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Home My Public Portal About20211220plCC701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 12/20/2021 Document dates: 12/13/2021 – 12/20/2021 Public Comments Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Aram James To:Human Relations Commission; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Planning Commission; wintergery@earthlink.net;Roberta Ahlquist; wilpfpeninsulapaloalto@gmail.com Subject:Tiny homes become big disappointment for some Date:Monday, December 20, 2021 6:49:47 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Follow the link below to view the article. https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/?publink=078dc513c_1346038 Sent from my iPhone From:Palo Alto Free PressTo:Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Stump, Molly; Council, City; darylsavage@gmail.com; David Angel; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Jay BoyarskyCc:James Aram; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Wagner, April; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Brian Welch; Sean WebbySubject:Re: Signature, note the signature Date:Monday, December 20, 2021 2:51:14 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Were finally getting somewhere after all these years of uncertainty and psychological imprisonment. Please release under Penal Code Section 832.7 all documents related to the attached PAPD complaint involving spousal rape. Were not interested in litigation at time and would prefer an amicable release of ALL related documents in this matter. We would also appreciate an acknowledgment to our request Ms.Stump. County of Santa Clara Office of 1he Dis1ric1 Attorney 270 Grant Avenue Palo 1\lto. California 94306 (650) 324-6400 w ww.saniaclara-da org George w. Kennedy District Allorney Mr. Mark Scott Peterson 434 Addison Ave Palo Alto, Ca 9430 I Dear Mr. Peterson, Re: PAPD #04-182-0110 Based on the evidence presented to our office up to this point, no charges will be filed at this time. Daniel C. Okonkwo Deputy District Attorney cc. Palo Alto Police Department V WJ ?f /g,q /~<--/ CCNJF /jl21JC>1-L_ Ps. DA Jeff Rosen, note the sloppiness of this undated letter. Speaks volumes of your entire organization past (Dolores Carr Wreck) and you sir…. Mark Petersen-PerezEditor and ChiefPalo Alto Free PressReporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Dec 19, 2021, at 9:57 PM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: The question arose, who is Junkco. That’s a spin, sarcastic spin, on the name of the current police auditor. Micheal Gennaco Junkco…genjunkco…. Like in junk science. Essentially he’s performed surgically and precisely the equivalent of junk science analysis of police complaints…. To his credit, he’s a Stanford grad…in law and has you all Hoodwinked convincing you with well crafted hyperbole… Like Molly Stump….both should be disbarred…… Mark Petersen-PerezEditor in chief,Palo Alto Free PressReporting from Nicaragua On Dec 19, 2021, at 6:35 PM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Sam Minty…… Was let go shortly after the phone purchase and installation in my apartment. This was 4th Amendment stuff, serious 4th Amendment stuff, inwhich ALL of my rights were seriously violated .and approved by the entire Palo Alto city council and the HRC. Now my dad if he were still alive would tell me son, time and time again “how do you like these apples” April Chan Wagner was the lead detective….. April is one PAPD officer buried in controversy and should have been terminated years ago…. Mr. Junkco, he was successful arguing and able to get all these PA PD employees out of jail I think he was the one who posted bond too… Mark Petersen-Perez, editor-in-chief, PaloAltoFreePress, Reporting from Nicaragua. Sent from my iPad APPUCA TION FOR EMEJ#Jl.9' PROTECTIVE ORDER (CLETS) EPQ.001 (Name): M,f/U;,i A!M'..T.tU OoRA Mpic,t:'Ap.f w-..dthe Information in items 1-5. LAWENF0RC81ENTCAIEHOM91!1t: 1. PERSON(S) TO BE PROTECTED (lnae,t names of aH persons to be protected by this orde,J: ~ 9-//J';2-OJ/ 0 MU tsXA ALikn rA/Jt212A GV./ilCfff M/JA/cA/JA 2. PERSON TO BE RESTRAIIIED (n11 I Sex. ;;..pp: ES r ::z. 5 '. ::; 3. The events th11t-the protected person to f-Immediate and present danger of domestic violence, chid abuse, child abduction, elder or dependent aclJlt abuse ( other than sole I harassment) are (glw facts and d11t11s; specify weepons): Zl,~:.{if.i.~1i:l'J.i.'.tlt.~2:.i~~~"ll:.~~~~UIJ.,.fl..(1Ss':H., 1-+Efw«TW9W..IJ4yy HlmwlU:VE~J!r, 7Efl#"f"PIJIIOJffi $< W 'l!'ft,B; 'Tlf°qFF A.Wt IIAves«RYRMe 77/L'tm;ZIM f/lEPS.Y,,A /l'(M,thfl, 'fPEJ:"LTJ:iM(J)HlfP T#(lf ~;z &ff/K.-,IJIP Gdf~IJtz,ll,. lllf!,P. rEf PfNQ7lf/ll(fr4M N>-P.ft'o/l7 OfE fl!7ZaMlfl/lftt)7Z,t.Uff:Rrr<ll{' 4. t:81° The person to be protec:ted lives with the person to be res1rained and requests an order that the restrained pet9on move out immeclately from 1he address in item 9. 5; a. D The pen;on to be protected h• minor children in common with the d, and a temporary custody order is n,quested because of the facts aleged in Item 3. A ·.,;;;,;;....,-:-_=-: D does not exist b. D The person to be protected Is a minor child In lmmedate danger the Jl"'SOl1 to be restrained becaUse of1he facts alleged in item 3. 8. D A ·chKd welfwe workllr or probation officer ha advised the undersi a jlvenile court petition D has already been filed. D will be filed. D will NOT be filed. 7. D Adlit Protective Services has bee • ey: __ .At.=.,._u...,/V::.....,_T).._Y _______ _ (PAINT NAIE a' lAW ENfORCEMENT OFFICER) Agency: A4lp A-C{l/ ,P.,a_ (-lUR~CEMeNTOFFICEII) Telephone No.: (Vid)Df-,11'P~ Badge No.: L!t!::fa~ EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER ,s .. ,..,.rsefDrlmportantnotlt:OJ 3 5 C e. . ~~ ~:i == ~= ~r:t'fi--. auac1<, strike, threaten, sexually assault, better, te!ephone, send any messages to, follow, stalk, destroy anypel'$0nal property, ordistultl the peace of each person named In Item 1. b. ~ You must t8J stay ~ at least ~ yards ltom each person named In item 1. (addtass): me-, at lent lo vards Ito/ill i:;:i move outimmedlat&i:;,o I{/:(_ 10.D (Neme): _____ iillllllil _______ l ______ Is given temporary care and control ofth:tilaww,g minor children ofth• parties (nemes 1111d ages): ______________________ _ 11. Reasonable grounds for the issuance of this order exist and an emergency protective order is necff&ary to prevent the occurrence or recummc:e of domestic violence, child abuse, child abduction, elder or dependent acMt abuse, or stalking (inelu<f"'g worlq>lace violence or elvil h.........,ent). 12. THIS EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. ON; I 7-.IS:-~ 13. To prolact8d persun: If you need protection for• longer period of time, you '!!!Isl .....,.Cl4TE<FAFrHCOU,.,.Cl4YORllel/ENTli request restraining orders at (court neme and eddress): ,., .,,,,,,. 6'1 f CA1.EHOAR Cl4Y.l'HCH£VStlal!AAI.IER: • f ..,_. ~ /11.A-:zl NC1'f COJPlr Y 0ft0ER 18 GIWITII) . Ill C . P.ROOF OF SEIMCE 14. Person seived (name): t I I • ■ ■-■ Q ) 15. lp'!f'SOnallydellveredcopies$6 nservedasfollows: pate:_ / Address: b Time: _ _._/_,3/'--1')_.$'"' __ . _ 1e. Atthe time-:-ot=se=Mce:-:;.-:-:-1:--:-was=-at~l:-:ea-st=1a=-y,-e_ars_of-:-eg-e_an__,d,-n-ot,-a_p_erty-:--to,....-:cthi,-,.s-caus--•-.--,6a-....,.1-a_m_a-:c=-a1-:;clf,-om.....,..ia_s.,..h-•rllf=-or-m_arshal.....,..-,-. -. - 17. My name, address, and telephone number are (thi& does not have to be server's home telephone number or llddress): ~ a,~ I declare under penalty d p~ry under the laws of 111e S1ate of Cdfomie that the foregoing is true and correct. Date: :=-!.-:!.er_, ► ~ ~NADfflfC,RSYIB) __ .,. .. _...,u.. EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER ICLETS) •om1y0oot, 9 noo .. ..=f ~=.r;:., (DolMStlc Violence, Child AbuH, Elder or bependent ._,eo.., ... ~ _ _,, OOJ Adult Abuse, Of Stalking (Workplace Vlolence, Clvl Harassment)) -Prlnlf1111 C:-, fePO.OCl1 ONlogpyW ...... 0NaOopw"to ......... Pfl90ft,OtllNPtto,....alld,-rNn.ONlfCOWto~ftD...-V From:Brian To:maryann.hinden@gmail.com; Council, City; Alison Cormack Cc:ross road Subject:Re: closing down this group Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 10:02:29 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bpstrope@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. My son comes back from college tomorrow. I asked him about Ross years ago, and he said, "Dad it's a f-ing joke. All the kids know it's broken. It's terrible." And still we don't fix it. Now that I think about it, it's pretty much the same as climate change. And in this case it's a lousy $12M and too much vanity to correct obvious mistakes. musicbybrianpatrick.comdo what you love On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 9:51 PM Brian <bpstrope@gmail.com> wrote: I've been run off the road twice at the "bottlenecks" -- playing chicken on my bike againstSUVs, and the bushes around ross and meadow make the crossing traffic invisible... oh, but the best part was watching 10-20 kids on a recent cold morning choose their own creativeways around the roundabout-- ignoring all the signs, and going against traffic, then across the sidewalk, 2 years after it was installed. This town is nuts. The first two were kind of sad, and then the last one was "SNL funny," and then really sad. Clearly, city council doesn't care. Your kids die? Oh well. Please don't vote for any Palo Alto city council incumbent, until this is fixed. I won't. musicbybrianpatrick.comdo what you love On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 7:39 PM maryann.hinden@gmail.com <maryann.hinden@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Ross Road google group, I haven’t seen any new posts here since last January; just spam. If I don’t hear from anyone by Friday, Dec. 24, I will delete this group. Your moderator,Maryann Hinden -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ross road"group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ross-road+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ross-road/E5EA0BF8-4E12-47C9-9458-81D7334CA578%40gmail.com. From:Brian To:maryann.hinden@gmail.com; Council, City; Alison Cormack Cc:ross road Subject:Re: closing down this group Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 9:51:48 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bpstrope@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I've been run off the road twice at the "bottlenecks" -- playing chicken on my bike against SUVs, and the bushes around ross and meadow make the crossing traffic invisible... oh, butthe best part was watching 10-20 kids on a recent cold morning choose their own creative ways around the roundabout-- ignoring all the signs, and going against traffic, then across thesidewalk, 2 years after it was installed. This town is nuts. The first two were kind of sad, and then the last one was "SNL funny," and then really sad. Clearly, city council doesn't care. Your kids die? Oh well. Please don't vote for any Palo Alto city council incumbent, until this is fixed. I won't. musicbybrianpatrick.com do what you love On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 7:39 PM maryann.hinden@gmail.com<maryann.hinden@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Ross Road google group, I haven’t seen any new posts here since last January; just spam. If I don’t hear from anyoneby Friday, Dec. 24, I will delete this group. Your moderator, Maryann Hinden -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ross road" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ross- road+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ross- road/E5EA0BF8-4E12-47C9-9458-81D7334CA578%40gmail.com. From:Palo Alto Free PressTo:Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Stump, Molly; Council, City; darylsavage@gmail.com; David Angel; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Jay Boyarsky Cc:James Aram; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Wagner, April; Gennady Sheyner; Bill JohnsonSubject:Re: Signature, note the signature Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 7:57:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ The question arose, who is Junkco. That’s a spin, sarcastic spin, on the name of the current police auditor. Micheal Gennaco Junkco…genjunkco…. Like in junk science. Essentially he’s performed surgically and precisely the equivalent of junk science analysis of police complaints…. To his credit, he’s a Stanford grad…in law and has you all Hoodwinked convincing you with well crafted hyperbole… Like Molly Stump….both should be disbarred…… Mark Petersen-PerezEditor in chief,Palo Alto Free PressReporting from Nicaragua > On Dec 19, 2021, at 6:35 PM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote:>> > > Sam Minty…… Was let go shortly after the phone purchase and installation in my apartment. This was 4th Amendment stuff, serious 4th Amendment stuff, in which ALL of my rights wereseriously violated .and approved by the entire Palo Alto city council and the HRC.>> Now my dad if he were still alive would tell me son, time and time again “how do you like these apples”>> April Chan Wagner was the lead detective….. April is one PAPD officer buried in controversy and should have been terminated years ago….>> Mr. Junkco, he was successful arguing and able to get all these PA PD employees out of jail I think he was the one who posted bond too…>> Mark Petersen-Perez, editor-in-chief, PaloAltoFreePress, Reporting from Nicaragua. > > > -------------------- > > > > > > Sent from my iPad APPUCA TION FOR EME.BPJ!jl.9' PROTECTIVE ORDER (CLETS) EP0-001 (Name): .Mdgr,i AlM:t'tU,OogA Mtlif:!Apf iiW'~d-the lnfom,allon in items 1-5. 1.AWENFORCalENTc:Aal!NU_, 1. PERSON(S) TO BE PROTECTED (/naert names of •H persons lo b<t protecled by this on:ierj: (? 9-I 3';J-OJ/ O MU QX4 AUktz r,AM/2.4 C-K.EICE< MpUCA/JA 2. PERSON TO BE RESTRAINED (na lse:..y, EEP LL. 6 t;.; 3. Th• events that-tha protected person to few Immediate and present danger al domestic violence, child abuse, child abdudion, elder or dependent adlllt abuse ( o1her than sole I h11111usment) are (gfw fuc:ts end deles; specify weapons): z;.~:.;C'l!J:.~!'a~1"'~~Di.~~q,,~~~!J~t4~~~:H,. 1#€ flllhfCTfvtllAI..P QUH H/Ul TZ N,lf€1'. 7E<KE "f', Y2 fl,' 7' wd, 1l qFF · -4&Jt@ves«aY~77IL'tm{l»!fllEPli&Rld fl¼P(hfJ,"UJEJ;'L7IiM{J)HlmTlfl!/tlft'tr.,f1Kn BH/1-5'--z/.lJP ur~/Jrdt. WJ:P. t'J/Jff/lWO:lltll/BT#Y -,.,. p61"q'ZT OfE t:liff.Pt11f14fllt'-7Z«EH£Rrtl-ar 4. t:;8t" The person to be protected liV8$ with the person to be restrained and requests an order that the restrained person move out immedately fmm the address in item 9. 5; a D The pen;on to be protected has minor children in common with the d, and a temporarycustcdy order is requested because of the facis aleged in Item 3. A "ii!~~~:::, does D does not exist b. D The person to be protected Is a minor child In lmmedate danger--' • person to be r9$11'111ned beceuse of the fac::ls alleged iri item 3. 8. D A chHd welfare workllr or probation officer has advised the undersl a )Jvenile court petition D has already been flied. D will be flied. D wlll NOT be filed. 7. D Adi.ft Protective S8fVices has bee · By:_~A't. .......... 'Zi ..... W~· ~V~r~------- (P!l!Nl'NAMl!OF lAWEHFOACajENT OA'ICER) Agency: /'Al,p A/d?l ;-0-4-(SIONA1\JR2CFRlf!Cl!Ml!NT OIT1CER) Telephone No.: (~)D.f-,2:1d~SadgeNo.: M~7?~ (addn,ss): 10.D (NarneJ:,,.,..-~---,----,------,---------minorchildren ofth• parties (names end ages): _______________________ _ 11. Reasonable grounds for the Issuance al this order exist and an emergency protedive order is neceasary to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of domestic violence, child abuse, child abduction, elder or dependent acMt abuse, or stalking (inciuamg workplace violence or clvll h.--ent). 12. THIS EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. ON; I 7-.IS:-~ 13. To prulactad persu11: II you need protection for ■ longer period of time, you ~st .....,.,. C><TECF Arn! COURT c,,.v a, sevENJ>I r■queat restraining ordeni at (cou,t nema and lltldress): "',-u,,.,, l CALa«Wt o..v. V<ol-flCHEVEftlS l!ARUER: . , ..,... ,_... /IJ.Az:Jf ttar CDJNl' v O!IOER 18 - I declare under penalty d per~ry under 1he laws of 1he S1ate of catifomia that the foregoing 15 tn.re and correct Date: 7-8-<7~ ► ):;? ~.._ !Dl'f P8 PfttiI ""HI iZ PBYlllt ~NAJlfflf !ZlflMIBl ::1:eo.;.:=: (~=~~'!fJJ:~gJ1:~~ iii::r \f.~:Jnt Pny~:l.~ .._.. _,, DOJ Adult AbUH, or Stalklng (Workplace Vlolence, Clvl Harassment)) -Priming~ fEPO.G01 OHi ogp,tllil ...,._ ONaoep/to ....._. Pl'M'\ ONliOoprfto praalld,-.on,, ONIECOAf1o ...,Mg9ftCY From:Aram James To:robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.org; Jonsen, Robert; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; Perron, Zachary;Reifschneider, James; Sajid Khan; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Raj; Human Relations Commission; PlanningCommission; Anjali Ramanathan; Angie Evans; alisa mallari tu; Joe Simitian; Figueroa, Eric; Council, City;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu;Greer Stone Subject:The Mercury News E-Edition Article……. ONE CITY, 73 K-9 BITES AND THE LAWTHAT MADE THEM PUBLIC Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 5:49:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ > > Follow the link below to view the article. > > ONE CITY, 73 K-9 BITES AND THE LAWTHAT MADE THEM PUBLIC > https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/?publink=39b89e70c_1346037 > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Palo Alto Free PressTo:Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Stump, Molly; Council, City; darylsavage@gmail.com; David Angel; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Jay Boyarsky Cc:James Aram; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Wagner, April; Gennady Sheyner; Bill JohnsonSubject:Signature, note the signature Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 4:35:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Sam Minty…… Was let go shortly after the phone purchase and installation in my apartment. This was 4th Amendment stuff, serious 4th Amendment stuff, in which ALL of my rights wereseriously violated .and approved by the entire Palo Alto city council and the HRC. Now my dad if he were still alive would tell me son, time and time again “how do you like these apples” April Chan Wagner was the lead detective….. April is one PAPD officer buried in controversy and should have been terminated years ago…. Mr. Junkco, he was successful arguing and able to get all these PA PD employees out of jail I think he was the one who posted bond too… Mark Petersen-Perez, editor-in-chief, PaloAltoFreePress, Reporting from Nicaragua. -------------------- Sent from my iPad APPUCA TION FOR EME.BPJ!jl.9' PROTECTIVE ORDER (CLETS) EP0-001 (Name): .Mdgr,i AlM:t'tU,OogA Mtlif:!Apf iiW'~d-the lnfom,allon in items 1-5. 1.AWENFORCalENTc:Aal!NU_, 1. PERSON(S) TO BE PROTECTED (/naert names of •H persons lo b<t protecled by this on:ierj: (? 9-I 3';J-OJ/ O MU QX4 AUktz r,AM/2.4 C-K.EICE< MpUCA/JA 2. PERSON TO BE RESTRAINED (na lse:..y, EEP LL. 6 t;.; 3. Th• events that-tha protected person to few Immediate and present danger al domestic violence, child abuse, child abdudion, elder or dependent adlllt abuse ( o1her than sole I h11111usment) are (gfw fuc:ts end deles; specify weapons): z;.~:.;C'l!J:.~!'a~1"'~~Di.~~q,,~~~!J~t4~~~:H,. 1#€ flllhfCTfvtllAI..P QUH H/Ul TZ N,lf€1'. 7E<KE "f', Y2 fl,' 7' wd, 1l qFF · -4&Jt@ves«aY~77IL'tm{l»!fllEPli&Rld fl¼P(hfJ,"UJEJ;'L7IiM{J)HlmTlfl!/tlft'tr.,f1Kn BH/1-5'--z/.lJP ur~/Jrdt. WJ:P. t'J/Jff/lWO:lltll/BT#Y -,.,. p61"q'ZT OfE t:liff.Pt11f14fllt'-7Z«EH£Rrtl-ar 4. t:;8t" The person to be protected liV8$ with the person to be restrained and requests an order that the restrained person move out immedately fmm the address in item 9. 5; a D The pen;on to be protected has minor children in common with the d, and a temporarycustcdy order is requested because of the facis aleged in Item 3. A "ii!~~~:::, does D does not exist b. D The person to be protected Is a minor child In lmmedate danger--' • person to be r9$11'111ned beceuse of the fac::ls alleged iri item 3. 8. D A chHd welfare workllr or probation officer has advised the undersl a )Jvenile court petition D has already been flied. D will be flied. D wlll NOT be filed. 7. D Adi.ft Protective S8fVices has bee · By:_~A't. .......... 'Zi ..... W~· ~V~r~------- (P!l!Nl'NAMl!OF lAWEHFOACajENT OA'ICER) Agency: /'Al,p A/d?l ;-0-4-(SIONA1\JR2CFRlf!Cl!Ml!NT OIT1CER) Telephone No.: (~)D.f-,2:1d~SadgeNo.: M~7?~ (addn,ss): 10.D (NarneJ:,,.,..-~---,----,------,---------minorchildren ofth• parties (names end ages): _______________________ _ 11. Reasonable grounds for the Issuance al this order exist and an emergency protedive order is neceasary to prevent the occurrence or recurrence of domestic violence, child abuse, child abduction, elder or dependent acMt abuse, or stalking (inciuamg workplace violence or clvll h.--ent). 12. THIS EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE ORDER WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M. ON; I 7-.IS:-~ 13. To prulactad persu11: II you need protection for ■ longer period of time, you ~st .....,.,. C><TECF Arn! COURT c,,.v a, sevENJ>I r■queat restraining ordeni at (cou,t nema and lltldress): "',-u,,.,, l CALa«Wt o..v. V<ol-flCHEVEftlS l!ARUER: . , ..,... ,_... /IJ.Az:Jf ttar CDJNl' v O!IOER 18 - I declare under penalty d per~ry under 1he laws of 1he S1ate of catifomia that the foregoing 15 tn.re and correct Date: 7-8-<7~ ► ):;? ~.._ !Dl'f P8 PfttiI ""HI iZ PBYlllt ~NAJlfflf !ZlflMIBl ::1:eo.;.:=: (~=~~'!fJJ:~gJ1:~~ iii::r \f.~:Jnt Pny~:l.~ .._.. _,, DOJ Adult AbUH, or Stalklng (Workplace Vlolence, Clvl Harassment)) -Priming~ fEPO.G01 OHi ogp,tllil ...,._ ONaoep/to ....._. Pl'M'\ ONliOoprfto praalld,-.on,, ONIECOAf1o ...,Mg9ftCY From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; beachrides; boardmembers; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; DougVagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; eappel@stanford.edu; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net;grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo;hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk;karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mayor;mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; merazroofing@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com;nick yovino; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com;vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Windscale: Britain"s biggest nuclear disaster. ~90 min. Excellent. Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 4:02:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 12:00 AM Subject: Fwd: Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster. ~90 min. Excellent.To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 11:51 PMSubject: Fwd: Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster. ~90 min. Excellent. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 10:58 AM Subject: Fwd: Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster. ~90 min. Excellent.To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 1:52 AMSubject: Windscale: Britain's biggest nuclear disaster. ~90 min. Excellent. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sunday, December 19, 2021 To all- Windscale Britains Biggest Nuclear Disaster - YouTube The Brits involved with this don't even LOOK like Americans, and they certainly don'tsound like us. Some of them had worked with us on the Manhattan Project. In fact, the Bomb project started in England and we took it over, employing some of their best scientists. FDRand Churchill used to talk on the scrambler phone about "tube alloys", their code for the A- Bomb project. Had the British government announced in the middle of the project shown here thatunqualified women and minorities were going to be put in positions of authority to kick the white male scientists around, bark orders at the very top people- Go get this, go get that-Britain would never have gotten the bomb. Ditto for the US with the Manhattan project. Imagine if some woman or minority with no training in chem or Physics had been orderingGen. Groves or Dr. Oppenheimer around at Los Alamos. This current war on white American men by the US government is going to come back to bite it. It already is. BTW, a famous and powerful AM radio station on the west coast was interviewing abig gun expert on Covid this week at a famous U in the east. He was totally infected and infested with "you know". He couldn't say five words without saying "you know". I turnedhim off after 10 or so of these, I turned the radio back on 8 min. later, and the third word he said was "you know". It is SO annoying that I cannot listen to it. That famous AM radiostation should screen these people and not put them on if they do this since they have lost the ability to communicate in the English language. And the U he is at is a big, famous one with atowering reputation. It is a little less towering to me now that I see that they employ a guy like this. That same radio station has a woman on on the weekends who has invented a new brandof car from Japan. It's not a Hyundai or a Honda. No, it's a Hunda. Can you believe it? That's what she says. I've heard other people do this. Hunda. Maybe Honda missed the boat big-time when they named their company. Maybe not too late to change it. Datsun became Nissan. Mr. Toyada started Toyota, which sounded better in English. Boy, did he get rich. And then reHyundai, one hears all sorts of pronunciation. Hun-die is a common and incorrect one in the US. My Korean gf in the 80s told me it is pronounced "He yun day", sort of all one word. Itold her "Just tell us how to say it and we will say it that way". The company has never done that. They let bewildered Americans do the best they can with the name. He yun day. Allone word. Now you know. TV ads for Hyundai are run by local dealers of the brand. They don't know how to pronouce it either. Little wonder that most Americans can't pronounce it correctly. It's Heyun day all one word. The Co. back in S. Korea doesn't care how Americans say the name, but they must be a liitle bit amused. Just so the money rolls in. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram JamesTo:paloaltofreepress@gmail.comCc:EPA Today; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; mark weiss; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Jeff Moore; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; alisa mallari tu; Angie Evans; Joe Simitian; Sajid Khan; Jeff RosenSubject:BLACK SANTAS MATTERDate:Sunday, December 19, 2021 1:48:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ >> > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: NYC Chinatown Honors Chinese American WWII Veterans – AsAmNews Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 11:54:42 AM Attachments:image.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:50 AMSubject: NYC Chinatown Honors Chinese American WWII Veterans – AsAmNews To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> https://asamnews.com/2021/12/19/nyc-chinatown-honors-chinese-american-wwii- veterans/ NYC Chinatown Honors Chinese American WWII Veterans December 19, 2021 Images of enlarged simulated Congressional Gold Medal and Bronze Medal displayed during Chinatown's Congressional Gold Ceremony. By Shirley Ng, AsAmNews Staff Writer It’s been over 70 years since WWII ended. On Saturday, Chinatown finally held a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony for Chinese American WWII veterans for families of veterans in the New York and New Jersey area. People gathered at a local Chinatown public school where three ceremonies organized by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance were scheduled for the day to accommodate the tremendous number of Chinese American veterans. Ceremonies were originally planned for 2019 after the Congressional Gold Medal bill was signed into law in December 2018, but there were delays due to COVID and other reasons. Many families brought with them photos of the veterans. The photos were like evidence that there were Chinese American faces that served in WWII. It was these men and women of Chinese ancestry that defended this nation’s freedom that many Americans are not aware of because the history of Asian Americans is virtually absent in today’s curriculum. Families of the WWII veterans attend the Congressional Gold Ceremony in NYC’s Chinatown. Gloria Moy of Chinatown was at the ceremony to receive the Congressional Gold Medal for her father, Herbert K. Moy. “This is incredible, this is a long time coming. This means Chinese finally matter. We seem to be a forgotten population.” Gloria Moy shows a photo of her father, veteran Herbert K. Moy of the US Army from her cell phone. Ling Wei Lew holds a photo of his father, veteran Kung Sum Lew of the US Army. Great grand-daughter Miana Lew proudly holds the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of her great-grandfather. When you think of the service of over 20,000 Chinese American men and women, they served proudly just like any other in the military. Many of them enlisted in hopes of improved opportunities after the war and to receive government benefits after their service despite the Chinese Exclusion Act, a racist law still valid during that time. It forbade the Chinese already in the US to become citizens and barred their people from entering the US for over 60 years. They also experienced widespread racism and “yellow peril,” as they were seen as a threat to the White man’s labor force in the US. The United States finally repealed the law 76 years ago this week. “It’s a long-time coming,” said Peter Mark about finally receiving the Congressional Gold Medal for his father, Bing Wah Mark of the US Army. His father was a technician and Morse code translator. “I feel very proud,” said Mark. Peter Mark and his wife proudly carries a photo of veteran Bing Wah Mark’s and his Honorable Discharge papers from the US Army. His father was also a paper son. “We owe a huge debt to our Chinese American WWII veterans. They defended the freedom that we so much enjoy. They demonstrated their skills, confidence, patriotism, and loyalty. Post World War II, they helped to open up Chinese Americans to mainstream America,” said Major General William Chen (Ret.) one of the presenters during the ceremony. Willie Lau received the Congressional Gold Medal for his father, veteran Mang J. Lau. Lillian Bit and her daughter attended the ceremony together. “Finally the day has come for the tearful relief and proud recognition,” said Bit about the sacrifice and suffering of Chinese American WWII veterans. Her father, Allen Chan was a member of the Flyer Tigers and served on a base in Shanghai. Flyer Tigers were the first American Volunteer Group of the Republic of China Air Force. They were formed to help oppose the Japanese invasion of China. Bit’s grandfather, Harry Leong also served in the Army Air Force. She doesn’t remember too much about his service and regrets not paying attention to the stories he shared when she was young. Her advice to young adults is to listen to their parents’ stories so they can be shared again in the future. Lillian Bit brought photos of her father, veteran Allen Chan to Chinatown’s ceremony. She is joined by her daughter Kelly Bit. Two Star Major General Darryll Wong (Ret.) of Hawaii was one of the presenters at Chinatown’s ceremony. Shirley Ju, a member of The Auxiliary felt it was an honor to accept the Congressional Gold Medal for her father, Ng Chin. “My father was a mechanic in the army. He didn’t speak much about his service during WWII, but said he wasn’t able to find a job as a mechanic due to discrimination once the war was over.” Ju wished her father shared more stories with her. Shirley Ju and her daughter holds a photo of her father, veteran Ng Chin. A touching moment of the ceremony was the gift of the Congressional Gold Medal to Chinatown’s American Legion Lt. B.R. Kimlau Post 1291. It was received by Commander Randall Eng. The medal was a gift from the niece of Lt. Benjamin Kim Lau, the namesake of Chinatown’s American Legion. Commander of the American Legion Lt. B.R. Kimlau Post 1291, Randall Eng holds the Congressional Gold Medal to the American Legion, a gift from the niece of the namesake of the American Legion. Henry Chu’s father, Nang M. Lew was a paper son and enlisted in the army. “My father served in an evacuation hospital in the Pacific theater. He handled the x-rays. “It’s a long time coming. I’m glad he finally got it,” he said about Saturday’s Congressional Gold Ceremony. Speaking about all Chinese American WWII veterans, “they made it such a better world for us to be in,” said Chu. Chu’s wife, Patricia was also there to receive the Congressional Gold Medal in honor of her father, Lee Dock Sheung of the US Navy. “It’s about time that they honored the Chinese American veterans, but I’m so sad that many are not here to share this with us,” she said. Patricia felt her father enlisted as a way to find some comfort and escape the hardship they faced in the US. She said her father slept on the floor under the ironing board, but during his service, he at least had food and a bed. Henry and Patricia Chu displays photos of their fathers, veterans Nang M. Lew and Lee Dock Sheung both of the US Army. The fourth-highest ranking award, the Bronze Star Medal which is awarded to a service member for heroic achievement in armed ground combat was presented to veteran Koon Y. Yee. His son Jack Yee received the Bronze Star Medal in his father’s honor. A WWII veteran was present in the earlier ceremony to personally receive his Congressional Gold Medal. Everyone gave him a standing ovation as he walked up the stairs and across the stage to receive his medal. It is estimated that approximately 200 or fewer WWII veterans of Chinese descent are still alive today. Over 2500 Chinese American WWII veterans hailed from New York and over 30 were from New Jersey. The final Congressional Gold Medal ceremony will be held in Honolulu in February 2022. AsAmNews has Asian America in its heart. We’re an all-volunteer effort of dedicated staff and interns. Check out our new Instagram account. Go to our Twitter feed and Facebook page for more content. Please consider interning, joining our staff, or submitting a story, or making a contribution. From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: AACI"s " SURVIVORS OF TORTURE " PROGRAM Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 11:29:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:22 AMSubject: AACI's " SURVIVORS OF TORTURE " PROGRAM Source: S. J. Mercury, https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/19/wish-book-offering-refuge-for-those- fleeing-their-homeland/?campaign=sjmnsanmateocounty&+utm_email+=5471747C047CF4F134FEE503F E&g2i_eui=sqnKQBf51kRyOuCrHJAwNHEFBT0TrrOE&g2i_source=newsletter&lctg=5471747C047CF4F134FEE503FE&active=yesP&utm_source=listrak&ut m_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2021%2f12%2f19%2fwish-book-offering-refuge-for-those-fleeing-their- homeland%2f&utm_campaign=bang-sjmn-nl-san-mateo-county-news-nl&utm_content=automated Wish Book: Offering refuge for those fleeing their homeland Elliott Almond December 19, 2021 at 6:18 a.m. SAN JOSE CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 27: Armina Husic, Associate Director of the Center for Survivors of Torture (CST) at AACI, stands for a portrait at the Asian Americans for Community Involvement building in San Jose, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2021. (Shae Hammond/Bay Area News Group) The call came with a sudden urgency. Armina Husic was told that if she wanted to escape, she had to leave immediately. Husic, a mother of two children, had just sat down to enjoy a coffee in the living room of her Sarajevo home that morning in 1995. She wasn’t thinking about leaving her life in Bosnia and Herzegovina behind when the call came. But the Siege of Sarajevo had reached almost four years by then. It would continue into the next year before the capital city was spared from the atrocities of a civil war that targeted the majority Muslim population. Husic gathered her children, then 9 and 4 years old, a nephew, 8, and brother, 15, and began a life-altering journey that ultimately ended in the South Bay where she still feels painful stabs of emotion over fleeing her homeland. “We didn’t plan to leave,” Husic said. “You have to make that decision about what is best for your kids and to save lives.” Husic, 57, has spent the past quarter-century using the experience of her escape from Sarajevo to help refugees who come to California. She is associate director of the San Jose-based Center for Survivors of Torture that has assisted more than 4,000 refugees from 78 countries adjust to new lives in the Bay Area. The center is part of the Asian Americans for Community Involvement, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve Santa Clara County’s marginalized and ethnic communities. This summer’s chaotic images of desperate Afghans at Kabul’s airport seeking passage to the United States and elsewhere reinforced the need for such agencies as those who are uprooted try to re- establish their lives in a foreign land. In September, Santa Clara County government officials announced that they expected to assist about 300 refugees from Afghanistan over the year. “Refugees need to have a space when they arrive to process their trauma,” Husic said. “Going to uncertainty is trauma itself. If not addressed early their integration is more complex.” Wish Book donations will help the center’s staff find housing for new arrivals as well as support counselors and case managers working with refugees. While the basics such as food and housing are important, Husic said the path to assimilation must address the refugees’ emotional needs in culturally sensitive ways. The mental health component is essential to resettlement, said Nelda David, who runs the refugee clinic for the Santa Clara County Valley Medical Center. The county clinic in San Jose handles the refugees’ immediate medical needs, including vaccinations, testing for all infectious diseases and general physical examinations. David said more than 50% of the refugees suffer from anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder by virtue of fleeing everything they’ve ever known. The county’s 13-year partnership with the center has become a model program for addressing this often overlooked part of integration, David said. “They are really experts in this field,” she added of Husic and her counselors. “The refugee journey is different. Trust is a big issue. Having an interpreter on the phone is not the same as having that person right in front of you.” One of the most effective components of the center is the diverse staff that Husic calls “Our little U.N.” They have counselors from Afghanistan, Iran, the Philippines and Syria. Many speak the language of anguish having crossed a rickety bridge from oppression to survival, having left their histories behind for new histories. When Husic arrived in San Jose in the mid-90s she was told to forget who she was and what she did in Bosnia. “Here, there are only low-paying jobs and few types of work,” Husic recalled being told. The situation didn’t deter a woman who went through hell to make it to California. Siege of Sarjevo They called it the Tunnel of Hope. During the Siege of Sarajevo, a half-mile-long tunnel gave the blockaded capital a lifeline to the outside world. For much of the siege, from 1992 to 1996, the narrow tunnel was the way in and out of Sarajevo as Serbian snipers in the hillsides shot indiscriminately at city residents. According to reports, almost 14,000 people were killed during the siege, including thousands of civilians. By 1995, Sarajevo had become a skeletal city as Serbs and Bosnian Serbs lacerated the churches, mosques, office towers and other buildings with rockets and artillery shells in strategic positions in the surrounding Dinaric Alps. “People were deprived of all of that normal life to shift into this concentration camp,” Husic said. “If you were not killed by bullets or grenades many were impacted by not having food, electricity and water. Husic worked for a major trading company in the Old Town district next to a famous cathedral with its twin spires and rose windows. Just months after the war began, Husic visited her father-in-law near her office. Ten minutes later, mortar shells struck a market where she had been, killing 22 people waiting in line to buy bread and wounding more than 100 other victims. The carnage occurred just blocks from where a Serbian nationalist had assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in 1914, an act that launched World War I. Husic heard the blast at the bakery just as she entered her office building. “The sound of it never goes away,” she said three decades later. Husic eventually decided to flee when her parents and in-laws insisted she get the kids out of the war-torn city. Her sister stayed behind to take care of their parents, who didn’t want to leave. The journey started shortly after the call. It took hours to safely cross Sarajevo just to reach a meeting place near the camouflaged tunnel opening. Civilians needed to get approval to pass through the tunnel that ran underneath the U.N.