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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20190826plCC2701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 08/26/2019 Document dates: 08/07/2019 – 08/14/2019 Set 2 of 3 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Uli Gal-Oz <uli@galoz.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 9:57 AM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear council members, I would like to strongly request that the requirement for a grocery store at the plaza will NOT be removed. The grocery store supports a large community of Palo Altans and should stay there, also as an anchor to the viability of the small shopping center. Best regards, Shaul Gal-Oz {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ben Stolpa <jben@stolpa.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 10:32 AM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery Market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To: City Council Palo Alto     We have found the grocery store at Edgewood Plaza to be a tremendous convenience and an often used resource.  It is  well run with inventory and products suited to its clientele.  The management is responsive to shoppers’ suggestions and  inquiries.    Please adhere to the original contractual agreement and insist on its terms re. an operational grocery store in that  location.  The development deal was made on a contract basis that at the time was fairly agreed to by all parties.  As  such, it should be adhered to and maintained as still valid, as originally signed.     Ben   jben@stolpa.com  Palo Alto  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Gmail <elise.singer@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 10:33 AM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood plaza grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  We live on Jackson Drive and use the Edgewood Plaza grocery store almost daily. My children can walk there and pick up  groceries: they learn about handling money, independence, helping w chores and good food choices. There is no other  store nearby that would allow this experience. It’s also Ana amazing example of a well run grocery that fills a need for  well curated choices.  There was a contract and it is ridiculous that the legal system is being utilized to undo an agreed to public good. The  Sand Hill group took their $30M to develop housing and they need to meet heir obligations. It’s simple. Please don’t let  our incentive payouts now fund highly paid legal arguments to avoid doing what is obviously the right thing.  Elise Singer  {REDACTED} Children: 15 yo Maya, 13 yo Hannah, 11 yo Sofia  Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Zubin Singh <singhzubin86@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 10:42 AM To:Council, City Subject:[Woodland Creek] Edgewood shopping center CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi,    My name is Zubin Singh, I'm a resident in the Woodland Creek apartment community.    I'm writing this email to encourage the the City Council to please NOT negotiate the provision for requiring an operating grocery store.     The current grocery store, The Market at Edgewood, serves several benefits to the community and is extremely popular.  Please ensure the city has a strong legal experts to file an appeal against Sand Hill that forces that the grocery store requirement to remain active. Thanks, Zubin Singh 1 Brettle, Jessica From:juliejjj@aol.com Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 10:48 AM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please, under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store. Our neighborhood's massive action helped bring back a grocery store in 2017 and you need to know how important it is. Not only to our immediate neighborhood, but city-wide. The store is a true gem. The fact that it's in walking distance for many of us adds immensely to its value - both convenience-wise and environmentally. Julie Jerome 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Karen Kotoske <karen@amistadinternational.org> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 10:56 AM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please file a strong appeal. We NEED our Edgewood market! I live on Edgewood.  My using that market rather than  Whole Foods or Piazza's contributes to less Palo Alto traffic.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jon Rattner <jer90@caa.columbia.edu> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 11:15 AM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Shopping Center Grocery CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Dear Members of the City Council:  I understand that on August 12 the Council will discuss the CIty’s appeal of the 2017 decision in which the court  effectively said that the City could not require Sand Hill Properties to provide a viable grocery store at the Edgewood  Shopping Center despite clear language in Sand Hill’s development agreement with the City.  I trust that the Council will decide to vigorously appeal that decision, not only for the purpose of recovering the  substantial penalties to which the City is entitled as a result of Sand Hill’s breach of its agreement, but also to make good  on the CIty’s commitment to its community in the vicinity of the Edgewood Shopping Center to maintain a very much  needed  resource.  The Market currently occupying the site has been well received and to my knowledge does solid  business there.  If my trust is misplaced, then I strenuously encourage the City to vigorously pursue that appeal.  To allow Sand Hill  Properties off the hook after it flouted its agreement by demolishing protected structures and then failing to provide a  grocery would be an abdication by the Council of its responsibilities and a slap in the face to the City’s residents.  Please do the right thing.  Thank you for your focused attention to this matter.  Jonathan Rattner  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto, CA 94303  1 Brettle, Jessica From:sara hammond <sachammond@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 11:29 AM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Please file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store.  Since the Edgewood Market has opened Edgewood Plaza has become much busier and provides a meeting place for  friends and family.  I spoke with a young man who gets off the freeway to use The Orange Theory gym and then shops at the market while  he waits for the traffic to ease.  I probably go to the market 5 times a week and almost always see a neighbor.  The  Market is needed in our part of Palo Alto.  Sara and Mike Hammond  {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jennifer Antonow <jennifer.antonow@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please support the Market at Edgewood! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Our community loves the Market at Edgewood! Please file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away  requiring an operating grocery store.   Thank you,   Jennifer Antonow  {REDACTED}, Palo Alto, CA 94303  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Nancy Yamada <yamadanancy@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 1:35 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza Appeal CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members,  I am concerned to hear that the Council is considering NOT filing an appeal to the Superior Court judgement required  that Sand Hill be required to provide a viable grocery store.  An empty building is NOT a public benefit.  Sand Hill should  be required to pay the penalties they were assessed for not having a running grocery store in the space after Fresh  Market pulled out.  The neighbor and entire City benefit from having this as a functioning grocery store in our community.  The City made a  significant concession by allowing the entire back parking lot to be converted to housing.  Please do not let Sand Hill off  the hook now that The Market is open.  I am a life long resident of Palo Alto and remember when this plaza was first running with the Lucky's supermarket.  I  remember how run down the market and center became before it was redeveloped.  Let's ensure that the center  remain vibrant and with a grocery store for many years, to come.  Regards,  Nancy Yamada  {REDACTED}, Palo Alto, CA 94303  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Susan Bradley <sibnotes@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 2:03 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I don't fully understand how The Market could be threatened by the City Council.     I just know this market is as close as Trader Joe's to my house, and offers a totally different food experience.  The  produce is fresh each morning from SF farmers market.  (The owner's daughter told me yesterday that her father drives  to SF every morning at 5 to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables.)     Everything about the store shows love and care.  The best bakery, cheeses, wines.  It's a bit higher priced than Safeway or TJ's but the quality far surpasses them, and it is in a neighborhood that can  support it.    I now depend on this beloved store.    Please protect it.    Susan Bradleyi  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Pitch Johnson <pitch@assetman.