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Dear Council, With this topic on the agenda for Tuesday, I’d like to reiterate my support for keeping the 600 block downtown as it is—closed on one side with a bike lane, and one-way on the other. Pedestrian-friendly spaces have played a key role in revitalizing downtowns across the country. T...
On Sun, May 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM Aram James > wrote: Dingell. “I heard it was from the Jewish Regents,”—that is, the Jewish members of the University of Michigan Board of Regents—“they forced me to take these cases,” Nessel said at an event this week ca...
Dingell. “I heard it was from the Jewish Regents,”—that is, the Jewish members of the University of Michigan Board of Regents—“they forced me to take these cases,” Nessel said at an event this week called a “Town Hall on Hate Crimes & Extremism” in West Bloomfield Township<https://linkprotect.cud...
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Private groups work to identify and report student protesters for possible deportation President Donald Trumps efforts to deport foreign students who participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations are getting help from private groups that use facial-recognition technology to identify masked prote...
Dear Council, I was surprised to see that there is debate over the closure of Santa Cruz Ave. Please keep it closed. In fact, please consider closing more of the street and making it for pedestrians only, with a bike lane. Cities that have done this are thriving and vibrant. It’s quite easy to g...
Hello, City Council! I’m writing to voice my support for the plan to develop housing downtown on current parking lots and building one or more parking garages. Thank you for creating the page at https://menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Community-Development/Planning-Division/Comprehensive-...
Honorable Council members and staff, This note is in follow-up to a few recent discussions of the citys use of metrics from the Institute for Traffic Engineering to calculate trip generation, parking, and transportation demand management, in the context of TDM policies and development TDM require...
Dear Menlo Park City Council members: Please ban gas powered leaf blowers in Menlo Park as soon as possible. They constantly disrupt the peace and their aggravating noise is audible from inside my house, from several houses away, even with all windows and doors closed. Outside, the noise trav...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, The restriping of Middlefield Road (between about Seminary Drive and Santa Margarita Avenue) is working very well. Having a single automobile travel lane in each direction and a center turn lane to access driveways makes this road much safer for bicyclists, slows tr...
