Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently approved use of $479,200 from the Park Charter Historical Heritage Fund for six historical preservation projects: the Alviso Adobe restoration plan in Milpitas, the Villa Montalvo Entry restoration, Migrant Farm Workers Housing restoration, the Neutra House restoration, the Hyde Park Water Tower restoration, and Hakone Gardens restoration.
City of Milpitas will receive $85,000 for the Jose Maria Alviso Adobe restoration. The funding for Alviso Adobe restoration will be used for drainage improvement, exterior walls repair, interior flooring, archaeological monitoring, seismic retrofitting and construction management.
Likewise, Montalvo Arts Center will receive $100,000 for the Villa Montalvo Entry restoration; History San Jose will receive $58,000 for Migrant Farm Workers Housing restoration; Los Altos Community Foundation will receive $26,200 for the Neutra House restoration; City of Campbell will receive $90,000 for the Hyde Park Water Tower restoration; and the Hakone Foundation will receive $120,000 for Hakone Gardens restoration.
"The preservation and restoration of these important historical assets for county residents is a good use of Park Charter Funds," said
The six projects to be funded were selected from 11 grant proposals submitted by various county communities and organizations. Staff began reviewing all the submitted proposals in December 2007.
After applicants' presentations, commissioners' site visits and staff reports, the commission chose the six projects that were most "project ready" in May.
Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has granted funds for historical preservation since 1990.
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