{"id":7039,"date":"2018-08-11T20:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T03:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/?p=4789"},"modified":"2018-08-11T20:00:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T03:00:50","slug":"bol-park-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/bol-park-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"Bol Park Vehicle Access Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Parks Department intends to replace the chain gate at Bol Park on Laguna near the crosswalk coming from Laguna Court with a large metal gate.\u00a0 Eventually, they will replace all the chain gates including the one on Laguna near the creek and the one on Robles Ridge.<\/p>\n<p>Less obtrusive alternatives like a arm gate or folding or collapsible bollards have been suggested, but we don&#8217;t think they will consider them.\u00a0 <strong>Below are pictures of the proposed gate and examples of the other options mentioned.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have any suggestions or concerns about the city plan please contact the BPA Board and\/or the Parks Department.\u00a0 They are moving quickly and want to install the 1st gate by the end of August.\u00a0The <a href=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Bol-Access-Chain-Project.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official announcement<\/a> was published <strong>August 1st<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Metal gate proposed by Palo Alto Parks Department:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Open-Space-Gate.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4790 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Open-Space-Gate-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 695px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 695\/391;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Swing Arm Gate, lower and more compatible with surroundings:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Swing-arm-gate.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4792 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Swing-arm-gate-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"521\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 695px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 695\/521;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Folding or retractable bollards (mock up) :<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Retractable-bollards.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4791 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Retractable-bollards-1024x471.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"320\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 695px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 695\/320;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Parks Department intends to replace the chain gate at Bol Park on Laguna near the crosswalk coming from Laguna Court with a large metal gate.\u00a0 Eventually, they will replace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-city-of-palo-alto","category-public-works-and-utilities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpapaloalto.org\/newbpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}