that's
the
biggest
win-win.
P
The
public
gets
the
land
and
the
property
owners
get
reasonably
compensated,
and
just
for
the
record
on
the
question
of
speculation,
there
are
properties
that
are
both
general
plan
and
zoned
industrial
there
on
bailey,
where
a
freeway
interchange
was
built
and
so
to
me,
as
someone
works
in
development,
it's
not
highly
speculative
to
have
thought
that
industrial
development
would
eventually
occur.
Someday.
P
B
Okay,
thank
you
eric
roberta,
so
I
don't
see
any
more
hands
roberta,
I'm
going
to
call
on
you.
If
you
have
something
new
or
a
question.
D
But
if
we
added
that
to
the
motion
to
buy
the
property
at
fair
market
value
before
it's
rezoned,
I
would
vote
for
it.
I
absolutely
want
this
to
pass
every
concern.
I've
had
every
concern.
I've
heard,
except
for
a
few,
have
been
about
treating
the
property
owners
fairly
and
I
think
we
would
get
a
more
unanimous
vote.
There'd
be
less
lawsuits
if
that
were
added.
Thank
you
eric.
You
always
say
it
best.
I
should
wait
till
you
go
before
me.
D
D
We
can't
take
for
the
public
goods
at
the
expense
of
just
a
few
people
that's
wrong
and
we
can't
set
that
as
a
precedence.
That's
wrong,
you
wouldn't
want
it
to
happen
to
you.
We
shouldn't
do
it
to
others.
So
if
we
could
add
a
friendly
amendment
that
we
do
whatever
we
can
to
buy
the
land
before
it's
rezoned,
that
would
work,
or
at
least
yeah
go
ahead,
is
there
would
anyone
accept
the
friendly
amendment?
B
J
I'll
be
brief,
you
know
just
because
I
I
think
we
we
see
where
things
are
going
just
you
know
to
the
comments
that
have
been
made
about.
You
know
what
we
should
be
doing
for
for
these
land
owners,
and
you
know
how
how
compensation
should
work.
I
mean
just
to
note
we're
the
city
of
san
jose,
makes
decisions
all
the
time
on
land
use,
some
of
which
that
you
know
does
quite
a
bit
to
enrich
landowners,
and
the
public
is
certainly
not
oftentimes.
J
The
recipient
of
you
know
capturing
that
value.
So
I
you
know,
I
understand
the
concerns.
That
was
a
landowner.
Maybe
I
would
have
some
concern,
but
there's
there's
enormous
public
benefit
and
I
think
you've
heard
from
all
the
so
many
members
of
the
public.
So
many
members
of
this
task
force.
You
know
what
the
value
of
of
these
changes
will
be,
and
you
know
I
think
it's
it's.
It
seems
fairly
obvious
that
that
that
value
certainly
outweighs
the
limited
development
opportunities
that
would
be
presented
on
these
sites.
J
You
know
from
what
I've
heard
the
the
only
real
economic
development
opportunities
that
that
that
could
work
in
some
of
these
sites
would
be
things
like.
You
know:
amazon
distribution
center.
You
know,
and
you
know,
for
that
type
of
model.
It's
it's
a
lot
of
low-wage
jobs.
It's
you
know
companies
that
when
you
look
in
this
kind
of
e-commerce
fulfillment
space
that
have
bad
records
when
it
comes
to
things
like
wage
stuff,
things
like
occupational,
health
and
safety.
J
All
that
to
say
I
I
think
the
motion
on
the
floor
is
is-
is
making
a
move
in
the
right
direction
when
we're
talking
about
the
the
public
good-
and
you
know,
I
trust
that
staff
has
thought
through
any
of
the
legal
implications
around
this,
and
I
think
we
should
move
forward.
Thank
you.
B
Okay,
thank
you.
I
just
do
want
to
add
just
a
little
bit
more
perspective
on
this,
and
this
has
been
a
big
part
of
my
life
for
quite
a
while
bob,
and
I
go
back
to
being
environmental
studies.
Students
at
san
jose
state
university,
both
interested
in
the
environment.
B
B
B
The
other
thing
that's
changed
that
everyone's
commented
on
is
the
world
the
climate's
different.
It's
it's
a
serious
issue
and
we
need
to
do
our
part.
Remember
all
politics
is
local
might
be
hard
to
change
things
in
china,
but
we
can
start
in
our
own
corner
of
the
world
might
be
even
hard
to
change
things
in
washington
dc
these
days.
B
Hopefully,
that's
going
to
change
soon,
but
we
can
change
things
in
our
own
corner
of
the
world
and
this
is
a
plan
that
makes
sense,
and
it's
not,
we
know,
I
think
it
really
makes
sense,
because
so
many
people
have
been
part
of
this
change
in
direction
in
view
all
the
people
may
get
in
that
letter.
