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Home My Public Portal About20210929plCC701-32 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: 09/27/2021 Document dates: 09/20/2021 – 09/27/2021 Public Comments Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Jenn Wagstaff Hinton To:Council, City Cc:Jennifer Hinton; jhinton; Soheila Mozayan; Linnea Wickstrom; Sarah Verity Subject:PA City Council 9/27 Agenda Item #3: Please support the Eden Housing mixed-use development! Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 10:26:01 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members.I write to request your full support for the development of the Santa Clara County site at 525 E. Charleston for the construction of 50 units of affordable housing (currently housing theAbilityPath Art and Computer Center, formerly housing the Abilties United HQ). As a Palo Alto native and parent of an adult daughter "Jane" with severe disabilities, I can tell you thatthe housing crisis for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities is profound - 80% of adults with disabilities live with their parents, many of whom are aging themselves and are seekinglow cost long term housing solutions for their adult children. The Eden Housing proposal will enable low cost housing construction close to public transportation and services in closeproximity to Mitchell Park, Magical Bridge, and even the award-winning Ada's Cafe. The mixed use development would also continue to house the AbilityPath Computer Skills and Artprograms - a win/win for the community and AbilityPath participants. I last wrote to you requesting your support for the Wilton Project on El Camino - which is now underconstruction here in our Barron Park neighborhood, thanks to the strong support by you all several years ago. Thank you in advance for supporting the Eden Housing mixed-use low costhousing development in South Palo Alto. Sincerely,Jenn Wagstaff Hinton AbilityPath Board Director From:Grady, David@SCDD To:Council, City Subject:525 Charleston Affordable Housing Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 9:56:21 AM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. September 27,2021 City Council of Palo Alto, California via email to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA Re: Support for Eden Housing at 525 Charleston Rd. Dear City Council: As Regional Manager for the State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Central Coast (SCDD CC), I request your support for Eden Housing at 525 Charleston, the affordable housing development being proposed at the 9/27/21 Study Session. In collaboration with individuals, families, providers, and the Regional Center, SCDD CC promotes the ongoing work to improve the number and quality of services for men and women with developmental disabilities and their families. Throughout our catchment which includes Palo Alto and all of Santa Clara County, SCDD CC works hard to support educational, employment, and residential services for men and women with I/DD. The housing needs within the Bay Area, and particularly Palo Alto effect the I/DD community as it does everyone, and the aim of SCDD CC is to promote housing opportunities for this important often overlooked and underserved population. State Council on Developmental Disability, Central Coast supports the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Rd which will include 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Because of the high cost of housing in Palo Alto, it is extraordinarily difficult for a person with a disability who has a fixed or extremely low income to find housing. By including a preference for individuals with developmental disabilities in 50% of the rental units, this project will offer people with developmental disability the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto and to live in an integrated community, addressing an unmet priority of the City’s Housing Element and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The close proximity of the site to transit and other community amenities, including supportive services, makes 525 E. Charleston the perfect location for inclusive housing for people with I/DD. Please approve this project to move forward with the planning process so that people like me can have the opportunity to live independently in our State Council on Developmental Disabilities • web, e • www.<edd.co.gov • e,..,o • centrocoo5: scdcLcc.gov own communities. Community inclusion is important for all. Thank you for your leadership to make Palo Alto a community in which people of diverse incomes and abilities can continue to thrive. Sincerely, David Grady, MA Regional Manager State Council on Developmental Disability, Central Coast From:Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D. To:Council, City Subject:Recent Developments in Aviation/Airport Law and Regulations - September 27, 2021 Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 8:54:41 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. If you're having trouble viewing this email, you may see it online. Share this: LATEST NEWS AND ANALYSIS - AIR AND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT Congress Continues to Search for Relief From Airport Noise Impacts By Barbara Lichman on September 27, 2021 It appears that some members of Congress have not given up the fight to bring relief from airport noise impacts to their constituents. Since the beginning of August, 2021, at least eight (8) “Aviation Noise Bills” have been introduced in an attempt to lessen the burden on some communities from aircraft overflight, particularly in the wake of implementation of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (“FAA”) NextGen initiative, which resulted, in many cases, in the consolidation of flight paths, often over communities not previously overflown at all, thus also increasing noise over those and other communities. Several of these legislative efforts are particularly notable, some for being remarkably ambitious, and others for being wish lists, without a strong chance for passage. First, H.R. 4929, the REST, or “Restore Everyone’s Sleep Tonight” Act, falls into the second category. It calls for an amendment to the Federal Aviation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 40101, et seq., “to allow airports to impose an access restriction for certain hours” as well as penalties for violations of those restrictions. Unfortunately for its prospects, it flies directly in the face of another section of the FAA Act, § 47524(c)(1)(D), which allows restrictions on hours of operation only with the approval of the airport administration and aircraft operators on the airport, or the Secretary of Transportation. Section 47524 resulted from the passage in 1990 of the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990, 49 U.S.C. § 47521, et seq. (“ANCA”), which was enacted by Congress for the specific purpose of preventing additional “uncoordinated and inconsistent restrictions on aviation that could impede the National Air Transportation System,” § 47521(2). Clearly, legislation allowing individual jurisdictions to impose restrictions on operating hours would contravene that fundamental purpose, inspiring opposition from the same airline and airport interests as sponsored the 1990 legislation, and making passage of such an amendment unlikely. Similarly, H.R. 4927, the NOTIFIED [Notify Officials to Inform Fully and Impel Educated Decisions] Act sounds good on paper, and, indeed, furthers a noble purpose, i.e., the early engagement of the public and its representatives in discourse concerning “new PBN implementation process flight procedures and for other purposes.” The only problem is that, while sounding useful, it actually duplicates the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321, et seq., which similarly requires provision of information concerning a planned project to public officials and the public in general at various times during the course of the project. Interestingly, the final example is of legislation that might actually have a chance for passage. The LEAVE [Low Frequency Energetic Acoustics and Vibrations Exasperate] Act, H.R. 4926, seeks to eliminate the normally preclusive federal preemption of local statutes, allowing an action against an airport in state court for noise or nuisance caused by “ground based noise,” defined in the LEAVE Act, § (d)(2) as “noise emanating from an aircraft operating on the ground predominately [sic] consisting of noise of 200 HZ or below.” Thus, the scope of the proffered legislation does not include noise from aircraft overflight, and, thus, avoids, to some extent, impinging on the presumption of federal preemptive authority over the National Aviation System confirmed in, and maintained by, ANCA. In summary, the best chance for inspiring passage of these legislative initiatives is the vast extent of NextGen impacts, which affect many members of Congress. It is also true that the possibility of passage is greatly enhanced if the proffered legislation does not step directly on the toes of the national airport and airline interests, which will continue to fight to protect FAA’s preemptive authority over rulemaking. Thus, those legislative efforts that start “small,” and may seem insignificant in the larger scheme of air transportation, may also end up memorialized, perhaps in an amended and strengthened form, in the governing statutory framework. Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D.18400 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 800Irvine, CA 92614-0514 (949)224-6292 www.aviationairportdevelopmentlaw.com © Barbara E. Lichman, Ph.D., J.D. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org. To ensure that you continue receiving our emails, please add us to your addressbook or safe list. manage your preferences | opt out using TrueRemove®. Got this as a forward? Sign up to receive our future emails. emma From:Karen Damian To:Council, City Subject:College Terrace Parking Program Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 7:52:54 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council members, Three things: First: Dealing with Duncan Solutions (what a misnomer) was most frustrating. Theirwebsite is cranky and difficult to use. i had to send document photos for information they had from last year. The response came to my spam box unbeknownst to me so i was late in getting my payment back to them.Now the permits may not arrive here in time for the October first commencement ofthe program. Second: What is the rationale of my having to buy a sticker for my car when i have off street parking and don't need or what anything but a guest pass? How fair is that? Third: Please oh please do not even consider this notion of doing away with the hanging guest passes and using some sort of computerized system involving Duncan. It is bad enough being tortured having to deal with them online once a year but asfrequently as i have need of my guest pass during said year, well. i beg you please do not go there. Thanks for your consideration Karen S Damian870 College Avenue Palo Alto, 94306 From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Aram James Cc:Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Moore; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Rebecca Eisenberg; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Joe Simitian Subject:Re: Police resisting vaccines should seek another job Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 7:15:06 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Like everything else, people historically just don’t want to be disturbed by the facts….. A famous person locallyonce told this…..a Rabbi….. Sent from my iPad > On Sep 27, 2021, at 12:21 AM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:> Follow the link below to view the article.>> Police resisting vaccines should seek another job> https://mercurynews-ca-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=00567162f_1345f12> >> Sent from my iPhone From:Jim Colton To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item #9, September 27, 202 Please Incentivize Affordable Housing Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 6:23:07 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 am concerned that the new Objective Standards far exceed what the State law is asking us to do. It discourages below-market-rate projects, the type of projects that we need the most. Also, provisions against height and massing should not be used for particular neighborhoodsbut should apply to all neighborhoods. Before making any changes to the code, please find out what other changes are proposed. Staff should provide an accurate comparison of the proposed code with the current code sothat we understand fully all the changes. Also please allow adequate time for public review and input. Thanks, Jim Colton Green Acres II -- JimColtonPhotography.com From:Tirumala Ranganath To:Council, City Cc:ranguranganath Subject:Re : Item #9, September 27, 2021 - Please Incentivize Affordable Housing and Maintain Existing ResidentialProtections Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:54:14 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 very concerned that the new Objective Standards being pushed by the City'sStaff report far exceed what the State law is asking us to do. The State of Californiais not requiring us to revise our standards for all new buildings. Developers can already apply for exemptions from the current Context-Based Criteria as allowed by state law. The staff report cites just two such projects in the city that have requested such exemptions - however the report does not say if even these projectsmeet the state's eligibility requirements. Under these circumstances, without specific examples, data and justification, does it make any sense to overhaul our code? This appears fishy to me, bringing up the obvious question : Who is the city staff working for , residents or developers ? In addition the staff report fails todetail any impacts whatsoever, let alone the huge potential fallout from removing those standards. Here are some some key problems that one can immediately think of with proposed changes as outlined in the staff report: Little public input, however input was sought from developers, consultants, and architects - why is this happening ?Staff report provides no analysis of impacts - why is that ? Isn't that part of thestaff's responsibility to be transparent ? Staff report does not provide point by point differences between existing and proposed - Isn't this essential, so the City Council can make an objective andfact based decision ?Last but not least, where is the outreach to residents affected by the code change, a trend that appears to be more and more the case nowadays ? Has the staff forgotten that there is a large group of residents seriously interested inthese matters ? This proposed change serves only property owners and drives up the value of the land and disincentivizes below-market-rate projects. Even though staff maintains that objective standards only apply to certain projects, the old context-based design criteria are being completely removed from the code. Therefore, any new development will have either the less powerful objective rules, or neither the old nor new protections. Why? In addition provisions against height and massing that have protected all residents in the city, should not be cherry picked so that some neighborhoods are saved whileothers are sacrificed. Please provide parity for all neighborhoods. Before making any changes to the code, isn't it essential for the city council to know what other changes are proposed ? Staff should provide an accurate comparison of the proposed code with the current code so that we fully understand all the changes. If these proposed changes are adopted without careful scrutiny by the city counciland the public, these sweeping changes will certainly sound the death knell for affordable housing in this city. Relaxing building standards instantly drives up the value of the land by increasing the density of what can be built on it. This Objective Standards Developer Giveaway makes it possible and financially lucrative to max out construction footprint, incentivizes business over homes and offers no provisions for more parkland and community amenities. It is imperative to please allow adequate time for public review and input. Thank you for your kind attention, Ranganath (a 40 year Greater Ventura resident) From:Aram James To:Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Moore; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; DavePrice; Jay Boyarsky; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; PlanningCommission; Roberta Ahlquist; Rebecca Eisenberg; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Joe Simitian;paloaltofreepress@gmail.com Subject:Police resisting vaccines should seek another job Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:21:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Follow the link below to view the article. Police resisting vaccines should seek another job https://mercurynews-ca-app.newsmemory.com/?publink=00567162f_1345f12 Sent from my iPhone From:Melanie Grondel To:Council, City Cc:Melanie Grondel Subject:DUNCAN Solutions still creating problems in College Terrace"s Residential Parking Program Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:03:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, With regret I have to report that after having problems with the College Terrace RPP last year until well past 11/23/2020, this year has started off on the same foot. Please do not consider Duncan Solutions for designing and managing an automated system toread license plates for parking applications. The sad tale below of how it took 5 afternoons of work plus follow up efforts to finally, a week later, receive my parking permit and guestpermit hang tag for this year starting 9/2021, will illustrate my point. After a seemingly auspicious start of putting in my information including the point of entering the payment information, the system rolled back to the problem of the year before and gotstuck there. I tried every way I could think of to let the system reset itself, restarts of my phone andcomputer. Moreover attempts to contact Duncan Solutions were in vain. By computer I got repeatedly messages of a DNS Domain related issue; no message to Duncan reached itsdestination, not even using their own website directly instead of links provided in the parking program letter. I started phone calls, to no avail. For example I called Duncan CustomerService and was connected to a credit collection service going after tardy ticket payment. After I was told that I was correct, that this was the customer service of Duncan Solutions,Wisconsin, the nice lady told me that the only phone number she had to refer me to was a 415 number dealing with tardy Fast track payers for the SF Bay Area bridges. Meanwhile asoftware engineer friend of mine analyzed the DNS issues as related to problems for the Duncan IT department to address. It is now afternoon # 3, on 9/10/ 2021. Since contacting Duncan was useless, I sent a message to the City of Palo Revenuedepartment. They finally connected me with a competent and kind lady in Gardena, near Los Angeles not Wisconsin. After several tries, she found a way around the communicationproblems by computer and phone. After initial contact she pulled in the Duncan IT department. My account was unfrozen, and registered 2021 not 2020. She and I workedtogether through the program, and I finally could pay. However I never was able to receive a receipt, or the temporary permit I was supposed to get by email. This helpful lady found a work around and promised me during phone call that she wasputiing the permits in the postal mail to me, since she was present when the system accepted my payment. She did keep that promise and the permit and hang tag did arrive. This was a 6day saga to complete a supposedly simple renewal and payment process. Please note there was a similar problem with the process the year before that took well past November 23 to beresolved. Last year there were many other residents who had problems, as reported. Under these circumstances do you really want to consider Duncan Solutions to deliver and manage an automated program replacing the hang tag and requiring daily input by residents toa Duncan IT system whenever a guest arrives or departs? City Council members, if you want to consider an automated license plate reader system to deal with parking, Please let it Not be by Duncan Solutions !! We will not see the end of the problems and problematic fines to follow. Please consider a company who has established a track record of reliable, efficient, and client friendly service during a trial period in our community. Thank you very much for your consideration,Melanie Grondel College TerracePalo Alto 8 From:Sara Selis To:Council, City Subject:Sept. 27 council meeting agenda - items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:01:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council- I am writing in support of two important housing projects that will be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). I urge you to move the project forward in a productive manner. LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: I urge you to pass the resolution authorizingthe City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing forthose in need. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you for your consideration andsupport. Sincerely, Sara Selis (have lived and worked in Mountain View and Palo Alto for the last 26years) From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Wary of planning"s Objective Standards Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 5:04:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Tom DuBois & fellow council members, Thank you for leading regarding the NVCAP last Monday. It was refreshing to see the city council be the driver of this important land use process. I am impressed by the depth of your motion Mayor Dubois. I appreciate greatly the forceful insights of Greer Stone, Lydia Kou, Pat Burt and Eric Filseth on this critical matter as well. I am writing because of my concerns that city staff is again pushing to undo the existing Context-Based Design Standards. Staff presented their Objective Standards at the last Planning and Transportation meeting. I observed a flawed process. Staff deluged the commission with their new code. Chair Hechtman did not allow for an item by item review. Staff did not present a list of the actual Context-Based Design Standards to compare with the their new Objective Standards. The city is not required by the state to revise our existing code at this time. Yet the planning staff has created these Objective Standards under the pretext of ‘cleaning up’ the code. There are many problems with these Objective Standards. This is a gift for developers and architects who are cited as the ’stakeholders’ by staff. Where is the public in this process? As you know there has been no community outreach. Residents need to be involved as this impacts all of us. Privacy would be eliminated should this new code be established. Check out their proposed shrubs and border of trees mitigation that would not ensure privacy. The planning staff is urging that protections be removed for residents in multifamily housing. The newly proposed code is poorly-written and lacks clarity. How can it be enforced if the language is purposefully vague? The staff argues that all new building other than single family homes and duplexes will be subjected to the new Objective Design Standards chapter. Buried in that chapter, you will find section 18.24.010(b) which says that “”objective design standards apply to new multifamily housing with three or more units (see definition in 18.04.030), supportive and transitional housing and residential and mixed use projects with at least two-thirds residential square footage.” That sentence means that the specific objective standards listed within the chapter do not apply to buildings unless they are two-thirds residential. An office building would be exempt from having to follow the actual Objective Design Standards. This is what I call a LOOPHOLE. How would these new Objective Standards further the city’s obligation to create truly affordable housing? The process appears to be circumvented by the planning staff as the optics reveal it to be rushed and obfuscated. I ask that you ensure that the public is adequately included in this process. Very truly yours, Ann Lafargue Balin From:Dilma Coleman To:cityattorney@santaclaraca.gov; chiefdavis@youngstownohio.gov Cc:Rabbi David Booth; bfinley@youngstownohio.gov Subject:Fwd: Hurry up.change from Undersheriff to California Governor..and hurry up do it today. Change all documentsinto Gavin Newsom isnt Governor but in transit to county jail then transferred to prison. Ok. Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 4:49:37 PM Attachments:Screenshot_20210926-130847.pngScreenshot_20210926-153420.pngScreenshot_20210926-153707.pngScreenshot_20210926-125332.pngScreenshot_20210926-121127.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: Sun, Sep 26, 2021, 4:38 PMSubject: Hurry up.change from Undersheriff to California Governor..and hurry up do it today. Change all documents into Gavin Newsom isnt Governor but in transit to county jail thentransferred to prison. Ok. To: <rlucia@acgov.org> Hello it's Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs Whereas Diva's grandfather is Pope John Paul I aka Albino Luciani born in Canale d'Agordo,Italy. Died in the Apostolic Palace Vatican city onSeptember 28,1978. Irronic how AFGHANISTAN Zamina Begum died same day five months earlier on April 28,1978. Argue it. Attachment#1. Pope John Paul I his reincarnated energieswants the truth of his life in Wikipekia especially the life of Diva having birth in Italy,deceased children and births in the U.S.A and Italy. Argue it. Attachment#2 Diva Lee the granddaughter of Pope John Paul I aka Albino Argue it. Diva Lee aka adopted daughter under DACA until age 31 to Paul Jobs later Steve was raised inDebartolo Sr SF home and other homes whereas DIVA's parents..were trapped with DACA rules for their children. Argue it. Attachment #4 Pope John Paul II wrote song with Divatitled"One Sweet Day" the song was stolen then sung by Mariah Carey & Boys II Men. Attachment#5 Mariah Carey and Boys II Men..were suppose to give a portion of their financial income for the song "One Sweet Day" to Diva and Pope John Paul II not sure if ithappened because it is not reported on Wikipedia. Pope John Paul II purchased a home for Diva Lee near Laffayette where DIVA's identical twin sister is buried. The home purchasedfor Diva was stolen like many other homes. Argue it. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs From:Andie Reed To:Council, City Subject:Objective Standards Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 4:25:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, Switching out Context Based Design Criteria with Objective Standards for new projects, which is currently under review by Council, is a process that appears to result in making major modifications to the municipal code. Although the staff report references many ARB and PTC meetings that have addressed this issue, and that there has been outreach to builders and architects ("stakeholders"), there has been little public outreach (aren't residents "stakeholders"?). It is an important goal to set up guidelines that will ease production of below-market- rate housing in Palo Alto, streamlining the process by adopting state-mandated rules. Converting subjective rules to objective ones is, on its face, a good charge, if both sides, meaning current residents and potential developers, are equally represented. Please address: 1. what code items are being replaced with the new standards described in Attachments A. Without a comparison as to what currently exists versus what is being proposed, we don't know what will go away and be lost in the shuffle. 2. while we're changing guidelines, why not make incentivizing Below Market Rate housing a priority? This would be the time to step up to our goals of providing housing for workers, relaxing review for 100% affordable housing first. 3. why are some neighborhoods exempted (south of Forest Avenue)? 4. what standards will apply if the Context Based Design Criteria standards are deleted and a project doesn't qualify for Objective Standards? where do commercial projects fall? 5. where is the emphasis on liveability; trees, open air, light, privacy, that residents prize? why are we making it easier for developers over residents? Are we encouraging large multi-unit projects with fewer design/context elements and without a requirement for significant amounts of Below Market Rate housing, making it much easier for builders to cash in on Market Rate housing? Thank you for your hard work on this tough subject. Andie Reed Old Palo Alto -- From:Aram James To:DuBois, Tom; Dave Price; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Raj; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; PlanningCommission; Winter Dellenbach; Jeff Moore; Roberta Ahlquist; Cherrill Spencer; Greer Stone; alisa mallari tu;Roberta Ahlquist; alisa mallari tu; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Jay Boyarsky; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org;paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Binder, Andrew Subject:NYTimes: Reparations for Black Residents Are Becoming a Local Issue as Well as a National One Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 4:24:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 26, 2021 Dear Mayor Dubois: In the article linked to below, please note the growing support by mayors across this country who are supporting the coalition known as: Mayors Organizing for Reparations and Equity.Please consider joining/signing on to this important and growing movement. Best regards, Aram James https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/25/us/reparations-african-americans-usa.html?referringSource=articleShare Sent from my iPhone From:Susan Kemp To:Council, City Subject:Item #9, September 27, 2021 - Please Preserve Existing Residential Protections and Keep the Focus on Incentivizing Affordable Housing Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 1:54:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Item #9, September 27, 2021 - Please Preserve Existing Residential Protections and Keep the Focus on Incentivizing Affordable Housing Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: I am concerned that the new Objective Standards far exceed what the State law is asking us to do. This proposed change serves only property owners and drives up the value of the land and disincentivizes below-market-rate projects. Also, provisions against height and massing that have protected all residents in the city should not be cherry picked so that some neighborhoods are saved while others are sacrificed. Please provide parity for all neighborhoods. Before making any changes to the code, please find out what other changes are proposed. Staff should provide an accurate comparison of the proposed code with the current code so that we fully understand all the changes. Also please allow adequate time for public review and input. Perhaps a review and correction of staff processes is needed to avoid last minute “At Places Memos” being submitted to Council before staff has solicited and received input from residents affected by the changes being recommended instead of what appears as their only soliciting input from developers, consultants and architects. Thank you. Susan Kemp Ventura resident From:Sheri Furman To:Council, City Subject:Letter regarding Sep 27 Objective Standards agenda item Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 1:44:09 PM Attachments:Objective Standards Letter.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see the attached. September 27 Council Meeting -- Objective Standards Agenda Item September 25, 2001 Dear Mayor DuBois and Council Members, We, the co-chairs of PAN, are concerned that the new Objective Standards will do away with rules that for decades have prevented larger new buildings from overwhelming nearby residences. We understand that the State is requiring Objective Standards for some new residential and mixed-use proposals. That being the case, why does the proposal do away with Objective Standards for commercial buildings? Whether that is the intent or not, such an oversight must be corrected. To reiterate, the State is not requiring us to revise our standards for all new buildings. The staff report cites just two such projects in the city that have requested exemptions from the current Context-Based Criteria as allowed by state law but does not say if they are even eligible. Without specific examples, data and justification, does it make sense to change how we govern all other buildings, such as offices, especially if we will end up with weaker standards for those? Plus, the staff proposes rezoning more parcels for the HIP. Instead the Council should insist that changes to zoning makes 100% affordable housing projects the most valuable use of land. This will incentivize more below-market rate housing, which is what we need. Additionally, the staff report fails to detail any impacts whatsoever, let alone the huge potential fallout from removing our current standards. Some key problems with proposed changes as outlined in the staff report:  Little public input; however input was sought from developers, consultants, and architects.  Absence of analysis of any impacts.  No outreach to residents affected by the code change, as has become far too frequent.  No comparison of new rules with the old rules. The proposed ordinance removes privacy protections for residents near new development and deletes long-standing context-based protection rules. It even favors unzoning for commercial development (which we don’t need), making affordable housing (which we do need) harder to build. What other changes might be buried in the new code that we have yet to discover? A line-by-line comparison of the new code and old code must be done so we can identify what is gained and what is lost to the community. Please send these new standards back to staff and  Insist on a detailed 1-1 comparison  Insist that residential privacy be fully protected in the new standards  Retain old context-based rules wherever the state allows (i.e., on most buildings)  Don’t expand HIP – instead prioritize 100% affordable housing  Expand protection to RM-40 and all other residential uses  Remove ambiguous and unenforceable language from objective standards Thank you. Sheri Furman Becky Sanders From:Allan Seid To:DENNIS LEE Subject:Fwd: Formal Invitation - Apology Ceremony 09.29.21 Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 8:20:30 AM Attachments:English_ApologyEvent_09.29.21.