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Valley Transportation Authority

Request for Proposal for joint public-private development at Cerone parcel

The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) plans to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Carone parcel in North San Jose, locaed on Zanker Road and 237 in North San Jose. The RFP will offer the right to enter into exclusion negotiations with VTA for the development of an industrial and/or commercial development project for approximately 55 acres of the property.

When:             August 6
Where:           VTA Board of Directors
Agenda:          link

City of Milpitas

A potential Sunset to the Urban Growth Boundary

The City of Milpitas will discuss allowing the voter-approved Measure Z (1998) to sunset. Measure Z amended the General Plan’s Land Use Plan to create an Urban Growth Boundary that went into effect for 20 years. The Boundary prohibited City services to new developments outside the valley floor and the base of the foothills, in effect banning new development on the hillsides. The Council will review the ordinance to decide whether to extend the requirements of the ordinance or to allow them to sunset.

When:             August 4
Where:           Milpitas City Council
Agenda:          link

City of San Jose

Mobile Home Preservation

The San Jose City Council is reviewing recommendations to strengthen the protection of Mobile Home Parks from conversion. In conducting the review of the current situation of Mobile Home Parks, staff found that 52 of 53 Mobile Home parks are located in areas that are subject to greater market strength and propensity for future development. The potential for conversion of current Mobile Home Parks would spell disaster for the current tenants, given conversion would likely lead to the displacement of residents of mobile homes that cannot be moved. Those residents would either have to purchase a vacant mobile home or move a new mobile home into a vacant space in another park, likely resulting in higher housing costs for that household. Additionally, there are likely not enough vacant mobile homes or park spaces in the City of San Jose or neighboring communities.

The recommendations include amending the General Plan to strengthen a goal to preserve existing mobile home parks, amending the Zoning Code to add the City Council as a possible decision making body for consideration of a proposed mobile home park conversions and incorporating new provisions into a Council Policy to facilitate the preservation of mobile homes.

When:             August 11
Where:           San Jose City Council
Agenda:          link

 

 

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