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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20200316plCC 701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 03/16/2020 Document dates: 2/26/2020 – 3/4/2020 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Barbara Ann Hazlett <bthazlett@aol.com> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 3:35 PM To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Kamhi, Philip Subject:Action Needed - Dangerous Bike/Ped Corridor CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council Members: I am sending a note about the Study Session - Semiannual Update on the Status of Capital Improvement Program Projects on the Council's agenda this evening, 3/2/20. One of the projects PL-04010, "Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Implementation Plan (page 3) - - is on hold pending recent project evaluation and review of future project scoping". Per page 36 of the capital report (PL‐15001), the City has considered the creation of a protected bicycle corridor from Bryant Street along the north side of Embarcadero. Recent counts of bicycle and pedestrian traffic at the Emerson/Kingsley crosswalk (300+ during peak school hours), have confirmed the need for improvements. We strongly encourage the City staff to pursue improvements without further delay, including that Emerson Street be closed to right- hand turns at Kingsley/Embarcadero. As has previously been reported to City staff and Council, a dog has been killed, a resident's parked car side swiped and a young bicyclist, riding in the cross walk was hit by a car this summer on the 1100 block of Emerson St. Additionally, commercial trucks are often unable to navigate the right-hand turn from Emerson to Kingsley to Embarcadero west without using most of the sidewalk to accomplish the turn. The imprint of large tire tracks can be seen in the dirt and crushed plants in the beds. Also, a number of drivers don't stop at the stop sign behind this heavily traveled ped/bike cross-walk. In sending these concerns recently to the Chief Transportation Officer and 311 the response is "No improvements are warranted at this time and police are monitoring as available". We haven't seen any signs of police monitoring or enforcement. These dangerous conditions have been repeatedly advised to the City staff and Council and should be addressed, not put on hold. Sincerely, Barbara Hazlett cc: Ed Shikada, City Manager Molly Stump, City Attorney Philip Kamhi, Chief Transportation Official 1 Brettle, Jessica From:pellson@pacbell.net Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 10:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:March 2 Council Meeting Action Item 5: Resolution Bike & Scooter Share Pilot CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Honorable Council Members,    A thought… If the bike/scooter‐share permit allows on‐street parking where there is a “no furniture” zone, how do the  program conditions protect bicyclists and other road users from having to dodge around randomly abandoned scooters?  Scooters and bikes can fall over at a touch and quickly become hazards.    If the free floating shared bikes and e‐scooters can be parked at any bike rack when they are not being used, we are  going to need a lot more bike racks citywide to accommodate them. These shared bikes will be competing for rack space  with privately owned bikes (whose owners will want to lock up to a secure rack). We already have a shortage of secure  bike parking citywide, especially in midtown and south PA. The additional parking demand that will be created by each  applicant should be quantified and mitigated before any permit is issued, so that bike/scooter‐share does not negatively  impact other road users’ available bike parking.    Thank you for considering my comments.      Penny Ellson      1 Brettle, Jessica From:Nicholas L <nicklittlejohn@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:Micromobility comments CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I wanted to suggest we prioritize smaller and nonprofit electric bike providers over national ones, especially Uber, which  causes other city issues with traffic and pollution, worker abuses.     It would also be great to see a sliding scale cost for low income riders.    I feel ebikes are more useful and need to be required in same or larger amounts vs scooters.    We should also require providers use their own modern (ideally electric) vans to charge scooters vs abused contractors  who make only a couple dollars per unit and tend to use broken polluting vehicles that endanger citizens.  Thank you,  Nicholas    Founder, TeslaRedux  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Gail Price <gail.price3@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, March 1, 2020 8:27 PM To:Council, City Cc:Gail Price Subject:3/2/20 City Council Item No. 5 : Bikes and Electric scooters CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Fine and Palo Alto City Council Members,    I urge you to adopt the staff recommendation to support extension of the bicycle and electric scooter share pilot  program through March 31, 2021.    The recommended action would extend the pilot program for an additional year to test the concept of private bicycle  and electric scooter sharing systems in Palo Alto.    Bicycle and electric scooter sharing programs are emerging technologies for improving mobility, first/last mile  connections, as well as reducing emission and traffic congestion.    The National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) recently published a report on Shared Micromobility in  the U.S.: 2018. The report stated that 84 million trips were taken on shared micromobility devices in 2018.    Micro mobility devices provide more affordable and convenient mobility choices for people of all ages.    As the Palo Alto staff report notes, the pilot program and full assessment is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan  2030 and Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan goals, policies, and projects.    This action will also support our adopted Sustainability/Climate Action Plan.    Thank you,  Gail A. Price  Barron Park Resident    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jeffrey Tong <j@tongs.ch> Sent:Sunday, March 1, 2020 9:29 PM To:Council, City Subject:Bike-share / Scooter-share CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. If bike‐share and scooter‐share are returning to PA, please consider taking the street‐parking spot closest to the  intersection and converting it into a bike‐share, scooter‐share pick‐up/drop‐off location.  This spot needs to be visually  clear anyway.  Transforming it into a bike and scooter parking zone makes it doubly useful. It'll be a win‐win!    Someday, these locations can even be EV charging sites for e‐bikes and e‐scooters. For now, dedicate the sites  first.  Thank you.  Jeffrey Tong  Bike advocate  唐 Tongs.ch   1 Brettle, Jessica From:Stephen Rock <ser84@caa.columbia.edu> Sent:Sunday, March 1, 2020 10:16 PM To:Council, City Subject:escooters. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Folks,    Please approve an escooter program at your monday meeting with the important constraint that somehow they should  not be abandoned littering the sidewalks as happens in San Jose. They should include baskets for shopping and helmuts.    They can form an important link between train and work and for small shopping trips.                  ‐Steve    ‐‐   Stephen Rock   3872 Nathan Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sandra Slater <sandra@sandraslater.com> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 8:34 AM To:Council, City Subject:Support for Scooters CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Palo Alto City Council,    I’m unable to attend the Council meeting tonight, but I’d like to voice my support for the pilot scooter program on the  Agenda. If we’re to meet our 80x30 goals we need to provide alternative means of first and last mile solutions. Let’s try  this out and encourage residents and commuters alike to try out this innovative solution as one more piece of the  transportation puzzle.    Sincerely,    Sandra Slater  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Laura Bajuk <lbajuk@paloaltomuseum.org> Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 2:53 PM To:Council, City Subject:PAHM on the March 2 agenda: happy to answer any questions Attachments:Council Cover letter March 2 2020.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council members,     We look forward to seeing you next Monday evening to discuss the Museum project.    (The packet has just been released.)    I stand ready to field any questions it may raise for you. It includes the attached letter, which gives you a feel for what  has happened since we appeared before you in December 2017.    Please feel free to call or text me as well as email.  C: 650.561.5090     Thank you,    Laura      Laura Bajuk  Executive Director  Palo Alto Museum  LBajuk@PaloAltoMuseum.org      New Office: 4260 El Camino Real, Palo Alto ‐ hosted by Juliana Lee at JLee Realty    History teaches everything - including the future. - Lamartine       PALO ALTO HISTORY MUSEUM | ID 77-0634933 | PO Box 676, Palo Alto, CA 94302 | 650.322.3089 | PaloAltoMuseum.org February 27, 2020 TO: City Council FR: Laura Bajuk, ED RE: Museum on City Council Agenda for March 2, 2020 Thank you to you and your hard-working staff for the opportunity to update you on the Museum project, our current status, and thoughts on moving forward. We last appeared before Council on December 11, 2017, where Council unanimously accepted a “carrot and stick” approach. We were challenged to raise $1.75 million in just over a year. If we proved we could raise the funds, we could gain additional funds from the Sea Scout TDR sale. If we didn’t meet the challenge goal, City staff could be directed to release a new RFP to develop the Roth Building. The carrot won - we exceeded the City challenge. Since that time, we have:  Seen the Sea Scout TDR funds allocated by the City and received a County grant (payable to the City) for $102,992.00 towards the Roth rehabilitation,  Added seven dynamic new board members (just over half the board) and critical policies such as whistleblower and document retention policies,  Pulled our building permit, are keeping it active and are maintaining our 2016 contract with Vance Brown,  Updated our fundraising materials, created a corporate campaign, and are working on a more effective web site,  Controlled expenses tightly, have seen increased annual revenue, and have held about a million dollars in our bank and investment accounts (for the first time in our history) and have maintained that despite regular expenses. Meeting the City challenge triggered the verification by MGO. While not a full audit, it was a comprehensive, in-depth review of our financial and fundraising history since the project began. The process was positive and all professionals involved were efficient and cooperative. The process drew out how our increasing professionalism over time has improved operations; we continue to make recommended improvements. That brings us to the present. As you are well aware, regional construction costs continue to escalate. Our not-to-exceed contract with Vance Brown (2016) is stretched to its limit, and sub-contractor estimates are rising. A review of potential expenses, undertaken recently at the request of City staff, shows that the margin to construction has increased substantially due to regional pressures. Our shared goal is to develop a museum that will enrich this community, and we appreciate your ongoing support. Clearly, the rehabilitation costs are a financial challenge. We are open to all reasonable opportunities to achieve this goal, and ask that you direct staff to explore such options with the Museum board and staff. Thank you for your consideration, and for the aid of City staff who are part of this process. We are very grateful for your support. Laura Bajuk, Executive Director HONORARY CHAIR: Dean Clark BOARD OF DIRECTORS Rich Green, President Patricia Sanders, Vice President Hon. Lanie Wheeler, Treasurer Margaret Feuer, Secretary Beth Bunnenberg Kevin Curry John W. King Doug Kreitz Hal Mickelson John C. Northway Nelson Ng Steve Staiger STAFF Laura Bajuk, Executive Director Crystal Taylor, Assistant Director Lynette York, Bookkeeper Kitzi Tanner, Construction Project Mgr. Sergio Mello, Corporate Outreach A community-driven effort supported by over 900 individuals, corporations, foundations, Santa Clara County and the City of Palo Alto. Founding Supporters: Palo Alto Historical Association University South Neighborhood Association Palo Alto-Stanford Heritage Museum of American Heritage Endorsed by: Palo Alto Woman’s Club Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Professor Gordon Chang, Stanford Stanford Historical Society Stanford Special Collections and University Archives Palo Alto Housing Corporation Pacific Art League Canopy 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Elisabeth Rubinfien <erubinfien@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 4:44 PM To:Council, City Subject:Tonight's Board Agenda -- Palo Alto History Museum CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council members,     I am writing regarding the Palo Alto History Museum project, which I see is on the agenda for this evening.    For years, I've been following the course of this project, as my mother was involved early on in getting it off the  ground.  