Well said, Chris.
I agree with your sentiment, 100%, and hope the Mayor and Council will agree.
Regards,
Nick Leeper, MD
Professor of Surgery and Medicine
Stanford University
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Buddin
Sent: Sunday, November 2, 2025 9:30 PM
To: city.council@menlopark.gov
Cc: Jenny ; Nicholas J. Leeper
Subject: Let the people vote
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council Members,
I support more affordable housing in Menlo Park. In the right locations, it will strengthen our community.
But our community is built around a shared downtown — and the downtown depends on the public parking plazas. Repurposing those plazas would be a once-in-a-generation decision with extreme consequences.
On this decision, I trust the people of Menlo Park to do whats best for the town in which they live.
I therefore urge you to adopt the Downtown Parking Plazas Ordinance, giving residents the right to vote on the future of their downtown.
Thank you for your service in representing the people of Menlo Park.
Chris Buddin
Menlo Park resident since 2007
