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18 results for "Leah Elkins"

Dear Council, I support the Parkline/SRI proposal. This development will provide badly needed affordable housing. It’s location near to downtown, transportation, schools and city offices is ideal. The proposal also provides amenities for the community at large and includes ample parking an...

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. Honorable Menlo Park City Council, Dear Council, I support building new affordable...

Dear Council, I am a resident of Menlo Park. I am writing to express my concerns regarding the Police Department’s request for 36 fixed cameras that will record license plate data and detect firearm discharges. I have many questions and concerns that I hope the Council will seek to understand ...

Dear City Council, I am so happy to see that Menlo Park is considering adopting the San Mateo County safe storage model ordinance. This ordinance will help gun owners in our City better understand the dangers of unsecured firearms in the home. Guns are now the leading cause of death among Amer...

Dear City Council, I want to thank the Council for passing the Zero Emissions Landscape Equipment ordinance at its first reading on June 13, 2023. Two Councilmembers voted against this ordinance at that time on the ground that they did not want to cause potential economic harm to local small b...

Dear City Council, I am writing to add my voice in support of a bold and inclusive housing element. Menlo Park is a wonderful place to live and more people should be allowed to share in the benefits of living here. If we want Menlo Park to continue to be a place where we can shop and dine l...

Dear Council, I am writing to urge you to support the effort to develop affordable housing for teachers and staff at the former Flood School site. I understand that there are issues with this particular site. Ingress and egress through the adjacent neighborhood seems to be the biggest sticking...

Dear City Councilmembers, I am writing in my capacity as a private citizen and resident of Menlo Park. I support Menlo Park’s partnership with BlocPower to aid the implementation of voluntary building electrification efforts and I urge the Council to direct city staff to develop this partnersh...

Dear City Council Members and Sustainability Manager, Regarding item N1 from last night’s City Council meeting Nov 16th, 2021. I took the liberty of emailing Marc Berman’s Legislative aide, Elizabeth Schmitt, asking why AB 1346 was a ban only on the sale of gas powered garden tools rather a ban ...

Dear City Council, I have perused the budget documents and the staff recommendations and I would like to make a few comments. We are presently in a climate emergency and the City has very admirably recognized this and has boldly proclaimed its intention to achieve carbon neutrality in less tha...