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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20200629plCC3 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: 06/29/2020 Document dates: 6/10/2020 – 6/17/2020 Set 3 of 3 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 3 Baumb, Nelly From:Bhagya <bbhagya@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:19 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please keep Foothills Park as is CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi ‐     Foothills park has been our little oasis during the pandemic. We want it to remain so Palo Altans can enjoy the benefits.  All our other city parks are already open for non‐residents, its not clear why there is a need to open this specific park.  Opening up for non‐residents will disturb the calm and natural habitat that is already present there, not to mention  residences surrounding the area. Not to mention the additional cost to maintain it that we as residents need to incur.      Thank you,  Bhagya        4 Baumb, Nelly From:Bets Adamo <betsy.adamo@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:35 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Foothill Park land used to belong to Russell Lee, who I believe was an early member of Palo Alto Medical Foundation. He  offered to sell this land, at a very reasonable rate, to Palo Alto. My father was hired to try and sell the idea to Palo Alto  City Council, which he did. I remember our family being given access to the park before it was opened. The lake was an  open field and there was a beautiful, abandoned Japanese tea garden in the picnic area near the redwood grove that  had, as I recall, deer roaming through it.  The council offered to go in on the park with several other counties, but was turned down flat on all sides.  This park is a fragile and sensitive eco system. I cringe to think what what happened if it was over crowded. It’s not  about “elitist” Palo Altans‐ it’s about caring for this precious resource and all the flora and fauna within it, who’s future  depends on us. IF , in fact, it is open to the general public, I think the only feasible thing to do would be to have to make  a reservation and limit the amount of guests allowed in at any given time.  Sincerely,  E.A. Adamo  P.S. We have so many open space areas in the Bay Area. If people are craving nature they have plenty of other options.    Sent from my iPhone  5 Baumb, Nelly From:zariah betten <zbetten@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:48 AM To:Council, City Subject:Item No. 5 - Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Councilmembers.  Per the item to be discussed regarding opening Foothills Park to all, here is my opinion as  follows:     I’d like it to remain as is.  I’ve been there several times specifically for some me time and a place to reflect and be at  peace and each time it was quiet, serene, peaceful and every now and then I’d see deer roaming in the fields.  This to  me is worth driving there and spending a coue of hours just enjoying this natural habitat.  Yes, I believe more people and  cars would disturb the natural habitat and perhaps disturb the wildlife and pretty soon we won’t be able to enjoy that  experience any longer with more noise and human activity.  If it was open to all will there be more rangers to keep the  hills free of potential littering and some other unwelcomed behaviors?  Would this be a reason to attain more revenue  to maintain the park?  Something should be left to just the residents alone to enjoy as there are many other parks where  everyone else can retreat to.    Keep the park for only Palo Alto residents, so as 'not' to overtax and destroy the serenity of this park and it's beautiful  wildlife. The area is small. That would be the main reason.  The less abled residents of Palo Alto.can't make the long  drive to other parks so the Foothills will serve as their retreat as well.    I, like many others, do feel that you should vote against opening the park to all and keep our little "oasis" to those that  paid for it!  Thank you.  Mrs. Z. Betten  Loma Verde  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Elly Dahms <elly@foliogo.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:00 AM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,     I am a Palo Alto resident.  Foothills Park is my SINGLE FAVORITE aspect of Palo Alto.  My three young daughters and I  feel safe and welcomed there.  This will absolutely no longer be the case if the park were opened to non‐residents and I  am deeply distressed by the possibility.  The last time my family and I visited the Baylands, we encountered a man  shooting up heroin!  PLEASE don't create the same situation in Foothills.    Thanking you in advance for considering my plea,  Elly Dahms  2 Baumb, Nelly From:Elaine Johnson <elaine@swagman.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 9:24 AM To:Council, City Subject:Opinion on opening of Foothills Park to people outside Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    Like many of you, I have been deeply affected by recent events around racial injustice in our country and am vowing to  do my part to help us do better. With that in mind, I want to say that I am in support of opening Foothills Park to people  outside of Palo Alto, but am concerned that we are rushing to do this before we have everything in place that we need  to support the decision.    I am concerned about budget and staffing. I visited Foothills Park yesterday and there was no one at the gate and no  ranger in sight within the park. As I hiked, I saw much evidence of the bathrooms being closed in the form of unsightly  toilet paper left along the trails.    We have severe budget challenges in Palo Alto right now. If we open the park to lots more visitors, what is the plan for  paying for the increased staffing and maintenance we will need?    Foothills Park is the crown jewel of the Palo Alto parks system. Let’s share it with our neighbors, but make sure we’re  doing it in a way that preserves  its beauty (and safety) for everyone.    Sincerely,    Elaine Johnson  Ventura neighborhood      3 Baumb, Nelly From:Evan Johnson <evanj517@hotmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 8:16 AM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council,    I am writing to express my strong opposition to any proposed plan to open Foothills Park to non Palo Alto  residents.  Foothills is a special place, a nature preserve, and opening it up to folks outside of Palo Alto will be  ecologically harmful and also ruin the peaceful aspects of the park.  Everyone knows the chaos of Rancho San  Antonio on the weekends and we need to prevent that situation from happening at Foothills.  Access to  Foothills Park is a special benefit for folks who live in Palo Alto and it should stay that way. Besides, you can  just walk in to Foothills from Arastradero (which is also overly packed on weekends) so the Palo Alto resident  restriction is really only with respect to cars and do we really want to encourage more driving and car  pollution in a nature preserve? It doesn't make sense.    Check out the Nextdoor comments on this topic and you will see that the vast majority of residents agree with  me. https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=151830992    Nextdoor is the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. Join your neighborhood. Nextdoor is the neighborhood hub for trusted connections and the exchange of helpful information, goods, and services. nextdoor.com     Best regards,  Evan Johnson  2275 Ramona Street  Palo Alto, CA 94301  4 Baumb, Nelly From:Nodelyn Smith <nodelyn1@comcast.net> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 7:59 AM To:Council, City Subject:LEAVE FOOTHILLS PARK ALONE!!! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello  LEAVE FOOTHILLS PARK ALONE!  It is a gem for the community and the children of the community.  With the past history  of Palo Alto’s youth and suicides, having Foothills park is a valuable respite for children growing up.  When we first  moved to Palo Alto, our kids spent almost the entire summer in Foothills Park summer camps and as school children,  went to Foothills Park to study the Ohlone Indians and camped there overnight.  Please leave Foothills Park alone!    My children have all grown up and loved Foothills park from the time they were at the Foothills Fun Camps to today  when they go there on walks.  All other Palo Alto parks are open to all visitors and they are PACKED on weekends  especially with the lockdown restrictions lifting. FOOTHILLS PARK IS A NATURE PRESERVE and shouldn’t be packed on  weekends with overflowing garbage cans and litter as I have seen at other parks around town.  There is a fragile eco‐ system at Foothills Park.  Let us be responsible stewards of this nature preserve.  There are many parks up and down the  peninsula where people can go.  LEAVE FOOTHILLS PARK ALONE!    Best Regards,  Nodelyn Smith        5 Baumb, Nelly From:Dan Yao <dyao999@hotmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:16 AM To:Council, City Subject:Use of Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I understand there is upcoming discussion about considering opening Foothills Park to non Palo Alto  residents.  As a current Palo Alto resident, I STRONGLY OPPOSE opening Foothills Park to non Palo Alto  residents.      Going back to 1958 when Palo Alto purchased Foothills Park from Russel Lee and his wife, it has been a true  gem for all Palo Alto residents.  At that time, Russel Lee sold the park on the condition that it would be  maintained and preserved as open space and not be developed.  Palo Alto and it's residents approved the  purchase and neighboring municipalities were approached to join in the purchase of the park but declined.  So  Palo Alto proceeded on its own and purchased the Park and has maintained it ever since.  I enjoy hearing the  stories about the Park from Hewey Lee and some of the other retired physicians from the Palo Alto Clinic (of  which Russel Lee was a founder).      When I first moved to the Bay Area, I could not afford to purchase a home in Palo Alto so I purchased my first  home in Emerald Hills.  I had visited Foothills Park as a guest of a Palo Alto resident and really enjoyed the  peaceful nature of the park, especially compared to some of the other parks in the area.  By limiting the use to  Palo Alto residents, the Foothill Park was not nearly as crowded or overrun as surrounding parks such as  Rancho San Antonio, Windy Hill, Edgewood Park, the Stanford Dish, etc.  Understanding the history of the Park  and given the remarkable tranquility I felt in Foothills Park, I completely understood the reasoning behind  keeping the Park limited to Palo Alto residents and their guests.  I had absolutely no issues with those  restrictions and did not ever think they were "elitist" or "institutional racism" as some people have suggested.     I have finally been able to move to Palo Alto and among the other great things Palo Alto has to offer, access to  Foothills Park was one of the true benefits of living in Palo Alto.  It fosters a sense of community and now that  I have a family, it is one of the very few places in the Bay Area where you can hike, picnic, relax, and enjoy  nature without the typical crowds seen at surrounding parks.  If Foothills Park was opened to non Palo Alto  residents, that would very likely change.  There would be more crowds, more difficulty with parking, and more  disruption of the beautiful enclave for wildlife and humans that Foothills Park currently represents.  In this  new world we currently live in with COVID‐19, having more crowds in a Park is the opposite of what we should  be trying to do.      I have heard many arguments for opening the Park to non Palo Alto residents but I still STRONGLY believe that  Foothills Park should remain open to Palo Alto residents and their guests alone.      As an aside, I have had friends who are not Palo Alto residents who have been able to enter Foothills Park on  weekdays and also friends who have hiked and biked to the Park without any issues.  So the Park does not  appear to be entirely off‐limits to non Palo Alto residents.      7 Baumb, Nelly From:Kelly Kobza <kkobza@mac.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 11:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park - Action Item #5 City Council Special Meeting 6/23/2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council Members,    Please vote to keep Foothill Park open ONLY to Palo Alto Residents.    This 'little oasis' is safeguarded as a natural habitat for wildlife, and not allowed to be 'overrun' by too many visitors and  automobiles. Foothills Park is priceless.    It's not a very big area, ... and parking spaces is very limited. There are many other County parks nearby  for everyone to  use. In fact, serious hikers and bikers can easily access Foothills Park, while keeping their cars and bikes at the County  Park locations, if they so desire.     Palo Alto Foothills Park should remain more accessible to Palo Altans,  who are young families, older residents, and the  handicapped.  It's not like the other general Bay Area people do not have other places to visit with similar terrain. There  are several County Parks up that general region. Keep the park for only Palo Alto residents, so as not to overtax and  destroy the serenity of this park and it's beautiful wildlife. The park's area is small in comparison to other State and  County parks in the area.     Palo Alto has no obligation to open to residents of other municipalities. No other municipality 'offered' to join in the   purchase and maintenance costs when it was being purchased in 1959.  We are the only municipality who bare the costs  of  proper maintenance and upkeep of Foothills Park.     Please keep the status quo of this park, as it is.    Thank you,    Kelly Kobza  Palo Alto resident since 1966  8 Baumb, Nelly From:Susan C <teachinator@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:35 PM To:Council, City Cc:Forster Mike Subject:Do not open up Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear city council members,     I understand that you will be considering a proposal to open Palo Alto Foothills Park to residents of other cities coming  in in their cars. I strongly oppose this and urge you to vote against the proposal.     Palo Alto already shares its many other parks freely with residents of surrounding communities. And residents of other  cities can also already use Foothills Park, as long as they walk in instead of driving, or if they come in as guests with Palo  Alto residents. This policy is a simple, fair, and practical way to keep Foothills Park the unique resource that it has always  been.     