Architect John Northway, who serves on the Palo Alto Museum board of directors, said that if the city doesn t accomplish the rehabilitation of the Roth Building under the current permit, costs will likely escalate and the project will only become more difficult to complete. This is the fastest and most economical path toward rehabilitation of that building, Northway said. It is important to preserve this civic infrastructure treasure for the community.
Rich Green, president of Palo Alto Museum, called the council s vote on May 17 to direct the Finance Committee to identify funding for the Roth Building rehabilitation a moment of courage in leadership.
The Downtown Streets Team has issued an apology and retracted the false comments made by its board chair, who claimed that the Weekly "got it wrong" when it reported on allegations of sexual harassment against the nonprofit s leaders.
As Palo Alto prepares to win representation on the VTA board, City Council members find themselves facing a question that they had seemingly answered months ago: Whom to choose for the position?
As Palo Alto prepares to win representation on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority board, its council members find themselves facing a question that they had seemingly answered months ago: Whom to choose for the position?
Council members showed little appetite, however, for tapping into the city s pool of impact fees. Mayor Adrian Fine called the museum project laudable but suggested that allocating the impact fees to the museum would represent an end run around the financial process. Impact fees, he said, are intended for a whole range of priorities relating to parks, libraries and community centers. If I knew we could ve done it on council, I would ve done it years ago, Fine said. I would have said, I love bike lanes and dog parks and let s use the impact fees to fund those. I find this entirely inappropriate.