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 2:45 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members,  I want to urge you as strongly as I can to keep on with your appeal of the court decision concerning Edgewood Plaza. The loss or abandonment of the appeal would almost certainly result in the closure of The Market at Edgewood. That store, well run and supplied, is an important asset of our significant part of Palo Alto, and is widely used by us and our neighbors. Sincerely yours, Franklin P. Johnson, Jr. {REDACTED} Palo Alto  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Hamilton Hitchings <hitchingsh@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 2:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please Protect the Edgewood Grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  On Monday August 12th, 2019 you will discuss the appeal of the court ruling that there does not need to be a grocery store based on a very favorable reading of the contract by a judge that a vacant building fulfilled the public benefit (and also the not very airtight contract writing on the part of the city attorneys). Please file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store. Sand Hill Developers was allowed to build 10 town houses that sold for $30 million and shrink the size of the parking lot in exchange for providing the community benefit of a grocery store. Since receiving all the benefits, Sand Hill was clearly not been motivated to complete its end of the bargain and thus left the grocery store empty until only the force of penalties motivated it to find an alternate grocery store. Failing to enforce the penalties and forgoing $1.6 million in city revenue will result in significant future community disapproval of using community benefits since the city will be sending a clear message its not serious about the developer fulfilling their obligations. The Edgewood Market won "Best of 2019" by Palo Alto Weekly readers and is quite popular. It's critical that the viability and continued operation of this store is protected. Myself and many other community members walk to this store rather than drive to other farther away grocery stores. Thank you for your consideration. Hamilton Hitchings 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lindsey North <lnorth_home@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear council members, Having a market in the Edgewood Shopping Center has made a huge contribution to our neighborhood and the city itself. Finally, some real *community benefit* from Sand Hill Properties' project. Please make sure the City of Palo Alto mounts a vigorous legal defense of the requirement to keep an operating market at Edgewood Shopping Center. Thank you, Lindsey North Jackson Drive 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Yankwich Richard <richard.yankwich@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:55 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. To the City Council —  I support filing a strong appeal to enforce the Developer’s agreement to provide a grocery store for Edgewood Plaza, as  well as the penalties against the Developer for failing to provide such a grocery store for several years.   The Developer was free to negotiate whatever contract terms it was able to obtain.  It agreed to provide a grocery  store.  Although it now may wish to quibble with what that language meant, any reasonable interpretation would  require the Developer to lease the premises to a grocer, if at all possible.    It was possible, as shown by the current tenant, the Edgewood Market, which is popular, successful, and a much‐needed  community resource.  The Developer received the full value for which it negotiated in return — a smaller parking lot, a small store footprint,  and many residential units, which it sold for $30 million.  It was then time for the Developer to provide, in turn, the consideration to which it agreed: a grocery store in the  commercial space.  When it failed to do so, it knew exactly what the schedule of penalties was that it would be forced to  pay.  As with any contract, the Developer could choose between continuing to breach the contract or to comply.  In the  end, the Developer incurred penalities that it foresaw and controlled, and it has chosen to lease to a grocer in order to  comply with the contract.  These obligations must continue to be enforced through an appeal.  Not only must the City preserve the Edgewood Market as a valuable community resource, but it must not concede that  the Developer’s obligations, and the penalties incurred for not complying with them, are either unenforceable or will not  be enforced.  The City did the right thing here.  Now it must insist that the Developer meet its agreed‐upon  obligations.  It is worth both the money and the principle.  Richard I. Yankwich  richard.yankwich@gmail.com {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650)269-4403 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Rosalinda Quintanar <rquintanars@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 4:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members, As a local resident of Edgewood Market neigborhood, I urge you to file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store. Our neighborhood's massive action helped bring back a grocery store in 2017 and so we need you to know how important the grocery store is to us. Thanks for your support! Rosalinda Quintanar 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mel Kronick <melkronick@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 4:18 PM To:Council, City Cc:Mel Kronick; Karen Kronick Subject:Grocery Store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  My wife and I strongly urge the city to file a strong appeal with the current developers and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store. The presence of such a store adds so much to our neighborhood.    Thanks for consideration of our perspective.    Mel and Karen Kronick  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jessie B <jteitz@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 4:42 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keep a grocery store at Edgewood! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi,    I understand that you are discussing whether to appeal the ruling that the requirement that Sand Hill provide a viable  grocery store is not valid.  HECK YES PLEASE APPEAL!  Sand Hill got huge benefits in return for its commitment to support a grocery store in the Edgewood development. Make  sure they can't back out of their side of the deal.  Jessie Becker  {REDACTED}, Palo Alto, CA 94303  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sue Tseng <suetseng@aol.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 4:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Members of our City Council,    I am a lifelong resident of Palo Alto and we live in the “Crescent Park Addition” neighborhood very close to the Market  at Edgewood.  It is just a wonderful place, a real answer to prayer to have such a great market right in our  neighborhood.  The owners have made every effort to make it a well‐stocked, friendly, gathering place for the  neighborhood and are kind and attentive to all the shoppers’ requests for sought‐after grocery items.  I can’t tell you  how often I frequent the market ‐ for last minute items, for dinner tonight, for so many things.  It’s something I would  hate for our neighborhood to lose.  I really love the sense of community the market fosters; we’re not always so lucky to  have a place in the neighborhood that feels like “neighborhood."    I urge you, please vote to keep our grocery store!!  PLEASE!!    many thanks‐  Sincerely,    Susan Tseng  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jo Ann Mandinach <joann@needtoknow.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 5:04 PM To:Council, City Subject:Protect The Market @ Edgewood. Reduce traffic backups near Town & Country! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. We waited long enough for The Market @ Edgewood which won awards for being the best local grocer. Do what you can to keep it alive. Support merchants instead of developers. For a change/ Having The Market where it is keeps me off of Embarcadero where I often sit backed up for 6 -- SIX -- traffic lights at Town & Country BEFORE school starts and before Casti and Stanford expand. ENOUGH already. I'm tired of having to drive miles out of my way to the MENLO Park Trader Joe's because Embarcadero is impassable -- and impossible! Remind Liz there really ARE traffic problems. Most sincerely, Jo Ann Mandinach {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94301 1 Brettle, Jessica From:trinh nguyen <trngyen@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 5:10 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council, We live on Channing and love The Market store at Edgewood. We stop by a few times a week for fresh produce. It is very convenient. Their price in general are very good. Please help to keep it opened. Thanks so much. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Julian L <paloaltojulian@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 6:56 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market: Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.    To Whom It May Concern,     My name is Julian, I am a local resident of Palo Alto for the past 4 years. I am writing you today because I have  heard concerning news about the possible closure of our local grocery store, The Market.     I have lived in Palo Alto when the building for the Market sat vacant in Edgewood Plaza. At that time, there was  little life or energy at the plaza ‐ as you can imagine the effect a large, empty, unused, and dark building has on its'  surroundings. The Edgewood Plaza became more of a local eye sore than a place to shop at. As a result, the plaza served  mainly as a de‐facto overflow surface parking lot than a shopping center.     