Open Space District board elects Jed Cyr president

J. Edmond (Jed) Cyr, Jr. was last night unanimously elected President of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District’s Board of Directors for a one-year term. Also elected were Directors Ken Nitz as the District’s Vice President, Mary Davey as Treasurer, and Nonette Hanko as Secretary.

Jed Cyr has lived in Sunnyvale for 38 years and represented its residents on the Board of Directors since 1996 when he was first elected to a seat on the Open Space District’s Board.
"There are three clear goals I will work toward as President," Cyr said. "Implementing the Coastside Protection Program, balancing District lands for multiple uses, and improving resource management."

A dedicated user of the District’s preserves, Cyr will chair tonight’s special Board meeting where District history could be made if Directors vote to purchase the 3,681-acre POST Driscoll Ranch, the single largest purchase in the District’s history.

"This will be an important milestone for the District, the coastside, and the entire region," Cyr said. "The purchase of more than five square miles of coastside land allows us to help preserve the coastside’s precious agricultural land while protecting water quality and threatened species."
Jed Cyr thanked outgoing President Larry Hassett for his leadership during an important year for the District in which the agency purchased four properties on the coastside and held a number of public meetings to revise its Good Neighbor Policy.

Jed Cyr was born in San Francisco in 1941 and raised in Colma, CA. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social Sciences and a Master’s degree in U.S. History and Geography from San Jose State University. Now retired, Jed taught in the Social Sciences field at the middle school level in Sunnyvale for 37 years.