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Current, former officials campaign against Gateway project By Sandy Brundage
because these lead to developers writing most of our emerging laws and standards,� Ms. Fry, a former planning commissioner, said. “The Bohannon project is a case in point — it may not even start for eight years, or be completed for more than 20 years, but the M-2 planning was put on hold in favor of processing that project, and it changes both the city’s General Plan and Zoning rules for its exclusive benefit,� she said. Balancing Menlo Park’s budget, revising the city’s fee structure, and updating the general plan to include environmental controls such as carbon emission regulations, round out the group’s agenda. Former mayor Paul Collachi also appears on the group’s list of supporters.
Current city officials adding their two cents’ worth to the group include Planning Commissioner Vince Bressler and Councilman Andy Cohen. One candidate for City Council, Chuck Bernstein, has also signed on. He has challenged the language used in the ballot arguments supporting Measure T, saying it misled the public as to whether Menlo Park schools would benefit from the project. Council members Rich Cline and Kelly Fergusson, who support the project, contributed to writing the ballot arguments. They responded to Mr. Bernstein’s criticisms by standing firmly behind the language used. Visit factsnothype.org to see the Measured Growth for Menlo Park website.
Setting record straight on Folger Stable
tin Wunderlich bought the 974acre property that included the stable from coffee magnate James Folger II in 1956 and donated the property to San Mateo County in 1974, Ms. Lang said. Advocates for the Folger Stable are now engaged in raising $1 million to create “The Bill and Jean Lane Endowment Fund,� Ms. Lang said. The effort has reaped $850,000 so far and the group is looking for donors to help achieve the goal.
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eing out of office doesn’t mean you’re out of politics in Menlo Park. A group of former council members and commissioners working alongside current office holders hopes to defeat Measure T, a ballot measure asking residents to approve the Bohannon Gateway project. The group, “Measured Growth for Menlo Park,� also has bigger plans. Member Patti Fry described their goal as wanting city planning to be a consistent, consensus-driven process instead of piecemeal, projectby-project approvals that end up changing the city’s zoning laws. “We oppose changes that are driven by unsolicited projects that don’t conform to city rules
The renovation of the Folger Stable in Woodside cost $3 million, not the $5 million stated in the Sept. 15 issue of The Almanac, and the project is a renovation, not a restoration, said fundraising cochairs Susan Lang and Jill Daly in an e-mail. While two press releases for the project refer five times to the project as a restoration, it is a renovation, Ms. Lang and Ms. Daly said
in a note to set the record straight. For one thing, Ms. Lang said in a phone interview, the project did not undergo a historic structural review. “A lot of people have called it (a restoration) and they were all incorrect,� she said. “We have said ad nauseam to them not to use ‘restoration.’� Finally, The Almanac story did not note the role of the Wunderlich family in the stable’s history. Mar-
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A basketball player at Stanford University in the 1950s, Mr. Arrillaga has been active as a player and a coach in Menlo Park’s Burgess Gym basketball programs for 30 years. Other recipients of 2010 Golden Acorn Awards are: ■Tarlton Properties Inc., winner of the Albert J. Giannotti Award for Business Excellence. Tarlton is being recognized for its work molding the business area of Menlo Park east of U.S. 101 into a “major revenue component for Menlo Park,� the Chamber said in a press release. “The Willow Business Park is positioned by the Tarltons to become Menlo’s business technology center,� the Chamber said. ■JobTrain, the Menlo Park nonprofit that provides job-training,
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The 38th annual Golden Acorn Awards banquet, sponsored by the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce, will be held Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Stanford Park Hotel, 100 El Camino Real in Menlo Park, from 6 to 9 p.m. Reservations are $100. For more information, call 325-2818.
career-counseling and job-placement services. JobTrain will receive the Nonprofit Organization Award. Its programs combine vocational, academic and life-skills development. In the past year, 75 percent of graduates were placed in jobs, the Chamber said. â– The Rotary Club of Menlo Park Foundation, winner of the Public Service Award. The foundation awards college scholarships to high school students who meet scholarship and needs criteria, and gives grants to local nonprofits. This year, the foundation gave $114,000 in scholarships to graduates of Menlo-Atherton High School, Sacred Heart Preparatory, Eastside College Preparatory, Menlo School, and East Palo Alto Academy. â– Music@Menlo, the highly celebrated chamber music festival held for the past eight summers in the local community. Music@ Menlo is receiving the Cultural Innovator Award. The festival includes concerts, lectures, and a chamber music institute for emerging artists. For the first time, Music@Menlo will present a winter program beginning with an Oct. 3 performance by the Emerson String Quartet.
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Palo Alto developer John Arrillaga, the major private donor to the city of Menlo Park’s new gymnasium, is among the recipients of 2010 Golden Acorn Awards, given annually by the Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce to organizations and individuals for community service and business excellence. The awards will be presented at the Chamber’s annual Golden Acorn Awards banquet, set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park. The evening will begin with a State of the City address by Menlo Park Mayor Rich Cline, followed by the banquet and award presentations. Selected by a committee of Menlo Park Chamber of Commerce members, the recipients of Golden Acorn Awards will be honored in the fields of community service, business excellence, public service, innovation, and nonprofit work. Mr. Arrillaga, who is also the major private donor to a new gymnastics center to be built later in the Civic Center, will receive the Gary T. and Elissa Williams Memorial Award for Community Service. Menlo Park’s new gym in the Civic Center is due to open in October.
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