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Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically support the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. Menlo Park’s downtown, quite simply, depends on the access provided by the parking plazas. A decision to repurpose those lots should be made by the residents who use them - not by outside c...
Dear City Council Members, I am writing to express my ongoing support for development of new homes and modern parking in Menlo Parks city-owned parking lots. I urge you to place this on the November 2026 ballot measure to save money, encourage voter turnout and allow time to inform residents rega...
Council Members: You paid a consultant$165,000 to tell you what will happen if affordable housing is built ondowntown parking lots. You could have saved money and got better informationby reading local newspapers. Consultant claims housingprojects would include replacement parking. Wishful thinkin...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members, You have a golden opportunity Tuesday night to demonstrate that you’re listening to the community and that you respect the residents and small business owners who gathered far more than the requisite number of signatures to qualify SDM’s initiative for t...
I’d like to add to my previous message. The housing provided by this project would be life-changing for low income, essential workers like me. I am a preschool teacher in Menlo Park. I live in a below market rate rental a few blocks from Santa Cruz Ave. It’s great because I can walk to work an...
Mayor Combs and City Council Members,I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community.But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a once-in-a-ge...
My question is … “what are you thinking” MP City Council? There are several appropriate sites in MP that have been brought to your attention for “Affordable Housing” units with adequate parking and more, (which, BTW, in the end are rarely affordable for teachers, home workers, caregivers, landscap...
Dear Mayor Combs and members of the Menlo Park City Council: If I am unable to attend the Nov 4th meeting, please read aloud the following comment: 2 minutes reading time: Ten Good Reasons to Adopt the Save Downtown Plazas Ordinance. 1) Adoption of the Ordinance respects, and reflects, the ...
Mayor Combs and Council Members: Best advice: "Adopt the Measure Outright!" Thats a quote from the Almanac Newspaper. It would save: Money, Time, Downtown Vitality (Your Priority), and your reputations. You were not voted into office to oppose the will of the residents and businesses of Menlo ...
Dear Mayor Combs and Council Members, In my 40+ years as a Trial Attorney (and Judge), When a judge sends out clues like: "No Bond. . . City Failed to show that the Lawsuit is Without Merit"; I advised my client to save the expense of going to trial and SETTLE. As a Judge, where there was obv...
