Dear Council, I was surprised to see that there is debate over the closure of Santa Cruz Ave. Please keep it closed. In fact, please consider closing more of the street and making it for pedestrians only, with a bike lane. Cities that have done this are thriving and vibrant. It’s quite easy to g...

Hello, City Council! I’m writing to voice my support for the plan to develop housing downtown on current parking lots and building one or more parking garages. Thank you for creating the page at https://menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Community-Development/Planning-Division/Comprehensive-...

Dear Menlo Park City Council members: Please ban gas powered leaf blowers in Menlo Park as soon as possible. They constantly disrupt the peace and their aggravating noise is audible from inside my house, from several houses away, even with all windows and doors closed. Outside, the noise trav...

Dear Menlo Park City Council, The restriping of Middlefield Road (between about Seminary Drive and Santa Margarita Avenue) is working very well. Having a single automobile travel lane in each direction and a center turn lane to access driveways makes this road much safer for bicyclists, slows tr...

Dear City Council members: Menlo Park needs more housing for residents with lower income levels, including rental property. We cannot have a diverse, thriving city with a stagnant, aging population. We cannot have a revitalized downtown if service industry workers cannot afford to live nearby. P...

Dear City Council, I support a a trial pedestrian zone in Downtown Menlo Park as recommended by Councilmembers Mueller and Nash. (Agenda item E2 for the May 12 City Council meeting.) Allowing restaurants to use their designated off street parking spaces, off the sidewalk, to conduct business and se...

Hello Council, I am posting to CCIN the memo I brought to your closed door session today regarding the City Attorney recruitment process. I am also attaching a PDF of the same along with links to the attachments. I was surprised to see the current City Attorney present, at least for the public comm...

Dear City Council Members: Concerning the goal of “congestion relief/management,” while I am in favor of minimizing cut-through traffic on neighborhood streets, I do not see travel time on city streets to be a general problem. There is of course a problem on ECR and on Willow Road with congestion, ...

Dear Council, In conjunction with the consideration of the project at 40 Middlefield Road, I propose a stoplight at Woodland and Middlefield. Due to the bend in the road and speeding vehicles coming from Palo Alto, it is sometimes difficult and dangerous to make a left turn out of the neighborhood...

Please enforce the speed limit on Willow Road. Speeding is out of control both directions making right turns onto Willow from Gilbert very dangerous. Also many drivers drive in the bike lane after crossing Gilbert eastbound. John Donald Concord Dr.