For years, I've seen the City demonstrate only lukewarm support for the idea. It designated the Roth Building  for the PAHM, which was great, but has done little or nothing to protect its condition. While repeatedly requiring more  private fundraising to prove the project's viability, the City allowed the building to deteriorate. Now, it will cost more  than ever, up‐front, just to protect the building, let alone renovate it to the needs of a museum.    I'd like to to point out the problem with that approach:    Requiring the museum team to raise private funds to make repairs makes sense as an incentive to encourage a small  group of volunteers to broaden their support.  But ultimately, if the project were to completely fail, the City would be  left with the Roth building. Since it's a recognized historic resource, the City would need to pay to preserve it.    So, it would make much more sense for the City to put up the cash now to make the necessary repairs and prevent  further damage.  It can negotiate with the museum to repay those initial costs if the project moves forward. If the City  ends up with the building, that will have been to its advantage; if the museum succeeds, it will repay the outlay over  time, when it is able.    And, if that were to happen, I am hopeful that the museum would succeed.  Why?  Because donors like me will be much  more likely to step forward and make their pledges real when they see that work has begun and the dream is becoming  a reality. After so many years of uncertainty, no one wants to put up thousands of dollars of personal funds toward  repairing the building so that it can become the PA History Museum, only to have the museum fail and the city take over  the building for its own office use, or give it to some other cause that was not the intent of the donation.     That's one reason why donors put conditions on their donations, or make pledges instead of outright payments.     The City should protect its heritage property, support the museum, enable the project to move forward, and spark  broader community interest, all for very little ultimate cost.  It baffles me why Palo Alto City Council members, of all  people, demonstrate so little interest in a project whose goal is to record and celebrate, in perpetuity, the legacy of our  community and how it came to be what it is today.    Thank you for your time and attention,    Elisabeth Rubinfien  803 Cowper Street  Palo Alto, CA  1 Baumb, Nelly From:JOHN JACOBS <johnajacobs@comcast.net> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 9:18 AM To:Council, City Subject:Ramos Park dog run CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members: Please don't allow the proposed dog run at Ramos Park to happen. Ramos Park is a small, relatively quiet, but well-utilized neighborhood park, ideal, in so many ways, for its users. A dog run will result in increased noise from morning to evening, not to mention offensive smells as dog owners will jot be picking up their dogs' poop. I'm generally fond of dogs, but adding this dog run will elevate dogs' needs above needs of the folks who are users of the park, misplaced priorities, in my opinion. Besides, Mitchell Park, with its sizable dog run, is only a 10 minute walk from Ramos, easily accessible to those who want to legally run their dogs close to home. In a related matter, it would also be nice if those dog owners who regularly run their dogs off leash in Ramos could be cited for doing so. Even an occasional citation would result in the word spreading quickly that this perfectly reasonable city ordinance will actually be enforced, thereby eliminating, or at least greatly reducing, this activity. Thank you for your consideration of this matter. Sincerely, John Jacobs Palo Alto 94303 Redacted 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Renee Evans <editorial@wallethub.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Is 2020's 6th Best City at Money Management CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi there, I know that you like to keep track of positive news coverage, so I just wanted to bring to your attention that Palo Alto was named 2020's 6th Best City at Money Management in a recent study from the personal finance outlet WalletHub.com. You can find the full study here: https://wallethub.com/edu/best-cities-at-money-management/19256/. Best, Renee   -- Renee Evans Editorial Assistant   818 18th Street NW, Suite 1020 Washington, DC 20006 To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.WalletHub   1 Brettle, Jessica From:Robert Neff <robert@neffs.net> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 6:37 PM To:Council, City Cc:robert@neffs.net Subject:A helpful song when riding Bryant to Mountain View CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    At Monday evening's meeting, some expressed uncertainty about finding their way by bicycle south to Mountain View,  after Bryant ends at Redwood Circle.  There are green signs the entire way, but they can be easy to miss.    Here is a useful ditty should you attempt the trip:  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐    Lost in the Circles Again  (tune of Breaking up is Hard to Do)    Intro:  (Dum, dooby‐do down down,  Come a come a  Down, dooby‐do down down,  Come a come a  Down, dooby‐do down down,  Come a come a lost in the circles again)    I rode my bike  To Mountain View  Destinations for me and you  I took Bryant, but what would I do?  I might get lost in the circles again    I met my pal   From South, PA  They said that they did know the way  I wouldn’t have to worry anew,  I wouldn’t be lost in the circles again,    (Chorus)  First you take a left, on, Redwood  Left on Carlson, Straight at the light.  Duncan to the Bridge, Left at Creekside, Right on Nelson jog to Mackey There is Mountain View in Sight!    I ride my bike, to Mountain View  Now I know just what to do,  2 Take the Bryant bike boulevard,  And don’t get lost in the Circles again    (Repeat chorus)  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  If you would like to hear it sung, I am not shy.    As a SoOXPY Palo Alto resident, I could really use a similar tune to help me find the Pope/Chaucer bridge from Newell or  Bryant.  Eric?    ‐‐  ‐‐ Robert Neff  North of the Circles, at Emerson / Loma Verde robert@neffs.net  1 Brettle, Jessica From:News Room <news.room@bayareabusiness.news> Sent:Sunday, March 1, 2020 2:59 PM To:joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org Cc:rawsmokeshop@silcon-valley.business; julie.delfava@bos.sccgov.org Subject:California Avenue Business District CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Joe, I am hearing from a lot of people that are concerned about businesses failing on California Avenue and elsewhere in Palo Alto & today I had a conversation with a friend of mine, a California Avenue business owner. While chatting about the farmers market, your name came up and he is very impressed with your achevements as president of the board of supervisors and also as California State Senator. We are esploring ways in which businesses, community leaders and government officials can work together toward the achievement of common goals and since you are tied to the farmers market, and you have an office behind his business in the Palo Alto Court house, that perhaps we could work together. We will be meeting with Palo Alto City officials on April 6th, and in the meantime, will be pulling people together. When you are in the neighborhood & have an opportunity , please stop by and chat with him. His name is Moe, and his business is Raw Smoke Shop located at 265 California Avenue. ( 650-272-6495 ) I will also suggest to him that he get in contact with Julie. Thank you & Kind Regards, Cary Andrew Crittenden | 408-318-1105 http://BayAreaBusiness.News, 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Pria Graves <priag@birketthouse.com> Sent:Saturday, February 29, 2020 10:38 AM To:Council, City Subject:Carol Kiparski and Ian Irwin CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Fine and members of the Council,    I am thrilled that these two dear members of our community have been found alive and will soon be back amongst us.   And I know that their neighbors are planning to welcome them home with a gathering.  But I believe that there are many  more folks in Palo Alto who know them and would like to celebrate their return.    Might it be possible for the City to organize some kind of celebratory gathering?    Thanks for considering it.    Regards,    Pria Graves  2130 Yale    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Paul Martin <paul.manjun@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 7:28 AM To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: [CPNA] Center and Hamilton jammed again CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council:       These types of messages are showing up too often.      People are delayed with traffic on University and so switch to Hamilton and other neighborhood streets.  Well, we who  live in the neighborhood are frustrated with people speeding through residential streets.   I saw a child on a scooter  nearly hit yesterday with someone going way faster than 25MPH during exactly time if message below!  This has to stop!     Please consider to install retractable barriers; round steel posts that can raise to 4’ and retract under street.      Between 4PM to 7PM these posts should be raised to prevent traffic from using neighborhood streets.   Emergency  vehicles can lower barriers as needed and residents can take serpentine path home.  Paul    Begin forwarded message:  From: Mandy Lowell <mndlowell@gmail.com>  Date: February 26, 2020 at 5:19:41 PM PST  To: CPNA CrescentPark <crescent‐park‐pa@googlegroups.com>  Subject: [CPNA] Center and Hamilton jammed again     You might want to stay away for the next half hour  ‐‐   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crescent Park PA" group.  To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to crescent‐park‐ pa+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.  To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/crescent‐park‐ pa/CAD%3DeZjDa2G9RoGF9dY%2BzKjNq0Hn5r%3DQAZZ0XvJ%3D%2BPbtVUGT3jw%40mail.gmail.com.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:15 PM To:Dave Price Subject:Chief Jonsen Tried too Hard CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I spoke at the Feb 24 PA Council meeting at which time Police Chief Jonsen offered a view of the department as one with  very few serious problems and with a wonderful staff. Yet, there have been several serious allegations of police brutality  against men of color in the city. This is in addition to the abuse that has been publicized at Buena Vista and in a few  more public legal allegations. Mr Jonsen stated that the force is 69% male. Why are there less than 1/3 women on the  force? We need more women officers. Further, he carefully neglected to state the racial/ethnic makeup of the police  staff. And, how many police of color are in leadership positions on the force? How many women are in leadership  positions? We need answers to these questions. How many positions are vacant?      Recalling the horrendous incident on Christmas eve two years ago when a mentally disabled young man in a disabled  community housing unit on Forest Avenue was shot to death by PA Police because he came out of the house with a  butter knife in his hand, I am deeply concerned that Mr. Jonsen didn't seem to really hear the community members who  spoke. I look forward to answers to these questions,  and more transparency, more openness, and less one‐sided,  'slick' presentations. We have a national crisis of poverty, drug addiction, homeless and related trauma. I am not at all  convinced that LA gangs are responsible for most of the theft in this area. You need to provide evidence of this, or make  fewer overly generalizing claims. Our community deserves more.   Sincerely,  Roberta Ahlquist  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Karen Hohner <khohner@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 3:13 PM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Churchill Avenue crossing CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear members of XCAP,   I am not able to attend the meeting tomorrow (March 4), but I wanted to make my voice heard. I am strongly against  closing Churchill at Alma and I urge you to seriously consider the alternative proposed by Mike Price.   As a Southgate resident, I often travel east on Churchill and cross the tracks several times a day, to get to downtown  Palo Alto, to 101, to the Baylands, to Mountain View with fewer lights than El Camino, to Cubberley, to Costco, ... the list  goes on and on. Without access to Alma via Churchill, I would be forced to use Embarcadero, which is already often a  mess, or Oregon Expressway, which can also get very congested, especially at commute times. El Camino also has heavy  traffic, and the stop‐and‐go flow at the traffic signals contributes to increased emissions and poor air quality.  I am particularly concerned about access to emergency services. I know that the closest fire station to Southgate is on  the Stanford campus, but if we should ever have a major fire in this neighborhood, it would take much longer for the  engines downtown or on Embarcadero & Newell to reach us. Having fewer means of egress out of Southgate could also  pose a problem for residents in case of some kind of emergency (e.g., a gas leak or a wind‐borne fire) ‐‐ there is no way  all of the residents could escape quickly if we're all funneled to El Camino. (And I am emphatically opposed to the idea of  re‐opening access to Park Blvd at Peers Park, which I know has been floated by some people.)   