Task force presents design elements to San Jose
The San Jose City Council approved the first report from a task force charged with devising and analyzing the design of San Jose’s future Coyote Valley community.
Coyote Valley, the 7,000-acre community between San Jose and Morgan Hill, will support up to 75,000 residents and 50,000 jobs, the city said. It also will construct 25,000 housing units, 20 percent of which would be affordable housing, the report said.
The 20-member task force presented council with their first report Tuesday. The report outlined four primary design elements of Coyote Valley: a lake, a transit system, Fisher Creek and a parkway.
The roughly 65-acre lake, which the report deemed “a future community core,” would be placed near Bailey Avenue and Santa Teresa Boulevard.
The spoke-configured transit system would operate on a fixed guideway, similar to a lightrail line but with less expensive rubber tires. It could someday become a lightrail line.
Fisher Creek would be restored to its original location along the hillsides west of Coyote Valley, providing additional flood control and habitat.
The parkway, with merges and loops, would accommodate high volume traffic in lieu of traditional streets. It might be landscaped and provide additional flood and drainage control.
In the next several months, Coyote Valley planning staff, the task force and consultants will continue more detailed planning including identifying land uses and determining infrastructure and public needs.
Katie Niekerk is a staff writer. Reach her at 408-842-6400 or
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