The next CTRA board meeting will be Wednesday, September 20, 2017, at 7:00pm at University Lutheran Church (1611 Stanford Ave at Bowdoin). Topics on the September agenda include CTRA goals for 2017-2018, the Fall Picnic, and more. Read the full agenda.
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Residents along California Avenue may have noticed that the first houses in Stanford’s University Terrace development (site of the old Facebook headquarters) are complete and residents have started to move in. According to the Stanford news release linked below, up to 19 families will move into single-family homes by the beginning of September and the first 58 condominium homes will be ready by October.
Curious about University Terrace construction going forward? Read the Construction Look Ahead (updated weekly) to see what work is planned this week.
Stanford News: Faculty families begin moving into homes at University Terrace
The next CTRA board meeting will be Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at 7:30pm at University Lutheran Church (1611 Stanford Ave at Bowdoin). Topics on the agenda include the 2600 El Camino demolition and construction project, recent Stanford housing purchases in College Terrace, residential parking permits, and more. Read the full agenda.
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The ninth year of the College Terrace Residential Parking Program (RPPP) begins on September 1, the day after existing parking permits expire. A letter from the city regarding the program began to arrive in College Terrace mailboxes today.
Note: We have received reports from residents that materials in some of the letters are incomplete.
The letter should include 3 items: a cover letter (“Dear College Terrace Resident”), a Permit Renewal form, and a First Time Permit Purchase Form. If you are missing an item, email or call Jonathan DeSilva (Jonathan.DeSilva@cityofpaloalto.org / 650-329-2544).
If you do not have time to renew before the end of the month and you have a current parking permit on your vehicle, don’t panic, your sticker will keep your vehicle from being cited during a grace period running through September 30, according to the program’s rules.
As per the new municipal fee schedule, part of the overall fiscal year budget approved by the city council in June, the fee for each annual residential parking permit in College Terrace rises to $50 from the current $40 per vehicle. The cost of yearly guest permits will also go up by $10 to the new fee of $50. Daily guest permits will remain at the current price of $5.
The current $40 fee for annual permits has been in effect since 2011. Fifty dollars is also the new standardized price for residential parking permits in other neighborhoods, which much more recently became part of parking permit programs. Those include Downtown, Evergreen Park, Mayfield, and Southgate. Note that all these newer Palo Alto parking programs do not run under the same regulations as ours.
On May 31, 2017, the CTRA invited Stanford representatives to update the community regarding the new General Use Permit application (“Stanford GUP”). Sue Dremann of the Palo Alto Weekly attended the meeting and wrote a useful summary:
Half of new Stanford housing would abut College Terrace neighborhood