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After moving to dramatically curtail access to Foothills Park last month, Palo Alto officially agreed on Monday to further revise entry rules and allow free entry to local students, veterans and visitors with disabilities.
Kristen Zuraek/Special to the Town Crier Los Altos Hills resident Kristen Zuraek’s horse stares at her as vehicles line Page Mill Road outside her house. Visitors of nearby Foothills Park have been parking haphazardly outside the Palo Alto preserve’s entrance since Jan. 9, the day Palo Alto began restricting vehicle access on weekends and holidays. Since opened to the general public Dec. 17, Foothills Park has become “like Disneyland,” “Golden Gate Park” and “a tourist trap,” according to participants at last week’s Palo Alto City Council meeting. “What I saw there is – ...
Resident Patti J. Walters reported that during a recent visit to the park, she saw children riding bikes on the grass at Boronda Lake and adults "cutting across the embankments to the right side of the lake." "Approaching the picnic area, we found an opportunity to turn around and leave the chaotic situation. We could not wait to leave the park," Walters wrote. Jill O'Nan, a former member of the city's Human Relations Commission, told the council that since the expanded access, people with disabilities, like herself, now have a hard time visiting the park, which has no parking spots designate...
Resident Patti J. Walters reported that during a recent visit to the park, she saw children riding bikes on the grass at Boronda Lake and adults "cutting across the embankments to the right side of the lake." "Approaching the picnic area, we found an opportunity to turn around and leave the chaotic situation. We could not wait to leave the park," Walters wrote. Jill O'Nan, a former member of the city's Human Relations Commission, told the council that since the expanded access, people with disabilities, like herself, now have a hard time visiting the park, which she said has insufficient park...