As a resident of Menlo Park for over twenty years, I am compelled to express my strong opposition to the current proposal to utilize the three parking areas between Oak Grove and Santa Cruz Avenues for high density low cost housing. The present situation with regard to parking is already problematic...
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 Menlo Park City Council, I write to you not as a citizen of your fine city but as one of Pacifica, who journeys to Menlo Park six times a week so that my daughter can train at the Menlo Park Academy of Dance. I was not familiar with the city previously, but have been charmed by its downtown,...
Hello, my name is Mark Liljegren I am a long time employee -25 plus years working a Carpaccio’s restaurant 1120 Crane Street Menlo Park. For the past 25 plus years- Menlo Park has been promising businesses it would increase parking. Menlo Park has only decreased the number of downtown parking sp...
Council Members: Although I do not see the continued discussion of the aquatic fees on the January 23, 2024 agenda, I believe that at the January 9, 2024 meeting there was the proposal to continue the discussion of the aquatic fees. A prominent idea is that since Menlo Park City residents contribu...
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilmembers, I am writing in support of your consideration of adopting the San Mateo County Model Tobacco Retail Ordinance and entering into the enforcement partnership with the County. I worked with County Staff for three years developing the policy and pushing for...
Dear esteemed Menlo Park City Council members, I believe that increasing the availability of a flood-lit turf field for youth sports should be a city priority. Specifically, field space should be required as part of re-development of the 60 acre SRI campus. I urge you to consider the community am...
Honorable Mayor and Council Members; Is the City of Menlo Park celebrating St. Patricks Day this year, particularly since one of our sister cities is GALWAY, IRELAND? Several years ago the City helped form, and financially supported, the formation of the Menlo Park Sister Cities Association. I...
Please dont let the Parks & Rec department spend $85K on a study about pickleball. As you can see below, there are much better uses of that money. We have done countless surveys and usage studies over the past couple of years and its pretty clear that the city isnt going to convert even one more t...
Dear Mayor Cecilia Taylor and council members, I am a Palo Alto native with ties to Sunset as Dave Clark the long term editor lived in the Los Arboles Eichler tract and was our neighbor. I am still in contact with his son Tom Clark. My late father was friends with the Lanes. I know Dan Gregory...
