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Dear Mayor Taylor, Council Members and Staff, I am writing to make sure you are aware of two important Quiet Zone developments to our north and south. First, last Friday, March 1st, Atherton officially declared the Watkins Avenue crossing a Quiet Zone. Upgrades to this crossing were completed ...
Dear Mayor Wolosin, Council Members, and Staff, This message is in regard to Information Item I3 - Update on the Caltrain Quiet Zone Study. We wish to express our gratitude to Council, and Hugh Louch and his team in Public Works, for all of the progress that has been made since June, when Coun...
Dear Mayor Wolosin and Councilmembers, From before I was born, until he retired, my father owned a retail store in town. Reading the emails submitted by local merchants in favor of reopening the 600 block of Santa Cruz, I feel compelled to offer my support. Operating a retail establishment or ...
Dear Councilmembers, Please add my voice to those encouraging the City to expedite the repopulation of trees at the 101/Willow interchange. Just last month, I mistakenly thought this project was for beautification purposes, and not what it really is: the long-overdue replacement of essential s...
Dear Mayor Nash, Vice Mayor Wolosin, Council Members Combs, Mueller and Taylor, and City Staff, We are writing from the Menlo Park neighborhoods of Park Forest, Linfield Oaks, Felton Gables, Mills Court and its adjacent apartments, the Marquis Townhomes, San Antonio Street, The Classics at Burgess,...
Dear Mayor Nash, Vice Mayor Wolosin, Council Members Combs, Mueller and Taylor, and City Staff, We are writing with regard to the City’s efforts in pursuit of a city-wide Quiet Zone. Belatedly, but most sincerely, we want to formally thank Council for establishing the QZ as a Capital Improveme...
Dear Council Members, While I am sympathetic to the need for affordable housing I stand adamantly opposed to using our finite number of parks as solutions. This is not “not in my neighborhood” thought but rather a protection of the precious few parks we have in the city. West of the Alameda we...
Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash and esteemed Council Members, We are submitting the attached document in response to questions raised at a recent Council meeting about the need to examine all four rail crossings as part of the City’s FY22 Quiet Zone Assessment. This document has already been...
Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash and esteemed Council Members, We are writing on behalf of more than one thousand Menlo Park residents represented by our HOAs, and others, spanning every block in proximity to the Caltrain line from the Atherton border to the San Francisquito Creek, including the...
Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, Thank you for your effort and time serving on our City Council. I would also like to thank the engineering staff for their time and effort spent working with the residents and community to better improve the safety, walkability and drainage on Sharon Road. ...