The General Plan progress should be monitored as some policies from the 20/20 General Plan have been eliminated without GPAC discussion. Lowering the levels of traffic service in the Tenth Street bridge area could lead to developers not being required to widen the bridge in the future. This would save the developer money but leave Gilroy residents with a traffic nightmare.
Read MoreElection Results: Carol Marques received second highest number of votes
Read MoreNew Hope Community Church infill development is almost approved by Uvas Creek by Las Animas School. BMX unpaved practice track being proposed (location is being disputed). Hospital purchase discussion was on consent agenda.
Read MoreOur first try at endorsement of Gilroy City Council candidates was modestly successful with the election of two of our four candidates. We are so proud of Carol Marques who received 8141 votes
Read MoreGilroy Growing Smarter’s own vice chair, Carol Marques, announced she will be running for city council for the 2-year term. Voters will be able to vote for one candidate for the 2-year term.
Regular observer in GGS meetings and Chair of the Planning Commission, Tom Fischer, announced he will be running for the 4-year term
Downtown: Carol and Linda are currently meeting with the council members again to see how things are moving along since they last met. After meeting, they will publicly publish their document of ideas to reflect the progress
Read MoreIn early February, members Linda West and Carol Marques, met with the mayor, city administrator and all council members individually to discuss six action items that GGS wanted to see accomplished. We cannot take full credit for these action items as the GDBA (Gilroy Downtown Business Association) is responsible for many of these ideas. The City Council, at their annual strategic planning session this past February, addressed our concerns and set goals listed at the end of this document.
Read MoreOur goal, with the GPAC, is to help guide the commission towards the realization that a healthy city has to have a thriving center and well-utilized land. All over the city you can find shuttered buildings, open
Read MoreCarol led the discussion about why more businesses are not moving into downtown- the answer is that the planning department is not user friendly. They found out that there is 90 -day turnaround and other requirements after initial steps are completed.
Read MoreOur purpose was to preserve prime agricultural land, focus development inward and promote the revitalization of our historic downtown core. We strongly feel that compact development will benefit the City of Gilroy in many ways and that having the High Speed Rail station downtown (adjacent to our historic Caltrain depot and multi-modal transportation hub) will stimulate economic development in Gilroy through Transit Oriented Development.
Read MoreCarol Marques and Linda West have also been meeting with city staff to see what can be done about the empty buildings, façade improvements, keeping the area clean and the implementation of Main Street USA. Carol asked the group for approval for them to state that GGS also wants to see improvements made in the downtown. The unanimous consensus was that Carol and Linda could state that GGS is in agreement as they continue to meet with those involved with the downtown.
Read MoreAt a Council Study Session on Dec. 6th two topics will be discussed: the Highway 101 CHSR alignment options that have been analyzed by the High-Speed Rail Authority, and staff's comments on the three other alignments currently under consideration by the Authority (East Gilroy, Downtown Viaduct and Downtown Embankment). Staff comments do not
Read MoreThe meeting was called to order by Chair, Connie Rogers at 7:00 PM at the Gilroy Library. Introductions were made and guest, Paul Ledesma, from the Committee for Green Foothills was welcomed
Read MoreThe Land Trust of Santa Clara Valley, formerly Silicon Valley Land Conservancy, is a nonprofit whose renaming and reorganization commenced as part of an overall plan to preserve and protect the remaining agriculture and open space in Santa Clara County, as well as the adjacent counties. The new executive director, Greg Leonard, is a local food systems crusader and grew up working his grandfather’s farm fields in the "Valley of Heart’s Delight".
LTSCV Website: http://www.landtrustscv.org/
Press Release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/landtrustscv/2017-10/prweb14809463.htm#!
Here’s a link to a Los Angeles Times article from Sept 24th 2017 which discusses the Anaheim-Disney relationship. Gilroy, pay attention. Don't let big business exploit the Garlic City.
Is Disney paying its share in Anaheim? The money battle outside the Happiest Place on Earth.
Gilroy Growing Smarter is not taking a formal position on Great Wolf Lodge at this time. However, we do have concerns that we want you to publicly address (either through the city website or social/news media) before a decision is made to enter negotiations with Great Wolf.
Read MoreGilroy Growing Smarter has concerns that we want to see publicly addressed before the City agrees to pursue Great Wolf next to Gilroy Gardens. It needs to add to our quality of life.
Read Moreadjacent to Gilroy Gardens. The City and Great Wolf are in the middle of an exploratory period to gauge the concerns. In October the City Council plans to decide on whether to allow Great Wolf to proceed with a formal development application.
Read MoreHere’s a link to a Gilroy Dispatch article from June 30th 2017 which discusses Gilroy’s 2.1% growth in the past year:
G-Town: The County's Fastest Growing City
The Committee for Green Foothills is offering a Community Advocates Leadership Academy, a 10 month program....
www.greenfoothills.org/leadership-academy.
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