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Around The Glen
City council delays leases to airlines
The San Jose City Council postponed extending San Jose International Airport leases to two airlines, because they haven't yet agreed to abide by the airport's nighttime curfew.
Last week's action affected Mexicana Airlines and Air Canada. District 6 City Councilman Ken Yeager, who represents one of the city's two districts near the airport, had expressed concerns about the issue.
Yeager said he was worried about renewing the airlines' leases, because he knew from his experience on the Airport Curfew Monitoring Committee that they hadn't signed a letter agreeing to adhere to the curfew guidelines.
"It didn't seem like the department of transportation was doing much to enforce the curfew," he said. "The fact is that we as a council have never really taken the airlines to task. Now is the time."
--Kate Carter
County proposes redistricting plan
The county's redistricting committee presented a new map of the county's five district boundaries at a May 30 public hearing.
The proposed plan would move more than 7,000 Willow Glen residents from District 2, which includes most of Willow Glen, into District 4. It would also move a small southern portion of Willow Glen from District 1 to District 4.
An area south of Curtner Avenue to Koch Lane, between Meridian Avenue and Almaden Expressway, and a small section west of Meridian Avenue to about Walden Square, between Dry Creek Road and Curtner would be added to District 4, said redistricting program manager Andrea Boyd-Ball. Areas south of Foxworthy Avenue between Meridian Avenue and Almaden Road, now in District 1, would also be added to District 4.
U.S. Census data showed that the population in District 2 had grown and District 4's had shrunk in the past 10 years. Boyd-Ball said the decision to separate those areas from District 2 were intended to make the districts more equal in size and give neighborhoods south of Willow Glen more representation.
"Meridian and Curtner are traditional boundaries of Willow Glen," Boyd-Ball said. "When you get away from Meridian, you start getting into that gray area. A lot of this neighborhood, these people identify with Cambrian anyway. We're trying to bring that neighborhood into equal representation."
Boyd-Ball said the redistricting committee is scheduled to approve a proposal June 13 to submit to the board of supervisors. The board will hold a public hearing on the proposal on June 26, and is scheduled to approve the plan on August 14, she said. People can comment on the proposal at the county's redistricting website: www.sccredistricting.org.
--Kate Carter
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Willow Glen, California Since 1992
