City of Santa Clara
  • Sign In

Meeting: Council and Authorities Concurrent Meeting on 2020-09-01 3:30 PM

Meeting Time: September 01, 2020 at 3:30pm PDT

Agenda Item

5. 20-819 Discussion and direction on the possible relocation of Santa Clara County Courthouse located at 1095 Homestead Road, Santa Clara CA 95050 (APN 269-22-94) including authorizing discussions with the State of California Judicial Council [Council Pillar: Enhance Community Engagement and Transparency]

Legislation Text Letter to the State Judicial Council Government Code 11011
   Oppose     Neutral     Support    
500 of 500 characters remaining
2 Public Comments
  • Default_avatar
    Frank Lemmon about 4 years ago

    It's essential to relocate the County Courthouse, to enable the full six city-owned blocks to be redeveloped as a whole. We want a cohesive downtown redevelopment, starting with the six blocks which will become available once the leases come due in 2022. If the courthouse remains "as is," it will block the re-connection of Main St., which is essential to reestablishing the downtown area on the original grid.

  • Default_avatar
    Susan Hinton about 4 years ago

    I oppose wasting everybody's time on this odd effort. Though I support the idea of recreating a downtown for the City -and I'm listed as a supporter- I fail to see how removing the County Courthouse enhances the area. Funnily enough no one is demanding that the U.S. Post Office move. Both the Post Office and the Courthouse offer necessary governmental services and I would think that the City of Santa Clara would want to keep them both.