Menlo Park city staff revealed at the Jan. 27 City Council meeting that they might have found a long-term solution to the city’s field shortage: Flood Park, which is currently operated by San Mateo County.
County representatives have been enthusiastic about the idea of operating the park jointly with Menlo Park, according to Lisa Ekers, the city’s engineering services manager. The council directed staff to continue discussions with the county.
Flood Park — located just south of Kelly Park, on the opposite side of U.S. 101 — currently contains a baseball field, a softball field and a tennis court, along with tree-shaded open space.
City engineers said the trees and tennis courts could be cleared to make room for two full-sized soccer fields, in addition to the baseball fields.
Part of the field is scheduled to be torn up in either the winter of 2010 or 2011 to install a new pipeline to bring water from the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir to local communities, and any overhaul would likely not begin until after that.
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