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

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.

San Jose: Group seeks support for trail

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
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Consent calendar items (MS Word 24kb)

Save Our Trails By-Laws 51kb MS Word document.

Save Our Trails By-Laws 115kb PDF document.

Membership Meeting
Willow Glen Baptist Church
1292 Minnesota Ave., San Jose, CA 95125
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Membership Meeting
Willow Glen Baptist Church
1292 Minnesota Ave., San Jose, CA 95125
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The next opportunity to advocate for trails before the city council may not come again for more than a year, when the City Council considers the General Plan in the Summer of 2011.

Thanks to everyone for the great showing before the Planning Commission. Even though we lost one battle, Our show of resolve has has helped us win others:

• the Greenprint Update battle to keep the 3 Creeks Trail alignment on the Willow glen Spur corridor
• the Parks and Rec Commission unanimous adoption of SOT’s wording for preservation of the trail alignment
• Council member Oliverio’s and Councilwoman Campos’ remarks at the Committee
• Staff’s reversal of its initial refusal to release the right of way appraisals
• Council member Oliverio’s interest in revival of the fund raising focus group with Friends of the Guadalupe and SOT
• Council member Liccardo’s forthcoming memo
• Developer Michael Mulchay’s support as a Spur Corridor property owner
• The “Emerald Necklace With the 3 Creeks Trail as The Keystone” memo of the Chairs and Co-Chair of the Envision 2040 General Plan Update Committee

—>Save Our Trails Bylaws Revision 8