Greetings to our Councilmembers, We are pleased that the time has come for a review of making Santa Cruz Ave. a 2-way street again. We spent some time reading Staff Report 25-090-CC this week. As in earlier notes to the council we remain firmly in favor of reopening the 600 block to 2-way vehi...
You wrote a very good article on bike safety citing a lot of good common sense from Sgt. Metzer of Atherton PD. It would be nice if Chief Norris of Menlo Park did something about the crazy cyclists and numerous violations in Menlo Park: specifically along Santa Cruz Ave and within the citys jurisdi...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council members, I urge you to vote to keep the 600 block on Santa Cruz Avenue as it is: closed to through traffic heading east. Ali Elsafy, owner of Bistro Vida, has done more to enhance Santa Cruz Avenue than anyone else, and has exciting plans to do even more for th...
Sunday June 8, I spent the afternoon volunteering at the Save Downtown Parking booth, collecting many more enthusiastic signatures. Each council member should sit quietly at our booth and JUST LISTEN. Here is what you would have heard today: "The whole idea is a Disaster!", "I dont live in Menl...
I support Option #2 . Open the street for parking. Thank you. Lorri McCarthy Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
Dear Council, With this topic on the agenda for Tuesday, I’d like to reiterate my support for keeping the 600 block downtown as it is—closed on one side with a bike lane, and one-way on the other. Pedestrian-friendly spaces have played a key role in revitalizing downtowns across the country. T...
Hi, I live in Menlo Park and am writing to ask you to please re-open Santa Cruz Avenue. It was useful to have expanded outdoor dining during COVID, both for the safety of residence and the solvency of restaurants. During that time, people were not commuting, going to school in-person or driving a...
Dear Council Members: Today, in 45 minutes, I collected 25 signatures on the Ballot Measure from the people who ACTUALLY live and shop in Downtown Menlo Park. At one point there were 3 people lined up waiting to sign the "ballot measure". Everyone had a negative comment about the city councils...
Dear Menlo Park Council Members: Previously, I told you that RUBY Design decided to Move out of Downtown Menlo Park BECAUSE of YOUR plan to Build Apartments on their Parking Lots. You are not ethically permitted to pay a Public Relations firm to overcome visible, predictable, proof of the future...
Council Members: Todays Daily Post article about Santa Cruz Avenue quotes a gentleman urging you to keep the street closed because, "... it has become a gathering spot on weekday afternoons and weekends for teenagers and younger to gather." I understand that kids like to hang out downtown. They pa...
