some websites

Here are some website links that we should get familiar with. Just skim over it if you can!
We need to know what were talking about!
An important aspect of St. James Park is the historical qualities of the area.
http://www.parks.ca.gov/
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/

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Direct relevant links on St. James

Though a bit outdated... even the San Jose department for Parks and Recreation stopped doing their annual report by 2009. I am assuming this lack of maintenance is due to the budget crisis:

Websites
St. James district homepage by SJ Downtown Dwellers Neighborhood Services
http://stjameshistoric.org/home
2009

St. James improvements by SJ Redevelopment Agency (with some pdf of construction, design, schedule, and master plan)
http://www.sjredevelopment.org/stjamesimprovements.html
2009


Documents
2002 St. James master plan by SJ Redevelopment Agency
http://www.sjredevelopment.org/PublicationsPlans/St%20James12_30all.pdf
2002

Family Rec. Area at St. James Park plan by SJ Redevelopment Agency
http://www.sjredevelopment.org/ProjectGallery/FamilyRecAreaatStJamesParkFacts.pdf
2002


Others
Downtown San Jose Association's description for St. James district
http://www.sjdowntown.com/Districts.html


Recent blurb from Silicon Valley Lofts
http://www.siliconvalleylofts.com/blog/living-in-downtown/what%E2%80%99s-going-on-at-st-james-park-in-downtown-san-jose/351/
1/19/11

Construction/View plans

google sketchup

answers to our questions

-Who is responsible for the site?
City of San Jose
Albert Balagso, Director of San Jose Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
-Who are the stakeholders? (i.e. Parks and Rec. for St. James Park)
+Parks and Recreation
+homeless people
+bars and restaurants - Trials Pub, Tuskies Germania,
+VTA commuters/ VTA- Light Rail train runs right down the middle of St. James Park, two access the two segments of the park you must cross the Light Rail tracks
+businesses & law offices - SJAC (San Jose Athletic Club), Office Building, Unitarian Church,
+Post Office
+San Jose Court House
+Residents in nearby area- apartment building located at North West side of park, families with chilidren (playground in park)
-Who does this place matter to?
City of San Jose (parking meters located all around park), homeless people (they hang out here), squirrels ( may become an issue for environmentalists), Seniors (Senior Center used to be located at North East edge of park), VTA commuters, community, Historical Society of San Jose (multiple landmarks/statues in park), Parks and Recreation/Arborists (keep up the greenery- grass is very nice), San Jose Redevelopment Agency "master plan" (being executed now),
-What agendas are at work? What happens here already?
Music in the Other Park (Music in the Park occurs at Ceasar Chavez Park), Zero1, San Jose Redevelopment Agency has began construction of "master plan" demolishing the Senior Center,
-Politics?
[Permitting for buildings, food, grass, safety, fire, parking,events], City of San Jose regulates these issues, State- state level regulates city stuff,
imported palm trees
"St. James Park Master Plan of 2002. What is the St. James Park Master Plan you ask? It is a plan between the San Jose Redevelopment Agency and the City of San Jose to revitalize the St. James Historic District"
maintaining its National Register of Historic Places designation.
events financed by San Jose Downtown Residents Association

-Full diagrammatic/architectural renderings (blue-print/measurements)

reminder!!

were meeting at St.James Park tomorrow at 11am ya'll!
I'll bring my camera to take photos.