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Dear MP City Council - In your August 26 direction for the Downtown RFP, CC member Jennifer Wise, toward the end of the discussion, asked that concepts related to Downtown business revenue impacts due to the project be mentioned in paragraph ‘E’ of the RFP. The revised RFP references ‘mi...
Dear Menlo Park City Council - Following are questions or issues for Downtown parking redevelopment. Please think about them along with the RFQ and the current project process. Overall the RFQ is worded broadly enough for a range of creative and even candid responses. Some exceptions are note...
Dear City Council - My recommendation for proceeding with the Middle Ave bike lane project is: Option 2 + Time-of-Day No Parking signage for commute hours. My focus here is only on Middle Ave from around Fremont to Olive. First, Why not Options 1 or 3? Option 3 leaves considerable par...
Dear Planning Commissioners: Following are comments on the land use policies implied by the Parkline/SRI redevelopment proposal, followed by recommendations. – This project presents as a large office park with some housing included. The parking including three multi-story parking garages is...
Dear City Council - Watching the Tuesday October 18 presentation on the Middle Avenue bike lanes plan, I was pleased to see city staff had on a recent Sunday visited the New Community Church parking on Middle and nearby side streets. Staff reported to you 51 parked cars on Middle near the NC...
Dear City Council - I strongly suggest that the CC take no votes on the new Middle Avenue design proposal tonight. The reasons are: OBJECTIVES ARE IN CONFLICT Its unclear where/why cars are to be sped up (University) or slowed down (San Mateo), or a little of both. Pedestrian safety is a ...
Dear City Council members - Regarding the draft proposal for Middle Avenue modifications: MINI-ROUNDABOUT -- The pilot for the mini-roundabout at Middle and University has, as far as I can tell, no analysis of potential pedestrian, bicycle and traffic safety issues. The roundabout may b...
Dear City Council - In March, following a city-organized Middle Ave area residents meeting , I wrote to Esther Jung at the Transportation Dept.: ".... please call out detailed parking changes, especially Sunday [New Community] church parking at Arbor, often involving 2-3 dozen cars now utilizi...
Dear City Council - Having attended the recent Middle Avenue Complete Street project meeting, I received a bike lanes survey by email. There is no explanation of the purpose of this survey and how it will be used. The survey asks me to make a choice between two street designs but provides ...
Dear Council - As I understand it, the data below (from the research journals cited) suggests residential methane emissions are a small part of total anthropogenic methane emissions (bovine gassing, tundra release, pipelines). Residential methane emissions are also a smaller part of CO2 equival...
