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REFLECTING ON HALLOWEEN It’s not too early to start thinking up costume ideas, if the display window of Mountain View Surplus on El Camino Real at Mountain View Avenue is any indication. Rick Drinnin, who was walking by, is reflected in the window on Tuesday, Sept. 7.
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first held in 2000 and has been held at the Mountain View Buddhist Hall Temple since 2004. “We thought that a boutique is a good way to start fundraising and giving back to non-profits,� Osaki said. “We don’t really have a target fundraiser amount, but we get a percentage of the profits, which go back to our endowment. We use our endowment to fund activities and give grants.� Planning for the one-day affair starts in April. For the boutique’s 10th anniversary, the fundraiser
will include food vendors and the first 200 customers will receive a free recyclable shopping bag. This year, the two-year, $1,000 annual grants will go to organizations serving the Asian-American community, including the Japanese American Museum of San Jose, the Asian Women’s Shelter and the Ed Iwasaki Memorial Fund. The boutique will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Mountain View Buddhist Hall Temple. —Angela Chen
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“impressive� gateway structure at the corner of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road and better access for bikes coming from Fayette Drive onto the Hetch Hetchy parkway. But the top concern was the need for a stronger presence of storefronts along El Camino Real and the removal of some low walls in order to make the sidewalk there more inviting for pedestrians. Some council members, however, said it was unrealistic to expect people to walk along the busy street. Margaret Abe-Koga continued to be critical of the parking lot in front of Safeway as a barrier for pedestrians, despite some new pathways to connect Safeway to the buildings at the corner of San Antonio Road and El Camino Real. “I’m a shopper. When I go to the mall, I go to every part of the mall. This just isn’t working for me to walk to every part of the area,� she said. To address that problem, Plan-
ning Director Randy Tsuda said the city had tried placing Safeway in various positions on the site, but every alternative created more problems than it solved, putting the main parking lot entrance on the same side as truck loading docks, for example. The 16-acre site has many things working against it: a Hetch Hetchy aqueduct right of way that can’t be built on, a stoplight at Fayette Drive that limits where the main entrance can be, neighboring buildings (Trader Joe’s included) that limit where driveways can go and a difficult lot size and shape. Despite imperfections, some council members said they were grateful that they had a developer who appeared to have the funds to build the project. “I’m pleased we have a developer ready to go with it,� said council member Jac Siegel. Councilman Mike Kasper-
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Midori Kai will host its 10th annual Asian crafts boutique on Saturday, Sept. 11. The fundraiser will include handmade items such as vintage kimonos and pottery, as well as cultural events, including a morning performance by a ukulele school and a jazz group playing in the afternoon. Midori was founded in 1996 as an Asian-American women’s group dedicated to working with youth and fostering cultural activities, said boutique chair Phyllis Osaki. The boutique was
tables out front, where produce will also be sold for a “farmers market feel,� the developer said. Bryant pressed other council members to support her idea of having the main apartment building trade places with the major retailers set for the north side of the Hetch Hetchy right of way. Instead of having the main entrance dead end at an apartment building, she said it should take customers into the parking garage of the major retailers. No one agreed, with some saying it would not be fair to have people living near a grocery store to have to walk further with groceries in hand, or worse, encourage them to drive. More changes sought Jarrett Mullin of the Mountain View Sustainability Coalition called for several changes to the proposal, including a more
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