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NOVEMBER 20, 2009 VOLUME 17, NO. 46

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New hospital ‘comes alive’ NO HITCHES SUNDAY AS PATIENTS MOVE INTO $470 MILLION FACILITY By Kelsey Mesher

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Brian plays the marimba with fellow Abilities United students as CSMA teacher Paul Prochaska, left, leads with piano. The group meets once a week in the Reay room.

Art unlocks doors for disabled CLASSES AT CSMA, A VOICE HOLIDAY FUND RECIPIENT, ADD BRIGHT SPOT IN TREATMENT ROUTINE

By Dana Sherne

hen Mike was a child, poor treatment at an institution left him with a fear of being outside and a hesitation around doors. Now, nearly half a century later, weekly art classes at the Community School of Music and Arts help him overcome these obstacles, said the school’s visual arts director, Linda Covello. “When he first came here, he hesitated and worried over coming in,” she said. “But it didn’t take him long before he was familiar with us. You can see that it broadens his world.” Mike attends classes with other disabled adults through CSMA’s five-year-old partnership with Abilities United, a Palo Alto nonprofit for children and adults with

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developmental disabilities. CSMA’s partnership with Abilities United is one way that the school fulfills its mission of “arts for all,” said Evy Schiffman,

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director of marketing and communication at the Mountain View nonprofit. Schiffman added that a major component of reaching that goal is CSMA’s “Arts in the Schools” program, which provides music and arts education to 7,500 students in 27 schools throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.

Every student in the Mountain View Whisman School District, for example, gets his or her arts education through this program. This year, CSMA is one of seven local charitable organizations receiving donations from the Voice’s annual Holiday Fund drive. Contributions from readers and local foundations will directly support CSMA’s “Arts in the Schools” program. CSMA also encourages the arts education of autistic youth through a program called “Artistic Intelligence.” Now in its second year, the program serves 48 students who converge on CSMA from Morgan Autism Center, Pacific Autism Center for Education, and AchieveKids. Covello notes that most of the See CSMA, page 8

onday morning was the start of just another day at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. Patients rested quietly in their rooms, nurses administered drugs and bustled through the hallways. The emergency room took on patients — 27 surgeries were scheduled for the day. Though business carried on as usual, there was one major difference about the hospital’s operations: They were all taking place in El Camino’s brand new, $470 million facility, after a meticulously planned patient and ER move from the old facility on Sunday morning. After years of planning, the new El Camino Hospital is now open. “This is literally the first full day of operations,” said Ken Graham, chief executive officer, on Monday morning to a room full of hospital staff, administrators and city officials including Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga, council members Mike Kasperzak, Laura Macias and Jac Siegal, city manager Kevin Duggan and county Supervisor Liz Kniss. “What a marked difference,” Abe-Koga said of the new hospital before presenting a certificate from the city. “For the patients and their families, the experience will be a lot more enjoyable and comfortable one.” “It’s just wonderful for the county as a whole,” Kniss said. “The entire county benefits from this kind of superb health care.” Among those recognized for their work on the seven-year project were co-chairs of the activation committee: Ken King, vice president of facilities services and Diana Russell,

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RN, chief of clinical operations and nursing operations. “Everything went exactly how it was planned,” Russell said, noting that planning for the actual move into the new facility has been in the works for over a year. In recent months Russell and her team led drills, planned scenarios and imagined real-life problems that could occur during the move, in order to prepare for the transition. “I’m feeling great,” Russell told the Voice. She described her last moment in the new, still-empty hospital building at 4 a.m. SunSee HOSPITAL, page 9

Poll: You are happy, probably By Daniel DeBolt

ccording to a national poll, Mountain View and the surrounding region is the happiest place in the whole country. The Gallup Healthways Well Being Index, which tracks national happiness levels on a daily basis, recently began breaking down the results by congressional district. Ranking at the top is California’s 14th Congressional District, which includes See HAPPY, page 8

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NOTICE OF RECORD OF DECISION INSTALLATION RESTORATION SITE 25 FORMER NAVAL AIR STATION MOFFET FIELD, CA

