October 7, 2024 www.cityofpaloalto.org
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COMMENTS
www.cityofpaloalto.org/Elections
VOTER INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
Ballots will begin arriving in mailboxes today, October 7.Vote-by-Mail ballots can be returned by mail, at a ballot drop-off location, or at a vote center.
Key dates coming up:
• Monday, October 21 – last day to register to vote
• Tuesday, October 29 – last day to request a replacement mail-in ballot • Tuesday, November 5 – Election Day
• Palo Alto specific Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters Official Ballot Drop Boxes are located at City Hall, Palo Alto High School, Mitchell Park Library, and Rinconada Library. • Palo Alto Vote Centers: Palo Alto Art Center Auditorium, Ventura and Mitchell Park Community Centers, Palo Alto Buddhist Temple, Barron Park Elementary School, Elks Lodge Learn more and find election details at www.cityofpaloalto.org/Elections
www.cityofpaloalto.org/CommunitySurvey2024
COMMUNITY SURVEY EXTENDED TO OCT. 21
• The Annual Community Survey deadline was extended
for two weeks and is open to all residents.
• The survey is an opportunity for Palo Alto residents to provide input on current services, programs, and unmet
needs and priorities.
• If you received the survey in the mail, please complete that survey or use the unique link you received to take it online.
• Survey closes Monday, October 21.
Take the survey at www.cityofpaloalto.org/CommunitySurvey2024
www.cityofpaloalto.org/OctoberEvents
OCTOBER EVENTS & MEETINGS
• Fall favorites return, new events and meetings coming up this month:
• October 8 – Climate Protection Working Group Meeting
• October 9 – Police Equipment (AB 481) Community
Meeting
• October 10 – Downtown Housing Plan Open House
• October 12 – Fire Station 5 Open House
• October 15 – Creating a Safer Community:
Understanding & Defining Hate Crimes
• October 19 – What We Sow in Cultivating our Places
• October 19 – Pollinator Plants Walk & Talk
• October 20 – Fall Family Day at the Art Center
• October 25 – Jack-O-Jaunt
Find these events and more at www.cityofpaloalto.org/OctoberEvents
www.cityofpaloalto.org/MinimumWage
PALO ALTO 2025 MINIMUM WAGE
• Palo Alto’s 2025 Minimum Wage effective January 1, 2025, is $18.20.
• The minimum wage requirement applies to all employees who work two (2) hours per week within Palo Alto.
• The City adjusts the minimum wage on January 1 of each year, based on the Bay Area Consumer Price Index as
published by the U.S. Department of Labor.
• Courtesy mailed notification to businesses and other
communications planned with additional resources available at www.cityofpaloalto.org/minimumwage
Learn more at www.cityofpaloalto.org/MinimumWage
www.cityofpaloalto.org/CouncilAgendas
NOTABLE TENTATIVE UPCOMING COUNCIL ITEMS
October 21
• State & Local Ballot Measures
• Planning and Transportation Commission,
Historic Resources Board, and Architectural
Review Board Work Plans
No Council meeting on Monday, Oct. 14 in
recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 28
• Study Sessions:
• Sustainability & Climate Action Progress
• Non-Profit Relationships
November 4
• Council Technology Reimbursement P&S
Committee Recommendations
November 12 (special meeting)
• Several Zoning Changes
November 18
• Study Session: IPA Bi-Annual Discussion
• Stream Corridor Ordinance Update
• Fair Chance Ordinance
• Impact Fees
No Council meeting on Monday, Nov. 25.
Next Council meeting is Dec. 2.
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