Greetings,
There is great news to report on the Three Creeks Trail.
We wanted to let you know that the Board of Supervisors will consider allocating $2 million dollars from our Parks Charter Fund for the acquisition of the western alignment of the Three Creeks Trail during our meeting on September 14th. This will greatly assist the City of San Jose in trail acquisition which includes the railroad right-of-way from Lonus to Broadway and from Broadway to Minnesota. It will also secure the land for recreational use before it is developed for additional residential projects.
We both worked hard to bring this proposal to this point in the process, and we are hopeful that our colleagues on the Board will be supportive of our efforts.
As you well understand, this is an important community project, and we are proud to partner with the City of San Jose to move it forward. The acquisition of land will provide a regional connection as it would link two of the three trail systems, the Los Gatos Creek Trail and Guadalupe River Trail via the Highway 87 bike path.
The eastern alignment remains a priority for us as well, and we will continue our efforts to bring the vision of the entire trail to fruition so that there will be connectivity with the Coyote Creek Trail.
Please do not hesitate to contact either of us if you have any questions or if we can be of assistance.
Sincerely,
Supervisor Ken Yeager
President, Board of Supervisors
Supervisor, Fourth District
Supervisor George Shirakawa
Supervisor, Second District
At the July 22 Meeting, Save Our Trails members spoke to the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, supporting the development of the Three Creeks Trail.
Open Space Authority Draft Minutes, July 22 Meeting (PDF 80kB).
On July 26th the Acquisition Committee voted unanimously to recommend to the full Board that the Open Space Authority provide an additional $1M for acquisition of the 3 Creeks Trail reach from Lonus Avenue to Minnesota Avenue in Willow Glen. This appears to be enough to fully fund the purchase, if the full Board follows the recommendation and negotiations with Union Pacific continue on the currently favorable course.
Save Our Trails has been mentioned in an article in the Mercury News this week (August 7th, 2010)
San Jose: Group seeks support for trail
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) is accepting public comments on the draft Removal Action workplan (RAW), which proposes the clean up of soil contaminated with metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons for the Three Creeks Trail between Minnesota Avenue and Lonus Street. The Department proposes that all contaminated soil should be removed from the site. Other proposals include doing nothing, or capping the site with asphalt.
Read all about it!
Fact Sheet on the Draft Removal Action Workplan (PDF 1MB) mailed to affected homes.
Informational slideshow (PDF 3MB) from David Dearborn, President of WGNA.
To view project related documents see theDepartment of Toxic Substances Control web-page for the Willow Glen Right-of-Way.
Send comments! no later than 5pm, August 26 to:
Andy Bernahicks, DTSC Project Manager
700 Heinz Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94710
ABernahi@dtsc.ca.gov
Attend the Meeting!
Representatives from the DTSC and the railroad will be at the meeting to answer your questions.
Wednesday Aug 11, 2010 6:30pm to 8pm
at the Willow Glen Baptist Church,
1292 Minnesota Avenue San Jose, CA 95125
map
The trails grant requests are in front of the San Jose City council. The attached document lists 3 items on the consent calendar for San Jose City Council in Feb 2010 relating to grant requests for trail improvements.
Consent calendar items (MS Word 24kb)