The proposed expansion of Castilleja School is another factor to consider. As a parent of a former student, I am  definitely in favor of approving Castilleja's plans to modernize, but it will inevitably bring a little more traffic to  Embarcadero, at least in the short term. If Churchill is closed, the impact on Embarcadero would be significantly greater. The partial underpass proposed by Mike Price is an elegant solution to the problem posed by the grade separation  requirement. It allows residents in Southgate, Evergreen Park, Stanford, and College Terrace to have continued access to  Alma, and it takes pressure off already congested Embarcadero and Oregon Expressway. I urge you to devote the  resources necessary to study this proposal in depth and to recommend it to the City Council at the culmination of your  deliberations.  Thank you for your attention.  Karen Hohner   300 Miramonte Ave.  Palo Alto, CA 94306  {REDACTED}  khohner@gmail.com  1 Brettle, Jessica From:r w stevens <framistat@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:23 PM To:City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Crosstown Shuttle unreliable, please fix CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council and City Manager,  I've been trying to ride the Crosstown Shuttle but have been mostly unsuccessful. The shuttle is either early, late or doesn't come at all. I mentioned these anomalies to Transportation Manager Sylvia Star-Lack and Transportation Chief Philip Kamhi. They suggested I consult the Real-Time shuttle reporting information: Sylvia sent me email: "Have you been able to get the real-time map to work for you on other days? I’d like to know if the map has been accessible to you....We have not observed any issues with the real- time map from the new vendor." So, I consulted the "Real-Time" map for the Crosstown Shuttle which was a revelation because it showed that the shuttles run early and late. I also observed that the shuttle was driven off the route entirely during scheduled service and sometimes the real-time reporting system didn't report at all. In fact today, March 3, 2020, the Real-Time map shows that Crosstown Shuttle #1 hasn't reported any activity since last Wednesday, February 25, 2020 at 8:02 AM 2 I'm certain that the advice given by Philip and Sylvia was sincere. However my experience has been that the real-time reporting is not working or inaccurate half the time. When it is working, it routinely shows that the shuttle is often early past a given stop; late to an important destination such as the transit center or not operating on the route at all. I have many examples of this not working along with screenshots and references to the published shuttle schedule. I have shared this information with Philip and Sylvia and they have been unresponsive. 3 In my experience, the shuttle is unreliable. I say this because after I have planned a shuttle journey by checking google maps and the palo alto shuttle time table, the shuttle sometimes shows up; doesn't show up at all, is early or late. When the shuttle arrives/departs late, this means that someone who is wanting to connect to another transit mode will miss the connection. When the shuttle arrives/departs from the stop early, someone who arrives on-time hoping to catch the shuttle will miss it. The effect of it either arriving early/leaving early from a stop; arriving late/leaving late or not coming at all results in not being able to rely on making connections. It also means that users, such as myself have to give up using the shuttle. Please note the Shuttle website has a current update with a request for feedback about making connections, These problems are directly related to this issue I have mentioned. Operating the Shuttle in such a manner is in conflict with the City's documents that reflect its transportation goals. I would like you collectively to respond to these issues. Tell me what you are going to do about it. I have many examples of the problems: shuttles being early, late, off the route and reporting system not working along with screenshots of specific incidents and I will provide if need be. I'd like you to confirm that someone will look into this, resolve the issues and make the Shuttle usable. Thank you in advance for your prompt response to this important matter. Rosemary W. Stevens (650) 485-1366 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Michelle Rosengaus <mrosengaus@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 11:27 PM To:Jensen, Peter; ParkRec Commission; Council, City Cc:Sharon Elliot; Lakshmi Sunder; Camille Tripp; 'Arthur Keller' Subject:Dog Run at Ramos Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.                  I attended the presentation by Peter Jensen at City Hall last night on the proposed renovations to Ramos Park. I  commend Peter on his work defining the park renovations and his presentation to the council.                                     I am the original owner of 3704 Ortega CT and have lived in this house for 35 years. My three children were  born here and grew up in Ramos Park. My house has a fence to the park where Peter is proposing the city build a dog  run. Most of my neighbors on Ortega Court are also original owners, we have a very stable neighborhood.     Ramos Park is a lovely, very small, quiet neighborhood park. Really a green oasis in the middle of all the  concrete. It is enjoyed by people of all ages. We have a lot of kids in soccer and baseball practice, a lot of weekend  parties, adults playing soccer, volley ball and martial arts, seniors, strollers and kids on bikes. We also have some dogs,  but for the most part there really is no problem because owners pick up after their dogs. There are times when dogs are  off leash and most dogs are well behaved. They should be able to continue enjoying the use of the park. There are just a  couple of bad dogs/owners that should be reprimanded by the city.                    So if any renovations are to be made, we need more green areas in the park for people to enjoy. I vehemently  oppose the construction of a fenced dog run at Ramos Park. The proposed fenced section would take away a third of the  green area, significantly reducing the usable space in the park for the majority of the people.  A dog run along the fence  of the  Ortega CT homes will negatively impact the houses. People’s bedrooms are right off the park!!! How do you  expect people to live with the barking and fighting of dogs morning to night by their windows? A dog run will attract  many more dogs from outside the immediate neighborhood, multiplying the number of dogs in the park.    Further problems on the maintenance of the dog run: What hours would the dog run operate? Unless the dog  run is locked at certain hours, dogs will start running there at 6 AM taken by owners before work and will last all day  long until dark; with the new lighting installed, dogs could be there well into the night.  How often would the dog run be  cleaned? Owners do not pick up poop in a dog run, so it will be accumulating and smelling. How thoroughly is a dog run  cleaned? Dog runs are ugly, people walking the paved circle will be forced to walk alongside the dog run for half the park  circle. In hot summer months, the stench could be terrible. Is it a health hazard?     I would like to suggest that the money that would go to build the dog run should be used instead to fix the  uneven grass area and the irrigation system so that stretch of land is more usable for everyone. Building a fenced dog  run will irreparably change the character of Ramos Park. I urge you to drop the project.    Michelle Rosengaus  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Arlene Goetze <photowrite67@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:47 PM To:Sara Cody Subject:Garlic & Licorice are Anti-Viral CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  General information for the public: CDC is now urging anti-prescription remedies since there are no drugs against the Virus. CDC members own 50 patents on vaccines which make them lots of money. Their advice for soap and closed off rooms to limit the virus is pitiful. . . . . .. Wearing gloves might be more effective. But . . . the earth for years has provided healing remedies for human ills. Garlic and licorice are helpful things for people to take no matter what! The list of symptoms for the current virus is very similar to list of symptoms for the flu....how similar they are!!! Please be briefed on the symptoms as well as the healing qualities of natural items. Lots of rumors that that 5G may be the cause of this virus! Wuhan was one of 16 towns in China first receiving it. No proof it was snakes or bats as the first belief. . . so is 5G possibly weakening human systems? There is much to learn and share what goes on beyond what the media and government agencies reveal. Arlene Goetze, No Toxins for Children, photowrite67@yahoo.com 1. Editorialhttp://infectioncontrol.imedpub.com/prevention-and-treatment-of-viral-infections-by-natural- therapies.php?aid=7086 from Journal of Prevention and Infection Control Many viral infections are still causing tremendous threat to human being such as HIV, coronavirus, SARS, avian influenza, swine flu, Dengue virus, Ebola virus, etc. There are no efficient conventional medications or vaccines for most of these viruses. Consequently alternative natural medications are an urgent requirement to fill the gap of unavailability of conventional therapies or vaccines. Complementary and alternative medicine has been used for centuries in many societies to treat various illnesses, including viral infections. Herbal, dietary, complementary, and natural therapies have been used widely for prevention and treatment of viral infections. . . . Some of these medications are introduced in the present article. Several herbal extracts were proved effective for prevention and treatment of respiratory viral infections that based on scientific ground. Among these herbs are licorice roots, North American ginseng, berries, Echinacea, pomegranate, and guava tea. The active ingredients of these plants against flu and cold viruses are neuraminidase inhibitors, glycyrrhizin, polyphenol, baicalin, etc. The mechanism of actions that plants extracts could fight influenza through: neuraminidase inhibition, preventing virus budding, assistance of viral bounding to natural antibodies, stimulation of IFN-gamma production by T cells, inhibition viral hemagglutination activity, inhibition viral binding to and penetration into host cells, enhancement production of antiinfluenza virus immunoglobulin, 2 synthesis inhibition of both viral RNA and protein, replication suppression of influenza virus, secretion induction of type I IFN and pro-inflammatory cytokines with subsequent stimulation of the antiviral activity, and exertion virion structural damage ------------See website above for rest of this story. 2. 10 top Anti-Viral Agents  by Pinewood Natural Health Centre . www.pinewoodhealth.ca Winter is the time of year when we seem to be particularly vulnerable to all kinds of illnesses that are caused by viruses including colds, flu and cold sores. A virus is not to be confused with bacteria, which causes infection. Viruses are tiny bits of nucleic acids that contain information and use your body’s cells tor create more copies of themselves.  There are very few treatments, allopathic or natural that can kill a virus outright, as usually a virus must run its course.   However the list of natural remedies here come as close to stopping a virus in its tracks as Mother Nature can get. COLLOIDAL SILVER Silver has been utilized as a medicine since ancient times to treat scores of ailments, including the bubonic plague. Colloidal silver is a suspension of pure metallic silver in water, that is used to dramatically reduce the activity of the HIV virus in AIDS patients, slow down the ravages of the hepatitis C virus and combat other viruses in general. It works by interfering with the enzymes that allow a virus to utilize oxygen thus, in essence, suffocating it so it cannot do damage in the body. ELDERBERRY The common black elderberry (Sambucus nigra) has long been used to reduce the length and severity of flu symptoms and studies. Taking 60 ml a day for adults and 30 ml for children helps to facilitate a complete recovery, often in three days. Elderberry extract binds to the tiny spikes on a virus protein that are used to pierce and invade healthy cells and destroys them so that the virus is ineffective. Elderberry may also be effective against the herpes simplex virus and some HIV strains. ECHINACEA The herb Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea) is supportive of the immune system and has a direct anti-viral action against colds and viral bronchitis. Preparations that include both the roots and the flowering tops are the most effective at helping the body resist the viruses. GARLIC Garlic has been prized for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. The compounds allicin and alliion are responsible for this common plant’s reputation as a triple threat. Garlic is anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal and it is especially effective against viruses if chewed raw. GREEN TEA Green tea (Camellia sinensis) contains a group of flavonoids called catechins, which appear to inhibit viral infections by blocking the enzymes that allow it to reproduce. Green tea has been known to be effective in inhibiting HIV, herpes simples and the hepatitis B virus. LIQORICE Liquorice contains