At its most recent meeting, the Santa Clara City Council rezoned part of El Camino Real to help meet the state’s housing mandates. It also discussed rediscussing youth sports fees for the use of City facilities and looked at selling new seat licenses for Levi’s Stadium. Housing allocations handed down by the state prompted the … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council was told nearly $2 million was needed to repair the International Swim Center. While the public would narrowly support a bond measure that could help fund repairs, the ISC is not high on people’s list of priorities. Plus, after agreeing to waive City fees for nonprofit and youth sports, the … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council discussed the changes in the municipal fee schedule and whether nonprofits should have waived fees. It also talked about efforts to get more parks and city streets into ADA compliance. Santa Clara is between a rock and a hard place. During a study session Tuesday, the Council heard details as … Read more
Santa Clara’s Stadium Authority (SCSA) Board has rejected the Forty-Niners Management Company’s (ManCo) settlement offer and issued an offer of its own. The board heard public comment on Monday, April 8 about the settlement offer before heading into a closed session to discuss the issue. Less than 24 hours after leaving the closed session, the … Read more
Even something as banal as setting priorities for the upcoming year managed to stir up bad blood among the Santa Clara City Council. At its second and final priority-setting session Wednesday, well-trodden rivalry bubbled to the surface. Former mayoral opponents Vice Mayor Anthony Becker and Mayor Lisa Gillmor faced off on whether to prioritize ethics. … Read more
If you don’t like the results of a survey, just call into question the methods used to gather the data — at least that is what many attending the Santa Clara City Council’s priority-setting session seemed content to do. At the first of two priority-setting sessions Monday, many, including several Council members, challenged the results … Read more
If you want to know what a sizable part of Santa Clara’s former golf course and promised future urban and entertainment center is likely to look like in the future, you should skip Santana Row and take a drive down Central Expressway. On Jan. 31, Related Companies, which has held an exclusive negotiating agreement (ENA) … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council approved the rezoning of the former St. Mark’s Church site to make way for single-family townhomes. It also agreed to allow Bay FC to use the Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park as a practice facility. The Council heard an update about the HUD grants and agreed to renew and expand … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council heard a grim update on the status of the International Swim Center (ISC). It also received its bi-annual report from Silicon Valley Power (SVP), which outlined how the utility would manage load growth and storm communication. City staff brought back details on the possibility of placing a tax measure on … Read more
The Santa Clara City Council received an in-depth report from the Bay Area Host Committee about the upcoming Super Bowl and FIFA World Cup games at Levi’s Stadium. The Council discussed the cost to the City to host these events. It also approved plans for a Sutter Health Outpatient Surgery Center in Santa Clara. Santa … Read more