Honorable Mayor Taylor, Vice Mayor Combs, Councilmembers, and City Staff – my name is John McKenna. I serve as Vice Chair on the Environmental Quality Commission, but I am writing as an individual. I want to thank City Staff for their work on the CAP scope of work for 2025-2030. While I appreciate...
Dear Clerk, Menlo Spark understands there will likely be an agenda item on August 27 regarding the Climate Action Plan and emissions from stationary sources (buildings). I am not aware of the specific agenda item number being assigned yet. We submit the attached analysis of options for considerat...
Dear City Council: I am writing you to urge you to oppose the 80 Willow Road project, require a full Environmental Impact Report, and support laws to prevent similar overdevelopment. This project’s scale is too large and I urge you to demand a full Environmental Impact Report. Thank you Ro...
I am utterly opposed to approval of this project because:. • It is grotesquely oversized and downright ugly. • It is beside the creek: the only naturally flowing creek in the county that is home to various endangered or protected species. • Increased impermeable surf...
Hi Mayor and Councilmembers -- I hope you consider differently how much time is allowed for public comment. Yes, it takes a lot of time when issues are complex or controversial, but isnt that precisely the same time when public comment matters the most? There may be a gem of a new idea or a valid cr...
Hello Mayor Taylor, Vice Mayor Combs, councilmembers, staff and counsel, I Recommend guaranteed funding for Environmental Justice Element and Safety Element projects by redirecting 0.05% from total of new funding requested. Specific funding recommendations will be determined upon final approval o...
Hello Mayor Taylor, Vice Mayor Combs, councilmembers, staff and counsel, I Recommend guaranteed funding for Environmental Justice Element and Safety Element projects by redirecting 0.05% from total of new funding requested. Specific funding recommendations will be determined upon final approval o...
Good afternoon! Im writing to thank you for soliciting community feedback on setting Menlo Parks priorities for the upcoming fiscal year 2024-25. I have a simple request for an addition to one of the top identified priorities: please add "and resilience" to your Climate Action goal, e.g. "Climate A...
Good evening Mayor Taylor and council, Though I am not able to attend tonights meeting I wanted to make a public comment on agenda item H/H1. I would like to give thanks to Chief Norris for taking the time to speak to the Belle Haven Neighborhood Association last week regarding this item. I am al...
You can also email the citycouncil (city.council@menlopark.gov) in advance of any meeting and it goes into the MP public record and is attached to the minutes. I found that most of the city council members read and respond to the emails that Ive written in this fas...
