The Promise

Supervisors get clear message from community

Local residents met with San Mateo County Supervisors Rich Gordon and Jerry Hill in late May, 2006. The message from residents was impassioned, consistent and clear - say no to Stanford!

Residents want no part of a glorified sidewalk adjacent to Alpine Road. They do want Stanford to honor their legal obligation to provide a "recreational hiking trail. . . crossing Stanford lands".

These two supervisors must now make a decision. They can override the will of the people and take Stanford's money to build a dangerous, environmentally irresponsible concrete sidewalk that no one wants.

San Mateo County would then be party to one of the most egregious legal and environmental end-runs ever witnessed in this area. Or they can do the right thing.

How did we get here? Stanford was granted over 5 million square feet of new development rights in 2000. In return, they agreed to build and maintain two new recreational trails "crossing Stanford lands" as partial mitigation for the impact of their significant growth on this area.

Hiking next to 30,000+ fast moving vehicles is not recreation. It's not healthy. And it's not safe. Remind Supervisors Rich Gordon and Jerry Hill of this. Send your letter to: