sonewhere in this sudden rash of contributions you wanted understanding of what WAS GOING ON AT wUINTON aVE.. I ASSUMNE THAT YOU MEANT WINTON AND HESPERIAN

HERE IS A LENGTHY EXPLANATION PURPOSELY EXTEWDED SO THAT k.b. WILL HAVE AT LEASRT A MONTH’S RESEARCH IF SHE CHOOSES TO CRITICIZE!

Watchdog;
Are you referring to West Winton at Hesperian? If that is what you are concerned about then become aware of our simple minded administration’s need for a project. It does not matter what the project is, just so long as it originates in the minds of our wonder kinder of the ‘administration’.

This particular project is a simple destruction of a local businessman’s service station which offers some repair opportunity as well as the usual snack bar etc.

City can not afford to ‘take the entire corner’ so all it is willing to do, is to impair access and opportunity for fuel sales…. Just a ‘little bit’

WE. ( in the ‘royal’ use of that word,) have to do this in order to aid access by trucks to our regional employment powerhouse, south of W. Winton and westerly of Clawiter and Industrial Blvd but north of Rte 92. This ‘need’ may have been accelerated by the Federal Aviation Agency’s ‘need to move’ Hayward Airport’s long runway ( 28 L) about 500 feet North/ westerly. In other words clip off 500 feet away from the end nearest W. Winton and move it (the runway) closer to the golf course and San Lorenzo Village. That movement of the runway is done in order to enable use of HWD by a new business jet design that has a landing speed of 143 miles per hour, thus a longer and lower angle of approach. That problem screws up the long planned extension of West A, alongside the golf course to reach a connection with Corsair Blvd. A tunnel under the runway is out of the question due to the fact that the water table, this close to SF bay presents a problem when locating a depressed roadbed under the runway. Water pumps would be runmning cionstantly so that the road bed would not become boyant (Float).

Not considered by the Council, due to an illness called “feet in concrete-itis”, is any thought of constructing a north bound ‘off ramp’ at Industrial Parkway. / Industrial Blvd over-crossing which has ramps at I-80 but none over Hesperian where we find the Costco Store and a beautiful road to an exemplary overpass at Rte 92 freeway with it’s opportunity to serve industry south of 92 but also reach Clawiter from Depot Rd and if desired, the Highway 92 interchange at Clawiter Rd.

‘They’ ( City staff and Council), totally refused to close W. Winton To truck traffic which would have then compelled trucks to use the two existing and one more which is proposed at the Southern end of Whitsell . Whitsell is proposed to be developed into a four lane arterial joined with Cabot Blvd to aid additional industrial and/or arehouse development on Hayward’s West Side, north of Rte 92.

So a third interchange on 92 which provides easier access for trucks will suggest closure of W. Winton to trucks thus making it easier for Southland Mall Access and better success than it presently enjoys. Right ?

Oh ! Want to make a bet? Remember this is Hayward the City with no juice at Sacramento. The doormat of the Bay with a totally unfair number of parolees living in Oakland and Hayward because it has low income housing while Pleasanton ‘suffers’ the presence of five… 5 mind you ! It has no low income housing but will soon have some minor amount of low income housing on a piece of land that would have made a lovely, tax producing truck stop. The low income housing promoted by former County Supervisor Steele, is finally coming to Pleasanton, assuming that, that City, anexes the site and provides some sort of road access into the adjoining residential area. You will love this part…. The proposal is for low income senior housing, who have no minor children eligible for attendance at Pleasanton schools… get it?

Sleep on Haywardians… ( HAYWARDITES? )

Postscript: Even though the runwauy 28 L is moving to the west about 500’ feet, the Noise Berm near Hesperian at Winton is to be removed…. Thus, when a jet aborts a takeoff, we have room for a roll out… or, (in my mind,) ‘debris field’! With a 143 MPH landing speed… how fast does it scatter if the aborted takeoff is totally unsuccessful.

Drat that little businessman operating the gas station…does he not know of real need when he sees it!

Hayward Council might have been useful for a W.C. Fields movie if that actor had lived long enough! Godfrey Daniel!!!

New Chief gets pension after 25 years with San Jose Dept. Now she attempts to earn another after how many years at Hayward?

Took a page fromn the experuience of San Jose’s Chief… about six or seven years ago, who retired from SSDan Jose to take the top job at San Diego…. just a recolledction of memory but it seems he was raking in domething in excess fo $550,000 a yewar when combining his pension from San Jose with new attempt at another pemsion in San Diego……..

something for the Tea Party to munch on ??