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The Department of the Navy (Navy) announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for Installation Restoration Site 25 at former Naval Air Station (NAS) Moffett Field. The ROD was signed by the Navy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board in November 2009. Former NAS Moffett Field is located 35 miles south of San Francisco and 10 miles north of San Jose. It was an active military base until it was closed in 1994. Former NAS Moffett Field is currently owned and occupied by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Site 25 is located in the northeastern corner of former NAS Moffett Field and includes the Eastern Diked Marsh and the stormwater retention pond. Stormwater from former NAS Moffett Field flows into Site 25. Contaminants transported in stormwater have deposited in sediment and pose a risk to animals at the site. The remedy selected to address contaminated sediment is presented in the ROD and includes excavation, treatment, off-site disposal, and focused restoration of wetland excavations. The remedy was one of several alternatives evaluated and presented to the public for review and was selected as the remedy for Site 25 after comments were received from the public. When this remedy is complete, Site 25 will be available for unlimited use and unrestricted exposure.

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■ CITY COUNCIL UPDATES ■ COMMUNITY ■ FEATURES

Is BMX park idea DOA?

Kniss: County officials ‘angry’ over vaccine distribution

COUNCIL DEADLOCKS ON BIKE COURSE, APPROVES DOWNTOWN OFFICE BUILDING

By Kelsey Mesher

upervisor Liz Kniss bemoaned the small number of doses of the H1N1 vaccine in Santa Clara County and called their slow distribution “political” during a community forum on the disease last week at the Mountain View Senior Center. “This has been a very trying time for us, with H1N1,” Kniss said, adding that she and other county officials have been “angry, upset and outraged” at the plodding distribution of the vaccine. Kniss, who is president of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and represents Mountain View, hosted the forum on Thursday evening to inform the public on the pandemic and ways county health officials are working to stop it. Because the county has been so vocal about the shortage, she said, officials finally got a response from the state. Two weeks ago the county had received only 8,800 doses of H1N1 vaccine, far less than the 200,000-dose shipment they were expecting. But as of Thursday night, Kniss said, there had been 147,000 doses delivered to Santa Clara County. “There really hasn’t been a whole lot of consistency or coordination to this,” she said, adding that the county is “well aware” of the uneven distribution of vaccine among states. Kniss said the first shipments of vaccine from the state went to Kaiser, because it was determined on the state level that the provider could reach a large population quickly. Other health providers, as well as the county health department itself, were forced to wait for new shipments, noted county health officer Dr. Marty Fenstersheib. However, he said, the county has now received nearly 150,000 doses and “There will be more vaccine coming.” V

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Doc Pezel has been the faculty advisor for 30 years at KJFC, Foothill College’s radio station.

‘Waving high the banner of Punk’ KFJC, FOOTHILL COLLEGE’S STUDENT-RUN RADIO STATION, CELEBRATES ITS 50TH YEAR By Kelsey Mesher

aking a tour of KFJC’s facilities, it’s not hard to believe that the local college radio station has been around for awhile. The station seems almost molded to the insides of a brick building on the Foothill College campus. Layers of posters, stickers and a wide assortment of random paraphernalia are plastered to its walls — souvenirs from decades past that mark the station’s evolution. Over the years, KFJC, which broadcasts at 89.7 FM, has garnered awards and earned national press. The most recent milestone: celebrating its 50th anniversary on Oct. 20.

Bob Ballou, KFJC designer and the first voice ever to go on-air under its name, helped celebrate by giving an on-air interview about the first days of the station, back when it broadcast from the old Foothill campus in Mountain View. “(We) focus on the underground music scene, or perhaps stuff you’re not going to hear other places,” said Eric Johnson, the station’s general manager, whose on-air alias is Grawer. Johnson has worked for KFJC since the early 1990s. The station plays anything, from ambient to punk, so long as it’s obscure and, according to Johnson, “not designed to be a billboard hit.” The staff of around

