SJ Council Meeting for New Park at Rinconada Drive

Please join the San Jose City Council on April 28th at 1:30 pm when the City Council will meet and consider the park master plan and park naming for the new park at Rinconada Drive.  Item 7.1 on the Agenda will be for the new park.

The name, Bill Kee Park, has been submitted and is under consideration as one of the eligible names for the park. Bill Kee (1902-1989), father of CHCP Co-Founder/Trustee Gerrye Wong, was a Chinese American entrepreneur and community organizer in San José from 1937-1947. As a spokesman for the San Jose Chinatown community, he led an effort to preserve the original 1888 Ng Shing Gung temple as a historic landmark, the last remaining building from the Heinlenville Chinatown. (Learn more about Bill Kee's legacy.)

A Staff Memo has been submitted with the park name recommendation and name history.

Come and support the naming of the new park! Please feel free to share this information with others.

Parking & Accessing the Council Chambers:

Park in the parking garage that is off of 6th Street between Santa Clara and San Fernando Street.

• Park near the entrance in the area with the orange columns.  

• Find the "Elevator to ROTUNDA & COUNCIL CHAMBERS." The elevator's located on the south side of the parking garage, near the entrance.

• Take a parking ticket.

• Take the elevator to the 2nd floor and exit to your left.

• Go through the Security.

• Parking validation and Yellow Speaker's cards are in the area immediately to your left as you pass through the double doors and enter the Council Chambers. 

Parking Validation: 

• Parking validation is on the wall behind the table.

• Scan the card to validate.