In recent months I have at least a weekly occasion to travel to Redwood City or San Francisco and back. As I do I am astounded on the traffic blockages currently dotting El Camino – and all the construction underway and the additional traffic when completed and inhabited.
Have a look:
Here:
and here:
and here:
and here:
All of this construction is in Menlo Park Council District 3, depicted below:
But there’s a lurking issue: Who represents Menlo Park District 3, which contains the large swaths of the construction and future traffic? Ignoring pending projects for Stanford and the former Oasis site.
Also ignoring the the Big Five Staples single story shopping center is ripe for someone to red elope into a larger project.
As it was recently national dog day, I consulted with Henry on what he thought was the scentiment in Linfield Oaks, as he’s in contact, directly and indirectly, with many of the neighboring households via their respective dogs.
With the Menlo Park establishment of District elections two years ago we divided the city into five districts each represented by one city council seat. At the last election, council members Taylor, Combs and Nash were elected to represent districts 1, 2 and 4 respectively. This left Districts 3 (Felton Gables, Linfield Oak and Vintage Oaks) and 5 (Far West Sharon Heights) without dedicated representation on the council for the time being. (Acknowledging both current council members Carlton and Mueller are sharing District 5.) However, the significant commercial structure of District three is portions of El Camino and the CalTrain right-of-way. By the time this is sorted out in the 2020 election, more projects will have been approved in the vacuum.
(Post in porcess)
