Town of Portola Valley Collection

Items

• Collection | 94
  Incorporation Celebration, 2014
• Collection | 3 | 69
  Miscellaneous Items of Portola Valley History
• Collection | 23
  Plaques
• Collection | 31
  Ted Driscoll archive
• Collection | 6 | 10
  Town Center Improvement Project
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  A Small Calif. Town in Transition

  Ellen Schillig, MA thesis, 1987
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  Action Group for Local Control

  (Articles, correspondence, reports re: annexatrion, incorporation or status quo, 1962)
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  Almanac 2016 summary

  burglaries, affordable housing, home safety, Jeremy Dennis
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  Almanac article 2016 rankings
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  Boring PV

  RoadSnacks.net labels PV as 6h most boring town in California;
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  FEMA Flood Hazard Zones

  A map of the town showing flood zones
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  Meeting Decorum Policy

  Rules for behavior at ;public meetings
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  Memorials

  List of memorials and tributes around town;
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  Peripetic in PV

  essay by Sheldon Breiner about experiences of jogging through town;
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  Portola Valley statistics

  various details of population, real estate in various years;
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  Potola Valley Property Tax Summary 2025-26

  Explanation and examples of changes from previous year
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  Proposed Fee Schedule 2026

  List of various fees and comparison of fees in other towns
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  silkscreen proof for Town Flag

  rolled mylar sheet with black lettering and design;
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  Town council meeting

  large audience; western hills decisions
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  Town flag

  the story of its creation; Lynn Gardner, Val Steinbeck, Cathy Behr
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  video with snippets of PV life

  Train ride at Pony Tracks, Town parade and picnic, basketball game, baseball game, men singing, old cars, a play;