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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20200914plCC 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: 09/14/2020 Document dates: 08/26/2020 – 09/02/2020 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 1 Baumb, Nelly From:John McNellis <john@mcnellis.com> Sent:Wednesday, September 2, 2020 9:32 AM To:Council, City Subject:McNellis: California Flame-Out? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    My monthly column in the San Francisco Business Times is out.   View this email in your browser      California Flame-Out? “Scotts Valley evacuated. Our Safeway center is shut down,” my partner texted last Friday. That meant four of our shopping centers in Northern California were threatened by wildfires. 2 The CZU complex fire, the one endangering Scotts Valley and Santa Cruz, remains out of control as of this writing. Another 500 wildfires are burning throughout the state. The Easterners’ lament when they settle in California — “But I miss having real seasons” — is now passé. We have one: fire season. Thanks to global warming, it can begin in July and end as late as mid-November, sometimes later. The Thomas fire in Southern California, the largest single fire ever, broke out on December 4th, 2017. Counting this year, the annus horribilis of the 21st century, three of our last four fire seasons have been utterly devastating. Those in business may debate climate change over a genteel sherry, but they vote with their wallets. Case in point: We looked at a shopping center for sale in Quincy six weeks ago (a month before fire season started). Quincy is a small town in the Sierra, about a two hour drive north of Lake Tahoe. I asked a savvy retailer what he thought of the property; he went off in an unexpected direction. “It’s surrounded by hundreds of miles of bone-dry national forest. What if there’s another Camp Fire, like the one that destroyed Paradise? The Paradise Safeway center is still a burned-out shell two years later. Even if the center is spared in a fire, what happens if the Quincy residents who lose their homes don’t rebuild? The center fails.” However slight the risk, we concurred with his logic and passed on a property that, had it been relatively fire-proof (e.g. set in the immediate Bay Area), we would have pursued hard. In the old days — before e-commerce — we studied relatively few factors when evaluating a shopping center: its occupancy rate, whether its rents were above or below fair market rent, and its tenants’ health and quality. When e-commerce began decimating retail ten years ago, we added another check: How internet- proof were the tenants? We passed on shopping centers that were vulnerable to e- commerce, those with multiple retailers selling hard and soft goods — clothing stores, hobby shops and the like—concentrating instead on supermarkets, pizza and nail salons. Now, we’ve added another litmus test: What’s the property’s probable exposure to climate change? Will it flood when the sea level rises or rivers crest their banks? 3   Will it burn when its adjacent forest is aflame? Climate change is truly a national issue — Phoenix hit a staggering 117degrees this week while the Gulf Coast was defenseless before hurricanes Laura and Marco. Yet California, as always, is unique. Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, long before our fire season stretched from two months to four, California was losing residents faster than any state but New York. According to U.S. Census data, California’s annual net “out-migration”— departures to other states minus arrivals—averaged 119,000 for the period 2010- 2018. Given climate change, our embattled economy, our housing crisis, the intractable homeless issue and, now the threat of punitive new taxes in a state already taxed more heavily than any other, this year’s out-migration may be staggering. This suggests that our merely tactical approach—avoiding individual properties with climate risks — may be short-sighted. Rather than tactical, perhaps we should be strategic. Sadly, the most compelling strategy would be to cease doing business in California altogether or even to migrate. Steps we’re unlikely to take, but that so many others already have. This essay first appeared in the San Francisco Business Times. All of John's essays may be viewed at McNellis.com     To read more from McNellis, please consider his book Making It in Real Estate: Starting Out as a Developer     4   Thanks for Reading! I am very happy to share my columns with you but would fully understand if you have neither the time nor inclination to read them. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click the link below. Thank you very much, John.      Copyright © 2020 McNellis Partners, All rights reserved. We have done business together. Our mailing address is: McNellis Partners 419 Waverley Palo Alto, Ca 94301 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list update subscription preferences     5 Baumb, Nelly From:Miriam Schulman <miriamflockschulman@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, September 2, 2020 8:20 AM To:Council, City Subject:Please Come Out Against Proposition 20 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Member,     I am a longtime resident of Palo Alto, and I'm dismayed to see Proposition 20 on the California ballot.  It will reverse the  progress the citizens of our state have made in reducing the incarceration of nonviolent offenders, costing millions and  destroying families.  Although it's a state proposition, many localities, individuals, and organizations have come out  against it including Governor Newsome, former Governor Brown, our county DA Jeff Rosen, Chief Probation Officers of  CA., and the CA Partnership to End Domestic Violence. Palo Alto City Council should join this group.    I embed a draft resolution below, which many municipalities are currently considering.  I hope my city passes some  version of this document, which would put us on the side of greater racial justice and a safe, modern prison system.    WHEREAS, safety for all Californians is the highest priority for The City Council of Palo Alto and     WHEREAS, since 1981 state prison spending has increased by more than 1500%, driven in part by the construction and  operation of 23 new prisons, leading to an annual prison budget today of $12 billion every year; and     WHEREAS, filling California’s jails and prisons beyond their capacity does not stop cycles of chronic illness and  nonviolent crime but too often destabilizes people and cuts them off from critical supports; and     WHEREAS, investments in health solutions, mental health and behavioral health supports, and other community‐based  crime prevention strategies can prevent crime and create safe, healthy, and stable communities; and     WHEREAS, savings from Prop 47 have begun to fund a treatment and prevention infrastructure that millions of  Californians have been unable to access for generations, and     WHEREAS, continued reallocation of our investments from prisons to community‐based strategies that address and  prevent crime before it occurs can lead to continued and longstanding improvements in safety, and     6 WHEREAS, failure to control the prison population will result in millions of dollars going to a costly and overwhelmed  prison system instead of critical community treatment and health infrastructure,     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by The Palo Alto City Council that it opposes Prop 20 and urges its citizens to VOTE  NO on Prop 20.     Best,  Miriam Schulman  Bend the Arc Jewish Action: South Bay  560 Pena Ct.  Palo Alto, CA 94306  7 Baumb, Nelly From:Harriet Stern <jacobeatrice@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, September 1, 2020 7:13 PM To:Council, City Subject:Public Art Commission Follow-up CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Fine,  Vice Mayor DuBois,  Council Member Cormack,  Council Member Filseth,  Council Member Kniss,  Council Member Kou,  and Council Member Tanaka,    Thank you very much for considering my application for the Public Art Commission and for inviting me to interview last  night.  I was asked a question about equity and inclusion in the arts.  Once I got off the Zoom I remembered my favorite  idea which inexplicably escaped my mind during the interview.  The Art Program Master Plan already describes the  clever initiative of embedding an artist within the Transportation Office of our city.  My idea is taking that a step in the  direction of community building and human connectivity by embedding a young artist of color within the PAPD.  A  project of this nature would yield interesting results for all parties and Palo Alto would be the recipient of some social  action public art! The fact that I forgot to share this idea with the Council when directly asked really irked me—thus the  follow‐up note.    Last night was a fascinating evening for me as a commissioner candidate.  My fellow applicants are terrific in their  expertise, experience, passion for the arts and desire to serve.  With all that commonality however your choice is  between an apple, an orange, a pear and a plum. Your deliberations won’t be easy as all of us have loads to offer the city  and the Public Art Commission.  Two incumbents wish to continue and two repeat applicants wish to gain a seat at the  table.  May I suggest you take us all?  It would be a pleasure to know and serve with all of the candidates.   Indeed we  will need plenty of hands to start implementing those economy‐charging, spirit‐boosting, quick, cost‐effective, city‐wide,  safe public art projects on my drawing board!    Thank you for your kind consideration.    Sincerely yours,    Harriet Stern            8 Baumb, Nelly From:Nechama Tamler <htamler@acm.org> Sent:Tuesday, September 1, 2020 4:18 PM To:Council, City Cc:Miriam Schulman; Danny Kaplan; Rhona Mahony Subject:Take a stand on Prop 20 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  September  1, 2020    TO:  The honorable members of The Palo Alto City Council and Mayor Adrian Fine  FR:   Nancy (aka Nechama) Tamler, Bend the Arc Jewish Action: South Bay  RE:  Proposition 20 on the CA State Ballot    Dear City Council Members,    As a Palo Alto resident, I am writing to you to ask you to consider issuing a resolution recommending a NO  VOTE on CA State Proposition 20, a ballot initiative titled Restricts Parole for Non‐Violent Offenders. Authorizes  Felony Sentences for Certain Offenses Currently Treated Only as Misdemeanors.     This initiative, if passed, will roll back the progress we have made in the criminal justice and prison system in  CA in the past decade, when we passed (among other things) Prop 47 in 2014, Prop 57 in 2016 and SOS in  2018.  The proposition would undo more than a dozen law changes that have prioritized local public safety  rehabilitation programs over long prison sentences. It would undo our compliance with the Supreme Court’s  mandate to reduce our prison population.  Increased overcrowding would also foster the spread of COVID 19  in our prisons.  Our crime rates are now historically low and there is absolutely no good reason to turn back  the clock on the significant gains we have made in public safety.       Many influential Californians and organizations have come out against Prop 20 including:  Santa Clara County DA Jeff Rosen, Governor Gavin Newsom and former Governor Jerry Brown, as well as the  National Center for Crim Victims, Crime Survivors for Safety and Justice, Chief Probation Officers of CA., and  the CA Partnership to End Domestic Violence.      Here is the Op‐Ed published by The San Jose Mercury News on Aug. 29:  https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/29/editorial-prop-20/   The headline is as follows:  Reject Prop. 20’s return to a ‘lock ‘em up’ justice system:  California’s past tough‐ on‐crime policies failed to lower crime, led to prison overcrowding and skyrocketing costs.  I recommend you  read the entire short Op‐Ed.      In the next few weeks, the Los Angeles Times and the Sacramento Bee will carry an Op Ed by Santa Clara  County District Attorney Jeff Rosen on his reasons for defeating Prop. 20; I hope you will look for it.    Finally, here is something tangible you can do for public safety and progress in criminal justice:  9   Adopt (and adapt) this RESOLUTION that the members of the City Council of Palo Alto could issue to its  citizens informing them of what our city regards as a dangerous step in the wrong direction.   It is a proactive  way for you to underscore and emphasize your recent statements at the City Council meeting on Aug. 24,  2020 when you debated the HRC recommendations offered by Pastor Kaloma Smith.  Here is the template for  such a resolution:      WHEREAS, safety for all Californians is the highest priority for The City Council of Palo Alto and     WHEREAS, since 1981 state prison spending has increased by more than 1500%, driven in part by the  construction and operation of 23 new prisons, leading to an annual prison budget today of $12 billion every  year; and    WHEREAS, filling California’s jails and prisons beyond their capacity does not stop cycles of chronic illness and  nonviolent crime but too often destabilizes people and cuts them off from critical supports; and     WHEREAS, investments in health solutions, mental health and behavioral health supports, and other  community‐based crime prevention strategies can prevent crime and create safe, healthy, and stable  communities; and    WHEREAS, savings from Prop 47 have begun to fund a treatment and prevention infrastructure that millions  of Californians have been unable to access for generations, and     WHEREAS, continued reallocation of our investments from prisons to community‐based strategies that  address and prevent crime before it occurs can lead to continued and longstanding improvements in safety,  and     WHEREAS, failure to control the prison population will result in millions of dollars going to a costly and  overwhelmed prison system instead of critical community treatment and health infrastructure,    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by The Palo Alto City Council that it opposes Prop 20 and urges its citizens  to VOTE NO on Prop 20.      Thank you for your attention to this very important Proposition; I would be happy to discuss it further or send  anyone interested in learning more a 15 page analysis, Investing in Failure:  2020 Ballot Initiative to Repeal  Justice Reform Would Come At A High Cost to Californians by Mike Males, PhD. And Maureen Washburn,  published in June 2020.      