The Palo Alto City Council indicated Tuesday that it would be willing to use a new zoning tool to relax height and density restrictions and advance a mixed-use development with 113 apartments in the Ventura neighborhood.
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Jan. 10 The new year brings a ray of hope for California parents like Kate Gude, who has watched with mounting worry as her four kids suffer social isolation and reduced instruction time from online learning in Los Gatos schools, where classrooms have been closed because of the pandemic since last March.
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots were given to health care workers a month ago. Teachers whose safety fears have blunted reopening efforts are next in line. And the governor has a new $2 billion plan aimed at getting kids back into classrooms over the next three months.
In March, voters failed to renew Measure P, a parcel tax that raised $1.2 million annually for the district. It expires on June 20, 2021. If there isn t a renewal before June, the district must make plans for spending reductions. Given the current state of the pandemic environment, most importantly not knowing when schools will be able to resume normal operations, and the possibility of additional staffing needed to maintain small cohorts, the administration recommends postponing further budget reductions, $500,000 of ongoing expenditure reductions until 2022-23, and an additional $500,000 in 2023-24, a staff report for the Dec. 17 school board meeting states.
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In October, PG&E threatened eminent domain against Palo Alto Unified over the utility s offer for an easement at Cubberley Community Center. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber.
After stalled talks over the last several months, the Palo Alto school district is facing the likelihood of Pacific Gas & Electric filing an eminent domain action to acquire an easement for a gas pipeline at Cubberley Community Center.
PG&E first contacted the district in August with a written offer: $154,000 in exchange for building a 1,680-square-foot underground easement, an 18,000-square-foot testing easement and a temporary 6,000-square-foot construction easement to upgrade the natural gas pipeline at 4000 Middlefield Road, according to a letter provided to the Weekly under a Public Records Act request.