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Photo by Michelle Le/The Almanac
The fire station at Oak Grove Avenue and Hoover Street in downtown Menlo Park was built in 1953 and had a seismic upgrade in 1996. The Menlo Park Fire Protection
District plans to replace the structure with a two-story firehouse of red brick (see rendering on the cover) that will accommodate both the current 28.5-foot fire engine and the
44.9-foot fire truck planned for future use.
Fire district’s growing pains
Development and traffic growth present stiff challenges for the district
By Sandy Brundage
Almanac Staff Writer
T
his may be the only fire
that Menlo Park Fire
Protection District Chief
Harold Schapelhouman wishes
had not been extinguished
so quickly: A firefighter once
knocked a light off the wall
while leaving Station 6, causing
a small fire. The chief wondered
whether it would’ve been better
if the station at 700 Oak Grove
Ave. in downtown Menlo Park
had burned down, since that
could have allowed renovations
sooner.
Nevertheless, the district,
which serves Atherton, Menlo
Park, East Palo Alto and unincorporated areas of San Mateo
County, is now going full steam
ahead with building a new sta-
tion at the site after winning
unanimous approval from both
the City Council and the Planning Commission.
The plan is to build a
7,857-square-foot, two-story
firehouse of red brick and
tan stucco. A companion
1,003- square-foot, single-story structure will be built to
display trucks from the 1930s
and 1950s, along with a hose
wagon from 1900. Finally, a
342-square-foot carriage house,
which has a gable roof and bell
tower, will be relocated to the
site from the district’s Middlefield Road headquarters.
The current building at 700
Oak Grove Ave. and the house
on the next-door lot at 1231
Hoover St. will be demolished.
At least two heritage trees and
six non-heritage trees will be
cut down. The district plans to
plant 26 new trees.
The layout for the new station
will allow fire vehicles to enter
the apparatus bay front first
from Hoover Avenue; right now
the vehicles must back in from
Oak Grove Ave. The new bay
will be able to accommodate
both the current 28.5-foot fire
engine and the 44.9-foot fire
truck planned for future use.
The station will also incorporate living quarters on the
second floor for on-duty fire
personnel, according to the site
plan.
The neighboring lots — at
700 Oak Grove Ave. and 1231
Hoover St. — will be combined
to create enough space for the
new station. The lot merger
provoked controversy during
the recent campaign season.
Those fighting Measure M, an
initiative to change the specific
plan, argued that the initiative,
if passed, would then require
a special election to approve
rebuilding Station 6, since one
lot sits within the specific plan’s
boundaries while the other
doesn’t. Initiative proponents
argued that wasn’t true. Measure M, however, didn’t pass,
putting an end to that particular debate.
Changes to the project were
made during the design phase
to address concerns raised by
neighbors about privacy and
blocked light. Residents indicated they were happy with the
final outcome, which earned
the district praise from the
council during a Jan. 13 meeting.
The fire district expects to
finish building a new station in
East Palo Alto this year. Construction of the new Station 6
in Menlo Park is expected to
take place over two years, with
the facility remaining open for
operations throughout.
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The project approval comes
at a time when the fire district,
like the city of Menlo Park, is
figuring out how to adjust to a
boom in development and the
accompanying growing pains.
“My office looks out over the
Willow and Middlefield Road
intersection,” Chief Schapelhouman said. “Every workday
afternoon and evening when I
hear the emergency call tones
go off and our responding
See FIREHOUSE, page 23
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Atherton Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider
recommending the City Council adopt a Zoning Ordinance
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FIREHOUSE
continued from page 21
Courtesy, Menlo Park Fire Protection District
This rendering shows how the new firehouse will look on Oak Grove Avenue and Hoover Street in
downtown Menlo Park when construction is complete in about two years.
“We realize all this traffic is a
sign of a robust economy (and)
that’s great news for everyone,”
Chief Schapelhouman said. “We
also realize that Marsh, Willow
and University are feeders to
the Dumbarton Bridge and our
east side residents are harder to
serve and underserved at certain
times of the day, depending
upon traffic and the volume of
calls for service.”
He said he’s considering making a video documentary to
show people what the response
looks like from the seat of a fire
engine.
