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  2. Government

    1. City Council
      1. Meet your City Council
      2. Advisory commissions and committees
      3. Agendas and minutes
      4. Goal setting
      5. Look up your City Council district
      6. Municipal code
      7. Watch public meetings
    2. Advisory commissions and committees
      1. Complete Streets Commission
      2. Environmental Quality Commission
      3. Finance and Audit Committee
      4. Housing Commission
      5. Library Commission
      6. Parks and Recreation Commission
      7. Planning Commission
      8. Sister City Committee
      9. Transportation Master Plan Oversight and Outreach
    3. City departments
      1. City Attorney
      2. City Clerk
      3. Administrative Services
        1. Finance
          1. Business license
            1. Business license online application/renewal
            2. Disability access requirements and resources
          2. City budget
            1. Budget maps
              1. Tax revenues by City Council district
          3. Finance and Audit Committee
          4. Labor agreements
          5. Operating reports
          6. Payment reports
          7. Utility user' tax
            1. Utility customers
            2. Utility providers
            3. Utility users' tax ordinance
        2. Human Resources
          1. Employment opportunities
          2. Job classifications
          3. Labor agreements
          4. Salary schedule
        3. Information Technology
          1. Senate Bill 272 - enterprise systems
      4. City Manager's Office
        1. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
        2. Census 2020
        3. City Clerk
          1. City Council
          2. Commissions and committees
          3. District elections
            1. Background on district elections
          4. Elected officials
          5. Elections
            1. 2018 City Council Election
              1. City Council candidates
            2. City Council candidates
              1. 2018 candidate information session documents
            3. Election archives
              1. 2016 General Election
                1. Candidates for City Council
                2. 2016 General Election Information
              2. 2015 General Election
              3. 2014 General Election
                1. Candidates for City Council
          6. FPPC Form 700 notification
          7. Municipal code
          8. Public notices
          9. Public records
        4. City Council
        5. Community survey
        6. Contact us
        7. Sister City program
          1. Bizen, Japan
          2. Changzhou (Xinbei), China
          3. Galway, Ireland
          4. Kochi, India
          5. Sister City Committee
          6. Student cultural exchange
        8. Sustainability
          1. Climate Action Plan
          2. Community Zero Waste Plan
          3. Energy conservation
            1. City solar projects
            2. Energy Upgrade California
            3. Kill A Watt program
            4. Peninsula Clean Energy
          4. Free compost available
          5. Garbage and recycling
            1. Commercial solid waste and recycling services
            2. Household battery and cell phone disposal
            3. Mandatory commercial recycling
            4. Residential solid waste and recycling services
            5. Shoreway Public Recycling Center
          6. Hazardous waste
            1. Commercial hazardous waste
            2. Less toxic alternatives
            3. Residential hazardous waste
            4. Shoreway Public Recycling Center
          7. Healthy air
          8. Heritage tree ordinance update
          9. Medication disposal
          10. Ordinances
            1. Polystyrene ordinance
            2. Reusable bag ordinance
          11. Reach codes
          12. Sustainable gardens
          13. Water conservation rebates and incentives
          14. Water pollution prevention
        9. Tobacco and vaping regulations
      5. Community Development
        1. Building Division
          1. Construction and demolition
          2. Search for a permit
        2. Economic development
          1. Current development projects
          2. Downtown
          3. Downtown parking structure project
          4. Economic development plan and goals
          5. Local minimum wage ordinance
          6. Santa Cruz Street Café pilot program
        3. General Plan land use and zoning map
          1. General Plan
          2. El Camino Real and Downtown Specific Plan
            1. Analysis and plan revision memos
            2. Community workshops
            3. Consultant Proposals
            4. Development Guide
            5. Draft Specific Plan
            6. Environmental Impact Report
              1. Draft EIR Comments
            7. Final Specific Plan
              1. Specific Plan archive
            8. Major Components
            9. Projects
        4. Green and sustainable building requirements
          1. Electric vehicle (EV) chargers
          2. Energy reporting requirements
          3. Reach codes
          4. Zero waste management plans
        5. Housing
          1. 12-month lease ordinance
          2. Affordable housing resources
            1. BMR housing lenders
            2. Housing support services
            3. Legal resources
            4. Local affordable housing units
          3. Below Market Rate (BMR) housing program
          4. Find local housing
          5. Guidelines for current BMR owners
            1. BMR refinancing guidelines
            2. BMR resale guidelines
            3. BMR subordination guidelines
          6. Housing Commission
          7. Housing Element
          8. Notice of Funding Availability
          9. Rent limits and just cause urgency ordinance
          10. Tenant relocation assistance ordinance
        6. Planning Division
          1. Building Division
          2. Economic development
          3. General Plan land use and zoning map
          4. Housing
          5. Planning Division
          6. Projects
          7. Secondary dwelling units
          8. Signs and signage requirements
        7. Projects
          1. Approved projects
            1. 133 Encinal Avenue
            2. 506-556 Santa Cruz Ave./1125 Merrill St.
