Something rarely seen at a Santa Clara City Council meeting happened during the Council’s last meeting: those who opposed a development project didn’t want to stop it; they wanted to expand it. In order to develop a colossal mixed-use complex, Cupertino-based Hunter Properties sought a General Plan amendment to create a new density designation Tuesday … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council’s public flogging of the Chamber of Commerce over its management of the Convention Center and Convention Center & Visitors Bureau (CVB) ramped up to full-force at the Council’s last meeting. With the completion of an audit by TAP International Inc., a Sacramento-based consulting firm, the Council further lambasted the Chamber … Read more
Won’t somebody please think of the birds? Although it was never asked quite in that way, that was the crux of most of the public outcry at Tuesday night’s City Council Meeting. Birds colliding with buildings was the last issue yet to be resolved at a massive housing development located between Tasman Drive and Lafayette … Read more
Whether it’s a mechanical arm soldering car parts in a Detroit factory, an Amazon drone delivering products to your doorstep or a Roomba vacuuming your carpet, robots can make your lives easier. So, showcasing what cutting-edge robotics technology can do is increasingly important. RoboBusiness is conference put on by Robotics Business Review to bring like-minded … Read more
Management of the Santa Clara Convention Center continues to be a source of bad blood between the City Council and Chamber of Commerce. With the completion of a performance audit, the Council heard details Tuesday night regarding how the Convention Center and Convention & Visitors Bureau will be run in the wake of its decision … Read more
By being involved in the marketing of Levi’s Stadium, the Santa Clara Stadium Authority Board hopes to avoid scheduling non-NFL events that lose money. The topic came up during a financial report of stadium operations Tuesday night. In a press release issued Monday, Mayor Lisa Gillmor bemoaned that, on average, stadium events only generate $55,000 … Read more
A housing project that drew the ire of prospective neighbors at the start of the year is now being lauded as a remedy to issues of rent affordability in Santa Clara. At its meeting Tuesday night, the Council and the public alike seemed to do a 180 on the housing complex at 2330 Monroe St. … Read more
After more than a decade, additions to a Santa Clara home have finally gotten the green light. The Santa Clara City Council upheld an appeal to turn a basement into livable space and add an attached garage. Located at 1593 Lexington St., the one-story single-family home is zoned as multi-family. The renovation was originally sought … Read more
A lack of understanding has led the Santa Clara City Council to adopt its hostile position toward the Santa Clara Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), one Citizens Advisory Committee Member said. “Nobody, especially on City Council, knows the purpose of the [CVB],” said Kevin Park. “[This] misunderstanding of purpose makes it easier to make big … Read more
If you could have seen the faces of the candidates for City Council in June, you would understand why the Council had to admonish fellow Council Members Patricia Mahan and Pat Kolstad. Or so Mayor Lisa Gillmor, Vice Mayor Kathy Watanabe and Council Members Debi Davis and Teresa O’Neill think. All four referenced “the look … Read more