a substance called glycyrrhizin that reduces the replication of viruses and halts their ability to penetrate replicate inside healthy cells. It has been noted to be effective in the treatment of many viral illnesses including HIV strains and viral hepatitis. OLIVE LEAF The leaves of Olive trees (Olea europea) contain a substances called elenoic acid and calcium elonate has been identified as a powerful inhibitor of a wide range of viruses in laboratory tests., including influenza, herpes, polio and coxsackie viruses. These 3 substances block the production of enzymes that allow viruses to replicate. PAU D’ARCO Pau d’arco (Tabebuia impetiginosa), also known as lapacho or ipe roxo, is an Amazon tree with healing inner bark that can treat colds, influenza, herpes and viral stomatis. It contains quinoids that inhibit virus replication by damaging the DNA and RNA inside the viral protein that would insert itself in a healthy human cell and replicate. ST JOHN’S WORT St John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is ore well-known for its ability to treat depression and neuralgia but it also has potent antiviral chemicals called hypercin and pseudohypericin that proactively fight off viruses that thrive by imitating existing cells through “cloaking”. These viruses that masquerade as human cells include Herpes, HIV and Hepatitis C. For the most effective results it is highly recommended that at least two or three of these remedies in conjunction in order to vanquish viruses. As always, consult your naturopathic doctor for advice tailored specifically to your body. by Pinewood Natural Health Centre http://www.pinewoodhealth.ca 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Eduardo F. Llach <eduardo@llach.com> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 5:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:Not Approved and illegal Signs on Churchill and El Camino Attachments:Screen Shot 2020-03-02 at 5.04.23 PM.png; Screen Shot 2020-03-02 at 5.04.15 PM.png; Screen Shot 2020-03-02 at 5.04.08 PM.png; Screen Shot 2020-03-02 at 5.03.59 PM.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    Hi City Council,   Thank you for your service to Palo Alto.  I know it is a tough job at times, but we all appreciate it.     I believe you are already aware of the signs on Churchill that are promoting keeping it open and which are on public  property (El Camino divider) and on the office at the corner of Churchill and El Camino.       I asked the doctors occupying the offices if they gave consent for the signs, and they said no.  I asked if they wanted the  sign on their front lawn, and they said no.     I have the two signs if you want them.     I am in favor of closing Churchill since it will save kid’s lives and make their commute to Paly much safer. I also know it  will save the city millions and it will make everyone’s lives better on Churchill since we will have a far quieter street and  neighborhood.    We’ve lost two pets to cars on Churchill, our neighbor was side swiped getting out of her driveway.  The  majority of Churchill and Southgate neighbors (based on surveys) support closing Churchill.         We are encouraged by the XCAP traffic analysis showing how Palo Alto traffic will improve when we update getting in  and out of Embarcadero and Oregon via improved Alma and El Camino access/flow (the mitigation measures included  with closing of Churchill).    The traffic analysis done a couple of years back pointed out that more than 60% of the traffic  on Churchill is ‘cut‐through’ traffic that would happily go through Embarcadero or Oregon if there were good access /  flow into and out of them, which the mitigation measures address cost effectively.     Thank you, Eduardo  36 Churchill Ave, Palo Alto    Eduardo F. Llach  Cel – 650 678 1406   1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jeff Hoel <jeff_hoel@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 12:18 PM To:Council, City Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Shikada, Ed Subject:02-24-20 -- City Manager Shikada's comments about some non-cityofpaloalto.org websites CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Council members, At your 02-24-20 meeting, during City Manager Comments, City Manager Shikada announced two items involving websites the City has which are not cityofpaloalto.org. In principle, I think it's a bad idea to disunify the City's web presence by having lots of websites. When I want to search for something, I want to be able to specify the ONE place to look: cityofpaloalto.org. (There used to be a separate website for utilities: cpau.com. But it got folded into cityofpaloalto.org.) If there were an Information Technology Commission, this is one of the principles I'd hope they'd police. Specifically, about the blog items at medium.com/paloaltoconnect, * None mentions "resiliency" by name. So I'm not sure which blog item City Manager Shikada was citing. * In the computing environments I use (workstations at Los Altos and Palo Alto libraries), if I view a blog item in an IE browser, the graphics don't display properly; but in a Chrome browser, the graphics do display properly. Thanks. Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel 731 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 ------------------- ################################################################################################# ##################### Video of 02-24-20 Council meeting: https://midpenmedia.org/city-council-152-2242020/ City Manager Comments 2:44:06: Ed Shikada: Additional information is available on this at our website -- connectingpaloalto.com. https://connectingpaloalto.com/ 2:44:12: 2 Also, I just want to highlight a few items of note -- recent activity. February 17th marks the 10th year anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed three people, causing damage to homes in East Palo Alto as well as an extended power outage in the City of Palo Alto, and resulted in a major emergency response by several City departments and other public safety agencies. Since that time, several City efforts have been underway, or completed, to address top-priorities of increasing public safety and emergency response, as well as strengthening the City's infrastructure, with a focus on resiliency. We recently posted a City blog about these efforts at medium.com/atpaloaltoconnect. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect And so, since we are periodically using that method for providing us information on ongoing City programs, I wanted to call some attention to that. 2:45:13: ################################################################## Google "site:medium.com/paloaltoconnect" 12 hits 1. 10-03-19: https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect Sort of a "home page", with pointers to: * 11-06-19: Palo Alto's Transportation Network Plan: Initiatives Planned and Efforts Underway * 11-03-19: Palo Alto Building Electrification Proposal: One Approach to Address Greenhouse Emission ... * 10-23-19: Stay On Track Blog Series: What rail crossing alternatives are still on the table? * 10-08-19: Be Prepared: PG&E Warns of a Public Safety Power Shutoff * 10-03-19: Stay Fire Safe with these Fire Prevention and Safety Tips From the Palo Alto Fire Department * 10-03-19: In the Public Interest * 10-03-19: Stay On Track Blog Series: Rail Grade Separation Design Process in Palo Alto 2. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/latest 3. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/archive 4. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/about 5. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/search 6. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/in-the-public-interest-cfdd4045821d * 10-03-19: In the Public Interest -- Answering Community Questions About the City’s Public Safety Response When Calls for Emergency Medical Service May Also Involve Other Safety Issues 7. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/be-prepared-pg-e-warns-of-a-public-safety-power-shutoff-9ff9fda53cc0 * 10-08-19: Be Prepared: PG&E Warns of a Public Safety Power Shutoff 8. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/palo-altos-new-transportation-work-plan-initiatives-planned-and-efforts-underway- b25d43d9f785 * 11-06-19: New Transportation Work Plan Outlines Initiatives and Efforts Underway in Palo Alto 9. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/palo-alto-building-electrification-proposal-one-approach-to-address-greenhouse-gas- emission-8e3657d5853c * 11-03-19: Palo Alto Building Electrification Plan Adopted: One Approach to Address Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Goals 10. 3 https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/stay-on-track-blog-series-rail-grade-separation-design-process-in-palo-alto- 4d8038322431 * 10-03-19: Stay On Track Blog Series: Rail Grade Separation Design Process in Palo Alto 11. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/stay-on-track-blog-series-what-rail-crossing-alternatives-are-still-on-the-table- b33e212b9fb3 * 10-24-19: Stay On Track Blog Series: What rail crossing alternatives are still on the table? 12. https://medium.com/paloaltoconnect/stay-fire-safe-with-these-fire-prevention-and-safety-tips-from-the-palo-alto-fire- department-cc5969ef11b3 * 10-03-19: Stay Fire Safe with these Fire Prevention and Safety Tips From the Palo Alto Fire Department 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Gail Price <gail.price3@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 8:48 AM To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Cari Templeton Subject:Op-Ed: Los Angeles is building plenty of housing ... for cars - Los Angeles Times CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Fine and Palo Alto City Council Members,    I thought this article would be of interest since the City is examining parking standards, including practices elsewhere.    Thanks,  Gail  Price    https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020‐02‐05/los‐angeles‐parking‐too‐much‐housing‐for‐cars      Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Art Liberman <art_liberman@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, February 29, 2020 6:04 PM To:Council, City Cc:Kamhi, Philip; PABAC Subject:An Argument for creating a Low Stress Network for Bicyclists CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Council I want credit all council members for establishing bicycle friendly policies and providing funds for the infrastructure. I also want to express my appreciation to the many staff people who have worked to create the supporting plans and programs. I am writing to amplify my comments at last week’s City Council meeting that reviewed the first phase of the Neighborhood Bicycle Infrastructure program. I suggested that the City should develop a network of low stress bicycle routes in the new Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan and not solely focus on building more Bicycle Boulevards. Let me explain why this makes sense. The City has made great strides in the past decade in having many more children ride bicycles to schools. On the other hand, some things haven’t changed. Many folks who would be willing to ride a bicycle to shopping, to school or to work are still hesitant to do so now because they don’t feel safe. In her letter to the Council on February 19th, Jamie Jarvis, Programs Director for the Stanford Research Park (SRP) TMA, wrote: “Despite significant effort by the SRP TMA to encourage and support bicycling, bicycling commuting has not budged from 3 percent over the 4 years the TMA has been in place.” She goes on to write: “Nearly 18 percent of SRP employees are interested in bicycling to work, but the most expressed barrier to bicycling is concern about safety, especially related to high speed vehicles and distracted or aggressive drivers.” In other words, they do not feel comfortable riding their bicycles to work: riding a bicycle for them is just too stressful. We cannot turn enough streets into Bicycle Boulevards to change that perception. There are arterials In Palo Alto on which only the strongest most fearless cyclists dare to ride. On the other hand, many streets in my neighborhood of Barron Park are not bicycle boulevards, but they are quiet, low traffic roads where riding on them is not stressful. Several collector streets have had speed bumps added during the past decade, a relatively low cost modification that reduces the speeds of automobile and makes riding bicycles there less stressful. The question is how to mesh these low stress streets together so that more more people would likely use their bicycles. A new Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan will be coming from the Transportation Department this year or next. This would be an opportunity to develop a strategy that would incorporate the changes over the past decade and encourage those people who are too worried about their personal safety to ride bicycles or to use e-bikes or e-scooters or another one of the new micro-modal means of transportation. The City could make an assessment of all roads in Palo Alto and define a network on which an average person would be expected to feel comfortable riding a bicycle. Doing this City wide, Palo Alto 2 would create a Low Stress Network. The neighborhood streets in Barron Park would likely be included in the Low Stress Network along with many from other neighborhoods. This concept has been developed and applied elsewhere, for example in the City of Madison, Wisconsin[1]. To create the network in Madison, each roadway was objectively rated for its traffic stress for cyclists using specific factors, including roadway design, traffic volumes and traffic speeds, width of bicycle lanes, etc. Madison established four levels of bicycle riding stress. Roads having the two lowest levels comprise the low-stress network. The low stress criteria identify routes that correspond to the Dutch bicycle route facilities. These are the roads which would be attractive for the great majority of bicycle riders. This approach of defining a city wide Low Stress Network for Palo Alto would complement and improve existing pro-bicycle policies. Those polices have been focused on developing more Bicycle Boulevards. A map of the Low Stress Network would show Transportation where problems exist for low stress accessibility to jobs and destinations from different parts of Palo Alto, and where investment and effort would be both warranted and effective in improving the bicycling infrastructure and where a Bicycle Boulevard might make sense.. Sincerely, Arthur Liberman Chimalus Drive [1] http://www.ampo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Low-Stress-Bicycle-Network.pdf 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jill Asher <jill@magicalbridge.org> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 4:08 PM To:News; Council, City; O'Kane, Kristen; Anderson, Daren; Gaboury, Marieke; Steven D. Lee; Patti Regehr; Shounak.dharap@gmail.com; melissa baten caswell; Jennifer DiBrienza; Todd Collins; Kou, Lydia; Sue Dremann Subject:sharing -- Magical Bridge Playground in Palo Alto featured on Rediscovering Play Podcast CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Thought you would enjoy listening to this GLOBAL podcast ‐‐ where we discuss Magical Bridge Playground in Palo Alto  and the profound impact it has had our on local community (and beyond).     