County environmental health officials must sign off on plans to clean it up
CUPERTINO — Before shovels break ground to officially kick off construction of the new Vallco Town Center, property owners will have to rid the 50-acre site of chemicals left behind from several dry cleaners and an old automotive center.Vallco property owners submitted updated reports to the Santa Clara County Department of Environmental Health last month about the extent of contamination and who could be exposed to it.
Experts believe the environmental contaminants most likely came from the former Sears Automotive Center at the mall and several nearby dry cleaners that have operated in the area, including two that are now closed, according toOnce the county signs off on the updated reports, hazardous materials program manager Jennifer Kaahaaina said site owner Sand Hill Property Co.
among the city, Sand Hill Property Co. and state housing officials over whether approval of the Vallco redevelopment was expiring, claiming it didn’t qualify for approval under SB 35. The following year, Sand Hill sued the city after the council tried to eliminate the office component of the project and confine housing at the site to 13.1 acres.
Former city manager Deborah Fang resigned abruptly last May, and the city appointed Greg Larson as interim city manager several weeks later. On Jan. 3, former Lompoc city manager Jim Throop took over the reins.
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