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The City of Palo Alto invites you to a presentation of a site evaluation of California Avenue Parking Lots C-6 and C-7 for a new Public Safety Building along with a new public parking garage. The purpose of the meeting is to receive public input on the site evaluation to inform the City Council discussion planned for December.
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If traveling to a foreign country, learning to speak another language, and becoming a member of a new family sounds good to you be sure to come to the Family Information Meeting.
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These capital improvement program projects include repairs and improvements to the interpretive center and an evaluation of options for reopening the boardwalk.
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Due to recent rain, the Adobe Creek bike/pedestrian undercrossing has flooded and is now closed for the winter season.
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On Thursday, Oct. 29 at 9:09 p.m., Palo Alto and Mountain View Fire Departments, along with Santa Clara County EMS, responded to the smell of a chemical odor at the Westin Hotel, 675 El Camino Real in Palo Alto.
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The City expects to have a steady supply of filled sandbags available throughout the season, and is making them available based on demand. More than 2,000 filled sandbags have already been distributed, and the City has an additional 28,000 filled sandbags on order that will be available on an ongoing basis.
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Building Carbon Zero California conference now featuring climate change expert, Dr. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, as keynote speaker!
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On Monday, Nov. 9, 2015, the City will honor all Armed Forces veterans, active duty, national guard and reserve military service members at a special recognition event starting at 4 p.m. on King Plaza at City Hall.
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If your neighborhood streets have been impacted by the new Downtown Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) district, you can complete a petition process to opt into the district.
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Caltrans contractor will be closing West Bayshore Road between Channing Avenue (Palo Alto) and Woodland Avenue (East Palo Alto) from 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct 20 until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21 in order to remove bridge falsework from beneath the deck of the newly constructed Highway 101 bridge over San Francisquito Creek.
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Updates on water service disruptions.
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Representatives from the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA) and its partner agencies today shared their winter preparedness efforts and flood risk reduction measures at a joint press event held on the top of a levee in East Palo Alto.
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For the past year, the City has been working collaboratively with the Friends of Palo Alto Animal Shelter, the Palo Alto Humane Society and other local stakeholders to identify a new service model for the operation of the city's Animal Shelter.
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The City of Palo Alto Public Art Program is kicking off a series of temporary public art installations on King Plaza, offering new rotating exhibitions on an ongoing basis.
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The City of Palo Alto is conducting a survey on Palo Alto Shuttle to evaluate the existing shuttle program within the City. Residents, visitors and employees travelling into Palo Alto are encouraged to complete the quick, one-minute survey today. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QVT5YXX
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The City of Palo Alto has been working on the Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Master Plan for over a year, developing a strong understanding of the desires of the community, the strengths of the system and opportunities to improve on our highly-valued park system. For more information on the Master Plan process and what we’ve learned so far, visit our website at www.paloaltoparksplan.org
This community prioritization challenge is another chance to help the planning team determine how the City should prioritize improvements and investments over the next 20 years. Every participant gets $25 of virtual funding for parks, trails, open space and recreation to play with. Where will you invest your money?
The Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Master Plan is a project of the City of Palo Alto. If you have questions about this project, contact Peter Jensen, Landscape Architect and Project Manager for the City of Palo Alto at 650-617-3183 or peter.jensen@cityofpaloalto.org
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California's severe drought continues. Emergency water use restrictions are in place for Palo Alto. Get current information here.
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In-person permit assistance still available at City Hall. For the past two weeks, the RPP enforcement team has been placing informational notices on car windshields with details about how to register for a permit online, and the availability of in-person assistance at City Hall. This was done to provide additional assistance to individuals who were having trouble navigating the online permit system or who may have been unaware of the permit requirements.
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The City is asking the community to participate in The National Citizen Survey™ that is designed to provide a baseline of how the City government is serving residents, to gauge perceptions of the City and to make comparisons with peer cities.
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Palo Alto has done a great job in its water conservation efforts, and through its diligence, the community has cut water usage more than 33 percent compared to 2013 levels. While we need to conserve water, doing so may be impacting the City's trees, which are showing signs of stress.
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This work is part of the San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement to be completed in the spring of 2018. Here's a project schedule for September 21 – October 30 (Monday-Friday) for the Highway 101 Bridge Construction.
