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12 results for "Bill Kirsch"

Dear City Council members and Staff: I am writing to applaud the City for the pilot safety improvements on Middle Ave between El Camino (ECR) and University, but also to point out the dangerous lack of proper bicycle lane markings and signage on the intended northbound bike lane (opposite Nealon ...

Dear City Council and Staff: Thank you for your hard work and thorough analysis of Middle Ave in the service of a safer corridor for bicycle commuters, pedestrians and automobiles. I am writing to strongly encourage the selection of Option 1, removing parking on both sides of the street. Middl...

Officer Dixon- Thank you for your call this morning following my outreach to chief Norris asking that Menlo Park police vigorously follow-up on reports of speeding vehicles. I‘m attaching a screenshot of the incident as reported on Nextstore this past Saturday. The reported license plate was a...

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Please reduce the two-block-long 30 mph speed limit on Santa Cruz Avenue from Avy to Alameda. This is such a bad segment with cars flying onto it from Sand Hill Road, made worse by: NO sidewalks NO lights Narrow shoulder, alway filled with parked cars associated with the never-ending construct...

Dear Menlo Park City Council and Staff: I want to echo Amy Berg’s letter regarding lack of visible speed limit signs and speeding traffic on Partridge Avenue in our Allied Arts neighborhood.. Speed limit signs, while necessary, are ineffective when a residential street design enables speeds of...

Dear City of Menlo Park: I am perplexed by the currently underway Middle Avenue repaving project fronting Nealon Park. I have watched as street parking was remove, repaved, and have now learned will be reconstituted in the same dangerous perpendicular parking configuration fronting Middle Ave. ...

. Dear Council: Thank you for your service to our citizenry. I urge you to begin the process of slowing traffic citywide by voting to lower speed limits to 25 mph on all roads adjacent to school zones, including on Middlefield Rd at Menlo-Atherton High School, along Middle Ave by the New Be...

Dear City Council- Thank you for your tireless contributions to our city, and in particular to Council Members Nash and Meuller for their work on a Santa Cruz closure plan. While I am very excited to see the Council move quickly on the downtown street closure, one that creates a safe, attractive pe...

Dear City Council- Thank you for your diligent efforts working through a difficult period. I am writing in strong support of closing Santa Cruz Ave to automobile traffic in the downtown business district. This long overdue measure will reawaken and revitalize our downtown, providing merchants and r...

Dear City Council, As citizens of Menlo Park, we are thrilled that you are considering Concept 3 undercrossing. The Concept 3 tunnel location and configuration are fine and should move forward in order to keep up with the aggressive schedule. The paths leading to and from the tunnel on both sides ha...

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