Much appreciation for all that you do for our City    Nechama Tamler   Bend The Arc, South Bay chapter  833 E. Meadow Drive Palo Alto CA 94303      10 Baumb, Nelly From:Lik Roper <likroper@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, September 1, 2020 1:08 PM To:Stretch Brian (USACAN); 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I feel compelled to answer back to some of the strange ideas being presented to the masses which I saw this morning in the "incredibly biased and obviously trying to win the next election" SJ Mercury News; which is connected to a variety of other incredibly biased news outlets across America: Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for city violence     Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for city violence Associated Press   11 Joe Biden is mounting a more aggressive offense against President Donald Trump with a rare public appearance Mon...    Coming from Biden; the man who advocates beating up people behind locker rooms; a man who knows Obama -- who has been sitting in his home office urging on the protests... The bottom line is: one who is in control; controls oneself... In other words; blame no one other than yourself for what you do...As freedom of speech = provocation; and the First Amendment was argued for roughly 14 years before eventual ratification...And also why the First Amendment came before the Second Amendment... Because I can say whatever I damn well please; and you can't shoot me for saying it...Pretty simple... Protesters vandalize Liccardo's home, mayor thanks neighbors who scrubbed away graffiti     Protesters vandalize Liccardo's home, mayor thanks neighbors who scrubbe... A group apparently protesting for social justice targeted San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo Friday night.    Yup and I had the exact same thing happen; but for a multi-year period -- about 7-8+ years without end... And it all got zero attention from the mainstream media ~ while police refused to stop it...And I almost died from massive tooth infections as people were yelling what sounded like death threats on and off right outside... I guess self-appointed Mayors of Southwest Sunnyvale like me who actually care about neighbors and what they think about local issues are not worth protecting due to our love of deepened democracy... Letters: Ugly display | Property taxes | Remaking the president     Letters: Ugly display | Property taxes | Remaking the president     12 Mercury News Letters to the Editor for September 1, 2020    "After ugly S.J. display, protests at crossroads Last Friday, in the dark of night, three human characteristics converged at the home of San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo and his wife, Jessica. After a reportedly peaceful protest for Black Lives Matter near City Hall, a group decided to once again protest at the home of Mayor Liccardo and his wife. Under cover of darkness, more than 100 people converged on their neighborhood home, with nearly a half-dozen painting, spraying and egging their home, scrawling obscenities on their front door, walls and windows. Dozens of others stood there, many cheering them on. Afterward, caring neighbors, who – like the mayor – proudly display Black Lives Matter posters in their windows, invested hours in helping the mayor clean up his home. Friends, our country is at a crossroads in which our character can come out: Will we be the caring neighbors who took positive action, the cowardly criminals who attacked someone else’s home, or the complicit crowd, who egged them on or stood there silently and allowed it to happen? Let’s make the right choice in which we lift up others for racial justice and equity, rather than tearing others down. Carl Guardino Monte Sereno..." So there you have it; not only did this arrogant Carl Guardino clown get to speak for about 10 minutes at a Sunnyvale City Council meeting ~ while I got cut off at 3 minutes (which could be considered to be a form of class-based discrimination) but now it suddenly matters that the SJ Mayors' house got exactly what I experienced for about 7-8 years on and off...Unfuckingbelieveable...Damn! There really is a certain kind of arrogance and entitlement that the 'ruling class' has in this respect...And it's all public now... And that arrogance and entitlement says: "You don't matter; while others do..." THEREFORE; IT'S HIGH TIME TO #WALKAWAY! 13 Baumb, Nelly From:Gail Price <gail.price3@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, September 1, 2020 12:44 PM To:Jeffrey Salzman; Gail Price Cc:Council, City; PlanningCommission@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:130 Degrees | by Bill McKibben | The New York Review of Books CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    FYI  Climate disruption summary and impacts. What we do now matters.  Gail Price    https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/08/20/climate‐emergency‐130‐degrees/      Sent from my iPhone  14 Baumb, Nelly From:L Lapier <lslapier@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 31, 2020 5:25 PM To:Council, City Cc:Lorraine Brown Subject:Castilleja Project input CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members,    I have been following Castilleja's plan to rebuild their campus with interest, as I am a nearby Old Palo Alto neighbor of  20+ years.  Casti has always been an asset to our community and their new plans, which take into consideration requests  for a smaller garage and other modifications, show a project which is very well designed, environmentally thoughtful  and beautiful.  I have walked and biked past Casti for many years and never been bothered by the school's students or  traffic either during the day or at pickup or drop off times, or during events.    Please don't get bogged down with the catastrophic predictions we have all heard from those who oppose the  project.  The school has been there over 100 years, and everyone who lives in the neighborhood was well aware there  was a school there when they moved in.  As a neighbor, I can vouch for their respect for the neighborhood and their  willingness to be good neighbors.    I think they have been particularly responsive to concerns and addressed the issues that need to be resolved.  I strongly  encourage you to approve their project and let this beautiful design come to fruition.  It will be a school we can all be  proud of for many years to come.     Thank you,  L Lapier  15 Baumb, Nelly From:Carl Thomsen <carl@thomsenhome.com> Sent:Monday, August 31, 2020 5:09 PM To:Minor, Beth; Council, City Cc:Holman, Karen (external) Subject:Exits off 101 to Embarcadero and University Ave - Trash, cleanliness, weeds CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Good Afternoon,    I’m writing concerning the letter on the freeway exits from 101 at Embarcadero and University Ave.      The first impression a visitor to Palo Alto gets is that of litter, trash and lack of care. It hardly conveys an image that I am  proud of as a long term resident of Palo Alto.  I’m embarrassed when we have out‐of‐town folks visiting us.  The first  impression is hard to overcome.      Entering Palo Alto coming from the north using the University or Embarcadero exits, garbage and debris by the side of  the offramp is the rule rather than the exception.  For an upscale city to look like a 3rd world country on first impression  is disappointing to say the least. It sets the tone for the rest of the city.    I understand that the University exit off 101 is actually part of East Palo Alto, but let’s help out East Palo Alto get this  cleaned up! Let’s not point fingers and say Palo Alto isn’t responsible.  And let’s keep the Embarcadero exit off 101  consistently cleaned up as well.    If we don’t take care of the smaller things, it certainly leaves the impression that the bigger things won’t get taken care  of either.    Sincerely,    Carl Thomsen  16 Baumb, Nelly From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Monday, August 31, 2020 2:21 PM To:alumnipresident@stanford.edu; bballpod; David Balakian; Leodies Buchanan; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; paul.caprioglio; Council, City; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; dlfranklin0@outlook.com; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net; francis.collins@nih.gov; Steven Feinstein; grinellelake@yahoo.com; huidentalsanmateo; steve.hogg; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; Mark Kreutzer; Pam Kelly; lalws4@gmail.com; Mayor; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; newsdesk; nick yovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; vallesR1969@att.net; Mark Standriff Subject:Fwd: Canada signs for vaccines from J&J, Novavax, PFE, Moderna, AZN. 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: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:35 PM  Subject: Fwd: Canada signs for vaccines from J&J, Novavax, PFE, Moderna, AZN.  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:31 PM  Subject: Fwd: Canada signs for vaccines from J&J, Novavax, PFE, Moderna, AZN.  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:23 PM  Subject: Fwd: Canada signs for vaccines from J&J, Novavax, PFE, Moderna, AZN.  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:17 PM  Subject: Fwd: Canada signs for vaccines from J&J, Novavax, PFE, Moderna, AZN.  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  17     ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 1:15 PM  Subject: Canada signs for vaccines from J&J, Novavax, PFE, Moderna, AZN.  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>                    Monday, Aug. 31, 2020             To all‐           Canada signs deals to get vaccines, when available, from Novavax, J&J, Astra‐Zenaca, Moderna, Pfeizer. These are  big orders. I own stock in all of them except for J&J:                 https://www.vicnews.com/news/canada‐signs‐deal‐with‐novovax‐to‐get‐76‐million‐doses‐of‐covid‐19‐vaccine/               https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020‐08‐31/canada‐to‐buy‐millions‐of‐doses‐of‐novavax‐and‐ johnson‐johnsons‐potential‐coronavirus‐vaccines                              I lowered my avg. price paid for Novavax from $185 to $150 by buying more today at $110: Now when it soars, I'll  clean up‐ provided I live to spend the money.                          https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwJXfnhpcBSdJTCsHjmFJNdcRhN                 Nvidia  NVDA  and  Square  SQ  just keep powering up.  NVDA's chips and the software they contain work in so  many fields:  Gaming, of course, their foundation industry, self‐driving cars, data centers, medical imaging, computer  graphics in movies. Any future in any of those?                  KCBS interviewed a woman who is an expert on aerosols. At Univ. of N.C. or something. She said that when one is  talking, he is emitting 100X as many droplets as when he is not talking. I thought of that as I bagged my groceries and  the c/s behind me held a big long, laughing talk with the checker.                 Bigger droplets fall to the floor over a distance of six feet, but very tiny ones can travel 50 feet and hang in the air,  she said. That's why good ventilation helps.                   LH                18 Baumb, Nelly From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Monday, August 31, 2020 1:07 AM To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; bballpod; David Balakian; Leodies Buchanan; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; boardmembers; paul.caprioglio; Council, City; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; dlfranklin0@outlook.com; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net; francis.collins@nih.gov; Steven Feinstein; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com; huidentalsanmateo; steve.hogg; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; Mark Kreutzer; Pam Kelly; lalws4 @gmail.com; Mayor; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mark Standriff; nick yovino; newsdesk; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: A virus vaccine tracker. NYT, Aug. 28, 2020. Thought no interest by drug cos.?? 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: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 12:46 AM  Subject: Fwd: A virus vaccine tracker. NYT, Aug. 28, 2020. Thought no interest by drug cos.??  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Mon, Aug 31, 2020 at 12:25 AM  Subject: Fwd: A virus vaccine tracker. NYT, Aug. 28, 2020. Thought no interest by drug cos.??  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>      ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>  Date: Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 11:58 PM  Subject: A virus vaccine tracker. NYT, Aug. 28, 2020. Thought no interest by drug cos.??  To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>              Sunday, Aug. 30, 2020                 To all‐ Friday's NYT shows this tracker, in case you thought there was lukewarm interest by drug companies in  making a Corona virus19 vaccine:             https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/science/coronavirus‐vaccine‐tracker.html  19              This is a little bit breath‐taking.  I wonder when the last time was when so many cos. went at it this hard to  develop a vaccine. Not even ebola got this response, I'm quite sure.  I urge recipients to scroll down through this and  read some of it.  I have not seen a listing like this heretofore.                 Scroll all the way down to see the "Coronavirus tracker".  Click on a State and see, by county, number of cases and  number per 100,000. Fresno County is still pretty bad with 23 cases per 100,000 population. Worse than Santa Clara Co.  (9.8) or San Mateo Co. (10). The Bay Area counties are clearly doing better now than the San Joaquin Valley counties  are‐  Kern Co. up to San Joaquin Co. I wonder why: Fewer doctors, poorer people with less access to HC and so more  underlying conditions, constant pressure by Republican business owners on politicians, whom they own, to re‐open  everything. A serious distrust among the uneducated population of science and scientists. A contempt for learning. The  State of California had to send a task force into Fresno Co. about ten days ago to advise  health officials here. One nit‐wit  on the Fresno Co. Board of Supervisors said about a month ago "I consider every business essential"  (and so should be  allowed to open). He's on the Co. Bd. of Supervisors and he should lose the next time he runs for anything. A guy like  that is just dangerous holding public office.                 To see really bad, click on Alabama.              They don't show positivity rates because, I think, the testing regime is so bad. 10‐14 days to get a result. Who gets  tested? Testing is pretty much a mess still and that is how they were going to do contact racing, isolation and  quarantine. Hard to see why the Columbia Univ. fertility lab 30 minute test marketed by Sorrento SRNE can't get quick  approval. Columbia says it works, and how dangerous can having some saliva taken from your mouth with a dropper  be?  