Fixing the problem makes for
a lengthy “to do” list: The fire
district has hired a contractor,
Citygate Associates, for approximately $40,000 to study how to
adjust deployment and propose
solutions that could run the
gamut from staffing changes to
roadway modifications to new
aid agreements with other jurisdictions. The study should take
about four months to complete.
Next, a meeting with Palo Alto
to consider expanding automatic aid, so that the closest units to
a call get dispatched regardless
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of jurisdiction. “The (current)
agreement only covers halfway
into East Palo Alto and I would
like it to include the entire city,”
Chief Schapelhouman said.
He’s also hoping to get official
permission to use University
Avenue at certain times of the
day to respond to incidents such
as a structure fire.
The district is working on
developing a “big picture” overview of development within the
region that will include visual
mapping of projects, proposals
and roadway changes. “Most
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personnel run into a wall of
traffic at this intersection, I’m
reminded of their challenges in
the very real world of emergency
response where seconds and
minutes matter and can often
make the difference between
a positive or negative outcome
and sometimes life or death.”
Case in point: The district’s
response to a house fire at 2217
Pulgas Ave. in East Palo Alto
on Jan. 12. As smoke poured
out the front door, the six firefighters who were able to reach
the scene within seven minutes
found themselves without additional crew for approximately 10
minutes as other units incoming
from Menlo Park ran into gridlock.
“Engine 5 went over the Marsh
Road overpass, down Bayfront
to University to the call and
almost beat the Station 1 crews,
who are closer but used Willow
Road,” Chief Schapelhouman
said. “Engine 6, also further
away, heard the Station 1 crews
were locked up on Willow and
went through another jurisdiction, Palo Alto, which is not
what I prefer they do, but they
exercised good initiative and
it worked to beat the Station 1
crews as well.”
The chief said his point is that
Willow Road’s design makes
it hard for drivers to get out of
the way of emergency vehicles.
The district uses systems to
control stop lights and prioritize emergency traffic through
intersections, “but when traffic
is grid-locked it doesn’t help. We
often go slowly against traffic to
be able to move at all.”
Marsh Road and University
Avenue through Palo Alto are
wider and have more room for
vehicles to yield, he said, but still
suffer heavy congestion.
slate of new buildings coming
to the M2 zone sandwiched
between the San Francisco Bay,
University Avenue, Marsh Road
and U.S. 101.
Station 77, which services the
M2 zone from 1467 Chilco St. in
Menlo Park, was built in 1998 to
accommodate a single crew and
one fire engine, and sits on land
leased from the city, according
to Chief Schapelhouman. Built
at a time when buildings could
reach no higher than three stories, the station isn’t ready for
the bigger structures on the way,
such as Menlo Gateway’s sevenstory hotel.
The challenge for the fire
district is to find the millions
of dollars needed to expand
services. “We don’t have impact
fees yet and (would) potentially
be investing more funds into
something we don’t own,” the
chief said, noting that the district offered to buy the property,
but the city wasn’t willing to sell.
“Our priority has been to
replace the four existing 195o’s
era facilities that are over 60
years old. We currently have two
stations in play, but two more to
go. We started a focused modernization plan in 2007 and it
has taken us almost a decade to
save the money, go through the
approval processes and build a
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The event is the brainchild of
Jeanne Rosner, a former pediatric anesthesiologist at Stanford
and mother of three. Her neighbor and she are taking turns
hosting experts in their homes
to share information about
the benefits of eating well, and
inviting mostly other mothers
to come listen and learn.
“I just want to educate
myself selfishly, and educate
and empower others to a cool,
healthy way of life,” Dr. Rosner
says.
She has taught nutrition classes to students at Woodside
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vegetable meal at the first salon
in November. Author and SummerTomato.com blogger Darya
Rose spoke on Dec. 2. One to
two speakers are already lined
up for every month through
May.
So far, Dr. Rosner says, “The
interest is very strong.”
The daytime events are by
invitation only. She manages
attendance through Eventbrite,
aiming for an audience of 50.
She urges all attendees to
donate to a nonprofit she supports, the Edible Schoolyard
Project, which began in Berkeley at Martin Luther King Jr.
Middle School almost 20 years
ago to teach students about
making good food choices by
working in the garden, kitchen
and classes.
The school is now part of a
network that extends to more
than 4,000 programs around
the world.