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The City is partnering with the YMCA, Stanford Children's Health, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and other local nonprofit agencies to host the 2015 Palo Alto Community Health Fair on Saturday, Sept. 26 that begins with remarks from Palo Alto Mayor Karen Holman at 9:50 a.m. and runs through 3 p.m. at the Mitchell Park Community Center.
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The City of Palo Alto Public Art Program presents What's the Big Idea?, an artist-led community outreach project by Mobile Arts Platform (MAP) to engage residents in conversation on the future of public art.
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Palo Alto downtown merchants, Palo Alto Downtown Business and Professional Association and the City invite residents to discover downtown.
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Sept. 15, 2015 marks the official start of phase one of the Downtown Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) program. In-permit assistance is available at City Hall from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and Friday 8:30-4:30 p.m. for two weeks.
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This work is part of the San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement to be completed in the spring of 2018. Here's a project schedule for Sept. 8 – 25, 2015 for the Highway 101 Bridge Construction.
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The City of Palo Alto will be implementing the Parking Attendant Program at Bryant/Lytton garage this month.
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Palo Alto City Library will expand its public service hours and will make its hours of operations more consistent across its five branches.
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City staff hosted a Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Scoping Meeting on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. The scope of the EIR for this project was presented and discussed. Attendees were encouraged to review and comment.
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The Palo Alto City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding on August 24 between the City and Caltrain regarding the funding and schedule of the vegetation removal, fence installation and new camera technology that is part of the City's efforts to limit access to the rail corridor. The agreement sets out an updated timeline and schedule for the work which is set to begin on September 1.
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The Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously to set a local minimum wage at $11 an hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2016, and set a goal of raising the rate to $15 by 2018. Find out more...
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Council approved moving ahead with a technical study of increased aircraft noise including data analysis and recommendations for alternatives with the results to come back to the Council by this December.
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Starting on September 30, daily fines up to $500/day will be assessed against the property owner for its failure to find a suitable replacement market.
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Project Enybody is hosting GreenFest - a one-of-a-kind family expo focusing on the simple ways families can go green.
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The City Council has requested that the current Citizens Advisory Committee be expanded to include five additional members, and have reopened the process to apply. With the expanded membership, the CAC will consist of 22 community members to represent a diversity of interests, as well as three ex official (non voting) members representing the Planning and Transportation Commission, the Palo Alto Unified School District and Stanford.
Applications for the re-opened membership are due by the close of business on August 25, 2015. Click here to apply or go to www.paloaltocompplan.org for more information about the CAC and the update to the Comprehensive Plan.
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Permits for the City's downtown Residential Preferential Parking program are now available, as of August 15, as the City launches its program to provide parking relief to neighborhoods facing an influx of non-residential parking.
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The City of Palo Alto is currently reviewing minimum wage and wants to hear from businesses, managers, employees and individuals currently living and/or working in Palo Alto regarding the minimum wage ordinance.
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Here's a project schedule for Aug. 4 – Aug. 31, 2015 for the Highway 101/San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement Project.
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New collection vehicles and collection route changes will affect some Palo Alto residents starting September 1, 2015.
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The City of Palo Alto has installed new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in downtown-area parking garages. Two dual-port charging stations have been installed at the Cowper-Webster Garage (520 Webster St.) and one dual-port station in the High Street Garage (528 High St.). The new stations are ChargePoint Level 2 chargers which became fully operational on July 30, 2015.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Commission has published its 2014 Bay Area Pavement Condition Report which compares the street conditions in communities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
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A new tool dubbed the Digital Commenter has been developed as part of the ongoing outreach for the City's Comprehensive Plan update.
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Callers posing as Palo Alto Utilities making cold calls. If you receive a call, report it to the police at (650) 329-2413!
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The City is hosting a community forum to provide an overview related to efforts to limit or reduce access to the rail corridor.
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The City of Palo Alto is talking with East Palo Alto and Caltrans staff about adjusting the timing of their traffic signals near the Highway 101/University Avenue interchange to improve traffic flow.
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The postponement will lessen the project impacts and alleviate further traffic backups in adjacent neighborhoods around University Avenue and Highway 101.
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Find out the results of the Chili Cook-Off!
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Adult mosquitoes collected from areas of the cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View tested positive for West Nile virus (WNV).
