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Residents urge pause on downtown park and performing‑arts center plans as council approves theater extension on consent
Summary
During public comment, multiple Los Altos residents urged the city to pause park construction that would remove surface parking plazas and to reconsider siting and public funding for a proposed performing‑arts center; council approved a consent calendar item extending the theater fundraising timeline after staff said a fundraiser has been hired and language was changed to provide flexibility on plaza locations.
Los Altos — Several residents used the public‑comment period on Nov. 12 to press the City Council to halt or slow plans that would remove surface parking plazas downtown to make way for a proposed park and performing‑arts center.
Speakers told the council they had learned only recently that proposed changes could eliminate plazas 1, 2, 7 and 8 and warned of downtown impacts including lost parking for the post office, banks and…
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