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Dear Council Members: Re: quiet zone for Menlo Park. I think , as a 35 year Menlo Park resident, I am uniquely qualified to address the quiet zone subject. For 15 years, I was part of a group here on the peninsula that fought statewide her, principally. On the basis that it would destroy and di...
Dear Council Members-- I am a resident of Menlo Park-- in the Park Forest Home Owners Assn 3 (PF HOA 3)-- near Menlo College and Encinal Ave. My townhouse is on a cul de sac adjacent to the railroad tracks-- and has been impacted greatly by noise from horns of passing trains for many years ...
1255 Sherman Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 June 9, 2025 Dear Menlo Park City Council: We are writing in support of maintaining the partial closure of the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue. We are aware of the loss of parking and the inconvenience to vehicular traffic of the current configuration....
Dear City Councilmembers, I am writing once more to urge you to move forward with the process of soliciting developer plans for the poorly utilized downtown parking lots. The four plans you have selected to further pursue out of the seven received are interesting, appropriate, and thoughtful r...
To the esteemed Menlo Park City Council, I am writing in support of the planned development of affordable housing units in downtown Menlo Park. I am a 29 year old woman working at Stanford and have been fortunate enough to live in this area for nearly 10 years. Currently, I reside in a BMR unit a...
To the Honorable City Council of Menlo Park, As a longtime Menlo Park resident and parent of three—two at Menlo-Atherton High and one in college—I care deeply about the future of our city. I also serve as Executive Director of Community Equity Collaborative, which advances equity in education, an...
Dear City Council, I’m writing as a resident of Allied Arts to share my perspective on the Middle Avenue project and the associated traffic safety concerns—both specific to the Summer 2025 construction plans and to the broader network impacts already unfolding in our neighborhood. More than 135 r...
Dear Honorable Mayor Combs, Maybe Menlo Park should consider something like this to honor the first female City Council Mayor, much like your Sister City in Galway, Ireland has done. If so, between 1927 and 2025 (nearly 100 years) the first female mayor in Menlo Park was Peg Gunn (per the Summary...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, As an Allied Arts resident, I strongly support the upcoming Middle Ave Traffic Calming project scheduled for this summer. However, I think it is critical to include complementary traffic calming measures on adjacent residential streets in Allied Arts to mitigate incr...
Dear Council Members and Staff, I’m writing to express my concern regarding the Middle Avenue Traffic Calming Capital Improvement Project. While I support the goal of improving safety on Middle Avenue, this project must include simultaneous traffic calming measures for parallel residential streets ...
