3. Overview of Slideshow
• Show the legacy of
benefits of redevelopment
projects for Milpitas
• Explain how the Milpitas
Redevelopment Agency
works
• Encourage voters to
engage state
representatives about
the importance
of redevelopment
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9. How Redevelopment Works
The Agency creates
redevelopment areas
Help build businesses
and beautify the
community.
Milpitas Public Library
City Hall
Barbara Lee Senior Center
KLA‐Tencor
Sandisk
Piercey‐Toyota
South Bay Honda
Great Mall of Northern CA
Town Center Shopping Center
Future BART Station
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10. Barbara Lee Senior Center
Milpitas Public Library City Hall
Town Center Shopping Center
KLA‐Tencor
Sandisk
South Bay Honda
Piercey‐Toyota Great Mall of Northern CA
Linear Technology
Future BART Station
12. Significant Redevelopment
Achievements
• Provided assistance to the
developers of the Great
Mall through renovation of
the Ford assembly plant
• Built the new Milpitas
Public Library
• Built three freeway
interchanges on the heavily
used highway I‐880
• Implemented flood zone
improvements that helped
to attract businesses in
southwest Milpitas such as
Cisco Systems and KLA‐
Tencor among many others
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13. Redevelopment projects have attracted between
10,000 ‐ 15,000 jobs to Milpitas. Many of the
largest employers in Milpitas are located in
redevelopment areas, attracted to Milpitas through
the city's redevelopment policies.
Large businesses provide opportunities to the small
businesses in close proximity.
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19. The Immediate Future of Redevelopment is in Flux
• Friday, February 18th – State and
Assembly Budget Committees
vote to eliminate redevelopment
• “Reforms in lieu of elimination“
– Assembly Budget Committee
• Budget must be approved by
State Legislature Floor Vote
• Dep’t of Finance Issued
Emergency Elimination
Legislation Today
(Wed. Feb 23rd)
• Governor Brown sets target for
decision for March 10th
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22. Redevelopment
Achievements in Milpitas
• Great Mall
• Milpitas Library
• Milpitas Community Center
• City Hall
• Police Station
• Terrace Gardens Senior Housing
• Montague interchange with I‐880
• Tasman/I‐880 Interchange
• 237‐I‐880 Interchange
• Milpitas Senior Center
• Fire Station 1
• Dixon Landing Interchange
• Calaveras Blvd. Widening
• Montevista Apartments
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23. Redevelopment Efforts at Risk
• Major infrastructure improvements
that will protect job centers and
many residential neighborhoods for
continued community development.
• Financial assistance for business
retention and attraction.
• Continued flood control.
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24. Long‐Term Projects at Risk
• Infrastructure projects to
support Transit Area
Master Plan.
• Redevelopment of older,
blighted shopping centers.
• Revenue generating projects
such as a conference center.
• Community serving facilities
such as the new Senior
Center and Public Library.
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26. Call or Email Your State Representatives Today
to Save Redevelopment
Bob Wieckowski
State Assemblyman assemblymember.wieckowski@assembly.ca.gov
Capitol Office: District Office:
State Capitol 39510 Paseo Padre
P.O. Box 942849 Parkway Suite 280
Sacramento, CA 94249‐0020 Fremont, CA 94538
Ph: (916) 319‐2020 Ph: (510) 440‐9030
Fx: (916) 319‐2120 Fx: (510) 440‐9035
Ellen Corbett
Senate Majority Leader senator.corbett@senate.ca.gov
Capitol Office: Fremont District Office:
State Capitol, Room 313 39155 Liberty St., #F610
Sacramento, CA 95814 Fremont, CA 94538
Ph: (916) 651‐4010 Ph: (510) 794‐3900
Fx: (916) 327‐2433 Fx: (510) 794‐3940
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