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Brooktree Neighborhood
In the Berryessa district
San Jose, California
This independent web site and mail list are by and for residents of the
Brooktree neighborhood of San Jose, California.
They were established January 2003.
Neighborhood Mail List
If you live in the Brooktree neighborhood, please consider yourself invited
to subscribe to the
Brooktree Neighborhood mail list
and talk with your neighbors.
BART Extension public meetings - August 2006
VTA is collecting comments on the Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) at
vtabart.seircomments@vta.org
until Sept 7.
Any comments you wish to make will be accepted into the public record.
Basically your comments can enable the staff to work on your suggestion.
So it hurts you more if your suggestion isn't in the record.
Though of course it doesn't guarantee anything will be done at all.
That's why we keep watching the project.
For the Brooktree Neighborhood:
Our biggest issue is to prevent changes to the plan which would make the
BART line elevated next to our neighborhood, where the noise will reach
many more people's homes.
We need it to be "at grade" (ground level) or in a trench at the crossing
with Hostetter Road.
At those levels the noise won't be significantly more than we already get
from the freight trains on the current tracks.
There will inevitably be more trains but they'll pass in a few seconds and
won't be blowing horns at 3AM,
which currently bothers the people closest to the tracks.
We need VTA and BART to hear that this is important to us.
They've heard it from one of us so far - but we need a lot more.
public meeting
Tuesday, August 8, 2006; 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Milpitas Community Center, Main Auditorium
457 E. Calaveras Boulevard, Milpitas
public meeting
Monday, August 14, 2006; 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
City of Santa Clara Police Department, Community Meeting Room
601 El Camino Real, Santa Clara
community working group (CWG) meeting (more detailed)
Tuesday, August 15, 2006; 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Portuguese Community Center, Meeting Room
1115 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose
The meeting is open to the public but oriented toward more detailed
presentation to and response from CWG members.
Ian Kluft will represent the Brooktree Neighborhood - send your comments to
ik-vta-hoscwg-200608@thunder.sbay.org
if you can't attend to bring your own comments.
public meeting
Tuesday, August 15, 2006; 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Portuguese Community Center, Meeting Room
1115 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose
public meeting
Monday, August 21, 2006; 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
San Jose City Hall, Committee Meeting Rooms W 118 & 119
200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose
Note: when the VTA presentations, documents and web sites refer to an "FEIR",
that's the Final Environmental Impact Report from 2004.
At our request, VTA provided us a CD with
a copy which we've posted on the web site.
Construction on VTA Tasman East & Capitol Light Rail extensions began in late 2000.
The extension opened through Berryessa to Alum Rock in June 2004.
Trolleys are operating in the median of Capitol Ave.
The Cropley and Hostetter stations serve our neighborhood.
5 minutes to the Great Mall
12 minutes to First & Tasman
(numerous employers, or transfer to Mtn View trolley)
transfer at Tasman to a Mtn View trolley to Great America
30 minutes to San Jose Airport shuttle stop
40 minutes to downtown San Jose
transfer in downtown SJ to a Winchester trolley to San Jose Arena/HP Pavilion
Cross the tracks only when you have a green light - pedestrians included.
A single trolley car can weigh as much as 65 tons.
VTA runs up to 3-car trains during weekdays on the Alum Rock/Santa Teresa line.
In a collision, the train always wins.
