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Dear Menlo Park City Council: I would like to write to you in support of affordable high density housing in Menlo Park. I am agnostic about where the housing needs to be located, but I totally support doing our part in providing affordable high density housing in Menlo Park. We need to take ca...

Dear City Council, We are strongly urging the city council to move more slowly before fast tracking the housing development slated for the parking lots between Santa Cruz and Oak Grove. As residents of Menlo Park for over 25 years, we specifically chose to live here over the surrounding...

Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am very concerned about Menlo Park loosing its Downtown Parking Plazas. This is happening In Los Altos and Los Gatos too. The Downtown Parking Plazas are for people shopping or dining Or pursuing activities with their families and friends in Menlo Park to use. Th...

January 23, 2025 To: City of Menlo Park’s City Council Members From: Dr. Rubye Cervelli, Property Owner and Menlo Park Resident (over 30 years) RE: Menlo Park RFQ Reviews Dear City Council Members: Even though there was a petition with almost 3,000 residents’ signatures against using the City o...

THANK YOU! . . . to each and every one of you who read all the fine print and worked doggedly to come up with a solution for the city’s housing plan that would pass the state’s new, more rigid requirements. Just reading about your work has felt exhausting. I can’t imagine how tedious and frustr...

I need to sincerely thank the City Council, and city staff, for its steadfast efforts to get our Housing Element at last approved. Perhaps armed with this, we can now find a way to prevent the builders remedy project that Russian oligarchs plan for the Sunset Magazine property. Steve Follmer Willow Road

Hi, I applied for your BMR housing and on the application it says that it gives preference to people living and working in Menlo Park. My situation is that currently I live in Orange County, CA, but Im set to begin working in Menlo Park in July. There is nothing on the application that permitted me...

Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, My name is David Eckert and I live at 20 Willow Road. I’ve been a homeowner here for the past 10 years. I’m writing about my concerns over the proposed construction at the former Sunset site. What I’ve read about the proposal is appalling! I am someone who is...

Good morning, I am disappointed in the towns latest recommendation to pursue a feasibility study. We already know the following: 1) There is high demand for pickleball AND concern about the noise. 2) Nealon Park has been a successful central location for pickleball. So, why wouldnt that $85,000...

City Council, I would like to submit a comment regarding the proposed rezoning of 687 Bay Road. This parcel has split zoning with the current parking lot zoned as R1U. My family lives at 1010 Hollyburne Ave and our home directly faces the parking lot. I attended the Planning Commission meeting on...