"Shovels in the ground" Really, Mr. Cline? Are you not the fellow who joined your colleagues to send the developers at the old Cadillac site and the Derry site packing? We would have today two modest developments with housing and below market housing too. Instead we will have huge development at those sites that are now merged. 400,000 sq ft of development instead of smaller scale developments at this site. Greenheart tenants will add to the growing traffic congestion we are experiencing in Menlo Park.

So Mr. Cline wants to expedite development. Has he seen the traffic? Does he understand that commuters are using what were once quiet residential streets so they can avoid arterial streets that lead to 101 and 280.

In his 9th year on the council and Cline is still clueless.

I'm ignorant of local property history, but weren't the folks fighting against the Derry Lane development the same who are now complaining about Greenheart. I don't think it's an either/or case.

@really? - The original Derry project approval was overturned by a majority vote of the people of Menlo Park. The revised Derry project was supported by the folks who led the referendum. That project had more housing, more retail, less office. It was approved by the Planning Commission and the Derry project folks never took it to the City Council (remember there was a recession).
Wouldn't it seem quite consistent that the opponents of the original Derry project would oppose another office-intensive project that may not have any retail?

@unbelievable - The approval of the Specific Plan that allows significantly larger project and significantly more office on the Greenheart site (including prior Derry site) is the main reason shovels weren't put into the ground to build the prior projects. The Specific Plan allows much bigger projects with much more office, and much more commuter traffic, and without retail. Cline and the Council have had several opportunities to modify the Plan but have deClined to do so.

The original Derry Project never went to voters. It's was withdrawn after signatures were collected qualifying the issue for the ballot.

The City Council is presently reviewing the Specific Plan.