Stop the Dish Trail Sellout
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The
trail plan route
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Stanford’s
proposed route
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Stanford signed an agreement with the Santa
Clara County Supervisors to build two trails in the Dish area, connecting
the campus to parks in the foothills.
Now Stanford is trying to get out of it.
Santa Clara County has a Countywide Trail Master
Plan. All developers are required to dedicate easements for trails
that cross their land. The trail plan shows two trails across Stanford
land in the Dish area. Stanford’s General Use Permit, the subject
of big political battles last year, requires them to dedicate the
easements by December 12, 2001, or have their building permits held
up.
But Stanford doesn’t want public trail easements.
They’re claiming the bike path along Alpine Road can be used instead
of one trail. And they claim it’s not their problem that the other
trail, which should connect Stanford Avenue to the Arastadero Preserve,
would have to cross I-280 at a busy interchange instead of using
an existing service road tunnel.
Santa Clara County’s Department Parks and Recreation
and the Planning Commission have to go along with Stanford to let
this happen. Don’t let them.
Contact Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz
Kniss at 408-299-3540.
(Or click here to E-mail her at liz.kniss@bos.co.santa-clara.ca.us).
Tell her to make Stanford do what they agreed.
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