Note: the Midpeninsula regional open space district does not include Pacifica.
| We can see Santa Clara/Silicon Valley from here |
By a 7-0 vote Wednesday
night, the board of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, a
government agency based in Los Altos, placed a $300 million bond measure
on the June 3 ballot in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
The measure, which requires a two-thirds majority vote to pass, would increase property tax bills from the current rate of $17 a year per $100,000 assessed value by $3.18 per $100,000 of assessed value. The extra money would add up to 28,000 new acres to the district's total of 62,000 acres, build new trails, restore wildlife habitat and open all of the agency's preserves to the public, including the summit of Mount Umunhum south of San Jose. Currently, because of tight funding, only 54 percent of the district's lands are open to hikers, bicyclists and horse riders. Read article.
The measure, which requires a two-thirds majority vote to pass, would increase property tax bills from the current rate of $17 a year per $100,000 assessed value by $3.18 per $100,000 of assessed value. The extra money would add up to 28,000 new acres to the district's total of 62,000 acres, build new trails, restore wildlife habitat and open all of the agency's preserves to the public, including the summit of Mount Umunhum south of San Jose. Currently, because of tight funding, only 54 percent of the district's lands are open to hikers, bicyclists and horse riders. Read article.
Reference - Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District/Funding Measure. "Overview. On February 26, the Midpen Board of Directors voted to place a general obligation bond measure on the June 3, 2014 ballot. The decision came after a long public process to help shape the direction and priorities of the District into the future. The resulting vision plan reflects the public’s priorities to expand, enhance, and connect regional trails and open space areas, to preserve open space, and to complete restoration projects. The measure requires a two-thirds vote in Midpen’s jurisdiction in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and a portion of unincorporated Santa Cruz County."
THE 17 CITIES THAT COMPRISE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL OPEN SPACE DISTRICT
San Mateo County
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Santa Clara County
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Atherton
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Portola Valley
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Cupertino
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Mountain View
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East Palo Alto
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Redwood City
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Los Altos
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Palo Alto
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Half Moon Bay
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San Carlos
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Los Altos Hills
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Saratoga
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Menlo Park
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Woodside
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Los Gatos
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Sunnyvale
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Monte Sereno
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Note: Photograph from Black Mountain Skyline ridge (Monte Bello Open Space Preserve, Los Gatos) is from the San Francisco Chronicle by Karl Gohl.
Posted by Kathy Meeh
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