Since the Market has opened there has been noticeable positive changes to the entire plaza. New businesses  have opened, reinvigorating the plaza from a desolate parking lot to an actual shopping center. One of the many great  qualities of the Market is that it showcases local produce, products, and provides jobs to the community. During the  summer, it’s easy to see the Market employs local high schoolers which offers these students’ a great nearby  opportunity to enter the workforce. The Market has become more than a grocery store but an anchor for the  community.    I hope on August 12th, you will stand firm and file the strongest appeal to keep our local Market.    Best,  Julian   1 Brettle, Jessica From:Joseph McGee <jmcg55@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 6:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please protect the Market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Sirs,   Please do not let the owner’s of Edgewood Plaza get out of their obligation at have a grocery store. The Market at  Edgewood has been a wonderful resource for the city and the neighborhood. Please stand up strongly for this store and  for the owners of Edgewood Plaza to fulfill their obligations.  Thank you.  Sincerely,  Joseph McGee  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto, CA. 94301  650‐400‐1332  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad  1 Brettle, Jessica From:angela wong <angwong@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 7:17 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keeping a Grocery Store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hi City Council,     I am a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis and absolutely LOVE our grocery store The Market!  We love going there all the time.  The owner and staff our wonderful.  My kids love it there too.    I am hoping The Market will stay and be supported.  Please do NOT let Sand Hill get away with not having a grocery store there as promised.    Thank you,  Angela Wong    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Z. Ahsan <aghaz@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, August 8, 2019 8:53 PM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery store at Edgewood plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Sir/Madam, Please ensure that we have a grocery store at Edgewood plaza. Please file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store. Agha Zaigham Ahsan, {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Bonnie <bonnieloree@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 6:42 AM To:Council, City Subject:The Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    City leaders,    Please keep the grocery store.  It is a much needed resource for the area.  It is small and friendly and a community  building place.      Bonnie Keller.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Joerg Rathenberg <jrathenberg@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 12:22 PM To:Council, City Cc:Benafsha Irani Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I have learned that on Monday you will discuss the appeal of a 2017 court ruling saying there needn't be an operating grocery store at the shopping center. You are surely aware how long it took us to get the market in place. It is a critical building block of our community. Please ensure that you give this appeal the full attention it deserves to come to a successful conclusion. Our neighborhoos depends on you. Thank you Joerg Rathenberg 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jeff Levinsky <jeff@levinsky.org> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 1:54 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please Appeal the Edgewood Plaza Ruling CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Councilmembers:  Please be sure the City files a strong appeal of last year's ruling trashing the city's requirement of an operating grocery  store at Edgewood Plaza.  You probably don't have time to read that actual ruling, so below is a quick summary of its key  failings.  You'll see how the judge made many serious errors in interpreting the ordinance.  The City therefore has  substantial grounds for its appeal.  Thanks!  Jeff Levinsky   {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94303  What’s Wrong with the Edgewood Ruling   January 8, 2018  The December 15, 2017 ruling by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Peter Kirwan says the City of Palo Alto has no  right to insist that the Edgewood Plaza grocery store remain open and therefore can’t collect penalties when it is not.   The City had argued that Edgewood Plaza’s special zoning ordinance does require the grocery to store be open and  available.  The ordinance specifically requires as one of the public benefits of the project:  Provision of a grocery store in the 20,600 sq. ft. building.  The commercial property owner shall ensure the  continued use of the 20,600 sq. ft. building as a grocery store for the life of the project;  From page 3 of City of Palo Alto Ordinance 5224, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/39188  Kirwan ruled the language above didn’t mean the grocery store had to be open and operating and instead could be  permanently closed, as happened after The Fresh Market shut down the store back in March 2015 along with all its  other West Coast locations.  His ruling thus precludes the City from collecting some or all of about $2.3 million in  penalties from the shopping center for violating the zoning ordinance during 2015 to 2017.    There are serious defects in Kirwan’s ruling, including:  Ignoring His Own Dictionary: Kirwan reads the clause above and focused in on the required “continued use.”  He says,   The word “use,” when employed as a noun, refers to the manner or purpose for which something is used.  (See  The American Heritage Dictionary (2d College Ed.) p. 1331 [meaning of “use” includes “the application of  employment of something for some purpose” and “[t]he manner of using”).  From page 10 of http://paneighborhoods.org/wp‐content/uploads/2017/12/Decision‐on‐Petition‐for‐Writ‐of‐Mandate‐and‐Oder‐for‐Further‐ Briefing‐12‐15‐17‐3.pdf  2   Using the first definition Kirwan cites, the ordinance requires the 20,600 sq. ft. building to be “applied” to the purpose of  having a grocery store.  But there is no grocery store when the building is vacant any more than there is a petting zoo or  a blimp factory there.  Under the second definition, the “manner of using” the building should be as a grocery store.  But  a vacant building isn’t being used at all and is definitely not being used as a grocery store.  In short, the very dictionary  definitions Kirwan cites clearly demonstrate that a vacant building doesn’t comply with the ordinance.    Ignoring the Full Clause: Kirwan doesn’t analyze the first part of the clause, which requires, “Provision of a grocery store  in the 20,600 sq. ft. building.”  Merriam‐Webster.com (accessed 1/7/18) says the word “provision” means “the act or  process of providing.” A vacant building does not provide a grocery store, just as it doesn’t provide a petting zoo or a  blimp factory, and so doesn’t comply with the requirement.  It’s odd that Kirwan skipped over this key phrase, given that  his ruling earlier states:    … courts give significance to every single word, phrase, sentence, and part of an act in pursuing a legislative  purpose. (page 9)    Ignoring the Intent: Kirwan himself cites in his ruling a precedent that:    “... If the language is clean and unambiguous, courts follow the plain meaning of the statute.  … Courts should  not give language of a statute its literal meaning if doing so would result in absurd consequences unintended by  the Legislature. In that case, the intent of the law prevails over the letter, and the letter, if possible, will be read  so as to conform to the spirit of the act.” (Pages 9‐10)    So if Kirwan thought the requirement for a grocery store was ambiguous, he should have looked to the intent.  Yet his  ruling doesn’t discuss intent whatsoever.  Doing so would require noting that Albertsons had left the center years earlier  and there had been no operating grocery store since. The vacant space left by Albertsons represented half of the  shopping center, eroding its vitality and attracting crime. How would having the same unfortunate situation that already  existed be a public benefit?   The PC ordinance itself says:    Development of the site under the provisions of the PC Planned Community District will result in public benefits  not otherwise attainable by application of the regulations of general districts or combining districts.    In other words, the city understood that it couldn’t normally compel an operating grocery store but was doing so  through the ordinance, which Sand Hill voluntarily agreed to abide by.  That was the intent.    Another indication of the intent of the PC is the City’s statement that:    The proposed project will refurbish an existing retail center to provide services to the local residents who have  been underserved since the grocery store closed.  From page 15 of November 3, 2011 ARB Staff Report at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/30951    If the City had only intended the 20,600 sq. ft. building be restricted to grocery use, it would not have stated that the  intent was “to provide services” but rather only to provide sites for potential services.  