            3. 1020 Alma Street
            4. Facebook Campus Expansion
              1. Approved Facebook campus
              2. Environmental Impact Report
              3. Presentations and staff reports
              4. Project plans
              5. Project entitlement documents
            5. Guild Theatre project
            6. Middle Plaza at 500 El Camino Real
              1. Infill Environmental Impact Report
              2. Project Plans
            7. Menlo Gateway
              1. Environmental Impact Report
                1. Draft EIR Comments
              2. Financial information
              3. Project Plans
            8. Park James Hotel
            9. Station 1300
              1. CEQA
              2. Project plans
          2. Bayfront Area projects overview
          3. Completed projects
            1. Facebook Campus Project
              1. Environmental Impact Report
                1. Draft EIR Comments
              2. Project Plans
            2. Commonwealth Corporate Center Project
              1. California Environmental Quality Act
                1. Notice of Preparation
                2. Draft Environmental Impact Report
                3. Final Environmental Impact Report
              2. Current Status
              3. Fiscal Impact Analysis
              4. Presentations and Staff Reports
              5. Project Plans
            3. 1706 El Camino Real Medical Office
            4. 1460 El Camino Real
            5. 555 Glenwood Avenue Project
            6. 321 Middlefield Road
            7. 966 - 1002 Willow Road
            8. 2550 Sand Hill Road Project
            9. 2825 Sand Hill Road
            10. Belle Haven Willow Business Area Design Charrette
            11. Hamilton Avenue Housing and Park
          4. Comprehensive planning projects
            1. ConnectMenlo
              1. Approved documents
              2. Background information, maps and graphics
              3. Community workshops, events and surveys
                1. Past community workshops, events and surveys
              4. Draft documents
              5. Environmental Impact Report
              6. Presentations and staff reports
            2. Housing Element
              1. Environmental Review
                1. Environmental Assessment (EA)
          5. El Camino Real/Downtown Area projects overview
          6. High density residential (R-4-S) projects
            1. 777 Hamilton Apartments
            2. Anton Menlo
            3. Elan Menlo Park
            4. Sequoia Belle Haven
            5. Willow Housing
          7. Pending projects
            1. 111 Independence Drive
              1. CEQA documents
            2. 162-164 Jefferson Drive
              1. CEQA documents
            3. 201 El Camino Real
            4. 1105-1165 O'Brien Drive
            5. 1350 Adams Court
              1. CEQA documents
            6. 1704 El Camino Real
            7. 2131 Sand Hill Road
              1. Mitigated negative declaration
              2. Project plans
            8. citizenM Hotel
            9. Menlo Portal
            10. Menlo Uptown
            11. New Belle Haven community center and library
            12. Willow Village
      6. Community Services
        1. Activity Guide
        2. Bedwell Bayfront Park Master Plan
        3. Child care services
          1. Belle Haven Child Development Center
          2. Belle Haven Youth Center
          3. Menlo Children's Center
        4. Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan Update
        5. Parks, fields, picnic areas and tennis courts
          1. Dog parks
            1. Area dog parks
            2. Nealon Park
            3. Willow Oaks Park
          2. Fields
          3. Parks
            1. Bedwell Bayfront Park
            2. Burgess Park
            3. Fremont Park
            4. Hamilton Park
            5. Jack W. Lyle Park
            6. Karl E. Clark Park
            7. Kelly Park
            8. Nealon Park
            9. Seminary Oaks Park
            10. Sharon Hills Park
            11. Sharon Park
            12. Skate Park
            13. Stanford Hills Park
            14. Tinker Park
            15. Willow Oaks Park
          4. Picnic areas
          5. Tennis courts
        6. Recreational facilities
          1. Arrillaga Family Gymnasium
          2. Arrillaga Family Gymnastics Center
          3. Arrillaga Family Recreation Center
          4. Belle Haven Pool
          5. Onetta Harris Community Center
          6. Senior Center
          7. Tennis courts
        7. Recreation and sports programs
