This Petition urgently asks San Mateo County to acquire the right to use the vacant Flood School site next to Flood Park, and to then use that land to provide new playing fields and recreational green space as an extension of Flood Park. 

This greatly expands the park’s ability to host a wide range of sports on the freeway side of the park, where baseball, basketball, pickleball, volleyball, tennis, and multiple soccer/lacrosse fields can easily co-exist.

Extending the park to the former school site also enables the preservation of the historic woodland of the park, along with the amenities currently in that area -- the “nature-oriented” side of the park. We ask that the Reimagine Flood Park plan be amended to put its soccer/lacrosse fields on the sports-oriented, freeway side, and keep the woodland/family-use area intact.

Menlo Park, Atherton, Redwood City, Belle Haven, North Fair Oaks and East Palo Alto communities will all greatly benefit from this action, as it expands the green space, sports fields, and nature areas that are available to families, local groups, and school district students. 

A related petition to save the trees of Flood Park has already been signed by more than 2400 people.  

Action needs to be taken quickly. The old Flood School site is owned by the Ravenswood City School District, which is planning to lease it for development at the end of November, 2021. 

We ask the Board of Supervisors and County Management to act immediately to acquire the right to use this site, before it’s too late.

You can learn more about this opportunity, and how to make it a reality, at FloodPark.org

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