Welcome

On  Monday, September 9, 2019, the Shasta/Hanchett Park, Delmas Park and  North Willow Glen Neighborhood Associations along with other like-minded  neighbors formed a neighborhood-focused  group, DANG (Diridon Area Neighborhood Group). The DANG is not  anti-development and will focus on ensuring that all aspects of  development within the Diridon Station area will be respectful of the  existing neighborhoods. The DANG is a collective voice of the  neighborhoods that have decades of experience working with City elected  leaders, staff, and developers to improve their communities.


It  is apparent through the Station Area Advisory Group (SAAG) process that  with the exception of the neighborhood volunteers on the SAAG, nearly  everyone else at the table attended  as a paid professional. As independent, volunteer neighborhood leaders,  our individual voice is small. As unified neighborhood leaders, our  voice will become louder.


As  volunteers who attend numerous meetings after our working hours, we  know the difficulty of keeping up with all the changes proposed for the  Diridon Station Area. To help  us monitor proposals for neighborhood impacts from developers, Google,  CalTrain, VTA, BART, High Speed Rail, elimination of the One Engine  Inoperable building height limit, council discussions on a Universal  Development Fee, the current and changing development  limits, and many more proposed changes, the DANG has retained Bob  Staedler with Silicon Valley Synergy who has a long history of creating  consensus and ensuring development balances the needs of neighborhoods  and developers. SHPNA worked tirelessly with the  City to ensure that the SAP Center (the last major development in the  area) had a traffic masterplan for the large movement of people before  and after events. That plan is still relevant to this day. This level of  planning and cooperation must be the standard.


To  be clear, the DANG’s intention is not meant to stop development, stop  Google, or to stop the evolution of the city that we dearly love. The  DANG will communicate and advocate  for our neighborhoods in a timely and constructive manner. We will  continue to be stewards for all our neighborhoods and look forward to  changing and welcoming new neighbors and development that is appropriate  and complementary

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DANG Supoprt Letter for District Systems

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Diridon Station Area Plan CEQA Document Amendment

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Update on PBCE Interaction and Community Engagement

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DANG Downtown West EIR Comment Letter

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DANG Letter to City of SJ

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Delmas Park Letter to Aedis Architects

Delmas Park Letter to Aedis Architects - 9/26/19

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