-controlled Sarajevo Airport. Husic’s group had to wait for hours because a battle was ensuing above the city. The Bosnian military used the tunnel, built in 1993, to transport wounded soldiers to hospitals. Once they got the OK, Husic and her companions crawled through the tunnel that was no more than 5 feet at its highest parts. The 800- meter trek took two hours on average. Freedom, however, was not on the other side. Civilians fleeing the conflict then had to scale 4,928-foot Mount Igman, whose unpaved road had become the main supply route to Sarajevo. By 1995, Serbian forces knew about the artery, forcing Husic’s group to find a local guide to take them over the mountain, which a decade earlier had served as the site for ski jumping at the 1984 Sarajevo Games. Husic, then 19, had danced in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in happier times. Now she clawed her way up the mountain through the mud on a rainy early morning with her youngest child begging to return home. What is worse, she thought at the time: bullets, rain, mud? “At some point, you can’t even breathe,” Husic said. They eventually made it to where buses waited to take them to Croatia. Her sister and two friends had helped Husic get to the departing point. They didn’t have time to say their goodbyes in the scramble to board an overcrowded bus. Husic and the kids spent a half year in Split, Croatia. An aunt in Cupertino helped her and the children get to the Bay Area through a refugee program. Husic restarted her life while still learning to speak English fluently and not knowing how to access available services. She worked on an assembly line in a technology company and then at Santa Clara University as a data processor. All the while Husic also helped other new arrivals navigate the system as she began to understand it. “We tried to figure out how we could create a place to help other refugees,” Husic said. “That became my mission.” She co-founded the South Bay nonprofit Eastern European Service Agency. Husic, who speaks five languages, then spent two years with the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. She has been with the Center for Survivors of Torture since 2001. The work is not just a job to her. “People are so resilient no matter how hard it is,” Husic said. “Humans find a way to survive, and that is something that gives me hope.” It is the hope she passes on to the next arrivals. THE WISH BOOK SERIES The Wish Book is an annual series of The Mercury News that invites readers to help their neighbors. WISH Donations will help Asian Americans for Community Involvement’s Center for Survivors of Torture provide clients with assistance for first month’s rent, furniture, and essential items like food and clothes, along with counseling and other services. Goal: $25,000. HOW TO GIVE Donate at wishbook.mercurynews.com or mail in the coupon. ONLINE EXTRA Read other Wish Book stories, view photos and video at wishbook.mercurynews.com. From:ronricorh@aol.com To:Council, City Subject:Housing Date:Sunday, December 19, 2021 8:25:12 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ronricorh@aol.com. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Council Members: Once more an outside institution has illustrated the difficulty in developing affordable housing in PA since the loss of the PC zone, The strict requirements on El Camino Real and the use of public funds andresources on other activities. See below for the headlines: The Luna Vista apartments on El Camino Real in Mountain View on Nov. 18, 2021. Photo by Magali Gautheir. Palo Alto's efforts to build affordable housing are hobbled by disjointed plans, inadequate funding strategies and insufficient efforts by city leaders to obtain community support, according to a report that the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury released on Thursday. Ron Hall Channing Ave. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; beachrides; boardmembers; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis; Council, City; dennisbalakian;Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu;francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner;kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mayor; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; newsdesk;news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte;tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Omnicron symptoms in the UK. Will be the same here. Dr. Campbell, Sat. 12-18 Date:Saturday, December 18, 2021 6:32:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 6:10 PM Subject: Fwd: Omnicron symptoms in the UK. Will be the same here. Dr. Campbell, Sat. 12-18 To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sat, Dec 18, 2021 at 3:32 PM Subject: Omnicron symptoms in the UK. Will be the same here. Dr. Campbell, Sat. 12-18To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Saturday, December 18, 2021 To all- Dr. Joseph Campbell for today in Carlisle, England, looking at latest data onsymptoms of Omicron. He concludes that Omicron symptoms are essentially cold symptoms. Omicron, Cold symptoms - YouTube He thoroughly excoriates the UK government- NHS- for listing seriously out of date and wrong data as the symptoms for Omnicron. "What are they playing at?", he excoriates. "Itis a national embarassment", he says. It is just one bad response from the UK government among others during this pandemic, words to that effect. They let packed flights continue intothe UK from India for 4 or 5 days knowing that many passengers were infected with Delta. The PM is unaware of this situation or is powerless to correct it. LH- I wonder if the samesort of incompetents planned D-Day. Bombers bombing German beach installations from high altitude to avoid getting hurt, killing cattle far inland. This is well worth watching since we have now detected Omicron in 47 States or something, but it has not infected some huge percent of the American population. It soon willand we need to know the symptoms when it does. You are supposed to go get tested when you get these, and, no doubt, self-isolate. Those kits should fly off the shelves in the drug stores. Itis that huge required self isolating that has Dr. Campbell, et. al. worried. Significant percentages of transport, grocery store, emergency services like police and fire, HC workers,airline employees, airport security people- TSA in the US. All of that self-isolating could gum up the normal functioning of society. They are saying that if you are boosted, there is a 70% chance of your beingasymptomatic when you are infected with Omicron. Being infected and surviving it will boost your immunity, called natural immunity. Enough people with that could spell the end of thepandemic, Dr. Campbell has said. Omicron can displace Delta. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:Angie Evans; Rebecca Eisenberg; Council, City; Planning Commission; Human Relations Commission; WinterDellenbach; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Moore; Rebecca Eisenberg; Betsy Nash; Joe Simitian;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; chuck jagoda; DuBois, Tom; Alison Cormack Cc:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Jay Boyarsky Subject:As one Palo Alto city council member said on proposed housing restrictions.. implemented by the city council….in an effort to thwart SB 9 —essentially said: Fuck yourselves if don’t like what we’re doing …call your stateassemblyman ( See Palo Alto We... Date:Saturday, December 18, 2021 1:47:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ See Article below from yesterday’s Mercury News on the Santa Clara County Grand Jury ripping Palo Alto’s lackof progress re affordable housing:https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/17/grand-jury-praises-mountain-view-rips-palo-alto-for-their-affordable-housing-efforts/amp/ Sent from my iPhone From:Selin Odabas-Geldiay To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Saturday, December 18, 2021 10:44:44 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from selinog@me.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To our city council, I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! We have immensely enjoyed our long walks through the neighborhood and downtown - my partner and I look forward to walking down university every weekend. Furthermore, it feels much safer to bike through the streets rather than fear getting hit by a drivers rushing down University Ave. I hope the streets reopen so we can share this lovely neighborhood with family and friends. All the best, Selin Odabas-Geldiay and Jack Michaud (residents of Forest Ave) Sent from my iPhone From:Shantan Kone Subject:Hello, dear one... Date:Friday, December 17, 2021 6:16:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear, I know you will be surprised to receive my mail since we have neither seen or metbefore.Well, let me start by first introducing myself to you. I got your contact in my search for an honest and trustworthy person who will assist me. I hope that you will lend ears to my honest and sincere request. I am writing to you hoping thatyou will lend ears to my honest and sincere request due to the urgent need to transfer my inheritance funds abroad for investment purposes. I am Miss Shantan Kone. 21 years old and the only child of my late parents Mr & MrsGabriel Kone, My father was a highly reputable Gold and Cocoa magnet who operated in Abidjan, the economic capital of Côte d'Ivoire during his days. It is sad to say that my fatherpassed away mysteriously as a result of poisoning during one of his business outings Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle who traveled with him at that time. But God knows the truth. My mother died in 2008and since then my father took me so special. My father's second marriage could not stand due to the ill treatment being given to me by the woman. Before his death last two year he called her secretary and I at his hospital bedside and told herthat he has the sum of seven million five hundred thousand US dollars (US $ 7,500,000.00) left in a fixed/ Deposit account in one of the leading banks here. He further told us that he deposited the money with my name as the next of kin,and finallyissued a written instruction to his lawyer who he said is in possession of all the necessary legal documents to all his wealth here in my Country and also outside Cote d'Ivoire. I am just a university undergraduate and really don't know much about financial issues. I needan account oversea where I can transfer these funds and after the transaction I will come over to your country .This is because I have suffered a lot of setbacks as a result of the incessantpolitical crisis here in the country. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life and I wished to invest under your care please. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistant in this regard so that I will leavehere and have a settled life which is the wish of my father before his untimely death. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly welcomed but permit me to ask this two questions {1} Can you honestly help me on this without betraying me? {2} Can I completely trust you? Note: While I am offering you 30 percent of the total money for this important assistance, youwill also be the overseer of the investment until I finish my education while I pray that you do not betray me at last. Please it is important that you reply to me immediately for more details on the next step henceit is my wish to relocate to your country as soon as the transfer is concluded. Expecting hearing from you so that I will know my position. Miss. Shantan Kone. From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Steve Levy Subject:Fwd: December Bay Area Economic Update Date:Friday, December 17, 2021 3:54:17 PM Attachments:Dec 17, 2021 Economic Update.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I wish all a happy holiday season. We are off to Ventura to await the birth of our granddaughter. The highlights this month are Bay Area job losses in 2020 were a larger % than in the state and nation. But in 2021 Bay Area and state job growth has outpaced the nation accompanied by large declines in unemployment. At the same time VC funding has reached record levels, housing permits have begun to rebound, the Governor signed several housing bills and the region is a leader in vaccinations and lowering COVID cases. Congress passed an infrastructure bill and international travel restrictions have been eased. The Bay Area still faces challenges in housing, transportation and other areas that affect our economic competitiveness and, in doing so, reduce our ability to meet equity and environmental goals. The highlights: The Bay Area added 188,900 jobs between January and November 2021 (+5.2%) outpacing U.S. gains (4.1%) for this period. The regional unemployment rate fell from 6.6% to 3.8%. Job gains were led by the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas The U.S. economy is recovering even as inflation and supply chain challenges remain and COVID cases are rising again. At the same time immigration and tourism are on pace to increase and some infrastructure spending could start next year. The region is a state and national leader in vaccinations and reducing COVID cases that is allowing a return to more normal living here. The UCLA December 2021 forecast has the Bay Area and state outpacing the nation in job growth in 2022 and 2023. Steve • • • • 1 Bay Area Economic Update and Outlook—December 2021—Some Good News After Large Job Losses in 2020 Bay Area job losses in 2020 were a larger % than in the state and nation. But in 2021 Bay Area and state job growth has outpaced the nation accompanied by large declines in unemployment. At the same time VC funding has reached record levels, housing permits have begun to rebound, the Governor signed several housing bills and the region is a leader in vaccinations and lowering COVID cases. Congress passed an infrastructure bill and international travel restrictions have been eased. The Bay Area still faces challenges in housing, transportation and other areas that affect our economic competitiveness and, in doing so, reduce our ability to meet equity and environmental goals. The highlights: • The Bay Area added 188,900 jobs between January and November 2021 (+5.2%) outpacing U.S. gains (4.1%) for this period. The regional unemployment rate fell from 6.6% to 3.8%. Job gains were led by the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas • The U.S. economy is recovering even as inflation and supply chain challenges remain and COVID cases are rising again. At the same time immigration and tourism are on pace to increase and some infrastructure spending could start next year. • The region is a state and national leader in vaccinations and reducing COVID cases that is allowing a return to more normal living here. • The UCLA December 2021 forecast has the Bay Area and state outpacing the nation in job growth in 2022 and 2023. Job Growth Continues But 2020 Losses Constrain the Rate of Recovery The Bay Area added 188,900 jobs since January 2021 led by a gain of 78,900 in the San Francisco metro area though SF has recovered just 56.4% of the jobs lost between February and April 2020. The San Jose metro area added 53,800 jobs but by November had recovered 65.1% of the jobs lost between February and April 2020. The San Jose, Napa, and San Rafael metro areas had the largest % job recovery by November 2021. Metro Area Job Trends (Thousands) Metro Area Feb 20 Apr 20 Jan 21 Nov 21 % Recovered Oakland 1,201.1 1,004.9 1,082.6 1,111.1 54.1% San Francisco 1,198.2 1,010.7 1,037.5 1,116.4 56.4% San Jose 1,166.7 1,013.1 1,059.3 1,113.1 65.1% 2 Santa Rosa 211.2 173.6 183.4 197.0 62.2% Napa 74.8 57.3 64.5 68.9 66.3% Vallejo 144.3 122.8 131.4 134.8 55.8% San Rafael 117.1 92.4 104.4 110.7 74.1% Bay Area 4,113.4 3,474.8 3,663.1 3,852.0 59.1% Source: EDD Seasonally adjusted The Bay Area Had Recovered Just 59.1% of Lost Jobs by November 2021 Yet VC Funding is Surging and Tech Jobs Are Above Pre-Pandemic Levels In November 2021 the Bay Area had recovered 59.1% of the jobs lost between February and April 2020 up from 29.4% in January. The state had recovered 69.6% up from 34.0% while the nation had recovered 82.2% of lost jobs up from 55.4%. At the same time VC funding in the first three quarters of 2021 was the highest on record. The Bay Area lagged the nation in 2020 job performance but has outpaced the nation in job growth so far in 2021 (5.2% versus 4.1%). 82.6%69.6% 59.1% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% 100.0% U.S.California Bay Area Jobs Recoverd by November 2021 as % of Losses 3 Unemployment Rates Fell to 3.8% in the Region in November 2021 from 6.6% in January 2021. The lowest rates were in the San Rafael metro area (2.9%) followed by the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas (3.2%) in November 2021. Unemployment Rates Metro Area Feb 20 Apr 20 Jan 21 Nov 21 Oakland 3.0% 14.8% 7.3% 4.4% San Francisco 2.2% 12.5% 6.0% 3.2% San Jose 2.6% 12.4% 5.8% 3.2% Santa Rosa 2.8% 15.4% 7.1% 3.7% Napa 3.2% 17.8% 8.8% 4.2% Vallejo 3.9% 15.7% 8.6% 5.4% San Rafael 2.4% 12.1% 5.4% 2.9% Bay Area 2.7% 13.7% 6.6% 3.8% Source: EDD The number of unemployed residents has fallen sharply from the April 2020 high and from January 2021 I 114.5 543.5 262.0 153.4 0.0 100.0 200.0 300.0 400.0 500.0 600.0 Feb 20 Apr 20 Jan 21 Nov 21 Bay Area Unemployment (Thousabds) 4 Industries Were Affected Differently The Information sector actually added jobs compared to before the pandemic hit. And the Professional & Business Services sector is also above pre-pandemic job levels. On the other hand, the Leisure and Hospitality sector recovered only 54.8% of lost jobs by November 2021 though travel and tourism are now picking up again. The Government sector has fewer jobs now than in April 2020 though many jobs are returning as schools and colleges reopen. The Construction and Manufacturing sectors have recovered most of the jobs between February and April 2020. San Francisco Bay Area Jobs Apr20-Nov 21 Feb 20 April 20 Jan 21 Nov 21 Job Change % Of Feb-Apr Loss Construction 215,600 151,900 200,700 207,100 55,200 86.7% Manufacturing 365,200 340,400 353,500 361,500 21,100 85.1% Wholesale Trade 116,900 105,500 104,900 106,700 1,200 10.5% Retail Trade 329,900 258,700 306,100 312,600 53,900 75.7% Transp. & Warehousing 111,500 99,100 102,700 110,600 11,500 92.7% Information 242,900 239,500 245,600 255,800 16,300 479.4% Financial Activities 202,000 191,300 189,900 192,100 800 7.5% Prof& Bus Serv. 792,300 735,900 750,400 815,900 80,000 141.8% Educ & Health Serv. 636,400 563,500 584,600 616,000 52,500 72.0% Leisure & Hosp. 440,100 209,200 226,900 335,700 126,500 54.8% Government 488,500 470,700 447,800 456,200 -14,500 -81.5% Total Non-Farm 4,088,100 3,467,200 3,624,200 3,893,800 426,600 68.7% Source: EDD not seasonally adjusted 5 Housing Permits Up Over 2020 Levels, Trail 2019 Slightly Housing permit levels are up over 2020 in the first ten months of 2021 but still slightly trail 2019 comparable months. But recently many new developments have been approved or proposed in places like Oakland and San Jose and in other cities as well as new developments being proposed. Residential Building Permits thru Oct Alameda 2019 4973 Contra Costa 2019 2028 2020 3373 2020 1885 2021 4652 2021 3449 Marin 2019 203 Napa 2019 176 2020 69 2020 165 2021 208 2021 357 San Francisco 2019 3046 San Mateo 2019 1325 2020 2033 2020 792 2021 2204 2021 1184 Santa Clara 2019 4421 Solano 2019 1005 2020 3059 2020 1043 2021 3987 2021 1163 Sonoma 2019 2265 Bay Area 2019 19442 2020 1343 2020 13762 2021 1663 2021 18867 % Change 21 vs 20 37.1% 21 vs 19 -3.0% Bay Area COVID Stats The top eight counties in terms of vaccination %s (all but Solano) are from the Bay Area with all having more than 80% first doses and six having more than 75% fully vaccinated. Large Challenges Remain We have the paradox of continuing reports of headquarters’ relocations outside of the region at the same the region is capturing record VC funding levels and tech jobs are slightly above pre-pandemic levels. Yet, the Bay Area Council warnings about losing our competitiveness remain as housing and mobility challenges are far from solved—the major causes of recent movements of companies and residents. 6 The rebound from pandemic related economic losses will continue but new policies are needed to maintain and improve the long-term competitiveness of the Bay Area economy. There is now increased movement to integrate our many transportation systems and agencies and pursue fare integration in an effort both to improve but to maintain the solvency of our main public transit options. 2022 is the year all Bay Area communities must update their Housing Elements to 1) identify sites attract and approve their allocation of new housing units affordable to major income groups, 2) develop programs and policies to overcome constraints and make the sites attractive to non-profit and market-rate developers and 3) comply with the state’s fair housing guidelines. This is both a great opportunity and a challenge to combine meeting our equity, environmental and economic goals. Blog | COVID-19 | Racial Justice Supporting our communities in 2021 and beyond SVCF looks forward to the year ahead with hope for the future and deep appreciation for our many partners, including our donors, local nonprofits, corporate partners, policy makers and colleague foundations. 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December 12, 2021 Dear PTC and ARB Members – Below are the comments I made during the public comments section of the PTC meeting on December 8, 2021. Thank you again for your service to Palo Alto. Lesley KingMy name is Lesley King and I own a house about a block from Castilleja. First, I want tothank the commissioners for all the hard work they do on behalf of our town.I am speaking tonight on behalf of a few other residents as strong supporters of theCastilleja Renovation and we have a few comments to make.The nuances of this project review are very confusing as a lay person so some of ourcomments are meant to clarify some of the items that I believe should no longer becontroversial.As I read the Staff report issued in advance of this meeting, I understand that you, thePlanning and Transportation Commissioners, have the authority to make recommendations on the C.U.P, the TDM plan, the variance, the parking adjustment, theEnvironmental Impact Report, and the text amendment proposed by city staff. It’s a long list, one that Commissioner Lauing mentioned tonight, and I know you takethis responsibility seriously. My first comment is about your recommendations on the C.U.PI think this relates to the enrollment increase and the TDM measures to ensure no newtrips. As of now, the mandate you have received from City Council calls for starting withan enrollment increase to 450 and identifying a procedure to allow Castilleja to increaseto 540…. in phases…. contingent upon compliance to “no new trips.”This procedure, as far as I can tell, is already outlined in the application. For some reason, I feel that this “no new trips” fact has been hard for the community to grasp. The application has specific language that outlines the very gradual and measuredpath the school would need to follow in order to be allowed to admit more students. Ifgrowth begins by taking the school to 450 from the current 426 number that Amy Frenchjust mentioned, the school will need to successfully meet the “no new trips” thresholdbefore it is allowed to add more students. If that goal is met, the school can then addanother 25 to 27 students in the next year. As you can see, the procedure seems to already be in place. I was pleased to see that Castilleja put forth an even more detailedset of procedures in response to the City Council’s latest comments, even though theprocedures were already comprehensive.In my study of the plans, I see that successful TDM measures were well-developed and inplace, showing me the compromise and cooperation Castilleja has demonstratedthroughout this prolonged process. From what I read in the Weekly, the school has againproposed additional policies, including new shuttles and bus routes, bike sharing,guaranteed rides home in emergencies for employees who don’t drive, an internal Lyftprogram, and a “kiss and ride” program with parents dropping children at an off-sitelocation to meet a shuttle. All of this comes in addition to the measures Castilleja hasalready taken over the past 10 years to reduce traffic by over 30 percent.The school has already run a successful TDM program and seems determined to continueto succeed. So I want to reiterate the good news that the burden is on the school to showcontinued success with TDM. Since Castilleja wants to enroll more girls, the “no newtrips” will need to be a priority. It’s not the neighbors’ or the City’s or even the PTC’sburden. It’s on the school to earn the right to enroll more students. The Second Point on this relates to the complaints I have heard from a few vocalopponents who point to the fact that the school over enrolled over a decade ago asevidence that it cannot be trusted….those days are clearly over.The school has been under a microscope at every moment. The length of this renovationapproval process, the depth of study invested in the EIR, the standards that have beenapplied to this project are not ones I have seen applied to other projects.In my opinion, Castilleja has accurately recognized that accountability is essential torebuilding trust and moving forward. Thus, accountability is built into the application. The next item in the city staff’s report that I want to address is the parking garage.I really appreciate Commissioner Alchek’s comment that the debate about the size of thegarage is counter to the original request from the community asking for undergroundparking.The City Council recently directed Castilleja to limit the size to 52 spaces—It’s myunderstanding that this is 50 percent of what was required for total parking for theproject.At the ARB hearing last week, the board members supported Plan E because it compliedwith the City Council's guidance, However, all five of the five board members admittedthat they ALSO supported Plan D with 69 spaces because it protected as many trees andmaximized underground spaces, which they admitted seemed wise. So the ARB board members were unanimous in their support of 69 spaces below ground. I agree with them. I was at the City Council meeting when the number 52 wasintroduced. This number seemed to have been pulled out of the air, or maybe just drawnfrom the idea that 50% is somehow fair. But since the desire to reduce the garage wasdriven by the effort to preserve trees and reduce construction scope, if the same benefitsto trees can be accomplished with 69 instead of just 52 spaces, why wouldn’t we putmore cars below ground? This plan was deemed superior by the EIR, is supported by the City’s ComprehensivePlan, and even the city’s ARB members were left tossing this question around at the endof their long hearing. They didn’t seem to have a good answer as to why we are goingforward with 69 spaces. My final observation about the staff report is a very small and specific one that reveals amuch larger and more general concern that I want to present to you as you consider thisimportant proposal at this pivotal moment. On page 10, in a short aside, the reportadmits that even though the large chart and the previous several paragraphs suggest ashortfall of 30 spaces if the school enrolls 540 students, the chart and the parkingdemand study DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ANY TDM MEASURES. This analysis isactually inaccurate and incomplete, but it is still presented as a problem that cannot besolved. I think that Amy French just referenced this quickly tonight but I want tounderline this inconsistency.We are relying on arbitrary numbers to determine whether this project can succeed andis in the best interest of Palo Alto? ·52 - The number of spaces City Council directed to be below ground - Why are we wedded to 52 when 69 spaces can be accommodated while stillpreserving trees in the exact same way? Even the ARB was left questioning this. ·30 - The shortfall of spaces if the school reaches 540. This number doesn’t take intoaccount any TDM, so it is irrelevant. Why would we begin a conversation this importantwith such flawed data and unfounded assumptions? ·50 % - The amount of parking capacity that can be allowed below ground in the suggested text amendment. This amendment, which requiresthat only 50% of parking can be below ground or theentire measurement of the projectwill be redefined. Where did this guidelinecome from? How was this threshold derived? I understand the need to compromise and believe, like you, that it’s well past time to finda middle path that serves all parties. At this point, though, I’m troubled that even thoughthe ARB and, you, the PTC have acknowledged that this is a project that should beapproved, the staff report and the guidance from council do not heed that advice andinstead have raised some seemingly arbitrary numbers and incomplete data to stallprogress.As a concerned neighbor, I ask you please to remember what you have already saidabout this proposal—that it should be possible to approve this. 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Warnings tohospitals To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Thurs. December 16, 2021 To all- Here is Dr. Campbell for Wednesday, yesterday. One of his "best" about thepandemic. Like good news about the asteroid. He details the wildfire spread of Omicron in the UK. The US will experience the same thing in 2 or 3 weeks. Merry Christmas. He shows awarning to hospitals from the UK government to hospitals there. Bet that is ditto for hospitals in the US, but with no such warning by the Biden Administration. None that I have heard.Don't want to spread alarm. Omicron UK surge - YouTube Only watched this once, but I can say that if you have the slightest interest in what isabout to wash over us with Omicron, this is informative. Having the UK get this first is like having a future-vision machine. We can see what is about to land on us. Get boosted anddouble mask. Double mask if you never have before. Get good sleep, eat right, take Vit. D and zinc, Dr. Campbell says. I may slip out long enough to buy some D. One bright note: If you have been boosted, there is a 70% chance your symptoms whenyou are exposed to Omicron will be so mild that you will be asymptomatic. I'll live like a hermit and try to raise that good percentage. I'm a sight with an eight-month old haircut. The US stock market is now in a sickening, downward spiral with no apparent bottom insight. Jerome Powell is the cause of it. He's a clone of Paul Volker in 1980: Determined to break the back of inflation if he has to break the US and world economy in the process. I'dtake on the boardroom brigands instead. That would have to be done by the WH, but no action there. This Chinese water torture about "we may raise rates in 2022, maybe three times" ispoison for Wall St. It would be better if they raised S-T interest rates a full percentage point tomorrow, Friday, Dec. 17, 2021, and announced the end of all L-T government bondpurchases by the Fed on the same day. Having done that, Jerome Powell could retire and watch as a stricken nation tried somehow to cope for the next three years with his woundingof the US economy. He would create a burning determination in the American people to get Biden out of the WH. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:mark weiss To:Council, City Cc:Jeff LaMere; Tom DuBois (tom.dubois@gmail.com); Alison Cormack; Winter Dellenbach; Drekmeier, Peter; Diane Reklis; Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada, Ed; melissa baten caswell; Megan Swezey Fogarty; ladoris@judgecordell.com; Jason Miller; Don Austin; Camille Townsend; James Aram; Yolanda Conaway; Andrew Hargadon; Mitch Stephens; bill mitchell; hansdelannoy599@gmail.com; Sadyk; Ken Erlan; Bret Baird; Doug Keare; Richard Jackson; Kristy Blackburn; David Kiefer; Ken Dauber; Greg Hulbert; Greg Zlotnick; Matt Gonzalez; Cohen Steve; Michael A. McFaul; Argumedo, Leonel; nia taylor; Brian Evans; rick eymer; eric cohen; Geoffrey Gibbs; Ken Arnold; Jonathan Rosenberg; Eric Rosenblum; Summa, Doria; Carolyn Digovich; Katy Jacobs; Robert Leland; Carol Mullin; Gregory Nerland; Matt Maltz; Caroline Camhy; Maya Wiley; Brian Moore; Richard Outzen; Holman, Karen (external); Kathy Jordan; Tommy Jordan; gwen crawford Subject:we don"t need no stinkin" gym Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 11:36:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I'd like to see a group of pro-planet billionaires and 100x billionaires start buying up land,starting with Casti and Cub and Fry's and restore it to natural land, doubling our existing parkland-per-capita ratio (which lags our promise to self in our Comp Plan). And re-name Foothill Park for a Black person like Al Young or LaDoris Cordell. Mark Weissformer Gunn basketball star and 3x council candidate, dba Earthwise From:Ken Horowitz To:Council, City Subject:From NYSenate.gov: S4602 Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 5:26:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Check out this bill: S4602: < https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S4602 >. Hello Council FYI An example of a soda tax proposal Happy holidays Ken Horowitz 525 Homer Ave Palo Alto, CA Sent from my iPad From:Mark Hoffberg To:Council, City; Eggleston, Brad; Luong, Christine; Abendschein, Jonathan Subject:Code Red Webinar - What Municipalities Can Do, Jan. 14th, 2022 Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 4:25:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council and selected staff members, I am writing to alert you about a Zoom webinar that I think will be exceptionally interesting to all of you and I hope you’ll put it on your calendar. It’s called “Code Red for Humanity: What Municipalities Can Do”. It will take place on January 14th, 2022, from noon-1:30pm. There will be four speakers: · Paul N. Edwards is a Lead Author on the latest IPCC 6th Assessment Report, and Director of the Program on Science, Technology & Society at Stanford University, Dr. Edwards will translate the science for us and answer the question: how bad is it, really? · Saul Griffith is an engineer, inventor, climate solutions expert, Build Back Better advisor, MacArthur Fellowship “Genius Grant” recipient, founder of Rewiring America, and Author of “Electrify: An Optimist’s Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future”. Dr Griffith will describe real-world technology solutions and why we should “electrify everything”. · Veronika Vostinak is a Sustainability staff member for the City of Half Moon Bay and author of a first-in-the-nation policy that sunsets the delivery of natural gas in town by 2045. Ms. Vostinak will share just what it takes to pass policies that will get cities on track to meet their goals. · Josh Becker is California’s District 13 State Senator who ran for office on a platform of addressing climate change. He was a member of the California delegation at the Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26) in November, and serves as Vice Chair of the California Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change. Senator Becker will explain the catalytic role cities play in advancing state and national climate policy. The link to register for this Webinar is: https://www.acterra.org/events/2022/1/14/code-red-for-humanity-what-municipalities-can- do I urge you to attend. Thanks very much, Mark Hoffberg Retired physicist, Palo Alto resident, climate activist From:Huynh, Leanna To:David Page Cc:City Mgr; Council, City; SunShares Subject:Re: Sources of poly silicon (needed for residential rooftop solar panels) Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 1:37:06 PM Attachments:Outlook-wxfqenaq.pngOutlook-b5spshhd.pngOutlook-d0hgei1s.png Hi David, Hope all is well. This is to confirm I have received your email. Again, thank you for being an engaged community member and sharing your input on this issue. Take good care and happy holidays, Leanna LEANNA HUYNH Program Manager, Utilities Program Services (650) 329-2244 Leanna.Huynh@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org/utilities From: David Page <dalpage5@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:37 PM To: SunShares <SunShares@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: Huynh, Leanna <Leanna.Huynh@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Re: Sources of poly silicon (needed for residential rooftop solar panels) Thanks Leanna, I apologize, but this response doesn't answer my question. As far as i know, the ban by the feds applies only to onecompany - Hoshine. Sunshares didn't say where I can purchase mono-chrystalline or poly-christalline panels withouthaving CCP/concentration-camp polysilicon as a main ingredient. The WaPo article listed in the response noted that FirstSolar (of the USA) sells panels. This is true, but they only sell 'thin-film' panels - which don't include polysilicon - and areconsidered not the best for residential solar! re: "the best people to talk to about the provenance of the solar panels we offer are the installers themselves. They workclosely on this and can provide more detail on their specific product offerings.” I've already spoken with a few installersand they don't know of any rooftop solar panels (without the damnable forced labor polysilicon) available for purchasehere in the USA. And they are uncomfortable discussing the topic. As a resident of Palo Alto, I don't want my city to support the purchase of solar panels produced in this horrific manner. Thank you again,David Page ps - Stanford Professor Jacobson (WaPo article) suggests the trade off between concentration camp incarceration and liveslost due to pollution should be decided in favor of clean energy. It doesn't have to be an either-or choice. Othercompanies, outside of China, used to make polysilicon. Unfortunately, the Xinjiang product was made so cheaply (thinklabor costs), that the competition went bankrupt. These non-Chinese firms would start up again, if proper internationaltariffs were implemented, like the Biden administration has only begun to move toward. On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 2:38 PM SunShares <SunShares@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:Hi David, CITY OF PALO ALTO UTILITIES Our correspondent from SunShares just responded. Please see her response below: “As David notes, most of the world's polysilicon is produced at least partially in China, and there are well documentedcases of forced labor in this industry. This is unacceptable and over the summer, the Biden administration beganenforcing a policy that banned the import of solar panels with components produced by forced labor. Since theimplementation of that policy, solar manufacturers have had to present evidence that there is no forced labor in theirsupply chain in order to import their products into the United States. Global supply chains are quite convoluted so it's not always possible to rule this out without a shadow of a doubt. Evenpanels that are "American made" are usually assembled out of components manufactured in China and East Asia. Butthis issue is a major focus of the industry and the present administration. With SunShares, the best people to talk to about the provenance of the solar panels we offer are the installersthemselves. They work closely on this and can provide more detail on their specific product offerings.” Infinity Energy, Skytech Solar and Solar Technologies are the installers participating in the SunShares program. Belowis a list of products being offered by each installer through SunShares: If you’d like to be contacted by the installers and have the opportunity to ask them about their products in regards to thepolysilicon used, then please sign up for the program so that they can reach out to you. Signing up for SunShares doesnot mean you’re purchasing anything through the program, just that you may be interested and for the installers tocontact you to discuss and answer any questions that you may have. If you need further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you, From: David Page <dalpage5@gmail.com> Installer Module Panel Wattage SunShares Price ($/W) Mission Solar 345 $2.95/W • • -.4 REC 365W "Black on Black" 365 $3.22/W energy REC 400W Alpha "Black on 400 $3.32/W Black" Hanwha Q.Cel 430 $2.97/W Q.Peak-Duo-L-GS.2-430 skytech - Solaria Power XT-400R-PM 400 $3.30/W (Black on Black) LG All Black 425 425 $3.50/W SunPower 410 $3.70/W SunPower 335 Black Backsheet $3.35/W -SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES SunPower 420 $3.95/W Additional costs may apply based on roof type and other structural factors. Contact sunshares@bc3sfbay.org for an itemized list of pre-negotiated price contingencies. CITY OF PALO ALTO Connie Chu I Programs Assistant II City of Palo Alto -Utilities Program Services 250 Hamilton Avenue I Palo Alto, CA 94301 Office: 650.329.2241 E-mail: Connie.Chu@CityofPaloAlto.org You don't often get email from dalpage5@gmail.com. Learn why this is important You don't often get email from dalpage5@gmail.com. Learn why this is important Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:51 PMTo: SunShares <SunShares@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Sources of poly silicon (needed for residential rooftop solar panels) Don't hold your breath Connie. Few want to speak about this uncomfortable issue. On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 6:14 PM SunShares <SunShares@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Hi David, We reached out to a representative in charge of running the Sunshares program regarding your inquiry yesterday.Unfortunately, we haven’t heard back from them. Once I receive a reply, I will follow back up with you. Best regards, From: David Page <dalpage5@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2021 1:29 PMTo: SunShares <SunShares@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Sources of poly silicon (needed for residential rooftop solar panels) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Hello Palo Alto Sunshares, It's my understanding that polysilicon is produced using forced labor often in Chinese Communist concentration camps, and that this tragic situation has worsened within the past few years. I cannot, in good conscience, support buying PV solar modules made with polysilicon manufactured in this manner. Do you know of ANY panels - free of the tainted polysilicon - available via this Palo Alto sponsored Sunshares program? I’d like to encourage people to buy renewable energy, but not if (partially) made in a concentration camp. Please help. Thank you very much, David Pagedalpage5@gmail.com from the: (November 12, 2021) Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change and Subcommittee on Energy Members and Staff Committee on Energy and Commerce Staff Hearing on “Securing America’s Future: Supply Chain Solutions for a Clean Energy Economy" " China controls 63 percent of polysilicon production…(20) Although the United States produces some polysilicon, it lacks any capacity to process it. As a result, domestically-sourced polysilicon must be exported to China in order to produce ingots and wafers. 