People with epilepsy might bite down on the dropper if they have a seizure, I suppose.                  L. William Harding              Fresno  20 Baumb, Nelly From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, August 30, 2020 7:26 PM To:Honky Subject:THINGS WILL NOT GET BACK TO NORMAL? UNLESS WE VACCINATE? LMAO WHAT NEXT? TRANSHUMANISM? LMAO CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  CORONA BIN LADEN     CORONA BIN LADEN    Security Check Required Security Check Required      21 Baumb, Nelly From:Jeremy Platt <jbplatt@earthlink.net> Sent:Sunday, August 30, 2020 7:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:parking permit overkill CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Council Member(s) or Staff,    TWO Points    1. This new process with Duncan Image Enforcement is an intrusive embarrassment and example of bureaucratic  overkill.    I’ve just been going through the process of renewing my permit for on street parking in the College Terrace area.    The new process is cumbersome, requires scanning or photo capture equipment and conversancy, duplicates DMV  responsibilities such as whether a car registration has been renewed or might be missing …    For those of us who are simply renewing, no luck.  You start from scratch, regardless.    2. No year‐long pass for temporary use.    We used to be able to purchase a temporary permit we could provide visitors. Now, let’s say you have a gardener or  carpenter come  for more than two hours.  It appears you must bet back online into this new system, and know in  advance the specific day, and JUST the one day. You must plan this, go online (see above comment on computer  proficiency and equipment), and pay $5.00 for the privilege for just the one day you specify.  That could be today., so  you better stop everything and go through this process, again and again.  Let’s say the job lasts longer … cough up an  other $5.00? And so on. Previously, for about same $50.00 as your own car, we could buy a permit for temporary use  that would last all year, allowing for family visits and various others, and never required logging into a computer anytime  you wanted to buy permission for the person to park somewhere near your house.    By now, I hope you understand what this process is not just bad but embarrassing for our oh‐so‐computer‐savvy city.    Jeremy Platt  650‐815‐8601  2265 Bowdoin St.    22 Baumb, Nelly From:Cindy Goral <cindy@goral.org> Sent:Sunday, August 30, 2020 3:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:helping restaurants on California Ave CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council Members,    With the pandemic and only being able to do take‐out and some sidewalk tables, the restaurants that are open on  California Avenue are struggling.  They are barely making ends meet right now. One of the things that can help them is  moving the Sunday Farmer's Market down the street towards Cal Train/Fed Ex.  They do business with Sunday brunch,  but because of the farmer's market, outdoor dining is severely limited, and that is hurting their already hurting business.   I would urge you to consider moving the Farmer's Market down the street and open up the area in front of Pastis/La  Boheme/Cafe Brioche/Joanies to help their Sunday outdoor brunch business.  We need to do everything we can to  support our local restaurants to keep them open during this challenging time.    Thank you,    Cindy Goral      ‐‐  This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.  https://www.avast.com/antivirus    23 Baumb, Nelly From:Pc User <pc77user@aol.com> Sent:Sunday, August 30, 2020 9:13 AM To:BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; Council, City; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY; BBC ONLY Subject:Fwd: Call to Action: Volunteers Needed for Hurricane Laura Disaster Relief CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  There has been another disaster, this time from Hurricane Laura.  And once again, the OATHKEEPERS are on site to help  with the aftermath.     But they need VOLUNTEERS, SUPPLIES, and DOLLARS.  Please read their attached CALL TO  ACTION, and help out in any way you can.  And please distribute their CALL TO ACTION to everyone on your list!!!    Best Regards, & Stay Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise. !!!   RJS    Begin forwarded message:  From: Oath Keepers <info@oathkeepers.org>  Date: August 30, 2020 at 01:05:25 EDT  To: <pc77user@aol.com>  Subject: Call to Action:  Volunteers Needed for Hurricane Laura Disaster Relief  Reply‐To: Oath Keepers <info@oathkeepers.org>            24      Attention all Oath Keepers and Patriots: Volunteers are needed to assist with disaster relief in areas impacted by Hurricane Laura. A large swath of Louisiana has been severely impacted, and is without power. You DO NOT have to be a member of Oath Keepers to volunteer. Just be willing to help. To volunteer, email us at: volunteers@oathkeepers.org Please include your full name, phone number, current address, a copy of your drivers licenses and your license to carry permit if you have one. Also please call 601-686-0979. If we don’t answer, please send a text and we will call back. All are welcome, and we will find a job for you, but we especially need the following skillsets: Emergency medical Search and rescue Fire-fighters LEO/military with training or experience applicable to security/security 25 Our focus is on disaster relief, but reality is, bad-guys will take advantage in the chaos of a disaster area, and security is a critical need, to escort relief personnel, to provide security for our own volunteers, and to protect supplies distribution points. We may also be called upon to assist in anti-looter patrols in communities. Louisiana is an open carry state – you don’t need a permit to open carry both handguns and long-guns. Concealed carry requires a permit. Construction/demolition/engineering/electrician/mechanics Emergency Communications Skilled boat operators Skilled truck and equipment drivers/operators people skilled in using chain saws and related equipment for clearing trees Clerical/logistics Manual labor (if you don’t clearly fit into the above categories, we will find something for you to do, so please volunteer) We are assembling teams for deployment with a plan to rally in or near Alexandria, LA to assist multiple agencies in the disaster relief efforts! Should you be available and abled to help out, please contact us immediately for further details. If you can’t make it in person to help, please donate to support those who can. Your donations help provide fuel, food, lodging, essential gear and supplies for our volunteers, first responders and those displaced by the catastrophic storm! Go here to donate: DONATE Thank you and God bless! NOTE: Volunteers who are willing to go out into the field to do search and rescue and direct assistance to disaster victims need to be ready to deal with austere field conditions. Please be prepared to be as self-sufficient as possible. Below is a list of gear that would be helpful if you have it. Please do not let this list scare you away from 26 volunteering if you don’t have everything on it. This is just to help you to bring what you do have that may be useful. Especially if you have a critical skillset but don’t have any gear, please still volunteer and we will provide you the gear you need. List of useful gear (please bring if you can – if you don’t have it, please volunteer anyway): Concealed Carry insurance (a good idea if you can do it) Chain saws Gas/mixing oil for chainsaws Axes/mawls/shovels Water/ food Cutters /skin so soft Extra chains/spark plugs Chain Adjusting tools Burner phone and chargers Clothes for inclement weather (spare cloths) guns and ammo for security missions Tac vests / body armor Tools Flashlights and Battery backups Glow sticks Green glo vests Glow tape/ bright eyes Glow orange and green paint Rechargeable spot light Rechargeable Radios (bring any radios you have- HAM, FRS, CB, etc) Duct tape Magnetic Door signs Mechanix Gloves Bleach Large zip ties 27   Shop towels Tire plugs and valve stems and compressors Pump sprayer Razor knives and blades Sleeping bags/cot Night vision Binoculars Range finder Body cams (go-pro type cameras) Anything else you need to sustain yourself and to do the skillset you are qualified for, please bring it. Thank you for your assistance or support. Stewart Rhodes Founder, Oath Keepers (Photo credit: Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP, Pool)         VISIT US ONLINE | SEND US AN EMAIL | JOIN HERE SUPPORT OUR MISSION              29 Baumb, Nelly From:thedavee@aol.com Sent:Saturday, August 29, 2020 4:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:University Ave Pedestrian Closure CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members: Please review the changes made on University Ave after approval for closures were done. I noticed that without warning, University between Kipling and Cowper heading East has been re-opened for one way traffic. I don't remember this ever being discussed, and find it a way of slowly destroying the idea and making it fail. When cars are present, again pedestrians are either in the street dodging cars, or having to walk between the restaurant tables outdoors. Who pressured whom to have this done? Note that Menlo Park really messed up their attempt by doing this piecemeal traffic pattern modifications. It killed support for the initiative while making a confusing mess of traffic and pedestrians. We all should be very much against this random opening/closings. We already lost the Emerson to High pedestrian walkway which reduces effectiveness an dis contrary to a possible longer term solution of routing traffic efficiently on one-way streets around University Ave (Webster - to - Lytton – to – High and High – to- Hamilton – to – Webster) Please review and reverse these unapproved modifications. Thank you -David Epstein     Sent from Mail for Windows 10    30 Baumb, Nelly From:D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 29, 2020 8:57 AM To:Tanaka, Greg; Greg Tanaka Cc:William Xuan; GraceMingPA@gmail.com; Aidan.Pasamonte@gregtanaka.org; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; John Fredrich; Bill Johnson; Jay Thorwaldson; Dave Price; Aram James; RA@alexanderlaw.com; Richard Golden; Drekmeier, Peter; Kou, Lydia; Kleinberg, Judy; Daniel Kottke; John Vermes; Carol@silverlaw.biz; Carrubba@gmail.com; Diana Diamond; Jocelyn Dong; Susan Clark; Chris Payne; AlfredMan@aol.com; MarissaMayer@cs.stanford.edu; Lucio@lanzatechventures.com; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; Lee, David; John Hackmann; Benjamin Ladomirak; Esther Wojcicki; EBAYboy246 @gmail.com; Rev. Bruce Reyes-Chow; Laura Bajuk; Bmkader Subject:TANAKA accepted $35K from Developers & Contractors !! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.      Greg Tanaka, Councilman  Palo Alto City Council candidate 2020    Hi Greg,    Because you accepted $35,000 campaign contributions from Developers and Contractors, withdraw my name from your  site's endorsement list.  I no longer support your campaign.    Today, City Council hastens to structure Palo Alto into a monstrosity, ignoring the wishes of the residents.  I want to  reclaim our town as a safe, sophisticated University town.  What we need is a smart studied change, that will nurture us  as an incubator of the arts, and technology innovation, that will inspire our children.  I want to stop city‐wide over  development.  I want to stop our beautiful skylines from being blocked out forever.  As a Residentialist, I want to  eliminate our cranes.  To view my two‐minute talk to Palo Alto City Council, click on this link and start YouTube's video at  timeline 44:40.                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTXM2aZmP8c&start=1889&width=420&height=315       ‐Danielle Martell  Palo Alto City Council Candidate 2016 & 2005             31 Baumb, Nelly From:David Page <dalpage5@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 29, 2020 2:37 AM To:Utility Programs; City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Fwd: city $ promotes "natural" gas CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.        David Page  Midtown    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  From: David Page <dalpage5@gmail.com>  Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 1:37 PM  Subject: city $ promotes "natural" gas  To: Debbie Mytels <dmytels@batnet.com>, Sandra Slater <sandra@sandraslater.com>, susan chamberlain  <suschamberlain@gmail.com>, Hilary Glann <hglann@gmail.com>, Gail Price <gail.price3@gmail.com>, David coale  <david@evcl.com>, Bruce Hodge <bruce@carbonfreepaloalto.org>, Bret Andersen <bretande@pacbell.net>, Amy  Halpern‐Laff <amy@ethicalschools.org>, Ix <PKinney@ix.netcom.com>, Annette Isaacson  <annetteisaacson@comcast.net>    "Palo Alto has a climate goal that is even more ambitious than the state of California’s. It wants to slash greenhouse gases 80% by 2030. But its city utility paid APGA $20,902 last year, the Center found." [the American Public Gas Association]    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/aug/20/gas‐industry‐waging‐war‐against‐climate‐action      David Page  650‐269‐1126  32 Baumb, Nelly From:Kathy Burch <kburch777@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 8:05 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support for Castilleja School's building plan CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear PA City Council members,     I write in support of Castilleja School's plans to modernize their campus and expand their enrollment. The school has  bent over backwards to comply with a small handful of neighbors' seemingly endless (and often contradictory) requests  over a very long period of time. Time and again, the school has been asked to go back to the drawing board in order to  satisfy yet another complaint or criticism. While this has been frustrating for all concerned, the end result is a  wonderfully aesthetic and energy efficient plan that deserves to see the light of day.    Castilleja has proved, over and over again, that it has everyone's best interests at heart ‐‐ the community's, the  neighbors', and, of course, its students. If Castilleja could accommodate more girls, it would be a blessing for those  students and our community ‐‐ and the world would be better for it.    I urge you to approve Castilleja's project as quickly as possible so that the school can move forward at long last.    Thank you for your consideration.    