https://soundcloud.com/rediscovering‐play/inclusive‐play‐episode‐2‐accessible‐playgrounds?in=rediscovering‐ play%2Fsets%2Finclusive‐play‐ miniseries&fbclid=IwAR3IOjYn_QNAG4G0FFi9v1_c9oWfnxuyjTQlD6aKMhnOpzLXBXTL6hVa‐fs    We hope you are well and might we see you on the playground soon?    With gratitude,  Jill Asher      ‐‐   Jill Asher  Executive Director  650‐520‐8512  To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.  Building the nation’s most innovative and inclusive playgrounds all abilities • all ages • all welcome -- My TEDx Talk about Magical Bridge  Connect with Magical Bridge on:  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/magicalbridge  Twitter:  https://twitter.com/magicalbridge    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jennifer Landesmann <jlandesmann@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:CEQ’s Proposal to Update its NEPA Implementing Regulations CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello Council,    If the City of Palo Alto has not already commented on the proposed modernization of NEPA plans, I hope the City will  consider doing so, and given your interest in climate issues. "CEQ has requested public comments on or before March 10, 2020. Please visit the CEQ website for more information about how to submit comments."    Below are two links with 1) sample letter from CO Representatives, and 2) commentary from Columbia U School of Law.    This is very relevant to the federal actions that Palo Alto suffers from with airplane noise. FAA's failure to disclose and  to use current science  to evaluate impacts has put Palo Alto in an extremely vulnerable position. The failure of  disclosure and reasonable study of aviation impacts has disrupted hundreds of lives of PA residents and it could get  worse.     Ideas to shorten the time frame of environmental reviews and weight of documents is fine, quality preferred over  quantity but taking away foreseeable impacts? As it is, these policies are implemented so flimsily (by FAA), this would  just be ridiculous like much of the attitude is from all who disregard public health.     I will follow up further on other serious concerns about failure to disclose important information  by team FAA, industry,  airports, roundtables. Everybody blames the other for concealing info from people being affected, and I would hope that  the City is going to stop protecting the lack of transparency.     Thanks,    Jennifer         https://degette.house.gov/sites/degette.house.gov/files/DeGette‐Rooney%20NEPA%20Letter.pdf    FIVE POINTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED REVISIONS TO CEQ’S NEPA  REGULATIONS    http://blogs.law.columbia.edu/climatechange/2020/01/10/five‐points‐about‐the‐proposed‐revisions‐to‐ceqs‐nepa‐ regulations/    1. The proposal would eliminate requirements to evaluate “cumulative” effects, and possibly “indirect effects,” as well. 2. The proposal would limit analysis to effects which are “reasonably foreseeable” and have a “reasonably close causal relationship” to the proposal. 2 3. The proposal redefines “significance” and limits consideration of indirect effects in significance determinations. 4. CEQ has signaled that it will move forward with its proposed GHG guidance, and is inviting comments on whether it should codify any aspects of that guidance in the regulations. 5. The proposal would undermine the environmental policy set forth in NEPA.         1 Brettle, Jessica From:LLF <fei41817@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 1:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:No dog running park please CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Member,  I am strongly opposed to the idea of a reconstruction of the Ramos park to a dog park. Ever since I was attacked by a dog  at a young age, I have been cautious to any animals around me and am sensitive to loud raucous noises. As a full‐time  working single parent, I work tirelessly to pay my mortgage and raise my two kids here in Palo Alto. I live adjacent to the  park, and my backyard door opens directly to the basketball court area. At the end of the day, I open my backyard door  and go take a walk around the park. It is a period of relaxation and peace for me and I am very grateful for that.  Although there are sometimes feces in the grass and lots of running dogs around, it is still tolerable. However, the  construction of a running dog park would greatly attract many more dogs and disrupt my daily routine, along with a few  elderly neighbors and children who are also physically sensitive to unleashed dogs. Ramos Park is a small neighborhood  park, and we must put the comfort and safety of people, seniors and kids first before pets. Please keep our  neighborhood quiet, clean, and peaceful.  Thank you for all your hard work and effort dedicated to this neighborhood.  Sincerely,  Kathy Fei  3730 Ortega Court   Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Marsha Grossman <marshagrossman@outlook.com> Sent:Friday, February 28, 2020 3:00 PM To:Council, City Subject:Non-Smoking Enforcement CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Why isn’t the non‐smoking ordinance enforced on California Avenue? There aren’t enough “no‐smoking” signs and I  never see anyone patrolling the street to enforce this ordinance.    I live in a condo complex that is supposed to be “non‐smoking” and the non‐smoking is continually not enforced. Do I  need to send photos of homeowners smoking?    Marsha Grossman    Sent from Mail for Windows 10    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Shikada, Ed Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 4:00 PM To:Amy Keohane Cc:Council, City Subject:RE: On my walk in DT North Thank you Ms. Keohane, our staff will look into this.  Best regards,  ‐‐Ed  Ed Shikada City Manager 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Ph: (650) 329-2280 ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org From: Amy Keohane <amykeohane@hotmail.com>   Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2020 3:15 PM  To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>  Subject: On my walk in DT North  CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Not sure who to contact but there is a growing homeless encampment at the Timothy Hopkins park at  Webster, there are already 3 tents.  I also think there are more in the creek.  Lets not get this out of hand as  the rv's along the el Camino.  I would appreciate somebody looking into this please  Amy Keohane  {REDACTED}  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jeanese Snyder <snyderfamily380@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 6:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Palo Alto History Museum CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    Sent from my iPhone    Begin forwarded message:  From: Jeanese Snyder <snyderfamily380@sbcglobal.net>  Date: March 2, 2020 at 6:00:22 PM PST  To: city.council@cityofpalo.org  Subject: Palo Alto History Museum  To Palo Alto City Council,    Growing up in Palo Alto, where my great‐grandparents made their home in the 1920’s, I support using  the Roth Building for the Palo Alto History Museum.  Palo Alto has a rich history and deserves a museum  to reflect it, both for the many visitors to the area and the residents.    Sincerely,  Jeanese Snyder  380 Palo Alto Avenue  Palo Alto, CA  94301  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kathleen <vz222222@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, March 1, 2020 5:58 PM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Reckdahl, Keith; Council, City Subject:Prefer UNDERPASS for grade separation at E. Meadow & Charleston CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  As a homeowner on Alma Street near Loma Verde, I very much prefer the underpass as a solution for grade separation  at E. Meadow & Charleston, if at all possible.     It should be the cheapest since the rail line does not move, visual pollution will be minimized, and construction time  should be the shortest.    I am very much against the viaduct and the berm as their construction will cause far more disruption to Alma Street. In  addition, there will be much more visual and sound pollution than with an underpass.      I would love a trench but have reluctantly accepted that it is impractical because of cost, both financial and in terms of  disrupting traffic on Alma.  Caltrain does not support it.  It would only make sense if it was a multi‐city solution that was  accompanied by reconstructed platforms etc etc ‐ and it just isn't going to work.    Kathleen Goldfein  Palo Alto resident since 1989  Alma Street, Palo Alto 94306  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Susanne Bentley <senior.affairs@groupmail.com> Sent:Friday, February 28, 2020 1:17 PM To:Jeremy Pruitt; editor@silicon-valley.news Cc:cindy.alvarez@mail.com; gilroybassi@gmail.com; caljohnqpublic@gmail.com; Alma Salihovic; Andrea Urton; Armitage Hux; Arthur Lipscomb; Carol Matzas-Weeks; Carolyn Bayer; Center, Contact@DFEH; Chris Neale; Christine Hager; Compliance Review@HCD; David A.Garcia; Emily Vallejo; Evanslaw Attorney; Hilary Barroga; Iris Sanchez; Jacky morales-ferrand; Jaime Angulo; Janette Rosales; John A. List; Justice In Aging; Karla Arango; Kimberly D Johnson; Lester Fontecha; Lopez, Robert (HSG); Madeline Howard; Moore, Anthony; Nathanael R Hill; OIG Hotline; Rob Christopher; Shelsy Bass; Teresa Barker; Tom, Angelo C; Witters, Gerald; district7@sanjoseca.gov; dneale@thecorecompanies.com; fnibungco@ywca-sv.org; gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org; reac_tac@hud.gov; Jennifer Ong; Jennifer Wadsworth; Joe Litigant; Kate Walz; Scott Largent; Jason Smith; schatman@scscourt.org; mccomas.b.c@gmail.com; thompsonsharkey@gmail.com; janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com; damon.silver@pdo.sccgov.org; ds@stadlinlaw.com; sharon@tchelpspot.org; sixth.district@jud.ca.gov; cof@cathedraloffaith.org; evanw.dowling@gmail.com; victoriusalexander@gmail.com; joe.simitian@bss.sccgov.org; info@scvmc.org; caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com Subject:Protect the Public!!!!! Attachments:DECLARATION OF FACTS IN SUPPORT OF PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS RELIEF.pdf; Grand-Jury- Investigation-Public-Guardian-Santa-Clara-County.