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Tonight: District considers resolution to ‘mitigate impact' of development on M-A
Original post made on Nov 14, 2018
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 11:37 AM
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Posted by Peter Carpenter
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 14, 2018 at 7:08 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
a resident of Atherton: Lindenwood
on Nov 14, 2018 at 7:08 pm
Peter Carpenter is a registered user.
The responsibility for identifying impacts of a proposed development rests with the designated Lead Agency.
In the case of Facebook the Lead Agency is the City of Menlo Park.
In its review of the impact of the huge up-zoning in the eastern Menlo Park the City simply declared that this huge increase in growth would have NO IMPACT on public services such as fire, police and libraries. And since there was No IMPACT then the City had NO responsibility to mitigate those impacts.
Posted by David P.
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Nov 14, 2018 at 11:07 pm
a resident of Woodside: Emerald Hills
on Nov 14, 2018 at 11:07 pm
Something here doesn't quite compute for me. At this time, the Redwood City School District is in an existential crisis, forced to cut not one or two but many of their schools due to declining enrollment. And there are many reasons given for that declining enrollment, primarily out-migration of low- and mid-income working families.
And lo and behold ... at the same time we see the Sequoia Union High School District sweating profusely over accommodating this projected boom. There are some reasons given for that increasing enrollment, primarily the explosion in high density housing marketed primarily to tech workers.
Something isn't adding up here.
