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Subject: Appreciation for Action on Menlo Park Aquatics, October 2025 Date: October 28, 2025 Dear City Council Members, I want to express my appreciation for your recent action to address the financial shortfall affecting Menlo Park’s aquatic programs. Your decision to allocate funds to m...
Dear Council, As a tech entrepreneur and capitalist, I find it curious that my fellow capitalists expect parking to be provided and maintained by the city, for free, in unlimited supply. If every other kind of real estate is subject to market forces, why should parking be the exception? Est...
Menlo Park City Council Members: I read the article "Menlo Park Residents Submit Signatures for Downtown Parking Lot Measure_ in the October 17, 2025 issue of "The Almanac". Sacramento continues to DEMAND cities of California to build more affordable housing. This action will look good sh...
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 ...
There are some errors on your Downtown survey form. The flow breaks up. Don’t outsource survey development. A. Downtown parking spaces need asphalt maintenance from 70 years of oil drippings B. Don’t cannibalize businesses C. I probably spend > $100 a week in that area. D. We need more ATMs Thank you, Stu Soffer
Mayor and Councilmembers, Two of my kiddos bike on Coleman to and from the Laurel Upper Campus each day. I still bike with my younger son and his friends, but we are getting close to the point where they will be biking themselves. Which makes cars parked in the bike lane on Coleman especially pr...
Re: Parkline SRI Project Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, and members of City Council, I am writing you as a Menlo Park resident in support of the Parkline project at SRI. I encourage you to approve the project and keep it moving forward. As I see it, it offers many benefits for Menl...
We need more housing to satisfy the state requirements for affordable housing in MP! THE SRI LAND IS HUGE. With lots of space for high density living spaces. Close to transportation too. We Don’t need more office space! so much of MP downtown is empty! Please, please vote accordingly! Tom Fra...
Dear City Manager Justin Murphy, Thank you for your response to the concerns I shared on behalf of the seniors. While I appreciate your clarifications, your reply does not address the most pressing issues raised. 1. Stressful Environment: Seniors report that the current policies have created an un...
As an instructor at MP Senior Center, my main concern with the registration process is that it impacted a student in class this week, who was not aware of the changes. I understand that announcements were made and that the information is posted near the office, but not everyone sees that and it came...
