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Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) for the San Francisco to San Jose Section of the Richard Hine (223-6525) California High-Speed Rail Project. There will be a series of Scoping Meetings Associate Editor AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 15 (BUILDINGS AND CON- to solicit input from agencies and the public on the scope of topics and Renee Batti (223-6528) STRUCTION), CHAPTER 15.10 (GREEN BUILDING) alternatives to be evaluated.The NOP can be found here: http://hsr.ca.gov/Programs/Statewide_Rail_Modernization/ Staff Writers OF THE PORTOLA VALLEY MUNICIPAL CODE WITH Dave Boyce (223-6527), Project_Sections/sanfran_sanjose.html. REGARD TO APPLICABILITY-PURPOSE AND STAN- Kate Bradshaw (223-6588) DARDS OF COMPLIANCE FOR THE GREEN BUILD- MEETINGS WILL INCLUDE A PRESENTATION AT 6:00 P.M. Barbara Wood (223-6533) ING ORDINANCE. 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To request free delivery, or stop delivery, of The Almanac in zip code 94025, 94027, 94028 and the Woodside portion of 94062, call 854-2626. 4QThe AlmanacQTheAlmanacOnline.comQMay 18, 2016 Local News M ENLO PARK | ATHERTON | WOODSIDE | PORTOLA V ALLEY ‘Transparency’ is theme of school board meeting following defeat of taxes By Barbara Wood enough money to support the Almanac Staff Writer schools?” she said. “It seemed the revenues were really, really school board meeting high and growing fantastically.” can be a lonely place. But Ms. Suhr said she tried to look A on May 10, members of up the district’s budget docu- the public filled most of the 100 ments for herself, and found the seats in the multi-use room at experience frustrating. “I think Encinal School to participate in a we need to have greater trans- discussion about what the Menlo parency,” she said. Park City School District should Karen Lucas, a Menlo Park do in the aftermath of the failure resident and teacher in another to pass two parcel tax measures. district, had a similar comment. The district says that with- “I am very supportive of pub- out the money lic education. I from the taxes, don’t think I it could have ‘It’s incumbent on us have ever not an annual $6 voted for any- million short- to try to make (school thing related fall within five budgeting) as easy to to schools,” she years. said. When the understand as possible.’ However, she two tax mea- BOARD MEMBER JOAN LAMBERT said, she has sures on a “some serious Photo courtesy Chapman family special May 3 election ballot concerns about the spending One of Nan Chapman’s great passions was horses. Here she competes with her horse Jackie. received less than the two- that is going on at this time.” Ms. Chapman was a co-founder of the Menlo Charity Horse Show.