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Mayor Combs and City Council, An email to Council earlier today referred to a petition to “preserve Sharon and Burgess Park areas.” I encourage everyone to read that petition. It’s here: https://www.change.org/p/menlo-park-housing-commission-preserve-menlo-park-s-green-spaces The petitio...
Dear Members of the Menlo Park City Council, I am writing to express my strong opposition to the proposed use of our downtown parking areas for high-density housing. As a 37-year resident of Menlo Park who cares about maintaining the unique quality of life that drew us to this town, I have deep ...
Honorable Mayor Combs and City Council, We have updated the survey which asks businesses along Santa Cruz Ave. whether they want the closed stretch of Santa Cruz Ave. to be reopened to traffic. The results are here: https://www.savedowntownmenlo.org/s/Business-Survey-Map-Updated-Feb-2025-jm...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council members, In case you haven’t seen the Palo Alto Daily Post today, here’s the text of my letter that was published in the paper today. Downtown Housing Dear Editor, Kudos to Menlo Park Mayor Combs for his valiant attempt during the January 28th meeting, to ...
February 7, 2025 Menlo Park City Council 701 Laurel Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, and Honorable Members of the Menlo Park City Council, I am submitting my public comment on Agenda Item G in strong support of the recommendations in The Future of Early Learn...
Greetings, I read an article on p.6 of the Jan. 30 issue of the Daily Post titled “Council rethinks closed street after complaints”. I commend Mayor Combs for raising the issue since the northbound closure remains an eyesore and contributes to significant northbound traffic backups on Oak Grov...
Dear City Council Members, I live on Timothy Lane which is adjacent to the Suburban Park neighborhood of the former Flood School site at 320 Sheridan Drive. I am very irritated at Rob Silanos recall effort of Drew Combs. The fire dept has approved the emergency gate for fire vehicles to use. I...
Dear Menlo Park City Council - Following are questions or issues for Downtown parking redevelopment. Please think about them along with the RFQ and the current project process. Overall the RFQ is worded broadly enough for a range of creative and even candid responses. Some exceptions are note...
Mayor Combs Councilmember Nash and the Menlo Park City Council, Despite the show of hands at the hearing and the overwhelming testimony in opposition to the proposed location, the Menlo Council advanced the RFQ to build 345 units of public housing in in the heart of downtown without asking any qu...
Dear Mayor Combs and Council members, Please turn your attention to the SRI project. The SRI Parkline proposal includes over a million square feet of new office space. Big mistake! Make that housing instead! If we figure 1,000 sq ft per Affordable Housing unit, we could put 1,000 of tho...