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If this were not true, neither the City, Valley Water District or theArmy Corp of Engineers would have taken up the project at all. The issue is the unreasonably slow schedule this project has. Relative to the duration of the ice age, the process to get theseparcels out of the flood zone is short, however, relative to the time frame that is possible IF the City of Palo Alto were to make it a high priority (which it should be), the current process isway too slow and is very costly to these parcels. Loren On Dec 16, 2021, at 10:50 AM, Arthur Keller <info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Loren, I do not disagree on your discussion that it has taken a long time to get here. But I recall the number of parcels affected by tidal flooding being closer to 2000in Palo Alto. Some of those parcels will stay having to have restrictions because of being affected by San Francisquito Creek flooding. Based on NFIP data, thereare 14,316 flood insurance policies in all of Santa Clara County, of which 9,696 are single family homes. Not all of the homes affected have flood insurance; onlythose with mortgages are required to. So I suggest you first start with accurate data and not make inflated claims. Best regards, Arthur On Dec 16, 2021, at 9:15 AM, Loren Brown<loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 12-16-2021 Arthur, Your emails indicate that you have been pressing the City of Palo Alto to take this issue on since 2012. Here we are nine years laterand still no Army Corp of Engineers study! I call BS on this “process”. There are approximately 6,000 parcels of land in PaloAlto that have paid flood insurance premiums for the past 40 years and who are apparently doomed to pay flood insurance premiums foryet another 9 years. The potential damage from a flood event to these properties could be hundreds of millions of dollars (or more). These6,000 parcels of land also face increased requirements (i.e. National Flood Act, etc.) when improving their properties which have cost orwill cost this set of Palo Altans more hundreds of millions of dollars. The City of Palo Alto has its priorities misplaced. For about cost of a bicylce bridge over 101, the City could have raised the levees alongthe Baylands and removed all of these parcels from the flood zone. These parcels represent about a third of all the parcels in Palo Alto.As I have pointed out several times, the City of Foster City recognized the impact of low levees surrounding their City to theircitizenry and then moved swiftly to mitigate the problem (6 years from start to finish). The City of Palo Alto needs to do the same - notstudy the issue incessently for decades. Loren On Dec 16, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Arthur Keller <info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Loren, I appreciate your concern. We cannot proceedwithout an Army Corps of Engineers study, which covers only Palo Alto and Mountain View (part ofprotecting Palo Alto involves south of Adobe Creek, which requires protecting Mountain View), and thenconstruction will take several years after that. The Tide Gate structure is being replaced by Valley Water because it is at end-of-life. The City is notspending $33 million, Valley Water is. I initiated the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over 101 at Adobe Creek over 10 years ago. It is finally available toall, but it took a long time. The 1998 flood from San Francisquito Creek is finally resulting in flood protection in 2 years but they will stillhave to pay flood insurance. This area is being protected to level of a 50-year flood, while 100-year floodprotection is required to eliminate the requirement for paying flood insurance. I wish we were 3-4 years ago at the point we are at now. My current flood insurance costs $2,939.00 per year. This is more than my hazard insurance. Historical data is listed below. Finally, the presentation on new flood insurance ratesshows the number of policies in all of Santa Clara County. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKAhagAo3Y at 47:45. It shows 5,132 policies decreasing in cost, 6,008 going up by $10/month perless, 2,462 going up by $10 to $20/month, and 714 going up by more than $20/month. Among single familyhomes, 2,539 policies decrease, 4,685 go up by $10/month or less, 2,125 go up by $10 to $20/month, and347 go up by more than $20/month. Best regards, Arthur KellerVice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee Two historical emails follow. Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:37:22-0800 To:city.council@cityofpaloalto.org , jpa@sfcjpa.org,Board@valleywater.org From: Arthur Keller<ptc@kellers.org> Subject: Fwd: Shoreline StudyDraft EIS/R Info Materials Posted This process seems to be goinga lot faster than dealing with tidal flood risk for Palo Alto (orthe demonstrated San Francisquito Creek flood risk). Are there any lessons learned from the South Bay Shoreline Study that can be applied totidal flood risk for north county? With Sea Level Riseand the current King Tides, tidal flooding will be an increasinglyimportant issue. Two areas in Palo Alto, along with an area inSunnyvale, were identified as shoreline areas with higheconomic impacts for tidal flooding and sea level rise. Seehttp://www.southbayshoreli ne.org/documents/7.Shoreline%20Study%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf page 3. By the way, my flood insurancepremium was $1,085 total for the three year period of 1994 to1997. My one-year flood insurance premium for 2014 to2015 was $1,887. That's up by a factor of 5.2, while theliability limits have gone up from $185,000 to $250,000, afactor of 1.35. Sea Level Rise and tidal flooding are also issues for PaloAlto's Regional Water Quality Control Plant. Seealsohttp://www.southbayshoreli ne.org/documents/6%20Shoreline%20Study%202013%20Outr each.pdf particularly pages 11and 13, although the area east of 101 in Palo Alto is excludedfrom assessment areas on page 9. (That map identifies twoareas in Palo Alto as "Areas with highest damages.") Best regards, Arthur Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:54:36-0800 (PST) From: South BayShoreline <shoreline@southbayrestoration.org> To:shoreline@southba yrestoration.org Subject: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/RInfo Materials Posted Additional information is now available on the web on a draft San Jose-area plan and environmental document to build new levees,restore about 3,000 acres of wetlands, and provide publictrails. The information, a presentation and handoutsfrom a January 14 meeting on the South San Francisco BayShoreline Study Phase 1 draft plan, are available at: http://www.southb ayshoreline.org/e vents.html. The public is invited to comment on the draft document,called the Shoreline Study draft feasibility study andenvironmental impact statement/report. Comments aredue by February 2, 2015. The draft document isavailable at: www.valleywater. org/PublicReview Documents.aspx The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study, a partnership of the U.S. Army Corps ofEngineers, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Santa ClaraValley Water District, with landowning partners the USFish and Wildlife Service and the City of San José, would provideflood protection via levees and gently sloping terrain, restore Bay wetlands on about 3000 acres of former salt ponds, andcreate public trails. Apologies for duplicate mailings -- we are trying to make sure theword gets out about this important sister effort to the SouthBay Salt Pond Restoration Project. On May 25, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "ArthurKeller" <ptc@kellers.org> wrote: Dear Council Members, The PTC reviewed the CIP and found it incompliance with the Comp Plan. However,among the PTC recommendations were thatPalo Alto fund a study of tidal floodingmitigation in consideration of expected SeaLevel rise, pending investment in theRegional Water Quality Control Plant, theMunicipal Services Center on EastBayshore, and over 2000 parcels that arecurrently subject to tidal flooding accordingto current FEMA maps. Although I have signed an official letter onbehalf of the PTC regarding this issue, Iwanted to take the opportunity to expand onthat letter, summarizing in large part myremarks at the PTC meeting. 1. Mountain View did their own Sea Level Rise Study in 2012. See See alsohttp://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/Weblink/ ElectronicFile.aspx?docid=64135&&&&dbid=0 Final Draft Shoreline Regional Park CommunitySea Level Rise Study Feasibility Report and Capital ImprovementProgram Prepared for The City of Mountain View December 18, 2012 CIP 12-48 This effort was performed despite the longrange South Bay Shoreline Study http://www.southbayshoreline.org/faq.html 2. The San Francisquito Creek Joint PowersAuthority is engaged in the SAFER Bay Feasibility Study. Text fromhttp://www.sfcjpa.org/ SAFER Bay feasibility study underway Our Strategy to Advance Flood protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along the Bay(SAFER Bay) project is underway. With a team of consultants, we are now looking atdifferent alignments of infrastructure alternatives to provide tidal protection withSea Level Rise to the cities of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. We are also workingwith other agencies to improve shoreline habitat and close a gap in the Bay Trailwithin the project area. After we gather public comments this summer on potential alignments of theproject features, we will design and develop an EIR for the preferred alternative. In the meantime, contact us with yourcomments or questions, and please see a cover story on this project from the March 5edition of the weekly Almanac. http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/docs/docs- safer-bay-rfp-faq/ See alsohttp://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/san- francisquito-creek-jpa/ 3. The Santa Clara Valley Water District isfocus on tidal flooding is on Alviso. See http://valleywater.org/services/TidalFlooding.aspx 4. It is clear that without a Sea Level Rise Study specific to Palo Alto, no investmentwill occur to mitigate that risk. In the meanwhile, National Flood InsuranceProgram premiums are rising dramatically, event with partial repeal of the Biggert-Waters Reform Act of 2012. See http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform See also http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2014/04/19/new-flood-insurance-laws-hang- premiums-out-to-dry 5. At the recommendation of the PTC, PaloAlto initiated a study of a year-round bicycle and pedestrian crossing of US 101. As aresult of that study, millions of dollars of funding could be allocated to this project. 6. Seehttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/618 5/683.full andhttp://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/glaci ers-draining-antarctic-basin-destabilized-big-sea-level-rise-all-but-certain/ and http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/climate-change-antarctica- glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa The first article (Science) starts with: Science 16 May 2014:Vol. 344 no. 6185 p. 683 DOI: 10.1126/science.344.6185.683 News & Analysis Climate ChangeNo Stopping the Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Thomas Sumner A disaster may be unfolding-in slow motion.Earlier this week, two teams of scientists reported that Thwaites Glacier, a keystoneholding the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet together, is starting to collapse. In thelong run, they say, the entire ice sheet is doomed. Its meltwater would raise sea levelsby more than 3 meters. See the BCDC maps for a 16 inch (year 2050 projection) or 55 inch (year 2100projection) sea level rise at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/16_55/south_bay.pdf and http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/16_55/cbay_west.pdf Note that 3 meters is 118 inches. Note that it will takeseveral centuries to reach that 3 meter level. But the BCDC sea level rise projections arefrom 2009, and more data on sea level rise increases have been published since then. The Science article concludes: Antarctic history confirms the danger, Alleysays: Core samples drilled into the inland basins that connect Thwaites Glacier with itsneighbors have revealed algae preserved beneath the ice sheet, a hint that seawaterhas filled the basins within the past 750,000 years. That past flooding shows that modestclimate warming can cause the entire ice sheet to collapse, Alley says. "Thepossibility that we have already committed to 3 or more meters of sea level rise fromWest Antarctica will be disquieting to many people, even if the rise waits centuriesbefore arriving." Best regards, Arthur On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:17 PM, LorenBrown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 12-14-2021 Arthur, I appreciate all your efforts to move theflood protection along, however, 2030 is not a reasonable timeframe to complete thework to remove 6,000 Palo Alto properties from flood zones - especially when theeffort is already 7 years in the making. Nine more years of flood insurance premiums aregoing to cost Palo Altans $35-40 Million or more (in addition to the tens of millions thatthey have already incurred going back 40 years). This cost figure doesn’t even includeall the costs, and bureaucracy that Palo Alto property owners will face when trying toimprove their properties in the next ten years. As I mentioned below, Foster Citycorrectly recognized the importance of the issue and moved quickly to raise their levees(within a matter of a few years). Palo Alto needs to respond similarly and in a similartime frame. Why would you conclude that ten more years to complete this project is areasonable time frame when it can be completed in six years? A sixteen yearproject duration and a 2030 completion date represents an out-of-touch-with-reality andless-than-passive response by the City of Palo Alto related to the immediate needs of6,000 Palo Alto property owners. Why is the City willing to spend $33 Million toreplace a Tide Gate Structure that could prevent flooding of 400-700 parcels but notspend an additional $22 million to prevent flooding of another 5,500 parcels? Loren On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:03 AM,Arthur Keller <info@adobemeadow.org>wrote: Dear Loren, thank you for copying me on your message. I got the City Council to participate in the SAFER Bayproject in 2014 as part of the CIP review by the Planning andTransportation Commission, on which I was then serving. Without this project, the feasibility study would not havebeen completed in June 2019 and the Army Corps ofEngineers would not be engaging in their studycurrently of this important project to reduce tidal flood riskfor over 2000 homes and other key infrastructure in Palo Alto. The tidal gate will soon bereplaced. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2021/07/16/new- 40m-tidal-gate-will-combat-sea-level-rise https://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/palo-alto-flood- basin-tide-gate-structure-replacement-project This will start construction inspring/summer 2022 and finish construction fall/winter 2025. The Sea Level Adaptation Planwas discussed at a webinar on September 9, 2020.https://www.paloaltoonline.com /news/2020/09/07/with-baylands-under-flood-threat- palo-alto-explores-projects-to-address-sea-level-rise See also https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public- Works/Watershed-Protection/Sea-Level-Rise The schedule is Army Corp of Engineers to complete theirstudy in late spring 2025, per https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-and- Programs/Projects-by-Category/Projects-for-Flood- Risk-Management/SOUTH-SAN-FRANCISCO-BAY- SHORELINE-PHASE-II/ The last phase is construction,which is expected to be completed by 2030. Best regards,Arthur Keller Vice Chair, Valley Water’sEnvironment and Water Resources Committee On Nov 29, 2021,at 3:57 PM, Loren Brown<loren.brown@van cebrown.com>wrote: 11-29-2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I would like to callan important but long-overlookedissue to your immediateattention. A significant area of the City of PaloAlto is located in a FEMA-designatedflood zone and has been in a floodzone for decades and decades. Thisincludes approximately6,000 parcels in Palo Alto andrepresents almost one-third of all parcels of landlocated in Palo Alto. The majorityof properties that are in flood zonesin Palo Alto are in tidal flood zones (atrisk of flooding from SF Bay)located between Middlefield Roadand the SF Bay). IF A MAJORTIDAL FLOOD WERE TOOCCUR IN PALO ALTO, FLOODDAMAGE COSTS AT THESEPROPERTIES COULD BE ASHIGH AS HUNDREDS OFMILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Evenwithout a flood event, these parcelsare subject to significant annualcost requirements for flood insuranceand they are subject to significant extracosts when contemplatingimprovements made to theirproperties (i.e. flood proofing orelevating their structures above thebase flood elevation, etc.). The cummulative impact of all of theadded flood-zone associated costs forthese 6,000 parcels incurred overdecades and decades of time is ahuge, huge $ number for PaloAlto property owners andresidents. In 2016, the flood insurancepremiums for 3,319 Palo Alto parcels ofland totaled $3.95 Million (From BayArea News Group Article dated April19, 2017). JUST THINK ABOUTHOW MUCH MONEY THISGROUP OF PALO ALTORESIDENTS AND PROPERTYOWNERS HAS PAID FORFLOOD INSURANCEAND FLOOD IMPROVEMENTSOVER THE PAST 40 YEARS. To date, the City has taken a fairly passive approach to the flood zonesituation (i.e. just enforce FEMA flood proofing regulations, etc.). Targeted efforts by the City and Valley Water District toupgrade creek flooding risks have been made, however, nosignificant improvements to the tidal flood protection levees have been made in the past 40 years. Let’scontrast this situation with actions taken recently by theCity of Foster City. In 2015, FEMAinformed the Cityof Foster City thatapproximately 85%of the City’s 8miles of floodprotection leveeswere deficient. Portions of theflood protectionlevees werebetween two feetand four feet toolow (similar to PaloAlto). Rather thanallow FEMA torevise Foster Cityfrom a Zone Xwhere no floodinsurance wasrequired to aSpecial FloodHazard Area (likePalo Alto), the Cityof Foster City actedswiftly to upgradetheir levees. THECITY OF FOSTERCITYGOVERNMENTIMMEDIATELYACTED ON THEOBVIOUSSOLUTION. Foster City voterspassed Measure Pin 2018 (which authorized the Cityto issue a $90Million generalobligation bond),and the City isnearingconstructioncompletion of theentire project thisyear. Back in Palo Alto,the Santa ClaraValley WaterDistrict is movingat a snail’s pace ona South Bay leveeimprovementproject. See linkfor a 2017 SantaClara Valley WaterDistrict reportdiscussing thislong-term project… https://www.valleywater.org/sites/default/files/E7_Final_Evaluation_Report_022117.pdf The Water Districthas identified 14.33miles of leveesbetween Alviso andPalo Alto thatrequire raising inorder to eliminaterisk of flooding. They haveidentified varioussegments of thetotal 14.33 miles ofleveeimprovements(between Alvisoand Palo Alto). Between San Francisquito Creekin East Palo Alto and PermanenteCreek in Mountain View, they haveidentified 2 segments (EIA 1and EIA 2) of the levee totaling 3.8miles that need to be upgraded. Upgrading existing levees at these twosegments would take 6,000 PaloAlto parcels entirely out of theflood plain. The 2017 reportidentified a cost of approximately $22Million in construction coststo upgrade the levees at these twosegments. This report alsoidentifies favorable Benefit-Costrations for the Palo Alto segments. The Water District,et al has sought/receivedfunding for one segment of thelevee improvements(Segment EIA 10) in Alviso. Thatproject is currently ongoing. There areno other sections of the 14.33 miles oflevee improvements witheither funding secured, designcompleted or a definitive/reliableproject schedule issued. Tentativedesign schedule for all segments of the14.33 miles shows a 2028 date (if onecan believe it). No constructionschedule has been shown for anysegment except the Alviso segment(EIA 10). PS: A 7-year duration todesign a levee- improvementproject is a ridiculously longtime - sepecially when the stakes areso high to so many Palo Altoproperties. DESIGNING ANDCONSTRUCTING THE PALO ALTOSEGMENTS OF THIS PROJECTRIGHT NOW IS A NO BRAINER -The work to improve the leveesto eliminate potential floodingof 6,000 Palo Alto parcels is notdependent upon the other 10 miles oflevee protection work in Santa ClaraCounty. IMMEDIATELYfigure out how to move the Palo Altowork forward to a completion ASAP. If costs can be shared with otherjurisdictions, then get these otherjurisdictions to participate - but notif it means slowing the progress of thisproject down. Use Infrastructure fundscoming to Palo Alto, pass a bondmeasure, issue the bonds and get thelevee work designed andconstructed ASAP. At worst, it is onlya $20+ Million dollar measure. Don’t let this sit another 10 to 30years just because you want to waitfor federal funding. Why is this floodprotection so critical for FosterCity but not even on the radar screenin Palo Alto? Why are other Palo Altoinfrastructure projects moreimportant than this one? Loren Brown 334 KingsleyAvenue Palo Alto, CA From:Arlene GoetzeTo:cindy.chavez@box.sccgov.org; joe simitian; Susan Ellenberg; mike wasserman; otto.lee@bos.sccgov.org Subject:900 Cases Shut Cornell; 16.000 say No Kid Shotssunny Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 12:45:42 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from photowrite67@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. 1. Cornell U closes campus with 900 Vaccinated Cases (also Princeton, Middlebury College and more (WSJ Dec. 16, 2021 2. Young People (20-29) 40 Times More Likely To Die From Vax Than From COVID Says Japanese Study3. 16,000 doctors/scientists agree No Shots for Kids Are Omicron in Fully Vaxxed Students + More Cornell University Reports More Than 900 COVID Cases This Week. Many Are Omicron Variant Cases in Fully Vaccinated Students. from The Defender Covid News Watch by Childrenshealthdefense.org Cornell University reported 903 cases of COVID-19 among students between December 7-13, and a “very high percentage” of them are Omicron variant casesin fully vaccinated individuals, according to university officials. “Virtually every case of the Omicron variant to date has been found in fully vaccinated students, a portion of whom had also received a boostershot,” said VicePresident for University Relations Joel Malina in a statement. As of result, the school has decided to shut down its Ithaca, New York, campus, where it has about 25,600 students. The university will move final exams for the semester online, cancel all activities and athletics and close the libraries, President Martha Pollack wrote in a letter to the student body posted Tuesday. -------------------------------- 2. Young People 40 Times More Likely To Die From Vaccines Than From COVID Says Major Japanese StudyDecember 14, 2021m. from GreatGameIndia A major Japanese medical bulletin warned that the risk of dying from the COVID-19 vaccine for people in their 20s maybe 40 X higher than the disease itself. This was claimed by a review in the latest issue (read below) of Med Check which is a bimonthly bulletin published bythe Japan Institute of Pharmacovigilance (NOPJIP) as a member of the International Society of Drug Bulletins (ISDB).------------------------3 . 16,000 Physicians and Scientists Agree Kids Shouldn’t Get COVID Vaccine FROM The Defender, childrenshealthdefense.org, Dec. 15, 2021by Robert W. Malone, MD. (founder of the shot) Before you inject your child — a decision that is irreversible — I wanted to let you know the scientific facts about this genetic vaccine, which is based on the mRNA vaccine technology I created:COVID vaccines are “irreversible and potentially permanently damaging,” says Dr. Robert Malone, who explains why 16,000physicians and medical scientists around the world signed a declaration publicly declaring healthy childrenshould not be vaccinated for COVID-19.By Robert W. Malone, M.D. Before you vaccinate your child — which is irreversible and potentially permanently damaging — find out why16,000 physicians and medical scientists around the world signed a declaration publicly declaring that healthychildren should NOT be vaccinated for COVID-19. On behalf of these M.D.s and Ph.D.s, I have published a clear statementoutlining the scientific facts behind thisdecision: My name is Robert Malone, and I am speaking to you as a parent, grandparent, physician and scientist. I don’t usually read from a prepared speech, but this is so important that I wanted to make sure that I get every single word and scientific fact correct.I stand by this statement with a career dedicated to vaccine research and development. I’m vaccinated for COVID and I’m generally pro-vaccination.I have devoted my entire career to developing safe and effective ways to prevent and treat infectious diseases.After this, I will be posting the text of this statement so you can share it with your friends and family. Before you inject your child — a decision that is irreversible — I wanted to let you know the scientific facts about this genetic vaccine, which is based on the mRNA vaccine technology I created: There are three issues parents need to understand: The first is that a viral gene will be injected into your children’s cells. This gene forces your child’s body to make toxic spike proteins. These proteins often cause permanent damage in children’s critical organs, including: * * * Their brain and nervous system. * Their heart and blood vessels, including blood clots. * Their reproductive system. * This vaccine can trigger fundamental changes to their immune system.The most alarming point about this is that once these damages have 1. Cornell Reports Many of 900+ COVID Cases occurred, they are irreparable: * * * You can’t fix the lesions within their brain. * You can’t repair heart tissue scarring. * You can’t repair a genetically reset immune system. * This vaccine can cause reproductive damage that could affect future generations of your family.The second thing you need to know about is the fact that this novel technology has not been adequately tested. * * * We need at least 5 years of testing/research before we can really understand the risks. * Harms and risks from new medicines often become revealed many years later.Ask yourself if you want your own child to be part of the most radicalmedical experiment in human history. One final point: the reason they’re giving you to vaccinate your child is a lie. * * * Your children represent no danger to their parents or grandparents. * It’s actually the opposite. Their immunity, after getting COVID, is critical to save your family if not the world from this disease.In summary: There is no benefit for your children or your family to be vaccinating your children against the small risks of the virus, given the known health risks of the vaccine that as a parent, you and your children may have to live with for the rest of their lives. The risk/benefit analysis isn’t even close.As a parent and grandparent, my recommendation to you is to resist and fight to protect your children.RW Malone, M.D.Chief Medical and Regulatory Officer, the Unity ProjectPresident, International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists Author: Robert W. Malone, M.D., is an internationally recognized scientist/physician and the original inventor of mRNAvaccination as a technology, DNA vaccination and multiple non-viral DNA and RNA/mRNA platform delivery technologies. Sign up for free news and updates from Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and the Children’s Health Defense. CHD is planning many strategies, including legal, in an effort to defend the health of our children and obtain justice for those already injured. Your support is essential to CHD’s successful mission. The above article is the beginning and here follows the rest of his story.Dr. Malone continues: More on the twisted logic of vaccinating the children to protect the elderly “Never in human history have old people required young people to take risks, make sacrifices and die to preserve older people. We have a fiduciary duty to our children. Old people sacrifice themselves for children in a moral society, in arobust society, in a society that we are proud of. We do not tell children to take risks to preserve old people. We need tostand up and take a moral choice and an ethical choice for our children.” — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testimony beforeLouisiana State Legislature I first became conscious of the twisted logic of vaccinating the children to protect the elderly when I saw the CNN “indirect marketing” campaign to vaccinate children with an unlicensed experimental Pfizer product. After the shock of the realization that what was going on was that Pfizer used CNN as a surrogate to advertise directlyto children, thereby driving consumer demand and causing the USG/CDC to purchase additional Pfizer unlicensed EUASARS-CoV-2 vaccines, I took time to review the clip more carefully and think through what was storyboarded and scripted. I am no longer confident that children were the target market — I think it was the elderly who watch TV and soak upthe constant barrage of CNN fearporn regarding SARS-CoV-2. The CNN/Sesame Street piece is actually promoting the logic that an elderly grandmother should schedule andtransport her grandchild to receive an unlicensed experimental medical product, and that it is the grandmother who is advocating that the child should accept this procedure. And this is being promoted by a licensed physician who works for CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Having posted this observation to Twitter, of course I was immediately ridiculed and defamed by various shadowy media outlets, who seem to think that personal ad hominem attacks are a reasonable substitute for examining the logic of my statements. “The use of trusted and beloved figures in this propaganda assault to induce children into submitting as guinea pigs to injections with an xperimental high-risk zero-liability medical product with no proven benefits for kids is unconscionable and revolting. BigPharma has turned Big Bird into a child predator.” — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. TAKE A MOMENT...THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. If you make a decision to administer this product to your child, or you allow the state to insert itself into the family and force you to vaccinate your child, there is a chance that your child will be seriously damaged by the vaccine. The probability of this happening is much greater than the probability that your child will be seriously damaged by SARS-CoV-2. It is likely that this is particularly true in the case of the Omicron variant. Despite the fearporn that you may besubjected to by CNN and other legacy media. This is a scientific fact. “I think it’s time we stop. Children, what’s that sound? Everybody look — what’s going down.” — Buffalo Springfield,“For What Its Worth” Frankly, I am really tired of the coordinated propaganda, censorship, and social engineering being promoted by Pfizer, “public health officials,” legacy media and governments from around theworld. Perhaps you are also? If so, you are in the 20-30% of the global population who are increasingly aware that they have been misled. Well, actually (calling it what it is), actively lied to and psychologically manipulated. The prepared statement at the start of this post came about when I went down to Puerto Rico last weekend to meet with colleagues that are supporting the 16,000+ strong International Alliance of Physicians and Medical Scientists, where we prepared the blunt, concisestatement of fact to alert parents of what they are signing up for if they agree to go along with the narrative that is being so actively sold to us, and have their children vaccinated. This was then video recorded as a statement which is being distributed worldwide via many decentralized channels sothat the censors cannotremove it. And then we held a live-streamed question and answer event focused on vaccination of children with the Pfizer SARS- CoV-2 vaccine. The invitation-only event was attended by over 50 local physicians, medical providers, and parents. The text of the statement at the start of this post is indeed blunt and may seem shocking to some. But I think that the time for carefully parsing the truth has long since passed. Children are being harmed in the mindless rush to achieve universal vaccination. Few if any have come out with such a brief, plain-speaking statement about the reality of what parents and their children are being asked or forced to do by government bureaucrats. But so many have been subjected to so much propaganda — such intentional hypnotism — to accept the logic that it is a good idea to vaccinate our children with an experimental product that is associated with unacceptable and irreparable toxicities inorder to protect the small fraction of the population at high risk of death and hospitalization. According to the latest CDC data, more than 60% of the total U.S. population has been vaccinated, and about45% of the entire population has already been infected by the virus, recovered and developed natural immunity. The elderly are heavily vaccinated. The vaccines do not prevent you from becoming infected, replicating high levels of virus and spreading infection to others.I will say it again — the elderly are highly vaccinated. The problem is that the vaccines are not doing what they are supposed to do — prevent infection and spread of the virus. This is even more the case with the Omicron variant.So what to do? Start jabbing children who — unless they have other major problems — shrug off COVID-19 disease like they do most other RNA respiratory viruses? Or start allowing physicians to treat COVID-19 patients in the outpatient setting to prevent them from ever getting to the hospital setting where (almost exclusively in the U.S. alone) they are immunosuppressed with high levels of dexamethasone, placed into a coma-like state and hooked up to a ventilator, and treated with Remdesivir (which is clearly toxic and mimics many of the toxicities of the virus)?This is madness. And it reflects a profound arrogance on the part of the Pharma-Govie-World Health elite. They assert that they understand immunology, virology and evolutionary biology so well that they can freely tinker with the lives of our children using an experimental technology and rushed vaccine product which is neither safe nor effective based on standards and bioethical consensus that have been developed and applied over decades. They believe that they can inject novel unproven technology and improve the highly evolved human immune system that has developed over millennia to resist respiratory RNA virus pressure.Arrogance is the kindest term I can think of.“I know no one’s going to show me everything. We all come and go unknown. Each so deep and superficial. Between theforceps and the stone. Well, I looked at the granite markers, those tributes to finality, to eternity. And then I looked at myself here. Chicken scratching for my immortality.” — Joni Mitchell “Hejira”None of us are immortal. Despite the objectives of the transhumanism agenda. Death cannot be avoided. We pass through this world, and hopefully, leave it a bit better when we are gone. Our children are the only true legacy, the only real form of immortality. Please protect them, and do not ask them to make sacrifices with their health on your behalf. You know this iswrong. So do the right thing. And take this seriously.Think long and hard before taking an action that can never be undone. Originally published by Robert W. Malone. M.D., M.S. on Substack. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Children's Health Defense. Subscribe to The Defender - It’s Free! * Name* * Email* * ----------------------------- Forwarded by Arlene Goetse, MA, writer/editor, NO Toxins for Childrenphotowrite67@yahoo.com. With 15 years of writings in the Archives ofSCU and libraries of Harvard, Dayton and Notre Dame. From:Brian Goode To:Perron, Zachary; Council, City Subject:Pic camper Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 12:31:27 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bgoode101@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for your response Mr Perron. If this person is going to be parking a trailer on the street all day taking up a parking space he should be required to get a parking permit. 100 blk Palo Alto ave Brian Goode Pic camper From:Arthur Keller To:Loren Brown Cc:Council, City; midtownnews@att.net; editor@paweekly.com; news@padailypost.com; local@bayareanewsgroup.com; Gary Kremen; Murray, Kevin Subject:Re: Palo Alto Tidal Flood Protection Levees Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 10:50:32 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from info@adobemeadow.org.