Posted by not enuff, a resident of the Menlo Park: other neighborhood, on Nov 25, 2009 at 1:22 pm

Fewer cars and carbon neutral are not enough to warrant an approval. The city should make a plan for the whole area and not give away flexibility for that plan and for other property owners. If this project provided jobs and substantial revenue within the next year or so, if a large percentage of the project provided city revenue (not just the hotel) and if the city shares the benefit of the windfall profits from upzoning, then maybe an approval could be considered (assuming a lot fewer cars, too). In that case, a smaller project with fewer impacts should be seriously considered.