And it would not have suggested  there would necessarily be any change from the closed grocery situation at the time the PC was being debated.    And §18.38.080(c) of the City’s Municipal Code says a PC Development Program Statement shall include “the conditions  or characteristics of occupancy, use, or operation,” that is, not merely the allowed uses.  So governing the operations  was a legitimate intent of the PC.    Interpreting the ordinance language to continue to allow no operating grocery store is exactly the “absurd  consequence” of an improper interpretation that Kirwan himself claimed courts should avoid.    3 Introducing a Different Definition: Kirwan interprets the phrase “continued use” to allow vacancy by noting the word  “use” has a special meaning in zoning laws:    .. in the context of local zoning or land use laws, term “use” typically refers to the type of use or intensity of use  allowed for any given property.  (See Miller and Star, Cal. Real Est (4th Ed.) § 21:8 [“A typical zoning ordinance  includes an extensive array of definitions and classifications by type or intensity of use, and includes a map or  series of maps dividing the jurisdiction into areas or “zoning districts” in which different uses are permitted …”].   (Page 10)    It’s true that Palo Alto’s own Municipal Code defines an array of “uses” and each property is allowed to have one or  more of these uses.  For example, one “use” defined in the code is “Retail Service” and another is “Day Care Center.”   But suppose you have a vacant building on a property that allows both these uses.  You couldn’t say that the vacant  building’s “continued use” is “Retail Service” any more than you could say it is “Day Care Center.”  Rather, those are the  allowed uses, but while vacant the building has neither use.  So when Kirwan interpreted the phrase “continued use” to  mean that the building should continuously meet the zoning use of grocery store, he should have then ruled that a  vacant building doesn’t.    Kirwan’s reinterpretation of “use” to mean “zoning use” has another problem.  Substituting his interpretation into the  ordinance language yields, “The commercial property owner shall ensure the continued zoning use …”  But property  owners don’t and can’t ensure zoning uses.  Rather, the City itself establishes the zoning uses of a property by enacting  laws.  It would make no sense for the City to require an owner to ensure a zoning law remain in effect when everyone  knows the owner couldn’t possibly do that.  It’s another absurd interpretation .. and Kirwan acknowledged he was  supposed to avoid absurd interpretations.    Ignoring Why Ordinances Vary:  Kirwan argues for his interpretation of “use” by saying:    This conclusion is bolstered by the City’s own prior treatment of the terms “use” and “operation” in a very  similar context.  In 2010, the City adopted PC Ordinance No. 5069, which regards a mixed‐use development  project including space for a grocery store.  The ordinance lists permitted and conditionally permitted “land  uses,” including residential, business offices, retail services, farmers markets, and others.   The ordinance goes  on to set forth “[s]pecial limitations on land uses.”  As related to the grocery store, those limitations state in  relevant part: “The grocery store tenant shall occupy and begin operations prior to any office tenant occupancy.  … The grocery store shall remain in continuous operation as a grocery store.  ‘Continuous shall be defined to  include brief closure for ordinary business purposes.’” The City apparently understood the terms “use” and  “operations” to mean something different relative to PC Ordinance 5069, with “use” referring to the general  way property may be used and “operation” referring to the act of conducting business.  (Page 11)    This other PC is for College Terrace Centre, which was a very different project.  There, the intent was to preserve a  grocery store but replace the buildings on the site, whereas Edgewood Plaza had no grocer and a goal was to preserve  all the buildings, including two that were of historic significance.  The College Terrace Centre PC had to grapple with an  additional issue, namely that the original grocery store (JJ&F) might go out of business and City wanted any successor to  be very similar.  There was no such concern at Edgewood Plaza, where the type and manner of function of the grocery  store was not specified in any manner.  That the language in the two PCs should then differ is unremarkable.   Furthermore, Kirwan’s cites no evidence that the City intentionally chose different words for the two PCs because it  didn’t care if Edgewood’s grocery store was vacant.    Ignoring Other Evidence:  Kirwan concludes this part of the ruling by saying:    Extrinsic aids may be examined to resolve a statutory ambiguity, including legislative history materials.   (Branciforte Heights, LLC v. City of Santa Cruz (2006) 138 Cal.App.4th 914,926.)  Here, Respondents did not point  to any extrinsic matters compelling that the PC Ordinance No. 5224 should be interpreted as requiring Petitioner  to ensure the active operation of a grocery store at all times. (Page 12)  4   But there is such evidence.  The minutes of the February 29, 2012 Planning Commission meeting discussing the  proposed Edgewood Plaza ordinance cite Jim Baer, representing Sand Hill and arguing for the ordinance, as saying:  “With respect to public benefits, there is a commitment to provide a grocery store for which there are two  precedents for this being the overriding benefit.  At Alma Plaza no homes could be sold without there being a  grocery store that both signed a lease and pulled tenant improvement building plans.  That grocery store  commitment was for the useful life of the building.  I may be incorrect.  It may be in perpetuity or for the useful  life of the building.  JJ&F 50,000 square foot office building was added to preserve an 8,000 foot grocery store,  to rebuild an 8,000 foot grocery store.  Enormous increased development rights and again I’m not sure if it is in  perpetuity or for the useful life of the improvement as its developed so the commitment to write a grocery store  for its useful life or in perpetuity and I’m sorry I don’t have the Ordinance presented to you in front of me, is an  overwhelming public benefit that cannot be compelled under any Ordinance including the PC Ordinance.  This  could be an athletic club, this could be a Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid.  To provide a grocery store is what the  community wanted and is of enormous public benefit.”  Page 371 of http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/41657    Note he does not say the public benefit is to provide merely a building that could remain vacant.  Rather, he twice states  there a grocery store itself will be provided and labels that the public benefit.  That definition of the public benefit,  supplied directly by the spokesperson for the shopping center owners during deliberation of the ordinance, is consistent  with the City’s claim that the public benefit requirement written into the ordinance was for an operating grocery, not a  merely a building restricted to having a grocery store in it.    The quote above was not the first time Sand Hill promised a functioning grocery store.  The 2009 press release co‐issued  by Sand Hill Properties and the Edgewood Architectural Control Committee following the resolution of the latter’s  lawsuit stated:  The owners and developers of Edgewood Shopping Center are committed to bringing and will bring a viable  grocery store and operator to the renovated property.    An empty building is not a “viable grocery store.”    Carla Carvalho  Jeff Levinsky  Lenore Cymes  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Commercial <rkscomm@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 2:35 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keep Our Grocery Store!!!! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    KaySchauer  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Rich Gerould <rich@gerould.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 3:12 PM To:Council, City; lisa@gerould.com Subject:Please Appeal Ruling on Edgewood Plaza Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. We are writing in support of the City’s appeal of the ruling of December 15, 2017 by Judge Kirwan that the City of Palo Alto has no right to insist that the Edgewood Plaza market remain open. The Edgewood market is the first viable neighborhood grocery store in this location and deserves every opportunity to succeed. We shop there nearly every day. They clearly understand their clientele and work very hard to respond to requests for new items. It would be a great loss to the Crescent Park community were the market to close or be replaced by another business that does not serve the needs of actual residents, as has happened so often recently. Thank you for your consideration. Rich& Lisa Gerould {REDACTED} Palo Alto (650) 321-6899 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Gabe <gamma888@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 7:41 PM To:Council, City Cc:gabe leung Subject:Edgewood Plaza - Appeal for the Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To whom it may concern,     My name is Gabe Leung and I’m a resident of Duveneck neighborhood.  I’ve been living here in Palo Alto since 1986 and  have seen many changes here.    So, to make it brief, I would highly encourage you to appeal the court’s 2017 ruling that the Edgewood Plaza do not need  a grocery store.  I beg to differ as I have been going to Lucky’s prior to the plaza’s new renovation.  