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Loren, I do not disagree on your discussion that it has taken a long time to get here. But I recall the number of parcels affected by tidal flooding being closer to 2000 in Palo Alto. Some of those parcels will stay having to have restrictions because of being affected by SanFrancisquito Creek flooding. Based on NFIP data, there are 14,316 flood insurance policies in all of Santa Clara County, of which 9,696 are single family homes. Not all of the homesaffected have flood insurance; only those with mortgages are required to. So I suggest you first start with accurate data and not make inflated claims. Best regards, Arthur On Dec 16, 2021, at 9:15 AM, Loren Brown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com>wrote: 12-16-2021 Arthur, Your emails indicate that you have been pressing the City of Palo Alto to take this issue on since 2012. Here we are nine years later and still no Army Corp ofEngineers study! I call BS on this “process”. There are approximately 6,000 parcels of land in Palo Alto that have paid flood insurance premiums for the past40 years and who are apparently doomed to pay flood insurance premiums for yet another 9 years. The potential damage from a flood event to these propertiescould be hundreds of millions of dollars (or more). These 6,000 parcels of land also face increased requirements (i.e. National Flood Act, etc.) when improvingtheir properties which have cost or will cost this set of Palo Altans more hundreds of millions of dollars. The City of Palo Alto has its priorities misplaced. For about cost of a bicylcebridge over 101, the City could have raised the levees along the Baylands and removed all of these parcels from the flood zone. These parcels represent about athird of all the parcels in Palo Alto. As I have pointed out several times, the City of Foster City recognized the impact of low levees surrounding their City to theircitizenry and then moved swiftly to mitigate the problem (6 years from start to finish). The City of Palo Alto needs to do the same - not study the issue incessently for decades. Loren On Dec 16, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Arthur Keller<info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Loren, I appreciate your concern. We cannot proceed without an Army Corps of Engineers study, which covers only Palo Alto andMountain View (part of protecting Palo Alto involves south of Adobe Creek, which requires protecting Mountain View), and thenconstruction will take several years after that. The Tide Gate structure is being replaced by Valley Water because it is at end-of-life. The City is not spending $33 million, Valley Wateris. I initiated the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over 101 at Adobe Creek over 10 years ago. It is finally available to all, but it took a long time. The 1998 flood from San Francisquito Creek is finally resulting inflood protection in 2 years but they will still have to pay flood insurance. This area is being protected to level of a 50-year flood,while 100-year flood protection is required to eliminate the requirement for paying flood insurance. I wish we were 3-4 years ago at the point we are at now. My current flood insurance costs $2,939.00 per year. This is morethan my hazard insurance. Historical data is listed below. Finally, the presentation on new flood insurance rates shows the number of policies in all of Santa Clara County. Seehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKAhagAo3Y at 47:45. It shows 5,132 policies decreasing in cost, 6,008 going up by$10/month per less, 2,462 going up by $10 to $20/month, and 714 going up by more than $20/month. Among single family homes,2,539 policies decrease, 4,685 go up by $10/month or less, 2,125 go up by $10 to $20/month, and 347 go up by more than $20/month. Best regards,Arthur Keller Vice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water ResourcesCommittee Two historical emails follow. Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:37:22 -0800 To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org,jpa@sfcjpa.org, Board@valleywater.org From: Arthur Keller <ptc@kellers.org> Subject: Fwd: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/R Info Materials Posted This process seems to be going a lot fasterthan dealing with tidal flood risk for Palo Alto (or the demonstrated San FrancisquitoCreek flood risk). Are there any lessons learned from the South Bay Shoreline Studythat can be applied to tidal flood risk for north county? With Sea Level Rise and thecurrent King Tides, tidal flooding will be an increasingly important issue. Two areas inPalo Alto, along with an area in Sunnyvale, were identified as shoreline areas with higheconomic impacts for tidal flooding and sea level rise. Seehttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/docu ments/7.Shoreline%20Study%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf page 3. By the way, my flood insurance premium was $1,085 total for the three year period of1994 to 1997. My one-year flood insurance premium for 2014 to 2015 was $1,887. That's up by a factor of 5.2, while the liability limits have gone up from $185,000to $250,000, a factor of 1.35. Sea Level Rise and tidal flooding are also issues for Palo Alto's Regional WaterQuality Control Plant. See alsohttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/documents/6%20Shoreline%20Study%202013% 20Outreach.pdf particularly pages 11 and13, although the area east of 101 in Palo Alto is excluded from assessment areas onpage 9. (That map identifies two areas in Palo Alto as "Areas with highest damages.") Best regards, Arthur Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:54:36 -0800 (PST)From: South Bay Shoreline <shoreline@southbayrestoration.org> To:shoreline@southbayrestoration. org Subject: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/R Info Materials Posted Additional information is now available on the web on a draft San Jose-area plan and environmental document to build new levees, restoreabout 3,000 acres of wetlands, and provide public trails. The information, apresentation and handouts from a January 14 meeting on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study Phase1 draft plan, are available at: http://www.southbayshorelin e.org/events.html. The public is invited to comment on the draft document, called the Shoreline Study draft feasibility study andenvironmental impact statement/report. Comments are due by February 2, 2015. The draft document is available at: www.valleywater.org/PublicReviewDocuments.aspx The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study, a partnership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Santa Clara ValleyWater District, with landowning partners the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of San José, wouldprovide flood protection via levees and gently sloping terrain, restore Bay wetlands on about 3000 acres offormer salt ponds, and create public trails. Apologies for duplicate mailings -- we are trying to make sure the word gets out about this important sistereffort to the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. On May 25, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "Arthur Keller"<ptc@kellers.org> wrote: Dear Council Members, The PTC reviewed the CIP and found it in compliancewith the Comp Plan. However, among the PTC recommendations were that Palo Alto fund a study oftidal flooding mitigation in consideration of expected Sea Level rise, pending investment in the RegionalWater Quality Control Plant, the Municipal Services Center on East Bayshore, and over 2000 parcels that arecurrently subject to tidal flooding according to current FEMA maps. Although I have signed an official letter on behalf of thePTC regarding this issue, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand on that letter, summarizing inlarge part my remarks at the PTC meeting. 1. Mountain View did their own Sea Level Rise Study in 2012. See See alsohttp://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/Weblink/ElectronicFi le.aspx?docid=64135&&&&dbid=0 Final DraftShoreline Regional Park Community Sea Level Rise StudyFeasibility Report and Capital Improvement Program Prepared for The City of Mountain View December 18,2012 CIP 12-48 This effort was performed despite the long range South Bay Shoreline Studyhttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/faq.html 2. The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority is engaged in the SAFER Bay Feasibility Study. Text fromhttp://www.sfcjpa.org/ SAFER Bay feasibility study underway Our Strategy to Advance Flood protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along the Bay (SAFER Bay) project isunderway. With a team of consultants, we are now looking at different alignments of infrastructurealternatives to provide tidal protection with Sea Level Rise to the cities of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. Weare also working with other agencies to improve shoreline habitat and close a gap in the Bay Trail withinthe project area. After we gather public comments this summer on potential alignments of the project features, we willdesign and develop an EIR for the preferred alternative. In the meantime, contact us with your comments or questions, and please see a cover story on this projectfrom the March 5 edition of the weekly Almanac. http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/docs/docs-safer-bay- rfp-faq/ See also http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/san-francisquito-creek-jpa/ 3. The Santa Clara Valley Water District is focus on tidal flooding is on Alviso. Seehttp://valleywater.org/services/TidalFlooding.aspx 4. It is clear that without a Sea Level Rise Study specific to Palo Alto, no investment will occur to mitigate thatrisk. In the meanwhile, National Flood Insurance Program premiums are rising dramatically, event withpartial repeal of the Biggert-Waters Reform Act of 2012. See http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform Seealso http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2014/04/19/new-flood-insurance-laws-hang-premiums-out-to-dry 5. At the recommendation of the PTC, Palo Alto initiated a study of a year-round bicycle and pedestrian crossingof US 101. As a result of that study, millions of dollars of funding could be allocated to this project. 6. Seehttp://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6185/683.full and http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/glaciers-draining-antarctic-basin-destabilized-big-sea-level-rise- all-but-certain/ andhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/1 7/climate-change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa The first article (Science) starts with: Science 16 May 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6185 p. 683DOI: 10.1126/science.344.6185.683 News & Analysis Climate Change No Stopping the Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Thomas Sumner A disaster may be unfolding-in slow motion. Earlier thisweek, two teams of scientists reported that Thwaites Glacier, a keystone holding the massive West AntarcticIce Sheet together, is starting to collapse. In the long run, they say, the entire ice sheet is doomed. Its meltwaterwould raise sea levels by more than 3 meters. See the BCDC maps for a 16 inch (year 2050 projection) or 55 inch (year 2100 projection) sea level rise athttp://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/ 16_55/south_bay.pdf andhttp://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/ 16_55/cbay_west.pdf Note that 3 meters is 118 inches. Note that it will take several centuries to reach that 3 meter level. But the BCDC sea level rise projections arefrom 2009, and more data on sea level rise increases have been published since then. The Science article concludes: Antarctic history confirms the danger, Alley says: Coresamples drilled into the inland basins that connect Thwaites Glacier with its neighbors have revealed algaepreserved beneath the ice sheet, a hint that seawater has filled the basins within the past 750,000 years. That pastflooding shows that modest climate warming can cause the entire ice sheet to collapse, Alley says. "Thepossibility that we have already committed to 3 or more meters of sea level rise from West Antarctica will bedisquieting to many people, even if the rise waits centuries before arriving." Best regards,Arthur On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Loren Brown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 12-14-2021 Arthur, I appreciate all your efforts to move the flood protectionalong, however, 2030 is not a reasonable timeframe to complete the work to remove 6,000 Palo Alto propertiesfrom flood zones - especially when the effort is already 7 years in the making. Nine more years of flood insurancepremiums are going to cost Palo Altans $35-40 Million or more (in addition to the tens of millions that they havealready incurred going back 40 years). This cost figure doesn’t even include all the costs, and bureaucracy thatPalo Alto property owners will face when trying to improve their properties in the next ten years. As Imentioned below, Foster City correctly recognized the importance of the issue and moved quickly to raise their levees (within a matter of a few years). Palo Alto needsto respond similarly and in a similar time frame. Why would you conclude that ten more years to complete thisproject is a reasonable time frame when it can be completed in six years? A sixteen year project durationand a 2030 completion date represents an out-of-touch- with-reality and less-than-passive response by the City ofPalo Alto related to the immediate needs of 6,000 Palo Alto property owners. Why is the City willing to spend$33 Million to replace a Tide Gate Structure that could prevent flooding of 400-700 parcels but not spend anadditional $22 million to prevent flooding of another 5,500 parcels? Loren On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:03 AM, ArthurKeller <info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Dear Loren, thank you for copying me on your message. I got the City Council to participate in theSAFER Bay project in 2014 as part of the CIP review by the Planning andTransportation Commission, on which I was then serving. Without this project, thefeasibility study would not have been completed in June 2019 and the Army Corpsof Engineers would not be engaging in their study currently of this important project toreduce tidal flood risk for over 2000 homes and other key infrastructure in Palo Alto. The tidal gate will soon be replaced. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/ 2021/07/16/new-40m-tidal-gate-will-combat-sea-level-rise https://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/palo-alto-flood-basin-tide-gate- structure-replacement-project This will startconstruction in spring/summer 2022 and finish construction fall/winter 2025. The Sea Level Adaptation Plan wasdiscussed at a webinar on September 9, 2020. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/09/07/with-baylands-under-flood-threat- palo-alto-explores-projects-to-address-sea-level-rise See also https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Watershed-Protection/Sea- Level-Rise The schedule is Army Corp of Engineers tocomplete their study in late spring 2025, per https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-and-Programs/Projects-by- Category/Projects-for-Flood-Risk-Management/SOUTH-SAN-FRANCISCO- BAY-SHORELINE-PHASE-II/ The last phase is construction, which isexpected to be completed by 2030. Best regards, Arthur KellerVice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee On Nov 29, 2021, at 3:57 PM,Loren Brown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 11-29-2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I would like to call an importantbut long-overlooked issue to your immediate attention. A significant area of the City ofPalo Alto is located in a FEMA- designated flood zone and hasbeen in a flood zone for decades and decades. This includesapproximately 6,000 parcels in Palo Alto and represents almostone-third of all parcels of land located in Palo Alto. The majority of properties that are inflood zones in Palo Alto are in tidal flood zones (at risk offlooding from SF Bay) located between Middlefield Road andthe SF Bay). IF A MAJOR TIDAL FLOOD WERE TOOCCUR IN PALO ALTO, FLOOD DAMAGE COSTS ATTHESE PROPERTIES COULD BE AS HIGH AS HUNDREDSOF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Even without a flood event,these parcels are subject to significant annual costrequirements for flood insurance and they are subjectto significant extra costs when contemplating improvementsmade to their properties (i.e. flood proofing or elevating theirstructures above the base flood elevation, etc.). Thecummulative impact of all of the added flood-zone associatedcosts for these 6,000 parcels incurred over decades anddecades of time is a huge, huge $ number for Palo Alto propertyowners and residents. In 2016, the flood insurance premiumsfor 3,319 Palo Alto parcels of land totaled $3.95 Million(From Bay Area News Group Article dated April 19, 2017). JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THISGROUP OF PALO ALTO RESIDENTS ANDPROPERTY OWNERS HAS PAID FOR FLOODINSURANCE AND FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS OVERTHE PAST 40 YEARS. To date, the City has taken a fairly passive approach to the flood zone situation (i.e. just enforce FEMA flood proofing regulations, etc.). Targeted efforts by the City and Valley Water District to upgrade creek flooding risks have been made, however,no significant improvements to the tidal flood protection levees have been made in the past 40 years. Let’scontrast this situation with actions taken recently by the City of Foster City. In 2015, FEMA informed theCity of Foster City thatapproximately 85% of theCity’s 8 miles of floodprotection levees were deficient.Portions of the flood protectionlevees were between two feetand four feet too low (similar toPalo Alto). Rather than allowFEMA to revise Foster Cityfrom a Zone X where no floodinsurance was required to aSpecial Flood Hazard Area (likePalo Alto), the City of FosterCity acted swiftly to upgradetheir levees. THE CITY OFFOSTER CITYGOVERNMENTIMMEDIATELY ACTED ONTHE OBVIOUS SOLUTION. Foster City voters passedMeasure P in 2018 (whichauthorized the City to issue a$90 Million general obligationbond), and the City is nearingconstruction completion of theentire project this year. Back in Palo Alto, the SantaClara Valley Water District ismoving at a snail’s pace on aSouth Bay levee improvementproject. See link for a 2017Santa Clara Valley WaterDistrict report discussing thislong-term project… https://www.valleywater.org/sites/default/files/E7_Final_Evalu ation_Report_022117.pdf The Water District has identified 14.33 miles of leveesbetween Alviso and Palo Alto that require raising in order toeliminate risk of flooding. They have identified varioussegments of the total 14.33 miles of levee improvements(between Alviso and Palo Alto). Between San FrancisquitoCreek in East Palo Alto and Permanente Creek in MountainView, they have identified 2 segments (EIA 1 and EIA 2) ofthe levee totaling 3.8 miles that need to be upgraded. Upgrading existing levees at these two segments would take6,000 Palo Alto parcels entirely out of the flood plain. The 2017report identified a cost of approximately $22 Million inconstruction costs to upgrade the levees at these twosegments. This report also identifies favorable Benefit-Cost rations for the Palo Alto segments. The Water District, et al hassought/received funding for one segment of the leveeimprovements (Segment EIA 10) in Alviso. That project iscurrently ongoing. There are no other sections of the 14.33 milesof levee improvements with either funding secured, designcompleted or a definitive/reliable projectschedule issued. Tentative design schedule for all segmentsof the 14.33 miles shows a 2028 date (if one can believe it). Noconstruction schedule has been shown for any segment exceptthe Alviso segment (EIA 10). PS: A 7-year duration to designa levee-improvement project is a ridiculously long time -sepecially when the stakes are so high to so many Palo Altoproperties. DESIGNING ANDCONSTRUCTING THE PALO ALTO SEGMENTS OF THISPROJECT RIGHT NOW IS A NO BRAINER - The work toimprove the levees to eliminate potential flooding of 6,000 PaloAlto parcels is not dependent upon the other 10 miles of leveeprotection work in Santa Clara County. IMMEDIATELYfigure out how to move the Palo Alto work forward to acompletion ASAP. If costs can be shared with otherjurisdictions, then get these other jurisdictions to participate- but not if it means slowing the progress of this project down. Use Infrastructure funds coming to Palo Alto, pass a bondmeasure, issue the bonds and get the levee work designed andconstructed ASAP. At worst, it is only a $20+ Million dollarmeasure. Don’t let this sit another 10 to 30 years justbecause you want to wait for federal funding. Why is thisflood protection so critical for Foster City but not even on theradar screen in Palo Alto? Why are other Palo Altoinfrastructure projects more important than this one? 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From:Loren Brown To:Arthur Keller Cc:Council, City; midtownnews@att.net; editor@paweekly.com; news@padailypost.com; local@bayareanewsgroup.com; Gary Kremen; Murray, Kevin Subject:Re: Palo Alto Tidal Flood Protection Levees Date:Thursday, December 16, 2021 9:15:14 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email fromloren.brown@vancebrown.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 12-16-2021 Arthur, Your emails indicate that you have been pressing the City of Palo Alto to take this issue on since 2012. Here we are nine years later and still no Army Corp of Engineers study! I callBS on this “process”. There are approximately 6,000 parcels of land in Palo Alto that have paid flood insurance premiums for the past 40 years and who are apparently doomed to payflood insurance premiums for yet another 9 years. The potential damage from a flood event to these properties could be hundreds of millions of dollars (or more). These 6,000 parcels ofland also face increased requirements (i.e. National Flood Act, etc.) when improving their properties which have cost or will cost this set of Palo Altans more hundreds of millions ofdollars. The City of Palo Alto has its priorities misplaced. For about cost of a bicylce bridge over 101, the City could have raised the levees along the Baylands and removed all of these parcels fromthe flood zone. These parcels represent about a third of all the parcels in Palo Alto. As I have pointed out several times, the City of Foster City recognized the impact of low leveessurrounding their City to their citizenry and then moved swiftly to mitigate the problem (6 years from start to finish). The City of Palo Alto needs to do the same - not study the issueincessently for decades. Loren On Dec 16, 2021, at 12:39 AM, Arthur Keller <info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Loren, I appreciate your concern. We cannot proceed without an Army Corps of Engineers study, which covers only Palo Alto and Mountain View (part ofprotecting Palo Alto involves south of Adobe Creek, which requires protecting Mountain View), and then construction will take several years after that. The Tide Gate structure is being replaced by Valley Water because it is at end-of-life. The City is not spending $33 million, Valley Water is. I initiated the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over 101 at Adobe Creek over 10 years ago. It is finally available to all, but it took a long time. The 1998 flood from San Francisquito Creek is finally resulting in floodprotection in 2 years but they will still have to pay flood insurance. This area is being protected to level of a 50-year flood, while 100-year flood protection isrequired to eliminate the requirement for paying flood insurance. I wish we were 3-4 years ago at the point we are at now. My current flood insurance costs $2,939.00 per year. This is more than my hazard insurance. Historical data is listed below. Finally, the presentation on new flood insurance rates shows the number ofpolicies in all of Santa Clara County. See https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=5YKAhagAo3Y at 47:45. It shows 5,132 policies decreasing in cost, 6,008going up by $10/month per less, 2,462 going up by $10 to $20/month, and 714 going up by more than $20/month. Among single family homes, 2,539 policiesdecrease, 4,685 go up by $10/month or less, 2,125 go up by $10 to $20/month, and 347 go up by more than $20/month. Best regards,Arthur Keller Vice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee Two historical emails follow. Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:37:22 -0800To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, jpa@sfcjpa.org, Board@valleywater.orgFrom: Arthur Keller <ptc@kellers.org> Subject: Fwd: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/R InfoMaterials Posted This process seems to be going a lot faster than dealing with tidal flood risk for Palo Alto (or the demonstratedSan Francisquito Creek flood risk). Are there any lessons learned from the South Bay Shoreline Study thatcan be applied to tidal flood risk for north county? With Sea Level Rise and the current King Tides, tidal floodingwill be an increasingly important issue. Two areas in Palo Alto, along with an area in Sunnyvale, wereidentified as shoreline areas with high economic impacts for tidal flooding and sea level rise. Seehttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/documents/7.Shor eline%20Study%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf page 3. By the way, my flood insurance premium was $1,085total for the three year period of 1994 to 1997. My one- year flood insurance premium for 2014 to 2015 was$1,887. That's up by a factor of 5.2, while the liability limits have gone up from $185,000 to $250,000, a factorof 1.35. Sea Level Rise and tidal flooding are also issues for Palo Alto's Regional Water Quality Control Plant. Seealsohttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/documents/6%20 Shoreline%20Study%202013%20Outreach.pdfparticularly pages 11 and 13, although the area east of 101 in Palo Alto is excluded from assessment areas onpage 9. (That map identifies two areas in Palo Alto as "Areas with highest damages.") Best regards, Arthur Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:54:36 -0800 (PST)From: South Bay Shoreline <shoreline@southbayrestoration.org>To: shoreline@southbayrestoration.org Subject: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/R InfoMaterials Posted Additional information is now available on the web on a draft San Jose-area plan and environmental document tobuild new levees, restore about 3,000 acres of wetlands, and provide public trails. The information, a presentation andhandouts from a January 14 meeting on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study Phase 1 draft plan, are available at: http://www.southbayshoreline.org/event s.html. The public is invited to comment on the draft document, called the Shoreline Study draft feasibility study and environmental impact statement/report. Comments are due by February 2, 2015. The draft document is available at: www.valleywater.org/PublicReviewDocu ments.aspx The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study, a partnership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, with landowningpartners the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of San José, would provide flood protection via levees and gently sloping terrain, restore Baywetlands on about 3000 acres of former salt ponds, and create public trails. Apologies for duplicate mailings -- we are trying to make sure the word gets out about this important sister effort to the South Bay Salt Pond RestorationProject. On May 25, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "Arthur Keller" <ptc@kellers.org>wrote: Dear Council Members, The PTC reviewed the CIP and found it in compliance with the CompPlan. However, among the PTC recommendations were that PaloAlto fund a study of tidal flooding mitigation in consideration ofexpected Sea Level rise, pending investment in the Regional WaterQuality Control Plant, the Municipal Services Center on East Bayshore, and over 2000 parcels that are currently subject to tidalflooding according to current FEMA maps. Although I have signed an official letter on behalf of the PTC regarding this issue, I wanted to take the opportunity to expand onthat letter, summarizing in large part my remarks at the PTC meeting. 1. Mountain View did their own Sea Level Rise Study in 2012. See See alsohttp://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/Weblink/ElectronicFile.aspx? docid=64135&&&&dbid=0 Final DraftShoreline Regional Park Community Sea Level Rise StudyFeasibility Report and Capital Improvement Program Prepared for The City of Mountain View December 18, 2012 CIP 12-48 This effort was performed despite the long range South BayShoreline Study http://www.southbayshoreline.org/faq.html 2. The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority is engaged in the SAFER Bay Feasibility Study. Text from http://www.sfcjpa.org/ SAFER Bay feasibility study underway Our Strategy to Advance Flood protection, Ecosystems andRecreation along the Bay (SAFER Bay) project is underway. With a team of consultants, we are now looking at different alignments ofinfrastructure alternatives to provide tidal protection with Sea Level Rise to the cities of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. We are alsoworking with other agencies to improve shoreline habitat and close a gap in the Bay Trail within the project area. After we gather public comments this summer on potentialalignments of the project features, we will design and develop an EIR for the preferred alternative. In the meantime, contact us with your comments or questions, andplease see a cover story on this project from the March 5 edition of the weekly Almanac. http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/docs/docs-safer-bay-rfp-faq/ See also http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/san-francisquito-creek-jpa/ 3. The Santa Clara Valley Water District is focus on tidal flooding ison Alviso. See http://valleywater.org/services/TidalFlooding.aspx 4. It is clear that without a Sea Level Rise Study specific to Palo Alto, no investment will occur to mitigate that risk. In the meanwhile,National Flood Insurance Program premiums are rising dramatically, event with partial repeal of the Biggert-Waters Reform Act of 2012. See http://www.fema.gov/flood-insurance-reform See also http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2014/04/19/new-flood-insurance-laws-hang-premiums-out-to-dry 5. At the recommendation of the PTC, Palo Alto initiated a study of a year-round bicycle and pedestrian crossing of US 101. As a result ofthat study, millions of dollars of funding could be allocated to this project. 6. See http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6185/683.full andhttp://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/glaciers-draining-antarctic- basin-destabilized-big-sea-level-rise-all-but-certain/ andhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/climate- change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa The first article (Science) starts with: Science 16 May 2014:Vol. 344 no. 6185 p. 683 DOI: 10.1126/science.344.6185.683 News & Analysis Climate ChangeNo Stopping the Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Thomas Sumner A disaster may be unfolding-in slow motion. Earlier this week, two teams of scientists reported that Thwaites Glacier, a keystone holdingthe massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet together, is starting to collapse. In the long run, they say, the entire ice sheet is doomed. Its meltwaterwould raise sea levels by more than 3 meters. See the BCDC maps for a 16 inch (year 2050 projection) or 55 inch (year 2100 projection) sea level rise athttp://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/16_55/south _bay.pdf andhttp://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/16_55/cbay_ west.pdf Note that 3 meters is 118 inches. Note that it will takeseveral centuries to reach that 3 meter level. But the BCDC sea level rise projections are from 2009, and more data on sea level riseincreases have been published since then. The Science article concludes: Antarctic history confirms the danger, Alley says: Core samples drilled into the inland basins that connect Thwaites Glacier with itsneighbors have revealed algae preserved beneath the ice sheet, a hint that seawater has filled the basins within the past 750,000 years. Thatpast flooding shows that modest climate warming can cause the entire ice sheet to collapse, Alley says. "The possibility that we havealready committed to 3 or more meters of sea level rise from West Antarctica will be disquieting to many people, even if the rise waitscenturies before arriving." Best regards, Arthur On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Loren Brown<loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 12-14-2021 Arthur, I appreciate all your efforts to move the flood protection along, however, 2030 is not a reasonable timeframe to complete the work toremove 6,000 Palo Alto properties from flood zones - especially when the effort is already 7 years in the making. Nine more years offlood insurance premiums are going to cost Palo Altans $35-40 Million or more (in addition to the tens of millions that they havealready incurred going back 40 years). This cost figure doesn’t even include all the costs, and bureaucracy that Palo Alto property ownerswill face when trying to improve their properties in the next ten years. As I mentioned below, Foster City correctly recognized theimportance of the issue and moved quickly to raise their levees (within a matter of a few years). Palo Alto needs to respond similarlyand in a similar time frame. Why would you conclude that ten more years to complete this project is a reasonable time frame when it canbe completed in six years? A sixteen year project duration and a 2030 completion date represents an out-of-touch-with-reality andless-than-passive response by the City of Palo Alto related to the immediate needs of 6,000 Palo Alto property owners. Why is theCity willing to spend $33 Million to replace a Tide Gate Structure that could prevent flooding of 400-700 parcels but not spend anadditional $22 million to prevent flooding of another 5,500 parcels? Loren On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:03 AM, Arthur Keller <info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Dear Loren, thank you for copying me on your message. I got the City Council to participate in the SAFER Bayproject in 2014 as part of the CIP review by the Planning and Transportation Commission, on which I was thenserving. Without this project, the feasibility study would not have been completed in June 2019 and the ArmyCorps of Engineers would not be engaging in their study currently of this important project to reduce tidal floodrisk for over 2000 homes and other key infrastructure in Palo Alto. The tidal gate will soon be replaced. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2021/07/16/n ew-40m-tidal-gate-will-combat-sea-level-risehttps://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/palo-alto- flood-basin-tide-gate-structure-replacement-project Thiswill start construction in spring/summer 2022 and finish construction fall/winter 2025. The Sea Level Adaptation Plan was discussed at awebinar on September 9, 2020. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/09/07/with-baylands-under-flood-threat-palo-alto-explores-projects- to-address-sea-level-rise See alsohttps://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public- Works/Watershed-Protection/Sea-Level-Rise The schedule is Army Corp of Engineers to completetheir study in late spring 2025, per https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-and-Programs/Projects-by-Category/Projects-for-Flood-Risk- Management/SOUTH-SAN-FRANCISCO-BAY-SHORELINE-PHASE-II/ The last phase is construction, which is expected to be completed by 2030. Best regards,Arthur Keller Vice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and WaterResources Committee On Nov 29, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Loren Brown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 11-29-2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I would like to call an important but long-overlooked issue to your immediate attention. A significant area of the City of Palo Alto islocated in a FEMA-designated flood zone and has been in a flood zone for decades anddecades. This includes approximately 6,000 parcels in Palo Alto and represents almostone-third of all parcels of land located in Palo Alto. The majority of properties thatare in flood zones in Palo Alto are in tidal flood zones (at risk of flooding from SFBay) located between Middlefield Road and the SF Bay). IF A MAJOR TIDAL FLOODWERE TO OCCUR IN PALO ALTO, FLOOD DAMAGE COSTS AT THESEPROPERTIES COULD BE AS HIGH AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OFDOLLARS. Even without a flood event, these parcels are subject to significantannual cost requirements for flood insurance and they are subject to significant extra costswhen contemplating improvements made to their properties (i.e. flood proofing orelevating their structures above the base flood elevation, etc.). The cummulativeimpact of all of the added flood-zone associated costs for these 6,000 parcelsincurred over decades and decades of time is a huge, huge $ number for Palo Altoproperty owners and residents. In 2016, the flood insurance premiums for 3,319 PaloAlto parcels of land totaled $3.95 Million (From Bay Area News Group Article datedApril 19, 2017). JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THIS GROUP OFPALO ALTO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS HAS PAID FORFLOOD INSURANCE AND FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST 40YEARS. To date, the City has taken a fairly passive approach to the flood zone situation (i.e. just enforce FEMA flood proofing regulations, etc.). Targeted efforts by the City and Valley Water District to upgrade creek flooding risks have been made, however, no significant improvements to the tidal flood protection levees have been madein the past 40 years. Let’s contrast this situation with actions taken recently by the City of Foster City. In 2015, FEMA informed the City of FosterCity that approximately 85% of the City’s 8miles of flood protection levees weredeficient. Portions of the flood protectionlevees were between two feet and four feettoo low (similar to Palo Alto). Rather thanallow FEMA to revise Foster City from aZone X where no flood insurance wasrequired to a Special Flood Hazard Area(like Palo Alto), the City of Foster Cityacted swiftly to upgrade their levees. THECITY OF FOSTER CITY GOVERNMENTIMMEDIATELY ACTED ON THEOBVIOUS SOLUTION. Foster City voterspassed Measure P in 2018 (which authorizedthe City to issue a $90 Million generalobligation bond), and the City is nearingconstruction completion of the entire projectthis year. Back in Palo Alto, the Santa Clara ValleyWater District is moving at a snail’s pace ona South Bay levee improvement project. See link for a 2017 Santa Clara ValleyWater District report discussing this long-term project… https://www.valleywater.org/sites/default/files/E7_Final_Evaluation_Report_022117.pdf The Water District has identified 14.33miles of levees between Alviso and Palo Alto that require raising in order to eliminaterisk of flooding. They have identified various segments of the total 14.33 miles oflevee improvements (between Alviso and Palo Alto). Between San FrancisquitoCreek in East Palo Alto and Permanente Creek in Mountain View, they haveidentified 2 segments (EIA 1 and EIA 2) of the levee totaling 3.8 miles that need to beupgraded. Upgrading existing levees at these two segments would take 6,000 PaloAlto parcels entirely out of the flood plain. The 2017 report identified a cost ofapproximately $22 Million in construction costs to upgrade the levees at these twosegments. This report also identifies favorable Benefit-Cost rations for the PaloAlto segments. The Water District, et al has sought/received funding for one segment ofthe levee improvements (Segment EIA 10) in Alviso. That project is currently ongoing.There are no other sections of the 14.33 miles of levee improvements with eitherfunding secured, design completed or a definitive/reliable project schedule issued. Tentative design schedule for all segments of the 14.33 miles shows a 2028 date (if onecan believe it). No construction schedule has been shown for any segment except theAlviso segment (EIA 10). PS: A 7-year duration to design a levee-improvementproject is a ridiculously long time - sepecially when the stakes are so high to somany Palo Alto properties. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTINGTHE PALO ALTO SEGMENTS OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS A NOBRAINER - The work to improve the levees to eliminate potential flooding of 6,000 PaloAlto parcels is not dependent upon the other 10 miles of levee protection work in SantaClara County. IMMEDIATELY figure out how to move the Palo Alto work forward toa completion ASAP. If costs can be shared with other jurisdictions, then get these otherjurisdictions to participate - but not if it means slowing the progress of this projectdown. Use Infrastructure funds coming to Palo Alto, pass a bond measure, issue thebonds and get the levee work designed and constructed ASAP. At worst, it is only a$20+ Million dollar measure. Don’t let this sit another 10 to 30 years just because youwant to wait for federal funding. Why is this flood protection so critical for FosterCity but not even on the radar screen in Palo Alto? Why are other Palo Altoinfrastructure projects more important than this one? Loren Brown 334 Kingsley AvenuePalo Alto, CA From:pennyellson12@gmail.comTo:"MacPherson Juliana"; Safe RoutesCc:eholm@pausd.org; board@pausd.org; Council, CitySubject:RE: Traffic concerns on Nelson Drive at Diablo CourtDate:Thursday, December 16, 2021 9:08:48 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Thanks for taking time to write, Juliana. Many voices speaking together make a difference. --Penny From: MacPherson Juliana <juliana_macpherson@yahoo.