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23 results for "Haratani, Joan"

We need more housing to satisfy the state requirements for affordable housing in MP! THE SRI LAND IS HUGE. With lots of space for high density living spaces. Close to transportation too. We Don’t need more office space! so much of MP downtown is empty! Please, please vote accordingly! Tom Fra...

Please approve support of the Menlo Swim & Sport aquatics programs at Burgess & Belle Haven pools. The current operator has a long history of managing pool operations & programs for all ages. Respectfully submitted, Joan Caldwell 1063 Del Norte Ave Menlo Park, CA 94025 Sent from my iPhone

City Council members: I support the development of housing on downtown parking lots. It will revitalize downtown businesses as well as create badly needed housing. Please move forward with the plan as soon as possible. Joan Westley Menlo Park resident for 30 years

To whom it may concern - My name is Ned Desmond. I have lived at 1360 Crane Street for nearly ten years. I live there with my wife, Joan, who is visually impaired and navigates with a cane, and a wheelchair-bound, 95-year-old mother. I moved to the area because of the easy walking proximity to ...

Dear Esteemed Officials: My mother and I write this email to all of you (apologies for the blast) because we are extremely frustrated with the fact that our view - which is to NOT make Coleman Avenue one way - is being ignored. We have resided on Coleman for over three (3) decades. We have wi...

Dear Menlo Park City Council members: I am unable to attend tonight’s meeting. Nonetheless, I would like to make a record of my deep concerns about the “cloak and dagger” nature of this entire process as it relates to the resurrected one way street proposal on Coleman. I was absolutely stunne...

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Dear Meta Oversight Board, We are writing to express our outrage and deep condemnation of your decision to allow the phrase “From the river to the sea” to remain on Meta’s platforms. This is not a matter of free speech; it is a call for genocide—a rallying cry for the destruction of Israel and th...

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. Hi All, I wanted to give a thumbs up on the new bike lanes on Middle Ave! I feel safe bicycling to Safeway a...

Honorable Mayor and City Council I fully support the proposed addition of a restaurant-bar in the Clockwork space, next to the Guild theater! The Guild theater has brought new life to Menlo Park’s entertainment venues. We attended events there and look forward to many more in the future. Ha...

I realize I am late in writing to Support Tim Sheeper & Menlo Swim & Sport as the best vendor to operate Menlo Park’s pool & swim programs. We are 47 year residents of Menlo Park and have enjoyed Tim’s leadership of Burgess & Belle Haven swim programs. As I dropped off canned food for our annual Can...