| Date of Meeting | Speaker(s) | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 9, 2012 | Gerald De Young, President of Ruth and Going, Inc. | Updates to Almaden Ranch Retail Center design and new/updated EIR sections. |
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| Dec. 12, 2011 | Lt. Rob Millard, Southern Division of the San Jose Police Department |
Public safety in San Jose, particularly in Almaden Valley | |
| Nov. 14, 2011 | Jacky Morales-Ferrand, Assistant Director of Housing, City of San Jose |
Housing in San Jose, particularly affordable housing | |
| Oct. 17, 2011 | Jim Kuhl, resident in the Almaden Country Club neighborhood, and Tom Victorine, Director of Operations, San Jose Water Company. NOTE: Representative expected from T-Mobile did not attend. The evening included a presentation by Jim Kuhl; the San Jose Water Company position explained by Tom Victorine; and discussion, questions, and answers amongst the speakers and community members. |
Cell phone tower proposed by T-Mobile to be installed in the Almaden Country Club area. It was learned only after the meeting that no T-Mobile representative attended the meeting because their permit application for the cell tower had been withdrawn. | |
| Sept. 12, 2011 | Brian Schmidt, Director, District 7,
of the Santa Clara Valley Water District |
Santa Clara Valley Water District, redistricting splits of Almaden Valley and mercury in local streams and lake |
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| Aug. 8, 2011 | Assemblyman Richard Gordon, 21st Calif. Assembly District | The State Budget Crisis | |
| July 11, 2011 | Sam Pandey, AVCA Parks and Recreation Committee Chairman | City and Neighborhood Issues | |
| June 13, 2011 | David Vossbrink, Communications Director of the Mineta San José International
Airport; and Meghan Horrigan, Director of Communications, Team San Jose |
Coordinated mutual effort to promote the San Jose Airport and the San Jose Convention Center | |
| May 10, 2011 | Mike Wasserman, Santa Clara County Supervisor | County Budget and other County Issues | |
| Apr. 12, 2011 | Dave Fadness, District 10's representative on the Envision San José 2040 General Plan
Task Force; and Michael Brilliot, Senior Planner, Planning Department, City of San Jose |
Envision San Jose 2040 General Plan. The details of General Plan 2040 will be released to the public in the late spring or summer of 2010 for review and comments. Slide show about General Plan 2040 Slide show about General Plan with comments |
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| Mar. 14, 2011 | Gerald De Young, President of Ruth and Going, Inc.; and Manual Pineda, Acting Deputy Director, Department of Transportation, City of San Jose; and Dan Collen, Deputy Director, Infrastructure Development, County of Santa Clara Roads and Airports Department |
Almaden Ranch Retail Center, proposed for 45 acres east of Almaden Expressway between Highway 85 and
Safeway. The speakers' topics included a description of the retail center, the project impacts on area
traffic, options for new road connections across the Guadalupe River, the upcoming improvements to
Almaden Expressway, and the possible impacts of the retail center on Almaden Expressway. Article about the project. Google map of the area | |
| Feb. 14, 2011 | no guest speaker | AVCA business meeting only. | |
| Jan. 10, 2011 | San Jose Police Lt. George Beattie and Sergeant Jim Unland, President and Vice President, respectively, of the San Jose Police Officers' Association (SJPOA) |
Their perspective on public safety issues
and how public safety is affected by the City of San Jose's continuing budget deficits (including a question and answer period). |
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| Dec. 13, 2010 | Hans Larsen, Acting Director of San Jose's Department of Transportation | State of San Jose's Transportation System (question and answer). | |
| Nov. 12, 2010 | Meredith Manning, Senior Planner with the Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District | Planning for the Public Use Alternatives for Mt. Umunhum. | |
| Oct. 12, 2010 | Chuck Reed, Mayor of San Jose | Three major challenges facing San Jose now: balance budget, fiscal reforms, and facilitate job creation. | |
| Sept. 13, 2010 | Ira Ruskin, State Assembly | A review of his time in office. Mr. Ruskin is terming out this year. | |
| July 12, 2010 | Mr. Balagso, head of San Jose's Parks & Recs. | The impact of fiscal woes on his department's operations in general and for the Almaden parks specifically. | |
| June 14, 2010 | Harry Mavrogenes, San Jose Redevelopment Agency | How the RDA works and copes during challenging financial times | |
| May 10, 2010 | Kim Walesh, Chief Strategist, City of San Jose | Changing Forces, Changing City | |
| Mar. 8, 2010 | Chief Rob Davis, Chief of Police, City of San Jose | Budget Cuts in the Police Department | |
| Feb. 8, 2010 | Pat Sausedo, Vice President of the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce | Public Policy and Communications | |
| Jan. 11, 2010 | Dolores Carr, Santa Clara County District Attorney | Interaction and Affect of the Office of the District Attorney on the Almaden Valley | |
