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14 results for "Ross Silverstein"

Hello Menlo Park City Council, I want to continue to encourage this body to reject staffs conclusion that we can never implement anything beyond a simple narrow painted bike lane in Menlo Park. Here is a video from this morning of an absolute mess on Coleman with students trying to bike to ...

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Hello all, Since I received no responses to my previous email and am unaware of any staff conversations with the City Council on this topic, I conducted my own research: *1) How much money do we spend on our roads?* Annual street resurfacing <https://www.menlopark.gov/files/sharedassets/pu...

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Mayor and Council members, Thank you for making the Coleman Avenue pilot permanent on Tuesday. That was the right call, and the data supported it. I am writing about the rest of the decision. On Aug. 27 the Complete Streets Commission voted 6-0, with one commissioner absent, to recommend that ...

To our Public Works city staff and Menlo Park City Council, Thank you for holding the hearing about the Coleman bike lane last night and ultimately making it permanent. I appreciate all the time that you take to listen to the community and tackle these issues. I was very encouraged by the C...

Dear Members of the City Council, I am writing to advocate for Jennifer Schindlers reappointment to the Menlo Park Planning Commission. Throughout her tenure, including her time serving as Chair, Commissioner Schindler has consistently demonstrated a remarkable level of care for the role that...

Dear Mayor Combs and Council Members, I urge you to approve the Coleman Avenue bike lane pilot. This is simply a temporary pilot to evaluate safety improvements, not necessarily a permanent change if it turns out to not work. Please understand that failing to act effectively endorses the curre...

Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am writing to express my appreciation for your consideration for reappointment to the Menlo Park Planning Commission. Please note that I am currently out of town so wont be able to attend the City Council meeting in person. Thank you again for your consideration. Sincerely, Ross Silverstein

I wanted to bring up some past public comments that have been written about Coleman Avenue and our towns biking infrastructure. These are all from the 2020 Transportation Master Plan: * “My children are beginning bicyclists and we have congestion on Coleman Avenue getting to Laurel Element...

Mayor Taylor and Menlo Park City Council, I want to send an email with more information than a 3-minute public comment would contain. For context, I bike with my 6 year old kid every day to school from The Willows to Lower Laurel along Coleman Avenue, and Id like to cover the following topics: ...

City Council of Menlo Park, I plan to speak later today at the City Council meeting during the public comment section regarding our minimum lot sizes in Menlo Park. For more context and information, I put together a document proposal for you to review. Please take a look and I look forward to seeing you tonight. Thank you. -Ross

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