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McKean Road Sports Complex News Articles and Letters

Read news articles and letters from the community from local papers, the Almaden Resident and the Almaden Times, on the issues and potential impacts of the McKean Road sports complex on the South Almaden Valley Urban Reserve.



"It's official—a McKean Road sports complex is not happening."
Read the Almaden Resident's story—Oct. 5, 2006:



Lawsuit Filed
SAVRA and the Committee for Green Foothills have filed a lawsuit against the City of San Jose challenging the approval of the general plan text amendment that would allow development of the sports complex.


Almaden Resident: News Articles | Letters and Opinions
Almaden Times: News Articles | Letters and Opinions

Almaden Resident

News Articles
03/24/05 Plan to lay water pipes to reserve questioned
03/03/05 Legal fees, lease terms stall sports fields plan
01/20/05 City staff deliberately hid full cost of complex
01/13/05 Removal of District 10 files raises questions
12/02/04 Sports complex surprises on city council agenda and in Coyote Valley
12/02/04 The planning commission votes down sports fields
11/18/04 Commission hearing on fields plan postponed
11/11/04 County counsel chides city for dismissing legitimate concerns
10/07/04 The county denounces McKean Rd. fields plan
09/16/04 District OKs bulldozing of buildings on complex site
09/02/04 Will another well resolve AYA's water problems?
09/02/04 AYA financial disclosure is now finally complete
08/26/04 Low water supply may not hinder fields plan
08/19/04 EIR points to problems in soccer-fields plan
08/19/04 Council has lukewarm reaction to Pyle's city/AYA audit request
08/12/04 Candidate calls for an audit of city AYA grants
07/29/04 Inside Story: How a straightforward news story evolved
07/15/04 City invests $2.6 million for fields-no oversight
05/13/04 Well test off McKean Road ends, but questions and worry remain
05/06/04 Plans for hushed well test raise concerns
02/05/04 Council puzzle pieces fit for Pyle
01/29/04 Candidates talk sports, land use, gas stations, spending at Q&A
01/15/04 District 10 candidates face off at Q&A forum
11/20/03 Those Who Say No
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Letters and Opinions
03/24/05 DeCinzo: Oaks Water Co.
03/10/05 multiple letters
01/20/05 Editorial: City should spend taxpayers' money more wisely
01/13/05 Editorial: Missing files must be returned immediately
12/02/04 Reconsider San Jose's needs for athletic facilities
11/11/04 City and district can't afford to fund complex
10/14/04 multiple letters
09/23/04 Now is the time to make views known
09/09/04 School athletic fields not good enough?
08/26/04 multiple letters
08/26/04 We're taking a close look at ourselves
08/19/04 If we're going to build the fields, let's do it right
08/12/04 Sports facility project must undergo audit
07/22/04 Dando and Lascola letters
07/15/04 Just what is AYA's financial status?
03/04/04 Someone should ask Dando the question
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Almaden Times

News Articles
03/17/05 City negotiating new Memorandum of Understanding with district
01/27/05 Preservation groups accuse city of favoritism toward sports fields project
01/20/05 Preservation groups sue city to stop youth sports fields
12/13/04 McKean Road sports fields now rest with the city
09/23/04 AVCA News-The McKean Road sports complex
09/23/04 School District plans to bulldoze land for proposed sports complex in coming weeks
05/06/04 AYA Sports Fields update: Well testing begins in Almaden
12/11/03 Officials meet to discuss Sports Field Complex
10/24/03 Rezoning: threat to property values or inevitable sign of progress?
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Letters and Opinions
08/26/04 City nor AYA not interested in protecting SAVUR's resources
06/03/04 Reader objects to the 'law-doesn't-matter' philosophy of the AYA sports fields
03/04/04 Proposed sports fields only for older youths
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