| Dec. 14, 2009 | Leslie Reynolds, San Jose Unified School District Board of Education President & Ann Jones, SJUSD Chief Business Officer | Schools in the Almaden Valley area: SJUSD, private, and charter schools, school funding, Questions & Answers | |
| Nov. 9, 2009 | Thomas Ferguson (& Monica Delgado), San Jose Department of Transportation | Maintenance Manager of Landscape, Trees, and Sweeping Service | |
| Oct. 5, 2009 | Don Gage, Santa Clara County Supervisor, representing Almaden Valley | Budget, Parks, Transportation, Questions & Answers | |
| Sept. 14, 2009 | Nancy Pyle, District 10 City Councilmember, representing Almaden Valley | San Jose Economy, Budget, Transportation | |
| Aug. 10, 2009 | Zoe Lofgren, Representative in US Congress, representing Almaden Valley | US Economy, Climate Change, Health Care Legislation, Immigration, Questions & Answers | |
| July 13, 2009 | John Weiss, San Jose Assistant Development Director & Leland Wilcox, City Manager's office | Diridon Station & planned developments in the area: BART extension, High Speed Rail, and a possible "major league" ballpark | |
| June 8, 2009 | Laurel Prevetti | City of San Jose's Lang Range Plans | |
| May 11, 2009 | no guest speaker | ||
| April 13, 2009 | Carol Lathrop, Sandy Mory, and Martha Beattie from League of Women Voters | Propositions 1A through 1F on the upcoming ballot | |
| March 9, 2009 | no guest speaker | ||
| Feb. 9, 2009 | Ira Ruskin, Member of the California State Assembly, representing Almaden Valley & Nancy Pyle, San Jose City Councilmember, representing Almaden Valley, & Emy Mendoza, Zero Waste Planner, San Jose Environmental Services Department |
California budget, cuts to education, Questions & Answers San Jose's Proposed Fees on Plastic and Paper Bags |
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| Jan. 12, 2009 | Kitty Monahan, member of the Citizen's Advisory Committee of the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority & Bern Smith, South Bay Area Ridge Trails Council Staff Member | East Bay, Mid Peninsula, and Santa Clara County park and trails systems (Kitty) & Bay Area Ridge Trail (Bern) | |
| May-Dec. 2008 | Minutes are missing on Web site | ||
| April 14, 2008 | Nancy Pyle, San Jose City Councilmember & Don Gage, Santa Clara County Supervisor | SAVUR (South Almaden Valley Urban Reserve), Traffic on Graystone Lane, Boulder Ridge Event Tent request, Questions & Answers | |
| March 10, 2008 | Stan Ketchum, San Jose City Planner & Bill Shoe, Santa Clara County Planner |
SAVUR (South Almaden Valley Urban Reserve), San Vicente Development County planning for homes in Almaden county area.. if San Jose informed, etc. Questions & Answers |
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| Feb. 11, 2008 | Dave Fadness, engineer, volunteer in San Jose planning & Jerry Strangis, real estate agent, lobbyist, owner of a real estate company |
How to go about planning for a city's general plan, sustainable city SAVUR development, Questions & Answers |
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| Jan. 14, 2008 | Beth Shafran-Nukai, Strong Neighborhoods Initiative Project | San Jose's proposed Neighborhood Commission: mission, how members to be chosen, timeline | |
| Dec. 10, 2007 | no guest speaker | ||
| May-Nov. 2007 | Minutes are missing on Web site | ||
| April 9, 2007 | Don Gage, Santa Clara County Supervisor, representing Almaden Valley & Dan Collen, Santa Clara County, Deputy Director, County Roads |
Don Gage: Questions & Answers & Dan Collen: Monitoring of Expressways |
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| March 12, 2007 | Rich Dressler, San Jose International Airport Public Information Officer & Joanne Sanfillippo, San Jose Airport Ombudsman |
San Jose Airport's Expansion Plans | |
| Feb. 12, 2007 | Rene Cordero, Manager of Project Development, City of San Jose's Department of Transportation | How to address project ideas along Camden Ave. and Trinidad Drive/Crown Blvd. corner | |
| Jan. 8, 2007 | Len Remilo, San Jose Department of Transportation, Traffic Management Division, Traffic Calming | Questions & Answers about several areas in Almaden Valley, traffic calming, possible stop signs and U-turn permissions | |
| Dec. 11, 2006 | Don Gage, Santa Clara County Supervisor, responsible for Almaden Valley | Mt. Umunhum, Coyote Valley, Quicksilver Park entrance, etc., Questions & Answers | |
| Nov. 13, 2006 | Michele Young, City of San Jose's Environmental Services Department | Garbage collection, street sweeping. New trash collection companies. | |
| Oct. 16, 2006 | Judge Dolores Carr and Chief Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu | Santa Clara Valley District Attorney Forum | |
| Sept. 11, 2006 | Sally Zarnowitz, San Jose Historic Preservation Officer | How City Landmarks are determined and who may apply for landmark status | |
| Aug. 14, 2006 | Detective Robert Dillon, ICAC Task Force, Child Exploitation Detail | Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) | |
| July 10, 2006 | speaker cancelled too late to schedule another speaker | ||
| June 12, 2006 | Kim Bomar, Board Member of Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders (SCRL) | Santa Clara County Historical Preservation Ordinance | |
| May 8, 2006 | no guest speaker |