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. You are cordially invited to join the City of San José and the Chinese American community for a historic ceremony commemorating the City Council Resolution apologizing for the City’s role in th e acts of injustices against Chinese Immigrants and their descendants. The details are as follow: Wednesday September 29, 2021 12:00pm to 1:00pm Circle of Palms in Downtown San José Site of former Market Street Chinatown The ceremony will include a formal reading of the City Council apology resolution, remarks from local Chinese American elec ted officials, sharing of histori cal context and a response from the Chinese American community. We hope that this is an opportunity for healing and reconciliation for all the historic wrongdoings that have been c ommitted against the Chinese American community in San José. DEAR HONORED GUEST , FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE EVENT ITSELF, PLEASE CONTACT CHRISTOPHER CAMBISES, IMMIGRANT AFFAIRS MANAGERAT (408) 535-8100 OR AT CHRISTOPHER.CAMBISES@SANJOSECA.GOV . C ITY OF OSE CAPITAL OF SILICON VALLEY COUNCILMEMBER RAUL PERALEZ S A N J O S E •!• D I S T R I C T 3 From:Kate Cane To:Tina Swithin Subject:Proclamation Request: Family Court Awareness Month Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 8:26:41 PM Attachments:FCAM Proclamation Copy 2021 (1) (1).docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To Whom this May Concern, November is Family Court Awareness Month which provides an excellent opportunity for our city to demonstrate its support in recognizing the importance of a family court system that prioritizes child safety and acts in the best interest of children. During the inaugural Family Court Awareness Month (2020), the top advocates in the family court system joined forces in a united effort to honor the 758 children who had been murdered by a separating or divorcing parent (2008-2020, Center for Judicial Excellence). This collaboration was organized by Tina Swithin of One Mom’s Battle and Sandra Ross of California Protective Parents Association. Joining in this awareness campaign was The National Family Violence Law Center, The Court Said USA, Kayden’s Korner Foundation, Kyra Franchetti Foundation, Pollack Group LLC, Center for Judicial Excellence, and the Stop Abuse Campaign. Efforts to coin the month of November as Family Court Awareness Month received recognition and endorsements from California Congresswoman Judy Chu, Senator Susan Rubio and Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio. At the Los Angeles press conference on November 1, 2020, Senator Rubio and Assemblywoman Rubio were in attendance and spoke prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony. The Los Angeles event was the first in a series of press conferences across the country. Speakers at these events were notable voices in the domestic violence and family court advocacy communities. These speakers included Jacqueline Franchetti whose daughter, Kyra Franchetti was murdered as a result of a New York family court failure. Ana Estevez, whose beloved son, Piqui, was murdered as a result of a California family court failure and Kathy Sherlock, mother to Kayden, who was murdered as a result of a Pennsylvania family court failure. Since last November, the number of children murdered by separating or divorcing parents has increased to 806; 48 additional children have lost their lives in less than a year. Currently, many families in our community are struggling in silence and facing the reality that child safety is not being prioritized. Our family court system lacks the proper training on domestic violence, childhood trauma and post separation abuse. In fact, many are shocked to discover that most states do not have domestic violence training requirements prior to a judicial officer presiding over family court cases and ultimately, determining the fate of innocent children. In the states that do have requirements for domestic violence training, it is very minimal. Our goal for Family Court Awareness Month 2021, is to shine a spotlight on solutions such as the research that is currently available, but not being utilized. This research includes: The Meier Study Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) PROCLAMATION COPY WHEREAS, the mission at One Mom’s Battle (OMB) and the Family Court Awareness Month Committee (FCAMC) is to increase awareness on the importance of a family court system that prioritizes child safety and acts in the best interest of children, and; WHEREAS, the mission at the FCAMC is to increase awareness on the importance of education and training on domestic violence, childhood trauma and post separation abuse for all professionals working within the family court system, and; WHEREAS, the mission at the FCAMC is to educate judges and other family court professionals on the empirical data and research that is currently available. Such research is a critical component to making decisions that are truly in the best interest of children. This research includes The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study (CDC-Kaiser Permanente), Saunder’s Study (Us Department of Justice), The Meier Study: Child Custody Outcomes in Cases Involving Abuse Allegations, and the Santa Clara Law Study (Confronting the Challenge of High-Conflict Personality in Family Court), and; WHEREAS, the mission at the FCAMC is fueled by the desire for awareness and change in the family court system while honoring the 800(+) children who have been murdered by separating or divorcing parents, and; NOW, THEREFORE, I, (NAME), Mayor of (CITY), do hereby proclaim the month of November as FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH in (CITY) and commend its observance to all citizens. WITNESS MY HAND and the official Seal of the City of (CITY). _________________________ Mayor NOVEMBER IS FAMILY COURT AWARENESS MONTH www.familycourtawarenessmonth.com The Saunders Study The Santa Clara University Study (High Conflict individuals in the family court system I would be honored if you would sponsor an official proclamation to recognize November as Family Court Awareness Month. Your proclamation would lend official recognition to the important work of educating the public, as well as emphasize your personal commitment to help support matters that are of the utmost importance to your community, child safety. I have cc’d founder, Tina Swithin (tina@familycourtawarenessmonth.com) on this email and if it works with her schedule, she would be honored to be in attendance (virtually) when the proclamation is presented. If you, or your staff, have any questions concerning the request, or Family Court Awareness Month, please call let me know. I will follow-up with your office on this request in the next few days. As always, we appreciate your support. Thank you for considering this very important request. I've attached sample wording as an example if that's helpful. Sincerely, Kate Cane (949) 690-9696 -- Kate Cane From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Kou, Lydia; Council, City; Greer Stone; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Human RelationsCommission; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Winter Dellenbach; Raj; Joe Simitian;chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; ladoris cordell; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; chuck jagoda; Cherrill Spencer; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Binder, Andrew Subject:By Suppressing Information on the Impact of Racism, Opponents of Critical Race Theory Maintain Inequity Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 8:15:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. To: Palo Alto City council member Greg Tanaka From: Palo Alto activist Aram James Re: Your proposed unconstitutional stand-alone-hate-speech ordinance 1. Will your proposed stand-alone-hate-speech- ordinance be used to chill the right of communitymember to support critical race theory education in our schools or result in charges against folkswho wish to advocate for critical race theory education in our schools? 2. Will folks like myself of Jewish heritage be charged with violating your proposed stand-alone-hate-speech ordinance —when I speak at city council meetings, HRC meetings, PTC meetings,and vehemently criticize the Apartheid state of Israel of being guilty of on going war crimesagainst the Palestinian people, demand that the U.S. withdrawal all funding to Israel, argue insupport the Boycott, Divestand Sanction-movement, equate the state of Israel with Nazi Germany? Greg, please let me know your thoughts on these critical questions. Best regards, Aram James Understanding the political nature of the attacks against CriticalRace Theory allows us to counter them more effectively and thushelp ensure that public education can serve to reduce, ratherthan reinforce, structural racism. View this email in your browser Thursday, September 23, 2021 Publication Announcement By Suppressing Information on the Impact of Racism, Opponents of Critical Race Theory Maintain Inequity KEY TAKEAWAY: Understanding the political nature of the attacks against Critical Race Theory allows us to counter them more effectively and thus help ensure that public education can serve to reduce, rather than reinforce, structural racism. NEPC Publication -> NEPC Resources onPolitics, Policy, and SchoolPractices -> CONTACT: Michelle Renée Valladares: (720) 505-1958 michelle.valladares@colorado.edu Francesca López: (814) 865-0963 fql5174@psu.edu BOULDER, CO (September 23, 2021) — Critical Race Theory, or CRT, is acontroversial topic that has ignited a contentious national dialogue. Thosewho argue against using CRT in the classroom often portray it as afrightening “symbolic enemy” to help drive people who hold a widevariety of racial, cultural, and political grievances to support right wingpoliticians and policies. To address these arguments and provide a better understanding of what CRT entails, the National Education Policy Center todayreleased Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory, authoredby Francesca López of Penn State University, Alex Molnar of the Universityof Colorado Boulder, Royel Johnson, Ashley Patterson, and LaWanda Wardof Penn State University, and independent scholar Kevin Kumashiro. The authors describe the history of attempts to legislate race-relatedcurriculum. Since early 2021, eight states have passed legislation thatbroadly speaking seeks to exclude historical information and analysisrelated to race and racism from school curriculum. Additional legislationhas been, or is being, considered in 15 other states and in the U.S.Congress, as well as policies by local school boards and state boards ofeducation. Advocates of this legislation argue that providing students with suchinformation is un-American, divisive, and racist, and that including it inthe curriculum is a result of schools incorporating CRT into their curriculaand staff training programs. The authors explain how the assault on CRTcan be understood as part of a larger ideological effort to delegitimizehistorically accurate presentations of race and racism in American history;to thwart attempts by members of marginalized groups to participate fullyin the civic life; and to retain political power. In their review of these contemporary attacks against CRT, the authorsexpand upon the political objectives of these tactics and provide historicalexamples of similar ones, and in conclusion offer resources on evidence-based strategies to counter the propaganda. Find Understanding the Attacks on Critical Race Theory, by FrancescaLópez, Alex Molnar, Royel Johnson, Ashley Patterson, LaWanda Ward, andKevin Kumashiro, at:https://nepc.colorado.edu/publication/crt The National Education Policy Center (NEPC), a university research center housed at theUniversity of Colorado Boulder School of Education, produces and disseminates high-quality, peer-reviewed research to inform education policy discussions. Visit usat: http://nepc.colorado.edu Copyright 2021 National Education Policy Center. All rights reserved. Manage Your Subscription This message was sent to roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu from nepcnews@nepc.colorado.edu The National Education Policy Center School of Education, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - t;contacte JRY 11 FOIR FREIE •• From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:525 East Charleston - Eden Housing Study Session Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 7:31:56 PM Attachments:image001.png image006.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council, I’m writing to both express my general support for housing at 525 East Charleston for IDD and low income residents and to offer ideas for solutions for problematic transportation elements of this very high density conceptual plan. I want to thank city and county staff and Eden Housing for taking time to talk with me on Friday about potential solutions that may mitigate congestion and safety problems of the current design at this sensitive location. They have said they will investigate feasibility, but I want to make sure Council is aware of these proposed options for Monday’s discussion. Changing Traffic Patterns & Volumes Please look at the current C-A Plan for this area (pasted below). The Charleston approaches to Nelson that abut the project have already been built. In this plan, you can see that the middle two-way WB Charleston turning lane in front of the project’s proposed driveway already receives what amounts to a complex dance of cars making uncontrolled turning movements: into Challenger into and out of the shopping center parking lot jockeying to get into the dedicated left turn lane for Nelson Drive accessing the existing 525 East Charleston facility In the last ten years or so, the single story Abilities United building’s parking lot has been underused, generating few vehicle trips at all. With Eden’s project (which amounts to 64 units per acre plus office space), this is about to change. The project will add further complexity to this segment of Charleston, particularly the WB approach to the Nelson Drive school crossing. Managing this complexity is important because of the project’s proximity to the heavily used bike/ped path and it’s Nelson Drive connection to Cubberley and Greendell and five PAUSD schools. The bike/ped facilities in this segment will also provide future foot-powered access for 525 E. Charleston residents to the shopping center, the park, library, Abilities United, and a sidewalk connection to the VTA21 bus stop. Wanting to understand the problem better, since June I have repeatedly requested trip generation and parking demand estimates with related assumptions from Eden Housing with no clear reply. It is disappointing that Monday’s study session report also provides none of this basic data. Nonetheless, I offer here a possible solution to minimize project traffic and parking impacts on users of the Charleston and Nelson school commute routes. This was the subject of the discussion with staff and Eden Housing that I mentioned above. Possible Circulation/Safety Solution A possible solution occurred to me when I revisited the planning process Greenmeadow Community Association engaged in with Challenger School in 1999-2000. This project set a precedent for using the fire lane that runs along the west Challenger School boundary to serve as a perimeter driveway for school pick-up and drop-off. Given that a precedent has been set for circulation use of this fire lane, there could be potential to connect all three county-owned properties at this location: 525 East Charleston, Challenger School, and Abilities United on Middlefield. (see map at the bottom of this note with the rough fire lane location marked in red). Creating a one-way connector across these properties has the potential to serve the 525 project by eliminating uncontrolled left turns from the proposed project onto Charleston near the school crossing which, pre-Covid, was an extremely congested segment of the corridor. Finding gaps in traffic to make these turns, particularly left turns out of the site‘s driveway safely can be difficult. I suggest that the circulation plan could direct drivers who want to exit east (turning left onto Charleston) instead to the fire lane where they could connect to Abilities United’s driveway and exit onto Middlefield. At Middlefield, drivers will find an easier, safer right turn exit and then find a safer, controlled left turn at the Middlefield/Charleston signalized intersection to travel east. This change will also reduce additional turning movement distractions for WB drivers and other road users on Charleston approaching the Nelson intersection, improving safety where the Mitchell Park pedestrian bicycle path disgorges onto the Charleston /Nelson intersection. This safety mitigation would serve future foot- powered residents of the Eden project and PAUSD school commuters as well as Eden project drivers. Reaching Out To Make it Work There is work to be done to determine feasibility of this option. It will include reaching out to stakeholders, including Challenger School and Abilities United, the county’s tenants. It probably will require building a gated fence to separate the Challenger playground from the fire lane in order to maintain safe play. I hope, in these negotiations, that Challenger School will be reminded that it was the neighborhood who originally suggested this use of the fire lane which made it possible for them to remove a loop driveway from their plans that was slated for the area that is now their playground. This is an opportunity for them to pay forward to the community the gift of that transformative idea that gave their students generous space to play. Finally, A Comment On Parking On the matter of parking, it is clear to me that Nelson Drive, which pre-Covid was very parked up with Stevenson House visitors and staff and Magical Bridge visitors, will be even more impacted by parking with this project. The project provides 11 required spaces for the ground floor office and 9 spaces (including one reserved space for a paratransit van) for all fifty housing units. While this is all that is required, 25 of those units will be occupied by one or two low income adults who are likely to have at least one car for each unit. There is very little space for parking on Charleston at this location, so those cars will be parking on Nelson Drive, a school commute route. It is time to ask the city to please escalate a neighborhood traffic calming and parking plan for Nelson Drive in anticipation of this project and other planned development abutting and feeding Nelson, including: Cubberley redevelopment (even the existing playing field use warrants traffic calming), and the move to upzone sites on San Antonio Road which is likely to increase neighborhood cut-through traffic. The lack of car trip and parking demand data in this report does not mean there will be no traffic and parking impacts. I would like to see the problem quantified in a meaningful way and addressed. Safe parking and circulation plans will benefit both future 525 East Charleston residents and the surrounding neighborhood. It’s time for the city to expedite proposed traffic calming improvements to this street. Again, please see a map of the aforementioned fire lane below. Thank you for considering my comments. Sincerely, Penny Ellson Virus-free. www.avg.com From:Dilma Coleman To:bfinley@youngstownohio.gov; sanfrancisco.press@esteri.it Cc:ramzy@ladahlaw.com; segreteria.sanfrancisco@esteri.it Subject:Fwd: What led to the Death of Antron Pippen? Was Antron in San Jose CA area then Walnut Creek,CA Area orVacaville, CA area before his death? Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 4:08:08 PM Attachments:Screenshot_20210925-034421.pngScreenshot_20210924-222100.pngScreenshot_20210924-222331.pngScreenshot_20210924-185130.pngScreenshot_20210925-153213.pngScreenshot_20210925-145743.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 25, 2021, 4:03 PMSubject: What led to the Death of Antron Pippen? Was Antron in San Jose CA area then Walnut Creek,CA Area or Vacaville, CA area before his death?To: <info@gwinnettcounty.com>, <sfpdinglesidestation@sfgov.org> Cc: <uff.affarilegislativi@cert.vigilfuoco.it>, <rlucia@acgov.org> Hello it's Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Attachment#1 Antron Pippen's death occurred because of his affiliation with his mother's ex boyfriend rapper Future. Future had inspired thePatterson,CA music artists including the female artist Remi Lewis. Remi had an interest in Antron to solitict him sex for money. Antron isn't that type of guy to want sex with girls formoney. Remi Lewis a former San Jose,CA Conservation Corps Charter school employee stationed at the Fairgrounds in San Jose CA. Remi Lewis a straight A student,active in sportsand cheerleading.. suddenly became active in music doing all the grown up scandals as if her mother Sophia Vaughn programmed her. Rapper Future had music business ventures inPatterson CA and elsewhere. Remi Lewis travelled to ATL for college tour and or something like Antron was her only business. Antron was set up in a jealous rage based on those whoparticipated in Gematria santanic ritualistic practices. Remi told her mother Sophia Vaughn that her travel to the ATL was a trip to visit colleges in Georgia on a college tour. It was RemiLewis who killed Antron. Remi was inspired to harm Antron those who inspired Remi to harm Antron explained that his asthma condition that would play out his death and not her role inthe way she targeted Antron to kill him using drugs. Prior to the death of Antron, Remi complained about how bad she wanted to stop targeting individuals with the GHB drugs.Attachment #6 Remi Lewis a former San Jose Conservation Corps Charter school stationed at the fairgrounds in San Jose CA..needs to be honest admit her foul play with the drug GHB.Remi Lewis is friendly, speaks with a nice voice trustworthy also. A younger girl age 12 witnessed Remi Lewis Victimized Dilma Coleman aka Diva. Remi's mother Sophia Vaughnand Sophia's boyfriend Carl Gully need to Reveal the details of how Remi's distribution of the drug Fentanyl and GHB as their family's Hussle their active role in mafia street Illuminatigang assignments. Diva believes that the Vaughn family work together with their other family members near and far and often employed to distribute the GHB drugs.with their wealthyfriends...and that's what they do. The Patterson CA family are from San Jose CA,and Palo Alto CA they are the workers of various talents, household or mechanical projects. They areclosely affiliated with Santa Clara county DA Jeff Rosen,Colin Kaepernick with distributed resources. Sophia Vaughn is hospitable with giving info for various reasons includingsharing of delicious hot meals. The Walker Ranch area of Patterson CA is similar to other residential projects whereas Actor Paul Walker was the businessman who hired contractors tobuild 22 homes for sell. Paul Walker's was targeted for his projects and several homes in the Walker Ranch area were Fraudulently stolen squatted by Home First Homeless shelteremployees and their friends and family as if the Walker Ranch properties were under the Airbnb management of Actor Christopher Ashton Kutcher. Either way around it. Diva Leewas forced out of the deal whereas Paul Walker had been supplied numerous loans to transform that Walker Ranch into residential neighborhoods. Argue it. The fight with Antron had begun in Concord,CA at a skate park..whereas he visited his youngcousin Rhyianna Vega. That where Antron's cousin a 12 yr old girl Rhyianna at the time defended the drug dealers of drug GHB and in results she was forced to jump off a building.Not sure is that girl is alive and living in Walnut Creek CA, or Fairfield CA. Argue it. The girl was on David Haet's courtroom for a restraining order whereas Dilma Coleman was forced tostay away for three years. The order was served Dec 28,2020 by Amoni Mayfield at a Fairfield,CA residential home. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman argues that thedrugs GHB Victimized her for several years in various cities for various reasons. Diva explains that her attackers associated with the Patterson,CA family of Sophia Vaughn theirfamily values of the way a black out works with GHB drugs on individuals they Victimized. Using the drug to Victimize individuals who are wealthy and or something like their own wayto challenge individuals who compete against them. Lucinda Southworth's Cohorts are those who are in the Vaughn family. Argue it. Rapper Future did nothing to protect Antron. At thispoint, the desperados/Vigilantes had a trip to Rome,Italy in 2018 and possibly in 2021 whereas Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman was pregnanted.. Victimized by the GHB drugson the travel to italy.in 2018. While in Italy DIVA Victimized again diva gave birth yet Victimized as a drug user in 2018. Diva is not sure of she has a payee doing Fraudulentbusiness transactions in Italy and other U.S cities plus In Mexico City. Diva assumes that the real estate property Paul Walker once owned in Mexico City and Italy..are being Fraudulentlysold or used in the Airbnb Fraudulent business managed by Christopher Ashton Kutcher. Argue it. The baby Diva had was born in Italy in 2018 or 2019. Diva says that the PresidentSergio Mortorolla has done the worst in business transactions..whereas Diva Lee had Italian Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti as her music mentor and other things as well. Argue it. SantaClara,CA individuals living on Lewis blvd santa Clara,CA are the guardians of 2 younger boys one boy not with birth mother. . Diva believes that she maybe have birth to the boy..while inItaly forced under the influence of GHB...but not certain because Victimized by the drug GHB. Diva Lee suspects that Italian President Sergio Motarella participated inhumantrafficking and other corruption whereas Diva Lee had been targeted. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman suspects that the child born in Italy was fathered by an Italianwho lives near Atherton CA near Joe Lacob and something like Stephen Curry's Atherton CA home which was the previous home owned by Diva Lee's mother before her death. Maybe thecurrent guardian of the child born in Italy who lives in Santa Clara CA is related to Stephen Curry. It's a possibility that the child on Lewis St in Santa Clara,CA is or isn't biologicalrelated to the male guardian related to Stephen Curry..but rather the female guardian...and related to a Atherton CA family. Diva argues that she had a baby in July 2021..yet one babysurvived and is not with Diva because she is targeted by the cohorts of Lucinda Southworth,Joan Grande and others. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman argues about the details of Joan Grande being aserial killer prior to her involvement with Ghostship fire whereas it's Joan who premeditated the ways to entertain/ distract guests inside the warehouse while the fires were startedespecially the day the fires began to kill. Whom started the fires in 2016? Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs says that Joan Grande was involved in setting fires to New York buildings by the way sheplaced the Explosives in the New York buildings. Argue it. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman explains the experience Joan Grande has in electrical wiring as telecommunicationsyet has Cohorts whom conduct sadistic santanic wiring in telecommunications to recreate unwanted underground fires. Argue it. Near 28 years ago Diva had identical twin girls possible identical girl triplets. Joan Grandebecame an adopted parent. Joan targeted Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs and it reveals that Lucinda Southworth and Joan Grande had trapped one baby in a couch..the baby's mom was druggedand trapped to sit down on the couch whereas the baby was asleep.awoke...the baby did survive yet there was foul play obviously because baby was buried in backyard in the BarrenPark neighborhood of Palo Alto CA. Attachment#2 Karen McCollum's son Antron was killed by a young girl women from Patterson,CA Remi Lewis had sex with rapper future. Remi was Solicited for sex in aenvironment where grown men were with sex enhanced drugs. Anton defended the women's situation yet Remi cried with impulsive reactions blames Antron. The women demandedmoney from Antron bullying Antron to get a large amount of cash from Rapper Future. Remi argues to protect Rapper Future for a promise music promotion..and cash security. Remi yetdidn't have any care about how her brother's affiliated actions including the actions of Carl Gully played in her being Solicited for sex. The Patterson's girls associated with Remi Grewup quickly into Fraudulent work..with their brother's skills in his music with Rapper Future..and others whom oppress and victimize young talented artists who don't know whattheir talent is worth until an established artist makes an income from their work and enslaves them.Diva .said it's complicated for to stop the cycle of the well know music artists to stopSoliciting cash from unknown rappers and their Songwritings are also taken up for future..credit because he could not promote their music with their individual self but ratherdelete their individuality and absord their resources while collaberlating and collecting their data. The Patterson,CA creative youths with music are forced to outsource their gifts andtalents and work temp job agencies where they fail with excessive tardies or something like the underground railroad positions for no breaks. Patterson CA was targeted from Bay areaArtists doing music drive to Patterson CA to do home invasions targeting music artists in Patterson,CA. Often time the local law enforcement agents is on top of the schemes and theyenforce protocol to protect Patterson CA creative youths. Argue it. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs. From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Subject:Eden Housing proposal study session Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:44:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. replace earlier letter with this thanks there was a typo Dear Mayor DuBois and council members, Our daughter was born with developmental disabilities and experienced epilepsy throughout her life. We were doubly fortunate 1) to live in Palo Alto where JLS and Paly provided great and supportive special education programs and 2) to have resources for Becky as an adult to live in an independent group setting with supportive services. But we knew then and know now many parents of developmentally disabled adults who arenot as fortunate and seek, often desperately, to find affordable independent living situationsso their children can experience a more independent life enriched by social activities that agroup setting provides. Please give your enthusiastic blessing to this opportunity for disabled and other low-income adults to live in this high opportunity location. Stephen Levy From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Subject:Eden Housing proposal study session Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:40:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and council members, Our daughter was born with developmental disabilities and experienced epilepsy throughout her life. We were doubly fortunate 1) to live in Palo Alto where JLS and Pauly provided great and supportive special education programs and 2) to have resources for Becky as an adult to live in an independent group setting with supportive services. But we knew then and know now many parents of developmentally disabled adults who are not as fortunate and seek, often desperately, to find affordable independent living situations so their children can experience a more independent life enriched by social activities that a group setting provides. Please give your enthusiastic blessing to this opportunity for disabled and other low-incomeadults to live in this high opportunity location. Stephen Levy From:Patti Schaffer To:Council, City Subject:September 27 agenda items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:25:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Two important housing projects are to be discussed at the September 27th meeting. These are Eden housing an d LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project. Palo Alto’s most needy will benefit as will the whole city. I urge you so support both of these projects. Sincerely, Patti Schaffer From:Jamie Beckett To:Council, City Subject:9/27 - Agenda item #9 - Objective Standards worsen discrimination against RM-40 Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 1:59:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, We are homeowners in Palo Alto Central, a 140-unit condominium complex that is facing the prospect of a giant office complex that would be built just 10 feet from our homes. We have learned the hard way that Palo Alto zoning laws discriminate against people like us who live in residential zones designated RM-40. If you adopt the Objective Standards proposed by staff, you will be compounding the inequities we face. City zoning code shelters residents in other zones from some of the impact of large developments close to their homes. These protections include height restrictions, requirements for a daylight plane, setback requirements, open space requirements and more. Not RM-40. We are granted only the flimsiest protections. If the council adopts the proposed Objective Standards, you will be ripping away even these bare shreds. Although the city claims to want more multi-family housing near transit -- exactly the kind of housing we represent – city zoning laws punish us for choosing homes in RM- 40. Under current law, RM-40 homes are restricted to 35 feet, but a builder can put massive structures as high as 50 feet within 10 feet of our homes and we have no recourse. Developers can invade our privacy with their glass-walled buildings, build projects with too few parking spaces, add hundreds of cars to clog our streets, build towering structures that cloak our homes in shadow – and it is just too bad for us. Current law treats us like second-class citizens. The proposed law is even more unfair. The only protections that current zoning code offers RM-40 fall largely under Context- Based Design Criteria (18.16.060). But even these will be removed under the so- called Objective Standards. RM-40 housing: · Brings in more tax revenue for the city per square foot of land than any other residential land (just because it is that much denser) · It costs less to the city in terms of services and maintenance (think just about the number of stops for trash collection) ·It brings more consumers into nearby business districts and benefits local businesses · It’s closer to the public transportation, which reduces traffic · Requires less water and energy per housing unit than single family homes. Despite its stated desire to add more housing, Palo Alto really isn’t interested in attracting people willing to live in denser housing. Why should anyone pay the inflated Palo Alto housing prices when they can go to other cities where costs are lower for the same amount of benefits? Rather than drive us away, the city should fight to retain us by providing us with the same benefits others in Palo Alto enjoy -- public open space, adequate setbacks, traffic mitigation, privacy protections, etc. That means rewriting the municipal code to erase the inequities and provide the same treatment to everyone in Palo Alto. Isn’t that the kind of city we want to be? Best regards, Jamie Beckett Peter Jon Shuler 2577 Park Blvd., V203 Palo Alto 94306 From:Allan Seid To:DENNIS LEE Subject:Fwd: please enjoy the article Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 5:18:24 AM Attachments:Newspapaer_translation_09232021.