Posted by James Madison
a resident of Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park
on Sep 16, 2020 at 2:15 pm
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Why demolish the existing buildings instead of redoing them? They are good buildings. In addition, a new 25-yard (not 25-meter) pool in Belle Haven is important, regardless of whether it is at the Community Center. Forcing a choice between a pool and a basketball facility underscores the flaw in the proposed redevelopment South of Willow Road: it lacks recreation facilities for the population that will be added there.

Posted by Belle Haven Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Sep 16, 2020 at 4:49 pm
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One reason for the rebuild is that the community over here has been trying for 40 years to get the city to build a library accessible to us, and current community center is the most popular and logical location for it, however the current building has no space to dedicate to a library. Another reason is that the existing facility is getting old.