> > Dear City Council, > 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) ) > > > *Our ask: Please ensure that Stanford MEETS or EXCEEDS the above standards.* > > Sincerely, > > > > Suzan Liao > > Buckthorn Way > > Menlo Park > > Received on Tue Sep 26 2017 - 22:36:57 PDT
