Post a message here for neighbors to read. Email the entire City Council for faster response. Emails will auto-post here and be official public comments.
Good afternoon, I will not be able to speak at the meeting this evening so please see my public comment below regarding agenda item I4)Authorize the city manager to execute an amendment to the aquatics operator agreement and appropriate $300,477 from the General Fund unassigned fund balance to...
Good morning. I would like to add my voice towards maximizing the number of affordable housing units at the proposed development of the former SRI campus by Parkline. This site is a superior one to the downtown parking lots, which are direly needed by our local merchants and their...
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, As a Menlo Park resident, an architect, and someone who swims at Burgess Park every morning, I am writing in support of Lane Partners’ Parkline development. Having worked on other large scale developments in sensitive areas, I can see the care the project team has...
Dear City Council members and Mr. Szegda, I represent Friends of Bedwell Bayfront Park and write concerning item G4 on the agenda for August 12 - the agreement with San Jose Conservation Corps for ranger services at Bedwell Bayfront Park. We applaud you for selecting this group. Training you...
I mean, James Baldwin writes about this quite eloquently, and he talks about the confusion of ignorance with innocence. *That somehow Americans are innocent. Well, they’re innocent in their own eyes because they’re willfully ignorant. They willfully blind themselves to who they are, what they’ve...
*In it, you talk about the use of myth to justify or perpetuate war. In one context, you talk about the creation myth of Israel and how Israelis are unwilling to question what they’re conditioned to believe about the state of Israel.* Source: The Intercept Starvation as a Weapon: Chris Hedges on Gaza https://share.google/QmqqFEiuHOTTQStYX
*Folks: please read the Intercept interview of the brilliant and acclaimed journalist, author, and speaker Chris Hedges ( Starvation as a weapon).* *You can also listen to it ( 38 mins)* *Published July 25, 2025 * * Israel’s Creation Myth* *In it, you talk about the use of m...
Subject: Presentation and Recommended Reading List July 20, 2025 Hi Vicki, I believe you will find value in the presentation by these two incredibly knowledgeable and honorable individuals. I apologize for not having provided you with my recommended reading list regarding the ongoing gen...
https://youtu.be/fnl49IWqIcY?si=W8bBD4vdXNQ3QBlB
Dear Members of the Menlo Park City Council: As an employee & office director of AJ Tutoring (1155 Crane St.), Id like to bring a couple driver/traffic safety items to the attention of City Council: 1) The left turn from El Camino Real onto Oak Grove Ave. is *extremely* dangerous due to th...
