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5 results for "Jeff Berkes"

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 c...

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...

Planning Commission, Just a quick note to let you know how excited we are about the potential plans for The New Guild. Definitely the “highest and best use” of the real estate, an amazing amenity for the community and a sorely needed driver for revenue for all of the businesses downtown that opera...

Menlo Park City Council Members, Menlo Park has a UNIQUE, HIGHLY UNLIKELY TO BE REPEATED, ONCE IN A LIFETIME opportunity to take advantage of a confluence of circumstances to alter the course of its downtown and provide its residents and local businesses with an amenity that will be the envy of the...

Menlo Park City Council, I’m writing to express my support for the Peninsula Arts Guild and their efforts to maximize the public benefit of The Guild Theater on El Camino Real. My family and I live at 1303 Johnson Street and have been residents of Menlo Park for 14 years. We walk to The Guild fro...