Palo Alto: Foothills Park will charge $6 vehicle fee, lower attendance cap to address rise in visitors

Palo Alto: Foothills Park will charge $6 vehicle fee, lower attendance cap to address rise in visitors

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/20/palo-alto-foothills-park-will-charge-6-vehicle-fee-lower-attendance-cap-to-address-rise-in-visitors/

PALO ALTO — A trip to the recently opened Foothills Park nature preserve could soon cost you $6 after a rise in visitors prompted the city council to limit attendance in an effort to preserve its natural beauty.

This week, city council members voted 6-1 — with Alison Cormack dissenting — to craft emergency rules imposing the new fee and lowering the attendance limit from 750 people at any given time to at most 400, not to exceed 500.