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I demand answers! I want to kknow what is being done to protect the public from these monsters! What measures are being taken to prevent more people from being injured or killed! The homicide unit at the Santa Clara County DA office facitated these attacks against the public and Markham Plaza residents! Who is investigating James Leonard , Angela Bernard , Barbara Cathcart and these other criminals? Sherfiff sargent Samuel Tarazi is assigned to Valley Medical center, where some of his victims were hospitalised! What sense does this make? Suzanne Sent: Monday, February 04, 2019 at 12:58 AM From: "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com> To: cindy.alvarez@mail.com, gilroybassi@gmail.com Cc: caljohnqpublic@gmail.com, "Alma Salihovic" <alma.salihovic@scchousingauthority.org>, "Andrea Urton" <aurton@homefirstscc.org>, "Armitage Hux" <knights.of.ren@outlook.com>, "Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur.lipscomb@disabilityrightsca.org>, "Carol Matzas-Weeks" <carol.matzas@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Carolyn Bayer" <fairhousing.fairlending@gmail.com>, "Center, Contact@DFEH" <contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov>, "Chris Neale" <chris@thecorecompanies.com>, "Christine Hager" <christine.hager@disabilityrightsca.org>, "Compliance Review@HCD" <compliancereview@hcd.ca.gov>, "David A.Garcia" <chvld.tilrclo@pro.sccgclv.org>, "Emily Vallejo" <evallejo@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "Evanslaw Attorney" <attorney@evanslaw.com>, "Hilary Barroga" <hilary.barroga@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Iris Sanchez" <iris.sanchez@scchousingauthority.org>, "Jacky morales- ferrand" <Jacky.morales-ferrand@sanjoseca.gov>, "Jaime Angulo" <jangulo@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "Janette Rosales" <jrosales@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "John A. List" <jlist@pahl-mccay.com>, "Justice In Aging" <info@justiceinaging.org>, "Karla Arango" <karango@dao.sccgov.org>, "Kimberly D Johnson" <kimberly.d.johnson@hud.gov>, "Lester Fontecha" <Lester.Fontecha@eahhousing.org>, "Lopez, Robert (HSG)" <Robert.Lopez@sanjoseca.gov>, "Madeline Howard" <mhoward@wclp.org>, "Moore, Anthony" <Anthony.Moore@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Nathanael R Hill" <nathanael.r.hill@hud.gov>, "OIG Hotline" <hotline@hudoig.gov>, "Rob Christopher" <rob.christopher@justresolve.com>, "Shelsy Bass" <Shelsy.Bass@eahhousing.org>, "Susanne Bentley" <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, "Teresa Barker" <Teresa.Barker@eahhousing.org>, "Tom, Angelo C" <Angelo.Tom@hud.gov>, "Witters, Gerald" 2 <Gerald.Witters@hhs.sccgov.org>, "district7@sanjoseca.gov" <district7@sanjoseca.gov>, "dneale@thecorecompanies.com" <dneale@thecorecompanies.com>, "fnibungco@ywca-sv.org" <fnibungco@ywca- sv.org>, "gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org" <gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org>, "reac_tac@hud.gov" <william.b.anderson@hud.gov>, "Jennifer Ong" <jenno@bitfocus.com>, "Jennifer Wadsworth" <jenniferw@metronews.com>, "Joe Litigant" <rua@uglyjudge.com>, "Kate Walz" <katewalz@povertylaw.org>, "Scott Largent" <scottlargent38@gmail.com>, "Jason Smith" <markhamplazata@gmail.com>, schatman@scscourt.org, mccomas.b.c@gmail.com, thompsonsharkey@gmail.com, janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com, damon.silver@pdo.sccgov.org, ds@stadlinlaw.com, sharon@tchelpspot.org, team.reyes@protonmail.ch, sixth.district@jud.ca.gov, cof@cathedraloffaith.org, evanw.dowling@gmail.com, victoriusalexander@gmail.com Subject: Re Santa Clara County / Silicon Valley Corruption 3 http://www.uglyjudge.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/2018- 10-31-Op-Brief_Redacted.pdf 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gDTB8Aoaus http://www.uglyjudge.com/santa-clara-county-court-barbara- ann-cathcart-trying-hide-public/ 5 http://www.uglyjudge.com/ugly-government/california/santa- clara-county/barbara-ann-cathcart/ https://www.janeandjohnqpublic.com/blog/gagged-arrested- harassed-when-filing-jail-or-family-court-complaints https://independent-defense- counsel.blogspot.com/2019/01/independent-defense-counsel- sylvia.html 7 Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2019 at 8:36 PM From: "Cindy Alvarez" <cindy.alvarez@mail.com> To: caljohnqpublic@gmail.com 8 Cc: "Alma Salihovic" <alma.salihovic@scchousingauthority.org>, "Andrea Urton" <aurton@homefirstscc.org>, "Armitage Hux" <knights.of.ren@outlook.com>, "Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur.lipscomb@disabilityrightsca.org>, "Carol Matzas-Weeks" <carol.matzas@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Carolyn Bayer" <fairhousing.fairlending@gmail.com>, "Center, Contact@DFEH" <contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov>, "Chris Neale" <chris@thecorecompanies.com>, "Christine Hager" <christine.hager@disabilityrightsca.org>, "Compliance Review@HCD" <compliancereview@hcd.ca.gov>, "David A.Garcia" <chvld.tilrclo@pro.sccgclv.org>, "Emily Vallejo" <evallejo@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "Evanslaw Attorney" <attorney@evanslaw.com>, "Hilary Barroga" <hilary.barroga@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Iris Sanchez" <iris.sanchez@scchousingauthority.org>, "Jacky morales- ferrand" <Jacky.morales-ferrand@sanjoseca.gov>, "Jaime Angulo" <jangulo@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "Janette Rosales" <jrosales@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "John A. List" <jlist@pahl-mccay.com>, "Justice In Aging" <info@justiceinaging.org>, "Karla Arango" <karango@dao.sccgov.org>, "Kimberly D Johnson" <kimberly.d.johnson@hud.gov>, "Lester Fontecha" <Lester.Fontecha@eahhousing.org>, "Lopez, Robert (HSG)" <Robert.Lopez@sanjoseca.gov>, "Madeline Howard" <mhoward@wclp.org>, "Moore, Anthony" <Anthony.Moore@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Nathanael R Hill" <nathanael.r.hill@hud.gov>, "OIG Hotline" <hotline@hudoig.gov>, "Rob Christopher" <rob.christopher@justresolve.com>, "Shelsy Bass" <Shelsy.Bass@eahhousing.org>, "Susanne Bentley" <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, "Teresa Barker" <Teresa.Barker@eahhousing.org>, "Tom, Angelo C" <Angelo.Tom@hud.gov>, "Witters, Gerald" <Gerald.Witters@hhs.sccgov.org>, "district7@sanjoseca.gov" <district7@sanjoseca.gov>, "dneale@thecorecompanies.com" <dneale@thecorecompanies.com>, "fnibungco@ywca-sv.org" <fnibungco@ywca-sv.org>, "gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org" <gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org>, "reac_tac@hud.gov" <william.b.anderson@hud.gov>, "Jennifer Ong" <jenno@bitfocus.com>, "Jennifer Wadsworth" <jenniferw@metronews.com>, "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>, "Joe Litigant" <rua@uglyjudge.com>, "Kate Walz" <katewalz@povertylaw.org>, "Scott Largent" <scottlargent38@gmail.com>, "Jason Smith" <markhamplazata@gmail.com>, schatman@scscourt.org, mccomas.b.c@gmail.com, thompsonsharkey@gmail.com, janet_c_phelan@yahoo.com, damon.silver@pdo.sccgov.org, ds@stadlinlaw.com, sharon@tchelpspot.org, team.reyes@protonmail.ch, sixth.district@jud.ca.gov, cof@cathedraloffaith.org Subject: Attention Susan Bassi Dear Ms. Bassi, We do not know the whereabouts of Jason Smith and we fear Santa Clara County sheriff detective David Carroll may have hurt him for coming forward with the crimes at the Markham Plaza Apartments in San Jose. I fear that the Sheriff department may also try to harm my young children! Judge Sharon Chatman is corrupt and dirty! The email below shows how judge Sharon Chatman and others drove Jason Smith to the brink of suidide. On July 28th, 2017 she ordered Mr. Crittenden arrested and sent to prison for no other reason than because witnesses came forward who were not allowed to testify at Mr. Crittenden's trial, (many of the same had been stalked harassed and threatened by sheriff deputies to not speak about the murder or testify in court ) Mr. Crittenden's arrest cut the community off from his much needed advocacy and support and exactly one week later, Jason Smith, director of the Markham Plaza tenant association was brutally attacked and needed reconstructive surgery on his face. Then Rhonda Engel was found dead in her apartment, after being denied ADA accomodations. at 2000 Monterey Road, Apt. 409, the same apartment where Robert Moss was killed. Judge Sharon Chatman and deputy district attorney Angela Bernhard placed hundreds of people in harms way. BTW, Angela Bernhard was homicide prosecutor when Robert Moss was murdeded and her entire malicious prosecution against Mr. Crittenden was to cover up this murder. http://www.uglyjudge.com/santa-clara-county- hiding-deaths-robert-moss-charles-copeland/ , gun running through apartment 420 and from what I've been told, the dumping of Markham Plaza meth lab chemicals at adjacent construction site Please help us get the word out to expose the horrific criminals. If there is anything we can do to support you in your dealings with Judge Chatman you let us know. The residents are frequestly in contact with Scott Largent from Debug, Catholic Charities, uglyjudge.com and other advocacy groups who are monitoring this crisis as well as developments in your court case and similiar cases. We will vigorously expose Judge Sharon Chatman for her crimes against humanity and acts of terrorism against the citizents in this neighborhood. 9 Truly yours, Cindy Alvarez, Markham Plaza Tenant Association Fair and Healthy Housing for all (bcc & forwarded to 200+ churches and others extracted from court & public records) https://www.mercurynews.com/2012/08/10/son-of-santa-clara-county-judge-killed-in-action-in-afghanistan/ http://www.uglyjudge.com/judges‐2/corrupt‐california‐judges/san‐jose/judge‐socrates‐peter‐manoukian/judge‐ socrates‐manoukians‐elder‐abuse‐state‐appellate‐court‐review/ Sent: Friday, October 05, 2018 at 9:16 PM From: "Markham Plaza Tenant Association" <markhamplazata@gmail.com> To: "Alma Salihovic" <alma.salihovic@scchousingauthority.org>, "Andrea Urton" <aurton@homefirstscc.org>, "Armitage Hux" <knights.of.ren@outlook.com>, "Arthur Lipscomb" <arthur.lipscomb@disabilityrightsca.org>, "Carol Matzas-Weeks" <carol.matzas@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Carolyn Bayer" <fairhousing.fairlending@gmail.com>, "Center, Contact@DFEH" <contact.center@dfeh.ca.gov>, "Chris Neale" <chris@thecorecompanies.com>, "Christine Hager" <christine.hager@disabilityrightsca.org>, "Compliance Review@HCD" <compliancereview@hcd.ca.gov>, "David A.Garcia" <chvld.tilrclo@pro.sccgclv.org>, "Emily Vallejo" <evallejo@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "Evanslaw Attorney" <attorney@evanslaw.com>, "Hilary Barroga" <hilary.barroga@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Iris Sanchez" <iris.sanchez@scchousingauthority.org>, "Jacky morales-ferrand" <Jacky.morales-ferrand@sanjoseca.gov>, "Jaime Angulo" <jangulo@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "Janette Rosales" <jrosales@catholiccharitiesscc.org>, "John A. List" <jlist@pahl-mccay.com>, "Justice In Aging" <info@justiceinaging.org>, "Karla Arango" <karango@dao.sccgov.org>, "Kimberly D Johnson" <kimberly.d.johnson@hud.gov>, "Lester Fontecha" <Lester.Fontecha@eahhousing.org>, "Lopez, Robert (HSG)" <Robert.Lopez@sanjoseca.gov>, "Madeline Howard" <mhoward@wclp.org>, "Moore, Anthony" <Anthony.Moore@hhs.sccgov.org>, "Nathanael R Hill" <nathanael.r.hill@hud.gov>, "OIG Hotline" <hotline@hudoig.gov>, "Rob Christopher" <rob.christopher@justresolve.com>, "Shelsy Bass" <Shelsy.Bass@eahhousing.org>, "Susanne Bentley" <senior.affairs@groupmail.com>, "Teresa Barker" <Teresa.Barker@eahhousing.org>, "Tom, Angelo C" <Angelo.Tom@hud.gov>, "Witters, Gerald" <Gerald.Witters@hhs.sccgov.org>, "district7@sanjoseca.gov" <district7@sanjoseca.gov>, "dneale@thecorecompanies.com" <dneale@thecorecompanies.com>, "fnibungco@ywca-sv.org" <fnibungco@ywca-sv.org>, "gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org" <gregg.kays@scchousingauthority.org>, "reac_tac@hud.gov" <william.b.anderson@hud.gov> Cc: "Jennifer Ong" <jenno@bitfocus.com>, "Jennifer Wadsworth" <jenniferw@metronews.com>, "Jeremy Pruitt" <jeremy4justice@activist.com>, "Joe Litigant" <rua@uglyjudge.com>, "Kate Walz" <katewalz@povertylaw.org>, "Scott Largent" <scottlargent38@gmail.com> Subject: My death and blood on your heads To all those who conspire to abuse and kill the low income senior and disabled at markham plaza 2000 & 2010 monterey rd, san jose, ca 95112 I have fought the illegal evictions done by the fake non-profit EAH inc who works for Core Developments and who both lied by email say they were not hud funded and the city of san jose lied and covered up the truth to me. The city of san jose housing director jacky ferdinand morales did lie and tried to hide the truth. They conspired with the santa clara county to have me locked up until 9/20/2018 so they could have a tenant 10 meeting on Sunday, 9-19-2018 and they never work weekends, about tenant participation in management decisions which hud wrote to the city of san jose housing director and that a fair lease and fair grievance and plan for tenant participation was mandatory. That i wrote hud and they evictes me within 180 days is automatic retaliation and protected by San Jose Tenant Protection Ordinance which the city of San Jose will not enforce on Markham Plaza because they conspire to steal federal funds from HUD by not providing the services HUD paid good moneys for and they do not monitor the HUD subsidized projects like they have contracted with HUD to do so. I have been homeless since 9–19-2018 and have notified every angency possible with no response or delays. The HUD OiG letter and notification is attached though i will no longer be around i wish anything that is payable to me go to my Mom Debbie Williams 2422 Cherry ave, san jose, CA 95112 May my death and blood stain the very souls of the evil and greedy people who abuse the tenants of Markham Plaza so their souls go straight to hell when their lige on this planet. May this message be passed all over the earth and may no one do business with EAH Inc, Core Developments and HomeFirst(Formerly EHC original non-profit for Markham PlazA whole stole $6 million in supportive housing funds meant for the Markham Plaza Tenants) May God have no mercy on those who have abused their position to abuse the most fragile of people. To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.PDF file EAH RealEstate FRAUD.pdf To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.PDF file Letter to Smith - 10.4.17 (00… 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Cybele LoVuolo-Bhushan <cybele88lb@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 2:37 PM To:City Mgr Cc:chantel.gaines@cityofpaloalto.org; Council, City Subject:Rail Crossings CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Manager. City Council members, and Chantel,    I am so glad that you have postponed the Thursday meeting, and want to take more time to consider better options for  the rail crossings that need to be separated from pedestrian, car, and bicyclist.   