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Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically oppose the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. Menlo Park depends on increasing housing supply. The infamous housing crisis is mostly a simple, basic matter of economics 101. Menlo Park is a beautiful place with amazing weather and p...
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 consult...
Mayor Combs and City Council, I doubt anyone will read this, (being that it’s largely a “form letter”) but in the off chance that you do - I would like to add my voice to this request that these proposed changes get input by the citizens of this lovely city. As such, I enthusiastically suppor...
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...
Dear City Council, There were over 3,000 residents who voted against the downtown new building in our parking lots. Why are you even thinking of passing this when it will replace our valuable parking which is totally utilized during the day and will kill our small businesses downtown. Do you memb...
Dear members of the Menlo Park City Council, We hope this email finds you well. My name is Eugene Kelley, and my partner Laurel Fullerton and I are longtime residents of downtown Menlo Park. We are writing to ask you to correct the dangerous crosswalk and traffic conditions at the intersection...
Very well said. Thank you! On Tue, Nov 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM Jo Ann Mandinach wrote: > > Dear City Council, > > Im wondering if you ever go out and check how things actually are in > downtown Menlo Park or if you just like spouting platitudes. > > Be aware that Ive s...
Dear City Council, Im wondering if you ever go out and check how things actually are in downtown Menlo Park or if you just like spouting platitudes. Be aware that Ive switched both my hairdresser and my manicurist because I was always late no matter how early Id shown up. The manicurist was...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I support affordable housing on the citys downtown parking lots! I also support Menlo Togethers request that the city commission a study of the impacts of the proposed measure. Most of all, our family and I would love to see the parking spaces become ...
Mayor Combs and City Council Members, as a small business owner in Menlo Park, 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. ...
