Hi, I live in Menlo Park and am writing to ask you to please re-open Santa Cruz Avenue. It was useful to have expanded outdoor dining during COVID, both for the safety of residence and the solvency of restaurants. During that time, people were not commuting, going to school in-person or driving a...
Dear Menlo Park council members, Thank you for considering the amendments to the 2022 California Building Standards Code that will include heat pump space heating instead of air conditioners, air conditioners with energy efficiency measures, and expanded energy efficiencies for single family a...
Dear City Council, I helped collect signatures to get the hostile takeover of our parking lots on the ballot. We got them! I am so pleased. There are much better places to put public housing, we now have a good list. I hope you will use it. Both the merchants and the customers need the...
City Council Members- You seem determined to waste the taxpayers money and make yourselves look like the *worst* representatives in the history of Menlo Park. Wasting our money on a PR firm is *NOT* going to help. Finding an alternative location for the housing will help. Not ruining our downt...
Greetings to our Councilmembers, We are pleased that the time has come for a review of making Santa Cruz Ave. a 2-way street again. We spent some time reading Staff Report 25-090-CC this week. As in earlier notes to the council we remain firmly in favor of reopening the 600 block to 2-way vehi...
Dear Menlo Park Council Members: Previously, I told you that RUBY Design decided to Move out of Downtown Menlo Park BECAUSE of YOUR plan to Build Apartments on their Parking Lots. You are not ethically permitted to pay a Public Relations firm to overcome visible, predictable, proof of the future...
Dear Mayor Combs, Vice Mayor Nash, Councilmember Schmidt, Councilmember Taylor, Councilmember Wise, and City Manager Murphy, *I’m writing to you on behalf of the members of the First Church of Christ, Scientist at 201 Ravenswood to advocate for moving ahead toward a timely approval of the Park...
Hi, we live on encinal in Menlo Park, right next to the crossing. We are highly invested in having the city continue the quiet zone project. It would make a world of a difference. Please do not cut it from the budget Phil P and Joy R June 10, 2025
Dear Council Members: Today, in 45 minutes, I collected 25 signatures on the Ballot Measure from the people who ACTUALLY live and shop in Downtown Menlo Park. At one point there were 3 people lined up waiting to sign the "ballot measure". Everyone had a negative comment about the city councils...
Dear City Council, I am a resident of Menlo Park for 15 years. I am writing to express my support for keeping Santa Cruz at least partially closed from car traffic if not ideally closing both lanes. Having a car-free area for pedestrians and diners to safely enjoy contributes to the vibrancy o...
