BAAQMD to address odor in Milpitas Apr 23rd – San Jose Mercury News.
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May 6th 6:30pm, Protest & San Jose Planning Commission Meeting, Final Vote
Location: San Jose City Hall
Time: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Address: 200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113
The San Jose planning commission will have the final vote on the Newby Island Landfill Expansion permit. We plan to protest/rally at 5:30pm before the meeting. Free bus will be available to/from the meeting. If you need a bus ride, please email jenniferstrohfus@gmail.com. Bus to San Jose City Hall will leave from Marina supermarket (永欣超市, 25 Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas) 4:50-5:15pm. Optionally sign up here so we can get a headcount, http://www.weidb.com/p12927.
Please write a letter to commissioners to request open public comments section before May 6th, otherwise you may not allow to speak.
Parking: San Jose city hall underground parking lots is free for people attending the public hearing.
1. 4th Street Garage
44 S. Fourth St. and San Fernando
Across from the Library
Open 24 hours
Cost: $1.00 every 20 minutes, $20 max
$5.00 after 6:00 p.m., weekdays
$5.00 all day weekends, holidays
2. City Hall Garage
200 E. Santa Clara Street and 6th Street
Note: because of the parking issue, the majority of us should consider to take light rail to San Jose Downtown.($2 fee off at santa clara stop and 7 minutes walk to city hall)
VTA Service – Bus and Light Rail
For more information and schedules call (408) 321-2300 or visit Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority
Light rail service is available to Santa Clara and First / Second Streets
Bus Lines: 22, 63, 64, 65, 73, 81, 522
Norman Kline, (408) 993-2140 ext. 204 kline@libraryworld.com
Dori Yob, Chair (408) 286-9800
Edesa Bit-Badal (408) 230-6093
Shiloh Ballard ballardshiloh@gmail.com
Nick Pham (408) 425-5304 nick@nickpham.com
Ed Abelite, Vice Chair, (408) 238-6808 ed.abelite.1@gmail.com
Brian O’Halloran brian.ohalloran@att.net
cc to Planning Staff:
City decision makers:
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo 408-535-4800
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo 408-535-4800
City council members:
Charles Jones District 1 408-535-4901
Charles Jones District 1 408-535-4901
district3@sanjoseca.gov
Interim/Vacant district 4
district4@sanjoseca.gov
Magdalena Carrasco District 5 408-535-4905
Interim/Vacant district 4
district4@sanjoseca.gov
Magdalena Carrasco District 5 408-535-4905
Milpitas stinks, blames San Jose – Internal Affairs
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/internal-affairs/2015/04/16/milpitas-stinks-blames-san-jose/
Milpitas has been smelling pretty bad lately, and the city says it’s all San Jose’s fault. A lawsuit filed a couple weeks ago says San Jose isn’t doing its job as overseer of the Newby Island Sanitary Landfill and Composting Facility in controlling its odors. In fact, says the complaint, the city as “local enforcement agency” won’t even grant its li’l northern neighbor a hearing on its odor complaint.
Newby Island landfill expansion plans raises a stink in Milpitas | abc7news.com
The proposal to expand a South Bay landfill is drawing sharp criticism from neighbors who say it’s the cause of an ongoing odor problem in their city.
http://abc7news.com/news/landfill-expansion-plan-raises-a-stink-in-milpitas/645856/
Bill Text – AB-385 Solid waste facilities: local enforcement agencies.
This bill was introduced by Assembly Member Kansen Chu.
Source: Bill Text – AB-385 Solid waste facilities: local enforcement agencies.
Weds, Apr 1st@7pm, Milpitas Stop Odor Meeting
Milpitas Stop Odor Weekly Meeting. Everyone is welcomed!
Time: Apr 1st, Weds, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Meeting Location: Barbara Lee Senior Center. Next to Milpitas City Hall.
Address: 40 North Milpitas Boulevard, Milpitas
More California Biomass Facilities Closing | Energy Justice Network
Air quality agency to host odor meeting in Milpitas – San Jose Mercury News
Newby Island Landfill Tour Notes 2015
On March 11th, 2015, we were invited for a tour of the Newby Facility. Here are our notes from the tour. Also in the doc, you can access photos and a video.
Salt Marsh Walk May 10
I think this might interesting for some of us to get a background on the project and learn more about it. It is run by the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project.
http://www.
Salt Marsh Walk
Visitor Center, Fremont
- Sunday, March 29, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sunday, April 19, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Sunday, May 10, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Take a walk with docent Gregg Aronson around the wetlands of the wildlife refuge and learn about their history. See examples of salt collection ponds and learn what is being done to convert them back to their original, natural salt marsh state. Hear how wildlife is affected by the two types of habitat, and why it is important to control the rate of conversion from salt ponds back to the salt marshes. Binoculars and/or a camera are recommended. Register at http://marshwalk.