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At its last meeting before the summer break, the City Council voted to approve $14.5 million in funding to be used toward the preservation of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park.
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The bridges at Highway 101, East Bayshore Road and West Bayshore Road over San Francisquito Creek are being replaced because they are structurally-deficient and lack capacity for creek flow. The project is essential, as the replacement bridges will improve water flow beneath the roadways, which will reduce the flood risk to residents and businesses in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto and complement channel improvements downstream of Highway 101.
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You can now put all of your food scraps and soiled paper directly into your green cart.
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The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is working on the San Francisquito Creek Bridge Replacement Project at the border of San Mateo County and Santa Clara County on U.S. Route 101 in Palo Alto.
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City Manager announced today that Interim Assistant City Manager Ed Shikada will join the City on a permanent basis as Assistant City Manager.
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The City is taking a comprehensive approach to address the recent teen suicide cluster in the community.
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Stanford will begin construction on a new set of hiking and biking trails covering 3.4 miles around the Stanford Perimeter.
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Businesses subject to the City's requirement to register their business under a new ordinance will have until June 1 to register without penalty.
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On April 20, 2015 the Palo Alto City Council unanimously approved a new green building ordinance and a new energy reach code ordinance, with a targeted effective date of June 20, 2015.
The ordinances outline local amendments to the 2013 California Green Building Code, Title 24, Chapter 11 and the 2013 California Energy Code, Title 24, Chapter 6. The California Green Building Code addresses requirements related to site design, water efficiency, materials and air quality. The Energy Code addresses requirements related to energy efficiency. The ordinances will impact both residential and non-residential projects.
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Palo Alto Perry will travel to neighborhoods, gathering community spirit along the way.
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The City's proposed 2016 General Fund Operating budget of $185.1 million reflects a strong economy.
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The City has already surpassed the initial climate protection goal set by the City Council in 2007 and is now looking to set new goals.
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The Magical Bridge Playground was a successful public/private partnership between the City of Palo Alto and Friends of the Magical Bridge.
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A step by step guide to planning and running your own Apps Challenge.
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City Manager James Keene announced today that he has selected Suzanne Mason to serve as Assistant City Manager.
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Palo Alto receives an Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 1 rating under its code for Development Services.
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The City has been selected as a 2015 Business Environmental Award winner and recipient of the Acterra Award for Sustainability.
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The City and Turner Construction Company have reached a settlement agreement.
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From movies to maker space, the Varsity Theater transformed into a place for the future.
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The Council has chosen a design for a new landmark bicycle and pedestrian bridge spanning Highway 101 at Adobe Creek.
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"Our collective condolences go out to the victim's family and friends," said Mayor Karen Holman.
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Joining nearly every other city in California, Palo Alto today launched a business registry that will provide data to help measure comprehensive employment trends, business growth and economic activity.
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In keeping with its "Healthy City, Healthy Community" focus for the year, the Palo Alto City Council pledged its support for Heart Across America to raise awareness for heart disease.
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Regarding the set aside of $8M in affordable housing funds specifically for use in conjunction with Buena Vista Mobile Home Park.
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On Feb. 18, newly-elected Mayor Karen Holman gave the annual State of the City address to a packed audience.
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City working on solution to address concerns regarding some portions of decorative glass as part of streetscape renovation on Cal Ave.
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The City has launched a new mobile app to provide the community with the latest on Our Palo Alto community events and activities.
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The City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) scored top marks again in a nationwide survey of utility customers for large business customer satisfaction.
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On Saturday, Jan. 31, the City Council held its annual retreat at the new Mitchell Park Community Center to discuss and adopt its priorities for the upcoming year.
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City Manager Keene has selectedRob de Geus to serve as the City's next Director of Community Services.
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Continuing a long term trend, 95% of residents rank Palo Alto as an excellent or good place to live as highlighted in the latest report from the National Citizen Survey.
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On Feb. 20, Our Palo Alto will host an interactive and fun community workshop called For the Love of Palo Alto with a discussion about how we fall in love with our cities.
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City offers condolences to the victim's family and friends, and reaffirmed the community’s commitment to youth well being and mental health.
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The City is hosting a kick-off community meeting to solicit input as it develops a Transportation Management Association for downtown Palo Alto.
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The Palo Alto Fire Department has adjusted its staffing and ambulance deployment in order to respond more efficiently to medical emergencies.