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Neighbors and Friends, Ingrid Lai has translated an article from a Chinese American press into English for us to learn and enjoy a bit of local history. Allan A. Headline: About a hundred years ago, Chinatown was destroyed by an arson fire. San Jose will make a formal apology. B. Must face history’s tainted past and correct past wrongdoings. C. On Sept. 22, the City of San Jose has announced on Sept. 29, (Wednesday) there will be a historical Council Resolution ceremony in downtown San Jose. The purpose is to formally apologize for the arson fire that destroyed the entire Chinatown on Market Street, and to express regrets for the City’s role in the acts of injustices against early Chinese immigrants and their descendants. The City of San Jose, along with City Council members and community leaders invite all of you to attend this ceremony. Location: Circle of Palms Plaza, 2nd Market Street, between Fairmont Hotel and San Jose Museum of Art. ~U:IRP.t.'«: • 650-808-8822 ll/ill§i/flff22fl•{(f , #t£9J129/:1 <•II =.) 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The special ceremony will include opening statements by City Officials and revealing to the public the City Council’s apology resolution. Followed by speeches by community leaders and elected officials. Chinese historians, Connie Young Yu and Gerrye Wong have agreed to attend the ceremony. City of San Jose emphasizes the importance of this occasion to the whole San Jose community. Especially to our Chinese residents and to their Chinese ancestors. The city invites the public to attend, together we pay respect to the early Chinese immigrants who have suffered tremendously in those difficult times, and to admire their perseverance. San Jose has 5 Chinatowns in total. The early immigrants earned their living by working as a coolie, or providing laundry service or work in a farm/orchard. Unfortunately, in 1882, United States passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, and in 1886 San Jose passed the anti-Chinese Convention. At that time, all the officials delivered their own anti-Chinese speeches, and chanted the slogan “Chinatown must go!”. In 1887, the San Jose major, Charles Breyfogle and the city council voted unanimously to tear down the Chinatown in downtown area. Before the city has started any action, the Chinatown was destroyed. It became the third Chinatown in San Jose to be burnt down by arson fire and Chinese residents have lost their lives in the incident. E. The caption under the photo: The City of San Jose will formally apologize for all the injustices and discrimination against Chinese immigrants in the year 1887, thus led to a deliberately set fire that destroyed the Chinatown. From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; CA18AEima@mail.house.gov; Greer Stone; Kou, Lydia; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; HumanRelations Commission; Jeff Rosen; Planning Commission; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Van Der Zwaag, Minka Subject:Stand alone hate speech not a crime Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:42:49 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/resources/do-hate-crime-laws-violate-first- amendment.html Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; CA18AEima@mail.house.gov; Greer Stone; Kou, Lydia; Jeff Rosen; Sajid Khan; Stump, Molly;Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Council, City Subject:Stand alone hate speech not a crime Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:38:14 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/582/15-1293/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Kou, Lydia; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Planning Commission; JoeSimitian; CA18AEima@mail.house.gov; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Binder, Andrew Subject:Stand alone hate speech not a crime Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:34:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_speech_in_the_United_States Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Greer Stone; Kou, Lydia; Council, City; Human Relations Commission Subject:Hate speech not a crime Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 12:22:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.kwch.com/2021/04/16/attorneys-first-amendment-protects-hate-speech-not-hate- crimes/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:President LWVPaloAlto To:Council, City Subject:Public Comment September 27, item 3 Eden Housing Study Session Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 6:38:33 PM Attachments:LWV CC communication 9.27.21 agenda item 3.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice Mayor Burt and council members, Attached is the LWV Palo Alto comment on the Eden Housing project study session forMonday night. Thank you for considering this project, the attached letter demonstrates our support and reasons for adding more affordable housing in Palo Alto. Sincerely, Liz Kniss, President 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 (650) 903‐0600 www.lwvpaloalto.org September 27, 2021 Re: Agenda item 3: Eden Housing /Mitchell Park-apartments Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice-Mayor Burt and City Council, The League of Women Voters believes every person and family should have decent, safe, and affordable housing. People who are unable to work, whose earnings are inadequate or for whom jobs are not available have the right to an income or services sufficient to meet their basic human needs for food, shelter, and access to health care. LWV Palo Alto strongly supports the nonprofit Eden Housing’s proposal to build 50 units of 30- 60% Area Median Income housing (1-2 bedrooms) at 525 E. Charleston Rd. Fifty-percent of these units will have a preference for adults with developmental or intellectual disabilities. Abilities United is currently located at the site and the proposed project will continue to serve the disabled adult community. The need in Palo Alto for low-income housing and housing for adults with disabilties has never been greater. This project is close to the Mitchell Park community center, which includes a library, recreation facilities and café,. It is close to retail, shopping, schools, the Cubberley Center, the YMCA, the Oshman Family JCC, and bus lines. It is a walkable and bikeable neighborhood where the need to use a car is minimal. This project will help meet the city’s RHNA obligations to build affordable housing. Using public land leased by Santa Clara County, this project exemplifies the kind of housing which Palo Alto should be pursuing: 100% affordable housing on public land for income levels and populations which are not served by market rate developers. Thank you, President LEAGUE OF -WOMEN VOTERS. OF PALO ALTO From:Alice Smith Subject:Press Release : KICKOFF EVENT for the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Women: the Invisible Reality Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 4:20:31 PM Attachments:BROCHURE-WORLD-DAY-2021-EN.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. KICKOFF EVENT for the World Day Against the Death Penalty. Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 2:00 pm. Lytton Plaza : University at Emerson. Palo AltoCA. Amnesty International Group 1107 (located at Channing House) announces its KICKOFF EVENT for the World Day Against the Death Penalty : a Rally at Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday, October 9th at 2:00 pm. Speakers include Terry McCaffrey, the chair of California's People of Faith coalition to end the DeathPenalty. The speakers will focus on “Woman and the Death Penalty”. On October 10, 2021, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist organizations around the world will celebrate the 19th World Day Against the DeathPenalty. This year the World Day is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death,who have received a death sentence and so much more. Their stories are an invisiblereality. While working towards the complete abolition of the death penalty worldwide, it iscrucial to sound the alarm on the discrimination woman face and the consequences such discrimination can have arising from the death sentence. For a better understanding about the impact on society when Women face the DeathPenalty, I have attached a brochure which gives more information on the plight ofwomen and the death penalty's reality. Alice Schaffer Smith Amnesty International 850 Webster Street #520 Palo Alto, CA 94301www.worldcoalition.org 650 283 2822 ### — 1 —— 19th WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY — www.worldcoalition.org WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH: AN INVISIBLE REALITY 10.102021 w COALITION — 2 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — Since the late 1970s, the global abolitionist movement has won numerous and crucial victories. Today, 1441 countries are abolitionist in law or practice, representing more than two thirds of the world's countries. While the statistics quantifying how many women are currently facing a death sentence are scarce, according to Amnesty International’s report on the death penalty in 2020, at least 28,567 people were known to be under a sentence of death worldwide. The report also conrmed that at least 113 women were under sentence of death globally. However, this number only refers to gures conrmed for seven countries and does not account for women sentenced to death in other countries where precise numbers are not available. A 2018 Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide report, entitled ‘Judged for More than Her Crime,’ estimates that there are at least 800 women under sentence of death around the world and reports that over 100 were executed between 2008 and 2018. International legal instruments aim to exclude pregnant women and mothers of young children from the application of the death penalty (see page 9). However, these instruments do not address gender-based legal and socio-economic discriminations that women continuously face. Extensive discrimination based on sex and gender, often coupled with other elements of identity, such as age, sexual orientation, disability, and race expose women to intersecting forms On 10 October 2021, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and abolitionist organizations around the world will celebrate the 19th World Day Against the Death Penalty. This year the World Day is dedicated to women who risk being sentenced to death, who have received a death sentence, who have been executed, and to those who have had their death sentences commuted, have been exonerated or pardoned. Their stories are an invisible reality. 1 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/act50/3760/2021/en/ At least 800 women under sentence of death around the world and reports that over 100 were executed between 2008 and 2018. ---- ----I - — 3 —— 19th WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY — of structural inequalities. Such prejudices can weigh heavily on sentencing, including when women are stereotyped as an evil mother, a witch, or a femme fatale. This discrimination can also lead to critical mitigating factors not being considered during arrest and trial, such as being subjected to gender-based violence and abuse. Non- discrimination is a core human rights principle embodied in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other core human rights treaties. While working towards the complete abolition of the death penalty worldwide for all crimes and for all genders, it is crucial to sound the alarm on the discrimination women face and the consequences such discrimination can have on a death sentence. Gender — Describes an identity in relation to "masculine" and "feminine," acknowledging that these notions are socially constructed rather than determined by physical attributes. Gender-based discrimination — A form of discrimination based on a person’s gender that can manifest in a multitude of ways, both subtle and overt. Gender-based violence — Violence directed towards a person based on their biological sex or gender identity and grounded in unequal power relationships. It encompasses physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, and economic harm, and it includes threats and coercion. It should not be conated with violence against women, which excludes a broad understanding of gender2. Intersectionality — A concept that recognizes that structural discrimination, for example based on sex, gender, race, class, caste, or another prohibited ground, does not operate in isolation; individuals may suffer additional or unique forms of discrimination when they are subjected to a combination of different forms of discrimination. KEY TERMS 2 Denitions referencing ‘gender-based’ are provided for by the Glossary and Working Concepts authored by Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide and Harm Reduction International. — 4 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — Ghati Mwita has served 13 years in a prison for the murder of a man who died in an accidental re in her home. "Like many women in prison, Ghati had lived a dicult life and had overcome many challenges. She rst married when she was only 13 years and gave birth to her only child. Unhappy in her marriage, she ran away and joined the police force, where she excelled. However, whilst working, she was raped by her superior and forced to leave her job. After leaving the force, she met her second husband, Manfred, a German national who was working in Tanzania. They married and moved to Germany, where they lived a happy life for nearly 20 years. In 2007, Ghati returned to Tanzania and set up a charity combatting FGM [Female Genital Mutilation], a practice she was subjected to as a girl. However, this happy return was short-lived after her arrest and imprisonment. [Following the accidental house re,] Ghati was held in police custody for 6 days without access to a lawyer. At her trial, there was no clear evidence against her, and all the witness testimonies were riddled with inconsistencies and contradictions. Despite this, Ghati was sentenced to death and spent many years on death row. Ghati has always maintained her innocence throughout the years." Source: Testimonial and photo collected by Reprieve. TANZANIA — 5 —— 19th WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY — Masumi Hayashihas been on death row in Japan since 2002. "In July of 1998, 4 people died after eating poisoned curry at a festival in my neighborhood. After the curry was found to contain arsenic, I became a suspect- I helped prepare the curry, and my husband frequently used arsenic in his extermination business. After being named as a suspect, the mass media descended like a pack of jackals. 24H/day they stood on ladders and photographed me, my husband and our four children. My kids were accosted, "Do you think your mother is a murderer? What will you do if she is arrested?" They would even forage through our trash. Under Japanese law, the prosecution must provide a criminal motive to the court. The assumed motive was vengeance- my anger at slights from neighborhood people. None of this was ever proven. The media love a femme fatale and my picture appeared on the front page of every major newspaper. Despite the lack of evidence, I was sentenced to death." Source : Testimonial and photo collected by the Japan Innocence & Death Penalty Information Center. JAPAN Fatemeh Haqiqatpajuhwas executed in 2008 for defending her daughter from being raped3. "Ms. Haqiqatpajuh was arrested in […] 2001 following the disappearance of her husband, Mohammad, and discovery of his body in a river near Tehran. […] During the trial [of her husband’s murder] Ms. Haqiqatpajuh stated […] she woke up hearing noises from her daughter’s room. She ran there and saw her daughter’s defenseless and naked body in the hands of her husband. She attacked him. ‘My child was only 15 and was crushed under his body. I fought with him.’ […] [During her trial] there was only one session and Ms. Haqiqatpajuh had to defend herself without an attorney." Source : Memorial and photo sent in by the Abdorrahaman Boroumand Center. 3 The testimonial has been edited for length and clarity. Fatemah Haqiqatpajuh’s full story can be found here: https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/-7767/fatemeh-haqiqatpajuh https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/-7767/fatemeh-haqiqatpajuh. "My child was only 15 and was crushed under his body. I fought with him." IRAN — 6 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — Merri Utamiwas convicted of drug tracking, a charge that she insists she had no knowledge of, in 2002. Fourteen years following her conviction, she was transferred to Nusakambangan Island, Cilacap, where executions usually take place4. "The rst time I stepped into Tangerang Detention Center, I was terried. Then, at the moment the judges sentenced me to death, my emotion began to stir uncontrollably. Living in the prison, I tried to make peace with the unimaginable environment. I lled my days with gardening. I then became involved in many activities, from making music to praying […] One night, two prison guards woke me up. The guards informed me that I had to go Cilacap, Central Java. I fell into silence. My eyes looked at the cell once inhabited by the late Rani Andriyani, another death row inmate who faced the same situation I was facing now. In Nusakambangan I lost my appetite. For two days, I did not meet anyone except the wardens. The next (few) days, I was met by my daughter who brought along my infant grandchild. It was the height of my sorrow. Everything in Cilacap prison appeared so unfamiliar. Every time I heard gates being opened or padlocks unlocked, my blood rushed; this went on again and again for so long. I hope to be free, together with my family and other people, and become once again a citizen without the status of a deceased death row inmate." Source : Testimonial and photo gatheredby LBH Masyarakat (Community Legal Aid Institute). IN D O N E S I A 4 The testimonial has been edited for length. Merri Utami’s full story can be found here: https://www.thejakartapost.com/academia/2020/08/28/if-only-i-were-given-a-chance-to-be-free.html 'lfr-ct,~ ·~~;; — 7 —— 19th WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY — Debra Milkewas on death row for 22 years for the murder of her son in the US State of Arizona. She was fully exonerated in 2015. “In December 1989, I was a single mother with a 4-year-old son named Christopher. A male friend, with whom I lived, took my son to visit Santa at the mall. Unbeknownst to me, Christopher was taken to the desert by my friend and another accomplice where he was shot 3 times in the head. Soon after, they lied to me and the police, and claimed that Christopher went missing in the mall. While in a state of despair waiting for my son to return, I was later informed of his murder and arrested at the same time. The detective claimed I had confessed to participating in the crime. I did not confess and I did not waive my right to an attorney. There was no evidence of a confession; no witness, no audio/video tape, and no signed confession. There was also no evidence linking me to the crime. The suggested motives were to receive $5000 of life insurance, and a fear of seeing Christopher grow up to be a drug addict like his father. The prosecutor hid the detective’s long history of malfeasance and decided what story to tell the jury instead of letting the evidence tell the story. My character was assassinated and I was deemed criminal by associating, unknowingly, with bad men. The state violated womanhood, motherhood, and the law, and I languished on death row for 22 years because of it. I am free today thanks to 3 U.S. federal judges who reviewed my case and granted my Habeas Corpus.” Source : Testimonial collected by the Japan Innocence and Death Penalty Information Center and Witness to Innocence. "My character was assassinated and I was deemed criminal by associating, unknowingly, with bad men. The state violated womanhood, motherhood, and the law" USA — 8 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — Poem by Victoria Draina trans woman, who was sentenced to death in 2020 in the US State of Ohio. TIME Sand slips, losing its grip through the hands of time like a forgotten girl’s life falls through the cracks lost somewhere between the concrete blocks and razor wire an elegant autobiography etched into prison walls with pretty nails and homemade make-up surrounded by misogynistic hieroglyphics like a single feminine rose drowning in a sea of thorns Next to pictures of strangers she thinks she remembers if memories could be more than just enemies to her Continuously drifting through her thoughts and her dreams like a long, lonely river owing refusing to surrender As she paces her cell and nally realizes that time can never truly heal, or feel it will only reveal that even mirrors are capable of lies and forever and forgiveness, love and redemption were never things she could ever obtain or acquire As tomorrows die and resurrect as yesterdays she waits and she prays to the women before her And the scars on her arms, her only friends left Will remain by her side until her last breath… Poem collected by The Oce of the Ohio Public Defender. Written on 4 April 2021. USA — 9 —— 19th WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY — > The African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, General Comment No.3 on the Right to Life states "whatever the offense or the circumstances of the trial, the execution of pregnant or nursing women […] will always amount to a violation of the right to life." > Article 4 (5) of the American Convention on Human Rights states "Capital punishment shall not be imposed upon persons who, at the time the crime was committed, were under 18 years of age or over 70 years of age; nor shall it be applied to pregnant women. " > Article 6 (5) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights protects new mothers from the death penalty and Article 26 guarantees equality before the law. > The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, in its general recommendation No.28 (Article 2) states that "the discrimination of women based on sex and gender is inextricably linked with other factors that affect women, such as race, ethnicity, religion or belief, health, status, age, class, caste and sexual orientation and gender identity. States parties must legally recognize such intersecting forms of discrimination and their compounded negative impact on the women concerned and prohibit them." > Article 7 (2) of the Arab Charter on Human Rights states: "The death penalty shall not be inicted on a pregnant woman prior to her delivery or on a nursing mother within two years from the date of her delivery." > Freedom from discrimination is included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Article 2) and core human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Article 2), and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (Article 2). INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAWS AND STANDARDS ON THE DEATH PENALTY - WOMEN AND DISCRIMINATION THE DEATH PENALTY IN PRACTICE5 5 Amnesty International, https:// www.amnesty.org/en/ documents/ act50/3760/2021/en/ 108 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes 8countries have abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only 28countries are abolitionist in practice 55 countries areretentionist In 2020, the 5 countries that carried out the most executions were:1 China2 Iran 3 Egypt 4 Iraq 5 Saudi Arabia — 10 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — 1No State should have the power to take a person’s life. 2It is irrevocable. No justice system is safe from judicial error and innocent people are likely to be sentenced to death or executed. 3It is unfair.The death penalty is discriminatory and is often used disproportionately against people who are poor, people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities, and members of racial and ethnic minority groups. In some places, the imposition of the death penalty is used to target groups based on sexual orientation, gender identity, political opinion, or religion. 4It is inhuman, cruel, and degrading.Conditions on death row and the anguish of facing execution inict extreme psychological suffering, and execution is a physical and mental assault. 5It denies any possibility of rehabilitation. 6It creates more pain, particularly for the relatives of the person sentenced to death, including children, with harsh transgenerational consequences. 7It is applied overwhelmingly in violation of international standards.It breaches the principles of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that everyone has the right to life and that no one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. On seven occasions, the United Nations General Assembly has called for the establishment of a moratorium on the use of the death penalty (resolutions No. 62/149 in 2007, No. 63/168 in 2008, No. 65/206 in 2010, 67/176 in 2012, No. 69/186 in 2014, No. 71/187 in 2016, No. 73/175 in 2018, and No. 75/183 in 2020). 8It is counterproductive,because by instituting the killing of a human being as a criminal solution, the death penalty endorses the idea of murder more than it ghts it. 9It is inecient and does not keep society safer. It has never been conclusively shown that the death penalty deters crime more effectively than life imprisonment. 10Not all murder victims’ families want the death penalty.A large and growing number of crime victims’ families worldwide reject the death penalty and are speaking out against it, saying it does not bring back or honor their murdered family member, does not heal the pain of the murder, and violates their ethical and religious beliefs. 1 0 RE AS O NS TO END THE USE OF THE DEATH PENALTY — 10 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — — 11 —— 19th WORLD DAY AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY — 1Organize a demonstrationThis option must be considered with the utmost care given the COVID-19 pandemic – please use public policy and common sense if you decide to hold a public demonstration. 2Organize a gathering on a videoconference platformIt can take the shape of a webinar, remote workshop, conversation, a public debate, art exhibition or even a virtual lm screening to create awareness. 3Build partnerships with women’s rights organizationsto spread awareness about how gender-bias is present in the application of the death penalty. 4Participate in a TV show or within a community radioto raise awareness of the need to abolish the death penalty and the realities of women on death row. 5Organize an interview with a woman on death rowto help raise awareness on their story. 6Join the eventsprepared for the abolition of the death penalty worldwide. 7Donateto a group working to end the death penalty. 8Follow and repost the social media campaign on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter: #nodeathpenalty 9Mobilize the mediato raise awareness on women who are sentenced to death both locally and worldwide. 10Participate in “Cities Against the Death Penalty/Cities for Life”on 30 November 2021. 1 0 THI N GS YOU CAN DO TO END THE DEATH PENALTY — 12 —— WORLD COALITION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY — To find out more… Find out everything about The World Day Against the Death Penalty at: http://www.worldcoalition.org/worldday.html including : The 2021 World Day poster; The Mobilization Kit;The Detailed factsheet on women and the death penalty; The 2020 World Day Report. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty is an alliance of more than 160 NGOs, bar associations, local authorities and unions. The aim of the World Coalition is to strengthen the international dimension of the ght against the death penalty. Its ultimate objective is to obtain the universal abolition of the death penalty. The World Coalition gives a global dimension to the sometimes-isolated actions taken by its members on the ground. It complements their initiatives, while constantly respecting their independence. The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty created the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October 2003. For the 19th World Day, in 2021, the World Coalition would like to help activists worldwide rally to oppose the death penalty and unite behind the struggle for universal abolition. worldcoalition @WCADP www.worldcoalition.org World Coalition Against the Death Penalty Mundo M 47 avenue Pasteur, 93100 Montreuil, France Tél : +33 1 80 87 70 43 contact@worldcoalition.org This document was produced with the nancial support of the Agence française de development (AFD), the Delegation of the European Union to Barbados, the Fondation de France, the Government of Belgium, the Government of Switzerland, and the Paris Bar Association. The content of this document is the sole responsibility of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty and should in no way be considered to reect the position of the AFD, the UN Delegation, the Fondation de France, the above-mentioned Governments, nor the Paris Bar Association. Afr ,..,lll"l••n,;+-W\,. "...,'""ro• ... 1i-r,..,11 •1 t:.o<:i>pi!reti,;,,n i:,11 [~ppr~nt Q AFD g ~::::: !:-,...uuh C:.-zodor...,k>ulo,in■u C1rladlr11,:111.1111.a11 -■ - From:Tom DuBois To:Lanie Wheeler Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Proposed Eden Housing Project Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 4:05:10 PM Received, thank you. On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 3:09 PM Lanie Wheeler <hswdw14@gmail.com> wrote:CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see letter attached. From:Lanie Wheeler To:Council, City Subject:Proposed Eden Housing Project Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 3:09:15 PM Attachments:Letter to City Council 09.24.2021.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see letter attached. Helene S Wheeler 362 Diablo Court Palo Alto, CA 94306 September 24, 2021 City of Palo Alto Attn: City Council 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Re: Eden Housing Mitchell Park project Dear Members of the City Council: I am writing as a neighbor, a resident of Greenmeadow, of the proposed project for 525 E. Charleston Road. I am very much in favor of building affordable housing on this site. It is ideal for such use, with the many amenities and services for its tenants within easy walking distance of the site: a market; restaurants; personal services; parks; a library; and recreational/educational activities provided at the Cubberley Community Center. Bus service, though limited, is also conveniently located for the future residents of the site. My one concern is with the traffic circulation around the site and the ingress/egress to the site. I am hoping that the City and the County (owner of the land as well as the school property adjacent to this project) and the project developer can collaborate in designing a safer way to move vehicles onto and off the site. The current driveway is so very close to the already tenuous Nelson/Charleston intersection where many school children use the crosswalk and bike lanes; where seniors from Stevenson House cross to go to the Charleston Shopping Center; where traffic currently backs up during peak commute times exacerbated by risky maneuvers by cars trying to exit the shopping center. At the very least, if the current configuration remains, vehicles should be restricted to right turns in and right turns out only. It would be better, however, if a more creative solution which gets the driveway further away from the Nelson intersection could be found. I’m looking forward to productive discussions in the future which lead to a great project and new neighbors. Sincerely, Lanie Wheeler Lanie Wheeler From:Aram James To:Sajid Khan; Jeff Moore; Raj; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Joe Simitian;chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Planning Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Winter Dellenbach; Greer Stone; RebeccaEisenberg; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Binder, Andrew; Roberta Ahlquist; Tony Dixon; Jonsen,Robert; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org;wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Filseth, Eric (Internal); paloaltofreepress@gmail.com;michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; alisa mallari tu; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Perron, Zachary Subject:Double Murder case from 2016 reversed for racism by DA with complicity from the trial judge -case out of Contra Costa County Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 2:58:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/court-recognizes-implicit-bias-nixing-juror- supporting-black-lives-matter-2021-09-22/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Bonnie Packer To:Council, City Subject:525 E Charleston Study Session 9/27 Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 2:25:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Re: Study Session on 525 E. Charleston Project proposed by Eden Housing I enthusiastically say YES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD for the mixed use project proposed by Eden Housing at 525 E. Charleston. This project addresses the much needed affordablehousing for lower income folks as well as for residents with special needs while also accommodating office space for the existing non-profit tenant, AbilityPath. The project is well designed and will fit in well with the neighborhood. Please indicate yoursupport for the various concessions requested by Eden Housing and allow the project to proceed in accordance with AB 2162 and/or the streamlining under SB 35. This is a perfect project in a perfect place and fulfills many needs. Thank you. Bonnie Packer 768 Stone Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 From:G Mah To:Council, City Cc:Board StevensonHouse Subject:Stevenson House Support of Eden Housing Project at 525 East Charleston Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 2:16:26 PM Attachments:City Council Letter on Eden Housing Project.