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Dear Friends and Neighbors, The effects of federal budget cuts earlier this summer have been hitting our community hard. After H.R. 1 was signed into law on July 4, it has led to major cuts to Medicaid and food assistance, as well as created a $1 billion shortfall for Santa Clara County in the comi...
Dear Friends and Neighbors, The effects of federal budget cuts earlier this summer have been hitting our community hard. After H.R. 1 was signed into law on July 4, it has led to major cuts to Medicaid and food assistance, as well as created a $1 billion shortfall for Santa Clara County in the co...
Members of the City Council, The recent last-minute change in the RFPs—from making parking a requirement to merely a priority—is a deceptive and unethical bait-and-switch. It undermines the promises made to constituents regarding replacement parking and clearly favors developers, allowing th...
Dear Members of the City Council, As a long-time Menlo Park homeowner and supporter of a vibrant downtown Menlo Park, I am writing to express my concerns and urging you to hold off on issuing any RFPs. While I understand and support the need for additional housing in our community, I believe ...
Dear City Council, You are ignoring the wishes of the residents in our city by marching down the path to take away the current use of our downtown parking lots. There are alternative locations to build housing that you continue to ignore as well. You are working with an ill-conceived plan and...
As a long time Menlo Park resident, I have watched the downtown area struggle to keep restaurants and shops in business. Building housing downtown would not help the businesses survive. Save Downtown has provided 5 alternative locations, all of which would be a feasible and desirable alternative to ...
Dear City Council Members, Please refrain from approving new housing on the downtown parking lots. There are far better areas such as SRI, Branner Drive, etc that would not crowd downtown, have more open areas for residents and better access to neighborhood schools, religious services, etc. ...
Dear City Council Members: Please reconsider having the Quiet Zone project on the 5-year budget plan. MP residents have been advocating for a Quiet Zone for years, and the engineering designs are nearly complete. The last step is funding. Thank you, Karen Kitterman
Dear Honorable Council Members, Please leave a portion of the outdoor Left Bank and Bistro Vida areas in place but open up a car-width section on a permanent basis for cars. Also, while you are reviewing this area, please create a more pleasing “park-like-space” in that portion in front of Wal...
Dear Mayor and City Council Members: We would like to express our support to maintain the existing street closure on a portion of Santa Cruz Avenue. We don’t live in Menlo Park but we visit it frequently, including for grocery and other shopping, and to eat at our favorite restaurant, Bistro Vi...