          1. Adult sports
          2. Aquatics
            1. Aquatics lease agreement
            2. Swimming pools
              1. Burgess Pool
              2. Belle Haven Pool
          3. Activity Guide and registration
          4. Gymnastics
            1. Gymnastics classes
              1. Preschool classes
              2. Developmental classes
          5. Online facility reservations
          6. Online registration
          7. Youth sports
        8. Senior services
        9. Special events
          1. Special event permits
          2. Summer Concert Series
          3. Menlo Movie Series
        10. Summer camps
          1. Camp Menlo (Grades K-6)
          2. Club Mayhem (Grades 4-5)
          3. Menlo Mania (Grades 1-3)
          4. Mini Mania (Ages 5-6)
          5. Munchkin Mania (Ages 3-4.9)
          6. Summer of Service (Ages 12-15)
        11. Tot Lot
      7. Library
        1. My library
          1. My account
            1. Account login
            2. Account services and fees
            3. Apply for a library card
          2. My borrowing
            1. Checked out
            2. Fines
            3. Holds
            4. Recently returned
          3. My collections
            1. My lists
            2. My shelves
              1. Completed
              2. In progress
              3. For later
          4. My community
            1. I'm following
            2. Ignored users
            3. Inbox
            4. Recently shared
        2. Explore
          1. Award-winning books
          2. Bestsellers
          3. New titles
          4. Recent activity
          5. Staff picks
        3. eLibrary
          1. Apps
          2. Ask a librarian
          3. Catalogs
          4. Databases
          5. eBooks
          6. eMagazines
          7. Lists of our materials
          8. Museum passes
          9. Reference topics
        4. About the library
          1. About the Library
            1. Library entrance stained glass
            2. Three Hills painting
            3. Library Strategic Plan
            4. Library system improvements
              1. Library System Improvements project documents
          2. Belle Haven Branch Library
          3. Donations
          4. Friends of the Library
          5. Library Commission
          6. Library Foundation
          7. Library hours
          8. Library suggestions
          9. Volunteering
        5. Additional services
          1. Equipment
          2. Homework support
          3. Little Free Libraries
          4. Outreach services
          5. Study rooms
          6. Wireless network FAQs
          7. Seed Lending Library
        6. Programs and events
          1. Adults
            1. ESL Conversation Club
            2. Mystery Readers Group
            3. Room Rental
            4. Saturday Series
          2. Children
            1. Storytimes
            2. Youth Poetry Contest
          3. Teens
        7. Project Read
      8. Police
        1. About the Police Department
          1. Command staff
            1. Chief Bertini
            2. Commander Dixon
            3. Commander Struckman
          2. Contacting the Police Department
          3. Employment opportunities
          4. Officer memorial
          5. Organizational chart
          6. Police strategic plan
        2. Community policing
          1. 2015 Award for Excellence in Public Safety
          2. Child safety seat inspections
          3. Community events
          4. Community police academy
          5. Community Safety Police Officer program
          6. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
          7. National Night Out
          8. Police Explorers
          9. Police volunteers
          10. Youth Community Police Academy
        3. Crime information
          1. Anonymous Tips
          2. Crime mapping
          3. Crime prevention tips
            1. Holiday safety tips
          4. Crime statistics
          5. Identity theft
          6. Megan's Law
          7. Police Data Initiative
          8. Press releases and daily police logs
          9. Terrorism awareness and reporting
            1. Eight signs of terrorism
        4. Divisions/units
          1. Alarms
            1. Alarm permit application
            2. Manage my alarm account
            3. Register my alarm account
          2. Code enforcement
          3. Communications
          4. Detective Unit
          5. Media Relations Unit
            1. Press releases and Police Daily Log
          6. Patrol division
          7. Police records