Opening up Foothills would likely lead to one of two undesirable outcomes: either the park’s wildlife, vegetation, and  serene atmosphere would be quickly and irreparably damaged by overuse, or, if daily usage were capped to prevent  this, access to Palo Alto residents would necessarily be greatly reduced.      Then there is the question of the increased cost of administering, maintaining and policing the park in the face of any  change of policy. Either already overtaxed Palo Altans would bear these added costs or the city would have to try to  recoup them through significant fees to non‐resident users, which would likely quickly lead to the same kind of cries of  elitism that are now fueling the calls to open the park.      It is perfectly reasonable to keep this semi‐open‐space park the low density, peaceful and natural retreat that it was  created to be, limited to use by the people of the city that created it and has maintained it for decades. Palo Alto should  not be shamed into relinquishing the unique character of Foothills Park. Keep the current policies.     Sincerely,    Susan Cole   420 Stanford Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306  9 Baumb, Nelly From:Christine Bartels <christine.bartels@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 10:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Council Members, I'd like to urge you to take the question of whether or not to open Foothill Park to non-residents to the residents of Palo Alto, whose taxes pay for the park's upkeep, and let them vote on it. I personally feel that we are being suitably hospitable by sharing our city parks with residents of neighboring towns. Those parks aren't wilderness, and we can afford their upkeep despite heavy use. But there is nothing elitist about wanting Foothill Park to retain its semi-wild, quiet character. We bought it, we maintain it, we protect it, we get to enjoy it within the limits of visitor flow that it can take. End of story for me. But my personal view isn't the point. Please respect the issue as one that deserves a popular referendum. Thanks, Christine Bartels 10 Baumb, Nelly From:nicole hong <hongn_2000@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please do not open Foothill park to non residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    Please do not open this peaceful park to non residents. I truly enjoy this park because of the beautiful, serene and quiet  environment. Letting nonresidents in to the park would destroy this sanctuary that my family and I have enjoyed over  the past several years. We love the fact that it is not crowded and can always find a place to park. Our children feel like  they are out in the wilderness when they do not see any other people around. It’s truly a unique place that should be  preserved.    Thanks,  Nicole Hong    Sent from my iPhone    11 Baumb, Nelly From:Annie Bedichek <annie@bedichek.org> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please keep Foothills Park as a Palo Alto only park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    As a long time resident, I would like to keep Foothills Park as a PA resident only park.  We have lots of parks open to  anyone, and anyone can walk in, I would like it to stay the way it is.    Thank you for considering my opinion.    Annie Bedichek    12 Baumb, Nelly From:Plato Wang <platonium2000@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park | Residents Only Keep As Is CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Council,    We strongly urge you to keep Foothills Park access the way it is now as an amenity prioritizing residents.    If that’s not possible, we strongly prefer:  1) surcharges or limits for non‐resident access especially on the weekends and holidays  2) for a trial period only after which the impact should be reviewed and shared with Palo Alto citizens  3) any trial period should automatically sunset unless approved again by the Council    Again, we strongly prefer that Foothills Park Access stays as it is with no changes.    Thank you,  Plato and Catherine      Sent from my iPhone  13 Baumb, Nelly From:Colin Byrne <cobyrne09@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill park. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council,      How did an idea as bad as opening Foothill park even get on the agenda? I have a hard time believing multiple parties  thought this was a good idea... There is hardly a parking spot at the park, as is, on most weekends.     If you have not seen Rancho San Antonio in the South Bay, you should check it out. It's nothing short of a zoo, and much  more closely resembles a downtown city than any nature experience I have ever been part of. Foothill park would look  exactly like this – if not worse due to the fact foothill has a desireable lake/pond – if it was opened to the public.     Thank you for reading,   Colin Byrne,   Resident since 1993.  14 Baumb, Nelly From:Roger Pierno <rktroger@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keep Foothills Park Closed to Non-Residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Honorable Palo Alto City Council Members,    I will keep this short.  Please do not open up our prized crown jewel, Foothills Park, to non‐residents of Palo Alto.  If  opened up it will become crowed and harder to get into due to the crowding, especially on weekends.  It will also be  damaged by the increased number of visitors.    Thank you for listening,    Sincerely,    Roger Pierno  1200 College Avenue  15 Baumb, Nelly From:Todd Simon <toddwsimon@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:Restrict Foothill Park to Palo Alto Residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    City Council Members:    My family and I are residents of Palo Alto.  We live at 3880 Louis Road.  Foothills Park is a crown jewel of Palo Alto and it  should remain that way.  We are in favor of the city restricting access only to Palo Alto residents.  Furthermore the City  Council should concern itself with making this unique and historic treasure of even greater value and service to its  residents.    Best regards,  Todd Simon  16 Baumb, Nelly From:Annie Chan <anniechan1@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 7:04 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keep Foothills park for residents only CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,     As a mother of 3 children and resident, I urge you to keep Foothills Park for residents only. Non‐residents can already go  as guests of a resident. Other Palo Alto parks are open to non‐residents and are often crowded. Given the current  covdi19 pandemic and need for social distancing, this would exacerbate the situation.    Sincerely,  Annie Chan  17 Baumb, Nelly From:Yan R <yrong24@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:07 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Sir/Madam,   Please keep foothill park AS‐IS (Palo Alto residents only), too many visitors may damage the natural habitat. Thanks!    Yan Rong  3797 Ross Rd, Palo Alto  18 Baumb, Nelly From:eugene kvitko <ekvitko@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please keep Foothill Park closed to non-Residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Eugene Kvitko Palo Alto Resindent since 1990 19 Baumb, Nelly From:Sylvia Gartner <sgartner@ix.netcom.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:01 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I object to this campaign by some to open Foothills Park to everyone.    The park is a wonderful oasis of quiet trails, occasional sightings of wildlife and, for me, an opportunity a few years ago  to camp overnight there.    I believe removing the restriction can only result in deterioration of what makes Foothills Park one of my favorite places  in the Bay Area.    The activism by a former (lost his seat) councilman and bad press coverage has resulted in a knee‐jerk reaction by some  council members.      If it ain’t broke, quit trying to fix it.    Sylvia Gartner  20 Baumb, Nelly From:Esther Rubin <emrubin36@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:00 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    As a person who abhors anything that smacks of elitism, discrimination and racism, I have always felt uncomfortable  that Foothills Park is open to PA residents only.  I know that most weekdays anyone can drive in there, but I’m referring  to the official restriction.  I am, however, concerned about what happens  when more people will come to the park on  weekends primarily creating a situation of over use: too many vehicles, garbage strewn on trails and picnic areas, loud  parties and the effects on the animals that reside in the park.  This park is a different kind of open space.  People go  there to be in nature and to find some serenity.  There are many other open parks in Palo Alto better suited to higher  use.  If the council does vote to open to non‐residents, then I strongly request that the number of non‐residents allowed  be restricted, that an reservation be made in advance and that there be a use fee of at least $25 ‐ 50+/day use  depending upon how many people will attend so that the park can still accommodate PA residents that show up at the  gate and money will be generated to defray additional costs for park upkeep.    Thank you for considering,  Esther Rubin    Sent from my iPad  21 Baumb, Nelly From:cvakili@gmail.com Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:00 PM To:Council, City Subject:FootHill Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello,     I'm a Palo Alto resident and I'd like to voice my opinion that FootHill Park should remain for Palo Alto residents only.    Thank you,  Chris Vakili    22 Baumb, Nelly From:Melody Song <shanghaimelody@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:52 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Council Members,    The Palo Alto Foothill Park should remain only accessible to Palo Alto residents. The park has very limited parking  spaces. Opening to more people will destroy the serenity and wildlife in the park. There are other county parks nearby,  so I don’t see why we need to open the Foothill Park.    Thanks,  Melody      23 Baumb, Nelly From:gdresden@gmail.com Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:16 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear esteemed members of the city council,    As a resident of Palo Alto I want to express my family’s opinion that we keep Foothills park for Palo Alto residents only.  This is a wonderful sanctuary for those of us lucky to live here. There are many, many other parks that people can use,  but only one Foothills. If we lose this, there is no going back.    Graham Dresden  24 Baumb, Nelly From:Stan H <stanley.hong@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:13 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    Hello,    I heard that there is a proposal to open up Foothills Park to non‐residents. As a Palo Alto resident I think this is a terrible  idea. It will quickly become overcrowded. Parking is already difficult. And the trails, camping, and picnic areas will get  trashed. Please do not do open Foothills Park to non‐residents.    Sincerely,  Stanley Hong    25 Baumb, Nelly From:Anna Bigelow <abigelow@stanford.edu> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:04 PM To:Council, City Subject:open foothills to all CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Public spaces should be public. if the ecosystem cannot handle a large number of visitors, limit all visitors ‐ everyone has  a chance to go ‐ assuming they have the time and wherewithal to get there. By having exclusive parks Palo Alto sends a  message to communities around us that we are unwelcoming, elitist, and essentially in a gated community. Nature does  not belong to one taxpayer base.    sincerely    Anna Bigelow, PhD  Department of Religious Studies  450 Jane Stanford Way, Building 70  Stanford University  Stanford, CA 94305    abigelow@stanford.edu    pronouns: she/her    26 Baumb, Nelly From:Martha Hauser <marthahauser@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:04 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keep Foothills Park for Palo Alto Residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council People; Foothills Park is a sanctuary park for Palo Alto. The wildlife, plants, trails and picnic areas are kept vibrant and thriving by the restricted use for Palo Alto residents and their guests. It is special because it is not overrun or overused. It is a respected jewel for Palo Alto taxpayers who have prioritized the expense of keeping it preserved. Charging non-residents for use will only build more animosity, lead to over-crowding and careless use of the park, and threaten all that attracts us to this special place. Palo Alto offers tons of open space that welcomes people from all communities. Please support keeping Foothills Park for Palo Alto residents. Thank you, Martha Hauser 2120 Harvard St. Palo Alto 94306 27 Baumb, Nelly From:W Watson <willwatson365@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:51 PM To:Council, City Subject:Comment on Foothills Park Access (Item 5 on June 23rd Agenda) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi,      I'm writing to comment on item 5 on the June 23rd agenda, "Parks and Recreation Commission Recommends City  Council Approve a Pilot Program to Increase Access for Non‐Residents to Foothills Park".      Foothills Park should remain restricted to Palo Alto residents until the pandemic ends, if not longer.  The park is  crowded on the weekends due to the pandemic.     The dock area at the lake and parking lot near the entrance has no parking spaces available on Saturday and Sunday and  roadside parking in the park can be limited.  It is difficult to maintain social distancing at the dock.  There are open areas  in the fields, however these open areas are often used by geese, deer, turkey and birds to graze. An influx of people  visiting the park will damage this habitat.      Have seen park rangers at the gate turning away several cars, so understand why the Parks and Recreation Commission  would want to increase access right now.  However, now is not the time for this pilot program.  There will be an influx of  people due to social distancing and business closures.      This is a jewel of a park and access should continue to be restricted at least until the end of the pandemic. Traffic has  already increased due to the pandemic and further crowding will harm the ecosystem and remove this as a "go‐to" place  for the people and families that live nearby and support the park.      