hello to all,

the cisco proposal has several presumed elements that are important to consider before making a pro or con judgement. 1)the current neighborhood in South SJ; 2)current traffic problems along Santa Teresa as it is (without greater use by employees down the road); 3) infrastructure that would need to be built to accomadate a Cisco development; and 4)continued sprawl.

1) the neighborhood is currently a nice and quiet area, except for rush hour, especially if you live along ST Blvd.

2) Building a facility that will have some 20,000 additional employees will only make things worse. most will travel by way of 101, or "Blood Alley" Monterey HWY, but many will find ST an all too easy route. This much traffic that is not worth an increase in home values, for the quality of life would have been reduced dramatically.

3) The area that Cisco would like to develop into their new campus floods every year. I remember this fromthe time i took my school bus to Live Oak in the early 80's -- and it has not changed. So, where will the money needed come from? I can assume that Cisco will not pay for problems. It will be on us, the established residents of the city who will suffer -- with a possible loss of more city services. Then, there is the Bailey Road connection to 101, who will pay for that? If the City said it was willing to use federal and/or state road funds for it, that only means the existing roads, like Tully/Curtner, Montague/Trimble, etc. would be shelved. Currently, the workforce base in San Jose is close to the MOntague/Trimble area. So, should we just forget about the Golden Triangle as it is refered to, for developing Coyote Valley?

4)As we all know, San Jose is known as 'mini-LA' refering to its sprawl. To contain the cost of urban services, including water, sewage, streets, etc, there has been a need to re-use vacant land. Cisco may not have one gigantic campus, but several buildings throughout urban SJ. That makes more economic sense in the long run. It is commonly refered to as Smart Growth, where growth and development is allowed, but not just any sprawl, especially in a narrow valley like Coyote which is only serviced by 101, 82, and ST Blvd.