When I read today's Daily Post and the information that Don Austin. Superintendent was suggesting a wall to separate  the Churchill crossing, an elegant idea came to light.   Please consider a trench that runs from E. Charleston, through E. Meadow and continues past Churchill St.   This is surely the best option for Palo Alto. The students will be safe, and not distracted by the trains, and the expense of trenching the three crossings, will be easy for Palo Alto residents to understand and support.   Thank you for waiting, and taking the time to find the best possible solution to preserve Palo Alto's quality of life.   Warm regards, Cybele Lovuolo‐Bhushan, 3838 Mumford Pl, Palo Alto, CA 94306,  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Barbara Platt <plattbs@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:RAIL Voting 3/4/2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello    I am casting a vote to keep the trench option on the table for Cal Train.    Barbara Platt  490 el capitan pl  palo alto 94306  650‐856‐7408  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sharon Elliot <saelliot7@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 26, 2020 1:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:Ramos Park Redesign CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members: We support a Green Dog program at Ramos Park instead of a dog run. There is no good location for a dog run at Ramos. It is surrounded on three sides by homes. A public sidewalk runs along the remaining side. A dog run near any edge would create noise and unwanted odors for homeowners/pedestrians. A Green Dog program allows neighborhood dog owners to register their dogs for regulated play at a specific time in a specific area. The only change to the park is a sign on which the program rules are posted so park users can decide whether or not to visit during "dog time”. Please do not approve a dog run in Ramos Park. if some dog owners need a dog run, Mitchell Park already has one and it's only a 10 minute walk from Ramos. Thank you for your consideration, Sharon and Grant Elliot 3712 Ortega Ct. Sharon We're all in this together We're all in this together         1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ed Hillard <edhillard@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, March 2, 2020 1:06 AM To:Council, City Cc:Gretchen Subject:tree removals around substation CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I am traveling and have only learned through Nextdoor that there are notices on the trees around the Colorado Ave. /  Matadero Creek substation that they are to be removed in the interest of substation security.   I am very concerned by these notices would like to see more information about the proposed action.  Those trees are  the only cosmetic coverage for the substation.  Removing them reduces the attractiveness of this neighborhood in which  I live.  The city doesn't have a good record for these mass removals of trees as witnessed by the California Avenue  actions of some years ago.  Why are the trees now a security issue for the substation?  Do all the trees constitute a  problem when only a few actually are in direct proximity to the substation fencing?  Please advise.    Edward Hillard  3048 Greer Road  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Stephen Rock <ser84@caa.columbia.edu> Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 5:27 PM To:Council, City Subject:Utilities Dept Software CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Folks,     The Utilities department transition to new software is a disaster.   Among other things.  1) They are sending out new temporary passwords via email.  email is not secure and passwords should NEVER be sent  by email  2) They are sending out utilitiescustomerservice@cityofpaloalto.org as a contact email address. This is NOT a valid  address.  3) They are sending emails with links to the old system (e.g. to get messages(. The old system does not function.  4) of lesser importance, the allowed password characters on the new system is more restrictive than the old system (and  more restrictive than almost every other system I use)  In particular some special characters are not allowed.       The response of the Utilities Dept over the phone is to "make a note of it".  I think whoever was responsible for this debacle should be replaced and that you hire some people who are computer  literate.     5) Despite requests over many years, the new system still displays the usage between meter readings which vary from  28 to 33 days (15%). Thus  comparisons as shown on the plots and tables are not very useful, since they made need  corrections of up t 15% to make sense.  Also, there should be yearly totals so we can see if we have improved our  effecieny (month to month has too many fluctuations.      Any good system would also show gas (mostly heating) usage adjusted for the average temperature (degree days).  Clearly in a warm winter such as this one, less heating is required, independent of double pane windows installed  recently or a more efficient furnace.             ‐‐   Stephen Rock   3872 Nathan Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Thursday, February 27, 2020 6:11 PM To:Loran Harding; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; dallen1212@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net; hennessy; bballpod; Irv Weissman; Mayor; Joel Stiner; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mark Kreutzer; Mark Standriff; midge@thebarretts.com; eappel@stanford.edu; shanhui.fan@stanford.edu; yicui@stanford.edu; terry; Council, City; beachrides; jerry ruopoli; Doug Vagim; Steve Wayte; steve.hogg; Cathy Lewis; huidentalsanmateo; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; paul.caprioglio; leager; boardmembers; Chris Field; Steven Feinstein; francis.collins@nih.gov; Raymond Rivas; grinellelake@yahoo.com; Jason Tarvin; Pam Kelly; kfsndesk; newsdesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; nick yovino; popoff; toni.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov Subject:Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China- Important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 5:17 PM  Subject: Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 5:15 PM  Subject: Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 4:25 PM  Subject: Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Thu, Feb 27, 2020 at 4:23 PM  Subject: Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  2                     Thurs. Feb. 27, 2020                To all‐   This is further regarding the Coronavirus.  Please see again the press conference  of Tues. Feb. 25, 2020  held by Dr. Bruce Aylward, Team Lead, WHO China Joint Mission on COVID‐19. He led a group of experts, including from  China, Japan and Germany, et. al.,  around China talking to the experts there fighting the epidemic and he offers many  important insights. This vid. should be viewed by Trump, Pence and the medical experts in the U.S. government and they  should apply what he says here. Much of what he said we should implement. That will take time and cost big money,  and we should get started now. Trump said during his press conference yesterday that we have the best experts in the  world to deal with this epidemic. The ones standing there must have been embarrassed because the best experts in the  world on this right now are in China, fighting the battle. Here is the press conference:                 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3TowZyuIxI               Of similar, great, importance was the PBS Newshour of last night, Feb. 26, 2020. Start at 7:20. It runs to 24:50.  See  especially the discussion here by Dr. Thomas Frieden, former director of the CDC, starting at 14:55. His comments are  shocking and should provoke action in Washington, D.C. and at the State and local level. This B.S. by Trump that we are  prepared and in good shape is dangerous. Frieden says we will need a multi‐year effort, including our effort in other  countries to tamp down the pandemic. We'll need a lot more than $8.5 billion to do that, so that will just be a down‐ payment. Again, listen to Dr. Aylward and Dr. Frieden to see what should be done now.                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkmq1TcOK80               Today KCBS‐SF interviewed an expert on epidemics policy at the University of Minnesota. He said that surgical  masks are mostly made in China, but they are essentially usless to prevent the spread of this virus. They let air in around  the edges. What works is a ventilator, a mask which is sealed all around the face.                             I watched Gov. Newsom's press conference today re Coronavirus.  Calif. has 400 testing kits. California will  probably need 40 million kits. We'll need huge numbers of ventilators. Thousands of people to do contact tracing. Lots  of isolation wards, and like they do those in China too. Big money to develop a vaccine.  The city of Wuhan, which is all  closed down in China, has 15 million people. China has closed schools, movie theaters, restaurants. Health care workers  have been stricken. In S. Korea, there was a report of them not reporting for work in a hospital because their families  don't want them to go to work. What if that happens here? We will have major disruptions to our society if we do this  right.                                   The Trump admin. is asleep at the switch. As the pandemic spreads here and starts killing large numbers of  people here, articles of impeachement should probably be voted out and another impeachement trial held to remove  Trump unless he puts the government into high gear now to prepare for this pandemic. He should be warned that his  failure to do that will produce another impeachement. His tepid response at this point should be carefully documented  with an eye to his impeachement for it.  VP Pence should put Drs. Aylward and Frieden in charge of the response to the  pandemic. They can say what needs to be done. Experts should cost out the cost of the multi‐year effort that will be  required and Congress should start providing the money.                   BTW, I sold every stock I own today. Those drops of a thousand dollars per day in my portfolio are getting  nauseating. If the global economy is seriously disrupted, I don't see the market recovering soon. Disruptions of supply  chains out of China, travel, air freight into and out of China, business and professional conferences, consumer  confidence, even medication availability, are all impacting the market. Revenue and profit forecasts revised. It might be  3 tough to think of a more disruptive force on the market. One expert said today that it might be April of May before we  see the real impact of the pandemic on the economy.                Trump should hold a second press conference and say "I don't want to get impeached again, so now we are going  to do this coronavirus thing right". "Forget what I said on Wednesday".                  L. William Harding              Fresno, Ca.               ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 5:03 PM  Subject: Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, bballpod <bballpod@aol.com>, Irv Weissman  <irv@stanford.edu>, <francis.collins@nih.gov>, <fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net>, dennisbalakian  <dennisbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, David Balakian <davidbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, Joel Stiner <jastiner@gmail.com>,  Mayor <mayor@fresno.gov>, city.council <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Mark Standriff  <mark.standriff@fresno.gov>, Mark Kreutzer <mlkreutzer@yahoo.com>, <margaret‐sasaki@live.com>, beachrides  <beachrides@sbcglobal.net>, <eappel@stanford.edu>, <shanhui.fan@stanford.edu>, <yicui@stanford.edu>, hennessy  <hennessy@stanford.edu>, <mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com>, <midge@thebarretts.com>, Mark Waldrep  <mwaldrep@aixmediagroup.com>, kfsndesk <kfsndesk@abc.com>, newsdesk <newsdesk@cbs47.tv>,  <kwalsh@kmaxtv.com>, terry <terry@terrynagel.com>, boardmembers <boardmembers@hsr.ca.gov>, Cathy Lewis  <catllewis@gmail.com>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, Daniel Zack <daniel.zack@fresno.gov>, Dan Richard  <danrichard@mac.com>, <grinellelake@yahoo.com>, huidentalsanmateo <huidentalsanmateo@gmail.com>, steve.hogg  <steve.hogg@fresno.gov>, jerry ruopoli <jrwiseguy7@gmail.com>, Pam Kelly <pkelly@svlg.org>, leager  <leager@fresnoedc.com>, popoff <popoff@pbworld.com>, <russ@topperjewelers.com>, <toni.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov>,  <vallesR1969@att.net>, nick yovino <npyovino@gmail.com>, Chris Field <cfield@ciw.edu>, <dallen1212@gmail.com>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 4:49 PM  Subject: Fwd: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 4:47 PM  Subject: Today, Feb. 25, 2020 WHO expert who led team to China‐ Important  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>                  Tues. Feb. 25, 2020    4       Important:  Our epidemic experts should watch this before the virus hits here. WHO expert who led group to China  and held his discussion today:     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3TowZyuIxI                    Also, see PBS Newshour for Feb. 25, 2020  for the first few minutes. Important announcements today by U.S.  gov. discussed there. Here it is:  See here from 3 minutes to ~9:50:                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWPLhu3ZaKU                LH                 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Leena Joshi <leena.joshi@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 7:20 PM To:Council, City Subject:XCAP committee meeting agenda CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello there revered city council members ‐ As a resident of Wilkie Way in Palo Alto, I would like to request you to  consider the below ground option for train tracks ‐ this will really be the most practical long term solution ‐ both from a  safety standpoint and from a traffic and liveability standpoint. Please please do not rule this out.     