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Dear City Council Members, As you are likely aware, I’m a long-time (30+ year) Menlo Park resident, living in the Willows, and a long-time (18+ years) climate advocate. I was among the leaders who prepared the November 2007 Green Ribbon Citizens’ Committee (GRCC) Report to City Council and subseq...
Dear Council Members, While I am aware that there is opposition to the plans you are exploring to convert some parking lot space to housing, with significant numbers of affordable homes, I want you to know that I am strongly supportive of your pursuing these plans. Recognizing that there will ...
Hello City Council Members, I also serve on the Environmental Quality Commission and endorse the requests from Angela Evans, Mitch Slomiak, and Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart regarding zoning for electrification. Cheers, Brian ========= Brian Kissel brian.kissel@gmail.com<mailto:brian.kissel@gmail...
Dear Mayor Wolosin and City Council members, As you are aware I am a former Environmental Quality Commissioner (2-time chair) and am a co-founder and Board Chair of Menlo Spark. I am grateful to you, to Staff, and to the EQC for addressing unforeseen issues in our city zoning regulations that ar...
Dear City Council Members, As you are likely aware I am a co-founder and current Chair of Menlo Spark, am a former two-term Environmental Quality Commissioner (and two-time Chair), and one of the leaders of the Menlo Park Green Ribbon Citizens’ Committee in 2007. I am a 29-year resident of the Wi...
Dear City Council Members, In a short while you will continue deliberating Menlo Park’s climate action measures, today focused on the next steps in building electrification. You are to be commended for the climate-neutrality-by-2030 goal as well as REACH codes requiring electrification and no ...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I see that tonight’s agenda includes an Information Item regard Transportation Demand Management (TDM) based on work providing by a consultant for Staff and Council. Implementation of a TDM is an important measure that encompasses climate action (greenho...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I continue to be grateful for your leadership and ongoing commitment to addressing the climate crisis on behalf of the Menlo Park community. Adopting the Climate Action Plan (CAP) in July 2020, along with the climate-neutrality-by-2030 CAP target, was a ...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members, In reviewing the Staff Report I continue to be impressed with the scope, variety, and depth of work addressed you and the Menlo Park staff, particularly with the unprecedented challenges related to the pandemic. It is clear in reviewing the 2020-21 pr...
Dear City Council Members -- I am a long-time resident of Menlo Park and have been involved in local climate action dating back to City Council’s original commitment in 2006 and the ensuing Menlo Park Green Ribbon Citizens’ Committee recommendations. I served on the Environmental Quality Commissi...
