Menlo Park Community Forum

Hi Justin, I hope you are doing well. Thank you for hosting a City Clerk’s Office Open House at Belle Haven Community Campus. I wanted to follow up on a couple of concerns. First, I noticed that important events such as the City Clerk’s Office Open House were not announced during the senio...

Dear City Council and City Manager, My name is Eduardo L. Hernandez, and I am writing to bring to your attention a serious concern regarding an incident that occurred on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. Although we were informed that there was no real emergency, I want to share a firsthand account from a...

Dear Mr. Murphy, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing for the fourth time this week to express my deep and growing concern regarding the incident that occurred at the Belle Haven Community Campus on July 30, 2025. While many seniors believed the situation was part of an emergency drill,...

Dear Justin, I hope this message finds you well. Thank you and your team for organizing the emergency drill at the Belle Haven Community Campus today. A few hours after the drill, I was on site and had the opportunity to speak with seome seniors. I would like to share some observations and concerns...

Hi Azalea, Awaiting your reponse on the follow up questions and the data gathering efforts that were put in place to decide on the “streets” for resurfacing. Okeefe Speed bump just before Laurel is now broken as well - so everyone’s tires are hitting the where it’s broken. It is quite a mys...

Hi Nikki, Thank you for your thoughtful and detailed response. I appreciate the clarity you provided regarding the safety features of the BHCC building and the City’s investment in emergency preparedness. It’s reassuring to know the facility was designed with resilience in mind, particularly to ser...

Hi Nikki, I hope you are doing well. We are writing to follow up on the Belle Haven Seniors’ Petition, as we have yet to receive any updates from your office. While we appreciate that seniors have finally received their old chairs, we remain deeply concerned about the prolonged delay. Why did it ta...

Hi Justin, Today, I attended the City Council meeting and was deeply concerned to learn that Deputy City Manager Nicole Nagaya has misled us regarding the existence of a safety plan for the Belle Haven Community Campus. During the meeting, a speaker noted that Supervisor Rondell Howard reportedly r...

Dear City Council, I hope this message finds you well. On March 31, 2025, we—the members of the Belle Haven Senior Center and Allies—submitted a petition requesting essential improvements to the Belle Haven Community Campus. These requested adjustments include: * ADA-accessible chairs for i...

Hi Nikki and Justin: It was good to see Nikki this afternoon. I am forwarding my email of June 17, 2024 for your records again and the action items for you and Justin. As of today, I have not received the follow up items as we agreed to during our meeting and that I recorded in my meeting notes. ...