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Ending 40 years of acrimony, the city of Saratoga, the West Valley Homeowners Association and the West ValleyMission Community College District board of trustees have reached a tentative agreement to avoid construction of an athletic stadium on the West Valley campus. The board of trustees unanimously passed the draft agreement at a June 17 meeting.
The day before, the Saratoga City Council had agreed on a conceptual agreement and directed the city attorney to work with West Valley College's attorney.
The agreement—in effect for the next 30 years—will be finalized with attorneys for both the city and the district. Jack Lucas, president of the board of trustees, described the agreement as "a historic step." Stan Arterberry, the district's chancellor, said the community college now has "an outstanding partnership" with the city and neighbors surrounding the college.
A task force with representatives from the city, the homeowners association and the community college district have met over the past two years to develop an agreement surrounding the issues of the football field at West Valley College. Under the agreement, district officials will not put a "stadium" in a West Valley College educational facility master plan, and the scoreboard structural support beams will be removed at the football and track facility.
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