Menlo Park, City of

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Date of Incorporation: November 23, 1927

Services Provided: Building, engineering, housing rehabilitation, parks, library, planning, police, maintenance, recreation, senior services, water, daycare, redevelopment, traffic/transportation

Area: 10 square miles

Population: 35,790 (CA Department of Finance 2019)

Sphere of Influence: Boundaries of 1984 plus the unincorporated communities of West Menlo Park, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) east of Interstate 280, Weekend Acres, and Menlo Oaks

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City Council

The City of Menlo Park is governed by a five-member city council elected to four-year terms.

The city council meets regularly every Tuesday.

All meetings are held at the Council Chambers, City Hall, 701 Laurel Street, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

Meeting time is 7:00 pm unless otherwise noted in the agenda. Future agendas are posted at least 72 hours prior to regular meetings and 24 hours prior to special meetings.