Planning Commissioners --
Please be sure that the project is modified so it improves rather than worsens the jobs/housing imbalance in Menlo Park.
There are decades of precedent with SRI to manage the number of allowed workers on site, well-documented by a submission in the public record by former Council Member Paul Collacchi, The current proposed project blows out prior precedent, including when land was spun off for housing. Managing the number of workers continues to be an important lever.
The proposed EIR scope continues to include worker density metrics that likely would greatly underestimate the potential number of workers and related negative impacts. The staff report describes office worker density assumptions of 250 SF/worker whereas tech companies have allocated 50-150 SF/worker, 66% to 400% more. Be sure that the metrics used will measure realistic impacts. Fix the metrics to be used in the analysis.
Patti Fry, former Menlo Park Planning Commissioner
