Hello, City Council I live in the neighborhood of the “Triangle” area. Our neighborhoods have been waiting 9 years to be annexed into the City of Menlo Park, however, the city has still not moved forward on annexation. My personal experience three years ago, I desperately needed help from the l...
Honorable City Councilmembers, I have read the staff report for this item, and I commend City staff and Chief Norris for the inclusion of much-needed ‘guardrails’ around the deployment of Flock’s ALPR surveillance technology into our community. These policies address several of the privacy con...
Begin forwarded message: From: Stuart Soffer Subject: Regarding the sunset oroject Date: June 18, 2024 at 5:47:58 PM PDT To: jicmurphy@menlopark.gov Reply-To: sbsoffer@gmail.com Honorable Menlo Park Council Members, Justin Murphy This project should never be ap...
Begin forwarded message: From: Stuart Soffer Subject: Regarding the sunset oroject Date: June 18, 2024 at 5:47:58 PM PDT To: jicmurphy@menlopark.gov Reply-To: sbsoffer@gmail.com Hi Justin, and honorable City Council. This project should never be approved. It’s...
Brian, Thank you for taking the time to further research ALPR technology, and providing us with the results of your research. I had not realized that 13 (!) of our neighbor communities (plus 2 more about to come online) have deployed ALPRs. But I did know that, in those communities where ALPRs...
Hello! My name is Shreyas Sudhakar, and Im a Menlo Park HVAC contractor specializing in heat pump installations. Im thrilled to see the conversation around the 2030 climate action plan. Converting 95% of existing buildings to all electric by 2030 is a remarkable goal, and Im excited to be one of...
Here here, thank you Brian for sharing this insightful information. I also urge the council to put our communitys safety and security as as a top priority and revisit ALPRs ASAP. I have to believe that 15 other communities have not come to the same conclusion without doing ample research. We are...
Dear City Council - I am writing to share my 100% support of Item H1 - Provide direction on a proposal to install Flock fixed Automated License Plate Readers citywide. I live in Sharon Heights and am extremely concerned about the increase in burglaries in our neighborhood. It is my understandi...
Dear Councilmembers, I am writing to request that you approve the grant money for MPC Ready. We are a Neighbor Helping Neighbor organization with the emphasis on emergency preparedness and response. The need has been very apparent in these last two winters. The Menlo Park community has experie...
Dear Menlo Park City Council members: I am unable to attend tonight’s meeting. Nonetheless, I would like to make a record of my deep concerns about the “cloak and dagger” nature of this entire process as it relates to the resurrected one way street proposal on Coleman. I was absolutely stunne...