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:22 PMTo: SafeRoutes@cityofpaloalto.orgCc: eholm@pausd.org; board@pausd.org; City Council <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Traffic concerns on Nelson Drive at Diablo Court Dear PAUSD Representatives and City Officials, I appreciate the opportunity as a community member to submit my concerns as you plan to temporarily relocate two elementary schools to the Cubberley campus. I am a resident in the Greenmeadow neighborhood and live on Diablo Court. I would like to share with you what I have observed as unsafe driving and hazardous conditions at the intersection of Nelson Drive, Diablo Court, and the Cubberley bike/pedestrian path. At this intersection and on a daily basis, there are cars making U-turns and cars parked blocking the bike/pedestrians path. Right now, it usually happens during soccer practice drop off and pick up in the afternoon from about 4 pm on. Many drivers are oblivious of other cars on the road, pedestrians trying to cross the street, and ped/bikers coming out of the bike path while they maneuver the U turns. To make matters worse, some drivers park their cars right in front of the ped/bike path. Whenthis happens, the visibility of cross traffic for a pedestrian or biker coming out of the path is severely limited because there are often parked cars along Nelson Drive on the Cubberley field side. With the relocation of the elementary schools, I can see the hazardous conditions on the rise due to a higher volume of car, bike and foot traffic at this intersection in the morning as well as in the afternoon. Please consider marking the intersection as a pedestrian zone, posting more visible “No Stopping” signs at the opening of the ped/bike path, and have enforcement of traffic codes. 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We cannot proceed without an Army Corps of Engineers study, which covers only Palo Alto and Mountain View (part of protecting Palo Alto involvessouth of Adobe Creek, which requires protecting Mountain View), and then construction will take several years after that. The Tide Gate structure is being replaced by Valley Water because it is at end-of-life. TheCity is not spending $33 million, Valley Water is. I initiated the bicycle and pedestrian bridge over 101 at Adobe Creek over 10 years ago. It is finally available to all, but it took a long time. The 1998 flood from San Francisquito Creek is finally resulting in flood protection in 2 yearsbut they will still have to pay flood insurance. This area is being protected to level of a 50- year flood, while 100-year flood protection is required to eliminate the requirement for payingflood insurance. I wish we were 3-4 years ago at the point we are at now. My current flood insurance costs $2,939.00 per year. This is more than my hazard insurance. Historical data is listed below. Finally, the presentation on new flood insurance rates shows the number of policies in all ofSanta Clara County. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKAhagAo3Y at 47:45. It shows 5,132 policies decreasing in cost, 6,008 going up by $10/month per less, 2,462 going upby $10 to $20/month, and 714 going up by more than $20/month. Among single family homes, 2,539 policies decrease, 4,685 go up by $10/month or less, 2,125 go up by $10 to$20/month, and 347 go up by more than $20/month. Best regards, Arthur KellerVice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee Two historical emails follow. Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 06:37:22 -0800 To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, jpa@sfcjpa.org,Board@valleywater.org From: Arthur Keller <ptc@kellers.org> Subject: Fwd: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/R Info Materials Posted This process seems to be going a lot faster than dealing with tidal flood risk for Palo Alto (or the demonstrated San Francisquito Creekflood risk). Are there any lessons learned from the South Bay Shoreline Study that can be applied to tidal flood risk for northcounty? With Sea Level Rise and the current King Tides, tidal flooding will be an increasingly important issue. Two areas in PaloAlto, along with an area in Sunnyvale, were identified as shoreline areas with high economic impacts for tidal flooding and sea levelrise. Seehttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/documents/7.Shoreline%20Study%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf page 3. By the way, my flood insurance premium was $1,085 total for the three year period of 1994 to 1997. My one-year flood insurancepremium for 2014 to 2015 was $1,887. That's up by a factor of 5.2, while the liability limits have gone up from $185,000 to $250,000, afactor of 1.35. Sea Level Rise and tidal flooding are also issues for Palo Alto's Regional Water Quality Control Plant. Seealsohttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/documents/6%20Shoreline%2 0Study%202013%20Outreach.pdf particularly pages 11 and 13,although the area east of 101 in Palo Alto is excluded from assessment areas on page 9. (That map identifies two areas in PaloAlto as "Areas with highest damages.") Best regards, Arthur Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 13:54:36 -0800 (PST)From: South Bay Shoreline <shoreline@southbayrestoration.org>To: shoreline@southbayrestoration.org Subject: Shoreline Study Draft EIS/R Info MaterialsPosted Additional information is now available on the web on a draft San Jose-area plan and environmental document to build new levees, restore about 3,000 acres of wetlands, and provide public trails. The information, a presentation and handouts from a January 14 meeting on the South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study Phase 1 draft plan, areavailable at: http://www.southbayshoreline.org/events.html. The public is invited to comment on the draftdocument, called the Shoreline Study draft feasibility study and environmental impact statement/report. Comments are due by February 2, 2015. The draft document is available at: www.valleywater.org/PublicReviewDocuments.aspx The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Study, a partnership of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the State Coastal Conservancy and the Santa Clara Valley Water District, with landowning partners the US Fish and Wildlife Service and the City of SanJosé, would provide flood protection via levees and gently sloping terrain, restore Bay wetlands on about 3000 acres of former salt ponds, and create public trails. Apologies for duplicate mailings -- we are trying to make sure the word gets out about this importantsister effort to the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project. On May 25, 2014, at 11:18 AM, "Arthur Keller" <ptc@kellers.org> wrote: Dear Council Members, The PTC reviewed the CIP and found it in compliance with the Comp Plan. However, among the PTC recommendations were that Palo Alto fund a study oftidal flooding mitigation in consideration of expected Sea Level rise, pending investment in the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, the Municipal ServicesCenter on East Bayshore, and over 2000 parcels that are currently subject to tidal flooding according to current FEMA maps. Although I have signed an official letter on behalf of the PTC regarding this issue,I wanted to take the opportunity to expand on that letter, summarizing in large part my remarks at the PTC meeting. 1. Mountain View did their own Sea Level Rise Study in 2012. See See alsohttp://laserfiche.mountainview.gov/Weblink/ElectronicFile.aspx? docid=64135&&&&dbid=0 Final DraftShoreline Regional Park Community Sea Level Rise StudyFeasibility Report and Capital Improvement Program Prepared for The City of Mountain View December 18, 2012 CIP 12-48 This effort was performed despite the long range South Bay Shoreline Studyhttp://www.southbayshoreline.org/faq.html 2. The San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority is engaged in the SAFER Bay Feasibility Study. Text from http://www.sfcjpa.org/ SAFER Bay feasibility study underway Our Strategy to Advance Flood protection, Ecosystems and Recreation along theBay (SAFER Bay) project is underway. With a team of consultants, we are now looking at different alignments of infrastructure alternatives to provide tidalprotection with Sea Level Rise to the cities of Menlo Park and East Palo Alto. We are also working with other agencies to improve shoreline habitat and close agap in the Bay Trail within the project area. After we gather public comments this summer on potential alignments of the project features, we will design and develop an EIR for the preferred alternative. In the meantime, contact us with your comments or questions, and please see acover story on this project from the March 5 edition of the weekly Almanac. http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/docs/docs-safer-bay-rfp-faq/ See also http://sfcjpa.org/web/documents/san-francisquito-creek-jpa/ 3. The Santa Clara Valley Water District is focus on tidal flooding is on Alviso. See http://valleywater.org/services/TidalFlooding.aspx 4. It is clear that without a Sea Level Rise Study specific to Palo Alto, noinvestment will occur to mitigate that risk. In the meanwhile, National Flood Insurance Program premiums are rising dramatically, event with partial repeal ofthe Biggert-Waters Reform Act of 2012. See http://www.fema.gov/flood- insurance-reform See also http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2014/04/19/new-flood-insurance-laws-hang-premiums-out-to-dry 5. At the recommendation of the PTC, Palo Alto initiated a study of a year-round bicycle and pedestrian crossing of US 101. As a result of that study, millions ofdollars of funding could be allocated to this project. 6. See http://www.sciencemag.org/content/344/6185/683.full and http://arstechnica.com/science/2014/05/glaciers-draining-antarctic-basin-destabilized-big-sea-level-rise-all-but-certain/ and http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/climate-change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa The first article (Science) starts with: Science 16 May 2014: Vol. 344 no. 6185 p. 683DOI: 10.1126/science.344.6185.683 News & Analysis Climate Change No Stopping the Collapse of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Thomas Sumner A disaster may be unfolding-in slow motion. Earlier this week, two teams ofscientists reported that Thwaites Glacier, a keystone holding the massive West Antarctic Ice Sheet together, is starting to collapse. In the long run, they say, theentire ice sheet is doomed. Its meltwater would raise sea levels by more than 3 meters. See the BCDC maps for a 16 inch (year 2050 projection) or 55 inch (year 2100projection) sea level rise at http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/16_55/south_bay.pdf andhttp://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/maps/16_55/cbay_west.pdf Note that 3 meters is 118 inches. Note that it will take several centuries to reachthat 3 meter level. But the BCDC sea level rise projections are from 2009, and more data on sea level rise increases have been published since then. The Science article concludes: Antarctic history confirms the danger, Alley says: Core samples drilled into theinland basins that connect Thwaites Glacier with its neighbors have revealed algae preserved beneath the ice sheet, a hint that seawater has filled the basinswithin the past 750,000 years. That past flooding shows that modest climate warming can cause the entire ice sheet to collapse, Alley says. "The possibilitythat we have already committed to 3 or more meters of sea level rise from West Antarctica will be disquieting to many people, even if the rise waits centuriesbefore arriving." Best regards, Arthur On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Loren Brown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com>wrote: 12-14-2021 Arthur, I appreciate all your efforts to move the flood protection along, however, 2030 is not a reasonable timeframe to complete the work to remove 6,000 Palo Altoproperties from flood zones - especially when the effort is already 7 years in the making. Nine more years of flood insurance premiums are going to cost PaloAltans $35-40 Million or more (in addition to the tens of millions that they have already incurred going back 40 years). This cost figure doesn’t even include allthe costs, and bureaucracy that Palo Alto property owners will face when trying to improve their properties in the next ten years. As I mentioned below, Foster Citycorrectly recognized the importance of the issue and moved quickly to raise their levees (within a matter of a few years). Palo Alto needs to respond similarly andin a similar time frame. Why would you conclude that ten more years to complete this project is a reasonable time frame when it can be completed in six years? Asixteen year project duration and a 2030 completion date represents an out-of- touch-with-reality and less-than-passive response by the City of Palo Alto relatedto the immediate needs of 6,000 Palo Alto property owners. Why is the City willing to spend $33 Million to replace a Tide Gate Structure that could preventflooding of 400-700 parcels but not spend an additional $22 million to prevent flooding of another 5,500 parcels? Loren On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:03 AM, Arthur Keller<info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Dear Loren, thank you for copying me on your message. I got the City Council to participate in the SAFER Bay project in 2014 as part of the CIP review by the Planning and TransportationCommission, on which I was then serving. Without this project, the feasibility study would not have been completed in June 2019 and theArmy Corps of Engineers would not be engaging in their study currently of this important project to reduce tidal flood risk for over2000 homes and other key infrastructure in Palo Alto. The tidal gate will soon be replaced. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2021/07/16/new-40m-tidal-gate-will-combat-sea-level-rise https://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/palo-alto-flood-basin-tide-gate-structure-replacement-project This will start construction in spring/summer 2022 and finish construction fall/winter 2025. The Sea Level Adaptation Plan was discussed at a webinar onSeptember 9, 2020. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/09/07/with-baylands-under-flood-threat-palo-alto-explores-projects-to-address-sea-level- rise See also https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Watershed-Protection/Sea-Level-Rise The schedule is Army Corp of Engineers to complete their study in late spring 2025, perhttps://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-and- Programs/Projects-by-Category/Projects-for-Flood-Risk-Management/SOUTH-SAN-FRANCISCO-BAY-SHORELINE- PHASE-II/ The last phase is construction, which is expected to be completed by2030. Best regards, Arthur KellerVice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee On Nov 29, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Loren Brown<loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 11-29-2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I would like to call an important but long-overlooked issue to your immediate attention. A significant area of the City of Palo Alto is located in aFEMA-designated flood zone and has been in a flood zone for decades and decades. This includesapproximately 6,000 parcels in Palo Alto and represents almost one-third of all parcels of land located in PaloAlto. The majority of properties that are in flood zones in Palo Alto are in tidal flood zones (at risk of flooding from SF Bay) located between Middlefield Road and theSF Bay). IF A MAJOR TIDAL FLOOD WERE TO OCCUR IN PALO ALTO, FLOOD DAMAGE COSTSAT THESE PROPERTIES COULD BE AS HIGH AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Evenwithout a flood event, these parcels are subject to significant annual cost requirements for flood insuranceand they are subject to significant extra costs when contemplating improvements made to their properties(i.e. flood proofing or elevating their structures above the base flood elevation, etc.). The cummulative impact ofall of the added flood-zone associated costs for these 6,000 parcels incurred over decades and decades of timeis a huge, huge $ number for Palo Alto property owners and residents. In 2016, the flood insurance premiums for3,319 Palo Alto parcels of land totaled $3.95 Million (From Bay Area News Group Article dated April 19,2017). JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THIS GROUP OF PALO ALTO RESIDENTS ANDPROPERTY OWNERS HAS PAID FOR FLOOD INSURANCE AND FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS OVERTHE PAST 40 YEARS. To date, the City has taken a fairly passive approach to the flood zone situation (i.e. just enforce FEMA flood proofing regulations, etc.). Targeted efforts by the City and Valley Water District to upgrade creek flooding risks have been made, however, no significant improvements to thetidal flood protection levees have been made in the past 40 years. Let’s contrast this situation with actions taken recently by the City of Foster City. In 2015, FEMA informed the City of Foster City thatapproximately 85% of the City’s 8 miles of floodprotection levees were deficient. Portions of the floodprotection levees were between two feet and four feet toolow (similar to Palo Alto). Rather than allow FEMA torevise Foster City from a Zone X where no floodinsurance was required to a Special Flood Hazard Area(like Palo Alto), the City of Foster City acted swiftly toupgrade their levees. THE CITY OF FOSTER CITYGOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY ACTED ON THEOBVIOUS SOLUTION. Foster City voters passedMeasure P in 2018 (which authorized the City to issue a$90 Million general obligation bond), and the City isnearing construction completion of the entire project this year. Back in Palo Alto, the Santa Clara Valley Water Districtis moving at a snail’s pace on a South Bay levee improvement project. See link for a 2017 Santa ClaraValley Water District report discussing this long-term project… https://www.valleywater.org/sites/default/files/E7_Final_ Evaluation_Report_022117.pdf The Water District has identified 14.33 miles of levees between Alviso and Palo Alto that require raising inorder to eliminate risk of flooding. They have identified various segments of the total 14.33 miles of leveeimprovements (between Alviso and Palo Alto). Between San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto andPermanente Creek in Mountain View, they have identified 2 segments (EIA 1 and EIA 2) of the leveetotaling 3.8 miles that need to be upgraded. Upgrading existing levees at these two segments would take 6,000Palo Alto parcels entirely out of the flood plain. The 2017 report identified a cost of approximately $22Million in construction costs to upgrade the levees at these two segments. This report also identifies favorableBenefit-Cost rations for the Palo Alto segments. The Water District, et al has sought/received funding for one segment of the levee improvements (Segment EIA10) in Alviso. That project is currently ongoing. There are no other sections of the 14.33 miles of leveeimprovements with either funding secured, design completed or a definitive/reliable project scheduleissued. Tentative design schedule for all segments of the 14.33 miles shows a 2028 date (if one can believe it).No construction schedule has been shown for any segment except the Alviso segment (EIA 10). PS: A 7-year duration to design a levee-improvement project is a ridiculously long time - sepecially when the stakes are sohigh to so many Palo Alto properties. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING THE PALOALTO SEGMENTS OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS A NO BRAINER - The work to improve the levees toeliminate potential flooding of 6,000 Palo Alto parcels is not dependent upon the other 10 miles of leveeprotection work in Santa Clara County. IMMEDIATELY figure out how to move the Palo Alto work forward to a completion ASAP. If costs can beshared with other jurisdictions, then get these other jurisdictions to participate - but not if it means slowingthe progress of this project down. Use Infrastructure funds coming to Palo Alto, pass a bond measure, issuethe bonds and get the levee work designed and constructed ASAP. At worst, it is only a $20+ Milliondollar measure. Don’t let this sit another 10 to 30 years just because you want to wait for federal funding. Whyis this flood protection so critical for Foster City but not even on the radar screen in Palo Alto? Why are otherPalo Alto infrastructure projects more important than this one? Loren Brown 334 Kingsley AvenuePalo Alto, CA From:MacPherson Juliana To:Safe Routes Cc:eholm@pausd.org; board@pausd.org; Council, City Subject:Traffic concerns on Nelson Drive at Diablo Court Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:22:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email fromjuliana_macpherson@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear PAUSD Representatives and City Officials, I appreciate the opportunity as a community member to submit my concerns as you plan to temporarily relocate two elementary schools to the Cubberley campus. I am a resident in theGreenmeadow neighborhood and live on Diablo Court. I would like to share with you what I have observed as unsafe driving and hazardous conditions at the intersection of Nelson Drive,Diablo Court, and the Cubberley bike/pedestrian path. At this intersection and on a daily basis, there are cars making U-turns and cars parked blocking the bike/pedestrians path. Right now, it usually happens during soccer practice dropoff and pick up in the afternoon from about 4 pm on. Many drivers are oblivious of other cars on the road, pedestrians trying to cross the street, and ped/bikers coming out of the bikepath while they maneuver the U turns. To make matters worse, some drivers park their cars right in front of the ped/bike path. When this happens, the visibility of cross traffic for apedestrian or biker coming out of the path is severely limited because there are often parked cars along Nelson Drive on the Cubberley field side. With the relocation of the elementaryschools, I can see the hazardous conditions on the rise due to a higher volume of car, bike and foot traffic at this intersection in the morning as well as in the afternoon. Please consider marking the intersection as a pedestrian zone, posting more visible “NoStopping” signs at the opening of the ped/bike path, and have enforcement of traffic codes. Enclosed are some photos of illegally parked cars. Respectfully, Juliana MacPherson Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone From:Maureen McNally To:Safe Routes Cc:eholm@pausd.org; board@pausd.org; Council, City Subject:Traffic on Nelson Road Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:18:52 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from moemcnally@sbcglobal.net.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, Thank you for your attention. I am concerned about the impact of increased auto traffic in Nelson Road over the next 3 yearsand beyond specifically due to the relocation of elementary schools to the Cubberley siteduring upgrades and construction. I am a resident of the Greenmeadow community, parent, former PAUSD parent, walker, Cubberley track runner, Piazza’s shopper, Peet’s drinker, bleacher climber, FOPAL buyer,etc. etc. etc….. So much needs to be looked into and thought about with regards to auto traffic, bike routesand walking routes to make it safe for everyone. The Cubberley/Greendell site are currently used by many people/organizations. The site is agreat asset. Hopefully, all these current activities can safely continue. It is important that plans and routes are thought through prior to the start of the new schoolyear and explained to the new parents/drivers what is expected (before bad habits areestablished). I do not have a plan in mind. I am not an expertise in this. But I do know that cardrop off and pick up can be very challenging. And this must be addressed. It is already anissue all on Nelson Road for drop off and pick up for: after school soccer, softball, campsetc. Double parking, running stop signs, parking on sidewalks, distracted drivers, parking oncorners, parking in driveways are issues. Here are a few thoughts: Closing the gates to the Cubberley playing fields is not an option. This is a bicycle, pedestrian path between Nelson and Middlefield roads. (accessing the running track and stadium fields). Closing the north fire lane between Nelson and Middlefield (access to Piazas and tennis courts) is also not an option for the same reasons above. Parking needs to be addressed. Especially on corners, in front of fire hydrants, in front of fire lanes, in front of driveways, double parking, parking on the sidewalks ……… Speed…… Courtesy….. Bike parking? And security? And routes/flow? Groundskeeping: who is responsible for maintaining these routes? The sidewalks? Etc? For example, right now, early December, the sidewalks/drains, gutters along Nelson Road, on the Cubberley field side, from about Shasta to about Adobe Place/Nelson Court are totallycovered with leaves, mud, etc. so that they are very slippery especially for young bikers, older adults etc. when other sidewalks in front of residents (with just as many leaf bearing trees) arenice and clean. I hope a proactive approach will provide a workable plan. Thank you again for your attention. I have registered for the meeting, but regrettably may not be able to attend. Maureen McNally From:Brian Goode To:Council, City Subject:Campers in the Park Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:11:58 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bgoode101@yahoo.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To whom it concerns Palo Alto City Council. There are a few people living in their vehicles next to my condo on Palo Alto Ave which is tolerable however this weekend a person showed up with an extra large bicycle trailer, tent and tarps to which he set up camp along the bank of the creek. Before he left I made a complaint and was informed that nothing could be done. He is back again tonight. Technically that slice of land along the creek is either Hopkins Creekside Park, which runs from Middlefield Road to El Palo Alto Park at Alma St, or it is El Palo Alto Park. It is a violation of city code to remain in the park past 10:30 pm. Please take care of this before dozen more tents go up. 22.04.320 Parks closed, 10:30 p.m. to sunrise. Except as provided under this code, no person shall use, remain in or enter any park or building between ten- thirty p.m. and sunrise Hopkins Creekside Park Approximately 12.4 acres. A narrow strip of mostly undeveloped land along the banks of SanFrancisquito Creek. Park is about 1 and 1/2 miles long and at its widest 200 feet. https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/paloalto/latest/paloalto_ca/0-0-0-83746 https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Open-Space-Parks/Neighborhood- Parks/Hopkins-Creekside-Park https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Open-Space-Parks/Neighborhood-Parks/El-Palo- Alto-Park Brian Goode 101 Alma From:mark weiss To:Council, City; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed Cc:DuBois, Tom; Alison Cormack Subject:Regarding the complexity in messaging and intent in public art, in Palo Alto Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 11:14:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, City Manager and City Attorney: In retrospect I still think that the 16-part multiple-artist or group show “BLACK LIVESMATTER” mural installation was a cultural highlight of my 27 years as an arts administrator and or aspirant member of leadership here. I spent a fair amount of my day on Hamilton when it was installed, talking to staff,commissioners, the artists and other observers or enthusiasts. I was proud previously to have attended the Black Lives Matter rally, which I happened upon. But it is true that the mural could have been slightly better curated. I do not think the artistwho included the alleged cop killer reference should have been included. She also, it turns out, has depicted Palestinian terrorists in other murals — she is, arguably, an anti-Semite. But much worse to my mind is that the B in our mural can be read as a slur on police. It says“All Cops Are Bastards” or ACAB. The pyramids form the “A”. The crescent moon forms the “C”. Like in a monogram, theoutline of the letter itself can be read in that sequence to spell ACAB. When I called the artist, rather than discussing my concern, he threatened me with physical harm. He said that the diamond was because we Jews control the world’s monetary supply, anunfortunately common anti-semite slur. I was relieved that he was not invited to participate in any further marketing of the art. Here for public record is my letter to staff. (By the way, from what I know of the case or the law - and not being a lawyer — I agree with Suzanne Solomon that the case is meritlessbecause police officers are not a protected class as Blacks, gays and Jews are. And of the five plaintiffs I know slightly only agent Robert Parham, a fellow Dartmouth alum — who is also aveteran, a former Wall Street banker, a football and rugby star — I was surprised he would join here; yet I still thank him for his service, to country and community): Dark night of the (his name— redacted) As praxis is essential to the BLACK LIVES MATTER mural in Palo Alto, it is fair to considerthe beliefs and character of its creators. One of the muralists threatened violence against me, by phone, after I had written him an email asking if his mural is intended to be anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish). I had included my phonenumber in my query because I had not imagined that the correspondence would turn ugly or confrontational or threatening. I asked if the diamond icon among a series of glyphs (lightning bolt, eye, heart et cetera) wasmeant to represent the role Jews had played in the diamond business — to my reading, I believe there were Jewish diamond brokers and that the workers, often Black, were in mostcases exploited. I pondered and thought to ask if the diamond icon in the upper left corner of his mural was meant to allude to the hateful trope alleging that there was a Jewish conspiracythat controlled the world’s economy (There is not; only anti-semites and the uneducated believe or say that, or provocateurs). The artist replied, first thru a City staff member and then to me directly that he featuresdiamonds on many of his works, and it represents “hardness” or durability or sharpness, and does not represent a religion or ethnic group, or an attack on such. “You Jews control all the money anyhow” he added, by phone, one of three calls to me, fouremails, two texts and three posts on my blog. “You’ve gotten reparations since the Holocaust and we Black people have not”. What triggered my interest in the first place was that the mural seems to spell out a slogan thatthe most radical and violent wing of the Black Lives Matter movement espouse: ACAB. All Cops Are Bastards. To some people’s understanding, people who say or write this advocateviolence against police, as compared to merely reforming police or ending violence against citizens and ending violence against Blacks specifically. The ADL — Anti-Defamation League — tracks “ACAB” as a trope used against Jews. Thephrase seems to have originated in political and ethnic struggles among white Europeans. Prisoners and gang members sometimes have tattoos that say “1312” — “A” is a 1, “C” is a 3— or a series of dots on their knuckles, like the evil preacher Robert Mitchum spelling “love” and “hate” in the movie "Night of the Hunter", or Radio Raheem has in “Do The Right Thing”by the Black film-maker Spike Lee. I suggested to the painter that if he met me in person he would not have found me threatening or would not have found my question, even posed indelicately, as an attack. “No, I would have punched you in the neck” he said. That he claims the diamond is not signifying Judaism but also claims that Jews control theeconomy makes me doubt that the ACAB was unintentional or that he does not believe violence is expedient against the police. Malcolm X said “by any means necessary” (which wecan appreciate here as BAMN), while the artist — ironically enough named like a U.S. Founding Father — signs his work --redacted. What does the --redacted -- stand for?) Personally I believe that Black Lives Matter is an extension of the Civil Rights movement inthe America South in the 1960s as evidenced by leaders and makers like Martin Luther King, Nina Simone and James Baldwin. My rabbi, Sidney Axelrad z’l’ of Congregation Beth Am inLos Altos Hills, marched with The Revered Doctor King in Mississippi. When I first heard about BLM (and not, of course, to be confused with the Bureau of Land Management whosometimes clash with the Western Shoshone) I read that their plank included criticism of Israel. And there are many, sadly, examples of conflict between Blacks and Jews — yet in ourHaggadah we repeat each year that because we were slaves in Egypt we strive to help the less fortunate. Besides threatening to punch me, (redacted) — his name is (redacted) of Sacramento, age 29said he hopes I fall upon something sharp. His mural spells out ALL COPS ARE BASTARDS in the tip of the pyramid, the crescent moon, the tip of another pyramid and the overall shape of the mural. It forms a shield. Unlikethe other 15 murals that seek to create sympathy for the victims of police violence and arguably racial bias, this mural is pure praxis. It is self-similar in that it features pyramids likein Egypt and is mainly a set of hieroglyphics. (Coincidentally or not, a staff person wore a cap to the creation event that features three dots and a line and signifies her interest in the Blackhip hop group, The Hieroglyphics). I met our fire Chief Geo Blackshire and he said he did not believe the mural meant to say ACAB. He said he has family members who are police. I also discussed this with MayorAdrian Fine, also Jewish, and Battalion Chief Yarborough, who is Black. Today I met a Black woman from San Francisco and Milpitas named Coco who told me her brother is a cop and that she too is offended by our “B”. (She likes the other 15 and wantssomething similar on the building she owns). I’m not sure what to make of the fact that (redacted) also called me, by phone: a bitch and a “n-word”. He tried to insult and attack further my mother, my children (whether or not I haveany) my bloodline. A man named Matt tried to suggest that Black people speak in code and (redacted) also known as “redacted…the artist” actually loves me. I’m not sure. But as a precaution I suggest we amend our mural to eliminate the diamond and crescent glyphs. Protect the mural, sure. Black Lives Matter, absolutely. But let’s stay civil and not grantlicense for hate and threats. Sincerely Mark Weiss 169 Bryant StPalo Alto what do you think I should do? (Note: I circulated this to a dozen people, one of whomforwarded it to Council, and then staff redacted it partly). PS I was also recently, meaning in the period after writing this letter — which is stillsearchable as a public record - and now a candidate for first the Public Art Commission —my wife is the former chair of such — and the Parks and Rec commission. (this includes excerptsfrom two or three previous messages, some searchable as public record). For context I think the best piece of public art in recent memory is Bruce Beasley at The Mitch and the worst isBarbara Something at 1050 Page Mill - Drygurtis, Dygurtis -- look it up-- on Stanford research park and part of the Percent Program expanded to include private sector. It doesn't look likethe drawings, its poorly sited and Stanford without us already has great public art. We should restrict percent for art to civic projects not Stanford Research Park. From:ANDREA B SMITH To:City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Lucy Stern theatre seats Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 10:24:19 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from andreabsmith@sbcglobal.net.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello everyone - I was volunteering for TheatreWorks a couple weeks ago at Lucy Stern when a patron came to me about broken seats in the theatre. I asked the House Manager about those seats and she told me that it was her understanding that theseats were to have been replaced about the time COVID hit us. What are the plans to replace those seats? Wouldn't it be less expensive to replace the seats instead ofbeing sued because someone got hurt? Andrea Smith194 Walter Hays Drive From:Alan Cooper To:Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; Council, City Cc:Tom Shannon; Alan Cooper Subject:Castilleja: Kellogg building acceptance Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 9:39:37 AM Attachments:Kellogg facade submitted by Castilleja.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear ARB, Planning and Transportation Commission and City Council Members: We are Castilleja neighbors and our homes sit directly across the street from the proposedCastilleja Classroom building running along Kellogg Ave. As neighbors of Castilleja, we would support the proposed Kellogg building and elevationsubmitted to the ARB last year (see attached elevation) and subsequently approved by the ARBprior to being forwarded to the City Council for final review and approval. The City Council submittal incorporates all of the changes that the ARB made during their series ofhearings last year. As neighbors, we are satisfied with the design of the Kellogg facade includingthe elevation, the materials and the articulation of the different sections of the building. Specifically,we would ask that the massing of the Kellogg building not be changed, the building height inparticular should NOT be increased, nor should Kellogg become a major entrance to theschool. We request that for noise reduction in the neighborhood, Castilleja install a transparentsound wall at the back of the 2nd-floor gap between the first and second "articulation" of buildingsegments on the east end of Kellogg. Given this building spans almost the entire block of Kellogg, we as neighbors approve of theproposed articulation in Castilleja's submittal if substantial landscaping including the planting ofseveral 48" box trees and other plantings are added to soften this mass appearance and create anacceptable addition to our neighborhood. We are two of the six neighbors that reside across the street from Castilleja's Kellogg Classroombuilding. We know from talking with other neighbors in our 200 block of Kellogg, they share similarfeelings about this elevation, articulation and materials. Thank you for your time and consideration of this statement of support, Tom Shannon256 Kellogg Ave. Alan Cooper270 Kellogg Ave. NOVEMBER 9, 2018 CASTILLEJA SCHEDULE KELLOGG AVENUE PROPOSED CASTILLEJA SCHOOL November 5th 2020 WRNSSTUDIO From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Community member letter Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 6:42:18 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ We recently received a letter from a member of the Palo Alto community she has granted me permission to publish her letter in detail it is quite devastating for the Palo Alto Police Department. It involves the beating vicious attack of the homeless individual in an alleyway off of University Avenue this vicious attack was done under the cover of darkness. She was encouraged to file a complaint but for security reasons she declined. I would suggest all of you resign at this point in time. Mark Petersen-Perez, editor in chief, Palo Alto Free Press, reporting From Nicarauga Sent from my iPhone | Video | Look at All WeAccomplished in 2021 As hard of a year as it's been, we've accomplished so much in 2021. We’re grateful for the contributions of each of the millions of changemakers, without whom none of it would have been possible. Check out this video recap of the Sierra Club’s victories this year. Photo courtesy of Javier Sierra | Article | What’s on Deck for the SierraClub Next Year? Last week, Sierra Club members, supporters, and staff gathered to recognize all we accomplished in 2021 and discuss our plans to protectthe right to vote, pass the Build Back Better Act, and build power across the country in 2022. 