Category: CTRA Meetings

Annual Meeting This Saturday at 10am

One final reminder: the CTRA’s Annual Meeting and Board Election is this Saturday at 10am. Register for the Zoom here.

The meeting will begin with a welcome message from the CTRA president, followed by remarks by Palo Alto mayor Tom DuBois, who will then answer questions from the neighborhood. (Have a burning question for the mayor? This is your chance to ask!) After the mayor’s Q&A, board election results will be announced and the meeting will adjourn.

The CTRA board election is being held online this year. Please cast your ballot before the annual meeting on Saturday.

See you Saturday!

Cato Community Meeting: April 1 at 6pm

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No, it’s not an April Fool’s Joke. Cato Investments, the developer behind the proposed apartments at the corner of College and Wellesley, will be holding their community meeting to discuss the project via Zoom on Thursday, April 1st at 6pm. We don’t have a link yet, but you can RSVP on their website. It is expected that the City Council’s pre-screening of this project will happen sometime later in April.

In unrelated news, you can also now register for the Zoom for the CTRA annual meeting, to be held on Saturday, March 20 at 10am. Mayor Tom DuBois will address the meeting and answer questions. You can also vote in the 2021-2022 CTRA board election here.

March 20: CTRA Annual Meeting and Board Election

Save the date: the CTRA will hold its Annual Meeting and Board Election on Saturday, March 20, at 10am. This year’s meeting will be online via Zoom and will be the first since 2019, as last year’s meeting was canceled due to the pandemic. Register for the meeting here.

The meeting will follow a similar format to the in-person meetings of old, albeit without the coffee and bagels. First, the CTRA president will welcome neighbors and give the traditional “State of the Terrace” address. Then, Mayor Tom DuBois will address the neighborhood and answer questions. (Have a burning question for the mayor? This is your chance to ask!) After the mayor’s Q&A, board election results will be announced and the meeting will adjourn.

The CTRA board election will be held online this year. Click here to view the board slate and cast your ballot.

PA Weekly Article on Wellesley Project

The lead story in today’s Palo Alto Weekly – Housing plan stirs opposition in Palo Alto’s College Terrace – centers on the apartments proposed for the corner of Wellesley Street and College Avenue. The article quotes neighbors in opposition to the project, as well as a representative for the developer, Cato Investment Company, who says Cato is “undertaking a robust community outreach effort and will be holding a community meeting.” As of yet, no date has been set for that meeting, although it is supposed to happen prior to the City Council’s pre-screening of the project (tentatively scheduled for March 25).

The article also summarizes the “battle brewing over R-1 zoning” citywide. It describes Palo Alto’s planned-housing zone (PHZ) process, the projects that have been proposed under PHZ so far, and quotes a pair of city council members (Pat Burt and Mayor Tom DuBois) who believe the PHZ should not apply in single-family neighborhoods.

Teacher Housing Study Session at City Council Tonight

At our December meeting, the CTRA met with representatives working on the proposed teacher housing project at 231 Grant Avenue, located a couple of blocks off California Avenue across the street from the county courthouse. The project offers an exciting opportunity to create new high-quality, and much-needed, rental housing affordable for teachers, school employees, and their families. This new community will include 110 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, amenity spaces, and landscaped gardens. You can learn more about the project at 231Grant.org.

The City Council will have a study session about this project tonight at 5pm. (Because the land belongs to the County, it won’t go through the City’s process for approval.) There will be additional study sessions to gather community feedback and the CTRA hopes to organize another community meeting in the coming months.