80 students and volunteers adds dozens of songs each week to the station’s already robust collection of music; faculty adviser Doc Pezel estimates they have over 65,000 albums or collections of some sort. As he put, “If you started listening now, you would be very old by the time you were done listening.” Though the station has been around since the 1950s, Johnson said it took on its current underground flavor about 30 years ago. He recalled a 1978 uprising at the station, an event described in true KFJC style on the station’s Web site: “On October 4,” it reads, “five student managers at KFJC voted to overthrow the general manager in reaction to his aggressive emphasis on tight formatting, following mainstream radio industry practice. The mutineers take control of KFJC, waving high the banner of Punk.” “That kind of shaped what the station is today,” Johnson said. Since the overthrow, KFJC has provided Bay Area listeners with off-the-beaten-path broadcasts, featuring little or unknown bands — some of which made it big later, like REM, Sonic Youth and Nirvana.

uesday’s council meeting began straightforwardly — with the approval of a new four-story office building on Evelyn Avenue — and ended surprisingly, with a deadlocked vote on building a new BMX park in Mountain View. The subject of a BMX park was not on the agenda, but was brought up at the end of Tuesday night’s meeting by Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga. Facing possible legal and safety problems, the city in August demolished an informal BMX track along Stevens Creek at Central Avenue that locals had been building and maintaining for at least 20 years. Abe-Koga wanted the Parks and Recreation Commission to study whether the city should build its own BMX park to replace it, probably on a 1.25acre site that stretches along North Road just east of the city’s dog park at Shoreline. She didn’t expect what happened next: The council deadlocked 3-3, with member Tom Means absent, halting the idea in its tracks. “I was kind of surprised they didn’t even want the PRC to look at it,” which would cost nothing, Abe-Koga said. She added that the idea could always come back to the council if there was enough interest from the community. Since 2001, the city has had on-again, off-again interest in building its own BMX park. Such a project would cost about $400,000 an acre and $70,000 a year to maintain, according to a Sept. 17 report from parks section manager Jack Smith. The need for the city to retain an engineer and a landscape architect are among the requirements that “dramatically change the scope” of the project, which

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DJ Leticia Domingo spins records during her show “Groove Therapy.”

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Rapist gets 25 to life for Terra Bella attack

Police hunt for armed man in kidnap-robbery WOMAN AWOKEN IN HER MIDDLEFIELD ROAD APARTMENT, TAKEN TO BANK TO WITHDRAW CASH, RELEASED By Kelsey Mesher

27-year-old Mountain View woman was wakened at gunpoint early Saturday morning after a man entered her apartment through a bedroom window, then forced her to drive to a bank and remove cash, police say. Police are classifying the crime as a robbery and kidnapping. It occurred at about 1:40 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14 in the Meadowood apartment complex at 1555 Middlefield Road. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She had the window closed and then instead of locking it with the main lock she had it securedâ&#x20AC;? with a screw lock, said police spokesperson Liz Wylie, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how he got in.â&#x20AC;? Wylie said the suspect did not let the victim look at his face, and she

was not able to describe his appearance or even say whether he was wearing a mask. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was just very adamant about her not looking at him and staying behind her in the car, staying behind her while they walked,â&#x20AC;? Wylie said. The victim could only describe the suspect as a man of medium height and build. He used a small handgun. According to police, after the robber made the woman drive to the bank and withdraw an undisclosed amount of cash, he told her to drive them back to her home. But the woman balked, telling the robber he already had what he wanted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He had his money and he fully agreed,â&#x20AC;? Wylie said. The woman pulled over her car and the robber exited and fled on foot.

The woman drove directly to the Mountain View Police Department to report the crime. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She was very, very cooperative,â&#x20AC;? Wylie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;She drove straight here, which was smart.â&#x20AC;? Police are looking into whether this case is related to another Mountain View home invasion robbery which occurred in late September, as well as a similar incident in Palo Alto. Wylie said that at this point, the only similarities seem to be that the victims were young women living alone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know for sure, but there are many differences between theseâ&#x20AC;? cases, she said. For example, in the previous cases there were sexual threats involved, and in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case there was no threat of sexual assault. Wylie said the incident is a scary reminder to all to lock doors and windows properly and to be vigilant, even in a generally safe community like Mountain View. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Detective Kevin Solomon at (650) 903-6356 or the main MVPD number at (650) 9036344. Callers may be anonymous. V