That
of
all
the
groups
that
have
been
involved
in
that
many
of
the
people
on
this
task
force
margie.
B
You
work
closely
with
susan
on
the
whole
green
belt
line
and
green
line
in
the
city
to
try
and
draw
the
future
eric.
Your
dad,
linda
pat's,
always
been
a
kind
of
a
reason.
Very
reasoned
development
person
in
the
city
and
in
generations
of
planning
staff
have
got
us
to
this
point.
B
It
is
truly
historic
and
I
do
you
know,
certainly
care
for
the
property
owners
there,
but
what
we
have
to
do
in
terms
of
balancing
and
making
decisions
is
think
about
the
long-term
health
of
the
city
and
the
long-term
vision
that
we
want
for
the
city
and
that's
the
exact
staff
recommendations
that
have
been
made.
B
I
do
want
to
draw
attention
to
recommendation
6
on
page
17
regarding
north
coyote
valley
and
that
was
to
add
an
action
item
to
the
general
plan
to
mur
move
the
urban
service
area
boundary
north
consistent
with
the
proposed
land
use
changes
in
north
coyote.
So,
with
these
land
use
designations,
we
want
to
make
sure
the
urban
service
boundary
moves
consistent
to
the
new
urban
service,
the
the
new
urban
boundary
and
megan.
B
The
one
thing
I
wanted
to
bring
to
your
attention
that
might
not
be
clear
is
we
have
basically,
I
think
it's
a
city
law
that
was
part
of
an
initiative
that
we
and
I
fully
supported
this
when
I
was
on
the
city
council,
that
we
only
move
that
boundary
during
a
major
update
to
the
general
plan,
and
that
was
for
good
reason.
B
I
still
support
that,
but
I
think
it
was
always
with
the
fear
that
it
was
going
to
move
past
the
hillside
or
was
going
to
move
and
open
up
a
new
area,
not
not
retracted,
and
so,
if
I
think
in
terms
of
what
shiloh
asked
you
which
I
did
want
to
mention
at
that
time,
I
would
suggest
that,
with
respect
to
item
6,
that
we
add
language,
that
we
add,
an
action
item
to
the
general
plan
to
move
the
urban
service
area
boundary
north
as
soon
as
possible,
consistent
with
the
proposed
land
use
changes.
B
So
I'd
add
that
language
as
soon
as
possible,
because
what
we
don't
want
to
do
is
have
agricultural
land
use
designations
and
wait
for
four
or
six
years
or
whatever
it
may
be,
and
have
that
urban
service
boundary.
Still
in
the
middle
of
coyote
valley,
we
should
have
a
very
clear,
consistent
message,
so
I
know
the
staff
has
to
work
within
the
constraints
of
city
law.
I'm
sure
the
council
can
deal
with
that,
but
if
you
would
be
open
to
some
language
like
that,
I
think
that
would
be
very
consistent
with
the
direction
you're.
H
B
All
right
we're
going
to
do
a
roll
call
vote
on
this.
So,
let's
start
with
the
yeses
take
the
time
you're
gonna
do
you're
gonna
vote.
Yes,
by
putting
your
hand
up
as
if
you
were
asking
to
speak,
so
go
ahead
for
all
the
yeses
go
ahead
and
do
that
now.
D
B
Put
our
hands
up
again:
yeah,
I
don't
think
I'm
able
to
as
a
co-host
but
staff.
Would
you
count
my
hand
is
up
we're
gonna.
Do
it
on
the
just
on
the
participant
list
ray?
Were
you
able
to
do
that
whatever
you
want
to
do?
No?
B
B
O
A
C
I'm
getting
23
yeses
any
does
q
on
or
anyone
else
on,
staff
have
anything
different
than
that.
N
B
F
David,
yes,
for
the
ones.
B
Luis
arguello
eric
shaneauer
juan
estrada
sam
ho
michelle
yesny.
Is
there
anyone
who's
voting?
Yes,
whose
name?
I
did
not
call?
B
That,
okay,
okay,
the
the
participant
panel's,
been
cleared.
Okay.
Now,
if
you're
voting,
no,
please
indicate
by
raising
your
hand
and
we'll
read
that
out
aloud
as
well.
B
B
Okay,
so
that's
six
votes.
No,
the
motion
prevails.
B
Okay,
thanks
very
much
steph
for
that
work
and
for
everyone
else
involved
in
the
issue.
B
N
Hi
everybody.
I
would
just
like
to
make
motions.
A
N
Is
everyone
on
mute?