Kathy Burch  777 Marion Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94303    33 Baumb, Nelly From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 7:05 PM To:Honky Subject:An Afternoon With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Texas Anti-Vaccine Movement CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  An Afternoon With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Texas Anti-Vaccine Movement An Afternoon With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Texas Anti-Vaccine Movement    An Afternoon With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Texas Anti-Vaccine Movement Kennedy’s presentation to vaccine activists was a master class in how to turn fears toward a dangerous cause.    34 Kennedy’s presentation to vaccine activists at the Capitol was a master class in how to turn fears toward a dangerous cause. Among a certain set, the Texas Legislature is known as the National Laboratory of Bad Ideas, a hothouse for legislative foolishness that often spreads across the country. But sometimes it works the other way around. Sometimes the bad ideas come here from elsewhere, and sometimes even Massachusetts. On Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the famed vaccine skeptic and son of the 1968 Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at a dimly lit meeting hall deep in the Capitol extension at the invitation of Texans for Vaccine Choice, a right-leaning group that fights to loosen vaccine requirements and primaries Republicans who don’t take an anti-vaccine line. 35 Kennedy’s sudden appearance at the Legislature had a dreamlike quality to it. A few dozen mothers and their children chow down on an impressively sized Pok-e-Jo’s buffet in a bland conference room. State representatives Bill Zedler and Briscoe Cain of the Legislature’s furthest-right faction are sitting near the front, surrounded by children. Zedler has long been one of the foremost anti-vaxxers in the Legislature, one of several lawmakers advancing bills to make it easier to claim exemptions from vaccine mandates, or provide parents with information about the “dangers” of vaccines as part of the process of obtaining parental consent. And there is Kennedy, the jet-setting environmentalist and left- wing activist whose visage contains the ghost of his father, preparing to deliver a 45-minute presentation full of graphs and charts confirming the worst fears of everyone present. Lights in half the conference hall go off as Kennedy fiddles with his projector screen—in other words, his speech plunges the room into darkness. He begins by addressing recent measles outbreaks across the country. Doctors say the outbreaks are caused by parents refusing to vaccinate their children for the disease, largely because of a now-debunked study that ties the MMR vaccine to autism. “The drop in measles occured before the vaccine was introduced,” Kennedy says, pointing to a blurry chart. “The thing that cured measles was nutrition and clean water, not the vaccine.” Tuberculosis and scurvy had been largely eradicated through similar methods without vaccines, so why was the MMR vaccine necessary? Heads nodded. Thanks for reading Texas Monthly We’re publishing more stories than ever before, and giving you unlimited access to all of it. Subscribe now to have the magazine delivered to your home. Many vaccines are for illnesses that simply aren’t a problem anymore, Kennedy explains in a croaking voice that results from spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary spasms of the larynx. “I didn’t grow up with the terror of rotavirus. I had never heard of it,” he says. “It’s basically mild diarrhea.” In fact, Kennedy declares, it’s vaccines that are responsible for the rise in just about every condition you could think of—asthma, SIDS, encephalopathy, Bell’s palsy, autism. Big Pharma had faked safety studies by putting poison in placebos during clinical studies, ensuring that they had negative effects too. “They’re trying to get at your baby,” Kennedy declared, mildly. “And force him to take their vaccines. And give him a lifetime dependency” that Big Pharma would then treat. “The last thing left is the mom. And that’s what these laws are about, getting rid of the mom. To get right to the baby,” he says. “I will be with you to the end of time. We are going to beat these guys, and we are going to win.” He receives a lengthy standing ovation. It’s all sort of funny, except, of course, the anti-vaccine movement would end up hurting a lot of kids if they got their way. For people who talk so earnestly about the well-being of babies, there’s a lot of unintended callousness in the movement’s rhetoric. Rotavirus, which Kennedy jokes about, can kill infants and toddlers through severe dehydration—it’s fine if you catch it in time, but sometimes people don’t, and across the world hundreds of thousands of children die from it every year. It’s easy to understand where vaccine panic comes from: the idea of the government putting something in your body is unsettling. Vaccine panic has effectively taken the place of the long-running Cold War panic over the use of fluoride in tap water, which hit some of the same buttons. The vaccine refusers and hesitaters—the polite, academic term for anti-vaxxers—are right that Big Pharma has a pernicious effect on the American healthcare system, and that government isn’t very good about overseeing it. They’re just not right about the main thing they want to be right about. Vaccines are great. Your parent or grandparent might have contracted polio and lived in an iron lung and never had you, but then Jonas Salk came along and they didn’t. There’s another deep-set fear that vaccine panic taps into: on some level, all of us are aware that we’re being poisoned in some way or another. Humans are defined in part by our willingness to poison ourselves for material gain. The last few generations have have been exposed to things that no previous incarnation of the species has: the strontium-90 deposited in human bones from nuclear tests, all the plastics that leach into food and water, and even the Day-Glo yellow mac & cheese and blackened, fatty brisket made from antibiotic-infused beef in the Pok-e-Jo’s buffet. 36 You can’t think about this chemical miasma we live within for too long, so most of us shrug and go about our lives. Vaccine panic says: here’s the man who’s wielding the poison, which comes in a sharp little syringe. His name is Mr. Pharma, and the government is in his pocket and so is the media, and your doctor too, maybe, and all that’s left to protect your infant is you, so fight the good fight. It’s a great story, and it’s easy to understand why it fits so easily into the portfolio of issues favored by the the right-wing coalition in the Lege. The real story—the question of what’s causing chronic conditions and seemingly new ailments like the ones that concern the membership of Texans for Vaccine Choice—is probably a lot more complicated, and we won’t know it for many years to come. Try the brisket, though, it’s pretty good    Amid Measles Outbreak, Texas Lawmakers Want to Make it Even Easier to Op... A new bill would ban the Texas health department from tracking vaccine exemptions — a move medical experts say w...    Environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a media conference at the European Parliament in Brussels in September 2018. Virginia Mayo/AP This article has been updated to explain that Kennedy’s unusual voice is a result of a neurological condition called spasmodic dysphonia. __._,_.___ Posted by: Johnny Robinson <johnnyrobinson777@yahoo.com> Reply via web post • Reply to sender • Reply to group •Start a New Topic •Messages in this topic (1) VISIT YOUR GROUP • Privacy • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use . __,_._,___ 37 Baumb, Nelly From:Maico Campilongo <maico.campilongo@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 5:56 PM To:Council, City Subject:Terùn situation. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi everyone,  We are doing everything to keep everyone safe and we are following the protocols than the county health department  suggests.  Sorry I have being away from zoom meeting on Tuesday, my wife luckily works with stanford alumni reunion business  school, and the kids are going to day care but sometimes because of the air pollution smoke, often I have to go pick  them up since the play only outdoor.  Terùn is strong and we will do everything to get back as soon is possible  safe.  The health department said that several restaurants are dealing with covid cases, but seems that covid 19 is less  powerful than a few months ago.  I’ll keep you posted.  I love Palo Alto and here I want to be.    Ciao  Maico & Terun & iTalico family    Sent from my iPhone  38 Baumb, Nelly From:John Kelley <jkelley@399innovation.com> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 5:13 PM To:Council, City Cc:lvandusen@mac.com Subject:Re: In Support of Castilleja's Master Plan Proposal - Alternative 34 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council Members,     I agree with Lisa’s observations and recommendations below, and I urge you to move forward as quickly as possible to  approve Castilleja's master plan proposal.    Sincerely yours,    John Kelley      On Aug 28, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Lisa Van Dusen <lvandusen@mac.com> wrote:    Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council Members: In case it is helpful, I am sharing a copy of my remarks during the public comment period regarding the Castilleja Master Plan agenda item at the Wed. 8/26/20 PTC meeting. Thank you for your consideration of Castilleja's master plan proposal. I was so pleased to learn that there is indeed a clear and positive path forward for the school.   FIRST Alternative #4 provides a superior, sustainable solution. Alternative #4 (with distributed drop-off and smaller garage) has clearly emerged as the superior solution from all standpoints. It addresses the full spectrum of concerns including traffic impacts, tree preservation and integration into the neighborhood, among others. At the same time, Alternative #4 allows this 100+ year old Palo Alto institution to update its campus to align with state of the art 21st century education and its goals for modest growth of its student body. All of this makes for a sustainable approach for the community and Castilleja. As a global center for innovation, we know that staying ‘the same” is actually not feasible - so this represents a win-win-win option for the community, the school and as an inspiring example for what’s possible with future projects.   SECOND Castilleja has listened and responded ‐ serving as a model. I appreciate that Castilleja has listened and responded to so many competing constituencies - and done so over an extraordinarily extended period of time. I have watched as they modified plans, conducted studies, invested in consultants and otherwise demonstrated a serious commitment to crafting a plan that works for everyone. Castilleja is an important institution in Palo Alto and our region. It has been part of our community long before any of us arrived here - and it will outlast us all as well. However, if we don't support the school, we risk hindering this enduring institution and potentially losing it entirely, We need to be the land of "YES, AND", not "NO". Castilleja has been a model for seeking and integrating feedback, designing and implementing a data-driven and human-centered 39 traffic reduction program (Transportation Demand Management - TDM), and making community engagement a central part of their educational experience.   FINALLY It’s time to green light this project! It's high time for the City to move forward on this. This is the longest running review process I can remember. I ask that you approve this project and refocus everyone’s precious energy on the other many pressing priorities before us as a community.   Sincerely,   Lisa Van Dusen Greenwood Avenue Palo Alto   40 Baumb, Nelly From:Lisa Van Dusen <lvandusen@mac.com> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 3:30 PM To:Council, City Subject:Re: In Support of Castilleja's Master Plan Proposal - Alternative 34 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I would like to clarify that this is my individual perspective and not that of my employer, Palo Alto Community Fund  where I am the Executive Director, or any other affiliation.      Thank you,    Lisa      On Aug 28, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Lisa Van Dusen <lvandusen@mac.com> wrote:    Dear Honorable Mayor and City Council Members: In case it is helpful, I am sharing a copy of my remarks during the public comment period regarding the Castilleja Master Plan agenda item at the Wed. 8/26/20 PTC meeting. Thank you for your consideration of Castilleja's master plan proposal. I was so pleased to learn that there is indeed a clear and positive path forward for the school.   FIRST Alternative #4 provides a superior, sustainable solution. Alternative #4 (with distributed drop-off and smaller garage) has clearly emerged as the superior solution from all standpoints. It addresses the full spectrum of concerns including traffic impacts, tree preservation and integration into the neighborhood, among others. At the same time, Alternative #4 allows this 100+ year old Palo Alto institution to update its campus to align with state of the art 21st century education and its goals for modest growth of its student body. All of this makes for a sustainable approach for the community and Castilleja. As a global center for innovation, we know that staying ‘the same” is actually not feasible - so this represents a win-win-win option for the community, the school and as an inspiring example for what’s possible with future projects.   SECOND Castilleja has listened and responded ‐ serving as a model. I appreciate that Castilleja has listened and responded to so many competing constituencies - and done so over an extraordinarily extended period of time. I have watched as they modified plans, conducted studies, invested in consultants and otherwise demonstrated a serious commitment to crafting a plan that works for everyone. Castilleja is an important institution in Palo Alto and our region. It has been part of our community long before any of us arrived here - and it will outlast us all as well. However, if we don't support the school, we risk hindering this enduring institution and potentially losing it entirely, We need to be the land of "YES, AND", not "NO". Castilleja has been a model for seeking and integrating feedback, designing and implementing a data-driven and human-centered traffic reduction program (Transportation Demand Management - TDM), and making community engagement a central part of their educational experience.   41 FINALLY It’s time to green light this project! It's high time for the City to move forward on this. This is the longest running review process I can remember. I ask that you approve this project and refocus everyone’s precious energy on the other many pressing priorities before us as a community.   