Leena Joshi  4102 Wilkie Way    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jacqueline Thurston <mythral@comcast.net> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 7:42 PM To:Council, City; Parag Patkar; Jacqueline Thurston Subject:High Speed Rail Issues CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members,  I will be unable to attend the next meeting regarding the three high speed rail options currently being considered.  I wish to support the trench option. I am adamantly opposed to the other two options that will permanently alter the  face of our community. As a long time resident and home owner, I am concerned about the effect of a massive elevated  high speed train system, and its degradation of our community. In addition to noise pollution and traffic problems, I  believe having a long span of elevated track brings with it the potential for homelessness, criminal activity, and other  problems.   A trench option, on the other hand, would preserve the quiet nature of our community, and preempt any of the  aforementioned problems. Although I understand the trench option may be more complicated and expensive, I believe  it is a worthwhile one due to the long term implications of this decision for the quality of life in our community.  Thank you for taking the time to consider my opinion on this matter.   Sincerely,   Jacqueline Thurston  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Joan Holtzman <holtzmanjoan@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 7:48 PM To:Council, City Subject:XCAP meeting 3/4 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I am flying home from Mexico tomorrow and won’t be able to attend this meeting.  We’re I there, I would add my strong  support for the trench option.    Joan Holtzman  4139 Wilkie Way    Sent from my iPhone        1 Brettle, Jessica From:Steven Yang <steven_p_yang@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 9:29 PM To:Council, City Subject:XCAP meeting opinion regarding March 4, 2020 meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi, I'm not sure if I can make it to City Hall for the 4pm XCAP meeting, so I decided to send this email. Everybody I've ever chatted with in South Palo Alto agrees that building a wall to elevate the trains at the East Meadow and Charleston crossings is a terrible idea with ugly, permanent ramifications that affect our future generations. I firmly believe that the below ground trench is the only sensible option. Furthermore, when I've attended community meetings in the past, I also noticed that nearly everybody, including me, is willing to pay extra tax dollars to make this possible. It would be a folly to dismiss the trench option as too expensive. You just may be surprised how much we are willing to tax ourselves to avoid raising the tracks. Sincerely, Steven Yang Ventura resident 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kevin Wang <kwangmd@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 9:38 PM To:Council, City; Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Reckdahl, Keith Subject:Charleston Grade separation CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello,    I live on 4240 Darlington Ct.  I would like to vote for the trench option for the Charleston crossing.   This is the best long  term solution to a century old problem.  Let’s modernize Palo Alto’s rail and limit the noise and pollution that the other  alternatives bring.    Unfortunately I will be seeing patients while your meeting is held tomorrow.   Hopefully our voices can be heard.    Thank you.  Kevin Wang, MD  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ashwinee Khaladkar <ashwinee@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, March 3, 2020 10:37 PM To:Council, City Subject:Caltrain options at Charleston & Meadow intersections. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello, I would like to chime for my preferences for the addressing these crossings for the meeting to be held tomorrow. My first preference is to underground train, as much as possible across the city but at least between these two cross streets. This is being discarded as being an expensive and challenging option but I think it is one that will have a much bigger payoff over many decades in the future. The city should bargain for better prices and look for funding from government as well as private citizens. I believe the creeks can be diverted and consolidated so there aren't as many of them. The benefits of this option are: 1. It keeps access to Alma from all streets unaffected and convenient. 2. Train in trench means less noise pollution caused by trains which is especially important when the frequency of trains increases. 3. All electrical wires that powers these trains are buried along the trench and should need less maintenance as compared to when they are exposed. 4. More land available over the covered trench for park, buildings or wider Alma st. 5. Last but not the least, good aesthetics that the city can be proud of. The second option will be to have something like University Ave where the street goes under Alma and the train tracks but still provides a convenient exit to Alma in both directions. It also has bike/ped walkway at a convenient level. This should be done with minimum risk to existing properties between Alma and El Camino Real along Charleston and Meadow streets. Thanks, Ashwinee 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Amie Neff <amie.neff@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 3:51 AM To:Council, City Subject:Grade Separation options South Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I am unable to attend today's meeting to voice my overwhelming preference for the below ground option for grade  separation. A train on a wall/berm/pillar/ or any raised structure is the worst choice we could make as a community.  You can pretend that all those project renderings of a beautiful elevated train with trees and bushes are what you'll see,  but you all know the reality is far from that picture. Look at the elevated train just down the street in Mountain View at  San Antonio and Alma and that is the reality you will see. A dark, scary eyesore. The cal train is not a beautiful train. Why are we even considering highlighting it?   Please think further into the future when making your choices.  Best,  ‐‐   Amie Neff  M.Arch, LEED® AP  ‐‐  {REDACTED}  amie.neff@gmail.com  www.capabledesign.com  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Pavlina A. <pavlinapte@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 6:24 AM To:Council, City Subject:High speed rail CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello,    I would like to add my support to the trench option for the high speed rail project in Palo Alto.   We reside on Matadero Ave at the Park Blvd intersection. We definitely do not support the elevated version of the rail.    Pavlina Apte and family  Ventura, Palo Alto    1 Brettle, Jessica From:jory bell <jory@playground.global> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 8:42 AM To:Council, City Subject:comment for today's XCAP committee meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  to whom it may concern,      i have to take my daughter to a class so will regrettably not be able to attend this afternoon’s  XCAP committee  meeting concerning the caltrain grade separation options    i live and work in palo alto (both in fairly close proximity to the caltrain tracks.)     i want to strongly voice my support for only considering below ground options.    frankly, the tunnel option has always seemed the obviously superior choice.    if the tunnel is off the table then it is all the more imperative to keep the "Below Ground Trench” in consideration  as a below grade option.    this is both my own strong preference and i believe once the palo alto community is broadly aware that this is  moving forward there will be significant demand for a below grade option.    thank you.    sincerely,    jory bell  palo alto resident  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Karen Schreiber <kpsphoto@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:35 AM To:Council, City; Expanded Community Advisory Panel Subject:Palo Alto Grade Separation-Train on a Wall', 'Train on an even taller structure', and 'Below Ground Trench' CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.      Hi City Council Members and XCAP Members,       We live at 183 Creekside Drive and use Charleston to cross over to El Camino. We can't attend the XCAP meeting at City  Hall today.      My husband and I, Karen and Robert Schreiber are voting for the below ground options‐either the below ground trench  or lower Charleston and East Meadow with a tunnel under the tracks and Alma and keep the trains at current grade.  This is a completely ”below ground” option, though it lowers the road rather than trains.          Thank you,  Karen and Robert Schreiber  183 Creekside Drive  Palo Alto, 94306          1 Brettle, Jessica From:Anna Wichansky <radcliffe73@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 4, 2020 11:39 AM To:Council, City Cc:Nick Filipp Subject:We want the train in a trench, please CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  This is from Nicholas Filipp and Anna Wichansky at 4234 Suzanne Drive, Palo Alto 94306. We were disappointed that the completely underground option was eliminated for the Charleston/Meadow train crossings. The only viable option we see for our community is the trenched crossing. The other, above-ground options will be a visual eyesore, and be very noisy to surrounding communities. We live on 4234 Suzanne Drive, probably 1/2 mile from the Charleston crossing, and already are subjected to night after night of train whistles after 10:00, including at 1:00-2:00 am. An above ground crossing will just blast the sound over a larger area. The visual appearance of these above-ground options is highly industrialized and will lower property values in our community. We live in a residential community; it is not the same as in San Mateo where the crossings are in a commercialized environment. Although we are at work and cannot attend your meeting at 4:00 today, we would like you to consider our opinion in your decision and vote to keep the trench option alive. thank you, Anna Wichansky Nicholas Filipp 110NOR.l\llV Ctl tr. Dean Clark Bull C v";; :>".TOf<S Rich Green, ~-• dt n! Patricia Sanders, Vice I ·1 • tt!~nl Hon. Lanie Wheeler, ' ,1 uri• Margaret Feuer, '>c 1e Beth Bunnenberg Kevin Curry John W. King Doug Kreitz Hal Mickelson John C. Northway Nelson Ng Steve Staiger laura BajUk, > • IC Q11 I 11 Crystal Taylor, .;.s ~1;i111 011<:!1•1ei Lynette York, GooU.e!!f er Kitzl Tanner, ".Jll~!•UCllU Pr Jl'\:I Mc Sergio Mello, • Ill O 1( •"'II ' ll flil Palo Alto Historical Association University South Neighborhood Association Palo Alto-Stanford Heritage Museum of American Heritage 11f111. Palo Alto Woman's Club Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Professor Gordon Chang, Stanford Stanford Historical Society Stanford Special Coll!!ctions and University Archives Palo Alto Housing Corporation Pacific Art League Canopy March 2, 2020 To: The Honorable Adrian Fine, Mayor; Distinguished Council Members and City of Palo Alto Staff From: Rich Green, President, Palo Alto Museum Thank you for the opportunity tonight to discuss the Palo Alto Museum's progress toward creating a history museum and a powerful community asset in the historic Roth Building. We are pleased that the City's review has led to a positive picture of che Museum's financial position and its prospects for the future. The Palo Alto Museum board and staff have achieved overwhelming support from the community and other influential groups, including Stanford University, The Computer History Museum, Hewlett-Packard, the Museum of American Heritage, the Woman's Club of Palo Alto, Avenidas and so many others who applaud our plans to rehabilitate the Roth Building and create Palo Alto's first history museum. Thousands of Palo Alto residents have donated significant funds over the years, which has enabled us to complete the architectural plans, secure city permits and establish a robust construction contract with Vance Brown Construction. Our fund-raising campaign continues in earnest as we foster new relationships with significant residents and corporations. These efforts by the Museum have put the City of Palo Alto in a strong position to rehabilitate the Roth Building. Time is of the essence, as the building continues to deteriorate. The funds we have already raised, plans approved, permits awarded and continuing conversations with significant donors ensure the most efficient and profound use of this extraordinary City treasure. We stand ready co answer any of your questions as we move forward with this essential partnership with the community and the City of Palo Alto. Thank you. PALO ALTO HISTORY MUSEUM ID 77-0634933 I PO Box 676, Palo Alto, CA 94302 650.322.3089 PaloAltoMuseum.org