Tag: city council
Top three choices for City Council
Gilroyans have the opportunity to fill three City Council seats this election and there are five interesting and dedicated people willing to serve. All bring something different to the table. After an extensive interview session, our recommendations became clear.
Red Phone: City does fix streets before homes are complete
“Dear Red Phone, With new building of homes (Dunne, Calle Mazatan and other areas), the builders tear up the road to put in services. These are not minor tear ups. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem that they are made to restore the streets to the original state?! Potholes start happening, the road is uneven and now “open” to problems and never look the same. What is required of the builder in that regard after our tax money paid for nice original roads, which we should expect. Thanks!”
Locals cross about lack of crosswalk
From before the time a child learns to talk, he is taught two things about road safety: to look both ways before you cross the street, and to always cross the street at a crosswalk.
Council to discuss rezoning land as ‘high density’
In order to meet certain state requirements of low-income housing, the City Council will discuss at their regular meeting Monday adapting the housing section of the general plan by rezoning 26 acres within the city to “high density residential” raising the minimum unit per acre from 16 to 20 in these areas.
Fewer than 50 days to convince Gilroy
Two of Gilroy's three mayoral candidates for the Nov. 6 election met individually with the Dispatch Editorial Board Tuesday morning to talk about major issues concerning Gilroy, and to highlight their priorities as Gilroy's next potential leader.
Study session on habitat plan Monday
City Council plans to hold a special study session prior to their regular meeting Monday night to discuss the implementation of the final version of the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Plan - a sprawling, 50-year plan intended to identify land occupied by endangered or threatened species and streamline the process to obtain permits to build on them.
Councilman storms out of meeting
In a heated moment during Monday night's City Council meeting, a spat culminated with Councilman Peter Arellano, a mayoral candidate, storming out of the meeting mid-vote, an episode that present and former Council members say they have never seen before.
Council talks improving softball diamond at Sunrise Park
City Council plans to vote on whether or not to accept an added expenditure of $47,800 for construction improvements to the softball diamond at Sunrise Park, west of Santa Teresa in the northwest quad, or downsize the project.