Sincerely,   Will Watson    28 Baumb, Nelly From:Dylan Miller <dylan.christopher.miller@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:51 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park for residents only CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I heard that the city council is considering opening up Foothills Park drive in access to non‐residents of Palo Alto. As a  lifelong Palo Alto resident, I wanted to let you know that I’m opposed to this. Please keep it residents only.    Thank you,  Dylan Miller  4238 Rickeys Way, Unit A  Palo Alto  29 Baumb, Nelly From:Joan Semeria <jsemeria@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:46 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill park for Palo Also residents only CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi. I’m writing to say as a Palo Alto resident, I’m opposed to opening up Foothill Park to residents of other towns. If our  tax dollars go to support this park, then it only seems right that it remains for Palo Alto residents. I’m afraid that if too  many people visit the park, the habitat will be affected negatively.    Thanks,    Joan Semeria  674 Florales Dr.  30 Baumb, Nelly From:Patti Walters <pattijwalters@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:proposal to increase access to Foothills Park for non residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I oppose any measure to open Foothills Park to non‐ residents.  Especially with the current need for open space and adequate social distancing, why increase crowds?  Please at least postpone this until next year at this time.  That said, please know that I am fundamentally opposed to opening this park to a wider audience and wish to respect its  traditional founding.  thanks,  Patti    31 Baumb, Nelly From:jean uuhk <miscmail1988@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 4:27 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,   Regarding this: "# 5.Parks and Recreation Commission Recommends City Council Approve a Pilot Program to Increase Access for Non-residents to Foothills Park.”    My family and I are totally against this idea and we want Foothills Park to remain for PA residents only. Non- residents are already allowed walk-in access to the park. Increasing access will more than likely result in increase car traffic to the park, which could overtax and destroy the serenity of Foothills Park. Foothills Park is the jewel of Palo Alto so keep it that way.    Sincerely,    Jean Wang and Family  32 Baumb, Nelly From:Sonal Budhiraja <sbudhiraja@salesforce.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi,     I am a resident of Palo Alto and I am writing of offer my opinion on the action item in the upcoming meeting regarding  Foothill Park. I would vote to NOT increase access to this park to include non‐residents. The park is a small sanctuary for  residents, and honoring the history of how to came to be accessible to the community of Palo Alto alone, still seems  appropriate to me.    Thanks so much!  ‐Sonal Budhiraja  1607 Hamilton Ave  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Toshiko Nakayama <toshiko@nakayama.io> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Foothill Park is one of the jewels of Palo Alto. Please, no change to current policy!    Toshiko Nakayama  Palo Alto resident living in this beautiful city for a decade.    2 Baumb, Nelly From:Jon Ward <wardshome@me.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:36 PM To:Council, City Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page - Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    Please do not make any changes to the current operating model of Foothills park. While it is an exclusive part only for  Palo Alto residence due to the city’s foresight in buying the rights to it 70 years ago, for some 80 percent of its open,  operating hours people from other areas can use the space.    My family has enjoyed this park for over 20 years and my In Laws for 50 years. I would hate to see changes that make  the park less accessible.    Jon Ward  1700 Fulton St.  Palo Alto, CA 94303  3 Baumb, Nelly From:Wanda ★文惠 <wanda.hung@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 7:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:Opposed opening Foothill park to non-residents CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To whom it may concern,  I'm very opposed to opening Foothill park to non‐residents due to a slew of issues and additional maintenance that will  be required with this decision. The landscape and habitats at the park will also change with more foot traffic. There are  also changes that can happen to the city with more traffic coming from other parts of the bay. Please consider the local  residents' voices when making this decision please.    Thank you!    Regards,  Wanda Hung, Palo Alto resident  4 Baumb, Nelly From:Mary Ann Peters <maryann@maryannpeters.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 8:21 PM To:Council, City Cc:Mary Ann Peters Subject:June 23,2020 meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. To: Members of Palo Alto City Council SUBJECT: Proposal to open Foothills Park Date: June 16, 2020 From: Mary Ann Peters, PhD Palo Alto, CA Dear City Council Members: I am hope the Council will vote to keep Foothills Park for residents of Palo Alto. I am concerned that by opening this gem, we could have damage to the fragile flora, litter around the barbecue areas, stress on the special animal population, and an abundance of people hiking the narrow trails when we are advised to maintain social distancing. Sincerely Mary Ann Peters 5 Baumb, Nelly From:abby boyd <abby650@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 9:13 PM To:Council, City Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please do not openup Foothill Park Nature Preserve to people outside of Palo Alto.   I am 76 and would not feel safe walking the trails alone with more people in the park.    Also having the camps for kids there would be negatively impacted.  I feel like the park is for the animals as much as for the people. There is already too much loss of habitat.  I don't care if the park would become a money maker for Palo Alto, I don't want to see tour buses there.  Covid 19 is not the time to make the park denser with people. Already people don't use masks on the trails.  Abby Boyd  3998 Bibbits Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94303    1 Baumb, Nelly From:Teresa Smith Milo <tsmilo@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:44 AM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    We paid our taxes to have Foothills Park ‐ please keep Foothills Park for Palo Alto residents!  We paid our taxes to have other wonderful parks, such as Mitchell Park, that became overcrowded with non‐residents,  so often residents can no longer enjoy them.  If more funds are needed to maintain Palo Alto parks, please charge a fee for Palo Alto park maintenance at Mitchell  Park ($10per person or more like the current price of entertainment)  to non‐residents, but keep Foothills Park as‐is.   Palo Alto residents have worked hard to have the peace at Foothills Park!  Sent from my iPhone  2 Baumb, Nelly From:Irina Beylin <irina.beylin@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:36 AM To:Council, City Cc:Irina Beylin Subject:comment on Increase Access for Non-residents to Foothills Park discussion CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi City council members,     We love Foothils park and visit this wonderful palace 3‐4 times a month.  Last two months, since the park's re‐opening,  the Palo Alto residence requirement has not been enforced. I see a lot of garbage, especially around the lake area.  I am  concerned the official opening to all non‐residents (now it is open if non‐resident is accompanied by a resident) results  in park's deterioration, greatly increased maintenance cost, and will endanger park's animals and plants.  Please keep  the current access requirements to preserve the park's  environment.    Irina and Boris Beylin  771 Ames Avenue  Palo Alto  3 Baumb, Nelly From:Mark Daoust <daoust.mj@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:[Foothills Park] Keep it for the residents. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I hear you are looking for feedback on the idea of opening up Foothills Park to everyone.     Please don't.    Here are my reasons:   Foothills Park is one of the few things that makes me feel like Palo Alto rents are worth it.   Have you been to Rancho San Antonio?  Last time we drove around all 5 parking lots, couldn't find a space, left,  and drove to Foothills instead.   What are your plans for if a permanent row of camper vans starts to line‐up outside the park like at Rengstorf,  and at Greer?    I have three little girls. We walked through the Baylands a couple of weeks ago and came across a  vagrant preparing to shoot some heroin on the side of the trail.   San Francisco is a disaster, you can't visit without encountering literal human shit on the streets ‐ don't use  those same failed policies to destroy the ONE nice thing that remains.      Thanks.  Mark Daoust  4 Baumb, Nelly From:Lisa Jewett <JewettLL@msn.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:07 AM To:Council, City Subject:Foothills Park! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    Please do not change the current situation with Foothills Park. Via NextDoor, the residents of Palo Alto have loudly and  clearly stated their overwhelming majority opinion that the Council Not vote to open the park to non‐residents on the  weekends.     The history of the property and the current “demand” from those outside the city perimeter reminds me of the story of  the Little Red Hen.   She found wheat seeds; asked for help from many to help her grow it, grind it, carry the flour, etc and no one would.  Once the bread was baked and they could smell it’s wonderfulness, they all wanted some.    Palo Alto bought the property. Others did not want to join in the cost.   It’s not like the Country Clubs are going to all open up to the general public, nor should they.    Thank you for listening;  Sincerely;  Lisa Jewett  Sent from Mail for Windows 10    1 Baumb, Nelly From:Nancy Weng <nweng888@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 11:14 AM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill community park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear members of the council, As a Palo Alto resident, I do not support opening up Foothill Park to non-Palo Alto residents. The congestion and traffic in other Palo Alto parks is already becoming so crowded, I don't even want to take my kids there (ie, Mitchell Park) on the weekends. Opening Foothill to non-residents would be a complete disservice to community residents. -Nancy Weng 2 Baumb, Nelly From:Lenny Huang <lennyhuang@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:44 AM To:Council, City Subject:Foothill community park CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear members of the council, As a Palo Alto resident, I do not support opening up Foothill Park to non-Palo Alto residents. The history of the park dictates that other communities were offered the chance to participate by also sharing the cost of the land. This was declined by the other communities. Keep Foothill Park for our Palo Alto Community! -Lenny 1 Baumb, Nelly From:Rebecca Sanders <rebsanders@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:57 PM To:Gail Price Cc:Angela Dellaporta; Moitra, Chitra; Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan; Council, City; Tanner, Rachael Subject:Re: Response to Becky Sanders' comments about NVCAP process CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Thank you Gail for your response.     And it’s fair to want to hear from your colleagues on the working group as to their opinions as to whether or not they  have been granted ample time to share their views. Also I do appreciate your acknowledging advantage of allowing  public comment at the beginning of the meeting. And I would go so far as to suggest that as XCAP, there also be some  time at the end of public comment as well.      Kind regards,  Beckh    On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 6:13 PM Gail Price <gail.price3@gmail.com> wrote:,  HI Becky,     Thanks for the email. We should discuss this at the Working Group meeting after we focus on the issue discussion regarding planning and outcomes of various alternatives.. I believe we have tried to encourage people to participate in the discussion. They make choices to participate and make comments or not. I would be interested in hearing from other colleagues on the Working Group regarding their view about the process and their respective opportunities to make comments and discuss. Yes we should make sure public comments are earlier in respect of peoples time. I hope this next round of meetings will be a venue for more discussion. I am glad we’ve had a variety of Alternatives to consider and I have found the discussion useful. “See” you at the next Zoom meeting, Gail Price Co-Chair NVCAP Working Group    1 Baumb, Nelly From:Gail Price <gail.price3@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 6:13 PM To:Rebecca Sanders Cc:Angela Dellaporta; Tanner, Rachael; Moitra, Chitra; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan Subject:Re: Response to Becky Sanders' comments about NVCAP process CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  HI Becky,     Thanks for the email. We should discuss this at the Working Group meeting after we focus on the issue discussion regarding planning and outcomes of various alternatives.. I believe we have tried to encourage people to participate in the discussion. They make choices to participate and make comments or not. I would be interested in hearing from other colleagues on the Working Group regarding their view about the process and their respective opportunities to make comments and discuss. Yes we should make sure public comments are earlier in respect of peoples time. I hope this next round of meetings will be a venue for more discussion. I am glad we’ve had a variety of Alternatives to consider and I have found the discussion useful. “See” you at the next Zoom meeting, Gail Price Co-Chair NVCAP Working Group    2 Baumb, Nelly From:Rebecca Sanders <rebsanders@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 3:36 PM To:North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan; Angela Dellaporta; Gail Price Cc:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan; price@padailypost.com; gsheyner@paweekly.com Subject:NVCAP Still Not Working - Public Disappointed, Excluded from Discussion CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Rachel, Chitra, and NVCAP members:     I write to register my continued disaffection with the NVCAP process as staff continues to curtail the ability of the public  and working group members to participate:     1.  