Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Menlo Park waives fee to restart review of West Menlo Triangle annexation
Summary
The council voted to waive processing fees so staff can begin a formal review of a 10-year-old annexation petition for the West Menlo Triangle; residents and LAFCO expressed strong neighborhood support and staff estimated roughly $60,000 in staff effort to process the application.
The Menlo Park City Council voted to waive the processing fee and authorize staff to begin work on a long-pending annexation application for the West Menlo Triangle, a roughly 14-acre unincorporated enclave adjacent to Menlo Park.
Assistant City Manager Stephen Stolte told the council the neighborhood is inside the city’s sphere of influence and that formal annexation would require multiple steps including a general plan amendment, pre-zoning to single-family (R1U), environmental review or a CEQA exemption determination, public hearings at the Planning Commission and City Council, tax-allocation negotiation with San Mateo County, and then a LAFCO process. "We've estimated all of the staff time that goes into those steps. It's…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
