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Prepared for: 2/8/ 2021
Document dates: 1/20/2021 – 1/27/2021
Set 1
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reproduction in a given week.
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Angie Evans <angiebevans@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, January 23, 2021 3:20 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Feedback on 4A. Economic Recovery Work Plan
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Dear Mayor DuBois and City Council Members,
I wanted to thank you for including housing, with a focus on renters in your work plan discussion. I am glad to see that
the city is prioritizing NVCAP and ADU's but as you might expect from me, I don't think it's enough. I do hope that you
will revisit the housing work plans from previous years. For example, in 2019 the Council was meant to further explore
co‐housing models and PTC had a great presentation from several co‐housing developers who outlined how we might
alter some of our zoning standards to encourage and allow for co‐housing in Palo Alto. One company that presented was
even founded by a former Palo Alto resident. We've also heard time and time again that Palo Alto is extraordinarily cost
prohibitive for both affordable and market rate developers to build in. I hope you'll begin to explore how we can reduce
those costs by taking actions like providing public land to affordable housing developers, incentivizing land dedication to
meet Inclusionary Zoning requirements, loosening our parking requirements near transit, allowing for taller buildings
along El Camino, and eminimating the ground floor retail requirement.
Lastly, I want to remind you of last week's discussion around race in Palo Alto. Pastor Kaloma Smith and the Human
Relations Commission pointed to the need for more BIPOC role models. We can all do a better job making space for
new, diverse leaders in our boards, commissions, and community spaces. I hope the Housing Element process will be a
place that Palo Alto demonstrates its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Best,
Angie Evans
Crescent Park Mom
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Kara Davis <karaldavis@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 3:13 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Matt Davis
Subject:Wellesley and College Proposed Apartment Complex
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________________________________
Dear City Council Members,
I’m writing to voice my concern and opposition to the apartment complex being proposed for the corner of Wellesley St.
and College Ave. by Cato Investments, LLC. I am a homeowner in College Terrace which is my primary residence and
chose this neighborhood for its character and its diversity. I am acutely aware of the challenges in affordable housing in
our city and welcome solutions however, this project, as proposed, is not what we as a city want to endorse.
Per the developers website, this project is being marketed to the “missing middle”. Understanding that in our
community, that middle is most often occupied by families, this does not provide any solution for those folks, the entire
building is studio or 1‐bedroom apartments.
There is insufficient parking, already an issue in College Terrace that necessitates annual parking permits to manage.
Finally, allowing a zoning variance for this building will set a precedent that will have major and lasting impact on the
face of every neighborhood in Palo Alto.
Palo Alto is a place that is full of ethnic diversity and one of the things I love about raising my kids here but I have always
been disappointed at the lack of economic diversity. That the teachers or nurses who work in our community cannot
afford to live here as well. However, this type of project does not support that mission or goal. This is not the way to
achieve more affordable housing in Palo Alto.
I look forward to more public discussions of this proposal and am interested to hear your thoughts on it and its impact
on our city.
Best,
Kara Davis
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Baumb, Nelly
From:herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 5:22 PM
To:Council, City; Clerk, City
Cc:Foley, Emily
Subject:January 25, 2021 Council Meeting, Item #5: 922 California Avenue [20PLN-00104]
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Herb Borock
P. O. Box 632
Palo Alto, CA 94302
January 24, 2020
Palo Alto City Council
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
JANUARY 25, 2021 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #5
922 COLLEGE AVENUE [20PLN-00104]
PRELIMINARY PARCEL MAP WITH EXCEPTIONS
Dear City Council:
I urge you to reject the staff recommendation to approve the proposed
application because (1) the project creates a potentially significant
impact due to its violation of the Zoning Ordinance that requires
appropriate environmental review subject to the California Environmental
Act (CEQA), such as a Mitigated Negative Declaration or Environmental
Impact Report, (2) the project is not categorically exempt from CEQA
regulations, and (3) the applicant has the option of combining the
existing illegal parcels into a single legal parcel.
The staff report for this agenda item (ID #11831) at Page 4 say, "the
project is categorially exempt per CEQA Guideline Section 15315 (Minor
Land Subdivisions).
CEQA Guideline Section 15315 cannot be used for projects that require
exceptions as this project does.
If staff or the Council believes that a different CEQA Guidelines section
can be used to justify the proposed categorical exemption, then the
project needs to return first to the Planning and Transportation
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Commission after publishing a new public hearing notice that includes the
new attempt to justify categorical exemption from CEQA.
Otherwise, you need to follow the procedures for projects that are not
exempt from CEQA.
CEQA Guideline Section 15315 says:
"15315. MINOR LAND DIVISIONS Class 15 consists of the division of property
in urbanized areas zoned for residential, commercial, or industrial use
into four or fewer parcels when the division is in conformance with the
General Plan and zoning, no variances or exceptions are required, all
services and access to the proposed parcels to local standards are
available, the parcel was not involved in a division of a larger parcel
within the previous 2 years, and the parcel does not have an average slope
greater than 20 percent. Note: Authority cited: Sections Section 21083,
Public Resources Code; Reference: Section 21084, Public Resources
Code." (emphasis added)
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
Sincerely,
Herb Borock
cc: Emily Foley
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Peggy E. Kraft <pkraft@stanford.edu>
Sent:Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:54 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Finishing the Charleston/Arastradero corridor
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________________________________
Dear Council Members,
I am writing to ask if you have any information about the status of the Charleston/Arastradero corridor improvements
that have stopped. The calming was finished on some parts of the corridor but not from San Antonio Rd to Middlefield
Rd and from Alma to El Camino Real. I commute on my bicycle on this corridor 5 days a week and would like to know
why the entire project has not been finished. It is very important for community safety for the project be finished as
soon as possible.
Any information that you can give me or a person that I can contact for more information would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
Peggy Kraft
Mumford Place
Palo Alto,CA
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Baumb, Nelly
From:The Ojakian <ojakian@comcast.net>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 5:47 PM
To:'Jay Boyarsky'; Council, City
Subject:RE: Public Safety Building
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________________________________
You my friend are appreciated beyond words.
Vic
‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐
From: Jay Boyarsky [mailto:boyarsky@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 23, 2021 9:33 PM
To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org
Subject: Public Safety Building
Dear Esteemed Councilmember,
Please support the construction of a new public safety building.
I served on a previous Blue Ribbon Taskforce on this topic. The need for a new building has only gotten more profound
after decades of study and fits and starts. There is never an ideal time for an expensive project like this.
But now is the time to forge ahead.
Public safety and disaster preparedness are among the highest priorities for local government. Your support for a new
public safety building will demonstrate your belief in this truism and become part of your legacy of service to our fine
city.
Thank you for your consideration and for your service.
Jay Boyarsky
Santa Rita Ave
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Baumb, Nelly
From:The Ojakian <ojakian@comcast.net>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 6:00 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Shikada, Ed
Subject:Public Safety Building
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Dear City Council Members;
You will be discussing item 7. Update on the Status of Capital Improvement Fund and Potential Direction on
Prioritization of Projects for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Budget and 2022‐2026 Capital Improvement Plan tomorrow night.
I am urging you to support a new Public Safety Building and allow for a staff report and discussion about this matter at
your February 1st meeting. A number of individuals support the need for this new facility. Please provide them the
opportunity to share their perspective. My view is we needed this new facility yesterday and waiting until tomorrow
could have adverse effects on our community.
Sincerely,
Vic Ojakian
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Jeffrey Lu <jeffreylu6@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:44 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:feedback on city council priorities for 2021
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Hi,
I'm writing to submit public comment on the city council's priorities for 2021, which will be selected during this
Saturday's retreat meeting.
I hope the city council will continue working hard on last year's priorities: Housing, Sustainability, and Mobility for all.
All three priorities are closely intertwined, and making headways in one area complements the other areas too. In
particular, I urge greater focus on mobility for all, with an eye toward non‐car transport. Transportation is Palo Alto's
(and California's!) leading source of both climate‐harming carbon emissions, as well as air‐polluting NOx and particulate
matter. Transport emissions have been trending upward statewide since 2012, even as many of us have switched to zero
emission vehicles. Additionally, speeding car traffic is more prevalent than ever; in 2020 our roads were noisier, less
safe, and less pleasant. There is much work to be done to improve mobility for all.
While Palo Alto has a commendable existing biking network, many gaps remain. I still can't get to Happy Donuts on El
Camino on a bike without riding on the sidewalk or mixing with high speed vehicular traffic. Access to shops on
Middlefield in Midtown remains difficult on a bike, and vehicles rarely abide by the 25MPH speed limit in that area. Palo
Alto's encouraging bike boulevard plan appears to be on hold, and many of us are still waiting for previously cleared
road safety improvements to materialize. Further, demand for recreational pedestrian and bike trails is at
unprecedented levels, as evidenced by overflowing lots at the Baylands, Pearson‐Arastradero, and Foothills park.
Palo Alto is where I learned to bike and love biking. I hope you will continue making strides to ensure that our streets are
safe for all road users.
Thanks,
‐‐
Jeffrey Lu
Midtown
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:41 AM
To:Greer Stone; Tanner, Rachael; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Raven Malone; Council,
City; Human Relations Commission; Kaloma Smith; Steven D. Lee; DuBois, Tom; Pat Burt; Winter
Dellenbach; greg@gregtanaka.org; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com;
wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Cormack, Alison; Shikada, Ed; Kou, Lydia; Jeff Rosen
Subject:Recent email from Aram James to the city council et al re the need for a city ( not church) supported
safe parking program...hopefully this critical issue will be raised at Saturday’s Jan 30, 2021 retreat &
and listed as a priority for 2021.
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FYI:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/79806
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Alice Smith <alice.smith@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 27, 2021 7:00 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Fwd: Foothills Park's Evolution
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I received this this morning. I think these comments are worthy of consideration.
Alice Smith
850 Webster Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650 283 2822
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
Hi, nature lovers:
I recommend you take the time to read every one of the readers' comments below this story!...
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/square/index.php?utm_source=express‐2021‐01‐
26&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=express&i=3&d=&t=50076
La Doris Cordell will surely regret having served Palo Alto with this lawsuit, without a section that proposed a fix that actually solved
the problem(s) she saw! Now her reputation is tarnished by having done only harm, and no good, for the wild land & its living
creatures...while providing no help for the populations she had hoped to represent!
Cannot Palo Alto rename its preserve a Preserve? Sheeesh!
‐‐
xxx one of many former residents
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Bette Kiernan <betteuk@aol.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:58 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:APPLAUSE!!
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Dear Mr. Shikedo:
The plan to reduce the park visitors to 400
is ideal.
That assures continuation of Foothiils as a wildlife refuge, preserves the environment and shares with
all the beauty of quiet and solitude in nature.
There are many other parks but Foothills is unique. I am ecstatic you found the way to
sustain it . Brilliant!
Bette Kiernan
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Jeffrey Lu <jeffreylu6@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:44 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:feedback on city council priorities for 2021
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Hi,
I'm writing to submit public comment on the city council's priorities for 2021, which will be selected during this
Saturday's retreat meeting.
I hope the city council will continue working hard on last year's priorities: Housing, Sustainability, and Mobility for all.
All three priorities are closely intertwined, and making headways in one area complements the other areas too. In
particular, I urge greater focus on mobility for all, with an eye toward non‐car transport. Transportation is Palo Alto's
(and California's!) leading source of both climate‐harming carbon emissions, as well as air‐polluting NOx and particulate
matter. Transport emissions have been trending upward statewide since 2012, even as many of us have switched to zero
emission vehicles. Additionally, speeding car traffic is more prevalent than ever; in 2020 our roads were noisier, less
safe, and less pleasant. There is much work to be done to improve mobility for all.
While Palo Alto has a commendable existing biking network, many gaps remain. I still can't get to Happy Donuts on El
Camino on a bike without riding on the sidewalk or mixing with high speed vehicular traffic. Access to shops on
Middlefield in Midtown remains difficult on a bike, and vehicles rarely abide by the 25MPH speed limit in that area. Palo
Alto's encouraging bike boulevard plan appears to be on hold, and many of us are still waiting for previously cleared
road safety improvements to materialize. Further, demand for recreational pedestrian and bike trails is at
unprecedented levels, as evidenced by overflowing lots at the Baylands, Pearson‐Arastradero, and Foothills park.
Palo Alto is where I learned to bike and love biking. I hope you will continue making strides to ensure that our streets are
safe for all road users.
Thanks,
‐‐
Jeffrey Lu
Midtown
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Jane Moss <jgm0ss@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 1:00 PM
To:ParkRec Commission; Council, City
Subject:Suggestions for Foothills Nature Preserve Reservation System
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To the Honorable City Council members and Parks and Recreation Commissioners,
I submitted comments to the Palo Alto City Council meeting last Tuesday evening on the topic of Foothills Park. I spoke
out about the various standards I thought would improve the situation. I listened to the entire discussion, and one thing
disturbed me. I thought I heard reluctance to embrace an online reservation system. In my opinion that is the only
method that can solve many problems seamlessly. It provides access to a restricted resource in a way many of us have
come to expect where the demand exceeds the supply. To the argument that some people don't have access to or
choose not to use the internet for this kind of purchase, there is an easy answer. The park doesn't need to offer a
capacity‐filling number of reservations each day. If several spaces are "removed", these set‐asides can be offered as
same‐day entries, first come first serve, until gone. This is very similar to how wilderness permits are distributed for
popular trail systems. Having an online calendar and reservation system allows management to (partially) black out
dates that are not 100% available to the public for a variety of needs: summer camp days, tour days, education and
school group field trip dates, free access days, etc. My personal preference is always to have an advance reservation. It is
a known thing. Then you are not gambling with your family's time and committing to something that might not happen.
Of course there will be reservations that go unredeemed. That is perfectly fine. The on‐site manager can decide to let
the park "rest" and the current occupants enjoy a less crowded day, or it can be opened up with ad hoc, additional
same‐day permits. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Jane Moss, Palo Alto resident
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From:M. Gallagher <writing2win@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, January 23, 2021 12:10 AM
To:Mary Gallagher; Council, City
Subject:Foothill Park Admission Fee
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Dear City Council Members:
May someone explain publicly why a reservation system with maximum
hourly visitor limits was not considered a better solution than charging
visitors a fee to limit visitors at Foothills Park?
I wholly disapprove of this fee. The fee sends a divisive message: those with
bucks can visit the park. Those who don't have bucks won't. I think the park,
the people, and the planet would be best served if folks wishing to visit the
park also considered themselves to be stewards of the park. As stewards
individuals, families, and groups could be assigned an area or a suitable task
to maintain the park in exchange for the privilege of visiting the park.
Thank you for listening to my view of the access fee.
Respectfully,
Mary Gallagher
Mary Gallagher, B.Sc.
Content Strategist
650-683-7102
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From:rogersac@aol.com
Sent:Friday, January 22, 2021 1:19 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Comments on latest developments on the subject of Foothills Park.
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I am writing to you further with comments on how things are developing.
1. All the yellow caution tape is dangerous for all the animals in the park. The deer could easily get caught up and have
the tape wrapped around their legs. They will want to continue access to their deer trails and the red tape will either cause
them to jump over it or run through it. Likewise other larger animals. Even the turkeys may not be able to go under it and
once the tape is broken it could get wound up around animal causing it to be trapped. If it starts breaking down it will
probably be digested by them or enter the creeks. This yellow tape is a hazard to the environment for the habitat and
should be moved. For similar reasons, no permanent structure should replace the tape. The deer trails, rabbit holes, are
where the animals live. Putting up any type of barricade to keep out humans is not going to keep them safe.
