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Palo Vol. XLI, Number 14 Q January 10, 2020 Alto Study: Traffic could still flow if Churchill crossing closes Page 5 www.PaloAltoOnline.comw w w. 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Page 4 • January 10, 2020 • Palo Alto Weekly • www.PaloAltoOnline.com UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Study: Road changes could make up for Churchill closure the Expanded Community Advi- assortment of road improvements alternatives currently includes Analysis of rail crossing closure recommends adding sory Panel discussed Wednesday on Alma Street and around the seven possible changes, includ- lanes to Alma and Embarcadero interchange, afternoon, concluded that if the two most logical travel alterna- ing the closure of Churchill — an installing traffic signals city kept Churchill open, traffic tives, Embarcadero Road and Or- alternative that has divided neigh- congestion would get significantly egon Expressway. bors near the tracks. by Gennady Sheyner worse as Caltrain raises the num- The study comes at a time when The option of closing Churchill ber of trains each hour from nine the city is trying to winnow down has proved fairly popular in north s Palo Alto continues to cars that use the street to cross to 12, consistent with the agency’s its menu of options for redesign- Old Palo Alto and along Mariposa debate a contentious pro- the tracks each day go? business plan. ing its rail crossings so that local Avenue in Southgate, where many A posal to close Churchill A new study by the city’s con- Closing Churchill, meanwhile, roads would no longer intersect see the idea as a more benign Avenue to traffic at the railroad sulting firm, Hexagon, offers would worsen traffic at six in- with the railroad tracks, known and less disruptive alternative tracks, critics are posing a big some answers, even as it provokes tersections, though the problems as grade separation. The City question: Where will the 9,800 more questions. The study, which could be lessened through an Council’s list of grade-separation (continued on page 11) BUSINESS Another market bites the dust Family business Khoury’s Market was hampered by unending construction, owner says by Sue Dremann fter just one year in busi- ness, Khoury’s Market at A Palo Alto’s College Terrace Centre plans to close, the second grocer at 501 Oxford Ave. to shut- ter in two years. A previous store, College Terrace Market, closed in late December 2017 after only about six months Sammy Dallal Sammy in business. The Khourys took over the spot in January 2019 after the space had been vacant for a year. On Jan. 3, Sitting behind each others’ name plates at the Palo Alto City Council dais, 2019 Mayor Eric Filseth, right, congratulates Adrian a sign in the window announced Fine after on his election as mayor for 2020 on Jan. 6. the store’s closure, and prices were 30% off. followed custom of promoting vice mayoral candidate, creat- Co-owner Chris Khoury said in CITY HALL the prior year’s vice mayor to the ing a potential deadlock on the a letter to customers announcing mayor’s chair, the race for the seven-member council. But after the closure that the business has 2020 vice mayor proved razor- Cormack’s nomination failed by been challenged by many months Fine, DuBois to lead Palo thin, with votes falling largely a 3-3 vote, she offered her vote of construction taking place around along political lines. to DuBois, giving him the edge. other parts of the building. The three council members The council then elected DuBois A dark shroud of black netting Alto council in 2020 affiliated with the slow-growth as vice mayor 4-2, with Fine and currently covers the front of the New mayor vows to focus on housing, “residentialist” philosophy — Kniss dissenting and Tanaka building. Eric Filseth, Lydia Kou and Du- abstaining. “The construction killed us. Even transportation and economic vitality Bois — all supported DuBois, Fine’s election was far less dra- the people upstairs (at the First Re- by Gennady Sheyner who joined the council in 2015 matic, with six council members public Bank) said, ‘We thought and who was re-elected in 2018. voting to make him mayor. Only you guys closed two months ago,’” drian Fine, one of Palo Cormack for the vice mayor’s The council members who are Kou, Fine’s political adversary, Khoury said. Alto’s most passionate position after one of the most more aggressive when it comes abstained, citing Fine’s support Khoury said the College Terrace A housing advocates, will competitive contests in recent to housing growth — Liz Kniss, for Senate Bill 50, a proposal Centre owner had wanted to repaint have a chance to directly shape years. DuBois won the race after Fine and Cormack — supported by state Sen. Scott Wiener to the exterior to distinguish it from the City Council agenda this Cormack, having tied 3-3 with Cormack, the top vote-getter in loosen zoning rules near transit the bank, which occupies the of- year after his colleagues chose DuBois in the council’s first vote the 2018 election. and job-rich areas (the bill was fice space above the market and an him Monday to serve as mayor on the vice mayorship, threw her Councilman Greg Tanaka, held over from last year and will adjacent building.