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(April 20, 2009) We need your help! Please reserve Tuesday, May 5, 2009 beginning at 1:30 p.m. to attend a critically important San Jose City Council meeting regarding the proposed stadium for the San Jose Earthquakes. As you may have heard in the media, Lew Wolff and his partners recently requested that the City of San Jose renegotiate terms of the deal for the land on which they will build the soccer stadium. City staff are recommending to the City Council that the purchase price of the land be reduced by approximately $40 million to reflect diminished land values in the current economic climate. This will allow the Earthquaakes to proceed with building the 14-acre stadium site without developing the rest of the much larger property near the Mineta San Jose International Airport. As the San Jose Mercury News wrote in an editorial, this is a good deal for all concerned and should mean that the stadium will get built sooner. The San Jose City Council must approve the renegotiated terms for them to take effect. Please see the City Council agenda (PDF file) for details of the proposed revision to the agreement. If the City Council does not approve the renegotiated terms, this will greatly reduce the likelihood of a soccer stadium in San Jose and could result in our losing the Quakes again. So, while we are optimistic about the outcome of the meeting, we must recognize the significance of the stakes and not take anything for granted. As such, we are requesting that everyone who wants a soccer stadium for their San Jose Earthquakes to please attend the City Council meeting on the afternoon of May 5. Please wear your Quakes and soccer gear, and if you have kids who are soccer fans please bring them. Nothing reminds our elected officials of the importance of their decisions more than young people in the audience. Again, the date is Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 1:30 p.m. at San Jose City Hall, 201 E. Santa Clara St. San Jose's City Hall is at 200 East Santa Clara Street. A map is available here. Free validated parking is available in the underground City Hall garage — enter off of S. 6th Street and bring your parking voucher to the council chambers — the validation machine is there. Parking is also available for a fee at the 4th Street Garage behind City Hall (enter heading south off of S. 4th St., a half block south of Santa Clara St.) and the Third Street Garage (enter heading north off 3rd St. a half block north of Santa Clara Street). (Note that both 3rd and 4th streets are one-way.) The date and time may be subject to change, and if it does we will advise you as soon as possible. Also, if you plan on attending, please e-mail us so we can know how many of you we can expect. Thank you, as always, to each and every one of you for your critical role with SSV, the unified voice of the thousands-strong San Jose Earthquakes fanbase. This message was e-mailed directly to SSV
members. If you'd like to be kept informed of further developments,
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SSV's Founding Members (left to right): Colin
McCarthy, Mike Turco, Don Gagliardi, Carol Vartuli-Marin, John Jussen,
Jay Hipps, and Tony Huston.
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