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Please work with the contractor to keep the pool open for the community. If the City chooses to put the contract out for bid in the future, do it without disrupting services or ‘shutting it down.’ As a resident who uses the pool regularly I can say that Tim Sheeper has done an excellent job running ...
The City of Menlo Park has kept this city facility closed for over 2 years. Other gymnastics centers have reopened after Covid closures. The City has received interest from Private Contractors to operate the gymnastics program and Circus Arts, and instead the doors remain locked to the public an...
According to City staff, youth dance classes have resumed indoors. Which begs the question, why is Gymnastics still closed? Is it because a shortage of City staff? Are City staff more needed in Childcare? Are there Covid liability concerns preventing the City staffed program from restar...
I understand the City Council has decided to delay reopening of gymnastics amid Covid concerns. Can you explain why the city is allowing other indoor youth athletics and sports to resume? > The Little Hoopsters class starts on Wednesday and is inside. Todd
The smartest and most fiscally responsible way to re-open would be to contract out the program thereby alleviating liability for the City. Other City sports activities are ongoing, and every other sport offered at the City except gymnastics is already contracted out. Proposal presented to City Counc...
Some history concerning the City’s poor management of the Gymnastics program and why moving forward with a private vendor is the best way to proceed. https://www.almanacnews.com/blogs/p/2013/10/08/lessons-from-teacher-michelle<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.almanacnews.co...
Please ban the gas leaf blowers in Menlo Park. Rakes and battery powered leaf blowers are good alternatives. People using leaf blowers in the street have become a hazard, they don’t see or hear cars coming. With so many spare the air days alternatives are necessary regardless and enforcement has bee...
The personnel savings are enormous - all salaries (full and part time, all employee benefits (health insurance, workers compensation, sick leave, vacation costs, hiring and training expenses, etc). The city also saves some administrative overhead by not having to deal with payroll and personnel sup...
