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Menlo Park council OKs mixed-use Allied Arts development despite outcry over heritage trees
Original post made on Oct 30, 2020
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Posted by Louise D
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 30, 2020 at 12:52 pm
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a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 30, 2020 at 12:52 pm
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I'm glad the sidewalks will be increased to 12' for the project at the corner of Cambridge and El Camino as you cannot safely turn right on red now because you can't see the cars coming unless you're almost in the lane on El Camino.
Posted by nancy
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:22 pm
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on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:22 pm
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Yes, and the wider sidewalks also help mitigate the increasing sense that this section El Camino Real is a tunnel. Menlo Park should require wide sidewalks for any structure built on this throughway.
Posted by Happy Resident
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:29 pm
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a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:29 pm
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Good move forward for Menlo Park. More blight is being removed. City Council, keep up the good work.
Posted by pearl
a resident of another community
on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:55 pm
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on Oct 30, 2020 at 1:55 pm
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A three story building!!! You've got to be kidding!!! That just ruins the whole look of Menlo Park. But, the developers don't care. They don't live in Menlo Park. To them, it's all about money. Shame on City Council members for approving this major monstrosity!!! You've lost my vote!!!
Posted by jgftw
a resident of Menlo Park: Sharon Heights
on Oct 30, 2020 at 4:27 pm
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on Oct 30, 2020 at 4:27 pm
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Great to see development being approved. I love our trees dearly but they shouldn’t get in the way of revitalizing downtown, which is sorely needed.
Posted by ARLEENE wilkoladki
a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 30, 2020 at 8:12 pm
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a resident of Menlo Park: Allied Arts/Stanford Park
on Oct 30, 2020 at 8:12 pm
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I’m confused I certainly would not call this area a blight or is it downtown Menlo
Posted by Timely Vote,
a resident of Menlo Park: other
on Nov 4, 2020 at 1:15 am
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on Nov 4, 2020 at 1:15 am
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You guys consistently miss the point about low income housing, I go back to the Seminary Development in which several homes were sold to people who qualified as low income at very low prices that were on a waiting list, including my mailman, No problem there except if you had let the developer build and sell those homes at market price, take the extra funds from the sales, then you could have placed 6-8 low income families in lower priced homes, of whom I am quite sure would have been very happy in avg. homes and not need luxury. I know of an 8 plex you could have purchased for less than the price of one Seminary Home, I can appreciate our mailman living in a luxury home but why place one person instead of 8 families. You could have accomplished 2 things, place more families, and satisfied requirements for more low income units by number, You can do the same at this new Allied Arts Development and everything now in the pipeline. Don't take my word for it, ask the people on the waiting list, some maybe even currently homeless,
