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CITY OF MENLO PARK ORDINANCE 976 SUMMARY NOTICE OF ADOPTION The City Council of Menlo Park adopted Ordinance No. 976 at its regular City Council meeting of October 18, 2011. The Ordinance was introduced on September 13, 2011, and adopted on October 18, 2011, by a 5-0 vote. The ordinance is effective thirty days after its adoption, and is summarized as: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENLO PARK AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MENLO PARK AND THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM PROVIDING FOR A REDUCED 3% AT 55 PENSION BENEFIT BASED ON AVERAGE OF HIGHEST THREE-YEAR FINAL COMPENSATION APPLICABLE TO LOCAL SAFETY MEMBERS ENTERING MEMBERSHIP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SAFETY CLASSIFICATION AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT The full text of the ordinance and all exhibits are available at the Office of the City Clerk and/or may be viewed on the City of Menlo Park website at www.menlopark.org
Margaret S. Roberts, MMC City Clerk Dated: October 19, 2011 20 N The Almanac N November 2, 2011
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wo of three Menlo-Atherton Vikings playoff teams scored victories over the weekend, continuing the football club’s pattern of success in Peninsula Pop Warner postseason play. The undefeated Vikings PeeWees (11-12 year olds) blanked the Berkeley Bears 28-0, while the Junior PeeWees (9-10 year olds) turned back the Hollister Vikings 18-12. Both teams will
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continue playoff competition this weekend against opponents to be designated. Vikings Junior Midgets (13-14) dropped a 32-6 decision to Daly City. The Vikings football program is launching an outreach effort to attract players, coaches and support personnel for the 2012 Pop Warner season. Visit mapopwarner.com for more information. A
Public invited to watch artists paint About 20 artists have been selected to join with the artists of the Portola Art Gallery to paint in the gardens of the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 5. The public is invited to watch the artists at work and stay for the afternoon exhibit, reception and awards presentation. The program runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event, “Paint Allied Arts 2011,” is the third plein air “paintout” and exhibit sponsored by the Portola Art Gallery, which is based at Allied Arts Guild, 75 Arbor Road in Menlo Park. Visit portolaartgallery.com for more information.
Free conference on women’s health A free Women’s Health Conference, sponsored by Sequoia Hospital and the Peninsula Urology Center of Atherton, will be held Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Sharon Heights Golf & Country
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Club, 2900 Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. Topics to be covered include incontinence, depression, osteoporosis, vitamin supplements, and relieving stress. Doctors and a nutritionist from Sequoia Hospital will speak from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. A complimentary breakfast will be served at 8:30 a.m. Lunch will also be provided. Go to pucenter.com/conference or call 306-1019 to register.
Brookside Orchids holds open house Brookside Orchids, at 2720 Alpine Road in Menlo Park, will hold a holiday open house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. There will be tours of the facilities, potting demonstrations, and a wide selection of blooming orchids for sale. Located just off Interstate 280 above the Webb Ranch farm stand, Brookside Orchids opened in 1979, as a wholesale grower. In 1996, it began boarding orchids. It now includes retail sales of flowering orchids, as well as immature seedlings, to orchid hobbyists and the general public.
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