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The city spends more than $200,000 per year in fees for processing credit card payments for various city services—including utilities, business licenses and recreation.

The Morgan Hill City Council approved expanded plans for the Granada Hotel that include adding a fifth floor and 13 more guest rooms.

Running for Morgan Hill City Council District B in the Nov. 8 election are incumbent Yvonne Martinez Beltran and Bryan Sutherland.

City of Morgan Hill offices that will appear on the ballot include the mayor’s seat, as well as two city council district seats.

Following a months-long discussion that grew increasingly contentious, the Morgan Hill City Council narrowly voted to approve a new elective district map that could expose the city to a lawsuit.

Morgan Hill councilmembers have narrowed down new district maps to a choice of five, but officials disagree on whether all would stand up to state laws regulating the electoral redistricting process.

Morgan Hill plans to spend more than $500,000 to reduce commuter traffic downtown and design a Monterey Road Lane Reduction project with parklet spaces and a protected lane for pedestrians and cyclists.

Developer City Ventures has proposed a 49-unit residential project on a vacant site along the Monterey Road Corridor. The project would also feature four commercial units if approved by city officials.

With a ballot initiative on the horizon that could require voter approval for any future narrowing of Monterey Road through downtown Morgan Hill, the city council this week will consider new options to address ongoing traffic congestion issues through the corridor. A majority of the Morgan Hill City Council for several years has voiced its [...]