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September 21, 2026: What residents are discussing ahead of next city council meetings. Click Here

Yes on P. Of course I will continue to patronize Menlo Park downtown businesses. I vote yes because: 1. Downtown apartments will greatly snarl traffic. 2. Are out of character (up to 10 storey) and will be bare-bones construction ( what profit-minded developer would invest more than bare minimu...

I second the voice of the community Raymond Goins On Mon, Sep 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM steven mcgill wrote: > I am no longer a resident of Palo Alto, but I was born there. My > Grandfather owned one of Two Black owned businesses on California Ave in > the 1950’...

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Thank you for taking the time to reply. Suggestion: look at Bontas and Weiners donor lists. If you see any with Atherton or Menlo Park addresses, ask to meet with them. This is a project that will impact the very wealthy along with the rest of us. Maybe you can enlist a few influential people t...

Dear Mayor and Members of the Menlo Park City Council, I am a longtime Willows neighborhood resident and a daily user of Willow Road with my children. I am writing regarding the proposed development at 80 Willow Road. This proposal is deeply personal to me—not simply because I live in the n...

Hi, Please do what is right for the community and the environment and do not approve N17s development of 80 Willow Road. It is massively out of scale, will ad to many additional car trips, and without an environmental impact study done the risk to the environment is unknown. Please do not approve it. Regards, Lesley Phillips

Dear City Councilmembers, First, thank you for your work on behalf of the residents and city of Menlo Park to advocate and advise for wise new development — while mitigating the severity of the many impacts on existing residents. Our neighborhood is most impacted by ParkLine, and also by the...

Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, I agree with all the concerns that are stated in the following Menlo Forward petition. We, the undersigned, *urge* Menlo Park’s City Council, Planning Commission, and State and County leaders to *oppose* the proposed skyscraper development at *80 Willow...

Dear City Council Members, In support of Tuesdays meeting and discussion of the Parkline project, I attach a letter reflecting the perspective of the Burgess Classics neighborhood on the latest developments in the project plan. Thank you for your consideration. Best Regards, Geoff Blanford

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Dear Council Members, Being a long-time resident of the Willows neighborhood, I am appalled and extremely concerned by the proposed development at 80 Willow Road.  With commute traffic on Willow Road already a challenge and people frequently cutting through our neighborhood, this project will expon...

Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, I am a resident of Palo Alto, living not far from the old Sunset Magazine site at 80 Willow Road. I am very familiar with the traffic that backs up into Palo Alto on Middlefield Road from about 3pm to 6pm on most days. In fact, I live in the neighborhood in whi...