Hi Sarah / Azalea/ Justin
Cc - City council + Neighbors from Okeefe st , Laurel, Menalto Av & Central.
I have reviewed through the documents provided. Thank you. Given the amount of content here - I used NotebookLM to summarize and query the information.
Some important missing details.
1. PCI index data for the entire streets is missing, which I believe is in your StreetSaver, analysis SW provided by the MTC.
We are still looking for data collected for these streets and specific dates when every street in Willows last evaluated. The report references “Biennial survey” but in any of the street surfacing project to the City Council —the actual date of the PCI survey index collected is not referenced.
For example - the specific section of Menalto was paved from Woodland to Pope street this month — but it doesn’t say what was the PCI index for the entire Menalto avenue vs the section scoped for work. .
I stand everyday at Menalto & Okeefe to pick up my daughter who comes by bus from hillview. 3pm and 8am are the busiest times as kids on bike , cars, kids taking/getting of the bus - all meet at this intersection and YET — this intersection does not have the same pedestrian yellow markings as the WALNUT & CENTRAl intersection. What data was collected for this intersection ? When was it last collected.
2. We still don’t have data collected for Entirety of Okeefe Street and when it was last collected both for quality of the street as well as evaluation for pedestrian and bike safety needs.
3. Multiple neighbors have come forward about speeding on Central avenue — this requires urgent attention similar to Okeefe St & Menalto Avenue.
4. We also have come to a new challenge now with the Kipp School at the corner of Walnut & Pope — everyday at 2.30-3.15pm — there is major traffic jam caused by double parking and car line, making it impossible for kids to bike or through traffic to go in either direction. We need some better planning here.
We will look out for further details on the “DATA Collection” Process for PCI, Speeding, Pedestrian & Bike traffic especially when all the schools around willows are in operation during the school year.
Thank you.
Savita.
On Aug 13, 2025, at 10:42 PM, City of Menlo Park Public Records Center wrote:
Attachments:
FY22-23_Resurfacing_F2-20230404_23-085-CC.pdf
FY_21-24_On-Call_Asphalt_and_Concrete_Repair_L4-20210817_21-150-CC.pdf
FY_24-27_On-Call_Asphalt_and_Concrete_Repair_G10-20240611_24-104-CC.pdf
Five-Year_Street_Maintenance_Plan_FY_23-28_I4-20231205_23-274-CC.pdf
FY23-24_Slurry_G5-20240611_24-107-CC.pdf
FY24-25_Middle_Avenue_K3-20250429_2025-061-CC.pdf
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City Clerks Office
August 13, 2025
Savita Kini
212 okeefe St
menlo park CA 94025
Dear Savita,
The City of Menlo Park (“City") is in receipt of your request seeking:
Street Resurfacing program and 5 year plan.
In 2025 the city public works / transportation team took up resurfacing program as was published in city website. The report does not provide how specific streets" were selected and what due diligence and data was collected about the adjacent streets in the same 1-mile radius. For example in Willows, we see Pope street, Grayson ct selected but there is no details about Chester, Okeefe, Durham, Menalto streets which are also equally in the same "visual state" as far as pedestrian, bike and car driving conditions are concerned.
Further, the traffic calming data collection and street surfacing program are running asynchronously without due alignment - creating more impact on tax dollars for the city as some of the streets will need additional work for bike and pedestrian crossing details. More contractor hiring and higher project estimates in total over the same period.
Need also detailed timeline how quickly these decisions are made as each of these projects takes years to complete from start to finish -- wasting again much tax dollars with lack of efficiency in program management.
Date Range: 1/1/2021 - 7/23/2025.
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City Clerks Office
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