The impassioned music of Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, and more
NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING of the City of Palo Alto Architectural Review Board (ARB)
Schola Cantorum presents
A Festival of Italian Opera Choruses Toast Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday with the drinking song “Libiamo.”
8:30 A.M., Thursday, November 7, 2013 Palo Alto Council Chambers, 1st Floor, Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Avenue. Go to the Development Center at 285 Hamilton Avenue to review filed documents; contact Diana Tamale for information regarding business hours at 650.329.2144. 429 University [13PLN-00372]: Request by Hayes Group Architects, on behalf of Kipling Post LP, for Preliminary Architectural Review of a proposal for a new four story mixed use building with ground floor retail, two floors of office and one floor of residential. Zone District: CD(C)(GF)(P).
Enjoy the “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves,” “Gloria all’Egitto”, and many more of the greatest choruses from Italian opera!
Amy French Chief Planning Official
Sat, Nov. 2, 7:30 pm First Congregational Church of Palo Alto
The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation for this meeting or an alternative format for any related printed materials, please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org.
Sun, Nov. 3, 3:00 pm Oshman Family JCC, Palo Alto
$25 in advance, $30 at the door www.scholacantorum.org (650) 254-1700
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cited the adage: “In business, as in life, it’s all about relationships.” “If I walk into an agency in DC now and I know the people, who do you think they’ll look more kindly at — the person who’s been around for a while or the one who has just walked in for the first time?” Keene is also a true believer in cultivating relationships and building partnerships beyond the border. His prior positions include stints as executive director of the California State Association of Counties and, more recently, as director of strategic issues for the International City and County Management Association, which includes about 400 cities and counties. In a recent interview, he cited Bruce Katz, vice president of Brookings Institution, whose recent book “The Metropolitan Revolution” makes a case that cities (as opposed to states or the federal government) are “the engines of change and social transformation in the United States.” He also cited a recent report from Joint Venture Silicon Valley, which advocates for a stronger regional decision-making authority and argues that this can happen only through a bottom-up effort, rather than through mandates from the top. The most recent Index of Silicon Valley, a joint publication of Joint Venture Silicon Valley and Silicon Valley Community Foundation, makes an argument that “some of the biggest threats to the Bay Area’s long-term economic competitiveness are challenges best addressed through stronger or more effective regional governance.” The report specifically points to the challenges of limited housing, highway congestion and the Valley’s transit system, which is made up of 27 individual operators and dozens of different fares. “While many of the Bay Area’s 100-plus local cities and nine counties are trying to respond to these important issues, they are not capable of solving them alone,” the 2013 index states. “Quite simply, jobs, housing, transit and climate change are regional challenges. By definition, regional issues require regional solutions.” Keene shares this view. He pointed to issues like sea-level rise and traffic and argued that the only way Palo Alto can successfully tackle them is to look beyond its borders. “The complexity of the problems we’re facing is just forcing us to rely on regional solutions as much as possible,” Keene said. “Given the difficulties and, in many ways, the break downs at the state and national levels, the ability for localities to come together is really important.” N Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.
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