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Bay Area News Briefs
San Jose City Council schedules vote for naming of Vietnamese business district

Thursday, February 14, 2008
By Mike Aldax, Fog City Journal

 

The San Jose City Council will decide on March 4 if and when city voters should consider possible names for a Vietnamese business district along Story Road.

The council's rules committee voted unanimously Wednesday afternoon to put the controversial matter on the March 4 agenda following a lengthy hearing that included comments from approximately 75 members of the public.

On March 4, the council is likely to rescind its November 2007 vote naming the mile-long stretch of Story between U.S. 101 and Senter Road the "Saigon Business District.'' However, various council members have proposed multiple plans for what to do after that.

"We owe it to the community to have certainty, to have some consistency to what we do,'' Councilman Pete Constant said at Wednesday's committee meeting. "In this case we've kind of made a mess.''

The council will discuss the competing options on March 4. The city attorney's office and the city clerk will also report to the council if they are legally able to put a measure on the ballot that allows city voter to choose a business district name from multiple options rather than simply approving or denying one choice, according to Michelle McGurk, the spokesman for Mayor Chuck Reed.

 


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Councilmember Pete Constant | 200 East Santa Clara Street, 18th Floor, San Jose, CA 95113 | 408-535-4901 | district1@sanjoseca.gov