Dear Council members, I am thinking about the comment from a Menlo Park voter about what the apartments will actually be like: 1) looking out my new apartment window to the west I see a 5 to 8 story parking ramp. 2) looking South, North and East I see black top roofs with Air Conditioners, 3) I...
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/letterstotheeditor/article/menlo-park-housing-trump-history-20401494.php
City Council Members: I hope you read Former Mayor Schmidts Opinion in todays Post, and follow his excellent leadership. Rubye Menlo Park Resident for 30 years and counting
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...
Good morning, I can’t understand why you are still considering this housing when it is so unpopular with the citizens of Menlo Park. My guess is the people supporting this don’t live in the downtown area. We can’t sustain any more traffic. This traffic will affect both Palo Alto and Redwood...
Dear City Council, I helped collect signatures to get the hostile takeover of our parking lots on the ballot. We got them! I am so pleased. There are much better places to put public housing, we now have a good list. I hope you will use it. Both the merchants and the customers need the...
Dear Council, I am a 27 year resident of The Willows neighborhood of Menlo Park. I am writing in support of the issuing of a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the development of downtown parking lots into high density affordable housing. I do not understand the vehement opposition to this p...
Hello, I’m writing in support of contributing city funds to build affordable homes for teachers and staff. I’m a Menlo Park homeowner, and one of the reasons my husband and I chose to live here is because of the great local schools for our future family. We can’t have great local schools without sup...
I’m in favor of housing at Flood School. My wife was a great teacher at Mid Peninsula High School for 20 years while we lived here in the Flood Park Triangle area. She used to tell people that I worked (in a good-paying job) to support her teaching habit. That was so true, because she could not h...
Hello, I work for Ravenswood City School District, and our community, including the Menlo Park Belle Haven area, is in urgent need of this housing. This project represents a vital opportunity for us to thrive, and we are eager to see it come to life. It is more than just housing-its about support...
