Umunhum restoration is in the news again: time for the public to be heard

From past posts, you've seen that I have had opinions on opening up the old Almaden AFS site on Mt. Umunhum for a while. There has been steady progress on the environmental remediation and cleanup of the base. But we're now at the point of public hearings on three options for the tower

• Tear it down and restore the mountain;
• Leave the foundation and part of its walls to create a public gathering place;
• Leave the tower intact and make it available for viewing.

There are hearings coming up, with the first on Wednesday evening, 7/18/2012, in Cupertino. I encourage you to attend, or at least sign the petition at change.org. To be clear, I view that the last alternative above is the one that should be taken.

Background media on this topic can be found at:

http://www.mercurynews.com/umunhum 

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21060797/steve-abbors-join-debate-over-cube-mount-umunhum(written 7/12/2012)

http://losgatos.patch.com/articles/letter-save-the-mount-umunhum-radar-tower

http://cupertino.patch.com/articles/fate-of-mt-um-s-radar-tower-discussed-at-public-forum-wednesday

A very informative video from KQED which aired on QUEST TV.

http://kqed.org/quest/television/mount-umunhum-return-to-the-summit

Almaden AFS Home Page

http://www.AlmadenAFS.org/