Carina Navarrete
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Thursday, June 23, 2022 1 :28 PM
Carina Navarrete
FW: Funding for an update of the ECR Specific Plan
From: Mathew Reed <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2022 5:57 PM
To: Mayor and Council <[email protected]>; Clerk <[email protected]>; Lisa Gillmor <[email protected]>; Kathy Watanabe <[email protected]>; Raj Chahal <[email protected]>; Karen Hardy <[email protected]>; Kevin Park <[email protected]>; Sudhanshu Jain <[email protected]>; Anthony Becker <[email protected]> Cc: Andrew Crabtree <[email protected]>; Lesley Xavier <[email protected]> Subject: Funding for an update of the ECR Specific Plan Dear Mayor Gillmor, Vice Mayor Jain, and Councilmembers Becker, Chahal, Hardy, Park, and Watanabe:
I am writing to you on behalf of SV@Home, which has been a longstanding organizational member of the Santa Clara Community Advocates. We would ask that you add funding for an updated ECR Specific Plan study to the CIP budget for the coming year. This study was already approved by the council, and just needs a budget allocation to move forward. The initial estimate for the costs of this work was a round $1 million. However, this study would be an update, intended to respond to council concerns, of the original ECR plan already completed, and we believe from prior experience that the final costs would be significantly lower.
Currently there is no operative plan, or objective standards for the ECR. The plan initially rejected by council was the result of an over four-year planning process for the 250 acre ECR corridor. Through this process an integrated vision of the plan area was developed that brought together sustainable economic and residential development strategies, investment in transit and multi-modal transportation infrastructure, and a commitment to public and open spaces. Because the different elements of the plan were interdependent, major changes to one part unsettled the viability of the others. We have every expectation that a new, updated plan can be both functionally intentional, realistic and responsive to many of the council's concerns.
Thank you for your attention to this important item.
Sincerely,
Mathew Reed
Director of Policy
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