2. Since it seems likely that you will endorse an entrance fee, thought must be put into how that fee is collected. At
present we are in the middle of a pandemic and nobody is handling cash. Even without the pandemic the least number of
bank notes of one denomination without change is ideal. $6 means at least two bank notes and possibly means change.
The amount of handling of cash is not a good idea and the $6 fee is very inconvenient in a society which so rarely uses
cash anymore. I myself would probably have to stop at an atm to pay and then I would need change. None of this is
ideal. A much better system must be worked out that does not involve cash at the gate. Online payment system with an
online pass makes most sense to me. Likewise, there should be annual pass particularly for Palo Alto residents with a
mirror hanger, not a sticker. Cars should not be putting lots of stickers on windows as that is against DMV rules. Online
reservations and an app that shows whether there is space before we leave home is also necessary.
3. When it comes to bikes and pedestrians, it will cause more problems unless they are counted. Los Altos Hills residents
can walk in quite easily and cars can park on their roads and walk (or bike) in. Having LAH residents allowed to enter
when PA residents cannot is not going to be anything equitable. Those residents should not have a privilege that they are
not paying towards. Pedestrian and bikes should be counted and have to pay like any vehicle.
I am sorry we are in the mess we are. The pilot was a good solution. This is not. The cat is among the pidgeons and have
the chickens have come home to roost. You must sort this situation out equitably for Palo Alto residents as well as anyone
else. We are the ones who have been treated abysmally through all this and you must rectify the situation that this has
caused.
Thank you for your time.
Carol Rogers, Stockton Place.
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From:Richard Placone <rcplacone@sbcglobal.net>
Sent:Thursday, January 21, 2021 1:33 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Foothill Park Fee
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Council Members:
Thanks to your newly imposed Foothill Park entrance fee of $10, my wife and I will never again visit
this park. There were other more reasonable ways to limit park attendance. The City certainly
doesn't need the extra income, given the way it already spends our tax dollars on often exorbitant
administrative and police salaries, and the continued over staffing of employees compared to most
other cites in our area. You took the easy way out, thinking that all residents in Palo Alto have
unlimited funds and so this high fee will be readily accepted.
Richard C. Placone
Chimalus Drive
Palo Alto/Barron Park
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From:Rojas, Gonzo (NBCUniversal) <gonzo.rojas@nbcuni.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 20, 2021 4:27 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Meghan Taylor (meghan.taylor@cityofpaloalto.org)
Subject:NBC Bay Area Request
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Good Afternoon,
I’m looking for clarification that Palo Alto’s City Council has voted to start charging a vehicle fee and cap attendance at
Foothills Park.
Is there a press release on the decision?
Gonzalo Rojas
Assignment Manager
D: 408‐432‐4780
C: 619‐277‐3364
gonzo.rojas@nbcuni.com
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From:L Lapier <lslapier@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 20, 2021 4:00 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Foothills restrictions
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City Council,
I know you will be hearing from the usual vocal minority demanding restrictions on access to Foothills Park. I would like
to point out that ALL parks in the Bay Area were busy last weekend ‐ the weather was great, it was a 3 day weekend, and
many folks were eager to get outside and away from their work and computers. I was at the Baylands and it was very
busy, with lots of hikers and bikers. On the local news, there were stories about how busy parks were in Marin County
and San Francisco, for the same reasons.
Restricting access to Foothills Park because it's "too popular" is very short sighted and does not recognize that ALL parks
are busy on weekends. I encourage you to do some due diligence and visit other parks on weekends to get some
context, before giving in to demands on restrictions on Foothill Park. Otherwise, do we restrict access to the
Baylands? Rinconada Park? Mitchell Park? And so on, if we follow the logic of "restrict access to Foothills!"
Please also realize that there is a population of over 60,000 people in Palo Alto, and seek out other voices Do some due
diligence and think about the broader community.
Thank you,
L Lapier
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From:Mashhood Rassam <mrassam@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 20, 2021 2:58 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Thank you!
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Dear City Council,
Thank you for responding to residents and moving quickly to curb capacity at Foothills Park. The Park has not been safe
for my family the last few weeks, with many cars circling at high speeds to find parking while I struggle to make sure my
young children are kept out of harm's way. I hope your quick action makes the Park safe for all.
Thank you!
Mashhood Rassam
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From:Mary Ann Peters <maryann@maryannpeters.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 9:49 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Foothill Park Concerns
Attachments:Foothill Park Jan 24, 2021 #2.doc; Foothill Park 1102021.doc
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To: Members of City Council
From: Mary Ann Peters
Date: Jan 24, 2021
MARY ANN PETERS, PH.D.
(650) 321-8788 2834 KIPLING STREET PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306
maryann@maryannpeters.com
January 24, 2021
Subject: Foothill Park
TO: Palo Alto City Council cc: A. Anderson, C. Bourquin By way of introduction, I am a very, long time resident of Palo Alto who, with friends, have hiked, walked, accompanied children on nature talks, and have enjoyed taking photos of nature’s wonderful creatures over some 45 years I am shocked and dismayed by what I have seen and experienced since the City of Palo Alto opened Foothill Park; apparently without thought, planning, and a strategy; a terrible decision. This Sanctuary, located in a geography populated by millions should be cherished and protected not destroyed by careless decision. My thoughts:
1.0 Parks in Palo Alto – I believe there are 36 open to all
Why rush to open Foothill Park without a strategy?
2.0 Politics or Environment Stewardship (Conservation)-
Foothill Park, a jewel, has been an oasis for animals
to live in peace and native flora to grow and flourish.
Why rush to open Foothill Park to masses of humanity
without a strategy and put the animal at risk? Was the
rush based on some political correctness versus
environmental stewardship?
3.0 Animal population – animals do not have the resources
to defend themselves and hire lawyers. We few caring
humans need to speak for them (for they cannot speak
for themselves) as others endeavor to destroy their habitats.
4.0 Bikes and Mountain Bikes- why allow bikes and, certainly
not mountain bikes, on the trails. We know mountain bikes erode fragile habitats. As a friend reported, ‘I was yelled at as I walked on a trail for, I was interfering with a biker’s progress.’
5.0 Budget -where is money to hire two or more rangers to manage
the onslaught? Where is the money to build more restrooms?
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Foothill Park
Where is money to create signage like NO MOUNTAIN
BIKES allowed on hiking trails? How will you deal with
conflict between slower walkers and determined bikers
on the hiking trails? Where is the money to enforce the
rules and regulations?
6.0 Fees – Yosemite and other parks charge more than $6.
Disneyland charges more than $6. What decision
matrix was used to arrive at $6; an inadequate amount?
7.0 Funding - discriminatory; yes discriminatory! – As a Palo
Alto resident my taxes help to fund Foothill Park.
Currently you are asking us to a) fund the park through
our property taxes b) pay an entrance fee AND c) run into
the possibility of being turned away at the entrance due
to excessive visitor ship. Double taxation without representation.
. This is DISCRIMINATORY
8.0 Deportment – who will enforce proper manners in the
Park? Who will admonish children for throwing sticks and
rocks at the deer? Who will admonish visitors for
throwing objects at the ducks on the lake?
9.0 Fishing – who will require and enforce fishing licenses?
Who will limit the numbers at the lake so the animal
population can access to their ‘watering hole?’
In conclusion, I and my 9 +/- walking friends ages 70-94 feel we can
no longer visit Foothill Park for we are afraid for our safety and health due
to lack of masks, presence of garbage, rude bicyclists, too many cars driving
too fast, too many people, and the disrespect for the Park and its inhabitants Foothill Park is not Mitchell or Hoover Park; rather it is environmental
preserve. Each of us is sadden by the degradation of this Special Place;
why destroy the essence of this Sanctuary?
Sincerely
MA Peters 1 Attachment; letter sent to the City Manager describing our experience
MARY ANN PETERS, PH.D.
(650)650 799-3353 2834 KIPLING STREET PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94306
January 10, 2021
TO: City Manager Ed Shikada cc: Sara Cody, MD SUBJECT: Foothill Park
1.0 Introduction
Foothill Park and nature preserve was given to our City in the 1969;
a jewel for we residents to enjoy. We have been hiking, walking, attending nature presentations, and
observing the animal population accompanying generations of
children for over 45 years.
2.0 My Experience since opening our Park I am afraid for my health and safety to return to the Park; why?
2.1 too many cars driving too fast
2.2 as many as 31 unmasked people
gathering at picnic area (note they were not eating) 2.3 observed men spitting more than once 2.4 noticed a blue latex glove near mountains
of garbage
2.5 observed condoms in tree area near picnic tables
2.6 TOO many fishing; assault on the water shed and
preventing our animal population access to water
3.0 Questions – please answer
3.1 who made the decision to open without a strategy?
3.2 who pays for the wonderful rangers and upkeep?
3.3 are we residents of Palo Alto responsible for the
additional garbage and maintenance due to the
assault on the Park? 3.4 who is responsible for protecting the fragile and unique ecosystem with this onslaught of
humanity?
3.5 why aren’t people responsible for holding a fishing
license?
3.6 why isn’t the City limiting the number who enter as well as fish? We are treating the animal population in a cruel uncaring manner by opening the Park without a
strategy and protective processes
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Robert Beacom <robertbeacom@me.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 27, 2021 11:29 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Support for a new Public Safety Building
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________________________________
Dear Council ‐
My name is Bob Beacom and I retired from the Palo Alto Police Department in 2016 as the Assistant Police Chief after 27
years of service. I felt compelled to share with you a few thoughts in regard to approving a new Public Safety Building.
When I started in 1990, I was told that the Police Department would be moving in to a new building very soon and not
get too comfortable where we were…obviously that never happened. The current building is woefully outdated, unsafe
for police functions and would be utterly unable to handle any natural disasters that may occur in the Bay Area. When it
rains, several areas on the “A” level flood causing significant disruptions to briefings and communications. The current
building is just no longer a viable option.
I would say one last thing about the hiring and retention of good officers. Every department in the Bay Area is
competing for the same small pool of qualified candidates. The best candidates want competitive wages, a great
community and a good environment in which to work. I have spoken to enough candidates to confidently say that a
new Public Safety Building matters to young officers when they are making their choice of where to work.
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out. Thank you for your time.
Bob Beacom
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Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 1:15 PM
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The Law Foundation will report important data and information collected since the March 2020
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We're hoping to have policymakers and advocates in attendance so this community conversation may
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From:atkinsonkim@pacbell.net
Sent:Friday, January 22, 2021 5:51 PM
To:Anderson, Daren
Cc:Council, City
Subject:Duck hunting at the Baylands endangers residents
Mr. Anderson,
An additional thought, re the shooting heard near Byxbee Open Space on January 17:
It is possible that boats used for duck hunting are launched from docks in locations under
the jurisdiction of the city of Mt. View, south of Byxbee Open Space Preserve.
Ideally the city of Palo Alto would join forces with the city of Mt. View to approach the California
Department of Fish & Wildlife, to eliminate guns / hunting in such a densely populated area and highly‐used
bayside walkway system.
A collective will & action by the two partnering cities could protect our citizens from the hazard of
errant bullets.
Kim Atkinson
From: Anderson, Daren <Daren.Anderson@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:38 PM
To: atkinsonkim@pacbell.net
Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: FW: Duck hunting at the Baylands endangers residents
Dear Kim Atkinson,
The City Manager asked me to respond to your email. I am sorry to hear about your recent experience at the
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve.
Hunting is not permitted within the Palo Alto Baylands or anywhere within Palo Alto Open Space. I have
attached copies of the hunting restriction maps that were provided to us earlier this year from the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife for your reference. The shaded areas on the maps denote where hunting is not
permitted. To help discourage hunters unlawfully hunting within the Baylands, we will install signs this
weekend to advise hunters that hunting is not permitted within the preserve.
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If you have any additional questions or would like to discuss this in more detail, please contact the Baylands
Supervising Ranger, Lisa Myers: P: 650.617.3156 Lisa.myers@cityofpaloalto.org
Sincerely,
Daren Anderson
DAREN ANDERSON
Assistant Director Open Space, Parks, Golf, and Animal Services
Community Services Department
(650) 496‐6950 | Daren.Anderson@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: atkinsonkim@pacbell.net <atkinsonkim@pacbell.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 2:41 PM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: Police <pd@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: Duck hunting at the Baylands endangers residents
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To the City Council of Palo Alto, cc Police Dept.,
On Sunday January 17 I made a brief call to the police department to express concern about
gunshots overheard at the Byxbee baylands. Yes, it is understood that duck hunting season
is open, and hunting is legal out there in the water & grasses.
It is legal, despite the number of walkers, joggers and bicyclists of all ages passing nearby.
It is legal, despite our volunteers and collective efforts to restore native plants and wildlife, including birds.
Almost two decades ago when I was walking at the Byxbee baylands during duck hunting season,
an errant bullet whizzed past my head.
It was terrifying.
I could have been killed.
That very day I contacted local city and county officials about this, and came away with a vague
understanding that the marshes off our shoreline are a kind of no‐man’s land of accountability,
where local cities (and perhaps county) have no jurisdiction—something about state or federal
space, although this may not be accurate and merits verification. I do not recall the details.
I only know that the entity with jurisdiction over this space allows for hunting,
in such a crowded, urban, dense area. I was told our city could do nothing about it.
It is unfathomable that hunting is allowed here, so close to a heavily used park.
The many people enjoying the Byxbee walkways today on Sunday, and every day,
are at the mercy of the accuracy of the gunmen out there. We are at the mercy of luck.
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We are at the mercy that there will be no human error on the part of the gunmen,
no matter how well‐intentioned, such as the one who almost killed me 20 years ago from his boat.
Can we do anything about this ?
Hunting may be a right where it is safe, but it does not belong so close to our heavily used bayside park.
Today in the sunshine it was crowded out there, with lots of children, and with gunshots heard in the background.
This is not ok.
Kim Atkinson
1753 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto 94301
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Baumb, Nelly
From:atkinsonkim@pacbell.net
Sent:Thursday, January 21, 2021 9:43 AM
To:Anderson, Daren
Cc:Council, City
Subject:RE: Duck hunting at the Baylands endangers residents
Dear Mr. Anderson
Thank you for your speedy response.
Thank you also for posting the warning signs to hunters – this is appreciated.
Are your signs posted near the boat launch areas ?
I am afraid I am not very good at understanding the maps you provided.
It seems that the duck hunters, who are out in the bay in the tall grasses, in boats, may be hunting
from an area that is indeed lawful,
and as you indicate, that is under the jurisdiction of the State Fish and Wildlife Department.
The problem is that nowhere in such a populated area of the bay, near a popular open space park, should hunting
with guns be lawful.
An errant bullet, due to human error or accident, could possibly strike a person in such a densely urban area.
I was almost hit by such a bullet, walking the heavily used waterside path at Byxbee, years ago.
If we can hear gunshots where children and the public are walking and biking, something is seriously amiss.
Gunshots were clearly audible at the heavily used Byxbee Open Space Preserve on Sunday January 17.
This hazard should be addressed with the State Fish and Wildlife Department.
Hunting should not be permitted in this densely populated area of San Francisco Bay.
Kim Atkinson
From: Anderson, Daren <Daren.Anderson@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 3:38 PM
To: atkinsonkim@pacbell.net
Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: FW: Duck hunting at the Baylands endangers residents
Dear Kim Atkinson,
The City Manager asked me to respond to your email. I am sorry to hear about your recent experience at the
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve.