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New design makes it even simpler and quicker to find key City data.
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At its first meeting of the new year on Jan. 5, the Palo Alto City Council elected Karen Holman as mayor and Greg Schmid as vice mayor.
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The City of Palo Alto announced the winning team of a global bridge design competition for a new landmark bicycle and pedestrian bridge spanning Highway 101 at Adobe Creek.
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Each month, the City holds community meetings to gather public input on various topics and issues. All are invited to attend and provide valuable feedback.
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The City announced today that it has settled all legal claims with Flintco Pacific related to the construction of the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.
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This season, the City of Palo Alto has taken numerous steps to protect the community from heavy rainfall and flooding, particularly along the San Francisquito Creek.
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The City of Palo Alto celebrated the launch of its new public WiFi service with a "virtual" ribbon cutting on Dec. 15 at City Hall.
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Palo Alto City Council approved the new program which will require a permit to park for more than two hours in a single spot on residential streets downtown.
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Prepare Your Home for Winter Storm Season
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The City encourages all community members to visit California Avenue to shop, dine, and see the work completed so far during the upcoming holiday season.
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The City of Palo Alto is asking community members to weigh in on the future of its parks and open spaces, and has released a survey to gather public input to help prioritize potential improvements.
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The City has been named for the second year in a row as a leading digital city by the Center for Digital Government.
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The lease amendment is intended to be in place for five years and lays a foundation for a long-term collaboration between the City and the School District.
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Initiative part of city's commitment to open data and transformed permit process.
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The new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center opened its doors to the public on Nov. 6 in a "soft" launch with the grand opening celebration set for Dec. 6.
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The City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto UNIFIED School District issued a joint statement to the community this afternoon following the news that a junior from Gunn High School lost his life to suicide last night.
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While the overall condition of California's local streets and roads continues to deteriorate and the statewide average Pavement Condition Index now stands at 66 ("at risk" category), Palo Alto has successfully managed its streets improvement program with an overall PCI score of 78.
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Following a closed session of the City Council on Oct. 27, City Attorney Molly Stump announced that the City Council has approved a settlement in litigation with Sterling Park, L.P.
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The City of Palo Alto plans to increase track guards beginning this afternoon at crossings along the Caltrain right-of-way following the apparent suicide of a young man last night near Charleston Avenue.
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The City of Palo Alto website will be moving to off-premise hosting at Rackspace
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City staff has already started moving into the new facility, and are busy preparing for a "soft" opening to the public in early November.
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The City has been named a finalist in the Center for Digital Government's 2014 Best of the Web and Digital Government Achievement Awards in the City Portal category.
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The City of Palo Alto is committed to providing high-quality and innovative services to the community, businesses and visitors.
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The City of Palo Alto has been named one of the Top 100 Best Places to Live 2015 by Livability.com.
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The City is hosting a global bridge design competition and to kick things off, is inviting young artists and designers to be a part of the process by creating drawings and/or models of a bridge that represents Palo Alto in their eyes.
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The City of Palo Alto announced that it will hold a global bridge design competition for a new landmark bicycle and pedestrian bridge spanning Highway 101 at Adobe Creek.
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Caltrain is asking the public to provide feedback and input on design details of its future fleet of Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains.
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Mayor Nancy Shepherd accepted the prestigious Beacon Award at this year's League of Cities Annual Conference for Palo Alto's efforts and leadership in addressing Climate Change.
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The City of Palo Alto can mark Dec. 6 on their collective calendars for a community celebration for the much anticipated opening of Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.
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Zipcar and the City of Palo Alto have partnered to expand car sharing in the city with the addition of 10 new Zipcars at four city-owned parking facilities within the Downtown Parking Assessment District.
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Last night's earthquake in Napa should serve as a reminder to be prepared instead of being afraid.
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The survey is designed to provide a baseline of how the City government is serving residents, to gauge perceptions of the City and to make comparisons with peer cities.
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The Palo Alto Fire Department has a new weapon for fighting fires—a Pierce Tractor Drawn Aerial Ladder Truck ("Tiller").
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The cities of Palo Alto and East Palo Alto are partnering together to offer a new community shuttle route effective July 1.
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It was a magical day as community members came together on June 23, after nearly six years of research, planning and fundraising, to break ground on the Magical Bridge Playground, an innovative, inclusive playground for kids of all abilities.
