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Commissioners press staff over late, batched public comments; staff to review procedures

Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission · January 15, 2026
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Summary

Vice Chair Chang and other commissioners said public comments were delivered in batches and not searchable or timely, hampering responsiveness; staff said the noon meeting‑day deadline applies and will examine clearer procedures and technical fixes.

Vice Chair Chang used the commissioners’ announcements period on Jan. 14 to raise a procedural complaint: several batches of public comments submitted for prior meetings were delivered to commissioners as grouped PDF files, not to individual inboxes, and several were received too late for timely review.

"I believe in one of the former batches we had received a public comment from the appellant that…

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