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Hello, I would like to strongly urge council to reopen the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue to car traffic The single block, one direction closure is a confusion and irritation to many residents and visitors to Menlo Park - as they express to me on a weekly basis. It is my understanding, hav...
Dear City Council members: I’m writing to urge you to expand your consideration of our downtown and treat Santa Cruz Avenue (SCA) as a whole, rather than block by block. The Menlo Park downtown is truly a regional embarrassment. When we moved to the area in 1994, San Carlos, Los Altos, and Menlo...
Greetings to our Councilmembers, We are pleased that the time has come for a review of making Santa Cruz Ave. a 2-way street again. We spent some time reading Staff Report 25-090-CC this week. As in earlier notes to the council we remain firmly in favor of reopening the 600 block to 2-way vehi...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council members, Although I currently serve on the MP Library Commission and as a board member of the Menlo Park Library Foundation, my comments are made as an individual who is a 30+ year resident of Menlo Park and are not as a representative of either the Library Commi...
Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, Councilmember Schmidt, Councilmember Taylor, Councilmember Wise, and City Manager Murphy, *I’m writing to you on behalf of the members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist at 201 Ravenswood to advocate for moving ahead toward a timely approval of the Park...
The project is not evil, down town needs the parking spaces for customers of existing businesses and the plan should focus on east Menlo Park with shuttle service and public transportation. Sent from my iPad On Jun 3, 2025, at 1:35 PM, Josephine Dorval wrote: Hello City Coun...
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 ...
Dear Council Members, Although I don’t live in Menlo Park, I shop and dine there frequently, and for many years, had my office on University Avenue, near the corner at Santa Cruz Avenue. I appreciate the friendly character of downtown Menlo Park, and I can envision affordable housing developed on...
Downtown housing on the parking lots? It is quite simple: You are trying to put a size 12 foot into a size 8 shoe. Math exam: There are 550 parking spaces now, that must be replaced. You are adding 350 apartments AND Each apartment needs 1.5 parking spaces. Total parking spaces needed for housi...
Dear Council, I was so happy to see that 7 RFQ responses were received for homes (and parking) downtown. I’ve reviewed some of the materials and think it’s fantastic to have so many options to compare and contrast. Like other commenters, I support: - Building affordable housing, especially...
