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The endless excuses about removing the fence at 1906 El Camino

Original post made by Bob, Menlo Park: Central Menlo Park, on Aug 12, 2010

When is the city of Menlo Park going to take action on the fence along El Camino at 1906 El Camino? Is the city content kowtowing to the excuses from Phil Giurlani? Yeah Phil you promised the fence gone in six weeks over two months ago and next you promised that workers would start working again this past Tuesday. Guess what - no workers - no truth.
Do we have to wait until someone is injured or killed while walking in the street?
For those of you tired of waiting on the inaction of the city, try calling the numbers on the signs on the property for the construction loan bank and the realtor who's trying sell the medical units. Ask them what happens to their reputations and business if there's an injury or death attributable to the fence. I bet they can do a far better job of resolving this problem for us than city hall.
By the way, know why the old Gaylord's property has been kept up recently - the bank owns it now, not the developer.
And Almanac - do your job, do some digging and let us know what's really going on instead of relying on memos from the city's Community Services Director who's job has nothing to do with the problem - she's in charge of culture and recreation in the city.

Comments

Posted by Menlo Voter
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Aug 12, 2010 at 1:16 pm

No one there again today. Took a walk around the site. They have a fair amount of work to do to be done. It's clear the developer is out of money. The city needs to step up and make the developer make the sidewalk safe and move the fence before someone gets hurt.


Posted by Joseph E. Davis
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Aug 12, 2010 at 9:05 pm

Perhaps the Republic of Menlo Park should annex the property and turn it into a SEIU luxury retirement home.


Posted by POGO
a resident of Woodside: other
on Aug 12, 2010 at 9:24 pm

There is absolutely no reason why the Menlo Park building department cannot make the general contractor (GC) correct this issue immediately. It is clearly a matter of public safety.

If the GC does not comply, the building department should "red tag" the site, shut it down, and hire another contractor to fix it... and charge any costs back to the GC.

Other than a lazy building department, I can't think of any reason this shouldn't happen tomorrow morning.