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September 29, 2026: What residents are discussing ahead of next city council meetings. Click Here

Members of Menlo Park City Council: I strongly support the developments planned for downtown parking lots. Here are some reasons: I am excited to see many new residents in downtown Menlo Park, patronizing businesses and filling the streets with activity. That is what we need! We need more...

I support downtown housing, especially below-market-rate units. Please work with the community and city budget to ensure adequate, updated parking for businesses prior to removal of existing parking. Jessica Clark Menlo Park resident

Menlo Park City Council and Staff, I’m writing in support of moving forward with housing on Menlo Park’s downtown parking plazas. Our community needs housing, and particularly affordable housing, in places where people can live close to transit, shops, restaurants, schools and other service...

Good afternoon Menlo Park city council members and staff, Thank you to the staff and the council for all your work. Please see the attached joint letter from HLC and Menlo Together on agenda item G1. Best, June Shin (he/they) Menlo Park Community Builder Housing Leadership Council of San M...

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Dear Mayor Nash and Council Members: The plan you asked developers to bid on has generated just 3 proposals, none of which meet your requirements of including PAID-FOR PARKING. Im concerned about the parking replacement estimates made by the 3 proposals, with none of the proposals including an...

The new information regarding the financial gaps and the unworkable remedies makes the building plan in the parking lots untenable. bruce adornato and helen ingwersen sand hill circle menlo park

Per the *California State Constitution,* the City of Menlo Park’s only recourse to fund any financial housing development gap is through state funding for any state mandated housing development and its resulting infrastructure needs. With regards to the “funding gap” associated with the three ...

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Dear City Council, As a longtime property owner in Menlo Parks downtown, I strongly encourage you to reconsider the proposal to develop housing on the downtown parking plazas. From both a fiscal and planning perspective, I believe the proposal begs serious reconsideration. Downtown parking is...

Please, council members, don’t skimp on the parking, PROMISE …and I’ll vow NO on measure P.