Sincerely,   Lisa Van Dusen Greenwood Avenue Palo Alto   42 Baumb, Nelly From:Annette Isaacson <annetteisaacson@comcast.net> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 1:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:question CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members, Could you please tell me if we did this and why? Palo Alto has a climate goal that is even more ambitious than the state of California’s. It wants to slash greenhouse gases 80% by 2030, but its city utility paid APGA (the American Public Gas Association) $20,902 last year. APGA is mounting an advertising campaign against phasing out natural gas. It seems counterproductive for us to support such an organization at the same time we're trying to slash greenhouse gases and limit new installations of gas in private homes. Sincerely, Annette Isaacson Midtown 43 Baumb, Nelly From:Amy Christel <amymchristel@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, August 28, 2020 11:59 AM To:Council, City Subject:PAO continues touch and go training during COVID-19? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members,      Flight schools, even during COVID‐19, are flying circles repeatedly over the Baylands.  They destroy the peace and nature  benefit of that park.  Furthermore, those training activities force all arriving and departing traffic to fly low and loud over  residential areas.  Watch any hour of Flight Radar 24 and you can see GA arrivals and departures from PAO flying (often  below 1000 ft) over homes.  There is NO altitude minimum being observed or enforced over homes FAA says these  maneuvers are “necessary for ascent or descent”.  Our “noise abatement” measures are a joke, applying to no traffic to  or from PAO.      Sadly, I am seeing more and more general aviation traffic over residential Palo Alto.  PAO draws people from other  communities to fly over the Baylands Park and our homes, and even more egregiously impacts East Palo Alto  residents.   That airport has not been financially self‐sustaining since PA bought it several years ago!  We take grants  from the FAA that limit our city’s control over the hours and types of airport operations and force the City to support  ongoing maintenance and costs.      There are two other GA airports within a ten minute drive, in Mt.View and San Carlos.  A tiny fraction of “privileged”  people make use of PAO and all of us pay the price in suffering the noise, lead gas emissions, and funds diverted from  other uses to support the airport.  The practice of recreational flying and air tours (90% of all PAO traffic) is anachronistic  and environmentally damaging.  Life flights are NOT a significant number of operations, nor am I objecting to those.       If PA voters were asked, I’ll bet they would vote to close the PA Airport.  So ask the question in a ballot measure.  A  minority of pro‐aviation lobbyists ensured that the voters were not asked before the city took over the airport several  years ago, and that is how we ended up tied to this albatross.      The City should stop taking FAA Airport Improvement grants and sue the FAA to limit or eliminate the training activity at  the airport (touch‐and‐go circles) to hours when actual arrivals and departures are not so busy.  Then, those transiting  flights could use the over the Bay patterns to climb or descend.  Do what is best for the future and health of your  constituents!      Sincerely,  Amy Christel        Sent from my iPad  44 Baumb, Nelly From:ANDREA B SMITH <andreabsmith@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 6:54 PM To:Council, City Cc:City Mgr CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Can you tell me why $20k is being spent on the following which I read in the Palo Alto Weekly. Total horse manure.         Every now and then I mention the influence of the oil and gas lobbies in California, most recently on the design of cap-and-trade. It turns out that the City of Palo Alto Utilities has been a contributing member to one of these lobbying organizations, the American Public Gas Association (APGA), to the tune of around $20,000 a year.    Your utility payments are going to an organization that fights against efficiency standards, fights against lower- emission buildings, and actively promotes the benefits of “clean natural gas”. Here are a few examples. Fighting efficiency standards In 2016 the Obama administration finalized new efficiency standards for large equipment (e.g., commercial boilers) that would save a substantial amount of money and emissions. The Trump administration pushed back in court, arguing that the word “will” meant “may”, and therefore they didn’t have to publish the new standards. After 3.5 years and a lawsuit, the appeals court ruled unanimously that “will” means “shall”, so the standards need to be published. (Yes, this is how our tax dollars are 45 being used…) But APGA just a few months later filed a lawsuit to overturn those standards.    Andrea Smith  46 Baumb, Nelly From:Ken Joye <kmjoye@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 5:43 PM To:Council, City Cc:Rebecca Becky Sanders Subject:Mello Roos CFD as funding source for grade separation CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  During a Q&A session today regarding the grade separation virtual town hall, the presenters at one point showed those  attending a document describing funding options.     I was surprised to see that a Mello Roos CFD is among the options listed.    At a community forum in November of 2018, I raised a question about this method of raising funds.  I ask you today:  why would it be considered a “benefit” to live close to the rail corridor and therefore be appropriate to levy a fee upon  residents who do so?    The grade separation alternatives being considered will certainly benefit those who need to cross the train tracks, but  that benefit is certainly not limited to those who live near to the tracks.  A Mello Roos CFD may be an appropriate  mechanism to fund construction, but it should be city‐wide, not imposed only on those living adjacent to the rail  corridor.    I ask that you direct staff to strike that as a funding option unless it is universally applied.    thank you for your consideration of this matter,  Ken Joye  Ventura neighborhood  47 Baumb, Nelly From:Karen McNay <kgmcnay@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:53 AM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Support Churchill Closure CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Resending because of an incorrect address on the original letter.  Sorry.       Begin forwarded message:    From: Karen McNay <kgmcnay@gmail.com>  Subject: Support Churchill Closure  Date: August 26, 2020 at 3:28:23 PM PDT  To: xcap@cityofpaloalto.com    Dear Excap Committee and all others,     I strongly support the closure of Churchill at Alma. I have lived in my home on Mariposa Ave. for over 50  years and have been through all the traffic “modifications” and “solutions” and none have worked for  very long. For starters we had Mariposa as One Way out and Castijella as one way in, then we went  through the parking on one side of the street only along with some other minor tries. None of them  worked!!! The only thing that has helped to modify the ‘cut through’ traffic has been the closure of Park  Blvd. at Mariposa. Please don’t even consider removing this as it will only reopen the ‘raceway’ from  Calif. Ave.     All of these issues are compounded by the narrowness of the streets in Southgate. It is already difficult  enough for cars, let alone emergency vehicles, myriad construction trucks and High School traffic to  come through with vehicles parked on the street.     I know this doesn’t affect the residences at the west (El Camino) end of Southgate as much but it  certainly is a nightmare and hazard for those of us living in the east end (closer to the tracks).     It is for the above reasons and issues that I feel so strongly about the importance of choosing the closure  of Churchill Ave at the tracks as the best solution for Caltrains.     Thank you,     Karen McNay  1520 Mariposa Ave.   PA    48 Baumb, Nelly From:Erik Murphy-Chutorian <erikmchut@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 10:29 AM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Council, City; Julia Murphy-Chutorian Subject:Fwd: Virtual Town Hall is now live CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear XCAP,     I live in the Southgate neighborhood. I greatly respect your persistence to complexity and the challenge that you have  undertaken.    Please know that this process has turned neighbor against neighbor. I honestly can't believe half of the emails my  neighbors have written. I'm expecting to see pitchforks and torches next. I really like my neighbors, even when I disagree  with some of them about the train, and this extended process has been really awful for this neighborhood.    For the love of this neighborhood, PLEASE DON'T CLOSE CHURCHILL! SERIOUSLY, THIS WOULD CUT US OFF FROM PALO  ALTO! I CAN'T STRESS HOW AWFUL THIS WOULD BE ‐‐ IT IS OUR PRIMARY INGRESS & EGRESS TO EVERYTHING IN  TOWN, THE FREEWAY, AND MOST WORKPLACES.    Similarly, don't destroy the property value of everyone on the east side of Mariposa with a viaduct. Seriously DON'T  BUILD A VIADUCT. You surely get lots of emails from East‐side Mariposa folks who advocate for Churchill closure just as  an attempt to thwart a viaduct, and I understand why. A viaduct would be catastrophic for their home investment.    Honestly, I would advocate that you do nothing and keep the status quo. Caltrain is empty anyway and high schools are  closed. If you have to build something the partial underpass is interesting, but seriously the status quo is the only thing  that will keep neighbors from starting a full‐on feud.    Erik Murphy‐Chutorian          49 Baumb, Nelly From:Mohamed T. Hadidi <mthadidi@alumni.stanford.edu> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 8:33 AM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Council, City Subject:Please support Churchill Closure CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear XCAP Members,     Thank you for your dedication and for your meticulous and hard work.    I write you to ask you to please select Churchill Closure with Mitigations in your recommendations to Palo Alto City  Council.    The reasons are simple:  1. Cost which is almost an order of magnitude less than the other 2 alternatives.  2. Safety of Palo Alto High School students and street residents  3. Preserving the residential character of the neighborhood, which would be irretrievably damaged by either of the  Partial Underpass or the Viaduct. Either of these two other alternatives would pose an almost existential injury to those  who are in direct view of these “concrete monsters”. This existential damage cannot be compared to the slight  inconvenience for those in the Southgate area who would no longer have as quick an access to Alma as they currently  have. This latter problem can be mitigated by opening up Park Blvd which is currently blocked off. Nor does the  existential injury of putting up a massive concrete structure in the midst of a residential area compare to a possible  slight increase in traffic for those living close to Embarcadero. The degrees of harm that the 3 alternatives for Churchill  pose to these different constituencies just don’t compare in kind and are not in the same league.  4. The Hexagon Traffic Study is quite clear that with Mitigations traffic at most intersections impacted by Churchill  Closure would be better. Only in two of the seven impacted intersections would it be worse, but only slightly so.    Once more, I strongly and fervently ask you to support Churchill Closure as the option that makes most sense and the  one that avoids existential injury to the residential character of the neighborhood and at least to some of its residents.    Best regards,  Mohamed     Mohamed Hadidi, Ph.D.  50 Baumb, Nelly From:JW Day <jwday@stanford.edu> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 8:30 AM To:Council, City Cc:JW Day Subject:Re: CLOSE CHURCHILL CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Churchill should be closed at the railroad tracks, with a nearby tunnel or bridge to facilitate foot and  bicycle traffic between Old Palo Alto and Southgate/Paly.     The forces pushing to keep Churchill open are loud, their neighborhood survey was not scientific and  skewed by their agenda, and they have not accounted for the effects of increased Churchill traffic that  would occur if an underpass were built. A viaduct would be even more expensive and cause much more  disruption in both Old Palo Alto and Southgate. Increasing automobile traffic on Churchill would  exchange the risk of trains for Paly students to an increased risk of car traffic on Paly students and would  directly degrade Southgate.  Closing Churchill will largely eliminate both car and train risks for Paly  students and improve Southgate and Old Palo Alto neighborhoods, while causing only a minimal change  in time to drive to Old Palo Alto.  Spending inordinate amounts of money to keep Churchill open and  increase traffic on Churchill makes no sense.     While being the best solution for several reasons, closing Churchill is also the least expensive option.  All  available resources should be directed toward improving traffic flow at Embarcadero and Oregon  Expressway with optimized interchanges for each of these thoroughfares at both El Camino and  Alma.  Further investment in those interchanges would have the greatest impact on traffic, while also  preserving all the neighborhoods of Palo Alto.  To that end, Paly and Town and Country land should be  utilized to create a direct interchange of Embarcadero at Alma.     The voices to keep Churchill open should not have more weight just because they are louder.  Closing  Churchill makes the most sense of the options provided.                     Please do what’s right and what’s best for Palo Alto and close Churchill,  John Day     John W. Day  1560 Mariposa Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94306  51 Baumb, Nelly From:Jeannet Kiessling <jeannet.kiessling@hotmail.de> Sent:Thursday, August 27, 2020 8:25 AM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel Cc:Council, City Subject:Please close Churchill! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear XCAP members,   Thank you for the great work researching the options and laying them out objectively.     I encourage you to recommend the Churchill Closure w/ Mitigations.  It is by far the best alternative for all of  Palo Alto considering the costs, disruption, improved traffic overall, with improved safety of Palo Alto Students  biking to and from school.   Your analysis (Matrix and Traffic) support this decision.         