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Portola Valley town cleanup
The town of Portola Valley is hosting its second town cleanup of the year from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22, in the Town Center parking lot. Portola Valley residents must bring the mailer insert or a GreenWaste garbage bill as proof of residency.
Accepted materials for drop-off include furniture, appliances, tree trimmings, untreated wood waste, scrap metal pieces, televisions, computers and construction and demolition debris.
Scrap metal must weigh less than 40 pounds each and be less than 2 feet in dimension. Untreated wood must be less than 6 inches in diameter and less than 5 feet in length. Construction debris must be 30 gallons or less.
GreenWaste will not accept medication and household hazardous waste, a category that includes batteries, motor oil, fertilizers, cleaning products and paint. Other items banned items are large pieces of glass, poison oak or ivy, fluorescent light bulbs and tires.
Woodside holds open house for Town Center Area Plan
Woodside residents can to visit the Town Center Area Plan Update Open House from Aug. 24 through 28. The event will be hosted at Town Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Town Hall but will be closed from noon to 1 p.m. On Aug. 27, it will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Independence Hall.
The open house will feature project displays and offer community members an opportunity to share their feedback. There will be no formal presentation or agenda.
The town is currently conducting a survey on its preliminary concepts for the future of Town Center. The survey closes on Aug. 31 and can be taken online at surveymonkey.com/r/WTCAP_Survey2.
— Jennifer Yoshikoshi
Stanford removing trees near Alpine Road
Drivers and cyclists may see reduced lane capacity near the Interstate 280 off-ramp and Alpine Road in Portola Valley due to a Stanford-sponsored project to remove 10 eucalyptus trees from the east side of Alpine Road.
Work will take place between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. on Aug. 16-20. Traffic controls will be implemented on the off-ramp and closures and lane changes will be clearly marked, according to a notice from the town of Portola Valley.
Eucalyptus trees are considered a nonnative invasive species and can be a conduit for spreading wildfires and pose danger to native wildlife and plants.
— Sydney Feldman
