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THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN

MAY 31, 2019

New life for South County park

A supplement to the Gilroy Dispatch & Morgan Hill Times

Calendar of Events P8 Appreciation Day P14 Real Estate P19

Safe haven

SOUTH VALLEY MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

San Ysidro Park takes on a new look P6

LOCAL ACCEPTED TO SIX LAW SCHOOLS P2 | MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY DOWNTOWN P4 | OAKWOOD’S DYNAMIC DUO P14

THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF SAN BENITO COUNTY

A supplement to the Hollister Free Lance

MAY 31, 2019

4th Street Eatery opens in Hollister SIMPLY FRESH

SAN BENITO MAGAZINE INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Hollister couple opens eatery downtown P6

CALENDAR OF EVENTS P8 | APPRECIATION DAY P14 | REAL ESTATE P19

$1 • Friday, May 31, 2019 • Vol. 126, No. 22 • morganhilltimes.com • Serving Morgan Hill since 1894

Planners request reduced Cordoba Center ISLAMIC GROUP UNDECIDED ON NEXT STEPS Jaqueline McCool Reporter

➝ Cordoba Center, 12

Robert Eliason

What was expected to be an end to a 13-year journey for the South Valley Islamic Center, whose members have been trying to open the Cordoba Center mosque and cemetery in San Martin, instead presented another set of changes and obstacles for the project. At the May 23 meeting the Santa Clara County Planning Commission in a 4-3 vote rejected the project as submitted. Instead, the commission tabled the item to the Aug. 22 meeting and directed planning staff to come back to that session with findings for a project that was half the size, as well as one that is 75 percent of the size proposed by the center.

FIRED UP Chefs Ian and Bruce Porter flame up some giant skillets of shrimp and mushroom scampi Saturday, May 25 at the Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras.

Fungi for a cause The 40th annual Morgan Hill Mushroom Mardi Gras drew thousands of locals and visitors to the city's downtown Saturday and Sunday, May 25

and 26. Despite a scattering of raindrops Sunday, revelers enjoyed plenty of food, live entertainment, dancing, children's rides, arts, crafts and beverages

throughout the two-day event. The non-profit Mushroom Mardi Gras Festival is an annual fundraiser that, ➝ More photos, 10

Tech park plan draws public outcry RESIDENTS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC, NOTIFICATION Erik Chalhoub Business Editor

A proposed large industrial development on the northern end of Morgan Hill has stirred an overwhelming response from residents, according to city officials. And these same officials say they are concerned that

rumors about the project are floating around. To attempt to answer residents’ numerous question-s, city officials hosted a community meeting on May 21 on the Morgan Hill Technology Park Project, which is still in its early stages. The project has spurred the formation of a group of citizens who call themselves Morgan Hill Responsible Growth

Coalition, urging residents to speak out against the development. Earlier this year, Dallas-based developer Trammell Crow purchased the 61-acre property adjacent to US 101 at Cochrane Road and submitted an application to the city to rezone a majority of the land for industrial use. The project proposes to construct up to one million square feet of industrial and commercial

space, as well as up to 300 housing units. An environmental impact study is being developed, and a draft is expected to be released later this year for public input. In front of a standing-room-only city council chambers, Morgan Hill Development Services Director Jennifer Carman called the response to the project “phenomenal.”

“In my career I have never seen this type of response to a notice of preparation for an EIR,” she said. Topping the list of questions was the identity or type of prospective tenants. Will Parker, principal of Trammell Crow’s Northern California Business Unit, said that while there has been some “preliminary ➝ Trammell Crow, 8

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