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Through June 29, veteran and Berkeley ceramic artist Ehren Tool will work onsite at the Palo Alto Art Center, creating hundreds of wheel-thrown ceramic cups using imagery and objects collected from veterans and their families from the local community.
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With the idea to use gaming as a way to encourage Palo Alto residents to do volunteer work and become more civically involved in their community, the Play Palo Alto app was named the winner of the first Palo Alto Apps Challenge.
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Following a successful first year, the City's "Know Your Neighbors" pilot grant program has been renewed for a second year with a City Council allocation of $25,000.
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Bicyclists in Palo Alto now have another safe route in the City to ride along with the recent installation of green bike lanes on W. Meadow Drive between El Camino Way and Wilkie Way.
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Palo Alto is a step further in the process to possibly bring the ultra high speed Google Fiber broadband network to the City.
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With a lot of laughter, playing and ice cream, the new tot lot playground at Eleanor Pardee Park opened after an extensive renovation.
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The City of Palo Alto is making $6 million available from its housing trust funds for the development of affordable housing projects.
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The City of Palo Alto has been named one of the Top 10 Best Cities for Kids by Livability.com, a national website that ranks quality of life amenities of America's small and mid-sized cities.
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The City kicked off the update to its Comprehensive Plan with a reunion on May 8 for members of the advisory committee who worked on the 1998 plan.
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It's been 20 years since the first Bike to Work Day in the Bay Area. On May 8, to celebrate the occasion the City of Palo Alto hosted Energizer Stations at four locations throughout the City.
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After several years of living on the streets and two years working with Downtown Streets Team, Connie Hemphill landed his dream job with the City.
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The Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is seeking volunteers for the upcoming June 3 Primary Election.
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The new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center is expected to open to the public in November.
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The City of Palo Alto was named the 2014 Most Electric Vehicle Ready Community at the Charged & Connected Symposium on April 24, 2014 at SAP in Palo Alto.
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With Gov. Jerry Brown announcing a second drought declaration for the state on April 24, the City of Palo Alto is continuing to look for ways to help the conservation efforts and reduce water usage in the community.
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The City of Palo Alto will celebrate National Building Safety Month during May with weekly themes and events throughout the month.
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As rents and home prices continue to soar in Silicon Valley and the entire Bay Area, the issue of housing affordability is one that everyone is thinking about.
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On April 27, the finalists in the City's App Challenge will showcase prototypes of their apps for the community. Read on for a preview of two of the finalist apps and their creators.
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Six local aspiring entrepreneurs have been given the opportunity to see their dreams of owning a business become a reality thanks to a new Palo Alto-based community program.
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The sister city relationship is an important one to the City of Palo Alto. With six sister cities around the world, the City is always looking for new and innovative ways to strengthen those relationships.
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Who are Palo Altans? How is the City's makeup changing and what do these changes mean for the future of Palo Alto?
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In honor of Earth Day, take a look at all the City has accomplished to increase environmental sustainability and find ways that you can do your part too.
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Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns was honored for his outstanding civic service to the community on April 9 at the 2014 Tall Tree Awards dinner.
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Palo Alto is a city committed to promoting and encouraging bicycling in the community as an alternate way of getting around.
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When Palo Alto's Main Library reopens at the end of the year after being closed approximately 18 months for major renovations, not only will it have a new look, it will also have a new name.
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After a competitive national recruitment process, Harriet Richardson has been appointed to serve as Palo Alto City Auditor.
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The City of Palo Alto Office of the City Auditor has been awarded the 2013 Silver Knighton Award in the small audit shop category by the Association of Local Government Auditors.
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The ten finalists for the City Apps Challenge will be announced at a reception and press briefing on Thursday, March 13 beginning at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall.
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The City of Palo Alto's largest employee union – the Service Employees International Union has voted to accept a proposal from the City that offers both salary increases and market adjustments.
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Would you like to give back to your community by volunteering on a City of Palo Alto Board or Commission?
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At its meeting on March 3, the Council is expected to consider a takeover agreement with the surety for Flintco Pacific to complete the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.
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You are invited to the Palo Alto Arbor Day Festival on Saturday March 8, from 10:30am - 1:30pm in Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto.
