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Strength and service: Retiring fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman reflects on his 40-year career in the community
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Resident group sues city over planned Sharon Road sidewalks
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Pedestrians and a car make their way up Valparaiso Hill, where a roadside memorial has been set up in remembrance of a teenager who died from injuries in a car crash at the location in January. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Menlo Park s Valparaiso Hill is notoriously treacherous. Nicknamed Valpo Hill, the 0.2-mile stretch of curved road between Hallmark Circle at the top and Altschul Avenue at the bottom in the city s Sharon Heights neighborhood is steep.
One very rough calculation put the hill at about a 14% grade – one reason it draws walkers seeking a cardio workout going up and skateboarders seeking a stomach-dropping thrill coming down.
He said he s interested in helping downtown businesses survive and discussing what the city can actually do to support them. He added that he s currently more interested in smaller projects, like making aesthetic improvements or adding landscaping over more ambitious projects like a parking garage at the moment.
When it comes to Menlo Park s relationship with its train tracks, he said, grade separations are often discussed as an an important long-term goal. I don t think we should lose sight of it, he added.
At the same time, the idea of quiet zones, or creating some kind of change at specific rail crossings to reduce the noise impacts of Caltrain, is another idea that could be pursued in the shorter-term, though he said he wasn t necessarily endorsing the idea.