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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20210920plCC701-32 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: 09/20/2021 Document dates: 09/13/2021 – 09/20/2021 Public Comments Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Paul Albritton To:Jeanne Fleming Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; Shannon Champion; maureen.cruzen@verizonwireless.com Subject:Re: Other California Cities [Palo Alto] Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 11:46:55 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jeanne: The answer to your question is yes, all contain at least two 6701 integrated radio/antennas. The Palo Alto shrouding was requested by the City. The shrouding and antenna placement strictly comply with the 2019 guidelines adopted by the City Council. I was pleased to respond to you promptly due to the removal of your original email bymy spam filters. Going forward I would request that you send any further inquiries to Verizon Wireless municipal engagement partner Maureen Cruzen at maureen.cruzen@verizonwireless.com (copied here). Thank you. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Friday, September 17, 2021 at 10:13 AM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for sending this information, as well as for the information in your prior email. I appreciate your prompt response. Still, I want to be certain I correctly understand two points. So would you kindlyconfirm that: All the installations in the photos you’ve sent employ at least two Ericsson Model 7601 units—that is, the same units that are to be used in the installations approved in June in Palo Alto. In terms of their appearance, none of these cell tower installations look like the installation the Palo Alto Planning Department approved in June of this year. Thank you again. Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2021 5:06 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Jeanne: Here is the final installment of photographs for existing Verizon Wireless UWB 5G facilities in San Francisco, San Jose, and Cupertino, as you requested. You’ll find the address from each site below with the corresponding node number. The file name of each photograph contains the node number. In San Francisco, thecarriers met with the City and came up with a hexagon shroud design that accommodates either AT&T or Verizon Wireless antennas. Cupertino adopted the 5.5-foot pole-top shroud similar to the Palo Alto design guidelines, which can accommodate a variety of antennas. As noted earlier, San Jose prefers the Ericsson6701 radios/antennas without shrouding. CupertinoCupertino 03410451 Miller Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014 Cupertino 03710160 Miller Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014 Cupertino 31010656 Amulet Place, Cupertino, CA 95014 Cupertino 33419782 Bixby Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 • • San JoseSanJose East 043 1854 Waverly Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122 SanJose South 194 294 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95111 SanJose East 005 1327 Terilyn Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122 SanJose West 1151055 Sherman Oaks Drive, San Jose, CA 95128 San Francisco 4G+5GPAC Heights PAC0662200 Jackson Street, SF, CA 94115 Marina MRN0243260 Baker Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 Marina MRN0093465 BRODERICK ST, San Francisco, CA 94123 PAC Heights PAC0692000 Jackson Street, SF 94115 I trust this is helpful and thank you for your interest in Verizon Wireless’s UWB 5G network. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104(415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:54 AM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. Since there are so many approved sites with three Ericsson Model 6701 Units, I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses for a dozen or so that are located in neighborhoods with single family homes in each of the three cities I asked about—i.e., San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino. Some of us in Palo Alto wouldlike to see what other residential neighborhoods look like with these cell towers. Thanks very much. I appreciate that you’ll be responding later this week. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:44 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Jeanne: There are literally hundreds of approved sites with this radio configuration in these jurisdictions. You are correct, each has a slightly different design based upon local aesthetic regulations. I’ll follow up this week with a nearby example for you in the jurisdictions you request. Paul Paul AlbrittonMackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of the cell towers in San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino that you are referencing. I’d like to have look at them, simply because, as you’ll recall, Verizon did not provide Palo Alto with a mock-up of the cell tower design the Planning Department approved in June. More generally, what I understood you to say is that, while other cities have approved cell tower designs for streetlamp poles that include three Ericsson Model 6701 units, these installations, from the outside, do not look the same as the design approved by the Palo Alto Planning Department. Please let me know if I am correct or not. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:30 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Other California Cities Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s on light standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, SanFrancisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year hasbeen approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design hasbeen approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net From:Andrea Temkin To:Council, City Cc:City Mgr; City Attorney Subject:Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 11:40:32 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: I was more than surprised to learn that the Council will be discussing two proposals from the developer for the Fry's location at its Monday meeting. I am baffled as to why my neighbors and I have spent literally years working with City hired consultants to create concept plans for the site, only to learn that the property is owned by the Sobrato Family. How did the City plan to implement the Ventura proposals without involving the owner? Please "man up" and be transparent regarding the City's plans for the NVCAP. If the City plans to negotiate something with Sobrato and ignore the previous proposals from the Working Group, tell us now, so that we can spend our energies elsewhere. I would ask that you postpone discussion of Mr. Sobratos' proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting until the City's intentions are clear. Thank you. Andrea Temkin Ventura Neighborhood resident 25 years From:Jill Sturm To:Jill Sturm Subject:Fwd: Appointments going fast! Please tell your clients. Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 11:38:29 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Dear Council Members —The most recent NVCAP report considers fully the development options for the area, however not much time wasleft for the committee to really consider a rail/Alma separated bike crossing in the North Ventura area. Theseparated bike/ped crossing in North Ventura is especially critical given that staff is proposing a reduction to therequired on-site parking for these developments. If parking requirements are reduced, more cars could be pushed topark on the streets which would degrade bike safety. Given the severe shortage of park space currently existing in and planned for the Ventura neighborhood, a separatedbike/ped crossing becomes more critical for children and families who must bike farther for park-like amenities. Thebike/ped crossing in Ventura will also grant easier access for bikes to connect North Ventura with Midtownshopping and cafes, the Mitchell Park Library with its community center and wide variety of recreationalopportunities, and the Charleston Shopping Center. The City has a rare opportunity when developing the North Ventura area, which is the chance to improve bikeconnectivity for South Palo Alto residents and to provide a long-awaited separated bike/ped crossing, of which thereare none in South Palo Alto. A separated bike/ped crossing in North Ventura also allows safer bike connectivity andhelps abate the impact to bikes and pedestrians during the construction of the grade separations at EastMeadow/Alma and East Charleston/Alma. I am a resident of Charleston Meadows and I strongly urge Council to fund a study of where to build this separatedbike/ped crossing, and how to mitigate the impact to bikes and pedestrians during the multi-year construction whichwill take place in North Ventura and at the two rail crossings. Thank you,Keri WagnerEdlee AvePalo Alto 650-740-7964 From:Magic To:Council, City Subject:Item 8: at places memo Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 10:31:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, Many Palo Altans devoted thousands of hours to carefully considering alternatives and making recommendations abouthow we can use the Fry's site to community benefit. In a democracy, this will be sufficient to establish boundaries onproposals considered. Elected officials and city employees will advise any who suggest uses outside these boundaries thatthose will be rejected for failure to serve community interest. Instead, city employees have carried such out-of-bounds proposals to you, our elected representatives. Worse, they've doneso at the eleventh hour, limiting notice to much of the interested public and recommending your consideration at a meetingonly a few days later. In my gut I feel this too close to what I expect from corrupt, authoritarian regimes. You now have opportunity to honor the Palo Alto voters you represent by refusing to be enlisted in this anti-democraticgambit, and by directing the employees who brought it to you to make this the last time they do something of this kind.These employees deserve clear instructions from you to which they can point when asked to collaborate in community-damaging schemes by people with little regard for Palo Altans' well-being. You deserve to be served by professionals whounderstand how you perceive your ethical responsibilities to your constituents, and who support you in fulfilling them. You also have opportunity to unequivocally communicate to the applicants submitting these proposals that they're wastingtheir resources and undermining their claims to be honest contributors to the community. You might add that you perceivethem to be insulting you and your constituents by ignoring the outcome of the process to plan for this site that you createdand in which so many participated. The people of the Ventura neighborhood have been saddled with a grossly disproportionate share of the burdens ofaccommodating Palo Alto resident and workforce growth. In fairness they deserve that the Fry's site be used in a way thatbrings them closer to parity with other neighborhoods in terms of parks and open space and other benefits, and in terms oftraffic and other costs. Please return this memo to staff and direct them to advise these and other applicants that if they want to build on the Fry'ssite, they will craft plans consistent with the recommendations of the Palo Altans who participated in the NVCAP processand with the well-being of all of your constituents. Thank you for considering these views. David Schrom ************* Magic, 1979-2021: forty-two years of valuescience leadership ************** Magic demonstrates how people can address individual, social, and environmentalills nearer their roots by applying science to discern value more accurately and realize it more fully. Enjoy the satisfaction of furthering Magic's work by making one-time or recurring gifts. Magic is a 501(c)(3) public charity. Contributions are tax-deductible to the full extent permitted by law. 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There was a series of attacks with that drug GHB whereas Jazmine Boyd Victimized Diva yet other Vigilantes stopped Jazmine Boyd from afull measurements of the GHB distributed to Diva so she didn't die of drug overdose similar to the singer Prince. Jazmine had been trapped with her decisions about how a drug overdose isthe best way out..for her favorite lover Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi. Jazmine Boyd argues about her observations on other celebrities death with drug overdoses with the drug GHB.Those who know Jazmine Boyd..can argue that Jazmine Boyd cries alot about her bad decisions to be a bad person and the complications from being good at certain things. Arguesabout "my hair is better than yours" "Pull this part tighter I'll show u how to get better" hours later victim on the couch recovers from a close drug overdose. Jazmine argues about drugs andfoods that prevents drug overdoses. Yeah Jazmine says that being a Vigilantes has its rewards,perks yet when it's ur partner being persecuted and or eliminated from the Vigilantesgang..u begin to act impulsive complaining about That's life..and ur constantly forced into a sad state of mind whereas pulling up and out into another euphoria by the uses of drugs iseverything u need to look normal. That's a visible observation of Jazmine Boyd a hair stylist who worked with Kathy's beauty salon in Hayward CA in 2019. Jazmine Boyd is a dangeroussorcerer a skilled former gymnast who captured the hearts of the Arab Emirates in Sharjah, other royals or music artists,actors and the Russian President Vladimir Putin especiallylesbian/bi women like Melania Trump. Jazmine Boyd a bi/lesbian had been Exploited or was something else like Playboy bunny porn star to certain individuals..yet in 2019..At ending ofDonald Trump's administration a year after the NAPA fires spreaded and a few months after the mass shooting in Las Vegas NV. Diva Lee gives a brief description of the cult whereas thewomen/men who assisted Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi his drug overdose. Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi was never a drug addict and who's brother's death from herorin kept a soredisagreement with drug usage. What type of vigilantes continue to be housed in San Jose CA homeless shelters whereas they are world travellers with cocaine and GHB drugs to Victimized individuals. The social pressures of Presidential campaign fundraising and thehomicides which represented an end to the Trump Presidency. Argue it. Talk about the issues of those who made movies in attachment#2. What did Laurie Krauss Lacob really do to DivaLee? Laurie Krauss Lacob ran Diva over with her car when she caught her husband Joe Lacob being a pedophile in the 1980's. Oooh .the Red Cross in Palo Alto CA was targeted for briefcrisis center for Jewish people to escape the penalties with law enforcement agents. Argue it. The Italian government officials polluted the Red Cross with their country's flag in Palo AltoCA in the 1980's...as a protest with rainbow flags that was to help those Recognize the red cross..their highly recognized logo. Argue it. Attachment #3 sorrows..the loss of a kid.Attachment 4-5 is Diva Lee. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs View this email in your browser We are proud to announce our upcoming Virtual Speaker event featuring: Manu MeelCEO of BridgeUSA "Improving Democracy One Conversation at a Time" How Young People are Fighting for Better Politics Wednesday, October 13th 6:00 to 7:00 pm Democracy is in danger if the next generation is disengaged and polarized because young people are the future of our country. Register in advance for this seminar After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Submit your questions for Manu Meel in advance here. From:LWV Palo Alto Luncheon Speaker SeriesTo:Council, CitySubject:Improving Democracy One Conversation at a Time with Manu Meel Oct 13thDate:Monday, September 20, 2021 10:14:27 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Register Now LEAGUE OF -WOMEN VOTERS OF PALO ALTO o o e Manu Meel is a leading practitioner in bridge building across the country. Manu is a graduate of UC Berkeley and the CEO of BridgeUSA, where he is leading the country's largest and fastest growing student movement to bring Americans together. Through his work he has contributed to media outlets and advanced pro-democracy efforts nationally. “BridgeUSA’s chapter network is at the core of our mission. Our chapters invest in the future of democracy by combining grassroots organizing with institutional impact on college campuses.” LWVPaloAlto.org Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Email Copyright © 2021 League of Women Voters Palo Alto, All rights reserved. From Voter Recipient List Our mailing address is: League of Women Voters Palo Alto 3921 E Bayshore Rd Ste 209 Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Joanne Price To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Gaines, Chantal Subject:Homekey Palo Alto City Council Hearing 9/27 Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 9:35:40 AM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Du Bois and Palo Alto City Councilmembers Following your support to move forward and explore a Homekey Project last month, we are pleased to be returning to City Council on Monday, September 27th - we’re item 10 on the Staff Report. Over the past several weeks we have taken strides to accommodate the concerns we heard, including reconfiguring Area C to avoid the Homekey project being wedged between two operations. We’re continuing to refine the proposed site that will be included in the late Council packet scheduled next Friday 9/24. Prior to then though we would like to give you the opportunity to review the proposed plan together to answer any specific questions in depth, especially around capital and operational budgets, which similar to the site plan are still being finalized. ICYMI the Homekey 2.0 NOFA was released last week. The application is not scheduled to be published until the last week of September. Some of the highlights in the NOFA include at least 50% more funding for capital projects (up to 100% more for family units) and potentially a 3rd year of operating subsidy. Once application period opens, submissions will be accepted immediately with awards issued on a rolling basis. The Bay Area is only allocated $200M so we expect this round to be a very competitive process. Hopefully we can touch base later this week so please reach out direct to schedule a day/time that works best for you. We’re confident in our ability to deliver a first-class Homekey project to Palo Alto. Sincerely, Joanne Joanne Price | Vice President, Real Estate & Operations ph: (650) 685-5880 ext. 199 cell: (415) 632-6530 Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness 181 Constitution Drive | Menlo Park, CA 94025 LifeMov'es VIRTUAL EVENT 9/23 JOIN THE TEAM 8AM wifh Steve Kerr Golden State Warriors REGISTER From:Kara Gross Subject:SB 1383 for Elected Officials: September 29, 7-8:30 PM - register now! Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 9:26:25 AM Attachments:flyer_9.29.21.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Join us for an informative event on SB 1383 & get your questions answered! Draft agendaattached; register now. Beyond Energy & Transportation: Reducing our Methane EmissionsSB 1383 Primer September 297-8:30 PM, via Zoom Kara GrossDirector, Public Sector Climate Initiatives, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Executive Director, Silicon Valley Economic Development Alliance408-204-1464 Beyond Energy & Transportation: Reducing our Methane Emissions SB 1383 Primer September 29 7:00 - 8:30 PM • Via Zoom 7:00 PM Welcome 7:05 The Inspiration for the Legislation: SB 1383 Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, Sponsor 7:10 Getting to Implementation: SB 619 Senator John Laird, Sponsor 7:15 What’s in the Regulations Brianna Lara & Cara Morgan, CalRecycle 7:30 Reporting, Monitoring & Enforcement Rob Hilton, President, HF&H Consultants, LLC 7:45 Questions & Discussion All 8:10 Next Steps: Coming Soon to Your City! Michele Young, County of Santa Clara Joe LaMariana, ReThinkWaste • Ordinances • Outreach to Businesses & Residents 8:30 Adjourn Future Events: • Enclosures & Signage • Procurement • Edible Food From:SAMIA CULLEN To:Council, City Subject:ADU Impact on our life Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 8:50:10 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. We have been living in Palo Alto - Old Palo Alto for almost 30 years. We love our town and neighborhood and support most of the decision taken by our local officials. Our neighbor built an ADU behind their garage that is serving as a hotel for his helper family and friends that come on a weekly basis from Fresno to visit. The only separation that we have between our house and the back of the ADU is probably 8’ and when they are sitting out, barbecuing, talking the only separation we have is the fence thickness. They are practically living in our backyard. We no longer have privacy in our home! We hear, smell the smoke from their cigarettes, their kitchen, barbecue and smell even their deodorants not only in our backyard but also in our bedrooms upstairs that are filled with smells of their kitchen and cigarettes . when wake-up at their crying baby at night. We no longer can open our windows to have fresh air in our house. We are surrounded by 4 houses, we were never bothered by our neighbors but having an ADU so close to our house is having a tremendous impact on our life. Our new neighbors are loud, have a different lifestyle than any of our neighbors and are not considerate... We no longer enjoy or can relax in our home! I totally understand the need to add more housing units in our town but I was wondering if you truly considered the impact of the ADU regulations on the next door neighbor! There is no solution to our situation but to sell our house and move out! Just imagine if you were in this predicament what would you do? I am wondering how many of you is going to take the time to read my letter and what are you going to do about it? Thank you for your service and please before you take such decisions consider the lasting impact and consequences of your acts. Regards, Samia Cullen From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: Japanese Americans oppose loss of hotel in SF"s J-Town – AsAmNews Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 8:20:37 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: Mon. Sept. 20, 2021 Subject: Japanese Americans oppose loss of hotel in SF's J-Town – AsAmNews From:: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> REMINDS ME of THE CITY"S FORCED EVICTION AND DISPLACEMENT OF ALLTHE AGING SENIOR CITIZENS OF FILIPINO AND CHINESE HERITAGE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL (I HOTEL) IN SAN FRANCISCO CHINATOWN OF THE!970"s. I HOPE THAT THAT HISTORICAL CRUELTY PERPETRATED BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENGY AND SAN FRANCISCO POLITICIANS WILL NOT BEREPEATED IN JAPANTOWN AND ITS JAPANESE AMERICAN INHABITANTS. SURELY ANOTHER OPTION CAN BE FOUND TO HELP THE HOMELESS WITHOUTDEVASTATING A VIBRANT COMMUNITY WITH UNIQUE CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE. Allan https://asamnews.com/2021/09/19/one-of-three-japanese-american- neighborhoods-left-in-the-country-feels-threatened/ Japanese Americans oppose loss of hotel in SF’s J-Town September 19, 2021 Google maps The proposed conversion of a tourist hotel in San Francisco’s Japantown into a homeless shelter has become a battleground to save the dwindling community. Some 200 Japanese Americans from a wide variety of non-profits and activists issued a statement calling the Hotel Buchanan “part of the lifeblood of Japantown.” “We have built this community from nothing against all odds, and that hotel is part of the lifeblood of Japantown, supports our small businesses and restaurants, and employs many local workers,” the group said in a statement published in Rafu. Earlier this month, the city announced it planned to buy the Hotel Buchanan and convert it into housing for the homeless, reported the Nichi Bei Weekly. “I was shocked, but I was also pissed that something like this would happen, and that it would be fast-tracked,” Paul Osaki, executive director of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, told the Nichi Bei Weekly. Once a thriving community, Japantown began to dwindle after many were herded into incarceration camps during World War II. At the end of the war, many dispersed into other parts of the country and did not return. Top Articles Content byAsAmNews By 1950, according to an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle by Meridith Oda, the population of Japanese Americans in Japantown had fallen to 16%. Just 2,000 remained in 1970 and redevelopment since then, has threatened the community even more. The pandemic has forced the permanent closure of several small businesses in the area…adding to the angst. “From the onset, the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) has not exhibited any cultural sensitivity or historical knowledge of the suffering and sacrifices that Japantown has endured,” the statement read. “We do not see a commitment to social and racial equity. This action is reminiscent of the mentality that government entities know what is best for our community and use their power to impose it…We demand that the Hotel Buchanan be removed from further consideration. San Francisco’s Japantown is one of three just left in the country. The others are Little Tokyo in Los Angeles and Nihonmachi in San Jose. 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:Susan Usman To:Council, City Subject:Item # 8 - At Places Memo Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 7:36:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor and Council Members, I’m not sure how this item got on your agenda. It has nothing to do with the work the NVCAP working group has done trying to determine the best use of the “Fry’s" space for the citizens of the city of Palo Alto. Please, please don’t sell out to a big developer!! We need to develop this land for the betterment of our community. Sobrato is just seeing $$$. They don’t care about quality of life in this part of the city. The NVCAP working group and the general citizens of Palo Alto need to be able to study this new proposal. Thank you, Susan Usman Triple El From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; beachrides; Leodies Buchanan; bearwithme1016@att.net; boardmembers; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field;Council, City; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; Daniel Zack; Dan Richard; david pomaville;esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com;Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk;kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; newsdesk;news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry;VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: A couple living in LV discusses the SB9 nightmare. THEY THEY are scared! Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 1:26:26 AM 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: Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:53 PM Subject: Fwd: A couple living in LV discusses the SB9 nightmare. THEY THEY are scared!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 10:18 PMSubject: A couple living in LV discusses the SB9 nightmare. THEY THEY are scared! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sunday, September 19, 2021 Here are a couple of Nevadans who hate SB9. They SAY "we get Californians moving here and they bring ideas with them". They're afraid of Californicators (what they callus in Oregon) arriving in Nevada with the SB9 idea and damaging their property value when it gets passed there! They sort of know about it, but they are not down in the nitty gritty of SB9and what is being said. California Housing Crisis: The State Comes After Homeowners - YouTube They don't mention the well funded litigation that is going to happen, up to the SC. If I believed that the money was being handled right, as an owner of a SFH, I would contribute toa fund to pay for litigation. They don't mention that Newsom has now committed political suicide with this. Members of the Calif. legislature who supported this have done the samething. Just wait till any of them stand for re-election in Nov., 2020. They'd better be going to barber school or something because they won't be going to the Calif. Statehouse any more. Ifthe Republicans are smart they will be looking for somebody non-scary who is electable in 2020 for Governor. He or she can cream Newsom just on the wildfires issue and, especially,on this attempt to ruin our neighborhoods. I don't know what she is talking about when she says the State is spending $275,000times 640,000 new homes with SB9. She mentions infrastructure that will be needed when this happens. What cities are REALLY going to need is a tripling of their police departments and a tripling of the number ofswat teams each city has. When the tenant in the casita across your back fence, out of his mind on meth, tries to rape your wife, the police will get involved. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:wcmoss To:Council, City Subject:sobrato 10+ story proposal Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:09:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, As a 38 year resident of the Ventura Neighborhood. I strongly oppose the idea of a 10 plus story building in the Ventura neighborhood. It will overload the neighborhood with cars, businesses and people. Ventura is a far cry from downtown San Francisco or San Jose. It is and always has been a residential neighborhood. I urge you to not set a precedent by allowing these huge buildings to be erected. Sincerely William Moss 650 856-2666 From:Arthur Keller To:Council, City Subject:Item 8 NVCAP Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:39:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor and City Council, Please adopt Alternative 1 (which reflects the adaptive reuse of the former Alternative M). Do not consider the late submissions for the sites, or if you must, then the meeting must be postponed. This is per the Policies and Procedures for the City Council. The current parking ratio is warranted. Look at the developments at East Meadow Circle or ElCamino and Charleston for the overflow parking that results from even the current level of parking requirements. Best regards,Arthur Keller From:Fred Balin To:Margaret Heath Cc:Council, City Subject:#8: Late Area Plan Submissions Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:28:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I agree that the item should be postponed. It is bad form to bypass the NVCAP as well to leave the larger public with little time toexamine major changes. Staff also acknowledges that “(their) review is limited by the short amount of time available." The relevant section in the council’s policy and procedures (below and enacted after majorsubversions of transparency over a decade ago) relates to the submission of “planing applications," which technically this not. Rather it is part of a path to a Comp PlanAmendment via an Area Plan. But the logic still holds and should be followed: If neither the advisory committee, the staff, or the public has sufficient time to absorb late changes related toa land use proposal, especially if the changes are significant, the item should be postponed. Thank you for writing, Margaret From City Council Procedures and Protocols Handbooks https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/from-archive/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/2011/final-council-protocols-and-procedures- manual.pdf In Council Procedures Section 2.4D (Page 8) and repeated in City Council Protocols Section 3.5 (Page 35) Late Submittal of Correspondence or Other Information Related to Planning Applications In order to allow for adequate Staff review and analysis, and to ensure public access toinformation, all plans, correspondence, and other documents supporting planning applications being heard by the City Council must be submitted to staff not later than noon five workingdays prior to the release of the Council Agenda Packet. If any correspondence or other information is submitted after this deadline to Council Members or staff, and Staff determinesadditional review is needed Staff will reschedule the item for a future Council meeting. If a Council member receives planning application materials from a project applicant he or sheshall notify the City Clerk and the City Manager as soon as possible. There are no restrictions on the rights of applicants or others to comment or respond to information contained withinthe Staff Report. At the meeting the City Council may determine whether to continue or refer the item to the appropriate Board and/or Commission if significant changes to a project orsignificant new information become known. Nothing in this statement is intended to restrict the rights of applicants or other interested parties to respond to information contained in orattached to a Staff Report. -Fred Balin 9/19/21 On Sep 19, 2021, at 5:49 PM, Margaret Heath <maggi650@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. I am particularly disappointed that staff continues to present council members with late-breaking "at places memos" containing substantive new information. A practice completely contrary to council policy thatsuch documents must be made available to the public at large a specificnumber of days ahead of any council action. Substantive late information should automatically trigger postponement of any council discussion until this requirement is met. Not only do "at places memos" do a major disservice to council members who are not given the courtesy of sufficient advance notice to fully consider any ramifications, this practice contributes to theappearance of secrecy and collusion to subvert council policy for thebenefit of specific individuals or companies. Which continues to severely undermine public trust. In this particular case, the applicant's proposals offer major departuresaway from the intent of the NVCAP working group’s findings. These are major not minor concerns. Consideration of any development on this property should be postponed until the issue of how much, if any, commercial development vs housing is resolved. This proposal is particularly galling to our friends and neighbors who gave thousands of hours in service to crafting a new vision for North Ventura. I am particularly disappointed that staff presented this late-breaking information instead of pulling the item from the agenda. Unfortunately, this gives all the appearance of a thinly disguised attempt to undermine NVCAP's work and manipulate the outcome in favor of the applicant. Thank you for your attention, margaret heath 2140 cornell street. From:Arnout Boelens To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP: no minimum parking requirements Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:14:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, In the NVCAP staff report there is a fair amount of space dedicated to what should be the minimum parking requirements in this new neighborhood. We would like to suggest to not setany minimums. As has been extensively written about by Donald Shoup at UCLA, setting a parking minimum will make new apartments needlessly expensive, turns scarce land intoasphalt and, considering the neighborhood's proximity to the California Ave station, it is not necessary. The market is perfectly able to determine the right amount of parking on its own.Thank you for considering our comments. Kind regards, Nicole, Arnout, & Ava Zoeller Boelens From:Angela Dellaporta To:Council, City Subject:The proposals for 395 Page Mill and 340 Portage Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:51:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, While the last minute proposals made by the owners of 395 Page Mill Road and 340 Portage tease us with the offer of a bit of desperately needed housing, they actuallycontribute little and detract enormously from the vision of Palo Alto that most of us believe in. Most of us do not see Palo Alto primarily as a business center used by commuters; yet, dueto the unchecked over-building of office space, and the erosion of the amount of public park space in neighborhoods, that is what Palo Alto is becoming. These proposals, made by the property owners to benefit their own needs, disdain thesuggestions of the NVCAP Working group and utterly disregard the guidelines of Palo Alto’s own Comprehensive Plan. Far from the 4 acres of public park per 1000 residentsthat are recommended by the Comp Plan, these proposals — shockingly — together provide only 1.63 acres/1000 new residents. Do these property owners think that the City Council isperfectly willing to throw its park space guidelines in the gutter when considering amenities for residents who will live in these apartments? And it is not only public park space that is blatantly neglected in these proposals: buildingheight limits; the need for neighborhood serving retail; and the city’s traditional aesthetics are all overlooked. Even the desperate need for more moderate- and low-income housing isonly minimally addressed with these proposals. If Palo Alto is to remain a beautiful, family-friendly, bike-friendly, neighborhood-oriented city, proposals like these must be rejected. Thank you, Angela Dellaporta From:Aram James To:Raj; Joe Simitian; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Council, City; Human RelationsCommission; Jeff Moore; Planning Commission; Sajid Khan; ladoris cordell; Winter Dellenbach; RebeccaEisenberg; Roberta Ahlquist; Jeff Rosen; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org;paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Vara Ramakrishnan; Jay Boyarsky Subject:Rollback of Carceral System Reform Spurs Rikers Island Crisis Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:30:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://theintercept.com/2021/09/16/rikers-jail-crisis-de-blasio-reforms/ Sent from my iPhone From:Helen To:Council, City Subject:University decision disappointment Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:00:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To City Council, I wanted to chime in on the recent decision to reopen University to cars come October 15. I've been a resident in Downtown Palo Alto for 13 years. I often remember thinking to myself that Palo Alto seemed void of community. I described this town to friends as a place where itsresidents just came to sleep. They always seemed busy and/or elsewhere. For work. For vacation. I always thought this a shame. For Palo Alto is such a beautiful place to live andenjoy. It was unfortunate that the pandemic forced people to remain closer to home, but this is the first time I've seen so many residents enjoying the city itself. And enjoying it slowly anddeeply. I see so many neighbors in the parks for the first time on a regular basis. University is bursting. And a large part of this is thanks to outdoor dining. Pandemic-safe outdoor dining? It simply is the best thing to happen to Palo Alto in all theyears I've been living and working here. And my neighbors agree. Part of this magic? No cars on University. No car pollution, be that it noise or fumes. Simply the sounds of enjoyment.People eating, talking, laughing, walking, biking, and music. Life can finally be heard. It is no wonder that people are drawn to this. And the sustainable implications of such a setup ispromising. Life is not just about money, and making money. It is about the intangibles that cannot be bought. An old weathered piano sitting in the middle of University Avenue waiting for anydeft hand is such an example; which can be heard and enjoyed on a quiet Autumn evening under the stars only because the streets are closed to cars and open to beauty. But perhaps afast-paced city like today's Palo Alto cannot understand this. I dream of a different Palo Alto. One where its residents actually enjoy this beautiful city and have more power to decide what the future of the city looks like. Not just a few loud voiceswith money, influence, and power. When you have something special like outdoor dining, you learn to build and grow around it. Like the heritage Oaks so many here choose to cut their roofs out for. And this represents whatPalo Alto is truly about. I will greatly miss outdoor dining. Thank you for your time. Warmly, Helen From:Aram James To:DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Council, City; alisamallari tu; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Vara Ramakrishnan; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Jeff Moore; WinterDellenbach; Raj; Rebecca Eisenberg; Greer Stone; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Roberta Ahlquist; Tanner,Rachael; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; Joe Simitian;supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org Subject:Why can’t San Jose solve its homelessness crisis? Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 5:59:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. News Break OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE USE Open APP Why can’t San Jose solve its homelessness crisis? San José Spotlight Despite decades of robust efforts and hundreds of millions of dollars spent, San Jose’s homelessness crisis continues to grow—leaving residents, officials and advocates frustrated. For some unhoused residents in Columbus Park, the largest encampment in San Jose, the solution to their problem is simple: Give them housing. “Everybody out here... Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone lll1 From:Margaret Heath To:Council, City Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 5:50:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for CityCouncil’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. I am particularly disappointed that staff continues to present council members with late- breaking "at places memos" containing substantive new information. A practice completelycontrary to council policy that such documents must be made available to the public at large a specific number of days ahead of any council action. Substantive late information shouldautomatically trigger postponement of any council discussion until this requirement is met. Not only do "at places memos" do a major disservice to council members who are not given the courtesy of sufficient advance notice to fully consider any ramifications, this practicecontributes to the appearance of secrecy and collusion to subvert council policy for the benefit of specific individuals or companies. Which continues to severely undermine public trust. In this particular case, the applicant's proposals offer major departures away from the intent ofthe NVCAP working group’s findings. These are major not minor concerns. Consideration of any development on this property should be postponed until the issue of how much, if any,commercial development vs housing is resolved. This proposal is particularly galling to our friends and neighbors who gave thousands of hours in service to crafting a new vision for North Ventura. I am particularly disappointed that staffpresented this late-breaking information instead of pulling the item from the agenda. Unfortunately, this gives all the appearance of a thinly disguised attempt to undermineNVCAP's work and manipulate the outcome in favor of the applicant. Thank you for your attention, margaret heath2140 cornell street. From:gmahany@aol.com To:Council, City Subject:395 Page Mill site and NVCAP Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 5:20:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: So the Jay Paul Company after pondering considerable financhal requirements that redevelopment of 395 Page Mill decided that considerably more office space is needed. The same song that is sung by alldevelopers. Palo Alto already has an imbalance of office space to residential space. I point out that theCalifornia state government is pushing residential developments not office space.Why not hold the Jay Paul Company and Sobrato to the state requirements for Palo Alto's residentialdevelopment.Why is 389 Page Mill not included with the rest of the NVCAP area.Prudence requires the postponement of discussions of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting until the concept designs are more complete. The public as well as the Council has not had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns As such, they require more study and review. Also this end-run around the NVCAP process is particularly galling to our friends and neighbors who gave thousands of hours in service to crafting a new vision for North Ventura. Please don’t subvert all their work. Thank you. Gary Mahany Ventura neighborhood From:Susan Kemp To:Council, City Subject:Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo regarding NVCAP Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 2:58:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. The public as well as the Council has not had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the NVCAP working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns, and as such they require more study and review. In addition to the lack of time for public and council evaluation, the optics of last minute maneuverings smack of an attempt to co-opt public discourse, subvert our processes and do an end run around the Working Group which devoted thousands of hours to this process. Thank you. Susan Kemp Ventura Neighborhood Resident From:Katie Hammerson To:Council, City Subject:Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 2:42:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. The public as well as the Council have not had enough time to study these proposals. This is a major concern, since the proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the workinggroup’s findings. As such, they require more time for study and review. Also this appears to be an end-run around the NVCAP process, and is particularly upsetting to friends and neighbors who volunteered thousands of hours to craft a new and better vision for North Ventura. Pleasedon’t ignore the valuable work already done on this topic and subvert the valuable input it provides Thank you. Katie and Bill HammersonEvergreen ParkPalo Alto From:Tilak Kasturi To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 2:30:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. Do you think enough time to study these proposals was given to the public? The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns, and as such they require more study and review. In addition to the lack of time for public and council evaluation, the optics of last minute maneuverings smack of an attempt to co-opt public discourse, subvert our processes and do an end run around the Working Group which devoted 1000s of hours to this process. Thank you. -- Tilak & Sailaja Kasturi Ventura Neighborhood From:Rebecca Sanders To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo - We Need More Time Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 1:59:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. The public as well as the Council has not had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns, and as such they require more study and review. In addition to the lack of time for public and council evaluation, the optics of last minute maneuverings smack of an attempt to co-opt public discourse, subvert our processes and do an end run around the Working Group which devoted 1000s of hours to this process. Thank you. Becky Sanders Ventura From:mark weiss To:Council, City Cc:O"Kane, Kristen; Koga, Cayla; Shikada, Ed Subject:Fwd: Touring Snapshot Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 12:55:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYIShows upcoming 9/22, 10/2, 10/17, 11/20, Lord willing and the cricks don’t rise. Mark Weiss Dba Earthwise 169 Bryant (650) 305-0701 Thanks to Staff especially Cayla and Kristen, and parking enforcement Phan Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>Date: September 19, 2021 at 12:48:40 PM PDTTo: Frank Riley <frank@highroadtouring.com>, Adam Bauer <adam@madison- house.com>, Bob Lefsetz <bob@lefsetz.com>, Amy Davidman<adavidman@tbaagency.com>Cc: Tom DuBois <tomforcouncil@gmail.com>, Charlie Weidanz<charlie@paloaltochamber.com>, Megan Swezey Fogarty <mswez@stanford.edu>, melissa baten caswell <mbcaswell@yahoo.com>Subject: Re: Touring Snapshot In Palo Alto, as Earthwise my audience is 98 percent vaxxed. I would never checkthough. I lectured our City Manager and City Attorney on our numbers versusMississippi— we have one-third the risk— and although there were a few maskson stage and in the house, parking was the problem more than the pandemic: it’spartly my fault but, small sample set, if you take five parking spots from LyttonPlaza in Palo Alto for 8 days (for the production) it will cause 2 assaults/policereports. Mark Weiss rode my bike and walked to my own shows, as safety valve Sent from my iPhone On Sep 19, 2021, at 12:35 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>wrote: This guy doesn’t think we are in the same industry as he and his cronies…MbW Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>Date: September 19, 2021 at 12:30:39 PM PDTTo: Bob Lefsetz <bob@lefsetz.com>Subject: Re: Touring Snapshot I just promoted 11 shows in 8 days, free outdoors in PaloAlto, my company donating talent and production as aloss leader, at noon and 5 twice daily, except 25 hourdonut hole for Yom Kippur. Hoping to go back indoors Nov 20 with BarbaraManning and the SF Seals (Matador Records) and TheCorner Laughers (produced by Allen Clapp and WesleyStace pka John Wesley Harding), but half house whichfor us is 100 cap, $2,500 gross potential— still a lossleader. Mark Weiss Dba Earthwise Productions Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2021, at 7:00 PM, Bob Lefsetz<bob@lefsetz.com> wrote: Every show has to play. If a band member,even a member of the entourage, getsinfected with Covid-19 it's a disaster. Don't expect the hoi polloi to understandtouring, after all they can't understandticketing, not even the government canunderstand ticketing, the public thinks thatTicketmaster gets all the fees and thescalpers are such good lobbyists that electedofficials end up with a skewed vision of thelandscape and no regulations are put intoplace. But it gets even more complicated, inmany cases promoters are in bed with the secondary market, offloading a chunk oftickets reduces their risk. Confused yet? So the bottom line is these acts that barnstorm across the country, from arena toarena...it's not four guys in a station wagon. It's trucks, carrying production, never mindother infrastructure, both physical and human. It's a business. So, you spend a lot tomake a lot. Now more than ever. Belief is the audience won't put up with a show that'sonly four guys on stage and that's it, that at these ticket prices people expect, demandproduction, I'm not sure that is true, but that's the standard of the industry, that's theway it is. So, the numbers are big. Let's say you play twenty dates. At best only the lastfive are profitable. The previous fifteen, even if they all sell out, are all aboutrecovering costs. Don't feel too bad for the acts, the percentage looks bad on the surface, butthose last five dates can be EXTREMELY profitable. But if you have to cancel a few ofthe twenty for Covid reasons, you're screwed. This is the dance that's being done now.Especially since acts have gone on the road and encountered this, Kiss and the DoobieBrothers had to shut down, and other performers too. For those acts now on thesidelines, getting ready to go... So you think the business is back, but the truth is it's still in flux. But one thing is for sure, the acts that are outthere, the big ones, have Covid protocols that will blow your mind. Bottom line, you may work for the band and be unable to seethem perform. You've got to stay in the bubble. To make sure the tour can go on,that there are no blips on the radar screen. The truth is everybody needs the money, but some need it more than others. Meaningthere are acts that do less than arena business, who are willing to take the risk,otherwise they're going to go broke. But not all of them. I was speaking to a musicianwho pulled his tour because it was just too dangerous, he played a couple of dates andthen went home. Then again, the next dates on the schedule were in the southeast, hedidn't want to play Russian Roulette. And then there are the no-shows. This is a phenomenon previously unseen at this level. People who bought tickets but justwon't show up, because they're afraid of getting Covid. They don't want to risk theirlives for a couple of hundred bucks. The truth is almost nobody wanted their moneyback from shows canceled in 2020, they held on to their tickets, but now that thedates are playing...some are unsure. And these people staying home, writing off the cost of tickets, tend to be older. So actsthat appeal to this demo take a higher risk in business. Does it make sense to put up a tournow? What we do know is the fifteen to forty year olds will all show up. Except maybe forthose older in the demo who have kids and are afraid of getting Covid and infectingthem. This generation feels invulnerable, they believe they won't get infected and if they do they'll live through it, willy-nilly. Sothey'll show up. Then again, do the acts want to tour everywhere these people are?Already there are acts avoiding certain states. The more unvaccinated, the more thevaccinated are wary of going. But it gets even worse. It's not only restaurants that can't get help, this ishappening in touring too. Sometimes despite being hired, workers just don't show up. Andthe workers are in control, you can say you're going to fire them because the truth isyou're begging them to come at all. So at some gigs the concession stands can't be fully open. There are fewer merch tables.It's kinda like Brexit, the surface issues are obvious, you think you're immune to theconsequences, and then you wake up and you realize you're caught in the quagmiretoo. So what is going to happen? So, Covid infection rates should get worse as the temperature drops. This iscomplicated. But the more your indoors, the higher the odds of infection. That's one ofthe reasons the south was hit so hard this summer, because it's so hot and they allretreated inside into the air conditioning. But will the tours be impacted, will they stop? Well like I said, the performers are creatingleakproof bubbles. Because no one can get infected, it ruins the economics of the wholetour. As for checking vaccination status... That varies from gig to gig. I hear constantly from people who say their vaccine card wasonly barely checked, if at all. They flash their phone, the ticket taker barely glancesand they're in. Then I know other shows where the promoter hires a whole new teamjust to check vaccination status, even asks patrons to show their driver's license tocross-check the information. Now you can't even do that in every market. Hell, if Texans are beating up the hostess ata restaurant in New York for asking their vaccination status, imagine what it would belike at a gig, where someone has already committed, already paid for their ticket. Bottom line, the touring business is going toan all vaxxed model, there's just too much at risk. It's not a matter of politics, it's a matterof economics. Furthermore, promoters have the right to do this. Then again, neverunderestimate the long arm of the law to get involved but...the bottom line is mostgovernments want shows to play, for their economic reasons, it brings money into thecommunity. No one can state definitively how it will play out, but these are the issues. -- Visit the archive:http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/ -- Listen to the podcast: -iHeart: https://ihr.fm/2Gi5PFj -Apple: https://apple.co/2ndmpvp -- http://www.twitter.com/lefsetz -- If you would like to subscribe to the LefsetzLetter, http://www.lefsetz.com/lists/? p=subscribe&id=1 —/// PS I also go to various music conferences to stay current; since 1994 From:Annette Isaacson To:Council, City; Palo Alto Weekly Editor Subject:Palo Alto"s 311 service Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:23:40 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members and Editor of the PA Weekly, I'd like to commend the city of Palo Alto for its efficient 311 service. Earlier this year, I sent a picture of a dangerous sidewalk condition in my neighborhood to Palo Alto's 311 service. The next day, the city had put up a barricade around the dangerous hole in the sidewalk and had notified the company that was responsible for the deteriorated cement lid on the cable box. On Monday, September 13, I noticed graffiti on the beautiful underwater mural in the bike underpass at California Avenue. Once again, I used 311 to notify the city. They notified the Art Department at the Community Center on Tuesday and the graffiti was removed and the mural restored perfectly by Wednesday morning. Kudos to Palo Alto for offering its citizens such an easy and efficient method for alerting the city departments of things that need to be fixed. I hope the PA Weekly with promote this wonderful service in an article in the paper. Sincerely, Annette Isaacson 2550 Webster St. Midtown From:susan chamberlain To:Council, City Subject:Yes on North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:17:50 AM Attachments:clip_image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 19, 2021 Dear Mayor Tom Dubois, Vice-Mayor Pat Burt, Council MembersCormack, Filseth, Kou, Stone and Tanaka We’re writing on behalf of the 350.org Silicon Valley Palo Alto Teamregarding the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP). This planhas been in development for many years, with enormous energy andwork by Staff, input from the PTC and residents. Rarely can a projectpresent such a unique opportunity to deliver on many fronts: muchneeded housing, social justice by including many types of housing(including affordable housing), and an opportunity to create anenvironmentally sensitive community that helps reduce greenhousegases. Situated proximate to the best transit corridor that currently exists on the Peninsula, adjacent to our “second” downtown, and near many jobs,it is a perfect place to create a “walkable community'' attractive to manypotential residents. We strongly encourage you to adopt the 3Balternative as the Staff and PTC recommend. We can takeadvantage of this unique opportunity to help us address ourjobs/housing imbalance, and provide housing that is less reliant on cars,thereby reducing greenhouse gases. ~~,, +~sos1L1C0N \_ ~ VALL Y~" ¾ ., ' Palo Alto Climate Team Sincerely, 350 SV Palo Alto Steering Committee From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; beachrides; boardmembers; Leodies Buchanan; bearwithme1016@att.net; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field;Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; david pomaville;esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net;grinellelake@yahoo.com; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo;hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager;margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino;russ@topperjewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com;vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: 5.4% of current sing. fam. lots have potential to be developed under SB9 Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 8:03:57 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, Sep 18, 2021 at 5:09 PM Subject: Fwd: 5.4% of current sing. fam. lots have potential to be developed under SB9To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, dennisbalakian <dennisbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, David Balakian<davidbalakian@sbcglobal.net> Saturday, September 18, 2021 To all- These articles can allow 2 or 3 viewings, and then "you've reached your limit" if you don't subscribe. So you might want to print it out if you want it. Here is another good article re SB9, published on August 22, 2021, so about 3 weeks before Newsom signed it into law, right after he survived the recall vote. California’s housing crisis: Would SB 9 zoning bill make a big impact?(vvdailypress.com) Some salient points from the article: California law already allows the addition of an apartment on a single family lot. You can have 3 units on a res. lot. New law says 4. "California's housing law already allowsas many as 3 units per single family parcel". Land must be cheap enough to build and the potential rent high enough to cover development costs. I.e., to cover the mortgage on the new apartment or building. LH- Sayyou build one unit that can rent for $800 per month. If your mortgage on that is $1,000 per month, it would not make sense. Say you can get $1,100 a month. Do you tear up your homeand put up with the trouble a tenant can cause to make $100 a month? " A lot of people aspire to home ownership. If we overemphasize the development ofdense living, that typically is not for ownership. It's for renting". A SECOND institute at UC Berkeley says this re how this would play out: "It's like trying to predict the path of a balloon in a tornado". LH- I suspect that other institute there, the one saying only 5.4% of res. lots aresuitable for development, may have been set up and paid for by some rich developers in New York. It's called disinformation. Tamps down opposition. Recall what P.T. Barnum said. The bill does not require affordable housing. LH- Wow. that makes a difference. Thebill won't produce more affordable housing. It would just produce more housing. An amendment aims to control speculation- that is the requirement that the owner live on the property for 3 years after he develops it. That is to deter big developers from buying upa bunch of single fam homes and building 2 duplexes on each lot. BTW, how do the rich developers convince home owner's to sell? WELL, Cagney said in a movie in the 30s that"money talks". That 5.4% of single family parcels that can do this. How derived? 410,000 parcels in Calif. "realistic to develop" divided by 7.5 million single family homes in the state. "The typical property owner could not afford to build a second unit, much less a third orfourth. Also, the new split lot must be 1200 sq. feet (each)". LH- SB9 will be challenged in the courts, up to the SC. Maybe having a bunch of conservatives on the court will help us here. L. William Harding Fresno ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 2:35 AM Subject: Fwd: 5.4% of current sing. fam. lots have potential to be developed under SB9To: Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, David Balakian <davidbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, dennisbalakian <dennisbalakian@sbcglobal.net> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sat, Sep 18, 2021 at 2:31 AM Subject: 5.4% of current sing. fam. lots have potential to be developed under SB9To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021 Mr. Doug Vagim Doug- This says that only 5.4% of single family lots in Calif. have the potential to be developed under SB9, producing ~744,000 new residences. What SB 9 housing law means for single-family zoning in your neighborhood – PressEnterprise (pe.com) Is your house among the 5.4%? Still, I do not like this. Newsom signed this two days after he survived the recall. Not one word about it from him during the run-up. Man, thatis integrity. The whole thing flew under the radar. Not a word about it in the media for the past year, and more. You warned me about it ~two weeks ago. How much don't I like this? Newsom is a snake. I'll work to get him out in 2022. Thatson of a bitch. He's a rich punk, You know, of course, that Nancy Pelosi is his aunt. Notice that she didn't come to California to support him. BTW, the guy who really started the recall said that he heard that Democratic friendsand relatives were leaning toward voting to recall Newsom, but that Elder's rise to the top of the challengers caused them to vote no on the recall. So Elder really saved Newsom! How'sthat for a political legacy? I could not believe that neither Elder nor anyone else tore into Newsom about thewildfires that ravage California for about 8 months every year now. Could not believe it.Newsom has done not a damn thing to control the fires. He announced a few more crews and a few more trucks and aircraft for CalFire ~ six mos. ago. You recall that I have been calling for50 of the 747 Super tankers like the Global Supertanker that Calif. rents from a private party in Colorado for $16,000 per hour now and then. It can deliver 19,200 gal. of water/ retardant ona fire per trip. Think of what 50 of those could do on these big fires. If they cost $100 million to buy and convert, 50 would be $5 billion. We give that away every year to a couple ofcountries in the Middle-East. Research the health impact of breathing wildfire smoke. Sure, HAs, asthma, lung c. But the one I like is fibrosis of the lungs. The lungs lose their elasticity, become tough andfibrous, and the victim can't get air. Only cure would be double lung transplant, easy to arrange. One year when California was buning up, Dr. Jon LaPook said on the CBS networknews that wildfire smoke contains 5,000 chemicals and elements- paint, pesticides, asbestos, etc. How many of those do you think might be carcinogens? Probably at least 5 ior 10. Anydiscussion of the health impact by Newsom of the fires? Not one word. That bastard. He treats a million acre fire in the Sierra, and the resulting smoke Californians must breath forweeks on end, like a report on snowpack in the Sierra. I may convert to a Republican. I may vote for Elder in 2022, except that he is so stupid. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: Orange County sees 19 fold increase in anti-Asian hate crimes – AsAmNews Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 4:25:15 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: Sat, Sep 18, 2021 Subject: Orange County sees 19 fold increase in anti-Asian hate crimes Source: AsAmNewsSource:AsAm News A need to continue vigilence and activism against Asian Hate crimes. https://asamnews.com/2021/09/18/hate-incidents-against-asian-americans- accounted-for-the-bulk-of-hate-incidents-in-orange-county-black-people-were-the-most-targeted/ Orange County sees 19 fold increase in anti-Asian hate crimes September 18, 2021 Photo by James Kong The Orange County Human Relations Commission found a 19-fold increase in attacks against Asians Americans, reports the Los Angeles Times. The findings analyzing attacks in 2020 mirrors a statewide report which found a 107% increase in hate incidents against Asians. “When there are spikes, when there are increases, we have seen an increase locally for anti-Asian hate,” Mary Anne Foo, executive director of the Orange County Asian Pacific Islander Community Alliance, said to the Voice of OC. Foo says part of the spike can be blamed not only on the pandemic, but the rising anti-China sentiment in national and international politics. Supervisor Katrina Foley says this sentiment is also reflected in comments made by the public during Board of Supervisor meetings. “We hear speakers that, in my opinion, that are often making comments that are truly bigoted and connecting COVID with communism,” Foley said. “The public health response to COVID is somehow related to communism and tying it to China. It’s very sad to see that happening. I know that [OC Health Officer Dr. Clayton Chau] has taken the brunt of it, (Board) Chairman [Andrew] Do as well.” Top Articles Content byAsAmNews Do told AsAmNews back in July that he’s faced racism during his entire six years on the board, but it has increased of late. “I think the the language coming from the last administration stoked that fire, legitimized the fringe elements to come out, and and if anything, feel more legitimate,” said Do who is a Republican. “They feel like, hey, maybe these racist thoughts that I have are not so out of the ordinary, if people at the very top talk the way I do.” The Times reports Black people make up less than 2% of Orange County’s population, but were the most targeted. Asian Americans were the most frequently targeted. “It really goes without saying that there is a lot of work to be done in our county and across the country,” said Nhi Nguyen, the hate crime prevention coordinator for the Orange County Human Relations Commission. 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; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: A century of racism has Japantown hanging by a thread. Learn the history before calling residents NIMBYs Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 4:15:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear NEIGHBORS and FRIENDS, EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON JAPANTOWN SAN FRANCISCO.A BIT LONG BUT WELL WORTH READING ESPECIALLY FOR HISTORIANS. Allan Source: S.F. Chronicle 9/25/21 https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/A-century-of-racism-has- Japantown-hanging-by-a-16469072.php?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sfc_mustread&sid =5fefc058b042aa734736d79c A century of racism has Japantown hanging by a thread. Learn the history before calling residents NIMBYs Meredith Oda Sep. 18, 2021 Comments Illustration for the shaping of Japantown Chronicle photo illustration San Francisco’s Japantown is a visitor attraction centered on the Japanese Center, ramen shops, Ruth Asawa’s sculptures, bookshop Kinokuniya and the many Japanese-import stores. But it wasn’t always so. The neighborhood we see now is the product of a complicated history of racism, segregation and displacement. As a consequence, it has long been a home to marginalized San Franciscans struggling for recognition, community and a safe place to call their own. To tell the story of Japantown is to tell a tale of almost constant crisis. Japantown was born from the crisis left by the great earthquake and fire of 1906. As one of the few districts to survive the devastation, the Western Addition suddenly found its once quiet, middle-class quarters crammed with most of the city’s displaced residents. Japanese Americans were among those who sought refuge there. As the years passed, white San Franciscans moved out of the neighborhood or rebuilt homes elsewhere. But Japanese migrants and their children were hemmed in by virulent racist violence, racially restrictive housing covenants, and, as The Chronicle reported, zoning laws specifically written to “keep the Japanese population where it is.” Like all Asian migrants at the time (and only Asian migrants) Japanese were prohibited from naturalization by the Supreme Court decision Ozawa vs. United States (1922). Without citizenship, they lacked a political voice to protect their interests. This was the origins of, as it was called at the time, “Nihonjinmachi (Japanese People Town),” “Japanesetown,” or “Japtown,” the latter by this very newspaper. Prior to World War II, despite their struggles with racism, Japanese Americans created a rich community in Japantown. The neighborhood held hundreds of Japanese-owned businesses and ethnic organizations, including Yabuno Brothers Grocery, Benkyodo confectionary, the Japanese YWCA, employment companies and the Fuji Hotel for migrant laborers passing through town. Unlike in Chinatown, these institutions primarily served the local ethnic community with little interest in tourists. World War II, however, upended this stasis in Japantown. The immediate aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor left “everyone in a daze in Jap Town,” according to an observing sociologist, as white gawkers flocked to the neighborhood and FBI agents rounded up hundreds of “suspect” Japanese men — none of whom were ever convicted of espionage or sabotage. By May 20, 1942, all Japanese Americans except those too ill to safely move were expelled from the city. Japantown’s former inhabitants were held first at the Tanforan racetrack assembly center in San Bruno, in quickly constructed barracks or hastily vacated horse stalls, often with flies or manure whitewashed to the walls. By October of that year, most were moved behind barbed wire and armed guards at the Topaz incarceration camp in the Utah desert. Japantown’s fragile community persisted through this trauma and loss. Federal policy kept neighbors together in these camps to “preserve desirable institutions,” an astonishingly ironic ambition. During and after the war, some residents resettled in other parts of the country, but many survivors eventually returned to Japantown. They returned to find a neighborhood fundamentally changed from the “dismal stretch of yesterday known as Japtown,” as legendary columnist Herb Caen described it in 1942. The vacancies left by Japanese Americans had filled quickly, especially by segregated Black defense workers seeking well-paid jobs and respite from Jim Crow in the Bay Area’s defense industry. The “Japanese area became San Francisco’s Harlem in a matter of months,” in poet and former San Franciscan Maya Angelou’s words. Japanese Americans returning from incarceration thus joined a thriving Black community. And it stayed that way for years. In 1950, Japanese Americans made up less than 16% of Japantown’s population (although this was about two-thirds of all Japanese San Franciscans) and African Americans 34%. The Black Emmanuel Church of God in Christ was on the same block as the Japanese Presbyterian Church. The famed jazz club Jimbo’s Bop City and the legendary Black promoter Charles Sullivan’s music shop were steps from the Nippon Pool Room and Five Star Fountain. Old institutions also regrew in this new environment: language schools, social clubs, Azumaya Tofu, Suzuki Apartments, Gosha-do Bookstore and more. The multiracial residents (including Chinese American, Filipino and Jewish residents) gave the neighborhood a vibrant life. But wartime conditions and postwar segregation had taken their toll on the development environment. Japantown’s population had increased 15% during the war, with segregation exacerbating a citywide housing shortage. White absentee landlords had subdivided already tight quarters to accommodate wartime arrivals, and the demand offered little incentive for maintenance. Further, while the 1948 Supreme Court case Shelly vs. Kraemer struck down racially restrictive housing covenants, long-held traditions of discrimination proved far more enduring. Racist violence against people of color integrating white neighborhoods discouraged out-migration through the 1950s. Philanthropist Tomoye Takahashi recalled a shot fired into her house after her family bought in the then lily-white Richmond District in 1955. Already hemmed in by state-sanctioned racism and white supremacist violence, Japantown’s third crisis arrived when city officials announced they would clean up the “slum conditions” of the Western Addition, whose area included most of the commercial and residential heart of Japantown. Residents were more aware than most of their neighborhood’s dilapidated condition, but their long history with discrimination convinced many that the proposed redevelopment “might eventually clear out all minority groups,” as Progressive News and Press editor Michi Onuma predicted in 1948. “Having experienced the 1942 evacuation,” another Japantown newspaper, the Pacific Citizen, editorialized, residents “now feel that the redevelopment plan may in actuality be a final evacuation.” That skepticism was well founded. Despite both vigorous challenges to the redevelopment program by the community and determined efforts at preservation, 27 blocks including Japantown’s and formerly housing over 6,000 people were largely demolished by the late 1950s. A second redevelopment program destroyed much of another 62 blocks with 13,000 residents over the following decades. Even as the Japanese American population grew to almost 12,000 in San Francisco, “renewal” decimated their numbers in Japantown to less than 2,000 by 1970. Businesses were forced to leave or fold: Post Pool Hall, Takahashi Trading Co., Nakagawa Apartments, Kik’s Smoke Shop, N.B. Department Store, Evergreen Fountain, Hori Employment Agency, Yamato Auto Repair and so many others. Hotels like the Aki and Fuji — that housed aging Japanese bachelors, worn down by a lifetime of poorly paid migrant labor and whose final work years had been swallowed by incarceration — were shuttered, leaving many of their residents to join the ranks of the unhoused. The struggle for affordable housing is nothing new to poor San Franciscans, in Japantown or elsewhere. Redevelopment filtered out these vulnerable people and businesses, leaving only a highly select community by the 1970s. The crown jewel of the district’s first redevelopment program was the Japanese Center, a complex for Japanese goods and services conceived around connections with the booming Japanese economy. Japanese American businesses that could adapt to the Center’s focus on tourism survived. Their owners joined with other property-owners, professionals and community investors to create Nihonmachi, a hard-won commercial and residential renewal project just north of the Japanese Center, which housed stable businesses, professional practices and market-rate housing. But this success came at the expense of low-income residents and many non-touristic small proprietorships. Japantown’s transformation from ethnic community to tourist economy did not occur without struggle, among participants themselves as well as their critics. For low-income residents, vulnerable shop owners and the Japanese American activists who organized with them in the late 1960s and 1970s, this transformation carried a dreadful foreboding: a community dependent on the performance of a particularly palatable version of Japanese culture - one that could accommodate little heterogeneity and would be forever dependent on visitors’ dollars and expectations. This vexing compromise, negotiated in a constricted set of options, has maintained San Francisco’s Japantown as one of only three remaining Japantowns in the United States — out of what had been dozens. Its inherent vulnerability remains all-too apparent to those who know its history. The current debate over housing revives troubling questions of how a community economy can survive, or who can live in Japantown. History does not point us in any particular direction, but community members’ hesitations arising from this complicated history must not be dismissed. And neither must the needs of today’s unhoused San Franciscans, whose own lineage of marginalization likely has roots in the neighborhood. Meredith Oda is the author of “The Gateway to the Pacific: Japanese Americans and the Remaking of San Francisco.” From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Human Relations Commission;wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist Subject:Opinion | Alan Braid: I violated Texas’s abortion ban. Here’s why. - The Washington Post Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 3:04:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/09/18/texas-abortion-provider-alan-braid/ Sent from my iPhone From:Dilma Coleman To:pmanczuk-hannay@fremont.gov; MPeterson@oaklandcommission.org Cc:policechief@fairfield.ca.gov; chiefdavis@youngstownohio.gov Subject:Fwd: Adrian Gonzalez did not kill, rape or kidnapt Maddy Middleton. Argue it. Who did it? Assassinate that girlSami graduate of San Jose City college Cosmetology school in San Jose,CA (the wife to Mohammed bin Salman)and her Cohorts. Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 2:43:21 PM Attachments:Screenshot_20210918-081516.pngScreenshot_20210917-233029.pngScreenshot_20210918-011414.pngScreenshot_20210917-232800.pngScreenshot_20210918-011125.pngScreenshot_20210918-111640.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Sep 18, 2021, 2:40 PMSubject: Adrian Gonzalez did not kill, rape or kidnapt Maddy Middleton. Argue it. Who did it? Assassinate that girl Sami graduate of San Jose City college Cosmetology school in SanJose,CA (the wife to Mohammed bin Salman) and her Cohorts. To: <998@998.gov.sa>, <adam.roberts@santacruzcounty.us>Cc: <police@newark.org>, <JHsieh@oaklandcommission.org> Hello,it's Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs ..allow Diva Lee to make a list of the geographic locationswhereas the Cohorts of sadistic masochist santanic ritualistic individuals who attack using GHB. What is GHB? Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs did a Google search on what isGHB(sept18,2021) ..whereas Diva learnt that Co-founder Larry Page that guys house was set on fire this week in Palo Alto CA. Argue it. Now, Diva could identify use of how GHB Victimized Diva and it killed her friend Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi in 2019. Same year Diva was shot in the head..same year Corcoran State Prison inmate Luis Romero was killed basedon Gematria santanic ritualistic practices. Argue that the murderer was not Jaime Osuna. Diva seen the murder in Corcoran State Prison. Argue it. What is GHB? Where are the individualswho used GHB on Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi? Was the murder of Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi located in London? Argue it. Diva Lee aka Dilma could give geographic locationswhere the individuals are currently located. what's up..diva Today is living in the homeless shelter whereas she recognized individuals who had cocaine and cigerettes and they had thatcocaine on Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi. Argue it that Mohammed bin Salman married a German/Asian trashy women who is Affiliated with cocaine usages yet she is a pedophile whodid the worst sexual Assaults on that girl Maddy Middleton.Argue it. To answer your questions, Diva Lee is surrounded by individuals who need to be classified as if they aremosquitoes. As if ur gotta think as a MD to JD wanna be a Supreme Court Justice..as look how one of them U.S Supreme justices stepped down just last week. Look at how Los GatosPolice Chief resigned. Argue it. Attach#.6..how would u catch all those mosquitoes/bugs in Attachment#6 as if they a a huge gang. .. Affiliated with GHB, Fentanyl, crystal Meth, crackCocaine whereas sex parties, gambling addictions blah blah has been organized by California Governor Gavin Newsom,VP Kamala Harris..them no good yuk yuk individuals. ARGUE IT. Given the ideas that they can crawl,bite and gimme the list of Medications to rehabilitate those mosquitoes..whereas as Human Services provided those individuals a habitat. If ur the expertin San Jose,CA the Hub for Gematria santanic ritualistic practices therefore Diva has the classified sources as a victim witness. that's what Diva is trained to do. That's what theywant..they want diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman..to stay without children never become a Sura. What is a Sura? Surah-Al Rahman. They don't want that for Diva.. Diva Jobs aka Diva Leeaka Dilma Coleman has 0 excuses to solve homicides and the prevention of violent crimes. Diva says that These dangerous Narcissistic individuals need to be arrested for the death ofKhalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi..and others...etc. as of today September 18,2021. Diva has been Victimized with GHB and she finally can prove it and explain how she got pregnanted in2020,2021( rewind back to how Hunter Biden got Diva Lee pregnant when Diva was age 11) the geographic locations and who were the sexual predators..now Diva could explain how thatGHB was used again and again whereas when Diva had the baby those who removed it placed that baby into a adoption. argue it. DIVA's eyes are opening...argue it. Diva Lee says that Carl Gully is treated by Sophia Vaughn of Patterson CA. That couple areresponsible for the stolen ashes of Maddy Middleton. More info about The Death of Maddy Middleton what led to it diva could Argued it.Pay Diva to argue. What the heck ya doing inSan Jose police homicide department? That's what I am saying. What Diva ain't gonna do is allow some other Santa Cruz CA police detectives to claim the victory whereas all the legwork has be done by Diva Lee. Argue it That Vaughn family in Patterson CA Are dangerous Narcissistic doing various crimes thus they are Vigilantes with a Morman based religiousbeliefs..JW.org is next...on their videos,music and that city of Dover, Delaware that counseling businesses to end drug addictions is blah blah blah. Argue it. If u have a difficulty followingDIVA's emails then ya know u need a sure thing.. that's on the straight n narrow. Argue it. Sophia Vaughn her daughter Remi Lewis did remove a baby from DIVA's aka Dilma Coleman's vagina. Argue it. Sophia instructed Remi over the phone on how to remove a babyfrom DIVA's vagina..then when Sophia saw Dilma Sophia yelled Braid my hair Dilma. Argue it.Then arrest them. It's not Klay sculpting..aka Clay imported from Egypt. What have the SJ police department versus the Dallas Police Chief Eddie does what? Argueit. Diva Lee been Victimized with that GHB and that amount whoever administered that drug to Diva Lee need to be assassinated ASAP. Let's create an audience to assassinate themsimilar to how Saddam Hussein was assassinated in front of a paying audience. Let's sell them tickets for that event starting now. Should I argue for Oakland PD homicide department toadd their names to a raffle..and shuffle them names as if it was a dance party to solve a phrase on a white board. Stop the corrupt individuals in the Oakland police department those in gangunit, Narcotics and homicides. Argue it. Patterson CA girl Remi had a previous engagement and she had a position with San Jose Conservation Corps. Remi a former resident of Fremont,CA San Jose,CA and current residentof Patterson CA. Argue it. Remi's voice is in music on songs by Ella Mai..dubbed for Spotify listeners. Argue it. Why is Spotify music dubbed? That's ain't cool. At this point, the law enforcement agents in the U.S California alone needs to arrestimmediately those who Victimized with sexual Assaults on Diva Lee. Especially arrest those who are using hypnosis sorcerery spells to Victimized Diva Lee. At this point Diva Lee akaDilma Coleman does not understand the use of GHB so she Google it. Now Diva Lee understand that the Children been Victimized, with sexual Assaults and thrown intoAccidents. Attachment 3 & 5. Why did this happen? Who really killed Maddy Middleton and why was Adrian Victimized and forced to use a set of words to describe it and admit it. U gonna need tounderstand what Carl Gully is to Santa Clara county DA Jeff Rosen. Yes they are homosexual lovers since the 1980's. Argue it. U gonna need to kill Donald Harris and his Cohorts. Whykill Kamala Harris's father. Why? Based on his past, the attacks he made on Diva Lee, the financial attacks his daughter Kamala Harris made on Diva Lee the past 20+ years. Argue it. DIVA's analysis of how she feels today about those drugs addictions of Kamala Harris yes the cocaine why Her dad Donald Harris argues about His daughter's usage with Marijuana..is nothis truthful acknowledgement ..those who smoke cavey( cocaine and cigerettes) diva seen them at Little Orchard homeless shelter. Diva aka Dilma did live there the past 6 months. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs a former narcotics.agent. ok with Berkeley CA police. Hurry up.That's what I am saying. Diva Lee aka Dilma don't know the cause and effects on drugs until she got around San Jose Conservation Corps individuals. What the heck. Diva Lee isn'tgulliable she is with infallible proofs that Biden Harris presidential cabinet specialized in GHB took money..and it's not likely that Harris Biden Presidential cabinet should be anymore. Diva Lee aka Dilma is shocked about being VICTIMIZED by individuals around her whoused GHB. Attachment #1 & 2 & 3. If Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi is really dead. Arrest the individualsat Little Orchard homeless shelter..those who killed him used that GHB on him.. The guy didn't have a drug addiction. Ok. Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi had a successful businesswhereas in the past he frequently photographed Diva. Who else wanted to kill Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi with drugs. And those who did used hypnosis on Khalid. No it was thatGHB ..as if Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi believe it was a scene in a movie. . .yes Diva Lee witnessed it. Diva Lee didn't understand how she arrived in London..what the heck. Was the murder of Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi staged elsewhere? What type ofAssaults was used on Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs whereas a flight from San Jose,CA to London diva didn't feel a thing. Yet Diva complains about being VICTIMIZED sexually from men incurrent homeless shelter. Those men were at the party with Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi..who in the heck keeps diva Lee Victimized with those who are doing sorcerery spells hypnosis andthat is why Diva says that San Jose homeless shelter is a hub..for the worst. What is GHB? Diva Lee aka Dilma just realized that those around her had Victimized her with GHB. DivaLee was drugged up by GHB sexually physically assualted. Then they used GHB on Diva Lee aka Dilma and she had a baby..she realized 5 weeks later. ..that she is trapped by theworst..serial killers in San Jose CA. Those individuals Victimized Diva Lee aka Dilma year after year. From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:THINGS ARE NOT AS THEY APPEAR? SO BE AWARE OF WHAT IS COMING? THE ENGAME ! TRANSHUMANISM ! NOW GO VIRAL Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 12:07:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS Hope all is well with you and yours I am leaving 9/11 to the COURTS as it was my beginning GOAL to reach I'm moving my main focus from 911 activism my past 20 YEARS, fixing my concentration on the ENDGAME which I began speaking out in 2010 TRANSHUMANISM ! CHOOSE WISELY I LOVE YOU ALL JUST THE WAY YOU ARE COVID SHOTS, DNA & TRANSHUMANISM, WITH DR. CARRIE MADEJ | MIRROR https://www.bitchute.com/video/ADj4sFjsTjB4/? fbclid=IwAR1LIEYYeQmsckhmZeUj9eZ_3UltZgleh_X1COi5Ux7FThvl-6CklGd7B74 COVID SHOTS, DNA & TRANSHUMANISM, WITH DR. CARRIE MADEJ | MIRROR MIRRORED : The New American April 29th, 2021. SOURCE : https://www.bitchute.com/video/WfAJk7i76Qgd/ From:Omar Yacoubi To:Omar Yacoubi Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Car-free University Ave Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 11:35:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Here’s a guide for policymakers I found on low- and zero-emission zones. I imagine inCalifornia there would be objections based on social equity. It may help to point out that our state has grants and loan assistance for low-income buyers for new and used EVs and hybrids. https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/low-and-zero-emissions-zones - Omar On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 7:46 PM Omar Yacoubi <omar@omaryak.net> wrote: Was any research done on why people are avoiding retail stores during the pandemic? Other cities’ experience has been that closing streets to cars helps increase foot traffic. I’vebeen enjoying the cleaner air, and I’m able to linger longer with less car exhaust around. European cities also have EV-only zones to minimize pollution, instead of closing streets entirely. That could be a nice compromise. But who wants to sit in traffic for a parking spot?Garages are much easier. I agree retailers should have the most chance to make their holiday shopping as successful as possible, but if more stores end up closing anyway, please at least consider a pedestrianplaza for a few blocks where the most restaurants are located. It’s so much better than it was before! Until this week, the only shop owners I read about that were complaining weren’t located onthe closed streets. My suspicion about retailers: they’re being avoided because people shop online, and while shopping in person is nice, it’s not worth the covid risk. Yours,Omar 1430 College Ave Palo Alto CA 94306 (650) 690-2925 From:Elizabeth Arndorfer To:Council, City Subject:Street Closures Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 10:35:57 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Honorable City Council members, I am writing to oppose your recent decision to reopen University Ave (and future intention to reopen California Ave). My understanding is that the decision was based on 2 factors: (1) negative impact of street closures on retail businesses; and (2) anticipated impact of commuters when return to office ramps up. If I have misunderstood I would greatly appreciate a document to review to better my understanding. I won’t pretend that I know the ins and outs of this issue, but I do care about Palo Alto and it’s ethos as a liveable city. The street closures have provided an intimacy and freedom that this City lacked since I moved here 17 years ago. It feels smaller; I saw people - friends, acquaintances, colleagues. I interacted in a way that the pandemic had limited. In short, it was great for our community’s mental and social health. It improved quality of life tremendously. I doubt reopening University Ave will bring back retail shoppers. There is a larger change going on that the pandemic accelerated shifting shopping online. Moreover, by reopening the streets, I would not be surprised if fewer people come to University Ave, harming both retailers and restaurants. As for commuters, if that is really a reason, I wonder why university is being used by commuters at all. Please reconsider your decision about University Ave and please do NOT reopen California Ave. Sincerely, Elizabeth Arndorfer 3505 Laguna Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 Sent from my iPhone From:Janice Apol To:Council, City Subject:Letter in support of Item 3, Study Session on Eden Housing Date:Saturday, September 18, 2021 9:58:16 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To all city council members of the City of Palo Alto, I am writing to offer my support for Item 3 the Eden Housing plan for a new development of 50 units of affordable housing at 525 E. Charleston Road. I understand that 25 of those units will have a preference for ID/DD individuals and AbilityPath will have an office there. I understand that 525 E. Charleston is land that the County owns, I am familiar withthis location because it was formerly leased to Abilities United (now AbilityPath) the agency who has been supporting my daughter who is a young adult women with a developmental disability. We are very fortunate that she does have an apartment in a nearby complex with apartments for those with ID/DD. Because of this opportunityshe she is successfully living independently for the past 6 years! This is a great location for people who don’t drive: conveniently located near VTA bus lines and it is around the corner from the Mitchell Park Community Center, across the street from the Charleston Center, and not far from mid-town Palo Alto. Another plusis the fact that AbilityPath will have an office in the building as an added support. It is so important that our community supports and includes everyone. Providing affordable housing for those with ID/DD is so important and especially units within ahousing complex where others are housed. Thank you and I hope you will strongly consider and approve this plan. Sincerely, Janice Apol Sent from my iPad From:Steven Baker To:Council, City Subject:Street seating on university Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 11:31:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am writing in support of keeping this street closed and supporting local restaurants. I will not frequent an indoor restaurant at this point, this decision to open the streets will drive me toother towns where restaurants have more outdoor seating. I am extremely disappointed in the councils decision. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/16/palo-alto-business-owners-residents-reeling-after- council-decision-to-reopen-closed-streets/amp/ From:Aram JamesTo:Rebecca Eisenberg; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Dave Price; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; Shikada, Ed; Raj; Roberta Ahlquist; Greer Stone;cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Joe Simitian; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jason Green; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Tony Dixon;Eduardo Guilarte Cc:Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Cormack, Alison; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Binder,Andrew; alisa mallari tu; Anna Griffin; Raging Grannies of the Peninsula Subject:Re: Oakland officers found liable for online harassment & other violations now work for other police depts Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 11:06:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. P.S : for any of you are unaware of the ongoing Zack Perron scandal below is the link to the 2019 Daily Post article that broke the story. Askyourself who in city government will finally have the courage to release the investigation in this matter. And ask yourself why is our currentelected district attorney,Jeff Rosen, and his opponent running to replace Rosen, Sajit Khan, silent on this alleged hate crime by PAPD CaptainZack Perron? Best regards, Aram James https://padailypost.com/2019/05/22/cops-use-of-n-word-led-to-investigation-that-never-became-public/ On Sep 17, 2021, at 10:56 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Rebecca,Thanks so much for bringing the most recent OPD scandal to our attention. Assistant PAPD Chief Binder was, as you can see,copied in on your message. Hopefully he will be willing to let us all know if the two oakland police officers you mention are nowemployed by the PAPD. Of course we both know that at least one allegedly extraordinarily vile racist PAPD -Captain Zack Perronremains with the PAPD 7 years after his alleged hate crime with the full complicity of our city council, police chief, city attorney,city manager, our elected district attorney and the citizens of this community who know of Zack Perron’s conduct but remainsilent. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2021, at 8:39 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@winwithrebecca.com> wrote: Speaking of which, attached is a brief letter issued today by the Oakland Mayor regarding the troubling findings fromthat city's investigation of inappropriate and offensive content circulated on social media by Oakland PAPD Officers.Of particular note is the report's finding that at least two officers involved with this activity now work for other lawenforcement agencies: "Of the nine officers sustained for violating department policies, two have since taken positions with other law enforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those two agencies of the investigation’s findings." Can we expect that the City of Palo Alto will instruct the PAPD to notify if either of theaforementioned Oakland PD officers now are on the Palo Alto City payroll? If the officer's involvementwith this unlawful conspiracy (conspiracy is a group agreement) was not disclosed at the time of hiring,than the PAPD has cause for termination. If the involvement was disclosed and the PAPD hired theOakland officer regardless, then both the former Oakland officer and the hiring manager at the PAPDhave cause for termination. Additionally, the City of Palo Alto may want to consider putting in place the preventative accountabilitymeasures recently adopted by the Oakland Mayor. Please see the attached letter which I copy/pastebelow (with awkward formatting). Best, Rebecca Media Contact: Justin Berton Director ofCommunications Office of Mayor LibbySchaaf JBerton@oaklandca.gov News from: Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2021 Statement Regarding the Findings of an Investigation into theUse of Social Media Accounts by Oakland Police Officers Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland released the following statement regarding thefindings of an investigation into use of social media accounts by Oakland policeofficers: In January, the Oakland Police Department became aware of an Instagram account that -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- hosted deeply offensive content that was sexist, racist, and totally unacceptable to thestandards of our community. The account also elevated subversive memes thatcriticized the policies and cultural changes that have made OPD a nationally recognizedleader in progressive, constitutional policing. The creator of the offensive accountappeared to be intimately familiar with the department, and specifically the crimereduction teams, or CRTs. Since it was clear there was a possibility that the account hadbeen created by a current employee, the situation warranted an immediateinvestigation. Due to the account holder’s familiarity with CRTs, the investigation began with everyofficer who served in those units, individuals located in specialized units, and everyofficer in patrol and investigative units who intersected with those officers.Investigators took the unannounced action to seize more than 140 work phones fromthese Oakland police officers. Investigators scraped the content and online historiesfrom all of those phones. To ensure the integrity of the inquiry, Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator EdReiskin took immediate action to hire a third-party independent investigator. Theinvestigator’s directives were to expose the account’s creator through IT records anddetermine if any current Oakland employees had engaged with the offensive contentand/or had otherwise violated any department policies. The result was an unprecedented investigation in its size and scope. The independentinvestigators cast a net as wide as legally and constitutionally allowable. Oakland’s Community Police Review Agency, overseen by Oakland’s Citizen PoliceCommission, also conducted a separate independent investigation. The findings anddiscipline announced today were the result of full concurrence between the OaklandPolice Department and the independent Community Police Review Agency. This broad and deep investigation revealed violations of OPD policy related to theoffensive Instagram page, as well as several other unrelated violations that werediscovered during the course of examining all content and online histories of the morethan 140 department-issued cell phones. Of the hundreds of online histories studied, nine officers were found to have violateddepartment policy. Violations included: Accessing inappropriate material on department-issued equipment (includingmaterials unrelated to the Instagram page) Conduct that brings disrepute to OPD Sexual harassment or other conduct in violation of Oakland’s workplace standards Failure to perform duties and responsibilities Failure to report violations The investigation determined that the offensive account was created by a formerOakland police officer shortly after he was terminated for violating department policy.Of the nine officers sustained for violating department policies, two have since takenpositions with other law enforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those twoagencies of the investigation’s findings. The nine officers who were found to have violated department policy ranged in rankfrom officer to Lieutenant. The discipline issued to them ranged from an 3-day unpaidsuspension to a 25-day unpaid suspension. In an effort to ensure this never happens again, the Oakland department will: Review and strengthen existing policies for all department-issued technology Create additional training for the appropriate use of department cell phones Develop robust training to ensure no violations of the zero-tolerance racial policythat forbids any engagement with racist, extremist, or white supremacy groups Require department employees to report all work-related social media accounts tothe OPD Office of Inspector General Require mandatory collection of all department social media account names andpasswords by the Office of Inspector General Audit content of department-issued technology at any time by the Office ofInspector General to ensure it is appropriate, work related, contains no inappropriateimages or content and that the material does not violate department policy Require that employees shall have no work-related social media accounts attachedto their personal phones nor use personal phones for OPD business Require that employees shall have no personal social media accounts attached totheir department-issued technology Require the OPD Office of Inspector General to hold all work-related social mediaaccounts and passwords Develop cultural-competency training with Stanford University and deliver to allrelevant staff Provide outside expert to conduct additional sexual harassment and inappropriatebehavior trainings in the workplace “Sexist and racist behaviors are far too prevalent in our culture and have no place inour public safety institutions,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said. “I wholeheartedlyand strongly condemn any behavior, including online communications, that supportsor engages with sexist or racist tropes. I’m heartened by the unprecedented size,scope, and thoroughness of this independent investigation, which held officersaccountable and created new policies that raise our standards and expectations.” The final investigation report was submitted to the federal court overseeing Allen v.City of Oakland. The Court will determine which parts of the investigation, if any, itwill make publicly available. Rebecca L. Eisenberg Esq.www.linkedin.com/in/eisenbergwww.winwithrebecca.comrebecca@winwithrebecca.com415-235-8078 On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 6:47 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Hi Everyone: See info below from Susan Hayase and the San Jose Nikkei Resisters. Here's the official invitation & sign up form for the virtual trainings that the SJNR Reimagining Public Safety subcommittee has been working on :) Would love to see many of you there! <image.png> San Jose Nikkei Resisters would like to invite you to the next two sessions in our community care training series! They are: De-escalation and Active Listening on Thurs. Sept. 30th 7:00-8:30pm Trauma-Informed Care and Boundaries on Sun. Oct. 10th 2:30-4:00pm These free trainings, led by the Bill Wilson Center and hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters, are part of our efforts to build up our collective skills in navigating potentially unsafe situations or hate incidents. See descriptions of each training at the end of this email. **The trainings are not sequential and you do not have to have attended one training to attend the other. These trainings will also not be recorded at the request of BWC.** We hope these will be helpful for those of you who want to promote collective safety in SJ Japantown and other communities! Please sign up and invite other members of your group to fill out the registration form here: tinyurl.com/sjnr-bwc-training Community Care Training Series, Hosted by San JoseNikkei Resisters & Presented by the Bill Wilson Center Join San Jose Nikkei Resisters with the Bill Wilson Center to learn how to de-escalateunsafe situations and take a trauma-informed approach to caring for each other, inorder to reduce our reliance on the police. The virtual trainings will be structuredaround lecture and Q&A. After each training, we'll have an optional discussion abouthow we can share and implement what we learned through our organizations and inour communities. We're building our community safety skills together! tinyurl.com Alongside the bystander intervention training we co-hosted with CAIR earlier in summer, SJNR is holding these trainings because we believe: Each of us needs to learn and practice skills for de-escalating confrontations, pre-empting attacks, providing safety for our community members, and avoiding criminalizing or victimizing those of us who are houseless or experiencing behavioral/mental injury. De-escalation is about do’s and don’ts and keeping you and the other person safe. Though this is not a professional de-escalation course, it also isn’t simply about de-escalation of harassment on the street. It is about how to take a situation that has the potential to get out of control or is out of control and try to get that state from out of control to in control. Active Listening helps us learn passive and active cues that show someone we are hearing them, rather than just waiting for them to finish. COMMUNITY CARE TRAINING SERIES Community Care Training Series. Hosted bySanJoseNikkeiResisters6. Presented by the Bill Wilson Center Trauma Informed Care helps us understand how trauma affects us and others, including instances of mental health crises, homelessness, disorientation and substance abuse. Trauma manifests itself physically as well as mentally and spiritually. If we don’t understand that, we can’t really understand the best way to help someone. Boundaries are about keeping healthy boundaries with ourselves and those we are trying to help. Bill Wilson Center provides services to more than 5,000 children, youth, young adults and families in Santa Clara County through our various programs.Additionally, we reach more than 30,000 clients through our Street Outreach and crisis line programs. Bill Wilson Center programs focus on housing,education, counseling, and advocacy. Bill Wilson Center is committed to working with the community to ensure that every youth has access to the rangeof services needed to grow to be healthy and self-sufficient adults. Bill Wilson Center has been providing services to runaway and homeless youth since1973. Sincerely, Richard Konda Executive Director Asian Law Alliance 991 West Hedding St., Suite 202 San Jose, CA 95126 (408)-287-9710 This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and then immediately delete the message. <Oakland PD Social Media Scandal Sept 2021.pdf> From:Aram James To:Rebecca Eisenberg; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Dave Price; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; Shikada, Ed; Raj; Roberta Ahlquist;Greer Stone; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Joe Simitian; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jason Green; Jonsen, Robert;Perron, Zachary; Tony Dixon Cc:Greg Tanaka; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; SajidKhan; Winter Dellenbach; Roberta Ahlquist; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; alisa mallari tu; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Anna Griffin; Raging Grannies ofthe Peninsula Subject:Re: Oakland officers found liable for online harassment & other violations now work for other police depts Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 10:56:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links. Hi Rebecca,Thanks so much for bringing the most recent OPD scandal to our attention. Assistant PAPD Chief Binder was, as you can see, copied inon your message. Hopefully he will be willing to let us all know if the two oakland police officers you mention are now employed by thePAPD. Of course we both know that at least one allegedly extraordinarily vile racist PAPD -Captain Zack Perron remains with the PAPD7 years after his alleged hate crime with the full complicity of our city council, police chief, city attorney, city manager, our electeddistrict attorney and the citizens of this community who know of Zack Perron’s conduct but remain silent. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 17, 2021, at 8:39 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@winwithrebecca.com> wrote: Speaking of which, attached is a brief letter issued today by the Oakland Mayor regarding the troubling findings fromthat city's investigation of inappropriate and offensive content circulated on social media by Oakland PAPD Officers. Ofparticular note is the report's finding that at least two officers involved with this activity now work for other law enforcementagencies: "Of the nine officers sustained for violating department policies, two have since taken positions with other law enforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those two agencies of the investigation’s findings." Can we expect that the City of Palo Alto will instruct the PAPD to notify if either of theaforementioned Oakland PD officers now are on the Palo Alto City payroll? If the officer's involvement withthis unlawful conspiracy (conspiracy is a group agreement) was not disclosed at the time of hiring, than thePAPD has cause for termination. If the involvement was disclosed and the PAPD hired the Oakland officerregardless, then both the former Oakland officer and the hiring manager at the PAPD have cause fortermination. Additionally, the City of Palo Alto may want to consider putting in place the preventative accountabilitymeasures recently adopted by the Oakland Mayor. Please see the attached letter which I copy/paste below(with awkward formatting). Best, Rebecca Media Contact: Justin Berton Director ofCommunications Office of Mayor LibbySchaaf JBerton@oaklandca.gov News from: Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2021 Statement Regarding the Findings of an Investigation into the Use ofSocial Media Accounts by Oakland Police Officers Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland released the following statement regarding the findingsof an investigation into use of social media accounts by Oakland police officers: In January, the Oakland Police Department became aware of an Instagram account that hosteddeeply offensive content that was sexist, racist, and totally unacceptable to the standards ofour community. The account also elevated subversive memes that criticized the policies andcultural changes that have made OPD a nationally recognized leader in progressive,constitutional policing. The creator of the offensive account appeared to be intimately familiarwith the department, and specifically the crime reduction teams, or CRTs. Since it was clearthere was a possibility that the account had been created by a current employee, the situationwarranted an immediate investigation. Due to the account holder’s familiarity with CRTs, the investigation began with every officerwho served in those units, individuals located in specialized units, and every officer in patroland investigative units who intersected with those officers. Investigators took theunannounced action to seize more than 140 work phones from these Oakland police officers.Investigators scraped the content and online histories from all of those phones. To ensure the integrity of the inquiry, Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskintook immediate action to hire a third-party independent investigator. The investigator’sdirectives were to expose the account’s creator through IT records and determine if anycurrent Oakland employees had engaged with the offensive content and/or had otherwiseviolated any department policies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- The result was an unprecedented investigation in its size and scope. The independentinvestigators cast a net as wide as legally and constitutionally allowable. Oakland’s Community Police Review Agency, overseen by Oakland’s Citizen PoliceCommission, also conducted a separate independent investigation. The findings and disciplineannounced today were the result of full concurrence between the Oakland Police Departmentand the independent Community Police Review Agency. This broad and deep investigation revealed violations of OPD policy related to the offensiveInstagram page, as well as several other unrelated violations that were discovered during thecourse of examining all content and online histories of the more than 140 department-issuedcell phones. Of the hundreds of online histories studied, nine officers were found to have violateddepartment policy. Violations included: Accessing inappropriate material on department-issued equipment (including materialsunrelated to the Instagram page) Conduct that brings disrepute to OPD Sexual harassment or other conduct in violation of Oakland’s workplace standards Failure to perform duties and responsibilities Failure to report violations The investigation determined that the offensive account was created by a former Oaklandpolice officer shortly after he was terminated for violating department policy. Of the nineofficers sustained for violating department policies, two have since taken positions withother law enforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those two agencies of theinvestigation’s findings. The nine officers who were found to have violated department policy ranged in rank fromofficer to Lieutenant. The discipline issued to them ranged from an 3-day unpaid suspensionto a 25-day unpaid suspension. In an effort to ensure this never happens again, the Oakland department will: Review and strengthen existing policies for all department-issued technology Create additional training for the appropriate use of department cell phones Develop robust training to ensure no violations of the zero-tolerance racial policy thatforbids any engagement with racist, extremist, or white supremacy groups Require department employees to report all work-related social media accounts to theOPD Office of Inspector General Require mandatory collection of all department social media account names andpasswords by the Office of Inspector General Audit content of department-issued technology at any time by the Office of InspectorGeneral to ensure it is appropriate, work related, contains no inappropriate images or contentand that the material does not violate department policy Require that employees shall have no work-related social media accounts attached to theirpersonal phones nor use personal phones for OPD business Require that employees shall have no personal social media accounts attached to theirdepartment-issued technology Require the OPD Office of Inspector General to hold all work-related social mediaaccounts and passwords Develop cultural-competency training with Stanford University and deliver to all relevantstaff Provide outside expert to conduct additional sexual harassment and inappropriatebehavior trainings in the workplace “Sexist and racist behaviors are far too prevalent in our culture and have no place in ourpublic safety institutions,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said. “I wholeheartedly andstrongly condemn any behavior, including online communications, that supports or engageswith sexist or racist tropes. I’m heartened by the unprecedented size, scope, andthoroughness of this independent investigation, which held officers accountable and creatednew policies that raise our standards and expectations.” The final investigation report was submitted to the federal court overseeing Allen v. City ofOakland. The Court will determine which parts of the investigation, if any, it will makepublicly available. Rebecca L. Eisenberg Esq.www.linkedin.com/in/eisenbergwww.winwithrebecca.comrebecca@winwithrebecca.com 415-235-8078 On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 6:47 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:  Hi Everyone: See info below from Susan Hayase and the San Jose Nikkei Resisters. Here's the official invitation & sign up form for the virtual trainings that the SJNR Reimagining Public Safety subcommittee has been working on :) Would love to see many of you there! <image.png> San Jose Nikkei Resisters would like to invite you to the next two sessions in our community care training series! They are: De-escalation and Active Listening on Thurs. Sept. 30th 7:00-8:30pm Trauma-Informed Care and Boundaries on Sun. Oct. 10th 2:30-4:00pm These free trainings, led by the Bill Wilson Center and hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters, are part of our efforts to build up our collective skills in navigating potentially unsafe situations or hate incidents. See descriptions of each training at the end of this email. **The trainings are not sequential and you do not have to have attended one training to attend the other. These trainings will also not be recorded at the request of BWC.