Hunting is not permitted within the Palo Alto Baylands or anywhere within Palo Alto Open Space. I have
attached copies of the hunting restriction maps that were provided to us earlier this year from the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife for your reference. The shaded areas on the maps denote where hunting is not
permitted. To help discourage hunters unlawfully hunting within the Baylands, we will install signs this
weekend to advise hunters that hunting is not permitted within the preserve.
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If you have any additional questions or would like to discuss this in more detail, please contact the Baylands
Supervising Ranger, Lisa Myers: P: 650.617.3156 Lisa.myers@cityofpaloalto.org
Sincerely,
Daren Anderson
DAREN ANDERSON
Assistant Director Open Space, Parks, Golf, and Animal Services
Community Services Department
(650) 496‐6950 | Daren.Anderson@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: atkinsonkim@pacbell.net <atkinsonkim@pacbell.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2021 2:41 PM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: Police <pd@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: Duck hunting at the Baylands endangers residents
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To the City Council of Palo Alto, cc Police Dept.,
On Sunday January 17 I made a brief call to the police department to express concern about
gunshots overheard at the Byxbee baylands. Yes, it is understood that duck hunting season
is open, and hunting is legal out there in the water & grasses.
It is legal, despite the number of walkers, joggers and bicyclists of all ages passing nearby.
It is legal, despite our volunteers and collective efforts to restore native plants and wildlife, including birds.
Almost two decades ago when I was walking at the Byxbee baylands during duck hunting season,
an errant bullet whizzed past my head.
It was terrifying.
I could have been killed.
That very day I contacted local city and county officials about this, and came away with a vague
understanding that the marshes off our shoreline are a kind of no‐man’s land of accountability,
where local cities (and perhaps county) have no jurisdiction—something about state or federal
space, although this may not be accurate and merits verification. I do not recall the details.
I only know that the entity with jurisdiction over this space allows for hunting,
in such a crowded, urban, dense area. I was told our city could do nothing about it.
It is unfathomable that hunting is allowed here, so close to a heavily used park.
The many people enjoying the Byxbee walkways today on Sunday, and every day,
are at the mercy of the accuracy of the gunmen out there. We are at the mercy of luck.
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We are at the mercy that there will be no human error on the part of the gunmen,
no matter how well‐intentioned, such as the one who almost killed me 20 years ago from his boat.
Can we do anything about this ?
Hunting may be a right where it is safe, but it does not belong so close to our heavily used bayside park.
Today in the sunshine it was crowded out there, with lots of children, and with gunshots heard in the background.
This is not ok.
Kim Atkinson
1753 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto 94301
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Keith Ferrell <ferrell.keith@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 20, 2021 5:39 PM
To:Perron, Zachary
Cc:City Mgr; Police; Eggleston, Brad; Hur, Mark; Baird, Nathan; isabelle.lasalle@asm.ca.gov; Council, City
Subject:Re: El Camino RV's
+Council, City
Zach,
Thanks for getting back to me with the detailed response. I think anything that can be done proactively will be an
improvement. I understand that some, if not most of these RV occupants are not in the greatest situation. Having said
that, I also don't think allowing them to live on one of the busiest streets in the city is any type of solution. At some
point, there needs to be a movement towards finding a place for them to reside and get any assistance they can, and are
willing to receive.
One minor point. More than just unblocking the sidewalk needs to be an emphasis that the belongings cannot simply be
moved into the street.
Also, the "wheelchair standard" does not actually meet ADA standards. ADA calls for a clear path of 36 inches. A
wheelchair is approximately 26 inches. My daughter has a service dog that walks next to her. 26 inches is not a
sufficient width for them to walk abreast of each other as she has been trained to do. Estimating it as the width of a
wheelchair opens the city up to lawsuits based on violating the ADA.
Lastly, I've seen several times over the past few weeks a small street sweeper being used out along E. Bayshore Road on
the Baylands path. That path is MUCH cleaner than the city's stretch of El Camino. The city also pays the Downtown
Streets Team a good amount of money to clean downtown. I'm not sure if they're doing that now, given that downtown
is fairly empty. But, why not mobilize those resources to the areas that actually need the cleaning? Something to think
about.
Thanks again. We'll see how things go over the next couple of weeks.
Keith
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 3:15 PM Perron, Zachary <Zachary.Perron@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hello Mr. Ferrell,
I’m very sorry for the delayed response for your messages. It’s been extremely busy during the first weeks of
the new year for us. I had intended on writing back to you this afternoon, actually, but your most recent e‐mail beat
me to the punch. The delayed response is no one’s fault but mine.
We have been actively working on this situation, and have been continuing our longstanding efforts to enforce
applicable laws along El Camino Real. The Police Department implemented a new strategy during the first week of the
new year, and I’m pleased to report that progress has been made; however, as you note below, that progress still has a
ways to go before we can say the problem has been completely resolved. I assure you that our staff (including
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Community Service Officers, police officers, police supervisors, police managers, Public Works personnel, and
Community Service Department personnel) have been diligently addressing these issues and trying to come up with
innovative solutions.
We are acutely aware of the complex realities of the situation out there, balancing several priorities including
public safety laws and social services needs of individuals with the ongoing Bay Area housing crisis, homeless
challenges, and now, the pandemic. We are doing everything we can to balance our enforcement efforts with
compassion.
Here’s what we’ve changed as of about two weeks ago:
Created a new warning flyer highlighting the Palo Alto Municipal Code section that prohibits placing items in the
street or on a sidewalk, asking occupants to either bring their property inside their vehicles or dispose of it
Having Community Service Officers place said flyer on any vehicle on El Camino Real that appears to have
property strewn about it. This will occur on a weekly basis.
Having police officers return to each vehicle with property remaining nearby, making personal contact with the
occupants, and offering social service resources to them.
Having police officers attempt to gain compliance by having occupants clean up the material while the officer
stands by.
Having police officers issue written warnings and/or citations for the Municipal Code violation when
appropriate.
Our Community Service Officers are now doing proactive 72‐hour parking enforcement (i.e. not waiting for a
specific complaint from a member of the public, as is how this section is enforced everywhere else in town)
along the entirety of El Camino Real on a weekly basis. This proactive enforcement had been being done on a
monthly basis since the summer of 2018. The vast majority of vehicles move and comply with the law; the ones
that do not receive citations or are towed. Vehicles that are obviously uninhabited and abandoned are towed
away; for vehicles that are people’s homes and contain all of their belongings, though, we work with them to
try to come up with alternative solutions.
With regards to vehicles parked with their wheels on the curb, we are choosing to enforce that section along El
Camino Real the same way our personnel enforce that violation in all other areas of town: if in the judgment of
our personnel a wheelchair could safely navigate the remaining unblocked portion of the sidewalk, we do not
issue a citation. If it could not, we issue a citation. We trust that our above‐described and ongoing efforts to
remove property from the sidewalk will help in this regard.
With regards to the five questions you posed to Mark on January 5, my answers appear below in‐line in red
color after your questions.
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In regards to the specific vehicles with a great deal of accumulated belongings that you describe below, our
personnel worked in collaboration with Public Works staff this morning to successfully remove two full truckloads of
belongings that the vehicle occupants no longer wanted. Public Works staff also used a leafblower to clean the
area. Now that the area is largely clean, we’ll continue to follow the above procedures to do our best to ensure that
the violations do not reoccur.
My sincere hope is that all of our efforts will pay off in the near future, and that you will continue to notice a
significant improvement in conditions. In the meantime, again, I apologize for the length of time it took me to get back
to your inquiries and messages. Feel free to reach out to me directly should you have any additional questions.
All the best in 2021,
Zach
Zach Perron
Captain, Investigative Services Division
Palo Alto Police Department
(650) 329‐2115 | zachary.perron@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org | www.papd.org
From: Keith Ferrell <ferrell.keith@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1:05 PM
To: Hur, Mark <Mark.Hur@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Police <pd@cityofpaloalto.org>; Perron, Zachary
<Zachary.Perron@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Planning Enforcement <Planning.Enforcement@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Mgr
<CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Eggleston, Brad <Brad.Eggleston@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City
<city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: Baird, Nathan <Nathan.Baird@CityofPaloAlto.org>; isabelle.lasalle@asm.ca.gov
Subject: Re: El Camino RV's
All,
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Circling back here since I haven't received a response. Yesterday, I walked down El Camino and the same RV's are
there. One still parked up on the curb, and the two to the south still blocking the sidewalk with various items. Last
night, the RV owner was actually barbequing on the sidewalk. Let's see. Biking and skateboarding downtown are
illegal, but feel free to BBQ on El Camino. It seems that El Camino has little to no enforcement. Last week, however, I
did see 4‐5 patrol cars pay a visit to the two RV's just north of Serra. It appears they might have told them to take all of
the items off of the sidewalk as by the next day a portion of them were all in the street and under the RV. I guess that's
PAPD/the city's way of taking responsibility for only the sidewalks. That way you can all claim that El Camino is a state
highway and not under your jurisdiction. Sounds pretty lazy, if you ask me. The problem is that nothing has
changed. The vehicles remain parked illegally, either on the curb, over 72 hours, or both and the sidewalks are still
blocked. In addition, the pile of belongings under the RV, combined with an open kitchen, is a hazard in itself.
So, what does it take to get these issues addressed by the city and the police? It's been almost three weeks since I
brought this to your attention, and many more since the city has been aware of the issue.
I also asked Mark Hur several questions that remain unanswered. I told him that if he were not the proper person to
ask, then to direct me to that person. I have still heard nothing.
Here's a question for everyone. What would the city do if the RV's tried to park on University and block the sidewalk
and park for weeks on end? Why is it any different that they are parked on El Camino? Why does PAPD and the city
not enforce the laws equally throughout the city?
On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:14 AM Keith Ferrell <ferrell.keith@gmail.com> wrote:
All,
Yesterday I saw both Community Officers and the PAPD on El Camino talking with RV owners. It is a good
first step, but also one that needs to be done on a regular basis in order to ensure that the laws are being
enforced.
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This morning, however, when I drove along El Camino I saw many RV's still parked on the sidewalk
hampering access to the sidewalk, as well as a variety of items being stored on the sidewalk. According to
Palo Alto City Code Ordinance 9.48.020 Unlawful acts - Exceptions.
(a) No person shall place or cause to be placed anywhere upon any street or sidewalk, and no person
owning, occupying or having control of any premises, shall suffer to remain in front thereof upon the sidewalk
of the street next to such premises, anything which shall restrict the public use thereof.
Please note that in order for a sidewalk to be ADA compliant, there needs to be 36 inches of "clear width".
(ADA 403.5.1 Clear Width)
If, for some reason, you are unwilling to enforce local parking laws and enforce city codes, you are required
to abide by federal ADA regulations. I will contact the Santa Clara County ADA office today in order to
inform them of the ongoing violations.
Finally, one week ago, I sent photos of the RV's parked between Churchill and Park/Serra. Today, three of
those RV's are still there despite violating the 72-hour parking ordinance. The community service officer was
talking with the owner of two of the RV's yesterday morning. The other RV is the one parked on the sidewalk
(CA license 5KDB841). Note that the pair of RV's to the north have now installed a "Slow Children At Play"
statue in the slow lane of El Camino.
I expect that the city will be actively addressing these situations going forward.
Keith
On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 11:47 AM Keith Ferrell <ferrell.keith@gmail.com> wrote:
Today, I tried to walk down El Camino from Churchill to Serra. I have attached photos of what I encountered. There
are, as you can see, many issues. RV's parked on the sidewalk, trash and other "non‐vehicles" in the street and items
blocking passage on the sidewalk. In order to get to Serra, I had to walk in the traffic lane on El Camino as the
sidewalk was completely blocked. I called PAPD to report both the illegally parked vehicles and the sidewalk,
however, they moved me on to Code Enforcement despite the fact that illegally parked cars is, I believe, under their
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umbrella of responsibility. But, as has been the case for many years, no one seems to want to claim responsibility
for this area. I did see a few Stanford contractors out cleaning up some of the debris. Why hasn't Palo Alto sent a
clean‐up crew out there to deal with the conditions that they are allowing to occur?
This is what you have allowed the city to become. Ed Shikada, this is Palo Alto under your management. This is the
road that the city wants to turn into a "Grand Boulevard" to rival the great streets of Europe.
Does it really take residents to complain about something like this in order for city staff to act? Where is the
leadership? As the saying goes, " A fish rots from the head down." Why isn't Ed Shikada doing anything to care for
the city that he's being paid to manage?
Keith
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 5:47 PM Keith Ferrell <ferrell.keith@gmail.com> wrote:
FYI,
Two posts I just saw on Nextdoor in response to a women who was screamed at by a homeless man downtown:
Rachel Mortimore
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Downtown North
Did you file a report to keep on police radar? Someone living in the RVs tried to pull a young woman from a
bike a few weeks ago. Reports lead to awareness and… See more
2 hr ago
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Crescent Park
I just drove down `El Camino and it's getting worse...old bikes, litter, people camping on the road ....police
just sitting there.
I'll retype that last part. POLICE JUST SITTING THERE.
That's unacceptable.
Keith
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 1:19 PM Keith Ferrell <ferrell.keith@gmail.com> wrote:
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Mark,
Thanks for the response. A few follow up questions. Anyone on this email is free to respond:
1) You stated that the city paused "most of our timed and permit restrictions throughout the City until further
notice." Which areas were not paused?
The enforcement of all timed and permit restrictions (including residential preferential parking) has been
suspended City‐wide during the pandemic.
2) I contacted Caltrans and they told me that they could sweep the roadways in order to clean it. My question to
you then is how can they clean the roadway if the city allows the vehicles to remain parked for weeks and months
at a time? Given the city's lack of oversight, it is allowing the garbage to pile up and the unsanitary conditions to
continue. The state can't do its job until the city does theirs.
The City is actively exploring options to increase sweeping along El Camino Real. The recent increase in the
frequency of proactive 72‐hour enforcement along El Camino Real will hopefully facilitate those efforts.
3) Lydia Kou and Tom DuBois brought up safe parking options to city council in June of 2019. The RV issue has
been around for 8‐10 years, at a minimum. What work exactly is staff doing to expedite this issues. Other cities,
including neighboring Mountain View and East Palo Alto have already soared past City of Palo Alto staff in finding
solutions, even if they are not 100% ideal. Most any option would be better than what the RV owners and
community are currently experiencing.
The Safe Parking program, which is being managed by the County of Santa Clara and a homeless service provider,
will be opening in the near future. There are also a couple of local faith communities who are going through the
process to open a Safe Parking program on their sites. As these programs come online through the City’s Planning
and Development Services Department, we will share those resources with vehicle dwellers, as applicable, in the
future.
In addition, the City continues to have a close relationship with LifeMoves – Opportunity Services Center (OSC),
the homeless drop‐in and resource center at 33 Encina Avenue behind the Town and Country Shopping
Center. The OSC serves as a resource for individuals living on El Camino Real for financial assistance, food, case
management and housing search, as available and eligible. There is also a health clinic onsite, Peninsula
HealthCare Connections, which provides both physical/mental health care, as well as COVID testing.
The OSC receives grant funding through the City’s Human Services Resource Allocation Process (HSRAP) and the
Community Development Block Grant program (CDBG), a Federal funding source, to support their work. Through
the City’s Emerging Needs Fund Grant program, a two other local nonprofits have received small grants to assist
families with children living in RVs along El Camino Real.
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4) Why do residents have to inform PAPD of an issue that both the city and the police know are issues on a case by
case basis? Why isn't the city and PAPD actively addressing the situation?
PAPD personnel have been proactively enforcing the 72‐hour parking ordinance on a monthly basis since the
summer of 2018. This proactive enforcement has increased to a weekly basis as of this month, and will hopefully
have a positive impact moving forward with regards to gaining compliance with the law.
On the issue of property left outside of vehicles parked along El Camino Real, we have developed and adopted the
new procedures described in the above bullet points. We had noticed an increase and expansion in the amount of
this property in recent weeks, consistent with what other cities seem to be experiencing as well. Our staff are now
continually monitoring and addressing this issue; we have seen significant improvement in most cases, and are
continuing to work with a couple of vehicle dwellers to clean up remaining belongings.
5) Caltrans has also told me that the City of Palo Alto is in charge of the conditions of the sidewalks. Why are these
not being cleared so pedestrians can safely walk down the streets of Palo Alto? Again, the residents should not
need to inform the city of every issue they see, especially when the city and the police are well aware that the
conditions exist.
Our hope is that the new procedures described above that we have recently implemented will address this
problem. As we worked with vehicle dwellers to clean up their property, we stressed the need for them to
prioritize unblocking the sidewalk.
At some point we, as community members, expect our government to take care of both the citizens within the city
as well as the conditions that exist within that city. I'm sure many city employees have seen the conditions on El
Camino, are aware that something needs to be done, and then proceed along and look the other way. It's time to
send people out and take care of the situation, both as a social service venture and an environmental cleanup.
I look forward to your response.
Keith
On Tue, Jan 5, 2021 at 6:22 AM Hur, Mark <Mark.Hur@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Mr. Ferrell,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. Your feedback is crucial in helping staff address immediate concerns
in our community.
Due to the ongoing and new stay‐at‐home orders, we have paused most of our timed and permit restrictions
throughout the City until further notice. Please note that enforcement continues for concerns that present an
immediate hazard. Restrictions for red curbs, spaces designated for persons with disabilities, and any other
locations prohibited by law are always in effect.
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City Staff is working closely with the City Council to establish safe parking solutions and avenues to reduce the
number of oversized vehicles city‐wide. Currently, we do not have the policies in place to remove these types of
vehicles as they are parking on public and state‐owned roadways.
There is a city‐wide ordinance that requires all vehicles to move within 72 hours; where PD is responding on a
case by case basis. If you notice a vehicle parking for an extended period or present a public safety concern,
please contact the Palo Alto Police Department.
Mark Hur
Operations Lead
Office of Transportation
(650) 329‐2453 | mark.hur@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/trn/parking
www.cityofpaloalto.org
Please think of the environment before printing this email
Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix!! Download the app or click here to make a service
request.
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To: Hur, Mark <Mark.Hur@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Baird, Nathan <Nathan.Baird@CityofPaloAlto.org>
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Mark and Nathan,
Are parking regulations being enforced on El Camino Real in Palo Alto? The is a continuing issues. It seems that
nothing happens until people complain about the issue. The RV's parked along El Camino have become essentially
a health hazard.
However, taking that out of the equation, we expect our city government to enforce the laws that have been
adopted by the elected officials. This would include active enforcement of parking regulations. The cars and RV's
on El Camino park there for weeks/months at a time without any enforcement. At some point, they will be able
to claim that they can't be moved because they've been "allowed" to stay for such an extended period.
In addition, the area between Churchill and Park/Serra is part of the Southgate RPP and is a 2‐hour parking
zone. There has been no enforcement of this area and due to that, cars and RV's are now entrenched there, as
well.
What does the city plan to do? I'm happy to show you pictures of the garbage and waste that litters the streets
and blocks the sidewalks. I assume that you are well aware of the situation, but choose to look the other
way. We expect the city staff to do what they are being paid to do and that includes enforcing parking
regulations.
Thanks
Keith
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From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 10:58 PM
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Balakian; bballpod; beachrides; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net;
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; Steven Feinstein; grinellelake@yahoo.com; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu;
Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; Joel Stiner; jerry ruopoli;
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Subject: Dr. John Campbell Sat. Jan. 23, 2021 Kent variant can produce horrific in U.S.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
To all‐ Here is Dr. John Campbell in the UK on Saturday, Jan. 23. What he says here is shocking. He is afraid that
the Kent variant, now in 26 States in the U.S., could as much as quadruple the number of cases in the U.S. Not only is it
50% more transmissible, it now seems that it may be more deadly.
Dr. Campbell‐ Update ‐ YouTube
He talks A LOT about the new variant. "It is almost a pandemic on a pandemic". The new variant has taken over in
Ireland. 0.3% of new cases are sequenced in the U.S. 100% of new cases are sequenced in Denmark. So we may not
know what we have in the U.S. In four weeks, in Mid‐February, it will be the prevalent form in Denmark. It will be the
prevalent form in the U.S. by mid‐March, says the CDC. The cases could quadruple in Denmark. He says "Think of what
that could mean in the U.S." Experts in Denmark call it a tsunami. The new Kent variant has taken over in the UK.
Antigenic polymerase chain reaction test‐ The PCR This does detect the new Kent variant but I wonder if it can
distinguish it from the original Covid virus. That would require genetic sequencing, I'll bet.‐ LH Let's hear from the CDC
on that. I mention this because Dr. Campbell talks about the Danes doing sequencing on every case‐ 100%. So they
know how many cases of the new, UK variant they have.The U.S sequences 0.3% of our Covid cases, so we may not
know what we have, as he says above. We know how many States have some Kent variant, but we don't know the
extent of it‐ the incidence of it.
Things he says that jump out. All of his vids are good, but this one stands out because of what it portends for the
U.S. "When the UK variant becomes the dominant form here in the U.S. our cases could quadruple". That could mean
a big jump in cases, a big jump in hospitalizations, and then a big jump in deaths. THIS IS NOT THE TIME FOR THE
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, OR OF ANY STATE, TO BE RELAXING THE RESTRICTIONS. ALLOWING OUTDOOR DINING,
EVEN INDOOR DINING, OPENING SCHOOLS. TONIGHT, JAN. 26, 2021, THE ACTING CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER FOR THE
FRESNO CO. DEPT. OF PUBLIC HEALTH SAID THAT OPENING THINGS MEANS MORE MIXING, MORE CONTACT, AND MORE
CASES. So while local restaurant and bar owners cheer, and local politicians cluck about good news, this competent
doctor is saying that opening up here is a lousy idea.
"Because of the Kent variant, the UK variant, all four nations of the UK are now under severe lockdown". "We were
doing well before the new variant. "THIS IS A WARNING FOR THE U.S". At 3:46. "I'm going to draw an analogy between
Denmark and the U.S."
He fears for the U.S. Cases are down in both the UK and the U.S. in late January, but the reason they are down
in the UK is the complete lockdown there. He is saying that the UK variant has taken over the UK, but it is just here in
the U.S. and has not taken over here yet. Again, the CDC says it will be the prevalent form in the U.S. in mid‐
March. Then what? A quadrupling of cases?
See Ireland in a chart at 4:16. Daily new cases per million. Ireland got the curve down there because it is now
under a strict lockdown regime.
U.S.: New daily reported cases: down 20.4%
New daily reported deaths: down 7%
Covid related hospitalizations: down 7.9%
Our test positivity rate: 9.4%
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Dr. Campbell: "We're waiting for the effect of the new variant to kick in".
15:42 He discusses the increased pathogenicity of the new variant.
16:02 "The prospect of a massive increase in the number of cases in the U.S. with increased pathogenicity is a
frightening one".
See the chart at 18:33‐ "That's what it does".
"The Pfizer and Astrazeneca‐Oxford vaccines are expected to work on the UK variant. They'll give a fair degree of
cover for the South Africa and Brazil variants. "The time to hunker down is now, as Dr. Fauci said".
The restictions in the U.S. are nothing like those in Ireland and England.
Portugal: Cases sky‐rocketed because the new variant has arrived.
We now have a "new variant pandemic. A pandemic on a pandemic".
"It is a race between vaccinations and the exponential growth of the UK variant".
"The UK variant could be the dominant strain in Denmark by mid‐February, and deadly coronavirus cases in
Denmark could quadruple by the beginning of April". "Think what that would mean for the U.S".
"The Oxford vaccine will be available (in Denmark and Ireland) in mid‐February when the European Medicines
Agency, the EMA, authorizes it.
"It really is quite unbelievable that they havn't authorized it. What part of the word "emergency" don't they
understand?" He has repeadedly said that about the FDA re an EUA for the Oxford vaccine here.
LH‐ Maybe the people at the European Agency are all Americans. Our FDA won't authorize it either. They talk about
April maybe.
At 13:43 "We know that the new variant is growing in the U.S. and the CDC realizes that it's going to become
perhaps the most prevalent variant. So in the U.S. this could be coming. I hope I'm wrong. At 13:55‐ What Ireland had".
LH‐ Governor Newsom, the Mayor of Fresno, the entire Fresno City Council, the entire Fresno Co. Bd. of
Supervisors, Fresno Co. Health Dept. officials, the top State health officials in Sacramento, and any member of Congress
with oversight of the FDA should watch this video. Pres. Biden should find time to watch it also. It's about 30
minutes. We are in a race between the vaccinations and the new variant, the Kent variant. If the Kent variant starts to
win the race, the U.S. will have to go to a strict lockdown regime, unlike anything we have done to date. I suggest that
that be ordered by the President if it comes to it, and that it be enforced by the military. Fifty governors can't be
counted on to impose a strict, uniform lockdown. The news shows a fourth night of riots in the Netherlands due to a 9
PM curfew there. So in Europe, as the Kent variant takes over, they are going to strict, "almost Draconian" (Dr.
Campbell) lockdowns, unlike anything we have done to date in the U.S.
Dr. Fauci said tonight on the news that what we must do in the face of the new variant is to double down on mask
wearing, social distancing, hand washing, avoiding groups, etc. If that had worked in the UK, Ireland and Denmark, they
would not now be in a strict lockdown. Mask wearing, etc. won't work here in the face of this new, heightened threat.
So plans should now be in development for a strict lockdown in the U.S. imposed by the President and, perhaps, by
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Congress. I know that many powers are devolved to the States by the Constitution, but this will be a horrific situation if it
comes about and unusual powers will have to be imposed.
Read this first, then watch Dr. Campbell's video. Repitition helps the learning process.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
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To:Honky
Subject:WATCH: Pam Bondi argues Biden corruption concerns are legitimate | Trump impeachment trial
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There's a Trump IMPEACHMENT TRIAL? LMAO
THE DON OF NEW YORK 19TH POTUS?
Joe B is only 46 POTUS CORPORATION?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPvMuzyVOig
This got me STARTED before 9/11 even happened
As for THE WAR ON TERRORISM it led to? LMAO
Prior to 9/11 there were 125 known terrorists THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
After 9/11 MILLIONS OF TERRORISTS and MANY MORE GROUPS TOO
SOS BEFORE 9/11? NO WAR?
THE WAR ON DRUGS LMAO
Don't mess with USA business
Military? MY LIGHT AWRY
Sorry we have lost you dear sister (RIP)
https://youtu.be/mS4-aEYhLd8
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From:Hamilton Hitchings <hitchingsh@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 5:26 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Shikada, Ed
Subject:Unclear on Why We Need City Fiber Given AT&T's Excellent Fiber Offering?
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I recently upgraded to the relatively new AT&T Fiber to my home and its fantastic! Given its fast
speeds and good pricing I am unclear why the City needs to create a competing service? Can the
city really provide cheaper pricing and better service?
I currently pay $70 per month all in including taxes for 1000Mbps downstream and upstream and get
HBO Max thrown in. After a year that will go to $80 per month. The latency is very low (and much
lower than Comcast) and the service is quite reliable. Video quality is great. I have the most
expensive service. There is a $15 a month cheaper AT&T Fiber level that includes 300 Mbps
upstream and down speeds which should be suitable for most families.
While normally I would not mind the city doing this, if its competing for dollars with other infrastructure
projects, it seems like the city Fiber project would be a good one to defer given the excellent service
offered by AT&T unless you can confirm significant portions of the city are not covered by it.
Hamilton Hitchings
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From:Jennifer Landesmann <jlandesmann@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 2:29 PM
To:scscroundtable@gmail.com
Cc:Karen.Chapman@mail.house.gov; Eric.Henshall@mail.house.gov; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump,
Molly; supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; Kristine.Zanardi@bos.sccgov.org; editor@paweekly.com
Subject:SCSC - today's meeting Agenda Item 4
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Dear SCSC,
I would like to thank you for the legislative committee's work to embark on the work to address FAA's National
Environmental Protection Act NEPA practices, CatEx, and Metrics issues. The legislative committee's Noise Metrics
Position Paper on today's agenda has excellent input for the work ahead; however, the fundamental difference in how
you are addressing our grievances about how FAA treats NEPA, CatEx, and metrics ‐ as items for future legislation ‐
instead of using current laws, rules and pathways is a problem because of the many impending procedures that our
communities will be affected by and that cannot wait for considerations in future legislation.
I hope that today you can please respond to the following:
1) Please share why you are positioning supplemental metrics as something for future legislation when it's already in
current FAA's own provisions?
Section 11.4 in the FAA Environmental Policy Guidance, NEPA Desk Reference, dated February 2020.
“The Federal Interagency Committee on Noise (FICON) report, “Federal Agency Review of
Selected Airport Noise Analysis Issues10,” dated August 1992, concluded that the DNL is the
recommended metric and should continue to be used as the primary metric for aircraft noise
exposure. Subsequent review has confirmed there are no new descriptors or metrics of sufficient
scientific standing to substitute for the present DNL cumulative noise exposure metric. However,
DNL analysis may optionally be supplemented on a case-by-case basis to characterize
specific noise impacts.”
Furthermore, On April 14 FAA delivered a Report to Congress on two noise provisions pursuant
to the FAAReauthorization Act of 2018 that was signed into law on October 5, 2018, Sections 188 and
173. Section 173 was not fulfilled but 173 has no bearing on supplemental metrics. For
supplemental metrics, Section 188 is very clear.
Report to Congress FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018(Pub. L. 115-254) Section 188
Section 5 Noise Metrics in use by FAA:
Page 11 “While DNL is used for all FAA noise-based decision-making purposes, the FAA
encourages the use of other supplemental metrics as a communication tool to highlight unique
situations where applicable.Section 8 will discuss the use of noise metrics for supplemental
purposes.”
Section 8 Role of Supplemental Metrics:
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page 16 “As discussed in Section 3, FAA’s environmental decision-making for noise must use a
metric that considers the magnitude, duration, and frequency of the noise events under study. The
DNL noise metric uniquely meets these requirements. However, in specific situations, additional
information focused on a more targeted type of noise exposure may require the use of
supplemental noise metrics. “
"There is no single supplemental metric that is preferable in all situations and the selection of an
appropriate supplemental metric depends on the circumstances of each analysis. However, where
warranted, consideration of established supplemental metrics is encouraged.”
Page 17 of the FAA 188 report “in specific situations, additional information focused on a more targeted
type of noise exposure may require the use of supplemental noise metrics.” (Nextgen procedures are
“targeted” type noise.)
also in Section 8 “Individually, supplemental metrics may not fully consider the magnitude,
duration, and frequency of the noise events, but may be used to support further disclosure and
aid in the public understanding of community noise exposure.38 Supplemental noise
analyses are often useful to describe aircraft noise exposure from unique operational situations or
for noise sensitive locations to assist in the public’s understanding.“
With this report, the FAA makes clear that they encourage supplemental metrics and
concede that no single metric can cover all situations.
