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Hello Council, In order to provide direction on possibilities for providing programming at the Belle Haven Pool I have the following comments. We do not like the current operator of the pool at the Belle Haven Community Campus. The changes we, as a community, would like to see would be for the...

Hello Council, I would like the following item to be considered in the priority for city budget. ** Pilot Mobile BH Farmers’ Market with Market Match program ** This was discussed in the Environmental Quality Commission and is from the Food Systems Ad Hoc Subcommittee presentation (the pres...

Dear Council Members, I’m not able to join you for the March 21 priority setting workshop, so please accept these comments in lieu of in-person comments. As you review and discuss City priorities for the coming fiscal year, I’d like to share some observations and ideas. I’ve been a resident of...

Regarding: "Downtown Menlo Parks VITALITY, as a PRIORITY". Please consider my opinion, which is based on 40+ years as a commercial real estate attorney, and owner and manager of countless apartment buildings (350+ units), office buildings and retail properties (100,000+sq ft). I am not persona...

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Dear Mayor Nash and Council Members, I’ve read the comments that were submitted to you and am offering you a condensed version, to be followed by my own recommendations. It makes no sense to prioritize Climate Change when neighborhoods in West Menlo are literally unsafe. Dozens of residents fr...

City Ordinance No. 11.24 Stopping – Standing – Parking is a rule Menlo Park agreed to through all of the proper channels for democratic decision making about how the city operates. In March 2025, collectively, we decided that its in the best interest of Menlo Park to prohibit parking a vehicle at...

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Developer Presidio Bay Ventures could be a good neighbor and provide a substantial amount of low income housing as part of their USGS Development and not just the required 15% BMR. *I ask the Menlo Park City Council to work with Presidio Bay Ventures in this matter.* *Presidio Bay Ventures ...

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 Honorable Mayor Nash and Council Members. As GALWAY, IRELAND 🇮🇪 is MENLO PARK’S SISTER CITY, it’s appropriate to pause for a moment to wish you a very happy and healthy St. Patrick’s Day. As it turns out Galway’s mayor is currently nearby while visiting Seattle, Washington, another one of...

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Council members: If you disrupt parking, downtown Menlo Parks vacancies will become a much bigger problem. Please find better locations for state mandated low cost apartments. That is your "Priority". If you are afraid of the "Builders Remedy"; you should be more concerned about the "Ballot Me...

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Dear MP City Council, My wife and I frequently walk downtown and believe it could use a little “spiffing up.” Here are a few low to moderate cost suggestions. 1. The white lines that border the street cross walks all could use a coat of paint. Also there are several “stop”‘signs on the street ...