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CORRECTION: The meetings on the Menlo Gateway project Thursday, July 23, will be held in the Menlo Park Senior Center, not the Onetta Harris Community Center. The senior center is adjacent to the community center, at the end of Terminal Avenue in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood.
Menlo Park is planning to hold several outreach meetings in the coming weeks on the massive “Menlo Gateway” office/hotel project proposed by developer David Bohannon.
Two community meetings at the Menlo Park Senior Center Thursday, July 23, will kick off a series of meetings and public hearings on the project, which could reach eight stories and 933,000 square feet.
The project would rest on land in the city’s “light industrial” area, near the Belle Haven neighborhood. It would include a 230-room Marriott Hotel with a health club, three office buildings, a restaurant or cafe, and 10,420 square feet of retail.
The project would require a general plan amendment, and the creation of a new zoning district. Under the new zoning requirements, the maximum allowable building height in designated areas would increase from 35 feet to 140 feet.
The maximum ratio of floor area in the buildings to the area of the parcel would increase from 55 percent to 137.5 percent.
The city plans to negotiate with Mr. Bohannon’s development company for additional public benefits for the city, in exchange for modifying the zoning ordinance.
A list of the upcoming outreach meetings follows.
• Thursday, July 23, 4-6 p.m.: Meeting for business community (particularly in Belle Haven and “M2” zone), Menlo Park Senior Center.
• Thursday, July 23, 7-9 p.m.: Meeting for Belle Haven neighborhood, Menlo Park Senior Center.
• Thursday, July 29, 7 p.m.: Citywide meeting, fireside room in the recreation center, Civic Center complex, 7 p.m.
The city plans to hold three public meetings with city commissions in August. Several meetings of the Planning Commission and City Council will follow, culminating in a vote in March.
For more information on the project, visit the project’s Web site. A city Web page is also devoted to the project.
