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Re: Proposed SB 79 Exemption Ordinance (Staff Report 26-078-CC) ________________________________ Mayor Nash and Members of the City Council, My wife, Kathryn, and I appreciate the diligence of planning staff in preparing this ordinance and fully recognize the time pressure created by SB 79s J...

Dear City Council, College Avenue is a City-designated bicycle boulevard used by roughly 200 people on foot and bike every day. Lacking continuous sidewalks, our street is shared by pedestrians, children heading to Nealon Park or school, students and commuters traveling to Stanford from Middle Pl...

Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically support the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. Menlo Park’s downtown, quite simply, depends on the access provided by the parking plazas. A decision to repurpose those lots should be made by the residents who use them - not by outside...

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Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically support the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. Menlo Park’s downtown, quite simply, depends on the access provided by the parking plazas. A decision to repurpose those lots should be made by the residents who use them - not by outsi...

Matt, This email was sent to you 8 days ago. This is a SB9 project that you, PW and entire staff of city of MP screwed it up with all your nonsense excuses at applicants expense. We need ANSWERS and not every 2 weeks...I am copying HCD investigator Troy Andres that is assigned to this case. Resp...

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Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community. But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a once...

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Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community. But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a once...

Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community. But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a once...

Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community. But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a once...

This ordinance would create unnecessary barriers and added costs that make building new homes, especially affordable homes, much more difficult. We need new families and diversity in Menlo Park by having people be able to afford housing. This wont happen if the housing market stays so restricted and...