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...
1255 Sherman Avenue Menlo Park CA 94025 June 9, 2025 Dear Menlo Park City Council: We are writing in support of maintaining the partial closure of the 600 block of Santa Cruz Avenue. We are aware of the loss of parking and the inconvenience to vehicular traffic of the current configuration....
Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am writing to express my support in keeping the 600 block of Santa Cruz avenue as-is. That is, with a bike lane and closed on one side, and one-way traffic on the other. Best, Madeline Jhawar 440 Gilbert Ave, Menlo Park
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...
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Mayor Combs and City Council Members, Please listen to your Menlo Park residents, and allow the parking plazas to stay put!! As a past shop owner in downtown for 8 years, I can tell you how badly the merchants need these spots for their customers. The whole town is talking about the awful street...
Hello City Council, I cross El Camino by bicycle going to work every day. About once a month I see near collisions on pedestrians by cars making a right turn on red. Most drivers don’t to look for pedestrians and cyclists at all, they only look at the oncoming El Camino traffic trying to spot a ga...
Good Afyernoon, I just wanted to pass along my feelings about Santa Cruz Avenue. I support reopening Santa Cruz to vehicular traffic down the entire length to El Camino and moving the parklet to one of the side streets and maybe giving some other restaurants or businesses the opportunity to e...
Dear Mayor and City Council Members: We would like to express our support to maintain the existing street closure on a portion of Santa Cruz Avenue. We don’t live in Menlo Park but we visit it frequently, including for grocery and other shopping, and to eat at our favorite restaurant, Bistro Vi...
Good morning Mayor and Council members, I want to request that you all aggressively continue to keep transportation calming an transportation at the forefront of your planning. I would like to state that I have attended numerous meetings and we the residents have asked that the City help us with...