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Please see the attached letter of support for the Eden Housing Project being proposed at 525 East Charleston. Sincerely, Grace Mah, President on behalf of the Stevenson House Board Board of Directors Grace Li Bobian David Chapple Walter Frank Eng Mark Levi Grace H. Mah Sally Mahoney Jerold Nugent Susan Xu Otte John Wang Lanie Wheeler Mission Statement: Stevenson House will provide quality, affordable housing where independent elders with low incomes may enjoy a safe and caring community. September 24, 2021 An Affordable Senior Communtty Re: Eden Housing Mitchell Park project proposal Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council: The Board of Stevenson House senior independent living facility, located at 455 E Charleston Road is writing to support the project proposed by Eden Housing at 525 E. Charleston Road. While we have no specific comments on the design of the proposal, we trust that the City will be mindful of the relationship of the ingress/egress from the site with the Nelson/Charleston intersection that is heavily used by our residents and other pedestrians as well as hundreds of bicyclists on a daily basis. We believe that there could be a synergistic relationship between our residents and the future residents of the proposed project and look forward to being able to forge those relationships. ~~~ Grace Mah, President on behalf of the Stevenson House Board 455 E. Charleston Road , Palo Alto, CA 94306~4231 Phone(650)494~1944 ♦ Fax(650)493~7437 www.stevensonhouse.org From:Rice, Danille To:Council, City; Council Agenda Email Cc:Executive Leadership Team; Boyd, Holly; ORG - Clerk"s Office Subject:Council Consent Agenda Questions for September 27: Items 5 and 8 Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 2:04:23 PM Attachments:image002.pngimage004.pngimage005.pngimage007.pngimage008.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 27 Council Meeting consentagenda. Staff responses are below. Item 5: Approval of Construction Contract Number C22182320 with Golden Bay Construction, Inc. in the Amount of $1,250,923, and Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Change Orders Up to a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $125,093, for the Storm Drainage System Replacement and Rehabilitation Project, Capital Improvement Program Project SD-06101 Item 8: Finance Committee Recommends Adoption of a Resolution Approving an Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Verified Emission Reductions With the Integrative Organization of Oaxaca Indigenous and Agricultural Communities to Purchase 24,000 Tons CO2e for a Total Purchase Price of $228,000 Item 5: Approval of Construction Contract Number C22182320 with Golden Bay Construction, Inc. in the Amount of $1,250,923, and Authorization for the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Change Orders Up to a Not-to-Exceed Amount of $125,093, for the Storm Drainage System Replacement and Rehabilitation Project, Capital Improvement Program Project SD-06101 1. When the staff report mentions that ‘additional public outreach’ will be completed during construction, what sort of communication or community outreach efforts does that refer to in particular? The City will publish NextDoor updates that will include a link to the webpage for the project. The webpage will be updated with relevant information throughout the construction duration. 2. What characteristics of Golden Bay Construction, Inc. in particular led to their selection for this contract, aside from their status as the lowest responsible bidder? The California Public Contract Code requires that the contract be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. The bid review process first identifies the lowest bid and includes a review of the bid documents, including bid tabulations, subcontractor listings, bid bond, and Department of Industrial Relations registration, to verify that the bid is responsive. If the low bid is determined to be responsive, staff verifies the status of the contractor’s license and previous work history to determine that the contractor is also a responsible bidder. What is the expected disruption to public life that would result from the construction project, namely the removal and replacement of sidewalks and curbs? The storm drain pipe replacement locations in the project will require curb and sidewalk replacements required at five locations. Pedestrian traffic will need to be detoured while those areas are under construction. Additionally, traffic control will be provided for partial lane closures necessary to perform construction activities, while maintaining access for pedestrians, bicyclists, and vehicles. Item 8: Finance Committee Recommends Adoption of a Resolution Approving an Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of Verified Emission Reductions With the Integrative Organization of Oaxaca Indigenous and Agricultural Communities to Purchase 24,000 Tons CO2e for a Total Purchase Price of $228,000 1. California has established a strict principle of buyer liability (ICAP Status Report). The state may invalidate an offset credit that is later determined to have not met the requirements of an o set protocol because of double counting, over-issuance, or regulatory non-conformance. Given the differences between the U.S. Forestry protocol and the Mexican Forestry protocol, is there any possible risk/liability on our part during the Oaxaca transaction? The risk of invalidation is similar to the risk of the US Forestry offsets the City purchases. The Mexican Forestry offsets are verified, issued, and retired in a similar manner to the US Forestry offsets. These offsets will be tracked by the Climate Action Reserve, one of the same registries that tracks US offsets purchased by the City. 2. According to AB 398, starting with 2021 compliance obligations, no more than one half of any entity’s offset usage limit can come from offsets that do not provide direct environmental benefits in the state of California (DEBS). Oaxaca obviously falls out of this category. Plus, offset in the U.S. is cheaper ($35,000 cheaper in 2021). Does it not make more sense to purchase more offset from WITHIN California to not only satisfy the requirement, but also help disadvantaged communities, Native American or tribal lands, and rural and agricultural regions in California? This specific requirement of the state's cap and trade program does not apply to the City's Carbon Neutral Gas Plan. The DEBS requirement for cap and trade compliance, however, has a broad definition, and many out of-state projects can demonstrate direct environmental benefits in California in a variety of ways. As for California offsets, very few offsets generated in California are available for purchase and those that are command a premium. When staff reviewed and updated the Carbon Neutral Gas Plan in fall 2020, the UAC and Council rejected paying any premium for in-state offsets . The UAC and the Finance Committee supported the additional cost of these offsets given the desire to invest in the relationship with the City's sister city of Oaxaca as well as the co-benefits identified in the staff report. 3. As you know, Mexico is starting its own PILOT PROGRAM on Emission Trading System starting in January 2020 (ICAP Status Report). The Mexican government is also expected to establish a domestic offset program. How will this (the possible increasing demand of offset in Mexico) affect the price of carbon price in the future with Oaxaca? One major driver of current price trends is an increasing demand in offset projects as a result of greater investment focus on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria. Broadly speaking, we are expecting higher prices for offsets domestically and from Oaxaca. If market prices exceed the Council-approved maximum price of $19 per ton, staff will return to Council with a recommended action either to raise the price cap or modify the Carbon Neutral Gas Plan. 4. The share of offsets that can be used to fulfill the compliance obligation is decreasing from 8% to 4% per year for 2021–2025 emissions, meaning that the city will not be able to use offset as extensively as before. Has the staff looked into alternative ways to fulfill the compliance obligations? The Carbon Neutral Gas Plan is a voluntary program separate from the City's cap and trade obligations, so the compliance obligation regulations do not impact the proposed agreement. As for cap and trade, the City does not purchase any offsets for compliance, so the decreasing offsets limits have no impact. Thank you. Danille Rice Executive Assistant to the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | danille.rice@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From:Laurie Jarrett To:Council, City Subject:Item 3: Study Session on a Proposal by Eden Housing Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 1:53:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear City Council My name is Laurie Jarrett and I am a resident of Palo Alto. Know I support the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston which includes 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Since the project includes a preference of 50% for citizens with developmental disabilities, my daughter Tracey, a 48 year old woman with Down Syndrome, would have the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto. The location is ideal since it is surrounded by natural supports such as the bus line, grocery shopping, even the library is close by. I urge you to support this proposed redevelopment. Sincerely, Laurie T Jarrett 1844 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto CA 94303 From:Aram James To:Human Relations Commission; city.council@menlopark.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Council, City; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Raj; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Joe Simitian; Winter Dellenbach; Planning Commission; Greer Stone; Jay Boyarsky; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; DuBois, Tom; Roberta Ahlquist Subject:I’m facing attacks for speaking truth to power: Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 12:44:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Please give generously! Aram , We keep hearing that there’s not enough money to cover needs like healthcare or housing for struggling communities here at home. But yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives just overwhelmingly passed a whopping $770 BILLION defense budget. I was already planning to vote no. Then, Congressmembers brought up a last-minute measure to give an extra $1 billion in taxpayer dollars to the Israeli military—on top of our annual $4 billion giveaway, which is by far the most assistance the U.S. provides to any country. As the only Palestinian-American member of Congress, I spoke up against the Israeli government’s decades-long occupation and systematic mistreatment of Palestinians, calling it what it is: apartheid. But for recognizing Palestinians’ basic humanity, I faced attacks from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle. Instead of condemning Israel’s human rights abuses, Democrats and Republicans in Congress are condemning me for simply pointing out these abuses. Can you chip in $5 or more now so I can keep speaking truth to power and securing human rights, freedom, and justice for ALLpeople? CHIP IN NOW In the occupied West Bank, where my grandmother lives, the Israeli government is supporting Israeli settlements that violate international law—displacing Palestinians from their homes through a process of ethnic cleansing. These Israeli settlers live in the same territory as Palestinians, but are subject to Israeli civil law rather than military rule, use segregated roads where Palestinians are not allowed, and have rights Palestinians don’t, such as freedom of movement and freedom of assembly. The Israeli government controls and often denies food, water, and health supplies for Palestinians—who have no say in this system. This year, U.S. and Israeli human rights groups Human Rights Watch and B’Tselem confirmed what Palestinians have been saying for years: This discriminatory treatment qualifies as apartheid. And as this reality becomes clearer to Americans, polls show that most Americans support treating Israelis and Palestinians as equal citizens. Most Americans and a significant majority of Democrats support conditioning U.S. funding of Israel’s military on whether Israel complies with human rights law. The taboo against questioning U.S. support for Israel’s military is finally shifting. Now, people on social media can hear directly from Palestinians and see what’s happening on the ground. Palestinians are disenfranchised human beings suffering under an occupation that’s been going on for decades. More Americans are recognizing that Israelis and Palestinians are equal people entitled to equal rights, and that everyone deserves safety. That’s why there’s a growing movement to ensure that U.S. tax dollars are not used to fund the Israeli military’s human rights abuses. Unfortunately, people’s representatives in Congress are often out of step with their constituents. Many are unwilling to break with the status quo because they don’t want to take a risk, but I’m here to prove that standing up for Palestinian human rights isn’t a risk at all—and it’s what’s right. Now is a crucial time to show Congress that the American people support equality and justice for Palestinians just as they do for Israelis, and that when you resist Israeli military human rights abuses, your constituents and supporters will have your back. Our campaign has an important Federal Election Commissionfiling deadline coming up at the end of this month, where we candemonstrate that support for Palestinian human rights is growing.Can you donate $5 or whatever you can afford to signal yoursupport for me and my voice as the only Palestinian-American inCongress? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your secure donation will go through immediately: CHIP IN $15 NOW CHIP IN $30 NOW CHIP IN $80 NOW CHIP IN $100 NOW CHIP IN $250 NOW OTHER AMOUNT Thank you for your partnership, Rashida DONATE NOW https://rashidaforcongress.com/ Rashida Tlaib for Congress PO Box 32777 Detroit, MI 48232 PAID FOR BY RASHIDA TLAIB FOR CONGRESS Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emailsfrom Rashida Tlaib for Congress, please click here. From:Allan Seid To:DENNIS LEE Subject:Fwd: "Accountability helps to heal": California city to apologize to Chinese community for centuries-old atrocities - ABC7 San Francisco Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 12:02:06 PM Attachments:attachment CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 11:47 AMSubject: Fwd: 'Accountability helps to heal': California city to apologize to Chinese community for centuries-old atrocities - ABC7 San FranciscoTo: Channing House Bulletin Board <CHBB850@googlegroups.com> DEAR FRIENDS, NOTE: The historical plague placed in May 4, 1987 on the front entrance wall of the fomerFairmount Hotel by Asian Americans for Community Involvement (AACI) and the Association ofConcerned Ethnic Chinese (ACEC). In a ceremony Mayors Tom McHenry andSusan Hammer acknowledged the trajedy and expressed regrets. Representing AACI , 34 years ago, at that 100th Year Anniversary Comemoration of the Chinatown burning wereAACI board members Connie Young Yu, Mary Chan Seid and Gilbert Chang and ACEC by board members Irene Tai and Jeanette Zane.. Join Assemby Evan Low and Councilman RaulPeralez at the Apology Resolution ceremony on Sept. 29, at 12 noon and also view the historical plague. Allan Seid https://abc7news.com/san-jose-chinatown-sj-chinese-community/11039800/ 'Accountability helps to heal': SJ to apologize to Chinese community for centuries-old atrocities SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- Throughout history, the City of San Jose was home to a total of five Chinatowns. According to a city memo, the first Chinatown in San Jose was established in 1866 by the flourishing Chinese community in the city. RELATED: South Bay judges star in rare video in honor of AAPI Heritage Month "Over the next 65 years, San José would be home to a total of five Chinatowns, including the first Market Street Chinatown (1866- 1870), the Vine Street Chinatown (1870-1872), the Second Market Street Chinatown (1872-1887), the Woolen Mills Chinatown (1887- 1902), and Heinlenville (1887- 1931)," the memo detailed. The most well-known was the Second Market Street Chinatown, which happened to be deliberately set on fire in May 1887. In that tragedy, 1,400 people were believed to be displaced and were given no option to rebuild. "The city said, 'No. It's a vile community and we don't want it downtown,'" Gerrye Wong with the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project told ABC7 News. VIDEO: Our America: Asian Voices - The Asian experience in America today Next Tuesday, present-day San Jose City leaders are expected to pass a resolution asking for forgiveness, apologizing for the city's role in past atrocities. Wong said even centuries later, the AAPI Community is finding itself in another stretch of anti-Asian hate. She commends today's city leaders for stepping up. "With the environment that we're seeing today, this is an important step," she shared. "To acknowledge the wrongs of the past, but trying to see if we could move forward." Assemblymember Evan Low added, "We need to also recognize that accountability helps to heal these wounds." VIDEO: Stop the Hate: A conversation about protecting our AAPI communities He said it's an important part of growing in a multicultural society like today's San Jose. "It's so critical that we learn and know about our history and help further the education for our community," he continued. The city's initiative is being led by Councilman RAUL PERALEZ . ABC7 News reached out to his office, but the councilman was unavailable for comment on Wednesday. Councilmembers will vote on the resolution at Tuesday's council meeting, addressing Chinese immigrants and their descendants. "It's appropriate that every generation, we do this," Mayor Sam Liccardo shared. "That we remember this. Because tragically, these lessons are lost from one generation to another. And even more tragically, history does repeat itself." RELATED: Resources to help the Asian American and Pacific Islander community At the former Fairmont Hotel, which was the site of the Second Market Street Chinatown, there is a plaque commemorating the tragedy. It was dedicated in 1987, 100 years later. "I was just talking with Mayor Tom McEnery," Liccardo added. "Who said that they issued an apology in 1987, when that plaque was placed there commemorating the loss of Chinatown and the horrible destruction of that community." Wong said the plaque is an awakening for her. According to a city memo, "Though the plaque acknowledges the former location of a large Chinatown in that spot, destroyed a century earlier, there has been no formal accountability for the City of San José's anti-Chinese policies of the era that created the incendiary climate which led to the arson nor for the numerous actions over many decades which actively discriminated against Chinese immigrants and their descendants." "This action is intended to help reaffirm the City of San José's commitment to the rectification of past policies and misdeeds and publicly acknowledge the City's role in acts of historic injustice towards the community," the memo concluded, in-part. Following Tuesday's city council meeting, a special ceremony is planned for Wednesday at the Circle of Palms Plaza in Downtown San Jose. Wong and other prominent Chinese community leaders are expected to attend, acknowledge and accepting the city's apology. Report a correction or typo From:Dilma Coleman To:rlucia@acgov.org; Rabbi David Booth Cc:LLANAE HARVEY; Council, City Subject:Fwd: My stickerbooks collections. Because Diva Lee was born in Italy. Diva Lee is AFGHAN Jamacian, Asianwomen. What"s happening now? Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 11:47:48 AM Attachments:Screenshot_20210923-201242.pngScreenshot_20210923-200757.pngScreenshot_20210923-200456.pngScreenshot_20210924-085705.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: Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 10:58 AM Subject: Fwd: My stickerbooks collections. Because Diva Lee was born in Italy. Diva Lee isAFGHAN Jamacian, Asian women. What's happening now? To: <uff.affarilegislativi@cert.vigilfuoco.it>Cc: <notarile.sanfrancisco@esteri.it>, <segreteria.sanfrancisco@esteri.it> Fish,fish,fish,fish,fish slows down too. 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And it's been too long since the true analysis of what Thailand leadership the way they covet from the Italians using medicaldevices,drugs which cause illnesses that kill. That's what happened to Edward Debartolo Sr. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs needs attention from Italian Government officials especially when theU.S government officials did the worst financial Fraudulent things to Diva lee.argue it. Ok. Italian government officials needs to provide refugees camp for Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs akaDilma Coleman ASAP. I need the Italians to block travel for those who oppress diva here in the U.S. it's not likely that those Italians related to Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs using the nameDilma Coleman could provide housing to Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman especially since Maha Vajiralongkorn's extended family and their evil Cohorts illegally living in real estateproperties which diva Lee owned they also had access to income that diva should of received the past 20+ years. Argue it. List the Italians who been on real estate properties in the U.S which belonged to Diva Leewhereas the U.S born vigilantes with Italian deceased relatives are affiliated with Thailand's Maha Vajiralongkorn's. Argue it. What's happening now? Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs using herskills in Paranormal Investigations as a Psychic medium to give a understanding of what killed Edward Debartolo Sr and now his grandson Tony York. ARGUE it. It's the same style ArabEmirates Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi was killed. Argue it. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com>Date: Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 5:07 AM Subject: Fwd: My stickerbooks collections. Cause Diva Lee was born in Italy. Diva Lee isAFGHAN Jamacian, Asian women. What's happening now? To: <uff.affarilegislativi@cert.vigilfuoco.it> Hello, it's Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs in the name Dilma Coleman. What's happening now. Since Wikipekia isn't recorded anything about DIVA's life.. especially her financial losses, famoushusband's, famous children, true stories about her adopted father and her life protected under DACA etc. Makes me wonder what the Italian Government officials has done for Diva sinceDiva was born in Italy..and had close association with Debartolo Sr. DIVA's analysis of being AFGHAN Jamacian, and Chinese. None of that is visible on the internet. Why? Diva isdevastated by the terror,oppression, the sexual Assaults, attempted murders on her life including the deaths of her own children and step children etc. All that not in Wikipekia.Argue it that Larry Page is responsible for the anguish and the financial abuses..whereas Diva Lee is VICTIMIZED. Let's pause. If Diva Lee returns to Italy..allow Diva to be at the highestlevel of government..whereas similar to a civil Rights attorney or something like a Supreme Court of Cassation..and or constitutional court of Italy. Diva wants to make a list of thoseindividuals who travelled to Rome, Italy etc who should be punished near to Assassinations. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2021, 8:28 PMSubject: My stickerbooks collections. Cause Diva Lee was born in Italy. Diva Lee is AFGHAN Jamacian, Asian women. What's happening now?To: <uff.affarilegislativi@cert.vigilfuoco.it> Hello it's Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs in Dilma Coleman. Sergio Matterella..come pick up please. I'm in San Jose CA. Please my feet burn..like I ran thru fire on the beach too many times. I can hear u call my name. I gonna sing. I scream i sing icecream. Remember Luciano Pavarotti wasmy husband. Remember Pavarotti's identical twin brother. Please send army for Diva Lee. Best regards Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs is Dilma Coleman. From:Beverly Stowell To:Council, City Subject:EDEN HOUSING PLAN Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 9:50:40 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, My name is Beverly Stowell, I am a member of the AbilityPath (formerly Gatepath and Abilities United) Auxiliary, a 71 year old organization providing support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in AbilityPath programs. I am writing in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 units of affordable housing at 525 E. Charleston Road. 25 of those units will have a preference for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The housing crisis impacts this community disproportionally, and the need for these accessible units is nothing short of incredible. 26% of people have a disability, yet it’s estimated that less than 6% of the national housing supply is designed to be accessible and inclusive. Please join me in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 affordable units at 525 E. Charleston. Thank you, Beverly Stowell President AbilityPath Auxiliary From:Aram James To:Donna Wallach Cc:Joe Simitian; City Mgr; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Council, City; Planning Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Cormack, Alison; alisa mallari tu; Human Relations Commission; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Winter Dellenbach; Raj; Sajid Khan; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Molly; Lewis. james Subject:Friday 4 pm: Haiti Emergency Demo Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:43:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Donna,Thanks so much for sending this important message my way. Will distribute widely. Aram FYI Please share with others. Donna ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Charlie Hinton <ch.lifewish@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10:33 AM Subject: Fwd: Friday 4 pm: Haiti Emergency DemoTo: <solitaryman@lmi.net> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Charlie Hinton <solitaryman@lmi.net> Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 10:31 AMSubject: Friday 4 pm: Haiti Emergency Demo To: Charlie Hinton <ch.lifewish@gmail.com> Emergency Demonstration Stop the Deportations! Stop US Support for Dictatorship and Terror in Haiti! A US border patrol agent assaults Haitian refugees Friday Sept. 24th 4 PM New Federal Building 90 7th St. (San Francisco between Market and Mission) Bring signs and your spirit of resistance! Please contact the White House and your Congresspersons and make these demands: 1. The Biden Administration must stop supporting the ruling US-imposed PHTK dictatorship in Haiti which is bringing misery to the people and isthe root cause for the refugee crisis.2. The Biden Administration must stop deporting Haitian refugees and asylum seekers immediately. White House Comment line: 202-456-1111 Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121 For more information, contact Haiti Action Committee: action.haiti@gmail.com • www.haitisolidarity.net -- 2 books you must read: "Against Our Better Judgement: The hidden history of how the U.S. wasused to create Israel" by Alison Weir http://www.againstourbetterjudgment.com/ "State of Terror: How Terrorism Created Modern Israel" by Thomas Suarezhttp://thomassuarez.com/SoT.html Other important websites to visit http://www.ifamericansknew.org http://www.councilforthenationalinterest.org/new/https://wearenotnumbers.org/ End the Blockade/Siege on Gaza!Tear down the Apartheid Walls in West Bank & Gaza!End the War Criminal Israeli collective punishment on the Palestinianpeople!End the illegal Apartheid Israeli Occupation of all of Palestine!Right to Return to their homes and land in Palestine for all Palestinians!End all U.S. aid to IsraelFree Palestine! Long Live Palestine! Support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) & Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel(PACBI) Campaigns!http://www.bdsmovement.nethttp://www.WhoProfits.orghttp://www.pacbi.org Support Solidarity with Gaza Fishershttps://sgf.freedomflotilla.org/ https://freedomflotilla.org/https://sgf.freedomflotilla.org/category/we-are-not-numbers Support ISM volunteers in West Bank and Gaza Strip! http://www.palsolidarity.org Donna Wallachcats4jazz@gmail.com Skype: palestinewillbeTwitter: @PalestineWillBe (h) 408-289-1522(cell) 408-569-6608 From:Aram James To:Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Human Relations Commission; Council, City Subject:P.S. Minka & Commissioner Kraus: When can I receive a copy of the canine policy report referenced at tonight’s HRC meeting? A report apparently written by commissioners Kraus and Savage after meeting with Assistant ChiefAndrew Binder. Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:34:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ From:Aram James To:Constantino, Mary; Cormack, Alison; Lewis. james; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com;supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; Richard Konda; Stump, Molly; Molly; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Steven D.Lee; City Mgr; Rebecca.Tanner@cityofpaloalto.org; mark weiss; Vara Ramakrishnan; Dr t; Council, City; BillJohnson; Gennady Sheyner; chuck jagoda Subject:Ban Canine Units Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:29:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 23, 2021 To: Minka Van Der Zwaag & the Palo Alto HRC, HRCCommissioner Kraus, the Palo Alto City Council, and the public atlarge: From: Aram James Re: Ban Canine Units I highly recommend that all members of the HRC read the Pulitzer Price award-winning Marshall Project (written and investigatedcollaboratively with other media outlets) 13 part series on weaponized police canine units before deciding the final direction ofany new PAPD canine policy. (See the link to the Marshall Project series at the bottom of this correspondence) My personal view is that the use of canine units to track andapprehend alleged criminal suspects and often inflict serious andeven deadly force on those presumed innocent should be banned inPalo Alto and law enforcement across this country. If we didn’t already know that police weaponized canines both nowand historically hugely disproportionately have been used againstAfrican Americans the Marshall Project series indisputable establishthis conclusion. The series points out that police canine attacks are the most likely useof police force to send crime suspects to the hospital. In addition, oftentimes this extraordinarily dangerous weapon (policedogs) turns on innocent parties as opposed to the alleged crimesuspect. The series even has examples of these vicious dogs turning on and even injuring their police handlers. Because police canine units are used mostly at night, the public isoften unaware of the serious risk these canines pose to members ofthe public. If police canine units were used in the same disproportionate manner against our Jewish or white populations I have little doubt that theiruse would have been banned decades ago. Of course, mostly white police officers and white police managementteams, who are the most likely to be canine handlers or overseecanine units, will pull every imaginable public relations stunt to argueagainst the conclusion that canines units are used in a racist manner. Law enforcement wants to hold on to an ugly vestige of slavery whilepublicly claiming otherwise. Police canine units are inextricably linked to the perpetuation of the very systemic police racism that communities across this countryhave been arguing, post the vile police murder of George Floyd, must end now. Please consider the possibility that the only acceptable canine policyis banning police canine units now and forever. Sincerely, Aram James https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/15/mauled-when-police-dogs-are-weapons P.S. Minka & Commissioner Kraus: When can I receive a copy of thecanine policy report referenced at tonight’s HRC meeting? A reportapparently written by commissioners Kraus and Savage after meetingwith Assistant Chief Andrew Binder. From:Aram James To:Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Binder, Andrew; Human Relations Commission; Greer Stone; Jeff Moore;chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Council, City; Planning Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Raj; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen;Rebecca Eisenberg; Jay Boyarsky; Roberta Ahlquist; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; City Mgr; Jonsen, Robert;paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; DuBois, Tom; Kou, Lydia; Joe Simitian; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org;mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Wadixon@menlopark.org; Filseth, Eric(Internal); michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; Perron, Zachary; Dave Price; BradenCartwright; Emily Mibach; alisa mallari tu Subject:Ban Canine Units Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 11:19:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 23, 2021 To: Minka Van Der Zwaag & the Palo Alto HRC, HRC Commissioner Kraus, thePalo Alto City Council, and the public at large: From: Aram James Re: Ban Canine Units I highly recommend that all members of the HRC read the Pulitzer Price award-winning Marshall Project (written and investigated collaboratively with othermedia outlets) 13 part series on weaponized police canine units before decidingthe final direction of any new PAPD canine policy. (See the link to the MarshallProject series at the bottom of this correspondence) My personal view is that the use of canine units to track and apprehend allegedcriminal suspects and often inflict serious and even deadly force on thosepresumed innocent should be banned in Palo Alto and law enforcement across thiscountry. If we didn’t already know that police weaponized canines both now andhistorically hugely disproportionately have been used against African Americansthe Marshall Project series indisputable establish this conclusion. The series points out that police canine attacks are the most likely use of policeforce to send crime suspects to the hospital. In addition, oftentimes this extraordinarily dangerous weapon (police dogs) turnson innocent parties as opposed to the alleged crime suspect. The series even hasexamples of these vicious dogs turning on and even injuring their police handlers. Because police canine units are used mostly at night, the public is often unawareof the serious risk these canines pose to members of the public. If police canine units were used in the same disproportionate manner against our Jewish or white populations I have little doubt that their use would have beenbanned decades ago. Of course, mostly white police officers and white police management teams, whoare the most likely to be canine handlers or oversee canine units, will pull everyimaginable public relations stunt to argue against the conclusion that canines unitsare used in a racist manner. Law enforcement wants to hold on to an ugly vestige of slavery while publiclyclaiming otherwise. Police canine units are inextricably linked to the perpetuation of the very systemic police racism that communities across this country have been arguing, post thevile police murder of George Floyd, must end now. Please consider the possibility that the only acceptable canine policy is banningpolice canine units now and forever. Sincerely, Aram James https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/15/mauled-when-police-dogs-are- weapons P.S. Minka & Commissioner Kraus: When can I receive a copy of the caninepolicy report referenced at tonight’s HRC meeting? A report apparently writtenby commissioners Kraus and Savage after meeting with Assistant Chief AndrewBinder. From:Aram James To:Council, City Subject:No Canine units Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 8:59:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links.