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Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically support the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. Menlo Park’s downtown, quite simply, depends on the access provided by the parking plazas. A decision to repurpose those lots should be made by the residents who use them - not by outsi...

Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I fully and completely 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 p...

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...

I am writing to express my concerns over building housing on the land currently used for parking along the Santa Cruz Ave. Having a vibrant downtown with accessible parking close to business is important for Menlo Park. Affordable housing is obviously important but I encourage you all to consider...

Dear City Council members, As a Menlo Park resident, I am asking you to please reconsider the plan for additional housing in the downtown Menlo Park parking lots. It is already extremely difficult to find parking in certain locations especially near the post office and hardware store, and behind...

Dear City Council, I live in Menlo Park out of choice. Local shopping and ease of parking is a major benefit of this area. Your intended action to label our downtown public parking lots as "Exempt Surplus Land" is of no benefit to Menlo Park residents or business owners. Perhaps it will benefit dev...

Council Members,. Im writing to oppose the development of buildings on the parking lots that serve the city. These parking lots are crucial to our downtown businesses. Please do not vote to designate these lots as Exempt Surplus Land. Losing these lots will have a terrible economic effect on our ...

Good afternoon, I am writing to submit a comment in reference to the proposed development at the SRI site at 333 Ravenswood Ave. The proposed plan has many positives, especially its proximity to mass transit and avoidance of high-rise developments like the one proposed for the Sunset lot. I w...

Dear council members, As a Kavanaugh East Palo Alto neighbor resident, I support the Willow Village development mixed used project which has been refined over the last couple of years with community inputs. However, with the multiple planned/on-going Menlo Park development projects along O’Bri...

Roger and Anne, You are still able to send your letter to - city.council@menlopark.org to get your voices heard. Prescription for Health was on KALW radio this morning - talking about the importance of nature in lowering blood pressure and alleviating oth...