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.
Also, in my own words--To Menlo Park City Council,
At last, some rational and very possible housing proposals
that don’t rest on gutting the innards of Menlo Park’s “civic body.”
All 5 alternative build sites present great possibilities for new construction.
Particularly the Bohannon Industrial Park space.
Other approaches could spread out the “Parking Lot” collection of
high-rise buildings among these 5 good housing proposals.
Congratulations and lets make these revised building efforts real!!
Patricia Faust
411 Bay Road, Menlo Park