Darya Rose
At the most recent salon
Darya Rose, a San Francisco
neuroscientist turned writer,
talked about her experiences
after “15 years of dieting hell”
that goes back to when she was
an 11-year-old ballerina drinking Slimfast.
“Diets don’t work, in fact they
make it worse. ... you just need
to eat real food that you buy
at the farmer’s market, what’s
in season,” said the author of
the book, “Foodist: Using Real
Food and Real Science to Lose
Weight Without Dieting.”
She is a proponent of creating
good habits that, with the right
triggers and related rewards,
become automatic. Three habits
she suggested are: “Always eat
breakfast, get your work-out in,
and cook dinner at home.”
Willpower is in her opinion
“exhaustible” and can lead to
what she calls “decision fatigue.”
She prefers setting up obtainable goals and consistent routines and then monitoring them
to keep on track. Two examples
she gave are measuring steps on
a pedometer, and being mindful
of always eating greens for both
lunch and dinner. A
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Public Notices
995 Fictitious Name
Statement
JUAN CARLOS AGUILAR GARDENING
SERVICE
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: M-263466
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Juan Carlos Aguilar Gardening Service,
located at 1102 Henderson Ave., Apt.
2, Menlo Park, CA 94025, San Mateo
County.
Registered owner(s):
JUAN CARLOS AGUILAR
1102 Henderson Ave. Apt. 2
Menlo Park, CA 94025
This business is conducted by: An
Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on January 2015.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on January 2, 2015.
(ALM Jan. 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 2015)
PANALO
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: M-263545
The following Person(s) is (are) doing
business as:
Panalo, located at 425 Broadway St.,
Redwood City, CA 94063, San Mateo
County.
Is (Are) hereby registered by the following owner(s):
ONE VIRTUAL SOURCE, LLC
425 Broadway St.
Redwood City, CA 94063
This business is conducted by: Limited
Liability Company.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on January 7, 2015.
(ALM Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 2015)
VETERANS CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 263666
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Veterans Construction Services, located
at 1875 South Grant Street #910, San
Mateo, CA 94420, San Mateo County.
Registered owner(s):
DUANE R. LEWIS
222 Milbrae Lane, Apt. 8
Los Gatos, CA 95032
This business is conducted by: An
Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on January 16, 2015.
(ALM Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 2015)
SILICON VALLEY GLOBAL MEDIA
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No.: 263475
The following person (persons) is (are)
doing business as:
Silicon Valley Global Media, located at
3600 Rolison Rd., Redwood City, CA
94063, San Mateo County.
Registered owner(s):
SERGIO JOHN MALDONADO
3412 Hoover St.
Redwood City, CA 94063
This business is conducted by: An
Individual.
The registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business
name(s) listed above on N/A.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk-Recorder of San Mateo
County on January 2, 2015.
(ALM Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 2015)
997 All Other Legals
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE
OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY
OF SAN MATEO
Case No.: CIV531499
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: SAMANTHA OLIVIA
SADLOWSKI filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing names as
follows:
SAMANTHA OLIVIA SADLOWSKI to
OLIVIA HERMAN WHITE.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this matter appear before
this court at the hearing indicated
below to show cause, if any, why the
petition for change of name should not
be granted. Any person objecting to the
name changes described above must
file a written objection that includes the
reasons for the objection at least two
court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the
hearing to show cause why the petition
should not be granted. If no written
objection is timely filed, the court may
grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING: Tu. January 27,
2015, 9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2J, of
the Superior Court of California, County
of San Mateo, located at 400 County
Center, Redwood City, CA 94063.
A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
shall be published at least once each
week for four successive weeks prior to
the date set for hearing on the petition
in the following newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this county:
THE ALMANAC
Date: December 8, 2014
/s/ Robert D. Foiles
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
(ALM Dec. 31, 2014, Jan. 7, 14, 21, 2015)
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE T.S No.