** We hope these will be helpful for those of you who want to promote collective safety in SJ Japantown and other communities! Please sign up and invite other members of your group to fill out the registration form here: tinyurl.com/sjnr-bwc-training Community Care Training Series, Hosted by San JoseNikkei Resisters & Presented by the Bill Wilson Center Join San Jose Nikkei Resisters with the Bill Wilson Center to learn how to de-escalateunsafe situations and take a trauma-informed approach to caring for each other, inorder to reduce our reliance on the police. The virtual trainings will be structuredaround lecture and Q&A. After each training, we'll have an optional discussion abouthow we can share and implement what we learned through our organizations and inour communities. We're building our community safety skills together! tinyurl.com Alongside the bystander intervention training we co-hosted with CAIR earlier in summer, SJNR is holding these trainings because we believe: Each of us needs to learn and practice skills for de-escalating confrontations, pre- empting attacks, providing safety for our community members, and avoiding criminalizing or victimizing those of us who are houseless or experiencing behavioral/mental injury. De-escalation is about do’s and don’ts and keeping you and the other person safe. Though this is not a professional de-escalation course, it also isn’t simply about de-escalation of harassment on the street. It is about how to take a situation that has the potential to get out of control or is out of control and try to get that state from out of control to in control. Active Listening helps us learn passive and active cues that show someone we are hearing them, rather than just waiting for them to finish. Trauma Informed Care helps us understand how trauma affects us and others, including instances of mental health crises, homelessness, disorientation and substance abuse. Trauma manifests itself physically as well as mentally and spiritually. If we don’t understand that, we can’t really understand the best way to help someone. Boundaries are about keeping healthy boundaries with ourselves and those we are trying to help. Bill Wilson Center provides services to more than 5,000 children, youth, young adults and families in Santa Clara County through our various programs.Additionally, we reach more than 30,000 clients through our Street Outreach and crisis line programs. Bill Wilson Center programs focus on housing, education,counseling, and advocacy. Bill Wilson Center is committed to working with the community to ensure that every youth has access to the range of services neededto grow to be healthy and self-sufficient adults. Bill Wilson Center has been providing services to runaway and homeless youth since 1973. Sincerely, • • COMMUNITY CARE TRAINING SERIES Community Care Training Series. Hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters 6 ?resented by the Bill Wilson Center ----.. --«•----•------~-•"'R .._,....., ..... Richard Konda Executive Director Asian Law Alliance 991 West Hedding St., Suite 202 San Jose, CA 95126 (408)-287-9710 This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and then immediately delete the message. <Oakland PD Social Media Scandal Sept 2021.pdf> From:PAHS1977 To:Council, City; Tanaka, Greg; Councilmember.Tanaka.Office@gregtanaka.org Subject:Hate Speech Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 10:15:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto City Councilmember Greg Tanaka, There is a law that the man can be charged with who verbally assaulted the owner of FukiSushi. PC 415. Any of the following persons shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than 90 days, a fine of not more than four hundred dollars ($400), or both such imprisonment and fine: (2) Any person who maliciously and willfully disturbs another person by loud and unreasonable noise. (3) Any person who uses offensive words in a public place which are inherently likely to provoke an immediate violent reaction. He could be charged with PC 415 (2) and possibly (3) With that said I think you need to ask why did the person who used the racial epithets become upset. He became upset over being discriminated against because he does not have a creditcard. He could be a racist, or more likely he resorted to what a lot of people do when they become angry at a perceived wrong by hurling insults and hurtful words that are likely toemotionally harm the other person; like calling someone “fat.” That’s no excuse for his actions; he should be and could be charged with PC 415 (2);prosecuted by the city attorney. The owner of Fuki Sushi needs to make a citizens’ arrest for it to happen. I think you should take a look at how many Palo Alto establishments are discriminating against poor people by refusing to accept cash, establishments run by every ethnicity. Everyone now knows the covid virus is not transmitted via surfaces including cash so protecting people from the virus is a baseless excuse. "Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones" Your objective to eliminate hate speech has more in common with the countries of Russia,China, Iran and North Korea. It’s a slippery slope to ban certain speech for offensive speech is subjective and a law to banhate speech could easily be transformed into a law that bans speech that criticizes the government. If you did pass a law banning hate speech than you would be banning most rap music from Palo Alto. https://www.xxlmag.com/rap-lyrics-violent/ https://www.okayplayer.com/music/controversial-rap-lyrics-in-hip-hop.html That could easily enlarge to capture other genres of music based upon subjective prejudice. Cashless business establishments are discriminatory against a specific class of people with theobjective to repel them from patronizing Palo Alto. Fred Smith Murphy signs bill banning most cashless stores in New Jersey “Many people don’t have access to consumer credit and any effort by retail establishments to ban the use of cash is discriminatory toward those people,” said Assemblyman Paul Moriarty(D-Gloucester), a sponsor of the bill, in a statement. “The U.S. dollar is legal tender and should be accepted at any retail establishment in New Jersey.” https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2019/03/18/murphy-signs-bill-banning- most-cashless-stores-in-new-jersey-919093 As more stores refuse to take cash, lawmakers step in Carrying cash in your wallet is beginning to seem as old-fashioned as a rotary telephone. As more people shun the nation’s currency and embrace the convenience of paying withplastic and mobile devices, some retailers have decided to ditch the hassle of counting out change and stop accepting cash altogether. The practice is still uncommon. But elected officials — worried about discrimination against people without bank accounts and access to credit — are starting to fight back. In the last several weeks, New Jersey and the city of Philadelphia each enacted legislationrequiring most places to take cash. Massachusetts already had such a law on the books, while New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago and San Francisco are all considering the move. https://www.post-gazette.com/business/money/2019/04/22/cashless-retail-debit-card-law- legal/stories/201904210007 It’s official. Philadelphia bans cashless stores with carve-outs forsome businesses. Philadelphia will become the first major U.S. city to force shops to take cash after Mayor Jim Kenney signed off Thursday on a law that would ban so-called cashless stores. Supporters of the new law said it was needed to protect low-income Philadelphians fromdiscrimination. But the measure carves out some businesses from the cash requirement andtherefore does not go far enough, said advocates for residents in poverty. https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-cashless-store-ban-jim-kenney-amazon-20190228.html Banning cashless stores: A little legal research may have saved Philly’s City Council a lot of trouble In 1984, Pennsylvania enacted the "Cash Consumer Protection Act," which made itillegal for businesses to discriminate against consumers who did not have credit cards. Like in 1983, supporters of the proposed ban say they are seeking to protect those without access to banking, credit cards, and smartphones. Those supporting Philadelphia’s proposedban include Cardtronics, which operates roughly 1,300 ATMs in the Philadelphia region; the Restaurant Opportunity Center of Pennsylvania; and Philadelphia Jobs with Justice, a“coalition of labor unions and student, community, and faith groups.” https://www.inquirer.com/business/philadelphia-cashless-store-ban-pennsylvania-amazon-20190216.html Customer erupts into an anti-Asian tirade at Fuki Sushi Lumi Gardner, the owner of Fuki Sushi, was the victim of a racist tirade from one of her customers, who screamed at her to go back to her country and that she was un-American afterthe restaurant didn’t accept his cash payment. The outburst started in the dining room on Sunday (Aug. 1) evening and carried overinto the parking lot, in earshot of other customers and employees. The customer started yelling at his server after she told him the restaurant was only acceptingcontactless payments and then turned his rage to Gardner. “He was screaming at the top of his lungs, the worst things you could say to anotherhuman being,” Gardner said. After trying to leave without paying, he eventually paid with cash. She followed him to theparking lot to make sure he didn’t damage any property, and he drove uncomfortably close to her, continuing to yell and threatening to sue, Gardner said. She declined to give a description of the man, his date or his car — except to the police — because she said she fears retaliation. The Palo Alto Police Department has not responded to arequest for his description, or questions about how they will investigate the incident. Gardner explained that she switched to cashless payment during the pandemic to make it moreefficient for her employees. After the incident, Menlo Park Councilman Ray Mueller and Palo Alto Vice Mayor Pat Burtvisited the restaurant to hear from Gardner. ‘A reflection of our times’ “We both talked about how it was such a striking contrast to the Palo Alto that both of us have lived in for most of our lives,” Burt said. “It’s not a reflection of our community, but it is areflection of our times.” After Burt and Mueller asked for her, Gardner said she was first scared, then relieved. “I went from feeling like this guy is going to get away with this, and he is going to feel justified in his actions and that he did nothing wrong. That makes you feel worthless. Thatmakes you feel powerless,” she said. “When they came by and spoke to me, I didn’t feel like that anymore.” Gardner says she came forward to be a voice for her mother, her children and her team of employees. Gardner grew up in Palo Alto and is a third generation restaurateur. Her mother started Fuki Sushi in 1978, and her daughter works there now. The restaurant, 4119 El Camino Real, is a popular place for celebrating in the neighborhood. After many media reports during the pandemic of Asian Americans being subject to racist attacks, both verbal and physical, the California Attorney General published a report thatfound that hate crimes against Asians rose by 107% in 2020. Palo Alto has seen a few verbal attacks on its Asian American residents, and the city hasresponded by hosting events reaffirming its support for Asian American and Pacific Islander residents. https://padailypost.com/2021/08/06/customer-erupts-into-an-anti-asian-tirade-at-fuki-sushi/ From:Rebecca EisenbergTo:Aram James; Greg Tanaka; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; JayBoyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Winter Dellenbach; Roberta Ahlquist; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; alisa mallari tu;cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Anna Griffin; Raging Grannies of the Peninsula Subject:Oakland officers found liable for online harassment & other violations now work for other police depts Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 8:39:26 PM Attachments:image.pngOakland PD Social Media Scandal Sept 2021.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links. Speaking of which, attached is a brief letter issued today by the Oakland Mayor regarding the troubling findings from that city'sinvestigation of inappropriate and offensive content circulated on social media by Oakland PAPD Officers. Of particular note is thereport's finding that at least two officers involved with this activity now work for other law enforcement agencies: "Of the nine officers sustained for violating department policies, two have since taken positions with other law enforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those two agencies of the investigation’s findings." Can we expect that the City of Palo Alto will instruct the PAPD to notify if either of the aforementioned Oakland PDofficers now are on the Palo Alto City payroll? If the officer's involvement with this unlawful conspiracy (conspiracyis a group agreement) was not disclosed at the time of hiring, than the PAPD has cause for termination. If theinvolvement was disclosed and the PAPD hired the Oakland officer regardless, then both the former Oakland officerand the hiring manager at the PAPD have cause for termination. Additionally, the City of Palo Alto may want to consider putting in place the preventative accountability measuresrecently adopted by the Oakland Mayor. Please see the attached letter which I copy/paste below (with awkwardformatting). Best, Rebecca Media Contact: Justin Berton Director ofCommunications Office of Mayor LibbySchaaf JBerton@oaklandca.gov News from: Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2021 Statement Regarding the Findings of an Investigation into the Use ofSocial Media Accounts by Oakland Police Officers Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland released the following statement regarding the findings of aninvestigation into use of social media accounts by Oakland police officers: In January, the Oakland Police Department became aware of an Instagram account that hosteddeeply offensive content that was sexist, racist, and totally unacceptable to the standards of ourcommunity. The account also elevated subversive memes that criticized the policies and culturalchanges that have made OPD a nationally recognized leader in progressive, constitutional policing.The creator of the offensive account appeared to be intimately familiar with the department, andspecifically the crime reduction teams, or CRTs. Since it was clear there was a possibility that theaccount had been created by a current employee, the situation warranted an immediateinvestigation. Due to the account holder’s familiarity with CRTs, the investigation began with every officer whoserved in those units, individuals located in specialized units, and every officer in patrol andinvestigative units who intersected with those officers. Investigators took the unannounced action toseize more than 140 work phones from these Oakland police officers. Investigators scraped thecontent and online histories from all of those phones. To ensure the integrity of the inquiry, Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin tookimmediate action to hire a third-party independent investigator. The investigator’s directives were toexpose the account’s creator through IT records and determine if any current Oakland employeeshad engaged with the offensive content and/or had otherwise violated any department policies. The result was an unprecedented investigation in its size and scope. The independent investigatorscast a net as wide as legally and constitutionally allowable. Oakland’s Community Police Review Agency, overseen by Oakland’s Citizen Police Commission,also conducted a separate independent investigation. The findings and discipline announced todaywere the result of full concurrence between the Oakland Police Department and the independentCommunity Police Review Agency. This broad and deep investigation revealed violations of OPD policy related to the offensiveInstagram page, as well as several other unrelated violations that were discovered during the courseof examining all content and online histories of the more than 140 department-issued cell phones. Of the hundreds of online histories studied, nine officers were found to have violated departmentpolicy. Violations included: Accessing inappropriate material on department-issued equipment (including materialsunrelated to the Instagram page) -------------------------------------------- Conduct that brings disrepute to OPD Sexual harassment or other conduct in violation of Oakland’s workplace standards Failure to perform duties and responsibilities Failure to report violations The investigation determined that the offensive account was created by a former Oakland policeofficer shortly after he was terminated for violating department policy. Of the nine officerssustained for violating department policies, two have since taken positions with other lawenforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those two agencies of the investigation’s findings. The nine officers who were found to have violated department policy ranged in rank from officerto Lieutenant. The discipline issued to them ranged from an 3-day unpaid suspension to a 25-dayunpaid suspension. In an effort to ensure this never happens again, the Oakland department will: Review and strengthen existing policies for all department-issued technology Create additional training for the appropriate use of department cell phones Develop robust training to ensure no violations of the zero-tolerance racial policy that forbidsany engagement with racist, extremist, or white supremacy groups Require department employees to report all work-related social media accounts to the OPDOffice of Inspector General Require mandatory collection of all department social media account names and passwords bythe Office of Inspector General Audit content of department-issued technology at any time by the Office of Inspector General toensure it is appropriate, work related, contains no inappropriate images or content and that thematerial does not violate department policy Require that employees shall have no work-related social media accounts attached to theirpersonal phones nor use personal phones for OPD business Require that employees shall have no personal social media accounts attached to theirdepartment-issued technology Require the OPD Office of Inspector General to hold all work-related social media accounts andpasswords Develop cultural-competency training with Stanford University and deliver to all relevant staff Provide outside expert to conduct additional sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviortrainings in the workplace “Sexist and racist behaviors are far too prevalent in our culture and have no place in our publicsafety institutions,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said. “I wholeheartedly and strongly condemnany behavior, including online communications, that supports or engages with sexist or racisttropes. I’m heartened by the unprecedented size, scope, and thoroughness of this independentinvestigation, which held officers accountable and created new policies that raise our standardsand expectations.” The final investigation report was submitted to the federal court overseeing Allen v. City ofOakland. The Court will determine which parts of the investigation, if any, it will make publiclyavailable. Rebecca L. Eisenberg Esq.www.linkedin.com/in/eisenbergwww.winwithrebecca.comrebecca@winwithrebecca.com415-235-8078 On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 6:47 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:  Hi Everyone: See info below from Susan Hayase and the San Jose Nikkei Resisters. Here's the official invitation & sign up form for the virtual trainings that the SJNR Reimagining Public Safety subcommittee has been working on :) Would love to see many of you there! San Jose Nikkei Resisters would like to invite you to the next two sessions in our community care training series! They are: De-escalation and Active Listening on Thurs. Sept. 30th 7:00-8:30pm Trauma-Informed Care and Boundaries on Sun. Oct. 10th 2:30-4:00pm These free trainings, led by the Bill Wilson Center and hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters, are part of our efforts to build up our collective skills in navigating potentially unsafe situations or hate incidents. See descriptions of each training at the end of this email. **The trainings are not sequential and you do not have to have attended one training to attend the other. These trainings will also not be recorded at the request of BWC.** We hope these will be helpful for those of you who want to promote collective safety in SJ Japantown and other communities! Please sign up and invite other members of your group to fill out the registration form here: tinyurl.com/sjnr-bwc-training Community Care Training Series, Hosted by San JoseNikkei Resisters & Presented by the Bill Wilson Center Join San Jose Nikkei Resisters with the Bill Wilson Center to learn how to de-escalateunsafe situations and take a trauma-informed approach to caring for each other, inorder to reduce our reliance on the police. The virtual trainings will be structuredaround lecture and Q&A. After each training, we'll have an optional discussion abouthow we can share and implement what we learned through our organizations and inour communities. We're building our community safety skills together! tinyurl.com Alongside the bystander intervention training we co-hosted with CAIR earlier in summer, SJNR is holding these trainings because we believe: Each of us needs to learn and practice skills for de-escalating confrontations, pre-empting attacks, providing safety for our community members, and avoiding criminalizing or victimizing those of us who are houseless or experiencing behavioral/mental injury. De-escalation is about do’s and don’ts and keeping you and the other person safe. Though this is not a professional de- escalation course, it also isn’t simply about de-escalation of harassment on the street. It is about how to take a situation that has the potential to get out of control or is out of control and try to get that state from out of control to in control. Active Listening helps us learn passive and active cues that show someone we are hearing them, rather than just waiting for them to finish. Trauma Informed Care helps us understand how trauma affects us and others, including instances of mental health crises, homelessness, disorientation and substance abuse. Trauma manifests itself physically as well as mentally and spiritually. If we don’t understand that, we can’t really understand the best way to help someone. Boundaries are about keeping healthy • • COMMUNITY CARE TRAINING SERIES Community Care Training Series. Hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters & Presented by the Bill Wilson Center _.,. __ ,_~, ... _ .. _o-,, __ ,, __ -·--·"·•---.. _ ... ____ ~-.. ---.. , ....... ,., ___ ,.... _ .. ,~--__ ,.,_,,_ ___ .,, _______ _ _ ,.,._,,__..,_ .. _ Son Jose Niklic•I Reslnen ,c BIii Wllso.n Center COMMUNITY CARE TRAINING SERIES De-es,calatioo and Active Lis.tenin9 Troumo-Jnformed Core and Boundaries Thurs. Sept. 30th 7,00·8:30pm Sun. Oct. 10th 2,J0-4,00pm ~•g.i,ter t,iqr•: lU)yJld..s.mnltJoc-.t>wc·sroinfn~ ---ov,,,~n,? 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Sincerely, Richard Konda Executive Director Asian Law Alliance 991 West Hedding St., Suite 202 San Jose, CA 95126 (408)-287-9710 This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and then immediately delete the message. Media Contact: Justin Berton Director of Communications Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf JBerton@oaklandca.gov News from: Office of Mayor Libby Schaaf FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 17, 2021 Statement Regarding the Findings of an Investigation into the Use of Social Media Accounts by Oakland Police Officers Oakland, CA – The City of Oakland released the following statement regarding the findings of an investigation into use of social media accounts by Oakland police officers: In January, the Oakland Police Department became aware of an Instagram account that hosted deeply offensive content that was sexist, racist, and totally unacceptable to the standards of our community. The account also elevated subversive memes that criticized the policies and cultural changes that have made OPD a nationally recognized leader in progressive, constitutional policing. The creator of the offensive account appeared to be intimately familiar with the department, and specifically the crime reduction teams, or CRTs. Since it was clear there was a possibility that the account had been created by a current employee, the situation warranted an immediate investigation. Due to the account holder’s familiarity with CRTs, the investigation began with every officer who served in those units, individuals located in specialized units, and every officer in patrol and investigative units who intersected with those officers. Investigators took the unannounced action to seize more than 140 work phones from these Oakland police officers. Investigators scraped the content and online histories from all of those phones. To ensure the integrity of the inquiry, Mayor Libby Schaaf and City Administrator Ed Reiskin took immediate action to hire a third-party independent investigator. The investigator’s directives were to expose the account’s creator through IT records and determine if any current Oakland employees had engaged with the offensive content and/or had otherwise violated any department policies. The result was an unprecedented investigation in its size and scope. The independent investigators cast a net as wide as legally and constitutionally allowable. Oakland’s Community Police Review Agency, overseen by Oakland’s Citizen Police Commission, also conducted a separate independent investigation. The findings and discipline announced today were the result of full concurrence between the Oakland Police Department and the independent Community Police Review Agency. This broad and deep investigation revealed violations of OPD policy related to the offensive Instagram page, as well as several other unrelated violations that were discovered during the course of examining all content and online histories of the more than 140 department-issued cell phones. City of OAKLAND California Of the hundreds of online histories studied, nine officers were found to have violated department policy. Violations included:  Accessing inappropriate material on department-issued equipment (including materials unrelated to the Instagram page)  Conduct that brings disrepute to OPD  Sexual harassment or other conduct in violation of Oakland’s workplace standards  Failure to perform duties and responsibilities  Failure to report violations The investigation determined that the offensive account was created by a former Oakland police officer shortly after he was terminated for violating department policy. Of the nine officers sustained for violating department policies, two have since taken positions with other law enforcement agencies. Oakland has notified those two agencies of the investigation’s findings. The nine officers who were found to have violated department policy ranged in rank from officer to Lieutenant. The discipline issued to them ranged from an 3- day unpaid suspension to a 25-day unpaid suspension. In an effort to ensure this never happens again, the Oakland department will:  Review and strengthen existing policies for all department-issued technology  Create additional training for the appropriate use of department cell phones  Develop robust training to ensure no violations of the zero-tolerance racial policy that forbids any engagement with racist, extremist, or white supremacy groups  Require department employees to report all work-related social media accounts to the OPD Office of Inspector General  Require mandatory collection of all department social media account names and passwords by the Office of Inspector General  Audit content of department-issued technology at any time by the Office of Inspector General to ensure it is appropriate, work related, contains no inappropriate images or content and that the material does not violate department policy  Require that employees shall have no work-related social media accounts attached to their personal phones nor use personal phones for OPD business  Require that employees shall have no personal social media accounts attached to their department-issued technology  Require the OPD Office of Inspector General to hold all work-related social media accounts and passwords  Develop cultural-competency training with Stanford University and deliver to all relevant staff  Provide outside expert to conduct additional sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior trainings in the workplace “Sexist and racist behaviors are far too prevalent in our culture and have no place in our public safety institutions,” Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf said. “I wholeheartedly and strongly condemn any behavior, including online communications, that supports or engages with sexist or racist tropes. I’m heartened by the unprecedented size, scope, and thoroughness of this independent investigation, which held officers accountable and created new policies that raise our standards and expectations.” The final investigation report was submitted to the federal court overseeing Allen v. City of Oakland. The Court will determine which parts of the investigation, if any, it will make publicly available. # # # From:Aram James To:Greg Tanaka; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda;Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Winter Dellenbach; Roberta Ahlquist; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; alisa mallari tu;cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Anna Griffin; peninsula_raging_grannies@yahoo.com Subject:upcoming trainings Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 6:47:07 PM Attachments:image.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links.  Hi Everyone: See info below from Susan Hayase and the San Jose Nikkei Resisters. Here's the official invitation & sign up form for the virtual trainings that the SJNR Reimagining Public Safety subcommittee has been working on :) Would love to see many of you there! San Jose Nikkei Resisters would like to invite you to the next two sessions in our community care training series! They are: De-escalation and Active Listening on Thurs. Sept. 30th 7:00-8:30pm Trauma-Informed Care and Boundaries on Sun. Oct. 10th 2:30-4:00pm These free trainings, led by the Bill Wilson Center and hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters, are part of our efforts to build up our collective skills in navigating potentially unsafe situations or hate incidents. See descriptions of each training at the end of this email. **The trainings are not sequential and you do not have to have attended one training to attend the other. These trainings will also not be recorded at the request of BWC.** We hope these will be helpful for those of you who want to promote collective safety in SJ Japantown and other communities! Please sign up and invite other members of your group to fill out the registration form here: tinyurl.com/sjnr-bwc-training Community Care Training Series, Hosted by San JoseNikkei Resisters & Presented by the Bill Wilson Center Join San Jose Nikkei Resisters with the Bill Wilson Center to learn how to de-escalateunsafe situations and take a trauma-informed approach to caring for each other, inorder to reduce our reliance on the police. The virtual trainings will be structured • • ------------------------------------------ COMMUNITY CARE TRAINING SERIES De•e5,colation ond Active Listening Traumo-lnlorm@d Core ond Boundarie• Thurs, Sept. 30th 7:00•8:30pm Sun. 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We're building our community safety skills together! tinyurl.com Alongside the bystander intervention training we co-hosted with CAIR earlier in summer, SJNR is holding these trainings because we believe: Each of us needs to learn and practice skills for de-escalating confrontations, pre-empting attacks, providing safety for our community members, and avoiding criminalizing or victimizing those of us who are houseless or experiencing behavioral/mental injury. De-escalation is about do’s and don’ts and keeping you and the other person safe. Though this is not a professional de- escalation course, it also isn’t simply about de-escalation of harassment on the street. It is about how to take a situation that has the potential to get out of control or is out of control and try to get that state from out of control to in control. Active Listening helps us learn passive and active cues that show someone we are hearing them, rather than just waiting for them to finish. Trauma Informed Care helps us understand how trauma affects us and others, including instances of mental health crises, homelessness, disorientation and substance abuse. Trauma manifests itself physically as well as mentally and spiritually. If we don’t understand that, we can’t really understand the best way to help someone. Boundaries are about keeping healthy boundaries with ourselves and those we are trying to help. Bill Wilson Center provides services to more than 5,000 children, youth, young adults and families in Santa Clara County through our various programs. Additionally, wereach more than 30,000 clients through our Street Outreach and crisis line programs. Bill Wilson Center programs focus on housing, education, counseling, andadvocacy. Bill Wilson Center is committed to working with the community to ensure that every youth has access to the range of services needed to grow to be healthy andself-sufficient adults. Bill Wilson Center has been providing services to runaway and homeless youth since 1973. Sincerely, Richard Konda Executive Director Asian Law Alliance 991 West Hedding St., Suite 202 San Jose, CA 95126 (408)-287-9710 This message may contain confidential and privileged information. If it has been sent to you in error, please reply to advise the sender of the error and then immediately delete the message. COMMUNITY CARETRAININC SERIES Community Care Training Series, Hosted by San Jose Nikkei Resisters & Presented by the Bill Wilson Center .... , ........ _ ... , ... _ ................. _.~ .... .. __ ,.. ______ ,.,., ..... _____ _ _ _,.,,., .. --... ..... ·-···"-"'--.. --.. ,_,, _________ , ........... _,_, .. .,_, __ ,..,--....... _ .. ,~ ... _ .. _.,._..., ... From:Rice, Danille To:Council, City; Council Agenda Email Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office Subject:Council Consent Agenda Questions for September 20: Item 6 Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 4:11:11 PM Attachments:image011.pngimage012.pngimage013.pngimage015.pngimage016.png Dear Mayor and Council Members: On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please find below the staff responses an inquiry madeby Councilmember Tanaka in regard to the Monday, September 20 Council Meeting consentagenda. Staff responses are below. Item 6: Approval of a Three-year Contract With Northwest Woodland Services, Inc. in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $646,950 for Trail Maintenance in the Palo Alto Baylands, Pearson- Arastradero Preserve, Foothills Nature Preserve, and Grounds Maintenance in Utility Reservoir Sites 1. We tried reaching out to Northwest woodlands services to ask some questions about their practices and overall experience working with the city over the last few years but the phone numbers listed on their website were either disconnected went straight to voicemail. Is there a number you know of that we can reach out to? Northwest Woodland Services is based in Oregon and performs work throughout the western region of the U.S. Their contact information can be found on their website: https://www.nwws.us/. However, it should be noted that the City’s procurement regulations do not provide for councilmembers or their representatives to contact contractors related to pending contracts. This is not a best practice and can lead to misunderstandings regarding the City’s approval process. 2. It seems strange that for the past several cycles of this contract there has only been one bid for this contract. There must be more than one landscape/trail maintenance business in Palo Alto and a 500k+ contract must be lucrative. Do you know of any reason there was only one bid? The work included in this contract (trail maintenance and repairs, building new trails, re-routing damaged trails) is very specialized and must be completed in a way that protects natural resources and sensitive habitats, ensures public safety, and maintains the recreational benefits of the trails. To ensure a high quality of work, bidders are required to have a qualification and membership in the Professional TrailBuilders Association (https://www.trailbuilders.org/). Because of the specialized type of work and qualification requirement, most landscape or general contractors do not meet the minimum bid requirements. As noted in the report, the previous contract was awarded for a slightly higher amount and the contractor has effectively performed the CJ Council Question Response required services. The public bidding process enables all contractors to competitively bid on these services. 3. Building off of the last question, the website used for bidding is “Planetbids”. Upon investigation, it seems that this website is one of many bidding websites. Why was “Planetbids” chosen and why was the bid only posted on “Planetbids”. Could such a contract be posted on more than one site? Perhaps using a more popular bidding platform could be more conducive to receiving more bids. There are many of eProcurement softwares on the market that provide a variety of eProcurement solutions. PlanetBids has been the City’s primary eProcurement platform since 2015 where all of the City’s solicitation opportunities are posted. This software manages all procurement activities, such as bidding, evaluation, and vendor communication. Purchasing and the department project manager determine the outreach plan for all formal solicitations as part of the procurement process. PlanetBids has the ability to notify vendors that are interested in specific type of services and goods. Nationally, there are over 850,000 registered vendors on PlanetBids, with over 2,000 local vendors that are registered specifically with the City of Palo Alto under this platform. In addition, PlanetBids has over 550, primarily public, clients, including City of San Diego, City of Anaheim, and City of Santa Monica. Thank you. Danille Rice Executive Assistant to the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | danille.rice@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org 11 ~ • m tm. From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Cormack, Alison; Tanaka, Greg; GailPrice Cc:North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan; Planning Commission Subject:Agenda Item: 8 Preferred Alternative for NVCAP Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 12:53:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Agenda Item: 8 Preferred Alternative for NVCAP Support for Alternative 3B with Clear Incentivizes for Affordable Housing Dear Mayor DuBois and Palo Alto City Council Members: Palo Alto Forward is a non-profit organization focused on innovating and expanding housing choices and transportation mobility for a vibrant, welcoming, and sustainable Palo Alto. We are a broad coalition with a multi-generational membership, including new and longtime residents. We strongly support, at a minimum, staff and the Planning and Transportation Commission’s recommendation: Alternative 3B. As we have said during previous public comment periods over the last 2.5 years, Alternative 3B is the only financially feasible alternative that demonstrates a commitment to meeting our regional housing needs. Leaning on an aspirational vision without concrete and substantial funding sources and political support will not result in the construction of new, affordable homes. The combination of density and incentives are the only viable means to promote needed housing while also helping to fund parks and numerous creative community benefits. By demonstrating our commitment to a denser, walkable, transit-adjacent neighborhood in NVCAP, we can prioritize our climate change goals (while increasing a green canopy and reducing heat generating paved surfaces and gas-fueled cars) and set new families and low-income residents up for success. As you know, we are several months into the Housing Element process. Palo Alto must identify sites and policies that make an additional 6,086 homes feasible in our opportunity-rich city. Failure to demonstrate a willingness to act in good faith will likely result in state intervention. NVCAP should be utilized as an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to equitably meeting our housing needs and regional goals. The staff report includes a number of policy areas that provide substantial opportunity for improved feasibility of affordable housing development in NVCAP. Including tools, such as land dedication, reduced parking requirements, and increased height allowances allows developers to create the greatest number of homes with the deepest levels of affordability. We believe there is room to reduce the parking requirement further. Given the proximity to transit and the California Avenue business district, we expect the parking demand will be lower than other neighborhoods. A 2020 study by the Regional Transportation District (RTD) of Metro Denver highlights the reduced parking utilization within half a mile of transit: “At market-rate properties, 40% of parking spaces go unused at peak, while income restricted properties provide 50% more parking than used.” The City of Palo Alto has been a leader in affordable housing and sustainability in the region. But we’ve developed a reputation for making housing difficult and expensive to build. The mean approval time for housing proposals in Palo Alto is substantially higher than neighborhood cities; this contributes to even higher project development costs.. Clear development guidelines which emphasize streamlining and incentives for affordable housing would go a long way in changing that. We have an opportunity in NVCAP to become leaders again - and meet the current and future needs of our community. Gail A. Price President, Palo Alto Forward cc: Planning and Transportation Commission, Housing Element Update Working Group From:Cecilia Willer To:Council, City Subject:Keep University Ave closed to traffic Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 12:48:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council Members, I realize this is a contentious issue. What is critical to realize is that the stores/businesses that are complaining about loosing business are actually not correct. Just like we are seeing with in-home gyms, people are shopping on the web. The prices for things within the stores (non food related places) are high and people have gotten used to shopping for lower prices. It has nothing to do with their inabilityto drive down University Avenue. I hope you consider this and if needed investigate it for accuracy. The community wants outdoor eating. I have first hand experienced being exposed to someone whotested positive even though they are vaccinated. I am double masking and doing everything possible to not go in places. I am vaccinated. I think really researching the real issue is needed... the small businesses have beenextremely hard hit with covid. Their cost of doing business is seriously in jeopardy. Having cars come down the street, in my opinion, has nothing to do with their business success. Thanks, Cecilia Willer 1270 Byron Street (home owner) From:Heather L Hadlock To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 12:04:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street and California Avenue open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. I’m a 25-year resident of Palo Alto who has experienced all levels of traffic/parking congestion at all times of the day and week, and I deeply appreciate the peace and friendliness of our downtown streets without cars!! Let’s make this temporary situation a longer-term solution. It truly enhances quality of life. Sincerely, Prof Heather Hadlock Stanford University From:Cody Goodermote To:Council, City Cc:Coupa Cafe; Kimberly Malek; Ramona@coupacafe.com; david@orenshummus.com; gm_pa@orenshummus.com; jane@mendocinofarms.com; kevin@mendocinofarms.com; office@orenshummus.com Subject:Feedback on Reopening Streets - Don’t do it! Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 12:03:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello City Council, Reopening the streets is a terrible decision to make and it’s going to have negative impacts onbusinesses in Palo Alto. Since University Ave, part of Ramona St and California St closed to vehicular traffic, myself and many of my friends have spent more time and money atbusinesses in these areas. These businesses have spent tens of thousands of dollars building these parklets so that they can continue to serve the community. 1) Getting a table is much easier, especially at busy establishments. Previously, I never went toDowntown Palo Alto on certain days because it was always a long wait and I dislike waiting. I would spend money at other cities and establishments instead. Once the parklets were built, Istarted shopping and eating in Downtown Palo Alto at least 2x a week, if not more. I love Coupa Cafe — it’s one of my favorite establishments. The extra outdoor seating has been such a positive change that we come almost 2x a week to this location. If the parklets areremoved, we likely won’t come anymore due to low table availability on weekends and not being able to bring the dogs. Other businesses we frequent more with closed streets and parklets that we likely will not afterthe streets reopen: Local Union 271, Blue Bottle Coffee, Salt and Straw, Pizza My Heart, Mendocino Farms, Oren’s Hummus. 2) It’s safer for pedestrians. It gives more space for more people to walk along University Aveand enjoy the shops and the downtown area. It’s nicer not to walk on packed sidewalks and instead walk in the open street — this is especially true if you have a dog. 3) It makes the city more dog friendly — outdoors seating means more people can bring theirpets with them! 4) Since these street closures I have noticed no impact to traffic or parking availability. The garages & surface lots have always had sufficient space. 5) Businesses can bring in more money due to the extra seating available. This means morestaff needed, which means more jobs. Cities that don’t keep parklets open will lose out to cities that do. 6) It’s nicer to sit outside when the pollution from cars driving by is not an issue. Less cars inthe pedestrian heavy areas means less accidents, less noise pollution and better health. If this happens, myself and my friends will take our business elsewhere. Please reconsider this disastrous change before businesses are shut down and impacted financially. Best,Cody M. Goodermote -- ____________________________ Cody M. Goodermote San Francisco, CA (516) 506-1412 cody@goodermote.net about.me/goodermote linkedin.com/in/goodermote Words by me, typos by iPhone. From:Guerrero, Susana To:Council, City Subject:Press -- SFGATE.com: Request of comment for reopening University Ave. Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 11:54:42 AM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi City of Palo Alto, I’m a food reporter at SFGATE.com hoping to get a comment from Mayor Tom DuBois on his decision to reopen University Ave. next month. I had a chance to read the East Bay Times piece on this topic and wanted get a sense of how this decision will benefit businesses primarily on University Ave.? With the popularity of parklets, does the mayor believe reopening University Ave. is the right move for the many businesses that constructed outdoor dining space? Will they be able to keep these parklets to some capacity on University Ave.? Please share any other comment regarding this. Thank you and my deadline is 2 p.m. Susana Guerrero Digital reporterSusana.Guerrero@sfgate.com SF'GATE From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:Situation Update_ Evil Exposed!! Military Getting Ready!! Medical Fraud Is Here!! Big Event Coming!! - We The People Must Video Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:15:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://beforeitsnews.com/opinion-conservative/2021/09/situation-update-evil-exposed-military-getting- ready-medical-fraud-is-here-big-event-coming-we-the-people-must-video-3598652.html From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Paris is taking space back from cars. Here’s how. Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 7:05:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://slate.com/business/2021/09/paris-cars-bicycles-walking-david-belliard-anne-hidalgo.html Sent from my iPhone From:Paul Albritton To:Jeanne Fleming Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject:Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 5:07:12 PM Attachments:Cupertino (Modus)[48].zipSanFrancisco (Modus).zipSanJose(Modus).zip CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jeanne: Here is the final installment of photographs for existing Verizon Wireless UWB 5G facilities in San Francisco, San Jose, and Cupertino, as you requested. You’ll find the address from each site below with the corresponding node number. The file name of each photograph contains the node number. In San Francisco, the carriers met with the City and came up with a hexagon shroud design that accommodates either AT&T or Verizon Wireless antennas. Cupertino adopted the 5.5-foot pole-top shroud similar to the Palo Alto design guidelines, which canaccommodate a variety of antennas. As noted earlier, San Jose prefers the Ericsson 6701 radios/antennas without shrouding. CupertinoCupertino 03410451 Miller Ave, Cupertino, CA 95014 Cupertino 03710160 Miller Ave., Cupertino, CA 95014 Cupertino 31010656 Amulet Place, Cupertino, CA 95014 Cupertino 33419782 Bixby Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014 San JoseSanJose East 043 1854 Waverly Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122 SanJose South 194 294 Senter Road, San Jose, CA 95111 SanJose East 005 1327 Terilyn Avenue, San Jose, CA 95122 SanJose West 1151055 Sherman Oaks Drive, San Jose, CA 95128 San Francisco 4G+5GPAC Heights PAC0662200 Jackson Street, SF, CA 94115 Marina MRN0243260 Baker Street, San Francisco, CA 94123 Marina MRN0093465 BRODERICK ST, San Francisco, CA 94123 PAC Heights PAC0692000 Jackson Street, SF 94115 I trust this is helpful and thank you for your interest in Verizon Wireless’s UWB 5G network. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:54 AM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. Since there are so many approved sites with three Ericsson Model 6701 Units, I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses for a dozen or so that are located in neighborhoods with single family homes in each of the three cities I asked about—i.e., San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino. Some of us in Palo Alto would like to see what other residential neighborhoods look like with these cell towers. Thanks very much. I appreciate that you’ll be responding later this week. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:44 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Jeanne: There are literally hundreds of approved sites with this radio configuration in these jurisdictions. You are correct, each has a slightly different design based upon local aesthetic regulations. I’ll follow up this week with a nearby example for you in the jurisdictions you request. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of the cell towers in San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino that you are referencing. I’d like to have look at them, simply because, as you’ll recall, Verizon did not provide Palo Alto with a mock- up of the cell tower design the Planning Department approved in June. More generally, what I understood you to say is that, while other cities have approved cell tower designs for streetlamp poles that include three Ericsson Model 6701 units, these installations, from the outside, do not look the same as the design approved by the Palo Alto Planning Department. Please let me know if I am correct or not. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:30 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Other California Cities Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s onlight standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year has been approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design has been approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you candirect me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:Paul Albritton To:Jeanne Fleming Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject:Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 3:53:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jeanne: I put the request to Verizon Wireless and its vendors yesterday. I’ll send the images in batches in order to avoid size problems. This first batch came in today, and shows three facilities in San Jose, and one in Fremont. I have not checked the zoning for each pole, but all but one appear to be adjacent to residences. The address of each pole is in the file name of the photograph. I will follow up with morephotographs as they come in. The facilities in San Jose and Fremont show the Ericsson 6701 integrated radios/antennas without any shrouding as originally proposed by Verizon Wireless for Palo Alto. More to follow. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104(415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Thursday, September 16, 2021 at 10:54 AM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. Since there are so many approved sites with three Ericsson Model 6701 Units, I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses for a dozen or so that are located in neighborhoods with single family homes in each of the three cities I asked about—i.e., San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino. Some of us in Palo Alto would like to see what other residential neighborhoods look like with these cell towers. Thanks very much. I appreciate that you’ll be responding later this week. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:44 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Jeanne: There are literally hundreds of approved sites with this radio configuration in these jurisdictions. You are correct, each has a slightly different design based upon local aesthetic regulations. I’ll follow up this week with a nearby example for you in the jurisdictions you request. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104(415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of the cell towers in San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino that you are referencing. I’d like to have look at them, simply because, as you’ll recall, Verizon did not provide Palo Alto with a mock- up of the cell tower design the Planning Department approved in June. More generally, what I understood you to say is that, while other cities have approved cell tower designs for streetlamp poles that include three Ericsson Model 6701 units, these installations, from the outside, do not look the same as the design approved by the Palo Alto Planning Department. Please let me know if I am correct or not. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:30 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Other California Cities Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s on light standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year has been approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design hasbeen approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:Aram James To:Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Raj; Winter Dellenbach; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; chuckjagoda; Rebecca Eisenberg; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Greer Stone; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; JoeSimitian; Greg Tanaka; Roberta Ahlquist; Binder, Andrew Subject:Sgt. Christine Nagaye Throws Her Hat into Santa Clara County Sheriff"s Race | San Jose Inside Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 11:27:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.sanjoseinside.com/the-fly/sgt-christine-nagaye-throws-her-hat-into-santa-clara-county-sheriffs-race/ Sent from my iPhone From:Jeanne Fleming To:pa@mallp.com Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject:Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:54:20 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. Since there are so many approved sites with three Ericsson Model 6701 Units, Iwould appreciate it if you would send me the addresses for a dozen or so that are located in neighborhoods with single family homes in each of the three cities I asked about—i.e., San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino. Some of us in Palo Alto would like to see what other residential neighborhoods look like with these cell towers. Thanks very much. I appreciate that you’ll be responding later this week. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:44 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Jeanne: There are literally hundreds of approved sites with this radio configuration in these jurisdictions. You are correct, each has a slightly different design based upon local aesthetic regulations. I’ll follow up this week with a nearby example for you in the jurisdictions you request. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of the cell towers in San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino that you are referencing. I’d like to have look at them, simply because, as you’ll recall, Verizon did not provide Palo Alto with a mock-up of the cell tower design the Planning Department approved in June. More generally, what I understood you to say is that, while other cities have approved cell tower designs for streetlamp poles that include three Ericsson Model 6701 units, these installations, from the outside, do not look the same as the design approved by the Palo Alto Planning Department. Please let me know if I am correct or not. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:30 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Other California Cities Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s on light standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, LosAngeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104(415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year hasbeen approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design hasbeen approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:Dilma Coleman To:embassy@egyptembassy.net; chiefdavis@youngstownohio.gov Cc:Peter Paterno; larmstrong@oaklandca.gov Subject:Fwd: Legal issues Bunny Wailer aka Mr.Livingston compassionately argued, verified and settled..yet..the SantaClara county records clerk continue to respond with wrongful information that defames the Afghan Jamacianwomen"s identity as Diva Lee. Argue it. Date:Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:33:20 AM Attachments:Screenshot_20210915-084042.pngScreenshot_20210915-084655.pngScreenshot_20210915-182858.pngScreenshot_20210915-092251.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2021, 6:55 PMSubject: Legal issues Bunny Wailer aka Mr.Livingston compassionately argued, verified and settled..yet..the Santa Clara county records clerk continue to respond with wrongfulinformation that defames the Afghan Jamacian women's identity as Diva Lee. Argue it. To: <attorneygeneral@agc.gov.jm>Cc: <info@lastprisonerproject.org> Attachment#1 Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman complains on how there is a family who aredesperate vigilantes..to use DIVA's inherited income, isolated DIVA's original heritage and educational records. The American girl who's family oppressed the Afghan/Jamacian girlDiva naturally looks like this in attachment#1. Whereas Diva had plastic surgery to resemble the American girl Affiliated with the Robinson Family. Diva holds her finger on her nose toillustrate attachment #1. How those individuals Affiliated with Robinson and Coleman had did plastic surgery to DIVA's nose in the past. Diva Lee was manipulated to be a documentedAmerican with name Dilma Coleman when under DACA Diva was adopted by Paul Jobs and her name was Diva Jobs? Mr.Livingston had plans to adopt Diva Lee yet when he was sent toJamacia to get proper documentation the girls image was manipulated and Mr.Livingaton had to identify the girl's face especially her nose. Mr.Livingston was given an ultimatum to changeDIVA's nose back to its original position. Mr.Livingston was faced with legal accusations that he was Affiliated with the plastic surgeon who changed DIVA's nose. BUNNY WAILER andhis wife Jean were faced with the most inaccurate details that Diva Lee was Mr.Livingston's adopted daughter...yet under DACA Mr.Paul Jobs became DIVA's adopted parent.Mr.Livingston was allowed to be in DIVA's life when Mr.Paul Jobs was near by. Mr.Livingston aka Bunny Wailer was heartbroken when the Judge said that Mr Livingstonsubmitted an application to adopt Diva Lee yet the court said that Mr.Livingston had a misdemeanor which turned felony for missed court date. Mr.Livingston was forced to forfeited his application under the rules of DACA. Diva Lee is the Afghan granddaughter to Afghan King Mohammed Zahir Shah. Later the corrupt behaviors of the courtroom clerk andthe decision makers..they later began to feel the need to defame Bunny Wailer's life..as he was a criminal and couldn't adopt Diva Lee.. Diva Lee is Jamaican Afghan MD to JD and herexperience with Donald Harris Kamala's dad has made Diva Lee want them assassinated. I have so much . I like to know if Jean is alive. Diva Lee could give a detailed Investigativereport of her Experience with Mr.Livingston aka Bunny Wailer's wife Jean in California..in the next emails. Some of DIVA's observation is sad and depressing. Mr.Livingston aka Bunny Wailer was faced with Vigilantes who had different perspectivepurposes that Diva Lee was American born in America. Argue it. Argue that Dilma Coleman isn't AFGHAN Jamacian. A group of Vigilantes created an actual document managed with mental health documents stating that Dilma Coleman was born inAmerica at Stanford hospital with parents Ronald Coleman and Cynthia Robinson. Ronald Coleman is the biological relative to Thailand's royal Bhuhimol Adjudev's. Ronald Coleman iscousin to Ozzy Williams and step cousin to Ozzy's Filipino wife. Ozzy's Filipino wife her cousin is married to a cousin of O'Shea Jackson. That Filipino side from Ozzy William's wifeside of the family has done financial crimes against Diva Lee. Diva Lee believes that Homefirst homeless shelter employee Alfredo is Affiliated and related to Filipino Marie whois married to Ozzy Williams and or Matthew Edmondson. Whereas Ronald Coleman and his wife Elaine has done similar financial crimes..from when Ronald Coleman resided in San JoseCA. Ron had his drug addictions then became homeless. Ronald Coleman's ex wife is the biological mother to a daughter and or son whose biological father is Edward Sullivan Lee aka"Bunny Striker" who died in October 6,2020. Diva Lee argues that Edward Sullivan Lee aka "Bunny Striker" had an identical twin brother who was murdered in the 1990's and that it washis musical skills and mechanical engineering skills which was passed thru to Diva Lee. In 2014, Valley Medical Mental health ER at Psychiatric emergency facility explained thatDilma Coleman was delusional schizophrenic with hallucinating behaviors. After Milpitas Police took Dilma as a 5150 patient from the Milpitas police station to Valley MedicalPsychiatric ER because Psychiatric doctor Yvonne Maxwell said Dilma was not compliance with her medications. Dilma Coleman had Psychiatrist Teddy Rinker as her Psychiatric doctorfor over 3-6 months at 2221 Enborg Ln San Jose CA. Dilma was in compliance with medications. The Doctor said that Dilma Coleman was delusional because she stated that Dr ConradMurray was her birth father. Mental health doctor said that actor Gary Coleman is the biological father to Dilma Coleman. Now this information needed to be corrected. DILMA'S birth father is Actor Gary Coleman ATTACHMENT #2 who is Born Zion,ILFebruary 8,1968. Argue it. Gary Coleman is not DIVA's father. Ronald Coleman is the name on Dilma Coleman's birth certificate issued in Santa Clara county. Birth Documents states thatDilma Coleman was born at Stanford hospital in Palo Alto CA on February 14,1976..to Cynthia Robinson and Ronald Coleman. That's what the Santa Clara county birth certificateincluding the medical records with mental health records states and assessments from medical Professionals and Santa Clara County clerk uses to keep Diva Lee oppressed and victimized.Attachment #3 Jamacian singer Songwriter Bunny Wailer aka Neville O'Riley Livingston submitted the request to Santa Clara County clerk to replace Diva Lee's real birth certificate toSanta Clara county..with the real place of birth. Bunny Wailer made attempts to prove that Diva Lee is Jamaican Afghan women and born in Afghanistan. Bunny Wailer provided legalaction stating that Dilma Coleman was a fictional name produced Fraudulently on Santa Clara county documents and entered into a database Fraudulently. Bunny Wailer provided proof thatthe Santa Clara county system had Fraudulent county officials who kept updating their system with the wrong information. The government's clerk's argued that they could not change thedatabase but add corrections in a file. Diva Lee became a illegal immigrant protected under DACA. The Coleman Family and Robinson family had a history of being employed byStanford hospital and Stanford University Affiliated with individuals who worked within the Santa Clara County who manipulated all Records to prove the innocence of theRobinson/Coleman family. Diva Lee believes that Bunny Striker Edward Sullivan Lee who died on October 6,1941 is her uncle and her father's identical twin brother. Argue it. Attachment#4 Diva Lee remembers the efforts that Mr.Livingston aka Bunny Wailer madetowards Diva Lee being his adopted daughter. Diva Lee misses her father and her deceased identical twin sister Hadley Lee. 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At the same time, you claimed that the open University Avenue would lead to more fairnessand vitality for the businesses. Wow. Keeping some streets open and closing others - randomly - is what you call "fairness"? In addition, your justification that reopening University Avenue is intended to give struggling stores a boost into the Christmas shopping season is ... softly said, ridiculous. Questions: have you looked at real data? have you seen what pedestrian-only streets do to the economy and stores on them?do you understand that if a store struggles on a pedestrian street it WILL struggle N- times more on an open street?do you have an idea where the parking structure for University Avenue is (hint: NOT on University Avenue)etc, etc, etc In conclusion, please be certain that this is what will happen: I'll make sure my network, friends and family boycott all stores on University Avenue,never set foot inside and never purchase anything from them starting today. Hope they will get the needed "boost" with your contributions. Our support will go to the unfairly treated restaurants and coffee shops on University Avenueonly. Sincerely, Dimitar On Mon, Jun 14, 2021 at 7:31 PM Dimitar Pachov <dpachov@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Council, Please extend the Uplift Local Program at least by the end of 2021. It has tremendously bothhelped local businesses and transformed that part of the city into a vibrant community. • • • • • Pedestrian-first approach is the right approach. Cities and towns are for people, not cars. A city without a pedestrian zone is a dead city. In fact, University Avenue should become permanently pedestrian! Additionally, you should consider that there is no European citywithout central pedestrian zones and centers. A good example for the additional tremendous economic benefit is Lancaster, California. It spent $11.5 million creating a pedestrian-friendly downtown and in just four years, itattracted $130 million private investment, doubled its downtown tax revenue, created 48 new businesses and 800 new jobs, and road injuries decreased by two-thirds. There is no doubt in the minds of my friends and me that by becoming a pedestrian zoneonly, University Avenue will foster a healthy community, provide financial and economic benefits and foster progress and safety. Thank you.Dimitar From:Paul Albritton To:Jeanne Fleming Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject:Re: Re FW: Other California Cities Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 4:44:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jeanne: There are literally hundreds of approved sites with this radio configuration in these jurisdictions. You are correct, each has a slightly different design based upon local aesthetic regulations. I’ll follow up this week with a nearby example for you in the jurisdictions you request. Paul Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at 2:18 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: Re FW: Other California Cities Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of the cell towers in San Francisco, San Jose and Cupertino that you are referencing. I’d like to have look at them, simply because, as you’ll recall, Verizon did not provide Palo Alto with a mock- up of the cell tower design the Planning Department approved in June. More generally, what I understood you to say is that, while other cities have approved cell tower designs for streetlamp poles that include three Ericsson Model 6701 units, these installations, from the outside, do not look the same as the design approved by the Palo Alto Planning Department. Please let me know if I am correct or not. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:30 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Other California Cities Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s on light standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year has been approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design hasbeen approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: Health Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 3:31:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Neighbors and Friends, Another unmet need of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Allan Subject AAPI HEALTH CARE Source: S.F. Chronicle.From: Allan Seid/Frances Burr Date: 9/22/2021 Asian Americans aren't getting the health care they need. And it's killing people like mygrandfather https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Asian-Americans-aren-t-getting-the-health-care-16447647.php From:Aram James To:chuck jagoda; Molly; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Jay Boyarsky;Rebecca.Tanner@cityofpaloalto.org; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu Subject:mayor bill sleeps while inmates die and suffer in beyond deplorable jail conditions Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 3:03:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/nyregion/de-blasio-rikers-island.amp.html Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Joe Simitian; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Jeff Moore; Richard Konda; Council, City;Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Raj; Planning Commission; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org;Rebecca Eisenberg; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com;mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Vara Ramakrishnan Subject:Rikers Island a humanitarian crisis for thousands of inmates -while mayor bill seems to sleeps Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 3:00:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/14/nyregion/de-blasio-rikers-island.amp.html Sent from my iPhone From:Tim Steele To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan; Jones, Rachel, LAFCo; Yang, Albert; Raybould, Claire; Robert Tersini; Steve Emslie; Richard Hackmann; tamsen.plume@hklaw.com; Deborah.Brundy@hklaw.com; Genna.Yarkin@hklaw.com; Tim Steele Subject:Submittal of Sobrato"s proposal for its lands it owns in the NVCAP planning area for consideration at the CityCouncil Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:57:54 PM Attachments:Sobrato NVCAP letter 9.15.21.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jonathan, Please find attached our submittal letter and attachments supporting our land use proposal for the lands we own within the NVCAP planning area for consideration by the Council at the upcoming September 20, 2021 NVCAP discussion. Regards, Tim 599 Castro Street, Suite 400 Mountain View, CA 94041 www.sobrato.com September 15th, 2021 Jonathan Lait Director, Planning and Development City of Palo Alto Re: Submittal of Sobrato proposal for lands it owns in the NVCAP planning area for consideration at the City Council hearing on September 20, 2021 Dear Jonathan, As you know, we have been supportive of the long-term planning for the City’s Comprehensive Plan and eventually the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP) since purchasing the Portage site in 2011. We have and continue to participate as a Working Group member and also financially supported the process by contributing matching funds of $250,000 to the planning process which assisted in the City securing the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) planning grant funds. The NVCAP planning process has been ongoing for an extended period of time. One thing is clear is that there is no consensus of any one alternative nor is it clear which would be the more successful. Each has clear and differing benefits and challenges. We are pleased to read in the latest staff report for the September 20th Council meeting about a proposed change in the approach to developing the preferred alternative. Staff is characterizing the new approach as “Comparing the component parts to puzzle pieces”. Over these past several years we have spent a significant amount of time participating on the Working Group and have listened intently trying to understand how our one puzzle piece, being just 20% of the total NVCAP planning area, might best fit within the larger puzzle. Since the beginning, we have wanted to be a collaborative partner in this planning process and want to continue in the same approach. Our design team has developed a plan for our property that we believe integrates many of the principal design concepts identified through the NVCAP planning process and expressed in the current three alternatives (Attachment A). We feel that our design fits very well within all of the proposed alternatives and achieves the following: • Retains 142,744 sf of the existing approximate 232,000 sf of the main Cannery Building, and would retain and rehabilitate the Monitor Roof portion of the historical Cannery Building. This is rendered on the attached exhibit and uses a historical picture as reference (Attachment B). • Retains the historic building on Ash and Portage. • We propose NO NEW R&D/Office sf. Only the existing 142,744 sf would remain within the main Cannery Building and the 4,707 sf Ash building. The additional existing ancillary buildings would also remain. The SO B RAT O Organization September 15, 2021 Page 2 • Provides 91 new high quality for-sale townhomes along Park Ave, including 15% affordable to moderate income households. • Respects the proposed vehicle circulation through the site. • Respects the proposed bicycle and pedestrian connection along Portage through our site. • Respects the proposed pedestrian trail along Matadero Creek. • Creates a complimentary focal gathering point at the proposed park at the corner of Park Ave and Olive Ave. We are hopeful that the City Council will appreciate how well our puzzle piece fits within the larger NVCAP plan. Staff has indicated in their staff report that if the City Council is interested it could be incorporated into the NVCAP, which we would support. We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with the City in the NVCAP planning and implementation process. Sincerely, Tim Steele Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development The Sobrato Organization Attachment A Proposed Sobrato Concept with NVCAP Alternatives Attachment B Renderings of the monitor roof rehabilitation with historical reference Cc: Palo Alto City Council Ed Shikada, City of Palo Alto Albert Yang, City of Palo Alto Rachel Tanner, City of Palo Alto Robert Tersini, The Sobrato Organization Steve Emslie, Lighthouse Public Affairs Richard Hackmann, Lighthouse Public Affairs Tamsen Plume, Holland & Knight Genna Yarkin, Holland & Knight Deborah Brundy, Holland & Knight Sobrato Plan Conformance w/NVCAP Alternates Alma Street Park Boulevard Pa g e M i l l R o a d El Camino Real La m b e r t A v e n u e Pe p p e r A v e u n u e Oli v e A v e n u e Ash Street Ac a c i a A v e n u e Po r t a g e A v e n u e Ash Street 35'35'35' 35'35'35'50'/70'50'/70' 35'35'35' 35' 35' Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 30' Retain Office Floor BuildingAllow existing office to remain Allow multi-family residential (town homes)up to 35; on surface parking lots. Redevelopment unlikely under theseconditions. Retain Office/Industrial Designation DuplexesRezone to R-2 Area of StabilityNo changed from current standards Residential/RetailMixed Use Corridor Ground Floor Retail Mixed District*Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Existing CanneryBuilding to Remain /Existing R&D Office useto Remain Mixed District*Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Office/Industrial Retail Higher Density Mixed Use Lower Density Mixed Use Higher Density Residential Use Lower Density Residential Use Park/Open Space/Plaza Alternative 1 Existing Cannery OfficeBuilding to Remain Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 91 Townhomes 50' 35' 35' New ParkMaintain trees & landscape buffer 30'30' Alma Street Park Boulevard Pa g e M i l l R o a d El Camino Real La m b e r t A v e n u e Pe p p e r A v e u n u e Oli v e A v e n u e Ash Street Ac a c i a A v e n u e Po r t a g e A v e n u e Ash Street 50'/70'40' 35'35'35' 35'35'35'50'/70'50'/70' 40'50'50' 35' 50' 50' 50' Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 35' New ParkMaintain trees & landscape buffer Expand Office Floor AreaUp to 50' w/small ground floor retail New Mid-Rise Residential50' w/ 70' bonusHeight transition down towards Olive Retain Office/Industrial Designation Six-PlexesAssume lot consolidation Allow Duplexes Residential/RetailMixed Use Corridor Office/Light Industrial w/ Rezone OptionCan be redeveloped & rezoned to MFR Ground Floor Retail Mixed District*Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Existing CanneryBuilding to Remain /Existing R&D Office useto Remain Mixed District*Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Office/Industrial Retail Higher Density Mixed Use Lower Density Mixed Use Higher Density Residential Use Lower Density Residential Use Park/Open Space/Plaza Alternative 3B Existing Cannery OfficeBuilding to Remain Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 91 Townhomes 50' 35' 35' Alma Street Park Boulevard Pa g e M i l l R o a d El Camino Real La m b e r t A v e n u e Pe p p e r A v e u n u e Ol i v e A v e n u e Ash Street Ac a c i a A v e n u e Po r t a g e A v e n u e Ash Street 50'/70'40' 35'35'35' 35'35'35'50'/70'50'/70' 40'50'50' 35' 40' 50' 50' Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 35' New ParkMaintain trees & landscape buffer Retain Office Floor AreaUp to 50' w/small ground floor retail New Mid-Rise Residential50' w/ 70' bonusHeight transition down towards Olive Retain Office/Industrial Designation Four-PlexesAssume lot consolidation Allow Duplexes Residential/RetailMixed Use Corridor Office/Light Industrial w/ Rezone OptionCan be redeveloped & rezoned to MFR Ground Floor Retail Mixed District*Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Existing CanneryBuilding to Remain /Existing R&D Office useto Remain Mixed District* Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Office/Industrial Retail Higher Density Mixed Use Lower Density Mixed Use Higher Density Residential Use Lower Density Residential Use Park/Open Space/Plaza Alternative 2IncorporatingNVCAPRecommendations(No New R/D) Existing Cannery OfficeBuilding to Remain Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 91 Townhomes 50' 35' 35' Alma Street Park Boulevard Pa g e M i l l R o a d El Camino Real La m b e r t A v e n u e Pe p p e r A v e u n u e Oli v e A v e n u e Ash Street Ac a c i a A v e n u e Po r t a g e A v e n u e Ash Street 35'40' Su r f a c e P a r k i n g New ParkMaintain trees & landscape buffer Existing CanneryBuilding to Remain /Existing R&D Office useto Remain Mixed District*Office may remain or be replaced.Additional floor area would be residential *Extra 5' height bonus with ground floorretail Office/Industrial Retail Higher Density Mixed Use Lower Density Mixed Use Higher Density Residential Use Lower Density Residential Use Park/Open Space/Plaza Sobrato NVCAPArea OverlayIncorporating NVCAPRecommendations (NoNew R/D) Existing Cannery OfficeBuilding to Remain Su r f a c e P a r k i n g 91 Townhomes 50' 35' 35' ' ' ' ._ ________ _ __ .. _____ _ ------T,,_, ~--,-~~--~~-~-~--i-__) , _______________ t I - - --. ------------.,,• ,, :, ,, --• --• ---------------------,,_,,_,[=~~-~----~----,, I I :-..._ _________________________ .,.....i : .. ----71 :------,1 1------1 ' ' :-----~ 1-----.J ' ' 1------I ' ' 1-----.l ' ' 1-----...! 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' ~ I i'-,,1.,. _____ .__,/ _\., _______ _,/ -"-------\., ________ 11 ------------.J --• . 83 83 352-(&7$5($ '1 3257$*($9(18(:25.$5($,1%8,/',1*725(0$,1 127$3$57 6+2:16+$'(' 352-(&712 '$7( 3KRHQL[$= (DVW1RUWKHUQ$YHQXH%XLOGLQJ& 6DQ-RVH&$7HFKQRORJ\'ULYH6XLWH ZZZDUFWHFLQFFRP ,PSURYHPHQWV)RU 3$/2$/72&$   The Organization  $9,(:  $9,(: 5(1'(5,1*6 $ 6&$/( 5(1'(5,1*9,(:176 6&$/( 5(1'(5,1*9,(:1766&$/( +,6725,&%8,/',1*'(6,*16+2:1)255()(5(1&(176 6&$/( 5()(5(1&(6,7(3/$1    3257$*($9(18( -------------I -------------------------------------------i ------------• ARCHITECTURAL TECHNOLOGIES Arizona SOBRATO California ARC TEC From:Jeanne Fleming To:pa@mallp.com Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject:Re FW: Other California Cities Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:18:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Paul, Thank you for your email. I would appreciate it if you would send me the addresses of the cell towers in SanFrancisco, San Jose and Cupertino that you are referencing. I’d like to have look at them, simply because, as you’ll recall, Verizon did not provide Palo Alto with a mock- up of the cell tower design the Planning Department approved in June. More generally, what I understood you to say is that, while other cities have approved cell tower designs for streetlamp poles that include three Ericsson Model 6701 units, these installations, from the outside, do not look the same as the design approved by the Palo Alto Planning Department. Please let me know if I am correct or not. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:30 PM To: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject: Re: Other California Cities Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s on light standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP155 Sansome Street, Suite 800 San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s celltower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year has been approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design has been approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question.. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:ritesh pasi To:rachelf5669@gmail.com Subject:if you have any doubt please contact us Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 10:29:05 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear trusted occupier, Thanks for using eBay! Here's your invoice - MNH5222EW We APPRECIATE your patience and thank you for choosing Farm Nifco through eBay. Your Order for BrotherDCPL25020D printer has been despatched . summary of your invoice. Total invoice amount : $396.28 Order date: 15/sep/2021 Product : HP Ink Tank 319 colour printer INVOICE - NHB5112TF AUTOMATIC payment method: Direct-Debit Your invoice amount will be automatically debited from your AUTOMATIC payment method. No action is required on your side. The amount debited can vary based on recent payments or credits. If you need to make any changes REGARDING your order then please give us a call on :- +1 (805) - (510) - (7722) Thanks for choosing us. From:Omar Yacoubi To:Council, City Subject:Car-free University Ave Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:46:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Was any research done on why people are avoiding retail stores during the pandemic? Other cities’ experience has been that closing streets to cars helps increase foot traffic. I’ve been enjoying the cleaner air, and I’m able to linger longer with less car exhaust around. European cities also have EV-only zones to minimize pollution, instead of closing streetsentirely. That could be a nice compromise. But who wants to sit in traffic for a parking spot? Garages are much easier. I agree retailers should have the most chance to make their holiday shopping as successful aspossible, but if more stores end up closing anyway, please at least consider a pedestrian plaza for a few blocks where the most restaurants are located. It’s so much better than it was before! Until this week, the only shop owners I read about that were complaining weren’t located onthe closed streets. My suspicion about retailers: they’re being avoided because people shop online, and while shopping in person is nice, it’s not worth the covid risk. Yours,Omar 1430 College Ave Palo Alto CA 94306 (650) 690-2925 From:J. Asay To:Council, City Subject:October AVM awareness month Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:41:57 PM Attachments:PROCLAMATION - AVM AWARENESS MONTH DOC.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Councilmen, I am Jayden, a 12 year old boy from Palo Alto. In February 2020, my mom’s AVMruptured. An AVM is a tangle of arteries and veins that can happen anywhere in your body, but when they happen in the brain, they can possibly result in ruptures (causing strokes),seizures, and death. Thankfully, my mom survived her stroke. I joined an organization called, The Aneurysm and AVM Foundation, or TAAF, as a youth ambassador to raiseawareness for AVM’s and other rare diseases. We're walking on September 26, 2021 to promote awareness and raise research funds for AVMs and aneurysms. I recently held aneighborhood bake sale and made over $350 for TAAF through selling cookies. I’m emailing to ask if you would please make October “AVM Awareness Month.” A fellowyouth ambassador at TAAF set up this proclamation template attached for you. Thank you for the consideration. Sincerely, Jayden Asay -- J. Asay I PROCLAMATION WHEREAS: An arteriovenous malformation (AVM) is a complex tangle of arteries and veins that bypasses normal brain tissue and directly diverts blood rom the arteries to the veins, potentially resulting in devasting ruptures, seizures or death; and WHEREAS: An estimated 18 in 100,000 people in the United States have an AVM in the brain; and WHEREAS: After an AVM ruptures there is a 10-15% risk of death and a 20-30% chance of permanent brain damage after each bleed; and WHEREAS: Approximately 10-58% of AVM patients have various kinds of aneurysms, a weak area in a blood vessel that enlarges like a balloon, and is at risk for bleeding or rupture resulting in possible brain damage or long term disability; and WHEREAS: 50% of AVM patients present as sudden hemorrhage, bleeding in the brain, or a form of stroke; and WHEREAS: Access to accurate information, expertise, and community to support survivors, caregivers, families, and friends in making educated decisions about treatment and coping can make a critical difference in minimizing risks and increasing the quality of life for those affected; and WHEREAS: More research is needed to determine the causes, discover better treatment options, and find a cure for AVM. Increased public awareness is necessary so that individuals are better able to recognize symptoms and understand available resources and options. NOW, THEREFORE, I ___________________________, by virtue of the authority vested in me as _______________________ of ____________, ____________, do hereby proclaim October 2021 as AVM AWARENESS MONTH in ______________________ and encourage all citizens to raise awareness of Aneurysms and AVMs and support efforts being made to help those affected by these brain conditions. IN WITNESS THEREOF, this ____ day of ______________ In the year Two Thousand Twenty ______________________________________________ Name/Title CITY OF ________________________, ____________________ From:Paul Albritton To:Jeanne Fleming Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject:Re: Other California Cities Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:29:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jeanne: In June, the Palo Alto City Council approved Verizon Wireless’s placement of two or three Ericcson model 6701 integrated radio/antennas on replacement City light poles. While the small cable shrouds around the antennas are unique to Palo Alto, to conform to the 2019 design guidelines, the use of three Ericcson model 6701s on light standards is common in many California cities, including Oakland, SanFrancisco, San Jose, Cupertino, Bakersfield, Sacramento, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Fremont, San Diego, and many others. I hope this helps. Paul P.S. I just found your prior email in my spam folder, thank you for following up. Paul Albritton Mackenzie & Albritton LLP 155 Sansome Street, Suite 800San Francisco, California 94104 (415) 288-4000 pa@mallp.com From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at 5:09 PM To: Paul Albritton <pa@mallp.com> Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org <Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org>, 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>, chow_tina@yahoo.com <chow_tina@yahoo.com>, todd@toddcollins.org <todd@toddcollins.org>, wross@lawross.com <wross@lawross.com>, hans.vestberg@Verizon.com <hans.vestberg@Verizon.com>, BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com <BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com> Subject: FW: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year has been approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me to someone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying to install cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design hasbeen approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:Stuart Hansen To:Council, City Subject:Gas to ElectricConversion Costs Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 6:24:17 PM Attachments:Gas to Electric Conversion.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 9/11/21 High Cost of Gas to Electric Conversion City councils are considering gas to electric conversion options. Since little was said in the recent Menlo Park on-line presentation by their consultant about the typical conversion costs, I got an actual estimate from a local electrical contractor and added the costs of the new appliances that are needed. Here is the result for our 3 bd, 2 bath ranch house in Palo Alto: Electric service upgrade to 200 Amp panel, breakers, riser, conductors and permits $5382 New circuits for Space Heater, Water Heater, Range/Oven and Clothes Dryer $5105 Appliances: Water Htr 50 gal, Forced-air Heater 65k Btu/hr, Range/Oven GE 30 inch, Clothes Dryer, GE 7.5 cu-ft and $500 installation charge for new piping to wtr htr and appliance connection. $4479 Total: $14,996 Then, there is the on-going large electric power cost at PG&E’s current residential rate of $0.25/kW-hr (Palo Alto rate is lower). I think Dave Price (Daily Post) got it right when he suggested that the residents should vote on this expensive proposition. Before the vote, they should be informed of the approximate cost to the city (us) of the electricity distribution upgrades this consumption will drive and the net effect on global warming reduction it would provide. Stuart Hansen, 184 Walter Hays, Palo Alto. 650-328-0638 From:Jeanne Fleming To:pa@mallp.com Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com; hans.vestberg@Verizon.com; BaskingRidgeReceptionist@Verizon.com Subject:FW: Other California Cities Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 5:09:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mr. Albritton, Below you will find my email to you of August 27, 2021, which I am resending with the thought that you may not have received it. To repeat my question, I’d appreciate it if you could tell me whether Verizon’s cell tower design approved by Palo Alto’s Planning Department in June of this year has been approved in any other cities and, if so, which ones. If you do not have this information, I would appreciate it if, as Verizon’s attorney, you could direct me tosomeone who can answer my question. If you are unwilling to answer to my question—if it is the policy of Verizon to withhold the information I am seeking from the residents of cities in which it is applying toinstall cell towers—kindly tell me so. Thank you for your attention. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Jeanne Fleming <jfleming@metricus.net> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2021 5:01 PM To: pa@mallp.com Cc: 'Clerk, City' <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; city.council@cityofpaloalto.org; Planning.Commission@CityofPaloAlto.org; 'Architectural Review Board' <arb@cityofpaloalto.org>; chow_tina@yahoo.com; todd@toddcollins.org; wross@lawross.com Subject: Other California Cities Dear Mr. Albritton, As you know, Palo Alto’s Planning Director, Jonathan Lait, recently approved three new Verizon cell towers to be located in residential zones (PLN20-00118), cell towers in which two or three bulbous sets of antennae perch on top of a slender streetlamp pole. Palo Alto’s Planning Department tells me they do not know if any other California cities have approved this design. Hence I’m hoping you can tell me if the design hasbeen approved elsewhere and, if so, where—or that, as Verizon’s attorney, you can direct me to someone who can answer this question. . Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Jeanne Fleming Jeanne Fleming, PhDJFleming@Metricus.net From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Tony Dixon; Jeff Moore; Jonsen, Robert; Winter Dellenbach; Raj; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; chuckjagoda; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg;Roberta Ahlquist; Joe Simitian; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Greg Tanaka Subject:Louisiana Police Head Would Welcome A DOJ Probe Into Racial Profiling : NPR Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 5:09:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ FYI: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/10/1036176545/louisiana-state-police-racial-profiling-doj-use-of-force Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:chuck jagoda; Council, City; Planning Commission; Jeff Moore; Human Relations Commission; Raj; Greer Stone;Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; Roberta Ahlquist; Sajid@votesajid.com; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Rosen Subject:Honoring Attica After Half a Century | The Nation Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:54:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/attica-uprising-anniversary/ Sent from my iPhone From:Tom Gilman To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Tanner, Rachael; Campbell, Clare Subject:395 Page Mill within the NVCAP plan Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:34:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To the Palo Alto City Council- In regards to the NVCAP process, the Planning staff has requested from the Jay Paul Company, a response to the concepts presented at the June 2021 City Council meeting. Based on the Planning documents from that meeting and in discussions with the Staff, the owner needed to take a more detailed look into the numbers to evaluate the potential redevelopment for the 395 Page Mill site. This has included reviewing several existing conditions: · Rapidly increasing construction costs · The considerable investment that he has made to the existing building · Potential buy-out of the existing tenant’s lease and lease extension possibility · Major construction cost of building 2 1/2 levels of underground parking Based on the considerable financial investment that a redevelopment would entail, the Jay Paul Company would be prepared to go along with a redevelopment of the site based on the following: · Build 508 new living units in a multifamily project with a 15% affordability (BMR) ratio, built in 6-story and 8-story buildings · Build an additional 200k sf of tech-office space for a total office area of 420K sf on the site, built in a new 8-story tech-office building · Include a new 2.3 acre public park, plus significant usable green space setbacks totaling an additional 1.3 acres. On average the existing setbacks are 25’, which would be increased to 30’-40’. · 95% of the parking would be housed in a new 2 1/2 level underground parking garage, opening up a significant portion of the site as green space. o The 9.8 acre acre site would have almost 60% open space, (public + private) compared to the current 25% · The multi-family residential buildings would be highly sustainable, built to CalGreen standards. · The tech-office buildings would be built to highly sustainable green levels, including LEED Platinum, and Fitwell accredited · Designing this office building as a Mass-Timber building. This will help ensure that the project is a highly sustainable project with the goal of significant Carbon reduction. · The Jay Paul Company has an on-going relationship with Magical Bridge Foundation, with whom they have worked in Palo Alto and other communities. They will work with them to consider Magical Bridge play spaces in the proposed Park area. The owner believes that this location is ideal for this transit-oriented development with Caltrain and multiple bus lines within easy walking distance. Without these levels of additional office space redevelopment, the owner is not motivated to redevelop the site, given the highly successful development with thecurrent tenancy. The owner looks forward to helping the City make this NVCAP effort a reality and is available for further conversation. Thank you, Tom Gilman, AIA C. Thomas Gilman, AIA, LEED APPrincipal | President DES Architects + Engineers | 399 Bradford Street | Redwood City, CA 94063T: 650.364.6453 | tgilman@des-ae.com | www.des-ae.com | @DESarchitects Architecture | Interior Design | Landscape Architecture | Structural Engineering | CivilEngineering | Visual Communications | LEED Coordination -J ( NEW OFFICE BLDG 8 STORIES 420,000 SF ROAD SITE DATA SITE AREA: OFFICE BUILDING: RESIDENTIAL UNITS: Studio 1-Bed 2-Bed PARKING REQUIRED: Office (3/1000) Resi (111 Unit) PARKING PROVIDED: Basement (2 Levels) Surface From:Aram James To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Shikada, Ed; Planning Commission; Jeff Moore; Greer Stone; Filseth,Eric (Internal); Raj; Sajid Khan; Winter Dellenbach; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky Subject:Police Misconduct Costs Cities Millions Every Year. But That’s Where The Accountability Ends. | The Marshall Project Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 3:48:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/02/22/police-misconduct-costs-cities-millions-every-year-but-that-s- where-the-accountability-ends Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Raj; Winter Dellenbach; Council, City; Human Relations Commission;Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; Rebecca Eisenberg Subject:Federal Prisons Deny Compassionate Release During Pandemic | The Marshall Project Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 3:17:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.themarshallproject.org/2021/06/11/31-000-prisoners-sought-compassionate-release-during-covid-19- the-bureau-of-prisons-approved-36 Sent from my iPhone From:John GuislinTo:Sustainability Email; Council, CitySubject:"Consumer prices rose by 3.7% in August - The price of electricity jumped 9.3% in August"Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 2:20:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council, S/CAP Planners: Marketplace realities are marching forward at a pace that endangers all efforts to reduce the impact of climate change - see SJ Mercury article below. The PG&E rate jump of almost 10%/year will surely spread to other utilities like Palo Alto's. And the overall inflation rate of 3.7% for consumer prices means that even if we build 1,000's of low income housing units and there is sufficient rain to support a growingpopulation, people will not be able to afford consumer goods and food, nor the ever-increasing utility rates. These are very challenging problems and I have not seen even the start of a comprehensive plan to address the totality of these challenges. Now is the time to pull back on spending for non-essentials (yes, a difficult term to pin down) and put our efforts intoprograms that support a healthy and equitable standard of living. John Guislin"The cost of living in the Bay Area is steadily becoming more expensive, fueled by huge increases in gasoline, food and electricity, a forbidding new report released Tuesday by federal officials shows." "Consumer prices, measured by the inflation rate, rose by 3.7% in August compared with the same month the year before, the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday." "Electricity costs have also marched higher. The price of electricity provided by utility companies such as PG&E jumped 9.3% in August compared with the year before." https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/09/14/bay-area-price-jump-food-meat-gasoline-electric-soar-economy-inflation/?campaign=sjmnbreakingnews&utm_email=44FAE4A7D5D5D4D9752354BC25&g2i_eui=dBRGfXhhDRh3LFvDlxwG9cYQ2ZtX0%2f3P&g2i_source=newsletter&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.mercurynews.com%2f2021%2f09%2f14%2fbay-area-price-jump-food-meat-gasoline-electric-soar-economy-inflation%2f&utm_campaign=bang-sjmn-nl-enterprise-promo-breaking-news-alerts-nl&utm_content=alert From:Louie Lujan To:Council, City Subject:MuniSIght Municipal | Meeting Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 1:12:29 PM Attachments:image-41847094-1c9a-4b2d-aa4e-96686bf8d302.png MuniSight_Planner.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 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The study shows how a pandemic was created on the myth of COVID Hospitalizations. From GreatGameIndia . . . many COVID patients were admitted for observation for their comorbidities b. or theyreported feeling short of breath. From the start, COVID hospitalizations have served as a vital metric for tracking the risks posed by the disease. Last winter, the Atlantic magazine described it as “the most reliable pandemic number,” while Vox quoted the cardiologist Eric Topol as saying that it’s “the best indicator of where we are.” On the one hand, death counts offer finality, but they’re a lagging signal and don’t account for people who suffered from significant illness but survived. Case counts, on the other hand, depend on which and how many people happen to get tested. Presumably, hospitalization numbers provide a more stable and reliable gauge of the pandemic’s true toll, in terms of severe disease. But a new, nationwide study (read below) of hospitalization records, released as a preprint, suggests that the meaning of this gauge can easily bemisinterpreted—and that it has been shifting over time. David Zweig, a New York based writer and author of the nonfiction book Invisibles and the novel Swimming Inside the Sun, explains the implications of the study in his article titled Our Most Reliable Pandemic Number Is Losing Meaning published in The Atlantic. If you want to make sense of the number of COVID hospitalizations at any given time, you need to know how sick each patient actually is. Until now, that’s been almost impossible to suss out. The federal government requires hospitals to report every patient who tests positive for COVID, yet the overall tallies of COVID hospitalizations, made available on various state and federal dashboards and widely reported on by the media,do not differentiate based on severity of illness. Some patients need extensive medical intervention, such as getting intubated. Others require supplemental oxygen or administration of the steroid dexamethasone. But there are many COVID patients in the hospital with fairly mild symptoms, too, who have been admitted for further observation on account of theircomorbidities, or because they reported feeling short of breath. Another portion of the patients in this tally are in the hospital forsomething unrelated to COVID, and discovered that they were infected only because they were tested upon admission. 40 to 45 percent of the hospitalizations thattheyexamined were for patients for other reasons. How many patients fall into each category has been a topic of much speculation. In August, researchers from Harvard Medical School, Tufts Medical Center, and the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System decided to find out. Researchers have tried to get at similar questions before. For two separate studies published in May, doctors in California read through several hundred charts of pediatric patients, one by one, to figure out why, exactly, each COVID- positive child had been admitted to the hospital. recommended by Did they need treatment for COVID, or was there some other reason for admission, like cancer treatment or a psychiatric episode, and the COVID diagnosis was merely incidental? According to the researchers, 40 to 45 percent of the hospitalizations that theyexamined were for patients in the latter group. The authors of the paper out this week took a different tack to answer a similar question, this time for adults. Instead of meticulously looking at why a few hundred patients were admitted to a air of hospitals, they analyzed the electronic records for nearly 50,000 COVID hospital admissions at the more than 100 VA hospitals across the country. Then they checked to see whether each patient required supplemental oxygen or had a blood oxygen level below 94 percent. (The latter criterion is based on the National Institutes of Health definition of “severe COVID.”) If either of these conditions was met, the authors classified that patient as having moderate to severe disease; otherwise, the case was considered mild or asymptomatic. The study found that from March 2020 through early January 2021— before vaccination was widespread, and before the Delta variant had arrived—the proportion of patients with mild or asymptomatic disease was 36 percent. From mid-January through the end of June 2021, however, that number rose to 48 percent. In other words, the study suggests that roughly half of all the hospitalized patients showing up on COVID-data dashboards in 2021 may have been admitted for another reason entirely, or had only a mild presentation of disease. This increase was even bigger for vaccinated hospital patients, of whom 57 percent had mild or asymptomatic disease. According to Shira Doron, an infectious-disease physician and hospital epidemiologist at Tufts Medical Center, in Boston, and one of the study’s co-authors, the latter finding may be explained by the fact that unvaccinated patients in the vaccine era tend to be a younger cohort who are less vulnerable to COVID and may be more likely to have been infected in the past. The idea behind the study and what it investigates is important, says Graham Snyder, the medical director of infection prevention and hospital epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, though he told me that it would benefit from a little more detail and nuance beyond oxygenation status. But Daniel Griffin, an infectious-disease specialist at Columbia University, told me that using other metrics for severity of illness, such as intensive-care admissions, presents different limitations. For one thing, different hospitals use different criteria for admitting patients to the ICU. The study suggests that COVID hospitalization tallies can’t be taken as a simple measure of the prevalence of severe or even moderate disease, because they might inflate the true numbers by a factor of two.Meanwhile, according to leaked NHS data more than half of those hospitalized with Covid-19 in the UK only tested positive after admission to the hospital.On the other hand, you aren’t legally allowed to know which variantgave you COVID-19, even if it’s Delta. No test exists for any variant of Covid, and no laboratory anywhere is planning to make one.Its an open COVID-19 variant fraud and why they won’t tell you which variant you areinfected with. From GreatGameIndia, SEpt. 14, 2021 Forwarded by Arlene Goetze, MA, writer/editor. No Toxins for Children From:Aram James To:Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Planning Commission; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; Sajid Khan;Jeff Rosen; Raj; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; chuck jagoda; Greer Stone; Rebecca Eisenberg;Roberta Ahlquist; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com Subject:State finally beginning to crack down on bad cops Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:29:42 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. State finally beginning to crack down on bad cops https://mercurynews-ca-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=0f315b130_1345f06 Sent from my iPhone From:M. Gallagher To:Council, City Subject:Write Council Tonight to Build Housing at Fry"s, not more offices! — Nextdoor - Nextdoor Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:27:05 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Dubois and Council Members: I agree with members of the Ventura Park Neighborhood who support the conforming use of the land by owner, Sobrato, to build housing NOT offices on the 60 acres on and aroundFry’s. https://nextdoor.com/p/-CtTstgbJwmR? utm_source=share&extras=MTE5OTIzMw%3D%3D&init_source=other_share Respectfully, Mary Gallagher, B.Sc. From:S.A.P.I.E.N.T. BeingTo:Council, CitySubject:FREE "California Madness" pdf Textbook from Sept. 8-14, 2021Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 9:08:25 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Can't see this message? 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From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: Scan Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 7:46:07 AM Attachments:ForDrSeid.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. A significant beginning upon Gov. Gavin Newsom"s signature. Let's keep up this important effort. Allan DECERTIFICATION PROCESS State finally beginning to crack dawn on bad cops By Dan Walters Whatever else the Cal- ifornia Legislature did or didn't do this year, it fi- , nally -and very belat- edly -took a long-needed step toward ridding the state of bad cops who vic- timize people they are sup- posed to be serving and taint their honorable pro- fession. Last week, after years of unsuccessful efforts to punish errant officers, the Legislature approved a bill · creating a process for lift- ing the certifications -in essence, their licenses - that allowed them to con- tinue wearing badges. It made no sense that officers fired from one de- partment for bad conduct could keep their certifica- tions and find jobs else- where. But while the state has for many years· de-li- censed doctors, lawyers and other professionals proven of misconduct, it lacked authority to move against cops -one of only four states with that obvi- ous regulatory gap. The lack of a decerti- fication process testified to the immense political clout that law enforcement unions have wielded in the Capitol. For decades, the unions and politicians of both parties have maintained a mutually beneficial cha- rade. Governors and legis- lators would provide what the cops wanted, such as high pension benefits and special protections from ove~sight and discipline, and:1n return the unions would trumpet politicians as supporters of law and order. those of Black men, fu- eled demands for reform, including punishment of cops who are needlessly vi- olent. I;n 2018, only a couple of miles from California's Capitol, Stephan Clark, who was suspected of van- dalizing cars, died in a fu- sillade of bullets fired by two Sacramento officers who erroneously thought they saw a gun in his hand. Clark's· death touched off massive protests in Sac::ramento and demands for reform after the iocal , district attorney declared that the shooting was jus- tified under state law. The Clark incident gen- erated enough backlash that San Diego Assem- blywoman Shirley Weber (now California's secretary of state) persuaded her fel- low legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom to change the law governing police use of deadly force, limit- ing it to protecting officers or others from death or se- rious injury. The political heat was turned up even more after last year's infamous death of George Floyd with Min- neapolis Officer Derek Chauvin's knee on his neck. It triggered a nation- wide reaction and eventu- ally resulted in Chauvin's murder conviction and im- The furor over the George Floyd case gave state Sen. Steven Bradford some additional momentum for his drive to decertify bad cops. RICH PEDRONCELLI - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ven Bradford some ad- ditional momentum for his drive to decertify bad cops. Bradford, a San Pe- dro Democrat, couldn't get legislation passed in 2020, thanks to opposition from police unions and other law enforcement groups, but he succeeded this year after softening some pro- visions of his measure, Senate Bill 586, just before 1 final votes. Under the re~ed bill, California's Commission on Peace Officer Stan- dards and Training, or POST, would be empow- ered to strip an officer's certification, but only on a two-thirds vote and after an advisory board recom- mended the action. Bradford hailed SB 586 as "the first of its kind in California." However, the law enforcement groups remain opposed and ad- vocates of reform are con- cerned that it requires too many hoops to be as effec- tive as they want. The state's other licens- ing agencies are often crit- icized for being too cozy with those they regulate and too lenient. Given the concessions that Bradford had to make to get SB 586 passed, that could happen with POST as well. But at least it's a start on some- thing that should have happened decades ago. From:Victor Tsaran To:Angie Evans Cc:Clerk, City; Council, City; DuBois, Tom; Jeff Selzer; Karo Caran; Mistie Cohen; Nancy Coupal; Pavel Sirotin Subject:Re: Presentation from the Community Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 10:05:44 PM Attachments:image002.png It looks like the mayor said 2 minutes per each speaker, and lots of points in the presentation have been raised. Since we were not displaying the slides, 10 minutes from us would beboring! :) On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 9:25 PM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: And you have to raise your hand right now! On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 9:23 PM Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Hi Victor, If you chose to speak for those individuals, it can only be one individual identified speaker, then you have up to 10 minutes for all of those names. Between you, Karo and Victor, you have 3 minutes each anyway, so 9 minutes total. You might want to just consider speaking individually. Sorry, it’s hard to check messages during the meeting. From: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 6:26 PMTo: Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com>; Milton, Lesley<Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Karo Caran <karolifeinjoy@gmail.com>Cc: Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>;Mistie Cohen <mistie@orenshummus.com>; Jeff Selzer <jselzer@paloaltobicycles.com>;Nancy Coupal <nancy@coupacafe.com>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>;DuBois, Tom <Tom.DuBois@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Presentation from the Community CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Lesley! Apologies for the delay in responding. Karo Caran and I, Victor Tsaran, would like approx. 8 minutes to present our group'svision and then use the remaining time to let the rest of the group add their comments. Does this sound good? If this is acceptable, do you need us to send you the slides? Thanks a lot. Victor On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:10 PM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Forwarding reply Hi Pavel, According to our Council Procedures and Protocols, if you have a group representing five or more speakers you can either a) all speak independently and will be given 3 minutes each, or b) you can designate one speaker to represent all present in your group and be allowed 10 minutes in total. If you wish to designate one person, I would need the name of the designated speaker and I will communicate with the Mayor. Please note that the other members will have to be present in the meeting, on the zoom call too. (It states you actually have to be present to be able to give your time away). Let me know how I can help. Best, Lesley Lesley Milton City Clerk (650)329-2379 | Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:38 AM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Adding the City Clerk. On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:21 AM Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com> wrote: Hello, A few community members would like to present at the meeting tonight. Would itbe possible to add us? How much time can we get? The list of speakers is: Victor TsaranAngie EvansPavel SirotinMisty CohenJeff SelzerNancy Coupal Here are the slides. Thank you! • • • • • • Best, Pavel From:Angie Evans To:Clerk, City Cc:Victor Tsaran; Karo Caran; Pavel Sirotin; Council, City; Mistie Cohen; Jeff Selzer; Nancy Coupal; DuBois, Tom Subject:Re: Presentation from the Community Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 9:25:19 PM Attachments:image002.png And you have to raise your hand right now! On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 9:23 PM Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Hi Victor, If you chose to speak for those individuals, it can only be one individual identified speaker,then you have up to 10 minutes for all of those names. Between you, Karo and Victor, you have 3 minutes each anyway, so 9 minutes total. You might want to just consider speaking individually. Sorry, it’s hard to check messages during the meeting. From: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 6:26 PMTo: Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com>; Milton, Lesley<Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Karo Caran <karolifeinjoy@gmail.com>Cc: Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>;Mistie Cohen <mistie@orenshummus.com>; Jeff Selzer <jselzer@paloaltobicycles.com>;Nancy Coupal <nancy@coupacafe.com>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>;DuBois, Tom <Tom.DuBois@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Presentation from the Community CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Lesley! Apologies for the delay in responding. Karo Caran and I, Victor Tsaran, would like approx. 8 minutes to present our group's vision and then use the remaining time to let the rest of the group add their comments. Does this sound good? If this is acceptable, do you need us to send you the slides? Thanks a lot. Victor On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:10 PM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Forwarding reply Hi Pavel, According to our Council Procedures and Protocols, if you have a group representing five or more speakers you can either a) all speak independently and will be given 3 minutes each, or b) you candesignate one speaker to represent all present in your group and be allowed 10 minutes in total. If you wish to designate one person, I would need the name of the designated speaker and I will communicate with the Mayor. Please note that the other members will have to be present in the meeting, on the zoom call too. (It states you actually have to be present to be able to give your time away). Let me know how I can help. Best, Lesley Lesley Milton City Clerk (650)329-2379 | Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:38 AM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Adding the City Clerk. On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:21 AM Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com> wrote: Hello, A few community members would like to present at the meeting tonight. Would it bepossible to add us? How much time can we get? The list of speakers is: Victor TsaranAngie EvansPavel SirotinMisty CohenJeff SelzerNancy Coupal Here are the slides. Thank you! Best, Pavel • • • • • • From:Clerk, City To:Victor Tsaran; Angie Evans; Karo Caran Cc:Pavel Sirotin; Council, City; Mistie Cohen; Jeff Selzer; Nancy Coupal; Clerk, City; DuBois, Tom Subject:RE: Presentation from the Community Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 9:23:21 PM Attachments:image002.png Hi Victor, If you chose to speak for those individuals, it can only be one individual identified speaker, then you have up to 10 minutes for all of those names. Between you, Karo and Victor, you have 3 minutes each anyway, so 9 minutes total. You might want to just consider speaking individually. Sorry, it’s hard to check messages during the meeting. From: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2021 6:26 PM To: Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com>; Milton, Lesley <Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Karo Caran <karolifeinjoy@gmail.com> Cc: Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Mistie Cohen <mistie@orenshummus.com>; Jeff Selzer <jselzer@paloaltobicycles.com>; Nancy Coupal <nancy@coupacafe.com>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>; DuBois, Tom <Tom.DuBois@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Re: Presentation from the Community CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Lesley! Apologies for the delay in responding. Karo Caran and I, Victor Tsaran, would like approx. 