Why were public comments scheduled only at the end of the last meeting?  Many of my neighbors attended,  planning to speak, but one by one other obligations took them away.  I was the last person left and felt bitter  disappointment at losing their voices.  In contrast, the XCAP permits ample public participation, eliciting comments  before and after meetings,     2. The ongoing silencing of the voices of the working group is also disconcerting.  Each of the working group  members/teams that had their own designs were only given a few minutes to present their reports.  Often in city  meetings when staff or consultants present, they get twenty minutes or more to put forward and explain their  ideas.  The working group members got a fraction of that time.     3.  Furthermore, the working group members were limited in their time to respond to each proposal.  There was no  opportunity for back and forth discussion by working group members.  In contrast, the XCAP meetings allow ample time  for lively discussions with very little input from staff.      4.  So much money was spent on consultants and their misguided proposals that we are getting low on funds just as the  working group members are getting a chance to hear from one another in a meaningful way for the first time in the  NVCAP process.     In conclusion, you may be in a hurry to button up NVCAP so you can submit your “bill” to the funders, but we have been  given an extension to complete the process. With the money left to us, let’s emulate XCAP and maximize discussion with  minimum input from staff. That saves staff time and money.     Please allow NVCAP to function as a platform for thoughtful deliberation of what the community needs in the plan area.    Sincerely,     Becky Sanders  Moderator, Ventura Neighborhood Association  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 6:57 PM To:Pc User Subject:Tucker Carlson: "The Rise Of Left Wing Mobs In America", & THE TRAVELING MERCENARY TERRORRISTS. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.      It’s Official: COVID‐19 is the Biggest Hoax in History ‐ Now the Perpetrators Must be Punished ‐ FULL SHOW 6/11/20      It’s Official: COVID-19 is the Biggest Hoax in History - Now the Perpetr... Alex Jones will be breaking bombshell intel that not only the crisis was a hoax, but how tens of thousands were ...    r/conspiracy - Nurse Whistleblower (with proof): Putting nonCv19 patients on ventillators, telling them they have it, killing them. Intentional placement of CV19 and nonCV19 patients together.     r/conspiracy - Nurse Whistleblower (with proof): Putting nonCv19 patient... 323 votes and 80 comments so far on Reddit        Sunday, June 14: Erik Lawyer of Firefighters for 9/11 Truth to Present on Zoom | Colorado 9/11 Truth      2     Sunday, June 14: Erik Lawyer of Firefighters for 9/11 Truth to Present o...                                      On Thursday, June 11, 2020, 08:06:44 PM EDT, Pc User <pc77user@aol.com> wrote: Tucker says, "America has become a collection of angry tribes, and violence is inevitable. And that is where we are headed". What a sorry state of affairs we have allowed to happen ! With imported mercenary terrorrists (Antifa and their ilk) fanning the flames, aided and abetted by the Zio-Nazi Fake News Networks, what are we going to have now, a multi faceted Civil War ? Antifa has promised to bring the rioting out of the cities, and into the suburbs. They have been known to use dark painted busses with smoked out windows. If you see .any of that, get photos of them, location info, and license plates and report them immediately to the local police, and broadcast the info to everyone on your lists. They often move on major highways, and stop at rest stations along the way. Pictures of the people as they get on and off can be very helpful. At least one time, six buses pulled into a small town, full of people of mixed race and wearing clothes that identified them as BLM, KKK, ANTIFA, POLICE, ANYTHING, and they ran into local stores throwing containers of cement, feces, urine, broken glass, metal fragments, anything, and then quickly disappeared. They were back on the busses and out of town before anyone knew what had just happened. Try to be discreet so you don't get attacked. WE THE PEOPLE can put a stop to their planned violence by just being aware, and getting the word out right away, before they get a chance to "riot". https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tucker-carlson-rise-left-wing-mobs-america Best Regards, AND KEEP YOUR EYEBONES PEELED FOR TRAVELING TERRORRISTS !!!!! RJS   3 Baumb, Nelly From:MakeX <makexpaloalto@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 6:27 PM To:Cubberley; Council, City Subject:Reopening MakeX during Phase Two CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council,    As the city of Palo Alto moves into Phase Two of Reopening, the mentor team at MakeX has been discussing plans to restart programming and open hours. We know summer camps and children’s activities are able to reopen under certain guidelines and wanted to inquire about whether MakeX falls into that category.    The team met to discuss deliverables for a safe reopening and came up with the following:     Limiting the number of attendees  to 12 people at a time    Dedicating after-hours time  to sanitizing all tools and materials    Creating temporary outdoor  space for people to work    Adding open hours during  the week to spread out visitors    Requiring the use of masks  and social distancing    Please let us know if/when we are eligible to reopen, and if you have suggestions in terms of adding to or editing our guidelines.    We would love to continue engaging with our community as soon as it is safe to do so. Especially with little to no classroom engagement, we believe our teen community can greatly benefit from a creative outlet and project-based learning opportunities.     Best,  The MakeX Team    4 Baumb, Nelly From:PJ Balin-Watkins <pjbalin@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 5:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:Bike parking at Cal Ave CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  during the Sundays farmers market, there is not enough racks for bikes. Even during low attendance COVID times, there  is still not enough racks.      Please put more there.     Thanks  PJ Balin‐Watkins, 3814 Ross Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303  5 Baumb, Nelly From:Pc User <pc77user@aol.com> Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 5:07 PM To:David Meiswinkle; Frank Agamennon; Richard Gage; biotica@aol.com; Dennis Tiernan; Lou Basile; Steve Kormondy; Philip Hussa; Andres Lorraine; Carol Macannico; Rachel Joy Simmons; Joanne Casey; Tom & Beth Simmons; Camille Lachica; ezrider67@verizon.net; mkormondy@yahoo.com; mon.tp.coalition@gmail.com; Perla Simmons; zeke@verizon.net; Rachel Simmons; Messina Mary; Nancy Brais; Bob Nichols; David Gahary; janet darcey; Jackie Andres Schnell; illustratedman911 @yahoo.com; Patty LaPlaca; BBC ONLY; Cook-Simmons Dot; Craig Simmons; Advance Media; Advance Media; Sandy and Jason Khneiger; Tea Party Patriots Action Jenny Beth Martin; Aunt Mary Babbitt; BBC ONLY; Coast Star; John Dilberger; Mark Schleck; Father Boby Kurian; Brother Nathanael; BBC ONLY; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; TheBlueBeads; Cheryl & Erin Hough Al; Cheryl H.; Deanna; Joanne Singerman; Judith Buruk; Kathy Wood; Kristina Martinelli; Kupniewski Arlene; Lanny Thompson; Martine Schroeter; Pam David; Pat Gotschalk; Patrick Martin; Paula Dassbach; Patty Sotirin; Rosita Eckl; Sharon Busch; Steve Hendershot; Thomas Kulessa; Tommy Elixir; Valerie Troesch; Willie & Gloria Melton; Nia Gill; Loretta Weinberg; "Dick" Saslaw; Robert Menendez; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; Robert Menendez; Council, City; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org; SENATORS @NJLeg.Org Subject:Tucker Carlson: "The Rise Of Left Wing Mobs In America", & THE TRAVELING MERCENARY TERRORRISTS. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Tucker says, "America has become a collection of angry tribes, and violence is inevitable. And that is where we are  headed".   What a sorry state of affairs we have allowed to happen !   With imported mercenary terrorrists (Antifa and  their ilk) fanning the flames, aided and abetted by the Zio‐Nazi Fake News Networks, what  are we going to have now, a  multi faceted Civil War ?    Antifa has promised to bring the rioting out of the cities, and into the suburbs. They have  been known to use dark painted busses with smoked out windows.  If you see .any of that, get photos of them, location  info, and  license plates and report them immediately to the local police, and broadcast the info to everyone on your  lists. They often move on major highways, and stop at rest stations along the way. Pictures of the people as they get on  and off can be very helpful.  At least one time, six buses pulled into a small town, full of people of mixed race and  wearing clothes that identified them as BLM, KKK, ANTIFA, POLICE, ANYTHING, and they ran into local stores throwing  containers of cement, feces, urine, broken glass, metal fragments, anything, and then quickly disappeared. They were  back on the busses and out of town before anyone knew what had just happened. Try to be discreet so you don't get  attacked.   WE THE PEOPLE can put a stop to their planned violence by just being aware, and getting the word out right  away, before they get a chance to "riot".      https://www.zerohedge.com/political/tucker‐carlson‐rise‐left‐wing‐mobs‐america      Best Regards, AND KEEP YOUR EYEBONES  PEELED FOR TRAVELING TERRORRISTS !!!!!  RJS  6 Baumb, Nelly From:John Grose <jgrose@sensibletechnologies.net> Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 4:24 PM To:Council, City Subject:FW: Time Is Critical - We need to act Now to accelerate the CEC approval process CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello Council People;    Hoping you can weigh in regarding the CASE report now receiving public comments regarding AWHP’s.  I believe my  request is modest and reasonable.    Thank you for whatever you can do.  This would be a big deal toward helping us Electrify California!  I can’t do this alone,  so your help would be greatly appreciated!    John Grose  Sensible Technologies, Inc.  Hydronic Specialties Company  Office:  510‐434‐3130  Cell:  510‐812‐4236      From: HSC <info@2hsc.com>   Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 1:57 PM  To: John <John@jtgmuir.com>  Subject: Time Is Critical ‐ We need to act Now to accelerate the CEC approval process        Must Be Sent By Friday, June 12 Please request the California Energy Commission (CEC) to approve an interim approach that allows the use of a standard efficiency heat pump for compliance instead of the AWHP inputs that greatly undervalues performance. Air-to-Water Heat Pump Issue (AWHP) Critical Time Sensitive! You can make a difference in Electrifying California! 7 Air to Water Heat Pumps are an important part of the solution. Copy and paste the text between the lines Email to: info@title24stakeholders.com Subject: Single Family Enhanced Air-to-Water Heat Pump Compliance Options ___________________________ To Whom It May Concern, I am one of industry related stakeholders requesting the California Energy Commission (CEC) to approve an interim approach that allows the use of a standard efficiency heat pump for compliance instead of the AWHP inputs that greatly undervalues performance. We can’t wait for the 2022 code cycle which will be applied in 2023. We need the above recommendation approved now. 1. Approve an interim approach that allows Air-to-Water Heat Pumps' Title 24 compliance value to be the same as standard efficiency Air-to-Air Heat Pumps. 2. Approve Multi-Function of AWHP allowing an interim UEF of 4.0 for Domestic Hot Water Heating. The UEF can be modified as the technology matures and more data is presented. 3. When software updates permit, add the differential performance between fixed speed compressors and variable speed compressors. 4. Approve AWHP with the ductless option, except of course when the AWHP is used with a ducted system in unconditioned space. Supporting data is found in this CASE STUDY report under review by CEC (a report that contains data): Enhanced Air-to-Water Heat Pump Compliance Options (https://title24stakeholders.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Res_2022_T24_CASE-Report_Draft_SF_AWHP.pdf) ___________________________ Important... Include the measure name in the subject line: “Single Family Enhanced Air-to-Water Heat Pump Compliance Options.”     PDF of Letter to Send       Add your own thoughts too if you are so motivated. All ships will rise if we can get this approved! Thank you! John Grose Sensible Technologies, Inc. Hydronic Specialties Company Office: 510-434-3130 Cell: 510-812-4236         HSC | 4723 Tidewater Avenue, Oakland, CA 94601 8 Unsubscribe john@jtgmuir.com Update Profile | About Constant Contact Sent by info@2hsc.com in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!   9 Baumb, Nelly From:Christine Hmelar <skinandbody@mac.com> Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 2:01 PM To:Council, City Subject:Small Business Grant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Counsel,     I am writing to you again to discuss or get an explanation about the criteria for the small business grant that the city is  offering.    I was contacted and my business was submitted to be in the pool for the selection of this grant. But due to the fact that I  am a sole proprietor and I have no employees make me ineligible and I was removed from the pool of applicants.    I am a small business owner that qualifies for this grant in every way except that of having even 1 employee! I fail to  understand how that would make a difference!    My business has been financially devastated due to the pandemic, as I am not allowed to open. But yet I still have my  rent and all the other expenses to maintain. This grant would make my business able to survive this time period.    I really would love to understand this one criteria for this grant.     