1390118-31 APN: 057-114-060 TRA:
73-030 LOAN NO: Xxxxxx4256 REF:
Birkeland, Michael IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO PROPERTY OWNER: YOU ARE IN
DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST,
DATED September 21, 2012. UNLESS
YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT
A LAWYER. On March 10, 2015, at
1:00pm, Cal-western Reconveyance Llc,
as duly appointed trustee under and
pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded
September 28, 2012, as Inst. No. 2012141586 in book XX, page XX of Official
Records in the office of the County
Recorder of San Mateo County, State
of California, executed by Michael
Birkeland, A Married Man As His Sole
and Separate Property, will sell at
public auction to highest bidder for
cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state
or national bank, a check drawn by a
state or federal credit union, or a check
drawn by a state or federal savings and
loan association, savings association, or
savings bank specified in section 5102
of the financial code and authorized
to do business in this state: San mateo
county courthouse so. branch hall of
justice & Records 400 County Center
Redwood City, Marshall St Entrance
San Mateo, California, all right, title and
interest conveyed to and now held by
it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and State
described as: Completely described in
said deed of trust The street address
and other common designation, if any,
of the real property described above is
purported to be: 41 West Summit Drive
Emerald Hills CA 94062-3340 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the street address
and other common designation, if any,
shown herein. Said sale will be held, but
without covenant or warranty, express
or implied, regarding title, possession,
condition or encumbrances, including fees, charges and expenses of the
Trustee and of the trusts created by
said Deed of Trust, to pay the remaining
principal sums of the note(s) secured
by said Deed of Trust. The total amount
of the unpaid balance of the obligation
secured by the property to be sold and
reasonable estimated costs, expenses
and advances at the time of the initial
publication of the Notice of Sale is:
$729,187.80. If the Trustee is unable to
convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy
shall be the return of monies paid to
the Trustee, and the successful bidder
shall have no further recourse. The
beneficiary under said Deed of Trust
heretofore executed and delivered to
the undersigned a written declaration
of Default and Demand for Sale, and a
written Notice of Default and Election
to Sell. The undersigned caused said
Notice of Default and Election to Sell
to be recorded in the county where
the real property is located. NOTICE TO
POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you
should understand that there are risks
involved in bidding at a trustee auction.
You will be bidding on a lien, not on the
property itself. Placing the highest bid
at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also
be aware that the lien being auctioned
off may be a junior lien. If you are the
highest bidder at the auction, you are
or may be responsible for paying off all
liens senior to the lien being auctioned
off, before you can receive clear title
to the property. You are encouraged
to investigate the existence, priority,
and size of outstanding liens that may
exist on this property by contacting the
county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may
charge you a fee for this information. If
you consult either of these resources,
you should be aware that the same
lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale
date shown on this notice of sale may
be postponed one or more times by
the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee,
or a court, pursuant to section 2924g
of the California Civil Code. The law
requires that information about trustee
sale postponements be made available
to you and to the public, as a courtesy
to those not present at the sale. If you
wish to learn whether your sale date
has been postponed, and, if applicable,
the rescheduled time and date for
the sale of this property, you may call
(800)280-2832 or visit the Internet Web
Site, www.auction.com, using the file
number assigned to this case 139011831. Information about postponements
that are very short in duration or that
occur close in time to the scheduled
sale may not immediately be reflected
in the telephone information or on
the Internet Web Site. The best way to
verify postponement information is to
attend the scheduled sale. FOR SALES
INFORMATION: (800)280-2832 CalWestern Reconveyance LLC, 525 East
Main Street, P.O. Box 22004, El Cajon, CA
92022-9004 Dated: January 08, 2015.
(DLPP-441244 01/21/15, 01/28/15,
02/04/15)
ALM
AMENDED
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE
OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Case No.: CIV531554
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: MOHAMMAD REZA
VAHDATPOUR filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing names as
follows:
MOHAMMAD REZA VAHDATPOUR
to MOHAMMAD REZA MARK
VAHDATPOUR.
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons
interested in this
matter appear before this court at the
hearing indicated below
to show cause, if any, why the petition
for change of name
should not be granted. Any person
objecting to the name
changes described above must file a
written objection that
includes the reasons for the objection
at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must
appear at the hearing to show cause
why the petition should not be granted.
If no written objection is timely filed,
the court may grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING: February 25, 2015,
9:00 a.m., Dept.: PJ, Room: 2D, of the
Superior Court of California, County
of San Mateo, located at 400 County
Center, Redwood City, CA 94063.
A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
shall be published at least once each
week for four successive weeks prior to
the date set for hearing on the petition
in the following newspaper of general
circulation, printed in this
county:
THE ALMANAC
Date: January 14, 2015
/s/ John L. Grandsaert
JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT
(ALM Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 2015)
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