City of Palo Alto

The City is conducting a Human Services Needs Assessment Survey to better understand the community’s service needs such as food, housing, mental health, seniors, children and youth, homeless, low-income, intellectually and developmentally disabled folks, and more. Share your human services needs, if they are being met, and what barriers or gaps in services you may be experiencing. Plus, join a community forum on Tuesday, June 25, 6 p.m. at Lucie Stern Community Center to share your experience. Responses help inform priorities for Human Services Resource Allocation Process (HSRAP), a City grant program that supports nonprofits serving Palo Alto residents. Learn more and take the survey by June 30 at https://lnkd.in/g5xnZKsr.

WEEKEND FUN & WATER HEATER SAVINGS This weekend offers fun for everyone including art, movies and yoga, plus pride month celebrations for youth and young adults. Police Chief Binder shares tips to avoid becoming a victim of fraud, dive into recent cases involving robberies of mail carriers, and 2023 Racial and Identity Profiling Act (RIPA) data online now. Summer is here and so is wildfire season, attend a virtual workshop to be ready and resilient. #HeatPumpItUp by switching your water heater saving time, money and the planet. Plus, teen driving classes, calm everyday anxiety, become a birder, and a new recipe of the week featuring a salad with a twist (top that is) for a sustainable-minded picnic. All this and more in this week’s Uplift Local. https://conta.cc/4bjc5I5

City Manager Ed Shikada shares brief updates at each Council meeting, highlighting details about City services, upcoming events and Council discussions planned. His comments are summarized through our Palo Alto Connect https://bit.ly/48HmGMD series to catch up on City issues and gain the latest news. Updates this week on June 17 include the Police Department 2023 RIPA data available now online, celebrate summer at City events, Juneteenth events and resources. Notable Council actions taken include adoption of the City’s budget, El Camino Real repaving and adding bike lanes, Buena Vista redevelopment, and advancing Meadow Drive and Charleston Road preferred alternatives into the preliminary engineering and environmental documentation phase. Read the update: https://bit.ly/4c9hW4d

REMINDER: Community Meeting Thursday, June 20 at 6 p.m. The Palo Alto Airport’s Long Range Facilities and Sustainability Plan is a planning process for long term improvements in alignment with City initiatives. Attend a community meeting to learn more about this planning effort and share feedback. In addition, a new survey is available through July 15. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/3Vp7dLH

Juneteenth is a day of reflection, celebration, and community. Join your neighbors and friends at Palo Alto and Bay Area events offering music, dancing, and more, or learn through Palo Alto Library curated book lists. Click here for ways to celebrate and reflect: https://bit.ly/45sPM1t

Ready to make an impact in the "Birthplace of Silicon Valley"? The City of Palo Alto is hiring! Choose a career in public service with openings in our Library, Public Works, Utilities, and Police Departments. There's a role for you on our dedicated staff team. Apply today ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gkgP3gWx Some of our current job openings include: Training & Customer Experience Library Program Coordinator Library Program Coordinator for Digital Services Fiber Outside Plant Construction / Project Manager Police Officer (Lateral, Graduate and Trainee) Laboratory Manager Senior Engineer Principal Electric Distribution Engineer

The Palo Alto Airport’s Long Range Facilities and Sustainability Plan is a planning process using guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration that will result in a blueprint for long term improvements in alignment with City initiatives. Attend a community meeting to learn more about this planning effort and share feedback on Thursday, June 20 at 6 p.m. at Baylands Café. In addition, a new survey is available that asks for input on key themes of the planning process and on alternatives for potential runway reconfigurations and future vertiport sites (a vertiport is an identifiable ground or elevated area used for the takeoff and landing of tiltrotor aircraft and rotorcraft). The survey offers a summary of each refined alternative with the runway and vertiport locations and other details. Deadline is July 15. Find more about the community meeting and take the survey here: https://bit.ly/3Vp7dLH

Wishing a Happy Father's Day to all the amazing dads in our community!

RAIL CONVERSATIONS CONTINUE & PARK/TRAIL CLOSURES Learn, reflect and celebrate Juneteenth at events in and around Palo Alto coming up fast. Council to consider Meadow and Charleson rail grade separation preferred alternatives on June 18. Attend a community meeting about the Palo Alto Airport Long Range Facilities & Sustainability Plan effort and take a survey open now. Heads up that the Rinconada Park playground will be closed tomorrow, Friday, June 14 and there’s a partial closure of the Byxbee Park Hills trail now through Sept. 30. Plus, meditating to get better sleep, LGBTQ County resources, a new program to have library books delivered to those unable to visit the library, teen art exhibit, a fun project for pets and get sustainable with the recipe of the week by using the whole watermelon. All this and more in Uplift Local: https://conta.cc/45lDacx

There are several regional events honoring Juneteenth- the national holiday of freedom celebrating the resilience, hope, and determination of people of African descent. Read this community update sharing ways to learn, reflect and celebrate Juneteenth: https://bit.ly/45sPM1t