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MELCHOR PAREDES ASSAULTED MOUNTAIN VIEW WOMAN IN 2007 By Kelsey Mesher

San Jose man was sentenced last week to 25 years to life in prison for the 2007 rape of a young woman on Terra Bella Avenue. Melchor Paredes, 38, pleaded no contest last month to the rape, in addition to burglary and possession of a deadly weapon. His sentence was handed down on Thursday, Nov. 12. On Aug. 2, 2007, Paredes hid outside the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home in the 900 block of Terra Bella Avenue, wearing dark clothing and a ski mask. According to police reports, Paredes confronted the then-22year-old woman as she was leaving for work shortly after 7 a.m. He threatened her with a knife and forced her back inside her apartment, where he bound her with duct tape and raped her. Paredes, who had been working for a local construction company and using the alias â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ramon Jayardes,â&#x20AC;? reportedly moved to Georgia after committing the

crime. He moved back to the area in December 2008, and began working for the same construction company. In January, police received a tip from the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s husband, who was a coworker of Paredesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and knew him as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ramon.â&#x20AC;? Police began investigating Paredes, and three weeks after receiving the tip-off managed to collect physical evidence from him. Reportedly he was pulled over in a routine traffic stop, and police collected a thumb print and DNA sample to confirm his identity, because he was driving without a license. The County Crime Lab confirmed in mid-February that the physical evidence matched evidence collected at the time of the rape. On Tuesday, Feb. 17, police sought out Paredes at his work. After attempting to hide in the attic, he was taken into custody. Paredes reportedly told police he knew the victim, and had dated her for two months. V

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Foothill chief: College faces â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;unprecedented cutsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; By Kelsey Mesher

ommunity colleges have not been immune to the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s slashes to educational funding, said Foothill College president Judy Miner in a talk to Mountain View community leaders last week â&#x20AC;&#x201D; these days, in fact, even tenured faculty face the ax. In her presentation, given during a Thursday, Nov. 12 Challenge Team meeting, Miner said that July 1, 2010 will mark a two-year period of shrinking staff size and â&#x20AC;&#x153;unprecedented cutsâ&#x20AC;? to the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s budget. Its administrative staff will be down 14 percent since July 2008, she said. Classified staff will be down 9 percent, and faculty down 6 percent. This March, she said, district officials will have to notify tenured faculty of looming layoffs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can no longer support the number of programs and services which we have been able to offer,â&#x20AC;? Miner said to the group, which includes local school officials, city representatives, members of the Mountain View Police Department

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those were bands that were unknown, and KFJC was one of the first places that played their music,â&#x20AC;? Johnson said. Hits and hijinks Over the years, KFJC has held events as eclectic and bizarre as its play lists. In August 1983, the station played 823 versions of the Richard Berrie hit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Louie Louie.â&#x20AC;? The songwriter himself performed live on the air to promote what they called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maximum Louie Louieâ&#x20AC;? marathon, which ran for more than 63 hours and garnered attention from the Wall Street Journal and other media outlets. One student hosted a show where instead of reviewing films, he rated laundromats, giving them between one and four â&#x20AC;&#x153;suds.â&#x20AC;? He was eventually invited to speak to a large laundry organization. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was amazing what he was able to do with a very stupid idea,â&#x20AC;? Pezel said. Today, KFJC has DJs working 24 hours a day. Some are students, others are just interested in music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What drew me in from being just a listener,â&#x20AC;? said 32-year-old DJ Leticia Domingo, â&#x20AC;&#x153;was I knew that KFJC had an amazing library and that all the DJs didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just play music and not talk about it. ... They were knowledgeable and that enticed me.â&#x20AC;?