Furthermore, ESA has explained that the pathway to get supplemental metrics in NEPA documents is to ask the FAA's
Environmental Protection Officer for a given NEPA determination.
2) Whereas the FAA has previously advised that you can have a say in the level of environmental reviews. The
Ombudsman should also have a role in addressing concerns before procedures are published ‐ if you cannot use these to
help us now what is left?
3) The claim that the planned GBAS procedures are "identical" actions to something previous ‐ that has not even been
disclosed, and knowing that "previous" never had an adequate NEPA process is very problematic. If you are sending
NEPA and metrics to an approach of future legislation ‐ what help can we expect from you to represent us on GBAS or
further FAA matters?
As long as we do not have credible NEPA projections and noise maps that the public can respond to in due process, and
these appeals get ignored year after year, it is causing serious transparency problems not only here but elsewhere and I
implore that you please consider using the document you have for future legislative language to help advocate for
people now.
Thank you,
Jennifer
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From:Esther Nio <en2465@columbia.edu>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:29 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Restrooms and Heating Stations for the Homeless
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Dear Members of the City Council,
I am a Palo Alto citizen and MSW intern at a day drop-in homeless shelter in Palo Alto.
Every week I talk with the homeless about topics that are important to them and one topic always comes up:
There are no restrooms available for them to use. Especially the women suffer enormously under the shortage
and reported to me that they, and excuse my language, more than ones peed in their pants.
We understand that during COVID restaurants and malls are closed and restrooms stay locked up. But would it
be possible to have some PortaPotties on the streets just for that population?
I promised my clients to write a letter to you, so that they have a voice.
But it is not just the restroom situation they suffer under. These days it gets extremely cold, especially at night
and there are no heating stations available where they could warm themselves up.
A simple patio heater outside would do the trick and if they could be spread out, people even could stay six feet
apart.
I know my suggestions sound very naive, but at least I have some.
Please let me know if I can work together with the city to make their situation a little bit more bearable.
Every human being should have access to relieve themselves or to warm up when they are freezing.
Thank you very much for your time reading this, I appreciate it very much.
Best,
Esther Nio
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From:Arlene Goetze <photowrite67@yahoo.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:26 AM
To:Gavin Newsom; Ro Khanna
Subject:How to Report Vx- Injuries
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This first article gives you 3 ways to report injuries from vaccines:
1. VAERS: Vaccine Averse Event Report System, a program of the US government
who has paid flu vaccine damages ($4 billion worth) but today is not organized
well. So far it has recorded 160 vaccine deaths.
2. VaxxTracker.com- a group independent of government, Pharmaceuticals, and
lobbying groups; in partner with WHO, World Health Org.
3. Children's Health Defense (this website) of attorneys who work to defend folks
damaged by toxins in many forms: mercury, aluminum, 5G, vaccines, etc.--
under the direciton of Robert F Kennedy, Jr., Atttorney.
Dr FAuci now says that after his 2nd shot, he was knocked out for 24 hours.
Forwarded by Arlene Goetze, MA, No Toxins for Children, photowrite67@yahoo.com
Please share with others...especially those who get vaccines.
January 25, 2021
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Injured by a Vaccine? Here’s How to
Report It
By Children's Health Defense Team
Children's Health Defense is calling on anyone who has suffered a vaccine side
effect to do three things: file a report on the U.S. government’s VAERS website,
report the injury on VaxxTracker.com and also on the CHD website.
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California Man Dies Several Hours
After Receiving COVID Vaccine, Cause
of Death Unclear
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Discrepancies in Moderna’s FDA
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France’s High Council on Climate recommended government
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Trump Pardons Healthcare Execs
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At least seven doctors or executives who ran discredited healthcare
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Toxic chemicals threaten humanity's ability to reproduce
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researchers say
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pesticide giant
Children’s Health Defense | ChildrensHealthDefense.org
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Our mission is to end the childhood health epidemics by working aggressively to
eliminate harmful exposures, hold those responsible accountable, and establish
safeguards so this never happens again.
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From:Elizabeth Egan <esegan@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, January 26, 2021 11:23 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:California Ave and El Camino crosswalk
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Dear City Council,
As we approach the anniversary of the tragic accident that led to the death of an innocent 11 year old boy from our
community, I am saddened to see that nothing has changed on the corner where the accident took place. I would like to
know what the council has done to investigate the safety of this intersection in the aftermath of the accident. I would
also like to know if the council is considering changes to the signage or lane markers at this intersection to improve
safety. As I am sure the council is aware, California Ave is a major thoroughfare for bicyclists, including middle school
students on their way to school. Although perhaps less attention has been paid to student bicycle safety during the
COVID‐19 pandemic, I feel it is critical that we devote attention to this issue. It is the least our community can do to help
honor the memory of this innocent child.
Thank you,
Eizabeth Egan
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From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 10:29 PM
To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; fred beyerlein; David
Balakian; bballpod; beachrides; boardmembers; Council, City; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis; dennisbalakian;
Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu;
francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; Steven Feinstein; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu;
grinellelake@yahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Joel Stiner;
jerry ruopoli; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk; Mark Kreutzer; Leodies Buchanan; lalws4@gmail.com;
leager; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mayor; Mark Standriff; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com;
newsdesk; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; david pomaville; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve
Wayte; tsheehan; terry; Tom Lang; vallesR1969@att.net; Daniel Zack; midge@thebarretts.com;
sanchezphilip21@gmail.com; Irv Weissman
Subject:Fwd: B some GM. I B stk, not cars. GM gung-ho for EVs now. Spending Billyuns
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Subject: Fwd: B some GM. I B stk, not cars. GM gung‐ho for EVs now. Spending Billyuns
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Date: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 9:31 PM
Subject: B some GM. I B stk, not cars. GM gung‐ho for EVs now. Spending Billyuns
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
To all‐ Had a limit order in for some GM at $53. It fell to that today and so I now own 10 shrs. I sold 200 shrs one
time in Guadalajara at $49 when I lived there. Good old days of GM. Lots of people think a PT of $80 is doable now. No
DIV, but easy money if it goes up.
Trade Notification ‐ Account ending in 130 ‐ loran.harding@alumni.stanford.edu ‐ Stanford Alumni Mail
(google.com)
GM actually then went up a little today after I B at $53. They are saying they'll have 24 EVs by 2024 or something.
Some Israeli scientists demod a battery that can be recharged in 5 minutes the other day. The charging stations would all
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have to be upgraded to handle that, but many more charging stations have yet to be built, so they could be built to
do that.
PS‐ Late tonight I'll send out a mail including the vid. from Dr. John Campbell in the UK, made by him on Saturday.
It is shocking, especially after all the cheering today in Calif. re the Governor lifting the stay at home order. Yeah!
Outdoor dining! Some public officials were making idiotic statements today in Fresno. At least Mayor Dyer said keep
wearing a mask, keep social distancing. What Dr. Campbell said is that the Kent variant, now in 24 States in the U.S., is
now dominant in Ireland and Denmark and the UK. They have had AS A RESULT OF THE KENT VARIANT, WHICH IS 55%
MORE TRANSMISSLE THAN ORIGINAL COVID, AND MAYBE MORE VIRULENT, AN EXPLOSION OF CASES. They had a four‐
fold increase in new cases in Denmark. The line on the "new cases" chart soared, and has now come back down.
How? By a TOTAL, COMPLETE, ALMOST DRACONIAN LOCK DOWN OF THEIR SOCIETIES. That is what you have to do if
the Kent variant takes over, as it has in the UK. Campbell said most Americans have no idea of how severe the lock
down is now in UK, Ireland and Denmark. It is severe in Germany too. SO, if the Kent variant, the UK variant, becomes
dominant in the U.S. we will have a lock down like we have not experienced so far. The business community will just be
catatonic over that. News tonight showed a riot in the Netherlands over a 8 or 10 PM curfew.
It is against that that I hear Mayor Dyer say today at his news conference that "the trend is good", words to that
effect. Gov. Newsom is lifting the lockdown too because the 4 week projection for available ICU beds looks better. BUT
Dr. Campbell said ~4 days ago "This is no time to let up". He finished that vid on Sat. by saying "I hope the U.S. can do
what we have done in Europe, in terms of the lock down, if the Kent variant becomes dominant there. I'll let you decide
if they can". Pretty clear that he doubts that we can. I wonder where he got that idea, a law‐abiding country like us.
ONE more important point. I have been calling for days to ban flights to the U.S. from South Africa and Brazil. The
UK did that a week or two ago AND they banned flights from several countries in southern Africa, not just South Africa.
The also banned flights from several countries around Brazil. The U.S. should do that too. Australia, when they limit
flights in, quaranteen people for two weeks and they guard them. No "self isolation". Australia has zero cases now as a
result.
Moderna said today that if their Covid vaccine is not completely effective against the S. Africa variant that they can
tweek their vaccine to address that.
And the national scandal of the FDA holding up approval, an EUA, for the Oxford vaccine continues. The UK started
injecting it on Jan. 4 with no ill‐effects. Approved for use in India and Argentina. Licensed for production in Maryland and
Phoenix. The EU regulators are about to approve it for use in 26 countries. It is needed desperately in the U.S. Pres.
Biden should ask the UK regulators what they think of the FDA holding it up. They are the Medicines and Healthcare
Products Agency, the MHRA, in the UK. Invite them to testify before Congress. Congress should have the FDA on the
carpet about it too. Some people strongly suspect that money is changing hands to keep the Oxford vaccine out of the
U.S. It is about $2.75 per shot and Moderna and Pfizer are more like $20 a shot.
News media, please forward this to Governor, WH, Congress. .
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Jeremy Erman <jeremy_erman@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 8:13 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:O'Kane, Kristen; City Mgr; Administrative Services
Subject:Mid-year budget review suggestions
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Dear City Council,
I am glad to hear that KZSU is still broadcasting City Council meetings, but I do not understand why the city is not willing
to pay for this directly‐‐the cost was pegged at $20,000 per year during the summer budget meetings. By comparison,
tonight's Consent Calendar included $85,000 for an outside law firm to deal with a suit that council members said the
city has already lost. That amount would cover 4.25 years of radio broadcasts.
Also, I see the FY 2021 Budget still includes AC‐18000 Performing Arts Venue Seat Replacement for $439,400. Yet the
City cut about $700,000 from the Children's Theatre budget‐‐half its budget‐‐and apparently also laid off some of its
staff. To prioritize new seats over programs and staff makes no sense. I sat in those seats in 2019 and ushered at the
Lucie Stern Theatre as well, guiding patrons to those seats. It's true some of the seats don't work right and need to be
replaced‐‐which was the original intent of the project for $75,000‐‐but most of them work just fine. Most of the money
for this project will come directly from the General Fund, NOT a dedicated fund, because the dedicated fund for this
project began in July 2019 and as far as I know stopped collecting money when Lucie Stern was shut down in March
2020. It will take years for this fund to raise enough money to pay back the bulk of the $439,400. In the meantime, over
$300,000 will come from the General Fund at a time when the money is desperately needed elsewhere.
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/79904
Also, FY 2021 Budget still includes PE‐19000 City Hall Space Planning for $631,700. Is this really over half a million
dollars just for someone to plan how space at City Hall should be allocated? How is this even possible? Right now, it
looks like City Hall will barely be used this year. Unless this is a critical safety issue, it seems this money would be much
better spent elsewhere.
I urge staff and council to go through the FY 2021 Infrastructure/Capital projects one by one, weigh them against
programs and services that were cut during the summer, and cancel or defer as many capital projects as possible to fund
community services which were cut during the summer budget meetings.
Thank you,
Jeremy Erman
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 7:25 PM
To:DuBois, Tom; Pat Burt; Tanner, Rachael; Rebecca Eisenberg; Kaloma Smith; Human Relations
Commission; Steven D. Lee; ravenmalonepa@gmail.com; Council, City; Greer Stone; Cari Templeton;
Ed Lauing; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; chuck jagoda; greg@gregtanaka.org;
paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Cormack, Alison; Shikada, Ed; Jethroe Moore
Subject:From the archive a great article on a robust safe parking program
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FYI: please folks please read or reread on a model for a robust safe parking program in Palo Alto
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture‐news/the‐sharp‐sudden‐decline‐of‐americas‐middle‐class‐234917/amp/
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 7:15 PM
To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Kamhi, Philip
Cc:Carol Scott; Allen Akin; J T Gusilin; Wolfgang Dueregger; Chris Robell; Rebecca Sanders; Paul
Machado
Subject:Engagement with Residents
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During tonight's council meeting Councilperson Lydia Kou asked about engagement with residents on
a parity basis with outreach to the business community.
I did not know about the scheduled outreach to residents tomorrow. It is quite possible that I knew
about it and have forgotten. During the council meeting I went to the master city calendar and only
Parks and Recreation Meeting was listed.
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/cals/
Navigation to the Corona Virus Newsletter is more difficult and I will seek it out later tonight. I urge
you to post the outreach to various specific concerns of residents in a more visible, obvious location.
Late in 2020 the Office of Transportation initiated excellent outreach to resident leaders in RPP
neighborhoods adjacent to California and University Avenue commercial cores. Resumption of this
informal, informational dialogue is uncertain now and should be clarified with those concerned
citizens.
This model should be considered for other "hot/warm" resident issues. It worked well for RPP
resident leaders to understand what staff was able to do and not able to do.
I must add that the search function on the city website is seriously subpar and warrants attention later
when urgent covid and economy recovery pressures are lessened.
Neilson Buchanan
155 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650 329-0484
650 537-9611 cell
cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 5:31 PM
To:Council, City; cityofpaloalto@service.govdelivery.com; Summa, Doria
Subject:W. Calif at ECR Sight Line Fixes Palo Alto
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Dear Honorable City Council and Planning & Transportation Commission.
It’ll be a year —March 6 —since the tragic fatality of young Paul Lafarge on W. Calif at WCR. The white bike is gone :(
There has been zero removal of sight line impairments: News Racks , Trash can , light timer. Also why is the crossing
signal count down not at this heavily biked/ped intersection crossing. Oddly there is one at Cambridge & ECR, not nearly
as crossed.
I have called several times to PD Traffic for the fatal accident report. Nothing. I would think that the City/County/State
would be making improvements since there is less auto traffic... Inquisitive & worried parent of Mayfield.
Sincerely,
Liz Gardner
2500 El Camino Real
Palo Alto
ᆍᆎᶥᶦᆍᆎᶥᶦ
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Liz Gardner
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Liz Gardner
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 9:07 AM
To:Greer Stone; Jeff Rosen; Raven Malone; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Council, City;
Steven D. Lee; Roberta Ahlquist; Kaloma Smith; Human Relations Commission; DuBois, Tom; Filseth,
Eric (Internal); greg@gregtanaka.org; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Raj; Anna Griffin; Molly O'Neal;
Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Winter Dellenbach; Jethroe Moore; Ed Lauing; Cari Templeton; Joe
Simitian; Cormack, Alison; Shikada, Ed; Rebecca Eisenberg
Subject:Reformist los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon runs into to some white wing resistance
attempting to push back against the will the voters
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 9:03 AM
To:Council, City; Planning Commission
Subject:fine tuning parking policy
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Neilson Buchanan
155 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650 329-0484
650 537-9611 cell
cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com
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To: Shikada Ed <ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org>; jonathan.lait@cityofpaloalto.org <jonathan.lait@cityofpaloalto.org>;
Philip Kamhi <philip.kamhi@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: Winter Dellenbach <dellwinter@gmail.com>; Pat Burt <patburt11@gmail.com>; Zelda Bronstein
<zjb1731@comcast.net>; Rick Hall <rclistad@gmail.com>; Carey White <carey.white@livablecalifornia.org>; Jill Stewart
<jilltepleystewart@gmail.com>; Chris LeGras <chris.legras@gmail.com>; Carol Scott <cscott@crossfieldllc.com>;
Wolfgang Dueregger <wolfgangdueregger@gmail.com>; Ed Lauing <evlauing@yahoo.com>; Doria Summa
<doria.summa@gmail.com>; Gabrielle Layton <strop@redjuice.com>; Asher Waldfogel <asher@waldfogel.us>; J T
Gusilin <jguislin@gmail.com>; Allen Akin <akin@arden.org>; Tom DuBois <tomforcouncil@gmail.com>; Eric Filseth
<efilseth@gmail.com>; Andrew Fetter <andrewfetter@hotmail.com>; Meg Barton <megbarton@me.com>; Patricia L.
Devaney <devaney@stanford.edu>; Jean H. Chu <jean.chu@stanford.edu>; Chris Robell <chris_robell@yahoo.com>;
Rebecca Sanders <rebsanders@gmail.com>; Greer Stone <gstone22@gmail.com>; Lydia Kou <lydiakou@gmail.com>;
Karen Holman <kcholman@sbcglobal.net>; Anita Enander <anita@atanda.com>; Lynette Lee Eng
<lynetteleeeng@gmail.com>; Patti Fry <pattilfry@gmail.com>; Greg Schmid <gregschmid@sbcglobal.net>; Jennifer
Chang Hetterly <jchetterly@gmail.com>; Malcolm Roy Beasley <beasley@stanford.edu>; Jocelyn Dong
<jdong@paweekly.com>; Bill Johnson <bjohnson@paweekly.com>; Penny Ellson <pellson@pacbell.net>; Jon Mays
<jon@smdailyjournal.com>; Cari Templeton <cari@caritempleton.com>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2021, 09:01:22 AM PST
Subject: fine tuning parking policy
Good Morning, Ed, Jonathan and Philip,
Many of the upcoming affordable and market rate housing projects have inherent parking requirement
minimizing onsite parking.
Many of these projects will be parking "light" during the mid-term with the assumption that car
ownership will be reduced in the future. Parking demand in our sub-regional will probably exceed
supply for the foreseeable future. Tenants and owners in these development may reduce vehicle
ownership but the change will be slow with extremely fragile public transit and very high job turnover.
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One policy reform: How will on-site parking access be allocated to residents residing in parking
"light", mixed-income developments? This is particulary important in truly affordable housing
developments with wide range of tenant/owner incomes. Will parking be allocated on-first come, first-
serve? Or will parking be allocated to the highest bidder? Or assigned by type of housing unit such
as number of bedrooms, occupants or income level?
Now is the time to think about the lower income tenants/owners who have the greatest challenges to
optimize their earning power. Last year, almost exactly a year ago, I spent 4 days visiting a wide
variety of Los Angles neighborhoods. I heard one theme repeatedly.
Despite LA's transportation system lower income workers were greatly dependent upon vehicle
ownership and SOV. Their access to the best job markets (construction jobs, seasonal cycles,
multiple part-time opportunities, for example) are often not compatible with public transit. The reality
of this mobility and income optimization can be built into city ordinance(s) which could assure lower
income owners/tenants' reliable access to their fair share of onsite parking in affordable housing
developments.
Please consider and initiate refined Palo Alto parking and development ordinances.
Neilson Buchanan
155 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650 329-0484
650 537-9611 cell
cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com
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Baumb, Nelly
From:asharpe@andrewsharpe.com
Sent:Monday, January 25, 2021 12:12 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Closing down University to traffic to allow outdoor dining again?
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So, will you be closing down University Ave and surrounding streets again so that outdoor dining can again happen?
https://twitter.com/ZavalaA/status/1353569666212401152?s=20
Please don’t keep the street open to cars; the entire idea of having extended outdoor dining (even in the cold and rain)
means that the restaurants need *room*.
Andrew
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:40 PM
To:Honky
Subject:MOST DEFINITELY VOTER FRAUD WHAT SAY YE SCOTUS "DISMISS" BECAUSE THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE OF VOTER FRAUD? OFF WITH YOUR HEADS I SAY
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 9:51 PM
To:Greer Stone; Council, City; Steven D. Lee; chuck jagoda; Raven Malone; Human Relations Commission
Subject:NYTimes: Capitol Riot Puts Spotlight on ‘Apocalyptically Minded’ Global Far Right
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Capitol Riot Puts Spotlight on ‘Apocalyptically Minded’ Global Far Right
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/world/europe/capitol‐far‐right‐global.html?referringSource=articleShare
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 1:56 PM
To:Greer Stone; Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Raven Malone; Steven D. Lee; chuckjagoda1
@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Kaloma Smith; Human
Relations Commission; Council, City; Cari Templeton; Winter Dellenbach; Ed Lauing;
wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Anna
Griffin; greg@gregtanaka.org; Shikada, Ed; Cormack, Alison; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com;
rebecca@winwithrebecca.com
Subject:No more white supremacist cops - no matter what the police unions say. Demand action now.
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seen it yet).
Dear MoveOn member,
As you may have heard, police officers from around the country were part of the
mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol. Worse, some on-duty Capitol police officers, instead
of protecting Congress, actually helped those mounting the attack.
Intelligence experts have warned for years about a major, growing problem with
white supremacists and other far-right extremists in law enforcement. But police
unions have fought and undermined attempts to investigate the problem and fire violent,
racist, anti-government, and white supremacist extremists. This is insane, and it needs
to change, now.
Join us in calling on law enforcement leaders to investigate and purge white
supremacists from their ranks, and strongly resist any attempts by police unions to
defend extremist officers and keep them on the job.
Several prominent police union leaders have associated with white supremacists, and
police unions often perpetuate a culture of violence and impunity. They do everything
possible to shield officers from accountability, including officers who are compromised by
bias, racism, and connections to white supremacists groups.
Police unions have successfully defended officers who used racial slurs, who made posts
calling for racist violence, and who have white supremacist tattoos. They have kept these
officers in their jobs, on the streets with a badge and gun, and in a position to carry out
violence against groups they hate (or to simply fail to protect them).
Against this backdrop—a known problem with violent white supremacists in law
enforcement, and a failure to do address the problem—we have witnessed brazen police
brutality against people of color, unsolved murders and suspicious deaths of Black
activists, and police coordination with violent extremists (like Kyle Rittenhouse in
Kenosha). Last week, we saw how a police force compromised by white supremacist and
extremist infiltration nearly allowed a massacre of the vice president, members of
Congress, their staff, and their families.
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The consequences of failing to address white supremacist infiltration of the police are
clearer than ever. It puts all of us in danger and threatens the basic functioning of our
government and democracy.
Join us in calling on law enforcement leaders—police chiefs, sherriffs, and
others—to root out white supremacists and extremists in their agencies, and
directly confront any attempts by police unions to undermine the process or
protect dangerous police officers.
— The Police Unions Exposed Team
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Robert Klein <robertklein@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, January 24, 2021 11:18 AM
To:Council, City
Cc:Eggleston, Brad; Tran, Young
Subject:compliments for Public Works
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Dear members of the Palo Alto City Council,
I wanted to let you know about the excellent work of Brad Eggleston and Young Tran in the Public Works department. I
suspect you mostly receive emails complaining when something doesn't work well so I wanted to take the time to
inform you when something does work well.
By way of background, I have a home at 1044 Webster St.. Approximately 2 months ago, a city hired contractor replaced
my sidewalk as the roots from a very large magnolia trees (city owned) had pushed up the sidewalk. Recently, my
gardener noticed a small water leak coming from my water line very close to the new sidewalk. I emailed Brad on
Wednesday and he immediately called and emailed me and also put me in touch with Young Tran, a Senior Engineer in
Public Works. Young was also great as he immediately called and emailed. Young contacted the contractor who sent a
crew out on Friday and they worked for a couple of hours and repaired the leaking line. It isn't completely clear (at least
to me) if it was the sidewalk work or the roots from the city street trees, or a combination of both that caused the
damage. Regardless, I was very happy to have it fixed so quickly and efficiently.
Everyone I interacted with ‐ Brad, Young, and the contractor crew was very pleasant and extremely professional. I
wanted to thank all of them in a public venue and let the City Council know that they are doing an excellent job!
Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.
With best regards,
Robert
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com>
Sent:Friday, January 22, 2021 5:45 PM
To:Honky
Subject:NEED HELP TODAY TO PAY THE PRINTING & BOOK-BINDING OF MY DOCUMENTS
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Dear BROTHERS AND SISTERS
The Lord’s protection be with us always during these apocalyptic days!
THANKS INDEED FOR YOUR REPLY. IT'S ALL VERY DIFFICULT THESE DAYS, ETC.
I am sorry in addition to my earlier email letters. I REALLY NEED AN INTERMEDIARY HELP
ASAP.
As I already mentioned before, I have my more than “2,000-page well-selected and collated
documents” on various critical issues of greatest interest authored and written by various
truthful and honest people and organizations in this planet such as topics on spiritual, politics,
economics ,finance per se debt finance, usury, vaccines, farming, environment, survival
methods, human life and family issues, community development and survival, COVID-19
pandemic/scam-demic, planned-demic/sham-demic, drug issues, also Vatican, world’s finance,
wars, bigotry and discrimination, global issues and world’s financial crisis,
some voluminous topics of some URL videos for references, INCLUDING MY 222-PAGE
MANUSCRIPT“ON VIRUS ON MASS DESTRUCTION AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL-
ECONOMIC CRISIS”, “ALSO ONFACE-MASKING/SHIELDING”, AND VERY RARE
INFORMATION “ON VACCINE DANGERS”, ETC. , “PRINTED already and as book-bound 4
pieces”, each bound has 500-page,ONLY FOR MY PERSONAL DOCUMENTS and well-
selected references, for my scheduled talks, lectures, speaking engagements in the
line up in the coming weeks, months this 2021, and even next year(s), in the
outskirts of the villages, and to other provinces, on those very critical issues for the
survival of the poor Filipinos and of the innocents, and not to begiven way to anyone
since the documents are sensitive of contents and issues, andI really need to pay the
printer the amount of less than PHP5,000 in Philippine Peso, or more or less $100 value.
I am scheduled to pick up the hard-bound-book-bind documents by January 25-26,
2021,Monday-Tuesday, early next week, Philippine time. And I need the money to payfor those
printed documents in the book-bind. When I finally pay these printed and book-bound
documents, I will send the receipt for your record and reference there. I really need
to get the printed documents ASAP early next week before bad things happen. I don’t
want to prolong my documents there at the printer for some reasons that any
individual or individuals there might document or recopy my documents without my
permission for BAD PURPOSES, etc. against me, etc.
I have decided to have them printed this week after much thoughts, etc. despite of the very
serious financial crisis here in the Philippines because as you know these well-selected
documents are extremely very important wealth of information as time is running out of
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compass, and the situations here, and of the world are obviously and simultaneously also
becoming in deteriorating levels, or to be precise, in the nightmarish events, for my long-term
to life-time references and evidences, etc. before these documents are accidentally or
inadvertently deleted in my flash drives or USB drives since flash drives herein the
Philippines at times, become defective in the long-run use, and or before they are
gone or taken down,etc. When I get these documents in the book-bound, I will keep
them secured formy prudential use as reference, and notto be known to the local
Philippine national and local authorities for possible confiscation.
I am personally and humbly begging, with my prayers and humble apologies to you
today, this time, so frantically, that along with so many survival needs here at the
very critical situations with possible another threats of lockdown and quarantine
measures due to reported UK NEW COVID-19 VARIANT and the commotions on THE
PLAN OFVACCINATING FILIPINOS this year, etc. I urgently need “the $100
funding” to immediately for these extremely very important documents that are
already printed and book-hard-boundand ready for pick-up early next week, Monday
or Tuesday this January 2021.
I am asking for funding because it’s a real fiasco for me to raise the major significant
amount for the brutal days of the year 2021. Money crisis is extremely terrible, and
money crisis plus real information black-out, the present threats to our security,
safety, freedom, liberty, and survival – are all generally very alarming more than
ever.
I am fervently praying and hoping for any positive, and a generous assisting reply from you
today, tomorrow, or these days, when you are able to do so.
With all endless thanks and profoundest gratitude for all your personal sacrificial help to me,
to my family and to my villages, etc.
Longlive and God bless!
Sincerely& Gratefully yours,
Eric V. Encina
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Philippines
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P.S. MYNEW ARTICLE:
THEBRUTALITY OF THE DAILY LIFE SURVIVAL INTHE NEW WORLD ORDER
By Eric V. Encina
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“The earth is as full of brutality as the sea is full of motion. And some men are made sick by the one, and
some by the other.” - Jack London (1876 - 1916), U.S. writer.
Here in the Philippines, factually, worse than before the Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemonium
of successive lockdown and quarantine measures and mandatory health protocols, etc., the
money crisis, in all its aspects both known and unknown, and surreptitiously adroit, nowadays,
in the new world order, hence, of the CORONA NEW WORLD ORDER, that’s whether we like it or
not, or whether we accept it or not, or we concede into it or repudiate it, is now very brutal
than before. Money is more controlled now up to a close99.99% by those money controllers,
the way human life is controlled, and the way family is being destroyed, the community is
likewise destroyed, the nations, and the populations are reduced to all kinds of utter brutality
by those global powers.
We have more people in the most pitiful situations in direst poverty indeed in complete
anxieties, worries and frustrations, becoming bereft of flexibility of the critical choices for
survival, and to increasing people INTO THE ABYSS OF DESPAIR whereby everything
seems to be at its gloomiest event, that’s why the increasing rates of SUICIDE
ANDMENTAL ILLNESSES OTHER THAN OF THE FORMS OF VARIOUS ADDICTIONS are
indeed lamentable, even without official statistics that is obviously up to 90%, and it is
ubiquitously conspicuous everywhere whenever you go elsewhere in the Philippines both in the
rural and urban areas and in the metropolitan cities. The patience of the poor Filipinos is
now being extremely tested to last or, worse, to explode and implode so soon that
there will be more brutal crimes, violence, and brutal events including the dangers of
rebellions, or insurgencies or civil war, and likely to be heightened by external foreign
policy crisis that may lead to war other than of the territorial disputes to China and to
other nations claiming the same claims on the island, etc.
Money crisis that is emanated by the global control of money that is both and ubiquitously
damaging us all, personal, or family, communal, or municipal, provincial, or state or national or
regional and simultaneously international and global is indeed killing, murdering us, and
destroying our human life existence. Most poor people, to be precise, must be prepare
for the demise and for the increasing rates of mortality except by the miraculous
interventions of God, of Heaven.
So many people here in the Philippines in direst poverty situations, hence, in the
TENACIOUS PRAXIS OF ECONOMIC SURVIVAL whom I got/get their testimonies
almost daily WITH FACTUALBASIS are, but now very envy of the dead, and
eventually want to have a rest in peace beyond, and be free from the chains of
money crisis survival struggles daily among other inter-connecting crisis daily.