When there was no  grocery store, it has provided a strain on my financial side due to more time/driving.      Since the Market at Edgewood have opened, I found myself going there frequently simply because of its awesome  selections of food as well as to‐go eats for my busy life.    Even though the roads at Palo Alto has gone real busy due to some developments around, I can imagine how the  neighbors around Edgewood Plaza would have to make the traffic worser.      Also, I feel truly blessed to have this local market in Palo Alto because I genuinely believe that Palo Alto is all about  caring neighbors around, community to work together (my kid goes to Ohlone Elementary), and worth the fighting for  appealing on overturning the court’s 2017 ruling.       Even though, you may have other major issues to tackle, please do not forget that you do represent the majority of Palo  Altoans who enjoys the benefits of having local businesses instead of a franchise.  I believe that having a local grocerer  would make a huge difference based on a data from the review sites as the Market provided a great sense of community  in parallel to Palo Alto’s strong history of  community.        Again, I truly hope that you, the city council, would appeal this ruling on August 12th.  Please keep in mind that a local  grocery store  is on a major location close to 101, welcoming many visitors to Palo Alto, close to a medical center (Stanford) on other  side of 101, and of course, neighbors.        Kind regards,  Gabe Leung  Duveneck/Midtown resident since 1979    Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:neva yarkin <nevayarkin@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 11:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:from Neva Yarkin regarding Edgewood Plaza Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  August 9, 2019     To: Eric Filseth, Alison Cormack, Tom DuBois, Adrian Fine, Liz Kniss, Lydia Kou, and Greg Tanaka    I am asking for the City to file a strong appeal to keep "The  Edgewood Market" open.  I buy Salmon there once a month,  and whenever I am in the area I buy other groceries there too.  The fish is alot cheaper then most other stores.  The  employees really make an effort to help customers.      Sand Hill Properties should have to pay the penalties ($1.6 Million) for when the grocery store was vacant.      It is amazing to me that a superior court judge would even rule that a "vacant building is a meaningful public benefit".  If  this is the case, why would we even let development continue to grow without some benefit for the community?    Sincerely,    Neva Yarkin  133 Churchill Ave.  Palo Alto      1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mallory Cases <mallory.cases@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, August 9, 2019 11:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Good evening,    The Market at Edgewood is a wonderful grocery store. My family visits it regularly. We love it and have come to depend  on it. It is a part of our community.    I am writing to insist you file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery  store.    Sincerely,  Mallory Cases    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:S.herzog@comcast.net Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:18 AM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City of Palo Alto Council,    I read on NextDoor about the issue with the grocery store in Edgewood Plaza. It’s a great store and a win‐win to the  neighborhood to have a market in this area. I urge you to file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate  away requiring an operating grocery store.    Best regards,  Susan Herzog  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Don Sekimura <2dsekimura@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 9:10 AM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Dear City Council Members,  Please do whatever you can to appeal the court decision and enforce the requirement that Sandhill provide a market for  our neighborhood. Without the ability to ensure community benefits, the entire “planned community” idea must be  abandoned.  Diane Sekimura  {REDACTED}  94303  Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Greening <markieg9@mac.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 10:21 AM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Regarding your meeting to discuss the financial situation at Edgewood Plaza ‐ please do whatever you can to keep The  Market at Edgewood. A grocery store makes a community and this one is a treasure. The original proposal for  development of the plaza guaranteed there should be a grocery store in exchange for housing and that it should be  subsidized by the developer if necessary. Don’t go back on that commitment or you will lose the trust of your  constituents.  Best regards,  Mark Greening  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto  1 Brettle, Jessica From:gretchen deandre <gredea@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 12:42 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood plaza grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. To whom it may concern, I'm writing to implore you to protect the requirement of an operating grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. The market has enhanced the surrounding neighborhoods, and it's important that we have a grocery in the shopping center. Thank you. Gretchen DeAndre {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Phyllis Klein <phyllis@phyllisklein.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 1:02 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,  As a person who shops at the Edgewood Market, I want to make a strong statement about the need to keep this market  open. Please oppose the ruling stating that there doesn’t need to be an operating market at this location. Since the  Edgewood Market has moved into this space, the area has been thriving. It is a wonderful neighborhood resource!  Please use your very best legal experts to stop this attempt to damage and disrupt our neighborhood.    Thank you for your attention,    Phyllis Klein  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Carol Brannan <cbrannan1112@earthlink.net> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 2:15 PM To:Council, City Cc:cbrannan1112@earthlink.net Subject:Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members,     I am writing to request that the City Council please give thoughtful consideration to the needs of residents in the  Duveneck/St Francis and wider area. Please appeal the 2017 court ruling suggesting there needn't be an operating  grocery store at the Edgewood shopping center.   Residents rely on Edgewood Plaza for the only local grocery store in  this area.       Back in 2012, when the City allowed Sand Hill to profit from rebuilding the shopping center with a much smaller parking  lot and addition of approximately $30 million in housing, Sand Hill agreed to provide a "viable grocery store”. We all  make decisions about how to invest our time and money, taking into account the up‐front and ongoing costs. It is  reasonable to hold Sand Hill accountable to their contractual agreements.       Thank you for your consideration.     With best regards,    Carol Brannan Marimpietri   1 Brettle, Jessica From:Carol Kenyon <carolskenyon@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 3:34 PM To:Council, City Subject:Our Neighborhood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I am writing to you as members of the Palo Alto City Council to do what ever may be necessary to KEEP “The Market” at  Edgewood Plaza.  This is a lovely neighborhood with people of all ages who value living here and need this market going  strong.  It is within walking distance for many of us and yes we do walk to the market.  Otherwise we are forced to drive  to markets in other parts of the city.  I know no one in this City loves. more traffic.    Please do what ever is needed to keep our neighborhood market.    Thanking you in advance    Best,    Carol    Carol S. Kenyon  carolskenyon@gmail.com    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Victoria M Knapp <knapp.victoriam@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 4:23 PM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery Store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello - I'm a concerned Palo Alto Homeowner who lives near the Edgewood Center. It has come to my attention that the Grocery Store is in danger of being closed. Have a local Grocery Store near my home as a single, female who lives along provides me great comfort in case I'm in need. Having a center within 5 minutes of my home provide me access, gives me a safe (personal) safe option & keeps my community vibrant. The Edgewood Market also provides hard to find items which I frequently use in my cooking. I hope you will consider up holding the agreement made with the community by ensuring the Property Management company doesn't remove this vital vendor in our community. Warmly, Victoria KNapp   ‐‐   - Victoria  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Susie Poon <susie_poon@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 4:37 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please keep The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,  We love shopping at The Market because the price is fair. Meat and produce are fresh. Please keep The Market  operating for the long term .  