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Palo Alto has sent a letter to Stanford explaining concerns regarding the loss of 33 parking spaces along Stanford Avenue at the heavily used and popular Dish exercise entry gate area.
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On Nov. 12, 2012, the property owner of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park property located at 3980 El Camino Real, submitted a mobile home park conversion application to close the park as required by a City ordinance.
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Mayor Shepherd's for the State of the City Address
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What core values do you believe the City Council should use to guide them in their decisions on behalf of the community?
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At their annual retreat on February 1, 2014, the City Council adopted their priorities for the year.
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Help us find life-saving automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
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The City Council will hold its 2014 Annual Retreat this Saturday at the Ventura Community Center.
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On Monday, Feb. 3, Mayor Nancy Shepherd is scheduled to read an Open Data by Default proclamation.
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The Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services will host its fifth annual awards ceremony to recognize outstanding community volunteers.
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The City of Palo Alto announced today the launch of the Palo Alto Apps Challenge in support of civic innovation and community engagement.
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The City of Palo Alto has made a last, best and final offer to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) bargaining unit.
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At its first meeting of the new year on January 6, the Palo Alto City Council elected Nancy Shepherd as mayor and Liz Kniss as vice mayor.
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The Jay Paul Company has notified the City of Palo Alto that it is withdrawing its application to construct an office project and public safety building at 395 Page Mill Road.
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Microenterprise Assistance Program (MAP) is a new community program that offers seed grants to assist individuals in starting their own business, as a means of increasing participant's economic self sufficiency.
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City Manager James Keene announced today that he has selected Gil Philip Friend to serve as the City's first Chief Sustainability Officer.
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The City has been selected by the United States Postal Service to make a second offer on the historic Palo Alto Post Office building.
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PLEASE HELP! The residents of Palo, our sister city in the Philippines, are struggling to overcome devastation in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan. Your donation via Neighbors Abroad will make a difference: neighborsabroad.org.
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As a community, we have often come together to lend a hand to others.
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The City of Palo Alto today was named the #1 Digital City in America - in the category of cities under 75,000 - by the Center for Digital Government.
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Aurora, a life-size metal and electronic tree sculpture, will put on dazzling light shows each night for one year after its public unveiling on November 16.
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The Sixth District Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the City of Palo Alto in Ogawa v. City of Palo Alto,
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The City of Palo Alto's Disposable Bag Ordinance goes into effect this Friday.
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Palo Alto has been named #1 on the Top 100 Best Places to Live by Livability.com.
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Starting on October 17 at 5 p.m., the City will join more than 4,300 community members already using Nextdoor.
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The City of Palo Alto is currently developing a bid to purchase the Palo Alto Post Office building located at 380 Hamilton Ave.
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During the week of October 7-11, thousands of Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) students, parents and staff will celebrate Palo Alto Walks & Rolls.
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City departments and other agencies joined forces on Monday during a three-alarm fire at a home in the 900 block of Colonial Lane.
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A family of sculptural bears by artist Beth Nybeck was formally unveiled at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony at Hoover Park.
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The award recognizes innovation, excellence, effectiveness, and collaboration.
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Houman Boussina, Senior Performance Auditor, now serves as Acting City Auditor while a national search is conducted for a new City Auditor.
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Ms. Gitelman is expected to begin in her new position on October 28, pending Council confirmation September 16.
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The annual Best of the Web awards presented by the Center for Digital Government recognizes outstanding websites based on innovation, functionality, productivity and performance.
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On August 29, the City launched Palo Alto Bike Share with five new bike kiosk stations and 75 new commuter friendly bikes.
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Beginning later this month, the City will roll out 52 Automated External Defibrillators or AEDs in police patrol vehicles and City facilities.
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Preparatory work is scheduled to begin this week on the San Francisquito Creek JPA flood protection, ecosystem and recreation project
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The City Council unanimously voted to set a special election for November 5.
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Starting August 12, SamTrans will launch the first of its planned bus route improvements serving Palo Alto and neighboring communities.
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On August 8, Mayor Greg Scharff, Council Members and the community will officially "flip the switch" to turn on the free City-provided Wi-Fi service in Cogswell Plaza.
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The City Council unanimously voted to grant a zoning change that allows a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue to move forward as a Planned Community.
