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BAREC AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY SANTA CLARA
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DEVELOPMENT PLANS HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH. SUMMERHILL HOMES IS IN LINE TO BE THE MAIN DEVELOPER TO PURCHASE THE BAREC PROPERTY FROM THE STATE.
Their preliminary site plan presented still shows two story 2000 sq.ft. homes on 3000 sq.ft. lots, with the houses having approximately 1000 sq.ft. foot prints on each lot surrounding the perimeter of the land backing up to the existing homes. Also, with proposed Senior Housing next to the SouthEast corner along Winchester with a small 1 acre park near the opposite NorthWest corner with Forest pedestrian access. See Preliminary Plans at my BAREC Maps, Photos & Plans page at bottom.
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The Redevelopment Agency is still authorized to purchase six acres of the BAREC site for 165 affordable senior housing units (that I described above) and selected the non-profit team of the Methodist Retirement Foundation and Charities Housing to develop and operate the project.
LATEST RUMOR ON DEVELOPMENT PLAN: THE CITY IS GOING TO PUT THE SMALL PARK PLANNED FOR THE PROPERTY DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF FOREST AND PINE VIEW DRIVE. ALSO, THE CITY IS GOING TO ALLOW TWO STORY HOUSES WITH ONLY A TWENTY FOOT SET-BACK FROM THE EXISTING PROPERTY LINES THAT CURRENTLY BORDER THE PROPERTY. THAT MEANS YOUR NEW NEIGHBORS WILL HAVE A FULL VIEW OF YOUR BACK YARD IF YOUR PROPERTY BORDERS THE PROPERTY. WHAT IS ALSO INTERESTING ABOUT THAT IS THAT THOSE ALONG HENRY THAT BORDER THE PROPERTY WITH LOT SIZES THREE TIMES THE PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENT LOT SIZES CAN BUILD THEIR EXISTING HOMES TO THEIR BACK YARDS WITH A 20 FOOT SETBACK AS WELL. IT IS GOING TO GET CROWDED REAL QUICK. ALSO, THE NEW LOTS WILL BE SUBDIVIDED AS SUCH SO THAT THEIR LOTS WILL BE SO NARROW, THAT YOU WILL HAVE ALMOST 3 TWO STORY HOMES ALONG JUST YOUR PROPERTIES BACK FENCE. YOU WILL HAVE NO VIEW OF THE SKY, UNLESS YOU LOOK STRAIGHT UP. YOU WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THREE FAMILIES LOOKING IN YOUR BACKYARD. THIS ISN'T WHAT THE CITY PROMISED. IS THIS RIGHT? PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION.
IF YOU WANT TO PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DON'T FORGET TO SUPPORT THE SAVEBAREC.ORG WEBSITE. THIS IS THE GROUP THAT YOU WANT TO BACK IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ON WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO BAREC. CLICK ON THEIR LINK TO THE LEFT TO GO TO THEIR WEBSITE AND FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN CONTACT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAKING THE DECISIONS ON THE FUTURE USES FOR THIS PROPERTY. DO IT NOW! ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON THE BAREC PROPERTY WILL SEVERELY IMPACT YOUR PROPERTY VALUES.
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