Oct. 1, 2025 Fortini Property Meeting

On October 1st, 2025, 6:30pm, Santa Clara County Parks (SCCP) will be presenting the Fortini Property Site Plan at the Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting. The Fortini Property is a 47-acre site with the potential for future multi-use trail connection between Santa Teresa Park’s Fortini entrance parking lot and Calero’s Rancho San Vicente Park. The Fortini Site Plan is item #8 on the agenda for the meeting.

We ask for your help to attend this meeting and advocate for a bike skills park at this location.

Per the report that will be presented during the meeting, the options include several flat trails connecting the two parks, along with picnic areas, parking lots, and a traffic light for safe crossing on McKean.

This is a very large piece of land with space that may be used for a bike skills park or a pump track.

Current option proposed by SCCP:

If you are speaking, please review SVMTB’s guidelines for speaking located here. When speaking please be respectful of Santa Clara County Parks and other trail user groups!

You may provide comment several ways:

If you are unable to attend in person, you may submit your comments via email to bnc@cob.sccgov.org anytime from now until October 1st at 6:30pm (ideally 24 hours before the meeting). Be sure to mention in your email that this is relating to the Fortini Site Plan for the October 1st Parks and Recreation Regular Meeting. Please see the example below.
We will make more of an impact if we are able to attend in person or via Zoom. If you are attending in person, complete a Request to Speak Form when you arrive and turn it in to the clerk at the meeting.
Please see public comment instructions here. If speaking, keep your comments under three minutes. An example of comments are below.

Thank you for taking the time to attend! As a community, with many voices, we can make a difference!

Relevant Materials and Links:

Agenda, instructions on how to attend, public speaking instructions and materials to be presented regarding the Fortini Property (agenda item #8).
SVMTB public speaking guidelines.
Background about the Fortini Property Site.

Meeting Date/Time: October 1, 2025, 6:30pm

Meeting Location:

(In Person) Isaac Newton Senter Auditorium
70 West Hedding Street
San Jose, CA 95110

Zoom Dial in: https://sccgov-org.zoom.us/j/84009756715 (recommended) or via telephone at (669) 219-2599,
meeting ID 840 0975 6715# (participant ID not required).

Item #8 is the presentation on Fortini Property Site Plan. Typically, you would give your public comment after the relevant item is presented. However, if you are short on time, you may present your public comment during “public comment” item #2 on the agenda.

If you are attending in person, be sure to fill out a “Request to Speak Form” when you arrive and submit it to the clerk before you take your seat. On Zoom, you may just raise your hand to speak after item #8 is presented (or when item #2 Public Comment is announced during the call). Keep your comments under three minutes when speaking.

Example comments – We encourage you to share any personal reasons you would like to see a bike skills park at this site:

(If you are unable to attend in person and will email your comments, please use the “to” and “subject” below).

To: bnc@cob.sccgov.org

Subject: Comment regarding Fortini Site Plan, Oct 1 Parks and Recreation Commission Regular Meeting, County of Santa Clara

Dear Commissioners,

Thank you for putting together the presentation for the Fortini Property Site Plan proposals. I really appreciate everything the Parks and Recreation Commission and Santa Clara County Parks does for the public in providing open spaces for everyone to enjoy the outdoors!

I am very excited about the potential that the Fortini Property presents. I am a mountain biker and absolutely love being outdoors and very much appreciate this new project. [If relevant – I have a __ year old child who loves being on his bike and it’s a great way to get them outdoors and away from their devices.]

My family and I often mountain bike at Santa Teresa Park and Calero Rancho San Vicente and you may know that both parks are very popular with mountain bikers so we really appreciate Santa Clara County Parks creating these wonderful open spaces. Because these two parks are frequented by mountain bikers our community would very much appreciate a bike skills park/pump track on the Fortini Property for kids to enjoy. Because the Fortini property is a large flat piece of land, this is a perfect place for young kids and beginner bike riders to learn how to ride their bikes.

Many local communities have recently invested in bike skills parks/pump tracks in their communities. These small spaces bring together people of all ages from young toddlers to adults, are low maintenance, and can accommodate kids on scooters and skateboards as well. Recent examples of pump tracks that have been built include: