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Home My Public Portal About20210823plCC2 701-32 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: 08/23/2021 Document dates: 08/04/2021 – 08/12/2021 Emailed Records Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Arlene Goetze To:cindy chavez; mike wasserman; Supervisor Joe Simitian; Susan Ellenberg; otto.lee@bos.sccgov.org Subject:83 in WORLD Rally Against COVID Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 3:14:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. (((Some colleges are stopping the vaccines . ..))) COVID Vaccine Mandates Strongly Opposed in Europe, US as Failures Increase Analysis by Barbara Loe Fisher, NVIC since 1982 August 10, 2021 At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly …Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some cases killed critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, and enacted vague lawscriminalizing speech that they claim threatens public health. The victims include journalists, activists, healthcare workers, political opposition groups, and others who have criticized government responses to thecoronavirus … -----------Subheads---------------- Australia: 'The lockdown Is Killing Us, Not COVID'. (18% vaccinated)Britain: 'No Forced Testing, No Forced - (57% vaccinated)France: 'My Body Is Mine' and 'It Is My Choice'. (47% vaccinated) Italy: ' Enough Dictatorship: No Green Passes' (52% vaccinated) Greece: ' Hands Off Our Children'. (45% vaccinates)Germany: ' For Peace, Freedom, Truth'. (52% vaccinates)Human Rights Watch: COVID-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse Decentralized Government in US Makes a National COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate More Difficult U.S. Government Pushes for an 85 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination RateOpposition Grows as CDC Admits Fully Vaccinated Persons Can Get and Efficiently Transmit COVID-19 ----- 75 percent of the Provincetown MA outbreak were fully vaccinated. U.S. States Push Back Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates----- US 60% (one vaccine,) China 16% vaccinated, India 7.4%;' Russia 17%It's Up to You to Act Now -- join NVIC Advocacy Portal atNVICAdvocacy.org. Since coronavirus pandemic lockdowns were implemented by many governments in 2020, people around the world have held largely peaceful protests against unprecedented social distancing restrictions that are devastating global economies and ruining people's lives.1,2,3,4 Now, faced with being ordered to obey new laws that require them to be injected with COVID-19 vaccines in order to enter public spaces or hold a job, on July 24, 2021 — World Freedom Day — hundreds of thousands ofpeople of all ages took to the streets in Australia, United Kingdom,France, Italy, Greece and Germany to publicly challenge oppressive public health laws.5,6 The messages on the signs they held were diverse but they were unitedin pushing back against government overreach. The brave determination of people, in democracies around the world who are publicly defending civil liberties — freedom of thought, speech, conscience and assembly — and the human right to informed consent to medical risk taking, demonstrates that the spirit of freedom lives in the hearts and minds of people everywhere. Both those who gather in the public squares of cities big and small and those who are watching are inspired by this commitment to defending liberty. In the United States, no large demonstrations have been held yet, butpolls reveal the nation is sharply divided about COVID-19 vaccinemandates. A Politico/Harvard poll taken in late June 2021 found that Americans wereevenly split on whether children should be required to get the COVID-19vaccine to go to school and more than half of employed Americans are against COVID-19 vaccine requirements for holding a job, while almost 70 percent of Americans oppose being required to show proof of aCOVID-19 vaccination to enter a store or business.7 A recent CS Mott Children's Hospital poll found that more than half of parents in the U.S. with children between the ages of three and 11 say itis unlikely they will give their children the COVID-19 vaccine.8 Australia: 'The lockdown Is Killing Us, Not COVID' With a population of 25 million people, Australians have been subjected to repeated strict lockdowns over the past 18 months and the government's "stay at home" lockdown in early July 2021 was imposed on New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, where more than half the country's population lives. The 30-day rigid social distancing restrictions were enacted after 176 new daily infections were registered in the whole country.9 In response, thousands of Australians gathered in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane on July 24 to protest the lockdown. Social distancing restrictions that have been imposed include compulsory masking in all indoor non-personal residence settings; most schools closed; restrictions on how far people can travel from their homes; no going to work except for designated "essential" employees (who must be tested every three days); exercising and gathering outside only in groups of two; shopping only for essential items; attendance at funerals limited to 10 people but weddings are banned, and other limits on person-to-person social interaction. In what the U.K. newspaper Daily Mail described as "frenzied crowds" coming together on July 24, there were estimates that as many as10,000 protesters marched from Victoria Park to Town Hall in thecentral business district. Carrying signs calling for "freedom" and "the truth" and "I don't consent" and "Wake up Australia!" and "We are your employers, we are not your slaves"and "unmasked, untested, unvaxxed, unafraid" and "I am not a biohazard" and "Our kids are not your guinea pigs" and "No false tests, no false cases, no lockdowns," one protester said, "We don't give a f*** mate, this lockdown is killing us." Another agreed: "I'm against lockdowns,they're killing my business." Dozens of protesters climbed onto the roofs of a train station and Woolworths store as the crowd gathered around Town Hall singing the Australian national anthem. One observer said on social media, "Protest stretches right down Broadway! Absolutely massive turnout." The Sydney protest was mostly peaceful but when mounted police told the demonstrators to disperse or they would be pepper sprayed, some broke through a police barrier and threw plastic bottles and plants at officers. The New South Wales Police Minister confirmed 57 people were arrested and charged and a "strike force has been established to investigate who was in attendance."10 On July 28, the Australian Prime Minister called in military personnel to help enforce social distancing restrictions in Sydney and extended the lockdown for another month after 239 new cases of COVID-19 were detected in the city of five million people within a 24-hour period. Residents will be forced to wear a mask outside their homes and must stay within 3 miles of their homes, only going out for "essential" activities like food shopping.11 On July 30, the Australian government used helicopters and the Army to help police enforce its 'Zero Covid' lockdown in Sydney and issue $500 fines for failure to mask.12 The BBC reported that Australian Defense Force soldiers will begin conducting unarmed patrols of the streets this week.13 According to media reports, sirens could be heard throughout the city and helicopters blared messages that 'this is public health order — do not break rules — you will be found and fined.' Road blocks were set up in a military show of force in response to the public demonstrations earlier in the week, although soldiers are under police command. Starting this week, military personnel will accompany police going door to door to ensure that people who have tested positive for COVID-19 are isolating.14 Reuters reports that the Australian COVID-19 vaccination rate for adults stands at 18 percent and the Prime Minister has said 80 percent of adults must get vaccinated before the border, which has been sealedsince the pandemic began, will be re-opened.15 Britain: 'No Forced Testing, No Forced Vaccines' In May 2021, a 12 mile procession of tens of thousands of people endedat Parliament Square in a protest against continuing lockdowns and vaccine passports as a condition of accessing public venues.16 On July 19, the British government lifted the COVID-19 lockdown that had been in place for over a year, eliminating masking requirements, work from home, and limits on numbers of people who can gather together, which allowed for the full opening of restaurants and other public venues without social distancing restrictions.17 Just five days after the lockdown restrictions were lifted, thousands of people made their way to Trafalgar Square on July 24 to signal their opposition to potential future lockdowns, as well as to protest against the showing of COVID-19 vaccine passports as a condition of entering public spaces.18 There were banners draped in front of the speaker podium saying, "thepublic demands live debate" and "Science is not science without discussion" and demonstrators held signs that said "No forced testing, no forced vaccines" and "We are the lions in a world of sheep" and "If youtolerate this, your children will be next."19 Toward the end of the July 24 demonstration, the huge gathering in Trafalgar Square in unison sang, "You'll Never Walk Alone:" When you walk through a storm Hold your head up high, And don't be afraid of the dark. At the end of a storm is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark. Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, Walk on With hope in your heart And you'll never walk alone, You'll never walk alone. The United Kingdom, which has a population of 57 million, ranks in thetop 20 most COVID vaccinated nations, with an adult vaccination rateof over 57 percent.20 France: 'My Body Is Mine' and 'It Is My Choice' Paris, France and the cities of Marseille, Montpelier, Nantes and Toulouse saw tens of thousands of people take to the streets on World Freedom Day to protest against a proposed law that would require all health care workers to get COVID-19 vaccinations or lose their jobs. People will be barred from entering restaurants or other public venues, effectively preventing them from participating in public life unless they have a health pass showing proof of COVID-19 vaccination, recovery from the disease or a recent negative COVID-19 test. A care assistant at a Strasbourg nursing home expressed her disgust with the proposed law, saying it is "the blackmail of caregivers who were at the fronts line during the first wave and who are now threatened with "no more pay" and even being fired."21 A huge crowd of 160,000 people or more, many chanting "freedom, freedom" and carrying signs saying "stop the dictatorship" and "Big Pharma shackles freedom" and "no to the pass of shame" and "vaccines: fake freedom" and "don't touch our children" were met by police deploying tear gas and a water cannon used against some of them.22 Reuters reported that scuffles broke out at the Champs-Elysees and the Gare Saint-Lazare railway station.23 The demonstrators met at the Bastille plaza and marched through eastern Paris and also gathered at Place Trocadero near the Eiffel Tower to protest the required carrying of a "health pass."24 Just two days after witnessing several hundred thousand people voicingtheir opposition to the proposed new public health law, on July 26, theFrench Parliament voted to pass the law that will take effect this week.25,26 Five days later, on July 31, several hundred thousand French citizens ofall ages again flooded into the streets of Paris with signs saying "We are not guinea pigs" and "It is our choice" and "My body is mine" and "Health terror — I will not submit" and "the 4th wave is us" in opposition to the new COVID-19 vaccine and vaccine passport.27 According to media reports, four marches dovetailed into the Place de la Bastille, with health care workers in white coats leading some of them, and were met by waiting squads of gendarmes and CRS riot police with water cannons. Demonstrators also gathered at the Arc de Triomphe at the top of the Champs-Elysees and at the Villiers metro station in northwest Paris. Reportedly, about 150 other protest events also took place in citiesaround France, which has a population of about 67 million and an estimated COVID vaccination rate of about 47.5 percent28 or more. Italy: 'Enough Dictatorship: No Green Passes' Thousands of people gathered in Rome, Genova, Milan, Naples, Turin and scores of other cities in Italy on July 24 to voice their opposition to the government's imposition of social distancing and COVID-19 vaccine requirements on citizens, including a requirement to carry the "Green Pass," which is an extension of the European Union's digital COVID certificate.29 The Green Pass will be required to enter cinemas, museums, indoor swimming pools, sports stadiums or eat indoors at restaurants, proving that a person has been vaccinated, has had a recent negative COVID-19 test or has recovered from the coronavirus infection.30 Chanting and carrying signs that said "Freedom" and "No Green Pass" and "Down with the dictatorship" and "Better to die free than live like slaves" and "against vaccination obligations" and "government does terrorism" and "shame-shame,"31,32 reportedly about 80 cities in Italy sawdemonstrations on World Freedom Day. These included an estimated nine thousand people in Milan, who marched in procession to the Piazza Duomo, the Galleria Vittoria Emanuele and to the Piazza Scala in front of the Town Hall. One banner said "Big Pharma out of the state. No to multinationals." About five thousand people gathered in Piazza Castello in Turin withsigns that said "We want to have the freedom to choose – the freedom to go wherever we want without being tied to a sheet." In Rome, where there have been anti-lockdown demonstrations over the past year to protest then closure of cafes, bars and restaurants,33 an estimated two thousand demonstrated and the police intervened to disperse the crowd with armored vehicles.34 Italy has a population of about 60 million people, with nearly 52 percent vaccinated for COVID-19.35 Greece: 'Hands Off Our Children' Thousands of people gathered in Omonia Square in the center of Athens on July 24 to express their opposition to the government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate. They carried signs saying "No mandatory vaccinations" and "No blackmail to dismiss" and "No separation of Greeks" and "hands off ourchildren." The leader of the anti-COVID vaccine movement in Greece, cardiologist Faidon Vovolis, MD addressed the huge crowd, which, according to Athens News, included "not only anti-vaccination activists, but also food and tourism entrepreneurs, clergy, citizens disaffected by the overall government leadership over the pandemic, and vaccinated citizens who view recent government measures as anti-democractic."36 Greek police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the demonstrators, who had rallied outside the Parliament building to protest COVID-19 vaccine requirements for workers, such as health care workers. Reuters said that about 45 percent of Greece's 11 million population is alreadyvaccinated.37 Germany: 'For Peace, Freedom, Truth' Berlin has been the site of several large demonstrations against lockdowns and COVID vaccine passports over the past year.38 On Aug. 1, 2021, tens of thousands of citizens marched in the streets of Berlin to protest lockdowns that have restricted dining indoors at restaurants or staying in a hotel and requirements to provide proof of COVID vaccination, defying a ban by German lower and upper administrative courts on public demonstrations.39 Berlin's administrative court had refused to authorize 13 demonstrations, some of which had been organized by the Querdenker (Lateral thinker) anti- lockdown movement.40 Berlin's police department deployed more than 2,000 officers armed with batons, pepper spray and water cannon as the crowds made their way from Berlin's Charlottenburg neighborhood, past the Tiergarten park and on to the Brandenberg Gate. Reportedly, police in heavily armed vans dragged protesters across roads and into the vans with marchers shouting for freedom and the lifting ofmandatory masking and travel bans. Protesters continued to march in the evening through the city streets and 600 people were arrested.41 Germany has a population of 83 million and 52 percent have been fully vaccinated.42 Human Rights Watch: COVID-19 Triggers Wave of Free Speech Abuse On Feb. 11, 2021, Human Rights Watch published a report called for an end to excessive restrictions on free speech and peaceful demonstration where people are criticizing COVID-19 lockdowns, mandatory masking and other social distancing regulations that restrict civil liberties. The human rights organization said:43 "At least 83 governments worldwide have used the Covid-19 pandemic to justify violating the exercise of free speech and peaceful assembly … Authorities have attacked, detained, prosecuted, and in some caseskilled critics, broken up peaceful protests, closed media outlets, andenacted vague laws criminalizing speech that they claim threatens public health. The victims include journalists, activists, healthcare workers, politicalopposition groups, and others who have criticized government responses to the coronavirus … Governments and other state authorities should immediately end excessive restrictions on free speech in the name of preventing the spread of Covid-19." Decentralized Government in US Makes a National COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate More Difficult Unlike centralized governments in Europe and many other parts of the world, the founders of the United States of America ensured in the U.S. Constitution that this country would operate with lawmaking power shared between national, state and local governments.44 The fact that lawmaking power in the U.S. does not solely reside with the federal government, which is composed of the legislative (U.S. Congress), Executive (President/federal agencies) and Judicial (federal courts) branches, so far has protected the U.S. population from being subjected to the same kinds of uniform lockdown restrictions and now, the same kinds of COVID- 19 vaccine mandates that are being implemented in European Union countries and other nations with centralized federal governments. Since most public health laws in the U.S. fall under the legal jurisdiction of states, if a resident does not like the lockdown, masking, social distancing or COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the state they are living in, they simply can move to a different state that does not have the same kind of oppressive public health laws. This is one reason why, although there have been smaller anti-lockdown and anti-COVID-19 vaccine mandate demonstrations in the U.S. over the past 15 months, some of them protesting COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health care workers,45 so far there have not been massive national demonstrations in the U.S. like those taking place in Europe and other parts of the world. U.S. Government Pushes for an 85 Percent COVID-19 Vaccination Rate As of July 28, about 60 percent of the U.S. population of 332 million people age 12 and older had received at least one dose of COVID vaccine and reportedly 50 percent, or about 165 million Americans, are "fully" vaccinated.46 As the third largest country in the world, the U.S. has a high COVID-19 vaccination rate compared to other countries, with only 25 countries recording a higher vaccination rate than the U.S.47 According to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center, the country with the largest population in the world at 1.5 billion people — China — has a 16 percent COVID vaccination rate; the country with the second largest population in the world at 1.4 billion people — India — has a 7.4 percent COVID vaccination rate; and Russia, with a population of 146 million people, has a 17 COVID vaccination rate.48 However, U.S. government officials are pushing for an 85 percent COVID vaccination rate in the U.S.,49 even as a former FDA commissioner says that a combination of natural acquired immunity and vaccine acquired immunity is likely rapidly achieving an 85 percent herd immunity rate with the Delta variant in the U.S. population.50 Half to Two-Thirds of Americans Oppose Punitive COVID-19 VaccineMandates as Companies Begin to Mandate Even though polls show that one-half to two-thirds of Americans oppose COVID-19 vaccine mandates, depending upon the setting,51 on July 29, the President announced that all federal workers and contractors must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or mask and social distance at all times and get constantly tested.52 The federal government also is urging corporations, local and state government agencies, medical facilities and other institutions to make vaccination a condition of employment. Some companies, like Google, Facebook, Morgan Stanley, Ascension Health, The Washington Post, Saks Fifth Avenue, Lyft and Uber, Walmart and Disney have already mandated employees to get COVID-19 shots to continuing working for the companies.53,54 On July 30, Broadway theaters announced that all members of the audience will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination and must keep a mask on at all times except when eating or drinking.55 Opposition Grows as CDC Admits Fully Vaccinated Persons Can Get and Efficiently Transmit COVID-19 After lifting national masking recommendations for COVID vaccinated persons in May 2021 with the assurance that the vaccine was effective in preventing symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection,56 on July 27, CDC officials abruptly reversed course and said that Americans, whether vaccinated or not, should wear a mask indoors outside their homes in certain places.57,58 They said they based that policy change on new information that the COVID- 19 vaccines do not reliably prevent infection and transmission of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 and that the viral load in vaccinated persons who get infected is as high as the viral load in unvaccinated persons who get infected.59,60 CDC officials said the new federal indoor masking policy especially applies to adults in "high risk" areas where there are more people being infected with the Delta variant. The masking directive also applies to all unvaccinated children over age two, as well as vaccinated children over age 12 attending school, and additionally includes all teachers, school staff and visitors to schools whether vaccinated or not.61 Reuters reported on July 24 that vaccinated people made up 75 percent of recent COVID-19 cases identified in Singapore, but vaccinated cases were associated with mild symptoms: "Of Singapore's 1,096 locally transmitted infections in the last 28 days, 484 or about 44 percent were in fully vaccinated people, while 30 percent were partially vaccinated and just over 25 percent were unvaccinated."62 The percentage ratio of infected vaccinated to infected unvaccinated persons in Singapore matches that of a recent SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Massachusetts. On July 30, Associated Press reported that information in CDC documents revealed that 75 percent of the Provincetown outbreak occurred among fully vaccinated individuals. About 80 percent of them experienced COVID-19 symptoms, with the most common being cough, headache, sore throat, muscle aches and fever.63 U.S. States Push Back Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Over the past year, Americans have been taking action at the state and local level to block COVID-19 vaccine mandates. A number of states have passed laws that restrict COVID-19 vaccine mandates and "vaccine passports" that bar people from entering public spaces. Among the states that have passed laws prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine passports or COVID-19 vaccine mandates in some way are Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.64,65,66 On July 29, the Governor of Texas signed an executive order prohibiting state government agencies from mandating COVID-19 vaccine being distributed under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) and banning public or private entities that receive state funds from denying entry to those who are not vaccinated and, additionally, banning companies, state and local agencies — including school districts — from requiring mask wearing. He said that Texans, "have the individual right and responsibility to decide for themselves and their children whether they will wear masks, open their businesses, and engage in leisure activities."67 Governors of several other states also have issued executive orders prohibiting COVID-19 vaccine mandates and some local and state governments have prohibited mask mandates.68,69 But some city and state governments, like New York City and California, have created legal requirements that force state employees to get vaccinated as a condition of keeping their jobs.70 On July 26, the nation's largest healthcare worker union, United Healthcare Workers, demonstrated in New York City against employee COVID-19 vaccine mandates.71 So far, the COVID-19 vaccine mandate as a condition of employment is also opposed by the American Postal Workers Union,72 Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, and United Auto Workers.73 It's Up to You to Act Now With military soldiers patrolling the streets in Sydney, Australia and police with water cannons and tear gas facing tens of thousands of people protesting against vaccine passports and COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the streets of London, Paris, Rome, Athens and many other cities in Europe, there should be no doubt where the enforcement of mandatory vaccination policies are headed in the U.S. if Americans fail to proactively take action now. There is no question that we are dealing with a global assault on civil liberties and human rights when public discussion and debate about government policy is censored74,75 and peaceful dissent is considered a crime. Public health laws that respect civil liberties and the informed consent ethic can only be secured if the lawmakers we elect value civil liberties and defend informed consent rights. Become fully informed about who you are voting for and never miss an opportunity to vote. I and the supporters of the non-profit charity the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) have worked since 1982 to prevent vaccine injuries and deaths through public education. We have publicly defended the ethical principle of informed consent to medical risk taking and other human rights that include freedom of thought, speech and conscience. In 2010, we launched the NVIC Advocacy Portal, a free online communications and advocacy network to empower Americans to work in their own communities to secure informed consent protections in public health laws. Now more than ever, it is time to get to know your local, county and state elected representatives – from your school board members andcounty supervisors to your local sheriff and lawmakers – who representyou in your local and state governments. Establish a personal relationship with those who make laws that govern you and your family. Have a conversation with them now about why you believe it is important to protect civil liberties and vaccine informed consent rights in public health laws. Provide them with well referenced vaccine information from NVIC.org and register and join with thousands of others in your state working to protect the legal right to make a voluntary vaccination decision by becoming a user of the NVIC Advocacy Portal at NVICAdvocacy.org. Actively participate in the democratic process that has defined who we are as a Constitutional Republic since the US Constitution was ratified in 1788. Be the one who never has to say you did not do today what you could have done to change tomorrow. Barbara Fisher is head of National Vaccine Information Center, NVICsince 1982 working to make vaccines safer, now blocked. Forwarded by Arlene Goetze, MA, writer/editor, No Toxins forChildren + Sources and References | Take Action | New IPCC Report RaisesClimate Alarm Bells. TellCongress to Act! The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just raised the From:Sierra Club Insider To:Council, City Subject:A Climate Alarm, the Great Western Drought Explained, Audubon"s Most Dazzling Photos, and More Date:Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:22:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Take action! 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Barr To:Council, City Subject:Agenda item 5 on Monday August 9 meeting Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 3:06:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I am writing to ask that you deny the appeal request and uphold the Director’s Decision to approve a Safe Parking Permit at 505 E. Charleston, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto. I believe those who will manage the safe parking program at the Church will assure the safety not only of those parking there, but of neighbors as well. I believe the concerns raised by those that filed the appeal are completely unfounded. I don't know if you recall the efforts in 1997 of the First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto to establish a weekly hot meal for the homeless at the Church. A group of neighbors complained to the Council claiming that providing the meal to the homeless would endanger people who lived in the neighborhood. At the request of the Church, I organized a study that surveyed neighbors of two other Churches in Palo Alto that had been providing a weekly meal for the homeless for several years. From nearly 100 survey responses, we found that only half of the neighbors were aware the meal had been taking place. The other half were aware of the meal but reported that they had never experienced any worrisome behavior of those coming to the meals. Based largely on this data, the City Council approved the meal. Over the several years the meal was provided, I am aware of no worrisome behavior occurring in the neighborhood. I believe that the concerns over dangerous behavior of clients parking on the proposed site are unfounded. I urge you to deny the appeal, and to confirm the granting of the Safe Parking Permit. Thank you, Donald Barr From:President LWVPaloAlto To:Council, City Subject:Agenda item 5, August 9, 2021 LWV Palo Alto Comment Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 2:15:37 PM Attachments:LWVPA CC Agenda item 5, August 9, 2021.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, Attached is our letter of support for Agenda Item 5 on Monday night. Thank you, Liz Kniss, PresidentLeague of Women Voter of Palo Alto From:Donald A. Barr To:Council, City Subject:Agenda Item 13 of August 9 meeting Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 2:50:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am writing to urge you to support Item 13 on Monday's (Aug 9) agenda: Adoption of a Resolution Endorsing the Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness 2020-25 and Discussion and Direction on Strategies for Services for Unhoused Palo Alto Residents. In particular I ask that you support the application for the Project Homekey Program. I have visited the Project Homekey site in Mountain View, operated by LifeMoves. I found it to be well designed, well organized, and providing essential housing and support services for the formerly homeless clients residing there. I believe this model is equally appropriate for Palo Alto. Please vote in favor of this Agenda item. Thank you, Donald Barr From:The Viscardi Center To:Council, City Subject:Answering Your Top Digital Accessibility Questions Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 5:03:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The Viscardi Center This summer, we celebrated the 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). A lot has changed since the ADA was signed into law in 1990—including the technologies we rely on daily to work, learn, and communicate. 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We in Palo Alto need this program to help ensure the safety of all residents and address the homeless crisis in our city. I strongly urge you to support the UUCPA for these two reasons:1) they are following a proven methodology that has a strong local and national track record in helping people into homes and 2) its use of the experienced professionals at Move Mountain View to administer the program. Getting vulnerable people housed keeps them from sleeping on our streets or in ourparks which makes our entire community safer, cleaner, and healthier. Sincerely, Rob Nielsen From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:August 9, 2021 Council Meeting, Item #7: Grade Separation Funding Letter to VTA Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 3:53:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 August 7, 2021 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 AUGUST 9, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #7GRADE SEPARATION FUNDING LETTER TO VTA Dear City Council: The joint letter to the Valley Transportation Agency appears toassume that Palo Alto will keep open all four grade separationsin the City. Suppose Palo Alto wants to close one or two of the existinggrade separations, does the joint letter prevent the City fromdoing that, or does the funding allocation among the threecities have to be amended to reflect the actual number of gradeseparation projects approved by Palo Alto? For example, if Palo Alto decides to close two of its existinggrade separations, does that mean the other cities would wantPalo Alto to get only one-third of the Measure B funds insteadof one-half of those funds? Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:August 9, 2021 Council Meeting, Item #13: Former LATP Site; Point-in-Time Count; Police Resources Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 4:20:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 August 9, 2021 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 AUGUST 9, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #13FORMER LOS ALTOS TREATMENT PLANT (LATP) SITE;POINT-IN-TIME HOMELESS COUNT;POLICE SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM Dear City Council: The former Los Altos Treatment Plant (LATP) site is subject tosea level rise. There is currently a City contractor studyingthe extent of future sea level rise in the baylands thatinclude the former LATP site. The former LATP site is subject to liquefaction during anearthquake. The former LATP site has existing and possible adjacent usesthat may be incompatible with an emergency shelter. For example, the City's refuse contractor is currently usingthe adjacent 1.16 acres in Area C. When you approved a newagreement with Greenwaste did you extend the term of theGreenwaste use of that acreage? The use that the emergency shelter would replace needs a newlocation. Where would that use be located if it is displacedby an emergency shelter. Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water) issued aNotice of Preparation(NOP) on March 23, 2021 for anEnvironmental Impact Report (EIR) for an Advanced WaterPurification Facility. The former LATP site is identified asthe primary Alternative to the Preferred Project in the NOP forthat EIR. The Point-In-Time homeless count is for 2019 because SantaClara County received a waiver from the requirement that itconduct a new count this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Life Moves has helped rehouse many homeless individuals fromPalo Alto, so the 2019 homeless count may be overstated. The organization chart for the Police Department in the adoptedOperating Budget shows assignments for sworn personnel that canbe changed at any time by staff. I don't recall the SpecialEnforcement Team being identified in the past in thatorganization chart.I do recall that the team members appeared to replace positionsthat were previously assigned to the traffic team, and that theSergeant responsible for Special Events and Reserves whopreviously reported to the Coordinated of Field Services beganto report to the Traffic Manager and was given the addedresponsibility of supervising the Special Enforcement Team(also previously known as the Special Problems Team). Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock From:Gail Price To:Council, City; Planning Commission Cc:Gail Price Subject:August 9, 2021: Item 5- Support Denial of Appeal of Safe Parking and Item 13: Support Resolution , Resourceallocation and Homekey Proposal Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 10:53:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. August 9, 2021 Palo Alto City Council Dear Mayor DuBois and Palo Alto City Council Members, STATEMENT ONE Palo Alto City Council: Consent Agenda Item No. 5 : Support of the Safe Parking Program and Denial of the Appeal of the SafeParking Permit Application I am Gail Price, President of Palo Alto Forward. I am a former Chair of the Santa Clara County Behavioral Health Board and long serving Board member of the Community Working Group, part of Abode Services. We support both the Safe Parking program and the City staff recommendation to deny the appeal of the Safe Parking Program. The people served by the Safe Parking Program are vulnerable and need help now. The experiences of being homeless pose several mental and physical health risks combined with stigmatization, anxiety, and uncertainty. This program is one means of providing temporary shelter as service providers help them access appropriate services and secure permanent affordable housing. This model is widely used and meets or exceeds, national, state and local recommendations for an effective and valuable security plan. There is broad agreement among service providers for the homeless that a background check increases barriers to individuals needing and securing shelter. We concur there are ethical, operational and legal barriers to establishing a background check. The proposed security plan is sound and based on existing practices. If we are serious about helping to address homelessness, this is one of several ways to make a difference. STATEMENT TWO Palo Alto City Council: Agenda Item No. 13: SCC Community Plan to End Homelessness 2020-25and Strategies for Services forthe Unhoused Palo Alto Residents I am Gail Price, President of Palo Alto Forward. Thank you to the staff for the strong report and related recommendations. 1. We support the adoption of the resolution endorsing the SCC Community Plan to End Homeless 2020-2025. As the staff report notes: The Plan has strategies, including the ways to address the root causes of homelessness through system and policy changes; The Plan reiterates the key role of local cities to meet local homelessness needs through the implementation of urgent strategies to address the crisis. A key strategy is to prioritize development of housing, via the update of our Housing Element, serving the needs of low and very-low income individuals and families while recognizing the variety of housing needs, including emergency housing, transitional housing and permanent affordable housing for a range of incomes groups. A very important goal of the Plan is to address the racial inequities present among unhoused people and families through providing a more robust range of housing options. 2. We support giving staff direction to return to City Council for thoughtful policy discussions about key elements that will be included in a permanent Safe Parking Ordinance. Unless this is done, there will be an endless cycle of evaluation without results. 3. Take the necessary related actions noted in the staff report to allocate funding resources to support a qualified Street Outreach Worker and Special Enforcement Team (SET) for critical additional support to Unhoused Palo Altans. Traditionally, the City has not had a single person with sufficient training and expertise to coordinate all of these activities; this focus is important. There are numerous local and regional models that demonstrate how this can be done; resources and actions have repeatedly been identified by community activists, and various Boards and Commissions. 4. We also strongly support the staff’s recommendations which include seeking authorization to pursue a Project Homekey application and all of the steps outlined in the staff report on Page 9. We do believe that temporary and interim housing solutions are important and needed but there should be increased attention to how our zoning , land use, and public-private partnerships decisions will enable building permanent supportive housing. This is the sustainable outcome we need. Your discussion and actions are critical and will demonstrate that the City of Palo Alto is serious and committed to supporting many projects designed to make a difference in the lives of the unhoused. From:Jeff Greenfield To:Council, City Cc:Gollinger, Peter; Winter Dellenbach; Holman, Karen (external); Summa, Doria Subject:Comments - Policy & Services Committee 8/10/2021 agenda re: Municipal Code Title 8 (Trees and Vegetation) Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 9:15:28 PM Attachments:Tree Ordinance Recommendations.pdfRecommendation Highlights.pdfUF-PRC Relationship.pdfUF Position.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: August 5, 2021 To: Policy & Services Committee From: Ad hoc group of residents Honorable City Council members, We appreciate that the Committee and City has agendized the updating of the Tree Ordinance. Palo Alto has long prized its urban canopy and is fortunate to have naturalopen spaces. Whether in our urban or more natural settings, trees provide a multitude of benefits to humans as well as habitat for a wide variety of animal life. From time to time, ordinances and code need to be updated as new science comes to light and as development patterns and pressures highlight gaps or unintendedconsequences in current regulations and information. We view this update to the ordinance as an opportunity to advance appreciation and protection of trees across the community. This ad hoc group of residents regularly monitors activities associated with ourresident trees. Our goal is to help illuminate what we see as issues and potential improvements as you consider the Tree Ordinance update. We rely on your observations and staff’s expertise to create a positive future for Palo Alto’s living infrastructure and thus promote improved air quality, wildlife habitat, greenhouse gasreductions, beautiful spaces, enhanced property values and promotion of the Council’s S/CAP goals. In effort to advance these goals, we recommend: Modifications to the Tree Ordinance (Title 8)Formalizing a relationship between Urban Forestry and the Parks and Recreation CommissionElevating the urban forester position to assistant director level We hope you will consider changes to the ordinance consistent with the intention and goals of our proposed updates for the benefit of our urban forest and local community. The group would like to thank Holly Pearson - Canopy Board Member and Chair of Canopy's Advocacy Committee, Dave Dockter - member of Canopy's Advocacy Committee, Catherine Martineau - Canopy's Executive Director, and Walter Passmore - California State Urban Forester, for sharing their extensive knowledge, being available to answer questions, and for their valuable input. Ad hoc committee members: Jeff Greenfield, Winter Dellenbach, Doria Summa, Karen Holman From:Palo Alto Forward To:Council, City; DuBois, Tom; Burt, Patrick; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Cormack, Alison; Filseth, Eric (Internal);Kou, Lydia Subject:Comments on August 9th Agenda Items Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 6:36:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Palo Alto City Council, 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. At our core, we aim to make Palo Alto a more inclusive, affordable, and sustainable city. Although City staff have de-coupled housing and transportation policies tonight, we’d like this Council to consider the planning around homelessness and bike infrastructure in the context of this moment. The City of Palo Alto must plan for over 6,000 new, affordable homes. If we make policy decisions with our future in mind, it could be an opportunity to end homelessness in our city and ensure complete streets that are accessible to our multigenerational and growing community. We support both the Safe Parking program and the City staff recommendation to deny the appeal of the Safe Parking Program permit.The people served by the Safe Parking Program are vulnerable and need help now. The experiences of being homeless pose several mental and physical health risks combined with stigmatization, anxiety, and uncertainty. This program is one means of providing temporary shelter as service providers help them access appropriate services and secure permanent affordable housing. This model is widely used and meets or exceeds national, state and local recommendations for an effective and valuable security plan. There is broad agreement among service providers for the homeless that a background check increases barriers to individuals needing and securing shelter. We concur there are ethical, operational and legal barriers to establishing a background check. The proposed security plan is sound and based on existing practices. If we are serious about helping to address homelessness, this is one of several ways to make a difference. We support the South Palo Alto Bikeways project moving forward with buffered bike lanes. While the loss of street parking in a neighborhood is an inconvenience for some, we must look at bike and pedestrian infrastructure as an investment in the safety of all residents. By making it possible for thousands to safely move around our city using protected bike lanes, we commit to reducing traffic and GreenHouse Gas emissions. And as our city plans for how to meet our regional housing needs, planning for good bike and pedestrian infrastructure will be a key component in maintaining the quality of life and safety for all residents. Lastly, we want to thank City the staff for the strong report and related recommendations regarding homelessness in Palo Alto . We support the adoption of the resolution endorsing the SCC Community Plan to End Homeless 2020-2025. As the staff report notes: The Plan has strategies, including the ways to address the root causes of homelessness through system and policy changes; The Plan reiterates the key role of local cities to meet local homelessness needs through the implementation of urgent strategies to address the crisis. A key strategy is to prioritize development of housing, via the update of our Housing Element, serving the needs of low and very-low income individuals and families while recognizing the variety of housing needs, including emergency housing, transitional housing and permanent affordable housing for a range of income groups. A very important goal of the Plan is to address the racial inequities present among unhoused people and families through providing a more robust range of housing options. We support giving staff direction to return to the City Council for thoughtful policy discussions about key elements that will be included in a permanent Safe Parking Ordinance. Unless this is done, there will be an endless cycle of evaluation without results. Take the necessary related actions noted in the staff report to allocate funding resources to support a qualified Street Outreach Worker for critical additional support to Unhoused Palo Altans. Traditionally, the City has not had a single person with sufficient training and expertise to coordinate all of these activities; this focus is important. There are numerous local and regional models that demonstrate how this can be done; resources and actions have repeatedly been identified by community activists, and various Boards and Commissions. We also strongly support the staff’s recommendations which include seeking authorization to pursue a Project Homekey application and all of the steps outlined in the staff report on Page 9. We do believe that temporary and interim housing solutions are important and needed but there should be increased attention to how our zoning , land use, and public-private partnerships decisions will enable building permanent supportive housing. This is the sustainable outcome we need. Your discussion and actions are critical and will demonstrate that the City of Palo Alto is serious and committed to supporting many projects designed to make a difference in the lives of the unhoused. Thank you, Palo Alto Forward From:Rice, Danille To:Council Agenda Email; Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office Subject:Council Consent Agenda Questions for August 9: Item 3 and 5 Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 3:45:36 PM Attachments:image011.pngimage012.pngimage013.pngimage015.pngimage016.png Dear Mayor and Council Members: On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please find below the staff responses to inquiriesmade by Councilmembers in regard to the Monday, August 9 Council Meeting consentagenda. Staff responses are below. Item 3: Downtown Automated Parking Guidance System Design-Build ContractItem 5: 505 E Charleston: Appeal of Safe Parking Approval Item 3: Downtown Automated Parking Guidance System Design-Build Contract (Councilmember Tanaka) 1. Have constituents expressed concern for the confusion or ineffectiveness of the current parking garage systems? Yes, Palo Alto residents and visitors have voiced frustration with the lack of parking guidance in our most heavily trafficked districts. The new guidance system will provide advanced indicators on parking availability and direct drivers to available spaces, with the intent of improving the City’s ability to manage parking and assist drivers into unused parking spaces. 2. Has the current parking garage system caused danger or harm in any way to a member of the community? Currently, only the new California Avenue Parking Garage has a parking guidance system. Management of parking in the other garages has not caused any danger or harm to the public. 3. What would be the benefit of the suggested customizable mobile application? As the general public steadily adopts mobile services, offering an application to visitors is essential in our desire to provide premier customer service and support the local economy. In addition, utilizing mobile applications provides accurate, up-to-date parking information for many who often overlook parking while in transit. 4. Why was the ongoing service of INDECT not included in this proposal? Is it necessary for this system to function? Service and maintenance are required for INDECT’s Parking Guidance System to function properly. Office of Transportation is preparing an ongoing service and maintenance contract, including specialized software and hardware maintenance requirements. The contract will be a services contract independent of the design-build construction contract, and it is appropriate to enter into this contract at the time the new Parking Guidance Systems are placed into service. Item 5: 505 E Charleston: Appeal of Safe Parking Approval A few Councilmembers reached out to staff with questions regarding the pending appeal on the consent calendar (Item 5). Principally there is interest in understanding whether a condition can be imposed on the safe parking approval to require background checks on individuals participating in the safe parking program. Response: The City Council has the authority to require background checks for participants of the safe parking program as a condition of approval. However, as the staff report indicates, the funding partner for the safe parking program, Santa Clara County, does not support their contractors conducting background checks at temporary shelters unless required by law. The County asserts that background checks are inconsistent with their supportive housing goals and that such practice may discourage homeless individuals from participating in the program. Move Mountain View is the County’s contractor and operator of the proposed safe parking facility. Move Mountain View has expressed a willingness to update its application forms to require safe parking participants to self-report if they are on parole or probation and if there are any legal restrictions on where they are allowed to live. Notably, this effort to mitigate some area resident concerns was not supported by the appellant and is not incorporated into the tentative approval letter. To impose this requirement or add a condition for background checks on the subject safe parking application would require the Council to pull this item off consent and take action at a future noticed public hearing. Moreover, the City Council would need to establish screening criteria to identify the category of convictions and the period of time that would preclude participation in the safe parking program. For instance, Council could establish criteria that exclude from consideration any conviction that is more than 5 years old for a non-violent offense, such as shoplifting. If required, Move Mountain View would likely contract with a third party to conduct the background checks consistent with the Council’s criteria. If background checks are required, it is unknown if the funding partner would accept this condition or whether the operator or property owner would continue to support the safe parking application. Thank you. Danille Rice Executive Assistant to the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | danille.rice@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From:Aram James To:Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Jay Boyarsky; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Josh Becker; Greer Stone; TonyDixon; city.council@menlopark.org; Tanaka, Greg; Winter Dellenbach; Perron, Zachary; Jonsen, Robert; Binder,Andrew; Raj Jayadev; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; james pitkin;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; David Angel; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org;paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Planning Commission; GRP-City Council; Rebecca Eisenberg; Human RelationsCommission; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; DuBois, Tom; Cecilia Taylor; BetsyNash; alisa mallari tu; ParkRec Commission; Cormack, Alison Subject:Did Last Summer’s Black Lives Matter Protests Change Anything? | The New Yorker Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 6:08:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/did-last-summers-protests-change-anything Sent from my iPhone From:Peter Giles To:Council, City Subject:East Meadow Parking Reduction Proposal on Tonight"s agenda Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 3:12:44 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Honorable Members of the Palo Alto City Council, I am solid behind bike safety and encouraging safe cycling for all who wish to ride. I am delighted to watch from my porch on mornings and afternoons the students going to and from school on their bikes. The proposal to eliminate parking on the south side of East Meadow will be a hardship to the residents on both sides of the street. And, what’s more, it is hard to see how the bikes only lane will add to the safety for bike riders on the street. The greatest bike rider safety hazard presently is the awkwardly sized and placed round about. The design of the current bike lane and auto traffic lane get merged at the stop sign. This means that the cars going 20-30 mph approaching the stop sign are merging with bikers going 5-10 miles + an hour. A concrete curb sticks out into the bike lane and requires exceptional vigilance approaching the stop sign, by riders and drivers, to avoid a side swipe or collision. I have lived here for 42 years and the only problem with the stop sign was that occasionally speeding motorists would rush through without slowing down. I try to be careful opening my car door whenever I emerge from my car and cyclists are approaching. Reducing the parking will necessitate crowded street parking on the north side and backing in and out, and then reentering the driveway rather than parking temporarily between the sidewalk and the bike lane. The most hazardous part of the street is the backing out of the driveway during high traffic times. Reducing the parking will only make this more hazardous for drivers on the south side, who will either have to back out more frequently rather than temporarily parking on the street, or alternatively, park on the north side of the street and have to jay walk in the middle of this street (which in itself can be hazardous with fast moving cars) to return to the south side of the street. I urge you to eliminate the parking reduction proposal on East Meadow between Middlefield and Fabian. Further, please remove the traffic circle at Ross and East Meadow. I also urge you to revisit the parking reduction on East Meadow on the north side of Middlefield and consider the parking impact this will have during the many special events held at Mitchell Park. Yours truly, Peter B. Giles 786 East Meadow Drive, since 1978 From:Sequoia Union High School District To:Council, City Subject:email to ALL members, you have an invitation from Sequoia Union High School District ! Date:Wednesday, August 4, 2021 1:41:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. You're Invited SUHSD Convocation 2021 View Your invitation Sequoia Union High School District sent you an invitation. RSVP Now! View invitation Download the Evite Mobile App Don't want to receive any Evite emails from this person? Block this host. NOW MAKE ANY INVITATION A VIRTUAL EVENT Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell | Support Page Add evite@mailva.evite.com to your address book to ensure that you receive Evite emails in your inbox. This email was sent to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org on behalf of a host of an event you were invited to. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To Honorable Members of the Palo Alto City Council Attached please find the comments I will present tonight at Oral Communications. I would very much welcome an opportunity to further discuss what can be done with each of you. Pls. suggest a date and time and we'll try to accomodate your availability. There is an incorrect belief that Palo Alto's current Dewatering Regulations adequately protect our groundwater. They do not. There are no limitations on the rate or amount of water pumped and discharged, for example, and use of cut-off walls is completely voluntary (and have cumulative impacts on groundwater flows). -- Keith Bennett http://savepaloaltosgroundwater.org From:Aram James To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed Subject:Eric good comments Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 11:19:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ >> Eric,>> Great comments -life moves appears to be a great model. We can’t let staff drag this project down by stalling anddelaying this project into oblivion…how about Geng Road as a plan B?>>>> Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Filseth, Eric (external) Cc:Planning Commission; Rebecca Eisenberg; Council, City; Dave Price; Tanaka, Greg; paloaltoresident@paloaltocalifornia.us; Cormack, Alison; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian Subject:Eric good comments Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 11:17:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Eric, Great comments -life moves appears to be a great model. We can’t let staff drag this project down by stalling anddelaying this project into oblivion…how about Geng Road as a plan B? Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City Cc:Rebecca.Tanner@cityofpaloalto.org; gmah@sccoe.org; Emily Mibach; Rebecca Eisenberg; Winter Dellenbach; Roberta Ahlquist; Tanaka, Greg Subject:Eric good comments Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 11:22:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ >> Eric,>> Great comments -life moves appears to be a great model. We can’t let staff drag this project down by stalling anddelaying this project into oblivion…how about Geng Road as a plan B?>>>> Sent from my iPhone From:upcomingsales@friendspaloaltolib.org To:Council, City Subject:Excessive, Exorbitant, Extravagant Book Sale - Friends of the Palo Alto Library Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 9:17:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Visit our web site CUBBERLEY MONTHLY BOOK SALES, FACE COVERS REQUIRED Saturday August 14 Main Room Members' Early Sale 9am - 11am Main Room General Sale 11am - 4pm Bargain Room 9:30am - 4pm Children's Room 10am - 4pm Sunday August 15All Rooms 11am - 4pm What's special for August July was an especially busy donation time and FOPAL's members are benefiting with an August Members' Early Sale. All FOPAL paid members can get in earlier than the normal 11am start time. See the section below pertaining to the Members' Early Sale. Summer is here,donations are up and we've got plenty of summer-time reading books, games, puzzles andmore! Look for several safety procedures and requirements in place for this sale. Required face covers for all. Requesting/administering self-health assessment of customers (don't shop if sick). Allowing 80 customers in the Main Room beginning at 11am. Allowing 80 customers in the Bargain Room.Allowing 30 customers in the Children's Room.Reduced number of cashiers and, moving most cashiers outside. In Military History, look for a collection of books on the Spanish American War displayed just a few steps from the entry door on the right wall.... The Art section has been blessed with a wide variety of books on art, architecture, as well as a wide selection of studio art books. The Puzzles & Games section has had a strong month of new donations. The Children's Room has more than enough books to fill most sections twice, graphic novels, kids' non-fiction & fiction, toys, puzzles and games to name a handful of the overflowing sections. Our High-Value section is fully restocked and featuring a couple of vintage sets. The Bargain Room could have been filled two to three times over so hurry there at 9:30 forgreat bargains. Bargain Room free nights should be especially fruitful. Non-profitorganizations may take a reasonable amount of materials free of charge from 4pm-6pm onAugust 15. Any member of the public may come on Monday, August 16 from 6pm-8pm topick up free materials in the Bargain Room. FOPAL Members Get the First Pick at Members' Early Sale A fun and fabulous FOPAL Members' Early Sale is scheduled for Saturday, August 14th.Typically twice a year, FOPAL holds a Members' Early Sale, at which members of the Friends of the Palo Alto Library are admitted early to the Main Room sale. Life and Sponsor Members Enter at 9am At our Members' Early Sale, Life Members and Sponsors (each with up to one spouse or guest) may enter at 9am and can purchase up to 100 books per membership from 9am to 10am. Each (Life or Sponsor) member must give the one Purchase Slip per membership to the cashier before 10am in order to purchase up to 100 books. If a Life Member exits without purchasing all 100 books, he/she may take the Purchase Slip and reenter to fill out the 100 books as long as they are purchased by 10am. Other Members Enter at 10am Members at all other levels can enter the sale at 10am, and purchase up to 25 items per membership except Family Members may purchase up to 25 items for each of two adult members at a time. All members may enter with their families, including one accompanying adult and children. At 11am, non-members are admitted. The limit on purchasing 12 books at a time lasts until there is no longer a line waiting to enter. New memberships can be purchased and expired memberships can be renewed beginning at 8am. Ticket Handout Procedure At our usual sale, tickets for early arrivers are given out to everyone starting at 8am for a linethat forms later for entry at 11am. At the Members' Early Sale, tickets are given only to members of FOPAL and are for two lines: one for entry at 9am, one for entry at 10am. Each member will get just one ticket, although Life & Sponsor Members may bring one guest between 9am and 10am and other Members may bring in their families, consisting of one other adult and minor children, beginning at 10am. We do encourage members to bring Membership Cards even if expired; they do help the ticketing move more quickly. People who come early are members of FOPAL and so there's a greatly reduced line for the 11am general entry. No tickets are given out for the 11am general entry line. You may renew your membership, or join FOPAL, that day. Renew, or join now atwww.fopal.org/join! Donations We have made it past Drop-off Donations 3.0 and have returned to accepting donations without the need to make an appointment. HOWEVER.... We must pause accepting donations until August 16 while we prepare for the monthly sale.Please hold your donations until then. Please read our donation guidelines before you bring materials to us. All that said, our normal hours for drop-off donations are Monday through Saturday, 2pm- 5pm. (But not the week before the sale.) Suggestions? We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our book sale. Please email us at suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org. This notice comes to you from the non-profit organization Friends of the Palo Alto Library. No trees were felledin the making of this e-mail. Visit our web site. Become a member by joining online. Be sure to receive your own free copy of this e-mail notice so that you'll know about all special upcomingbooks sales. To sign up, just e-mail us. We carefully protect the privacy of your e-mail address. We will not share your e-mail address with any other organization and we will not use it for any purpose other than tosend you these notices. If you do not wish to receive these e-mail notices in the future, please reply with thewords "Remove Me" in the first line of the text. From:Jeff Greenfield To:Council, City Cc:Gollinger, Peter; Winter Dellenbach; Holman, Karen (external); Summa, Doria Subject:Follow up comments - Policy & Services Committee 8/10/2021 agenda re: Municipal Code Title 8 (Trees andVegetation) Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 4:15:27 PM Attachments:image.pngimage.pngimage.pngimage.pngimage.pngimage.pngimage.pngimage.pngTree Ordinance Recommendations v.2.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Date: August 10.2021 To: Policy & Services Committee From: Ad hoc group of residents Honorable City Council members, This is a follow up to the recommendation submitted to you by this ad hoc group on August 5th. First, we would like to note two errata corrections which are detailed below. Second, we would like to acknowledge and support minor changes in the staff ordinancerecommendation submitted to P&S, that were not included in the staff ordinance recommendation that was submitted to P&TC on 9/12/18. EXPLANATIONLast week, this ad hoc submitted an ordinance recommendation which is a redline version of the 9/12/18 staff recommendation. Since the P&S staff recommendation was not releaseduntil the same day that we submitted our recommendation, we did not have an opportunity to review it prior to submitting. Overall, both the errata updates and new staff updates are veryminor. The ad hoc supports inclusion of all the changes noted below as part of our overall recommendation. While recognizing the late timing of this update, in the interest of clarity, anupdated .pdf file with all of these outlined updates is attached for your consideration. Errata 1. In section 8.10.020(e), additional language related to adding guidelines for removal of roots aspart of the definition of excessive pruning was not as intended. A limit of 15% removal was intended to apply only to Quecrus (oak) trees, with a limit of 25% applying to all other trees. This section has been edited to reflect the original intent. The net result of this change is that we are recommending that excessive pruning of tree roots for species other than oaks shouldbe 25%, instead of 15%. v.1: v.2: Errata 2. In section 8.10.050(b), "R-1" was inadvertently entered twice. The 2nd entry has been updatedto "R-2", as shown below: In the case of development on a single-family (R-1) or low density (RE, RE-1 R-2, or RMD) residential zoned parcellot Staff Recommendation Updates A. Section 8.04.050(a)(1) re: nuisance danger to public property instead of members of the public. v.1: v.2: B. Use "Tree and Landscape Technical Manual" instead of "Landscape and Tree Technical Manual" (9 places). This change was already included in the ad hoc recommendation. C. 8.10.010 changing word order of trees and landscaping, consistent with the previously noted change. v.1: v.2: D. 8.10.040(b) adding “proposed building footprint” to the second part of the paragraph where the ad hoc had already proposed adding similar language to the first part of the paragraph. v.1: v.2: Thank you for your consideration. Ad hoc committee members: Jeff Greenfield, Winter Dellenbach, Doria Summa, Karen Holman From:Gina D. Dalma To:Council, City Cc:Jack Mahoney; Joanne Price Subject:Full support of an application by the City of Palo Alto and LifeMoves to apply for Project Homekey funding Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 10:55:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois and Palo Alto City Council Members,I’m writing on behalf of Silicon Valley Community Foundation in full support of anapplication by the City of Palo Alto and LifeMoves to apply for Project Homekey funding that willbring interim supportive housing to those experiencing homelessness in Palo Alto. Thanks to the State of California’s Project Homekey 2.0 fund, there is no time like thepresent for our cities and communities to take bold and courageous leadership steps when it comes tosolving local homelessness. According to recent polls, homelessness is the Bay Area's number oneconcern*. Residents are demanding action be taken to curb the growing number of homeless encampments and the increasing number of people living in vehicles (cars and RVs), which pose ahumanitarian and public health crisis in our communities, specifically in Palo Alto. The City of Palo Alto has a unique and time-sensitive opportunity to assist effectively andhumanely the ~300 unsheltered homeless people in the community** right now by applying with LifeMoves in September for the State of California’s Project Homekey funding. This is a rareopportunity to obtain funding that is specifically designed to help the community visibly andmeasurably impact homelessness at minimal cost to the City of Palo Alto. With a Homekey project, Palo Alto would have its first non-congregate year-round housingand programs for people experiencing homelessness on University Avenue, in downtown parkinglots, in encampments along San Francisquito Creek and in vehicles and RVs parked on city streets. As we’ve now seen with the success of the first LifeMoves | Mountain View Homekey project,this model has the potential to reduce the unsheltered homeless population in Palo Alto to functionalzero within 3 years, and by at least 50% within the first 12 months of operation.We applaud the City of Palo Alto for taking a leadership role to help ensure that everyone inour community has an opportunity to return to stable housing by recommending an application forProject Homekey. *Bay Area Council, May 4, 2021, “Bay Area Council Poll: Homelessness Dominates Concerns” https://drive.zooce.com/portal/PublicLinkViewer.aspx? fid=16242917564053668105_16964920127417322513 ** Based on 2019 Santa Clara County Homeless Point in Time Count. Sincerely, Gina D. Dalma Executive Vice President Community Action, Policy and Strategy Silicon Valley Community Foundation Direct: 650.450.5542 | Mobile: 980.722.2660 gddalma@siliconvalleycf.org |t: @ginadalma siliconvalleycf.org | twitter | facebook (She/Her/Ella) Support local Latinx-led nonprofits ∙ Learn more › IMPORTANT NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is CONFIDENTIAL. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of the message and its attachments and notify me immediately. Thank you. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; Council, City; Cathy Lewis;Chris Field; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; david pomaville; Daniel Zack;esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net;grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo;hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager;Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino;russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: August 1, 2021 Israeli health chief explains their decision to begin booste shots Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 10:53:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:29 AM Subject: Fwd: August 1, 2021 Israeli health chief explains their decision to begin booste shotsTo: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:20 AMSubject: August 1, 2021 Israeli health chief explains their decision to begin booste shots To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, August 9, 2021 I won't try to somehow summarize what these two experts say. Listen carefully andpractice what you hear. You life could depend on it. Recommend hearing it all more than once. Israeli health chief explains decision to begin COVID-19 booster shots - YouTube Here is Dr. Gottlieb who just watched the discussion from Israel above and here reactsto what she said. He sounds to me like he says there is a little less risk for the fully vaccinated, and for them spreading the virus if they get infected, than she said. Gottlieb says vaccines still effective at preventing serious illness from Delta variant -YouTube L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Dilma Coleman To:districtattorney@sfgov.org; discoverycenter@gatesfoundation.org Cc:opmnews@opm.gov.jm; citycouncil@brentwoodca.gov Subject:Fwd: Brief analysis of criminals in Boulder Creek CA where did they come from? Why was Boulder Creek CA ahub or opportunity for corrupt individuals to act normal. Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 2:00:18 PM Attachments:Screenshot_20210808-084159.pngScreenshot_20210808-103856.pngScreenshot_20210808-114448.pngScreenshot_20210808-090323.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, Aug 8, 2021, 1:58 PMSubject: Fwd: Brief analysis of criminals in Boulder Creek CA where did they come from? Why was Boulder Creek CA a hub or opportunity for corrupt individuals to act normal.To: <clerk@japarliament.gov.jm>, <consulate@egyptembassy.net> Cc: <embassy@egyptembassy.net>, <victimservices@cdcr.ca.gov> ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 12:15 PMSubject: Brief analysis of criminals in Boulder Creek CA where did they come from? Why was Boulder Creek CA a hub or opportunity for corrupt individuals to act normal.To: <adam.roberts@santacruzcounty.us> Attachment#1 Tony McGregor... Diva Jobs aka Diva Lee is Jamaican Afghan Royal Caribbean West Indies princess..her giftsas a Psychic medium trained in paranormal investigations under the leadership team of Former police detective Ed Warren and his wife Lorraine Warren Attachment#4 that investigation ofthe Doll Annabelle..the discovery of the Doll being a gift to a nurse named Donna is false. Diva wants to say that Tony McGregor stole the doll from Diva whereas Diva observed amurder of a kid..Tony disrupted the process of accurate investigation of homicide. Tony is very disturbing Mobster who did everything to taint charector analysis of the real secretincidents which are the foundation of labor trafficking, humantrafficking sex slavery hostage stuff. How close was Tony McGregor to Diva Jobs when Paul Jobs was killed in 1993whereas adopted Steve Jobs had a real physical meltdown when his adopted father passed away in 1993. Let's do an analysis of Tony McGregor's habitual aggressions as a tyrant whoparticipated in the Mujahideen's sorcerery leaderships in Boogaloo Fraudulent law enforcement agents..whom smuggled drugs within narcotics divisions across the U.S and otherissues of Fraudulent real estates Properties sells to support financial assistance for political campaigns. Diva Jobs could explain Tony McGregor's charector analysis who he really is since the1980's..the role Tony McGregor played in the life of Diva Jobs...in Ireland,Italy and the U.S. What are the chances of Diva Jobs getting the truth about Tony McGregor his behaviors in Boulder Creek CA whereas Damon Guitzweiler's mother had called Tony a tyrant. Whereasattachment#2 King Salman a tyrant (Mujahideen drug addict who smuggled drugs into Saudi Arabia whereas many Saudi Intelligence quit by ultimatums) who abused Afghan JamacianAsian princess Diva at 220 Matadero Ave Palo Alto CA and other places including in Boulder Creek CA. Damon Guitzweiler's mother had a connection with Intelligence whereas she wasan amazing live encyclopedia full of wisdom whereas her son Damon Guitzweiler gave the best illustrations using literature. Damon Guitzweiler was a vivid reader..whereas Damonalways selected the best literature to study to describe the situation and moods of our brain activity behind the virtual world we lived in. I especially loved how respectful Damoncommunicated with his mom..the trust they cultivated thru Communication into the lives around them. Damon Guitzweiler was a great listener and follower of his mother's intuitionand he obeyed her rules like she's an contagious Oxford Dictionary frequently used to succeed at all obstacles verbally and written. That's DIVA's best observation of Damon Guitzweilerand his birth mom. To write an elegy for Damon Guitzweiler I would like to know where Damon is buried and if diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman could be escorted outthere. Best regards Diva From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Council, City; Pastor Kaloma Smith; Human Relations Commission; Planning Commission; Aram James; rebecca;ParkRec Commission; Mark Mollineaux; Angie, Palo Alto Renters Association; Dave Price; Jocelyn Dong Subject:Fwd: Check out our latest video! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 11:35:58 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. info on the video is an update on the status of working people. We need an educated councilthat is humane and woking to provide our service sector workers with housing-- Roberta Ahlquist, WILPF---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Matthew Lewis, California YIMBY <info@cayimby.org>Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 12:10 PM Subject: Check out our latest video!To: <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> Dear roberta -- This morning, California YIMBY released our latest explainer video: “What is ‘Affordable Housing?’” The video focuses on a fictional firefighter, Michael, and his grandmother, Iris. Michael has a job with a good salary, and Iris is on a fixed income; but California’s housing shortage has led to an affordability crisis -- which means neither of them can find housing they can afford. Video still image. Iris is retired and lives on a fixed rent Watch now » We produced this video to explain the challenges middle-income workers face finding housing they can afford, and how that “naturally” affordable housing is distinct from subsidized housing provided to seniors and low-income tenants. The video ends with a call for Californians across the state to join the YIMBY movement to make it legal to build both types of housing -- both subsidized housing, and naturally-affordable housing -- in the state’s cities. Click here to watch, then be sure to share the clip on social media to help us reach as many Californians as possible. Watch the video » SHARE ON TWITTER » SHARE ON FACEBOOK » California YIMBY is focused on making it legal to build more homes in our cities — both subsidized affordable housing, and multi-family, market-rate housing — in order to end the housing shortage that has created the affordability crisis. As long as it remains illegal to build this type of housing on 75% of our urban land, the dream of affordable housing will be out of reach to all but the wealthiest Californians. That’s why we all need to raise our voices and demand more housing in California -- because building more homes means building a more inclusive state, for Californians of all income levels. Be sure to give the video a watch and share, and we’ll have some legislative updates for you shortly! Gratefully, Matthew Matthew Lewis Communications Director California YIMBY California YIMBY is a movement dedicated to ending our state’s housing crisis and building a more inclusive, affordable, and accessible state for ALL Californians. If you were forwarded this email, you can join our movement here. Donate now » Want to keep track of housing issues and the YIMBY movement? Sign up for the HomeWork, our newsletter here. We rely on email to communicate with supporters like you and power our movement. Thank you for being an important part of the team! Getting a bit too much email? You can sign up here to receive fewer emails. To unsubscribe, click here. PAID FOR BY CALIFORNIA YIMBY, 717 K Street, Suite 221, Sacramento, CA 95814 Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emailsfrom California YIMBY, please click here. From:Dilma Coleman To:sfpdinglesidestation@sfgov.org; sfpdbayviewstation@sfgov.org Cc:info@lastprisonerproject.org; gengeland@losaltosca.gov Subject:Fwd: Diva Jobs the paranormal hypochondriac 1980"s thinker tank.1990"s Spirit Halloween costumes for Skip.Home Depot empath..add glue use hammer, poured the strawberry soda. I feel it. Does Skip Marley have a blueink Sharpie on DIVA"s bottom feet? Date:Wednesday, August 11, 2021 11:16:43 AM Attachments:Screenshot_20210809-101655.pngScreenshot_20210809-100917.pngScreenshot_20210808-190329.pngScreenshot_20210809-150030.pngScreenshot_20210811-101453.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Argue it.. Mujahideen's pirates of the Caribbean..argue it. Is Bob Marley a schizophrenic cave man with 8 legs..who leads the Taliban..that group was formed at Paul Jobs's house in LosAltos CA before the 1980's whereas Paul Jobs the mechanic created a real live cave man what ya do when diva comes after you. Bad bad boy. Bad boy. If Nicole Brown Simpson took Divato a caveman.. underground Raging waters with mud. was created the instruments to climb out that mud cave..the bottom of it had a muddy lake. who climbed? That rescue me..is about tosing..anger management..who's STD'S..diva Jobs teaches anger management whereas her self defense is a student thinking..of anger..but only uses excessive force to grab u from outside theNASA space shuttle..ask Diva now..don't ask Jeeves don't ask Google to locate images of the truth about the Taliban.. in outerspace on Diva Jobs space shuttle..it was a special triptoo..during the Harris/Biden political campaign. Diva was escorted off a balcony to the ground from the roof of Domain Apartments in San Jose CA. If Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka DilmaColeman..had a baby boy in her sleep on July 2,2021..at little Orchard homeless shelter whereas that baby was adopted..what ya did was ask Diva Jobs if she wants a babyshower..why why why don't u shut up. Why don't u go back to sleep you unthumbsucker. You on the thumbsuck all the time. This ain't the WWF. . Queen Elizabeth I I..see her problems...show the Jeopardy TV questions about diva Lee aka Diva Jobs the former Calfire fighter medic..trained as an ATF to take the fire off outer space debris a 12 hour shift..close your eyesbitch..push out a baby in 15 second baby shower for what bitch..go back to the ATF in outerspace vehicles and drop it..thumbsucker vs the WWF at little orchard. let's pause. Whereis ur Psychiatric nurse aka test dummy..aka thumbsucker now? Well Diva Jobs just had a baby 5 weeks ago when a baby comes out in secs and the mother is sleep sucking her thumb.. that'ssome serious outerspace vehicles baby. Let's pause.. gravity gravity falls asleep want Babyface the singer his sign language? An Egyptian law maker Kamal Amer..what your answer is? WhyDiva Jobs not holding a baby boy..Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman whatever you want go get the santa Clara judge tell him to go get that baby. It's like this..knock knock who's there? Anareospace engineer medic for fighter for Cal fire neosurgeon MD to the JD whatever you need..Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman was an optomologist surgeon..argue it. Diva Jobs akaDilma Coleman had attended Judicial college in Reno NV. Argue it. Where's the baby? Where's the baby that came out of DIVA's vagina when she was asleep.. don't this sound like aBarbie doll's worst playhouse.. Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman had filled application for internship for a Judicial position. Argue it. Why did Diva end up in a homeless shelter whereasa man named mountain is homeless..and a shelter employee named Daisy..works graveyard. What's up with that judge to go grab that baby diva Lee aka Diva Jobs aka DilmaColeman..give Diva the position Judge Manley has with mental court..diva pushed.out a baby in 15 second or less while alseep..argue it. she was sucking he thumb. Well, What's wrongwith Jews? Diva misses the train. What's wrong with Santa Clara PD's horses..go get an horse for Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs to ride that horse inside the San Jose Family Justice..Go get themhorses..get those horsemen's..VTA should be on horses for that light rail commute add a carriage..all day Diva. If Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs survived at Arg in Afghanistan on April28,1978..whereas Zamina Begum DIVA's is her family member was killed.. Diva at age 2 in 1978 is age 45 in August 2021 phase #2. Ok pause go get something..hurry up. Put it in herhand..get that babY..poundcake..that strawberry shortcake body spray..n give her a gown and a gravel. Let Diva be the Senate. No no no. Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman had a baby boy onJuly 2,2021 inside Little Orchard homeless shelter on July 2,2021 while she was asleep.. what's wrong with you.. do you need an optomologist surgeon.. what's up. Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Jobs ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Aug 11, 2021, 10:21 AMSubject: Fwd: Diva Jobs the paranormal hypochondriac 1980's thinker tank.1990's Spirit Halloween costumes for Skip. Home Depot empath..add glue use hammer, poured thestrawberry soda. I feel it. Does Skip Marley have a blue ink Sharpie on DIVA's bottom feet? To: <gengeland@losaltosca.gov> Hey city manager of Los Altos CA..Diva needs to create a team whereas they have a license to kill or make an aggressive arrest of the Bay Area Mujahideen..Diva speaks about The arrest ofAshton Kucher,CEO Facebook Mark Zuckerberg..for their 2003 involvement with the SF homicide of SF RBL Posse rapper "Hitman" aka Ricky Herd in February 2003. Why wasDIVA's husband Ricky killed? Who killed female singer from group "Blaque" Natina Reed and her sister Niesha Stevens? Singer Alicia Keyes of La Jolla,CA and Fabiana Vega ofFairfield CA. Who were the witnesses and why no arrests? Did Natina's cousin the Brown Family have their involvement with the unsolved homicides of Natina Reed and NieshaStevens? Yes. Why? Because of their revolving door their involvement with Left Eyes homicide Lisa lopes in Honduras in 2002. Diva is former Dept of Justice agent in gun control,Former SF FBI and other law enforcementjobs including Secret intelligence job in Saudi Arabia whereas Diva attended M16 building those classes in London. Diva is Professional hypochondriac Psychic medium whereas..someevil cohorts had used Hypnosis on Diva..Diva did have..it doesn't matter..if Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs had lived in Steve Jobs adopted father's house in Los Altos CA and other places then sheis their family argue it. The worst family members who obviously never liked her dad is Lisa Brennan Jobs. Argue it. That girl Lisa Brennan Jobs plagerized Book Small Fry..she need tostop abusing drugs with Singer Alicia Keyes and Cedella Marley. Dilma Coleman aka Diva Jobs graduated from Palo Alto CA Sr.High School in 1994. Argue it. Argue about William Gates III and Melinda Gates..their philanthropic projects withMackenzie Scott former ex wife to Jeff Bezos and her new husband Dan Jewett. .Diva is a doctor and lawyer..whereas my credentials are within a hacker community of desperados.why? Because Jamacian Singer Bob Marley or his identical twin brother hadtransformation of animal man body whereas he seldom lived in Boulder Creek,CA..among scientists those of that Mythology often visited. Diva. needs to renew licenses in her MD thenrenew license in JD. Hey, could u understand that during Biden/Harris campaigns..Diva was physically mentally financially abused in Fairfield CA, to Boulder Creek CA to Santa CruzCA..etc whereas Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman ended up in Homefirst homeless shelter little orchard San Jose CA. Diva Jobs was sexually raped at Fairfield CA Marriott hotel..whereasthe rapist..and his Cohorts were living homeless..yes Diva argues that she had a baby inside Little Orchard homeless shelter beginning July,2021..yes. Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman saysthat she recognized the baby on Aug 11,2021..What the heck..stop targeting Diva Jobs aka Dilma Coleman as if the Bay area are Mujahideen's pirates of the Caribbean.. As of today, The city of Los Altos CA needs to coordinate with the Airforce military giveDilma Coleman aka Diva Jobs an active duty civilian job with compensation since Santa Clara county can't afford to give compensation..what you do is arrest Ashton Kucher for hisFraudulent investment of that Airbnb whereas actor Ashton Kucher is doing Fraudulent real estates..since Jeffery Epstein helped Paul Walker in his Walker Ranch real estates Properties aconverted farm into 22 homes. Why so much anger on Ashton Kucher? Ashton Kucher had violent controlling physical attacks on Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee as if she is a Darkelement world leader of AFGHANISTAN. I urge for the immediate assassination of California Governor Gavin Newsom,Kris Jenner,Bruce Jenner aka Caitlyn Jenner, Santa Clara county DA Jeff Rosen, TMZ ownerHarvey Levine, Rula Ghani,Kamala Harris,Hunter Biden and more. This concluded the truth about who really killed Ronald Goldman,Nicole Brown Simpson and Nicole's Identical twin brother in 1994. It also needs to begin an investigation into the 1991death of SF civil Rights attorney Jack Berman. It also starts the illegal businesses of that Delancy street organization..their drug abuses..it starts the Investigative reports about thepolitical campaigns of Barack Obama..the real estate properties which he destroyed..and stole in Atherton CA. Dilma Coleman aka Diva Jobs is stable in her mind and mental health. I desire for the cityattorney in Los Altos CA..to try to organize the best to relocate Dilma Coleman aka Diva Jobs into a better stable housing situation with the baby she had 5 weeks ago. Could u get theCalifornia Senator Dianne Feinstein to freeze the payroll of Homefirst homeless shelter little orchard..arrest some of those Fraudulent donors whom donate to that organization. Call DilmaColeman aka Diva Jobs 510-776-1841Best regards Dilma Coleman aka Diva Jobs. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 9, 2021, 4:29 PMSubject: Diva Jobs the paranormal hypochondriac 1980's thinker tank.1990's Spirit Halloween costumes for Skip. Home Depot empath..add glue use hammer, poured the strawberry soda. Ifeel it. Does Skip Marley have a blue ink Sharpie on DIVA's bottom feet? To: <info@lastprisonerproject.org> What's up? However you want to go make Vision boards make em about songs on Alphabet LMNOP's STD'S(health science). Afghan Jamacian women wants to reset..the habitualaggressions..the behavorial thinking of Rita Marley in the 1980's. Maybe Diva Jobs gonna blame Saudi Arabian King Salman's habitual aggressions his behaviors of using the bathroom to use herorin at 220 Matadero Ave Palo Alto CA and otherMountain view,CA properties..as the foundation of the humantrafficking drug smuggling the intro to Rita's biggest lie at the roller skating rinks in the 1980's.It was Donald Harris Kamala's dad who jumped into the most profitable marijuana crops in Jamacia whereas violent men most of them drug addicts alcoholic whom converted toRastafarian Church leaders with the corrupt behavorial lifestyle affiliated with Donald Harris and his corrupt daughter Kamala. The evil Cohorts in West Valley College soccer coachJennifer Kerwin..her drug addictions her organized trail running club whereas hikers are attacked..and whatever else used that college in Saratoga CA for the worst drug traffickers toattend. why does Jennifer Kerwin abuse soccer girls girls girls and Solicited girls whereas the use of Ashton Kucher's Airbnb is a serial habitual aggressive thrushing floor for Hunter Bidento distribute his trash drug addictions with California Governor Gavin Newsom. I really want American actor Ashton Kucher assassinated for his illegal Airbnb businesses where hisinvolvements with DIVA's stolen real estate properties and with the corrupt Afghan American Afgahan 1st lady Rula and Ashraf Ghani. Diva was an elect of Saudi Arabia intelligence in the 1990's after the death of Paul Jobs in1993. The Saudi Arabian King Fahd, and Abdullah bin Talal Al Saud had elect Diva with an intelligence job within the Saudi police.that started the investigation of Alwaleed bin Talal AlSaud his corruption with the Mujahideen and the advanced forecast of King Salman a Mujahideen's in leadership currently the Saudi Arabian King. Diva didn't like the way AshtonKucher's Airbnb investment took place.the same time that guy had negative financial losses in other areas whereas Ashton's aggressions followed after CEO Mark Zuckerberg's tyrant greedto illegally take away income intended for Diva when Susan Buffett died whereas DIVA's husband Ricky Herd was killed in February 2003. That place hurt me..the most the unsolvedhomicides in SF and Oakland,CA especially the SF unsolved homicides of RBL Posse rapper Hitman Ricky Herd. The crowds which surrounded the car where my husband Ricky Herdaccompanied his wife Diva when he was shot in the head. Diva had the worst of the worst as a key witness to solve Ricky Herd's murder. The distraction was the thinking of a purchase ofa 5 bedroom home in Iowa that hurt me too. The real estate properties stolen Diva's deceased children etc. DIVA's job with intelligence agencies was blah blah blah..until diva enrolled atthe London M16 building to train how to be a secret service agent. That's when Diva learnt of the Investigative sources of Bob Marley's sudden death...the illegal family lawyers whomrefused to allow Bob Marley to divorce Rita. Diva learnt about the assassinated attempts the Mujahideen had on Bob Marley's life because he was against their drug missions. Diva learntthat Rita Marley had escaped her own assassination..then DIVA's inherited income from Steve Jobs and other business sources was forced to be donated in bulks to various non-profitswhereas Rita's adopted children were occupying and Ashton Kucher's Airbnb skyrocketed. It was complicated for Diva to recieve housing because Rita Marley had a good connection tothe Mujahideen's in the U.S military whereas veterans were given housing inside the homes diva owned..and these veterans were either drug addicts and or drug dealers. ..that source ofreal estates Properties were later turned over to Airbnb whereas actor Ashton Kushor had his own way of doing illegal businesses on private housing units owned by Diva Lee aka DivaJobs whereas public housing projects whereas section 8 housing waiting lists names were erased or copied to other lists whereas the housing authorities..such as HuD Housing.theirbusiness organized name was used in corruption whereas Ashton Kucher's cohorts really ran those housing units by MOB gangsters etc..talk about real estate properties Diva owned inIowa,Las Vegas, Atlanta Georgia, And elsewhere..the cohorts Ashton Kucher affiliated with Rita Marley's corrupt Cohorts individuals with stolen commercial real estate properties pretending to HUD. Palo Alto housing corporation had gave housing to Ashton Kucher andother tenants who were already established in strong financial income... they used those units to drag away investors projects without consent individuals attacked by Department of defenseprohibited chemical warefare substances such as anthrax.Diva was attacked on Stanford University as a student whereas the student database was hacked..Is Ashton KucherMujahideen's leadership team whereas he organized hacker/Professional drug dealer/Professional actor/ real estate agent? Who gave employment to construction workers invarious real estate properties which built more affordable housing to end homeless but they also had gang mafia stalkers working as security guards? Yes. Most of that struggling wasdesigned into a charector analysis which Ashton's protrayed in movies dealing with residential construction. The current Taliban in Afghanistan is designed to elect Diva Jobs to be the nextbest Afghan President. Jamacian government officials should elect Diva with a license to kill the corrupt in their county? What the heck don't you want Coconut tofu Curry? yes. Something like the best art projects the glitter spilled on the bed. Why? Because the depressed kids in 1981..who missed their dad? I miss my dad..not my dad's identical twin brother. I missmy dad. I don't miss my dad's identical twin brother. Cedella makes my braid one bigger box braid one smaller braid..it's completely done and not reaching the toilet water. Jamacian women Indian women Kamala Harris is a trash women who also roller skated inthe night using the cocaine same straw with Rita Marley. That don't mean they lesbian but let me shut up...I had a busted lips and skinned knee and elbow. Later Donald Harris Kamala'sdad jumped my bones he smoked me..he spank me then run out the house. What type of disciplinary action should Donald recieve? Talk about it..argue it. Cedella had made the bestart projects in the bedroom using the floors. Where's the kid's art table? .. our glitter shaker for the art projects at the dinner table went on Rita's plate of food whereas Diva and Cedellascreamed at Rita why you go roller skating rink at night? Why can't you tell the difference between a pepper shaker and salt shaker? Why we gotta stay with memories depression on akid when the father died. I seen my dad "bunny striker" killed then the killers cut him then they Boiled his skin and they added ketchup and hotsauce. Mr.Bill Marriott hotel owner andhis evil cohorts ate my dad. I seen them Cannibals lick their lips and they mimic his dance steps and his music. Whatever part of my dad is buried in Jamacia? I feel as if those in theMarriott hotels are the Mujahideen..former bank employees and or part time bank workers who specialized in humantrafficking labor sex slavery of Exploited children..as I seen inBoulder Creek CA I seen Bob Marley die in Miami hospital in 1981 as if he had an identical disabled twin brother who survived. It's sad. It's sad. I ain't homophobic about the stories SF mother of footballplayer OJ Simpson. Her stories about her husband being transexual cross dresser..their divorce..and their situation..of lifestyle in SF..when ur son is a famous footballer. Diva hadmarried OJ Simpson's son Justin Simpson whereas he turned homosexual.with romantic relationship with a transgender. That's the similar Experience Diva had with Kymani Marley.That's sad how OJ Simpson's mom died with the worries she had on Nicole Brown Simpson and Nicole's Identical twin brother who was Transgendered. I didn't see Bunny Wailerdie..but I did see his wife Jean without him and she said she was kidnapped, sexually abused..in the Oakland,CA area. All around that Ashton Kucher's personality and hisinvolvement stalks every fraudlent real estate properties transaction. When a Psychiatric nurse "Night Nurse" is a hair braider in the daytime..where does she get to go fart? what is the best snacks for braiders? Hurry up.. eat the Jerk Jackfruit tacos..ur bill is$15. No You ain't the boss of me. I paid you before I ate. Are You ok? I don't remember being Jamacian AFGHAN royal princess because I had been oppressed by Brazilian (Angola'sroyals who are Cannibals not cannibus workers) Thailand's royals. Diva is living in California alone without her babies she had at the nail salon. Diva was ridiculous ticklelish choosing nailcolor whereas she pushed out a baby. That bill was expected. That type of humantrafficking slavery whereas Diva had something up her sleeve..a hot water for green tea..what angry nailclient pours hot water on a baby whereas who's going to be charged with stalking DIVA's inherited money,real estates Properties since the 1990's. Diva believes that she was Brazilian..because that's what she was forced to believe. Diva oppressed by the most dangerous Narcissistic sorcerers using their manipulated scientific arithgorithms. The Oakland CA veganrestaurant owner is a Cannibal who eats magical mushrooms she is Solicited to have dates with different men most of them American Reggae artists. That's where Diva seen Jean(BunnyWailer's wife) trapped..inside the vegan chef's favorite network of Oakland,CA Reggaeton and Reggae music makers whom travel different regions in the Bay area, Boulder Creek CA andMonterey,CA. My shoes for my feet disappeared in the night in Oakland CA near 73rd Blvd/International Blvd in 2017 that triggered an rememberable childhood of singing,playing,and doing daily rehearsals with Bunny Wailers on U.K tours. My childhood role in Bunny Wailer's show was in the beginning..intro. The artist's dichotomy.. basically Diva'stalk on stage revealed the charector analysis of Bunny Wailer a strong swimmer,Community activist..wearing dreds...diva lies..she loves to gossip..about the truth...how Jean put makeupon Bunny Wailer's face before he sings.then showers...it particularly was a mini skit about the children's success in their daily routine mixed in Bunny Wailer's rehearsals...how BunnyWailer's love life with Jean. Bunny Wailer argues to Diva that it's showtime..sing the song u sung at rehearsals. Don't explain how Jean used her lipstick kisses..on his face.but sing thechords I taught you.. Bunny Wailer argues that backstage life stay backstage...diva argued against it and speaks the truth the secrets of other celebrities. Bunny Wailer's real talk onstage to kids who have too much to say..sing it or write it down..in the corner. Rehearsal. ..meaning I am not a schizophrenic talking to myself. ..that type of stage counseling withBunny Wailer's music. What other types of attributed dichotomy of bunny Wailer's life ended up in a verbal agreement? Diva explains that Bunny Wailer swims everyday to grow up..andhis dreds keep going..to heaven. To heaven one day..will there be a pretty good morning. To heaven= the name of the dog his xxxmas gift. One day= vitamins. Pretty good= diva threw atantrum when it was her time to leave the stage..she loves telling jokes..whereas Diva's writing journals of funny things to say was stolen by That no good husband Comedian Kevin Hartwhereas he had infedelity with Tiffany Haddish who lived in her car outside of Kevin's home with wife Diva when Diva at work. Tiffany Haddish got opportunity to incorporate the funnythings and sad things Diva had in her journal for her most successful financial income as a comedian. That hurts Diva. Stop targeting Diva. Diva Jobs age 45 Jamacian Afghan womenhad the most amazing experience as a journalist who traveled to different geographic locations whereas there was injustices in prisons. Diva Jobs aka Diva Lee had been victimized from SanJose CA former Raiders cheerleader Angelah Johnson..that women stole written comedian scripts which Diva wrote and she used it to promote herself into a comedian job..this isanother injustices of the Mujahideen. Months after his Bob's death in 1981. Cedella Marley and Diva Lee gotta stay at home with Paul Jobs? Why? Rita had an cocaine addiction and a rollerskating addiction with the mostcorrupt..black Americans n white trash women who abused drugs with Nicole Brown Simpson. Why can't Rita tell the difference between a glitter shaker for art projects or the saltn pepper shaker? Rita grabbed the wrong shaker at the dinner table. What the hell wrong in 1980's? Them Jamacians had served dinners at the roller skating rink whereas the blackpanther movement transition from protests at police stations to protests at roller skating rinks. Is 2021 ok to reflect back at the black panther movement? We are reflecting back at RitaMarley's behavorial lifestyle, whereas Diva Jobs aka Diva Lee age 45 a Psychic medium paranormal thinker, a family therapist, grief counselor doctor/lawyer victimized by thoseindividuals against Black panther movement..this n that..Diva Jobs is Diva Lee..a Jamacian women Afghan women.. oppressed by Rita Marley's habitual behavorial science herinfluential daily survival skills. The evil cohorts of the Mujahideen were led by King Salman. ..and those who Attended the Mujahideen's attacks at Arg in Afghanistan on April 28,1978continued to attack Diva Lee aka Diva Jobs in the Biden/Harris Presidential campaign. Hey hey hey what's happening now? Agh..it's not cool..Diva wants Kamala Harris and others in Afghan government assassinated. Diva reflects on the 1980's,1990's why Diva is targeted the most in The U.S.A. why Diva Jobsaka Diva Lee lost so much credit/financial income when she was a music creator in San Francisco,CA in the 1990's. Attachment#1 Paul Jobs he was killed in 1993 Santa Clara county. Paul Jobs gave realemotional support to Bob Marley prior to his death..in 1981. Cedella Marley was very very close to Paul Jobs as if he had adoption application paperwork to make Cedella Marley intoCedella Jobs.. In the 1980's Rita Marley was wreckless she often a socialite with the most corrupt drug smugglers..from Cuba..Those conflicted issues clashed with Bob Marley'slifestyle, religious beliefs and music whereas Bob Marley made a mistake with love or a real Cuban santanic lovespell tainted Mr.Marley..His eyes on dark skinned Rita. Bob was blindedat love..the funny thing is that Bob Marley didn't know Rita Marley as if that relationship was faster than honey spilled down the cabinet drawers in the bedroom was hot piece of mess. Bobtried to recover from it understand it quickly but that understanding of honey..on dark skinned women was an science fair project..didn't the lightbulb come to burn out? Yes. And Lysolspray does not clean up honey. Bob Marley met Paul Jobs and that's another story. Whoever you think u are reading this email remember that Diva Jobs is currently homeless shelter inSan Jose CA whereas the Mujahideen.is present .in fact the Mujahideen spent the past 33 years stealing children,real estates, financial income ruined marriages which involved DivaLee.Diva Lee feels trapped and doesn't understand why her cousin Errol Lee hasn't been in contact with Diva Jobs. The AFGHANISTAN President Ashraf Ghani and his wife Rula.Ghani...need to be assassinated. lets pause..Diva reflects on the 1980's..the focus in this email is on the over everything under the leadership of Paul Jobs and his adopted son Steve Jobs.Right now on August 9,2021 at 10:50am. California time. Diva expressed her favorite pastime of Skip Marley born June 4,1996. It was a Halloween costume party coming up wheneverbaby want to wear Pirate of the Caribbean costume" Captain Skip". Diva would wear a costume with fake Billy Bob teeth. ..At the store... that was Rita's biggest lie she told us kids.Mr. Jobs got a phone call that there was Rita at the roller skating rink..she was...using sorcerery leaderships styles With Rev.Jessie Jackson, etc. Who called Mr.Jobs? I don't know.At the roller skating rink..Diva threw her strawberry soda can on top of Rita. Diva made a mess on Rita and got angry.at Rita .diva has...a serious temper that ended quickly. ..in aspanking. When Mr. Jobs took Rita Marley out the roller skating rink she was lectured to do the right thing leave drugs alone. Diva Jobs is Diva Lee the biological daughter to "bunnystriker" who was killed many years ago..yes he was attacked by Mujahideen Morman Cannibals. The "bunny striker" who died Edward Sullivan Lee in 2020 was DIVA's biologicaluncle who used his deceased identical twin brother's identity. Royalties from "bunny striker" is owed to Diva.. whereas other financial inherited projects with greater financial income is dueto Diva whereas the Mujahideen are controlling that aspect. Attachment#2 Diva Jobs Attachment#3 Home where Bob Marley had support from Paul Jobs in the 1980's until PaulJobs was killed in 1993. It was nearly documented that Cedella Marley was supposed to be adopted by Paul Jobs after the death of her father Bob Marley in 1981. Rita Marley abused drugs and she had an operation with drug trafficking from Cuba to the U.S whereas South African President Nelson Mandela was drugged by Rita Marley when heaccompanied Bunny Wailer on a tour near Southern California. Best regards Diva Jobs From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; Council, City; Cathy Lewis;Chris Field; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; david pomaville; Daniel Zack;esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net;grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo;hennessy; Irv Weissman; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com;newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; jerry ruopoli; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan;terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Dr. Campbell in UK for Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. LOTS about the USA. Wound up! Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 10:25:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:58 PM Subject: Fwd: Dr. Campbell in UK for Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. LOTS about the USA. Woundup! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 11:14 PM Subject: Dr. Campbell in UK for Friday, Aug. 6, 2021. LOTS about the USA. Wound up!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, August 6, 2021 Alles- Mucho aqui sobre los Estados Unidos. Viel hier von die Vereinigten Staten. DasMeistens ist schlect. La Mayoria es malo. Disafortunatamente por nosotros. He details the rapidly worsening Covid situation in the USA. The UK is doing better than we are. He says that the only reason the UK is doing as well as it is is because people arestill practicing good Covid behavior. US, high cases in low vaccine areas - YouTube He discusses booster doses. Pfizer and Moderna are pulling for them. Moderna's booster might be a half dose of the original. Tonight the network news said that the FDA isworking on a booster program and will announce it in a month. OK, but every day longer that it takes will cost lives. What part of a booster program would take a month to organize? Youpush out more vaccine and invite the fully vaccinated to come in for a third shot. Dr. Campbell: "People with immune system compromise are at risk. We shouldreally try to get them covered". (with boosters). Hear that. AT RISK. And he is talkingabout the fully vaccinated with immune system compromise. I hope that outfits like KaiserPermanente are in the loop wrt the coming booster campaign. He gets a video report from an MD in Western Australia. They get cases off container ships from Indonesia, which is a basket case. He mentions a big lock-down in Manila, with 20 million people. Tough on the poorones, and most of them are poor. They can't go to work in a lock down. He favors aspirating when one injects a vaccine. Pull the plunger back a little to see if any blood enters the syringe. If it does, you are going to inject the vaccine intravascularly, bad.That would send it all over the body. You want to inject it into a muscle. You hear the authorities in Australia say here that they will think about it!! Dr. Campbell suspects thatsome of the thrombocytopenia we have seen may have been due to vaccines being injected into a vein in error. Here he nearly becomes catatonic. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis;Council, City; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; david pomaville;esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com;Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk;kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; newsdesk;news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry;VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Sect. of Ag. Milsack in SJ Valley Aug. 5, 2021 "We have to recog. climate change" Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 2:34:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2021 at 12:43 PM Subject: Sect. of Ag. Milsack in SJ Valley Aug. 5, 2021 "We have to recog. climate change"To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, August 6, 2021 The Sect. of Agriculture was here on Thursday, August 5, 2021, and he said that we have torecognize that the climate has changed and we have to figure out new ways to deal with that. So he went where, Yale? to figure that out to tell us? He gets a huge salary for being Sect. of Ag. and that is what he tells us? He merely sits around the big table in the Cabinet Room in the WH regularly talking tothe President, so an influencial guy. Relief promised for farmers during drought, U.S. Ag Secretary says in Fresno visit(kmph.com) Several years ago two female researchers at Stanford proposed this: Divert water out of the San Joaquin River in wet years out into big ponds, created on farm land by building bigberms to create the above-ground ponds. PAY the owner-farmer of that land for the crop production he loses on that land in those wet years. In dry years he could raise crops in there.There are even crops that can grow in standing water, grapes, I believe. Let the water perc into the vast aquifer under the San Joaquin Valley. The aquifer has a name. The water stays thereand would be available to be pumped out in years like this one. This would be a big project. Big ponds, big canals to get the water to the ponds from the river. One recent really wet year,around 2015- I'm guessing here- they said that trillions of gallons of water flowed out of the Sierra, down the San Joaaquin R. to the Delta and out to sea. This plan would have put much of it into our aquifer. I sent the article that Stanford put out about the proposal in an email,more than once. The idea went exactly no where. Never heard it even breathed in the media. So I just mention it again now that we really have our backs to the wall.. Stanford does not employ morons as professors. The idea was well researched. What is planned this time, now that zero water will be available to farmers here, is to goback ot pumping ground water. Wells 1500 feet deep have been used in the past for that. That has resulted in ground subsidence of as much as 30 feet, and one Fresno Bee article said that had even gotten into the west edge of the City of Fresno. If you house sags by one foot on one end, you'll have some bills to pay. What we hear in the report above is talk of money to help the situation. We need realsolutions, not just checks to farmers and cities. The solution proposed above would work, I think. Stanford's Noah Diffenbaugh, a big-gun climate researcher, has forecast little or nosnowpack in the Sierra by 2070. What H20 falls there, if any, will fall as rain and it will all be back in the ocean in very short order, wiping out a few towns with floods in the process, Iwould imagine. So diverting it out into big above-ground ponds and putting it into our aquifer would not only save it for ag and cities to use, it might also reduce catastrophic flooding in theSJ Valley. I hope that Congressman Jim Costa and Congressman David Valadeo both see this. $1 trilion for infrastructure is about to become available. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Charles WilsonTo:Council, CitySubject:Fwd: South Palo Alto Bike Plan ProposalDate:Monday, August 9, 2021 3:42:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Dear Palo Alto City Council, as a resident of East Meadow Drive for 41 years, I and my neighbors are very concerned with the proposed changes, as I explained in my following letter to the Palo Alto Weekly, which was published without the photos. I’m also concerned by the loss of parking for Mitchell Park events. I counted that 118 parking spots would be eliminated from the south side of E. Meadow Drive, from Ramona to Ross Rd. used for Mitchell Park events! This is nearly 1/3 of the Mitchell Park parking. I counted 177 spots in the lot accessed from E. Meadow and another 95 next to the library, accessed from Middlefield. 118 of 390 = 30% reduction in parking! This will discourage attending events at Mitchell Park by anyone other than locql residents. Is there a plan to build a parking garage at Mitchell Park? My letter to the Palo Alto Weekly: > The neighborhood’s primary objection to the proposed bikeway changes are due to SAFETY concerns! The Meadow residents, many of which are bikers, agree with the proposed changes to 5 of the 6 plan segments. They are only opposed to the proposed changes on E. Meadow from Middlefield to Louis. With the exception of the recently-added “too-small” round-about at Ross, THIS SEGMENT IS A SAFE BIKEWAY! Currently, there are wide bike lanes bordered by solid white lines to separate bikers from motorists and parking. With rare exception, cars park well withinthe solid white line minimizing the chance of “dooring” bikers.> > > > The round-about is too small for fire trucks and other long vehicles to make a left turn. The SERIOUS SAFETY problem is that white arrows in the bike path just before the round-about direct bikers into the motorist lane WITHOUT ANY WARNING, to bikers or motorists, that they are merging! This is “an accident waiting to happen”! > > > > Removing parking from the south side creates 2 additional safety problems:> > 1) It will double the cars on the north side, which students use in the morning going to school, when they are rushing to get to school on time. The change will significantly increase the number of car doors opening and cars backing and pulling out across the bike lane at this busy time!> > 2) Ramos Park is heavily used for young children due to the playground and after-school K-2 sports. The park doesn’t have a parking lot, so parents park on the south side, so their children don’t have to cross 4 lanes of bike & motorist traffic. Thus, removing south side parking WILL CREATE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY PROBLEM!> > Residents recommended 2 safety improvements:> > 1) Paint the bike lanes green with white bike stencils> 2) Remove the round-about> > It parents aren’t letting their children bike to school, I highly doubt if it is because of this segment!> > Best Regards,> > Chuck Wilson> 770 E. Meadow Drive> (650) 644-9991> > Sent from my iPhone From:Pamela Mayerfeld To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: South Palo Alto Bikeways Update: New Segment 4 Alternative with No Parking Lane Removal Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 2:19:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I am pleased with these proposed changes to the plan for segment 4, E Meadow Drive east ofMiddlefield. As mentioned multiple times in earlier discussions, this stretch works well as is. I do notbelieve the proposed car lane width reduction will be a problem whereas the elimination of parking wouldhave created a whole new set of problems and dangers: Inadequate parking in the area for visitors, workers, even residents in some sections (Especiallyas parking requirements are easing for new construction. The 2 houses across the street from usboth did garage conversions and usually park 4-5 cars each in front of their houses) Dangerous situations as pedestrians will park on the North side of the street and jaywalk toreach homes & Ramos Park More cars traveling & parking on Ross Road when going to Ramos Park, making it lessattractive for bicycles even though it's a "bike route" Dangerous situations as delivery trucks, trash vehicles, etc double park to access houses on theSouth side Dangerous situations as cars on the South side of the street pull out of their driveways andbicyclists think they have a clear path so don't watch for cars Thank you to the Office of Transportation, Planning Commission & City Council for listening to theneighborhood's concerns. Pam Mayerfeld890 E Meadow Dr Sent from my iPad Dear Palo Alto Community, South Palo Alto Bikeways map South Palo Alto Bikeways Project Segments on Fabian Way, the Waverley Path, and E. Meadow Drive On August 9, the Palo Alto City Council will consider moving forward with the South Palo Alto Bikeways Project initial concept plan. This project upgrades bicycle lanes to buffered lanes (with a wide striped area) or protected lanes (with a vertical barrier) where feasible so that there is more separation between those on bikes and moving or parked cars. Based on feedback from residents and the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC), the new recommendation in the Council staff report updates the concept plan regarding Segment 4 on E. Meadow Drive east of Middlefield Road. City staff are working with VTA to maintain grant funds for this bicycle lane upgrade project while addressing community concerns around parking removal on Segment 4. City staff believe they can be successful in modifying the grant requirements with VTA if there is community support for traffic calming and bicycle lane visibility treatments on this segment, including travel lane width reduction to 10 feet, green bike lane treatments at intersections, mid-block bike lane stencils, and other feasible traffic calming treatments. The parking lane reduction along Segment 4 is no longer proposed. The full recommendation proposes improvements by segment: 1. Waverely Multi-Use Path Alternative 2 - Widen towards either side of the path 2. Fabian Way – Protected bicycle lanes on both sides (requires travel lane reductions and addition of center turn lane) 3. E. Meadow Drive Segment 1 between E. Meadow Circle and Fabian Way – Standard bicycle lanes on both sides 4. E. Meadow Drive Segment 2 between Alma Street and Waverley Street – Protected bicycle lanes on both sides (requires removal of one parking lane) 5. E. Meadow Drive Segment 3 between Waverley Street and Middlefield Road – Protected bicycle lane on one side with buffered bicycle lane on the other side (requires removal of one parking lane) 6. E. Meadow Drive Segment 4 between Middlefield Road and E. Meadow Circle – Traffic calming and bicycle lane visibility treatments, including travel lane width reduction from 11 to 10 feet and retaining both parking lanes in this segment. As this project is still early in the design phase, additional treatments on all project segments could be suggested by the public in upcoming community engagement opportunities if Council moves the project forward on August 9. If you would like to send comments to the City Council related to this project before their August 9 meeting, please send them to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org. Project details, including webinar presentations and videos, can be accessed on the project website. 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This email was sent to mysemite@yahoo.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: City ofPalo Alto · 250 Hamilton Ave · Palo Alto, CA 94301 · 650-329-2100 From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; Council, City; Chris Field;Cathy Lewis; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; david pomaville;esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net;grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo;hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager;Mark Standriff; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino;russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021- Fauci warns more SEVERE variant could emerge. Important Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 1:55:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 11:07 AM Subject: Fwd: Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021- Fauci warns more SEVERE variant could emerge.Important To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 10:27 AM Subject: Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021- Fauci warns more SEVERE variant could emerge. ImportantTo: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Thursday, August 5, 2021 To all- Important article. With nearly 100 million people in the US unvaccinated, the Covid virus keeps circulating. Toss in most of seven billion people in the world, and itreally keeps circulating. As it does, it keeps reproducing, and when it does that, mutations can occur. That is how we get variants, and here, Dr. Fauci say that the US could be "in trouble" ifa new variant overtakes Delta, which already has a viral load 1,000 times higher than the original Covid strain: Fauci warns more severe Covid variant could emerge as U.S. cases near 100,000 daily(cnbc.com) Also, a booster from Moderna is discussed, but not by Dr.Fauci. Other experts chime in: As long as the virus is circulating, new variants will emerge. Not could, will. It is also in the news today that Moderna says that its vaccine is still 90% effective six months after the second shot. Pfizer reports a similar outcome. Israel and Germany are offering booster shots to those over 60 or with co-morbidities.Pfizer is calling for a booster shot campaign. AND the WHO is calling on richer countries NOT to do booster shots now. That would reduce supply of vaccine for the first two shotsworld-wide, is their thinking. Here, debate is underway in Deutschland re getting tough on the unvaccinated. New restrictions just on them. Restaurants, hair salons, sporting events, etc. could be off-limits tothem, starting in September, 2021. Die Kanzlerin favors urging vaccination as the continuing policy instead. Germany Covid: The unvaccinated could face new restrictions for winter (cnbc.com) So even with Moderna, immunity does fade measureably over six months. About thesame for Pfizer. How fast it fades is a function of how short the time was between the two shots you got. Israel spaced them three weeks apart, and they see immunity in the fullyvaccinated waning. The US used four weeks and we too see immunity fading. You keep yourimmunity to severe disease in those cases, and we do not know for how long, but you startto lose immunity to the less threatening asymptomatic and symptomatic disease over some months after your second shot. In the UK, they used a 12 week gap between shots and theysee little decline in immunity in the doubly vaccinated, so far. Question for Dr. Fauci: Will immunity to the more serous complications inthe fully vaccinated also wane at some time in the foreseeable future? Thosecomplications being hospitalization, ICU, ventilator and death. Perhaps the "cellular immune system"- T cells, B cells, natural killer cells, certain bone marrow cells, providesgood protection for a long time after immunity to the milder infection wanes. And then Dr. Fauci, et. al., worry that a new, far more dangerous variant could emege. The more people who are vaccinated, the less the risk of that happening. Theunvaccinated, both inside and outside of the USA, are a "breeding ground" for new variants. Dr. Campbell in the UK has said repeatedly that we were lucky this time. We wiil get futureviral pandemics, and we could get one as transmissible as chicken pox and as deadly as ebola. Have a good weekend. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Swirl WorksTo:Council, CitySubject:Get Creative Before the Summer Runs Out!Date:Wednesday, August 11, 2021 10:53:42 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Hi , Can you believe how quickly the summer went? Seems like yesterday we were announcing our summer schedule and this weekend are our last few summer sessions - and they are filling up quickly. There are still a few spots for our last Oil Painting and Calligraphysession of the summer - so bring your creative enthusiasm and curiosity and join us this Saturday for an oil painting or a calligraphy session and use the code LASTDAYSOFSUMMER30 for 30% off your session. Pointed Pen Calligraphy Join us Saturday, August 14th, for ourCalligraphy workshop where you will learnthe basic strokes, letters, and even addyour own personal touches creating aunique style!! 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Unsubscribe. 75 Arbor Rd, Menlo Park, CA 94025 From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Kerry Federer Subject:Hello Dear Mirror: $500 Trillion Lawsuit against the FEDERAL GOVT and over 140 MONOPOLISTS - Robert David Steele Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 10:01:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Mirror: $500 Trillion Lawsuit against the FEDERAL GOVT and over 140 MONOPOLISTS - Robert David Steele Đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem Mirror: $500 Trillion Lawsuit against the FEDERALGOVT and over 140 MONO... WATCH NOW Đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem Xem bài viết, ảnh và nội dung khác trên Facebook. From:Yahoo Mail.® To:Honky Subject:IN A NUTSHELL IT IS WHAT IT IS AND IT IS WHAT IS MASQUERADING AS OUR GOVERNMENT Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 6:50:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 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Senator Rand Paul, Do Not Comply Dr. Destroys the Entire COVID Narrative https://www.facebook.com/joanne.vasiliadis/posts/10216258435371988 Senator Rand Paul, Do Not Comply Source ishttps://gab.com/JovanHuttonPulitzer/posts/106723530274680184 Dr. Destroys the Entire COVID Narrative Doctor refutes mainstream media, CDC and NIH talking points andtreatment of COVID. References from the video... From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:Item 5: 505 E. Charleston--Appeal of Director"s Approval Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 3:38:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council Members, Though I have supported the approved use of the Unitarian Church parking lot space that will be discussed tonight, I think the request for background checks is reasonable and prudent, given the site’s proximity to sensitive abutting facilities. The City could fund and implement the background check to preserve privacy of the new residents and to help the church that has generously offered their space for this purpose. Please consider the context Stevenson House’s outdoor seating areas and gardens are connected to the Unitarian Church parking lot by a footbridge. Further, the gate to a multi-use path that hundreds of children use each day to commute independently to Mitchell Park and multiple PAUSD schools and the Magical Bridge playground connects to the other side of the church parking lot. Caution is warranted here. Safety for future car residents Car residents themselves might be more comfortable knowing that their car neighbors have been background checked. During the short time when Cubberley was being used by car campers, there were problems with some car residents yelling at kids walking to and through the campus. (Other car residents were quite peaceful). Violence between car campers broke out twice that I know of. Some of the more peaceful residents there expressed fear about the troublemakers. There were a number of behavior problems—drug use and one man who exposed himself to children walking through the community campus to programs. Background checks might have helped to avert the incidents that mobilized opposition. The city is trying something new at the Unitarian Church. Careful execution of the plan will help to insure success. Background checks are common practice Background checks are common procedure these days when we rent an apartment or get a new job or apply for a mortgage. This is widespread practice and it seems reasonable to ask for it in this case. Stevenson House (an affordable apartment complex for seniors next to the church) would not be appealing the parking use of the lot if background checks were being done. Let’s please not turn this into a pro-housing vs. anti-housing battle. This is about implementing common practices that insure safety for everyone in a place where safety matters a lot, given the existing nearby uses and the vulnerability of the parking lot residents themselves. Stevenson House made an effort to work with the Unitarian Church and they could not come to a solution. That is unfortunate because it left appeal as the only remaining tool to get Council’s attention to this matter. A possible solution Please carefully consider having the city do the requested background checks to facilitate successful rollout of this program. Thank you for considering my comments. Sincerely, Penny Ellson Virus-free. www.avg.com From:Kenneth Fehl To:Council, City Subject:Item 12 - Bike Plan - Segment 4 Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 4:32:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Good afternoon: We are concerned that the council may be reviewing an outdated staff report for consideration of the bike plan for East Meadow Drive. At our meeting with Councilman Tanaka this afternoon, he was unaware of the changes to the staff report as outlined in city of Palo Alto email dated July 30, 2021 which emphasized in bold language that the report had been change to permit parking on both sides of the street along Segment 4 of East Meadow. The staff report which Mr. Tanaka said was before the council for consideration tomorrow did not incorporate the changes described in the city’s email. Further, the email added a new feature of “traffic calming” which was not part of the original staff report, nor was it ever mentioned at the impromptu neighborhood meeting in Ramos Park on July 9, 2021 with Sylvia Star-lack. No one knows what is meant by “traffic calming” since it was never discussed. Moreover, the Fire Station located at East Meadow Drive and Middlefield Road uses Segment 4 as a main thoroughfare for fire trucks and EMTs for Louis Road and, I believe, the JCC. I would not want the City to in any way impede and delay emergency response time with unspecified “traffic calming” measures. Thank you for your consideration. Respectfully submitted, /s/ Kenneth P. Fehl 736 East Meadow Drive 650-856-3440 Sent from my iPad From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:Item 12: Review South Palo Alto Bikeways Phase I Community Feedback & Concept Plan Options Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 3:50:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Council Members, Some comments and questions for tonight—Item 12: South Palo Alto Bikeways: 1). Please support staff’s recommendation to move the concept plans forward to the next phase, including the new recommendations staff has made in response to the PTC’s and East Meadow neighbors’ comments. 2). I’m glad the Waverley bike path will be repaired and brought up to current standards. Its substandard width, cracked and uneven pavement, obstacles and handlebar-grabbing fence are hazardous and inadequate to carry the volume of today’s commuters to JLS (70% in 2019 vs. 16% in 2000). Question: How can engineers make the Waverley bike path connection to the busy East Meadow/Waverley intersection more clear and safe in their design work? Currently, getting on and off the path at East Meadow presents challenges for less experienced riders. Northbound bicyclists spill from the path into the west side of the intersection, encouraging dangerous wrong way riding through the busy intersection. During school commute time, a crossing guard controls an all-way stop signal that manages this, but the rest of the day (after-school activity commutes and other times) this is a problem area. Getting into and out of the path at E. Meadow is challenging from some directions and needs design improvement to make it more clear to cyclists and drivers what to do and what to expect. 3). E. Meadow Segment 4—PTC recommended a revised solution that “…omits or mitigates the proposed loss of estimated 80 parking spaces…” Staff has offered a compromise solution in this report in the form of bike lane visibility and traffic calming improvements. This compromise, unfortunately, will leave the dooring hazard in place. I don’t argue against the compromise, but I ask council members who care about student safety to please use this meeting as a teachable moment. It’s important that the neighborhood drivers understand that choosing not to give up parking means there won’t be room for bicyclists to avoid a sudden door swinging open without unexpectedly taking a lane. Please use this moment to teach drivers in the meeting about a simple habit that is taught to all drivers in the Netherlands to help mitigate dooring hazard-- the “Dutch reach.” See https://www.dutchreach.org/ Please ask the press to include this information in their news report about the meeting. This is something adult drivers can do to make a difference for the safety of bicyclists, especially young people who have less experience on the road. Publicly sharing this information won’t completely eliminate the dooring hazard, but it will help. 4). At the PTC meeting, some residents stated that bike accidents on East Meadow are not a problem, based on their anecdotal observations as neighbors. The TIMS 2015-2020 injury accident data on page 19 does not support this. “ …there were 13 collisions involving bicycles and 3 collisions involving pedestrians along East Meadow Drive. Of these 16 collisions, there was 1 severely injured, 10 with visible injuries, and 5 with complaint of pain.” That amounts to slightly more than 3 injury collisions/per year, an unacceptable number on a school commute route. Note: TIMS data only counts reported injury accidents. TIMS does not count unreported crashes or reported crashes where no one is injured. Whether or not cyclists are injured, the experience of being hit is a deterrent to cycling for the victim and for anyone who else observes the incident. 5). Traffic, Speed and Parking Data—The most current data in these reports was collected during Covid. Covid ADV data appears to be about 30-50% lower than normal, depending on the location (which staff acknowledges in the report)—not useful for planning purposes. I suspect the parking and speed data have similar problems related to much lower Covid traffic volumes overall. Many of the facilities on these routes have been closed or underused during Covid. Good data informs good design work. Replacing the Covid data to inform the next phase of planning work will be very important. 6). Fabian Way Comments: I suspect the parking, traffic and speed studies are going to be very illuminating for this route. Currently, bike counts on Fabian Way are pretty low because the route, frankly, is truly awful for bikes. During more normal times Fabian Way feels dangerous to bicyclists— even to me—and I am not afraid to bike in traffic. Speeds are high (though it’s posted 30mph, it feels like a lot of the traffic moves closer to 35 or higher), the bike lanes are encroached on in many locations by parked vehicles, so bicyclists frequently have to take a lane. The potential for dooring is high because a number of the parked vehicles are trucks and vans with poor visibility into the cab. This is a street that normal, non-pandemic-affected data will likely make clear is an excellent candidate for a road diet and, maybe, protected bike lanes. Many hundreds of units of housing have been built in the Fabian Way area over the last twenty years —so Fabian Way is now a school route and no traffic safety work has been done to this road yet. Surveyed parents made clear that protected bike lanes would enable them to try biking to school. Further, the new bike bridge (hurray!) will be much more useful with great connections to jobs and housing in south Palo Alto. This segment work is overdue. This is an important project to optimize usefulness of the bike bridge for regional bike commuters, and recreational walkers and bikers who enjoy the bay trails. Please support staff’s recommendations and move these concepts to the next phase of development. Thank you for your service and for considering my comments. Sincerely, Penny Ellson Virus-free. www.avg.com From:Kiran Khush To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 5:17:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto I strongly support open streets- better for businesses and better for customers. Kiran Khush Sent from my iPhone From:Manu Navjeevan To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 6:26:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto This part above was a copy and paste message from a QR code, I personally would use calmer language. But I do think it’d be good to keep the streets open. Thanks, Manu From:Jaya Pandey To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 6:25:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Thanks, Jaya Sent from my iPhone From:Caryn Quist To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 4:58:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Aresident of Palo Alto From:Kimia Khatami To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 4:28:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City council, I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! This has trulychanged our whole experience!!!! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto From:hastiafs@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 4:27:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Gal Gavish To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 3:55:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, andclosed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A visitor of Palo Alto From:lauren thinkgardens.net To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 2:12:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It’s good for the citizens, and good for guests. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Lauren, Richard & John Burton Residents of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Isa Ontiveros To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 1:31:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Aresident of Palo Alto From:Natasha C To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 1:03:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Alissa Ford To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 12:38:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto From:Marco Cesarano To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 12:36:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Face Savant To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 12:36:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Alissa Ford To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 12:35:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto From:Andrew Delgado To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 10:00:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto From:Anu Bhambri To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 6:55:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Thanks, Anu Bhambri (425)681-1491 ROOH From:Alberto Diaz To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 5:41:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone Alberto Diaz-Cayeros Senior Fellow Center on Democracy, Development and Rule of Law Director Center for Latin American Studies Stanford University From:Ken Horowitz To:Council, City Cc:Ken Horowitz Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 5:32:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed toautomobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life!Walking is good for our residents health. At least consider to close sections of it on weekends. Sincerely,Ken Horowitz525 Homer AvePalo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Delaney Kerkhof To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 4:50:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! I’ve loved being able to work outside Coupa Cafe in the sunshine every weekend. Sincerely, Delaney kerkhof A resident of Palo Alto From:Hossein Namazi To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 10:35:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Aresident of Palo Alto From:Carolyn Risoli To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 8:27:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Best regards , Carolyn Carolyn Risoli 917-734-9721 From:Vit Goncharuk To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 6:37:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Vitaliy Goncharuk Sent from my iPhone From:oren zeev To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 6:33:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Oren Zeev A resident of Palo Alto From:Hagit Zeev To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 6:33:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Sonya Hanna To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 1:37:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make California Avenue, University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Sonya Hanna A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Brandy Olsen To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 1:37:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I, BRANDY OLSEN, urge you to make CAL AVE, University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Stephanie Compton To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 1:29:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ We love this outdoor lifestyle! I urge you to make California Ave, University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Stephanie Compton A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Jeremy Thompson To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 10:12:48 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto From:Dr. Marina Martin To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 4:05:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life and adds so much to our city!! Sincerely, Marina Martin 940 Scott St, Palo Alto 94301 From:laura@sardina.com To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 8:56:06 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Louis Monier To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Wednesday, August 4, 2021 5:08:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Paulina Mashnik-Myung To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Wednesday, August 4, 2021 4:06:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, A resident of Palo Alto Sent from my iPhone From:Mary Rye To:Council, City Subject:Let"s keep our car(e)free space! Date:Wednesday, August 11, 2021 9:19:50 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to make University Avenue and Ramona Street open for pedestrians and bicycles, and closed to automobiles, PERMANENTLY. It's a matter of quality of life! Sincerely, Mary Rye A resident of Palo Alto Mary Rye Email: marycrye@me.com From:President LWVPaloAlto To:Council, City Subject:LWV Palo Alto comment on Agenda item 13 Homelessness and Temp Housing Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 12:23:23 PM Attachments:LWVPA CC Agenda item 13, Homelessness and Temp Housing.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Please find our attached letter in support of Agenda Item 13 Homelessness and Temp Housingalternatives attached. Liz Kniss, President Contents of letter: August 6, 2021 RE: Agenda Item 13, Homelessness policies/Supportive Interim Housing Action Items Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice Mayor Burt and City Council, The League of Women Voters of Palo Alto follows the United States League policies and programs to prevent or reduce poverty and to promote self-sufficiency for individuals and families. We believe that every American family is entitled to a decent home and a suitable living environment. Therefore, the Palo Alto League urges the Council to pass a resolution supporting the Santa Clara County Community Plan to End Homelessness. Our city's homeless count is now over 300 individuals and families. Additionally, we urge Council to direct staff to establish a public-private partnership for a Supportive Interim Housing site in Palo Alto using HomeKey funding, including consideration of the abandoned water treatment site off San Antonio Road. An executive summary of the program can be found here:https://www.lifemoves.org/wp- content/uploads/2021/05/LifeMoves-Playbook-Supportive-Interim-Housing-1.pdf. Thank you, Liz Kniss President From:Jody Preisner To:Council, City Subject:Lydia Kou - Palo Alto City Council: Call this afternoon? Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 8:16:51 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi there. How is your day? Thought I’d pop by and quickly ask something… If I was able to help cut Lydia Kou - Palo Alto City Council’s telecom bill by as much as45% (industry-leading platform with video, mobile apps, messaging & more), would you beopen to a brief call to explore? If YES – Reply with your best direct # to reach (also include the number of users at your company) If NO – Just shoot me a reply and tell me “no thanks” and I won’t bug you again. Thanks! Jody Preisner Branchmobiles Respond ““DISCONTINUE” if you don’t find this relevant and would like us to discontinuefollowing up \aS'V40hUvgXn*cbNNz3HvAtFdwd`Vto?y6@9Lhj8:JpQ,F&1P]L+xyv)fZfCoWqw'nBqO5- p<-r4E)(iR*Ncz\xah= From:Aram James To:Sajid@votesajid.com; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Jay Boyarsky; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; WinterDellenbach; Raj; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; james pitkin; Jeff Moore; Council, City; Greer Stone; Tanaka,Greg; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; chuck jagoda;michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Molly; Stump, Molly; David Angel; Tanaka, Greg Subject:My letter to DA George Kennedy and DA Sinunu circa 2005 re why the cop beating case of Palo Alto resident Albert Hopkins should be retried ( From the archives of Aram James) Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 2:12:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI: From the archives of Aram James( see letter below from 2005. Has anything changed( since 2005) re the willingness to charge bad cops with current DA JeffRosen’s administration? You be the judge. The race for District Attorney in 2022 will nowinclude a challenger, currently a deputy public defender, Sajid Khan. We need to play close attention to this important race that will do much to determine thequality of justice, racial fairness, due process and equal protection, delivered by the criminaljustice systemin Santa Clara County. I intend to vote for the candidate most willing to take on the serious challenge of ending massincarceration in our county. The candidate who is unafraid to prosecute police officers withthe same resources, energy, passion, and equal protection of the law that is currently applied inthe daily prosecution of ordinary community members charged with crimes. We must insist the candidates bring their voices, their debates, on the critical criminal justiceissues of the day… to all corners of Santa Clara County including Palo Alto. Let the debates begin. The election of our next District Attorney in Santa Clara County willdetermine the quality of justice delivered to all of us for years to come. Please pay carefulattention to this critical campaign and make certain to vote on Election Day. Aram James 5/3/2005 To: District Attorney George Kennedy & Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu Re: Request that your office retry the criminal case against Palo Alto officers Craig Lee and Michael Kan Dear Mr. George Kennedy & Ms. Karyn Sinunu: I am writing to you to request that your office retry the criminal case against Palo Alto police officers Michael Kan and Craig Lee. I would like to make some observations and comments regarding the recently completed trial in this matter wherein the jury ultimately hung 8 to 4 for guilty. I would then like to comment on the importance of this case being retried. I hope you will consider all of my comments in the constructive manner in which they are intended. Comments re the recently completed trial of Defendants Kan & Lee First I think it is important to acknowledge the fine work performed during the course of all of the proceedings in this matter by Deputy District Attorney Peter Waite. Not only was his preparation and presentation of the case outstanding, but it was apparent that his confidence in the strength of the case grew as the matter proceeded. No doubt the case was not tried without some mistakes and at least one questionable judgment call, but, given all of the many pressures and roles being balanced, it was an outstanding job. By the time the case went to the jury it was my observation/opinion that Mr. Waite had out performed the very talented attorneys for the defendants. (I sat through the entire PX and trial in this matter.) From the perspective of a former public defender and trial lawyer it was clear to me that Mr. Waite and his investigative team (Sgt. Mike Denson and Sgt. Ron Watson from the PAPD) left few stones unturned in an effort to assure that the prosecution in this matter was both professionally managed and aggressively pursued. I had no sense during the trial of this matter, despite the obvious political pressures and ramifications for the entire prosecution team, that at anytime that the prosecution team treated this case lightly or in any fashion differently than any other serious felony matter. Finally, Mr. Waite, in an example that more public servants should model, made himself available to members of the public who had endless questions for and observations to share with him. During the jury selection process in this case Mr. Waite’s questions and the nature of the responses by prospective jurors re the role of race, racial profiling, the right of citizens to be free of undue and unwarranted harassment by the police etc., were both fascinating and instructive re the current public mood towards law enforcement. Had the voir dire process been taped it would have made a provocative documentary on the current status of the relationship between law enforcement and the community. As indicated by the responses during voir dire, as it currently stands, the relationship appears tenuous at best. There were numerous jurors who expressed just barely restrained anger re the recent killing of Bic Cau Tran by San Jose police officer Chad Marshall and similarly deep concern re other recent high profile killings by members of the SJPD. What came across strongest from the jury selection process is that both the depth and width of anger and concern over misconduct by law enforcement in this county is much greater than reflected by the mainstream media in Santa Clara County. Whereas the conventional wisdom has been that police cases are hard to successfully prosecute in this county the current dynamically shifting demographics, combined with a well informed citizenry re police misconduct issues, may well have changed the landscape permanently. Given the above, it would appear that police prosecutions are much more like to be successful in this county now and in the future. During the course of the jury selection the defense exercised a peremptory challenge against the one black female who made it into the jury box. Given the quality of her responses to the questions posed by attorneys for both sides it was clear that this prospective juror was totally free of bias for either side. Despite the fact that Mr. Waite made an appropriate Batson/Wheeler objection that the defense, specifically attorney Harry Stern, had exercised the challenge in a in a racially discriminatory fashion the judge, Andrea Bryan, declined to ask defense council for a showing of specific bias (to establish a race–neutral reasons for the strike) or to find a prima facie case for requiring a response by the defense. The judge should have reseated the juror in the presence of the entire panel as a clear message to the defense that the racist removal of a fair-minded juror would not be tolerated. (Case law clearly supports the notion that one race based peremptory challenge is sufficient to trigger the remedies contemplated by Batson/Wheeler and its descendants.) Given that only three African-Americans were in the initial jury panel of approximately 160 perspective jurors called for in this case, there is little doubt that the discriminatory strike of the one black female to make it into the jury box denied the people a jury made up of a cross-section of the community and thus a fair trial. The following quotes serve as a reminder of the impact of a discriminatory challenge based on race in the context of this case: … “The harm from discriminatory jury selection extends beyond that inflicted on the defendant and the excluded juror to touch the entire community.” Batson V. Kentucky, 476 U.S, at 77 (1986). “The need for public confidence is especially high in cases involving race- related crimes. In such cases, emotions in the affected community will inevitably be heated and volatile. Public confidence in the integrity of the criminal justice system is essential for preserving community peace in trials involving race related crimes.” (Citations omitted). Finally, as to Judge Bryan’s role in denying the community a fair trial the following is pertinent: “Be it at the hands of the state or the defense, if a court allows the juror to be excluded because of group bias, it is a willing participant in a scheme that could only undermine the very foundation of our system of justice—our citizens’ ” (citations omitted). In addition to the failure of Judge Andrea Bryan to perform her constitutional responsibility to insure the selection of a fair jury in this matter it was apparent that the court allowed the atmosphere surrounding the trial to favor the defense. Not only did the court appear to bend over backwards to rule in favor of the defense on issues where you would normally not expect such favorable rulings, but the court personnel, including the bailiffs, routinely acted with favoritism to members of law enforcement. This included providing preferential seating in the courtroom to members of law enforcement, to allowing outbursts by law enforcement spectators to go unpunished while, at the same time, closely monitoring the conduct of non-law enforcement citizens in the courtroom to the point of a constitutional chill on access. Despite all of the efforts by the court and its personnel to tamper with the jury selection, evidentiary rulings, deny equal access to the courtroom to the public versus members of law enforcement, all in a thinly veiled attempt to direct a verdict of acquittal, 8 members of the community still rendered a verdict of guilty refusing, in the greatest tradition of independent jurors, to buckle under the weight of the intimidating atmosphere allowed to exist by Judge Andrea Bryan. All of this speaks volumes re the strength of the evidence in this case and the fine job done by the prosecution team. Despite the fact that only 8 of the 12 jurors in this case voted for guilty the verdict was still one of historic proportions in Santa Clara County. I know of no other case in recent Santa Clara County history where 8 jurors have voted to convict police officers for the beating of an African- American citizen. This result calls out for a retrial. Conclusion re why case should be retried. Community sentiment: I have enclosed an editorial from the Palo Alto Daily News, Accused officers should be retried, April 20, 2005, outlining some of the reasons why this case should be retried and encouraging your office to do so, both in the interest of the Palo Alto Police Department and the Community at large. Given the statements attributed to Karyn Sinunu in the San Jose Mercury News (enclosed), (April 19, 2005), that the district attorney usually retries hung juries and given that in this case 8 citizens voted for guilty under the difficult conditions described in the first section of this letter, failure to do so in this case would feed into the perception that there is two standards of justice in this community, one for the ordinary citizen and one for police officers. Given comments in a recent article in The Recorder, April 27, 2005, that there will be a chase for endorsements by police and law enforcement groups by the presumed candidates for District Attorney in 2006, and given Ms. Sinunu’s apparent intent to run for this position, failure to retry this case might well be seen as decision based on political expediency rather than the merits of retying this case. It is clear that this case would likely not have come to light but for the courageous act of a few “whistle blowing” members of the PAPD willing to break down the traditional “code of silence” that so perniciously permeates much of law enforcement in this community. By the jury’s verdict in this case the community has spoken: it is time, once and for all, to send the message that the so-called “code of silence” will not longer be tolerated by those we entrust with the awesome power of the badge. Failure to retry this case would discourage officers in the future to speak out against rogue officers in their ranks and, as result, put the public at risk of more unwarranted beatings and deaths. Given all of the above, the strength of the evidence presented in the first trial, the resources and efforts expended by the prosecution, the strong likelihood of a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt at a second trial, the efforts of the trial judge to sabotage the prosecution’s case in the first trial, and the strong public support for a retrial in this matter it is my request that you exercise your prosecutorial discretion in favor of a retrial in this case. Sincerely, Aram James Citizen Advocate From:Aram James To:Sajid@votesajid.com; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org;Human Relations Commission; Greer Stone; Steven D. Lee; Raven Malone; Rebecca Eisenberg; Nicholas Chan;Council, City; alisa mallari tu; Roberta Ahlquist; Richard Konda; melissa caswell; gmah@sccoe.org; Dave Price;Emily Mibach Subject:My letter to DA George Kennedy and DA Sinunu circa 2005 re why the cop beating case of Palo Alto resident Albert Hopkins should be retried ( From the archives of Aram James) Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 2:20:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI: From the archives of Aram James( see letter below from 2005. Has anything changed( since 2005) re the willingness to charge bad cops withcurrent DA Jeff Rosen’s administration? You be the judge. The race for DistrictAttorney in 2022 will now include a challenger, currently a deputy publicdefender, Sajid Khan. We need to play close attention to this important race that will do much todetermine the quality of justice, racial fairness, due process and equal protection,delivered by the criminal justice systemin Santa Clara County. I intend to vote for the candidate most willing to take on the serious challenge ofending mass incarceration in our county. The candidate who is unafraid toprosecute police officers with the same resources, energy, passion, and equalprotection of the law that is currently applied in the daily prosecution of ordinarycommunity members charged with crimes. We must insist the candidates bring their voices, their debates, on the criticalcriminal justice issues of the day… to all corners of Santa Clara County includingPalo Alto. Let the debates begin. The election of our next District Attorney in Santa ClaraCounty will determine the quality of justice delivered to all of us for years tocome. Please pay careful attention to this critical campaign and make certain tovote on Election Day. Aram James 5/3/2005 To: District Attorney George Kennedy & Assistant District Attorney Karyn Sinunu Re: Request that your office retry the criminal case against Palo Alto officers Craig Lee and Michael Kan Dear Mr. George Kennedy & Ms. Karyn Sinunu: I am writing to you to request that your office retry the criminal case against Palo Alto police officers Michael Kan and Craig Lee. I would like to make some observations and comments regarding the recently completed trial in this matter wherein the jury ultimately hung 8 to 4 for guilty. I would then like to comment on the importance of this case being retried. I hope you will consider all of my comments in the constructive manner in which they are intended. Comments re the recently completed trial of Defendants Kan & Lee First I think it is important to acknowledge the fine work performed during the course of all of the proceedings in this matter by Deputy District Attorney Peter Waite. Not only was his preparation and presentation of the case outstanding, but it was apparent that his confidence in the strength of the case grew as the matter proceeded. No doubt the case was not tried without some mistakes and at least one questionable judgment call, but, given all of the many pressures and roles being balanced, it was an outstanding job. By the time the case went to the jury it was my observation/opinion that Mr. Waite had out performed the very talented attorneys for the defendants. (I sat through the entire PX and trial in this matter.) From the perspective of a former public defender and trial lawyer it was clear to me that Mr. Waite and his investigative team (Sgt. Mike Denson and Sgt. Ron Watson from the PAPD) left few stones unturned in an effort to assure that the prosecution in this matter was both professionally managed and aggressively pursued. I had no sense during the trial of this matter, despite the obvious political pressures and ramifications for the entire prosecution team, that at anytime that the prosecution team treated this case lightly or in any fashion differently than any other serious felony matter. Finally, Mr. Waite, in an example that more public servants should model, made himself available to members of the public who had endless questions for and observations to share with him. During the jury selection process in this case Mr. Waite’s questions and the nature of the responses by prospective jurors re the role of race, racial profiling, the right of citizens to be free of undue and unwarranted harassment by the police etc., were both fascinating and instructive re the current public mood towards law enforcement. Had the voir dire process been taped it would have made a provocative documentary on the current status of the relationship between law enforcement and the community. As indicated by the responses during voir dire, as it currently stands, the relationship appears tenuous at best. There were numerous jurors who expressed just barely restrained anger re the recent killing of Bic Cau Tran by San Jose police officer Chad Marshall and similarly deep concern re other recent high profile killings by members of the SJPD. What came across strongest from the jury selection process is that both the depth and width of anger and concern over misconduct by law enforcement in this county is much greater than reflected by the mainstream media in Santa Clara County. Whereas the conventional wisdom has been that police cases are hard to successfully prosecute in this county the current dynamically shifting demographics, combined with a well informed citizenry re police misconduct issues, may well have changed the landscape permanently. Given the above, it would appear that police prosecutions are much more like to be successful in this county now and in the future. During the course of the jury selection the defense exercised a peremptory challenge against the one black female who made it into the jury box. Given the quality of her responses to the questions posed by attorneys for both sides it was clear that this prospective juror was totally free of bias for either side. Despite the fact that Mr. Waite made an appropriate Batson/Wheeler objection that the defense, specifically attorney Harry Stern, had exercised the challenge in a in a racially discriminatory fashion the judge, Andrea Bryan, declined to ask defense council for a showing of specific bias (to establish a race–neutral reasons for the strike) or to find a prima facie case for requiring a response by the defense. The judge should have reseated the juror in the presence of the entire panel as a clear message to the defense that the racist removal of a fair-minded juror would not be tolerated. (Case law clearly supports the notion that one race based peremptory challenge is sufficient to trigger the remedies contemplated by Batson/Wheeler and its descendants.) Given that only three African-Americans were in the initial jury panel of approximately 160 perspective jurors called for in this case, there is little doubt that the discriminatory strike of the one black female to make it into the jury box denied the people a jury made up of a cross-section of the community and thus a fair trial. The following quotes serve as a reminder of the impact of a discriminatory challenge based on race in the context of this case: … “The harm from discriminatory jury selection extends beyond that inflicted on the defendant and the excluded juror to touch the entire community.” Batson V. Kentucky, 476 U.S, at 77 (1986). “The need for public confidence is especially high in cases involving race-related crimes. In such cases, emotions in the affected community will inevitably be heated and volatile. Public confidence in the integrity of the criminal justice system is essential for preserving community peace in trials involving race related crimes.” (Citations omitted). Finally, as to Judge Bryan’s role in denying the community a fair trial the following is pertinent: “Be it at the hands of the state or the defense, if a court allows the juror to be excluded because of group bias, it is a willing participant in a scheme that could only undermine the very foundation of our system of justice— our citizens’ ” (citations omitted). In addition to the failure of Judge Andrea Bryan to perform her constitutional responsibility to insure the selection of a fair jury in this matter it was apparent that the court allowed the atmosphere surrounding the trial to favor the defense. Not only did the court appear to bend over backwards to rule in favor of the defense on issues where you would normally not expect such favorable rulings, but the court personnel, including the bailiffs, routinely acted with favoritism to members of law enforcement. This included providing preferential seating in the courtroom to members of law enforcement, to allowing outbursts by law enforcement spectators to go unpunished while, at the same time, closely monitoring the conduct of non-law enforcement citizens in the courtroom to the point of a constitutional chill on access. Despite all of the efforts by the court and its personnel to tamper with the jury selection, evidentiary rulings, deny equal access to the courtroom to the public versus members of law enforcement, all in a thinly veiled attempt to direct a verdict of acquittal, 8 members of the community still rendered a verdict of guilty refusing, in the greatest tradition of independent jurors, to buckle under the weight of the intimidating atmosphere allowed to exist by Judge Andrea Bryan. All of this speaks volumes re the strength of the evidence in this case and the fine job done by the prosecution team. Despite the fact that only 8 of the 12 jurors in this case voted for guilty the verdict was still one of historic proportions in Santa Clara County. I know of no other case in recent Santa Clara County history where 8 jurors have voted to convict police officers for the beating of an African-American citizen. This result calls out for a retrial. Conclusion re why case should be retried. Community sentiment: I have enclosed an editorial from the Palo Alto Daily News, Accused officers should be retried, April 20, 2005, outlining some of the reasons why this case should be retried and encouraging your office to do so, both in the interest of the Palo Alto Police Department and the Community at large. Given the statements attributed to Karyn Sinunu in the San Jose Mercury News (enclosed), (April 19, 2005), that the district attorney usually retries hung juries and given that in this case 8 citizens voted for guilty under the difficult conditions described in the first section of this letter, failure to do so in this case would feed into the perception that there is two standards of justice in this community, one for the ordinary citizen and one for police officers. Given comments in a recent article in The Recorder, April 27, 2005, that there will be a chase for endorsements by police and law enforcement groups by the presumed candidates for District Attorney in 2006, and given Ms. Sinunu’s apparent intent to run for this position, failure to retry this case might well be seen as decision based on political expediency rather than the merits of retying this case. It is clear that this case would likely not have come to light but for the courageous act of a few “whistle blowing” members of the PAPD willing to break down the traditional “code of silence” that so perniciously permeates much of law enforcement in this community. By the jury’s verdict in this case the community has spoken: it is time, once and for all, to send the message that the so-called “code of silence” will not longer be tolerated by those we entrust with the awesome power of the badge. Failure to retry this case would discourage officers in the future to speak out against rogue officers in their ranks and, as result, put the public at risk of more unwarranted beatings and deaths. Given all of the above, the strength of the evidence presented in the first trial, the resources and efforts expended by the prosecution, the strong likelihood of a conviction beyond a reasonable doubt at a second trial, the efforts of the trial judge to sabotage the prosecution’s case in the first trial, and the strong public support for a retrial in this matter it is my request that you exercise your prosecutorial discretion in favor of a retrial in this case. Sincerely, Aram James Citizen Advocate Now Available: Free Registration From:DylanTo:Council, CitySubject:Now Available For Next 24 Hours: 100 Free TicketsDate:Friday, August 6, 2021 11:58:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. 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I urge you and the entire council to quickly adopt a strong policy for employee vaccination with exceptions only for medical or religious reasons. If you havequestions, call me but there are many local experts with far better political and clinical information. Kudos to PA Fire Department and their leadership role. Leadership by examplemakes a difference. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant StreetPalo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cellcnsbuchanan@yahoo.com From:Carol Steinfeld To:Council, City Cc:Burt, Patrick; DuBois, Tom Subject:Please deny appeal of Safe Parking Program (from former Stevenson House board member) Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 4:48:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councillors: As a former board member (2016-2020) of Stevenson House, I'm disappointed that the chairof the board of Stevenson House filed a last-minute appeal of the Safe Parking Program proposed for UUCPA, the church next door. I am told the church was blindsided by this move. Past board board members would not have voted to file this appeal. This is very much against the mission of Stevenson House, which is to provide housing for thedisadvantaged. Background checks have not been asked for guests of Hotel DeZink or Heart & Home--two rotating homeless shelters that have resided at UUCPA on a rotating basis for years. Thank you.Carol Steinfeld PS: Stevenson House needs new board members. Please get out the word. I left the board in 2020 because the chair and vice chair discouraged my attempts to explore ways for Stevenson House to use its $11 million in investment assets to create moreaffordable housing. From:Arnout Boelens To:Council, City Cc:Zoeller-Boelens, Nicole Subject:Please move forward with the South Palo Alto Bikeways project Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 9:42:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, We are writing to urge you to move forward with the South Palo Alto Bikeways project. Thisproject will both help the city achieve its sustainability goals and reduce congestion, by giving people a more viable alternative to driving. In addition, the installation of protected bicyclelanes on Fabian Way will provide a much needed connection with the new bridge and the Waverly Multi-Use Path is in desperate need of an upgrade. On a side note, we would like to point out that the timing of public outreach over the summeris unfortunate. Students walking and riding to school and their parents are essential stakeholders in this project and there are no PTA meetings over the summer to engage them.We hope you take the needs of the entire Palo Alto community in consideration as you make your decision. Kind regards, Nicole, Arnout, & Ava Zoeller Boelens From:Hamilton Hitchings To:Council, City Subject:Please require Sex Offender and Violent Felon checks for Safe Parking Program participants Date:Wednesday, August 4, 2021 3:00:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, The City of Palo Alto has approved allowing overnight parking to local churches for low- income unhoused folks in residential family neighborhoods near senior centers and elementary schools. No one is required or expected to be onsite to ensure security or safety of these folks or local neighbors. While I support this program, the problem is they will not be verifying if participants are registered sex offenders or convicted violent felons. Redwood City and San Jose both have programs run by Life Moves which screen out registered sex offenders (including child molesters) and convicted violent felons. Both the national registered sex offenders database (which LA uses to screen it’s SPP participants) and the California Megan’s Law database are available online and anyone can use them instantly without registering: https://www.nsopw.gov/ https://www.meganslaw.ca.gov/ Almost all landlords conduct criminal and sex offender background checks. Many online services offer these checks instantly and the slowest ones conducted by private industry typically take 5 days not the six to eight weeks some claim. These can be done once per year per applicant. Given that safe parking programs tend to be oversubscribed, I believe this program could still fill all the parking spots available. I also believe screening will enhance the program’s reputation over time. One of the conditions of this program is “that it will not adversely affect the health, safety and welfare of persons residing or working in the surrounding areas.” Please require registered sex offender and convicted violent felon checks just as Life Moves does for the Redwood City and San Jose Safe Parking Programs to help ensure the safety of participants in this program as well as neighbors, local elderly and school children. Specifically, please take item 5 off the consent calendar for August 9th and uphold the appeal until MV MOVE adds registered sex offender and violent felon checks. Thank you. Hamilton Hitchings Yes No From:Sequoia Union High School DistrictTo:Council, CitySubject:Please RSVP—Sequoia Union High School District is waiting for you!Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 8:22:28 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Can we count youin? SUHSD Convocation 2021 Monday, August 9 8:15AM You haven’t sent your RSVP yet. Let Sequoia Union High School District know whether or not you can make it, so they can arrange for the final headcount. Will you attend? Don't want emails for this person's events? Block this host. SEND CARDS VIRTUAL EVENTS EVITE PRO GIVE A GIFT GIVE BACK DOWNLOAD APP App Store Google Play PRIVACY POLICY | DO NOT SELL MY INFO | SUPPORT PAGE Add evite@mailva.evite.com to your address book to ensure that you receive Evite emails in your inbox. This email was sent to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org on behalf of a host of an event you were invited to. It is a transactional email, not marketing or promotional, which is why it does not contain an unsubscribe link and why you may be receiving it even if you are unsubscribed from marketing emails. If you do not want to receive emails regarding this person's events, block this host. Or, change notification settings. Evite® and Life’s Better Together® are registered trademarks of Evite, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Evite logo and all other Evite-related trademarks are trademarks of Evite, Inc. Please use this mark only to refer to our services. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners. © 2021, Evite. All rights reserved. From:Pat Kinney To:Council, City Subject:Please support the UUCPA’s permit application to start a Safe Parking program Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 1:06:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I am writing to urge you to support the UUCPA’s permit application to start a safe parking program. The program will help ensure the safety of all residents and address the homeless crisis in our city. I strongly urge you to support the UUCPA, since they are following a proven methodology that has a strong local and national track record in helping people into homes. Getting vulnerable people housed keeps them from sleeping on our streets or in our parks and puts them in touch with needed social services. Our church has long been involved in matters of Social Justice and we strongly feel that Palo Alto should support this evidence-based initiative that is an ethical and effective means of supporting vulnerable citizens. Sincerely, Patricia Kinney, Elder On behalf of the Social Justice Ministry at First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto From:Cybele LoVuolo-Bhushan To:Council, City Cc:Lynn Huidekoper Subject:Proposed 100 bed Homeless shelter at San Antonio road terminus Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 6:16:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I am writing to support your plans to submit a grant application to Project Home Key to fund Palo Alto in providing a homeless shelter at the San Antonio terminus. The location is goodAND just as our neighboring community of Mountain View has been doing its fair share in ameliorating the housing crisis, Palo Alto needs to take action on this issue. We are overdue inproviding shelter to the unhoused. Let's do it now, without delay. Thank you.Sincerely, Cybele LoVuolo-Bhushan From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Stump, Molly; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; wintergery@earthlink.net; Greer Stone; Molly; JeffRosen; Sajid Khan; Jeff Moore Subject:Public defenders and the district attorneys office Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:07:44 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hi Greg, In my view assistant chief Binder is correct you can file minor cases against the homeless …but I’m guessing a good percentage of these cases are not charged by the district attorneys office and if they are…. a public defender will quickly move to dismiss these low level offenses that clog our courts. Judges in my experience don’t like seeing these cases in their courtroom either. Meaningful assistance to the homeless by the police (non punitive), by case workers, etc., conversation and problem solving as Chief Assistant Binder suggested….. is a better strategy then citing or arresting the unhoused unless absolutely unnecessary. Restorative Justice is the way to go. Aram James P.S. City attorney Stump: was the sit lie ordinance held unconstitutional some years earlier? From:Hank Edson To:Council, City Subject:Public Safety Building Construction on California Avenue Date:Wednesday, August 11, 2021 11:05:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Just a bit of information, you may not know. Right now, you can hear the jarring, rhythmic clang of construction at Park Blvd all the way at Escondido elementary school and beyond. It will go on all day long. But do you know what is causing the noise pollution? It isn't any "constructive" action, not pile driving, not hammering or any kind of pounding to join one thing to another. It is the noise made by the drill operator trying to knock the dirt the drill goes through off the drill by rotating the drill bit back and forth in each rotational direction until the rotation is blocked by the drill bit mechanism. It's about the laziest, most block-headed, intrusive, unsophisticated, in-efficient way to accomplish the task one can imagine. Don't worry that neighborhoods on all sides have their entire day disturbed as by a dog in the neighbor's backyard that won't quit barking. The guy operating the drill sits in his cage and turns the lever one way and then another way, over and over and over. There's no set number of times it takes. If the dirt doesn't fall off quickly, he just keeps slamming the drill rotation one way until it hits the mechanism wall and then back the other way until it hits the mechanism wall. If your kids acted this way, you'd tell them to cut out the racket and that they are driving the whole neighborhood insane. It's one think to knock dirt off the bottom of your tennis shoes by hitting them against the curb a couple of times, but to apply this principle to a three-story drill that itself is a technological marvel should be a little concerning. This is your project. Has there been no thought about how to minimize its noise pollution or to understand what causes it? Accepting the status quo is very mediocre. The contractors should be confronted with this low-tech solution to drill- bit dirt removal and made aware that minimizing noise pollution is a priority. If no one in your position ever delivers this message, engineers never think to come up with a better way. Sincerely, Hank Edson College Terrace From:Aram James To:Roberta Ahlquist Cc:Council, City; Rebecca.Tanner@cityofpaloalto.org; gmah@sccoe.org; Emily Mibach; Rebecca Eisenberg; Winter Dellenbach; Tanaka, Greg Subject:Re: Eric good comments Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:25:41 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Roberta,All excellent suggestions to explore. I particularly like the suggestion to explore the land behind Mcarthur Park Restaurant. Aran Sent from my iPhone On Aug 9, 2021, at 11:45 PM, Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>wrote: Also, why not investigate who owns the entire parking lot on the corner of ElCamino and Page Mill? Two office towers, nearly empty, and a massive empty parking lot.Who owns that land? And the city owned area behind McArthur Park Restaurant, right next to train hub...Roberta On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:22 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric, > > Great comments -life moves appears to be a great model. We can’t let staffdrag this project down by stalling and delaying this project into oblivion…how about Geng Road as a plan B? > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Aram James Cc:Council, City; Rebecca.Tanner@cityofpaloalto.org; gmah@sccoe.org; Emily Mibach; Rebecca Eisenberg; Winter Dellenbach; Tanaka, Greg Subject:Re: Eric good comments Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 11:45:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Also, why not investigate who owns the entire parking lot on the corner of El Camino andPage Mill? Two office towers, nearly empty, and a massive empty parking lot. Who owns that land? And the city owned area behind McArthur Park Restaurant, right next totrain hub... Roberta On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:22 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > Eric, > > Great comments -life moves appears to be a great model. We can’t let staff drag this project down by stalling and delaying this project into oblivion…how about Geng Road as aplan B? > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Charles Wilson To:Planning Commission; Council, City Subject:Re: South Palo Alto Bikepath Project Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 12:26:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Thanks Sue, Please send your message to the entire City Council and Planning Commission: City.Council@cityofpaloalto.org Planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.org Chuck Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 13, 2021, at 3:46 PM, Charles Wilson <hllrnnr@icloud.com> wrote: > > Dear Palo Alto Planning Commission and City Council, > > Just last Thursday, I was notified by an observant neighbor that there was a plan to “improve” the safety of biking in South Palo Alto, that included eliminating the parking along the south side of E. Meadow Drive, from Middlefield to Fabian! I was immediately shocked and my mind was full of reasons why this would be a bad and UNSAFE change: > > 1) There isn’t enough space to move all parking to 1 side of E. Meadow Drive — With the city’s encouragement of the development of ADUs, the residents of E. Meadow have more cars than can fit on one side, even considering off-street parking in driveways. So, as an example, where I live, the south side is the overflow location for the northside. > > 2) Doubling the number of cars on the North side would double the number of car doors opening and cars driving over the north bike lane in the morning, when the student bike traffic is the heaviest and the students are rushing to get to school on time. In the afternoon, when school lets out, the bike flow on the south side is strung out over several hours as some students have after-school activities of various lengths and they aren’t rushed! > > 3) Don Ramos park is heavily used for youth sports after school and for family picnicing and sports on weekends. Currently, most park users try to park on the south side, so their kids don’t have to cross 4 (2 bike + 2 car) lanes. It would be EXTREMELY UNSAFE to eliminate south side parking forcing all of these, mostly very young (T-ball and first year soccer) kids to cross E. Meadow. It will also make it difficult for the adults, unloading and carrying sports equipment, picnic stuff, etc. !!! > > 4) E. Meadow Drive, from Middlefield to Fabian IS ALREADY A VERY SAFE BIKE ROUTE with 1 exception (see below). I’ve lived on E.Meadow Drive for 41 years. My 3 children all used E. Meadow Drive to bike to school, including Fairmeadow, JLS, and Gunn, with no problems. I’m unaware of any bike accidents along E. Meadow Drive. The existing bike lanes on E. Meadow Dr. are very wide, almost as wide as the car lanes and they are marked by wide solid white lines on both sides, between the bike lane and traffic and parking lanes. > > 5) The recently-installed round-a-bout at Ross Rd. is a BIKE/CAR ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN! Not only is the intersection too small for a round-about (watch a firetruck try to make a left turn), but the bikes and cars are funneled into each other with little warning, very likely to catch unsuspecting bikers and drivers: > > <image.jpg> > > > 6) The traffic on E. Meadow between Middlefield and Fabian is at the lowest level its been in 40 years! Before the covid pandemic, there was steady traffic on E. Meadow, in both directions, throughout the day; since thepandemic it is common for there to be no cars in either direction. Even now that many businesses have resumed,most workers seem to be working from home. This may change, but I doubt if it will ever be as busy as it was in thepast!>> 7) Directing students down Mayview into Mitchell Park instead of E. Meadow Dr. would greatly reduce themorning and afternoon mix of bikes and cars in front of Fairmeadow and JLS, as parents drop off and pickup theirstudents. Many students already take this route!>> 8) I doubt if any of the proposed changes to the bike path on E. Meadow from Middlefield to Fabian wouldincrease the percentage of students biking to school! Parents that are afraid to let their students commute now, whenit is very safe, aren’t going to let their students bike after the changes, which the concensus of E. Meadow Dr.residents think will be more dangerous!>> 9) In addition to resident parking, there are delivery, landscaping, cleaning, utility, and construction vehicles thatregularly park on the south side of E. Meadow Dr.>> 10) For all big events at Mitchell Park, such as the Chili Cookoff, evening concerts, Little League games, etc. , thesouth side of E. Meadow Dr., both east and west of Middlefield, is an important parking resource. Removing thesouth side E. Meadow parking will make these events a headache to attend!>> Note: there were no attendees at the Don Ramos Park meeting, that are residents along E. Meadow Dr. thatreceived the notice of the changes. The 1 or 2 that heard of it previously don’t live on E. Meadow Drive. We can’thelp but feel that this whole project has been done behind our backs!>> This response is not a “not in my backyard” reply. The residents of E. Meadow Drive want to have a safe bikingenvironment for ourselves and our children! We are ready and willing to support changes that will improve thesafety of the bike lanes. Our recommendations are:>> 1) Paint the bike paths green with bicycle stensils so that everyone knows that the very wide bike lanes aren’ttraffic lanes.>> 2) Remove the dangerous round-a-bout at Ross and E. Meadow Drive.>> Please read and consider all of the responses from the residents of E. Meadow Drive. We have a wide range ofexperiences and views on this subject.>> Best Regards,>> Chuck Wilson> 770 E. Meadow Dr, 1980-2021> Palo Alto, CA 94393>> Sent from my iPhone From:Sue Freeman To:Council, City Cc:Planning Commission Subject:Re: South Palo Alto Bikeways Update: New Segment 4 Alternative with No Parking Lane Removal Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 4:03:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Hello City Council Members,I am aware that you have the South Palo Alto Bike Project on your meeting agenda for this evening.Please be sure that what you are voting for this evening -- is the "revised plan" - with updatedchanges made to the East Meadow segment 4 area.The "revised plan" for segment 4, is to keep all of the existing parking on BOTH SIDES of EastMeadow, between Middlefield Road and East Meadow Circle. A group of us met with Councilman Tanaka yesterday (Sunday, 8/8) and the diagrams he had in frontof him yesterday and shared with us - which he told us were from his 'staff report' notes, wereunfortunately not the latest revision of the plans. I am writing to you, to be sure you make a vote forthe plans that do not change or remove any parking from East Meadow's segment 4. Please vote onthe correct / updated version of the plans this evening.As many of my neighbors and I have been writing to you and meeting about -- we agree that the bestplan for segment 4 (Middlefield to East Meadow Circle) is to keep all of the existing parking on bothsides of the street, since we "host" numerous activities in the busy East Meadow corridor. Please keepin mind that yes, we do want safe routes for cyclists and pedestrians - but, we need the parking, due toall the activities we host at Mitchell Park, Ramos Park, Fairmeadow Elementary, Hoover Elementary,JLS Middle School, many churches, Mitchell Park Library events and their community rooms, theLittle League Park and all the family events and community activities that take place in South PaloAlto. Keep in mind that Google will be moving into several newly remodeled buildings at the EastMeadow Circle end of East Meadow -- which will only add to the need for more parking, once theiremployees return to the offices.So, please take the time to be sure you vote on the correct version of the South Palo Alto Bike Plan --with the revision of segment 4 -- to KEEP ALL EXISTING PARKING - on both sides of EastMeadow between Middlefield and East Meadow Circle.Many of the residents along this busy corridor, are in agreement that painting the bike lanes green,along with images of white bicycles in the lanes -- will be a great help to added safety for cyclist. Weare cyclists too! Let's start with this great visual bike lane upgrade - then keep this conversationactively going, in regards to any future changes and upgrades to East Meadow. We live here, we canhelp with good decision making. Please communicate with us.Our additional suggestions to the Planning Committee have been:to remove the small roundabout at Ross Road, which causes confusion for cars and cyclists remove the small roundabout, to make it easier for Fire Trucks to drive through.anddo not add "traffic calming" structures -- which are noted in the planning notes -- yet, were neverdiscussed or seen before this weekwe do not want surprises in the plans - please communicate with us.Many of us are in agreement that pinching curbs in at intersections, and forcing cyclists to merge withcars, is not a safe method of "traffic calming" in our neighborhoods.Thank you for your time and for listening to me and to the residents along this busy East Meadowcorridor.Sue Freeman On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 12:24 PM City of Palo Alto <cityofpaloalto@service.govdelivery.com> wrote: Dear Palo Alto Community, South Palo Alto Bikeways map South Palo Alto Bikeways Project Segments on Fabian Way, the Waverley Path, and E. Meadow Drive On August 9, the Palo Alto City Council will consider moving forward with the South Palo Alto Bikeways Project initial concept plan. This project upgrades bicycle lanes to buffered lanes (with a wide striped area) or protected lanes (with a vertical barrier) where feasible so that there is more separation between those on bikes and moving or parked cars. Based on feedback from residents and the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC), the new recommendation in the Council staff report updates the concept plan regarding Segment 4 on E. Meadow Drive east of Middlefield Road. City staff are working with VTA to maintain grant funds for this bicycle lane upgrade project while addressing community concerns around parking removal on Segment 4. City staff believe they can be successful in modifying the grant requirements with VTA if there is community support for traffic calming and bicycle lane visibility treatments on this segment, including travel lane width reduction to 10 feet, green bike lane treatments at intersections, mid-block bike lane stencils, and other feasible traffic calming treatments. The parking lane reduction along Segment 4 is no longer proposed. The full recommendation proposes improvements by segment: 1. Waverely Multi-Use Path Alternative 2 - Widen towards either side of the path 2. Fabian Way – Protected bicycle lanes on both sides (requires travel lane reductions and addition of center turn lane) 3. E. Meadow Drive Segment 1 between E. Meadow Circle and Fabian Way – Standard bicycle lanes on both sides 4. E. Meadow Drive Segment 2 between Alma Street and Waverley Street – Protected bicycle lanes on both sides (requires removal of one parking lane) 5. E. Meadow Drive Segment 3 between Waverley Street and Middlefield Road – Protected bicycle lane on one side with buffered bicycle lane on the other side (requires removal of one parking lane) 6. E. Meadow Drive Segment 4 between Middlefield Road and E. Meadow Circle – Traffic calming and bicycle lane visibility treatments, including travel lane width reduction from 11 to 10 feet and retaining both parking lanes in this segment. As this project is still early in the design phase, additional treatments on all project segments could be suggested by the public in upcoming community engagement opportunities if Council moves the project forward on August 9. If you would like to send comments to the City Council related to this project before their August 9 meeting, please send them to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org. Project details, including webinar presentations and videos, can be accessed on the project website. 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"On behalf of Silicon Valley at Home and our members, we write today to express oursupport for the staff recommendations to endorse the Santa Clara County Community Planto End Homelessness 2020-25, to develop a permanent Safe Parking ordinance, and tofurther explore a Project Homekey-funded proposal in Palo Alto to provide housing for ourneighbors experiencing homelessness. This is an excellent opportunity for Palo Alto to notonly commit itself to taking action to help our unhoused neighbors, but actually moveforward with promising proposals that would implement the city’s goals." "We recognize that this is only the beginning of a process and urge the City Council to direct staff to continue their collaboration with LifeMoves and other public-private partnerships to explore how Palo Alto can provide housing solutions for our most vulnerable neighbors and make the city’s Safe Parking program permanent." Stephen Levy From:Aram JamesTo:gmah@sccoe.org; melissa caswell; alisa mallari tu; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeff Moore; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid@votesajid.com; Jeff Rosen; chuck jagoda; Planning Commission; Joe Simitian; Raj; Alison Cormack; DuBois, Tom; Kou, Lydia; Shikada, Ed; Vara Ramakrishnan; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Tanaka, Greg; Filseth, Eric (external); city.council@menlopark.org; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; ParkRec CommissionSubject:Riding home tonight on the 2700 Block of Greer Road here in Palo Alto saw this very encouraging signDate:Sunday, August 8, 2021 8:38:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Bob To:Council, City Cc:Foley, Emily; angiebevans@gmail.com; kjfriedman2@gmail.com Subject:Safe Parking Council Agenda for Consent Calendar on Aug. 9, 2021 Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 1:37:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members: I wish to encourage you to vote Monday to disallow the appeal expressed against the application for Safe Parking by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto for the following reasons: 1. The appeal requests that a criminal background check be performed on each individual who wishes topark under the Safe Parking program. The experience of the many municipalities and religiousinstitutions that do not have this requirement has been that no issues have arisen because of the lack ofbackground checks, so why apply this additional cost and burden on the Palo Alto program. 2. Such a background check is inherently discriminatory as it implies individuals who have completed anypenalties for a criminal offense are still being penalized, which is not in the spirit of our democracy. In thepast, it has been used to discriminate to prevent certain races and nationalities from being able topurchase housing in specific neighborhoods, which has been found to be unconstitutional. 3. Such a policy also delays Safe Parking permission for all acceptable individuals while backgroundchecks are being performed, which is not in the spirit of the Ordinance. 4. Certain individuals who could easily pass a background check, such as abused women, may refuse tobe in the program because of fear that their data would leak to their abuser. This would, unfortunately,result in rejecting some persons most in need of help. 5. If such an appeal is caused by the fear that dangerous individuals might be parking near themovernight, please have them recognize that past experience has shown these Safe Parking applicants areusually persons who may have a job in this area but cannot afford the housing costs nor the commutecosts. Their nearby presence in overnight parking actually improves the safety of people living nearbybecause they actually watch for dangerous individuals and report them as they do not want to lose theirparking privileges. Because of all of these reasons, I sincerely hope you sustain the Director's decision to disallow theappeal. I live in the Greenmeadow area close to the UUCPA Safe Parking area and strongly encourageany help we can provide the homeless. Robert Ohlmann, PhD373 Creekside Dr., Palo Alto 94306 From:Cybele LoVuolo-Bhushan To:Council, City Cc:Lynn Huidekoper Subject:Safe Parking program Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 6:07:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members. I am writing to support your going ahead with the safe parkingprogram. Specifically, It approvingly the 4 parking spaces at the Unitarian church. I read that the Stevenson Sr. Living residence representative, Ms. Ma has raised concerns about theprogram. I seems to me like a specious argument. There are already so many conditions and restrictions on the permit, that make background checks unnecessary. Please approve theU.U.Church's request to manage the their safe parking program. The church has always been a good neighbor. Ms. Ma's fears are over exaggerated. Enough delaying. The other churches arehandling their parking program well: there is no reason to think that the U.U. church will be any different.Thank you, Cybele Lovuolo-Bhushan From:Art Liberman To:Council, City Subject:South Palo Alto Bikeway Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 5:53:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am writing to ask you to support the South Palo Alto Bikeway project. The proposed project has several components. 1.The project would significantly improve the safety for cyclists on Fabian Way, which is important school route and is likely to be used more by cyclists in a few months once the Bicycle-Pedestrian bridge over 101 is opened. 2. The project would also improve - by widening and smoothing the bumps and modifying the barrier between it and the driveways- of the Waverly multi-use path thatruns between East Meadow and Charleston; this path is heavily used my many school children heading to and from JLS middle and Fairmeadow and Hoover elementary schools on East Meadow and Charleston, and by residents and retirees, pedestrians and cyclists. Multi-use paths in town are rare, very highly used anddeserve support when improvements, such as those in this project, are proposed. 3. The only controversy about this project has been about one section in the initial proposal by Transportation, which was to remove parking along a section on East Meadow. However, Transportation has revised their recommendation, followingoutreach to the community and their feedback. The reduced auto travel lanes are proposed to be 20' in total, which is wider than the travel lanes on Matadero Ave and probably other collector streets in Palo Alto. One wishes that the issue about the VTA grant funding, requiring protected bikewayson all the streets, had been resolved earlier, and I trust reason will prevail through Transportation's negotiations with the VTA. Arthur Liberman751 Chimalus Drive From:Ken Joye To:Council, City Subject:South Palo Alto Bikeway Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 11:17:29 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I am writing in support of the project to improve safety on Fabian and Meadow for those riding bicycles. The staff report before you on 9 August 2021 describes how community outreach resulted in a change to address concerns about on-street parking. I hope that Council and staff will be able to work with the grant funding agencies to move this project forward. Thank you for your careful consideration of this project. Ken Joye Ventura neighborhood PS: Of course, another important part of this project is improving conditions on the off-street “Waverley path” (improvements which will be very welcome); please reach out to your counterparts on the PAUSD board to gain their support From:Phil Mast To:Council, City Subject:South Palo Alto Bikeways Project Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 7:55:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I'm an avid bicyclist, and have used segments 2, 3, and 4 of East Meadow (from Alma Street to Louis Road) many times. In my experience, these segments of East Meadow are fine theway they are. They do not need "protected" bicycle lanes on either side. It's fine to restripe the road, and possibly add "buffered" bicycle lanes, but please do not add any posts, pillars, center medians, raised curbs, or anything else that would involve tearing upthe existing pavement. In my opinion, it just isn't needed. The money can be better spent elsewhere. Sincerely, Phil MastBarron Park From:Andrea Eckstein Gara To:Council, City Subject:South Palo Alto Bikeways Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 12:20:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, I am writing in support of the South Palo Alto plan. As an avid biker, I hope that Palo Altowill continue their amazing commitment to a bikeable community. It is a very important quality of life issue for my family. Also, as a concerned environmentalist, I believe the climatecrisis has made this a time to double down on this commitment and help more residents make the switch to doing errands/commuting on bike. With the proliferation of delivery trucks,biking has become more dangerous, and anything council can do to keep students and other bikers safe will be much appreciated. Too often, our streets are kept convenient for car driversat the expense of other people. Thanks for attention to this, Best,Andrea Gara 1265 Wilson St. From:Jack Sweeney To:City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Stop sign Date:Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:48:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I had an interesting interaction with a City employee this morning. While watering my garden, I heard a loud discussion at the end of my block. A City employee was adamantly ‘mansplaining’ his role as a ‘tree guy’ to a neighbor. The gist of the discussion was that the city employee was ‘just the tree guy’ and the neighbor needs to call 311. The tree guy’s name is Bill. The issue they were discussing is an obstructed STOP sign at the corner of Wilkie Way and Carolina. The STOP sign is obstructed by a tree and located very high on a pole which results in limited visibility by drivers. I have witnessed many HUNDREDS of cars blasting through the STOP sign while living in the neighborhood. I have reported this sign problem several times myself. This visibility issue needs to be addressed by the City. Obviously NOT by the ‘tree guy’. We now have schools open and children are at risk. I walked to the corner to join the ‘conversation.’ Bill, the City tree guy, recommended calling 311 to ask for the city to repaint the lines on the street in order to solve the problem. He was unwilling to trim the tree that blocks the STOP sign. He stated it was a private tree AND that he is ‘just a tree guy’... more than a dozen times. He also suggested asking for a “roundabout” at the intersection, which is absurd. How do we get the STOP sign evaluated/remedied/replaced? Can the City install a temporary traffic camera to provide proof that cars ignore the STOP sign on a regular basis? This seems to be a fairly simple problem to solve if the correct department engages in a solution. Thank you. Sent from my iPad From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Greer Stone; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda; Planning Commission; GRP-City Council;Cormack, Alison; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (external); Kou, Lydia; Bains, Paul; PatBurt; Human Relations Commission; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; ParkRec Commission; Josh Becker; JoeSimitian Subject:Supervisors approve purchase of 2 Redwood City hotels to house homeless Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 10:23:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. News Break OVER 10 MILLION PEOPLE USE Open APP Supervisors approve purchase of 2 Redwood City hotels to house homeless climaterwc.com The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the purchase of two Redwood City hotels, one of which will be converted into permanent housing for seniors with extremely low incomes and the other into temporary housing for people experiencing homelessness. The 95 rooms at TownePlace Suites at 1000... Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone From:Robert Neff To:Council, City Subject:Support for Safe Parking program at Unitarian Universalist Church on Charleston Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 11:02:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Honorable members of city council, We are writing in support of the Safe Parking Program at our church, UUCPA, which is item 5 on the council Consent Calendar for August 9. The Unitarian Universalist Church has a long history of supporting housing programs and homeless individuals in Palo Alto, including converting the church into an overnight facility for homeless individuals, through the Hotel de Zink program, and the Heart and Home women's shelter. This is auto parking program is another small way we can support the unhoused, with safety for them and the community. Again, we encourage you to pass item 5 on the consent calendar, and we encourage you to look for additional ways to provide more and lower cost housing in our community and in the Bay Area. Thank you for your service to the city of Palo Alto, Robert and Nancy Neff Emerson Street Member of UUCPA since 2001. From:Audrey Gold To:Council, City Subject:Support for South PA Bikeways Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 3:36:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, I urge you to continue to support the So PA bikeways project. In particular the updates to the Waverly Path by JLS school look wonderful. As a parent of a student at Kehillah high school, I know these improvements would encouragemore students to bike to school thus decreasing automotive traffic in the area. In regards to the parking East Meadow I appreciate the work staff is doing to find solutions that work for both cyclists, residents and drivers. We need to have complete streets that are safer for everyone. For too long the focus has beenon the convenience of car drivers at the detriment of cyclists and pedestrians. I continue to see drivers traveling at speeds much faster than the posted limits and often distracted by cellphones. As a cyclist and a parent of teenage cyclists, we feel safer in a protected (buffered) bike lanes. The work on Arastradero by Fletcher and Gunn High School is a great success -- although Ithink there should be better marking of the concrete built outs with reflective paint and markers. Thank you,Audrey Gold Palo Alto parent and community volunteer From:Anne Callahan To:Council, City Subject:Support the Safe Parking Program Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 1:24:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Like many others fortunate enough to reside in Palo Alto (close to 40 years), I am continually heartbroken by the housing crisis that afflicts so many of our neighbors – families, working people, students, etc. I applaud the work done by local agencies to identify and provide housing, but it isn’t enough despite their many efforts. The problem is simply too big. As a member and Sr. Warden at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, I attended an early meeting of local clergy and nonprofit groups to discuss a safe parking program. I was impressed by their compassion and commitment to finding alternative approaches, and was particularly struck by the professionalism and thoroughness of Move MV as they described their successes in neighboring communities. I was delighted to see Palo Alto’s City Council encourage local churches to participate in a Safe Parking Program. I understand that the application submitted by the Unitarian-Universalist Church of Palo Alto meets all of the criteria for a safe and successful program. I also understand that residents of Stevenson House have submitted an appeal objecting to the permit, despite their good fortune to reside in subsidized housing. I urge you to deny their appeal. This desperately needed Safe Parking Program will fail if unnecessary barriers discourage participation. The organizers of the Program have taken extensive steps to ensure the effective and safe implementation of the Program. Please help us make it a reality. Yours sincerely, Anne Callahan From:Martha Maris To:Council, City Subject:Support UUCPA"s Permit Application Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 1:55:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I'm a former Palo Alto resident -- and while I now live in Mountain View, I have been a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto since the 1970's. I am writing to urge you to support the UUCPA’s permit application to start a safe parking program. The program will help ensure the safety of all residents and address the homeless crisis in our city. I strongly urge you to support the UUCPA, since they are following a proven methodology that has a strong local and national track record in helping people into homes. Getting vulnerable people housed keeps them from sleeping on our streets or in our parks and puts them in touch with needed social services. Our church has long been involved in matters of Social Justice, and we strongly feel that Palo Alto should support this evidence-based initiative that is an ethical and effective means of supporting vulnerable citizens. Sincerely, Martha Maris 99 East Middlefield Road, #10 Mountain View, CA 94043 From:Linda Henigin To:Council, City Subject:Supporting Safe Parking Permit for UUCPA program Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 10:09:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, I am a citizen of Palo Alto, and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto (UUCPA). I am writing to support the UUCPA’s permit application to start a safe parkingprogram, and to urge you to deny the appeal by the Stevenson House Board of Directors and their president, Grace Mah. The safe parking program is set up in a way that ensures the safety of all nearby residentswhile at the same time respecting the privacy and dignity of the people it will help. The UUCPA program is following a proven methodology that has a strong local and national trackrecord in helping people into homes. The appeal implies that poor people are criminals and are inherently dangerous to those around them. This is false. Don't let this fear mongering stand inthe way of helping folks in need. Our town and our community are better than that. Sincerely, Linda HeniginPalo Alto, CA From:Marina Martin To:Council, City Subject:supporting safe parking program Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 4:29:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilors, I am writing in support of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto's safe parkingprogram, encouraging you to deny the appeal by Stevenson House to require background checks of vehicle dwellers there. The partnership of the church with Move MV will helpensure that safety is addressed while providing needed support to those who need this service. Thank you for your attention to this matter, Marina Martin, MD940 Scott St, Palo Alto, CA 94301 From:Cynthia Chin-Lee To:Council, City Subject:Supporting UUCPA’s permit application to start a safe parking program Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 2:50:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I am writing to urge you to support the UUCPA’s permit application to start a safe parking program. The program will help ensure the safety of all residents and address the homelesscrisis in our city. I strongly urge you to support the UUCPA, since they are following a proven methodology that has a strong local and national track record in helping people into homes.Getting vulnerable people housed keeps them from sleeping on our streets or in our parks and puts them in touch with needed social services. Our church has long been involved in matters of Social Justice and we strongly feel that PaloAlto should support this evidence-based initiative that is an ethical and effective means of supporting vulnerable citizens. Sincerely, Cynthia Chin-Lee, ElderOn behalf of the Social Justice Ministry at First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto -- Cynthia (Cyndi) Chin-Lee (She/Her) Speaker, Author, and Diversity Change AgentLatest book: Women and the Right to Vote cynthiachinlee.com From:Leslie Dorosin To:Council, City Subject:Thank you ; vote on transitional housing Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 12:48:35 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, I want to thank you for your vote to work with LifeMoves and pursue State of California Homekey Funds. This is an opportunity to leverage significant state funding. The doublewhammy of our high cost of living and the pandemic have caused so many in our community to lose their homes. In an area with so many resources we need to do more. I appreciate your leadership (and hope for more in the future). I also hope that CouncilmanTanaka will reconsider his position. Taking advantage of this funding does not mean we can not do more. Leslie Dorosin From:Evite To:Council, City Subject:Thank you email to ALL members for your RSVP Date:Saturday, August 7, 2021 10:42:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for your RSVP You replied Yes for 1 guest to SUHSD Convocation 2021 View Invitation Send a gift instantly! Change Notification Settings Don't want to receive any Evite emails from this person? Block this host. Download the Evite Mobile App NOW MAKE ANY INVITATION A VIRTUAL EVENT Privacy Policy | Do Not Sell | Support Page Add evite@mailva.evite.com to your address book to ensure that you receive Evite emails in your inbox. This email was sent to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org on behalf of a host of an event you were invited to. 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From:Aram James To:Raj; Molly; Winter Dellenbach; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Binder,Andrew; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jonsen, Robert; Jeff Rosen; Greer Stone;james pitkin; Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; chuck jagoda; Betsy Nash; Cecilia Taylor; Joe Simitian Subject:The Fascinating Experiment Captured in “Philly D.A.” | The New Yorker Date:Friday, August 6, 2021 6:41:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-fascinating-experiment-captured-in-philly-da Sent from my iPhone From:Enid PearsonTo:Council, City; Lydia Kou; Tanaka, GregSubject:Trees and my thoughts Aug. 10, 2021 Date:Tuesday, August 10, 2021 8:29:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi All: Here are some thoughts re: the tree ordinance. 1. The new Forester should be aggressive and not just a cop or maintenance guy for trees. He should present a plan on how to keep the forest going, i.e. more tree plantings in more places and enhance what we have. 2. Separate shrubs and weeds from trees. These are two different issues. Tree ordinance should stand alone, not be cluttered with another issue. 3. In the tree ordinance remind all that Pao Alto is named after a tree that we are keeping alive and growing by extraordinary methods - El Palo Alto. 4. The new Forester should be urged to develop a plan to a) keep our current forest alive and growing and b) add more new, young trees to our collection that will grow up and enhance and replace, if necessary, ones that expire. 5. Plan to plant more redwoods in our parks and at entrances (all) in and out of Palo Alto. 6. Note that Stanford is part of Palo Alto (whether they like it or not) and should be protecting their trees and planting more. Stanford shopping center is very barren re: trees and the parking lots is es- pecially (should be the site of more tree) - Plant new BIG TREES and don't plant buggy whip saplings and wait for 15 years to get a 15 foot tall tree. This is true of all our parking lots. They are pretty barren. More trees!!! Just a few thoughts, maybe you ought to send this to your other tree committee folks. Stir everybody up a bit. Thanks for your work, Enid Pearson -- -- From:Joyce Beattie To:Council, City Subject:UUCPA Parking Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 6:00:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am a resident of Stevenson House Senior Residences, at 455 E Charleston Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306. I approve of the overnight parking next door at the Unitariian's Parking lot. I see NO security risk and believe the demand for Background Checks is unnecessary and offensive. Our buildings are locked at night and residents lock their doors. My car, parked in clear sight of one of the many security cameras, had it's Catalytic Converter stolen one early evening. Nothing is totally safe, but that is no reason to think that background checks make any sense except to discourage a humane act to provide safety for some who need this. We also have night time Security surveillance. Thank you, Joyce Beattie 455 E Charleston Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Apt. C building From:Gail Thompson To:Council, City Subject:UUCPA safe parking program Date:Monday, August 9, 2021 3:08:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I support the safe parking program and hope that additional safe parking programs will be functioning in Palo Alto. The program proposed has been researched and found to be successful in other cities in the US. Years ago, I was involved with Stanford students, the unsheltered and community members and churches and we extensively researched safe programs and had representatives from Santa Barbara come to Palo Alto and speak to the Palo Alto community at St. Marks. Safe parking programs are a beginning for people as they search for permanent housing in Palo Alto and the wider Bay Area community. Let's do what is best for the unsheltered and the City of Palo Alto. Gail Thompson RN First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto From:Penny Barrett To:Council, City Subject:UUCPA"s permit application to start a safe parking program Date:Sunday, August 8, 2021 9:10:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor DuBois, Vice-Mayor Burt, and Councilmembers Cormack, Filseth, Kou, Stone and Tanaka -- I am writing to support the UUCPA’s permit application to start a safe parking program. The program will help ensure the safety of all residents and address the homeless crisis in our city. I strongly urge you to support the UUCPA since they are following a proven methodology that has a strong local and national track record in helping people into homes. Getting vulnerable people housed keeps them from sleeping on our streets or in our parks which makes our entire community safer, cleaner, and healthier. As I consider the issue of a safe parking space at UUCPA and the appeal to this by their neighbor, Stevenson House, I am reminded of a Christian requirement to love my neighbor as myself. When it’s just called the Golden Rule, it’s pretty universal – to treat others as we wish to be treated. The website for Stevenson House includes the following: Stevenson House exists to provide affordable housing for those truly in need in our community. Palo Alto and the greater Bay area has an acute lack of housing for its low- income elderly, with many living in cars, homeless shelters, and temporary housing. This sounds pretty similar to the goal of Move MV and the Safe Parking program that they support. Those living at Stevenson House are fortunate to have already found permanent housing. I wonder, did the residents at Stevenson House need to have background checks before they were allowed to move in? Palo Alto’s greatest need seems to be to overcome fear of those who seem to be less fortunate financially. If we can overcome this fear by truly loving all, as we wish to be loved and respected, we can work collectively to help end homelessness in Palo Alto. Please keep this in mind as you decide whether to accept or reject the appeal filed by Stevenson House. I urge you to support UUCPA’s application and reject the appeal. Thank you. Sincerely, Penelope Barrett 541 Patricia Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 From:Noah Petros To:Council, City Subject:Why did you remove pay phones? Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 5:20:11 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please put public telephones (preferably free) in the city From:Gail Price To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan Subject:Why is There Not Enough Affordable Housing? - TechEquity Collaborative Date:Wednesday, August 4, 2021 5:18:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members,This is a thorough and excellent article and describes why we have a critical shortage of affordable housing —plusalso consider how this shortage creates even more stress, anxiety, displacement, and homelessness. Please fully consider how your actions and votes impact both affordable housing and homelessness. The situation isdire. SincerelyGail Price https://techequitycollaborative.org/2021/08/04/why-is-there-not-enough-affordable-housing/ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; wintergery@earthlink.net; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; JoeSimitian; Jeff Moore; Raj Jayadev; supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; chuckjagoda; Cormack, Alison; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Greer Stone; Tony Dixon; Council, City; Tanaka,Greg; city.council@menlopark.org; Planning Commission; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; james pitkin; DavidAngel; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; GRP-City Council; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org Subject:Why we should say NO to Tasers in Palo Alto ( from the archives of Aram James—1st published in August 2018) in the LA/SF Daily Journal -written by Attorneys Richard Konda & Aram James Date:Thursday, August 5, 2021 5:16:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://m.facebook.com/PAFreePress/posts/1766305670060337 Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone 701-32 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: 08/23/2021 Document dates: 08/04/2021 – 08/12/2021 Mailed In Records Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week.