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The Woodside Fire Protection District and a number of other local agencies, including Stanford University and the City of Woodside, have partnered with a project to remove hazardous debris from areas of Wunderlich Park near power lines to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC).

On Tuesday, September 14, the San Mateo County Supervisory Board voted unanimously to approve a $ 20,000 grant to support the fire safety project using funds from Measure K, a sales tax from half a cent across the county.

Power lines are considered high voltage, according to supervisor Don Horsley. “If something is wrong with these power lines, the fuel underneath could be a big problem,” he said Tuesday.

The Woodside Fire Protection District is expected to use the funds to contract with a forest service to remove tree trunk debris from the park along the southern and eastern boundaries.

Other funders for the $ 34,000 project include the town of Woodside and SLAC, Horsley said.

Hillview Middle School, at 1100 Elder Ave. in Menlo Park, hosts a flu shot clinic on Saturday, September 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with Safeway Pharmacy. Most insurances are accepted, with the exception of Kaiser.

Vaccines cost $ 40 and $ 65 (for seniors) without insurance.

Walk-in people are welcome, but to help with social distancing, those interested are encouraged to make an appointment here.

Menlo Park City manager Starla Jerome-Robinson is considering retiring. So the city hired research firm The Hawkins Company to look for a replacement.

Two community meetings are held to allow people to vote on the desired qualities and qualifications that the new city manager should have as the city manager.

The online forums will be held via Zoom on Saturday, September 25 from 11 a.m. to noon (meeting ID 894 8506 7918) and on Thursday, September 30 from 6 to 7 p.m. (meeting ID 851 0104 9292).

Email Yonnine Hawkins Garr, Vice President of The Hawkins Company, for more information at [email protected]

A community survey on the subject in English and Spanish is expected to be published here, September 16-30. Responses will be anonymous.

A development proposal at 123 Independence Drive on the Menlo Park’s Bay side is in the process of being approved with the launch of its environmental impact review process.

The developer proposes to redevelop five plots with a total of 432 new housing units, including 316 apartments and 116 townhouses for sale. Of these, 15%, or 66, will be fixed for rent or purchase below the market rate for low-income households.

A “Notice of Readiness” document has been released announcing the start of the environmental review process and the start of a countdown in which people can suggest topics that should be investigated. They can provide feedback verbally at the next Menlo Park Planning Commission meeting on Monday, September 27, or in writing by emailing Senior Contract Planner Payal Baghat at [email protected]

Comments must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 11.

PV Live Revive – a one-day event combining Zotts to Tots, the city picnic and a concert – will take place on Saturday, October 9 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in downtown Portola Valley, 765 Portola Road. All of these events were canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the city is combining them into one event.

Co-hosted by the Parks and Recreation Committee and the Cultural Arts Committee, the event will feature a fun bike and run race as well as a picnic in town with live music from Ginger + Bandits, a local band. featuring Portola Valley residents Ginger Pistilli and Paul Skrabo, and The Humidors, a Bay Area funk band.

The Boy Scouts will be serving burgers and hot dogs, and there will be several food trucks. Food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages, will be served throughout the day and during the concert.

For more information and to register for the race, go here.

The Menlo Park City School District this week began its parent education speaker series for the 2021-22 school year with a talk about dropping screens one day a week to allow more time, creativity and connection.

Terri E. Givens will be the next speaker in the series on Tuesday, October 12 at Hillview Middle School. She will be talking about her new book “Radical Empathing: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides”.

Other upcoming discussions include: teaching children about self-regulation; how to raise historically diminished voices; and how the food giants exploit addictions.

Check out upcoming events here.

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