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Dear City Council, MPC Ready is hosting an event on Thursday, January 15th from 6pm to 8pm at the Elm Room located inside the Arrillaga Recreation Center, 700 Alma Street, Menlo Park. Bring your appetite, your kids, and your questions! Our very own Brandon Bond will be discussing what to ex...
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...
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, City Council Members, and honorable staff, Thank you for continuing to support the housing program to foster new homes and modern parking solutions on Menlo Parks city-owned parking lots. I urge you to place the proposed measure on the November 2026 general election b...
Council Members: Re affordable housing on parking lots. Pat Marriott https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/29/klein-heres-how-bad-the-u-s-housing-crisis-is-and-what-can-be-done-about-it/ Klein: Here’s how bad the U.S.housing crisis is — and what can be done about it Between 1950 and 2020, p...
Mayor Combs and City Council Members: I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the CORRECT locations, it will strengthen our community at every level. HOWEVER, our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Re-purposing thise...
Well said, Chris. I agree with your sentiment, 100%, and hope the Mayor and Council will agree. Regards, Nick Leeper, MD Professor of Surgery and Medicine Stanford University -----Original Message----- From: Chris Buddin Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2025 9:30 PM To: c...
Dear 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...
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, councilmembers, staff, and The Chief, I attended the annual public works open house today and had to convey my gratitude. I personally enjoyed stopping by each booth to discuss a wide range of important topics and services the city provides. The staff working the boo...
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, council members, and honorable staff, It’s me Jenny Michel, native and renting resident in D3, disabled bus rider, and recovering homeless teacher. Personal comments: As you may be aware, SB79, which allows for dense housing near transit hubs, is moving through the l...
Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, Councilmembers, and honorable staff, I’m Jenny Michel, a native living in D3, a recovering homeless teacher, and a disabled bus rider. It’s our 19th wedding anniversary and most likely cannot make the meeting in person. Personal comments: I suppprt the housing progra...