Thank you,  Susie    Sent from my iPad  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Carine Schneider <carine.m.schneider@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 5:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please keep and support the Edgewood Market! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  This market is an important part of the ecosystem of Palo Alto/Menlo Park. We visit the store several times each week.     Thank you!    Carine Schneider   +1‐650‐862‐8628  carine@dschneider.com        1 Brettle, Jessica From:Katharine Terry <kathyt140@me.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 5:27 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  To our Palo Alto City Council, I’m seeing some activity on NextDoor that we might lose our wonderful Edgewood  Market…….please do EVERYTHING you can to keep our market open.  I shop there all the time.  Everyone I know really  likes it.  It’s important to a whole section of neighborhood life in Palo Alto.  I would be pretty mad if we lose Edgewood Market.  Thank you for listening,  Kathy Terry  {REDACTED}  PA  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Patricia zirk <trishrn21@comcast.net> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 5:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market @ Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    To Whom It May Concern:  I implore you to make every effort to have The Market STAY in Palo Alto!  With kind regards,  Patricia Zirk  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Peter O'Riordan <oriordanmeister@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 5:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    To the members of the City Council    I strongly encourage you to do everything possible to keep the grocery store Edgewood Plaza  It has been a huge benefit  to the local community from which it has garnered great support. I I understand that you will be discussing the future of  the zoning for the shopping center on Monday 8/12 and ask that you do everything possible to retain the incentives that  make the grocery store viable.    Peter  oriordanmeister@gmail.com        1 Brettle, Jessica From:Rex Chiu <rexchiu@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 6:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi City Council, I am Rex Chiu, resident at {REDACTED} in Palo Alto, Sand Hill needs to pay penalty and city needs to apply pressure on Sand Hill to keep grocery store at the Edgewood Plaza. Thanks. Rex Chiu 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Vini Jain <viniraj@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 6:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:Appeal for an operating grocery store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi,  I am writing to you to ensure that we continue having an operating grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. We love The  Market and the convenience of walking to the grocery store. My daughter, now 16, has been walking to the grocery  store ever since it opened first as The Fresh Market and now The Market. The Market fills in the need of a much needed  well stocked neighborhood grocery store. They keep bringing in new items and listen to the customers needs. I was so  surprised to find a big chocolate wafer that I had found in Warsaw and told by my Polish colleagues was a Polish  speciality! Needless to say I love the availability of international groceries in addition to the regular grocery.  In closing, my family and I would appreciate it very much if you filed a strong appeal to keep an operating grocery store  at The Edgewood which would allow The Market to be in operation and help a neighborhood mom and pop store to  survive in this world of chain grocery stores.    Thanks & Regards,  Vini    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Apurva <apurvab@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 6:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:We need that grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Thank you,  ‐Apurva    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Darryl Celkupa <sunraydcc@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 6:45 PM To:Council, City Cc:Trumbull Elizabeth (Buffy) Subject:The Market @ Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Dear Palo Alto City Council:  My wife Elizabeth and I want to voice our strong support for keeping The Market which has become our main  destination for groceries replacing Whole Foods.   The staff provide excellent service and along with management are  very customer‐centric.  We also like the fact that in this day and age we are supporting a local business.  It would be a great loss to the community if it were forced out of the Plaza and a step backwards/bad precedent with  respect to developers who care little about the communities they operate in and only about maximizing their profit per  sq. foot.  Sand Hill Properties should be held responsible for any fines owed to the City and she be forced to honor their contracts.  If they couldn’t live up to the requirements then they shouldn’t have signed it in the first place.  Thank you  Best,  Darryl Celkupa & Elizabeth Trumbull  {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94303  Mobile:  206‐947‐2974  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Harriet Stern <jacobeatrice@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:02 PM To:Council, City Subject:Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    We are frequent patrons at The Market at Edgewood.  Can the City Council ensure that it will remain.  We need a  grocery on this side of town.    Thank you.    Sincerely,    Harriet Stern  Leland Manor    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Chuck Sieloff <chuck.sieloff@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 8:22 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. The Market at Edgewood Plaza is a real asset to Palo Alto and has  brought new vitality to a nearly dead shopping center. I hope you will do  everything in your power to ensure its survival. I think it is truly offensive  that the developer has tried to evade its responsibility under the original  terms of the development agreement and is now apparently threatening  the economic viability of The Market through its legal actions.  Chuck Sieloff  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sharon Dougherty <sdougherty@kwrpa.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 9:27 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please don’t let large development win w a loss on the requirement to have a market at Edgewood.  That was  negotiated and agreed upon.  It should not be overturned Or given away.    The grocery is important to all the neighborhood but it is difficult to be profitable w such tight parking that was  negotiated by Sand Hill !!    Sharon Dougherty  Area resident  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Vivian LIU <vivian2982@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 9:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear city council,    The Market at Edgewood Plaza has been offering a much needed service to the neighborhood. Please help do whatever  you could to keep it.    Thank you!    Vivian  A Palo Alto resident  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kathy Jordan <kjordan114wh@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 10:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:The market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To the council ‐      The neighborhood would love to see the Market remain in place.    Thank you.    Best,    Kathy Jordan  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Maricar Horton <maricarhorton@yahoo.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 11:05 PM To:Council, City Subject:We need the Market for Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, Please consider filing a strong appeal against Sand Hill Properties so that the Market will continue to operate in the Edgewood Plaza. It has been an excellent addition to Palo Alto. I truly shop there almost every day. Let’s not let another developer take advantage of our city. Sincerely, Maricar Horton {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94301 Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Margaret O'Reilly <megoreilly84@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, August 10, 2019 11:56 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    This market is great and the city should do everything to make sure it stays.  