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My email below was "blocked" by each recipient-- so I am resending now, hoping it works--- thank you ! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: patty mayall Date: Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 2:18 PM Subject: Prioritize the Senior Center please! To: <city.council@menlop...
Honorable Mayor Combs and Councilmembers: The Parkline Project has long been defined as comprising 1,091,600 SF of new Office/R&D, including a 40,000 SF commercial amenity building, and excluding SRIs remaining 3 buildings that were not considered part of the Project. The Variant version woul...
Planning Commission Chair Ehrich and Commissioners: I am hoping that the following questions and observations will be helpful to the Commission as you tackle the daunting number of pages for tomorrow’s Commission meeting regarding the Parkline project. These comments are in addition to ear...
Please accept the attached comments regarding the Parkline project. Patti Fry, Menlo Park Resident and former Planning Commissioner
Dear Honorable Mayor and Councilmembers, The future of a vibrant Menlo Park downtown depends upon an adequate supply of convenient and safe parking. The primary reason is that our downtown businesses must compete with nearby Stanford Shopping Center, Palo Alto downtown, Town & Country, and Redwo...
Dear City of Menlo Park, Attached are comments on the Draft EIR for the Parkline project. I am deeply concerned that the Project definition seems to be a moving target, and that some data and important conclusions in the DEIR are extremely misleading. Once the Project definition is settled, the D...
The citys projection of deficits for the foreseeable future is alarming and disappointing. This situation must be addressed directly - now. We are facing a rapidly growing population that will be demanding more services that depend on sustainable revenue from non-residential sources. Development fee...
Honorable Mayor and Council Members - It is vital that there be a strong focus on the non-residential components of the proposed Parkline project. Menlo Park does not need more Office space, yet this proposal includes "flex" space for office/R&D uses that have very different profiles of impacts on...
Hi Mayor and Councilmembers -- I hope you consider differently how much time is allowed for public comment. Yes, it takes a lot of time when issues are complex or controversial, but isnt that precisely the same time when public comment matters the most? There may be a gem of a new idea or a valid cr...
Honorable Mayor and Council Members: I suggest a couple priorities for the Council: and regret that I will be unable to speak at your meeting due to a conflict. 1. Modify the city mission statement so it includes support of a high "residential quality of life". That concept used to be in our c...
