10/5/2011

Post date: Mar 23, 2013 9:22:50 PM

River Oaks Neighborhood Association Board Meeting

Wednesday October 5, 2011

7:00pm @ Premier Pizza, River Oaks

Present: Jean, Mike, Laura, Tam Truong (resident), Laura Rasay (resident), Julie Payne (Retail Real Estate Manager, Shea Properties)

Agenda items:

• Mike and Jean attended the NSJ Taskforce meeting Sept 19th. See Laura's extensive notes for the details. The most awesome news: the Sony/Irvine 5-acre park will be completed December 2013!

• PG&E is doing "hydrostatic test T-24" at two locations just north of Tasman Drive. This is a test to prove that the natural gas pipeline is safe. Our supply of gas will be rerouted for the duration of the test. The testing will start Sept 19th, and service will be restored to normal Oct 23rd. Here is the letter from PG&E and the map of the sites where the testing will occur.

• Fairfield has released some conceptual drawings for their Baypointe projects: first picture, second picture, and third picture.

• The installation of storm sewers along ROP has left some ugly temporary patches, like this one. This will be fully restored to the original before construction is finished.

• Contact information for some of the local construction projects:

  • Storm/sewers/roads: Tom Armstrong of HMH Corp, (408) 487-2200

  • Irvine/Sony construction: Jason Fong, Irvine Co, (949) 720-5564

• Brainstormed with Julie some ideas for improving the Elan retail center

• Need Essex status update. Mike and Jean to follow up. Especially park status, construction dates, pictures of proposed buildings, and traffic mitigation plans. Will also ask Kansen Chu's office to organize a neighborhood meeting, since it was required but was never held.

• Councilmember Kansen Chu invites all residents to a Haunted House in honor of Halloween. Flyer here.

• Construction noise bothering you before 7am or after 7pm? Call City of San Jose, Code Enforcement (408) 535-7770.

• Next meeting Nov 2nd.