Palo Alto Weekly – by Gennady Sheyner / August 9, 2017
Some planning commissioners fear new stakeholder group could slow city down in race for cash
As Palo Alto moves ahead with plans to transform the rail corridor, city officials are struggling to reconcile two seemingly competing goals: catching up to other communities in a race for Santa Clara County funds and engaging in the type of prolonged deliberative process that has long been synonymous with City Hall culture.