and others. Italian and German language classes are already absent from the college, she said. French is being phased out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have had some carry-over dollars,â&#x20AC;? Miner said, explaining that this money has allowed staffers to stay through the end of this year. Moving forward, however, administrators are making â&#x20AC;&#x153;strategicâ&#x20AC;? decisions about how they will balance their budget and plan programming for students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In spite of all these challenges, we continue to do good work for the community,â&#x20AC;? she said. Educators are â&#x20AC;&#x153;expanding where they can,â&#x20AC;? especially in programs that are of greatest need: basic skills, workforce development and transferring students to four-year schools. Recent projects at the college include working with local middle school students in intensive math programming over the summer, overseeing the construction of a new science and technology building to open in 2012, and searching for the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s next chancellor.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;I can learn about any music genre, any record label, and there are other people who are amazing resources for that information,â&#x20AC;? she said. Domingo, whose on-air name is MSTIZA, hosts her own show, Groove Therapy, on Mondays from 2 to 6 p.m., and also volunteers as the stationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s publicity director. True commitment Beyond student and volunteer power, KFJC operations are also made possible by Pezelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s longtime commitment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am the radio department,â&#x20AC;? joked Pezel, who has served as adviser for the station for about three decades. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The station is definitely much more involved and interested in what it does,â&#x20AC;? Pezel said, adding that volunteers and students only benefit from the work they do rather than receiving compensation. Another unique feature is that â&#x20AC;&#x153;all of its music is hand-picked by human beings,â&#x20AC;? he said, setting KFJC apart from mainstream stations which often use computer programs to create play lists. KFJC has signed a contract for another 50 years. Pezel says that at some point during the next half century the station will surely switch to HD radio â&#x20AC;&#x201D; though he noted that HD has been â&#x20AC;&#x153;just around the corner since the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s.â&#x20AC;? The station is run almost entirely on listener contributions. To donate to KFJC, hear netcasts or for other information, visit www.kfjc.org. V

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students spend their education in intimate, one-on-one settings isolated from the rest of the community. They love coming to CSMA because it gets them into a group setting, she said. Covello recalls one student’s reaction to his weekly classes: “We go from being in a really small space to being in these really big spaces where we can paint and work with clay and interact,” said Jordan, a 19-year-old enrolled in the Morgan Autism Center. Like Mike, the special needs students come away from arts and music classes with more than artistic skills. The students, separated into higher and lower functioning groups, work with aides to learn art and music skills. For Covello, teaching these students is a unique experience because of the pride they feel in even the simplest expressions of creativity. “They have a kind of innocence

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Mountain View, much of Silicon Valley and the Santa Cruz Mountains. “Of 435 districts in the country, people in Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s district apparently feel happier than in any other district in the country,” said city manager Kevin Duggan. “I think it’s great.” He added, “It’s good that people feel good about their circumstances in such trying times.” The city of Sunnyvale has pounced on the Gallup poll results, and now claims to be “the happiest place in America” in a press release on its Web site. The accolade comes from TV personality “Dr. Oz,” who for his Nov. 9 show contrasted Sunnyvale to the city of Hazard in Kentucky, which is in the least happy congressional district in the

and excitement about making art,” she said. Mary Holmes, music director at CSMA, at first was concerned about the effectiveness of the program because the teachers are not trained as music therapists. But the classes have exceeded her expectations, she said: Students who were previously disengaged now are participating and talking. “It’s about learning social skills and encountering a peer from another agency that you don’t see every day,” said executive director Jeffry Walker. Walker’s office features artwork by a student from Abilities United — a painting resembling an abstract interpretation of sheet music. Like Walker, Holmes also has a keepsake of her work with the students: a note from Wanda, an autistic adult. It begins, “I send you a very happy late Halloween and early Thanksgiving hug! I’m really enjoying giving you this card because I like you a lot as my staff and friends! You are great ones and I care about you a lot!” V

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n what many hope will be the final chapter of a long drama, Bay West Realty Capital has purchased the 64-unit Summerhill apartment complex at 291 Evandale Ave., with the intention of renovating its vacant, dilapidated buildings and turning them into marketrate rental housing. Project manager Todd Hill said his company closed on the property Nov. 9 after several months of escrow. The deal comes after the city and the neighborhood spent over a year opposing what appeared to be a plan by the previous owner, Sal Teresi, to move tenants into buildings there, even though the structures still required significant work to be safe and comply with city building codes. City officials said Teresi had also run afoul of City Hall by failing to pay $88,000 in planning fees for a failed plan to build 144 condos on the site.

