What would it take for Menlo Park's City Council to approve one of the largest single land development projects in the city's history? Given the project's size, are council members willing to consider it at all?

Those are the questions council members will try to answer in their next two meetings, as they offers guidance on how city management should proceed with development negotiations for the Menlo Gateway project, proposed by the Bohannon Company.

The council will begin the discussion at its meeting Tuesday, Nov. 3, starting at 6 p.m., in the council chambers between Laurel and Alma streets in the Civic Center complex. The meeting will begin with a two-hour presentation.

The council will continue the discussion at its Nov. 17 meeting.

Public benefits would come in exchange for a major re-zoning and general plan amendment to allow for three eight-story office buildings and a hotel near Marsh Road and Bayfront Expressway.

The city has already collected input from residents and city commissioners on what form public benefits might take.

Click here for a list of those ideas.

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