RULES COMMITTEE: 11/19/2025
Item: B.1
File ID: ROGC 25-363
TO: Honorable Mayor & FROM: Toni J. Taber, MMC
City Council City Clerk
SUBJECT: The Public Record DATE: November 19, 2025
November 6, 2025 – November 13, 2025
ITEMS FILED FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD
Letters from Boards, Commissions, and Committees
Letters from the Public
1. Letter from Jean Cohen (South Bay Labor Council), dated November 7, 2025, regarding: San José Living Wage.
2. Letter from Deborah Aguirre, dated November 12, 2025, regarding: Urban Village Plan:
Princeton Plaza (Kooser & Meridian).
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Toni J. Taber, MMC
City Clerk
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Public Record: 1
Public Record: 2
This message is from outside the City email system. Do not open links or attachments from untrusted sources. visitors). This would also add to general traffic congestion in the area. **Transit use--
This has been available, in the form of buses, in this area for many years, but has been reduced in the last 10+ years due to funding & lack of use. While there is a light rail near Oakridge Mall, there is no place to put a transit system in this area. The roads surrounding Princeton Plaza are 2-lanes, with multiple pilings (to prevent road games) at most corners. **High-quality urban design--
Why? This is a long-established, single-family community that doesn't want or need "urban design" brought in. We love our quiet neighborhoods, low traffic, & safe areas for families & children.
The apartments you are proposing would probably be small & expensive. Young people want to get out of apartments & buy their own homes. As homes in our neighborhood sell, young couples have moved in, continuing the close quiet neighborhood life style that this area is known for. There are already apartments along Kooser, including both senior-living & lowincome (one near Oakridge Mall, one on Kooser across from Princeton Plaza, and one (proposed) at Kooser & Camden.
We have lived in the Kooser Woods neighborhood for 45 years (3 generations); most of our current neighbors have been here a minimum of 15-20 years.
Urban villages sound like an interesting concept, but not for here!! If there are any underutilized spots left around this part of San Jose, they should be turned into parks for families, children & animals.
Question: Looking at the map of planned & proposed building, it seems that South San Jose has more than it's share. Why not look toward North & East San Jose, where there are large open areas? Stop crowding one more thing into an area that is already heavily developed.
Thank you for listening,
Deborah & Gerald Aguirre
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