Hill said he didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know why Teresi had his lawyer fight with the city for a permit to re-roof the buildings, an issue which took center stage at a City Council meeting last month. The council rejected the permit request, saying there was no proof Teresi would improve the buildings and make them safe. Hill said Teresiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tiff with the city had nothing to do with his project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put the problems in the past and do something good with the project,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s do something good for the neighborhood, for the city, for the environment and build something weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re proud to own. It will be an example of the right thing to do.â&#x20AC;? Hill said his company plans a â&#x20AC;&#x153;high-end, high-quality renovationâ&#x20AC;? which will be well regarded for its environmentally friendly features. For example, he said, LED and fluorescent lighting will be used throughout, along with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Energy Starâ&#x20AC;?-rated appliances, low-flow plumbing,

drought-tolerant landscaping and low VOC paints. Lisa Matichak, the president of the Wagon Wheel Neighborhood Association, said she was pleased with the change in ownership after talking with Hill. Neighbors made their concerns clear in June as the City Council rejected a proposal by KDC Communities to renovate the buildings and turn them into affordable housing. Many neighbors say crime has gone down in the neighborhood since the apartment complex became vacant. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We very much care about the neighborsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; concerns,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are diligently getting educated to address them.â&#x20AC;? Hill would not say what his company paid for the project, but those familiar with the deal say it was sold for less than half of what Teresi was offered before the recession. V

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MG Partners and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Related Companiesâ&#x20AC;? have been selected to be master developers of a unique $1 billion research park at Moffett Field in a partnership with NASA Ames and local universities. The 3 million-square-foot project includes nearly 2,000 homes, a million square feet of commercial space and 600,000 square feet of academic space, according to conceptual plans, which put an emphasis on environmentally sustainable design. The developers say that working with universities and NASA Ames attracted them to project, which could be seen as risky in the current market. The developers are betting that the economy will rebound in three to five years, said William Berry, president of University Associates-Silicon Valley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A new community integrating the commercial, science and residential components with technology companies of Silicon Valley can be found nowhere else,â&#x20AC;? said Michael Covarrubias, chairman and CEO of TMG, in a press release. City manager Kevin Duggan noted that the city has always been

supportive of the project, which Berry said. sits outside of city limits on federal TMG and The Related Compaland. He likened the project to the nies were both vetted financially, Stanford Research Park, which along with four other interested helped shape Silicon Valley. developers, by UA-SV. Berry said â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the long run it will have a he is confident that the developsimilar effect,â&#x20AC;? Duggan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We ment firms could provide the best canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take our unique position available financial backing for the in the world for granted. The project, adding that the reputation whole concept is trying to create of the master developers â&#x20AC;&#x153;demonsynergy and collaboration with strates the considerable attractiveprivate corporations, researchers ness of this project, even in a tough and world-famous and world-re- economy.â&#x20AC;? nowned educational institutions, An environmental impact statewhich we think is great.â&#x20AC;? ment approved in 2002 for the A year ago, University Associ- NASA Research Park calls for a ates-Silicon Valley, LLC (UA-SV) maximum of 2.9 million square signed a 95-year ground lease feet, including 1,930 housing units, with owner NASA Ames for the 600,000 square feet of academic 77-acre site, located on the south- space, 300,000 square feet of western corner of Moffett Field. industrial space and 100,000 The Foothill-De Anza College square feet of training and conferDistrict and UC Santa Cruz joined ence space. to create UA-SV with the intention of creating a major Silicon Valley college campus at Ames. Santa Clara University and Carnegie Melon University have also written letters indicating that they intend to partner in the development. UA-SV has until 2013 to begin construction of COURTESY IMAGE the project under the lease, Nasa Research Park rendering. V

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The holiday shopping season has arrived. With so many fabulous restaurant choices around town, the easiest gift for any Mountain View resident to purchase would certainly be a gift card from their favorite restaurant. We also have some interesting retail shops tucked away that are just waiting to be explored. Does the person on your list drink coffee? Assuming the answer is â&#x20AC;&#x153;yes,â&#x20AC;? we have coffee shops in our downtown district that are wildly popular. Everyone loves a pound of coffee and a new mug. Mountain View is also lucky enough to have some excellent bookstores that are well-known to the entire Bay Area.

