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Dear Mayor Lauing and Mayor Combs, Today construction of the quiet zone medians at the Alma St / Palo Alto Avenue train intersection completed. On behalf of hundreds of citizens in North Palo Alto and South Menlo Park I want to thank you and city staff for making this quiet zone possible. T...

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In addition to the extreme expense of building a 5 story parking ramp on Menlo Parks downtown parking lots, ( 565 spaces x $200,000 per space = $113 million ) the Developers, their Architects and the city council refuse to admit, that a 5 story parking ramp is only used on levels 1 and 2. Levels 3...

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Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically oppose the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. Menlo Park depends on increasing housing supply. The infamous housing crisis is mostly a simple, basic matter of economics 101. Menlo Park is a beautiful place with amazing weather and p...

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-...

City Council, The letter attachment in my previous email did not work. Here is the text of Michael’s letter: RE: 628 SANTA CRUZ A VENUE, MENLO PARK - PROSPECTIVE TENANT ISSUE Dear Mr. Murphy: I am writing in regard to the retail property located at 628 Santa Cruz Avenue in...

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On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM Cal-Interiors wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Cal-Interiors > Date: Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM > Subject: 9212 report > To: California Interiors & Design Inc. <CustomSofa...

Dear City Councils.I am writing to you both as a concerned neighbor from Palo Alto.The Palo Alto Airport appears to be trying to increase flights into their airport through the guise of safety.Here is the link with the information and to join in a Zoom meeting this comingThursday evening, Nov. 13, a...

Results from Google AI Search dated November 8, 2025: A several-story parking garage in Menlo Park, CA, can cost *approximately $85,000 to over $113,000 per parking space*, which translates to tens of millions of dollars for the entire project. For example, a 636-space garage built near Menlo ...

November 6, 2025 Dear Mayor Combs, Council Members and City Manager If you are going to pay a consultant an estimated $165,000 dollars, kindly make sure that consultant doesn’t fall in to the “cookie cutter” trap that Palo Alto found to be true of the hired consultants. See today’s AI sea...

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City Council: Thank you, Mayor Combs, for adding a bit of adult supervision to the joke that our City Council has become. You, at least, have the maturity, insight and experience in real-world situations to call a halt to the on-going drama created by our council, by calling for a vote on the downt...