I hope these reasons to support the Churchill Closure resonate w/ your views and what’s best for Palo Alto as  a whole:     1. The attached Matrix (the last one published) shows Closure and Viaduct even(blue dots – orange dots, skip black  dots) but the Underpass is significantly worse (far more negative orange dots).  a. Churchill Closure with mitigations is 1/3 less expensive and far less disruptive than the underpass to  everyone during and after construction.   b. Viaduct is 6X more expensive than Churchill and creates a significant set of problems during the  construction phase and critically affects neighbors.     2. The Final traffic report shows closure with mitigation benefits a wider range of citizens and a wider area with  both Embarcadero and Oregon’s traffic improved in a very cost effective manner (see table below, and on page  47) vs Underpass or Viaduct which increases traffic on Churchill and still leaves Embarcadero and Oregon w/ the  same traffic problems as today.     3. The underpass and viaduct options pose critical problems to our neighbors in Churchill and Mariposa, their  lives and homes are critically affected w/ dangerous traffic or trains overhead.   The Closure alternative has the  least critical effects to anyone, there are changes in traffic and ways to get around, but nobody’s home or life is  critically affected, this is an important issue to consider as we look how our neighbors will be affected by the  decisions we make.          Thank you!  Jeannet Kiessling  52 Baumb, Nelly From:Elaine Uang <elaine.uang@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 5:10 PM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Reads because Black Lives Matter CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council,     Thank you for affirming in June that Black Lives Matter.  I am excited to see that in light of your June resolution, this  year's Palo Alto Reads book is Color of Law by Richard Rothstein.  This book made a strong impact on me when it was  first published, and is critical for understanding how Palo Alto was historically responsible for upholding de facto racist  policies, especially with housing.  To truly show that Black Lives Matter in Palo Alto and build a more inclusive  community, we need to acknowledge the systemic bias our citizens previously supported, and actively work to change  those practices.   I hope you will all be able to join the virtual conversation with the author tomorrow Thurs Aug 27 at  7p.     If you have not RSVP'd yet, please consider doing so HERE.     If you cannot make it tomorrow, I urge you to read the following interview with Richard Rothstein, conducted by The Six  Fifty: Unforgetting the Segregationist History of Palo Alto    Sincerely,   Elaine Uang  Kipling Street  53 Baumb, Nelly From:Kley Gilbuena <kgilbuena@castilleja.org> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 4:42 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support for Castilleja School Campus renovation project CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To the City Council of Palo Alto,    I am reaching out to you today to express my support for the Castilleja School campus renovation plans. During these difficult times It’s encouraging to me and many of my Castilleja colleagues that our neighborhood community is gathering together, taking steps towards building a better future for our community and beyond.     I’ve been a member of the Castilleja community for three years now, first as a volunteer mentor for the robotics team and then as the advisor overseeing the entire program. My work takes me through the spectrum of machinery maintenance in our basement lab space, to work on project-based learning initiatives and then to regional industry outreach as we continually seek long term, strategic partnerships.     Enthusiasm and participation in our robotics program has grown steadily in the last two years. While I am seeing increased student participation trends that reflect the nationwide and global increase in the advanced, highly technical industry 4.0 landscape the draw of our program is much simpler. Castilleja has created a space that encourages girls to thrive not because it excludes boys but because it is with other girls.     I am blown away every day and every year by the initiative, drive and technical expertise that our students display constantly challenging themselves and their boundaries. Every Spring my school year culminates with at least two robotics competitions filled with hundreds, sometimes thousands, of students where our all-girls team is an anomaly among the all-male or heavily male populated robotics teams. Doing my part to help reshape this imbalance is one of my primary drivers at Castilleja. We will all benefit from a world where representation in the workplace and in every conversation more closely represents the diversity of humanity.     Increasing the student enrollment and enlarging our campus is crucial for the preparation of future women leaders in STEM. While we work towards equity, inclusion and diversity in the workplace we, students and faculty alike, strive to be active listeners for the rest of our Palo Alto community. I know that there will be a time off in the future when our learning space will be a construction site and I know it will be equally disruptive for us all. As I express my goals it is equally my goal to be a good neighbor who respects and acknowledges the perspectives of the entire neighborhood.     Working from home engaged in remote, distance learning, keeping our community safe and healthy, the knowledge that we will get off our screens one day and get back to making and building in person is energizing. Our new campus will only enable myself and my colleagues to engage our future leaders in more expansive and advanced learning experiences when we all need them to be prepared and energized for the unknown now more than ever.     Thank you for taking the time to consider my thoughts.    I look forward to hearing more updates from City Council as we move forward together.  54   SIncerely,  Kley GIlbuena        ‐‐   Kley Gilbuena  He/Him/His  Robotics Advisor + Bourn Idea Lab Faculty    Castilleja School  1310 Bryant Street  Palo Alto, CA 94301    E kgilbuena@castilleja.org  www.castilleja.org    Women Learning. Women Leading.    55 Baumb, Nelly From:Gloria Rothbaum <gloriarothbaum@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 3:36 PM To:Council, City Subject:Regarding Castilleja's expansion CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Counselors,    I first became a citizen of The City of Palo Alto in 2003 when I purchased my place 3 blocks south of University Ave.  I  have been loving the hustling and growth amidst peacefulness.      Most of those years I drive past Castilleja wondering where the students are and what type of activities they hold on  campus.  I have never encountered any traffic issues related to the school.  Just a year ago, my daughter declined other  acceptances and enrolled in Castilleja for its outstanding education.  One of the most unusual aspects I've observed  about Castilleja is its ability to educate its community (students and parents) to do the right thing.    From our first visit to the school, perspective families hear about the school's view of being traffic‐friendly.  By the time  we sit down to apply, my daughter has already planned she would bike to school (and she didn't even own a bike  then).  Since enrollment, she's been riding her bike to school even on rainy days.  That's a lot of school‐commuting  driving eliminated.  All parents know that if the child is not willing to do something on their own, it doesn't happen  consistently.  And which parent isn't glad their child is willing and able to go to school on their own?  That's Castilleja's  effort.    On the parent community front, I hear about traffic management all the time. Traffic management is covered  throughout the year during various parent meetings, their staff was always available to answer questions assisting  parents to navigate and conform to the route pattern, and providing on‐going suggestions for minimizing driving to  school and options for carpooling.  I admire the school's ability to take action and have observed these specific  activities: letters sent home repeatedly about not driving in single‐occupancy vehicles, parking attendants at all events,  cones marking where you can't park, website detailed instructions for good neighbor practices.    Those measures have decreased traffic to the neighborhood by 25‐30% in the past several years.    Part of Castilleja's philosophy encompasses conscience and courtesy.  That's the way they educate and treat the  students and parents, and it's human nature we reciprocate how we are being treated.  As part of the school  community, our family understands the need to minimize traffic and we consciously act on helping with the common  goal (e.g. carpooling to school events even when two parents work at different locations or just simply walked to  campus after having dinner at a restaurant at Town and Country).  When the school proposes to have a smaller garage, I  am certain they will be able to further reduce traffic to campus.    I have never seen a single organization of such size capable of influencing its community (i.e. paying customers) to  conform so diligently just to be respectful of the neighborhood (think convention centers and other  event venues).  Growth and modernization are good and essential for longevity.  Our local Mayfield didn't survive after  being in business for two decades as it's not capable of adapting to current demands.  We want to be very careful to not  put a damper on Castilleja's plan to upgrade its facilities as that's an effort to prepare for future demand.  Their  expansion plan should not be held back but should be effectively supported.  Castilleja's work on traffic management is  exemplary and it's a model the City of Palo Alto can leverage and use as future suggestions for other organizations and  businesses.  56   I ask for all the counselors' favorable support.    Sincerely,  Gloria Rothbaum  57 Baumb, Nelly From:Barbara Ann Hazlett <bthazlett@aol.com> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 2:28 PM To:Expanded Community Advisory Panel; Nadia Naik Cc:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Kamhi, Philip Subject:XCAP Deliberations CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear XCAP: I see from the XCAP's upcoming agendas that your work regarding rail crossing options is now entering the deliberations stage. The COVID pandemic has created a paradigm shift with virtual space being swapped for physical space. Companies are embracing 'work at home' and 'work anywhere' for large portions of their workforce. One consequence is the plummeting of the use of mass transit. As Sebastian Petty from Caltrain frankly told you, there is a question of whether Caltrain is even sustainable. See for yourselves, train after train passes through Palo Alto with no riders on board. With such dislocations, no one can currently predict what the impact will be to mass transit, traffic, or work locations. Clearly the grade separation exercise, along this corridor, needs to be put on PAUSE. It is a colossal waste of time, money and destruction of a town to address an issue whose underlying assumptions are so obviously no longer valid. You are the advisory committee to Council and are obligated to report the truth. The truth is evident. There is no need for deliberation. Please do the responsible thing and inform the Council accordingly. Best Regards, Barbara Hazlett 58 Baumb, Nelly From:Shaila Sadrozinski <sadro@pacbell.net> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:55 PM To:xcap@cityofpaloalto.com; Council, City Subject:For Churchill Closure at rail crossing CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear members of XCAP and City Council, Please consider the following points when making a decision about the rail crossing at Churchill Ave: the partial underpass option does NOT seamlessly connect the eastern and western sides of Alma (coming from the eastern side, cars can only turn right onto Alma; coming from Southgate, cars cannot cross Alma, only turn left or right), so there's no direct connection between Churchill East and West in both directions it will make access to Alma by cars from El Camino much easier, and will result in increased traffic on Churchill. Most of this traffic is not neighborhood traffic and it will maximize Churchill as a feeder street for access to Alma, causing daily negative impacts to Churchill Ave residents it will make for unsafe conditions for Paly students crossing Churchill to and from the Castilleja bike boulevard (cars don't always stop for the pedestrian crossing light, and bikes rarely push the button) high cost ($160-$200M) for minimal gain Churchill closure with mitigations @ Embarcadero/Oregon Expwy Southgate will not be any more isolated from the rest of Palo Alto than College Terrace and Evergreen Park are; also, the closure only affects cars: pedestrians/bikes still have free access, like at California and Homer Aves coming on Churchill from the eastern side, cars will be able to also turn left onto Alma (with partial underpass only right turn allowed) one of the options for the bike/pedestrian underpass is more direct and convenient for Paly students etc (similar to California Ave bike tunnel) than the one proposed with the partial underpass 59 the existing Embarcadero underpass creates unsatisfactory back-ups and is in any case in need of improvement, which will be done as part of the mitigation for Churchill closure fire and police depts say closure will not affect response times no private properties taken the least expensive option (1/3 the cost of the partial underpass) causes minimal inconvenience (<5 minutes) to Southgate residents, and only when they want to go to the eastern side of Palo Alto by car viaduct unsightly and loud will increase traffic on Churchill (not neighborhood traffic) unsafe for Paly students very close to Mariposa Ave fences, and overlooking backyards most expensive option ($300 - $400M) causes serious negative impacts every day to Mariposa and Churchill residents the survey recently-conducted by a group of Southgate residents not disclosing their anti-closure bias was weighted to support their preference; some households got more than one survey, others were refused additional surveys. The survey (questions and wording) was flawed and the results should be disregarded. It, and the yard signs installed by this group, elicit an emotional response. The decision should instead be based on analysis of studies already conducted and the cost of each option. Thank you, Shaila Sadrozinski (62 Churchill Ave) 60 Baumb, Nelly From:Sally Keyes <keyesmom@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:53 PM To:xcap@cityofpaloalto.com; Council, City Subject:Support for Closure of Churchill CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Greetings XCAP and City Council.     