________________________________ >> > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Tony Caruthers To:Council, City Subject:Nightmare spirits Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 7:27:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. This nightmare spirit that I have fought since 2001...is featured on Facebook..so I know MarkZuckerberg studies it...if I die to the monster, Mark will say I was never connected to the stock market & Israel...if I keep winning, Mark will say I am a liar & fraud...also Mark is enjoyingto see souls die, knowing that people fight evil dark creatures here on Earth From:Kobayashi, Alex To:Clerk, City; Council, City Subject:09/27 Council Meeting, item 10 - letter from Senator Becker Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 4:46:37 PM Attachments:LifeMoves - Palo Alto.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please find the attached letter from Senator Becker regarding Project HomeKey. Thank you. Sincerely, ALEX KOBAYASHI, District Representative Office of State Senator Josh Becker 1528 South El Camino Real, Suite 303 San Mateo, CA 94402 (office) 650.212.3313 (cell) 650.254.6660 September 23, 2021 Hon. Tom DuBois, Mayor City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Mayor DuBois and Councilmembers: I am pleased to support a partnership between the City of Palo Alto and LifeMoves, and I encourage the City to apply for funds through the State’s Project HomeKey Program. Our community is a better place when everyone has a safe place to live - our streets and parks are cleaner and safer, public health is improved, caseloads for our public safety officers are reduced and conditions for our local businesses are improved. Project HomeKey’s efforts can also provide significant financial benefits. A 2015 study by Destination: Home found that services to homeless residents cost Santa Clara County more than $500 million per year and that providing housing opportunities for the persistently homeless could save tens of thousands of dollars per resident. As you may know, earlier this year LifeMoves partnered with the City of Mountain View to develop and open a Project HomeKey site serving more than 120 in their 100 units. I am confident that a partnership between LifeMoves and the City of Palo Alto can be just as successful. Thank you for your leadership and consideration of this important project. I look forward to supporting these efforts in any way I can. Sincerely, Josh Becker State Senator, 13th District CAPl1'0l. On:'!CC STATE CAPITOL, ROOM 3076 SACRAME'.NTO. CA 95814 i9l61651·4013 DISTRICT OFFICE 1528 S EL CAMINO REAL SAN MATEO, CA 94402 (650) 2 1 2·33 l3 SENATOR 8EO<ER@5F.:NATE C-.\ GO/ WWW SENATE CA GOV I SECKER ([alifnrnia ~tat.e ~.enat.e SENATOR JOSH BECKER THIRTEENTH SENATE DISTRICT CO\iMl'rTEES BUSINESS PROFESStoN ANO ECONOM)C 0£VEI .. OPMENT ENERGY. UTILITIES & COMMUN1CATION GOVERNMENTAL OA:GANIZATION TRANSPORTATION 91:L!CT COMMITTEES CAUFQRNIA·MD.ICO COOPE'.RATION CYBERSECURITY ANO IDENTITY THEFT PREVENTION NON-PROFIT SEC'f0R JOINT COt-lMITTEE:S CLIMATE CHANGE POLICIES \IICECHA.IR LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMrTTEE From:Elizabeth Ratner To:Council, City Subject:September 27 agenda items 3 and 10 Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:26:49 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, Item 3. We strongly support the Eden housing development for disabled adults and other low income tenants at Charleston and Middlefield Rd. in Palo Alto. The need for such housing in our city is great. The location — next to Mitchell Park, recreation, shopping, and bus lines will minimize the need for cars. We are neighbors of this project. We also support the use of public land to create affordable housing, as this project does using Santa Clara county land. We urge the city to be creative and find public land, such as parking lots, to build affordable housing for those people the market rate developers are not serving. Item 10 We also strongly support having the city apply for Home Key funds for the Interim Supportive Housing project on San Antonio Rd. The need for this type of housing is great. Lisa Ratner Jim Fox Sent from my iPhone From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Aram James; rebecca; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; ParkRec Commission; Pastor Kaloma Smith Subject:Fwd: Healing from Hate Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 1:20:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Elena Klaw, Faculty Director - Center for Community Learning & Leadership<universitycomm@sjsu.edu>Date: Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 11:02 AMSubject: Healing from HateTo: <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> Register for the discussion San Jose State University, Clark Hall 203, One Washington Square, San Jose, CA 95192 © 2021 Copyright Contact Privacy Policy From:Nicole Valk To:Burt, Patrick; Transportation; Kamhi, Philip; Baird, Nathan; Jonsen, Robert; Council, City; City Mgr Cc:Pat Burt Subject:RE: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:21:09 PM Hi All, Per my original email below, I am reaching back out as I have been informed that street parking will now be enforced starting October 1st. As stated below, my car as well as my co-workers car was broken into and vandalized on Thursday, July 22nd and Friday, July 23rd which left me spending hundreds of dollars to get repaired. Additionally, there have been many complaints regarding the safety of our employees as some have suffered verbal and physical attacks from the homeless people. These incidents have taken place in the Palo Alto parking garages (I am specifically referring to the parking garage we park in which is the Cowper/Webster parking garage). I have noticed that the homeless situation still has not been fully handled and I worry that my car (and other people’s cars) may get broken into again as I can’t afford to get it fixed if it were to happen again. Even more importantly, I worry for the safety of our Palo Alto employees. I even spoke to a Parking Enforcement officer that was in the Cowper/Webster garage who let me know that although the issue has gotten better, he still notices there are homeless people that reside there. With all of this being said, I implore you to allow long term street parking until this issue is fully and completely resolved. I as well as my fellow co-workers still feel unsafe parking in the parking garages at this time and would feel much more comfortable parking on the street until this is fully handled. Thank you very much for your time and attention to this matter. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From: Nicole Valk Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 1:39 PM To: Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Pat Burt <pat@patburt.org> Subject: RE: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Thanks, Pat! Really appreciate the prompt response and your attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing from the city staff in regards to what can be done further about this ongoing issue. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From: Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 1:35 AM To: Nicole Valk <nicole@iconventures.com> Cc: Pat Burt <pat@patburt.org> Subject: Re: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage Nicole, I'm very concerned to hear about the set of incidents that you and your staff have been experiencing. You may have seen in the press that we have been having issues with homeless encampments and a fire in the Cowper garage which city staff have responded to by removing the encampments, but your issues magnify those problems. I have requested a response from the city manager and police chief about what actions we've taken and intend to take next. Please keep me informed and let me know if the city staff do not provide you with a timely and substantive response. Best regards, Pat Burt Vice-mayor 650-892-0925 From: Nicole Valk <nicole@iconventures.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 2:44 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Unsafe Conditions in Cowper/Webster Parking Garage CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To whomever this may concern, My name is Nicole Valk and I work at 505 Hamilton Avenue in Palo Alto. I would like to bring to your attention the rising issue with the homeless situation as well as other reckless behavior in the Cowper/Webster parking garage which is a garage that I frequently park in on a daily basis in order to go to work. I was notified a month or so ago that street parking would be enforced and thus I would need to start parking in the parking garage for long term parking. I have no problem with this, however, lately it has increasingly grown more and more unsafe to do so. I have received multiple complaints from our employees that they have been yelled at as well as spit on when walking to their cars in the parking garage from homeless people. In addition, I have been notified of suspicious activity coming from construction workers, etc. that has been taking place in this specific parking garage. The most recent attack was when my car was broken into last Thursday, July 22nd when I was parked on the basement level. My window was completely shattered and a few belongings that were located inside my middle console were broken beside my vehicle. The next day, my colleague suffered a similar break in where his window was shattered as well. I can’t say for certain who committed these crimes, but the issue is all the same: me and my coworkers do not feel safe when parking in the parking garage. With all of this being said, something needs to be done. For the time being, I implore you to allow long term street parking be permitted until something is done so more people don’t have to suffer through another car break in or a verbal/physical attack when walking to their cars. I kindly ask you again to please consider not reinforcing street parking for the safety of the Palo Alto workers and residents. Thank you for your time and your attention to this matter. Best, Nicole Valk Icon Ventures 505 Hamilton Avenue, Suite 310 Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: (650) 463-8811 | M: (650) 400-5732 From:Shelley Fisher Fishkin To:Council, City Subject:Sept. 27 agenda items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:00:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I am writing in support of two important housing projects that are to be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). I am grateful to the County for providing the land for this project, and I strongly urge you to use your study session to determine ways to help move the project forward in a productive manner. Please make this happen! LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: I strongly urge you to pass the resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing for those in need. Please make thesehappen as well. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Palo Alto will benefit greatly from both of these initiatives! Sincerely, Shelley Fishkin From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Steve Levy Subject:Bay Area economic update Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:00:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. http://www.bayareaeconomy.org/bay-area-job-watch-58/ Here is the link to my latest update for the Bay Area Council Economic Institute and highlights below After I sent this off COVID case rates have dropped each day in the state and even more so in the Bay Area as our vaccination rates continue to lead the state and nation. Modest Job Growth, Good News on Housing and COVID Sept 22, 2021 The Bay Area has posted modest but disappointing job gains since March. At the same time VC funding is strong, housing permits have begun to rebound, the Governor signed several housing bills and the region is a leader in vaccinations and lowering COVID cases. The U.S. economic outlook and federal policies have improved with positive implications for our region. The Bay Area still faces challenges in housing, transportation and other areas that affect our economic competitiveness and, in doing so, reduce our ability to meet equity and environmental goals. The highlights: • The Bay Area added 141,500 jobs between January and August 2021 and the regional unemployment rate fell from 6.6% to 5.5%. Job gains were led by the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas and a rebound in the restaurant and tourist sectors. • The U.S, and Bay Area economic outlook has been upgraded by the $1.9 billion COVID relief package, the likely passage of a major infrastructure package, and positive movement on the safety net and environmental investments and the possibility of more favorable immigration policies that all play to Bay Area strengths. • The region is a state and national leader in vaccinations and reducing COVID cases that isallowing a return to more normal living here • The long-term Bay Area economic challenges remain with only slow progress on housing, transportation and economic competitiveness, challenges at the front of the Bay Area Council policy agenda. Blog | COVID-19 | Racial Justice Photo Credit: Latinas Contra Cancer Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated September 15 through October 15, 2021. We honor the history, achievements, leadership and resilience of Latinx communities. From:Silicon Valley Community FoundationTo:Council, CitySubject:SVCF eNews: Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month, the LatinXCEL Fund’s first grantmaking round & upcoming eventsDate:Thursday, September 23, 2021 10:01:02 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. 650.450.5400 @ info@siliconvalleycf.org Celebrate with us › Advancing local Latinx communities SVCF is proud to announce $1.4 million in grants to 36 inaugural grantees of its LatinXCEL Fund—a $10 million, three-year initiative created to strengthen Silicon Valley's ecosystem of Latinx community leaders and nonprofits. Leveraging collective impact with SVCF’s Donor Circle for the Arts Donor circle member and Corporate Accelerator Forum CEO Diana Joseph and Palo Alto Players Managing Director Elizabeth Santana join the SVCF Philanthropy Now podcast. Belle Haven Action: Engaging the community From spearheading COVID-19 vaccination drives to helping senior citizens sign up for housing, Belle Haven Action is a catalyst for projects that serve the community. In addition to being a longtime SVCF grantee, this San Mateo County- based nonprofit is one of 74 grantees from the California Black Read the announcement › Listen to the podcast › Freedom Fund’s second grantmaking round. Environment: Community Action Grants For decades, studies have shown that low-income families and communities of color are less likely to live in a healthy environment in which they can access clean air and water. As our community reemerges from the global pandemic, there is an increased urgency to address these environmental inequities. Last chance to apply! Nonprofits, this is the last week SVCF is accepting applications for Environment: Community Action Grants. The deadline is Friday, September 24 at 11:59 p.m Pacific Time. Read the blog › Apply for a grant › Address 2440 West El Camino Real Suite 300 Mountain View, CA 94040 About Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a community catalyst for change. Copyright © 2021 Silicon Valley Community Foundation View in browser | Unsubscribe From:Allan Seid To:Allan Seid Subject:Fwd: PLEASE EMAIL PLEASE EMAIL ME A COPY OF CHINESE PLAQUE and STORY ON TODAY"S ONLINE MERCURY NEWS Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 5:30:35 AM Attachments:S.J. Apologize to Chinese past wrongs-SJMN 2021-09-22 Pizarro.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Neighbors and Friends, A HAPPY DAY ! The plaque funded and mounted in 1987 by two local organizations, Asian American for Community Invovement (AACI) and the Association of Concerned Chinese (ACEC) was tocommemorate a the 100th anniversary of the mysterious fire that destroyed the last of the five Chinatowns in San Jose. The plaque still stands today on the front entrance wall (south side)of the former Fairmount Hotel. Mayors Tom McHenry and Susan Hammer spoke at that memorial. ceremony, Also there representing AACI were Gilbert Chang and Mary Chan-Seid and ACEC by Irene Tai and Jeanette Zane. Kudos to Connie Young Yu and Gerry Wong for their work with the San Jose City Councilman Raul Peralez and other leaders for the adoption today by the city counci of the"RESOLUTION of APOLOGY" for past wrongs against the pioneer Chinese in the area. Gratitude also to Assemblyman Evan Low for his support and participation in the planned public event in downtown San Jose at 12 noon, Wednesday, September 29,2021. Allan Story attached, as well as image LOCAL NEWS • News San Jose to apologize to Chinese community for past wrongs Resolution acknowledges a legacy of injustice, including an 1887 Chinatown fire A plaque at the former Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose, dedicated May 4, 1987, commemorates the fiery destruction of the Market Street Chinatown a century earlier. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group) By SAL PIZARRO I spizarro@bayareanewsgroup.com I Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 22, 2021 at 2:38 p.m. I UPDATED: September 22, 2021 at4:07 p.m. In May 1887, a deliberately set fire tore through San Jose's Chinatown on Market Street, destroying homes and businesses and displacing 1,400 people. The fire happened not long after the City Council had declared Chinatown -the second on that site and one of five in the city's history-to be a public nuisance in the way of plans to build a new city hall. This was just perhaps the worst example of the discrimination faced by the Chinese community in Sanjose, and all happening during an intense anti- Chinese period of California history that included the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Next week, the Sanjose City Council is expected to pass a resolution apologizing to Chinese immigrants and their descendants for the city's role in these historical misdeeds. On May 4, 1887, an arson fire destroyed the entire Chinatown on Market Street, two months after the San Jose City Council had called it a public nuisance and a health hazard. (Photo courtesy History San Jose) "Sanjose has worked to be an inclusive and welcoming city for all and that means facing head on its past mistakes," said City Councilman Raul Peralez, whose district includes the site. "Our Chinese community has long been an important part of our city and this long overdue apology from the city will be a Peralez's office worked with the city's office of racial equity and members of the city's Chinese community on the resolution, which the council will vote on Tuesday. That will be followed by a ceremony at noon Sept. 29 at the Circle of Palms Plaza between the San Jose Museum of Art and the former Fairmont hotel, which was the site of the Market Street Chinatown. (A plaque at the hotel building, dedicated 100 years after the fire, commemorates the tragedy. Gerrye Wong and Connie Young Yu will speak at the Circle of Palms ceremony on behalf of the Chinese community, and they're expected to be joined by Assemblyman Evan Low and Peralez. The public is invited to attend as well. San Jose has been a diverse city since its founding, but it has not always been hospitable to newcomers or non-white residents. As parents, we tell our kids to apologize when they hurt somebody, and our city should be held to the same standard. San Jose is doing the right thing -even if it's taken 134 years. SCULPTURE FAIR RETURNS: One of the bright spots of last fall was the inaugural Silicon Valley Sculpture fair at Menlo College in Atherton, which provided a chance for cooped-up art lovers to marvel at amazing sculptures outdoors at the campus. The fair returns for its second year this weekend with the theme "Shifting Perspectives," showcasing 30 large-scale sculptures created by artists from around the Bay Area and the country. Lead artist is Foon Sham, a Chinese sculptor born in Macao who is a professor offine arts at the University of Maryland, said the theme reflected momentous times for humanity, which is shifting from balance and symmetry to an unbalanced state because of the pandemic. The exhibition is open to the public Sept. 24-26, and there will be two panels on Sept. 25 that address the theme. You can get more information, including the schedule and ticket prices, at ~.'.?..!.!.!.~.9..QY~.!.!.~Y.?.~.Y..!P!~E~:.~.2.~ .. DANCE COMPANY MAKES A COMEBACK: San Jose Dance Theatre is rebounding from a hard year, which in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic included thousands of dollars in costumes being stolen. But it's bringing back live theater this weekend with the ballet "A Midsummer Night's Dream," choreographed by Artistic Director Linda Hurkmans. The show, based on the Shakespeare play and set to Mendelssohn's score, has its premiere at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose with three performances on Sept. 25 and 26. From:Stephen Branz To:Council, City Cc:Emily Young Subject:Sept. 27th agenda items 3 and 10 - Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:43:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: 22 September 2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, We are writing in support of two important housing projects that are to be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). We are grateful to the County for providing the land for this project, and we strongly urge you to use your study session to determine ways to help move the project forward in a productive manner. LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: We strongly urge you to pass the resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing for those in need. The need for housing our low-income, special needs, and homeless community members are undeniable. The sites are available. Opportunities like these come along very rarely. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Sincerely, Stephen Branz & Emily Young (cc'd), South Palo Alto Residents since 1980 -- Stephen E. Branz, Ph.D. (pronouns: he, him, his)Carnegie Math Pathways Administrator Coach (www.carnegiemathpathways.org) Professor of Chemistry Emeritus & (former) Associate Dean for Undergraduate StudiesSan José State University e-mail: stephen.branz@sjsu.eduresiding in Palo Alto on ancestral lands of the Muwekma Ohlone Indians (https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2011/12/03/local-native-american-tribe-seeks-identity) From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Date correction for San Jose Resolution Event Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:36:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Neighbors and Friends, APOLOGIES. Correct date for the San Jose City Public Resolution of Apology event is below: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29th, 12 Noon at the Circle of Palm Plaza in downtown San Jose ((between the San Jose Museum of Art and the former Fairmont Hotel. Special accolades should also go to San Jose City Councilman Raul Paralez for his leadershipin making possible the RESOLUTION of APOLOGY. His leadership on this significant event will be remembered. Allan Seid From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Filseth, Eric (Internal);DuBois, Tom; Council, City; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Winter Dellenbach; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com;Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Raj Jayadev; Jay Boyarsky; Roberta Ahlquist; Rebecca Eisenberg; Greer Stone; JoeSimitian; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; Jeff Moore;supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org Subject:Booming but not affordable housing in the silicon valley Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 9:03:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://sanjosespotlight.com/silicon-valley-residential-development-booming-but-not- affordable-housing/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: PLEASE EMAIL PLEASE EMAIL ME A COPY OF CHINESE PLAQUE and STORY ON TODAY"S ONLINE MERCURY NEWS Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 8:37:12 PM Attachments:S.J. Apologize to Chinese past wrongs-SJMN 2021-09-22 Pizarro.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Neighbors and Friends, A HAPPY DAY ! The plaque funded and mounted by two local organizations, Asian American for CommunityInvovement (AACI) and the Association of Concerned Chinese (ACEC) in 1987 was a memorial on the 100th anniversary of the mysterious fire that destroyed the last of the fiveChinatowns in San Jose. It still stands today on the front entrance wall (south side) of the former Fairmount Hotel. Mayors Tom McHenry and Susan Hammer spoke at that memorial.Representing AACI were Gilbert Chang and Mary Chan-Seid and ACEC by Irene Tai and Jeanette Zane. Kudos to Connie Young Yu and Gerry Wong for their work with the San Jose City leaders andstaff for the enactmentf today by the city counci of the "RESOLUTION of APOLOGY" for the past wrongs perpetrated against the pioneer Chinese in the area. Gratitude to AssemblymanEvan Low for his support and participation in the planned public event in downtown San Jose at 12 noon tomorrow. Allan Story attached, as well as image LOCAL NEWS • News San Jose to apologize to Chinese community for past wrongs Resolution acknowledges a legacy of injustice, including an 1887 Chinatown fire A plaque at the former Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose, dedicated May 4, 1987, commemorates the fiery destruction of the Market Street Chinatown a century earlier. (Sal Pizarro/Bay Area News Group) By SAL PIZARRO I spizarro@bayareanewsgroup.com I Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: September 22, 2021 at 2:38 p.m. I UPDATED: September 22, 2021 at4:07 p.m. In May 1887, a deliberately set fire tore through San Jose's Chinatown on Market Street, destroying homes and businesses and displacing 1,400 people. The fire happened not long after the City Council had declared Chinatown -the second on that site and one of five in the city's history-to be a public nuisance in the way of plans to build a new city hall. This was just perhaps the worst example of the discrimination faced by the Chinese community in Sanjose, and all happening during an intense anti- Chinese period of California history that included the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. Next week, the Sanjose City Council is expected to pass a resolution apologizing to Chinese immigrants and their descendants for the city's role in these historical misdeeds. On May 4, 1887, an arson fire destroyed the entire Chinatown on Market Street, two months after the San Jose City Council had called it a public nuisance and a health hazard. (Photo courtesy History San Jose) "Sanjose has worked to be an inclusive and welcoming city for all and that means facing head on its past mistakes," said City Councilman Raul Peralez, whose district includes the site. "Our Chinese community has long been an important part of our city and this long overdue apology from the city will be a Peralez's office worked with the city's office of racial equity and members of the city's Chinese community on the resolution, which the council will vote on Tuesday. That will be followed by a ceremony at noon Sept. 29 at the Circle of Palms Plaza between the San Jose Museum of Art and the former Fairmont hotel, which was the site of the Market Street Chinatown. (A plaque at the hotel building, dedicated 100 years after the fire, commemorates the tragedy. Gerrye Wong and Connie Young Yu will speak at the Circle of Palms ceremony on behalf of the Chinese community, and they're expected to be joined by Assemblyman Evan Low and Peralez. The public is invited to attend as well. San Jose has been a diverse city since its founding, but it has not always been hospitable to newcomers or non-white residents. As parents, we tell our kids to apologize when they hurt somebody, and our city should be held to the same standard. San Jose is doing the right thing -even if it's taken 134 years. SCULPTURE FAIR RETURNS: One of the bright spots of last fall was the inaugural Silicon Valley Sculpture fair at Menlo College in Atherton, which provided a chance for cooped-up art lovers to marvel at amazing sculptures outdoors at the campus. The fair returns for its second year this weekend with the theme "Shifting Perspectives," showcasing 30 large-scale sculptures created by artists from around the Bay Area and the country. Lead artist is Foon Sham, a Chinese sculptor born in Macao who is a professor offine arts at the University of Maryland, said the theme reflected momentous times for humanity, which is shifting from balance and symmetry to an unbalanced state because of the pandemic. The exhibition is open to the public Sept. 24-26, and there will be two panels on Sept. 25 that address the theme. You can get more information, including the schedule and ticket prices, at ~.'.?..!.!.!.~.9..QY~.!.!.~Y.?.~.Y..!P!~E~:.~.2.~ .. DANCE COMPANY MAKES A COMEBACK: San Jose Dance Theatre is rebounding from a hard year, which in addition to the COVID-19 pandemic included thousands of dollars in costumes being stolen. But it's bringing back live theater this weekend with the ballet "A Midsummer Night's Dream," choreographed by Artistic Director Linda Hurkmans. The show, based on the Shakespeare play and set to Mendelssohn's score, has its premiere at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose with three performances on Sept. 25 and 26. From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City Subject:Support for Transitional and Permanently Affordable Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 6:25:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. RE: Agenda Item #3,#9, and #10 Dear Mayor DuBois and 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 support both the proposal at 525 East Charleston Road for 50 new, affordable homes with half reserved for the intellectually and developmentally disabled community members and the $2M allocation from our local affordable housing funds for the project. The County partnership with Eden Housing that led to this proposal demonstrates a commitment to community engagement and meeting our affordable housing needs. Like many nearby cities, Palo Alto has consistently failed to meet our very low and extremely low-income housing targets. This proposal would move us in the right direction without substantial local investment. In addition, we support the Project Homekey proposal brought forward by LifeMoves, constructing 88+ new, transitional housing units in Palo Alto. There are few other sites that could accommodate this number of units due to development cost and our low-density restrictions which need to be more flexible. Providing immediate shelter and services, while helping residents secure permanent housing, is the best way to end homelessness. We are concerned that there are a variety of transportation options available to residents to connect them to the community. This proposal is not the only solution, but it's an important interim step! Lastly, we ask that this Council consider how policy changes, relaxing heights and FAR in our zoning and development standards, might hasten the needed development of new homes to address the housing shortage. These restrictions remain impediments. As we review proposals like those heard tonight, what steps would make this process more clear for our staff, community, and developers? Gail A. Price Palo Alto Forward From:Jan Stokley To:Council, City Subject:Study Session on Mitchell Park Project Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3:44:41 PM Attachments:Mitchell Park support letter.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor and City Council, enclosed please find our comments for the study session on theMitchell Park Project planned for Monday September 27. Thank you for your consideration. -- This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act 18 U.S.C. Section 2510-2521. This e-mail is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail message from your computer. 3460 West Bayshore, Suite 205, Palo Alto, CA 94303 Mayor and City Council September 22, 2021 City of Palo Alto Via email to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org RE: Study Session on the Mitchell Park Project Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice-Mayor Burt, and City Council Members: Housing Choices is pleased to support Eden Housing’s proposed affordable housing project, the Mitchell Park Project. Housing Choices has a 25 year history of supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to live successfully in 19 different community-based rental housing sites similar to the Mitchell Park Project, four of which are owned and managed by Eden Housing. The Mitchell Park Project will create 50 units of affordable rental housing, with half of the units subject to a preference for people with I/DD who receive services from the San Andreas Regional Center in order to live successfully in the community. This site is well-located in relationship to transit, shopping and services, which is of vital importance to I/DD residents, most of whom do not drive or own a car. The need for inclusive housing projects like the Mitchell Park Project is increasing every year. The I/DD population in Santa Clara County grew by 13% in the five years between 2015 and 2020, compared to Santa Clara County’ general population growth rate of less than 2%. When this rate of I/DD population growth is coupled with the decline in the county’s supply of licensed care facilities and the high cost of housing, it is not surprising that the number of Santa Clara County adults with I/DD living at home with aging parents grew by 23% during that same five year period. As parents age, it becomes critically important to have access to affordable housing that will make possible the adult’s successful transition to community living. Projects like Mitchell Park address the goal of many people with I/DD to live as tenants in their own apartment, with their choice of supportive services funded by San Andreas Regional Center. Each Mitchell Park resident with I/DD will have a Service Coordinator from San Andreas Regional Center to help develop, coordinate and fund the individualized plan of supportive services to meet that specific resident’s service needs, including, for example, housing coordination services, independent living services, supported living services, employment support, day programs, and other activities that promote integrated community living. Housing • Choices However, the Regional Center is prohibited by its state and federal funding sources from paying the individual’s actual housing costs. That is why inclusive housing partnerships with experienced affordable housing developers like Eden Housing are so critical. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any other information that would assist your study session on the Mitchell Park Project. Sincerely, Janette E. Stokley Janette E. Stokley Executive Director Direct Line 408-713-2613 Email jan@housingchoices.org From:Margaret Tompkins To:Council, City Subject:New housing on Charleston Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3:19:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: My name is Margaret Tompkins and I am a resident of the City of Palo Alto. I support the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Rd which will include 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Because of the high cost of housing in Palo Alto, it is extraordinarily difficult for a person with a disability who has a fixed or extremely low income to find housing. By including a preference for individuals with developmental disabilities in 50% of the rental units, this project will give them the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto and to live in an integrated community, addressing an unmet priority of the City’s Housing Element and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The close proximity of the site to transit and other community amenities, including supportive services, makes 525 E. Charleston the perfect location for inclusive housing for people with I/DD. Please approve this project to move forward. It is the right thing to do. Sincerely, Margaret Tompkins Downtown North Resident From:Deborah Caplan To:Milton, Lesley; Clerk, City Cc:City Attorney; Council, City Subject:Public Records Act request Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 1:09:33 PM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Ms. Milton: I sent a Public Records Act request to the City on July 26, 2021. When I received no response, I began calling your office in late August. I left several detailed messages and sent follow up inquiries to the City’s on-line service. On September 1, 2021, I received a message from Ms. Ramirez Vargas claiming that she had tried to reach me in “early August.” For the record, I received no such communication and am skeptical that one was sent. In any event, Ms. Ramirez Vargas asked me to narrow my request, which I did on September 3, 2021. Since that time, I have received absolutely no information regarding my request. I sent inquiries on September 14 and 20, 2021 about the status and received no response to either inquiry. The request was limited to electronic communications related to agenda items for three specific city council meetings, and I have not been advised that the City has claimed any right to withhold the requested documents. The City has now failed to comply with the law for almost two months. As you know, a legal action can be initiated to compel disclosure. While I would not think that was necessary, it is difficult to understand the City’s almost complete disregard of this request. I am copying the office of the City Attorney and City Council in an effort to obtain a satisfactory response. Deborah B. Caplan 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 400 | Sacramento, CA 95814(916) 442-2952 | dcaplan@olsonremcho.comolsonremcho.com From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board Subject:Fwd: A Family, a Dream and a Season of Fear Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:28:18 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear neighbors and Friends, A familia story for too many Asian immigrants. Let's keep up the fight for social justice for all Americans, especially the NEW ones. Allan https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/21/nyregion/than-than-htwe-death.html From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: Fw: Invitation to City Council Resolution Ceremony. High Noon 9/29/21 Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 5:04:05 AM Attachments:Council Resolution Ceremony Invitation.png Council Resolution Ceremony Invitation #2 (1).png Resolution (1).pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2021 Subject: Fw: Invitation to City Council Resolution Ceremony. High Noon 9/29/21 Allan, Please past along this invitation, and the resolution. This is a historic event, a long time coming! Apology for anti-Chinese policies and actions by the City of San José. Gerrye Wong and I worked awhile with the City to make this happen. The program will take place right in front of the Fairmont Hotel where the large Chinatown was destroyed by anti- Chinese arsonists. As descendant of Market St. Chinatown (my grandpa was "driven out") and Heinlenville (where my dad was born), I will be speaking about the Chinese community that once was. Thank you for continuing the good fight, battling anti-Asian hate and injustice. In solidarity, Connie From: Cambises, Christopher <Christopher.Cambises@sanjoseca.gov> Sent: Monday, September 20, 2021 5:19 PM Cc: 'gerryewong@comcast.net' <gerryewong@comcast.net>; 'Connie Yu' <connieyoungyu@msn.com> Subject: Invitation to City Council Resolution Ceremony Greetings, On behalf of the City of San José, we wish to cordially invite you to join City leaders and the Chinese American community for a historic ceremony commemorating the formal adoption of a City Council resolution apologizing for the City’s role in acts of injustice and discrimination towards the Chinese immigrant community and their descendants. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday September the 29th at 12 PM at Circle of Palms Plaza adjacent to the San Jose Museum of Art and the Fairmont Hotel in Downtown San José. The Plaza sits on the site of the 2nd Market Street Chinatown which was destroyed by arson in 1887. The ceremony will include opening remarks from City leadership, a formal presentation and reading of the resolution to attendees, as well as additional remarks by community leaders and elected officials. You are more than welcome to share this invitation with friends, family, and other community members who would be interested in attending. You are also welcome to virtually attend the San José City Council meeting on Tuesday September the 28th which begins at 1:30 PM to watch the official vote on the adoption of the resolution and to offer public comment, should you wish to do so. Instructions for how to watch and participate can be found here. Due to COVID-19 precautions, in-person attendance of Council meetings is limited. The resolution is item 3.5 on the City Council agenda. We would be honored to have your attendance at the ceremony on the 29th to mark this historic event. Warm regards, Christopher Cambises (He/Him) | Immigrant Affairs Manager Office of Racial Equity Desk: 408.535.8100 | Christopher.Cambises@sanjoseca.gov City of San José | 200 E. Santa Clara St. | San José, CA 95113 www.sanjoseca.gov NVF:AFS:CLS 9/8/2021 T-39042\ 1851282.doc 1 Council Agenda: 9/28/2021 Item No.: 3.5 DRAFT – Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 535-1260 or CityClerk@sanjoseca.gov for final document. RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE APOLOGIZING TO CHINESE IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS FOR ACTS OF FUNDAMENTAL INJUSTICE AND DISCRIMINATION, SEEKING FORGIVENESS AND COMMITTING TO THE RECTIFICATION OF PAST POLICIES AND MISDEEDS WHEREAS, between 1849 and 1853 about 24,000 young Chinese men immigrated to California and by 1870 there were an estimated 63,000 Chinese in the United States, 77% of whom resided in California; and WHEREAS, Chinese immigrants were the primary workforce in developing Santa Clara County as the “fruit bowl of America” and San José was home to five Chinatowns including the first Market Street Chinatown (1866-1870), the Vine Street Chinatown (1870-1872), the Second Market Street Chinatown (1872-1887), the Woolen Mills Chinatown (1887-1902), and Heinlenville (1887-1931); and WHEREAS, San José was a center of agriculture, and Chinese immigrants were critical to the economy, industry and progress of Santa Clara Country including in manufacturing and heavy construction, notably as workers on the San José Railroad and Santa Cruz-Monterey Line in the 1870s; and WHEREAS, Chinese immigrants were met with virulent racism, xenophobia and the violence of anti-Chinese forces in San José from early on and denied equal protection before the law; and WHEREAS, in 1869, the First Methodist Episcopal Church on 2nd and Santa Clara streets which taught Sunday school to Chinese immigrants was burned to the ground and the minister, Thomas S. Dunn, received death threats; and NVF:AFS:CLS 9/8/2021 T-39042\ 1851282.doc 2 Council Agenda: 9/28/2021 Item No.: 3.5 DRAFT – Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 535-1260 or CityClerk@sanjoseca.gov for final document. WHEREAS, after passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which denied naturalization to U.S. citizenship and restricted Chinese immigration, anti-Chinese acts became institutionalized and empowered by federal, state, and local acts and anti- Chinese conventions were held in San José, including the first State Convention of the Anti-Chinese League in 1886; and WHEREAS, the policies, resolutions, and other actions of the City of San José (“City”) and the City Council directly contributed to the xenophobic discrimination and racial violence faced by Chinese immigrants; and WHEREAS, the City Council condemned all Chinese laundries on the basis they operated in wooden buildings after denying fourteen Chinese laundry operators who filed a petition on January 14, 1886 requesting to continue their laundry businesses, and Mayor G. T. Settle broke the tie vote and the motion before San José’s City Council to condemn Chinese laundries was carried; and WHEREAS, the City made plans to remove San José’s Market Street Chinatown for the building of the new City Hall downtown and on March 25, 1887, an order declaring the Chinatown at Market and San Fernando Streets a public nuisance was unanimously approved by Mayor C. W. Breyfogle and the entire City Council; and WHEREAS, the Market Street Chinatown succumbed to arson on May 4, 1887 before official action could be taken, leading to the destruction of homes and businesses and the displacement of 1,400 members of San José’s Chinese community; and WHEREAS, on June 2, 1887, after the burning of the Market Street Chinatown, when John Heinlen requested permits for building a new Chinatown on his property, his request was declared out of order by the Mayor; and NVF:AFS:CLS 9/8/2021 T-39042\ 1851282.doc 3 Council Agenda: 9/28/2021 Item No.: 3.5 DRAFT – Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 535-1260 or CityClerk@sanjoseca.gov for final document. WHEREAS, on June 8, 1887 at a mass rally of citizens gathered on the corner of Fifth and Jackson Street to protest the building of a new Chinatown a resolution drafted by Mayor Breyfogle and the entire City Council was read to the crowd stating that a Chinatown is “a public nuisance, injurious to private property adjacent thereto, dangerous to the health and welfare of all citizens who live and have homes in its vicinity, and a standing menace to both public and private morals, peace, quiet and good order, and etc.”; and WHEREAS, on July 25, 1887 the City Council voted to allow only materials made by white labor in the construction of the new city hall; and WHEREAS, in 1888, despite vehement opposition from the City and its citizenry, John Heinlen finished construction of the new Chinatown which would be known as Heinlenville and last for 44 years until 1931; and WHEREAS, in 1949, the City voted to demolish the historic Ng Shing Gung Temple building and take over the property despite attempts by the Chinese community to save the temple as a historic landmark; and WHEREAS, the City stored the historic Ng Shing Gung altar under the Municipal Stadium where it suffered damage from outdoor exposure for the next 40 years until the Chinese Historical and Cultural Project (“CHCP”) was asked to work with the city on collection and maintenance of artifacts found in the building of the Fairmont Hotel in 1987; and WHEREAS, the Chinese Exclusion Laws were repealed in 1943 and subsequent federal legislation officially banned racial bias in immigration and citizenship, a fundamental step in the struggle for racial equality and justice in the United States; NVF:AFS:CLS 9/8/2021 T-39042\ 1851282.doc 4 Council Agenda: 9/28/2021 Item No.: 3.5 DRAFT – Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 535-1260 or CityClerk@sanjoseca.gov for final document. WHEREAS, the CHCP built a replica of the historic temple building, installed exhibits of Chinese American history of the Santa Clara Valley, and gifted the Museum to the City as a token of friendship and forgiveness from the Chinese American community in 1991; and WHEREAS, the recent rise in anti-Asian violence and racial discrimination demonstrates that xenophobia remains deeply rooted in our society; and WHEREAS, Asian-Americans are still considered perpetual foreigners; and WHEREAS, the story of Chinese immigrants and the dehumanizing atrocities committed against them in the 19th and early 20th century should not be purged from or minimized in the telling of San José’s history; and WHEREAS, the City must acknowledge and take responsibility for the legacy of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants as part of our collective consciousness that helps contribute to the current surge in anti-Asian and Pacific Islander hate; and WHEREAS, a genuine apology for the role of the City in this history and legacy is an important and necessary step in the process of racial reconciliation; and WHEREAS, an apology for grievous injustices cannot erase the past, but admission of the historic wrongdoings committed can aid us in solving the critical problems of racial discrimination facing America today; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE: NVF:AFS:CLS 9/8/2021 T-39042\ 1851282.doc 5 Council Agenda: 9/28/2021 Item No.: 3.5 DRAFT – Contact the Office of the City Clerk at (408) 535-1260 or CityClerk@sanjoseca.gov for final document. 1) Apologizes to all Chinese immigrants and their descendants who came to San José and were the victims of systemic and institutional racism, xenophobia, and discrimination; 2) Acknowledges acts of fundamental injustice, terror, cruelty, and brutality, including the dismantling and destruction of the city’s Chinatowns; 3) Recognizes the contributions and resilience of the Chinese community and their commitment to fostering reconciliation and friendship; and 4) Resolves to rectify the lingering consequences of the discriminatory policies of the City of San José, and to use this resolution as a teaching moment for the public to move forward towards justice for all. 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Black folks, Indigenous Americans, and other people of colorare calling on majority-white organizations like the Sierra Club to From:Sierra Club Insider To:Council, City Subject:An Invitation to Save the Planet, Protect Gray Wolves, Build Back Better Act, and More Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 11:13:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Photo by Tara Pixleydo this work. Read "An Invitation to Save the Planet by Ending White Supremacy" by Hop Hopkins then RSVP to join aconversation with the author. Photo by iStockphoto.com/lucky-photographer | Take Action | Protect Gray Wolves Extreme new laws now in effect in Montana and Wyoming offer bounties for killing wolves by baiting, snaring, shooting them from motorized vehicles and helicopters, and other unethical methods. 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This email was sent to: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org This email was sent by the Sierra Club2101 Webster St., Suite 1300, Oakland, CA 94612 Manage Preferences | Unsubscribe | View as Web Page From:Allan Seid To:Channing House Bulletin Board; CHOpinion@googlegroups.com Subject:Fwd: NYTimes.com: Looking for a Gold-Rush Town Named Chinese Camp Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 9:22:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 4:32 PM Subject: NYTimes.com: Looking for a Gold-Rush Town Named Chinese Camp Dear Negibors and Friends, Numerous historical, educational and and fun places nearby for visits to Gold Rush EraChinatowns worthy of visits: Chinese Camp (below); China Camp (Marin County); Locke and Auburn (nearSacto,);Marysvile,; Coloma and Sutter's Mill (by American River); Angel Island-State park Immigration Museum;Columbia State Park (gold country); Weaverville ( ancient Joss temple); Cannery Row-- many others-- Allan From The New York Times: Looking for a Gold-Rush Town Named Chinese Camp A writer went searching for Asian American history in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada,where thousands of Chinese immigrants labored during the Gold Rush but where traces of their presence are few. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/travel/california-asian-history.html?smid=em-share From:Jeremy Erman To:Council, City Cc:City Mgr; Administrative Services Subject:Use existing staff to promote economic development Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 8:09:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Dear City Council, I don't understand why you are considering hiring a new "economic coordinator" and/or an economic consultant toimprove the city's business climate. This sounds like work that could be done by existing staff of the Planning andDevelopment department in coordination with other departments. City staff and councilmembers keep saying that Palo Alto doesn't have enough money to provide all the services itwants to provide, and needs to cut services and staff to make ends meet, so how can you justify a new quarter-million dollar position under the circumstances? In the middle of a budget crisis, using existing staff is surely themost effective, cost-effective and efficient way to promote economic development in the city. If by chance the City does have an extra quarter million dollars lying around, surely this should go to restoring someof the nearly $40 million dollars of cuts to Palo Alto's 2021 budget. Thank you, Jeremy Erman From:Randy Tsuda To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Shikada, Ed; Clerk, City; Kate Blessing-Kawamura; Matthew Indimine Subject:Item 3--525 East Charleston, Eden Housing Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 4:53:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 21, 2021 Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council: I am writing to express Alta Housing's strong support for the proposed affordable housing project by Eden Housingin partnership with the County of Santa Clara. The project is well-located for affordable housing, particularly aproject that includes 25 homes for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults. The surrounding area containsmany amenities such as a grocery store, the lovely Mitchell Park, Mitchell Park Library and Community Center, andschools-- assets that make Palo Alto such a desirable place to call home for any resident. The past several years have laid plain how affordable, stable, and well-maintained housing is an essential elementfor all of our community members. Alta Housing was honored to receive the Council's strong support for our WiltonCourt project. We urge the Council to extend similar support for Eden's proposal, including the streamlined reviewprocess outlined by staff in the Council report. Combined, Wilton Court and the Mitchell Park Project willcontribute 109 much-needed new affordable homes for Palo Alto, including 46 units for intellectually anddevelopmentally disabled residents. I appreciate your consideration. Sincerely, Randy TsudaPresident and CEO cc: City Manager, Planning and Development Services Director, City Clerk, Eden Housing Randy Tsuda President & CEO a: Sobrato Center for Nonprofits 3460 W. Bayshore Rd., Ste. 104, Palo Alto, CA 94303 p: 650.416.4191 e. rtsuda@altahousing.org w.altahousing.org BUILDING STORIES THAT MATTER We've moved! Please note the new address above. From:Patricia Kinney To:Council, City Subject:Item 3: Study Session on a Proposal by Eden Housing Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 4:10:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: My name is Patricia Kinney and I am a resident of Palo Alto. I support the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Road, which will include 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Because of the high cost of housing in Palo Alto, it is extraordinarily difficult for a person with a disability who has a fixed or extremely low income to find housing. By including a preference for individuals with developmental disabilities in 50% of the rental units, this project will give young people with I/DD the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto and to live in an integrated community, addressing an unmet priority of the City’s Housing Element and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The close proximity of the site to transit and other community amenities, including supportive services, makes 525 E. Charleston the perfect location for inclusive housing for people with I/DD. I have known two Palo Alto women with I/DD since they were children. Now they are both in their late 30’s and have part-time, low-paying jobs. They participate in local musical groups and churches and both still live with their aging parents. Housing like this would be perfect for them. Two of their friends have had to move to Sonoma county to find appropriate housing. Staying in Palo Alto would allow them to continue their community involvement and their local friendships and jobs, as well as being much easier on their families. I was very excited to read about this housing project. Its location is ideal for public transportation and for walking to shopping and services. I strongly urge you to approve the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Road. Patricia Kinney 689 Wildwood Lane Palo Alto From:Dilma Coleman To:investigation@kernda.org; info@sharjahart.org Cc:police@mountainview.gov; embassy@egyptembassy.net Subject:Fwd: Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman is trapped in a homeless shelter. The vicious cycle of the evilattributes of Santa Clara county Sheriff Laurie Smith"s contagious as strawberry shortcake with deputyfemales/males mimicking Laurie"s evil w... Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 12:01:26 PM Attachments:Screenshot_20210921-104903.pngScreenshot_20210921-104846.pngScreenshot_20210921-104149.pngScreenshot_20210921-104125.pngScreenshot_20210921-104542.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: Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 11:50 AMSubject: Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman is trapped in a homeless shelter. The vicious cycle of the evil attributes of Santa Clara county Sheriff Laurie Smith's contagious asstrawberry shortcake with deputy females/males mimicking Laurie's evil ways .. that's Communicated. Where's Google's Larry Page?To: <chiefdavis@youngstownohio.gov>, <bfinley@youngstownohio.gov> Cc: <clerk@japarliament.gov.jm>, <ramzy@ladahlaw.com> Attachment #1-2 is Denise Debartolo..ok Edward Debartolo Sr's daughter. Argue it. Attachment #3-4 Is Joan Grande. What did Joan Grande do to Diva Lee? Joan Grande affiliated with Donald Trump and others..Diva Lee speculates that she was drugged up by JoanGrande whereas Diva Lee Argues that she got confused about Denise Debartolo similar face to Joan Grande. Diva Lee argues that Edward Debartolo Sr had recieved an enemas filled withdrugs yet something similar to a vinegar doche. Diva Lee argues that Edward Debartolo Sr was sodomized while in the hospital. Diva argues that Joan Grande killed Edward DebartoloSr. Before Edward Debartolo Sr had a simple cold..whereas it developed into pnemonia. ..yet..Diva Lee seen Edward Debartolo Sr Exploited, sodomized and it was Joan Grande whoused a enemas and douche. Diva argues that there was cocaine or something like that GHB drug on Edward Debartolo Sr and a specialist did an examination whereas he removed itemsswiped cloths etc. Diva speculate that the medical specialist wasn't a real person from the hospital system but a medical terrorist with devices and chemicals strategically applied it priorto the statement of Edward's death. Argue it. Joan Grande had set up targeted so many Enemas and vinegar doche upon Diva in her childhood. Whereas diva played with them and that's evidence that Diva could been framed byusing those items on Edward Debartolo Sr's hospital visits. In the childhood, the only dangerous thing most embarrassing thing Diva Lee did to Edward Debartolo Sr was take adisposable razor blade to the top and middle of his head..really quickly removed hair..during a business meeting..argue it. Edward Debartolo Sr possibly had an injury lawyer and argued thatwhatever Crude oil in Afghanistan belonged to Diva a percentage of it he claimed it..as compensation package for the quickest hair remover..Diva Lee was in close relationship toEdward Debartolo Sr whereas Diva was that child who stood in the chair and Edward Debartolo Sr had to sit down..to conduct business..if Diva screams mimicking plane sounds,military combat sounds..singing it. Edward Debartolo Sr had to stay sitted and his ear drums were busted from loud sounds.Diva cries. Whereas if Edward Debartolo Jr and DeniseDebartolo came towards their father..Edward to usher Diva a loud child out of the business meeting Diva screams and Edward Debartolo Sr screams at Edward Debartolo Jr and DeniseDebartolo to stay put. that's why Diva Lee argues that Edward Debartolo Sr was killed by Joan Grande. It's obvious that when Diva Lee's baby was born in 1993..there was a hugedisagreement with Edward Debartolo Sr and Joan Grande because DIVA's baby had a better strategic plan to stay with the Debartolo family where Diva Lee frequently visited. How didJoan Grande get legal custody of DIVA's daughter Ariana? Argue it. That family disputes was quick and in 1994 Edward Debartolo Sr had died. What led to the success of Larry Pagewhereas Diva Lee's set of arithgorithms went missing..Diva went ballistic trying to figure out something else..another career. Larry Page got Diva pregnanted and how to Joan Grande getlegal guardianship whereas Diva Lee had to be protected by DACA with Steve Jobs being her adopted father until Diva turned age 31. Argue it. In 1993, Paul Jobs was DIVA's adoptedfather..he was killed..he died..in 1993 same year Diva Lee had a baby whereas Larry Page is the father. Argue it. Denise Debartolo was angry..about the death of Paul Jobs and it was toomuch to handle..the issues that led to believe that Edward Debartolo Sr had enemies..it was the fact that Diva Lee had documentations whereas diva created Google..argue it. Larry Page tookthe credit whereas the witnesses to get that shared or kindly ask Larry Page to return it back to Paul Jobs's garage..yet that's why Paul Jobs was dead in 1993. Argue it. Diva argues about how Larry Page is the biological father to DIVA's daughter Ariana Grandeand father in law to Ariana's husband Dalton Gomez as of May 2021. Argue it. Diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman speculates that Larry Page's home in Palo Alto CA contained personal sentimental items that burned. Diva wants Larry Page's insurance company to payDiva Lee whatever..for emotional distresses etc. Irronic how Jamacian Bunny Wailer's home he shared with Bob Marley went up in flames too. Argue it. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs interested in connecting with Edward Debartolo Jr and his sisterDenise Debartolo to file a homicide on the death of Edward Debartolo Sr. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman says that in 1994 when Edward Debartolo Sr was killed, NicoleBrown Simpson was killed and Mary Maxwell Gates died and so on. It was too many deaths in 1994..whereas that same pattern of homicides drug overdoses drug related deaths and otherFraudulent Autopsy science related drugs. Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs possibly did attend the wedding to Ariana and Dalton yeah or nah..yet diva Lee aka Dilma Coleman was trapped atlittle Orchard homeless shelter in San Jose CA between February 2021 and September 2021. Was Dilma Coleman pregnant and was the baby born July 2,2021 or something like that. Ofcourse Diva understands that the drug GHB was used. From:Robert Nilsen To:Council, City Subject:Attn: Palo IT, M&A Transaction Opportunity Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 8:34:07 AM Importance:High CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. For the attention of the Managing Director / CEO #017-1, 21 September 2021 Palo IT, France M&A TRANSACTION OPPORTUNITY Due to our previous experience, we have a few identified opportunities for an M&A deal that might fit your business and would like to suggest it for your consideration. If an M&A transaction may be a part of yourstrategy, please let us know who is the appropriate decision-making person to discuss it, and we willprovide you with additional details. If this opportunity is not of interest to you, please also inform us of thatfact. Sincerely, Robert Nilsen Associate MDN Group | mdn-group.comCorporate Finance Since 2002 | Frankfurt • Dubai • Hong Kong MesseTurm, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49, 60308 Frankfurt am MainT: +49 69 12006.69.32, F: +49 69 50956.55.20 This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may containinformation which is privileged and confidential. If you have received this communication in error, pleasenotify us immediately by telephone or email and destroy this message. [opt-out] From:Keith Bennett To:Council, City Subject:Correction: Agenda Item #8, NVCAP Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 9:53:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ The earlier e-mail has an error in the calculation of residential floor area required to support the new office space. The correct number is that residential space required is about 10 - 12 times the new office space (750 - 900 square feet of residential space per employee and their families). If we assume 1,4000 new employees and 800 square feet of residential per employees and their families, this office addition conservatively requires 1,000,000 square feet of new housing. To Honorable Members of the Palo Alto City Council, I'm writing to comment on Agenda Item #8 regarding the NVCAP for tonight's Council Meeting and the "At Places Memo." Let me be succinct. Palo Alto needs housing, both market rate and below market rate, not jobs. Tech companies have created a huge local demand for new employees who have moved here in great numbers, displacing other people needed for a functioning society, without paying the costs of building new housing, but providing new employees with high enough salaries to outbid people already living here. First, the City has commissioned a working group to develop plans for this area, and the working group should be consulted before moving this project forward. While this project should be commended for providing significant housing in addition to office space, it still increases housing demand by more than new housing supplied. At a minimum, the office space component of the project should be reduced and the housing component increased. Ideally, development in this area would not increase office space, but instead focus on housing and space for businesses that serve residents. 1. About 150 square feet of office space is required for one person. However, with "part time work from home," it's likely that two (or more!) people will share the same physical office space, with each coming in about 1/2 time, in other words, 1 person will need housing within a reasonable commuting distance for every 75 square feet of office space. According to Saturday's Daily Post, the proposed new development will replace approximately 224,000 square feet of existing offices with 420,000 of new office space, an addition of nearly 200,000 square feet. This is enough space to add 1,400 - 2,800 new employees needing housing. 2. Americans want at least 400 square feet of housing space per person (1,600 square feet for a family of 4). Therefore, assuming 2 workers per family, we need about 700 - 1,400 *new* housing units and 100,000 - 200,000 square feet of housing just to accommodate the new workers. The total project should have significantly more residential space than office space. While I'm not personally strongly concerned about the height limit, I amvery concerned about the details of the underground parking. I'mfamiliar with the groundwater (and contamination) in this area, and anyunderground parking should be limited in depth so as to be above thegroundwater table. Thank you for your attention. --Keith Bennetthttp://savepaloaltosgroundwater.org From:Kat Snyder To:Council, City Subject:Public Comment: How to handle the rise in hate incidents Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 9:42:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As promised, my full remark. Sorry again for running over!! Thanks, ~Kat Groups that combat hate speech say that communities ought to hold events that strengthencommunity or emphasize unity in diversity. The way they explained it, part of the purpose of hate speech is to divide people. One of the consequences of hate speech is that the target feelsalone and isolated. In times of stress, that person needs to feel that the community supports them and backs them up. For that reason, the HRC's suggestion of having the concept of"belonging" as their theme for next year feels super relevant here and I urge the council to read their recently released report on "100 conversations around race" where they discuss theimpetus of this idea. I also think this is related to why so few people report hate incidents. I wonder if there isn't some kind of hierarchy of needs when it comes to reporting hate incidents - maybe we need tofeel like we are valued members of our community first, otherwise the idea of reporting feels too arduous. As an example, a few weeks before the Fuki Sushi incident, my friend, an Asian AmericanPalo Altan, posted on Facebook about a racially based incident where some man boxed her car in at the Shell gas station on Edgewood and berated her. It caused her enough alarm to startrecording a video but luckily he eventually left. She said, though, that what caused her the most psychological damage was that everyone else at the gas station just stood there and didnothing. Once the possibly dangerous man backed off and it was all done, her perception of being isolated by her community is what stuck with her the longest. Her first reaction as part of her healing was to reach out to her spiritual advisor and get supportfrom him and the rest of her spiritual community. I reached out to her and she and I got together in person for the first time in years. I also told her that the police and the HRC weretrying to track hate incidents and gave her contact info to report it, assuring her that even if it didn't rise to the level of a crime they wanted to hear about it. She chose not to report it anddidn't accept my offer of doing it for her. I wonder if addressing our community members' need to belong is another avenue we should take in countering hate speech? As you can see with my friend, strengthening her communityconnections was paramount for her. I wonder if having programs that help strengthen these bonds will make people feel emotionally comfortable with reporting hate incidents, since weknow that they are dramatically underreported. My feeling is that HRC should continue with the "100 conversations around race" program to reach more people, that they should help hostbystander intervention trainings for anyone interested in helping stop a hate incident in progress, and that choosing the theme of "belonging" is perfect for this moment. I hope youwill ask the HRC to take a big role this year and that you use any resources required to get these programs out to more people. From:mark weiss To:Council, City Cc:Jonsen, Robert Subject:Fwd: Comment to PAW Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 9:40:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On racism and censorship Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>Date: September 20, 2021 at 9:29:08 PM PDTTo: Judy Kleinberg <judy.kleinberg@gmail.com>, Charlie Weidanz<charlie@paloaltochamber.com>, Tom DuBois <tomforcouncil@gmail.com>Cc: Bill Johnson <Bjohnson@embarcaderopublishing.com>Subject: Re: Comment to PAW The perpetrator is described as a Black man in his 30s and about 5 feet and 10inches to 6 feet tall with a medium build. He was unshaven; dirty or unkempt; and wore a gray sweater, gray shorts and possibly a blue beanie.The bicyclist said it was possible the man was under the influence of alcohol as his movements were not well coordinated when he attempted to grab thehandlebars. Das racist: last seen at the Pizza Hut or at the Taco Bell or at the combinationPizza Hut / Taco Bell. Seriously why is this news? What is the purpose of the article besides trumpeting the racism of PAW and PAPolice? How much is the bike worth? I was assaulted at Lytton Plaza by a white man in a red car —parked where it wasposted not to — and a Black man named Andre came to my defense. Equallytrivial event, but you can print that instead. