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Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, In the context of your discussions regarding Flock cameras, I am writing to urge you to expand your current focus on surveillance technology. Menlo Park neighborhoods are increasingly being subjected to a troubling intrusion. I’m referring to the cameras o...
Esteemed City Council Members, I live on a cul de sac and believe that the current Subdivision Ordinance, which contains a different required front setback for buildings on lots along a cul-de-sac than other lots in the City, should stay in place. Each relevant lot on my cul de sac is very di...
Dear Menlo Park Councilmembers, Thank you for making the Coleman pilot program permanent. As a Laurel Elementary School family, we rely on Coleman for our children’s daily bike rides to and from school. The improvements have made a meaningful difference in how comfortable we feel about their c...
Councilmembers, Id like to encourage the Council to revisit the continued closure of the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue to vehicle traffic. What began as a response to COVID has become something of a pandemic hangover, one that continues to create headaches for those of us who frequent down...
Dear Councilmembers, In addition to sharing my preferred options for tomorrows 600 Santa Cruz Ave discussion earlier today I’d like to suggest the Council also consider today’s article on the front page of the Palo Alto Daily Post about the negative feedback San Carlos leadership is getting from ...
Dear Councilmembers - Please put me down as in favor of Option 3. With downtown housing increasing and potential construction traffic on Oak Grove, we need Santa Cruz Avenue to be a through street more than ever. Oak Grove and Menlo Avenue are already overburdened. The additional maintenance exp...
Dear Council Members, I am strongly in favor of reopening this block to vehicular traffic. I visit downtown often, and the public plaza rarely has more than a few people sitting there. That is not enough usage to justify permanently closing a single block to traffic, much less the cost of beautif...
Greetings Mayor and Councilmembers, Thank you for arranging a public discussion of the referenced topic. Please accept this input for your consideration at tomorrow’s City Council meeting. As a District 4 Menlo Park resident since 1978 who can walk to Downtown within 5 minutes but who finds hi...
Dear Menlo Park Councilmembers, Our family lives in the Willows and our two children attend Hillview Middle School and Menlo-Atherton High School. Our older daughter children use Coleman to get to and from M-A, and our younger daughter will in a few years. We really appreciate the pilot progra...
Dear Mayor and Members of the Menlo Park City Council, I would like to urge the City of Menlo Park to support safer routes along Coleman Avenue for students traveling to and from Menlo-Atherton High School (M-A). This conversation has been ongoing since 2021-22 through the Coleman and Ringwood Av...
