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Old action alerts (through December, 2001)

We can win this.


Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors will consider the trail plan on December 4, 2001

"Stanford's idea of a pastoral hike: sucking exhaust" -- Mercury News editorial

Endorsement by Open Space District.

Stanford makes their formal trail route proposal. It's not good.

Proposed plan from Stanford and County Parks and Recreation gives up 3.6 miles of legally required trails over Stanford land.


 

Come to the Town Hall meeting on Stanford's compliance with its General Use Permit.

Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss has scheduled a town hall meeting to update the community on the Stanford GUP and Community Plan. Now is the time to let her know that the community wants to see progress on all of the environmental protections called for in the GUP/CP. Please plan to attend.

Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto.
When: Thursday, August 23, 7pm.


PATHS position statement

This is the message we'd like your help in getting across.

5th District residents pay 26% of the tax dollars received by the Parks Charter Fund, but receive only 16% of the park acreage. Over many years this 5th District shortfall amount is estimated to be about $32 million dollars.

PATHS has submitted a proposal to both Stanford University and the Santa Clara County Supervisors outlining how the county could support and facilitate trail maintenance and resource management in the Foothills, relieving Stanford of expense and liability in providing trail access.

There is no 5th District county park north of Rancho San Antonio. Trails and paths in the Dish area have proven (by their usage) to be needed and used. Sensitive ecosystems and public access do co-exist in many parks and open spaces where resource management practices are used. Contrary to Stanford's accusations, the public has done little to despoil the Foothills area. We don't need another Jasper Ridge, a lovely but inaccessible open space.

Sign the PATHS petition.

Sign the P.A.T.H.S. petition. You can sign on-line or at the S.O.S.A. table at Junipero Serra and Stanford Avenue (by the entrance to the Dish) on weekends. Download a printable petition and collect signatures, return to PATHS, 788 Stern Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94303 by October 10th. We will be presenting these to Joe Simitian at the Planning Commision's and Supervisors' hearings.

Sign the SOS-Alliance petition.

They're working the open-space issue, and need your help.

Contact the Santa Clara County Supervisors.

Click here to write all the supervisors.

Contact Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss

Contact Stanford University President John Hennessy

Especially important if you're a Stanford graduate.

Hennessy@Stanford.edu President@Stanford.edu
phone 650-725-3723,
fax: 650-725-6847

Provost John Etchemendy
phone 650-724-4075
fax: 650-724-1347
Board of Trustees
phone: 650-725-9217
fax: 650-725-3340,
Bldg. 10, Stanford U., 94025


Write letters to the editor

Palo Alto Weekly, PO Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302
fax: 650-326-3928;
letters@paweekly.com

Palo Alto Daily News, 329 Alma St., Palo Alto, CA 94301
fax: 650-327-0676,
editorial@paloaltodailynews.com

San Jose Mercury News, 750 Ridder Park Dr., San Jose, CA 95190
fax: 408-271-3792
letters@sjmercury.com

Stanford Daily, Storke Publications Building, Stanford, CA, 94305
fax: 650-725-1329;
letters@daily.stanford.edu

Menlo Park Almanac, 3525 Alameda de las Pulgas, Menlo Park, CA 94025
fax: 650-854-0677;
editor@calmanac.com

San Francisco Chronicle, 901 Mission St., San Francisco, CA 94103;
fax: 415-543-7708;
chronletters@sfgate.com


Show public support by attending meetings

If you come 15 minutes early and sign up, you may have an opportunity to speak.

[PAST] October 30th (Monday), 7 pm: Special Board Hearing on Community Plan, GUP and final EIR, County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose.

  • [PAST] October 18th (Wednesday), 6:30 pm: Planning Commission Hearing on Community Plan, GUP and Final EIR, Palo Alto City Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto.
  • [PAST] October 24th (Tuesday), 7 pm: Supervisor Joe Simitian announces his thoughts on the Stanford Community Plan and GUP and invites community feedback, Palo Alto Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto.
  • [PAST] October 30th (Monday), 7 pm: Special Board Hearing on Community Plan, GUP and final EIR, County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding St., San Jose.

Student Protest

Stanford students protested the night closure of the Dish area on Wednesday, October 4, 2000 at 11:30 PM. Read their manifesto.

Silent solidarity

Notice what seem to be the silent statements of solidarity and community that are appearing on the loop trail at the Dish: Cairns (heaps of rocks in a pile or spire) are arising along the side of the asphalt road. We at PATHS appreciate these gestures of support and commitment. (Update: the cairns referred to have been destroyed by Stanford as of Spring 2001).


Be true to your heart. Follow wherever this trail of events leads, bringing your commitment and goodwill, no matter how insurmountable the situation may appear. Leave room for the unexpected.

This site is operated by a group of Stanford-area people, many of whom are Stanford alumni.
It is not an official site of Stanford University.
Last update January 27, 2002.