Menlo Park Community Forum

Dear City Council members: I’m writing to urge you to expand your consideration of our downtown and treat Santa Cruz Avenue (SCA) as a whole, rather than block by block. The Menlo Park downtown is truly a regional embarrassment. When we moved to the area in 1994, San Carlos, Los Altos, and Menlo...

Honorable councilmembers, We watched last weeks planning commission meeting on the housing element and, just tonight, watched Mayor Wolosins YT presentation on the topic (thanks for the work on that). Well also watch the city council meeting tomorrow. Weve felt that there are a few omissions that...

Honorable councilmembers, Im writing to express my enthusiastic support for the proposed new development at the site of Menlo ClockWorks next to the Guild Theater. This concept will help revive the Menlo Park downtown area (dead after 9) and will surely generate hefty sales tax income. Additional...

Dear City Council members, Im writing in support of preserving outdoor dining on Santa Cruz Ave without adding extra cars to this already busy street. Ali, of Bistro Vida, in particular has generated tremendous respect and affection from many for his reimagining of what SC could be and fostering ...

Dear City Council, Im writing with concerns about the stop sign on Middle @ San Mateo Drive. Ive written about this before and I oppose the sign, which my neighbors and I find entirely superfluous. I was surprised to find the stop signs installed when I crossed Middle yesterday. The few driver...

Dear City Councilmembers, Thank you for your work on the Complete Streets project. I am writing again to question several elements of the Middle Avenue Complete Street project. Removing parking from both sides of Middle: Ive written before to ask consideration for the impact on gardeners a...

Begin forwarded message: From: Catherine McMillan Date: September 15, 2022 at 3:20:16 PM PDT To: "Wolosin, Jen" Subject: Re: Four way stop on Middle at San Mateo Drive? A solution in search of a problem Reply-To: gregandcat@gmail.com  Thank...

Hi— I am writing the council to confirm my wife’s (Pam Stoner) and my opposition to the proposed stop sign at San Mateo Drive and Middle Ave. Being now 30 year residents on San Mateo Drive, we really do not see the need either historically or currently. We don’t need or want it for purposes of ac...

Dear City Councilmembers, As a longtime resident of San Mateo Drive and a bike commuter to Stanford University for almost 9 years, Ive been following the Middle Street Complete Streets project with keen interest. I’ll be out of the country at the time of the meeting (on a cycling vacation - re...

Thanks for the clarification. I have copied your response to Nextdoor as requested so that people are informed. Clearly, as a cyclist, I would be hard-pressed to be able to get to my phone out of my bicycle bag, particularly as I was very shaken. Since a large number of drivers are using their cell ...