Thank you for your consideration,    Sincerely,    Christine Hmelar      Skin & Body by Christine  A Skin Care Salon  2750 Middlefield Rd. Suite 200  Palo Alto, CA 94306      www.skinandbodybychristine.com  skinandbody@mac.com          On Jun 6, 2020, at 6:13 PM, Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:    Redacted 10 Thank you for your comments to the City Council. Your e‐mail will be forwarded to all seven Council  Members and a printout of your correspondence will also be included in the next available Council  packet.     If your comments are about an item that is already scheduled for a City Council agenda, you can call  (650) 329‐2571 to confirm that the item is still on the agenda for the next meeting.     If your letter mentions a specific complaint or a request for service, we'll either reply with an  explanation or else send it on to the appropriate department for clarification.     We appreciate hearing from you.    11 Baumb, Nelly From:pellson@pacbell.net Sent:Thursday, June 11, 2020 12:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:Bike Parking...and Summer Streets CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Honorable City Council,     Summer Streets… a GREAT idea!      Please be aware that there are shortages of bike parking all over town, including University and California Avenue.  As  the city eliminates auto parking to make room for outdoor restaurant seating, please add more bike parking between  little parklets.  People can’t bike there if they can’t lock up.  Remember how our bike counts jumped when PAUSD added  many hundreds of bike parking at secondary schools at convenient well‐connected locations near entrances?  Let’s apply  what we learned from that experience.     The presence of bike parking in visible and convenient locations:  o makes it convenient to bike in the same way auto parking makes it convenient to drive.  o makes it possible for a bicyclists to leave their bike securely locked to shop or pick up take‐out without worry that  their bike will be gone when they return.  o reminds people who drive that they could have biked. (Maybe they’ll choose to bike next time.)     Would you drive if you arrived and found nowhere to park your car? The city is in the process of spending many tens of  millions to build structured parking for cars at Cal Avenue.  It will take a tiny fraction of that to provide more parking for  bikes.      Build it, and we will come.  😊     Thanks for considering my comments. –Penny Ellson         Virus-free. www.avg.com   12 Baumb, Nelly From:Stacy Arevalo <stacyish@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 10, 2020 6:01 PM To:Shikada, Ed Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Incident with City employee at Stanford Ave./El Camino on June 7 between noon and 1 pm Thank you for your response and reply. I have shared this with my friends who were there. We are grateful for your  leadership.    Sincerely,  Stacy    On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 5:34 PM Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:  Dear Ms. Arevalo,     Thank you for contacting us regarding this incident.  I am terribly sorry to hear about your experience and will have  staff investigate the matter.  I hope it goes without saying, but we certainly support your demonstration of free speech  and do not tolerate inappropriate behavior on the part of our employees.  Best wishes for your upcoming activities.     Sincerely,  ‐‐Ed     Ed Shikada   City Manager  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94301  (650) 329‐2280 ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org              13 From: Stacy Arevalo <stacyish@gmail.com>   Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 4:40 PM  Subject: Incident with City employee at Stanford Ave./El Camino on June 7 between noon and 1 pm     CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To whom it may concern:      I am writing to express concern over the behavior of a city employee.     With some friends from church, I helped organize a socially‐distant, family‐friendly way to show solidarity with our  Black neighbors. On Sunday, May 31, we gathered at the four corners of Embarcadero and El Camino without incident.  (There was already a group at the Town and Country corner when we arrived, so we spread to the other corners to be  safe.) This past Sunday, June 7, because of more interest yet still wanting to maintain social distance, we stood at  various intersections along El Camino between Page Mill and Sand Hill holding signs related to Black Lives Matter.     This past Sunday, June 7, at Stanford Avenue and El Camino, during the hour between noon and 1 pm, a man  (estimated late 20s to early 40s) driving a City of Palo Alto truck raised his middle finger to the group while driving past.  He was turning right from Stanford Avenue on to El Camino, SE bound. There were 12 adults and 5 children in total at  the various corners of the intersection‐‐clearly families peacefully standing with signs.     Of course, publicly protesting by holding signs is sure to incite a range of responses. We understand that risk. But to see  that gesture coming from a man driving a City of Palo Alto truck, presumably on the job, was a disgrace.     Please let me know how we should proceed.     With respect,     Stacy Ishigaki Arevalo  Current resident of East Palo Alto  14 Former resident of Palo Alto  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Paul Machado <plmachado@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 10:22 AM To:Council, City; Kamhi, Philip Subject:Proposal increases efficiency and reduces costs CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I support this item and hope the council will also support it.    https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/65672    Thank you    Paul Machado  2 Baumb, Nelly From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 11:12 PM To:honkystar@yahoo.com Subject:Colorado Bill Would Require 'Online Education Modules' for Parents Who Refuse Corona-virus Vaccine CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.   News Updates From CLG 12 June 2020 - Part 2 All links are here: https://www.legitgov.org Previous edition: COVID-19 virus has properties that have never been found in nature before Colorado Bill Would Require 'Online Education Modules' for Parents Who Refuse Coronavirus Vaccine | 12 June 2020 | Radicals just passed a bill through a committee in Colorado (20-14) to reduce available exemptions on vaccinations for school-age children. This bill [Senate Bill 163] offers "online education modules" for parents who want a different vaccination schedule than what the state demands. Submitting a "certificate of completion" from the re-education classes is one way to receive the state-sanctioned vaccine exemption. In addition, the bill forces all doctors and medical staff to give vaccinations with no exemptions, even if they are in a situation where they believe it would not be in that child's best interest. The bill's current version, however, does not list any sanctions or punishments for medical staff that refuse. The bill requires schools to publicly report what percentage of their students are vaccinated or exempted and gives schools explicit goals to reach--goals stipulating that five percent or less of students are to be exempt. Satellite images suggest COVID-19 started in the fall, not winter 2019, say Harvard researcher | 09 June 2020 | Satellite images of Wuhan hospitals' parking lots and search engine queries from the Chinese city suggest the COVID-19 outbreak started much earlier than previously thought, according to research from Harvard Medical School. Researchers used more than 110 satellite images of six hospitals located in Wuhan from between January 2018 to April 2020 as well as daily data for symptom-related searches such as "cough" and "diarrhoea" on Chinese search engine Baidu from Wuhan from April 2017 to May 2020. They 3 found that "increased hospital traffic and symptom search data in Wuhan preceded the documented start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in December 2019." They noted for instance that a "steep increase" in hospital occupancy as measured by the parking lot volume proxy was first observed in August 2019, culminating with a peak in December 2019. Insane! DoD Announces $250M to Ukraine | 11 June 2020 | The Department of Defense announced today its plans for 250 million in Fiscal Year 2020 Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds for additional training, equipment, and advisory efforts... The USAI funds -- 125 million of which was conditional on Ukraine's progress on defense reforms -- will provide equipment to support ongoing training programs and operational needs. This includes capabilities to enhance Ukraine's defensive lethal capabilities and situational awareness in the maritime domain, air surveillance systems to monitor sovereign airspace, command and control and survivability of Ukraine's Land and Special Operations Forces through the provision of counter-artillery radars and tactical equipment, military medical treatment and combat evacuation procedures, and cyber defense and strategic communications… Trump taps retired general, Fox News commentator as Pentagon policy chief | 11 June 2020 | President Trump will nominate retired Army brigadier general and Fox News commentator Anthony Tata to be the Pentagon's undersecretary for policy, the White House announced. Citing his "extensive uniformed service with the United States Army," the White House announced Wednesday that Tata would succeed John Rood, who was ousted from the post in February. Trump had tapped Tata for the job back in April, according to Politico, though it is unclear what led to the delay in the announcement. In his capacity as a Fox News contributor, Tata has fervently advocated for pulling US troops from Afghanistan and Syria, making him an understandable choice as President Trump continues his push to withdraw from the region. In May, Trump began publicly reiterating his desire to bring back troops stationed in the Middle Eastern countries, repeatedly making statements both to the media and on Twitter on the matter. Federal judge orders Seattle police to halt use of tear gas, pepper spray on protesters | 12 June 2020 | A federal judge in Seattle has ordered local police to stop using tear gas, pepper spray and other force against nonviolent protesters, finding that the Seattle Police Department used excessive force against demonstrators. The Seattle Times reports U.S. District Judge Richard Jones concluded that protesters' right to free speech had been violated by the police department, citing video and other evidence. The temporary restraining order issued by Jones also prevents the police from using flash bangs, pepper balls and rubber bullets. List of Demands in Seattle 'Autonomous Zone' Includes Black Doctors for Black Patients, End to Prisons | 11 June 2020 | In Seattle, the Free Capitol Hill movement's list of 30 demands touches on every facet of society, including overhauling the criminal justice system and reforming health care for black patients. Protesters have taken over several blocks in the city, creating an area known as the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ. Now in its 4 third day, the movement drew the ire of President Donald Trump, who urged local and state officials to regain control of the city. But Seattle City Council member Tammy Morales told Newsweek she agrees with some of the movement's demands... On Tuesday, the Free Capitol Hill movement published a list of 30 demands in a post on Medium that was originally delivered orally the night before. Protesters in Virginia behead Confederate monument statues | 10 June 2020 | Protesters in Virginia beheaded four Confederate statues and pulled down another with a tow rope on Wednesday night. Photos and videos posted on Twitter showed a demonstrator taking a sledgehammer to the head of one of the statues on the Portsmouth Confederate monument... The Portsmouth City Council had set a July 28 hearing to decide on the monument's fate following demands that it be moved, according to local outlet 13News Now. But protesters took matters into their own hands, gathering at the monument and covering it in black, green and red spray paint on Wednesday afternoon. US Soccer to allow players to kneel during anthem | 10 June 2020 | U.S. Soccer's board of directors voted Wednesday to end the league's ban on kneeling during the national anthem as protests engulf the nation over the death of George Floyd. The Associated Press reported that board members moved to formally end the ban in a vote during a conference call Wednesday. News that the league was considering doing so was first reported by ESPN earlier this week, with President Cindy Parlow Cone reportedly driving the issue. The ban was enacted in 2017 after star player Megan Rapinoe knelt during the anthem in solidarity with former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who began the practice as a means of protesting police brutality and racism. Giant Eagle Donates $350,000 to Social Justice Causes, Closes Stores For Internal Discussions, Stops Sales of Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 10 June 2020 | Giant Eagle is donating 350,000 to support social justice causes, temporarily closing its stores for "discussions about personal experiences" and stopping sales of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. On Wednesday, Giant Eagle said the company and the Giant Eagle Foundation partnered to contribute 350,000 to support social justice causes amid worldwide protests following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery... The meeting will be an opportunity for all 36,000 of the company's team members to discuss their responsibilities as individuals, and as an organization to stand up to racism and social injustice. Giant Eagle will also halt sales of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "due to recent actions by the publication." David Dorn shooting: Arrest, murder charge announced in killing of retired St. Louis police captain | 07 June 2020 | A man has been arrested and faces charges including murder in last week's shooting death of retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn amid riots and looting there, officials announced Sunday. 