            1. Letter of good conduct
            2. Massage therapy and solicitor permits
            3. Medication disposal kiosk
            4. Police reports
            5. Registrants
            6. Vehicle releases
          8. Property and evidence
          9. Traffic unit
            1. Bicycle safety
            2. Traffic congestion
            3. Traffic Strategic Plan
        5. Emergency preparedness
          1. Emergency preparedness
          2. Emergency alerts
          3. Excessive heat
          4. Storms and flooding
            1. Emergency preparedness
            2. Emergency alerts
            3. Sandbags
          5. Public safety power shutoff
        6. FAQs
        7. Online resources
          1. Bicycle registration program
          2. Department policies
          3. Emergency notifications
          4. Online crime mapping
          5. Online crime reporting
          6. Red light photo enforcement
          7. Video destruction waiver
          8. Parking and permits
            1. Daytime residential parking
            2. Downtown parking plazas
              1. Online parking permits
            3. Overnight residential parking
            4. Purchase parking permits
        8. Recruitment
        9. Surveillance, investigative tools and privacy
          1. Automated License Plate Reader (ALPR)
          2. Body worn cameras
          3. Public safety camera system and data
        10. Traffic Strategic Plan
      9. Public Works
        1. Current projects
          1. Pierce Road sidewalk project
          2. Sharon Road sidewalk
          3. Street resurfacing
        2. Engineering Division
          1. Capital Improvement Program
            1. Bedwell Bayfront Park Master Plan
            2. Emergency water supply wells
              1. Project background
              2. Backup supply well #1 - Corporation Yard Well
              3. Backup supply well #2
              4. Backup supply well #3
            3. Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan Update
            4. Water main replacement project
          2. City benchmarks
          3. Commercial, multifamily and subdivision projects
          4. Design standards and standard details
          5. Encroachment permits
          6. Flood plain construction
            1. Flood insurance
            2. San Francisquito Creek water levels
          7. GIS Map Viewer
          8. Single-family home projects
          9. Water-efficient landscaping ordinance
        3. Maintenance Division
          1. Banners guidelines
          2. GIS map viewer
          3. Street sweeping schedule
          4. Trees
            1. Heritage tree protections
          5. Sidewalk repair program
        4. Transportation Division
          1. Bicycling
          2. Development guidelines
          3. Safe Routes to School program
            1. Valparaiso Avenue
            2. Laurel School Upper Campus
            3. Past projects
            4. Resources
            5. Crossing Guards
          4. Shuttle services
            1. Midday Shuttle
            2. Belle Haven Shuttle
            3. Marsh Road Shuttle
            4. Willow Road Shuttle
            5. Shoppers' Shuttle
          5. Traffic volume data
          6. Transportation plans
            1. Transportation Master Plan
              1. Transportation Master Plan Oversight and Outreach
              2. Past meetings and events
          7. Transportation projects
            1. Belle Haven Traffic Calming Study
            2. Downtown parking
            3. El Camino corridor study
              1. Project documents
            4. Haven Avenue streetscape project
            5. Middle Avenue Pedestrian and Bicycle Rail Crossing
            6. Oak Grove University Crane bike project
            7. Rail project information
              1. Caltrain modernization program
              2. Dumbarton rail corridor
              3. High speed rail
            8. Ravenswood Avenue railroad crossing project
            9. Willows neighborhood complete streets
            10. Willow Road/U.S. 101 Interchange
          8. Truck route permits
        5. Utilities
          1. San Francisquito Creek bank stabilization
            1. Existing Conditions Report
            2. Master Plan Report
            3. Technical Appendices
          2. Sewer
          3. Stormwater management
          4. Menlo Park Municipal Water
            1. Urban Water Management Plan
            2. Water conservation
              1. Conservation rebates and incentives
