The Next WGNA Open House Meeting
GOOGLE MIXED-USE FRAMEWORK PROPOSED PLAN for
WEST DOWNTOWN SAN JOSE
The Next WGNA Open House Meeting — Thursday, October 24, 2019, 7 p.m.
- Presentation by the Google team on their Google Mixed-use Framework Proposed Plan (Downtown West development at Diridon Station Area)
- District 6 City Council Candidate Marshall A. Woodmansee Introduction
- The unveiling of The Willow Glen Discount Card
- Mini Redwood Forest project in Willow Glen
Google Downtown West Project Description:
ℹ️ The Downtown West Mixed-Use Project proposes construction of approximately 6,500,000 gross square feet (GSF) of office space (with a maximum of 7,300,000 GSF), including approximately 1,000,000 GSF on the previously entitled San Jose Water Company Building site east of Los Gatos Creek; approximately 300,000 GSF event space; hotel use and limited-term corporate accommodations; on-site utilities and approximately 15 acres of publicly-accessible open space.
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WGNA's open house Monthly Meetings
are typically held on the fourth Thursday of the month.
More info on our previous meetings and activities...
URBAN LIVING SERIES: "CRANE WATCH WILLOW GLEN" — SEPTEMBER 2019
WGNA's last open house monthly meeting was held on September 26, 2019, at the Willow Glen Community Center. The presentation included the fourth part of our “Urban Living" series, "Crane Watch Willow Glen", a discussion about new real estate developments in Willow Glen. Project updates were given for The Ohlone condominiums and mixed-use development; Tamien Station, a transit-Oriented Development (TOD); Park and Laurel, an affordable transit-Oriented development; Page Street Development affordable housing; and other misc. local developments. See our news (blog) feature for more information. See the Meeting Agenda for September 2019, here. Topic series: Urban Ecology; Urban Design & Vision/Planning
WGNA's ADDRESS ON HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES...
Starting at 7:05 p.m., guest speaker Jonathan Fleming (returning guest) spoke on Laura’s Law, AB 47, AB 57, and AB 109.Next, at 7:15 p.m., DeAnna McNeal Mirzadegan, a neighborhood resident, spoke about a petition for a homeless encampment at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. From 7:25 p.m to 8:25 p.m, an open forum, and public comments were heard on the homeless, needs for transitional housing, crime and safety, addiction and health, impacts on the environment, and the state of the city.
A full hour was given to the WGNA Board, membership, and the open community to discuss and understand the issues related to homelessness, transitional housing, crime, and addiction, as well as the impacts on residential quality of life, the environment, the economy, social services, etc. There should be no "assumed" conflation on any of these matters. They are not necessarily all one and the same.
SAN JOSÉ CLEAN ENERGY PROGRAM & INITIATIVES — MAY 2019
PLANED FIRE STATION #37 in WILLOW GLEN — MARCH 2019
The last open house meeting of the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association was a Town Hall Meeting with a panel discussion on issues relating to the San Jose Fire Department's proposal to build the new fire station #37 in Willow Glen, long planned on the site near the community center on Lincoln and Curtner Avenues. The panel members will include San José Fire Chief Robert Sapien, Jr.; Councilmember Pam Foley, District 9 (South Willow Glen); and Councilmember Dev Davis, District 6 (Central Willow Glen).
Additionally, we had a chat on the San Jose Fire Museum in downtown San Jose, with its mission on educating the public about the history of the San Jose Fire Department.
