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I have one quick question. Since you seem to be approving of housing developments close to public transportation, why don’t these new developments have more low income housing in their plans (ie: Parkline, USGS and Comerica Bank). Is it the builders that are fighting this because they can’t make e...

Dear Menlo Park City Council, We, as downtown businesses, oppose the use of parking lots for high-density housing because it would impede our ability to serve the community. We hope you will consider alternative locations for affordable housing. Our businesses depend on it. Respectfully, 36...

So what does this mean? Who is paying for all of this? Or is this back to no parking which is already a nightmare for us the taxpayers and residents. This is the second time the promises by the Council and developers have not been kept. We already have no MP Police parking enforcement on Rose A...

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...

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 consult...

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.  I have scrutinized the RFQ applications by the builders along with their statements and Mid Pen wa...

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...

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...

Mayor Combs and City Council Members,   I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park,  but not if it takes away 3 downtown parking lots.  Menlo Park is built around a shared downtown  and  never have I been made more aware of this than when collecting signatures on our petition downtown and talk...

Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I do not support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will weaken 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...