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Mayor Combs and City Council, I enthusiastically support the Downtown Parking Plazas Citizens’ Initiative. As a small business officing on Crane Street, I stare out at the parking lots from my office window daily. These lots are full all day long with people circling looking for parking. Mul...
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 o...
Dear City Council Members and Staff, Thank you for your approval of the Parkline/SRI project. I look forward to the results! Sincerely, Peri Caylor 164 Stone Pine Lane
Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash and members of City Council, The approval of the Parkline project is critical and long overdue. I urge you to approve the project and keep it moving forward. Parkline has many benefits for Menlo Park, including: - 800 new homes, including substanti...
To the city Council, and City Manager Ahead of the September 30th meeting, please review this summary of the MOU assessment and actual execution delays from City in completing this project. Changing the MOU is actually creates worse outcome at this point because the City is understaffed to c...
Thank you for your note Justin. I see the project page — will you also kindly update the data on the page to reflect the $$ spent so far on the projects “landscaping planning” effort. The note on the page does not reflect the delays — the previous context said Project Construction would bein...
On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 11:24 AM, Aram James wrote: --- FYI: Hi Riley, Thank you for your response; I appreciate it. I have an idea we could discuss. It involves the Safe Parking Program from Santa Barbara, which includes a comprehensive counseling center called New Beginnin...
Dear City Council Members, As a city resident who envisions a bike- and pedestrian-friendly community built at human scale, I urge you to support the building of affordable housing downtown. As a climate change activist, I also ask that you require project designs to incorporate ...
Published in the Palo Alto Daily Post June 9, 2025 Pitting housing vs. parking (Post article June 4, 2025) misses the mark. Menlo Park can have both housing and downtown parking but not in the same location. The issue is polarizing. The arguments on both sides are compelling. The City needs a...
