Dear City Council members,
It was great to see several of you at today's information session regarding the 7 redwoods at 1000 El Camino. Particular thanks to
Cecilia, who attended the entire information session which included just shy of 30 concerned Menlo Park residents.
Can you please confirm that you are waiving the appeal process for us and taking up the agenda item of sending the issue directly
to the Environmental Quality Committee in next week's city council meeting? Please do confirm so that we can organize to attend
the meeting and speak out
In summary, the key questions that the residents posed were (I'm paraphrasing):
> 1) Why does the preservation of our heritage trees on city-owned land not take precedence over the maintenance of underground
parking spaces?
2) What alternatives to cutting down these majestic, California native trees has the city staff explored, e.g. structure reduction
instead of tree reduction?
3) Why were those alternatives deemed less costly to the community than the public value destruction of cutting down these
beautiful redwoods that thousands of Menlo Park residents admire in passing daily?
There were lots of other specific questions that the public works manager noted.
Please do reply with confirmation of the appeal process waiver so that we can organize appropriately.
Thank you,
Jen MazzonMP Willows resident