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 20, 2021, at 9:15 PM, mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com> wrote: …but the (man) still deletes anything I postMark Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>Date: September 20, 2021 at 9:13:58 PM PDTTo: Bill Johnson<Bjohnson@embarcaderopublishing.com>Subject: Fwd: Comment to PAW Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: mark weiss <earwopa@yahoo.com>Date: September 20, 2021 at 9:13:08 PMPDTTo: Judy Kleinberg<judy.kleinberg@gmail.com>Cc: Charlie Weidanz<charlie@paloaltochamber.com>, TomDuBois <tomforcouncil@gmail.com>Subject: Comment to PAW I started Earthwise Productions the yearJudy started Safer Summer. At a meeting ata bakery that hosted the teen gatherings, sheshowed me a list of contact numbers for teenbands, including Ragady Ann, who as TheDonnas later put out seven albums in a 10year run. Keep on rockin’ in the free world, Judy. Sent from my iPhone Convoluted and facetious but trueMark Weiss Bryant St Palo Alto From:Anne Carey To:Council, City Subject:September 27 City Council Meeting - Item 3, Study Session on Eden Housing - 525 E. Charleston Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 8:47:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I am a member of the AbilityPath (formerly Gatepath and Abilities United) Auxiliary, a 71 year old organization providing support to individuals with intellectual and developmentaldisabilities (IDD) in AbilityPath programs. I am writing in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 units of affordable housing at 525 E. Charleston Road. Twenty five of these units will have a preference for individuals with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities. The housing crisis impacts this community disproportionally, and the need for these accessible units is nearly heartbreaking. Twenty six percent of the US population has a disability, but it is estimated that less than 6%of the national housing supply is designed to be accessible and inclusive. Please join me in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 affordable units at 525 E. Charleston. It's theright thing to do. Respectfully, Anne Carey From:Aram James To:Greg Tanaka; Kou, Lydia; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Council, City; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; WinterDellenbach; Jay Boyarsky; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Raj; Vara Ramakrishnan; DuBois, Tom; Council, City; Anna Griffin;Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Filseth, Eric (Internal); DuBois, Tom; alisa mallari tu; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com Subject:Hate speech legal ( Daily Post, September 20, 2021) by Aram James Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 4:16:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone 8 Daily Post Monday, Septen\t)!9( 20, 2021 Hate . MN:11 legal Dear Editor. In aturday' Daily n pag 1 th re were two arti- cl all ged hat crime headlin d, 'DA: M n robbed A ian '' and "Cop ac- u ed b ating banker." ne arti I involved a cop accu ed of hate crime (racia lur ) c upled with batt ry ith · riou bodily in- jury, crimin ·1 th eat , etc. Th· other inv lv d two privat individual har d with a eri of violent of- fense nhanced by hate c ime (racial lur ). Alm st always hate crime are charg only when another underlying crime is alleged. In Friday's Daily Post, in an article titled "City tilkes •aim at hate peech," City Council members Greg Tanaka, Lydia Kou and Greer Stone are pro- posing having the council pass an or- dinanc criminalizing tand-alone hate sp ech. Not only i such a proposed . ordinance violative of the free speech pr v· ion of the Fir t Amendtnent but also it' a bad idea. Per onally, if you wi h to call me a radical I ft-wing half-breed J w go for it. A long a you d n't put your hands n me, attempt to injury a member of my family, r do damage to my proper- ty, there i no crime. Hate speech directed at a cop is not a crime nor i hate peech directed at the state of I rael, the U.S. government, a local city official, a neighbor, a person of a different race or religion. No matter how de picable or ig- norant lsuch stand-alone hate speech might be, it is not a crime· nor should · it be. AramJames Palo Alto From:Lissy Bland To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 4:05:31 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: As a resident of the Ventura neighborhood that participated in the public meetings regarding redevelopment of North Ventura, I am disappointed to learn that Sobrato and Paul are currently attempting to upend all of the thousands of hours that went into crafting the North Ventura Area Plan. I was particularly dismayed to see that Paul is again willing to tear down the recently built "Cloudera" building with the cost of significantly more office space in North Ventura. We do not need more office space in Palo Alto. Recently built beautiful offices on Park Blvd are not leased. Any discussion of these proposals should be delayed until the City Council and the public have had enough time to study these proposals. The proposals offer major departures away from the intent of the working group’s findings. These are major not minor concerns. Sincerely Lissy Bland Ventura Neighborhood Resident From:Keith Bennett To:Council, City Subject:Agenda Item #8, NVCAP Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 3:56:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To Honorable Members of the Palo Alto City Council, I'm writing to comment on Agenda Item #8 regarding the NVCAP for tonight's Council Meeting and the "At Places Memo." Let me be succinct. Palo Alto needs housing, both market rate and below market rate, not jobs. Tech companies have created a huge local demand for new employees who have moved here in great numbers, displacing other people needed for a functioning society, without paying the costs of building new housing, but providing new employees with high enough salaries to outbid people already living here. First, the City has commissioned a working group to develop plans for this area, and the working group should be consulted before moving this project forward. While this project should be commended for providing significant housing in addition to office space, it still increases housing demand by more than new housing supplied. At a minimum, the office space component of the project should be reduced and the housing component increased. Ideally, development in this area would not increase office space, but instead focus on housing and space for businesses that serve residents. 1. About 150 square feet of office space is required for one person. However, with "part time work from home," it's likely that two (or more!) people will share the same physical office space, with each coming in about 1/2 time, in other words, 1 person will need housing within a reasonable commuting distance for every 75 square feet of office space. According to Saturday's Daily Post, the proposed new development will replace approximately 224,000 square feet of existing offices with 420,000 of new office space, an addition of nearly 200,000 square feet. This is enough space to add 1,400 - 2,800 new employees needing housing. 2. Americans want at least 400 square feet of housing space per person (1,600 square feet for a family of 4). Therefore, assuming 2 workers per family, we need about 700 - 1,400 *new* housing units and 100,000 - 200,000 square feet of housing just to accommodate the new workers. The total project should have significantly more residential space than office space. While I'm not personally strongly concerned about the height limit, I am very concerned about the details of the underground parking. I'm familiar with the groundwater (and contamination) in this area, and any underground parking should be limited in depth so as to be above the groundwater table. Thank you for your attention. -- Keith Bennett http://savepaloaltosgroundwater.org From:Miriam Madigan Brown To:Council, City Subject:For tonight"s meeting: Please postpone consideration of the NVCAP At Places Memo Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 3:03:24 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: When reviewing the agenda for tonight's City Council meeting, I was surprised to see the proposals that had come in as "At Places Memo" items related to the North Ventura Coordinated Action Plan (NVCAP) agenda item. I request that you postpone discussion of these two proposals until the public and the Council have had time to study these proposals. The proposals diverge from the NVCAP working group's proposals on several dimensions, including proposing to add yet more office space (neither needed nor wanted, and further exacerbates the already-problematic jobs / housing imbalance) and increasing densification to a degree that is far beyond scale for the area. These introduce fundamental concerns, and as such they require more study and review. As a resident of the Ventura neighborhood, I am deeply appreciative of the literally thousands of hours that the NVCAP working group has invested into developing proposals for our neighborhood. I feel strongly that we must continue to follow the process that we committed to at the start of this work - which has sought public discussion at appropriate intervals. Considering these late-breaker proposals at tonight's meeting would subvert that process. I encourage you to postpone. Thank you, Miriam Brown Ventura Neighborhood Resident From:Paul Machado To:Council, City Subject:item 8 Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 3:00:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. So citizens became involved in NVCAP and voted on their preferences. Staff ignored these preferences and promoted their own agenda. Then developers at the last hour came up with even more dense proposals to increase their profits. Somerefer to this as community involvement! If you are on council and believe this is the way the"process" should work, perhaps we will find out who you are tonight. Thank you, Paul Machado From:Jim Colton To:Council, City Subject:Item #8 on 9/20/21 agenda Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 2:31:05 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 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. Jim Colton Green Acres II -- JimColtonPhotography.com From:Kang, Danielle To:Council, City Subject:Mailed-in Public Letter to City Council (Terry Shuchat) Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 2:19:48 PM Attachments:Scanned from a Xerox Multifunction Printer.pdf Good afternoon City Council, Please see the attached public letter received by mail today from Terry Shuchat.If you have any further questions, I am happy to answer. Thank you,Dani TERRY SHUCHAT 737 NORTHAMPTON DRIVE PALO ALTO, CA 94303 650-269-7788 terry@kspro.net N nn :::;-. en -::-< rT"l v r;O ,...., N r-1-ll C) ::rJ ► A' -,:, uic, :i: a::.,. -,,c: Office of City Clark City Hall N .,, . _c N n· rrin CJ1 7th Floor 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 September 18, 2021 Members of the City Council: I know some of you and to those members whom I do not know let me introduce myself. I was born in Palo Alto and have resided here all my life. For 51 years I was the owner of Keeble and Shuchat Photography, a large camera store on California Avenue. My store was a true destination business on California Avenue. For a number of years, we made the City list as one of the top sales tax producers in the City. With all the changes in both retail business and the photo industry, I closed Keeble and Shuchat at the end of 2016. I am the owner of the buildings at 290 California Ave. and 261 California Avenue where my camera store was located. 261 California has been vacant and available for over two years. The ground floor of 290 is also vacant. In addition, other buildings on the street are also vacant, many of which have been vacant for over two years. Today, California Avenue is home to mainly restaurants. There are a few small retail stores on the street. In years past California Avenue was home to many vibrant retail businesses. As retail trends changed, the number: of retail stores on California Avenue has been reduced to the very few on the street today. The City has recognized that California is mainly a street of restaurants by closing California Avenue to car traffic and in turn has given the restaurants space on the street to entice diners to eat outside. Restaurants have survived at the expense of the few retail stores on the street. My two buildings on California Avenue have parking requirements designated "retail" and, therefore, require a conditional use permit (CUP) to quality for a restaurant tenant. In addition to the parking requirement, California Avenue has a rule that chain businesses cannot locate on California Avenue. Again, a business may apply for a CUP if it has more than ten locations. :i,..,, The CUP process in Palo Alto is a lengthy one, and most potential business owners seeking to locate on California are not willing to take the time to apply for the CUP process. At this time, I have a business showing interest in my building at 261 California Avenue. The business would require two CUP exceptions including one for parking and one for over ten locations. In addition, the business is not pure retail. The longer the process is taking, the better the chance that the business will lose interest in my building and go elsewhere. The building then will continue to sit empty. To fill empty buildings on California Avenue, the City needs to rethink retail use. When asked, residents might tell you that they want back the local hardware store, the drug store, the men's clothing store, the music store, the camera store and so many other stores that used to be located on California Avenue. Those stores, including mine, are not there due to lack of support from residents. Amazon and many other internet shops are just too available to computer- literate residents of Palo Alto. To help fill empty buildings the City should eliminate the number of parking spaces required for each building. California Avenue has a new parking garage bringing an additional 300 parking spaces to the area. In addition, more that 60 parking spaces have been eliminated by closing California Avenue to traffic. Once again, the restaurants are gaining space on the street at the expense of other merchants and building owners. It is time to expand the term retail to allow additional uses for the buildings on California Avenue. California Avenue is not alone in having empty buildings. University Avenue and Town and Country Village have many empty buildings that used to house retail businesses. We all need your help to fill our buildings. Anyone who desires to open a retail store in Palo Alto has many choices of building size and location. However, those individuals are not coming to Palo Alto. After all, wouldn't you rather have the street bustling with pedestrians every day rather than have it looking depressed and inviting street loiterers. Thank you for reading this letter and I am available to discuss the contents with you. Yours truly, From:Desiree Docktor To:Council, City Subject:re: Ventura neighborhood/Fry"s site Item #8 Please delay consideration Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 1:33:11 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 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. Desiree Docktor Palo Verde From:Ken Joye To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP and At Places Memo Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 1:22:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ In the revised meeting packet for your 20 September 2021 meeting is a link to an At Places Memo regarding the NVCAPagenda item. When you are discussing the NVCAP alternatives, I urge you to ignore any last minute concepts submitted by owners of properties in the study area. Certainly, property owners have the right to submit a proposal to the Planning Department; certainly, it is the responsibility of the city staff to notify you of any such proposal. What you have before you should be simply a consideration of the alternatives which you and the community have had adequate time to study. Tonight is *not* the time to consider any last minute concepts. Please indicate to the propertyowners that you have been informed of the concept proposals and speak no more of them in this context. Please apply a laser-like focus upon the alternatives which all of us have been able to weigh prior to the time this meeting was announced. thank you for your service, Ken JoyeVentura neighborhood <https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas- minutes/2021/september/20210920/20210920pccr-amended- qa.pdf#%5B%7B%22num%22%3A1783%2C%22gen%22%3A0%7D%2C%7B%22name%22%3A%22FitR%22%7D%2C-262%2C-4%2C873%2C795%5D> From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City Subject:Support for Transitional and Permanently Affordable Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 6:25:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. RE: Agenda Item #3,#9, and #10 Dear Mayor DuBois and 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 support both the proposal at 525 East Charleston Road for 50 new, affordable homes with half reserved for the intellectually and developmentally disabled community members and the $2M allocation from our local affordable housing funds for the project. The County partnership with Eden Housing that led to this proposal demonstrates a commitment to community engagement and meeting our affordable housing needs. Like many nearby cities, Palo Alto has consistently failed to meet our very low and extremely low-income housing targets. This proposal would move us in the right direction without substantial local investment. In addition, we support the Project Homekey proposal brought forward by LifeMoves, constructing 88+ new, transitional housing units in Palo Alto. There are few other sites that could accommodate this number of units due to development cost and our low-density restrictions which need to be more flexible. Providing immediate shelter and services, while helping residents secure permanent housing, is the best way to end homelessness. We are concerned that there are a variety of transportation options available to residents to connect them to the community. This proposal is not the only solution, but it's an important interim step! Lastly, we ask that this Council consider how policy changes, relaxing heights and FAR in our zoning and development standards, might hasten the needed development of new homes to address the housing shortage. These restrictions remain impediments. As we review proposals like those heard tonight, what steps would make this process more clear for our staff, community, and developers? Gail A. Price Palo Alto Forward From:Stephen Branz To:Council, City Cc:Emily Young Subject:Sept. 27th agenda items 3 and 10 - Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:43:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: 22 September 2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, We are writing in support of two important housing projects that are to be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). We are grateful to the County for providing the land for this project, and we strongly urge you to use your study session to determine ways to help move the project forward in a productive manner. LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: We strongly urge you to pass the resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing for those in need. The need for housing our low-income, special needs, and homeless community members are undeniable. The sites are available. Opportunities like these come along very rarely. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Sincerely, Stephen Branz & Emily Young (cc'd), South Palo Alto Residents since 1980 -- Stephen E. Branz, Ph.D. (pronouns: he, him, his)Carnegie Math Pathways Administrator Coach (www.carnegiemathpathways.org) Professor of Chemistry Emeritus & (former) Associate Dean for Undergraduate StudiesSan José State University e-mail: stephen.branz@sjsu.eduresiding in Palo Alto on ancestral lands of the Muwekma Ohlone Indians (https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2011/12/03/local-native-american-tribe-seeks-identity) From:Shelley Fisher Fishkin To:Council, City Subject:Sept. 27 agenda items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:00:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I am writing in support of two important housing projects that are to be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). I am grateful to the County for providing the land for this project, and I strongly urge you to use your study session to determine ways to help move the project forward in a productive manner. Please make this happen! LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: I strongly urge you to pass the resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing for those in need. Please make thesehappen as well. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Palo Alto will benefit greatly from both of these initiatives! Sincerely, Shelley Fishkin From:Elizabeth Ratner To:Council, City Subject:September 27 agenda items 3 and 10 Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:26:49 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, Item 3. We strongly support the Eden housing development for disabled adults and other low income tenants at Charleston and Middlefield Rd. in Palo Alto. The need for such housing in our city is great. The location — next to Mitchell Park, recreation, shopping, and bus lines will minimize the need for cars. We are neighbors of this project. We also support the use of public land to create affordable housing, as this project does using Santa Clara county land. We urge the city to be creative and find public land, such as parking lots, to build affordable housing for those people the market rate developers are not serving. Item 10 We also strongly support having the city apply for Home Key funds for the Interim Supportive Housing project on San Antonio Rd. The need for this type of housing is great. Lisa Ratner Jim Fox Sent from my iPhone From:Kobayashi, Alex To:Clerk, City; Council, City Subject:09/27 Council Meeting, item 10 - letter from Senator Becker Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 4:46:37 PM Attachments:LifeMoves - Palo Alto.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please find the attached letter from Senator Becker regarding Project HomeKey. Thank you. Sincerely, ALEX KOBAYASHI, District Representative Office of State Senator Josh Becker 1528 South El Camino Real, Suite 303 San Mateo, CA 94402 (office) 650.212.3313 (cell) 650.254.6660 From:Patti Schaffer To:Council, City Subject:September 27 agenda items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:25:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Two important housing projects are to be discussed at the September 27th meeting. These are Eden housing an d LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project. Palo Alto’s most needy will benefit as will the whole city. I urge you so support both of these projects. Sincerely, Patti Schaffer From:Sara Selis To:Council, City Subject:Sept. 27 council meeting agenda - items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:01:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council- I am writing in support of two important housing projects that will be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). I urge you to move the project forward in a productive manner. LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: I urge you to pass the resolution authorizingthe City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing forthose in need. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you for your consideration andsupport. Sincerely, Sara Selis (have lived and worked in Mountain View and Palo Alto for the last 26years) From:Anne Carey To:Council, City Subject:September 27 City Council Meeting - Item 3, Study Session on Eden Housing - 525 E. Charleston Date:Monday, September 20, 2021 8:47:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I am a member of the AbilityPath (formerly Gatepath and Abilities United) Auxiliary, a 71 year old organization providing support to individuals with intellectual and developmentaldisabilities (IDD) in AbilityPath programs. I am writing in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 units of affordable housing at 525 E. Charleston Road. Twenty five of these units will have a preference for individuals with intellectual anddevelopmental disabilities. The housing crisis impacts this community disproportionally, and the need for these accessible units is nearly heartbreaking. Twenty six percent of the US population has a disability, but it is estimated that less than 6%of the national housing supply is designed to be accessible and inclusive. Please join me in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 affordable units at 525 E. Charleston. It's theright thing to do. Respectfully, Anne Carey From:Randy Tsuda To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Shikada, Ed; Clerk, City; Kate Blessing-Kawamura; Matthew Indimine Subject:Item 3--525 East Charleston, Eden Housing Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 4:53:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. September 21, 2021 Dear Mayor and Members of the City Council: I am writing to express Alta Housing's strong support for the proposed affordable housing project by Eden Housingin partnership with the County of Santa Clara. The project is well-located for affordable housing, particularly aproject that includes 25 homes for intellectually and developmentally disabled adults. The surrounding area containsmany amenities such as a grocery store, the lovely Mitchell Park, Mitchell Park Library and Community Center, andschools-- assets that make Palo Alto such a desirable place to call home for any resident. The past several years have laid plain how affordable, stable, and well-maintained housing is an essential elementfor all of our community members. Alta Housing was honored to receive the Council's strong support for our WiltonCourt project. We urge the Council to extend similar support for Eden's proposal, including the streamlined reviewprocess outlined by staff in the Council report. Combined, Wilton Court and the Mitchell Park Project willcontribute 109 much-needed new affordable homes for Palo Alto, including 46 units for intellectually anddevelopmentally disabled residents. I appreciate your consideration. Sincerely, Randy TsudaPresident and CEO cc: City Manager, Planning and Development Services Director, City Clerk, Eden Housing Randy Tsuda President & CEO a: Sobrato Center for Nonprofits 3460 W. Bayshore Rd., Ste. 104, Palo Alto, CA 94303 p: 650.416.4191 e. rtsuda@altahousing.org w.altahousing.org BUILDING STORIES THAT MATTER We've moved! Please note the new address above. From:Patricia Kinney To:Council, City Subject:Item 3: Study Session on a Proposal by Eden Housing Date:Tuesday, September 21, 2021 4:10:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: My name is Patricia Kinney and I am a resident of Palo Alto. I support the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Road, which will include 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Because of the high cost of housing in Palo Alto, it is extraordinarily difficult for a person with a disability who has a fixed or extremely low income to find housing. By including a preference for individuals with developmental disabilities in 50% of the rental units, this project will give young people with I/DD the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto and to live in an integrated community, addressing an unmet priority of the City’s Housing Element and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The close proximity of the site to transit and other community amenities, including supportive services, makes 525 E. Charleston the perfect location for inclusive housing for people with I/DD. I have known two Palo Alto women with I/DD since they were children. Now they are both in their late 30’s and have part-time, low-paying jobs. They participate in local musical groups and churches and both still live with their aging parents. Housing like this would be perfect for them. Two of their friends have had to move to Sonoma county to find appropriate housing. Staying in Palo Alto would allow them to continue their community involvement and their local friendships and jobs, as well as being much easier on their families. I was very excited to read about this housing project. Its location is ideal for public transportation and for walking to shopping and services. I strongly urge you to approve the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Road. Patricia Kinney 689 Wildwood Lane Palo Alto From:Jan Stokley To:Council, City Subject:Study Session on Mitchell Park Project Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3:44:41 PM Attachments:Mitchell Park support letter.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor and City Council, enclosed please find our comments for the study session on theMitchell Park Project planned for Monday September 27. Thank you for your consideration. -- This e-mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above and is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act 18 U.S.C. Section 2510-2521. This e-mail is confidential and may contain information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in error please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this e-mail message from your computer. From:Margaret Tompkins To:Council, City Subject:New housing on Charleston Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 3:19:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: My name is Margaret Tompkins and I am a resident of the City of Palo Alto. I support the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston Rd which will include 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Because of the high cost of housing in Palo Alto, it is extraordinarily difficult for a person with a disability who has a fixed or extremely low income to find housing. By including a preference for individuals with developmental disabilities in 50% of the rental units, this project will give them the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto and to live in an integrated community, addressing an unmet priority of the City’s Housing Element and Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing. The close proximity of the site to transit and other community amenities, including supportive services, makes 525 E. Charleston the perfect location for inclusive housing for people with I/DD. Please approve this project to move forward. It is the right thing to do. Sincerely, Margaret Tompkins Downtown North Resident From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City Subject:Support for Transitional and Permanently Affordable Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 6:25:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. RE: Agenda Item #3,#9, and #10 Dear Mayor DuBois and 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 support both the proposal at 525 East Charleston Road for 50 new, affordable homes with half reserved for the intellectually and developmentally disabled community members and the $2M allocation from our local affordable housing funds for the project. The County partnership with Eden Housing that led to this proposal demonstrates a commitment to community engagement and meeting our affordable housing needs. Like many nearby cities, Palo Alto has consistently failed to meet our very low and extremely low-income housing targets. This proposal would move us in the right direction without substantial local investment. In addition, we support the Project Homekey proposal brought forward by LifeMoves, constructing 88+ new, transitional housing units in Palo Alto. There are few other sites that could accommodate this number of units due to development cost and our low-density restrictions which need to be more flexible. Providing immediate shelter and services, while helping residents secure permanent housing, is the best way to end homelessness. We are concerned that there are a variety of transportation options available to residents to connect them to the community. This proposal is not the only solution, but it's an important interim step! Lastly, we ask that this Council consider how policy changes, relaxing heights and FAR in our zoning and development standards, might hasten the needed development of new homes to address the housing shortage. These restrictions remain impediments. As we review proposals like those heard tonight, what steps would make this process more clear for our staff, community, and developers? Gail A. Price Palo Alto Forward From:Stephen Branz To:Council, City Cc:Emily Young Subject:Sept. 27th agenda items 3 and 10 - Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 10:43:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: 22 September 2021 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, We are writing in support of two important housing projects that are to be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). We are grateful to the County for providing the land for this project, and we strongly urge you to use your study session to determine ways to help move the project forward in a productive manner. LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: We strongly urge you to pass the resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing for those in need. The need for housing our low-income, special needs, and homeless community members are undeniable. The sites are available. Opportunities like these come along very rarely. