Dear Council Members,
Ten years ago when I first moved to the Willows I had asked a City Council member and staff how to get a sidewalk completed on 600-800 blocks of Woodland Ave to support active transportation with my young family and the community at large and I was told there was significant expense to do this but when houses are remodel/there is new construction sidewalks would be installed. In those 10 years I left the Willows but came back 4 years ago and started again enquiring about sidewalk/walkway improvements. Recently, from July till earlier this month I received finalized feedback from staff who did a walk audit of Woodland and their findings were that the Walkway Standards (CG-1) code was not followed or there were other reasons like better drainage for not installing/improving the sidewalk/walkway. I urge review of Walkway Standards (CG-1) and look to fully implement sidewalk/walkway to the full letter of the code and to advocate for capital improvement for cement sidewalks to improve the lives of the Menlo Park community.
Walkway Standards (CG-1): https://www.menlopark.org/DocumentCenter/View/923/Walkway-Standards-CG-1
Menlo Park master plan in which Woodland ave is listed as a priority street with segments ranked as high priority: https://menlopark.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/2/public-works/documents/menlo-park-sidewalk-master-plan-2009.pdf
Examples of reported concerns:
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/16989504
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/17114379
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/16868375
https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/2H47iAgB5XuDenaU8YsM9bQm/issues/16868367
https://seeclickfix.com/web_portal/2H47iAgB5XuDenaU8YsM9bQm/issues/16868390
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/16868367
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/17183179
https://seeclickfix.com/issues/17001465
Best regards,
Kevin Rennie
Willows neighborhood Concord Dr.
kmrennie@gmail.com
(650) 704-2271
