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etting a head start on rium between quality of life the competition, Trans- and fiscal stability, Mr. Mueller portation Commissioner said he wants to run a campaign Ray Mueller has announced that based on listening to residents he’s running for a seat on the and finding solutions. Menlo Park City Council. One specific focus is whether Two seats will be open come rezoning in the M2 district would fall as Kelly Fergusson’s and encourage more biotechnology Andy Cohen’s terms expire in and health-care manufacturers to December. relocate to Menlo Park. Mr. Mueller’s announcement “Can we do more to tap and on May 29 ends months of specu- enhance the economic engine of lation as to whether he’d run. His the Silicon Valley, to the benefit campaign had gathered of our residents?� he endorsements from five asked. “I believe diverplanning commissioners sification of the City’s before becoming official, tax revenue base is an and the day after his essential component announcement, landed to its long-term fisanother. cal stability. There are “It was a decision I only so many hotels you was encouraged to make can build, and so many after discussing it with Ray Mueller times you can raise taxmany people, whose pases on travelers in an sion for serving the residents of attempt to raise revenues.� the City, I respect and admire. I He has served on the Transam proud to have so many plan- portation Commission since ning commissioners’ endorse- 2010. An attorney by trade, Mr. ments so early in the election Mueller said he volunteers for cycle,� he said in an email. the county’s Domestic Violence The remaining commissioner, Collaborative and also with John Kadvany, indicated that as two education nonprofits that a matter of principle he would serve schools in Menlo Park, refrain from endorsing anyone Atherton and East Palo Alto. until after the filing deadline Closer to home, he said, he passed, according to Mr. Muel- started a neighborhood watch ler. The filing period closes Aug. group along Santa Cruz Avenue 10, unless one of the incumbents and will help organize the city’s chooses not to run; in such a case, block party this year. it would be extended a week. While no campaign manager The candidate has become a has been announced yet, he said familiar figure at the city’s pub- that fellow transportation comlic hearings, speaking on issues missioner Nate Hodges has volthat include Facebook develop- unteered to serve as treasurer. ment, traffic management, the “I am very hopeful that people Stanford Hospital expansion, who have not traditionally been and other topics. associated with City politics will Describing himself as a bal- be attracted to the campaign,� anced voice that seeks equilib- Mr. Mueller said. A
Downtown plan heads for final Menlo council hearings Love it or hate it, residents of Menlo Park are ready to tell the city what they think about the proposed downtown/El Camino Real specific plan when the council convenes to decide the plan’s future on Tuesday, June 5, judging by the emails piling up on the city’s server. The first of two final council meetings on the plan, Tuesday’s session represents the culmination of five years’ effort to create a framework for development in downtown Menlo Park and along El Camino Real for the next 30 years. The version the
council will consider carries the Planning Commission’s unanimous recommendation as well as a few refinements. Their suggestions included giving priority to public benefits that would be open to the general public and to a Middle Avenue bicyclepedestrian crossing, reducing side setbacks along El Camino Real, and reviewing the plan every two years. Go to tinyurl.com/csvb88c to review the changes. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the council chambers at the Civic Center at 701 Laurel St.