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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...
On December 2, 2025 the City Council made a determination, pursuant to Elections Code section 9215, to place the proposed measure on the November 3, 2026 general municipal election ballot. The measure would prohibit the City from selling, leasing, donating, disposing of or conveying City-owned down...
Dear Mayor Combs and Councilmembers, I am writing to express my deep concern about the incomplete and biased 9212 report that was shared with the public at last night’s meeting. It was a very surface level report that did not consider one of the most important issues: *SAFETY*. In my opinion, ...
City Council, The letter attachment in my previous email did not work. Here is the text of Michaels letter: RE: 628 SANTA CRUZ A VENUE, MENLO PARK - PROSPECTIVE TENANT ISSUE Dear Mr. Murphy: I am writing in regard to the retail property located at 628 Santa Cruz Avenue in...
> Menlo City City Council: Please seek alternative locations for low cost state mandated housing ASAP. > Thank you > Michael DeMoss > Attorney and Resident >> >> >> Subject: Settlement reached between San Mateo, housing nonprofit | Local News | https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3...
Menlo City City Council: Please seek alternative locations for low cost state mandated housing ASAP. Thank you Michael DeMoss Attorney and Resident > > > Subject: Settlement reached between San Mateo, housing nonprofit | Local News | https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fsmda...
Dear Members of the Council, As a Menlo Park homeowner and supporter of our downtown district, I wanted to share a few questions and concerns regarding the possible decision to allocate $169,000 for a consultant study. While I fully understand and respect that it is within the Council’s ri...
Dear Council, I write as a 28 year resident of the Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park to urge you to choose the second option laid out in the Staff Report regarding the citizen petition to enact a law prohibiting the City from “selling, trading, leasing, donating, disposing or otherwise conveyi...
Mayor Combs and City Council Members, I’ve lived in Menlo Park for 50 years (albeit a gap of 6 years in the 1980s). I moved here in my 20s because I absolutely love this community, and I rent an apartment in Sharon Heights. I do hope that someone connected with the Council actually reads and not...
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 ...
