Politics

"

Five weeks after saying goodbye to a sprawling, long-term

Gilroy

The Santa Clara Valley Water District's board of directors will appoint a new director to take the seat left vacant by Don Gage, who left in the middle of his first term and was sworn in as the City of Gilroy’s mayor last week.

Gilroy voters will decide in November whether the city of 55,000 should limit sprawl, after a unanimous vote by the City Council Tuesday night. There will be an item on the ballot asking whether Gilroy residents should vote on future proposed developments and whether the city should keep some of the areas on its borders as open space.

Since October 2013, a group of 25-community members, consultants under a $1.75 million contract with the City and planning staff have been developing Gilroy's vision for growth through the creation of a new 20-year General Plan.

In the case that won't go away, the city is taking Bruce