Reportedly here in the Philippines, simultaneously all over the world, there will be no
more PAPER CASH MONEY BILL Sin circulation by 2025 and will certainly be replaced
by the digital money, or of the so-called cashless money to be done by hi-tech
methods of micro-chipping money that will be connected to the individual body of the
Filipino citizens.
So all forms of incomes, earnings, of whatever, will pass through digital money
system and will be used for buying or selling or exchanging using some processing
technologies with the most powerful monitoring surveillance, etc. So the coins, the
paper money bill legal tender notes, checks, will soon become the THINGS of the
past.
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So many dangers, etc. So, I think, many people now, particularly those advanced and
to those with wherewithal monies are now gradually converting their liquid assets,
their cash monies, deposits, etc. into DIGITAL MONEY in preparation for the
100%digitalization of the money system. They are not giving away money, because of
greed and of their own worries and anxieties on their own economic and monetary
security and safety.
The people who reject the digitalization or the cashless-ness of the money system, or of the
currencies find themselves choice-lessor are having very little choice except to convert the
money, if ever, they have enough monetary resources, to acquire properties such as farming
or agricultural lands for their back to the basics survival patterns and or for husbandry,
for conventional or organic farming, for permaculture purposes and or for other ancient
method sof survival.
The poor all over the country, in poor countries, in poor nations, in poor regions, allover, are,
ergo, the brutal victims, in implacable conditions. The only escape is by way of DEATH.
When we face simultaneous forms of crisis, indeed of the roughest and threatening
times, it is natural as human beings, to have A TANKFUL of negative thoughts, and
it’s a real struggle EVEN a person who does have a form of a kind of unwavering
tenacity to life or high ideals in the past, or does have a faith to God, to maintain or
keep up A ONE GALLON OFOPTIMISTIC THINKING in spite or despite of the
expanding critical thinking capability and the difficulties to have a renewed strength
and energetic attitude.
During crisis, it is not easy evaluate the situations particularly when the crisis is becoming
and deteriorating too global.
Individual efforts or family efforts, community efforts or team efforts under pressures are now
sinking down. People are losing hope, compass, strength and inspirations to keep going or
people tend to play dead. It is therefore very difficult to be combative to deal with problems
and difficulties.
To turn crises to be of our advantage or of glorious benefits by handling them victoriously is a
novelty, but not impossible, with God’s intervention.
While every situation is an education with all the lessons of the bizarre world planet for
mankind, for anyone, any group of people, or races, or regions, or nations of people, but the
present Coronavirus Covid-19 new world order of the policies is no longer an
EDUCATION but IMPOSITION, and to stay the course of actions positively and
hopefully in support of it or in compliance with it, is something very confusing to
many of us, seemingly as if, to all those who do have wisdom, we’re indeed going to
the dungeon of hades in this planet.
So, the question is: is quitting or giving up the best option?
I am not exempted here in the Philippines in spite of my pretension of fearlessness,
that often times, difficult situations lead me depression and dampen my enthusiasm,
leaving me always feeling blue.
Can we survive through when not those bumps in the road, but more hurdles and
dangers on the road, with flat tires of life, hence, the junctions of life at present are
riskier than before.
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It is very difficult now, I must confess, to bolster the truthful and factual belief in my
capacity, in our capacity to survive on, and stay in the course of enthusiasm. We’re all
getting down.
All things are said to have been possible until they are proven impossible.
Maybe, it’s true as Louis L’Amour wrote, that “Victory is won not in miles but in
inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a lot more.” Does it mean
inches make champions?
FINALLY, the question of giving up or quitting is climax of the ISSUE, OF THE QUESTION here,
right now, whereby the rosy thoughts of the future are seemed to be hitched by the present
dismal events.
Is quitting an opportunity to anyone? The choice of giving up or going on is a defining moment
of human life. Could we conquer the temptation to quitting?
There’s an English proverb, “DON’T FALL BEFORE YOU ARE PUSHED.” That even former
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said, when advised that “YOU MAY
HAVE TO FIGHT A BATTLE MORE THAN ONCE TO WIN IT.” (?)
Could God still grant us the graceful courage not to give up what we think is RIGHT even
though I think it is hopeless.
In the face of the threatening clouds of crisis, and of the brutal types of shadows of
dismal things to come, is giving up the ultimate tragedy?
Do we need to have some refined tactics or decide to be resignedly for survival
without compliance to globalist new world order policies.
I need continued help here in the Philippines to keep up the struggles to have some
maximum impacts through some activities, projects and ideas for the survival of the
poor.
Eric V. Encina
Filipino Freelance Writer/Author/Campaigner For Life, Family, Justice & Reforms
Philippines
Emai lAddresses: eric_encina@yahoo.com, encinaverzo@gmail.com
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Dear Council Members,
I am a long time golfer and Palo Alto resident. I play frequently and almost anywhere but Baylands. In the past Palo Alto
Municipal Golf course was my go‐to course since it was close and affordable. When the course was renovated I was
eager to try it out. In 2019 and 2020 I bought the Links Card and played the course more than just a few times.
Things have changed though. First of all the Links card that I bought last year was supposed to allow me to book in
advance of non‐card holders. But that benefit was taken away without any explanation other than “Covid.” What covid
could possibly have to do with earlier bookings escapes me.
Secondly, the dynamic pricing is anything but. Staff at the course have told me that prices are lowest when rounds are
first made available for booking, then they go up as the time before the round shortens. But they never go down, even
if there’s no one on the course and the weather is horrible (like today). That hardly qualifies as dynamic to my mind.
Third, initially the course was in nice shape. However, it seems to be getting worse every time I play it. Granted, I
haven’t played there in months now.
I would ask that you let me know how the course is doing financially. The last report I found was in a newspaper article
from January 2020 which indicated that revenues weren’t what was anticipated. Maybe that’s not the case anymore
what with the boom in golf secondary to covid. But if it is, I think you might want to take a look at the pricing model and
see if it can’t be made truly dynamic.
Thank you,
Paul H. Cole
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Subject: Fwd: Dr. John Campbell in UK, Tues. Jan. 19, 2021. Lots of data on U.S.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Late on Thursday night, Jan. 21, 2021
LH‐ I am resending this late on Thurs. night, Jan. 21, 2021 because I have done some surgery on it. Specifically, WRT
Dr. Campbell's discussion of positivity rates changing over time because antibodies decline over some months. At
1:58. He is talking about the percent of the population exposed by natural transmission, NOT BY VACCINATION
here. Sero conversion takes 14‐21 days after such exposure. This is when the pt. has antibodies in his blood. He says the
percent of people in the U.S. (and a similar percent in the UK) exposed, i.e., infected by, Covid, is 22%, maybe 23% to
24% as of Tues. Jan. 19, 2021.
'"We do not know how long antibodies will persist, but we know that they will decline over some months"
SO, people can test positive in May and test negative in December. So that December count will be too low. "So
it is hard to know the total number that have been infected, but his estimate for the U.S. is in the low 20
percents. Tonight, the ABC World News‐ network news‐ said it is 5%.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington also thinks that 22% of the U.S.
population has been exposed by January 20, 2021.
"Since the U.S. population is 328 million, 22% of that is 72,160,000 exposed. THE OFFICIAL NUMBER IS
23,653,919, so it is off by a factor of 3."
"Since 394,496 have died in the U.S. by January 18, the Infection Fatality Rate, the IFR, is 0.48%. So about 1 in
200 infected have died".
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"The official Case Fatality Rate in the U.S. is 1.67%. It is wrong because of the many infections that are not
diagnosed by antigen testing".
I give here the URL for the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. It has a wealth
of information. It gives projections for the pandemic for the world and for many countries. It shows on one chart by
different lines on the chart the change in mobility with mandate easing, rapid vaccination rollout, current projection,
and universal mask use. The Y axis there is labeled "Change in mobility" which I do not understand‐ LH BUT you can see
how easing social distance mandates produces a bad result, and rapid vaccination rollout and universal mask use
produce a good result.
We see this from the Institute in this report: "Reducing human contact (as measured by cell phone mobility data)
can drive down infections so that mask use, testing, isolation, and contact tracing can work to contain the virus".
If you are a loud‐mouth politician in Fresno, California and all you can do is push for opening businesses, then you
are saying that the combined weight of medical and scientific knowledge is wrong and that you know better. In other
words, you are making an utter fool of yourself. I have a big‐gun education, and I get tired of politicians paid to do so by
rich Republicans making idiotic, dangerous statements in Fresno.
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation: COVID‐19 resources | Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
(healthdata.org)
Notice if you go there to United States, the first chart you see has total deaths on the Y axis and time on the X axis.
It starts at August, 2020 and goes to today, January 22, and then the line splits into four different lines, out to May 21,
2021. The four lines are "easing of restrictions", "rapid roll‐out of vaccines","mask use" (probably 95% mask use, or
some such high percentage), and the current projection without those changes.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
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Subject: Dr. John Campbell in UK, Tues. Jan. 19, 2021. Lots of data on U.S.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Wed. Jan. 20, 2021
To all‐ Here is the UK's Dr. John Campbell from yesterday with lots of good numbers. Not good good. Just
believable. Msg. WE MUST NOT LET UP ON THE RESTRICTIONS. IF WE DO, MORE AMERICANS WILL DIE BY MAY 1, 2021.
He gives projected numbers from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, and
those show why that is. Want to open your restaurant or gym in next few weeks. Fine, if you can live with all the extra
deaths on your hands. Are you a loud mouth on the Fresno City Council or the Fresno Co. Bd. of Supervisors who wants
to open every business fully? Read on. You are unfit to hold public office.
Dr. Campbell: Update ‐ YouTube
It seems that the percent of people who have been infected by Covid in the U.S. is in the low twenty
percents. Same situation in the UK.
That means that 75% of the U.S. population has not been infected. So without the vaccines, the pandemic would
rage on and on here.
Now projections in the U.S. from the Institute for Heath Metrics and Evaluation at the University of
Washington.
The effective R is more than 1 in 27 states. So cases rising.
"22% of the entire U.S. population has been infected with Covid as of Jan. 11, 2021. So 72,160,000 have been
infected in the U.S. and deaths have been 394,495 as of Jan. 18. That gives a IFR Infection Fatality Rate of 0.48%. So ~
one in 200 infected with Covid in the U.S. have died"‐ Dr.Campbell.
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Now projections by the Institute. All for the U.S.: 567,000 deaths by May 1. So like the 1918 Spanish flu
pandemic in the U.S.
192,000 additional deaths will occur in the U.S. from January 11‐ May 1, 2021.
"Likely peak in deaths in beginning of February. That will be 3,680 per day on Feb. 1, 2021. That is the current
average, so what we have now will carry on for the rest of January, and then start down. So a steady decline after the
peak, but still lots of dead in February, March and April. It will be below 500 per day sometime in April. The peak could
be delayed by several weeks if the new variants become widespread"‐‐ Dr. Campbell.
To reduce these death projections: Masks, some social distancing MANDATES, rapid scale‐up of vaccinations.
By May 1, the vaccine roll‐out can save 37,800 to 51,100 lives.
IMPORTANT: "If 95% of the populations wore masks, 31,000 fewer cumulative deaths in the U.S. by May 1."
The new (Kent) variant is 50% more transmissible. It has been detected in 10 states. LH ‐ News says 14 now.
"All of this warrants universal (that means Fresno County) universal and increased emphasis on mitigations
stratagies" "This is no time to let up" Hear that Gov. Newsom and Mayor Dyer. No time to let up. So we'll have the
number of dead depending on what we do.
"Due to the new variant, we'll probably need 80% immunity (not 70%) to get herd immunity either by infection
or vaccination" Dr. Campbell.
LH‐ What they Institute does not project is the impact that the FDA approving the Oxford‐Astrazeneca vaccine for
use in the U.S. would have. The FDA says that maybe in April, 2021 it will be approved. Or, that was Trump's FDA talking
anyway. Biden's FDA should approve it earlier. As of today, Jan. 22, 2021, the UK have been injecting the Oxford vaccine
for two weeks and 5 days. That started on Jan. 3, 2021. Dr. Campbell says that the FDA has all of the data from the
Oxford vaccine trials that the UK regulators, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had
when they studied and approved the vaccine. The Oxford vaccine has been approved by the Indian government for use
there in 1.3 billion people, and it has been approved for use in Argentina. The regulators in the EU will probably approve
its use in 26 countries there in late January, in a few days. It is a safe and effective vaccine. It is licensed for production
in Maryland and Phoenix. I believe that Pres. Biden should launch an investigation into how the FDA justifies the
months‐long holdup in approving this vaccine known to be safe and effective. It can be transported in normal
refrigeration temperatures. One interesting, tiny point: the Oxford vaccine is very cheap, about $2 per dose, much,
much cheaper than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in use now in the U.S. Dr. Campbell mused almost outloud that
perhaps that price difference has something to do with the holdup in the approval of the Oxford vaccine.
The J&J vaccine is about to complete its phase 3 trials. It is a one‐shot vaccine.
Dr. Campbell questioned a few days ago why the vaccines are produced in such little bottles. Bigger bottles could
hold 50 doses, and that would speed up the vaccination process.
He read a horrible letter from a nurse in Texas. NO social distancing in the hospital. Every chair is taken ,
infected and not infected all crowded together in the hallways. That is at ~25:00 in the video.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
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Date: Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 11:11 PM
Subject: Dr. John Campbell in UK, Tues. Jan. 19, 2021. Lots of data on U.S.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Wed. Jan. 20, 2021
To all‐ Here is the UK's Dr. John Campbell from yesterday with lots of good numbers. Not good good. Just
believable. Msg. WE MUST NOT LET UP ON THE RESTRICTIONS. IF WE DO, MORE AMERICANS WILL DIE BY MAY 1, 2021.
He gives projected numbers from a good source, and those show why that is. Want to open your restaurant or gym in
next few weeks. Fine, if you can live with all the extra deaths on your hands. Are you a loud mouth on the Fresno City
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Council or the Fresno Co. Bd. of Supervisors who wants to open every business fully. Read on. You should not be holding
public office.
Update ‐ YouTube
"Sero conversion takes 2 to 3 weeks". "But how long will the antibodies persist? They will decline over some
months". LH What does that mean, another round of vaccinations? For sure it will if a new variant comes up that
cannot be dealt with by the current vaccines.
Does that sero conversion time mean you are protected at that point after being vaccinated? Look it
up. One of these said the number of antibodies is still increasing two months after you are vaccinated. How much
protection do you have after 2 weeks? after 4 weeks? BTW, he said most people feel more "roapy after the second shot
than they do after the first shot.
It seems that the percent of people who have been infected by Covid in the U.S. is in the low twenty
percents. Same situation in the UK.
That means that 75% of the U.S. population has not been infected. So without the vaccines, the pandemic would
rage here on and on.
Now projections in the U.S. from the Institute for Heath Metrics and Evaluation.
The effective R is more than 1 in 27 states. So cases rising.
22% of the entire U.S. population has been infected with Covid as of Jan. 11, 2021. So 72,160,000 have been
infected in U.S. and deaths have been 394,495 as of Jan. 18. That gives a IFR Infection Fatality Rate of 0.48%. So ~
one in 200 infected with Covid in the U.S. have died.
Now projections by the Institute. All for the U.S.: 567,000 deaths by May 1. So like the 1918 Spanis flu
pandemic in the U.S.
192,000 additional deaths will occur in the U.S. from January 11‐ May 1, 2021. Over what we have now, the
567,000 dead.