As you make your holiday purchases during the next month, please keep in mind how important it is to shop locally and support our fabulous community. This holiday shopping season would be a great time to show our support for the local businesses by keeping your shopping, dining and lodging dollars local If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for things to do during the holidays, be sure to check out the www.ILoveMV.org website.

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INNVISION PRESENTS TWO PROGRAMS InnVision, an organization that provides shelter and resources for thousands of homeless and at-risk people in the area, has announced two holiday programs to benefit Silicon Valley families in need. The “Holiday Toy & Teen Shoppe” program allows homeless parents to choose gifts and other essentials for their families and children free of charge. To support this, InnVision is asking community members to donate new toys and gifts, winter clothing for adults and children, everyday clothing for children and teens, new undergarments and socks, new toiletry items and gift cards to local drugstores and grocers. For its “Adopt-a-Family” program, InnVision hopes to fulfill the wishes of 200 families this holiday season. The organization is seeking groups or individuals willing to “adopt” a family with a commitment of purchasing and wrapping gifts on a wish-list ranging from $200 to $500. Cash donations may be sent to InnVision at 974 Willow St., San Jose, 95125. New, unwrapped gift donations for the Holiday Toy and Teen Shoppe may be delivered to Custom Fitness, 650 Castro St., Suite 108, Mountain View, from Monday to Friday between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. To adopt a family or volunteer, contact Jaynie Neveras at (408) 213-5186 or (408) 292-4286, ext. 1018. For more information, visit www.InnVision.org. — Kelsey Mesher

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The Mountain View Police Officers’ Association hopes to deliver baskets full of food to hundreds of less fortunate families around the city this Thanksgiving as a part of its 13-year-old Cops and Gobblers program. The Association, along with community partners like Mountain View Kiwanis, Rotary and the Challenge Team, hopes to collect monetary donations and small stuffed animals for the upcoming holiday. They will use monies collected to buy food in bulk, in partnership with a local grocer. Organizer Bruce Barsi said they already have the names of over 250 families in need, and are still seeking donations to help meet that commitment. The food, along with a store certificate for a turkey and small toys for children, will be sorted and packaged Sunday, Nov. 22 at 9 a.m. and delivered to families in the area. To volunteer or donate, contact Barsi at (650) 280-0251 or bbarsi@msn.com.

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Holiday Fund helps strapped local agencies

ast year more Voice readers than ever before shrugged off the sagging economy and dug deep into their pockets, donating more than $40,000 to support seven local nonprofits in the Voiceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Holiday Fund drive. Along with grants from the Hewlett and Packard foundations, as well as the Wakerly Family Foundation, a total of more than $70,000 was raised, giving each nonprofit more than $10,000. This year, we hope to exceed the record of 178 donors to the fund, and also surpass last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s total donation for each of the nonprofit agencies. With the economy still floundering, there continues to be hundreds, even thousands, of local residents who are having trouble providing the basic needs of food and shelter for their families, or who are suffering from a lack of other important social services. If you are able, please consider making a donation to the Voice Holiday Fund this year. Your contribution will help provide a safety net to those who are down on their luck. These are our neighbors who may have been laid off unexpectedly, or had a catastrophic illness, or suffer from addiction or mental health problems. They deserve our help. The Voice Holiday Fund, now in its seventh year, provides grants to organizations that can offer a temporary home, arrange health care or provide counseling to bring an end to the substance abuse that destroys families and victimizes young children. Last year through the Holiday Fund, the Voice and its foundation partners were able to raise a total of $75,125 for seven local agencies. More than half that contribution, $42,000, was donated by Voice readers. With matching grants of over $33,000, the Holiday Fund was able to provide $10,732 for each of the seven nonprofit agencies. Monies contributed to the Holiday Fund are held by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and will be distributed to the nonprofits in February or early March. No administrative costs or fees are deducted from Holiday Fund gifts, so 100 percent of all donations will be received by the nonprofit agencies.