8 minutes to present our group's vision and then use the remaining time to let the rest of the group add their comments. Does this sound good? If this is acceptable, do you need us to send you the slides? Thanks a lot. Victor On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:10 PM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Forwarding reply Hi Pavel, According to our Council Procedures and Protocols, if you have a group representing five or morespeakers you can either a) all speak independently and will be given 3 minutes each, or b) you candesignate one speaker to represent all present in your group and be allowed 10 minutes in total. If you wish to designate one person, I would need the name of the designated speaker and I willcommunicate with the Mayor. Please note that the other members will have to be present in themeeting, on the zoom call too. (It states you actually have to be present to be able to give your timeaway). Let me know how I can help. Best, Lesley Lesley Milton City Clerk (650)329-2379 | Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:38 AM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Adding the City Clerk. On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:21 AM Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com> wrote: Hello, A few community members would like to present at the meeting tonight. Would it be possible to add us? How much time can we get? The list of speakers is: Victor Tsaran Angie Evans Pavel Sirotin Misty Cohen Jeff Selzer Nancy Coupal Here are the slides. Thank you! Best, Pavel • • • • • • From:Paul Taylor To:Council, City Subject:Fry’s site Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 8:28:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to have the old Frys site and surrounding parcels be set aside for low income andextremely low income housing with set asides for a park and modest retail to serve people nearby. I urge you to discuss and evaluate the possibility of buying the land or taking it througheminent domain. Once you own the land look for charitable donations, government grants, businesses, non profits and housing developers to invest. Retain ownership and control of theland going forward to become a model for the nation demonstrating the potential of exercising the political will, hard work and the payoffs of real partnerships. Everyone knows we needmore of this type of housing in spite of efforts made until now. There is very little suitable land left in the city so don’t miss this opportunity. Thank you for listening and hopefully having an open discussion of these ideas. Am happy tohear from any elected official or their staff if there is a desire to discuss this. I am also willing to work on making it happen. Paul Taylor3185 Waverley Street From:Ken Joye To:Council, City Subject:finding employees Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 7:13:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ In the discussion this evening about an Economic Development Strategy, one of the Council members stated that 2/3’s of Palo Alto businesses say that finding employees is their greatest challenge. Are the employees sought by those local businesses able to afford market rate rent in our community? If the answer is “no”, then perhaps the greatest aid to local businesses would be to establish policies and make zoning changes to increase the construction of BMR housing. We all know that Palo Alto lags in that housing segment… thank you for your service, Ken Joye Ventura neighborhood Sent from a device which thinks it types better than I do From:John Shenk To:Council, City Subject:Item 8 Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 7:10:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Dubois and City Council Members, I am writing to support what seems to be a minority perspective on the University Avenueclosure. We support vibrancy. We support diversity. We support stability. We think that the residents of Palo Alto value the same and if they could also hear from the beleaguered retailersstruggling on University like Ms. LeBrun they would support a plan that strives for economic diversity and stability. For decades downtown Palo Alto has navigated ups and downs of the economy, Facebook coming and leaving, and has always rebounded quickly as it was the most desirable place foroffice workers to do their magic. With a strong base of daytime workers the retail was supported. In a few of the first City sponsored economic support zoom calls in 2020 we learned that pre pandemic the daytime workers were the source of ±70% of retail sales in the downtown. Withoffices illegal to occupy it was not hard for the streets to close and give them to a few restaurants. I do not fault any of them for making the most of this wonderful gift. They aresetting records with their sales. Of course they are lobbying as hard as they can to keep this going. A few of you have heard directly from retailers who are suffering due to the street closure. Many of the public who write and speak repeat that this is due to shifting economics or to theevolution of retail but in fact our own retailers who have multiple stores in the Bay Area report that Palo Alto is the worst retail environment when gauging sales. The fact is that closedstreets hurt retail and the fact that the polls and other unscientific “surveys” infer otherwise is just misleading. Our downtown is dirty. The parklets are haphazard. The homeless and drug abusers are impacting others in negative ways – just Saturday afternoon my teenage daughter tells me sheand friends encountered an incident near Crepevine where the first responders had to set up containment tents due to the “hazardous materials” on and around a person lying in the street. We all know of the stabbing of the young girl approaching Lytton Plaza. One of you wondered aloud in a past meeting why Los Gatos and Los Altos were enjoyingresurging retail sales. Having just been to Los Altos for dinner on Sunday night, I can tell you that it was vibrant. It was clean. The parklets are organized and have a uniform design. Thestreets are not closed but some are narrowed with reduced speed for cars. It was pleasant to walk the sidewalks after dinner and “window shop” as there were minimal vacancies and agreat variety of retail. Palo Alto would not not best served by block after block of restaurants – which is really theonly use (other than a bike store) that desire closed streets. We don’t have enough population to support that many restaurants. Diversity of retail is best for the experience and for economic stability. If we don’t start to “normalize” our downtowns ASAP it will only take longer to revive. To start we need to steam clean the streets and sidewalks regularly. We need to pick up trashmore regularly. We need to allocate the necessary resources to enable the social workers and police department to provide the outreach and services to the homeless and to enforce existingordinances to protect others and to protect property. Cleanliness and safety should be our first priorities. Economic vitality is critical especially as the City faces this significant downswing in retail sales, is facing a significant judgment to refund residents for over charging for gas rates, andasking voters to approve new taxes on businesses or otherwise is just not prudent. We need to: 1) Welcome our office workers back and we do that by opening up our downtown. They will bring hospitality back and the TOT tax revenues. 2) <!--[endif]-->Implement regular steam cleaning (furniture moved by restaurants) 3) <!--[endif]-->Enable social worker and police to share services with homeless andenforce ordinances 4) <!--[endif]-->Fast track the revisioning of University Avenue that was started a year agoto explore best practices for permanent parklets that meet building codes for safety and inclusiveness as well as open streets and new parking off the avenue. Respectfully, John ShenkThoits Bros., Inc. From:Marjan Wilkes To:Council, City Subject:Housing at Fry"s, not offices please! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 6:38:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Re: Agenda Item 6, September 13, 2020 Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members: I strongly urge the Council discontinue the non-conforming use for offices by the Sorbrato Corporation at the Fry's site. There are several new office buildings on Park Blvd that are still empty. We don't need more. Instead please make sure that the current zoning is affirmed and that the site be used for new housing which is a top priority for the city. By discontinuing non-conforming uses at the Fry’s site, there will room not only for housing, but for parkland and community amenities that will make this new neighborhood a vibrant addition to Ventura, and ultimately to the city. Thank you. Marjan Wilkes Ventura neighborhood From:Victor Tsaran To:Angie Evans; Milton, Lesley; Karo Caran Cc:Pavel Sirotin; Council, City; Mistie Cohen; Jeff Selzer; Nancy Coupal; Clerk, City; DuBois, Tom Subject:Re: Presentation from the Community Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 6:26:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Lesley!Apologies for the delay in responding. Karo Caran and I, Victor Tsaran, would like approx. 8 minutes to present our group's visionand then use the remaining time to let the rest of the group add their comments. Does this sound good? If this is acceptable, do you need us to send you the slides? Thanks a lot.Victor On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 4:10 PM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Forwarding reply Hi Pavel, According to our Council Procedures and Protocols, if you have a group representing five or more speakers you can either a) all speak independently and will be given 3 minutes each, or b) you can designate one speaker to represent all present in your group and be allowed 10 minutes in total. If you wish to designate one person, I would need the name of the designated speaker and I will communicate with the Mayor. Please note that the other members will have to be present in the meeting, on the zoom call too. (It states you actually have to be present to be able to give your time away). Let me know how I can help. Best, Lesley Lesley Milton City Clerk (650)329-2379 | Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:38 AM Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Adding the City Clerk. On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:21 AM Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com> wrote:Hello, A few community members would like to present at the meeting tonight. Would it be possible to add us? How much time can we get? The list of speakers is: Victor Tsaran Angie EvansPavel Sirotin Misty CohenJeff Selzer Nancy Coupal Here are the slides. Thank you! Best, Pavel • • • • • • From:Aram James To:Filseth, Eric (Internal); DuBois, Tom; Council, City; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Greer Stone; Binder, Andrew;Stump, Molly; Winter Dellenbach; Human Relations Commission; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Emily Mibach Subject:Alvarez was not the only case where there was a delay in disclosure see the Gustavo Arevalo —happy donut case- Joel Alejo case dog bit case —one $10 million pending law suit and Alejo 20 million pending —in otherwords Alvarez was not a one off case Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 6:07:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:R S Raman To:Council, City Subject:keeping University blocked to car traffic Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 6:07:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Respected Council, I've been enjoying the open air dining and sauntering along University Avenue. I have long thought that University Avenue should become a pedestrian mall for a number of blocks. I spent some years in Boulder, Colorado which has the lovely and vibrant pedestrian Pearl Street Mall on its main downtown street. Ever since retiring to Palo Alto, I have wished it had such a vibrant downtown. I would highly recommend investigating what Boulder has done. I've heard that some of Palo Alto's downtown merchants are against the closure because they fear they will lose business. I believe they are quite wrong. If they think people won't come downtown because they wouldn't be able to get a parking spot on University - well, most of the time now we can't get parking spots on University, and we still come. Frankly, I would go downtown more often if it was a more pedestrian friendly area. Having seen how the Boulder Pearl Street Mall is a "destination" - for an evening, for a meal, for entertainment - I believe that having a vibrant downtown mall would actually attract more people to the area for browsing and dining and shopping. Thanks, Raji Raman From:Margaret Heath To:Council, City Subject:Housing only for Fry’s site Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 6:05:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Dubois and Council Members, I write in support of eliminating all “non-conforming” commercial uses on the Fry’s site and all future development restricted to residential. A publicly stated city policy and zoning put inplace many decades ago including legally binding decades long “sunset clause” at the time for the benefit of the then or future owners of the property. However, we now learn the current property owner claims that in more recent years the citydeliberately removed all prior restrictions for non-conforming uses on the property, in perpetuity, whether Fry’s remained in business on site or not. The owner has done an outstanding job of convincing the city and public to accept withoutquestion he is entitled to continue non-conforming office uses on the property. Furthermore, he has attempted to use this as leverage by refusing to develop the property if non-conformingoffice uses are not included. Please call the property owner’s bluff. Reconfirm the council’s intention that the site is restricted to housing. Notice of which was given in good faith three decades ago. Once theexisting non-conforming uses are removed, the owner has the option to develop according to the city's zoning or sell to someone who will. If an owner has made a financial bet otherwise, it is not the city’s job to cover any claimedlosses on such a gamble. Although sometimes listening to some past council members and/or some planning staff speaking on behalf of developers this has not always appeared to be thecase. Sincerely, Margaret Heath From:Salar Hassani To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 6:04:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ 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! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Thanks Mbl Msg From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Please keep the Avenues closed to cars Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 5:59:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor DuBois & fellow council members, As we endure in the pandemic era I urge you to please keep both avenues University and California closed to cars. One retailer on California Avenue told me that she and her husband miss the commuters that would pour off the trains. This retailer said that the internet was partly to blame for decrease in sales and acknowledged that people driving cars on the avenue were not their main marketshare. They said that their sales have improved this summer. In other words it is not about the cars. The tempo has changed and the quality of life has improved for many during this difficult period in our lives. Residents and others enjoy the ambiance of the avenues sans automobiles. However, I do feel that the council needs to address the complexity of the situation. The parklets need to be clean and at a unified standard. Some are terrific while others detract from the avenues. Could we have more greenery on the avenues in very large pots to soften ballards etc. The scale of the parklets should be addressed as well. One Palo Altan recently told me that the condition of the downtown with respect to University Avenue has deteriorated with some merchants and restaurant owners having to clean up feces in the street. In one town in Northern California (Chico) the landlords pay an annual amount approximately $900 to fund the Downtown Ambassador teams. These individuals work as a team and wear vests to identify their position. The sidewalks are cleaned and steamed. Graffiti is removed. The merchants are pleased with their regular attention to maintaining downtown Chico as an attractive destination. Retailers are content and the shoppers and diners are more than pleased. If you think Palo Alto has a homeless issue then you have not been informed about the situation in Chico. Some of these people are poor souls who lost their homes in Paradise. Others have been coming to Chico because as a college town they found tolerance. Others still are mentally ill and drug users. Again, Palo Alto is not close to these conditions yet Chico has come up with a SOLUTION to keep the downtown clean. We need the police to walk the beat. Who would these officers be? They need to be EDUCATED and work as liaisons WITH social workers. One suggestion is to have an officer paired with a social worker. In sum, please keep the avenues closed to cars. Sincerely, Ann Lafargue Balin From:Aram James To:Greer Stone Cc:Council, City; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com Subject:See 2019 report: and others I don’t agree with Gennaco’s assessment frequently the camera is blocked or othertechnical problems make it difficult for investigators to get a clear picture of the particular incident ….stressed inOIR’s reports Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 5:54:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Greer Stone; Winter Dellenbach; Dave Price; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; BradenCartwright; Emily Mibach; Jeff Moore Subject:See below: was the # of times a member of the PAPD pulled a gun on a community member formally included in the new scope of work handled by the OIR going forward as agreed in June 2021 Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 5:49:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://paloaltoonline.com/news/2021/06/15/police-auditor-to-vet-cases-in-which-palo-alto-officers-point-guns Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Keith Bennett To:Council, City Subject:Re: Agenda Item 6, September 13, 2020 Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 5:41:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members: Simply put, Palo Alto has too many offices and too little housing for the people that work in the offices. For each square foot of office space, many more square feet of housing and retail are required. Especially with part-time work-at-home, about 100 - 200 square feet of office space will be enough for one employee. That same person and their family will want 1,000 square feet of build space for living and amenities. It's time to end the externalization of the costs of office space on Palo Alto's residents and quality of life. I strongly urge the Council discontinue the non-conforming use for offices by the Sorbrato Corporation at the Fry's site. Instead please make sure that the current zoning is affirmed and that the site be used for new housing which is a top priority for the city. By discontinuing non-conforming uses at the Fry’s site, there will room not only for housing, but for parkland and community amenities that will make this new neighborhood a vibrant addition to Ventura, and ultimately to the city. Thank you. Keith & Atsuko Bennett 2225 Webster St. -- Keith Bennett http://savepaloaltosgroundwater.org From:Jeremy Shaw To:Council, City Subject:Closure of Cal Ave and University to Pedestrians Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 5:18:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I understand this item is due for discussion at council this evening. I’d like to add my voice to those in support of keeping the road status as-is, and not reintroducing cars to the area. We have a delightful environment on the streets right now,which encourages foot traffic and increases safety. My family and I have lived in Palo Alto for over 30 years, most of them within a couple of blocks of Cal Ave (with a brief sojourn close to University). The current configuration is thebest we’ve seen, and we want it to continue. I only wish it had been like this since my kids were growing up, but at least we can keep - and hopefully improve by making permanent -these spaces for the next generation. I’m sure you have received much for cogently argued and fact-based than this one, but I’m appealing to your hearts. For our and our children’s sakes, keep these streets car free! Thanks, jeremy. Jeremy Shaw, Olive Ave 94306 From:Jim Colton To:Council, City Subject:Use of Fry"s site Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 5:13:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Agenda Item 6, September 13, 2020 Dear Council Members: I don't believe that the non-conforming use for offices by the Sorbrato Corporation at the Fry's site is best for our city. Instead please make sure that the current zoning is affirmed and thatthe site be used for new housing, preferably some below market housing, a top priority for the city. Thank you. Jim ColtonGreen Acres II -- JimColtonPhotography.com Fr o m : An g i e E v a n s To : Pa v e l S i r o t i n Cc : Co u n c i l , C i t y ; Vi c t o r T s a r a n ; Mi s t i e C o h e n ; Je f f S e l z e r ; Na n c y C o u p a l ; Cl e r k , C i t y ; Mi l t o n , L e s l e y ; Du B o i s , T o m Su b j e c t : Re : P r e s e n t a t i o n f r o m t h e C o m m u n i t y Da t e : Mo n d a y , S e p t e m b e r 1 3 , 2 0 2 1 4 : 1 0 : 1 5 P M At t a c h m e n t s : im a g e 0 0 1 . p n g CA U T I O N : T h i s e m a i l o r i g i n a t e d f r o m o u t s i d e o f t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n . 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( I t st a t e s y o u a c t u a l l y h a v e t o b e p r e s e n t t o b e a b l e t o g i v e y o u r t i m e a w a y ) . Le t m e k n o w h o w I c a n h e l p . Be s t , Le s l e y Le s l e y M i l t o n Ci t y C l e r k (65 0 ) 3 2 9 - 2 3 7 9 | Le s l e y . M i l t o n @ c i t y o f p a l o a l t o . o r g ww w . c i t y o f p a l o a l t o . o r g On M o n , S e p 1 3 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 1 : 3 8 A M A n g i e E v a n s < an g i e b e v a n s @ g m a i l . c o m > w r o t e : Ad d i n g t h e C i t y C l e r k . On M o n , S e p 1 3 , 2 0 2 1 , 1 1 : 2 1 A M P a v e l S i r o t i n < pa v e l @ b e v r i . c o m > w r o t e : He l l o , A f e w c o m m u n i t y m e m b e r s w o u l d l i k e t o p r e s e n t a t t h e m e e t i n g t o n i g h t . W o u l d i t b e m possible to add us? How much time can we get? The list of speakers is: Victor Tsaran Angie EvansPavel Sirotin Misty CohenJeff Selzer Nancy Coupal Here are the slides. Thank you! Best, Pavel • • • • • • From:Martin J Sommer To:Council, City Cc:Pamela L Sommer Subject:City Council Meeting 9/13/2021, Public Comment Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 3:51:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Regarding this evening's Item 8, ... to Close University Avenue and California Avenue ..., Iwould like to propose another approach: 1. Seating space for a restaurant, does NOT need to be on the "physical street address", of the serving restaurant. 2. The outdoor menu, may only include 2 - 3 daily entrees. 3. Restaurant "serving area", may vary from time to time. With this new flexibility, the City could: a) block off all of Emerson St from University Ave toHamilton Ave, and b) lease out roped off 15' x 20' sections to any local restaurant. This would: c) open the spaces to any restaurant in town, d) create a very festive and concentrated diningspace, and e) open up University Ave to free flow traffic. Food for each restaurant, is brought in, and kept warm/cold as required. To be fair, I experienced this concept in Rome, and it was very successful. The same, couldapply to California Ave. Please give it some thought. Thank you, Martin -- Martin Sommer650-346-5307martin@sommer.netwww.linkedin.com/in/martinsommer "Turn technical vision into reality." From:Tirumala Ranganath To:Council, City Cc:ranguranganath Subject:Agenda item 6, 13th Sep 2021 : Non-conforming usage for the Fry"s site needs to be retired as originallyintended - No economic giveaway to the Sobrato Corp ! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 3:23:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members: As we all know, the Fry’s site was allowed a non-conforming use permit for the simple reason that the services provided by Fry’s were of great interest to the residents of our town, starting long before Amazon and the Internet way of shopping became common and popular. Sadly the same forces, namely Amazon and Internet shopping, caused the demise of Fry’s as we knew it. Also there was never an agreement signed off by the then city council, to permanently designate the site to enjoy so called non-conforming usage. Given this background there is no requirement on the part of the present city council to accord non-conforming status to this (ex-Fry’s) site for the economic benefit of the owners, namely Sobrato Corporation. The original zoning for this site was RM-30 and I strongly believe that it should revert back to the same designation. By upholding this designation, the city council can make it clear that the priority for the site is housing, something that is urgently needed. As has been repeatedly pointed out, the Ventura neighborhood badly needs additional parkland as well as other needed amenities. I strongly support and urge the city council tolet the exception to sunset as was originally intended. This important action by the city council will enable the Ventura neighborhood to blossom into a full and vibrant community within our city, something that is long overdue! Thank you for your kind attention to this matter. Sincerely, T.R. Ranganath [A 40 year Ventura Neighborhood resident] From:Lissy Bland To:Council, City Subject:California and University Avenue Street Closures Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 3:11:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, In advance of the agenda for your meeting on 9/13/2021, I wanted to share my perspective on the current status of California Ave and University Ave. My husband and I have thoroughly enjoyed the car-free blocks of California andUniversity Avenue during the pandemic. The closure to cars has significantly improved the ambience on both streets and the feeling of community in PaloAlto. A few retail businesses complain constantly about a loss of street parking. In the long run, I believe that the businesses will thrive just as they do in other citiesand countries that restrict cars. In Southern California, the Third Street promenade in Santa Monica is closed to cars and is one of the most sought-after tourist andbusiness destinations. If an area of greater Los Angeles can make this a permanent change (dating back to 1963), I'm sure our much more active pedestrian andcycling community can consider this as well. Sincerely, Lissy BlandVentura Neighborhood From:Susan Kemp To:Council, City Subject:Agenda Item 6, Sept 13, 2021 Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:43:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor and Council Members, I strongly urge the Council to discontinue the non-conforming use for offices by the Sobrato Corporation at the Fry's site. Instead, please make sure that the current zoning is affirmed andthat the site be used for new housing--which is a top priority for the city. By discontinuing non-conforming uses at the Fry’s site, there will be room not only for housing, but for parkland and community amenities that will make this new neighborhood avibrant addition to Ventura, and ultimately to the city. Thank you. Susan Kemp Ventura Resident From:Neilson Buchanan To:Clerk, City; Council, City; Shikada, Ed Cc:Nose, Kiely; Lait, Jonathan; Kamhi, Philip; Eggleston, Brad Subject:Re: Planning for Univ and Calif Avenue Commercial Cores Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:36:16 PM Attachments:San Jose Urban Planning May Drive Away Development SJ Mercury Sept 13 2021.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Here is the attachment from SJ Merc. Thanks for your attention. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com On Monday, September 13, 2021, 01:12:21 PM PDT, Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com> wrote: Tonight Council will be making two decisions to guide Palo Alto through an extended covid-driven recovery. I defer to Council for best decision regarding economic development infrastructure. Decisions for the two commercial cores are urgent and important. I support flexible, pliable decisions for parklets and street closures through the 2021 holiday season. Longer term, binding decisions can be delayed and will achieve two advantages. First, RTW patterns will become clearer by mid-late 2022. I urge City Council to test parklet concepts and sharply limit street closures to Ramona for example. Ramona's partial closure provides useful trial-and-error data. University Avenue should be open in January as RTW becomes clearer with obvious traffic impacts such as congestion,spillover and safety lapses. City staff has marginal capacity to measure and manage traffic impact in both the commercial cores and adjacent neighborhoods. Additionally non-restaurant merchants need maximum advantage of open University Avenue starting January 4. Second, city departments (Planning, Public Works and Office of Transportation) are not adequately staffed and budgeted for interim, quick-fix solutions leading to permanent changes to California Avenue and University Avenue. We can't evenguess about rebound of sales/TOT taxes which drive city budget and funding for proper planning. This will be more apparent by March 2022. Long-term success depends upon the next Finance Committee to find a way through this thicket by mid- 2022. Attached is an article elaborating on the perils of planning in uncertain times. San Jose is a good example of urban plans prematurely set in concrete. Greater Silicon Valley economics coupled with social change now is rapid and uncertain. Few cities incur as much risk as commuter-dependent Palo Alto. Both commercial cores are subject to great RTW and retail goods/services risk. Competition from Town/Country, Stanford Shopping Center and adjacent cities is expert and permanent. Affordable housing costs and adaptation are as disruptive risks as new work and retail patterns. Now is the time to take deep breathe and plan properly for the two commercial cores. The agenda tonight suggests that land use decisions, including transfer of public property, are being rushed unnecessarily. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com 9/13/21 , 1 :05 PM San Jose's urban village growth strategy is failing to drive development BUSINESS > REAL ESTATE • News Why some say San Jose's urban village strategy for growth is 'driving development away' The city envisions transforming underutilized pockets of the city into bustling urban neighborhoods SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA-JULY 6: The Miro tower development, under construction, and San Jose City Hall can be seen in downtown San Jose, looking north, in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, July 6, 2020. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) By MAGGIE ANGST I mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com I Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 13, 2021 at 6:14 a.m. I UPDATED: September 13, 2021 at 6:16 a.m. San Jose leaders embarked on a mission nearly a decade ago to transform the nation's 10th largest city into a network of vibrant villages where people could live, work, shop, bike and play all within blocks of each other. Single-story strip malls and stand-alone shops and restaurants would be replaced with tall buildings that combine housing, retail shops and offices, a growth strategy that makes the most of the city's limited available space. These "urban villages," as planners call them, have been embraced by cities like Seattle and Portland and those closer to home. Santa Clara Square -a mixed-use community perched along U.S. 101 in Santa Clara, has attracted high-profile tech and retail tenants and created new homes for hundreds of residents -and Fruitvale Villag~. -one of the Bay Area's early transit villages, built in 2003 near the Fruitvale BART station in Oakland -combines locally-owned retail shops, community organizations and dozens of apartments. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021 /09/13/why-some-say-san-joses-urban-village-strategy-for-growth-is-driving-development-away/?campaign=sjmnb... 1 /4 9/13/21 , 1 :05 PM San Jose's urban village growth strategy is failing to drive development In addition to reinvigorating underused or neglected pockets of land, officials wanted San Jose's villages to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help attract young workers seeking an urban experience by placing them around retail hubs like Santana Row or transit lines like the Berryessa BART station, which recently received approval for construction of 6,516 housing units and 6.6 million square feet of commercial office. But nearly 1 0 years after San Jose officials ambitiously identified 60 locations for such villages, only 13 blueprints have been approved. Critics say a host of rules that govern the process of creating an urban village -particularly those that state any housing construction must be accompanied by job-producing commercial space and limit when and where they can occur -are actually driving developers to other parts of the city. In fact, city statistics show that just over 35% of all new residential projects built in the past decade -when the village strategy was baked into San Jose's general plan -have gone up within those designated areas. And with the majority of San Jose's new residential and office projects springing up elsewhere, critics say the result is that the city is failing to meet its own housing and job production goals. Because of its jobs shortage, San Jose for decades has seen a daily exodus of residents commuting to other cities for work. In an effort to halt that trend, the city in 2011 declared its intention to increase the jobs-to-employed-residents ratio from .85 to 1.1 by 2040. Ten years later, the ratio remains the same. And since setting a goal in 2018 of seeing 25,000 housing units built by 2023 -or about 5,000 per year -San Jose is averaging fewer than 3,000 a year. "There is no question that we have not succeeded in producing development in many urban villages at a rate needed to address our housing crisis," Mayor Sam Liccardo said in a recent interview. "But that doesn't mean that we can't make changes to our urban village plan to make it successful." San Jose leaders later this year will consider changes to the urban village strategy along with contemplating other ways to boost both jobs and housing, including the elimination of traditional single-family zoning in large swaths of the city-an idea one council member calls a distraction from the problem at hand. "The reality is we're failing to address our housing crisis and our jobs deficit with the current general plan as implemented," said Council member Matt Mahan, who wants city officials to focus on approving conceptual plans for all 60 designated urban villages. 'Easier to do business elsewhere' For any substantial development to occur in a designated urban village, the City Council must pass a master plan for the neighborhood. Such plans set a goal for the number of residential units and square footage of commercial space the area can accommodate while giving multiple would-be developers a vision for how the neighborhood should evolve. In designated urban villages where a master plan has not yet been approved, affordable housing and commercial development are allowed but market-rate housing is barred unless it passes several tough restrictions and provides "more than its fair share" of commercial space. Davide Vieira, a resident who lives in the city's Roosevelt Park Urban Village area -one of the first villages approved in 2013 now undergoing construction of affordable housing-said he likes how it was planned to incorporate the public's suggestions, including his to create dense housing and a new job center around the future 28th Street/Little Portugal BART station nearby. "If more of these plans were in place, then people could build the kind of neighborhoods that the community members and the city of San Jose really want to see and live in," he said. https://www.mercurynews.com/2021 /09/13/why-some-say-san-joses-urban-village-strategy-for-growth-is-driving-development-away/?campaign=sjmnb... 2/4 9/13/21 , 1 :05 PM San Jose's urban village growth strategy is failing to drive development Transit village projects near a future 28th Street/Little Portugal BART station site adjacent to the Five Wounds Church at 1375 E. Santa Clara St. in San Jose, concept.Valley Transportation Authority Valley Transportation Authority A 2020 study by three Santa Clara University academics essentially found that San Jose's urban village concept has done very little, if anything, to accelerate development or increase property values in the chosen areas. The urban planning advocacy organization SPUR made similar findings in a white paper published in November 2019. "To put it simply, if San Jose had not adopted the urban village policy in 2011, we would probably have seen the same amount of development and the same distribution across the city," said Michael Kevane, one of the Santa Clara University professors who conducted the study. Michael Brilliot, the city's deputy planning director, attributes the lag to staffing shortfalls, insufficient grant funding and a lengthy public feedback process. "Democracy takes time," he said, "as does meaningful community engagement." Some of the urban village plans have faced fierce opposition from nearby homeowners who fear the projects will encroach on their privacy and conflict with their community's character. However, even in areas where a plan has been embraced and approved like Little Portugal or Winchester Boulevard, the limited amount of development done so far has taken longer than expected. Brilliot largely blames construction costs for that. "Even though rents are outrageous, the cost of construction is even more outrageous," he said. But developers, housing advocates and some elected officials say the city is mostly at fault by making it a "burden" to pursue projects within many urban village areas. "We're actually driving development away from urban villages because in many cases it's easier to do business elsewhere in the city," said Michael Lane, SPUR's state policy director. '1t shouldn't be that way." Report an error Policies and Standards Contact Us rr) The Trust Project Tags: Affordable Housing, Development, Housing Development Maggie Angst I San Jose reporter Maggie Angst is the San Jose City Hall reporter for The Mercury News. She previously covered local government on the Peninsula. Maggie grew up in the Chicago area and graduated from the University of Missouri with a multimedia journalism degree. Before joining the Mere, she was a fellow at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and was an education and general assignment reporter for the Island Packet in Hilton Head, S.C., where she won several state reporting awards. mangst@bayareanewsgroup.com '# Follow Maggie Angst @MaggieAngst https://www.mercurynews.com/2021 /09/13/why-some-say-san-joses-urban-village-strategy-for-growth-is-driving-development-away/?campaign=sjmnb... 3/4 9/13/21 , 1 :05 PM drink while you're doing it. San Jose's urban village growth strategy is failing to drive development SPONSORED CONTENT Discover the Perfect Drink to Pair With Your Epic Summer Itinerary By GREY GOOSE® Essences \,. GREY GOOSE 10 11,(:tl. ere are a few ideas for how to get in your QT with loved ones this season, and what to SUBSCRIBE TODAY! ALL ACCESS DIGITAL OFFER FOR JUST 99 CENTS! https://www.mercurynews.com/2021 /09/13/why-some-say-san-joses-urban-village-strategy-for-growth-is-driving-development-away/?campaign=sjmnb... 