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Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I work in downtown Menlo Park, and Im writing to urge you to adopt the Downtown Parking Plazas Ordinance. I witness firsthand how essential the parking plazas are. My job depends on customers and clients being able to access downtown easily. The business...
Dear City Council, I am not sure how many residents had the opportunity to read the Almanac article titled “Menlo Park tries to improve accessibility to council meetings,” but I want to highlight some key points and share my concerns. According to the article, Menlo Park has taken some initial ste...
Greetings City Council, I have been a business owner in downtown Menlo Park for 28 years. Ever since I have been doing business here, parking has been an issue of concern. The thought of taking away 3 precious park areas downtown without a plan to replace them or allow for places for all these...
Dear Mayor Taylor and Council members, I was very surprised to read that you’re considering cancelling Christmas in our city. I happen to be Jewish, and like so many people of all faiths or no faith at all, love the Christmas lights and festivities during the dark of winter. It brightens thin...
Dear Council Members, I am writing to you today regarding a notice that I received last week regarding a "landscaping" proposal which stated that the City Arborist has given conditional approval for the removal of 258 heritage trees at the Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club. I live in a condo ...
Hello City Council Members, I would like to submit my heartfelt endorsement for Sally Cole for the open District 5 city council member position. I got to know Ms. Cole when she joined the Complete Streets Commission in 2021. She quickly established herself as someone who was interested and enga...
Greetings Mayor Nash, Council and City Manager, I am Tom Prussing and I have lived at 194 Ravenswood Avenue since October 1977. I retired from Stanford in 2015 after 41 years in facilities engineering and management and as a certified OSHA Safety Inspector during the last nine years of my tenu...
Hello dear Menlo Park city leaders, I hope you enjoy this Juneteenth holiday weekend 🌼 Since we are in the middle of a historic drought, I think it makes sense to ask businesses and individuals to turn off their decorative fountains. I know they’re nice and pretty — that’s why I put a big fou...
Mayor Nash, Having no response to my May 26 letter to the Council that listed the 2021 payments to the City Attorney for work performed for the City, some of which was reimbursed by property owners that have development projects before the City, I am now turning to you with specific questions. ...
Dear Mayor Nash and Council, Yesterday I received a production of documents in response to my May 4 Public Records Act request regarding payment for legal work performed on behalf of the City By Nira Doherty and her firm Burke Williams & Sorensen. My initial interest expanded once I learned th...
