Downtown housing proposals on agenda at February 10 Menlo Park City Council meeting
The Menlo Park City Council will get an update on the request for proposals for development on Parking Plazas 1, 2 and 3, and tentative project schedule at its meeting on February 10.
The proposals from Alliant Communities, Presidio Bay Ventures, and Related California and Alta Housing would provide between 345 to 500 new homes, and each includes potential strategies for replacing at least 556 public parking spaces.
To learn more about the proposals and a tentative schedule for public feedback and City Council review, see the Feb. 10 City Council informational item.
Visit the Downtown Development webpage to stay informed about future updates, including the date and time of a community open house tentatively planned for March 2026.
This is a hybrid meeting and participants can join online or in person starting at 6:00 pm.
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Meeting ID 832 1285 7140
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Meeting ID 832 1285 7140
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City Council Chambers, 751 Laurel St., Menlo Park
This information was provided by the City of Menlo Park.
Barbara M. Mason February 09, 2026 at 9:36 pm
I received the 2/10 agenda from my council rep and found Downtown Housing the last item on City Council’s agenda to be telling. Unfortunately I will be out of town, but would be willing to “stay up late” to see the outcome.
I thought the council would be researching the optional sites listed on the Save Downtown website rather than going forward with the plan that approximately 85% of Menlo
Park residents and 100% of the merchants are against. Having spent many days gathering signatures to make this a residents decision – l learned first hand that not only our residents, but the residents in our neighboring communities were adamant against this housing. It’s almost as though the city doesn’t really care about their constituents.
I am not a NIMBY but a senior who has lived in Menlo Park since 1953 . And though I might qualify for that housing, just looking at the plans and knowing where they will go and how dense they will be, I could not imagine living there. I shouldn’t even have to go into the fire
safety, traffic congestion, additional students to our schools and store closures this will cause.
We lost our Chamber of Commerce, who once supported the merchants (I worked there and saw first hand how our director and the merchants worked together to make downtown the vibrant shopping area it was). There’s always talk about making downtown vibrant, but nothing seems to ever be done. I personally love downtown and in my 73 years of living here have seen many changes, but none as drastic and deathly as this.
I realize the Council needs to answer to state mandates – I even took the time to write Gavin Newsom and asked him if he ever consider land mass per city when he determined his housing allotments. Unlike many Peninsula Cities (especially in the South Bay) Menlo Park is pretty much a perpendicular that is mostly filled in.
I would love the City Council to give a good reason why they continue to go forward with downtown parking – without even looking at the other options.