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Here are the organizations that will benefit from this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Holiday Fund: Community Services Agency of Mountain View and Los Altos CSA assists homeless families and seniors with short-term housing, medical care and more. The nonprofit is a cooperative effort of 17 faith communities in Mountain View and Los Altos.

Community Health Awareness Council CHAC serves Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and seven school districts. It offers school-based programs to protect students from high-risk behaviors, such as drug and alcohol abuse.

Mountain View RotaCare Clinic The RotaCare Clinic provides uninsured community residents with medical care and medications and is frequently the last resort for this underserved demographic.

Day Worker Center of Mountain View The Day Worker Center provides a secure place for workers and employers to negotiate wages. It serves 50 or more workers per day with jobs, English lessons and guidance.

Support Network for Battered Women This group operates a 24-hour bilingual hotline and a safe shelter for women and their children. It also offers counseling and other services for families dealing with domestic violence.

Community School of Music and Arts CSMA provides hands-on arts and music projects in the elementary classrooms of the Mountain View Whisman School District. Nearly 40 percent of the students are low-income, and 28 percent have limited English proficiency.

Partners for New Generations Partners for New Generations matches adult volunteers with organizations serving youth in the Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills area.

We hope that this year, as in the past, Voice readers will show their generosity by giving to these worthy causes. To give to the Holiday Fund, simply cut out the coupon provided in the paper each week (this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coupon is on page 8) and send it in with your donation. Or donations can be made online by going to www.siliconvalleycf.org/giving-mvv.html.

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Save Shorelineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s burrowing owls

CITY MUST CHOOSE BETWEEN ATHLETIC FIELDS OR DISAPPEARING SPECIES By Shani Kleinhaus & Bob Power

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nce numbering in the hundreds around the Bay, the western burrowing owl in Santa Clara County is now down to fewer than 40 nesting pairs. In the past 10 years, as many as 13 of those pairs nested at Mountain Viewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shoreline Park. In 2009, the last three remaining families raised owlets there. Relying on ground squirrel burrows, along with thoughtfully placed man-made nesting chambers, the burrowing owls at Shoreline have delighted park users for the past several decades. But plans now being drawn up

by the city of Mountain View put this animalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s future in doubt. In 2008, city staff presented plans for an athletic field that would use Shoreline Park lands along Garcia Avenue. In July 2009, city staff released a request for proposals for the design of the athletic field, and on Sept. 22 the council approved a $667,300 contract for BAS and Associates to design the facility. The September staff report to the council does not discuss an environmental impact report or analysis of alternatives for this development. The report mentions conversations with â&#x20AC;&#x153;local experts Continued on next page

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and the California Department of Fish and Game to develop an owl mitigation plan,â&#x20AC;? and describes the option of purchasing off-site mitigation credits in eastern Alameda County, enhancing foraging habitat within Shoreline, or some combination of the two. The report concludes that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Council does not have to make a decision about owl mitigation strategy for the athletic field project at this time.â&#x20AC;? City Council decisions for years have benefited burrowing owls; thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why Shoreline still has a population while Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Sunnyvaleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s owls have disappeared. The current situation, however, is a classic case of good intentions, but less-than-complete information, guiding a series of decisions. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time to step back and do the right thing. Of the myriad questions this project and its process bring up, here are a few: â&#x2013; Why are the owls an afterthought? â&#x2013; Why are we considering the export of our local biological treasures to Alameda County? â&#x2013; What happened to the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitment to sustainability and the preservation of biodiversity (see Mountain View General Plan, Mountain View 2009 Sustainability Report, Shoreline at Mountain View Web site)? â&#x2013; In the long run, which would be remembered and appreciated more by residents: another athletic field, or the creation of a burrowing owl preserve? We believe that the City Council is truly interested in informing the public in an open public process

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