Okay,
I'm
going
to
accept
the
staff
recommendation
to
add
12
619
units
of
new
residential
capacity
to
the
downtown,
but
understanding
that
this
is
a
long-term
vision
just
want
to
make
sure
that
we
continue
to
assess
the
need
for
additional
residential
capacity
during
each
general
plan
for
your
review
going
forward
to
ensure
that
we
have
a
much
needed
housing
development
and
that
it's
not
limited
by
artificial
capacity
limits
and
just
want
to
stay.
N
But
right
now
we
believe
that
this
is
the
action
that
we
should
be
taking
and
that
we
just
need
to
continue
to
be
village
or
vigilant.
Excuse
me
about
rethinking
this
as
we
go
forward.
So
with
that,
I
recommend
approval
of
the
staff
recommendation
as
long
as
we
recognize
that
we
have
to
continue
to
work
on
this.
N
B
C
Yeah
the
at
least
the
the
last
motion
would
have
addressed
the
35
000
jobs
from
coyote
valley,
but
there
are
other.
There
are
other
proposed
job
capacity
shifts
outside
of
that
that
are
detailed
on
the
table
and
the
staff
report.
C
B
Would
that
be
table
two.
B
So
that
is,
that
included
in
your
motion
as
well
leslie.
Yes,
it
is
all
right
and
ray.
Do
you
agree?
Thank
you
questions,
discussion
on
the
motion.
I've
got
bob
levy.
J
All
right
yeah,
thank
you.
I
find
actually
this
one,
the
last
one
very
easy
to
decide
on,
but
this
a
little
harder
because
the
devil's
in
the
details
and
I'm
not
really
sure
how
these
allocations
occurred.
You
know
the
first
question
is:
why
are
we
not
having
a
pool
concept
on
jobs
like
we
do
with
housing?
I'll
ask
all
my
questions
up
front.
J
I
have
four
of
them,
and
so
you
can
ask
staff
can
answer
and
then
why
are
not
more
of
the
allocations
going
to
the
two
bart
station
areas,
little
portugal
and
barry
nessa?
J
Why
are
another
allocations
going
to
south
county
edenvale
to
accommodate
the
reverse,
commute
that
some
people
talked
about
earlier
and
finally,
I
was
the
co-chair
for
the
urban
village
on
stevens
creek
boulevard
and,
although
I
have
really
high
hopes,
for
you,
know,
development
and
density
on
stevens
creek,
the
transportation
network's,
not
there
yet
to
support
it.
So
I'm
curious
why
four
thousand
of
those
jobs
are
going
to
stevens
creek.
So
I'm
definitely
a
little
concerned
about
how
these,
how
these
jobs,
how
these
allocations
were
made.
B
Okay
jared,
can
you
or
michael
can
you
respond
to
that.
C
Sure
yeah
so
for
the
the
pool
pool
concept,
recommendation
yeah
with
jobs,
we
just
don't
see
a
need
for
for
a
pool
of
jobs.
C
We
think
that
the
the
different
growth
areas
in
the
city
and
the
allocations
that
we
they
have
and
that
we're
proposing
would
provide
adequate
jobs
where
there's
not
a
need
to
to
pool
those.
Those.
C
The
the
neighborhood
village
pool
policy
that
we're
proposing
is
the
kind
of
deal
with
some
of
the
the
neighborhood
urban
villages,
where
you
have
very
little
planned
growth
capacity.
So
it's
a
way
to
still
facilitate
housing
in
various
areas
of
our
our
city,
but
for
jobs.
C
We
don't
have
that
particular
issue
in
terms
of
where
the
movement
of
jobs
for
looking
at
various
abarth
or
edenvale
for
edenvale
same
you
know,
we
took
a
look
at
the
jobs
planned
in
in
edenville
and
we
feel
like
we
have
there's
there's
plenty
of
capacity
there
to
accommodate
future
growth
in
edenville
employment
areas,
berryessa
bart
the
we're
currently
planning
for
urban
we're
going
through
urban
village
planning
process
right
now,
and
so
we've
we've
done
some
pretty
extensive
capacity
studies
through
that
process
and
and
have
found
that
there's
there's
actually
more
than
enough
jobs
that
we've
planned
for
in
that
bart
station
to
accommodate
future
growth
and
a
little
little
portugal
would
be
you
know,
would
be
the
same
same
thing.
C
However,
you
know
I
would
mention
too
we
are
going
to
be.
We
looking
at
well,
particularly
the
the
five
wounds:
urban
village,
the
five
women's
bart
urban
village
plan
next
year
with
vtas
adoption
of
their
playbooks
that
we
participated
in
we'll
be
revisiting
that
plan
and
looking
to
to
kind
of
align
the
city
and
vta's
goals
there.
