From: Rogers, Thomas H <THRogers_at_(domain_name_was_removed)>
Date: Wed Apr 02 2008 - 09:17:24 PST

Council Members,

Attached below is the latest El Camino Real/Downtown Vision Plan email update. In particular, we would like to encourage you and all community members to attend the workshop this Thursday. Details are listed below and on the project page. Please note: this event has been publicly noticed in accordance with the Brown Act as a potential special meeting of the City Council and the City's Advisory Bodies, so all Council Members, Commissioners, and Committee Members are welcome to attend.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thomas Rogers
Associate Planner, City of Menlo Park
tel: 650-330-6722 fax: 650-327-1653
throgers@menlopark.org

Date: 	Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:08:57 -0500
From: 	City of Menlo Park <camenlo@govdelivery.com>
Subject: 	Menlo Park El Camino Real/Downtown Visioning and

Planning Process - April 2 Update

You are subscribed to El Camino Real/Downtown Visioning and Planning Process [ http://www.menlopark.org/projects/comdev_ecrdowntown.htm ]. This is a regular update on the status of this project.

*Community Workshops*

Community Workshop #2 will take place this _Thursday, April 3_ at 7:00 p.m. in the Recreation Center Ballroom (701 Laurel Street). At this workshop, the community will begin to create a vision for the El Camino Real corridor. Participants will first hear about all of the input that has been received to date, and a range of potential alternatives that have been developed to help guide the discussion. Then, workshop participants will break into small groups to provide feedback on the alternatives, possibly combining and modifying ideas and adding new proposals to agree upon a vision. The exercise will conclude with a summary from each group. This workshop will set the stage for a similar visioning exercise for Downtown at Community Workshop #3 on _Thursday, May 1_. The respective draft visions will then be reviewed together at the Planning Commission Workshop on _Monday, May 19_.

Community members are highly encouraged to distribute the flyer [ http://service.govdelivery.com/service/edition.html?code=CAMENLO_176&dat e=4/3/2008&format=PDF ] for this event to all potentially interested parties. Everyone is hoping for another great turnout at this event, in order for the vision plan to truly represent the community's interests.

*Speaker Series*

The next educational forum will take place _Wednesday, April 9_, with Jeff Eichenfield of Eichenfield & Associates speaking on "Twelve Ingredients for a Successful Downtown." This event will take place at 6:00 p.m. in the Menlo Park Library Basement Conference Room at 800 Alma Street ("please note that this event will not take place in the City Council Chambers, due to a scheduling conflict"). Past presentations can be viewed online via the project web page [ http://www.menlopark.org/projects/comdev_ecrdowntown.htm ].

*Oversight and Outreach Committee*

The Oversight and Outreach Committee will meet on _Thursday, April 24_ to discuss the results of Community Workshop #2 and to review the draft process for Community Workshop #3. This meeting will be open to the public, and comment will be welcomed. This event will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the Recreation Center Fireside Room (701 Laurel Street).

*Contact Information*

If you have any questions or comments, please contact throgers@menlopark.org or 650-330-6722. The project page is available at http://www.menlopark.org/projects/comdev_ecrdowntown.htm Received on Wed Apr 2 09:17:30 2008