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It’s that special time of year! Our full 2022 trip roster—with over 300 itineraries that span the world—is finally here. Browse the full lineup by trip type or destination, search for specific trips, view photos, learn about our volunteer leaders, and much more.You can book your reservation online Patrick J. Endres/Alaska Photo Graphics or call 415-977-5522 to secure a spot by phone. See all trips and sign up. Photo by iStock.com/A.J. Watt | Sierra Club Brand Partnership | Donate Your Car Before theEnd of the Year Can you help us reach our year-end goal of 1,000 donated vehicles? If we meet it, could mean as much as $600,000 for our work to confront theclimate crisis, protect our wild places, and ensure that everyone lives in safe and healthy communities. Our partners at CARS will pick up your vehicle fromany location, no matter its condition, and at no cost to you. They accept trucks, trailers, boats, RVs, motorcycles, and more. Donate yourvehicle by December 31 to be eligible for a 2021 tax deduction. Get started by calling 855-337-4377 orvisit us online today. This email was sent to: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org This email was sent by the Sierra Club 2101 Webster St., Suite 1300, Oakland, CA 94612 Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | View as Web Page From:Heather Ray Subject:Dear Friend, Date:Wednesday, December 15, 2021 2:15:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ --Dear Friend, I am Mrs.Heather Ray Moses a medical practitioner from Damascus Syriaand also a wife to late Engr Ray Moses . 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There is no shoulder and no bikelane.Bikes cannot ride on the sidewalk with cars turn right SUPER FAST with no stopping! Bikes are hit by drivers driving South/east with morning sunlight glare in their eyes.(My kid was hit and run while riding to Paly just like this!! 3 bikers in a rowCrossed in front of the driver but she hit my kid due to the glare in her eyes. An impatient driver behind the felon’s car honked and confused her and thus she drove away. The other children and cars stopped to help my child) As children ride to Paly, they get hit by drivers from all directions. I bike to work downtown and get nearly hit every other time I bike.. Drivers make illegal left turns from Bryant to Embarcadero road. Drivers try to pass bikes endangering everyone. If Palo Alto is truly a bike city, then put in protected bike lanes down Embarcadero Road. The cars will figure it out and drive down Oregon where they belong in the first place. 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From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; beachrides; boardmembers; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis; Council, City; Doug Vagim;dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu;francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner;kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk; lalws4@gmail.com; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com;mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; Mark Standriff; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk;news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte;tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net; dallen1212@gmail.com Subject:Fwd: Monday, 13 December, 2021 Dr. John Campbell- Very hopeful news re Omicron Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 11:35:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:44 PM Subject: Fwd: Monday, 13 December, 2021 Dr. John Campbell- Very hopeful news reOmicron To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 8:22 PM Subject: Monday, 13 December, 2021 Dr. John Campbell- Very hopeful news re OmicronTo: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Tuesday, December 14, 2021 To all- Dr. John Campbell for Monday, Dec. 13, 2021: UK, 50% omicron now - YouTube 50% of new Covid cases in the UK will be Omicronwithin a day or two, and that will happen in the US in a week or so. The vast majority of cases in the US are still Delta. He shows a vid from a woman in South Africa who is only the head of the SouthAfrican Medical Association. 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Many Palo Alto residents are affected by deleterious aircraft noise and air quality pollutants from Bay Area airports. This month the FAA lists several airspace actions with potential negative impact on the City and citizens. These can be found on the FAA's website to communicate with operators, the IFP Gateway. I'd like to remind that in 2019, to avoid situations with federal actions happening without public involvement, and to be timely about responding to FAA actions, Council voted on a "fast track process." From the staff report in 2019 I quote, The City Manager’s Office and the City Attorney’s Office have partnered to develop a plan for monitoring procedural changes that could potentially affect aircraft impacts on Palo Alto and develop responses including contacting the proper authorities with our concerns and, if appropriate, preparing to file a lawsuit within the appropriate statute of limitations period (typically 60 days from the issuance of an FAA order). " In the absence of a final "FAA order" document, it is has been said that the publication date of a new airspace procedure is when the statute of limitations begins, so I would like to submit this reminder that the CIty committed to the fasttrack process for procedures affecting palo alto and the 60 day clock may have begun for various publications. My expectation (hope) is that the City is looking carefully at what has been published to date; the effects of responding/not responding in a timely mannet, or not using the given windows to appeal for adequateassessments and mitigations from the FAA, especially because there is no venue to receive FAA attention to citizen's concerns, and anyway sending grievances to a roundtable forum such as happened with PIRAT was futile. The next two months are a clear and unique opportunity to reach out to the FAA that Palo Alto is within its rights to pursue engagement for the procedures that have just been published and about the importance of the FAA documenting realistic projections of noise and air quality pollutants. Thank you, Jennifer Some people who received this message don't often get email from annaroland@yosemitemail.com. Learn why this is important From:Council, City To:Anna Roland; Council, City Cc:City Mgr Subject:RE: Questions About CCPA Data Access Process for cityofpaloalto.org Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 5:40:57 PM Attachments:image009.pngimage012.pngimage002.pngimage004.pngimage008.pngimage011.png Good evening, The City, as a government agency, is not subject to the CCPA. Please see the California Attorney General’s website at https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/ccpa for more information. 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Manage Your Email Preferences or Unsubscribe • • u Our purpose is people OOOGO From:Jeanne FlemingTo:Sauls, Garrett Cc:"Tina Chow"; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Lait, Jonathan; Council, City; Clerk, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board Subject:RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto?Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 3:22:35 PM Attachments:image009.pngimage011.pngimage013.pngimage024.pngimage026.pngimage028.pngimage002.pngimage004.pngimage008.pngimage012.pngimage015.pngimage017.pngimage021.pngimage022.pngimage029.png Thank you for this update, Garrett. I trust that you and Planning Director Lait agree with United Neighbors that it is not unreasonable for residents to want to know the addresses ofthe 168 plus cell towers that have already been installed in their small city. Here is my suggestion: Please send us the addresses of these cell towers now. And if your further inquiries reveal that a few of the addressesshould be removed from the list, and a few other addresses added, just let us know. As the saying goes, let’s not let the perfect be the enemyof the good. Thank you, as always, for your help. Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 2:27 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Jeanne, I did receive your email. I still need to confirm from the carriers which sites exist that have been built over the last 20 years. This is not a priority item on my workflow right now so I will most likely get to it either before the end of the year or early next year. This will depend mostly on how responsive the carriers are to confirming this information for me and with the holidays it may take a little extra time. Once I have that information I will update our spreadsheet and work with our team to update our GIST layer as well. I will send you what I can after that. Best regards, Garrett Sauls Associate Planner Planning and Development Services Department (650) 329-2471 | Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org NEW Parcel Report | Palo Alto Municipal Code | Online Permitting System | Planning Forms & Handouts | Planning Applications Mapped From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 2:19 PM To: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: FW: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, Just want to make sure you received the email below. (I sent it to you two weeks ago.) In brief, I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of each the 168-171 macro and small cell node cell towers you’ve identified,along with a short description (e.g., T-Mobile macro tower, Verizon 4G & 5G small cell) of each. CITY OF PALO ffl -ALTO 11 CJ @ IM,,I . · .... --_-_-_-_ -_ -_ ----==--- Thanks and best, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:03 PM To: 'Sauls, Garrett' <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; 'Planning Commission' <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'City'' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, Thank you for this most helpful information. As I understand it, you’re sure there are 52-55 macro towers in Palo Alto, but you expect that number to rise as you obtain more informationfrom the carriers. And your count on small cell node cell towers is 116. So for now, the total number cell towers already installed—orapproved and about to be installed—in Palo Alto is between 168-171. I’m glad to know that you will be updating the City’s GIS maps to reflect what you have determined. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of each the 168-171 cell towers you’ve identified, along with a brief description (e.g.,T-Mobile macro tower, Verizon 4G & 5G small cell) of each. Thank you again for your help. My best, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 8:22 AM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Jeanne, I was able to look through everything the day before Thanksgiving but had to run some questions by other staff members yesterday. After filtering through the data that we had from 2000 this is what I came out with: 1. 52-55 Macrosites 2. 116 Small Cell sites (43 Small Wireless Facilities from 2015 onward and 73 AT&T DAS sites prior to that) There were a number of sites that had multiple addresses for the same site, sites that had been approved on buildings recently demolished (so therefore no longer existing), and sites that had been decommissioned. In addition to all of this there are sites that haven’t been decommissioned but also have not been modified for some time. I’m going to reach out to carriers to confirm whether these sites are still active or not so that number will likely change again. I’ll let you know when I have an update for you on this information. Ultimately, once we have that, we’ll be able to update our WCF layer in GIST so that we can have all the facilities mapped properly as some of those haven’t been updated based on what I mentioned above. Let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Garrett Sauls Associate Planner Planning and Development Services Department (650) 329-2471 | Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org ------------- NEW Parcel Report | Palo Alto Municipal Code | Online Permitting System | Planning Forms & Handouts | Planning Applications Mapped From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 6:20 PM To: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Atkinson, Rebecca <Rebecca.Atkinson@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, Thank you for your email of last week. I look forward to your final tally of how many small cell nodes, and how many macro towers, have already been installed—or are approved andpending installation—in Palo Alto. One observation: You say in your email that you went back as far as 2015 to count small cell node cell towers. Please be aware that smallcells were installed here earlier than 2015. For example, 75 small cells were approved in 2013. So that alone would take the tally up to: 128 Existing small cell node cell towers 60-70 Existing macro towers I appreciate your help, and, again, I look forward to your final tally. Regards, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2:36 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Jeanne, I’m not sure why this email didn’t come to my inbox, spam, or junk folder but this was shared with me from Rebecca. I was able to take a preliminary look at the last 20 years of permits that we have received for WCF applications. Overall, there appear to be between 60-70 macro sites and 43 small/micro sites within the City. All of the small/micro sites have been approved since 2015 which are easier to confirm a specific number. This includes Crown Castle’s 19 sites in the Downtown, Verizon Cluster 1’s 11 sites, AT&T Cluster 1’s 10 sites, and Verizon Cluster 4’s three sites. Given the volume of applications for macro sites, I was only able to scan our records but I wanted to get back to you with a rough idea at least before the holiday and my 9/80 day on Friday. I am aware of a couple of sites that have been decommissioned or not approved in the last 20 years so its likely that number will change but I don’t have an accurate assessment right now. I’ll try to get a clearer picture by the end of next week but its probably going to take a whole day to sort through the data outside of the other staff reports I need to get done between then and now. Let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Garrett Sauls Associate Planner Planning and Development Services Department (650) 329-2471 | Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org CITY OF PALO -ALTO 11 l':'J (j m . · .... NEW Parcel Report | Palo Alto Municipal Code | Online Permitting System | Planning Forms & Handouts | Planning Applications Mapped From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 4:10 PM To: Atkinson, Rebecca <Rebecca.Atkinson@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; 'Todd Collins' <todd@toddcollins.org>; 'William Ross' <wross@lawross.com>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; AhSing, Sheldon <Sheldon.AhSing@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: FW: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Rebecca, Thank you for the heads up to Tina, Todd, Bill and me regarding the “study session” on November 15th, and for letting us know that you areonce more the person at City Hall we should contact first if we need cell tower information. On the latter point, I would appreciate it if you would answer the questions I asked your colleague Garrett Sauls two weeks ago, namely: 1) howmany macro towers have been installed or are pending installation in Palo Alto, and 2) how many small cell node cell towers have beeninstalled or are pending installation here. (My email to Garrett is appended below.) Thanks and best, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2021 3:21 PM To: 'Sauls, Garrett' <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; 'Todd Collins' <todd@toddcollins.org>; 'William Ross' <wross@lawross.com>; 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, I would appreciate it if you would tell me: 1) how many macro towers have been installed or are pending installation in Palo Alto, and 2) howmany small cell node cell towers have been installed or are pending installation here. Thank you for your help. Please let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From:Jeanne FlemingTo:Sauls, Garrett Cc:Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; Clerk, City; "Tina Chow"; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Lait, Jonathan Subject:FW: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto?Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 2:19:26 PM Attachments:image014.pngimage015.pngimage017.pngimage018.pngimage019.pngimage021.pngimage001.pngimage007.pngimage009.pngimage010.pngimage023.png Hi Garrett, Just want to make sure you received the email below. (I sent it to you two weeks ago.) In brief, I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of each the 168-171 macro and small cell node cell towers you’ve identified,along with a short description (e.g., T-Mobile macro tower, Verizon 4G & 5G small cell) of each. Thanks and best, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 3:03 PM To: 'Sauls, Garrett' <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; 'Planning Commission' <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'City'' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, Thank you for this most helpful information. As I understand it, you’re sure there are 52-55 macro towers in Palo Alto, but you expect that number to rise as you obtain more informationfrom the carriers. And your count on small cell node cell towers is 116. So for now, the total number cell towers already installed—orapproved and about to be installed—in Palo Alto is between 168-171. I’m glad to know that you will be updating the City’s GIS maps to reflect what you have determined. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of each the 168-171 cell towers you’ve identified, along with a brief description (e.g.,T-Mobile macro tower, Verizon 4G & 5G small cell) of each. Thank you again for your help. My best, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2021 8:22 AM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Jeanne, I was able to look through everything the day before Thanksgiving but had to run some questions by other staff members yesterday. After filtering through the data that we had from 2000 this is what I came out with: 1. 52-55 Macrosites -------------------------------- 2. 116 Small Cell sites (43 Small Wireless Facilities from 2015 onward and 73 AT&T DAS sites prior to that) There were a number of sites that had multiple addresses for the same site, sites that had been approved on buildings recently demolished (so therefore no longer existing), and sites that had been decommissioned. In addition to all of this there are sites that haven’t been decommissioned but also have not been modified for some time. I’m going to reach out to carriers to confirm whether these sites are still active or not so that number will likely change again. I’ll let you know when I have an update for you on this information. Ultimately, once we have that, we’ll be able to update our WCF layer in GIST so that we can have all the facilities mapped properly as some of those haven’t been updated based on what I mentioned above. Let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Garrett Sauls Associate Planner Planning and Development Services Department (650) 329-2471 | Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org NEW Parcel Report | Palo Alto Municipal Code | Online Permitting System | Planning Forms & Handouts | Planning Applications Mapped From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2021 6:20 PM To: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Atkinson, Rebecca <Rebecca.Atkinson@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, Thank you for your email of last week. I look forward to your final tally of how many small cell nodes, and how many macro towers, have already been installed—or are approved andpending installation—in Palo Alto. One observation: You say in your email that you went back as far as 2015 to count small cell node cell towers. Please be aware that smallcells were installed here earlier than 2015. For example, 75 small cells were approved in 2013. So that alone would take the tally up to: 128 Existing small cell node cell towers 60-70 Existing macro towers I appreciate your help, and, again, I look forward to your final tally. Regards, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 2:36 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: RE: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Jeanne, I’m not sure why this email didn’t come to my inbox, spam, or junk folder but this was shared with me from Rebecca. I was able to take a preliminary look at the last 20 years of permits that we have received for WCF applications. Overall, there appear to be between 60-70 macro sites and 43 small/micro sites within the City. All of the small/micro sites have been approved since 2015 which are easier to confirm a specific number. This includes Crown Castle’s 19 sites in the Downtown, Verizon Cluster 1’s 11 sites, AT&T Cluster 1’s 10 sites, and Verizon Cluster 4’s three sites. Given the volume of applications for macro sites, I was only able to scan our records but I wanted to get back to you with a rough idea at least before the holiday and my 9/80 day on Friday. I am aware of a couple of sites that have been decommissioned or not approved in the last 20 years so its likely that number will change but I don’t have an accurate assessment right now. I’ll try to get a clearer picture by the end of next week but its probably going to take a whole day to sort through the data outside of the other staff reports I need to get done between then and now. CITY OF PALO -ALTO ri Cl @ m ...... Let me know if you have any questions. Best regards, Garrett Sauls Associate Planner Planning and Development Services Department (650) 329-2471 | Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org NEW Parcel Report | Palo Alto Municipal Code | Online Permitting System | Planning Forms & Handouts | Planning Applications Mapped From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, November 5, 2021 4:10 PM To: Atkinson, Rebecca <Rebecca.Atkinson@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>; Architectural Review Board <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; 'Todd Collins' <todd@toddcollins.org>; 'William Ross' <wross@lawross.com>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; AhSing, Sheldon <Sheldon.AhSing@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Sauls, Garrett <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: FW: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Rebecca, Thank you for the heads up to Tina, Todd, Bill and me regarding the “study session” on November 15th, and for letting us know that you are once more the person at City Hall we should contact first if we need cell tower information. On the latter point, I would appreciate it if you would answer the questions I asked your colleague Garrett Sauls two weeks ago, namely: 1) howmany macro towers have been installed or are pending installation in Palo Alto, and 2) how many small cell node cell towers have beeninstalled or are pending installation here. (My email to Garrett is appended below.) Thanks and best, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2021 3:21 PM To: 'Sauls, Garrett' <Garrett.Sauls@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; 'Tina Chow' <chow_tina@yahoo.com>; 'Todd Collins' <todd@toddcollins.org>; 'William Ross' <wross@lawross.com>; 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: How many cell towers are there in Palo Alto? Hi Garrett, I would appreciate it if you would tell me: 1) how many macro towers have been installed or are pending installation in Palo Alto, and 2) howmany small cell node cell towers have been installed or are pending installation here. Thank you for your help. Please let me know if you have any questions. Regards, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 CITY OF ALTO l1 Cl (j IM,,I . . .. 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Suite 304Seattle, WA 98104 Want to change how you receive these emails?You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list From:Loren Brown To:Arthur Keller Cc:Council, City; midtownnews@att.net; editor@paweekly.com; news@padailypost.com; local@bayareanewsgroup.com; Gary Kremen Subject:Re: Palo Alto Tidal Flood Protection Levees Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 12:17:30 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email fromloren.brown@vancebrown.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 12-14-2021 Arthur, I appreciate all your efforts to move the flood protection along, however, 2030 is not a reasonable timeframe to complete the work to remove 6,000 Palo Alto properties from floodzones - especially when the effort is already 7 years in the making. Nine more years of flood insurance premiums are going to cost Palo Altans $35-40 Million or more (in addition to thetens of millions that they have already incurred going back 40 years). This cost figure doesn’t even include all the costs, and bureaucracy that Palo Alto property owners will face whentrying to improve their properties in the next ten years. As I mentioned below, Foster City correctly recognized the importance of the issue and moved quickly to raise their levees(within a matter of a few years). Palo Alto needs to respond similarly and in a similar time frame. Why would you conclude that ten more years to complete this project is a reasonabletime frame when it can be completed in six years? A sixteen year project duration and a 2030 completion date represents an out-of-touch-with-reality and less-than-passive response by theCity of Palo Alto related to the immediate needs of 6,000 Palo Alto property owners. Why is the City willing to spend $33 Million to replace a Tide Gate Structure that could preventflooding of 400-700 parcels but not spend an additional $22 million to prevent flooding of another 5,500 parcels? Loren On Dec 14, 2021, at 12:03 AM, Arthur Keller <info@adobemeadow.org> wrote: Dear Loren, thank you for copying me on your message. I got the City Council to participate in the SAFER Bay project in 2014 as part ofthe CIP review by the Planning and Transportation Commission, on which I was then serving. Without this project, the feasibility study would not have beencompleted in June 2019 and the Army Corps of Engineers would not be engaging in their study currently of this important project to reduce tidal flood risk for over2000 homes and other key infrastructure in Palo Alto. The tidal gate will soon be replaced. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2021/07/16/new-40m-tidal-gate-will- combat-sea-level-rise https://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/palo-alto-flood-basin-tide-gate-structure-replacement-project This will start construction in spring/summer 2022 and finish construction fall/winter 2025. The Sea Level Adaptation Plan was discussed at a webinar on September 9, 2020.https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/09/07/with-baylands-under-flood- threat-palo-alto-explores-projects-to-address-sea-level-rise See also https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Watershed-Protection/Sea-Level-Rise The schedule is Army Corp of Engineers to complete their study in late spring 2025, per https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-and-Programs/Projects-by-Category/Projects-for-Flood-Risk-Management/SOUTH- SAN-FRANCISCO-BAY-SHORELINE-PHASE-II/ The last phase is construction, which is expected to be completed by 2030. Best regards,Arthur Keller Vice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee On Nov 29, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Loren Brown<loren.brown@vancebrown.com> wrote: 11-29-2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I would like to call an important but long-overlooked issue to your immediate attention. A significant area of the City of Palo Alto is located in a FEMA-designated flood zone and has been in a flood zone for decades and decades. This includes approximately 6,000 parcels in Palo Alto andrepresents almost one-third of all parcels of land located in Palo Alto. The majority of properties that are in flood zones in Palo Alto are intidal flood zones (at risk of flooding from SF Bay) located between Middlefield Road and the SF Bay). IF A MAJOR TIDAL FLOODWERE TO OCCUR IN PALO ALTO, FLOOD DAMAGE COSTS AT THESE PROPERTIES COULD BE AS HIGH AS HUNDREDSOF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Even without a flood event, these parcels are subject to significant annual cost requirements for floodinsurance and they are subject to significant extra costs when contemplating improvements made to their properties (i.e. floodproofing or elevating their structures above the base flood elevation, etc.). The cummulative impact of all of the added flood-zoneassociated costs for these 6,000 parcels incurred over decades and decades of time is a huge, huge $ number for Palo Alto property owners and residents. In 2016, the flood insurance premiums for3,319 Palo Alto parcels of land totaled $3.95 Million (From Bay Area News Group Article dated April 19, 2017). JUST THINK ABOUTHOW MUCH MONEY THIS GROUP OF PALO ALTO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS HAS PAID FORFLOOD INSURANCE AND FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS. To date, the City has taken a fairly passive approach to the flood zone situation (i.e. just enforce FEMA flood proofing regulations, etc.). Targeted efforts by the City and Valley Water District to upgrade creek flooding risks have been made,however, no significant improvements to the tidal flood protection levees have been made in the past 40 years. Let’s contrast this situation with actions taken recently by the City of Foster City. In 2015, FEMA informed the City of Foster City that approximately85% of the City’s 8 miles of flood protection levees were deficient. Portions of the flood protection levees were between two feet andfour feet too low (similar to Palo Alto). Rather than allow FEMA torevise Foster City from a Zone X where no flood insurance wasrequired to a Special Flood Hazard Area (like Palo Alto), the City ofFoster City acted swiftly to upgrade their levees. THE CITY OFFOSTER CITY GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY ACTED ONTHE OBVIOUS SOLUTION. Foster City voters passed Measure Pin 2018 (which authorized the City to issue a $90 Million generalobligation bond), and the City is nearing construction completion ofthe entire project this year. Back in Palo Alto, the Santa Clara Valley Water District is moving ata snail’s pace on a South Bay levee improvement project. See linkfor a 2017 Santa Clara Valley Water District report discussing thislong-term project… https://www.valleywater.org/sites/default/files/E7_Final_Evaluation_Report_022117.pdf The Water District has identified 14.33 miles of levees betweenAlviso and Palo Alto that require raising in order to eliminate risk offlooding. They have identified various segments of the total 14.33miles of levee improvements (between Alviso and Palo Alto). Between San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto and PermanenteCreek in Mountain View, they have identified 2 segments (EIA 1 andEIA 2) of the levee totaling 3.8 miles that need to be upgraded. Upgrading existing levees at these two segments would take 6,000 Palo Alto parcels entirely out of the flood plain. The 2017 reportidentified a cost of approximately $22 Million in construction costs to upgrade the levees at these two segments. This report also identifiesfavorable Benefit-Cost rations for the Palo Alto segments. The Water District, et al has sought/received funding for one segment of the levee improvements (Segment EIA 10) in Alviso. That project is currently ongoing. There are no other sections of the 14.33 miles of levee improvements with either funding secured,design completed or a definitive/reliable project schedule issued. Tentative design schedule for all segments of the 14.33 miles shows a2028 date (if one can believe it). No construction schedule has been shown for any segment except the Alviso segment (EIA 10). PS: A7-year duration to design a levee-improvement project is a ridiculously long time - sepecially when the stakes are so high to somany Palo Alto properties. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING THE PALO ALTOSEGMENTS OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS A NO BRAINER - The work to improve the levees to eliminate potentialflooding of 6,000 Palo Alto parcels is not dependent upon the other 10 miles of levee protection work in Santa Clara County. IMMEDIATELY figure out how to move the Palo Alto work forward to a completion ASAP. If costs can be shared with otherjurisdictions, then get these other jurisdictions to participate - but not if it means slowing the progress of this project down. UseInfrastructure funds coming to Palo Alto, pass a bond measure, issue the bonds and get the levee work designed and constructed ASAP. At worst, it is only a $20+ Million dollar measure. Don’t let this sit another 10 to 30 years just because you want to wait for federalfunding. Why is this flood protection so critical for Foster City but not even on the radar screen in Palo Alto? Why are other Palo Altoinfrastructure projects more important than this one? Loren Brown334 Kingsley Avenue Palo Alto, CA From:ruth foley To:Council, City Subject:Gail Price"s article in The Weekly dated Dec.3 Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 11:52:33 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from ruth28@mac.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Council Members- I assume you have all read this. I applaud her suggestions re: Campaign Donations & Expenitures. When will these be discussed and when will you take action? The public needs to know.You are accountable to us. 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Thanks for adhering to directives, Yours Sincerely, John Beverleigh Debts Management Office. From:Arthur Keller To:Loren Brown Cc:Council, City; midtownnews@att.net; editor@paweekly.com; news@padailypost.com; local@bayareanewsgroup.com; Gary Kremen Subject:Re: Palo Alto Tidal Flood Protection Levees Date:Tuesday, December 14, 2021 12:03:43 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from info@adobemeadow.org.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Loren, thank you for copying me on your message. I got the City Council to participate in the SAFER Bay project in 2014 as part of the CIP review by the Planning and Transportation Commission, on which I was then serving. Without this project, the feasibility study would not have been completed in June 2019 and the Army Corps of Engineers would not be engaging in their study currently of this importantproject to reduce tidal flood risk for over 2000 homes and other key infrastructure in Palo Alto. The tidal gate will soon be replaced. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2021/07/16/new-40m-tidal-gate-will-combat-sea- level-rise https://www.valleywater.org/project-updates/palo-alto-flood-basin-tide-gate-structure-replacement-project This will start construction in spring/summer 2022 and finish construction fall/winter 2025. The Sea Level Adaptation Plan was discussed at a webinar on September 9, 2020.https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2020/09/07/with-baylands-under-flood-threat-palo-alto- explores-projects-to-address-sea-level-rise See also https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Watershed-Protection/Sea-Level-Rise The schedule is Army Corp of Engineers to complete their study in late spring 2025, per https://www.spn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Projects-and-Programs/Projects-by-Category/Projects-for-Flood-Risk-Management/SOUTH-SAN-FRANCISCO-BAY- SHORELINE-PHASE-II/ The last phase is construction, which is expected to be completed by 2030. Best regards,Arthur Keller Vice Chair, Valley Water’s Environment and Water Resources Committee On Nov 29, 2021, at 3:57 PM, Loren Brown <loren.brown@vancebrown.com>wrote: 11-29-2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I would like to call an important but long-overlooked issue to your immediateattention. A significant area of the City of Palo Alto is located in a FEMA-designated flood zone and has been in a flood zone for decades and decades. This includesapproximately 6,000 parcels in Palo Alto and represents almost one-third of all parcels of land located in Palo Alto. The majority of properties that are in floodzones in Palo Alto are in tidal flood zones (at risk of flooding from SF Bay) located between Middlefield Road and the SF Bay). IF A MAJOR TIDALFLOOD WERE TO OCCUR IN PALO ALTO, FLOOD DAMAGE COSTS AT THESE PROPERTIES COULD BE AS HIGH AS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONSOF DOLLARS. Even without a flood event, these parcels are subject to significant annual cost requirements for flood insurance and they are subject tosignificant extra costs when contemplating improvements made to their properties (i.e. flood proofing or elevating their structures above the base flood elevation,etc.). The cummulative impact of all of the added flood-zone associated costs for these 6,000 parcels incurred over decades and decades of time is a huge, huge $number for Palo Alto property owners and residents. In 2016, the flood insurance premiums for 3,319 Palo Alto parcels of land totaled $3.95 Million (From BayArea News Group Article dated April 19, 2017). JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY THIS GROUP OF PALO ALTO RESIDENTS ANDPROPERTY OWNERS HAS PAID FOR FLOOD INSURANCE AND FLOOD IMPROVEMENTS OVER THE PAST 40 YEARS. To date, the City has taken a fairly passive approach to the flood zone situation (i.e. just enforce FEMA flood proofing regulations, etc.). Targeted efforts by the City and Valley Water District to upgrade creek flooding risks have been made, however, no significant improvements tothe tidal flood protection levees have been made in the past 40 years. Let’s contrast this situation with actions taken recently by the City of Foster City. In 2015, FEMA informed the City of Foster City that approximately 85% of theCity’s 8 miles of flood protection levees were deficient. Portions of the floodprotection levees were between two feet and four feet too low (similar to PaloAlto). Rather than allow FEMA to revise Foster City from a Zone X where noflood insurance was required to a Special Flood Hazard Area (like Palo Alto), theCity of Foster City acted swiftly to upgrade their levees. THE CITY OFFOSTER CITY GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY ACTED ON THEOBVIOUS SOLUTION. Foster City voters passed Measure P in 2018 (whichauthorized the City to issue a $90 Million general obligation bond), and the Cityis nearing construction completion of the entire project this year. Back in Palo Alto, the Santa Clara Valley Water District is moving at a snail’space on a South Bay levee improvement project. See link for a 2017 Santa ClaraValley Water District report discussing this long-term project… https://www.valleywater.org/sites/default/files/E7_Final_Evaluation_Report_022117.pdf The Water District has identified 14.33 miles of levees between Alviso and PaloAlto that require raising in order to eliminate risk of flooding. They have identified various segments of the total 14.33 miles of levee improvements(between Alviso and Palo Alto). Between San Francisquito Creek in East Palo Alto and Permanente Creek in Mountain View, they have identified 2 segments(EIA 1 and EIA 2) of the levee totaling 3.8 miles that need to be upgraded. Upgrading existing levees at these two segments would take 6,000 Palo Altoparcels entirely out of the flood plain. The 2017 report identified a cost of approximately $22 Million in construction costs to upgrade the levees at these twosegments. This report also identifies favorable Benefit-Cost rations for the Palo Alto segments. The Water District, et al has sought/received funding for one segment of thelevee improvements (Segment EIA 10) in Alviso. That project is currently ongoing. There are no other sections of the 14.33 miles of levee improvementswith either funding secured, design completed or a definitive/reliable project schedule issued. Tentative design schedule for all segments of the 14.33 milesshows a 2028 date (if one can believe it). No construction schedule has been shown for any segment except the Alviso segment (EIA 10). PS: A 7-yearduration to design a levee-improvement project is a ridiculously long time - sepecially when the stakes are so high to so many Palo Alto properties. DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING THE PALO ALTO SEGMENTS OF THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW IS A NO BRAINER - The work to improve thelevees to eliminate potential flooding of 6,000 Palo Alto parcels is not dependent upon the other 10 miles of levee protection work in Santa Clara County. IMMEDIATELY figure out how to move the Palo Alto work forward to a completion ASAP. If costs can be shared with other jurisdictions, then get theseother jurisdictions to participate - but not if it means slowing the progress of this project down. Use Infrastructure funds coming to Palo Alto, pass a bondmeasure, issue the bonds and get the levee work designed and constructed ASAP. At worst, it is only a $20+ Million dollar measure. Don’t let this sit another 10 to30 years just because you want to wait for federal funding. Why is this flood protection so critical for Foster City but not even on the radar screen in Palo Alto?Why are other Palo Alto infrastructure projects more important than this one? Loren Brown334 Kingsley Avenue Palo Alto, CA From:Abdul Qahhar Subject:Dear friend, please Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 11:44:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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From:John Kelley To:Council, City Cc:UAC; Batchelor, Dean Subject:PACC - 12/13/21, Agenda Item 19: I urge you to (a) accelerate the S/CAP Plan, (b) provide City Staff with adequate resources, and (c) adopt a municipal carbon tax incorporating feebates. Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 7:12:47 PM Attachments:Screen Shot 2021-12-13 at 4.03.35 PM.pngScreen Shot 2021-12-13 at 4.35.50 PM.pngPA-PACC-letter to CPA re SCAP - 2021-12-13.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from jkelley@399innovation.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Via Email: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Honorable Tom DuBois, MayorHonorable Pat Burt, Vice MayorHonorable City Council MembersCity of Palo Alto250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 Re: December 13, 2021, Special Meeting,[1] Agenda Item 19, Progress Report on theSustainability and Climate Action Plan Update and S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Work,and Acceptance of the S/CAP Three-Year Work Plan (ID # 13765)[2] --- I urge youto (a) accelerate the S/CAP Plan, (b) provide City Staff with adequate resources, and(c) adopt a municipal carbon tax incorporating feebates. Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice Mayor Burt, and City Council Members, Every community owes a duty to other communities throughout the world and to futuregenerations to do everything that it can --- right now --- to arrest greenhouse gas (GHG) pollutionand to reverse catastrophic global warming. Palo Alto’s actions will matter most if we takeimmediate, meaningful, and scalable action to avert climate disaster. The Sustainability/Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) Ad Hoc Committee has recommended thatthe City Council: "1. Review the progress report and feedback from the S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee’s workto date; 2. Accept the draft S/CAP 3-Year Work Plan that incorporates the Councildirectives from April 2021…; and 3. Direct staff to propose necessary staffing in the Electric Fund and the General Fundduring the mid-year budget update, in order to implement the near-term activities in the draftS/CAP 3-Year Work Plan." Because the havoc wrought by global warming worsens literally daily, these actions will be far toolittle, far too late. Palo Alto can and should do far more, and it should act far more rapidly. As if there were even the slightest doubt about the imminence of the multiple climatecatastrophes confronting the Earth, today’s news that the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS),which holds approximately one third of Thwaites Glacier somewhat in check, may be fracturingprovides yet another call to immediate action: "…. Over the last several years, satellite radar imagery shows many new fractures opening up.Similar to a growing crack in the windshield of a car, a slowly growing crack means thewindshield is weak and a small bump to the car might cause the windshield to suddenly breakapart into hundreds of panes of glass. We have mapped out weaker and stronger areas of the iceshelf and suggest a “zig-zag” pathway the fractures might take through the ice, ultimatelyleading to break up of the shelf in as little as 5 years, which result in more ice flowing off thecontinent.[1]" When the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is poised to break apart, can we afford to wait even a daylonger before doing all that we can to reverse catastrophic global warming? As Figure 1 in the Staff Report makes clear, Palo Alto’s progress towards meeting its 2030climate goal has largely stalled in recent years. Staff Report at 2, PP 261. It is simply not acceptable to delay final adoption of the S/CAP WorkPlan until December 2022, as the current draft Work Plan envisions; adoption should come byMarch and certainly no later than Earth Day 2022. Taking three years to complete the initial workis equally unacceptable; it should be accomplished by Earth Day 2023. Failing to set intermediategoals would also be a mistake. If the City Council is serious about meeting its stated 2030 goal,then the S/CAP Work Plan should incorporate specific intermediate goals for each Earth Daybetween 2022 and 2029, for there is no reason why many of the programs proposed in the S/CAPWork Plan cannot begin immediately. We should focus on electrification of homes andtransportation, and the City Council should provide City Staff with the resources necessary toimplement such programs fully and immediately. In addition, as I have proposed previously, Palo Alto needs a municipal carbon tax (MCT) tohelp reverse global warming. A significant MCT that incorporates feebates could be particularlyeffective.[1] Inexplicably, the draft S/CAP Work Plan appears to postpone – perhaps until after2025 – implementation of a MCT. Staff Report, Attachment A, “Draft S/CAP Three-Year WorkPlan,” at 4, PP 276, C3-C5 and especially C6. Any such delays would be particularly troubling ifthe City Council were to place a business tax on the November 2022 ballot before seeking anyvoter or legislative approval that might be necessary for a MCT. Putting a business tax first wouldbe placing Palo Alto’s, and the world’s, existential ecological needs second. Rapidly adopting ameaningful MCT that incorporates feebates would both demonstrate the extent of our commitmentto ending GHG pollution and ensure that other communities can quickly follow our example. Weneed to achieve both speed and scale to halt global warming. Palo Alto cannot wait any longer to show true climate leadership. Palo Alto must act now(a) to accelerate the S/CAP Plan, (b) to provide City Staff with adequate resources, and (c) toadopt a municipal carbon tax incorporating feebates, among other policies. Respectfully submitted, John Kelley cc: Utilities Advisory Commissioners c/o Dean Batchelor, Utilities Director 1Xl0,000 ll(J(),000 /(JO,000 600,000 500,000 4 ,000 ::100,000 200,000 100,000 0 19 l~M -AU ml ~Inn, ror 013 20 9 2030 2040 -l>.dj t dBAU ml on 110 , 0 T • [1] See the agenda for the Meeting of the City Council: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas- minutes/2021/12-december/20211213/20211213pccs-amended-linked.pdf [2] See the Staff Report, “Progress Report on the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Update and S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Work, and Acceptance of the S/CAP Three-Year Work Plan” (Staff Report), beginning at Packet Page (PP) 260: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas- minutes/2021/12-december/20211213/20211213pccs-amended-linked.pdf [3] The use of feebates to reverse global warming has recently received high-level international attention and been recommended specifically to Denmark See, e.g., IMF/OECD (2021), Tax Policy and Climate Change: IMF/OECD Report for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, April 2021, Italy, www.oecd.org/tax/tax-policy/imf-oecd-g20-report-tax-policy-and-climate-change.htm at 19-20 (“Elements of feebates have been integrated into some vehicle tax systems though they could also be applied to industry and power generation, and to promote clean heatingsystems, efficient appliances, and forest carbon storage.) See also Batini, N., Parry, I., and Wingender, P., “Climate Mitigation Policy in Denmark: A Prototype for Other Countries,” CESifo Working Papers, 8895, February 2021, ISSN 2364-1428 (electronic version), https://www.cesifo.org/DocDL/cesifo1_wp8895.pdf at 17f. (“To the extent it is constrained on acceptability grounds, carbon pricing can be reinforced at the sectoral level with feebates, mostimportantly for transport, but potentially also for other sectors. Feebates apply a sliding scale of fees to products or activities with above average emission rates (or increases in emissions over time) and a sliding scale of rebates to products or activities with below average emission rates (or reductions in emissions over time)….” [4] Pettit E.C., et al., “C34A-07 - Collapse of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf by intersecting fractures.(Invited),” American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA & Online, 13-17December 2021 (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/978762 ); seealso Kaplan, S., “Crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years, scientists say,” TheWashington Post, December 13, 2021 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/13/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica/ ). John Kelley 555 Bryant St., No. 714 Palo Alto, CA 94301 jkelley@399innovation.com (650) 444-2237 December 13, 2021 Via Email: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Honorable Tom DuBois, Mayor Honorable Pat Burt, Vice Mayor Honorable City Council Members City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Re: December 13, 2021, Special Meeting,1 Agenda Item 19, Progress Report on the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Update and S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Work, and Acceptance of the S/CAP Three-Year Work Plan (ID # 13765)2 --- I urge you to (a) accelerate the S/CAP Plan, (b) provide City Staff with adequate resources, and (c) adopt a municipal carbon tax incorporating feebates. Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice Mayor Burt, and City Council Members, Every community owes a duty to other communities throughout the world and to future generations to do everything that it can --- right now --- to arrest greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution and to reverse catastrophic global warming. Palo Alto’s actions will matter most if we take immediate, meaningful, and scalable action to avert climate disaster. The Sustainability/Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) Ad Hoc Committee has recommended that the City Council: 1. Review the progress report and feedback from the S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee’s work to date; 2. Accept the draft S/CAP 3-Year Work Plan that incorporates the Council directives from April 2021…; and 3. Direct staff to propose necessary staffing in the Electric Fund and the General Fund during the mid-year budget update, in order to implement the near-term activities in the draft S/CAP 3-Year Work Plan. Because the havoc wrought by global warming worsens literally daily, these actions will be far too little, far too late. Palo Alto can and should do far more, and it should act far more rapidly. As if there were even the slightest doubt about the imminence of the multiple climate catastrophes confronting the Earth, today’s news that the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf (TEIS), 1 See the agenda for the Meeting of the City Council: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas- minutes/2021/12-december/20211213/20211213pccs-amended-linked.pdf 2 See the Staff Report, “Progress Report on the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Update and S/CAP Ad Hoc Committee Work, and Acceptance of the S/CAP Three-Year Work Plan” (Staff Report), beginning at Packet Page (PP) 260: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas- minutes/2021/12-december/20211213/20211213pccs-amended-linked.pdf 2 which holds approximately one third of Thwaites Glacier somewhat in check, may be fracturing provides yet another call to immediate action: …. Over the last several years, satellite radar imagery shows many new fractures opening up. Similar to a growing crack in the windshield of a car, a slowly growing crack means the windshield is weak and a small bump to the car might cause the windshield to suddenly break apart into hundreds of panes of glass. We have mapped out weaker and stronger areas of the ice shelf and suggest a “zig-zag” pathway the fractures might take through the ice, ultimately leading to break up of the shelf in as little as 5 years, which result in more ice flowing off the continent.3 When the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf is poised to break apart, can we afford to wait even a day longer before doing all that we can to reverse catastrophic global warming? As Figure 1 in the Staff Report makes clear, Palo Alto’s progress towards meeting its 2030 climate goal has largely stalled in recent years. 3 Pettit E.C., et al., “C34A-07 - Collapse of Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf by intersecting fractures. (Invited),” American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA & Online, 13-17 December 2021 (https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm21/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/978762 ); see also Kaplan, S., “Crucial Antarctic ice shelf could fail within five years, scientists say,” The Washington Post, December 13, 2021 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/13/thwaites-glacier-melt-antarctica/ ). Thwaites Glacier from ESA's Sentinel-1 (2016-2021) Thwaites Glacier from ESA's Sentinel-1 (2016-2021) e ~ -410 -420 -430 g' -440 ~ 0 Z -450 -460 -470 -480 _..,.# _..,..,<:P _..,..,.,a Easting (km) Fl1ure l.Bu1ln■11asU1u•IEml11lon1 Forecast .., ... ..... ,., ... .., ... 000,000 :P --..,c..,,.....,. _ __.l,........,.,..,.,.. ......,_..,...,_,c,........,,,..,.,an-lO•:JDT•'I"' _..,..,<:P _..,..,.,a Easting (km) 3 Staff Report at 2, PP 261. It is simply not acceptable to delay final adoption of the S/CAP Work Plan until December 2022, as the current draft Work Plan envisions; adoption should come by March and certainly no later than Earth Day 2022. Taking three years to complete the initial work is equally unacceptable; it should be accomplished by Earth Day 2023. Failing to set intermediate goals would also be a mistake. If the City Council is serious about meeting its stated 2030 goal, then the S/CAP Work Plan should incorporate specific intermediate goals for each Earth Day between 2022 and 2029, for there is no reason why many of the programs proposed in the S/CAP Work Plan cannot begin immediately. We should focus on electrification of homes and transportation, and the City Council should provide City Staff with the resources necessary to implement such programs fully and immediately. In addition, as I have proposed previously, Palo Alto needs a municipal carbon tax (MCT) to help reverse global warming. A significant MCT that incorporates feebates could be particularly effective.4 Inexplicably, the draft S/CAP Work Plan appears to postpone – perhaps until after 2025 – implementation of a MCT. Staff Report, Attachment A, “Draft S/CAP Three-Year Work Plan,” at 4, PP 276, C3-C5 and especially C6. Any such delays would be particularly troubling if the City Council were to place a business tax on the November 2022 ballot before seeking any voter or legislative approval that might be necessary for a MCT. Putting a business tax first would be placing Palo Alto’s, and the world’s, existential ecological needs second. Rapidly adopting a meaningful MCT that incorporates feebates would both demonstrate the extent of our commitment to ending GHG pollution and ensure that other communities can quickly follow our example. We need to achieve both speed and scale to halt global warming. Palo Alto cannot wait any longer to show true climate leadership. Palo Alto must act now (a) to accelerate the S/CAP Plan, (b) to provide City Staff with adequate resources, and (c) to adopt a municipal carbon tax incorporating feebates, among other policies. Respectfully submitted, John Kelley cc: Utilities Advisory Commissioners c/o Dean Batchelor, Utilities Director 4 The use of feebates to reverse global warming has recently received high-level international attention and been recommended specifically to Denmark See, e.g., IMF/OECD (2021), Tax Policy and Climate Change: IMF/OECD Report for the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, April 2021, Italy, www.oecd.org/tax/tax- policy/imf-oecd-g20-report-tax-policy-and-climate-change.htm at 19-20 (“Elements of feebates have been integrated into some vehicle tax systems though they could also be applied to industry and power generation, and to promote clean heating systems, efficient appliances, and forest carbon storage.) See also Batini, N., Parry, I., and Wingender, P., “Climate Mitigation Policy in Denmark: A Prototype for Other Countries,” CESifo Working Papers, 8895, February 2021, ISSN 2364-1428 (electronic version), https://www.cesifo.org/DocDL/cesifo1_wp8895.pdf at 17f. (“To the extent it is constrained on acceptability grounds, carbon pricing can be reinforced at the sectoral level with feebates, most importantly for transport, but potentially also for other sectors. Feebates apply a sliding scale of fees to products or activities with above average emission rates (or increases in emissions over time) and a sliding scale of rebates to products or activities with below average emission rates (or reductions in emissions over time)….” From:Eleanor Lin To:Council, City Subject:California Clean $ Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 7:08:41 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from eleanorlin_76@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hello, I am emailing tonight to encourage the Palo Alto City council to adopt reforms to establish lower limits on allowable donation amounts ($500 or less), lowering the disclosure requirements for political ads (to $2,500), and to limit a candidate’s own contributions to $30,000. The suggestions made by the LGV will increase trust and transparency. They may also increase wider participation as candidate’s would need a broader coalition of donors, versus a less diverse donor pool that skews ultra-wealthy. Thank you for considering these reforms, Eleanor Lin From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: Senate confirms 1st KorAm woman on Fed Appeals Court – AsAmNews Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 6:51:41 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. HOORAY WELL WORTH THE WAIT ! A HIGHLY COMPETENT JUDGE and PERSON . ALLAN From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 6:41 PMSubject: Senate confirms 1st KorAm woman on Fed Appeals Court – AsAmNews https://asamnews.com/2021/12/13/she-had-previously-been-nominated-by-president-obama-in-2016-but-was-not-confirmed/ Senate confirms 1st KorAm woman on Fed Appeals Court December 13, 2021 by Pelican Brief Law via Wikimedia Creative Commons Over Republican objections, the U.S. Senate Monday confirmed Lucy Koh, the first Korean American woman to win confirmation as a Federal Appeals Court judge, reports Reuters. Koh will serve on the Ninth Circuit Court out of San Jose, California. Bloomberg Law reports the GOP objected to a ruling by Koh which allowed California to restrict religious gatherings during the pandemic. It was a decision eventually overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. Koh defended her ruling during her confirmation hearings under questioning from Republicans. “The factual evidence that was before me was uncontroverted by the plaintiffs that the risk of transmission of Covid is greater when you’re in a home versus in commercial entities that are actually regulated and can be subject to misdemeanor criminal prosecutions for not complying with the restrictions,” Koh said. The People for the American Way applauded the confirmation. “Koh’s track record on the bench shows that she recognizes the importance of the federal judiciary in protecting the rule of law and our nation’s democracy. Just last year, she twice pushed back against the Trump administration’s attempts to unlawfully manipulate the 2020 Census,” it said in a statement sent to AsAmNews. President Biden nominated Koh as part of his push for more diversity on the bench. Koh had previously been nominated by then President Obama in 2016, but Republicans which held the majority in the Senate at the time refused to confirm her. She has been a district court judge since 2010. AsAmNews has Asian America in its heart. We’re an all-volunteer effort of dedicated staff and interns. Check out our new Instagram account. Go to our Twitter feed and Facebook page for more content. Please consider interning, joining our staff, or submitting a story, or making a contribution. From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: OpEd: 1st Chinese Am woman to vote is a symbol of change – AsAmNews Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 6:39:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Dec 13, 2021 Subject: OpEd: 1st Chinese Am woman to vote is a symbol of change – AsAmNews U-TUBE VIDEO IS WELL WORTH WATCHING ON THE LIFE OF THIS PIONEERING WOMAN. CHEERS, ALLAN https://asamnews.com/2021/12/13/tye-leung-schulze-is-a-reminder-why-protectng-our-voting-rights-is-important/ OpEd: 1st Chinese Am woman to vote is a symbol of change December 13, 2021 via YouTube By Louis Chan, AsAmNews National Correspondent I had never heard the story of Tye Leung Schultz until by chance I saw it on YouTube. Shulze became the first Chinese American woman ever to cast a vote in the United States. She won that right when California in 1911 became the first state to allow women to vote. PBS documented her story as part of its American Masters series. “I think we should not vote blindly, since we have been given this right,” Schulze said. Seeing Schulze’s story reminded me about an ongoing story happening across the United States. It’s the kind of story that makes most people’s eyes glaze over. Across the country, in both cities and states, district boundaries are being decided. Why should Asian Americans care? Because how those boundaries are determined could decide if Asian Americans are given a voice in the electoral process or are so chopped up into pieces that our voting power becomes diluted. In Chicago, the community is fighting hard to gain a majority Asian district in the 11th ward, reports Pantagraph. There are currently no Asian Americans on the council, and in the history of the city, there has been only one-Indian American Ameya Pawar from 2011 to 2019. In San Jose, Asian Americans make up nearly four of ever ten residents. Yet they only have two Asian majority districts out of 10 under the current proposal. There is currently no Asian American on the city council. In a recent editorial, the San Jose Mercury News declared the “redistricting process is failing Asian Americans.” This same battle is occurring in states where State legislative lines are drawn as well as Congressional districts. Why does this matter? Asian Americans don’t vote the same as other ethnic groups. As a whole, we are more liberal than White voters and more moderate than most Black and Latino voters. This is not to say there are no conservatives in our community. There are and their voice can be loud. This is only to recognize that if you divide our community and spread it out over numerous districts, you are diluting our voting power. Asian Americans in Santa Clara, CA sued over this under the Voting Rights Act in 2018 and won. Back then there were no Asian Americans on the Santa Clara City Council. Today there are three on the seven member council. That’s why we need to pay attention to this seemingly boring process of deciding how our political boundaries are drawn and speak out if we see our voting power getting split into little pieces. Tye Leung Schulze spoke out. She resisted domestic servitude and an arranged child marriage. She provided translation services and comforted Asian immigrant victims of human trafficking in San Francisco. She became the first Chinese American woman to work for the federal government and the first Chinese American woman to vote in a U.S. election. When we think of the fight over political boundaries, think of Tye Leung Schulze. AsAmNews has Asian America in its heart. We’re an all-volunteer effort of dedicated staff and interns. Check out our new Instagram account. Go to our Twitter feed and Facebook page for more content. Please consider interning, joining our staff, or submitting a story, or making a contribution. From:Mrs. Alfaro Subject:My dear friend Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 4:28:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ --My dear friend How are you and your family? Happy that the Coronavirus reached apoint and goes no further in your country. I just want to know thatyour email is still existing, Looking forward to hearing from you Mrs Alfaro From:Yogabear23 To:Council, City; Yogabear23; flyingrichard@yahoo.com; lilyzhao68@gmail.com; peanutsjue@gmail.com;karenhlaw@gmail.com; mimi.wolf@gmail.com; dsamuels@corinthianwealth.com Subject:Palo Alto City Council Meeting, 12/13/21. Letter Regarding the 739 Sutter Project Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 3:30:36 PM Attachments:PACitycouncilmeeting21-13-21.docx Some people who received this message don't often get email from yogabear23@aol.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilmembers, Please respond to the issues in my letter. I'll see you tonight at the meeting. Respectfully, Carolyn Garbarino 734 San Carlos Court Palo Alto 94306 PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, Dec. 13, 2021, 6:00PM Dear Councilmembers, I am one of four owners of one story cottages on San Carlos Court that have fences abutting 739 Sutter: a proposed three story, 12 unit condo project. We asked a city planner to invite us to the initial ARB review but were neither invited nor given a website to check for a date. The meeting was held without feedback by those most affected. See municipal code 18.77.070 ( C ) (2) regarding failure to notify homeowners of meetings. The initial 739 Sutter project shows that it does not comply with the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP) goals. 0 No Landscaping is included, removing eight large garden yards. 0 Site Open Space is 20% as offered by the developer when 35% is required by law. 0 No Daylight Planes are included for adjacent R1 houses and RM20 units to allow Eastern sunlight. 0 Variances Are Exceeded because the developer is asking for twice as many as are allowed by law. 0 Height is Exceeded because the developer is asking for 35’ instead of the 30’ height required by law. 0 Parking is Reduced because the developer asks for one parking space instead of two. 0 No Plans for Solar Energy or Heat Pump Water Heaters to be installed at construction. 0 Public Health will be adversely affected by increased construction noise and filth, increased water use in a time of extreme drought, and increased traffic on already congested Middlefield Road. Lack of daylight planes harm public health as well. 0 Property Values for the abutting cottages will be decreased due to the above public health dangers. 0 Precedent. To date, Midtown Palo Alto has no three story buildings. This project will set an adverse precedent for public health, safety, rights to sunlight, and especially the right to privacy that you will continue to hear about as long as development is unchecked by law. We four homeowners on San Carlos Court support SCAP, Neighborhood Preservation for our 1940s cottages, and Oppose the 739 Sutter Project. Thank You for Your Time, Respectfully, Carolyn Garbarino, 734 San Carlos Court Palo Alto 94306 From:Leland To:Council, City Cc:civilsociety@ohchr.org Subject:UN"S RIGHT TO HOUSNING IN OUR COMMUNITY Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 2:43:54 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from unoakland@aol.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City of Palo Alto clerk...please forward public comment... "MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WE HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH YOURSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR CONVEYED THOUGHTS SENT TO THE CITY OFEAST PALO ALTO COUNCILMEMBERS DECEMBER 7th MEETING THE FOLLOWING .........HOWEVER, AS IT APPEARS, THE ONLY TIME EXTENDED TO OUR RAVENSWOOD COMMUNITYU.N. SUPPORTERS TO SHARE OUR SENTIMENT S REGARDING THIS GLOBAL HOMELESSNESS (RESIDENTIAL TRANSITION) CRISIS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, COLLECTIVELY, IS ALSO DURING THE 2 OR 3 MINUTES TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS...NONE THE LESS, THESE CONCERNED SUBJECTS REMAINS WITHIN BOTH MUNICIPALITIES. ----------------------------------------------- ............IN HER FINAL REPORT TO THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY, LEILANI FARHA HIGHLIGHTS THECRUELTY SHE WITNESSED IN OAKLAND AS FOLLOWS; "ATTEMPTING TO DISCOURAGE RESIDENTS FROM REMAINING IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTSORENCAMPMENTS BY DENYING ACCESS TO WATER, SANITATION AND HEALTH SERVICES ANDOTHERBASIC NECESSITIES, AS HAS BEEN WITNESSED BY THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR IN SANFRANCISCOAND OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CONSTITUTES CRUEL ANDINHUMANTREATMENT AND IS A VIOLATION OF MULTIPLE HUMAN RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TOLIFE,HOUSING, HEALTH AND WATER AND SANITATION. SUCH PUNITIVE POLICIES MUST BEPROHIBITEDIN LAW AND IMMEDIATELY CEASED" ----------------------------------------------- December 7, 2021 Community Forum; Electronic communications East Palo Alto Council members; Having this conversation is very difficult for me as I have become an official part of the UnitedNationsOrganization and despite the immense losses of structures and landmarks and my own property,that was considered to have remained a resourceful keepsake in this community for current andfuture education and job opportunities. Since I am not a magician, there is nothing illusionary to each of you regarding the future and Imust continue to perform what the original 51 dignitaries signed into law more than 70 years ago.however,70 years later, it could have been much different! Leland FrancoisUN Oakland From:Nicole McClain To:Council, City Subject:Greetings from Midpen Media Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 1:36:18 PM Attachments:2020-Annual-Report.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from nicole@midpenmedia.org.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, Sometime in the next few days you will each receive a mailing from us. A personalized note and a postcard with info. From our 2021 annual report were inadvertently left out. To give the contents of the mailing some context I thought it prudent to reach out. In addition to this message, I have attached a PDF copy of our 2020 annual report. The mailing was meant to be an overview of what we’ve been up to at Midpen Media this year. We spent a big part of 2021 refreshing our space and updating our offerings. We are excited to share our progress with you! Happy holidays! We are hoping to see you sometime in the new year so you can see the changes firsthand. Best Wishes, Nicole -- Nicole M. McClainDevelopment Midpen Media Center 650 494-8686 ext. 11 www.midpenmedia.org 900 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Join us on social media! 2 0 2 0 A Year Like No Other A N N U A L R E P O R T MI DPEN MEDIA CENTER Who We Are Midpen Media Center is a public, education, and government (PEG) media organization that operates five television channels and provides media production and technical training. Our mission is to foster civic engagement, individual expression, and cultural exchange to inspire, inform, and empower people in our larger community. We have provided important local free speech access to video production and television programming opportunities for the people in the Silicon Valley communities of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto, Stanford, and parts of unincorporated San Mateo and Santa Clara counties since 1990. We provide an open and accepting space, virtually and physically, for people to gather, share their opinions, and create media content. We manage a community media television station and provide studio and field production training which allows our community members to create and distribute content that educates, informs, entertains, and keeps the community engaged with local government and organizations. We distribute programs that promote and celebrate diversity, local achievements, education, culture, the arts, and science. We also provide programming of local government meetings in support of an open and informed democratic society. Our vision is that of a creative, safe environment that connects diverse communities to transcend political, cultural, educational, and religious boundaries. Midpen Media is a 501(c)(3) public benefit corporation. Find us on Social Media Watch us on cable television midpenmedia.org Comcast Channels Government 26 Municipal Government Meetings Community 28 Youth, Education & Sports (Including School Board Meetings) Government 29 Municipal Government Meetings Community 30 Arts, Issues & Lifestyles Community 75 Diversity & Culture Community 27 — BAY VOICE TV Regional Channel @MidpenMediaCenter Connect with Midpen Media Center On the cover: A ZOOM Call of Midpen Media’s most memorable productions submitted in 2020 Artwork on Pages 6 and 11 illustrated by Evan Warren Image of Palo Alto’s Black Lives Matter Mural on Page 10 Photographed by Benny Villarreal Channels are live streamed at: 2020 - 2021 Staff Full Time Keri Stokstad Karen Adams Sara (Bennett) Kinney Nicole McClain Jesse Norfleet Chris Pearce Lupita Segura David Sorokach Joanne Sperans Part Time Pedro Arenas Nancy Brown Mary Byler Andrew Chen Francisco Del Rosario Bill Dimitri Tim ErskinBrian Jones Cathy Keys Elizabeth Kiler Jeffrey McGinnis Stan NgEmily Parent Louise Pencavel Sally Rayn David Simon Dan TurturiciDaniel Velasquez David Velasquez Shawn Wilkerson City Hall Video Operators Kevin Burnett Patrick CampisiAsia Dubarenka Blair Helu Brian Kraker René Mendoza Christian MunozDoug Smith Contractors Rick Bacigalupi Eva BarrowsBatya Bell Byron Binns Audrey Daniel Doug Kreitz Elliot MargoliesAdam Sedillo-Glatt 2020 ANNUAL REPORT | 3Welcome After just two-and-a-half months of “normal” operations, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its collec-tive knees in mid-March. As alarmed as we were then, we could not have foreseen how devastating COVID-19 would be — disrupting every facet of life globally and setting Midpen Media on an unprecedented path of adaptation and resilience — a year like no other. This past year reminded us of the fundamental importance of communication. We adapted to new ways of tending to daily needs and working remotely. We utilized new com-munication tools to share information, connect with family, check on our neighbors, and keep educated and informed. Midpen Media was at the center of these efforts from the beginning. We provided technical support for our city governments and ways for our community of producers and volunteers to stay connected and create content, and for the board and staff to continue our vital work. Highlights:• Added four new board members: Chuck Alley, Tilak Kasturi, Becky Sanders, and Glen Sato• Employed 33 FT and PT staff supported by PPP Round One Funding• Produced 243 community and 41 staff productions• Hosted 38 virtual weekly community meetups• In collaboration with the League of Women Voters, produced 19 informational 2020 election videos• Aired 2,452 hours of first run programs and 23,580 hours of total programming on Channels 26, 28, 29, 30, and 75• Increased our social media engagement by 364%, totalling over 36,000 digital connections• Received $211,230 in donations and grant funding The pandemic accelerated our rate of revenue decline and unearthed the undeniable reality of our dependency on our investments. It escalated our need to address Midpen Media’s financial picture to build stability and sustain-ability. Long-considered possibilities around reorganiza-tion, program funding, and philanthropy needed solutions immediately. We reached out to our community to request feedback. Over a period of nine months, we conducted a series of internal examinations, professional network conversations, and community surveys to obtain a better understanding and to build a future for our organization that genuinely served our community. This effort also required facing the reality that cutting costs meant letting some of our long-term staff go, which affected many highly valued members of the Midpen Media team. These changes, while necessary, were met with considerable resistance and emotion. One of the biggest lessons we learned from this was the need to be more transparent in our communications — not just within our organization but also within our entire commu-nity. Through it all, we remain committed to honoring our legacy of exemplary accomplishments while we rebuild and create a social space for future generations of media makers. Since 1990, Midpen Media has helped our community connect and bond because we believe that staying informed and openly communicating breaks down barri-ers and creates space for common ground. These urgent times call for us to move with speed and intention, ensur-ing our future reflects the insights and opportunities the pandemic has revealed. We play an essential role in addressing the complex is-sues within our commmunity: inequity, housing insecurity, health challenges, economic hardships, and painful experi-ences demonstrating the continued weight of systemic racism and racial inequality that deeply affects our com-munity. By facilitating discussions, providing access to information, and enabling our community voices to be heard, we can stay engaged with the conversation sur-rounding these vital concerns brought into focus in 2020. Looking forward to our challenging but bright future, we remain committed to being a source of media production knowledge, storytelling, and community engagement. We are grateful to our Board members, staff, volunteers, busi-ness, and community partners for their ongoing support. Keri Stokstad Less LincolnExecutive Director/CEO President, Board of Directors Less Lincoln, President Tilak Kasturi, President-Elect** Sue Purdy Pelosi, Former President* Glen Sato, Treasurer** Beth Charlesworth, Former Treasurer* Peter Burns, Secretary Chuck Alley** Gayathri Kanth, JPA Representative, City of Palo Alto Azieb Nicodimos Becky Sanders** Nick Szegda, JPA Representative, City of Menlo Park *Departed in 2020 **Joined in 2020 2020 - 2021 Board of Directors 2020 Financials 4 | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT ASSETS 12/31/2019 12/31/2020 CURRENT ASSETS Cash and cash equivalents 158,796 81,644 Investments 5,458,294 4,984,266 Accounts receivable 83,825 79,644 Prepaid expenses & other current assets 36,024 24,001 Total current assets 5,736,939 5,169,555 Fixed assets, net of accumulated depreciation 2,160,445 1,985,119 TOTAL ASSETS 7,897,384 7,154,674 LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Accounts payable and accrued expenses 38,361 23,842 Other Current Liabilities 119,478 126,629 Total Current Liabilties 157,840 334,971 NET ASSETS Unrestricted 6,533,053 6,124,748 Temporarily restricted 1,206,492 694,956 TOTAL NET ASSETS 7,739,544 6,819,703 TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 7,897,384 7,154,674 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Midpen Media faced many chal- lenges during the pandemic year of 2020, but our financial basis remains sound. Losses in the value of Investments are expected to rebound as the world gets back to work and the PPP loan we secured is fully justified for full forgiveness in 2021. While we intend to rely significantly on donors and grants, our current financial position offers us the ability to invest and build for the long term health of the organi- zation. As of December 2020, Midpen Media had in excess of $5M in Investments and just under $2M in net book value of fixed assets. With total Liabilities at $334k, our Debt to Net Asset Ratio is less than 5%. When our Payroll Protection Program loan is forgiven, Liabilities will drop to $150k. This puts us in a strong position to expand reach into the community as we move out of pandemic restrictions. Income PrOduction Services ■ Program Services Iii Contributions In-Kind Receipts Net Assets Released from Restrictions ■ Miscellaneous Expenses Salaries & benefits Professional/Outside services Iii General operating iii