MANAGED HOUSING
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CALL TO ACTION
#1 Please sign the petition against this high density project
https://tinyurl.com/AgainstHighDensity
#2 Can you please send an email to Assemblymember Gonzalez?
We cannot preempt local control over housing projects. Details below
#3 JOIN THIS GROUP
Join the Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/managedgrowth
Join the email group
http://groups.google.com/group/managedgrowth
Are you interested to get involved and push back?
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#1 I am NOT in favor of the El Paseo de Saratoga project in San Jose- see Mercury News article
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/26/village-eyed-for-part-of-el-paseo-de-saratoga-mall-in-san-jose/
As per the article, building heights would reach 10 stories and 12 stories
So please sign the petition https://tinyurl.com/AgainstHighDensity
#2 There are many bills that seek to preempt local control over housing to increase housing units in California.
I don’t agree with that. We have to have local control
Below is my email from yesterday morning expressing my angst with California’s SB 330
Please stay engaged and stay involved otherwise our city will be a lot different
Let me know if you want to get involved
- Rishi
Begin forwarded message:
From: Rishi Kumar
Subject: SB-330 Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Date: August 25, 2019 at 8:20:28 AM PDT
To: assemblymember.gonzalez<at>assembly.ca.gov,
cc: Rishi<at>RishiKumar.com
Dear Assemblywoman Gonzalez:
As chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, I hope you will stop SB330 from moving forward.
SB 330 doesn't require a single unit of affordable housing.
SB 330 kills public hearings by community boards and city councils who fight for affordable units.
SB 330 lets developers sue cities for $50,000 per unit (not "just" $10K per unit) if a city denies their bad project.
This bill is flawed
What is specifically alarming is how this bill overrides local voter protections of open space. Do we really want that?
I believe it is not right for this bill to allow apartment projects without accountability of parking spaces
Transportation and housing together make communities better and successful. It is imperative that we establish prosperous communities via a vision for established relationship between housing and transportation policy to make our communities better places to live, work,, play and raise families. Transportation fosters economic prosperity, has the ability to preserves and protect the environment, and connect people across the distances. WIth a good carbon free, eco-friendly state of the art transportation vision, we can build housing, seed new economic zones to create prosperity and a vibrant economy.
Please do not undermine local control and let us not change the character of cities that can never be undone.
Let us build a strategic plan for the future backed by strong urban planning science.
- Your name
Your address
MERCURY NEWS ARTICLE
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/26/village-eyed-for-part-of-el-paseo-de-saratoga-mall-in-san-jose/
Village eyed for part of El Paseo de Saratoga mall in San Jose Offices, homes, retail would be added at San Jose shopping center
By George Avalos | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2019 at 5:45 am | UPDATED: July 30, 2019 at 2:37 pm
SAN JOSE — Big changes would sprout at a well-known San Jose shopping center, El Paseo de Saratoga, under plans on file with the city that envision the development of a village of offices, homes, and retail.
Peter Pau, a busy developer whose wide-ranging real estate efforts include replacement of the decrepit Vallco mall in Cupertino with a mixed-use village, has filed a preliminary proposal with municipal planners for a major revamp of a portion of El Paseo de Saratoga in San Jose.
Two somewhat different development approaches for the 343,000-square-foot El Paseo de Saratoga and a small property across the street at 1777 Saratoga Ave. are being floated to city planners by Sand Hill Property, which is headed by Pau. Despite its moniker, El Paseo de Saratoga is located in southwest San Jose near the corner of Saratoga Avenue and West Campbell Avenue.
Under one scenario, 720 units of housing and 25,000 square feet of retail would be developed at the El Paseo de Saratoga, while, on the smaller lot across the street 120,000 square feet of offices and 130 residential units would sprout. About 108,000 square feet of the mall would be bulldozed, under this option.
A second option would produce 400,000 square feet of offices on the shopping center site, along with 580 housing units and 10,000 square feet of retail, the planning documents show. The scenario for the smaller parcel would remain the same as the first option. About 97,000 square feet of the mall would be bulldozed with this version.
In some instances, the plans show, the building heights would reach 10 stories and 12 stories. One version suggested some of the taller buildings could contain both residences and offices.
“The implementation of this is the hard part,” said Bob Staedler, principal executive with Silicon Valley Synergy, a land use and planning consultancy. “Let’s see if it can be realized.”
AMC Saratoga 14 theaters and REI, a sporting goods and outdoor gear giant, are among the major anchors of the center. Smaller merchants include Ulta Beauty, Peet’s Coffee, Jamba Juice, and Red Robin restaurant.
In both scenarios, the movie theaters, REI, Ulta Beauty, and other merchants would remain after the mixed-use village components are completed, the planning documents show.
“This area is somewhat over-retailed already,” said Michael Messinger, a partner and principal executive with Meacham/ Oppenheimer, a commercial real estate firm that specializes in retail and restaurants. “The loss of some of the retail space shouldn’t hurt residents too much.”
A structure that once contained a now-closed Lucky supermarket would be bulldozed under the development scenarios that Sand Hill Property has suggested.
Trader Joe’s, Sprouts Farmer’s Market, and Safeway are among the grocery options still located in the area.
In January, Sand Hill Property paid $146.6 million for El Paseo de Saratoga.
“The center is doing OK over but like other centers, some of the big merchants face challenges from online shopping,” Messinger said.
In Messinger’s view, the movie theaters are doing a robust business.
“The AMC theaters are doing great, they are a very strong anchor,” Messinger said. “The closest theaters are at Santana Row and The Pruneyard.”
#1 Please sign the petition against this high density project
https://tinyurl.com/AgainstHighDensity
#2 Can you please send an email to Assemblymember Gonzalez?
