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Athertonites: I think that we should clean up the street signs.... the vertical black letters on the white post should be cleaned up more often. Some signs need to be also repainted. For a quality city like Atherton, we should have signs that are clean and that stand out so that people can read them and get a better impression of the inhabitants of this upscale city. Clean and distinct signs are critical to helping people spot streets.....Something that doesn't cost a lot but really changes the perception of the city..... Sincerely,
Larry Chew
Lwchew@aol.com
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
EIR library in park
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As a 46-year Athertonian I visit both park & library more than once a week. Here are two points:
Access to the park is via one street (Watkins) and one entrance. Access to our existing library is via 5 or 6 alternative routes.
As a 46-year Athertonian I visit both park & library more than once a week. Here are two points:
Parking in the park was impossible until our council outlawed its use recently. Every spot was filled and many parked illegally. Is our council misleading us?
The EIR says in one place (page 20) that when the library moves to the park, the existing library building will be used by the town for storage & staff offices. Then later this EIR (pp 129-130) rejects use of the existing library because it needs seizmic upgrades of 5 types.
Both cannot be correct. This EIR is flawed.
Added points:
Our council, the council's library committee, and the Almanac editor seem to favor putting the library in the park. If we are allowed to vote, I fear we who oppose putting our only library in our only park will not be heard by uninvolved Athertonians who are probably the majority.
Access to the park is via one street (Watkins) and one entrance. Access to our existing library is via 5 or 6 alternative routes.
Our council, mostly lawyers or real estate developers, opposes a vote because it can only make them neutral or foolish. A vote against lib-in-park would show our council wasted the high cost of the EIR.
- Thomas A. Croft, Ph.D. 76 Moulton Drive Atherton
P.S. Thanks to many of you for helpful comments and to my wife Rachel, the best editor I ever encountered, a version of my earlier email has been sent to Lisa Costa Sanders which makes it official, they say:
P.S. Thanks to many of you for helpful comments and to my wife Rachel, the best editor I ever encountered, a version of my earlier email has been sent to Lisa Costa Sanders which makes it official, they say:
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