              2. Conservation tips and consumption calculator
              3. Water-efficient landscaping ordinance
              4. Water regulations
            3. Water-efficient landscaping ordinance
            4. Water projects
            5. Water rates
            6. Water regulations
            7. Water System Master Plan
    4. Contact us
      1. City Council
      2. City staff
      3. City Hall schedule
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  3. Our Community

    1. Belle Haven community
      1. Belle Haven Visioning Process
        1. Action plan implementation
        2. Background
      2. New Belle Haven community center and library
        1. Previous meetings, documents, recordings
    2. Boards and commissions
    3. Community groups
    4. Community news
    5. Community services
    6. Community survey
    7. Construction news updates
    8. Development projects
    9. Menlo Park history
    10. Library
    11. New resident information
    12. Parks
    13. Police
    14. Recreational facilities
    15. Sister City program
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  4. Services

    1. Affordable housing
    2. Animal rescue and control
    3. Building permits
    4. Child care and teen activities
    5. Facility rentals
    6. Mosquito and vector control
    7. Planning/zoning
    8. Recreation classes
    9. Senior services
    10. Sewer services
    11. Special events and concerts
    12. Summer camps
    13. Transportation programs
    14. Water service
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  5. Doing Business

    1. Business license applications and renewals
    2. Business license information
    3. Chamber of Commerce
    4. City demographics
    5. City profile
    6. Contracting opportunities
    7. Economic development
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  6. I Want To...

    1. Apply for
      1. Alarm permit
      2. Below market rate housing
      3. Building permit
      4. Business license
      5. Commissions and committees
      6. Encroachment permit
      7. Jobs
      8. Library card
      9. Marriage license
      10. Parking permit
      11. Pet license
      12. Special event permits
      13. Truck route permits
    2. Contact
      1. City Council
      2. City staff
    3. Find
      1. City Council district
      2. City parks
      3. Creek levels
      4. Guidelines and ordinances
      5. Housing information
      6. My water provider
      7. Permit information
      8. Property information
      9. Rail project information
      10. Shuttle schedules
      11. Street sweeping schedule
    4. Report
      1. Register for
        1. Bicycle registry
        2. Email notifications
        3. Emergency alerts
        4. Recreation classes
        5. Voting
      2. Abandoned vehicle
      3. Animal control issue
      4. Code violation
      5. Concerns or issues
      6. Crime
      7. Dead bird
      8. Lost/Found property
      9. Maintenance issue
      10. Traffic complaint
      11. Water waste
      12. Website issue
    5. Request
      1. Email notifications
      2. Letter of good conduct
      3. Maintenance/service
      4. Police report
      5. Public records
      6. Speed trailer
    6. View
      1. Agendas and minutes
      2. Bid notices and awards
      3. Budgets
      4. Building permits
      5. City calendars
      6. City Council districts
      7. City Council Work Plan
      8. City Hall schedule
      9. Community events
      10. Community news
      11. Construction news
      12. Development projects
      13. Finance reports
      14. GIS Map Viewer
      15. Meeting broadcasts
      16. Menlo Park Weekly Digest
      17. Monthly building permit report
      18. Municipal code
      19. Public hearing notices
      20. RSS feeds
      21. Salary schedule
      22. Social media
      23. Staff directory
      24. Traffic volume data
    7. Watch
      1. City Council meetings
      2. Planning Commission meetings
      3. Complete Streets Commission meetings
      4. Other public meetings and videos
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  7. Feature Links

    1. Activity Guide
    2. Development projects
    3. District elections
    4. Emergency preparedness
    5. Employment opportunities
    6. Facility reservations
    7. Open government
    8. Social media
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    1. Alarm permits
    2. Manage my alarm account
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    1. Search for a permit
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