SAN MARTIN
– Formal documents and environmental studies detailing the
county’s plans for its new parkland around Coyote Lake will be out
for public comment at a series of meetings next month.
SAN MARTIN – Formal documents and environmental studies detailing the county’s plans for its new parkland around Coyote Lake will be out for public comment at a series of meetings next month.
A draft master plan establishes direction for development of the new 4,400-acre Coyote Lake-Harvey Bear Ranch County Park, while a separate environmental study outlines possible impacts from that development.
If the Board of Supervisors approves the documents this summer, county parks officials say construction on new trails at the park could begin in the fall.
The park plan supervisors tentatively approved for analysis last year features an 18-hole public golf course and events center, equestrian center, environmental education center, group picnic areas, an off-leash dog area, fishing pond and historic interpretation, camping improvements and expanded trail network.
The county purchased the former Harvey Bear and Mendoza ranches adjacent to Coyote Lake County Park in 1998 for about $11 million.
The documents will be reviewed at three meetings in June, including:
• The county Parks and Recreation: Wednesday June 4, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding St. in downtown San Jose.
• County supervisors’ Housing, Land Use, Environment and Transportation committee: Thursday, June 19, 9:30 a.m. at the County Government Center. The two-member committee, which is chaired by District 1 County Supervisor Don Gage, makes recommendations to the full board.
• A South County comment meeting: Thursday, June 19, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Gilroy Senior Center, 7371 Hanna St. in Gilroy. That meeting replaces a community meeting originally scheduled for May 22.
For more information, contact Park Planner Elish Ryan at 355-2236 or visit www.parkhere.org. Printed copies of the EIR will be available at the Gilroy Public Library after May 28, parks officials said.
