Agnews Preservation Coalition

Agnews Preservation Coalition
A Citizens Group for Adaptive Re-Use of Agnews

Save Agnews

Vote "NO on D"
June 2, 1998 Election
Ballot Measure D
City of Santa Clara

Call 408-243-6363 if you would like a "No on D" lawn sign

Debate
The debate was televised live on May 18, 1998

The Debate will be re-broadcast on Santa Clara cable Channel 6:

Friday May 22, 1998 - 5:00 pm
Wednesday May 27, 1998 - 3:00 pm
Saturday May 30, 1998 - 1:00 pm
Monday June 1, 1998 - 7:00 pm

Click Here for Details and some observations

Why Vote No on "Measure D"

We, The People own Agnews.
Voting No on Measure D provides the opportunity:
- To master plan the whole Agnews area
- To force a full review of the sale process, including a financial analysis
- To perform the process out in the open
- To let historical developers bid to preserve historical Agnews
- To let the people be represented
By voting "NO on D", the citizens of Santa Clara will finally have the opportunity to determine the future of our public asset, Agnews.
There has never been a comprehensive study of the place of Agnews in the community, and its best utilization and contribution to life in Santa Clara.
"No on D" will trigger a comprehensive re-evaluation of the whole Agnews complex.
Comprehensive planning needs to be performed - before - it is determined who the buyer should be.
The sale of Agnews to Sun Microsystems was a pre-determined deal between the State of California and Sun Microsystems.
The process which the State employed to sell this property was not proper. Property must first be offered to other state agencies, Parks & Rec, local agencies, etc. This was not done.
The deal Sun has with the State specifically stops any other interested party from being considered And stops the sale of property for the much overdue shopping center too!
There are at least four known (and many more not publicly known) companies which have come forward to develop Agnews. These companies were Not Heard, nor given the chance to be considered. They weren't even allowed to tour the Agnews property to formulate a proposal.
- Historic Resources Group - Union Station and The Bunker Hill (L.A.)
- John Stewart Co. - adaptive reuse of St. Agnews Hospital in San Francisco to Senior Housing.
- Grudzen Development Co. - an investment group that has historical rehab projects back east that are much larger than Agnews.
- Cattellas in San Francisco - submitted an elaborate prospectus and proposal to the state and got a complete runaround from Sacramanto. They considered it the biggest wate of of their time ever.
The price Sun is paying for Agnews is $34 million for 82.5 acres. That is $412,000 per acre.
Land recently sold in the area for $2.2 million per acre. (Intel - Informix transaction)
Sun should be paying $181.5 million if the same "market value" was applied.
Sun is buying Agnews for about 20 cents on the dollar.
We, the tax payers, are giving Sun at least $161.5 million to take Agnews away from us, and destroy it.
Remember that other developers were:
- not informed of the opportunity to bid on the property
- not permitted to be considered
- required to pay full value (in sharp contrast to the sweetheart deal specific to Sun)
The Agnews facilities consist of almost 1 million square foot of useable floor space, and this floor space is being destroyed.
Agnews Was Not Surplus:

The developmentally disabled were removed to artificially reduce resident numbers so it would appear that Agnews could be considered "surplus".

The death rate of the mental patients, who are now outplaced, has increased by over 70%, to bring it to a death rate of more than 84%.

The state has spent over $8.5 million to build replacement facilities at the Agnews East Campus for the patients who were displaced from Agnews West. And the costs continue to grow.

The East Agnews Campus is also on the closure list by the state, and is expected to be closed within 5 years.

Remember
Voting No on Measure D provides the opportunity
- To master plan the whole Agnews area
- To force a full review of the sale process
- To perform the process out in the open
- To let historical developers bid to preserve historical Agnews
- To let the people be represented

Vote No On "Measure D"

You may contact the Agnews Preservation Coalition by dropping a line via Email. Just press the button.

Telephone 408-243-6363

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Law suits are expensive. The Agnews Preservation Coalition is in need of funds to sustain the litigation. Any contributions you wish to make will be greatly appreciated, not just by the Agnews Preservation Coalition, but by every Santa Clara and California citizen who believes that some of our heritage is worth remembering.

Make checks payable to:

Agnews Preservation Coalition Legal Fund
P.O. Box 1241
Santa Clara, CA 95052