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Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, I support as many affordable homes as possible on parking lots downtown. I think this is a great way to utilize our city spaces, and I hope you will move forward with such a great, and much needed, plan. Thank you for your thoughtful consideration of th...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, Please accept this letter in support of the requested increase in staffing for the Library and Community services being considered for the 2023-24 budget. I feel it is crucial to approve the funding currently sought for 6 FTE necessary to support future operations a...
Dear Members of the Menlo Park City Council, I am writing in support of Carol Orton’s application for Library Commission. I do not know Carol well, but I was aware of her activities in the Menlo Park Community many years ago when I served on the Menlo Park Atherton Education Foundation and was i...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, I recently learned that the Safe Storage of Firearms Ordinance (No. 1067) was removed from consideration before final passage because a single citizen threatened to sue the City if it was approved. I understand that we are in a severe budget crisis due to the Coronavir...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, As do many in our community, I recognize the extreme conditions that have led you to look for areas in our City Budget to trim back and/or cut. I respectfully use the language of Menlo Together to ask that you consider prioritizing Childcare Services, Belle Haven Commu...
Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, As a resident, homeowner, frequent library user and chair of the Menlo Park Library Commission, I urge you to approve the budget request to add 3.25 permanent Library staff positions in the new fiscal year starting July 1 which will be discussed at your meeting ...
Dear City Council Members, I am writing to lend my support to the plan to build new 21st Century Libraries in our City. I have been a resident of Menlo Park for 18 years and raised my children with weekly trips to the Menlo Park Library. I am passionate about the role of the public library in a v...
