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Hi Maria: I appreciate your response to my email. However, since the City Council study session on August 27th to consider downtown lots 1, 2, & 3 as "surplus land", the City held one public meeting five (5) days ago on November 14th. As an owner of three properties downtown, I received exactly z...
Dear Members of the Menlo Park City Council, Thank you for this opportunity to express my concern regarding the fast-tracked nature of the proposal for redevelopment of plazas 1-3. I am writing to express my concern about the fast-tracked nature of this proposal and its potential impact on our cit...
Dear City Council Members, As you are likely aware I am a co-founder and current Chair of Menlo Spark, am a former two-term Environmental Quality Commissioner (and two-time Chair), and one of the leaders of the Menlo Park Green Ribbon Citizens’ Committee in 2007. I am a 29-year resident of the Wi...
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To the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Planning Commission (with others BCCd), Its exciting to see the Willow Village project coming together, and as a member of the EQC, Im heartened to see green and sustainable buildings come to life with this project. I have two questions for you which Im hopi...
[NOTE: The content of this message is the same as the message sent to the City of Menlo Park Planning Commission prior to their first study session of the Parkline Project on March 28th, 2020] TO...
Dear City Council, Please see the second item for a Nov 8 (2-3:30 p.m.) informational meeting regarding a new San Mateo county-wide new Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters/Community Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD/COAD). San Mateo County would benefit from having one central organ...
Dear City Council Members and Environmental Quality Commissioners, I’m pleased to see two important climate topics on the EQC agenda this week, discussion building electrification and staff resources to carry out our high priori...
Thanks, Betsy. I have a couple of thoughts about the gas-powered blower ban. While it would be great to ban all blowers to eliminate the dust they generate, that isn't practical. Even I use a small, battery-powered blower on my gravel where a rake doesn't cut it. I use a broom everywhere else...
Hi Betsy and city council, Thank you so much for the summary, busy week. We are so eager to see Gas Leaf Blowers (item C2) banned, that it is frustrating to us that there's a 21 page report, for which the recommendation is merely "prepare another report". Cannot the city council vote prompt...
