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DESCRIPTION:Tell San Jose: Don’t Roll Back Coyote Valley’s Protection!\n\nMonday, 
 August 28 at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM\n\nZOOM: 
 https://sanjoseca.zoom.us/j/91394314339#success\n\nSend Email HERE: 
 https://www.greenfoothills.org/tell-sj-dont-roll-back-cv-protection/\n\n\nFROM 
 THE GREEN FOOTHILLS ORGANIZATION (https://www.greenfoothills.org/):\n\nThe 
 City of San Jose will be holding a community meeting over Zoom to gather 
 feedback on the Coyote Valley Corridor Study for Monterey Road. Please 
 attend the Zoom meeting (see Zoom link at the bottom of this email) or 
 email the city and tell them not to roll back the protection of Coyote 
 Valley!\n\nWhat’s Happening\n\nThe San Jose City Council voted in 
 November 2021 to change the General Plan land use designation and zoning in 
 North Coyote Valley to open space and agriculture, protecting Coyote Valley 
 from industrial development. However, at that same meeting, the Council 
 also asked Planning staff to conduct a study about potentially allowing new 
 commercial and recreational uses along the Monterey Road corridor through 
 Coyote Valley. Now, Planning staff is holding a community meeting over Zoom 
 to gather feedback for this study.\n\nMonterey Road landowners are asking 
 for many kinds of inappropriate development to be allowed, from 
 restaurants, beer gardens and event centers to massive suburban sprawl. 
 Development like this could be devastating for wildlife. It’s critical 
 for city staff to hear from community members, not just the landowners, 
 about the future of Coyote Valley.\n\nWhy It Matters\n\nCoyote Creek runs 
 along the back of the Monterey Road parcels, and is a critical wildlife 
 habitat area and movement corridor. The bobcats, deer, raptors and other 
 wildlife that depend on Coyote Creek’s riparian forest would be 
 significantly harmed by noise, nighttime lighting, trash and other impacts 
 from development.\n\nThe Monterey Road landowners claim that they deserve 
 to have a special zoning district just for them because Monterey Road is a 
 high-traffic area. But that traffic also makes Monterey Road a roadkill 
 hotspot. More animals are struck and killed on this road than anywhere else 
 in Coyote Valley, including Highway 101. Increased development here would 
 mean more traffic and more animal deaths. \n\nThe entire San Jose community 
 celebrated the City Council’s landmark 2021 decision to protect Coyote 
 Valley. Rolling back that protection for the Monterey Road corridor would 
 be a giant step backwards.\n\nWhat You Can Do\n\nPlease attend the Zoom 
 meeting or, if you are unable, email the city and tell them not to roll 
 back the protection of Coyote Valley!\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/08/21/18858453.php
SUMMARY:Protect Coyote Valley! Speakout at City of San Jose Community Feedback Meeting
LOCATION:Community feedback meeting via Zoom
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2023/08/21/18858453.php
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