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November 9, 2026: What residents are discussing ahead of next city council meetings. Click Here
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Re: Yes or No on P: The 3 Developers bids are: The Wrong Housing IN the Wrong Place. How do I know: I owned, and personally managed, 300+ apartment units. I know this apartment proposal in downtown Menlo Park will NOT work. ! Why? "First Hand EXPERIENCE !" 1) The first question prospe...

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SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS A Regional Anomaly: Unlike open wind corridors (such as San Carlos), the Councils proposed multi-year project operates at zero-lot-line proximity (under 20–50 feet) to residential bedroom windows across three separate 75-year-old toxic soil sites. The Air Trap Micro-Basin:...

Dear City Council, I am writing in response to your call for thoughts on the plaza. I am a 68-year-old resident on Crane Street, and I frequently visit Walgreens to collect prescriptions and handle other necessities. I walk when the weather is good and drive when its not. I dont ride a bike ...

Mayor Nash and Council Members Combs, Wise, Taylor and Schmidt: Please Listen to the experts in the field of housing, construction and real estate; on the Downtown Parking Lot Ramp & Apartments: At the 9/29/2026 Menlo Park council meeting: To hear comments and review the Feasibility Report, R...

Dear Menlo Park City Council members,As a homeowner who had been flooded twice from the San Francisquito Creek in the last 30 years, I very much appreciate your resistance to approval of a vastly inappropriate development proposal for the old Sunset Magazine property.  Its impossible that it would n...

Hello City Council, Im unable to attend the meeting this evening (I have a 9-month-old now and my evenings are quite busy) but I want to reiterate my support for the downtown housing proposals. Particularly I want to urge the city not to put the burden of financing parking onto affordable hous...

Council Members, Please take time to read this important information, before your next council meeting on Tuesday September 29, 2026. The Feasibility Report is telling you: This Downtown Menlo Park Parking Ramp/Apartment project is NOT Financially Feasible. What Is Your Fiduciary Duty? S...

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To Members of the Menlo Park City Council, I have lived in the Linfield Oaks neighborhood for eighteen years, and I am extremely worried about the effect the proposed development project at 80 Willow Road (the old Sunset Magazine headquarters) would have on our neighborhood and our town. I ...

Dear City Council- As a Menlo Park resident who lives near the old Sunset campus in Vintage Oaks, I urge you to resist the external pressures to rush the review of 80 Willow. This project is far out of scale for our neighborhood and instead of helping to solve our challenges of housing shor...

Dear Menlo Park City Council Members, I have been a resident of the Burgess Classic community, adjacent to the proposed Parkline development project, since 2009. I support additional housing development in Menlo Park, however, I would love to see a *sustainable well-studied roadmap* detailin...