Margaret O’Reilly  Southampton Drive    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Eden <mleden@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 7:06 AM To:Council, City Subject:Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members, It has come to my attention that the grocery store at the Edgewood Plaza is, once again, under threat by the actions of the mall developers, Sand Hill Property Company. I insist that you hold the developers feet to the fire on their commitment to provide, as a public benefit, a grocery market. It is becoming increasingly apparent to me and many other Palo Alto residents that developers, such as Sand Hill Property Company, receive preferential treatment over the folks who actually live here, pay property taxes and help to create this community. I look forward to your response on this email, and I appreciate your support in ensuring that the Market at Edgewood continues to serve the community. As an important aside, the Market at Edgewood is highly regarded by many residents, as evidenced by the reviews in Yelp and other social media outlets. Sincerely, -Mark Eden 1 Brettle, Jessica From:A Feng <youngasf@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 7:20 AM To:Council, City Subject:Please keep the Market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Honorable City Councilmembers of Palo Alto, Please continue to request that there be a neighborhood market at Edgewood Plaza! The Market at Edgewood currently provides much needed groceries within walking/biking distance of local residents. This is an environmentally friendly alternative to driving. Teachers, students and parents walk to this market during the school year and throughout the year. It is a great gathering and socializing venue while you are shopping to catch up with your neighbors and friends. In addition, there is food that is not found at other markets. Let me name a few for examples. There is the freshly made avocado dip (the best I have ever had and I don’t even really like avocados—this dip has changed my tune about avocados), tortilla chips I have not found in other stores , jolly llama brand frozen sorbet, gelato bars that are only there (there is a gelato bar made from Tcho chocolate, a local Bay Area chocolate company), house made sandwiches that can be warmed up in the store, freshly made sushi items and a really delicious bakery with fresh baked breads, treats and cakes. I have come just to order one of their cakes for birthdays and get-togethers. This market is providing a much needed service, making locally made food items and supporting the local community. Please continue to support our vibrant, wonderful community by requiring a grocery store here at Edgewood Plaza!! Thank you so much for your time and support! Respectfully yours, Angela Feng Local resident of Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Devon Cohn <devoncohn@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 9:32 AM To:Council, City Subject:The Market in Edgewood Shopping Center CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    I am a resident in the Community Center neighborhood, and I recently heard that the City Council is considering some  actions (or lack of  actions) that might affect the viability of The Market in the Edgewood Shopping Center. The Market is a valuable and  important resource for maintaining and strengthening our neighborhood. I shop at The Market regularly, and often see  friends and neighbors there. Having a market in that spot increases my enjoyment of my neighborhood and deepens my  connection to other people who live here. If The Market looses financial supports that are helping it become  established, I am afraid it will fail and we will not have a grocery store in that spot in the near future, or possibly ever.  That would be a huge blow for me as well as other people who live nearby. Please take any actions necessary to support  The Market and, as needed, hold Sand Hill Properties to their original agreement to provide a grocery store.    best,  Devon Cohn  Any sufficiently advanced learning is indistinguishable from play.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Nancy Stern <nancy.stern1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 10:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  I implore you to do whatever you have to do to ensure that the Market at Edgewood remains. It has become an  important community resource.    I have lived in the immediate neighborhood since 1973. It is exactly what we have needed. Neighbors are excited and  happy it is there. It is a gathering place and it offers the quality of goods and services the we need. It was voted best  grocery store and produce department for a reason.    You of all people know what the Market has meant to the neighborhood .    Thanks for your help,    Nancy Stern  Walter Hays Drive  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Robert Cardelli <rmcard@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 10:38 AM To:Council, City Subject:Please save the Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    For so long we were without a market and we are so pleased with our new one.  Please save our Market.  It is a great gathering place for neighbors, the owners  are very accommodating and helpful and  are really trying to make It work for all of us.    Micki Cardelli    Sent from my iPad  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Jeff Shore <jeff.shore@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 12:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:Aug 12 - Agenda Item 8 - CPA v. Tze CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    To Council Members,    Regarding the above‐referenced pending case, the online docket indicates that Appellants' opening brief is due on  August 16.  In light of the Closed Session scheduled for August 12, I want to take this opportunity to commend Council  for vigorously pursuing the appeal and resisting the opportunity to settle the case on unacceptable terms.  Specifically, it  would be entirely unacceptable to settle this case unless Respondents agree, as part of the settlement, to the  "continued operation" of the  20,600 sq. ft. building as a grocery store on a prospective basis.    Respectfully,    Jeffrey Shore    Edgewood Drive    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Juan Caviglia <juan@meitre.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 12:17 PM To:Council, City Subject:Protect The Market at Edgewood, the grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To whom it may concern:  As a resident of Duveneck St. Francis I insist you file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store at Edgewood Plaza.     I would like to Council to fight and appeal the 2017 court ruling saying there needn't be an operating grocery store at the shopping center.     I would want to remind the Council that overturning the 2017 ruling means it can collect approximately $1.6 million in penalties that Sand Hill Properties, the shopping center developer, owes it for when the grocery store space was vacant. Back in 2012, the City allowed Sand Hill to rebuild the shopping center with a much smaller parking lot and add approximately $30 million in housing. In exchange, Sand Hill agreed to provide a handful of public benefits, a major one being providing a "viable grocery store," in its own words. Beginning in 2016, the City fined Sand Hill for not providing a grocery and in 2017, Sand Hill stopped paying penalties and instead sued the City to remove the grocery store requirement. Although Sand Hill lost the first round before an independent administrative hearing official, it won in superior court, where a judge undid the requirement that any grocery store actually be "provided," saying in effect that a vacant building is a meaningful public benefit. That makes no sense and could well encourage more developer misbehavior.    I can attest of the enormous value of shopping at The Market as it allows me to keep a "car-free" life. Neighborhood resources like this are essential to reduce pollution and having local vibrant walkable communities.    Thanks for your consideration,    Juan Ignacio       1 Brettle, Jessica From:Preeva Tramiel <palmpeebs@me.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 12:22 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Grocery Store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Please don’t overturn the ruling that assures our grocery store. I live near Channing, and the Edgewood market is very  convenient!  thank you.  Preeva Tramiel  {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lenore Cymes <lenraven1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 12:40 PM To:Council, City Subject:Re: Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members,    I find it amazing to that that the question of a grocery store is even a question.      For ten years the site was a scary place in the neighborhood.   For two years there was “the market” ‐ while the  company opened six in a very short period of time ‐ our store was the only one beginning to make a profit and suddenly  closed,    Today, due to the presence of The Market at Edgewood, the site is bustling with activity and community interaction.  We  no longer have to drive miles to Trader Joe's or Safeway for our groceries, lessening traffic and pollution.   The owners  have worked to respond to the needs of the neighborhood and succeeded.  The CC put a lot of work and thought into  supporting the successful store we have today.  Why not fight to keep this valued asset and the $$$ the city gains by  requiring SH to pay their fines  .    Sand Hill agreed to provide a grocery store; however, this did not happen and the city fined Sand Hill beginning in  2016.  Sand Hill stopped paying penalties  in 2017 and sued the city to remove the grocery store requirement.   In 2012  the city allowed Sand Hill Properties, to build approximately $30 million in housing units.  The first “judge” found in favor  of the neighborhood and Sand Hill would not accept the decision but took the city to court.  They  have deep pockets to  keep fighting their battles.  If the city's appeal is successful it can collect approximately $1.6 million in penalties . If the  city loses its appeal we will lose the best grocery store (as voted in 2019, Palo Alto Weekly) in Palo Alto.   I have to agree  with another comment by a writer — What would this say to any business thinking of starting up in Palo Alto.    Sincerely,  Lenore Cymes  Palo Alto  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Tom Lipkis <tal@pss.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 12:45 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please appeal the illogical and incorrect decision that an empty building satisfies Sand Hill's agreement with the city.