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For the week of September 14, 2020

This week's stories

• County completes installation of three Menlo Park air quality sensors
• Construction begins on the Bayfront Expressway bicycle and pedestrian bridge
• “United for Infrastructure 2020” takes place Sept. 14-21, 2020
• Upcoming meetings planned for Transportation Master Plan review

Upcoming public meetings

• Tuesday, September 15, 5 p.m. 
   City Council special meeting agenda
• Wednesday, September 16, 6 p.m.
   Environmental Quality Commission meeting agenda
• Thursday, September 17, 5 p.m. 
   Transportation Master Plan Oversight and Outreach
   Committee special meeting agenda
• Monday, September 21, 6:30 p.m. 
   Library Commission meeting
• Tuesday, September 22, 5 p.m. 
   City Council meeting

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Upcoming events

• Tuesday, September 15, 1 p.m.
   Bouncing Back, Bouncing Forward: Resourcing
   Ourselves for Resilience
• Thursday, September 17, 3:30 p.m. 
   "Avid-art" Art with Avideh 
• Friday, September 18, 6 p.m. 
   “Shelter-in-Play” Lotería Night 
• Monday, September 21, 4 p.m. 
   Author Bridget Quinn: She Votes: How U.S. Women
   Won Suffrage, and What Happened Next
• View all events
  City calendar

city hall fountain

County completes installation of three air quality sensors in Menlo Park

In September 2019, the City Council unanimously directed staff to draft and send a letter to SMC Labs, a division of San Mateo County, requesting placement of air quality monitors in the Belle Haven neighborhood. Today, three air quality sensors went live in Menlo Park. SMC Labs began a pilot program in early 2019 with ten Clarity air quality sensors. The initial locations focused on areas with more vulnerable...Click to continue

Clarity Node air quality sensor installed on a pole

Construction begins on the Bayfront Expressway bicycle and pedestrian bridge

The City has issued the construction permit for the entire bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Bayfront Expressway, which is a key component of the approved Facebook Campus Expansion Project. The bicycle and pedestrian bridge will link the Bay Trail to the on-site, publicly accessible open space located to the south of Building 22, and provide a bicycle and pedestrian connection to Chilco Street. The new...Click to continue

Illustration of bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Bayfront Expressway

“United for Infrastructure 2020” takes place Sept. 14-21, 2020

Across the country, businesses, labor organizations and elected officials come together to spread the message that the nation must #RebuildBetter. United for Infrastructure 2020 is a week-long event that advocates for better infrastructure policy and greater investment from all levels of government. Quality, affordable infrastructure – from clean water and broadband internet to safe transportation and...Click to continue

#RebuildBetter graphic for United for Infrastructure 2020 awareness week

Upcoming meetings planned for Transportation Master Plan review

Following the public process held in fall 2019, staff and the consultant team have worked to develop the draft Transportation Master Plan. The draft Transportation Master Plan includes projects to enhance the transportation network that meet the communities’ goals and values identified through the Plan’s development, prioritizes projects based on need for implementation and outlines an implementation strategy for both improvements to be...Click to continue

students ride bicycles on Santa Cruz Avenue

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