Menlo Park's theatrical experiment

"She said the city has booked the center for 27 days so far this school year."

Where does the city post events for which it booked MA for 27 days this year?

What were these events? Public or Private?

Was this $2.6 million from the general fund or from Measure T ? Is this what the residents got instead of the Children's Center? If the gift came from Measure T which passed with a 69% vote, the residents got a pig in a poke. A regional theatre at the high school was never mentioned in the Measure T ballot language. Winkler, Jellins, Collacchi, Kinney and Duboc took some grand liberties with this give away. What a shameful decision.

We live in Menlo Oaks and have not received any post cards regarding entertainment at the MA PAC. We certainly would consider attending some shows if we knew of them. What about the Almanac?

@Huh?

It came from the General Fund; I recall it hanging around as en encumbrance to the GF. The city line at the time was that it would be cheaper to share the MA facility rather than build a new one. Unfortunately, it's another example of the city staff writing contracts that don't protect city's interests. The Agreement had a limited life (30 years I recall), and the city got the 'leftovers' in scheduling.

See:

"From Almanac Wednesday, July 18, 2001
Big-ticket items that the bond would fund are:
A new childcare center on the site of the old Menlo Park police station ($6 million). Renovation of the Burgess Park recreation center and pools ($9.5 million).
New gymnasium facilities, in partnership with local schools ($3-$5 million). Rehabilitation of sports fields throughout the city ($6 - $9 million).
Improvements to Bayfront Park and the Onetta Harris Community Center ($2-$4 million).
Renovation of joint-use playing fields with local schools ($1.25 million).
A skate park at Flood Park ($750,000).

A new Burgess Theater was one of the projects identified in the $62-million "Recreational Facilities Master Plan" that didn't make the cut for the bond proposal."

The 4 years of Glen Rojas leading the City will be remembered as being as the era where the City never had a balanced budget, squandered millions on "give the unions what they want" and make sure the health benefits plans and retirements plans are paid in full, makimg sure City staff will be sure to get their full benefits.

Rojas leaves by retiring a few months early, gets hired on for these few months so that he can "double dip", getting retirement benefits as well as a salary. Glen Kramer being allowed to do likewise.

All this going on under the nose of an incompetent council, which rubber stamps everything staff has to offer.

Time for the residents to awaken. It is all so sad.

well they better do something now that they wasted 38 million in city funds. yea it's a great looking piece of art for anybody who enters menlo park from 101 but it seats only 600 people. which is 1/3 of menlo atherton's student population. which renders it useless for assemblies and special events that require at least half the school to be there in order for the assembly day schedule to work out.
#2 it is a brand new clean canvas for any student who was already carving their nickname into the back of their classmate's seat during geometry.

Think a little more when you put a 38 million dollar luxury item on the campus who's kids came from murder capitol of the country in 1992.

not hating on the ghetto, let me explain. this would absolutely be a better fit for a school in newark NJ. at least their mayor is a sociological genius with ideals past next week in terms of pressure rates on the frontal lobe regarding psychological affects when monetarily being pressured by unions.

now lets go get a posh bagel!

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