Likely peak in deaths in beginning of February. That will be 3,680 per day on Feb. 1, 2021. That is the current
average, so what we have now will carry on for the rest of January, and then start down. So a steady decline after the
peak, but still lots of dead in February, March and April. It will be below 500 per day sometime in April. The peak c/b
delayed by several weeks if the new variants become widespread.
To reduce these death projections: Masks, some social distancing MANDATES, rapid scale‐up of vaccinations.
By May 1, the vaccine roll‐out can save 37,800 to 51,100 lives.
IMPORTANT: "If 95% of the populations wore masks, 31,000 fewer cumulative deaths by May 1."
The new (Kent) variant is 50% more transmissible. It has been detected in 10 states. LH ‐ News says 14 now.
"All of this warrants universal (that means Fresno County) universal and increased emphasis on mitigations
stratagies" "This is no time to let up" Hear that Gov. Newsom and Mayor Dyer. No time to let up. So we'll have the
number of dead depending on what we do.
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Due to the new variant, we'll probably need 80% immunity (not 70%) to get herd immunity either by infection
or vaccination.
He read a horrible letter from a nurse in Texas. NO social distancing in the hospital. Every chair is taken , infected
and not infected all crowded together in the hallways. That is at ~25:00.
L. William Harding
Fresno, Ca.
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Baumb, Nelly
From:Steve Anderson <steve@maestro.io>
Sent:Wednesday, January 20, 2021 4:47 PM
To:Council, City; UAC
Cc:DuBois, Tom
Subject:What's the status of municipal fiber in Barron Park? Family working from home.
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Dear Mayor DuBois, the City Council, and the UAC,
I'm sending this note today to inquire about the timeline of when municipal fiber will be offered in Barron Park.
My name is Steven Anderson. I grew up on 756 Chimalus Dr. in Barron Park. I graduated Gunn High School in 2006, UC
San Diego in 2011, and moved to LA to build a career as a software engineer. My younger sister, Erica Anderson, became
a licensed marriage and family therapist for Kaiser Permanente in the East Bay.
In response to COVID, both of our employers allowed us to work remote full time. So to decrease the chances of getting
COVID and save money, we moved back into our childhood home with our elderly parents (I'm 32 and my sister is 30,
both parents are in their late 60s). My sister's partner also moved in and he's working remote as well.
Within our first week back, we had multiple internet outages on our block from our Comcast internet. We can't afford to
have unreliable internet as my sister spends her day providing treatment to mental health patients while my continued
employment depends on the ability to communicate with my colleagues and upload large amounts of work.
Not one to sit idle, I've done everything on my part to modernize the networking infrastructure in my parents home. I
personally spent New Years weekend crawling around cobweb‐filled crawlspaces and attics running over 1,000 ft of
ethernet building my parents a respectable home network so my sister and her patients wouldn't have another dropped
connection.
Then I looked into fiber, and was surprised to see that Palo Alto doesn't have a residential offering yet, and after going
through years of news articles and council agendas going back to when my sister was at Barron Park Elementary, it
would seem like the latest development was in October, when the Council approved a budget increase for the fiber
expansion plan with Magellan Advisors.
However, I still have questions and as a returning constituent of Palo Alto (I have updated my voter registration!), I feel it
most appropriate to ask my elected representatives.
1. Fiber has been available for commercial usage for decades through the dark fiber program. However, even though
Palo Alto is in the heart of Silicon Valley and the incubator for billion dollar companies like Facebook and Nest, FTTP is
still in the planning stages. What is the Council and the Mayor's office doing to prioritize FTTP and making it a reality?
2. When can we realistically expect FTTP available in Barron Park? 1 year? 5 years? 10 years?
3. As a citizen, what can I do to ensure that FTTP doesn't end up getting postponed again?
4. When will phase 4 (planning FTTP) start? When will it complete?
Thank you for your time,
Steven Anderson
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To:Honky
Subject:A ":REAL" NURSE CALLS OUT (ALL OF THE MASK WEARERS AND SOCIAL DISTANCERS)
Attachments:Nurse Calls CV bullshit.mp4
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THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE
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From:Emily Lacroix <elacroix92@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, January 20, 2021 6:58 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Civilianizing Traffic Enforcement
Attachments:PAPD One Pager.pdf
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Hello PA City Council,
I was unable to attend last night's city council meeting, so apologies for my late comment. I've written to the council
before, voicing concerns over the Palo Alto police department. After reviewing the report put forth by the HRC, Black
and Brown Palo Alto History and Current Experience, I wanted to revoice my concerns and put forth an idea.
Slide 11 of the HRC presentation shows that Black and Brown folks in our city are being harassed by the police during
unnecessary traffic stops. These accounts beg the question: why are we funding an expensive, threatening, armed police
force to perform traffic and parking stops, particularly when the PAPD repeatedly harasses people of color in our
community?
A small group of other concerned citizens and I have recently done an analysis of the 2019 PAPD calls for service,
publicly available here: https://data.cityofpaloalto.org/dataviews/256726/calls‐for‐service‐palo‐alto‐police‐department‐
2019/ . We found that almost 30% of the calls received by the PAPD were related to traffic and parking. A full copy of
our analysis can be found in the attached PDF.
I'm writing to propose that Palo Alto move to civilianize its traffic enforcement, i.e., vehicle accidents, traffic violations,
and parking violations be handled by a civilian traffic enforcement agency separate from the PAPD that is only permitted
to write traffic citations and take reports. This model is similar to the one recently adopted in Berkeley, which you can
read more about here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelsandler/2020/07/14/berkeley‐may‐become‐1st‐us‐city‐to‐
remove‐police‐from‐traffic‐stops/?sh=4fb4767d70fa
The move to civilianize traffic enforcement could cut costs to Palo Alto in the long‐term and is but a small step in
ensuring justice, equity, and safety in our city. Obviously bias could still permeate a civilianized traffic force, but I remain
hopeful that the formation of a civilianized traffic team could be a step in the right direction. Armed police officers do
not need to be performing traffic duties.
I expect to be in continued conversation with the city council and HRC over the next few months about this issue. If any
of you hold office hours, I'd love to attend. Please let me know if we could have a smaller discussion about this. I'm
hopeful that the council will consider this idea, and I look forward to communicating more soon.
Cheers,
Emily Lacroix
Civilianization of the PAPD
This document is intended to provide a basic analysis of police department activity in Palo Alto. It uses publicly available
information to identify the most common situations that PAPD officers are involved in, group those situation types into
thematic categories, and identify categories that can be alternatively served by civilian service providers.
Calls for Service
In 2019, PAPD handled 51,417 calls for service . An analysis of all the call types reveals three categories of calls that can be 1
handled by civilians more effectively and at a lower cost. In 2019, these three categories comprised 47.6% of all calls to the
PAPD2.
●Traffic/Parking (14,497 calls)
○This includes call types related to vehicle
accidents, traffic violations, and parking
violations
○Solution: Respond with civilian traffic
enforcement agents separate from the
police department, only permitted to write
traffic citations and take reports.
●Health/Community Outreach (7,139 calls)
○This includes call types like “Medical Call,”
“Welfare Check,” and “Transient Complaint.”
○Solution: Respond to behavioral health
issues with community-based behavioral
health professionals. Divert these calls to a
civilian emergency response service.
●Nuisance Complaints (2,816 calls)
○This category is primarily comprised of
noise complaints
○Solution: Respond with civilians trained in
de-escalation and mediation, permitted to
issue citations as a last resort.
Of the remaining 26,965 calls, there are at least two additional categories that deserve scrutiny:
●Patrol Calls (7,160)
○These calls are not responding to a report of a crime, but are used to establish a presence in an area. These calls
are disproportionately dispatched to communities of color and foster the over-policing of Black and Brown
communities3.
●Suspicious Person/Vehicle (2,011 calls)
○These calls disproportionately target people of color and are often justified by little more than racial profiling
Conclusion
The categories above are just a subset of the possible opportunities for the civilianization of police tasks typically handled by
sworn officers. By diverting these nearly 25,000 calls away from sworn officers and the police department, we can reduce
PAPD personnel costs and improve outcomes for all involved.
1 Police Department Calls for Service: https://data.cityofpaloalto.org/dataviews/256726/calls-for-service-palo-alto-police-department-2019/
2 Call categorization: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1r_NDZGzbs37W4LVsTgufJTXXBtgW9ZIa/view?usp=sharing
3 Robin Smyton, “How Racial Segregation and Policing Intersect in America,” Tufts Now, June 17, 2017,
https://now.tufts.edu/articles/how-racial-segregation-and-policing-intersect-america
Appendix A: Community Policing Alternatives
BerkDOT
Berkeley, CA
In July of 2020, the City of Berkeley City Council voted to create the Berkeley Department of Transportation (BerkDOT). This
department will take over traffic enforcement from the city police department. Traffic laws will be enforced by unarmed DOT
employees instead of armed police officers. The creation of this department and other reforms will involve a “substantial
community engagement process to develop a new model for policing in Berkeley.” Additional info
CAHOOTS
Eugene, OR
The Crisis Assistance Helping Out On The Streets (CAHOOTS) program is a mobile crisis intervention program staffed by a
local non-profit using City of Eugene vehicles. CAHOOTS personnel often provide initial contact and transport for 911 calls
relating to substance use and mental health. This program has been in place for approximately 30 years. Additional info
SCRT
San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Street Crisis Response Team (SCRT) is a newly created system whereby teams of medical and
behavioral health professionals will begin responding to 911 and 311 calls for behavioral health crises. The team is a
partnership of the department of public health, department of emergency management, fire department, and police
department. Additional info
SMART
San Mateo County, CA
The San Mateo Assessment and Referral Team (SMART) is a system of paramedics sent by county dispatchers when
requested by police in nonviolent situations. This program was created in 2005. Additional info
STAR
Denver, CO
The Support Team Assistance Response (STAR) program is a mobile crisis intervention in which a van carrying a mental
health clinician and a paramedic is dispatched to provide free medical care and mental health support for a broad range of
non-criminal emergencies. The STAR service is dispatched through Denver’s 911 communications center, and it is intended
to divert these types of calls away from police officers and toward mental health and medical professionals. Additional info
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From:Christina Schmidt PTAC <president@paloaltopta.org>
Sent:Monday, January 18, 2021 2:24 PM
To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Expanded Community Advisory Panel
Cc:Don Austin; board@pausd.org; Nadia Naik
Subject:PTA Council Letter Re: XCAP Grade Separation Project
Attachments:PTA Council Letter Re_Grade Separations_ Jan 2021.pdf; SRTS letter Jan 12,2020 Re_ 2012 Plan.pdf
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Dear City Council and City Manager Shikada,
Attached please find the Palo Alto Council of PTAs letter regarding the XCAP grade separation project.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Sincerely yours,
~ Christina
Christina Schmidt, President
Palo Alto Council of PTAs
Every Child, One Voice
email:president@paloaltopta.org
Web: https://ptac.paloaltopta.org/
email:council@paloaltopta.org
January 18, 2021
Palo Alto City Council
City Manager Ed Shikada
250 Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Dear City Council and City Manager Shikada,
We are writing on behalf of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs (PTAC) to request formal
collaboration with Staff on the grade separation projects. PTAC works with the Palo Alto Unified
School District (PAUSD) Board of Education, the PAUSD District Staff, various Community
Partners, and the PTAs at all 17 schools. Our goal is to support all students and families in
PAUSD.
As one of the key partners of the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, PTAC has not had a
chance to fully participate in any designs or decisions that may impact, positively or negatively,
thousands of school families. The SRTS program focuses on the needs of the bicyclists and
pedestrians in our community, especially school-aged children. And the focus extends not only
to school commutes but also the thousands of trips made daily to/from after school activities and
social activities. We believe that we can bring greater understanding regarding the needs of the
school community if we participate in the formal process on this issue.
As we wrote in our letter last January, we strongly support the completion of the 2012 Bike-Ped
Plan including the Neighborhood Traffic Safety and Bicycle Boulevard Projects that, once
completed, will provide a network for people of all ages and abilities who walk, bike, drive and
ride transit, including our youngest, most vulnerable commuters on their way to school. These
projects include multi-modal improvements such as moderating vehicle speeds on school
routes, improving visibility at intersections, and creating better safe routes to school connections
for Palo Alto families. We believe working with Staff we can help ensure that the designs of the
grade separation projects and any mitigations can also help achieve these goals.
In the past, the PTAC Traffic Safety Committee worked closely with city staff on community
outreach and project review through the development of the Neighborhood Traffic Safety &
Bicycle Boulevard projects and we can play a similar role with grade separation projects.
We thank the City Council for its continued support of school families and hope that, as the City
Council weighs infrastructure project options, you will consider how each project supports
PAUSD families living and traveling to and from school in Palo Alto. PTA Council is grateful for
the opportunity to be a voice for the community in all matters involving traffic safety and we
would welcome the opportunity to work closely with City staff in the future to ensure the best
outcome for our school families and our community at large.
Sincerely yours,
Christina Schmidt, President
Jim Pflasterer & Peter Phillips, Co-Chairs,
Traffic Safety Committee (PTAC Safe Routes to School)
https://saferoutes.paloaltopta.org/
cc:
Nadia Naik, Expanded Community Advisory Panel (XCAP)
Donald B. Austin, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools, PAUSD
PAUSD Board of Education Trustees
Palo Alto Council of PTAs Presidents
Attachment:
PTAC Letter of Support for the 2012 Bike-Ped Plan
January 22, 2020
Honorable City Council Members,
We are writing on behalf of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs (PTAC) Traffic Safety Committee. PTAC works
with the district staff, the Board of Education, community partners and the PTAs at the 17 schools to
support the students and families of the Palo Alto Unified School District and to improve the education,
health and welfare of all children and youth. This letter is written in strong support of completion of 2012
Bike-Ped Plan including the Neighborhood Traffic Safety and Bicycle Boulevard Projects.
The 2019 Palo Alto Safe Routes to School student travel tally data indicates that we have roughly 70% of
middle school, 60% of high school and 40% of elementary school kids walking or biking to school - these
represent roughly 2% growth YoY since 2016. The bike rack count data for high schools, captured since
1985, shows the highest numbers ever recorded, please see the chart on page 2.
The envisioned bike-ped plan and bike boulevard network overlaps city-wide K-12 Palo Alto school
commute routes. When complete, it will provide a network for people of all ages and abilities who walk,
bike, drive and ride transit, including our youngest, most vulnerable commuters on their way to school.
These projects include multi-modal improvements such as:
●moderating vehicle speeds on school routes
●improving visibility at intersections, and
●creating better safe routes to school connections for Palo Alto families.
These projects support safe, healthy, active, and sustainable non-SOV modes of travel which are critically
important in the face of increasing auto traffic. The PTAC Traffic Safety Committee worked closely with
city staff on community outreach and project review through development of the Neighborhood Traffic
Safety & Bicycle Boulevard projects. We hope that, as the City Council weighs infrastructure project
options, you will consider how each project supports PAUSD families living and traveling to and from
school in Palo Alto.
As the city’s Safe Routes to School PTA partners, we thank you for your previous support of these
projects and we ask you to continue to implement the long-awaited city-wide network to support the
growth and success of the city’s most successful transportation demand management program. Thank
you for considering our comments.
PTAC Traffic Safety Committee
Co-Chairs: Jim Pflasterer & Peter Phillips
cc: Palo Alto Council of PTAs, PAUSD Board of Education & Superintendent, PAUSD PTA Presidents