Opportunity: Santa Clara County community workshops

The County of Santa Clara Parks and Recreation Department, a member of the Open Space Council, is seeking public input to guide the County’s future parkland acquisition efforts. The voters approved the current Park Charter Fund in 2006, ensuring funding through 2021 for acquisition, development, operation, and maintenance of the County’s 46,000-acre 28-park system. Fifteen percent of the funding is allocated specifically for land acquisition.

Three community workshops are scheduled for July for the public to provide input on future direction of the County’s purchase of parkland, including trails.

The three meetings will be held from 7 to 9 PM at: the Cupertino Community Hall on July 6; the Morgan Hill Community Center on July 12; and the Mayfair Community Center in San Jose on July 14.

The public is encouraged to attend one or more of these workshops. The workshops will provide an overview of current County parks, the planned Countywide Trail System, and future park expansion areas as identified in the County General Plan. While the updated Parks Acquisition Plan will not identify specific parcels to be acquired, the public will have an opportunity in these workshops to help identify acquisition criteria and provide other thoughts about parkland acquisition to County staff. A summary of the public input will be presented to the Board of Supervisors in August.

For more information call 408 355 2200.