5 Distraught Chicago officials heard on tape fuming over looting, riots: 'My ward is a s--t show' | 09 June 2020 | Distraught Chicago officials complained to Mayor Lori Lightfoot -- as looting and rioting in response to George Floyd’s death swept through the Windy City -- pleading for help and warning that the vulnerable had lost access to food and medicine. According to a tape obtained by WTTW News of an online conference call among the city's 50 aldermen and the mayor, one alderman could be heard weeping while others angrily decried what was going on in the city. "My ward is a s--t show," one alderman says. "They are shooting at the police." The call in Chicago was held Sunday, May 31. That day alone, there were 699 arrests -- primarily looters -- 132 officers injured, 48 shootings and 17 homicides, according to CBS Chicago, as well as widespread damage to businesses and other property. Glass Found in Pizza Delivered to South Carolina National Guard Soldiers | 11 June 2020 | Two National Guard soldiers found pieces of glass baked into a pizza they had ordered to their Washington D.C. hotel, the Post and Courier reported. A Department of Defense report said that the South Carolina National Guard soldiers ordered pizza to the Marriott Marquis Hotel in D.C. while they were deployed to assist police in handling the George Floyd protests, according to the Post and Courier. Suspect in Santa Cruz Co. deputy ambush believed to be behind federal officer's death, source says | 11 June 2020 | The U.S. Air Force sergeant suspected of killing a Santa Cruz County deputy is now believed to have had a hand in the killing of a federal officer in Oakland. That's according to our media partners at the Bay Area News Group. Steven Carrillo was arrested on Saturday after authorities say he opened fire and deputies in Ben Lomond, killing Sergeant Damon Gutzwiller. As the ABC7 News I-Team have been reporting, the FBI was investigating whether Carrillo had been involved in a shooting that killed a security officer at the Oakland Federal Building last month. Gun rights group overturns a Lamont emergency order that effectively blocked issuance of new firearms permits | 09 June 2020 | Connecticut gun rights advocates scored a victory Tuesday when a federal court said the Lamont administration and state police can no longer prevent citizens from obtaining gun permits by refusing -- because of the coronavirus pandemic -- to collect fingerprints from applicants. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer ruled for the Connecticut Citizens Defense League in its suit challenging as illegal a three-month old emergency, executive order by Gov. Ned Lamont that allows the state police to decide whether to take fingerprints during the pandemic. Fingerprinting is required before a gun permit can be issued. Barr says familiar names among those DOJ is investigating in Durham probe, calls findings 'very troubling' | 09 June 2020 | Attorney General Bill Barr told Fox News in an exclusive interview which aired Tuesday that Americans will be able to recognize "some" of the names under investigation as part of U.S. Attorney John Durham's ongoing probe into federal surveillance abuses -- and that he is "very troubled" by "what has been called to" his attention so far. Barr asserted that despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Durham team "has been 6 working very aggressively to move forward," and that there "will be public disclosure" of his findings. The Justice Department's (DOJ's) watchdog has identified critical errors in every FBI wiretap application that it audited as part of the fallout from the Bureau's heavily flawed investigation into former Trump adviser Carter Page, who was surveilled during the campaign in part because of a largely discredited dossier funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). GOP picks Jacksonville for convention keynotes | 11 June 2020 | Jacksonville, Fla., will host a series of Republican National Convention keynote events in August, including President Donald Trump's prime-time speech to accept the GOP nomination. The gathering is expected to be a multi-night event, according to a person familiar with the planning... The convention's official business meetings will still take place in Charlotte, but the party's big events will be broadcast from Jacksonville, a city led by Republicans in Trump's newly adopted home state, which also is led by Republicans. Trump campaign manager says 300,000 tickets registered for upcoming rally | 12 June 2020 | Brad Parscale, President Trump's campaign manager, said 300,000 tickets have been registered for the campaign's upcoming rally in Tulsa, Okla. Parscale said the event is going to be "epic" and that the campaign is "Looking at a 2nd event in town to get more people to be w/@realDonaldTrump." The rally, scheduled for June 19, is Trump's first public foray back onto the campaign trail. It will be followed by gatherings in North Carolina, Arizona and Florida. Joe Biden campaign swearing his economic advisers to secrecy | 11 June 2020 | As the presumptive Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden has been relying on multiple teams of close advisers on key issues for the campaign and the country. None of those teams appears to be as secretive as his group of economic advisers. The presidential hopeful relies on the counsel of a small group of liberal economists and others with ties to the Obama White House and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, according to the New York Times. The paper reports that the Biden campaign recently formed an economic policy committee that will include more than 100 left-leaning economists and researchers. Terry McAuliffe recorded saying Dems prefer Biden stay 'in the basement' | 09 June 2020 | Top Joe Biden surrogate Terry McAuliffe told a videoconference meeting of Virginia Democrats over the weekend that the former vice president should remain in his basement -- where he has famously campaigned remotely during the coronavirus pandemic -- and that Democratic officials are broadly "preferring" that Biden stay out of the limelight. Fox News has obtained a video of McAuliffe's Norfolk comments, which came after Biden has made a series of gaffes in his already-limited public appearances as he social distanced from home -- including by declaring that African-Americans who support President Trump "ain't black." "People say all the time, 'Oh, we got to get the vice president out of the basement,'" McAuliffe told the "monthly breakfast" of the Norfolk City Democratic Committee. "He's fine in the basement. Two people see him a day: his two body people. That's it. Let Trump keep doing what Trump's doing.” 7 Tucker Carlson: advertisers desert Fox News host after he attacks protesters | 12 June 2020 | A series of major US corporations, including T-Mobile and Disney, have said they will no longer advertise on Tucker Carlson's Fox News show, after Carlson was accused of racism for attacking anti-racism protesters. In the last 48 hours companies -- including T- Mobile, Disney, Papa John's, and the office furniture company Vari -- have said they will no longer advertise on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Media Matters reported, leaving Carlson with a dwindling list of sponsors. The exodus began after Carlson...suggested the protests inspired by the death of George Floyd were not about race. "This may be a lot of things, this moment we're living through, but it is definitely not about black lives. Remember that when they come for you, and at this rate, they will," he told his viewers. [And there is the incontrovertible proof that corporate socialism exists. The race issue is being used by corporations as a cover to force upon us 'socialism with Chinese characteristics.'] Medium Bans Anti-Communist Writer Ashley Goldenberg for Listing Corporations Gone Woke | 09 June 2020 | Medium, a platform that allows independent writers to publish articles and start blogs, banned conservative writer Ashley Goldenberg for publishing a list of businesses that have gone woke, supporting Black Lives Matter and the violent riots that have laid waste multiple American cities over the past two weeks. Goldenberg, previously known by her online pseudonym "Communism Kills," has previously worked for various conservative institutions, including the Media Research Center and Capital Research Center. Dozens of major American companies, including top Silicon Valley tech giants, have put out statements defending Black Lives Matter and the George Floyd protests over the past two weeks... 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CLG News clg_news@legitgov.org + Add to contacts   9 Baumb, Nelly From:Katie Cho <katiecho@hotmail.com> Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 12:58 PM To:Council, City Cc:Katie Cho; Colin Cho; miriam Landesman Subject:Covid 19 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council members,    Has Palo alto been declared a virus friendly zone and I just haven’t been informed?  This morning I went for a 3.1 mile  walk with a friend.  We did our best to avoid crowds.  If we saw 12 people with masks or bandanas, how many do you  think we saw without face coverings?  We did not include children or people who seemed to be on private property (all  maskless).  I bet you haven’t guessed the right number: 76.  That’s less than 7% and many walked, ran, rode closer than  6 feet from us, even when we tried to avoid them.  We turn corners, cross streets, walk in bike lanes and anything else  we can think of to stay safe and not unknowingly spread germs to others.  But we seem to be in a serious minority.    I understand that Palo Alto would like to increase the taxes recovered from businesses.  We get messages about picking  up from restaurants or shops, or eating restaurant food on sidewalks, but if I can’t trust someone on Lincoln Avenue to  be safe and respectful, how can I risk being in a crowd downtown or on California Avenue?  I noticed two maskless  people with coffee cups.  They couldn’t have been covered when they ordered or picked up.  How can that be safe for  the coffee shop employees or other customers?  I had been tempted to pick up a latte at Coupa or Peets, but not now.   I’d rather live than indulge in a treat.    Perhaps the City Council assumed that well educated, predominantly liberal Palo Altas would be sensible and follow the  orders to maintain social distancing, so requiring masks, like in San Francisco, some other American cities, and most of  Asia, would not need to be required.  That was incorrect.  There is so little compliance with mask wearing directives that  many people probably don’t think it’s necessary, based on what they see around them.    Please, please, for everyone’s sake, require mask wearing away from home.  I’m sure the runners loudly huffing as they  passed three feet from me won’t like it, but they wouldn’t like Covid either, and they could just run slower with masks.   Shoppers at Town and Country might not like masks either but if shopping areas become safe, there will be more  shoppers to keep stores in business.  We are supposed to be in this together.  Please make it safer for us to be together.   Sincerely, Kathleen Cho  10 Baumb, Nelly From:Kat Snyder <katsnyderux@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, June 13, 2020 1:19 PM To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed Subject:Public Comment: Curfew very much missed the mark CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  [Note: I wrote this before the curfew was cancelled and, upon reflection, I still think it is useful feedback so I'm still  sending it for public comment. But thank you for cancelling the curfew.]    Dear Councilmembers,    First I want to say thanks to you and to Ed Shikada, the City Manager, for running this city effectively, particularly during  the current pandemic. I have lived here most of my life and have been proud to do so. I want to comment on the curfew  order because, while I believe it was made with the best of intentions, I think it misses the mark in a few ways that must  be addressed.  The curfew is being made in reaction to protest activity, and people who are taking advantage of protest activity. In the  grander scheme of things, the protests are specifically about over‐policing, and how that does not actually enforce  public safety. So, although the intention might be to help with public safety, the curfew actually does the opposite.     By making it illegal for bodies to be outside, it makes it more likely that people will be accosted by police. It also means  that people have to distrust their neighbors ‐ if I go outside at 9pm for a 10 minute walk outside my home, I have to  worry that my neighbors will call the police on me, and my neighbors have to worry that I am "being suspicious" as I am  technically doing something unlawful now. For  me, I feel less safe with a curfew in place than without one in place. I  would encourage our city workers and city representatives to recognize the instinct to handle public safety with more  policing, and realize that that can often actually decrease public safety.    Secondly, the curfew is in place in order to save property, not lives. It has been hard to shelter in place for COVID‐19 but  I've taken on that burden gladly because I believe there is nothing more noble than saving human lives. And in this  respect I have appreciated strong leadership at the city, county and state level ‐ there is no other place in this country I'd  rather live during a pandemic. Drastic measures may need to be taken to save human lives during a pandemic or natural  disaster, but such drastic measures are wholly inappropriate to help save a few MacBooks from being stolen. I think we  should reflect on our values when we choose to drastically curtail human liberty to save property.    Lastly, this specific solution to the problem of potential future looting doesn't even make sense. I see no reason why I  can't take a walk outside at 9pm while the police patrol the few retail areas they're worried about. My right to be  outside at night and the police's ability to be more vigilant in retail areas are not in conflict with each other. How does  someone walking their super energetic dog at 9pm hinder the police from saving Stanford Shopping Center? How does  someone, prone to heatstroke, taking a walk at night instead of during a 90 degree day, prevent the police from  checking up on the businesses downtown? I won't even bother to explain why I think an order than lasts 8‐10 days  seems a bit excessive, but I'd be remiss not to at least bring it up.     I get that this feels like uncharted territory and we're all a bit on edge now, but I would encourage us to not use the  threat of police to force people inside at this time. And when it comes to weighing human liberty over property damage,  I hope that in the future we weigh human liberty a bit more heavily.    