Vallco/Rise Status
There is a lot of misinformation on the Vallco/Rise project. In short, the approved SB 35 Vallco project has the most affordable homes of any version the developer has ever submitted, but it still has about 2 Million square feet of office space planned and 6,000 parking spaces for all of the office commuters.
“The Vallco project uses a housing law to worsen the housing shortage”
— Kitty Moore
The Vallco site is also undergoing environmental cleanup for the hazardous waste on the site. I found, in 2021, that there was more hazardous waste than revealed, when the developer had claimed the site had a clean bill of health in 2019. The developer finally entered into an agreement for hazardous waste cleanup Regulatory Oversight by the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health in April, 2021. The cleanup documents are now available on the Geotracker website and I have pasted the Geotracker landing page for this site below.
Our city needs councilmembers, like myself, who are educated and willing to study and understand documents like these you will find on Geotracker, and review thousands of pages of environmental documents which Council is tasked with reading and deciding whether to certify. That is why political catchphrases don’t work. Ultimately, it is necessary to understand the details and to support publicly-elected representatives who are representing the interests of the public and doing the work, rather than attacking such people and supplanting them with people who are clearly not doing the work. If re-elected, I fully intend to keep doing this work, and I would encourage those who have lodged unending attacks coupled with paid-for misrepresentations to think much more carefully about why projects fail, why projects succeed, and what methods stand the test of time in ensuring integrity, safety and success.
VALLCO TOWN CENTER (T10000017167) - (MAP)
10123 NORTH WOLFE ROADCUPERTINO, CA 95014SANTA CLARA COUNTYCLEANUP PROGRAM SITE (INFO) OPEN - REMEDIATION AS OF 11/15/2022 - DEFINITION
PRINTABLE CASE SUMMARY / CSM REPORT
CLEANUP OVERSIGHT AGENCIES
SANTA CLARA COUNTY LOP (LEAD) - CASE #: 2021-16s
CASE MANAGER: Gerald O'Regan
Regulatory Profile
CLEANUP STATUS - DEFINITIONS
OPEN - REMEDIATION AS OF 11/15/2022 - CLEANUP STATUS HISTORY
POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS OF CONCERN BENZENE, DIESEL, LEAD, OTHER CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS, OTHER INSECTICIDES / PESTICIDE / FUMIGANTS / HERBICIDES, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBS), TETRACHLOROETHYLENE (PCE), TRICHLOROETHYLENE (TCE)
POTENTIAL MEDIA OF CONCERNCONTAMINATED SURFACE / STRUCTURE, INDOOR AIR, SOIL VAPOR
FILE LOCATIONALL FILES ARE ON GEOTRACKER OR IN THE LOCAL AGENCY DATABASE
DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER BENEFICIAL USE(S) - DEFINITIONS MUN, AGR, IND, PROC
DWR GROUNDWATER SUB-BASIN NAMESanta Clara Valley - Santa Clara (2-009.02)
CALWATER WATERSHED NAMESanta Clara - Palo Alto (205.50)
