About 35 neighbors braved a Thursday night storm to voice their opposition to a proposal to build 18 homes on Fleming Avenue between Alum Rock Avenue and Neves Way. Neighbors stood shoulder to shoulder inside Len and Julie Ramirez' Fleming Avenue home to express concerns to Jim Sullivan of Braddock and Logan Group, the developer of the project, and Todd Rufo, Policy Advisor to City Councilmember Nora Campos. Neighbors said their biggest concerns are density, traffic and the danger the project would create for drivers and pedestrians as well as aesthetic and quality of life issues. Sullivan told the neighbors that his company is complying by San Jose General Plan development guidelines since the property would be annexed to the city of San Jose. Currently, the property of The Lord's Baptist Church is in county jurisdiction. Sullivan also said those guidelines stipulate that the project would have no major impact on traffic since it is less than 50 units. Neighbors strongly disagreed, pointing to photo enlargements displyed on a TV screen showing a 12-
hundred foot traffic backup that occurs daily on Fleming Avenue as it is. Neighbors also made several suggestions to mitigate the problems, such as acquiring a lot on Clareview to build a second road outlet to the development, lowering the number of homes to be built, and/or creating buffers to lessen the impact of traffic and congestion. Rufo promised to make a detailed report of the meeting to Councilmember Campos, and neighbors were urged to write emails to their city and county representatives.Neighbors concerned about this must speak up at the San Jose Planning Commission meeting, scheduled for December 7th at 7:00 pm in City Hall. More on this meeting coming soon.
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