The personal thoughts, observations, and comments of Larry Ames

• Joint Letter to Mayor re: commercial use of city parks (3/16/24)
• Letter from SJ P&RC on plans to discount park fees (6/5/24)
• Comments to City’s DSEIR for proposed parking lot by Guadalupe River at Arena (7/17/23);
  and earlier Comments to City’s NOP for original proposal (9/24/21)
• Letter to planner re: plans to remove redwood trees at Britton/San Ramon (7/14/23)
• “table-top” briefing charts for Coyote Meadows, and parcel maps (2/13/23)
• self-guided tour of the southern portion of a proposed “City Loop Trail” (1/23/22)
• Comments re: City’s plans to remove camphor trees from Harrison St. for repaving (4/12/21)
• Comments to CalTrain re: plans to replace bridges over Guadalupe River at Willow St. (12/21/20)
• Comments re Google, Diridon Station Area Plan, and Downtown West EIR (12/7/20)
• Final draft of ActivateSJ (11/12/19);
  Comments on August draft of ActivateSJ (9/16/19),
  as well on earlier drafts: June ’19 comments and Aug ’18 comments
• Letter to Council on Fee Consolidation and its impact on Parks (11/4/19);
  D6NLG Letter to Council (11/4/19)
• Letter to Council on Green Stormwater Infrastructure (9/10/19)
  and linked Letter re: Green Stormwater Initiative and impact on City Parks (5/15/19)
• Letter to High Speed Rail on Preferred Alternatives (8/19/19)
• Letter to Council on the Need for Parks (8/6/19);
  D6NLG Letter to Council on the Need for Parks (8/6/19)
• Comments to MidPen on Hwy 17 crossings by Lexington (7/10/19)
• Presentation to SVO on Trails & Parks for All (6/20/19)
• Letter in support of County studying Riparian Policy (5/21/19)
• Letter re: Saving Coyote Valley (2/12/19)
• Oral History by Rod Diridon, 1/15/19:
  ~40 minute video on the history of the Los Gatos Creek Trail
  ~80 min “extended cut” version w/ RD on the Park Charter Fund and transit, and LLA on the LGCT
• Thoughts on plans for a proposed SJ Light Tower (1/10/19);
  LLA letter to Council (2/22/19)
• map w/ personal rating of bike crossings of SJ freeways (Nov, 2018)
• Comments on Google & Diridon Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG) plans (10/14/18)
• Letter re: Soccer Complex and parking lots at Guadalupe Gardens (9/14/18)
• “A Brief History of the Los Gatos Creek Trail” (May 10, 2018)
• Proposal for a Guadalupe River Walk, and LLA thoughts & comments (11/13/17)
• Ideas for San José’s Grand Park, to the SJ Parks & Rec Cmns, 9/1/17
• Creekside Trails, a letter to the SCVWD Board, 8/15/17
• Google at Diridon? LLA letter to Google 6/23/17,
  and the referenced diagram of creek and the paper on “Dream Big”.
  Op-ed in the SJ Mercury News, 8/27/17, w/ Randi Kinman & Bill Rankin
• LLA Charts on Nat’l Heritage Area, WG Trestle, LG Crk Trail, & HSR
  (displayed at SHPNA Annual Meeting / Outreach, 2/4/17)
• Letter to Planning Dept. re: distribution center in Coyote Valley (1/3/16)
• Letter to Mayor & Council on Los Lagos golf course and riparian corridor (11/24/15);
  letter on Council’s review of “Audit of the Golf Course Fund” (11/16/15)
• Letter to Mayor & Council on funding St. James Park (11/10/15)
  City memo 10/19/15, memo by Mayor et al 11/6/15
  LLA informal notes from Council mtg 11/10/15
• Notes on Lick Ave. / Tamien Station project (11/2/15)
• Letter to Mayor & Council on Lincoln Ave Road Diet (7/30/15)
  WGBA and the Road Diet -- Business Assoc. (7/2/15)
  WGNA and the Road Diet -- Neighborhood Assoc. (6/13/15)
  Traffic Calming (6/11/15)
  City of San José Traffic Study (6/1/15)
  Letter to Working Group in support of Lincoln Avenue Road Diet (4/29/15)
• Presentation at “Coyote Howl” on Riparian Advocacy 4/17/15)
• Los Gatos Creek: “River Walk -- San José Style”:
  River Walk paper (4/21/15)
  tour map (6/6/15)
• Letter to City Planner re: Heritage Oaks Memorial Park (10/10/14)
• the Willow Glen Trestle (2013 - 19): see www.WGTrestle.org
• Watershed Tour by the Committee for Green Foothills, 10/13/12:
  talking points for my commentary on the bus ride
  map of the Los Gatos Creek, showing the trail and other features
  handout on San Jose's Riparian Corridor Setback Policy
  high-density in-fill in San Jose: a discussion by the eList community, mid-March, 2012
• Presentation on the Three Creeks Trail, to Calif. Assemblymember Jim Beall, 3/15/12
• Consolidation of City Commission, Feb., 2012:
  Letter to Mayor, Council, and City Clerk, 2/20/12
  Editorial in the SJ Mercury News, 2/27/12: "Don't destroy San Jose commissions that give residents their voice"
• Santa Clara County Parks Chart Fund, Nov. 2011
  Co. Sup. Cortese's reply
• Diridon Station Area Plan, Oct. 2011
  Scoping Questions, set 1 -- comprehensive list
  Scoping Questions, set 2 -- options to "daylight" the Los Gatos Creek
  "Letter to the Editor" -- "Free the Los Gatos Creek"
• Santa Clara County "Environmentalist of the Year" Award, 10/5/11
  Event flyer
  Willow Glen Resident article
  prepared comments
• The Three Creeks Trail 10/4/11
• Comments on the Envision 2040 General Plan Update EIR 7/27/11
• Graphic and Personal comments on the SJ Sewage Treatment Plant upgrade plans, 5/30/11
• Personal comments regarding Redistricting and the boundaries of D6 and Willow Glen, 5/23/11
• Personal comments and accompanying figures related to the proposed rebuilding of the I‑280/88/-Stevens Creek Interchange (near Valley Fair and Santa Row), 5/15/11
• Issues with the 2011 Willow Glen Neighborhood Association's Nominating Committee
• Notes and comments on CalTrain mtg 2/14/11
• Annual Report on the Neighborhoods Commission to the D6NLG, 8/31/10
• In support of the SJ General Plan Update and the draft Envision 2040  (6/28/10)
• Welcome to the eList WG Backfence  (6/26/10)
• the splitting of the WGNA eList into WGNA Notices and the eList at WG Backfence  (6/25/10)
• WG Spur / Three Creeks Trail: “Minority Report” (3/2/09)
• WGNA letter re: Fire Stations 6 and 37 (7/28/08)
• Dec 27, 2001 comments on Guadalupe River Park Plan
• San Jose’s Riparian Corridor Policy (1999)
• Los Gatos Creek Urban Stream Restoration Project: a technical paper presented at the Urban Streams Conference held at Arcata, CA 11/15/96;
  and a presentation at the American Trails Conference in Redding CA, 2000
• Coyote Creek Long-Range Land Utilization Taskforce report (1990)
• San José’s 1985 Los Gatos Creek Trail Master Plan
• San José’s 1984 Lincoln Avenue Study

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