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Resident urges Menlo Park to adopt AI-aware contracting guidelines

Menlo Park Complete Streets Commission · March 12, 2026
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Summary

A Menlo Park resident urged the Complete Streets Commission to recommend city-wide AI-aware contracting rules for consultants, including disclosure of AI use, human oversight of deliverables, protections for government data and clear intellectual-property terms.

During the public-comment period at the March 11 Complete Streets Commission meeting, Ken Kershner of Allied Arts urged the commission to recommend that Menlo Park adopt AI-aware contracting guidelines for city consultants.

Kershner said as firms increasingly use generative AI in planning, engineering and analysis,…

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