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Several members of the City Council took a tour of the Cubberley Community Center on Monday to get a closer look at the facility and consider options for its future use.
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New contracts for 182.5 Gigawatt Hours of clean, green electric power send City full steam ahead down its path to a carbon-free future.
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The program has been so popular the City received many more applications than available funding.
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Check our new mobile app – PaloAlto311 – so you can directly report issues like potholes or graffiti and track the resolution of their request via mobile phone or online.
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Priority projects have been identified and the City Council has placed our aging infrastructure and the need to invest in the City's future among its top priorities.
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Staff will draft an ordinance to implement the measure throughout the City's 4,500 acres of parkland.
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On May 6, the City Council authorized the City Attorney to initiate a class action lawsuit against the following manufacturers of rechargeable lithium ion batteries (Li-Ion batteries): Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi, LG Chem, Samsung and Sanyo.
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The City of Palo Alto notified Flintco Pacific, the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center construction contractor.
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Learn more about how your neighborhood may apply for a grant of up to $1,000.
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Celebrate with us! Hear us sing to you! And discover the many benefits of having community-owned electric, gas, water and sewer utilities.
Join us on October 8th at King Plaza to celebrate Electric Vehicle week and Public Power week!
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Join Cubberley artist Sahba Shere in an art-infused experience of a traditional tea gathering in the unique setting of her art studio F-7 at Cubberley Community Center.
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Click here for more details on PG&E project activity in Palo Alto.
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Several interior areas of Palo Alto City Hall will be remodeled to add new, modern public meeting spaces, as well as enhanced customer service areas under a contract going to the City Council for approval on June 16.
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A crowd of fun runners, walkers and festivity-goers showed up on April 19 to rally behind a good cause - water conservation. The fun didn't stop there - raffle prizes, live music, food, arts & crafts, free goodies from sponsors - view our photos and check back here for details on next year's event!
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On August 5, the Council approved an ordinance that prohibits living in vehicles and includes an extensive outreach and referral rollout plan.
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Palo Alto anticipates there will be minimal impact to City operations if Santa Clara County's private ambulance provider cannot meet its emergency services obligations.
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Unfortunate water main break made this action unavoidable.
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Join us from 5:30 - 8 p.m. on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 for the City of Palo Alto Citizens' Advisory Committee (CAC) kickoff meeting. The committee has been appointed by the City Manager to represent a diversity of interests and will be responsible for reviewing sections of the City's existing Comprehensive Plan, updates developed by the Planning & Transportation commission, supporting information, and public input received during and in advance of the meetings
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Get more information about our celebrated Parent Project program, which is designed for parents with strong-willed or at-will teenagers.
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"We are all shocked and saddened to learn of a major traffic accident that occurred today during lunch on University Avenue."
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Palo Alto announced that it is on a short list of cities working with Google to explore the possibility of bringing ultra high speed Google Fiber broadband network to the City.
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The City has issued a letter of termination to Flintco Pacific, Inc. for default on the construction of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center.
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Your City Utilities were given the American Public Gas Association award of excellence in consumer education. Now test your knowledge of gas safety!
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The County of Santa Clara will begin construction of traffic signal and roadway improvements on Oregon Expressway between Alma Street and W. Bayshore Road in July 2013.
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Celebrate the Earth all the time! See the community's progress on our Climate Protection Plan and find links to events, programs and services you can take advantage of now!
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El Camino Park will be closed for construction of a new underground reservoir and well for our emergency water supply; park renovation will follow, with full restoration of site by late 2015.
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City rolls out Salesforce Chatter, a private, secure social network for City employees, becoming the first City to bring connected government to Silicon Valley.
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The City Council set its 2013 priorities at a retreat on February 2 at the Art Center.
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Palo Alto is the newest member of this 14-member coalition of environmentally progressive local governments.
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Palo Alto's new Open Budget tool provides easy, graphically-based views of five years of City’s financial information.
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Learn about the citywide rollout of a new communication network and try it out yourself! Please join and give feedback.
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Looking to learn about what to see and do in Palo Alto?
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July is National Parks and Recreation Month and the City's Community Services Department wants you to get out and discover all that Palo Alto has to offer.
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For the sixth year, Palo Alto World Music Day will return to downtown Palo Alto on Father's Day, Sunday, June 15, on University Avenue and King Plaza from 3-7:30 p.m.
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