Happy 4th of July Celebrations to our twinned cities in the USA. Galway City Council is proud to be twinned with St. Louis, Missouri since 1977, Seattle, Washington since 1986, Cambridge, Massachusetts since 1994, Chicago, Illinois since 1997, Milwaukee, Wisconsin since 2001 and Menlo Park, Calif...
Dear City Council, I wanted to express some of my wishes for youth sports and field access before Tuesday’s meeting. After last season of many sports being rained out for weeks on end (even if it didn’t rain on that particular day), I have been frustrated with the field access and availability in...
City of Menlo Park, We are A.C.E. (short for Athletes Community Environment), a student-led, non-profit organization that is committed to bringing sustainability to the local athletic community. One of the ways we aim to do this is by setting up tennis ball recycling bins at local courts to re...
Most of the festivities associated with Christianity are actually derived from Pagan celebrations. Nobody really knows when Jesus, assuming he existed, was born or crucified - or even much about him. The celebrations have been so commercialized that they no longer have a major relevance to religiou...
I am not in favor of ever wasting money of research or any sort of surveys. I have had to do many of these while in Palo Alto for redistricting etc and in the end it is a total waste of time and money. It is clear that pickleball is popular and it is a great sport, easy to learn, fun for all ages,...
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...
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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...
Good afternoon, Councilmembers and senior staff, My name is Tyler, and I spoke during the Public Comment period of last nights City Council Meeting to introduce CivicBell. To briefly reiterate, CivicBell is an online social media alternative civic engagement platform. The platform is purpose-buil...
Adding recommendations for for Pickleball in MP: > If the city will build new courts, build no fewer than 4 Pickleball courts at any location to align with Pickleball as a community activity > If a survey is conducted, include community preference for Pickleball locations (would anyone from We...
