Dear City Council, Menlo Park's traffic situation is horrible and this will only make it worse. I implore you to please negotiate a better deal on behalf of Menlo Park residents on the Stanford Middle Plaza project. Stanford's Current Proposed Agreement: - does not meet Stanford's own traffic reduction and monitoring standards in Santa Clara county - does not meet Stanford's own environmental sustainability standards on campus - does not meet standard payments in lieu of taxes of universities their host cities. ((ie: Harvard provides $4.5 million per year to the City of Cambridge. Yale pays $7.5M to New Haven per year. Currently Stanford only proposes to provide $100K per year to the City to offset the impact to local public schools) ) *Please ensure that Stanford MEETS or EXCEEDS the above standards.* Sincerely, Dan Abrams 1110 Rosefield Way Menlo Park cell: 312-593-1566 Received on Tue Sep 26 2017 - 10:13:43 PDT
