Menlo Park Community Forum

Thanks to the city staff and city council for all the hard work in getting our 2023-2031 housing element approved by the state. A question for city staff and city council is what is being done to require that all new commercial development in the city includes the corresponding housing that Re...

Many thanks to the City Council and City Staff for your tireless, thoughtful work on our housing element and housing development plans. As the city continues plans for housing on the downtown parking lots, I hope you will also consider housing on one or more civic center parking lots. Clearly th...

For some reason the link I provided didnt work, heres a new link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1llfZN2AjjbBrjOGPedyCwFYywT8rfoYl/view Cheers, Brian ====================== Brian Kissel brian.kissel@gmail.com ...

Dear City Council, I attended the last public meeting discussing the planned housing on downtown parking lots 1, 2, & 3. I and others asked why the parking lots at Burgess Park and the main library arent being considered for housing. The answer was that the city had agreed to not develop housin...

Hello City Council. I attended the downtown housing meeting on Thursday November 14th at Arrillaga Family Recreation Center. During that meeting I heard many concerns and frustration from downtown business and property owners regarding the plans to build housing on city parking lots 1, 2, & 3. ...

Dear Maria and fellow council members, Today I learned Palo Alto’s “plans” for pickleball expansion. Cubberly tennis courts are to be resurfaced, lights installed and dedicated to tennis play. All the existing Mitchell tennis courts will be converted to pickleball. I did not hear this from the ci...

Here here, thank you Brian for sharing this insightful information. I also urge the council to put our communitys safety and security as as a top priority and revisit ALPRs ASAP. I have to believe that 15 other communities have not come to the same conclusion without doing ample research. We are...

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Unless you recognize the senders email address and know the content is safe, DO NOT click links, open attachments or reply. Linda and Brian, Let’s not waste any more money on study. The message should’ve be clear. Short term sound b...

-- Joe McDonald Menlo Middle School Athletic Director Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso, Atherton 94027 650 330-2001 2456 650 799-4988 Joe McDonald Menlo Middle School Athletic Director Menlo School, 50 Valparaiso, Atherton 94027 650 330-2001 2456 650 799-4988 ...

Yes, let me second and third and fourth that. Lets not waste our precious money. Thank you. On Fri, Mar 8, 2024, 3:00 AM Brian Kissel > wrote: Please dont let the Parks & Rec department spend $85K on a study about pickleball. As you can see...