11 Thank you,  Kat Snyder  Palo Alto Resident  Paly Class of 2002  12 Baumb, Nelly From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Sunday, June 14, 2020 5:08 PM To:Loran Harding; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; dallen1212@gmail.com; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; beachrides; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; bballpod; bearwithme1016@att.net; paul.caprioglio; Cathy Lewis; Council, City; Chris Field; Doug Vagim; dlfranklin0@outlook.com; eappel@stanford.edu; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net; Steven Feinstein; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; steve.hogg; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; kfsndesk; Mark Kreutzer; Pam Kelly; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; Mark Standriff; margaret-sasaki@live.com; newsdesk; nick yovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; Tom Lang; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: KCBS Ask an Expert- Columbia U. Virologist re Corona V. Informative, scary 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: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 4:47 PM  Subject: Fwd: KCBS Ask an Expert‐ Columbia U. Virologist re Corona V. Informative, scary  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 4:18 PM  Subject: Fwd: KCBS Ask an Expert‐ Columbia U. Virologist re Corona V. Informative, scary  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 3:19 PM  Subject: Fwd: KCBS Ask an Expert‐ Columbia U. Virologist re Corona V. Informative, scary  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 3:16 PM  13 Subject: Fwd: KCBS Ask an Expert‐ Columbia U. Virologist re Corona V. Informative, scary  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 3:12 PM  Subject: KCBS Ask an Expert‐ Columbia U. Virologist re Corona V. Informative, scary  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>               Sunday, June 14, 2020                To all‐  Here is an interview on KCBS "Ask an Expert" with Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a Virologist at Columbia Univ.  conducted  Friday, June 12, 2020.  20:59 long:            https://kcbsradio.radio.com/articles/answering‐your‐questions‐about‐coronavirus‐epidemiology                 Notice that she says that to really not just flatten the curve, but to really rein in the virus, we need extensive  testing, tracing and quarantining of those who are infected. We still don't have that yet in this country, she says. I  wonder how that is going in Fresno County. Let us hear from the interim Fresno Co. Public Health Director about how  that is going. Fresno Mayor Brand said when he announced a substantial opening up of businesses here about a month  ago that testing centers were here and more were coming. How many people have been quarantined in Fresno Co. each  Friday over the past month? How many people are on the job in Fresno Co. doing contact tracing? We'd need a lot of  them to do it right. The number of cases has been rising in Fresno Co. over the past month.  In fact, KCBS‐SF said the o.  day that State public health officials are concerned about the rising number of cases in seven California counties, Los  Angeles, Tulare and Fresno Co. among them. I think one was Imperial Co. too. So KCBS, audible from Canada to Mexico,  is saying that the rising number of cases in Fresno Co. is of concern to California State public health officials.                   I'd like a report on the number of test sites, the number of people tested per week, the number of contact  tracers working, the number of new cases the testing is showing, and the number of those cases who are in enforced  quarantine in Fresno Co. We have a right to this information, especially since State officials are now so concerned about  Fresno Co.                         Here is a piece from KCBS today. Seven public health officials in California have resigned due to threats,  publication of their home addresses, etc.  All due to their advising elected officials to maintain safety measures to limit  the spread of SARS Corona Virus 2, the virus that causes Covid19.                                 https://kcbsradio.radio.com/media/audio‐channel/over‐half‐a‐dozen‐ca‐public‐health‐officials‐resign‐ amid‐increased‐pressure                   So we are living with people who will threaten public health officials, City and County in this case, apparently,  for recommending public safety measures to elected officials.                   L. William Harding                 Fresno                    14 Baumb, Nelly From:Gabriel Levy <gabelevy787@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 12:08 AM To:Gabriel Levy; GBattle 57; Levine; Lee Mayor MYR; mayorlondonbreed@sfgov.org; Mayor Bob Sampayan; citycouncil@dalycity.org; john.goodwin@colma.ca.gov; cmoffice@ci.pacifica.ca.us; jgoethals@cityofsanmateo.org; CTTaylor@menlopark.org; Council, City; dhoward@redwoodcity.org; jim.reed@sanjoseca.gov; The Link News; Janice Grace Subject:Fw: TITANIC 14KT GOLD MEDAL PREDICTS SAN FRANCISCO QUAKE CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Gabriel Levy <gabelevy787@yahoo.com> To: Gabriel Levy <gabelevy787@yahoo.com> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2020, 01:25:39 PM EDT Subject: TITANIC 14KT GOLD MEDAL PREDICTS SAN FRANCISCO QUAKE 17 Sincerely Yours, gaBRIEL LEvy 787 Ocean Ave. Apt. #807 Long Branch, NJ 07740-4930 Tel: Cell: Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android Redacted Redacted 18 Baumb, Nelly From:Amber G. La <amber_la@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 12:01 PM To:Council, City; Transportation; Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Ann Nguyen; Diane Rolf; Diane Rolfe; Zaid A. Kahn; Kathy Johnson Subject:Scanned Letter from John Myers Regarding the Kellogg Avenue Bike Tunnel Attachments:John Meyer Signed Letter.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi, Please read the scanned letter from my elderly neighbor, John Myers. He does not have internet access at the moment due to the public library closures. Please respond to him with a written letter to his residence, 168 Kellogg Avenue. He has lost some of his hearing but his number is 650-799-8921. Thank you for including his thoughts and perspective into your plans and proposals. John is very concerned and does not understand why the tunnel and bike path has been rerouted to Kellogg Avenue. Thank you, Amber La 160 Kellogg Ave Redacted 19 Baumb, Nelly From:李晓云<candylxy1606@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 1:47 PM To:Council, City; Transportation; Expanded Community Advisory Panel Subject:Say No to Kellogg bike tunnel CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council members,Department of transportation and XCAP community members,    I am Xiaoyun Li, the owner of 159 Kellogg Ave, Palo Alto. On behalf of our whole family, I write this letter to express our  deep concerns about bike tunnel.    As Castilleja is just on the corner of our block, we have been to deal with the busy traffic for years. We can not bear  more bikers or strangers passing our street. We all know how much graffiti,crime and unpleasant smell of urine in the  California Ave. As a mother of two kids, we also concern about the safety of our children. Please do not put in any more  tunnels in Palo Alto ,and help keeping Kellogg be safe and quiet.    Thanks for your attention.    Sincerely,    Xiaoyun Li & Yingxiong Zhao  159 Kellogg Ave          发自我的iPhone  Redacted 20 Baumb, Nelly From:Katie Cho <katiecho@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:19 PM To:Council, City Cc:Colin Cho Subject:masks CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I keep hearing that “i don’t need to bother with a mask.  There’s only a 1% chance that you would catch Covid from me if  I was near you and I had it.”  But, on any walk through Palo Alto I am likely to pass 90unmasked  people in a 3 mile walk,  even while trying to avoid unmasked people.  As far as I can tell, that means if they all have it, I have a 90% chance of  catching Covid.  I really wish the “smart” people of Palo Alto would show the same respect for my health that I show for  theirs.  Since it looks like no one is wearing masks, I am unlikely to try visiting any of the businesses that are so bravely  reopening.  Therefore, the city will not be getting my sales taxes.   Masks could make much more than an incremental difference in the spread of coronavirus. A study published last week showed that widespread use of face masks alone could push  transmission of the virus to a manageable level and prevent a “second wave” of infections. Researchers found that wearing a face mask in public at all times is twice as effective at curbing the spread of the virus as wearing a mask only after symptoms appear. The authors of that study wrote, “These analyses may explain why some countries, where adoption of face mask use by the public is around 100%, have experienced significantly lower rates of covid-19 spread and associated deaths.” A broad review of 172 different studies during the pandemic indicated that wearing a mask  can help reduce the spread. The review's author said that the studies were observational (and not randomized, double-blinded controlled trials, which are the gold standard in science), but they showed “in multiple ways, that the use of masks is highly protective in health-care and community settings.” As my colleagues have written, several months into the pandemic, masks have turned into a potent political symbol: to Democrats, they are a sign of communal responsibility; to Republicans, they signal government overreach and weakness. 21 So far, though, studies have indicated that masks could be the easiest method we have to significantly reduce the spread of covid-19. “We don’t need to be in scuba gear,” said Jeffrey Shaman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University. “Even if not an absolute barrier, [a mask] still helps.”   Sincerely,  Kathleen Cho  22 Baumb, Nelly From:Antonia De Meo <antonia_demeo@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 3:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:Fw: Request for Temporary Reduction in Construction/Gardening Hours CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council, I am writing again on my below request, as I received no response and am not aware that this item has been placed on the agenda for discussion. By way of an update, the construction noise in our residential neighborhood has continued daily, with no relief in sight. This is impacting both our stress and wellbeing and our productivity during this period of COVID-19 isolation in place and telecommuting. Please also note that the Palo Alto Police Department cannot take any action, as the construction is being performed during permissible hours. They informed me that this is a matter for your decision only. I hope you will act promptly to adjust the construction hours and guidelines in residential neighborhoods on behalf of residents. It is impossible to live and work reasonably next to such a noisy construction site. Kind regards, Antonia De Meo ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Antonia De Meo <antonia_demeo@yahoo.com> To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2020, 01:51:18 PM PDT Subject: Request for Temporary Reduction in Construction/Gardening Hours Dear Palo Alto City Council, My family have been residents of Palo Alto for more than 6 decades. We reside in the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood. Like most Palo Alto city residents, I have been sheltering in place and telecommuting since March, as a result of the COVID-19 restrictions. I am writing to ask you to consider a temporary adjustment to the hours for construction and gardening in Palo Alto residential neighborhoods until the COVID-19 restrictions are fully lifted. I understand construction/gardening hours are currently six days per week, Monday through Saturday, until 6 pm. Since construction and gardening have resumed a few weeks ago, the increased noise in the neighborhood contributes to rising anxiety and decreased efficiency for telecommuting, during a time that is already very challenging and stressful. I live next door to a house undergoing major construction, with another lot under construction nearby as well. Loud construction noise is ongoing during the permissible 6-day per week schedule, with no relief in sight. During this period when we are all required to spend more time at home, I ask you to order that all construction and loud gardening (e.g., leaf blowing and tree branch chipping/shredding) at any one residential site be limited to no more than 4 hour per day, with no work on Saturdays. Such an order would still allow construction workers or gardeners to work full time, provided they alternate between 23 sites Monday through Friday. At the same time, it would offer partial relief to neighbors trying to work or study from home, many with children at home as well. I hope you will put this issue on the agenda for a prompt decision, taking into consideration the wellbeing of all Palo Alto residents. Kind regards, Antonia De Meo 24 Baumb, Nelly From:Lama Rimawi <lrimawi1@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:51 PM To:Council, City Cc:Clerk, City Subject:Council meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    My hand keeps getting lowered. Please allow me to speak.    Sent from my iPhone  25 Baumb, Nelly From:Eileen Kim, PharmD <eileen.rph@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Re: Tricia & Grace's hands were raised before mine and not allowed to speak CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Lama Rimawi is a pediatric physician working in Palo Alto and is a Palo Alto resident and Palo Alto parent of 2 children.    This is unusual that people who had their hands raised before mine, didn't get to speak    Eileen Kim, PharmD   eileen.rph@gmail.com            On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 5:54 PM Eileen Kim, PharmD <eileen.rph@gmail.com> wrote:  Lama Rimawi also had her hand raised and is not being allowed to speak.    That is 3 speakers that are not being allowed to speak on this ordinance and they were logged in before me and they  were not allowed to speak on this (even though they raised their hands before me).       Eileen Kim, PharmD   eileen.rph@gmail.com            On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 5:53 PM Eileen Kim, PharmD <eileen.rph@gmail.com> wrote:  I logged in later as I had to reboot my laptop and signed in around 5:10 pm. Tricia and Grace were logged in before me  and yet they didn't get to speak and now their hands are lowered.       