So
there'll
be
opportunities
for
looking
at
our
bart
station,
particularly
at
five
wounds
and
around
the
little
portugal
area,
stevens
creek.
C
This
was
in
response
to
recent
entitlements,
particularly
the
the
fort
bay
signature
project,
the
stevens
creek
promenade
project,
and-
and
so
we
looked
at
you
know,
based
on
those
entitlements
and
and
the
amount
of
growth
we've
kind
of
you
know
the
amount
of
growth,
particularly
around
the
stevens
creek
in
santana
row,
valley,
fair
area.
C
We
wanted
to
ensure
that
that
development
would
be
able
to
proceed
in
west
san
jose
there,
but
but
understanding
your
concerns
about
transit.
J
No,
I
I
appreciate
the
feedback.
I
wasn't
really
expecting
too
much
too
much
of
a
detailed
answer.
I'm
still
on
the
fence
on
this
one.
As
far
as
voting
for
the
motion.
L
Well,
I
I
still
have
a
concern
about
you
know
all
the
folks
who
live
in
in
these
far-flung
residential
neighborhoods
that
are
single
family
they're.
Still
gonna
they're,
not
gonna
move.
Some
people
are
not
gonna
move.
Most
people
are
not
gonna,
wanna
move
downtown,
so
they're
still
gonna
have
to
get
in
their
cars
and
drive
someplace
to
get
to
their
jobs,
and
if
we
wanna
reduce
the
vehicle
miles,
traveled
we've
got
to
figure
out
how
to
get
those
jobs
closer
to
where
people
are
already
living,
not
just
where
folks
might
live
in
the
future.
L
Otherwise
we're
just
going
to
perpetuate
the
the
same
residential
sprawl
that
that
that
has
been
going
on
for
years.
So
yeah,
I'm
concerned
about
this,
because
I
I
don't
see
that
this
addresses
a
sort
of
a
institutional
or
systematic
baseline
that
that
isn't
going
to
change.
L
M
Gosh,
I
strongly
support
leslie's
motion
to
concentrate
development
in
downtown
kt.
Urban
has
been
an
active
participant
in
redevelopment
in
downtown
san
jose
developing
over
more
than
3
000
residential
units,
a
272
unit
hotel
and
we're
currently
in
the
process
of
developing
1.2
million
square
feet
of
office
in
the
downtown
bar.
G
Yes,
I'd
like
to
ask
leslie
the
same
question
if
she
could
include
the
friendly
amendment
similar
to
the
last
item
since
5000
new
jobs,
new
job
capacity
is
slated
for
alviso
to
explore
that
a
little
deeper
and
to
work
with
the
community
on
this
particular
part
of
the
motion.
Absolutely
thank
you.
B
Ray
you
agree,
ray
branson,
okay,
thank
you.
Yes,
he
indicated
yes,
all
right,
I
don't
see
any
more
hands
up.
I
think
the
most
efficient
way
to
vote
is
to
vote,
as
we
did
last
time
do
that
by
simply
putting
a
hands
up
at
this
point
in
time.
B
If
you
support
the
motion
that
leslie
has
made
indicate
that
now
on
the
participant
list
and
I'll
start
reading
that
out
for
the
record,
I'm
including
myself,
patricia
cecedo,
megan,
fluke,
jason
sue,
eric
schnauer,
michael
ben
avery,
bonnie
mace,
leslie,
corcelia,
theresa
alvarado,
linda
lizotte,
ray
bramson,
tamiko,
rast,.
B
Susan
butler,
graham
harvey
darnell,
sean
milligan,
margie
matthews,
jim
zito,
sam
ho,
jeffrey
buchanan,
nate,
leblanc,
juan
estrada,
roberta
moore,
jesus,
flores,
smita,
patel,
councilmember,
uranus,
michelle
yesny,
luis
arguello,
carl
lee
vince
rocha,
and
that's
everyone
who
is
a
guest.
Was
there
anyone
else,
who's?
A
yes
whose
name
I
did
not
call.
B
Okay,
all
those
in
opposition
to
the
motion.
Please
indicate
well,
let's
clear
this
board
quickly.
If
we
can.
B
B
B
Else
right,
thank
you.
So
the
vote
will
be
noted.
Yes,
we
did
go
over
the
timeline,
but
we
have
by
doing
that.
We
have
one
meeting
left.
So
this
was
an
important
meeting
and
better
to
stay
focused
if
we
could
so
thanks
everybody,
I
guess
a
lot
of
people
have
gone
and
sat
through
this
meeting
without
eating
dinner.
B
Try
to
have
something
healthy
before
you
go
to
sleep,
stay
healthy
and
we'll
we'll
see
you
all
at
our
next
and
last
meeting
next
month.
Thank
you.
Thank.