We cannot preempt local control over housing projects. Details below
#3 JOIN THIS GROUP
Join the Facebook group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/managedgrowth
Join the email group
http://groups.google.com/group/managedgrowth
Are you interested to get involved and push back?
- A group that is against high density housing in Silicon Valley but for managed housing growth
- A group that backs local control over housing - NOT preempting local control
- A group that is for preservation of our quality of life and addressing the traffic gridlock
- A group that is for pragmatic urban planning NOT rampant growth
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#1 I am NOT in favor of the El Paseo de Saratoga project in San Jose- see Mercury News article
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/26/village-eyed-for-part-of-el-paseo-de-saratoga-mall-in-san-jose/
As per the article, building heights would reach 10 stories and 12 stories
So please sign the petition https://tinyurl.com/AgainstHighDensity
#2 There are many bills that seek to preempt local control over housing to increase housing units in California.
I don’t agree with that. We have to have local control
Below is my email from yesterday morning expressing my angst with California’s SB 330
Please stay engaged and stay involved otherwise our city will be a lot different
Let me know if you want to get involved
- Rishi
Begin forwarded message:
From: Rishi Kumar
Subject: SB-330 Housing Crisis Act of 2019.
Date: August 25, 2019 at 8:20:28 AM PDT
To: assemblymember.gonzalez<at>assembly.ca.gov,
cc: Rishi<at>RishiKumar.com
Dear Assemblywoman Gonzalez:
As chair of the Assembly Appropriations Committee, I hope you will stop SB330 from moving forward.
SB 330 doesn't require a single unit of affordable housing.
SB 330 kills public hearings by community boards and city councils who fight for affordable units.
SB 330 lets developers sue cities for $50,000 per unit (not "just" $10K per unit) if a city denies their bad project.
This bill is flawed
What is specifically alarming is how this bill overrides local voter protections of open space. Do we really want that?
I believe it is not right for this bill to allow apartment projects without accountability of parking spaces
Transportation and housing together make communities better and successful. It is imperative that we establish prosperous communities via a vision for established relationship between housing and transportation policy to make our communities better places to live, work,, play and raise families. Transportation fosters economic prosperity, has the ability to preserves and protect the environment, and connect people across the distances. WIth a good carbon free, eco-friendly state of the art transportation vision, we can build housing, seed new economic zones to create prosperity and a vibrant economy.
Please do not undermine local control and let us not change the character of cities that can never be undone.
Let us build a strategic plan for the future backed by strong urban planning science.
- Your name
Your address
MERCURY NEWS ARTICLE
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/26/village-eyed-for-part-of-el-paseo-de-saratoga-mall-in-san-jose/
Village eyed for part of El Paseo de Saratoga mall in San Jose Offices, homes, retail would be added at San Jose shopping center
By George Avalos | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: July 26, 2019 at 5:45 am | UPDATED: July 30, 2019 at 2:37 pm
SAN JOSE — Big changes would sprout at a well-known San Jose shopping center, El Paseo de Saratoga, under plans on file with the city that envision the development of a village of offices, homes, and retail.
Peter Pau, a busy developer whose wide-ranging real estate efforts include replacement of the decrepit Vallco mall in Cupertino with a mixed-use village, has filed a preliminary proposal with municipal planners for a major revamp of a portion of El Paseo de Saratoga in San Jose.
Two somewhat different development approaches for the 343,000-square-foot El Paseo de Saratoga and a small property across the street at 1777 Saratoga Ave. are being floated to city planners by Sand Hill Property, which is headed by Pau. Despite its moniker, El Paseo de Saratoga is located in southwest San Jose near the corner of Saratoga Avenue and West Campbell Avenue.
Under one scenario, 720 units of housing and 25,000 square feet of retail would be developed at the El Paseo de Saratoga, while, on the smaller lot across the street 120,000 square feet of offices and 130 residential units would sprout. About 108,000 square feet of the mall would be bulldozed, under this option.
A second option would produce 400,000 square feet of offices on the shopping center site, along with 580 housing units and 10,000 square feet of retail, the planning documents show. The scenario for the smaller parcel would remain the same as the first option. About 97,000 square feet of the mall would be bulldozed with this version.
In some instances, the plans show, the building heights would reach 10 stories and 12 stories. One version suggested some of the taller buildings could contain both residences and offices.
“The implementation of this is the hard part,” said Bob Staedler, principal executive with Silicon Valley Synergy, a land use and planning consultancy. “Let’s see if it can be realized.”
AMC Saratoga 14 theaters and REI, a sporting goods and outdoor gear giant, are among the major anchors of the center. Smaller merchants include Ulta Beauty, Peet’s Coffee, Jamba Juice, and Red Robin restaurant.
In both scenarios, the movie theaters, REI, Ulta Beauty, and other merchants would remain after the mixed-use village components are completed, the planning documents show.
“This area is somewhat over-retailed already,” said Michael Messinger, a partner and principal executive with Meacham/ Oppenheimer, a commercial real estate firm that specializes in retail and restaurants. “The loss of some of the retail space shouldn’t hurt residents too much.”
A structure that once contained a now-closed Lucky supermarket would be bulldozed under the development scenarios that Sand Hill Property has suggested.
Trader Joe’s, Sprouts Farmer’s Market, and Safeway are among the grocery options still located in the area.
In January, Sand Hill Property paid $146.6 million for El Paseo de Saratoga.
“The center is doing OK over but like other centers, some of the big merchants face challenges from online shopping,” Messinger said.
In Messinger’s view, the movie theaters are doing a robust business.
“The AMC theaters are doing great, they are a very strong anchor,” Messinger said. “The closest theaters are at Santana Row and The Pruneyard.”