Eileen Kim, PharmD   eileen.rph@gmail.com            On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 5:52 PM Eileen Kim, PharmD <eileen.rph@gmail.com> wrote:  Tricia and Grace were not allowed to speak but hands were raised before mine on this tobacco ordinance       26 Eileen Kim, PharmD   eileen.rph@gmail.com        27 Baumb, Nelly From:Jeremy Erman <jeremy_erman@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 6:36 PM To:Council, City; City Mgr; City Mgr Cc:Shikada, Ed; Shikada, Ed; CSD; CSD; leConge Ziesenhenne, Monique; leConge Ziesenhenne, Monique; Administrative Services Subject:Inconsistency in choosing discussion items CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,    You already voted to approve the Flavored Tobacco ordinance. Yet you pulled it from the Consent Calendar to discuss  again because community members and councilmembers were concerned about it.    Yet when community members are concerned about budget cuts you've approved, and councilmembers say they don't  like a budget decision EVEN AS THEY VOTE FOR IT,  you apparently don't see that as reason to put these items back on  the agenda and discuss them again.    You scheduled (on virtual paper) more time today to discuss the Flavored Tobacco ban YOU ALREADY PASSED than you  did to discuss Cubberley Community Center last night, which was the first time you discussed the actual lease and not  the proposal the City Manager presented to you on May 12. You hadn't even been told in advance exactly who the  affected tenants were!    I don't understand why you're willing to reconsider this ban you've already voted on, out of worry of private smoke  shops closing, but you won't reconsider cuts to public libraries, theatres, and community centers, or consider deferring  building projects to fund those libraries, theatres, and community centers even in the face of cuts that will result in  layoffs, lost services, and possibly non‐profits closing, affecting thousands of people in Palo Alto and beyond.    I've seen more sadness from City Council members at the thought of Max's closing than I have at the thought of the  Children's Theatre losing staff, non‐profits closing, or Children's Library, with the second‐highest rate of circulation of  materials in the library stystem, being closed four days a week and having its programming reduced.    Not to mention the dozens of City employees you plan to lay off while continuing expensive building projects. Also,  there are smaller, non‐critical projects I believe are still in the budget, like replacing seats in the Lucie Stern Theatre for  $439,000 and resurfacing the Magical Bridge Playground for $404,050, both facilities that have been closed for months  and will likely be closed a while longer.    Your priorities do not seem clear. I urge you to reconsider your budget cuts, just as you're reconsidering the Flavored  Tobacco ordinance. Creative thinking may be required to reach better solutions, but isn't the time and effort worth it to  save valued City services like the Children's Theatre, Children's Library, Cubberley Community Center, and so many  more?    If you want suggestions or help, I guarantee there are hundreds or thousands of people willing to help you with this.    Best,    29 Baumb, Nelly From:Logan Blackburn Leak <lleak@stanford.edu> Sent:Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:01 PM To:Council, City Subject:Public Question CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi there, my question is for the S/CAP:    "With racial injustices being brought to light due to the most recent instances of police brutality and white  supremacy that have led to the murders of Black individuals, it is more important than ever to consider the  impact of every political decision on racial justice. We know that marginalized communities are most impacted  by climate change, a phenomenon referred to as 'environmental racism.' What is being done to address  environmental racism in the S/CAP plan?"    Thanks!  Logan Leak    Pronouns: he, him, his  Cancer Biology PhD Student at Stanford University  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Gail A Thoreson <g.thoreson0105@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 12:45 PM To:Fine, Adrian; Shikada, Ed; DuBois, Tom; Cormack, Alison; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Kniss, Liz (internal); Kou, Lydia; Tanaka, Greg; City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Maybe Slow Down Capital Improvements Rather Than Cut Services and Lay Off Staff? ...PLEASE READ! Attachments:20200615_100007.jpg; 20200615_100213.jpg CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    Dear Mayor Fine, City Manager Shikada and Councilmembers,     In an article on the front page of this past Friday's Daily Post about former Councilmember and Mayor Pat Burt  announcing his plan to run for city council in November, Mr. Burt shares some thoughts on how the effect of COVID‐19  on Palo Alto and the services it provides city residents could be minimized greatly.      Whether he decides to run or not, I am wondering if his suggestions about maintaining city services by slowing down  capital improvements right now wouldn't be an EXCELLENT way to lessen the impact of COVID‐19 on the city... and it  could start as soon as TODAY.    MAYBE it could also save the jobs of city employees as it saves services residents appreciate!    This economic situation is not a "normal" recession ‐‐ maybe it hasn't reached the level of a true recession right now  anyway. Unemployment is extremely high but the solution is clear to anyone ‐‐ when it's safe to let people return to  work the employment rate will RISE!     We are treading water, so to speak. We are in a waiting mode!   Shouldn't everyone be working and planning to keep the economy healthy? Shouldn't everyone be trying to PREVENT a  recession instead of helping to create one?     Just in case you may not have seen and read this Daily Post article, I will try to attach photos of it.     I hope you will seriously consider Mr. Burt's suggestion.   Time may be running out ‐‐ but it's not too late yet!     Very Sincerely,    Gail Thoreson   Palo Alto City resident       2 Baumb, Nelly From:david madwed <gocardinalconstruction@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 15, 2020 11:24 AM To:Council, City Subject:development center CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello Council Members,     I write to you as both a 30 year‐long resident of Palo Alto, a tax payer since 1997, as well as a general contractor and first responder. I have built homes for myself as well as many others, so I am quite familiar with "the process".    The state of the planning and building dept has never been distinguished, but under COVID 19 it is a disaster. An online  permitting and application process that most cannot figure out, an online inspection system that was down for over 2  months, and a limited pool of inspectors that results in weeks of delays for inspection scheduling.    For a city that is short of funds, hundreds of citizens are in line to start or finish projects that not only bring in fees but  add to the property tax pool. I cannot think of a single agency in the city that can counter the loss of revenue like the  development center. The response to COVID was sluggish at best. From experience, cities like Mountain View, Losa  Altos, even Los Altos Hills are light years ahead.    I would hope council members could look into the dreadful state of the development center as it now stands.     Sincerely      David Madwed MD   Cardinal Custom Construction, Inc  Cardinalcustomconstruction.com  3 Baumb, Nelly From:Suzanne Keehn <dskeehn@pacbell.net> Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 3:39 PM To:assemblymember.berman@outreach.assembly.ca.gov Cc:Council, City Subject:Marc Berman position on transparency Attachments:200604 Undercutting Transparency SJ Merc June 4 2020.pdf; 200610 Dont back Marc Berman letter to editor SJ Merc June 10 2020.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I know you are up for reelection, if you don't listen to your constituents why would we vote for you? We want you to come and speak with us about why we are experiencing politicians though out our national, and state governments that are not, and do not CARE about our democracy! The lack of transparency and the lack of inclusion of your citizens is unconscionable, and shows a great lack of morality and forgetting that you are elected to SERVE the people. I totally support Neilson Buchanan's letter, and read the attachments. Suzanne Keehn 4076 Orme St. Palo Alto, 94036 -- ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com> To: assemblymember.berman@outreach.assembly.ca.gov <assemblymember.berman@outreach.assembly.ca.gov> Cc: City Council <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Shikada Ed <ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org>; Dave Price <price@padailypost.com>; Bill Johnson <bjohnson@paweekly.com>; Jon Mays <jon@smdailyjournal.com>; planningcommission@cityofpaloalto.org <planningcommission@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 12:07:00 PM PDT Subject: Marc Berman position on transparency I read the attachments in various newspapers and I am bewildered on state legislature efforts to reduce transparency in government. Please explain your opinion as soon as possible. Today I asking Palo Alto City Council to invite you to a City Council meeting at the earliest possible time. We all have lots of priorities and now is not the time to be distracted with such foolish legislation undermining the principles of our democracy. bc: community leaders on the SF Peninsula Neilson Buchanan 4 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com Redacted Email* ( Type your email Subscribe coronavirus (httP.s://gvwire.com/tag/coronavirus/)_ P.andemic (htt!;!s://gvwire.com/tagLJ::!andemic/)_ trans P.a re ncy_( htt~gvwi re. co mLta gLt rans P. a re n cy.Ll. vote rs ( h tt P.S:L/gvwi re .co m/tagLvote rsD. +- (httP-§.lLgvwi re.com/2020/06/03/d eP-uties--;;Y._ P-ta-treasu re r-embezzled-fro m-fresno- schoo Is-account/). DeP-uties SaY. PTA Treasurer Embezzled from Fresno School's Account (httR.§.llgvwi re.com/2020/06/03/d eputies-saY.-pta-treasu re r-embezzled-fro m-fresno- schoo Is-account/)_ ..... (https:l/gvwire.com/202.0/06/04/how-coro~virus-pandemic-is-bringing-a-return-to- feuda lism/). How Coronavirus Pandemic Is Bringing a Return to Feudalism (htt~gvwi re.co m/2020 /06/04/h ow-coro n avi rus-pandemic-is-bringing-a-return-to- f euda I ism/). LEAVE A REPLY Your email address will not be published. Comment Name* Email* Contact GV Wire {https://gvwi re.com/contact-gv-wirel) Advertise With Us {https://gvwire.com/advertisi ng/) Wake up to the wire. Start your day with GV Wire's free newsletter, highlighting the top stories you don't want to miss. Full Name I Type your name Email" I Type your email Subscribe Marketing by ib!tl:!:/lwww.activecam1;1aign,com} 611012020 A: Main Letters to the editor Won't back assemblyman pushing Legislature I'm sorry to say that I voted for one of the co-authors in secrecy the last election. I won't make the mistake of voting for him again. Re: "Walters: Allowing Legislature to act with greater secrecy" (Opinion section, June 4): Assembly -Paul Gregory, Palo Alto Constitutional Amendment 25 (the amendment to make the Legislature opaque again) was chiefly co- authored by Assembly Members Rob Bonta, David Chiu, Mike Gipson, Wendy Carrillo and Evan Low. Assembly Members Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, Marc Berman, Richard Bloom, Tasha Boemer Horvath, Ian Calderon, Kansen Chu, Jordan Cunningham, Tom Daly, Susan Eggman, Jesse Gabriel, Cristina Garcia, Ash Katra, Marc Levine, Adrin Nazarian, Bill Quirk, Sharon Quirk-Silva, Eloise Reyes, Luz Rivas, Freddie Rodriguez, Blanca Rubio, Christy Smith and Buffy Wicks were co-authors. Copy_right (~)2020 The MercYfY-News, Edition. Please review new arbitration langll!-ge here. 6/10/2020 PoweredbY.TECNAYIA Wednesday, 06/10/2020 Page .A06 Copyright ( c )2020 The Mercury News, Edition. Please review new arbitration language here. 6/10/2020 1/1 5 Baumb, Nelly From:Paulette Altmaier <paulette.altmaier@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, June 12, 2020 11:44 AM To:Council, City Subject:County dereliction - Cities must act Attachments:Merc_SupLetter.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,    The context for this email is the full-page Open Letter advocacy ad I ran in the Mercury News yesterday, June 11. I have attached the pdf from the Merc’s online e-edition. As you see, the letter was addressed to our County Supervisors.    SCC’s Supervisors have spent the past 2 months insisting that they have no control over Health Officer Cody’s decisions. As the Open Letter details, based on an examination of our County Charter that claim is unequivocally false. They have full authority and ability to change the situation.    Santa Clara County easily meets the State’s health metrics both for fully implementing Gov. Newsom’s Expanded Stage 2, and also for proceeding into Stage 3, as other counties are. But the Supervisors through Cody are not allowing this.    And as the Open Letter notes, even for what has been permitted to reopen, the County has imposed far more burdensome restrictions than the state mandates, hurting recovery even more.     Our cities need to approach Gov. Newsom with urgency, and ask him to direct SCC to adhere to State guidelines and reopen SCC in accordance with his Reopening Plan. SCC cities are unlikely to get extra help from the state just because they allowed their own economies to be crushed by the County’s bad decisions, without exerting themselves to change the picture.    Other jurisdictions in CA have been vocal and active, and have effectively lobbied to help their residents. Here in SCC, there has been passive acceptance of very destructive and indefensible County decisions. Our cities need to change this situation, and work energetically to help their local workers and businesses.    Supporting Information:    State Required Health metrics and County Status    State Requirement SCC status  7-day case positivity rate Less than 8% 1.5% or less  7-day daily average of hospitalization change Less than 5%Consistently well below.     The Mercury News - 06/11/2020 Copyright (c)2020 The Mercury News, Edition. Please review new arbitration language here. 06/11/2020 June 11, 2020 9:38 am (GMT -7:00) Powered by TECNAVIA Copy Reduced to 46% from original to fit letter page         ! 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