Menlo Park Community Forum

I commend the Council for its proactive approach in considering the feasibility of constructing affordable housing on the currently occupied downtown parking lots. Naturally, this proposal has faced opposition from certain sectors, as it disrupts the established status quo. To address the press...

I support the City Council in its proposal to create a RFQ for the potential development of downtown parking area for housing development. The effort by some members of the public to prevent such a study is ill conceived as it assumes that getting more information from developers about the possib...

I strongly oppose the purchase of surplus military equipment by the MPPD and am appalled that it is on the Consent Agenda. I don’t know what the Council is thinking. The use of such equipment - both the type and the source - is a highly contentious issue. The fact that it is free or at low cost i...

There was a b brief news story on KQED radio today that highlights a PR firm named Cole Pro Media that works with police departments to help them fine tune their PR messaging. In the intro to the story, they listed Menlo Park PD as among its many users. The story claims that the firm is especiall...

Thank you for hosting a study session last week focused on the MPPD. As a former member of the Police Chief’s Advisory Board, I have had the privilege of meeting many of the members of the police department under two former chiefs and I am pleased to see our new chief continuing the conversation wit...

I understand that the City Council is considering the ban of e-cigarettes within the city. I am not a smoker myself, and I am appalled by the deaths associated with vaping devices in the U.S. and how addictive properties of nicotine may hook children into a potentially deadly practice. A recent epi...

Dear Council Members, Along with hundreds of others, we frequently walk the paths of Willow Oaks Park. The park is used by children from the adjacent daycare center, dozens of parents and nannies bring their little ones to use the equipment in the playground, dog walkers, organized soccer and baseba...

As an environmentalist, I support the City's goal to reduce greenhouse emissions through the use of fuel-efficient vehicles, including alternative fuels plus the goal of moving to all-electric vehicles whenever practicable. Furthermore, the City should consider the entire life-cycle of vehicles with...

I am writing to propose that the City Council direct the Chief of Police to enter into talks with the Menlo Park Fire District to create a joint emergency operations center (EOC). Background: The MPFD is planning on major renovations to Station 1 on Middlefield Rd. Further MPFD no longer has access ...

I am writing to express my support for the three rail crossings option. Furthermore, I strongly urge the Council to consider that the choices made about regarding tunnel, trench, elevated tracks or some hybrid are, in my view, 100 year choices. That is, the Council must consider a timeframe that wha...