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A Call to Arms

A year ago the that MidPen recognized MidPen Board voted on a that they previously
SVR Midpeninsula Regional their responsibility to proposal which would: agreed to the books will
preserve and repair
balance! Abdicating their
Open Space District
(MidPen) formally agreed the Tower. Both the • Cap the amount responsibility to pay for
South Valley Review to retain the historic radar Conservancy and MidPen would pay for the the actual repairs will
2059 Camden Avenue tower atop Mt. Umunhum. MidPen agreed that Tower assessment at 10% of course improve their
Suite 219 They would no longer once the assessment was of the cost books even more.
San Jose, CA, 95124 attempt to demolish the complete there might be • Require the Please remind the
(408) 898 - 7534 Tower in whole or in part. an opportunity for the Umunhum Conservancy MidPen Board that they
The next step: an Conservancy to provide to pay the other 90% of cannot walk away from
Minority Owned engineering assessment funding to accelerate the assessment their responsibility to
Business of the Tower to determine repairs or perform repairs • Require the maintain historic buildings

President: what repairs it requires. to a higher standard than Umunhum Conservancy that they own! Please
Richard Pugh This assessment was MidPen might want to. to pay for ALL needed contact them TODAY!
Richard@southvalleyreview.com
planned to take place in But fundamentally if Tower repairs, now and in
Publisher: the Summer/Fall of 2017. you own a building you the future You can contact them
Brigitte Jones
Brigitte@southvalleyreview.com Once the required repairs are responsible for its by:
were identified, they upkeep, and there was no Why this sudden • The form at https://
Executive Editor:
Sonya Ruffin would be performed on disagreement on this. change? Well, it seems openspace.org/about-us/
Editor@southvalleyreview.com some schedule after that, Sadly they are now that MidPen’s project board-member-contact-

Operations/Accounting: based on the results of the trying to abandon that at Bear Creek Stables is form
Dorothy Pugh assessment. responsibility. over budget by $500,000. • Email to the District
Accounting@southvalleyreview.com
When the Umunhum At the Action Plan The Tower assessment Clerk at jwoodworth@
Graphic Design Director: Conservancy met with and Budget Committee will cost $472,000. So openspace.org
Amanda Faris
Graphics@southvalleyreview.com MidPen management in meeting held on if they simply don’t pay • By phone at (650)
August 2016 it was clear Wednesday 31st, the for the Tower assessment 691-1200
Assistant to Publisher:
Kal-el R. Pugh

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