Menlo Park Community Forum

Menlo Park apparently owns the parking lots between Santa Cruz Ave. and Oak Grove downtown. Instead of wiping the parking and building multi-story housing, consider the needs of the shops and businesses. Consider the needs of the people in Menlo Park to have a shopping district where its easy to par...

Councilmembers Taylor and Schmidt, Congratulations on your appointment to the Parkline Development Agreement Ad Hoc Subcommittee. We look forward to your strong voices in the Development Agreement negotiations for this 61-acre project Related to the mechanics of the process: 1. How will ...

II strongly urge you not to drive a death knell into retail businesses on Santa Cruz Ave. by putting low income housing downtown. I have asked in the past, but I don’t think anyone responded that you look at what San Luis Obispo did downtown. They brought in Chicos, a bookstore, coffee shop,restaura...

Please appoint the new Councilmember from District 3 to the Parkline Development Agreement Negotiations Ad Hoc Subcommittee The potential Parkline Project is located in District 3. The Councilmember who previously served on the subcommittee was from District 5, and did not run for election. ...

I remember now how I believe this "truck route" designation happened. Several years ago Menlo Park and Stanford contracted for the expansion of the Sand Hill Road and the right hand turn from Alpine to Junipero Serra. When construction commenced the entire section of Santa Cruz Ave between Alpine ...

Alpine Road never used to be a truck route. I have lived on Alpine for nearly 60 years and remember when people rode their horses from Webb Ranch to the Red Barn at Stanford. Menlo Park and Stanford negotiated to widen the intersections at Alpine and Sand Hill and after that there appeared a sign...

Thanks for your great work City Council. A top 2024 priority needs to be the Middlefield Road Safe Street Project, specifically intersections of Middlefield & Willow, Middlefield & Woodland and segment of Middlefield Road in-between. The safety of our children as bicyclists, and of motorists ...

Menlo Park Mayor, Planning Commission and City Staff, I am submitting a few observations related to the Planning Commission meeting that was held yesterday (Aug 14, 2023) and the proposed Zoning changes that were discussed. First of all, I would like to express my support to the affordable hou...

Gosh I sure hope Menlo Park gets this new restaurant. Our city finally got a little wind in its sails with the Guild. It would be great to keep that energy going. I don’t want to go to San Carlos, Redwood City, Palo Alto etc… for food, fun and entertainment. I want a little life in my city! Ple...

To Whom It May Concern, I am writing to express my full support for the new Clockworks Restaurant that has been proposed. I am a long term Menlo Park resident and believe that it would be a great addition to our community. Please let me know if I can provide any additional information. Tha...