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October 13, 2026: What residents are discussing ahead of next city council meetings. Click Here

Hi I am writing to express support for opening the 600 block to traffic and allowing for businesses to have parking accessible in front of their properties. The closure has certainly lost its appeal and seems to have be having a negative impact on the community. Thank you, Mitchell Bearg Bow Wow Meow 415-440-2845

I strongly encourage the approval of option 3. Santa Cruz has been closed long enough. The current gathering space is embarrassing and uninviting.

 To the City Council of Menlo Park, I understand that you are discussing the downtown public plaza at 600 Santa Cruz Ave tonight. If I am understanding correctly, that is the area on Santa Cruz Ave. between Curtis St & Doyle St. My husband and I would like to see Option 1, the existing conf...

Dear Menlo Park City Council, I’m writing to urge you to open Santa Cruz Avenue to traffic at the 600 block. It’s important that there be two-way traffic as the congestion on both Oak Grove and Menlo has become much worse due to the closure. It also is difficult for visitors from outside the ar...

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Option 3, No Plaza. I’m still endlessly bewildered by 1) the need to Europeanize something that isn’t Europeanizable (a major artery street connecting one side of town to another?) 2) the City’s consistent servility to one downtown business owner (happened like clockwork) 3) short term memory and l...

Mayor Nash and City Council Members, Im very concerned about the sequencing of the utility easement agreement proposed with the West Bay Sanitary District. Im surprised that the City Council appears to be hearing this item before the public meeting on the Sanitary District’s agenda for October...

Dear City Council, Please consider passing a Resolution commiting the City of Menlo Park to contribute the funding shortfall required for the construction of the parking structure(s) and/or garage(s) necessary to replace parking taken by development in the Downtown Parking Lots. The more speci...

Dear Councilmembers, Our family greatly appreciates the recent permanent implementation of the Coleman pilot program. It has significantly improved our comfort level regarding our child biking to and from Laurel Elementary School. To further improve safety, we ask the city to consider instal...

Mayor Nash and City Council Members, Regarding the utility easement agreement proposed with West Bay Sanitary District, it seems unfortunate that its place on this agenda occurs before the public meeting on the Sanitary District’s agenda for Oct 14. Bedwell Bayfront Park has had frequent, se...

Dear Menlo Park Councilmembers, Our family really appreciates the pilot program on Coleman that was recently made permanent. It has really helped us feel much more comfortable about our kids biking to and from school. As a Laurel Elementary School family, Coleman is the way that our kid gets...