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...
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, 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...
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...
Dear Honorable Council The City of Menlo Park is completely out of control when it comes to employees and contractors, including the Police headcount. The police force is already inflated. A few years ago the Police department increased its number of police using a 1.5 factor (police to resid...
Members of the City Council: Please take action to fully restore the police traffic unit. I have recently witnessed dangerous speeding, crosswalk, and stop sign violations while biking with my child to school, sports, and around town. The violations are both more frequent and severe than what...
To City Council Members, Another student appears to have had an accident riding their bike to school this morning on the corner of San Mateo and Santa Cruz. I saw an ambulance on scene and I’m praying he’s ok. I’m sure we will hear more details on what happened, but I'm not happy there has been zer...
Dear City Council Members and Chief Bertini, I am writing you today out of a deep frustration and a sincere hope that you will take action. My family has lived on Willow Road (between Gilbert and Middlefield) since 1992. Moving onto Willow Road we knew there would be traffic, but at that time, it wa...
Dear Council members, Please end the plague of these infernal red light cameras in our city. They actually cause more accidents than they prevent, because everyone is so terrified of getting one of their unfair $500 tickets that people slam on their brakes or zoom through an intersection just to avo...
Dear Council members, Please end the plague of these infernal red light cameras in our city. They actually cause more accidents than they prevent, because everyone is so terrified of getting one of their unfair $500 tickets that people slam on their brakes or zoom through an intersection just to av...
