Comments on: Council Meeting Journal

By: Sunny Smiles

Sunny Smiles — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:06:34 +0000

If the city did anything right they’d grow the trees and be more than happy to have a couple of crews take care of em. The money would spent on city workers actually doing productive work.
That ain’t gonna happen.

By: VOR

VOR — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:38:52 +0000

Just remember who is now responsible for those trees. Hint: not the city.

By: Sunny Smiles

Sunny Smiles — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 01:17:56 +0000

Andrew Cavette is right. More tree-lined streets is what would improve the atmosphere around this town. Unfortunately this city doesn’t seem to be to keen on aesthetics.
If it was we’d still have the coolest city hall in all of the bay area.

By: Californiaguy

Californiaguy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:34:07 +0000

Just a quick note on Niles. The property on both sides of the new Niles Town Plaza is zoned for Commercial.
That is a two story buildings with the shops on the first floor and living units on the second floor.
I am not sure when this will be developed.
I think the Henkle site is good for low cost housing. There will be no upscale housing there because of all the train noise

By: Marty

Marty — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:09:43 +0000

So… to try to put it nicely, do you feel like a NIMBY now?

Not really. It’s inevitable that a residential development will put on the Henkel site. I think relevant commercial space would be even better, but I wont put up a fuss either way.

What I would have a problem with is suburban-chic design, and/or being told the city council that Niles needs their feel good brand of low income housing.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:39:35 +0000

Marty: I buy your basic point that Niles is diverse, I’ve made the same comment before. I think most high density low-income housing will be built nearer to transit, my guess is that Niles would get some units more like the townhouses on Washington. High density is more likely to go in near the new BART stations, including downhill from the Weibel people you love to bait.
So… to try to put it nicely, do you feel like a NIMBY now?

By: RescueBlues

RescueBlues — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:35:52 +0000

Bbox’s was sorted high-to-low price as he said. Gallegos is at the top for the default “featured” list.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:31:18 +0000

It’s not cache.

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:33:36 +0000

Box, your link must be loading from your browser cache. The first property is see is:

43542 Gallegos Ave, Fremont, CA (Mission San Jose)

Zillow is horrendously inaccurate. Errors I see off the top of my head from your pasted list:

153 H St was listed for $819K during the bubble, but sold in 2009 for half that, and it’s not for sale. 381 L St is off market (and Zillow has it mapped on the other side of town) as is 35655 Embassy Cmn. Two of those are “Make Me Move” homes, not MLS listed, one is in Union City. 924 DARLINGTON Cmn was sold in late 2009 and is not for sale (925 Darlington just came on the market though, but is not listed on Zillow)

I cant go through them all, but Redfin is the gold standard and shows 5-6 homes in Niles, 9 if you include east of Mission.

But we’re straying from my point – that Niles offers an exceptional level of economic diversity with not a single mandated low income development.

By: bbox231

bbox231 — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:39:15 +0000

Huh ?

What are you looking at, Marty – these are nowhere near MSJ ?

From the link I provided above –

Here is a cut-n-paste of the Zillow listing when sorted w/Price High to Low – there are at least two more pages of listings in Niles -

36887 Montecito Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $945,555

35201 Noel Pl, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $899,950

35224 Noel Pl, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $875,000

475 Barcelona Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $829,950

153 H St, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $819,950

35655 Embassy Cmn, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $808,800

1152 Silver St, Union City, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $799,000

36998 Montecito Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $799,000

924 Darlington Cmn, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $798,800

35673 Embassy Cmn, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $759,900

35313 Terra Cotta Cir, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $750,000

Canyon Oaks Ct, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $709,900

427 Calistoga Cir, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $679,900

350 Summerwood Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
Make Me Move®: $679,000

35640 Terrace Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $629,999

381 De Salle Ter, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $599,999

36150 Easterday Way, Fremont, CA (Niles)
Make Me Move®: $575,000

357 Sunnyslope Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $560,000

393 Fieldstone Dr, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $559,000

354 King Ave, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $549,000

36621 Nichols Ave, Fremont, CA (Niles)
Home For Sale: $529,000

55 Blaisdell Way, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $515,000

89 Snyder Way, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $510,000

381 L St, Fremont, CA (Niles)
House For Sale: $475,900