Attention: Mayor Nash, Menlo Park City Council Members and all Developers,
Re: June 2, 2026 public meeting.
Please explain in writing how a Stacked Multi-level parking ramp will realistically replace our existing ground level parking plazas, at the June 2 , 2026 City Council and Developer public meeting:
Note:
Attached Photos taken Thursday 5/28/2026 at about 3:30 pm at the 2 parking ramps in Palo Alto.
In less than 1 hour, council members and each developer should visit these 2 local parking ramps and confirm what I have observed:
People do not want to park below ground level or above level 2 . . .
AND so . . . they Do Not!
Conclusion: a 5+/- story stacked parking ramp in downtown Menlo Park will NOT provide a solution to the Downtown Menlo Park "Parking Issue", if the developer(s) plans go forward.
"Downtown Vitality" is the City Councils officially stated "Priority".
A Parking ramp will damage the "Vitality" of Downtown Menlo Park, by failing to provide for realistic, fact based, useable parking needs.
IMPORTANT:
Just Building Stacked Parking Spaces that are effectively unused (unusable) does not meet the standards (parameters) set by our citys bid demand to:
"Replace Existing Parking"
Summary: a Stacked Multi-level Parking Ramp will not "Replace" our existing ground level parking lots in Downtown Menlo Park.
Please Abandon the plans for Apartments in the parking plazas and look for better locations for State Mandated Low Cost Apartments.
Respectfully,
Michael C. DeMoss, Unbiased Resident
Commercial Real Estate Attorney
Former City of Menlo Park Finance & Audit Commission Member
Council members and Developers, Please visit the Palo Alto Parking Ramps and you will see:
Photo Below:
350+ empty spaces on levels 3,4 and Below street level B1 & B2 at Sherman Ramp in Palo Alto
350 Sherman Ramp
Below:
250+/- empty parking spaces At Bryant Street Ramp Palo Alto on levels 3,4,5 and Below ground levels A & B
Bryant Street Ramp Palo Alto
Typical empty levels 3,4 & 5
Empty Lower level used by homeless
Sent from my iPhone
