http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara Keeping Our City a Great Place to Live Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:43:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thursday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the Santa Clara City Hall chambers, four cities got together to discuss how they could work together to prevent and resolve issues with large development projects, especially when they occur near city boundaries. The City of Sunnyvale initiated this meeting in response to ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/27/multi-city-meeting-enhancing-our-community-and-vision/ This is a letter sent by Tap Merrick, from Sunnyvale, concerning the Multi-city Council meeting held on Thursday, 26 June 2008: Dear Neighbors, A historic meeting occurred yesterday that may spark better relations between the north Santa Clara County cities, and more cohesive planned development. The Sunnyvale City Council had initiated this meeting ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/27/summary-of-yesterdays-multi-city-council-meeting/ The Santa Clara Planning Commission did some funny things last night. Almost every Planning Commissioner, with the exception of Commissioner O'Neill, who didn't really say much until near the end, had reasons to deny the project on 2585 El Camino Real, yet they approved it 4 to 2. Commissioner Frank ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/26/wheeling-and-dealing-without-wheels-deals/ About 50 people attended the Saturday morning meeting while almost 90 people attended the workshop on Monday evening, seated in groups of 8 in the cooling room at the Senior Center. The two sessions were roughly the same. I participated in the Saturday session and stayed as an ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/24/santa-clara-general-plan-workshops/ Tonight the City Council voted to accept the city staff's recommendation to push out the '49ers Stadium vote until 2009. There were several arguments for and against moving the vote to next year, and I can't say that I had a firm position either way. For moving the vote out ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/17/the-49ers-stadium-again-still/ First, some business: The first Santa Clara General Plan Community Workshop will be held on two dates; both are identical in content, so you need only attend one: Saturday, 21 June 2008, 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM and Monday, 23 June 2008, 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Santa Clara Senior Center 1303 Fremont Street Santa Clara, California Earlier this ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/12/santa-clara-general-plan-steering-committee/ Early last month I received an e-mail from a resident just outside the 1000 foot radius from the old Kaiser Hospital. He didn't have a problem with the development plans in the area. Well, don't take it from me, here's his letter: I have no problem with the proposed ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/06/06/still-no-answer/ Not hardly. John and I spoke in front of the city council tonight in a vain attempt to get the council members to consider the EIR for Marina Playa a little longer than the minutes they spent last week. Among the issues we brought up: The table both planning department director ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/05/20/marina-playa-up-for-reconsideration/ Fairfield Residential gave us nicely printed copies of the Urban Land Institute's propaganda on Higher-Density Development, but for what reason? With the hopes that the information contained therein would convince us to drop our objections to their project? And accept their beautifully architected designs? Because their high-density plan ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/05/19/vibrant-walkable-communities/ It was a circus or a train wreck. I was entertained and intrigued at some points, and it certainly was a learning experience, so I can't feel all that bad. I am shocked, but not amazed. Residents came from all over to speak out against the Marina Playa project, ... http://liveforeverodt.com/santaclara/2008/05/14/marina-playa-paves-the-way-for-more-poor-planning/