4/4 From:Mary Dimit To:Council, City Cc:Clerk, City; Lait, Jonathan Subject:Potential Closing of University Ave & California Ave Commercial Cores Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:35:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Now is too early to make long-term decisions about street closures in the commercial coresalong University Ave & California Ave. Short-term decisions (through the upcoming holiday season) taking into consideration the effects of street closures & parklets on both retail businesses and restaurants are encouraged. Longer-term decisions require more data about: the uneven effect of the street closures on retail businesses vs. restaurants, the uneven effect of retail businesses and restaurants in those two commercial cores thatare located where the streets are closed or have parklets vs. those that are not located there or have parklets, andthe traffic and parking impacts in both the commercial cores and near-by neighborhoods as traffic demands increase. In addition, there is the issue about public sources being allocated to the benefit of only some local businesses (restaurants with parklets & sidewalk seating previously not allowed). At this time, our City of Palo Alto staff do not have enough information to realistically makedecisions based upon our current pandemic environment. I support taking the time to base these longer-term decisions on more information instead of trying to make them at this time when there are still too many unknowns about how thebusinesses and neighborhoods will be affected. Sincerely, Mary Dimit University Ave • • • From:Casey Leedom To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:30:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ 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! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Casey Leedom Resident 27 years From:Catherine Cohen To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:28:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ 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! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Catherine cohen 51 year resident Sent from my iPhone Please excuse typos From:Lissy Bland To:Council, City Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:12:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Agenda Item 6, September 13, 2020 Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members: I strongly urge the Council discontinue the non-conforming use for offices by the SorbratoCorporation at the Fry's site. Please make sure that the current zoning is affirmed and that the site be used for new housing which is a top priority for the city. By discontinuing non-conforming uses at the Fry’s site, there will room not only for housing,but for parkland and community amenities that will make this new neighborhood a vibrant addition to Ventura, and ultimately to the city. Thank you. Lissy BlandVentura resident From:Mistie Boulton To:Angie Evans Cc:Pavel Sirotin; Council, City; Victor Tsaran; Jeff Selzer; Nancy Coupal; Clerk, City Subject:Re: Presentation from the Community Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 2:12:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Just a note, if it matters, my name is actually Mistie Boulton. Thanks Best Regards, Mistie BoultonCEO & Owner Oren's Hummus Rip, Scoop, Eat! www.orenshummus.com On Sep 13, 2021, at 11:38 AM, Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com> wrote: Adding the City Clerk. On Mon, Sep 13, 2021, 11:21 AM Pavel Sirotin <pavel@bevri.com> wrote:Hello, A few community members would like to present at the meeting tonight. Wouldit be possible to add us? How much time can we get? The list of speakers is: Victor TsaranAngie EvansPavel SirotinMisty CohenJeff SelzerNancy Coupal Here are the slides. Thank you! Best,Pavel • • • • • • From:Neilson Buchanan To:Clerk, City; Council, City; Shikada, Ed Cc:Nose, Kiely; Lait, Jonathan; Kamhi, Philip; Eggleston, Brad Subject:Planning for Univ and Calif Avenue Commercial Cores Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 1:12:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Tonight Council will be making two decisions to guide Palo Alto through an extended covid-driven recovery. I defer to Council for best decision regarding economic development infrastructure. Decisions for the two commercial cores are urgent and important. I support flexible, pliable decisions for parklets and street closures through the 2021 holiday season. Longer term, binding decisions can be delayed and will achieve two advantages. First, RTW patterns will become clearer by mid-late 2022. I urge City Council to testparklet concepts and sharply limit street closures to Ramona for example. Ramona's partial closure provides useful trial-and-error data. University Avenue should be open in January as RTW becomes clearer with obvious traffic impacts such as congestion, spillover and safety lapses. City staff has marginal capacity to measure and managetraffic impact in both the commercial cores and adjacent neighborhoods. Additionally non-restaurant merchants need maximum advantage of open University Avenue starting January 4. Second, city departments (Planning, Public Works and Office of Transportation) are not adequately staffed and budgeted for interim, quick-fix solutions leading to permanent changes to California Avenue and University Avenue. We can't even guess about rebound of sales/TOT taxes which drive city budget and funding forproper planning. This will be more apparent by March 2022. Long-term success depends upon the next Finance Committee to find a way through this thicket by mid- 2022. Attached is an article elaborating on the perils of planning in uncertain times. San Jose is a good example of urban plans prematurely set in concrete. Greater Silicon Valley economics coupled with social change now is rapid and uncertain. Few cities incur as much risk as commuter-dependent Palo Alto. Both commercial cores are subject to great RTW and retail goods/services risk. Competition from Town/Country, Stanford Shopping Center and adjacent cities is expert and permanent. Affordable housing costs and adaptation are as disruptiverisks as new work and retail patterns. Now is the time to take deep breathe and plan properly for the two commercial cores. The agenda tonight suggests that land use decisions, including transfer of publicproperty, are being rushed unnecessarily. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cellcnsbuchanan@yahoo.com From:Noah Fiedel To:Council, City Subject:Re: Agenda Item 6, September 13 - In support of housing, *not* offices, at the Fry"s location. Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 1:08:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members, I'm writing to you as a 15+ year Palo Alto resident, and resident of the Ventura neighborhoodadjacent to the Fry's property, in strong support of housing and not offices at the Fry's location. The Fry's property has been zoned for residential use for decades. Sobrato, as well asneighbors who purchased or invested in homes nearby, all knew this. We have a major housing deficit, and one of the highest jobs to housing ratios in the country. I strongly ask the Council to end the non-conforming use for office space, and to affirm thecurrent residential zoning for now and the future. This will make room for housing (very profitable in Palo Alto, both for developers and property taxes), as well as parks, retail, orother community amenities. Affirming will send a clear signal to developers, that they should proceed with developing housing, instead of waiting to try to overturn long standing zoning tomake even more profit. This could be a delightful new addition to the Ventura neighborhood, or it could be a boring, non-contributing, housing-imbalance exacerbating office park. Thank you, Noah Fiedel Ventura Park Neighborhood From:Tilak Kasturi To:Council, City Cc:Sailaja Kasturi Subject:Re: Agenda Item 6, September 13, 2020 Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 1:08:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members: I strongly urge the Council discontinue the non-conforming use for offices by the SorbratoCorporation at the Fry's site. Instead please make sure that the current zoning is affirmed and that the site be used for new housing which is a top priority for the city. By discontinuing non-conforming uses at the Fry’s site, there will room not only forhousing, but for parkland and community amenities that will make this new neighborhood a vibrant addition to Ventura, and ultimately to the city. Thank you. Tilak & Sailaja Kasturi415-269-1146 Ventura neighborhood-- Tilak KasturiCell: 415-269-1146 From:Jennifer Gonsalves To:Council, City Subject:Agenda item #6, September 13, 2020 Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 1:05:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members, I strongly urge the Council to build housing, not office space at the Fry's site. As a 12 year City of Palo Alto Employee, who has personally lived 3.5 of the past 7 years inmy car, I am particularly concerned about low and middle income housing being prioritized to the greatest extent possible.The housing crisis is acute and must be addressed. 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Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 12:33:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ 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! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Benita Kenn To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 12:32:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ 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! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Verdere Philpot To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 12:20:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 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! Sincerely, Aresident of Palo Alto From:John McNellis To:Council, City Cc:Burt Pat (pat@patburt.org); Greg Tanaka; Charlie Weidanz; jon.goldman; Chop Keenan (chopkeenan@yahoo.com); John Shenk; Shikada, Ed; Brad Ehikian (brad.ehikian@prprop.com); roxy rapp; Dave Price (price@padailypost.com); Gennady Sheyner (gsheyner@paweekly.com); Daryl Savage Subject:Please open University Avenue as soon as possible Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 12:11:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ladies and Gentlemen: According to the Post, Planning Director Lait’s report to you last week confirmed what all of us already know—other than food, University Avenue’s retailers have been crushed. The report states that, elsewhere in the city, retail dropped 41percent in 2020, but recovered by 47 percent thus far this year. By sad—nearly tragic— comparison, University Avenue’s retailers dropped 33 percent in 2020 and another 1.5 percent this year. Your decision to close University Ave to traffic, to eliminate so much of its already limited parking and to allow the myriad parklets to obscure the other retailers’ storefronts has caused this terrible situation. Please do the right thing: rectify this immediately by voting to open the street to traffic. Failing to do so will only doom that many more non-food retailers. Thank you for your consideration. John E. McNellis McNellis Partners Click here to sign up for my essays 419 Waverley Street Palo Alto California 94301 650.853.3904 650.853.3910 (fax) john@mcnellis.com From:Karen Jacobson To:Council, City Subject:Please do not allow non-conforming use for offices at the Fry"s site. Date:Monday, September 13, 2021 12:03:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members: I strongly urge the Council discontinue the non- conforming use for offices by the Sorbrato Corporation at the Fry's site. Instead please make sure that the current zoning is upheld and that the site be used for new housing which is a top priority for the city. Please zone/use that land for affordable housing. There is such a shortage of affordable housing in our area. And, at present, there is no shortage of office/retail space for businesses that need it. By discontinuing non-conforming uses at the Fry’s site, there will room not only for housing, but for parkland and community amenities that will make this new neighborhood a vibrant addition to Ventura, and ultimately to the city. Thank you. Karen Jacobson 729 Mayfield Avenue Stanford, CA 94305 From:Tom Gilman To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Tanner, Rachael; Campbell, Clare Subject:395 Page Mill within the NVCAP plan Date:Tuesday, September 14, 2021 4:34:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To the Palo Alto City Council- In regards to the NVCAP process, the Planning staff has requested from the Jay Paul Company, a response to the concepts presented at the June 2021 City Council meeting. Based on the Planning documents from that meeting and in discussions with the Staff, the owner needed to take a more detailed look into the numbers to evaluate the potential redevelopment for the 395 Page Mill site. This has included reviewing several existing conditions: · Rapidly increasing construction costs · The considerable investment that he has made to the existing building · Potential buy-out of the existing tenant’s lease and lease extension possibility · Major construction cost of building 2 1/2 levels of underground parking Based on the considerable financial investment that a redevelopment would entail, the Jay Paul Company would be prepared to go along with a redevelopment of the site based on the following: · Build 508 new living units in a multifamily project with a 15% affordability (BMR) ratio, built in 6-story and 8-story buildings · Build an additional 200k sf of tech-office space for a total office area of 420K sf on the site, built in a new 8-story tech-office building · Include a new 2.3 acre public park, plus significant usable green space setbacks totaling an additional 1.3 acres. On average the existing setbacks are 25’, which would be increased to 30’-40’. · 95% of the parking would be housed in a new 2 1/2 level underground parking garage, opening up a significant portion of the site as green space. o The 9.8 acre acre site would have almost 60% open space, (public + private) compared to the current 25% · The multi-family residential buildings would be highly sustainable, built to CalGreen standards. · The tech-office buildings would be built to highly sustainable green levels, including LEED Platinum, and Fitwell accredited · Designing this office building as a Mass-Timber building. This will help ensure that the project is a highly sustainable project with the goal of significant Carbon reduction. · The Jay Paul Company has an on-going relationship with Magical Bridge Foundation, with whom they have worked in Palo Alto and other communities. They will work with them to consider Magical Bridge play spaces in the proposed Park area. The owner believes that this location is ideal for this transit-oriented development with Caltrain and multiple bus lines within easy walking distance. Without these levels of additional office space redevelopment, the owner is not motivated to redevelop the site, given the highly successful development with thecurrent tenancy. The owner looks forward to helping the City make this NVCAP effort a reality and is available for further conversation. Thank you, Tom Gilman, AIA C. Thomas Gilman, AIA, LEED APPrincipal | President DES Architects + Engineers | 399 Bradford Street | Redwood City, CA 94063T: 650.364.6453 | tgilman@des-ae.com | www.des-ae.com | @DESarchitects Architecture | Interior Design | Landscape Architecture | Structural Engineering | CivilEngineering | Visual Communications | LEED Coordination From:Tim Steele To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan; Jones, Rachel, LAFCo; Yang, Albert; Raybould, Claire; Robert Tersini; Steve Emslie; Richard Hackmann; tamsen.plume@hklaw.com; Deborah.Brundy@hklaw.com; Genna.Yarkin@hklaw.com; Tim Steele Subject:Submittal of Sobrato"s proposal for its lands it owns in the NVCAP planning area for consideration at the CityCouncil Date:Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:57:54 PM Attachments:Sobrato NVCAP letter 9.15.21.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jonathan, Please find attached our submittal letter and attachments supporting our land use proposal for the lands we own within the NVCAP planning area for consideration by the Council at the upcoming September 20, 2021 NVCAP discussion. Regards, Tim From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Cormack, Alison; Tanaka, Greg; GailPrice Cc:North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan; Planning Commission Subject:Agenda Item: 8 Preferred Alternative for NVCAP Date:Friday, September 17, 2021 12:53:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Agenda Item: 8 Preferred Alternative for NVCAP Support for Alternative 3B with Clear Incentivizes for Affordable Housing Dear Mayor DuBois and Palo Alto City Council Members: Palo Alto Forward is a non-profit organization focused on innovating and expanding housing choices and transportation mobility for a vibrant, welcoming, and sustainable Palo Alto. We are a broad coalition with a multi-generational membership, including new and longtime residents. We strongly support, at a minimum, staff and the Planning and Transportation Commission’s recommendation: Alternative 3B. As we have said during previous public comment periods over the last 2.5 years, Alternative 3B is the only financially feasible alternative that demonstrates a commitment to meeting our regional housing needs. Leaning on an aspirational vision without concrete and substantial funding sources and political support will not result in the construction of new, affordable homes. The combination of density and incentives are the only viable means to promote needed housing while also helping to fund parks and numerous creative community benefits. By demonstrating our commitment to a denser, walkable, transit-adjacent neighborhood in NVCAP, we can prioritize our climate change goals (while increasing a green canopy and reducing heat generating paved surfaces and gas-fueled cars) and set new families and low-income residents up for success. As you know, we are several months into the Housing Element process. Palo Alto must identify sites and policies that make an additional 6,086 homes feasible in our opportunity-rich city. Failure to demonstrate a willingness to act in good faith will likely result in state intervention. NVCAP should be utilized as an opportunity to demonstrate our commitment to equitably meeting our housing needs and regional goals. The staff report includes a number of policy areas that provide substantial opportunity for improved feasibility of affordable housing development in NVCAP. Including tools, such as land dedication, reduced parking requirements, and increased height allowances allows developers to create the greatest number of homes with the deepest levels of affordability. We believe there is room to reduce the parking requirement further. Given the proximity to transit and the California Avenue business district, we expect the parking demand will be lower than other neighborhoods. A 2020 study by the Regional Transportation District (RTD) of Metro Denver highlights the reduced parking utilization within half a mile of transit: “At market-rate properties, 40% of parking spaces go unused at peak, while income restricted properties provide 50% more parking than used.” The City of Palo Alto has been a leader in affordable housing and sustainability in the region. But we’ve developed a reputation for making housing difficult and expensive to build. The mean approval time for housing proposals in Palo Alto is substantially higher than neighborhood cities; this contributes to even higher project development costs.. Clear development guidelines which emphasize streamlining and incentives for affordable housing would go a long way in changing that. We have an opportunity in NVCAP to become leaders again - and meet the current and future needs of our community. Gail A. Price President, Palo Alto Forward cc: Planning and Transportation Commission, Housing Element Update Working Group From:susan chamberlain To:Council, City Subject:Yes on North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:17:50 AM Attachments:clip_image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 19, 2021 Dear Mayor Tom Dubois, Vice-Mayor Pat Burt, Council MembersCormack, Filseth, Kou, Stone and Tanaka We’re writing on behalf of the 350.org Silicon Valley Palo Alto Teamregarding the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP). This planhas been in development for many years, with enormous energy andwork by Staff, input from the PTC and residents. Rarely can a projectpresent such a unique opportunity to deliver on many fronts: muchneeded housing, social justice by including many types of housing(including affordable housing), and an opportunity to create anenvironmentally sensitive community that helps reduce greenhousegases. Situated proximate to the best transit corridor that currently exists on the Peninsula, adjacent to our “second” downtown, and near many jobs,it is a perfect place to create a “walkable community'' attractive to manypotential residents. We strongly encourage you to adopt the 3Balternative as the Staff and PTC recommend. We can takeadvantage of this unique opportunity to help us address ourjobs/housing imbalance, and provide housing that is less reliant on cars,thereby reducing greenhouse gases. ~~,, +~sos1L1C0N \_ ~ VALL Y~" ¾ ., ' Palo Alto Climate Team Sincerely, 350 SV Palo Alto Steering Committee From:Rebecca Sanders To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo - We Need More Time Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 1:59:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. The public as well as the Council has not had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns, and as such they require more study and review. In addition to the lack of time for public and council evaluation, the optics of last minute maneuverings smack of an attempt to co-opt public discourse, subvert our processes and do an end run around the Working Group which devoted 1000s of hours to this process. Thank you. Becky Sanders Ventura From:Tilak Kasturi To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 2:30:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. Do you think enough time to study these proposals was given to the public? The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns, and as such they require more study and review. In addition to the lack of time for public and council evaluation, the optics of last minute maneuverings smack of an attempt to co-opt public discourse, subvert our processes and do an end run around the Working Group which devoted 1000s of hours to this process. Thank you. -- Tilak & Sailaja Kasturi Ventura Neighborhood From:Susan Kemp To:Council, City Subject:Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo regarding NVCAP Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 2:58:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. The public as well as the Council has not had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the NVCAP working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns, and as such they require more study and review. In addition to the lack of time for public and council evaluation, the optics of last minute maneuverings smack of an attempt to co-opt public discourse, subvert our processes and do an end run around the Working Group which devoted thousands of hours to this process. Thank you. Susan Kemp Ventura Neighborhood Resident From:Katie Hammerson To:Council, City Subject:Item #8, September 20, 2021 - Please delay consideration of the At Places Memo Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 2:42:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. The public as well as the Council have not had enough time to study these proposals. This is a major concern, since the proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the workinggroup’s findings. As such, they require more time for study and review. Also this appears to be an end-run around the NVCAP process, and is particularly upsetting to friends and neighbors who volunteered thousands of hours to craft a new and better vision for North Ventura. Pleasedon’t ignore the valuable work already done on this topic and subvert the valuable input it provides Thank you. Katie and Bill HammersonEvergreen ParkPalo Alto From:Margaret Heath To:Council, City Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 5:50:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for CityCouncil’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. I am particularly disappointed that staff continues to present council members with late- breaking "at places memos" containing substantive new information. A practice completelycontrary to council policy that such documents must be made available to the public at large a specific number of days ahead of any council action. Substantive late information shouldautomatically trigger postponement of any council discussion until this requirement is met. Not only do "at places memos" do a major disservice to council members who are not given the courtesy of sufficient advance notice to fully consider any ramifications, this practicecontributes to the appearance of secrecy and collusion to subvert council policy for the benefit of specific individuals or companies. Which continues to severely undermine public trust. In this particular case, the applicant's proposals offer major departures away from the intent ofthe NVCAP working group’s findings. These are major not minor concerns. Consideration of any development on this property should be postponed until the issue of how much, if any,commercial development vs housing is resolved. This proposal is particularly galling to our friends and neighbors who gave thousands of hours in service to crafting a new vision for North Ventura. I am particularly disappointed that staffpresented this late-breaking information instead of pulling the item from the agenda. Unfortunately, this gives all the appearance of a thinly disguised attempt to undermineNVCAP's work and manipulate the outcome in favor of the applicant. Thank you for your attention, margaret heath2140 cornell street. From:gmahany@aol.com To:Council, City Subject:395 Page Mill site and NVCAP Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 5:20:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: So the Jay Paul Company after pondering considerable financhal requirements that redevelopment of 395 Page Mill decided that considerably more office space is needed. The same song that is sung by alldevelopers. Palo Alto already has an imbalance of office space to residential space. I point out that theCalifornia state government is pushing residential developments not office space.Why not hold the Jay Paul Company and Sobrato to the state requirements for Palo Alto's residentialdevelopment.Why is 389 Page Mill not included with the rest of the NVCAP area.Prudence requires the postponement of discussions of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting until the concept designs are more complete. The public as well as the Council has not had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings, so these are major not minor concerns As such, they require more study and review. Also this end-run around the NVCAP process is particularly galling to our friends and neighbors who gave thousands of hours in service to crafting a new vision for North Ventura. Please don’t subvert all their work. Thank you. Gary Mahany Ventura neighborhood From:Angela Dellaporta To:Council, City Subject:The proposals for 395 Page Mill and 340 Portage Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 8:51:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, While the last minute proposals made by the owners of 395 Page Mill Road and 340 Portage tease us with the offer of a bit of desperately needed housing, they actuallycontribute little and detract enormously from the vision of Palo Alto that most of us believe in. Most of us do not see Palo Alto primarily as a business center used by commuters; yet, dueto the unchecked over-building of office space, and the erosion of the amount of public park space in neighborhoods, that is what Palo Alto is becoming. These proposals, made by the property owners to benefit their own needs, disdain thesuggestions of the NVCAP Working group and utterly disregard the guidelines of Palo Alto’s own Comprehensive Plan. Far from the 4 acres of public park per 1000 residentsthat are recommended by the Comp Plan, these proposals — shockingly — together provide only 1.63 acres/1000 new residents. Do these property owners think that the City Council isperfectly willing to throw its park space guidelines in the gutter when considering amenities for residents who will live in these apartments? And it is not only public park space that is blatantly neglected in these proposals: buildingheight limits; the need for neighborhood serving retail; and the city’s traditional aesthetics are all overlooked. Even the desperate need for more moderate- and low-income housing isonly minimally addressed with these proposals. If Palo Alto is to remain a beautiful, family-friendly, bike-friendly, neighborhood-oriented city, proposals like these must be rejected. Thank you, Angela Dellaporta From:Arnout Boelens To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP: no minimum parking requirements Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:14:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, In the NVCAP staff report there is a fair amount of space dedicated to what should be the minimum parking requirements in this new neighborhood. We would like to suggest to not setany minimums. As has been extensively written about by Donald Shoup at UCLA, setting a parking minimum will make new apartments needlessly expensive, turns scarce land intoasphalt and, considering the neighborhood's proximity to the California Ave station, it is not necessary. The market is perfectly able to determine the right amount of parking on its own.Thank you for considering our comments. Kind regards, Nicole, Arnout, & Ava Zoeller Boelens From:wcmoss To:Council, City Subject:sobrato 10+ story proposal Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 11:09:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, As a 38 year resident of the Ventura Neighborhood. I strongly oppose the idea of a 10 plus story building in the Ventura neighborhood. It will overload the neighborhood with cars, businesses and people. Ventura is a far cry from downtown San Francisco or San Jose. It is and always has been a residential neighborhood. I urge you to not set a precedent by allowing these huge buildings to be erected. Sincerely William Moss 650 856-2666 From:Arthur Keller To:Council, City Subject:Item 8 NVCAP Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:39:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor and City Council, Please adopt Alternative 1 (which reflects the adaptive reuse of the former Alternative M). Do not consider the late submissions for the sites, or if you must, then the meeting must be postponed. This is per the Policies and Procedures for the City Council. The current parking ratio is warranted. Look at the developments at East Meadow Circle or ElCamino and Charleston for the overflow parking that results from even the current level of parking requirements. Best regards,Arthur Keller From:Fred Balin To:Margaret Heath Cc:Council, City Subject:#8: Late Area Plan Submissions Date:Sunday, September 19, 2021 9:28:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I agree that the item should be postponed. It is bad form to bypass the NVCAP as well to leave the larger public with little time toexamine major changes. Staff also acknowledges that “(their) review is limited by the short amount of time available." The relevant section in the council’s policy and procedures (below and enacted after majorsubversions of transparency over a decade ago) relates to the submission of “planing applications," which technically this not. Rather it is part of a path to a Comp PlanAmendment via an Area Plan. But the logic still holds and should be followed: If neither the advisory committee, the staff, or the public has sufficient time to absorb late changes related toa land use proposal, especially if the changes are significant, the item should be postponed. Thank you for writing, Margaret From City Council Procedures and Protocols Handbooks https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/from-archive/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/2011/final-council-protocols-and-procedures- manual.pdf In Council Procedures Section 2.4D (Page 8) and repeated in City Council Protocols Section 3.5 (Page 35) Late Submittal of Correspondence or Other Information Related to Planning Applications In order to allow for adequate Staff review and analysis, and to ensure public access toinformation, all plans, correspondence, and other documents supporting planning applications being heard by the City Council must be submitted to staff not later than noon five workingdays prior to the release of the Council Agenda Packet. If any correspondence or other information is submitted after this deadline to Council Members or staff, and Staff determinesadditional review is needed Staff will reschedule the item for a future Council meeting. If a Council member receives planning application materials from a project applicant he or sheshall notify the City Clerk and the City Manager as soon as possible. There are no restrictions on the rights of applicants or others to comment or respond to information contained withinthe Staff Report. At the meeting the City Council may determine whether to continue or refer the item to the appropriate Board and/or Commission if significant changes to a project orsignificant new information become known. Nothing in this statement is intended to restrict the rights of applicants or other interested parties to respond to information contained in orattached to a Staff Report. -Fred Balin 9/19/21 On Sep 19, 2021, at 5:49 PM, Margaret Heath <maggi650@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: Please postpone discussion of the two proposals being offered in the At Places Memo for City Council’s discussion about NVCAP at the 9/20/21 meeting. I am particularly disappointed that staff continues to present council members with late-breaking "at places memos" containing substantive new information. A practice completely contrary to council policy thatsuch documents must be made available to the public at large a specificnumber of days ahead of any council action. Substantive late information should automatically trigger postponement of any council discussion until this requirement is met. Not only do "at places memos" do a major disservice to council members who are not given the courtesy of sufficient advance notice to fully consider any ramifications, this practice contributes to theappearance of secrecy and collusion to subvert council policy for thebenefit of specific individuals or companies. Which continues to severely undermine public trust. In this particular case, the applicant's proposals offer major departuresaway from the intent of the NVCAP working group’s findings. These are major not minor concerns. Consideration of any development on this property should be postponed until the issue of how much, if any, commercial development vs housing is resolved. This proposal is particularly galling to our friends and neighbors who gave thousands of hours in service to crafting a new vision for North Ventura. I am particularly disappointed that staff presented this late-breaking information instead of pulling the item from the agenda. Unfortunately, this gives all the appearance of a thinly disguised attempt to undermine NVCAP's work and manipulate the outcome in favor of the applicant. Thank you for your attention, margaret heath 2140 cornell street. From:Susan Usman To:Council, City Subject:Item # 8 - At Places Memo Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 7:36:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor and Council Members, I’m not sure how this item got on your agenda. It has nothing to do with the work the NVCAP working group has done trying to determine the best use of the “Fry’s" space for the citizens of the city of Palo Alto. Please, please don’t sell out to a big developer!! We need to develop this land for the betterment of our community. Sobrato is just seeing $$$. They don’t care about quality of life in this part of the city. The NVCAP working group and the general citizens of Palo Alto need to be able to study this new proposal. Thank you, Susan Usman Triple El From:Magic To:Council, City Subject:Item 8: at places memo Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 10:31:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, Many Palo Altans devoted thousands of hours to carefully considering alternatives and making recommendations abouthow we can use the Fry's site to community benefit. In a democracy, this will be sufficient to establish boundaries onproposals considered. Elected officials and city employees will advise any who suggest uses outside these boundaries thatthose will be rejected for failure to serve community interest. Instead, city employees have carried such out-of-bounds proposals to you, our elected representatives. Worse, they've doneso at the eleventh hour, limiting notice to much of the interested public and recommending your consideration at a meetingonly a few days later. In my gut I feel this too close to what I expect from corrupt, authoritarian regimes. You now have opportunity to honor the Palo Alto voters you represent by refusing to be enlisted in this anti-democraticgambit, and by directing the employees who brought it to you to make this the last time they do something of this kind.These employees deserve clear instructions from you to which they can point when asked to collaborate in community-damaging schemes by people with little regard for Palo Altans' well-being. You deserve to be served by professionals whounderstand how you perceive your ethical responsibilities to your constituents, and who support you in fulfilling them. You also have opportunity to unequivocally communicate to the applicants submitting these proposals that they're wastingtheir resources and undermining their claims to be honest contributors to the community. You might add that you perceivethem to be insulting you and your constituents by ignoring the outcome of the process to plan for this site that you createdand in which so many participated. The people of the Ventura neighborhood have been saddled with a grossly disproportionate share of the burdens ofaccommodating Palo Alto resident and workforce growth. In fairness they deserve that the Fry's site be used in a way thatbrings them closer to parity with other neighborhoods in terms of parks and open space and other benefits, and in terms oftraffic and other costs. Please return this memo to staff and direct them to advise these and other applicants that if they want to build on the Fry'ssite, they will craft plans consistent with the recommendations of the Palo Altans who participated in the NVCAP processand with the well-being of all of your constituents. Thank you for considering these views. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Dear Council Members —The most recent NVCAP report considers fully the development options for the area, however not much time wasleft for the committee to really consider a rail/Alma separated bike crossing in the North Ventura area. Theseparated bike/ped crossing in North Ventura is especially critical given that staff is proposing a reduction to therequired on-site parking for these developments. If parking requirements are reduced, more cars could be pushed topark on the streets which would degrade bike safety. Given the severe shortage of park space currently existing in and planned for the Ventura neighborhood, a separatedbike/ped crossing becomes more critical for children and families who must bike farther for park-like amenities. Thebike/ped crossing in Ventura will also grant easier access for bikes to connect North Ventura with Midtownshopping and cafes, the Mitchell Park Library with its community center and wide variety of recreationalopportunities, and the Charleston Shopping Center. The City has a rare opportunity when developing the North Ventura area, which is the chance to improve bikeconnectivity for South Palo Alto residents and to provide a long-awaited separated bike/ped crossing, of which thereare none in South Palo Alto. A separated bike/ped crossing in North Ventura also allows safer bike connectivity andhelps abate the impact to bikes and pedestrians during the construction of the grade separations at EastMeadow/Alma and East Charleston/Alma. I am a resident of Charleston Meadows and I strongly urge Council to fund a study of where to build this separatedbike/ped crossing, and how to mitigate the impact to bikes and pedestrians during the multi-year construction whichwill take place in North Ventura and at the two rail crossings. Thank you,Keri WagnerEdlee AvePalo Alto 650-740-7964