COMMENTS ON THE SURVEY REGARDING THE RECREATION SURVEY Attachment A to Staff Report 2022-024 Population/Respondent statistics: It was interesting that of those who responded 14% did not even live in Menlo Park. It would be instructive t...
Sunday June 8, I spent the afternoon volunteering at the Save Downtown Parking booth, collecting many more enthusiastic signatures. Each council member should sit quietly at our booth and JUST LISTEN. Here is what you would have heard today: "The whole idea is a Disaster!", "I dont live in Menl...
Dear Menlo Park Council members, We are writing to express our concerns that the city is proposing the potential closure of Menlo Children Center (MCC), especially during a pandemic where everyone is struggling to find a new "normal". We want to take a moment to share our thoughts with you and hope...
Hi! I heard that the gymnastics facility is STILL continuing to not be opened!! This is so sad as my oldest daughter went here from before she was 1 up until it shut for COVID. everything is open again! I don’t understand why this facility isn’t opening especially since endless families I talk to...
Dear Mayor Combs and City Council members, Although I currently serve on the MP Library Commission and as a board member of the Menlo Park Library Foundation, my comments are made as an individual who is a 30+ year resident of Menlo Park and are not as a representative of either the Library Commi...
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...
I second Jen Wolosin's comments and opinions regarding changing the allocation of funds from a new Menlo Park library, to a more urgent need in our area. Our library is lovely. It works well. I visit once a week and have NEVER seen it crowded nor had a negative experience. There are bigger and more...
Dear Esteemed Council Members and Senior Staff, We’re writing to relay the thoughts and feelings of seniors that were gathered on a recent visit to the Menlo Park Senior Center. Please keep in mind that these themes are shared by a majority of the daily participants in the Senior Center program and...
To Whom it May Concern, In the midst of all of this mayhem, I would think that the last thing you want to do is to close the heart of the community's center where young and old can go to be nurtured and have a safe place for learning and growing! The community is already feeling oppressed, and now...
Dear Menlo Park City Council, I am writing to tell you that I am concerned about the future of this most wonderful pool in Menlo Park. I am a senior citizen and attend the aquafit class nearly every day of the week. I benefit hugely from the exercise as well as the friendship of my fellow "aquafi...