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Sincerely, Stephen Branz & Emily Young (cc'd), South Palo Alto Residents since 1980 -- Stephen E. Branz, Ph.D. (pronouns: he, him, his)Carnegie Math Pathways Administrator Coach (www.carnegiemathpathways.org) Professor of Chemistry Emeritus & (former) Associate Dean for Undergraduate StudiesSan José State University e-mail: stephen.branz@sjsu.eduresiding in Palo Alto on ancestral lands of the Muwekma Ohlone Indians (https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2011/12/03/local-native-american-tribe-seeks-identity) From:Shelley Fisher Fishkin To:Council, City Subject:Sept. 27 agenda items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 12:00:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, I am writing in support of two important housing projects that are to be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). I am grateful to the County for providing the land for this project, and I strongly urge you to use your study session to determine ways to help move the project forward in a productive manner. Please make this happen! LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: I strongly urge you to pass the resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing for those in need. Please make thesehappen as well. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you in advance for your consideration and support. Palo Alto will benefit greatly from both of these initiatives! Sincerely, Shelley Fishkin From:Elizabeth Ratner To:Council, City Subject:September 27 agenda items 3 and 10 Date:Thursday, September 23, 2021 2:26:49 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, Item 3. We strongly support the Eden housing development for disabled adults and other low income tenants at Charleston and Middlefield Rd. in Palo Alto. The need for such housing in our city is great. The location — next to Mitchell Park, recreation, shopping, and bus lines will minimize the need for cars. We are neighbors of this project. We also support the use of public land to create affordable housing, as this project does using Santa Clara county land. We urge the city to be creative and find public land, such as parking lots, to build affordable housing for those people the market rate developers are not serving. Item 10 We also strongly support having the city apply for Home Key funds for the Interim Supportive Housing project on San Antonio Rd. The need for this type of housing is great. Lisa Ratner Jim Fox Sent from my iPhone From:Beverly Stowell To:Council, City Subject:EDEN HOUSING PLAN Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 9:50:40 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, My name is Beverly Stowell, I am a member of the AbilityPath (formerly Gatepath and Abilities United) Auxiliary, a 71 year old organization providing support to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in AbilityPath programs. I am writing in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 units of affordable housing at 525 E. Charleston Road. 25 of those units will have a preference for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The housing crisis impacts this community disproportionally, and the need for these accessible units is nothing short of incredible. 26% of people have a disability, yet it’s estimated that less than 6% of the national housing supply is designed to be accessible and inclusive. Please join me in support of Eden Housing's plan to develop 50 affordable units at 525 E. Charleston. Thank you, Beverly Stowell President AbilityPath Auxiliary From:Laurie Jarrett To:Council, City Subject:Item 3: Study Session on a Proposal by Eden Housing Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 1:53:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear City Council My name is Laurie Jarrett and I am a resident of Palo Alto. Know I support the proposed redevelopment of 525 E Charleston which includes 50 much-needed units of affordable housing. Since the project includes a preference of 50% for citizens with developmental disabilities, my daughter Tracey, a 48 year old woman with Down Syndrome, would have the opportunity to remain in Palo Alto. The location is ideal since it is surrounded by natural supports such as the bus line, grocery shopping, even the library is close by. I urge you to support this proposed redevelopment. Sincerely, Laurie T Jarrett 1844 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto CA 94303 From:G Mah To:Council, City Cc:Board StevensonHouse Subject:Stevenson House Support of Eden Housing Project at 525 East Charleston Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 2:16:26 PM Attachments:City Council Letter on Eden Housing Project.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Please see the attached letter of support for the Eden Housing Project being proposed at 525 East Charleston. Sincerely, Grace Mah, President on behalf of the Stevenson House Board From:Bonnie Packer To:Council, City Subject:525 E Charleston Study Session 9/27 Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 2:25:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Re: Study Session on 525 E. Charleston Project proposed by Eden Housing I enthusiastically say YES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD for the mixed use project proposed by Eden Housing at 525 E. Charleston. This project addresses the much needed affordablehousing for lower income folks as well as for residents with special needs while also accommodating office space for the existing non-profit tenant, AbilityPath. The project is well designed and will fit in well with the neighborhood. Please indicate yoursupport for the various concessions requested by Eden Housing and allow the project to proceed in accordance with AB 2162 and/or the streamlining under SB 35. This is a perfect project in a perfect place and fulfills many needs. Thank you. Bonnie Packer 768 Stone Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 From:Tom DuBois To:Lanie Wheeler Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Proposed Eden Housing Project Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 4:05:10 PM Received, thank you. On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 3:09 PM Lanie Wheeler <hswdw14@gmail.com> wrote:CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see letter attached. From:Lanie Wheeler To:Council, City Subject:Proposed Eden Housing Project Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 3:09:15 PM Attachments:Letter to City Council 09.24.2021.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see letter attached. From:President LWVPaloAlto To:Council, City Subject:Public Comment September 27, item 3 Eden Housing Study Session Date:Friday, September 24, 2021 6:38:33 PM Attachments:LWV CC communication 9.27.21 agenda item 3.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice Mayor Burt and council members, Attached is the LWV Palo Alto comment on the Eden Housing project study session forMonday night. Thank you for considering this project, the attached letter demonstrates our support and reasons for adding more affordable housing in Palo Alto. Sincerely, Liz Kniss, President From:Patti Schaffer To:Council, City Subject:September 27 agenda items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:25:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Two important housing projects are to be discussed at the September 27th meeting. These are Eden housing an d LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project. Palo Alto’s most needy will benefit as will the whole city. I urge you so support both of these projects. Sincerely, Patti Schaffer From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Subject:Eden Housing proposal study session Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:44:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. replace earlier letter with this thanks there was a typo Dear Mayor DuBois and council members, Our daughter was born with developmental disabilities and experienced epilepsy throughout her life. We were doubly fortunate 1) to live in Palo Alto where JLS and Paly provided great and supportive special education programs and 2) to have resources for Becky as an adult to live in an independent group setting with supportive services. But we knew then and know now many parents of developmentally disabled adults who arenot as fortunate and seek, often desperately, to find affordable independent living situationsso their children can experience a more independent life enriched by social activities that agroup setting provides. Please give your enthusiastic blessing to this opportunity for disabled and other low-income adults to live in this high opportunity location. Stephen Levy From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Subject:Eden Housing proposal study session Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 2:40:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and council members, Our daughter was born with developmental disabilities and experienced epilepsy throughout her life. We were doubly fortunate 1) to live in Palo Alto where JLS and Pauly provided great and supportive special education programs and 2) to have resources for Becky as an adult to live in an independent group setting with supportive services. But we knew then and know now many parents of developmentally disabled adults who are not as fortunate and seek, often desperately, to find affordable independent living situations so their children can experience a more independent life enriched by social activities that a group setting provides. Please give your enthusiastic blessing to this opportunity for disabled and other low-incomeadults to live in this high opportunity location. Stephen Levy From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:525 East Charleston - Eden Housing Study Session Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 7:31:56 PM Attachments:image001.png image006.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council, I’m writing to both express my general support for housing at 525 East Charleston for IDD and low income residents and to offer ideas for solutions for problematic transportation elements of this very high density conceptual plan. I want to thank city and county staff and Eden Housing for taking time to talk with me on Friday about potential solutions that may mitigate congestion and safety problems of the current design at this sensitive location. They have said they will investigate feasibility, but I want to make sure Council is aware of these proposed options for Monday’s discussion. Changing Traffic Patterns & Volumes Please look at the current C-A Plan for this area (pasted below). The Charleston approaches to Nelson that abut the project have already been built. In this plan, you can see that the middle two-way WB Charleston turning lane in front of the project’s proposed driveway already receives what amounts to a complex dance of cars making uncontrolled turning movements: into Challenger into and out of the shopping center parking lot jockeying to get into the dedicated left turn lane for Nelson Drive accessing the existing 525 East Charleston facility In the last ten years or so, the single story Abilities United building’s parking lot has been underused, generating few vehicle trips at all. With Eden’s project (which amounts to 64 units per acre plus office space), this is about to change. The project will add further complexity to this segment of Charleston, particularly the WB approach to the Nelson Drive school crossing. Managing this complexity is important because of the project’s proximity to the heavily used bike/ped path and it’s Nelson Drive connection to Cubberley and Greendell and five PAUSD schools. The bike/ped facilities in this segment will also provide future foot-powered access for 525 E. Charleston residents to the shopping center, the park, library, Abilities United, and a sidewalk connection to the VTA21 bus stop. Wanting to understand the problem better, since June I have repeatedly requested trip generation and parking demand estimates with related assumptions from Eden Housing with no clear reply. It is disappointing that Monday’s study session report also provides none of this basic data. Nonetheless, I offer here a possible solution to minimize project traffic and parking impacts on users of the Charleston and Nelson school commute routes. This was the subject of the discussion with staff and Eden Housing that I mentioned above. Possible Circulation/Safety Solution A possible solution occurred to me when I revisited the planning process Greenmeadow Community Association engaged in with Challenger School in 1999-2000. This project set a precedent for using the fire lane that runs along the west Challenger School boundary to serve as a perimeter driveway for school pick-up and drop-off. Given that a precedent has been set for circulation use of this fire lane, there could be potential to connect all three county-owned properties at this location: 525 East Charleston, Challenger School, and Abilities United on Middlefield. (see map at the bottom of this note with the rough fire lane location marked in red). Creating a one-way connector across these properties has the potential to serve the 525 project by eliminating uncontrolled left turns from the proposed project onto Charleston near the school crossing which, pre-Covid, was an extremely congested segment of the corridor. Finding gaps in traffic to make these turns, particularly left turns out of the site‘s driveway safely can be difficult. I suggest that the circulation plan could direct drivers who want to exit east (turning left onto Charleston) instead to the fire lane where they could connect to Abilities United’s driveway and exit onto Middlefield. At Middlefield, drivers will find an easier, safer right turn exit and then find a safer, controlled left turn at the Middlefield/Charleston signalized intersection to travel east. This change will also reduce additional turning movement distractions for WB drivers and other road users on Charleston approaching the Nelson intersection, improving safety where the Mitchell Park pedestrian bicycle path disgorges onto the Charleston /Nelson intersection. This safety mitigation would serve future foot- powered residents of the Eden project and PAUSD school commuters as well as Eden project drivers. Reaching Out To Make it Work There is work to be done to determine feasibility of this option. It will include reaching out to stakeholders, including Challenger School and Abilities United, the county’s tenants. It probably will require building a gated fence to separate the Challenger playground from the fire lane in order to maintain safe play. I hope, in these negotiations, that Challenger School will be reminded that it was the neighborhood who originally suggested this use of the fire lane which made it possible for them to remove a loop driveway from their plans that was slated for the area that is now their playground. This is an opportunity for them to pay forward to the community the gift of that transformative idea that gave their students generous space to play. Finally, A Comment On Parking On the matter of parking, it is clear to me that Nelson Drive, which pre-Covid was very parked up with Stevenson House visitors and staff and Magical Bridge visitors, will be even more impacted by parking with this project. The project provides 11 required spaces for the ground floor office and 9 spaces (including one reserved space for a paratransit van) for all fifty housing units. While this is all that is required, 25 of those units will be occupied by one or two low income adults who are likely to have at least one car for each unit. There is very little space for parking on Charleston at this location, so those cars will be parking on Nelson Drive, a school commute route. It is time to ask the city to please escalate a neighborhood traffic calming and parking plan for Nelson Drive in anticipation of this project and other planned development abutting and feeding Nelson, including: Cubberley redevelopment (even the existing playing field use warrants traffic calming), and the move to upzone sites on San Antonio Road which is likely to increase neighborhood cut-through traffic. The lack of car trip and parking demand data in this report does not mean there will be no traffic and parking impacts. I would like to see the problem quantified in a meaningful way and addressed. Safe parking and circulation plans will benefit both future 525 East Charleston residents and the surrounding neighborhood. It’s time for the city to expedite proposed traffic calming improvements to this street. Again, please see a map of the aforementioned fire lane below. Thank you for considering my comments. Sincerely, Penny Ellson Virus-free. www.avg.com From:Sara Selis To:Council, City Subject:Sept. 27 council meeting agenda - items 3 and 10 - housing Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:01:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council- I am writing in support of two important housing projects that will be discussed at your September 27 meeting. Eden Housing: This is a unique opportunity to provide truly affordable housing for those with developmental disabilities at a location close to beneficial services (AbilityPath, Ada’s Café, bus lines on Middlefield, shopping nearby at Charleston Center, etc.). I urge you to move the project forward in a productive manner. LifeMoves Emergency Housing Project: I urge you to pass the resolution authorizingthe City Manager to apply for Project HomeKey funds to construct transitional housing for the unhoused at the North San Antonio site (similar to the program LifeMoves is running in Mountain View). We truly have an emergency shelter crisis in our City as well as the broader region; we need to step up to provide transitional housing forthose in need. Both of these projects bring in outside funding while providing significant benefit to the city and some of our most needy residents. Thank you for your consideration andsupport. Sincerely, Sara Selis (have lived and worked in Mountain View and Palo Alto for the last 26years) From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City Subject:Support for Transitional and Permanently Affordable Housing Date:Wednesday, September 22, 2021 6:25:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. RE: Agenda Item #3,#9, and #10 Dear Mayor DuBois and 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 support both the proposal at 525 East Charleston Road for 50 new, affordable homes with half reserved for the intellectually and developmentally disabled community members and the $2M allocation from our local affordable housing funds for the project. The County partnership with Eden Housing that led to this proposal demonstrates a commitment to community engagement and meeting our affordable housing needs. Like many nearby cities, Palo Alto has consistently failed to meet our very low and extremely low-income housing targets. This proposal would move us in the right direction without substantial local investment. In addition, we support the Project Homekey proposal brought forward by LifeMoves, constructing 88+ new, transitional housing units in Palo Alto. There are few other sites that could accommodate this number of units due to development cost and our low-density restrictions which need to be more flexible. Providing immediate shelter and services, while helping residents secure permanent housing, is the best way to end homelessness. We are concerned that there are a variety of transportation options available to residents to connect them to the community. This proposal is not the only solution, but it's an important interim step! Lastly, we ask that this Council consider how policy changes, relaxing heights and FAR in our zoning and development standards, might hasten the needed development of new homes to address the housing shortage. These restrictions remain impediments. As we review proposals like those heard tonight, what steps would make this process more clear for our staff, community, and developers? Gail A. Price Palo Alto Forward From:Jamie Beckett To:Council, City Subject:9/27 - Agenda item #9 - Objective Standards worsen discrimination against RM-40 Date:Saturday, September 25, 2021 1:59:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, We are homeowners in Palo Alto Central, a 140-unit condominium complex that is facing the prospect of a giant office complex that would be built just 10 feet from our homes. We have learned the hard way that Palo Alto zoning laws discriminate against people like us who live in residential zones designated RM-40. If you adopt the Objective Standards proposed by staff, you will be compounding the inequities we face. City zoning code shelters residents in other zones from some of the impact of large developments close to their homes. These protections include height restrictions, requirements for a daylight plane, setback requirements, open space requirements and more. Not RM-40. We are granted only the flimsiest protections. If the council adopts the proposed Objective Standards, you will be ripping away even these bare shreds. Although the city claims to want more multi-family housing near transit -- exactly the kind of housing we represent – city zoning laws punish us for choosing homes in RM- 40. Under current law, RM-40 homes are restricted to 35 feet, but a builder can put massive structures as high as 50 feet within 10 feet of our homes and we have no recourse. Developers can invade our privacy with their glass-walled buildings, build projects with too few parking spaces, add hundreds of cars to clog our streets, build towering structures that cloak our homes in shadow – and it is just too bad for us. Current law treats us like second-class citizens. The proposed law is even more unfair. The only protections that current zoning code offers RM-40 fall largely under Context- Based Design Criteria (18.16.060). But even these will be removed under the so- called Objective Standards. RM-40 housing: · Brings in more tax revenue for the city per square foot of land than any other residential land (just because it is that much denser) · It costs less to the city in terms of services and maintenance (think just about the number of stops for trash collection) ·It brings more consumers into nearby business districts and benefits local businesses · It’s closer to the public transportation, which reduces traffic · Requires less water and energy per housing unit than single family homes. Despite its stated desire to add more housing, Palo Alto really isn’t interested in attracting people willing to live in denser housing. Why should anyone pay the inflated Palo Alto housing prices when they can go to other cities where costs are lower for the same amount of benefits? Rather than drive us away, the city should fight to retain us by providing us with the same benefits others in Palo Alto enjoy -- public open space, adequate setbacks, traffic mitigation, privacy protections, etc. That means rewriting the municipal code to erase the inequities and provide the same treatment to everyone in Palo Alto. Isn’t that the kind of city we want to be? Best regards, Jamie Beckett Peter Jon Shuler 2577 Park Blvd., V203 Palo Alto 94306 From:Susan Kemp To:Council, City Subject:Item #9, September 27, 2021 - Please Preserve Existing Residential Protections and Keep the Focus on Incentivizing Affordable Housing Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 1:54:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Item #9, September 27, 2021 - Please Preserve Existing Residential Protections and Keep the Focus on Incentivizing Affordable Housing Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members: I am concerned that the new Objective Standards far exceed what the State law is asking us to do. This proposed change serves only property owners and drives up the value of the land and disincentivizes below-market-rate projects. Also, provisions against height and massing that have protected all residents in the city should not be cherry picked so that some neighborhoods are saved while others are sacrificed. Please provide parity for all neighborhoods. Before making any changes to the code, please find out what other changes are proposed. Staff should provide an accurate comparison of the proposed code with the current code so that we fully understand all the changes. Also please allow adequate time for public review and input. Perhaps a review and correction of staff processes is needed to avoid last minute “At Places Memos” being submitted to Council before staff has solicited and received input from residents affected by the changes being recommended instead of what appears as their only soliciting input from developers, consultants and architects. Thank you. Susan Kemp Ventura resident From:Sheri Furman To:Council, City Subject:Letter regarding Sep 27 Objective Standards agenda item Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 1:44:09 PM Attachments:Objective Standards Letter.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see the attached. From:Andie Reed To:Council, City Subject:Objective Standards Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 4:25:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, Switching out Context Based Design Criteria with Objective Standards for new projects, which is currently under review by Council, is a process that appears to result in making major modifications to the municipal code. Although the staff report references many ARB and PTC meetings that have addressed this issue, and that there has been outreach to builders and architects ("stakeholders"), there has been little public outreach (aren't residents "stakeholders"?). It is an important goal to set up guidelines that will ease production of below-market- rate housing in Palo Alto, streamlining the process by adopting state-mandated rules. Converting subjective rules to objective ones is, on its face, a good charge, if both sides, meaning current residents and potential developers, are equally represented. Please address: 1. what code items are being replaced with the new standards described in Attachments A. Without a comparison as to what currently exists versus what is being proposed, we don't know what will go away and be lost in the shuffle. 2. while we're changing guidelines, why not make incentivizing Below Market Rate housing a priority? This would be the time to step up to our goals of providing housing for workers, relaxing review for 100% affordable housing first. 3. why are some neighborhoods exempted (south of Forest Avenue)? 4. what standards will apply if the Context Based Design Criteria standards are deleted and a project doesn't qualify for Objective Standards? where do commercial projects fall? 5. where is the emphasis on liveability; trees, open air, light, privacy, that residents prize? why are we making it easier for developers over residents? Are we encouraging large multi-unit projects with fewer design/context elements and without a requirement for significant amounts of Below Market Rate housing, making it much easier for builders to cash in on Market Rate housing? Thank you for your hard work on this tough subject. Andie Reed Old Palo Alto -- From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Wary of planning"s Objective Standards Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 5:04:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Tom DuBois & fellow council members, Thank you for leading regarding the NVCAP last Monday. It was refreshing to see the city council be the driver of this important land use process. I am impressed by the depth of your motion Mayor Dubois. I appreciate greatly the forceful insights of Greer Stone, Lydia Kou, Pat Burt and Eric Filseth on this critical matter as well. I am writing because of my concerns that city staff is again pushing to undo the existing Context-Based Design Standards. Staff presented their Objective Standards at the last Planning and Transportation meeting. I observed a flawed process. Staff deluged the commission with their new code. Chair Hechtman did not allow for an item by item review. Staff did not present a list of the actual Context-Based Design Standards to compare with the their new Objective Standards. The city is not required by the state to revise our existing code at this time. Yet the planning staff has created these Objective Standards under the pretext of ‘cleaning up’ the code. There are many problems with these Objective Standards. This is a gift for developers and architects who are cited as the ’stakeholders’ by staff. Where is the public in this process? As you know there has been no community outreach. Residents need to be involved as this impacts all of us. Privacy would be eliminated should this new code be established. Check out their proposed shrubs and border of trees mitigation that would not ensure privacy. The planning staff is urging that protections be removed for residents in multifamily housing. The newly proposed code is poorly-written and lacks clarity. How can it be enforced if the language is purposefully vague? The staff argues that all new building other than single family homes and duplexes will be subjected to the new Objective Design Standards chapter. Buried in that chapter, you will find section 18.24.010(b) which says that “”objective design standards apply to new multifamily housing with three or more units (see definition in 18.04.030), supportive and transitional housing and residential and mixed use projects with at least two-thirds residential square footage.” That sentence means that the specific objective standards listed within the chapter do not apply to buildings unless they are two-thirds residential. An office building would be exempt from having to follow the actual Objective Design Standards. This is what I call a LOOPHOLE. How would these new Objective Standards further the city’s obligation to create truly affordable housing? The process appears to be circumvented by the planning staff as the optics reveal it to be rushed and obfuscated. I ask that you ensure that the public is adequately included in this process. Very truly yours, Ann Lafargue Balin From:Tirumala Ranganath To:Council, City Cc:ranguranganath Subject:Re : Item #9, September 27, 2021 - Please Incentivize Affordable Housing and Maintain Existing ResidentialProtections Date:Sunday, September 26, 2021 11:54:14 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 very concerned that the new Objective Standards being pushed by the City'sStaff report far exceed what the State law is asking us to do. The State of Californiais not requiring us to revise our standards for all new buildings. Developers can already apply for exemptions from the current Context-Based Criteria as allowed by state law. The staff report cites just two such projects in the city that have requested such exemptions - however the report does not say if even these projectsmeet the state's eligibility requirements. Under these circumstances, without specific examples, data and justification, does it make any sense to overhaul our code? This appears fishy to me, bringing up the obvious question : Who is the city staff working for , residents or developers ? In addition the staff report fails todetail any impacts whatsoever, let alone the huge potential fallout from removing those standards. Here are some some key problems that one can immediately think of with proposed changes as outlined in the staff report: Little public input, however input was sought from developers, consultants, and architects - why is this happening ?Staff report provides no analysis of impacts - why is that ? Isn't that part of thestaff's responsibility to be transparent ? Staff report does not provide point by point differences between existing and proposed - Isn't this essential, so the City Council can make an objective andfact based decision ?Last but not least, where is the outreach to residents affected by the code change, a trend that appears to be more and more the case nowadays ? Has the staff forgotten that there is a large group of residents seriously interested inthese matters ? This proposed change serves only property owners and drives up the value of the land and disincentivizes below-market-rate projects. Even though staff maintains that objective standards only apply to certain projects, the old context-based design criteria are being completely removed from the code. Therefore, any new development will have either the less powerful objective rules, or neither the old nor new protections. Why? In addition provisions against height and massing that have protected all residents in the city, should not be cherry picked so that some neighborhoods are saved whileothers are sacrificed. Please provide parity for all neighborhoods. Before making any changes to the code, isn't it essential for the city council to know what other changes are proposed ? Staff should provide an accurate comparison of the proposed code with the current code so that we fully understand all the changes. If these proposed changes are adopted without careful scrutiny by the city counciland the public, these sweeping changes will certainly sound the death knell for affordable housing in this city. Relaxing building standards instantly drives up the value of the land by increasing the density of what can be built on it. This Objective Standards Developer Giveaway makes it possible and financially lucrative to max out construction footprint, incentivizes business over homes and offers no provisions for more parkland and community amenities. It is imperative to please allow adequate time for public review and input. Thank you for your kind attention, Ranganath (a 40 year Greater Ventura resident) From:Jim Colton To:Council, City Subject:Re: Item #9, September 27, 202 Please Incentivize Affordable Housing Date:Monday, September 27, 2021 6:23:07 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 am concerned that the new Objective Standards far exceed what the State law is asking us to do. It discourages below-market-rate projects, the type of projects that we need the most. Also, provisions against height and massing should not be used for particular neighborhoodsbut should apply to all neighborhoods. Before making any changes to the code, please find out what other changes are proposed. Staff should provide an accurate comparison of the proposed code with the current code sothat we understand fully all the changes. Also please allow adequate time for public review and input. Thanks, Jim Colton Green Acres II -- JimColtonPhotography.com