Barron Park is known as a walking and cycling community within a city regionally known for forward-thinking bicycle and pedestrian planning. We enjoy the outdoors in our neighborhood- we walk with friends and family and bicycle to our schools and local convenience stores. We’ve taken initiatives to reduce car use at our schools, mainly for [...]
Consultant Contracts for Planning and Environment
Dear City Council, Ms Gitelman, and Mr Keene,
Item 4 on the Feb 10 consent calendar requests $930,000 for consultant fees for the planning dept. Placing this item on a consent calendar on an evening that has one very complex agenda item is the wrong way to go about improving public trust.
Palo Altans for Sensible Zoning (PASZ) announced their new focus on zoning and density across all of Palo Alto. Originally organized to combat a high density development in the Baron Park/Green Acres residential neighborhood, the group is now focused on a vision of Palo Alto as a family-oriented town with excellent schools, parks and infrastructure. [...]
Housing Element Program and Density Bonus Ordinance
On January 13, 2014, the Palo Alto City Council passed two ordinances modifying CN-15 zoning (Neighborhood Commercial) and implementing the state mandated Density Bonus Law. This article provides a detailed explanation of the law and access to the video transcript of the meeting with presentations by members of PASZ.
Palo Alto’s Year of Disruptions
How residents created a turbulent year for City Hall by Gennady Sheyner / Palo Alto Weekly When Mayor Greg Scharff chaired his first City Council meeting in January, he referred to 2013 as the “year of the future,” a year when the city would take giant strides in tackling long-term problems and make big decisions [...]
University Avenue neighborhood leaders request “NO COUNCIL ACTION” on the specific thresholds and other limiting policies in the permit parking framework as presented on the December 16, 2013 Council agenda. However, the concept of city-wide parking permit ordinance is valid and an ordinance should be written and adopted by March 31. This ordinance must recognize [...]
Dear City Council, Ms Gitelman, and Mr Keene,
Item 4 on the Feb 10 consent calendar requests $930,000 for consultant fees for the planning dept. Placing this item on a consent calendar on an evening that has one very complex agenda item is the wrong way to go about improving public trust.
A grassroots campaign in Palo Alto to overturn an approved housing development on Maybell Avenue scored a sweeping Election Day victory Tuesday night, winning by more than 1,000 votes. With all 32 precincts reporting, the campaign against “Measure D” had a lead of 6,437 to 5,036. The vote means that residents have succeeded in overturning [...]