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Dear Council Member Betsy Nash and members of the Menlo Park City Council, Thank you for todays update email from Betsy Nash. Please correct the information that states that the city owns the parking plazas. This is incorrect: "The City of Menlo Park is exploring development on certain ...
Mayor Combs and Members Taylor, Schmidt, Nash & Wise: As the Council must know by now, the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative has received overwhelming support from your constituents. In my own polling, about 80% of the people Ive spoken with are disgusted with this Councils single-...
November 6, 2025 Dear Vice Mayor Nash- You owe your constituents an apology regarding your expressed insult in today’s Daily Post, “Vice Mayor Betsy Nash asked how voters will have the correct information to vote”. Since you appear to be unaware of the intelligence and educational l...
Dear Council Members, It was an interesting council meeting last night. I want to thank Betsy Nash for coming prepared with her thoughts on what the study should include. It would be helpful to add to the study the actual impact on downtown during the construction. It was mentioned that new res...
*November 4, 2025* Menlo Park City Council 701 Laurel Street Menlo Park, CA 94025 Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, and Honorable Councilmembers, I am writing as a Menlo Park resident, parent, and nonprofit leader to respectfully urge the Council to *commission an impact study* before t...
Mayor Combs & Council Members, I urge you to adopt the Downtown Parking Plaza Ordinance, giving residences their right to vote on the future of their downtown. As residents we have the right to voice our desires for the city we live, shop, eat and gather in. Please hear and listen to the vo...
Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash and Council members Taylor,Schmidt and Wise My husband and I have lived and owned a home in Menlo Park since 1976. We raised our son here. He is a successful product of Menlo Park’s excellent school system. We love our town. As older residents who don’t feel safe bikin...
Mayor Combs and City Council Members,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. Repurposing those plazas would be a once-in-a-ge...
Dear Mayor Combs and Members of the City Council, Please find the attached letter urging Council to adopt outright the *Downtown Parking Plazas Ordinance*. We recognize that at the November 4 meeting, you may reasonably choose to request a staff report before making your decision. Nonetheles...
Honorable Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, City Councilmembers Schmidt, Taylor, and Wise, and Staff – I’m writing to 1) thank Councilmember Schmidt for his request to bring a resolution to Council in support of the Bay Area Air District zero-NOx space and water heating appliance rules and 2) to ask ...
