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Dear Council Members, I’m writing in support of the proposed council resolution supporting the Air District’s new standards on gas appliances. The frightening news is that for all the talk about climate action, things are actually getting worse. Last year was a record year for Greenhouse Ga...
Hello City Council Members, This field trip might be of interest to you if you are concerned about sustainability and climate mitigation. BioForceTech is a company producing Biochar from the RWC waste water treatment of solid waste. Biochar is an excellent soil amendment for gardens and farm...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members: It is truly irresponsible, on the part of the City Council, to require that our downtown be devastated through the loss of it’s parking while exacerbating the housing shortage issue with the pending SRI and USGS proposals. If the parking pl...
Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, Councilmember Schmidt, Councilmember Taylor, Councilmember Wise, and City Manager Murphy, *I’m writing to you, once again, on behalf of the members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist at 201 Ravenswood. * *Our Church would like to add its voice to othe...
September 29, 2025 *RE: Resolution No. 6884, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENLO PARK ADOPTING REVISIONS TO THE BELOW MARKET RATE HOUSING PROGRAM GUIDELINES* Dear Mayor Combs, City Council Members, Justin Murphy, City Manager, Tom Smith, City Planner and Housing Comm...
Hi, Many businesses are charging a fee (either flat fee or percent of sale) for use of a credit card. Even though credit card fees have dropped year over year, have we investigated charging a credit card fee and allowing users to avoid it by having a direct debit? Thanks Karen Karen ...
Dear Council Members and City Staff, I’d like to personally invite you to attend the State of the Peninsula, a regional civic forum hosted by the Foster City Chamber of Commerce. This event brings together leaders from government, business, tourism, and economic development to have a candid conve...
Menlo Park Council’s housing neurosis. Regarding affordable housing: I used to say that all housing is affordable — to someone. Maybe that’s too broad; maybe not fair, but we used to have a redevelopment agency that did succeed in adding to our housing stock until the State of California took ...
Council Members: Please do not convert downtown parking to housing. I understand the Housing Element requirements, but there are alternative sites for housing. Save Menlo has identified five such sites at https://www.savedowntownmenlo.org/alternativesites I stop in downtown Menlo at least once a ...
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...
