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Hi Laura, Thanks for your email. The Brown Act forbids the City Council from discussing anything that was not properly agendized for the meeting 72 hours in advance. Best, Betsy [cid:CMP_Email_Logo_100dpi_05d92d5b-e8e3-498f-93a6-d0da509bd602111111111.png] Betsy Nash (she/her)...
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, As you approach your final scheduled meeting (tonight) before the November 3 election, I am renewing two requests for Council action. 1. Housing Element Amendment. Will Council initiate an amendment to replace the downtown parking plaza housing sites with...
Thank you for an informative study session this evening. I agree with what I understood to be a general concensus to move forward with affordable housing on the downtown parking lot while we address the identified funding gaps. Regarding Laura Melahns proposal (https://www.lauramelahn.com/hous...
Dear Councilmembers, I am writing as a Menlo Park resident who has been following the FY 2026-27 budget closely. I developed a tool to help contextualize year-over-year changes, funding sources, and to further distill the complexity of multi-fund, multi-year budgeting. Its at menloparkbudget.c...
Dear City Council, College Avenue is a City-designated bicycle boulevard used by roughly 200 people on foot and bike every day. Lacking continuous sidewalks, our street is shared by pedestrians, children heading to Nealon Park or school, students and commuters traveling to Stanford from Middle...
Dear Council Members, Following up on last nights discussion, Im sharing three resources that can help the Council move from framework to action: a visual map, a starting street list (from the proposed framework), and a Caltrans research report that includes recommendations for how cities can ...
Dear Councilmembers and City Staff, Waymos expansion into Menlo Park is shining a long-overdue spotlight on a citywide infrastructure gap: our neighborhood streets are not designed or governed for safe, modern use. Residents have raised this issue for years, especially where streets lack si...
Dear Councilmembers, M-Group’s “Public Plaza Concepts” slides include some great ideas for Santa Cruz Ave. I want to highlight the asphalt art proposal and encourage connecting it with the 2025–2026 Slow Streets Program development. A national study from Bloomberg Philanthropies found that a...
Dear Council and Staff, Thank you for the thoughtful discussion last night on the future Slow Streets CIP Program and the need for both long-term planning and near-term safety action. In light of the concern raised about ensuring a data-driven and equitable approach, I’m submitting the attached I...
Dear City Council, I’m writing as a resident of Allied Arts to share my perspective on the Middle Avenue project and the associated traffic safety concerns—both specific to the Summer 2025 construction plans and to the broader network impacts already unfolding in our neighborhood. More than 135 r...
