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Santa Clara council approves housing project for its last farmland.

San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)

| June 20, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2007 San Jose Mercury News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Julie Patel

Jun. 20--Santa Clara city officials approved a controversial housing project on the city's last 17 acres of farmland early this morning, ending a five-year battle over the fate of the prime real estate -- as big as 13 football fields -- near several highways and Westfield Valley Fair mall.

The council voted 6 to 0 -- with Councilwoman Jamie McLeod abstaining -- to rezone the land from agriculture to housing. That will allow Palo Alto-based SummerHill Homes to buy 11 acres of the state-owned land to build 110 single-family homes. The city will buy the remaining land and partner with Charities Housing, a non-profit housing developer, to…

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