Dear city council, I strongly oppose spending $85,000 on a pickleball study. Honestly speechless that I need to even write this email tbh. Voters don’t like to hear their tax dollars are being spent wasted like this. SMH Here are some options to spend the money on: 1. Sound barriers ar...
Dear City Council and Parks and Recreation Department, After reading through the recommendation by Menlo Parks Parks & Recreation Dept to spend $85,000 on a study about pickleball, I cannot stand by and say nothing about this decision. Being an avid pickleball player in the community, I do not...
Dear Menlo Park City Council. I feel like we, the Menlo park residents who play pickleball, have been in a battle with the city of Menlo Park for the past three years. We have provided study after study to the parks and rec commissioners. As a resident of Menlo Park for the past 24 years, I...
Dear Council Members, I wanted to send a note requesting to not spend @ $85,000 on yet another study. It seems you’ve spent a good deal of time and money studying and analyzing pickleball and the global increase in pickleball is clear to see. The money would be best spent on making some of th...
Dear City Council members, My wife and I have been happy Menlo Park residents since 2016, with two children that attend Oak Knoll Elementary School. Menlo Park is where we both live and work. I operate a Menlo Park-based business with a number of local employees (Lux Capital, 1600 El Camino R...
Dear Maria and fellow council members, Today I learned Palo Alto’s “plans” for pickleball expansion. Cubberly tennis courts are to be resurfaced, lights installed and dedicated to tennis play. All the existing Mitchell tennis courts will be converted to pickleball. I did not hear this from the ci...
Honorable Mayor and Council Members; Is the City of Menlo Park celebrating St. Patricks Day this year, particularly since one of our sister cities is GALWAY, IRELAND? Several years ago the City helped form, and financially supported, the formation of the Menlo Park Sister Cities Association. I...
Yes, let me second and third and fourth that. Lets not waste our precious money. Thank you. On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 3:00 AM Brian Kissel > wrote: Please dont let the Parks & Rec department spend $85K on a study about pickleball. As you can see...
Please dont let the Parks & Rec department spend $85K on a study about pickleball. As you can see below, there are much better uses of that money. We have done countless surveys and usage studies over the past couple of years and its pretty clear that the city isnt going to convert even one more t...
City Council - I have been excited for the proposed SRI development since first hearing about it. Public access to the complex will allow children from the Flood Triangle/Lindenwood/Vintage Oaks neighborhoods easy access to the Burgess complex for soccer, swim, gymnastics, baseball, and the li...
