City leaders want to redevelop a strip of land underneath the flight path of San Jose Mineta International Airport, shrinking the amount of nearby parkland and open space.
San Jose business owners will be encouraged to set up shop on Coleman Avenue between West Hedding and West Taylor streets after the City Council voted unanimously May 6 to rezone about 10% of the 120-acre Guadalupe Gardens land. The San Jose Airport Commission brought up the idea last year and the Planning Commission recommended it last month.
Existing business owners previously told San José Spotlight they’d like to see city officials address homeless residents living near the airport amid any redevelopment. City officials struggled to sweep the land of homeless encampments after the pandemic, and though most have been cleared, a row of RVs remains…