We are in support of the Closure of Churchill Avenue.    Our reasons include:   the closure of Churchill Avenue is significantly less expensive than a partial underpass or a viaduct   the closure of Churchill Avenue is significantly less disruptive to all Palo Altans during construction than the  construction needed of a partial underpass or a viaduct   the construction of the closure of Churchill Avenue supports much needed traffic improvements to both  Embarcadero and Oregon Expwy   the construction of the closure of Churchill Avenue retains the integrity of Southgate and Old Palo Alto  Thank you,  Richard and Sally Keyes  Southgate residents  61 Baumb, Nelly From:Heidi Hopper <hhopper@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:30 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support for Castilleja School Master Plan CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council Members,    I am a resident of Palo Alto and have lived here since 2003 and I have also been a parent and board of trustees member  at Castilleja. I have attended most of the neighbor meetings over the last 7 years and I have heard direct feedback from  neighbors requesting a garage be built to remove cars from the neighborhood streets. When we first started discussing  the Master Plan, that was the major request by neighbors of the school. I still have the SJ Mercury news article quoting  them saying that in 2015.    Now the garage has been designed, and the Final EIR says that having the garage is the superior alternative to having no  garage. It improves the neighborhood by removing cars from being parked all along the frontage of Castilleja. Also, I  have seen the beautiful renderings that WRNS has created for the school of the new campus. The garage entrance and  exit are very tasteful and not at all commercial looking. I think these details blend seamlessly into the landscape and look  far better than a surface parking lot and parking on the streets.     The aesthetics of the school will be much improved by the rebuilding of the classroom buildings. I love the updated  modern design and the thoughtful way that it has been developed to fit better in scale and look with the surrounding  neighborhood, while also preserving Castilleja traditions such as the circle. I am inspired by the design's choices to be  green and sustainable and love that the roof is being so well used for photovoltaic energy generation.    So many other local schools, both public and private, have modernized their campuses. Castilleja needs to do this, too,  to support the program and allow the young women beautiful places to learn and grow. I am asking the PTC and the ARB  for support of the Project Alternative with the smaller garage and distributed drop‐off. It is a great compromise and will  work well in the community and for Castilleja.    Thank you for your time,  Heidi Hopper  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Kimberley Wong <sheepgirl1@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 12:08 PM To:Planning Commission Cc:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; French, Amy; Lait, Jonathan; Architectural Review Board; Castilleja Expansion Subject:Comments for the PTC meeting on August 26 2020 re Castilleja School FEIR CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  My name is Kimberley Wong and I have lived right across from the Lockey house on Emerson Street for 24 years. I am extremely concerned with the Castilleja project and the impacts it it will have on our R-1 Zoned Single Family Neighborhood in which the school sits. I am concerned for impacts of the construction of the site as well as the final project and the long lasting impacts it will have to our neighborhood. The school violated the 415 enrollment limit for years before being found out by neighbors during a community meeting, hosted an 100+ events way exceeding the 5 large events and "several" smaller ones that are allowed in the CUP rules, and continually downplay the impacts to DUDEK who drafted FEIR by omitting important data, facts and details in their plans. Until they present a fully transparent plan with depths of Garage, detailed plans of how they will manage construction site and vehicles, how they will manage any enrollment increase in the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as providing proper, quantifiable studies to study the true impact to the neighborhood 24/7 (because residents don't shut their doors between 5pm and 7am) the school should not be allowed to go forth with their revised plans and present during a second round to the ARB or PTC until all those details are ironed out. Palo Alto Municipal Code sec 18.76.010 Conditional Use Permit (CUP)(c) Findings Neither the director, nor the city council on appeal, shall grant a conditional use permit, unless it is found that the granting of the application will:(1) Not be detrimental or injurious to property or improvements in the vicinity, and will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, general welfare, or convenience; I feel that Castilleja's project violates ALL of these conditions:  Dangers to Public Health, walking in underground garage filled with exhaust and under a sewer line. The extra traffic will add pollution to the neighborhood as cars cue up for drop offs and pickups.  Re: Safety and General Welfare: Danger to bicyclists as cars drive onto the Bryant street bike boulevard in and out of the garage and pull into the drop off areas around the campus  Convenience: Traffic congestion will inconvenience those driving to school and the residents trying to avoid the traffic. SLIDE 1 As you can see in the illustrations… the original plans called for all cars to enter into a garage off the Bike Boulevard which would cause significant and unavoidable impacts. The second alternative allows for better flow off of Embarcadero but still with garage and 3 drop offs, the traffic flow will be messy and can endanger bicyclists. How can it be decided from extrapolation that this is not significant anymore? This flimsy data should not be accepted by the PTC or anyone deciding on this project! 3 The safety of bicyclists on the Bryant Bike Safety Boulevard is of most concern to me as I am an avid bicyclist and also love to walk. Being only one block from Embarcadero I frequently pass on Embarcadero and Bryant to travel to North and South Palo Alto. There have been more times than I can count where cars have sped the corner around Castillelleja’s Administration building side and almost hit me or others as they rush to pick up their child at the school. Or they speed up going west on that short left turn lane from Embarcadero onto Bryant Street to turn towards the school. I and many of my friends have seen countless incidents of near misses of bicyclist and cars at the corner of Embarcadero and Bryant. I am shocked to see that in the FEIR this was reported: •The following is from page 44 of Castilleja EIR Appendix E Traffic Impact Study for Castilleja School Expansion_July 2020.pdfBryant Street Collision Analysis. The collision history for the segment of Bryant Street between Embarcadero Road and Kellogg Avenue was reviewed to determine the number of collisions during a recent three-year period and to potentially identify trends based on the collision history. This information is based on records available from the California HighwayPatrol as published in their Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) reports fromMarch 30, 2015 toMarch 31, 2018. A single non-injury collision occurred along the study segment during this period. This collision occurred between a vehicle and a fixed object and did not involve a bicycle. DUDEK Finding –Given the relatively small number of documented crashes and the lack of any crashes involving bicycles along the segment of Bryant Street between Embarcadero Road and Kellogg Avenue, a safety concern involving bicycles along the study segment has not been demonstrated. However there WAS an accident in that time frame involving a bicyclist at the intersection of Bryant and Embarcadero on 2/13/2018 at around 5pm that shutdown both directions of Embarcadero for over an hour. Following is extracted from the Palo Alto Weekly article, “Two injured in Embarcadero Road collision”.     Two injured in Embarcadero Road collision   4 Two men were injured in a collision on a major thoroughfare shut down for more than an hour in Palo Alto at the ...    Two men were injured in a collision on a major thoroughfare shut down for more than an hour in Palo Alto at the height of the evening commute on Tuesday, police said. Officers responded to the collision at Embarcadero Road and Bryant Street around5 p.m. An adult driving a sedan was heading west on Embarcadero and struck the pedestrian with a scooter and bicyclist at the intersection, police said. As stated here, two men were injured and sent to the hospital. One was a teacher who was hospitalized for several days. His injuries were severe enough that he was not able to return to teach for quite a while. It is surprising that this major incident was completely overlooked. This begs the question how many other incidents from 2015-2018 were not included in the FEIR? Suggestion: The PTC should request that these studies need to be re-evaluated and a larger study from Kingsley to Kellogg, Emerson to Waverley should be studied to prevent any of the other reports of collisions with bicycles from falling through the cracks. As I remember, the traffic was redirected through Emerson past my house and around to Kellogg to avoid the area. Just one incident can impact the neighborhood's living condition due to the fact that Castilleja is embedded deeply into a residential neighborhood and its narrow streets cannot handle this type of emergency traffic. Think of what could happen if there was a emergency on campus. Is this campus with a proposed garage equipped to bring in emergency vehicles onto the property in a timely manner especially if the roads are backed up? This is only one example of how our living conditions can be severely impacted by safety issues around the school. This will be exacerbated by the construction and traffic flow into and out of an underground garage on a major Bike Safety Boulevard. With administrators, teachers, parents and children coming to the campus via 3 drop offs including a proposed underground garage entering onto the Bicycle Safety Boulevard the extra traffic will also introduce congestion, pollution as well as safety hazards on all sides of the campus. These issues are severe impacts to ensuring livable conditions which are not in accordance with the Comprehensive plan. 5 Underground garages are not allowed to be in R1 zoned neighborhoods and for good reason. They cause disruption in traffic, are not aesthetically pleasing even if you lace it up with greenery, and are not consistent with a Single Family zoned neighborhood. Suggestion to the PTC: Ask that a no garage option be returned to the table, prevent any drop offs to the school as Nueva does and studied to provide a more sensible, less impactful alternative more consistent with a Single Family Neighborhood. Until we have clarity of other projects affecting other roadways in City of Palo Alto during this new phase of navigating the aftermath of the pandemic we ask that Castilleja put their project on hold and first work with the City to design protective and traffic calming measures as seen in cities such as Berkeley, Portland and other bicycle friendly cities. Castilleja should really seek other ways to minimize and reduce their impacts to the neighborhood to prove their commitment to the preserving the safety and livability of the surrounding community which has embraced the school for over 100 years. Let's work together to avoid this scenario! This is a photo taken on Churchill and Alma in 2016 at the height of the traffic congestion, only two blocks away, but could easily occur at Bryant and Emerson if a garage entrance is build on the Bike Street Boulevard near Embarcadero! 7 Baumb, Nelly From:Jeffrey Lu <jeffreylu6@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 30, 2020 2:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:reducing speeding on Palo Alto thoroughfares CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Esteemed members of the City Council,    I hope you and your families are well during what appears to be a year of sustained global misery. I am writing to  express concern about the frequent and excessive speeding on major Palo Alto thoroughfares.     I commend the City for its efforts to create safer streets during the COVID‐19 pandemic, and appreciate initiatives such  as Shared Streets (Ross, Bryant, Park), as well as Summer Streets on California Ave and in downtown. However, speeding  remains a significant problem on major Palo Alto thoroughfares such as Oregon Expressway (35mph limit) and especially  Embarcadero Rd (25mph limit). Racing to blast past a yellow light and speeding in general are unsafe, unnecessary, and  particularly unpleasant for non‐vehicular road users.    I urge you to explore ideas to reduce speeding and to make our streets safer and more comfortable for all users. While  not a complete solution, I was impressed by the (anecdotal) effectiveness of smile/frown speed radars I encountered in  Iceland ‐‐ I would be thrilled to see Palo Alto pilot similar solutions. Examples of such speed radars can be found on  Radar Speed Sign (http://www.radarspeedsign.com/via‐plus‐smile.htm) and Transport Support UK  (https://www.transportsupport.co.uk/product/radar‐speed‐sign‐large‐slow‐colour‐pictograms/).              Thanks for your time and consideration. Take care,    Jeffrey Lu  Midtown    8 Baumb, Nelly From:Aire Hjelle <AHjelle@thefishmarket.com> Sent:Tuesday, September 1, 2020 3:51 PM To:Council, City Subject:Federal WARN Act Notice; California WARN Act Notice - The Fish Market Resturants, Inc. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  September 1, 2020 Mayor Adrian Fine City of Palo Alto Pal Alto City Hall 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Via email: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org RE: Federal WARN Act Notice; California WARN Act Notice To Whom It May Concern: This notice is being provided in compliance with the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 United States Code section 2102 et seq. (“WARN”), and the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, California Labor Code section 1400 et seq. (“Cal-WARN”), both of which require official notice to certain government units or officials of a pending plant closure or mass layoff that falls within statutory notice requirements. The pandemic’s economic impact has caused Fish Market Restaurants, Inc. (“Fish Market”) to incur unforeseeable financial losses. The pandemic’s overwhelming economic impact has been sudden, rapidly escalating, and unforeseeable. This notice is to inform your agency that Fish Market intends to lay off employees at the following California worksites: 1. The Fish Market San Jose, 1007 Blossom Hill Rd. San Jose, CA 95123 The worksite closure and layoffs will impact 73 employees. Fish Market provided notice to its employees today, but the effective date of their layoff is August 9, 2020. This follows up on the Fish Market’s previous notice, dated May 1, when we provided initial notice implementing furloughs for this same group of employees. Fish Market is providing as much advance notice of the present layoffs as possible under these unprecedented circumstances. Unfortunately, 60-days’ notice of the present layoffs was impossible given the sudden onset of the coronavirus pandemic and related government orders, including recent developments. Accordingly, Fish Market provides this notice and notice to affected employees in compliance with Governor Gavin Newsom’s March 17, 2020 Executive Order, number N-31-20 as well as the Governor’s reopening plan. 9 None of the affected employees are represented by a union. Attached to this notice is a list of the affected job titles and the number of affected employees in each job classification. For more information regarding the worksite closure, please feel free to contact me at the address indicated above. My telephone number is (619) 232- 8862 x 313. The information provided herein represents the best information available to Fish Market at the time this notice was issued. Sincerely, Dwight Colton President Fish Market Restaurants, Inc. 10 Job Title # of Affected Employees Back Oyster Bar Cook 4 Bartender 7 Busser 6 Cook 7 Front Oyster Bar Cook 1 Host 8 Manager/Supervisor 4 Market Clerk 4 Prep Cook 3 Salad Cook 3 Server 18 Dishwasher 6 Sushi chef 2 11 Baumb, Nelly From:Leah De Arce <leah.dearce@cmdgroup.com> Sent:Wednesday, September 2, 2020 6:58 AM To:Council, City Subject:EV Chargers Installation Project CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    Good Day!  I’m with Construct Connect. Can you provide the awarded bidder and award amount for the abovementioned project? I  would also like to know the anticipated project start date and end date, if determined.  Bid Opening: 07/15/2020    Thank you for your assistance.    Regards,  Leah Mae De Arce Content Specialist tel: fax: 3236025079 ext. 75309 866.570.8187      ConstructConnect Reference ID: 5085218  1 Baumb, Nelly From:Craig Beckman <cbeckman@openspace.org> Sent:Monday, August 31, 2020 4:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:Information regarding significant Eucalyptus removal for improved fire safety along Page Mill Road in Los Trancos Open Space Preserve Attachments:FYI Memo_Eucalyptus in Los Trancos.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District and Santa Clara FireSafe Council, with support from Palo Alto Urban  Forester Walter Passmore and Fire Marshall James Henrikson, will be removing groves of Eucalyptus trees along Page  Mill Road in the general area of Struggle Mountain.  The attached memo provides further details and a map of the tree  locations.      Eucalyptus trees can significantly increase the spread of a wildland fire.  As non‐native trees, they suppress the growth  of preferred native species in the Open Space setting.  The combined benefits of removing a fire hazard and improving  habitat for native species make this a worthwhile project for the Open Space District to take on.      Public outreach has been done to Page Mill Road residents, South Skyline Association, South Skyline FireSafe Council,  Committee for Green Foothills, Sierra Club, and other local organizations.  Public opinion of the work has been favorable  with suggestions for making improvements that we have incorporated where possible.  The trees are marked and signs  are posted explaining the project.  Additional information is on the Santa Clara FireSafe Council website at  https://sccfiresafe.org/projects/palo‐alto‐eucalyptus‐removal/.    Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments.  Work is expected to start on September 15, 2020.    Craig      Craig Beckman Area Manager - Skyline cbeckman@openspace.org Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022 P: (650) 949-1848 - F: (650) 949-1781 - C: (650) 208-5209 www.openspace.org | twitter: @mrosd     DATE: August 31, 2020 MEMO TO: Palo Alto City Council FROM: Ana Ruiz, General Manager SUBJECT: Removal of Eucalyptus Trees in Los Trancos Preserve on Page Mill Road starting September 15, 2020 _____________________________________________________________________________ Three years ago, on June 28, 2017, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (District) Board approved a contract with Santa Clara County Firesafe Council (SCCFSC) for the removal of eucalyptus trees in Los Trancos Open Space Preserve adjacent to Page Mill Road in the city of Palo Alto (Board Report R-17-73). The funds committed by Midpen serve as a match for grant funds secured by the FireSafe Council to perform fuel management projects throughout Santa Clara County. Eucalyptus trees are a nonnative tree and a fire hazard. Walter Passmore (Urban Forester, Palo Alto) approved the tree removal based on Palo Alto Fire Marshall James Henrikson’s determination that the trees constitute a public nuisance as defined by Palo Alto municipal code. Palo Alto has issued a permit for tree removal on this basis at the request of FireSafe Council staff. Eucalyptus trees are a fire hazard for several reasons: they have volatile oils that increase the likelihood and intensity of fire; they shed bark and branches thus accumulating flammable debris on the ground; and the accumulated bark and debris can become wind borne during a fire, spreading burning materials and starting spot fires. They are particularly a hazard near important escape routes such as Page Mill Road and near residences because they have the potential to block access and spread fire to homes. The adjacent neighbors have requested the removal due to the threat to their homes. This project was identified as the most significant new fire safety treatment area in the 2016 update to the City of Palo Alto Foothills Fire Management Plan. Over the last eight months, District and FireSafe Council Staff have conducted extensive public outreach to inform the community of the proposed work, including: • Meeting with the Peninsula Conservation Coalition (includes representatives from Sierra Club, Green Foothills and California Native Plant Society). • Outreach to the South Skyline Association • Discussions with South Skyline Fire Safe and Santa Clara County Fire Safe Councils. • Periodic project update provided to Page Mill Road neighbors • Placement of the trees on the City of Palo Alto online tree removal list • Notification to the City of Palo Alto City Council via this memo) • Onsite signs and tree markings 2 In addition to this outreach the District is taking the following steps to ensure community concerns are well addressed: • Although a City of Palo Alto tree removal permit is not required, the District is following a number of steps required under the permit system, including marking trees and posting signs. • Posting a District electronic signboard onsite to notify motorists. • Directing the contractor to remove chipped tree debris to encourage faster native plant regeneration. • Posting ‘restoration in progress’ signs onsite – note: the restoration will take time due to the allelopathic effects of chemicals released by eucalyptus trees that inhibit vegetation growth. These chemicals need to break down before the regeneration pace can increase. • Monitoring passive regeneration of native vegetation. • Monitoring and removing invasive weeds to facilitate native growth. • Investigating the possibility of leaving one standing tree for wildlife habitat if the tree can be deemed to not pose a safety hazard. • Ensuring the contractor follows all the best management practices in the District’s Integrated Pest Management Program. • Determined with Bay Area Tree Service that the wood is planned to be taken to a cogeneration plant in Stockton or Woodland for energy generation. If this changes, the District will work with the contractor to find a local site with equipment to grind the wood for landscaping and other applications to prevent the wood waste from going into a landfill. To avoid nesting bird and bat season, work is best completed in the fall or early spring. The work is scheduled to start September 15, 2020. The District will evaluate any additional public comment received to determine if any adjustments to the project are appropriate. Any questions can be directed to Land and Facilities Skyline Area Manager Craig Beckman at 650-949-1848 or cbeckman@openspace.org. Ana María Ruiz General Manager 3 Tree locations along Page Mill Road 2 Baumb, Nelly From:Benafsha Irani <birani@hotmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 31, 2020 11:49 AM To:Council, City; Minor, Beth; Holman, Karen (external) Subject:Fw: 101 Exit on University Ave - Trash, Graffiti, cleanliness, weeds Attachments:Trash on Exit of 101 University Ave.jpg CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.      From: Benafsha Irani  Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 5:47 PM  To: Beth.Minor@CityofPaloAlto.org <Beth.Minor@CityofPaloAlto.org>  Cc: Karen Holman <kcholman@sbcglobal.net>  Subject: 101 Exit on University Ave ‐ Trash, Graffiti, cleanliness, weeds      Good morning Clerk of the Board,    I would like to add this item to the open comment section of today's City Hall Meeting and be able to speak  during public comment related to this issue.  Please provide conference details and information on when and  how we can conference in to be part of todays discussion.      Since over 2+ years, we have seen consistently that our exit at 101 ‐ University Ave is filled with trash, graffiti,  weeds and cleanliness not being done on a regular basis.  We are one of the most affluent neighborhoods in  the Bay Area and in the Country and when you exit the freeway, it does not represent our Crescent Park  neighborhood which is well maintained, beautiful foliage and extremely clean.    Also, on the entrance for 101 on University Ave, the landscaping has never been completed, there is trash and  now a "green plastic fence has been added" which does not represent our neighborhood and its entry way.      Please help remove the graffiti, the trash, remove the weeds, fix the landscaping and keep it clean on a regular  basis.  Maybe even add a sign stating please do not litter.    Note: this issue existed Pre‐COVID and needs to be fixed.    Also, City of Menlo Park in the meantime, has the most beautiful newly constructed freeway, no weeds, no  trash and landscaping that is completed.    Thank you for your consideration.    Regards,    Benafsha Irani  3 Baumb, Nelly From:Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com> Sent:Sunday, August 30, 2020 3:05 AM To:sixth.district@jud.ca.gov; supreme.court@jud.ca.gov Cc:Bill Robinson; Brian McComas; david.rose@doj.ca.gov Subject:Civil Grand jury / Whistle Blower Complaint Attachments:MC 410 YAUMAN C1493022.pdf; Habeas Corpus Cary Andrew Crittenden Civil Grand Jury Public Guardian.pdf; Crittenden - Remittitur.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  This email string is to be added to the record along with the attached  MC‐410 document is to be added to the record to  dockets H04674 & H045195       The remitter document below is “FRAUDULENT” and all judgements rare VOID.                            Cary Andrew Crittenden        Begin forwarded message:    From: Brian McComas <mccomas.b.c@gmail.com>  Subject: Remittitur on Appeal  Date: August 12, 2020 at 10:12:52 AM PDT  To: Cary Andrew Crittenden <caryandrewcrittenden@icloud.com>  Cc: Bill Robinson <bill@sdap.org>    Cary,    The Court of Appeal issued remittitur today.  See attached.  That means your appeal has concluded.  It  also terminates my and SDAP's representation.  This our final correspondence on the subject.    We wish you the best going forward,    Brian C. McComas, Esq.  Law Office of B.C. McComas, LLP  4 PMB 1605, 77 Van Ness Ave., Ste. 101 San Francisco, CA 94102  Cell: 208-320-0383  Fax: 415‐520‐2310    CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e‐mail is legally privileged and protected by the Electronic  Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510‐2521.  If the reader of this message is not the intended  recipient, or the employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are  hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is strictly  prohibited.  If you have received this e‐mail in error, please notify me immediately at (208) 320‐0383  and by return e‐mail, and delete all copies of this message. Thank you.     5 Baumb, Nelly From:Jill Sturm <jill@tax-aid.org> Sent:Wednesday, August 26, 2020 3:36 PM To:Jill Sturm Subject:Curbside Tax Document Drop Off event in San Jose September 1st Attachments:Salvation Army Flyer.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello, Tax-Aid the nonprofit organization Tax-Aid that offers free income tax services to people with low income, has another Curbside Tax Document Drop off event next week September 1st at the Salvation Army San Jose. We will also help people complete the Census. You are most welcome to attend the event! It will be outdoors in the parking lot between 3 - 5 pm. I've attached a flyer with more details. We also have this listed as an event on our FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/2393548100941625/ Your community and constituents are struggling right now. They need help with their taxes. They depend on their tax refund. We have also created an informational page on our website about the economic stimulus. Please help us to get the word out. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for your partnership. Best,    Jill Sturm   Executive Director  Tax-Aid      Census 2020 count is on. Stand up and be counted. Learn more and take the Census here:     235 Montgomery Street, Suite 1155, San Francisco, CA 94104  Phone and Fax: 415-229-9239  jill@tax-aid.org  www.tax-aid.org/  Visit us on Facebook!  www.instagram.com/taxaidfotos/            Dejar los Documentos Fiscales para Tener sus lmpuestos Bien Preparados! Martes, 1 de septiembre, desde 3 hasta 5:00 pm Salvation Army 359 N. 4th Street San Jose Ll6menos al 415-229-9240 por otras fechas y localidades. 0 puede enviarnos por correo electr6nico sus documentos fiscales de manera segura y nuestros expertos voluntarios preparar6n su declaraci6n de impuestos. Gratis. Visite tax-aid.org o 116menos al 415-229-9240. 2 Ya ha presentado sus impuestos? jBien por usted! Por favor, cuentele a un amigo sobre Tax-Aid. No te olvides de completar el Censo 2020. Mas informaci6n en tax -aid.org/yes_you_count