Westlake Park

A Save Westlake Park committee member who thanked the commission, said the MOU is off the table, and offered to partner with the city on park improvements despite fiscal constraints.

A 63-year resident and former rec leader, speaking for Save Westlake Park, thanked the commission, said the group is no longer fighting the Olympic Club, and asked for support for fundraising to improve Westlake Park, including addressing cracked tennis courts.

Westlake parent described building the Save Westlake Park website and a neighborhood coalition, and said residents want to volunteer their skills to improve the park.

Lifelong resident who learned to ride a bike at Westlake Park expressed appreciation for the council's engagement and urged continued community-city partnership on parks and open space.

Six-year resident thanked the council for listening on Westlake Park, said a public-private partnership wasn't the right fit, and offered neighbors' skills to revitalize the park and reopen school playgrounds.

Resident thanked the council for its Westlake Park engagement and praised city staff at the park and Doelger Center, asking for more resources for them.

Welcomed the cancelled Olympic Club MOU, urged funding for more parks, libraries and rec centers, and asked the city to cancel Flock and Axon surveillance contracts and redirect funds to community aid.

A mother of two, she said Westlake's grass field is the only walkable green space left since school gates closed after COVID, and warned synthetic turf leaches PFAS and microplastics.

A daily Doelger user, he reported that no one he spoke to wants synthetic turf or controlled access fencing and submitted a list of deficiencies in the Olympic Club MOU.

He argued the park was dedicated for public recreation in the 1940s-50s, said notification of meetings was spotty, and noted the Olympic Club pays a reduced tax rate — effectively subsidizing a private club.