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May 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Officials in Menlo Park, Calif. are set to weigh in on a deal that would allow Facebook Inc. to employ thousands of additional people at its headquarters here.
The City Council is expected to approve the environmental impact report and development agreement for the project at its meeting on Tuesday night.
Under the deal, Facebook would be allowed to employ about 6,600 workers at its headquarters, up from the current limit of 3,600 employees that was placed on the campus’s previous occupant, Sun Microsystems. Facebook currently has about 2,200 employees at the site, according to city officials.
In return, Facebook would pay the city an average of $850,000 a year over ten years to cover the impact of the additional workers on city infrastructure. Facebook would also make a one-time payment of more than $1 million for capital improvements, establish a $500,000 community improvement fund and set up high school internship and job training programs.
City staff has said the benefits of the project outweigh its impacts and has recommended approval by the council.
Facebook eventually wants to expand to a west campus across the street that would allow it to employ 9,400 people. The social networking company would construct five new buildings totaling approximately 440,000 square feet as part of that project.
The environmental impact report the City Council is expected to vote on Tuesday includes the proposed west campus expansion.
Facebook’s plans have raised concerns about traffic. The neighboring city of Atherton has threatened a lawsuit, saying the environmental impact report does not adequately address an expected increase in traffic at one particular intersection.
Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre said the two cities are continuing to discuss the issue. Facebook has said it will encourage employees to carpool, take public transit or walk or bike to work.
A vote in favor of the plan on Tuesday would have to be seconded by the council next week before it could go into effect, McIntyre said.
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