In-Kind Expenses ■Facility 2020 ANNUAL REPORT | 5 410 community produc Covered 286 government meetings in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties A Year in Review Won 6 Western Access Video Excellence (WAVE) Awards Produced 19 informational 2020 election videos Hosted 43 online community events Received 25 community-produced videos about life during the pandemic Developed 243 community, 41 staff, and 20 ProServices productions 6 | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Resilience We define “resilience” as the ability to evolve, adapt, and change when necessary. In 2020, a shift in operation and vision was crucial for the survival of our organization. We met that challenge head on. Prior to the pandemic, our daily operations consisted almost entirely of in-person and hands-on media production support. When providing these services was no longer possible, we had to reinvent our approach to community media and service. With our television production studio, high-tech classroom, professional media-making equipment rentals, and event space closed, we had to get creative about ways to connect with our community virtually. Fortunately, our tech-savvy staff and dedicated community of stakeholders were willing to meet the challenge with open minds. Over the course of 2020, we conceptualized and developed numerous opportunities for our community to keep in touch and continue making media of which they could be proud. This included: • Supporting Television Production on Zoom • Providing Virtual Classes on At-Home Production • Developing Training on Smartphone Film Production • Soliciting Inspirational Stories and Calls for Submission Though it was an unexpected turn in our organization’s journey, we’re confident that the steps we took ultimately prepared our organization to navigate the continually evolving media-making landscape. Reinvention Revisualization In an effort to remain resilient for many years to come, our organization approached the COVID-19 closure as an opportunity for improvement. We launched a series of internal examinations, professional network conversations, and community surveys investigating ways to build a future for our organization that truly serves our community to the best of our ability. Along the way, we found the opportunity to take stock of our current offerings, hear directly from our community about how they wished to see our organization evolve, and develop a plan to ensure services remain as relevant and community-oriented as possible. We gathered information from two sources: a voluntary pool of stakeholders with varying levels of involvement in our community, and multiple data-based operational reports from Community Media centers and similar organizations throughout the country. Through this analysis, we were able to distill four crucial action items that have since become our guidelines for future program development: • We must prioritize local content, whether it be content we create or content we curate • We must raise local awareness about our organization • We must create strong, consistent, and lasting part- nerships with local organizations • We must reflect the evolving new media landscape As we continue to evolve, we are committed to ensuring each major decision that affects how we serve our com- munity connects back to these. We continue to offer youth summer camps, equipment rental, studio production, in-person workshops, and our Local Heroes program (on hiatus in 2020). Ml □PEN MEDIA. CENTER 2020 ANNUAL REPORT | 7 Our Volunteers Our dedicated community of volunteers plays an essential role within the Midpen Media ecosystem. In exchange for their time and dedication to the production of creative projects in our studio, we provide our volunteers with skills training, networking opportunites, access to media-making equipment, and fun social experiences that serve to enrich the recreational lives of our larger creative community. Weekly Meetups Our weekly volunteer meetup, sometimes referred to as “The Water Cooler,” was held every Monday afternoon. There was no set agenda for these sessions. Rather, we gathered simply because we wanted to stay in touch. Many of our volunteers were used to seeing one another five or six times within a single month as our studio was perpetually bustling with volunteers and producers work- ing together to tell local stories. In the absence of studio shows on which to collaborate, these weekly volunteer meetups helped us to remain connected as a community when we needed one another the most. “When I was five years old, I told everyone that I wanted to work in a TV station. Fast forward...here I am at Midpen Media Center, providing service to our communities by working with other great volunteers creating shows that focus on getting awesome ideas out to the community.” Jo Appogast Most Active Volunteer of 2020 Holiday Party On December 10, 2020, we gathered 40+ of our volunteers via Zoom for a virtual holiday party. For two hours, guests chatted with familiar faces and got to know new ones. After initial greetings, we broke the large party into smaller breakout rooms to facilitate more intimate connections, and then gathered as a group again to honor our dedicated volunteers. Even though the studio was only open for the first two- and-a-half months of 2020, our intrepid volunteer crew logged an impressive number of hours. Jo Appogast came in first place with 21 shows, Tom Clark came in second place with 16 shows, and there was a tie for third place between Toni Gooch and Fred Bockmann, who had crewed 15 shows each. Midpen Media is deeply grateful for the time and passion of all 64 volunteers who put their media-producing skills to use with us in 2020. The unique stories and local perspectives shared through our channels and online platforms are made possible through the dedication and creative participation of our volunteers. “The virtual holiday party reignited the sense of community found when our dedicated volunteers, producers, and staff gather around the kitchen table before and after productions.” Joanne Sperans Marketing and Communications Manager Volunteer Updates To accompany our weekly meetups, volunteers could also count on a weekly Friday-afternoon email providing up-dates from the personal lives of our individual volunteers, revisiting fond memories from past studio productions, discussing hot topics in the local news, and occasionally challenging readers with puzzles and riddles from the creative minds of our staff. 8 | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Our producers showed amazing resilience in the face of uncertainty. When it was no longer safe to film in our studio, they took the media making knowledge they’ve worked so hard to gain and built their own at- home recording spaces. Broadcasting from backyards and interviewing experts half a world away, our pro- ducers became creatively flexible in ways we never could have foreseen. To each of our media-makers who bravely went on telling stories and representing their communities throughout this pandemic: we are so proud of you. You are unstoppable. Sheryl Shaffer has been producing her show, Veterans Helping Veter-ans, in the Midpen Media studio for 25 years. She created this show to boost awareness about support for veterans and to bring the veteran community together. Sheryl is proud to be a Vietnam veteran, and has dedicated much of her life to making a difference for other veterans. It is this dedication that motivated her to continue producing her show on Zoom when the COVID-19 pandemic prevented her from access-ing our studio. “I produced my first Zoom show in March,” she says, “and I knew it was the answer.” We are very proud of Sheryl and all that she’s accomplished! She’s been a huge presence in the Midpen Media community as a volun- teer, producer, and friend. Veterans Helping Veterans Our Community of Media Makers Remote Public Access Productions • Yoga for Health and Joy produced by Patricia Becker • Talking With Henrietta produced by Henrietta Burroughs • Special Moments with Stevie D. produced by Stevie Delianides • Midpen Connects produced by Asia Dubarenka and Kevin Burnett • Tech Talk produced by Brian Lee • The Stephanie Herman Show produced by Stephanie Herman • Michael Killen Presents produced by Michael Killen • Poets in Conversation produced by Phyllis Klein • 2020 Election Coverage produced by the League of Women Voters • Law Talk produced by Mark Malachowski • Exchanges produced by Elliot Margolies • Frack The Canon produced by René Mendoza, Sara (Bennett) Kin- ney, and CJ McCree • MC Youth Presents produced by MC Youth • Sports Sitdown produced by MC Youth • Veterans Helping Veterans produced by Sheryl Shaffer 2020 ANNUAL REPORT | 9 The Pandemic As was the case for many, the COVID-19 Pandemic caused us to close our studio doors in March. Resilient as always, this inspired us to completely reimagine the ways we offered our services. Leveraging our access to online tools for communication, we developed a selection of virtual classes and events that members of our community could access from home. We also prioritized creating opportunities for our community to stay connected and navigate pandemic-related loneliness together. We launched a COVID-19 documentary production course called Document It! The intention of this five-part course was to help students understand and tell the story of what their unique pandemic experience was like. In this class, each student developed a three to five min-ute documentary. Topics ranged from interviews with kids to pandemic gardens to suffering communities in need of COVID relief. The class itself was a healing experience and many tears were shed at our final virtual screening. We invited community members to share their Social Distancing Stories. Within a week of the declaration of a National Emergency, we put out a call for video submis- sions from our community sharing their experiences of the pandemic-related uncertainty. Producers and volun- teers answered the call with homemade films, tours of their at-home production spaces, and precious family mo- ments captured on camera. You can view these submis- sions now on our Youtube Channel! We produced a community-building conversation series called Exchanges. People from all walks of life gathered with us on Zoom to connect and process the un-certainty and fear of the pandemic within our community. Discussion topics ranged from remote education’s effect on our local teachers to the impact of COVID-19 on low income communities and even sheltering in place from a clergy perspective. Over the course of the pandemic lock-down, we produced six episodes. We hosted a free weekly Midpen Movie Night. In April 2020, we began inviting our community to join us every Friday night for an online screening of a classic film. For this screening series, we hand-selected our favorite black and white 1930s comedies, sci-fi creature features, and historic documentaries from the public domain. With an open public chat during the livestreamed screening, this end-of-the-week opportunity to unwind and poke fun at silly movies with friends was a much needed antidote for many of our community members who felt isolated by Santa Clara County’s strict pandemic orders. 10 | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT #BlackLivesMatter In July of 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement inspired thousands of Americans to take to the streets in opposition of the violent displays of police brutality that have historically haunted black communities through- out the nation. In order to best serve our community during this time of heartbreak and justified rage, Midpen Media took a multi-angled approach to uniting our community around our shared goals of racial and social justice. We put out a call for Protest Footage and Testimo- nials. Those who attended local protests were invited to send us any footage or testimonial accounts of the experience that they felt was important to share with our community. The purpose of this was two-pronged: we wanted to encourage activists to speak out in a public setting where their anonymity could be pro- tected, and we wanted to make the images of these protests available to members of our community who may not otherwise have access to these unaltered im- ages and testimonies from the local Black Lives Matter protests. East Palo Alto elders and youth came together for a Zoom panel discussion, “Generational Con-versations #1: Community Discussion on Racial Injustice,” co-produced by Midpen Media and the Nairobi Committee. The elders helped to establish Nairobi College in EPA in the 1960s as an alternative junior college for minorities, and the next generation panelists are activists in their own right. Youth host Alanna Stevenson and elder states- man host Isaac Stevenson led the group through a series of questions examining how EPA has changed and how its Black community has ad- vanced through the generations. One participant thought integration was detrimental because it caused black communities to split up instead of consolidating their collective power. The current social justice movement is looking to connect people with each other and find that sense of community that has been lost. We hosted two Public Roundtables to help our community process and discuss social justice and systemic racism. These roundtables featured prominent representatives from our local government, including mayors and police chiefs from Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, and Palo Alto. It also featured youth activists, religious leaders, and leaders from Stanford’s U.S. History Depart- ment and the African and African-American Studies Pro- gram. The purpose of this event was to provide an online gathering place to process the shockwaves of grief and trauma that swept through our community and our nation in the wake of the murder of George Floyd. East Palo Alto: Elders and Youth Panel 2020 ANNUAL REPORT | 11 Civic Engagement Enabling access to civic engagement opportunities within our community is a cornerstone of our organization’s mission. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to participate in local government and become a force for change within their community. In 2020 we collaborated with local government and non-partisan organizations to make unbiased political information available through our various channels. Local Government In order to provide our community with access to in- formation about the constant changes at a local gov- ernment level, our dedicated team of City Hall Video Operators physically attended 97 — and oversaw 286 — city council meetings in order to livestream and archive local government meetings. We provided coverage for the Town of Atherton, the City of East Palo Alto, the City of Menlo Park, and the City of Palo Alto, along with the Palo Alto Unified School District. In the first quarter of the year, we attended these meetings in person with two-person tech crews. When COVID-19 struck our community, official government meetings transitioned to an online setting using Zoom video conferencing. Maintaining our commitment to government accessibility, our City Hall crew adapted to support these meetings remotely, often navigating tech- nology issues and challenging video and audio limita- tions. By the end of the year, we captured and provided technical support for hundreds of local government meetings. Each meeting was made accessible to our community over the web and on our Local Government Channels 26 and 29. Election Coverage Midpen Media was again at the forefront of providing local election education by working closely with several chapters of the League of Women Voters (LWV). We also teamed up with Palo Alto Online and the Almanac to provide live coverage on election night. Prior to the elec- tions, the LWV Palo Alto chapter filmed two educational videos in our studio to educate people about the impor- tance of the census and new ways to vote. Co-director of voter services Jean Lythcott and volunteer David Springer illustrated how to participate in the primary elections and census counting. Not only was 2020 a census year but it was also the LWV’s 100th anniversary of providing non- partisan voting education. One of the videos explained the new Voter’s Choice Act, intended to make it easier for people to vote by expanding how, when, and where they can vote. The second video addressed why the census is so important and the lengths taken to get an accurate count of the U.S. population. The constitution mandates that all living persons in the U.S. be counted every ten years. The resulting population numbers drive federal funding distribution, federal congressional representation for each state, and redistricting. We also worked with the LWV to provide education in ad- vance of the election, highlighting the measures affecting our community and providing coverage of local candidates and where they stood on the issues, producing a total of 19 panels, including forums on school districts, city council races, ballot measures, and local congressional candidates. In addition, we held a live, one-hour broadcast co-pro-duced by Palo Alto Online, the Almanac, and the Midpen Media Center. Coverage featured updated results and an analysis of select races and measures on the ballot in Palo Alto, Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, Atherton, and Mountain View. The broadcast was hosted by Palo Alto Weekly Edi-tor Jocelyn Dong and featured commentary from former Palo Alto City Council member Vic Ojakian and Henrietta Burroughs, director of the East Palo Alto Media Center and host of the “Talking with Henrietta” cable show. 12 | 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Made Into America Made Into America seeks to compile, present, and share stories related to immigration that build bridges of interest, empathy, and commonality among Silicon Valley residents. Projects include live story presentations before an audience; story exchanges between students and participating community groups; or stories fo- cused on a particular community, neighborhood, and demographic group that is facing immigration-related challenges. These stories are captured in our online archive at MadeIntoAmerica.org. Although this year was our slowest since debuting this program in 2013 due to the pandemic, we completed 47 power- ful new stories. One of the most notable was “La Vie en Rose: The Legacy of Two Stories,” which covered two different immigrant families from Eastern Europe at different times who ultimately connected by marriage and whose legacies live on. Another popular tale was “Chin Up and Success Follows,” in which a young Mexican woman strives to move to a larger town with more opportunities than in her small village, and ultimately ends up in the United States with her new husband. After many challenging years she now owns her own home, has become a teaching assistant, and is raising a healthy family, all by keeping her chin up through each challenge. Made into America brings the stories of real life immigrants to life in their own vivid words, inspiring those who watch them. In 2018, we received a $75,000 grant from the R. Lacey Foundation, estab- lished through the legacy of long-time Midpen Media Center volunteer Ruth Lacey and her husband, Richard. Since then, this grant has enabled our development of the R. Lacey Civic Engagement Initiative, which focus- es on the production and distribution of civic engagement content. This includes our Made Into America immigration stories series, 2020 election coverage, public roundtables, and the Exchanges conversation series. For over two years now, this grant has allowed us to build meaningful strategic partnerships and publicize civic engagement programming. This ongoing initiative honors the memory of Ruth Lacey, who helped to facilitate civic engagement, often by videotaping local events like those hosted by the Palo Alto Hisorical Association and volunteering on studio shows. To this day, the Lacey legacy empowers the Midpen Media Center to strengthen the community in the ways that were very important to our late friend, Ruth Lacey. R. Lacey Civic Engagement Initiative 2020 ANNUAL REPORT | 13 Fundraising Challenges and Opportunities If you only considered the numbers, one could say that 2020 faced a fundraising challenge. Funds raised in Q1 were modest. In Q2 and Q3, hands-on fundraising was overshadowed by the pandemic. However, ways to bring in money were still very top of mind. Our leadership was making plans to help level the playing field. By transitioning to digital platforms, we have begun to reach new donors and to diversify our supporters. By embracing change, we hope to ensure long-term resilience and bolster our ability to face unforeseen chal- lenges and advance our mission in the face of future adversity. Ken AllenVirginia Anderson, PhDKathleen Carrie ArmelLannette Bell Diane Brandt Henrietta Burroughs Pat Burt Charles Compton Kelly ConnellyLinda CraigJackie DavisThomas DaniellLinda Deusseault Mike DiBattista Janet Eliot Dorothy Fediman Josh FriedmanJoyce & Jay FriedrichsVivian GanitskyNina GoldslagerLiza Herzog Paul Hickman Gary W. HornbeekJung In SonChristina JohnsonErin Malmquist Judge Alexander Kanellakos Gayathri Kanth Ted Kao Tilak Kasturi Digant C. KasundraCurt KinskyMichael KillenPhyllis KleinCathy Kroymann Lei Li Less Lincoln Bill Lindemann Mark MalachowskiGeorge MarshallGary MartinNicole M. McClainJoyce McClaure Loraine McKinney Elaine MeyerRobert MillerDouglas B. MoranDebbie Mytels Jennifer Neeley Stan Ng Azieb Nicodimos Barbara G. Noparstak Pat ObuchowskiMark O’NeillJames OppenheimerHenry P. OrganRene Paine Kip Pearson Sue Purdy Pelosi Scott C. Pinson Elizabeth RaffelMr. & Mrs. ReynoldsDebby Shuman RogersRebecca SandersThomas & Eileen Sanders Glen Sato Jeffrey L. ShoreDennis StarkovichAndrew StarksMichael Stern Keri Stokstad The Stokstad Family Kristy Beldner Stone Joe Simitian Joanne SperansNicholas SzegedaNicole Tapia-BatulayanLisa TeslerTom Upton Deborah Vinsel Tim Wandling Martin Wasserman Sara WoodhamHong Ye Yiaway Yeh Linda Yelnick Thank You to Our 2020 Donors and Sponsors 410 community producBecome a Midpen Media Donor or Sponsor! For more information, contact Nicole@MidpenMedia.org. In August, we hired our first Development Director, Nicole McClain. She focused on enhancing relationships with our current donor base, expanding that base to include more corporations and philanthropic organizations, and formalizing a plan for Midpen Media’s fundraising efforts including cultivat-ing the needs of all its donors. McClain’s approach to fundraising centers on building strong, mutually beneficial relationships with donors as opposed to operating on a transactional basis. Investing in the donors as well as inspir-ing their investment in Midpen Media is critical to achieving a long-term impact for the organization. McClain comes to Midpen Media from Literacy for Environmental Justice, where she was the principal fundraiser. Prior to that, she held similar roles at a variety of organizations, including TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, Califor- nia Summer Music, Kids’ Country, Theatre Bay Area, and the Zaccho Dance Theatre. Expanding Our Team 900 San Antonio Rd Palo Alto, CA 94303 Tel: 650-494-8686 info@midpenmedia.org midpenmedia.org Donating to Midpen Media elevates our classes and camps and allows us to impact local community engagement and media programming. Please support us by donating today! From:Aram JamesTo:Jonsen, Robert; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Planning Commission; Binder, Andrew; Tannock, Julie; Jeff Moore; chuck jagoda; Enberg, Nicholas; Sajid Khan; Raj; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; rebecca; Greer Stone; Reifschneider, James; Cecilia Taylor; Perron,Zachary; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Vara Ramakrishnan; Lewis. james; Jay Boyarsky; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.orgSubject:Police coverup, Daily Post, Dec 13, 2021 by Aram JamesDate:Monday, December 13, 2021 1:05:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sent from my iPhone 8 Daily Po;t -Monday, December 13• 2021 k•l~f~it•l~i Poli e cover-up Dear Editor: In Friday's Daily Post, an article by Braden Cartwright "Po- lice higher-ups reviewed texts about the 'Fuse"' revealed another Palo Alto Police Department cover-up. The initial incident was the bru- tal beat down of Gustavo Alvarez by now-former Palo Alto police Sgt., Wayne Benitez in February 2018. Benitez is awaiting trial on misde- meanor counts of assault and filing a false police report. It was nine months after the incident that the victim's sur- veillance video was released to the pub- lic where the truth began to unfold. On Dec. 1, 2021, the Post discovered in the Benitez court file the damaging text messages exchanged between one former and one current member of the department. The former officer is Thomas DeSte- fano who is the subject of a $10 million dollar lawsuit for a horrific beat down of Julio ·Arevalo at the Happy Donuts in July 2019. The night of the Benitez incident, DeStefano and a current member of the PAPD, agent Kevin Mullarkey, ex- changed text messages celebrating the gratuitous violence inflicted by Benitez and holding him up as a model cop. The police chief, nearly four years later, tells us the matter has been inves- tigated internally despite the fact that ~e complete file in the matter, includ- mg apparently the text messages, has slll~ not b~n sent to our Independent Police Auditor for review. . Had the text messages been released m a timely manner would DeStefano be~n. fired, avoiding the subsequent law- suit -~ _the Arevalo case? This chief's cred1~1hty has been stretched beyond the breaking point. He must be fired now! AramJames PaloAJto From:Getting it Right from the Start Cc:Lynn Silver; Alisa Padon; Jason Soroosh Subject:Getting it Right from the Start Presents: 2021 California Local Cannabis Policy Scorecards Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 12:59:46 PM Attachments:PaloAlto2021.pdf 2021 Cannabis Policy Scorecard Methodology Summary & Best Practices in Action Map_FN.pdf [Some people who received this message don't often get email from gettingitright@phi.org. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links.________________________________ Dear California City/County Officials and Community Partners, Getting it Right from the Start<https://gettingitrightfromthestart.org/>, a project of the Public Health Institute, is pleased to announce the official release of our 2021 Local Cannabis Policy Scorecards for each Californiajurisdiction that allows storefront and/or delivery retail cannabis sales; your community’s scorecard is now availableat https://gettingitrightfromthestart.org/custom/map-2021.html. Since 2018 we have collected information on the cannabis retail, marketing and taxation policies passed by all citiesand counties in California, using resources including CannaRegs (a commercial database), municipal codes andjurisdictions’ websites. Using these resources, along with direct feedback received from jurisdictions, we havedeveloped a set of “scorecards” for every California jurisdiction that allowed cannabis retail sales at storefronts orby delivery. These scorecards measure how far jurisdictions have gone beyond state law to promote public healthand advance social equity; they are modeled off the “State of Tobacco Control” report cards long used by theAmerican Lung Association to promote local action for tobacco control. Please note that policies evaluated in our2021 Local Cannabis Policy Scorecards were those passed by January 1, 2021; any policy changes passed afterJanuary 1, 2021, are not reflected in this scorecard - they will be reflected in the 2022 scorecard. In an effort to advance and evaluate to what extent potential best practices were adopted to protect youth, promotepublic health, and advance social equity, our project based scores on six public health and equity-focused categories.A summary of the methodology, along with your jurisdiction’s scorecard and a map with concrete examples of bestpractices adopted by your fellow California cities and counties, are enclosed. A comprehensive explanation of ourmethodology can be found on our website at: https://gettingitrightfromthestart.org/ca-cities-counties/. Please address any questions or feedback to Aurash Soroosh, at aurash.soroosh@phi.org. We also provide freetechnical assistance, supported by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, and have developed tools and resourcesincluding three model local ordinances for California on cannabis retail, marketing and taxation, available at:https://www.gettingitrightfromthestart.org/our-model-ordinances. We hope these resources help jurisdictions to allow legal sale without promoting the development of a new tobacco-like industry in our state. Please let us know if you have any questions, or if we can be of assistance to your jurisdiction. The Getting it Right from the Start team: Alisa A. Padon, PhDResearch Director Aurash J. Soroosh, RD, MSPHPolicy Associate Lynn Silver, MD, MPH, FAAPDirector Kiara Gonzalez Garcia Program Coordinator Getting it Right from the StartPublic Health Institute555 12th Street, Ste. 290Oakland, CA 94607 This scorecard analyzes local cannabis ordinances passed prior to January 1, 2021, in each California city or county that legalized retail sales only by delivery, to assess policies in effect going into 2021. It evaluates to what extent potential best practices were adopted to protect youth, reduce problem cannabis use and promote social equity beyond those already in state law. Scores fall into six public health and equity focused categories for a total maximum of 100 points. Palo Alto 2021 Score Top Score in CA RETAILER REQUIREMENTS TAXES & PRICES PRODUCT LIMITS MARKETING SMOKE-FREE AIR EQUITY & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Require local permit (max. 12 pts) 0 Local retail tax (6 pts) 0 Limit high potency products (max. 6 pts) 0 Limit billboards (max. 6 pts) 0 Prohibit temporary event permits (5 pts) 0 Licensing priority for equity applicants (3 pts) 0 Medical delivery sales allowed (3 pts) 3 Revenue dedicated to youth, prevention or equity (6 pts) 0 Prominent health warnings on ads (4 pts) 0 Equity in hiring requirements (3 pts) 0 Use of Independent ID Verification Software (10 pts) 0 Tax by THC content (5 pts) 0 No flavored products for combustion or inhalation (max. 5 pts) 0 Limit therapeutic or health claims (3 pts) 0 Cost deferrals for equity applicants (1 pt) 0 Limit delivery destinations (max. 10 pts) 0 Prohibit discounting (2 pts) 0 No cannabis- infused beverages (4 pts) 0 Business signage restrictions (3 pts) 0 No prescriber in ownership (1 pt) 0 Health warnings handed out (4 pts) 0 Minimum price (1 pt) 0 Limit other products/ packaging attractive to youth (2 pts) 0 Limit marketing attractive to youth (2 pts) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL SCORE = 3 3 39 Palo Alto Cannabis Policy 2021 DELIVERY SCORECARD .... j ~ Getting it Right -Policy Adopted ~ ·frorntheStart· Beyond State Law Advancing Public Health & Equity in Cannabis Policy END THE CANNABIS KIDS MENU - No Policy Adopted -Weaker than Beyond State Law State Law THE STATE OF CANNABIS POLICY IN CALIFORNIA'S CITIES & COUNTIES '--. ' ~ Getting it Right ~ ·from the Start· Advancing Public Health & Equity in Cannabis Policy 2021 SCORECARD METHODOLOGY Based on the best available research, we identified six primary categories of policies where local government can act to protect youth, public health, and equity if they opted to allow cannabis retail commerce. Criteria with the greatest potential for achieving these goals receive higher points, based on evidence from tobacco, alcohol and/or cannabis research. Cannabis laws of all California cities and counties passed by January 1st, 2027 were scored, using legal databases including Municode and Cannaregs, as well as municipal websites, accompanied by direct outreach to county or city clerks when needed. The maximum score possible was 700. 1) RETAILER & DELIVERER REQUIREMENTS: Strategic limits on cannabis retailers can decrease youth use and exposure to cannabis. • Caps on Retailers (10 points max). Limit the number of licensed retailers, we used the ratio to number of inhabitants • Distance from Schools (5 points). Mandate a distance greater than 600 feet between K-72 schools and retailers • Retailer Buffers (2 points). Mandate a required distance between retailers • Other Location Restrictions (3 points). Mandate required distance between retailers and other youth serving locations not covered by state law such as parks, playgrounds, or universities, or other locations such as residential areas • Health Warnings Posted in Stores OR Handed Out to Customers (4 points each). Mandate retailers post and/or hand out health warnings informing consumers of relevant risks at point of sale Delivery-only requirements: • Local Permit (12 points max). Mandate a local permit be obtained by deliverers originating within and outside the jurisdiction • Medical Cannabis Sales (3 points). Allow delivery sales of medicinal cannabis • Independent ID Verification Process (10 points max). Mandate use of an independent age and identity verification process before cannabis delivery • Delivery Destinations (10 points max). Limit where deliveries can terminate, i.e., no delivery to college dormitories 2) TAXES & PRICES: Taxes& higher prices can decrease youth access while raising valuable revenue for local communities • Local Cannabis Tax (6 points max). Impose a local tax on cannabis retail • Dedicated Tax Revenue (6 points). Dedicate tax revenue to youth, prevention, or reinvestment in communities most affected by the war on drugs • Tax by THC Content (5 points). Impose higher tax rates for high potency (high THC) products (if sale is allowed) • Discounting (2 points). Prohibit discounting on cannabis such as coupons or discount days • Minimum Price (1 point). Establish a minimum price floor for cannabis 3) PRODUCT LIMITS: End the Cannabis Kids Menu of productsthatappealtoyouth and limit products which increase adverse effects • Limit Potency (6 points max). Prohibit sale of high potency cannabis flower and products through bans or ceilings • Flavored Products (Non-Edibles) (5 points). Prohibit sale of flavored combustible or inhalable (non-edible) products • Cannabis-Infused Beverages (4 points). Prohibit sale of cannabis-infused beverages • Products Attractive to Youth (2 points). Prohibit sale of products attractive to youth more clearly than state law 4} MAR KETI NC: Limited exposure to marketing to decrease youth use and provide accurate warnings to inform consumers. • Billboards (6 points max). Restrict or prohibit the use of billboards to advertise cannabis • Health Warnings on Ads (4 points). Require health warnings on all cannabis advertisements • Therapeutic or Health Claims (3 points). Prohibit the use of therapeutic or health claims on cannabis products, packages, or ads • Business Signage Restrictions (3 points). Restrict on-site business advertising • Marketing Attractive to Youth (2 points). Detailed restrictions on packaging or advertising attractive to youth 5) SMOKE-FREE AIR: Smoke-free air policies can improve air quality, protect kids, and reduce secondhand smoke exposure. • Temporary Events (5 points). Prohibit temporary cannabis events such as at county fairs or concerts in parks • On-Site Consumption (3 points). Prohibit on-site cannabis consumption, whether by smoking, va ping or use of edibles 6) EQUITY & CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Cannabis policy can promote social equity and reduce conflicts of interest. • Priority in Licensing (3 points). Prioritize equity applicants when issuing cannabis business licenses • Equity in Hiring (3 points). Require hiring to prioritize low-income, transitional, or other workers from communities disadvantaged by the war on drugs • Cost Reduction/Deferral (1 point). Reduce/defer the costs of cannabis business licenses for equity applicants • Prescribers (1 point each). Prohibit on-premises patient evaluations and prescriber ownership of retailers Getting it Right from the Start is a project of the Public Health Institute. The Project has worked with experts from across the nation and within the state to identify potential best regulatory practices and develop model regulatory and taxation frameworks to protect youth, public health and social equity. Visit us at www.qettinqitriqhtfromthestart.org. THE STATE OF CANNABIS POLICY IN CALIFORNIA’S CITIES & COUNTIES Examples of what your neighbors are doing to protect youth, public health and social equity THE STATE OF CANNABIS POLICY IN CALIFORNIA’S CITIES & COUNTIES in 2021 EExxaammpplleess ooff wwhhaatt yyoouurr nneeiigghhbboorrss aarree ddooiinngg ttoo pprrootteecctt yyoouutthh,, ppuubblliicc hheeaalltthh,, aanndd ssoocciiaall eeqquuiittyy Del Norte County: Protected youth by increasing the buffer between schools and retailers to 1,000 ft. (52 other jurisdictions also increased the state required 600 ft buffer) Weed: Protected the public and workers against secondhand smoke by not allowing on-site consumption (along with 132 other places such as Merced, Los Angeles City, Pasadena, & Sacramento) Sacramento: Promoted social equity through equity in licensing provisions (as well as Oakland, Los Angeles City, Long Beach, San Francisco, Watsonville, El Monte & 13 other places) Contra Costa County: Protected youth by prohibiting flavored products for combustion or inhalation (along with Chico, Watsonville & Mammoth Lakes), and banning vaping products Grass Valley: Protected youth and mental health by taxing high potency products (Cathedral City, too), and sugar sweetened cannabis beverages Stanislaus County: Increased the number of sites with a required buffer from retailers (as well as 117 other jurisdictions) Mono County: Protected consumers by not allowing health or therapeutic claims on cannabis products or their marketing (as did Palm Springs) Watsonville: Protected youth by prohibiting advertising, packaging and products attractive to youth (along with Mono County, Mammoth Lakes, Turlock, and 8 others) Salinas: Protected youth by capping the number of licensed retailers at 1 for every ~32,000 people (102 other jurisdictions also capped the number of dispensaries) Pasadena: Protected youth by prohibiting promotions and coupons offering discounted cannabis (along with 3 others) West Hollywood: Protected consumers by requiring cannabis-related health and safety training of dispensary staff (Long Beach, Pasadena, Mt. Shasta, Mammoth Lakes & Mono County did, too) El Monte: Protected youth by dedicating tax revenue to youth programs, addiction prevention and recreation (Riverside County, Sonoma County, Sacramento, Placerville, Pomona, Merced, Santa Ana, Turlock, Oxnard & Davis funded similar programs for youth) Santa Ana: Informed consumers by requiring cannabis-related health risks information on signs or in handouts in dispensaries (along with 23 others, including San Francisco, San Jose, Culver City, Richmond & Chico) ""'" ' ~ Getting it Right ~ -from the Start· Advancing Public Health & Equity in Cannabis Policy San Bernardino Riverside Imperial From:David Coale To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Cc:Batchelor, Dean; Lait, Jonathan; Abendschein, Jonathan; UAC Subject:SCAP comments Date:Monday, December 13, 2021 11:23:13 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor, Council members, Ad Hoc Committee members, Staff and City Manager, Thank you for your efforts on this most important issue. I read the report with interest and have attended all the SCAP meetings to date. There are two important items that were not included in the report, but were in earlier reports that we must pay attention to. 1) The current plan as outlined in the April 19, 2021 report to council states that we will miss our goal by 8%. 2) The cost of funding this plan is 5 to 6 percent of total community spending on energy or about $10 million per year (net). If we are going to reach our goal of 80% reduction of GHGs by 2030, we must take a much more integrated and persistent approach. What does this look like? It means that at every Council meeting for every large project, expenditure of moneys or major policies, the Council has to ask “How does this affect our SCAP goal of 80% reduction of GHGs by 2030?” This responsibility falls on all Council Members, not just those on the Ad Hoc committee. It also means that for every large project, expenditure of moneys or major policies, the staff report must include a brief summary of how this will affect our GHG reduction goals. The good news is that the SCAP goals are also consistent with the Comp Plan, a better quality of life for Palo Altans and a livable planet for future generations as the cost of not addressing these goals are even higher. Sincerely, David Coale • EN6RG.y ND -p NDi.Hce ~ fRESER.VE PAINfoRe STS ., SUSTAINA"etl T'/ GREEN. 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