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September 25, 2026: What residents are discussing ahead of next city council meetings. Click Here

Hello Mayor Nash and City Council members,To add my own experiences: I had 2 close calls with cars traveling NB on Coleman @ the stop sign, turning left onto Santa Monica.  I walk to work using Santa Monica and have to walk on the streets due to the parked cars. I nearly got hit twice because there ...

Incorrect email! Apologies! PS. Im sure youve all seen the article!  ----- Forwarded Message -----From: Dnahom To: City Council Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2026 at 11:01:45 PM PDTSubject: 80 Willow Road Dear Mayor Nash and MP City Council members, Yo...

Dear Councilmembers, I have been a bike commuter since August 2018, when I purchased an e-bike and discovered how lovely a cross town commute could be. Over the last 8 years, Ive seen the city add quite a bit of bike lane paint and No Parking signs to my bike route. With 24 schools in our li...

NOTE: A PDF of this letter (which may be easier to read) is attached at the bottom of this email. Dear City Council, As Chair and Vice Chair of the Menlo Park Complete Streets Commission, we are writing to thank you for the time and effort that you have invested in Coleman Avenue, and for ...

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Hello Menlo Park City Council, I want to continue to encourage this body to reject staffs conclusion that we can never implement anything beyond a simple narrow painted bike lane in Menlo Park. Here is a video from this morning of an absolute mess on Coleman with students trying to bike to ...

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Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am writing as a resident to urge you to reject the 80 Willow Road proposal in its current form. The project is housing-negative, adding roughly 3,000 jobs but only about 665 homes, with just around 100 of those affordable. At three towers of 39, 33, and 19 stori...

Dear Council Members, Im a Menlo Park resident at 1205 Woodland Ave, and Im asking you not to approve the 80 Willow Road proposal. I chose to live here because of what this community feels like — quiet streets, a real neighborhood. The thought of 39-story towers rising over a low-density bl...

your city is a lovely place, but all of the big green street signs are illegible - faded beyond recognition. Fix it! 🌻

Thank you Mark.  When you have got things together put it on Nextdoor to top all the whining!  It would be nice to have bulletins put up at places where the kids are a problem: such as La Entrada School, county parks,  Menlo Park parks, and all around N. Fair Oaks. On Thursday, September 24, 20...

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Hi Janet, Thanks for reaching out. Your timing is perfect; our Communications Team met yesterday and discussed several ideas for an educational campaign around the new Electric Micromobility Ordinance. We agree that getting clear information out to the public about the rules, what to report, and ...

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