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:TIM BARRINGER <tim.barringer@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 2:45 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Members of the Palo Alto City Council, Add me to the deeply concerned citizens of the Duveneck-St Francis community strongly urging the Council to continue to pursue the appeal of the decision removing the "must have a operational grocery on premise" clause in the contract between the City and Sand Hill Properties. The Market at Edgewood is a community resource that, at long last, admirably serves the needs of the surrounding community. Please take all available means to ensure this clause remains in the contract. After all, Sand Hill (presumably competent and fully informed adults) willingly signed the contract in the first place and the City has local zoning power. Sincerely, Tim & Crystal Barringer 40 years at... {REDACTED}, PA 1 Brettle, Jessica From:JIM POPPY <jamespoppy@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 3:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please file a forceful appeal to keep Edgewood market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  City Council, Please make a forceful appeal to keep Edgewood market and to secure the $1.6 million in fines due to the City. The market is highly regarded and very important to the community. By not appealing the last ruling you would be providing incentives to developers to avoid and sue over development restrictions meant to enhance the quality of life for Palo Alto residents. Regards, Jim Poppy Melville Ave 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Julie O'Grady <julie@ogradycommunications.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 4:04 PM To:Council, City Subject:Keep The Market @ Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council members,     I strongly urge you to file a strong appeal and under no circumstances negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store (The Market) at the Edgewood Shopping Center as you discuss the 2017 court ruling.    I love this grocery store, along with many, which brings back a lot of the charm that has been missing on Palo Alto for years.     If you have yet to shop there ‐ go! You can't vote on something when you haven't appreciated its existence.     We cannot lose this treasure. With all the growth the city has been experiencing over the years, this one store should be  here to stay.    Regards,  Julie  (Resident ‐ born and raised in Palo Alto)  ‐‐   Julie O'Grady  650‐269‐9989    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mary Sylvester <marysylvester@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 4:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please Keep Edgewood Market Open! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members, I am writing to express my support for Edgewood Market! It is a wonderful community resource both for the immediate neighborhood as well as others in the greater Palo Alto area. It allows many of us to shop local and avoid driving to downtown Palo Alto, contributing to Town and Country traffic tie ups and making unnecessary trips to an already over-crowded Menlo Park. Please, in your deliberations tomorrow evening, make a commitment to keep Edgewood Market open through negotiations with Sand Hill Properties and if necessary filing a strong appeal against the firm should they discontinue their subsidy to their market. I seem to recall that Sand Hill Properties owes the City of Palo Alto a significant amount of money from accumulated fines and penalties, might we say then the City is in the catbird seat? Thank you for consideration of my request! Mary Sylvester (650) 387-2129 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Steve Wehrend <steve@wehrend.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 4:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Hi,  I am writing in support of the Palo Alto City Council filing an appeal so that Sand Hill Properties are required to continue  maintaining a viable grocery store in Edgewood Plaza. In the first place, having a grocery store is a significant asset to the  neighborhood and allows many to walk to get their groceries. In the second place, allowing Sand Hill to renege on their  promise sends the wrong message to them and other developers. They should be held accountable for their promise.  Thanks,  Steve & Jennifer Wehrend  {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Shela Fisk <shelafisk@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 5:22 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please insure that the Market at Edgewood remain.  They are a wonderful community resource that is an independent  market.  They are interested in helping the customers find what they want even if they have to order it.  Palo Alto has  seen too many locally owned stores replaced by chains.  These big chains have chained the flavor of the city.  I think Palo  Alto will lose some of it’s specialness if this continues.  Why come to PA if you can find the same stores in any area of the  bay or even in other states.    Please help save the Market.  Shela Fisk  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Cheryl Branco <brancoc@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 6:13 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please continue to appeal the decision to eliminate the grocery store requirement! Without meaningful requirements from developers our city will turn into an office park for the profit of the few! And we will be left to drive to other cities for our basic needs! This grocery is now a walkable location and meets many needs of this community. Fulfill your duty to hold fast to our city plan! Cheryl Branco and Brenda Smith St. Francis DR. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Linda G Carlson <lglc@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:00 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood Center CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Council Members,    Please make sure we can keep out wonderful and important local market.  We waited a very long time to have it come  back to our neighborhood.  The original agreement with the contractor who was allowed to build on the property was to  include a market on the site.    We have lived in our home for 37 years and in Palo Alto for 53 years so we understand how the quality of life has  changed.    Thank you,  Linda and Lee Carlson  538 Madison Way  1 Brettle, Jessica From:harada.kitty@gmail.com Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:10 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please Vote to Require The Market at Edgewood. CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello,    We like the convenient location. The produce and fish are fresh. The bakery is awesome.    Voting to keep the requirement to maintain a grocery market would go a long way to ensure the longevity of the market  we’ve grown to love. Please vote to keep!    Thank You,  Kitty Harada  Palo Alto Resident  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Rita Vrhel <ritavrhel@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:30 PM To:Council, City Subject:the Market @ Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello: Please file a strong and vigorous Appeal for holding Sandhill Properties to their agreement to provide a functioning grocery store in return for the right to build additional condominiums worth millions of dollars.and save the Market @ Edgewood Plaza. If the legal agreement was not precisely thank the spirit of the agreement and the benefits Sandhill Properties enjoyed can be emphasized. The owners have poured their hearts, labor and cash into making this market a success. It is truly a community asset and worth fighting to retain as originally planned. I hope you will appreciate the owners hard work and the residents' hard work to make this market a success. Not filing an Appeal would be the wrong decision. Thank you so much. Rita C. Vrhel, RN, BSN, CCM Medical Case Management Phone: 650-325-2298 Fax: 650-326-9451 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Peter Rosenthal-Comcast21 <pnr21@comcast.net> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:Appeal of Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store ruling CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Dear Council Members:  I am writing to strongly urge you to appeal the 2017 ruling on the Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store.  I have spoken at council previously on this matter and again I urge you to hire the best possible legal counsel to appeal  the current ruling and uphold the clear intent in the City’s initial terms and conditions of the Edgewood Plaza  development.  These terms  allowed the developer to build multiple housing units in exchange for a number of public  benefits including an operating market.  I live in the neighborhood of The Market and frequent it, but even if I lived some distance from it, I would want the  council to stand by its intent even when challenged by a deep pocketed developer who finds a possible legal loophole in  the language the city used in drafting the entitlement.  As citizens we need to have confidence that when council works out compromises to satisfy different interests within  the city, the agreed upon compromise will be properly written, enforced and defended when necessary.  Please stand by your,  and previous councils agreements that resolved the conflicting interests at Edgewood Plaza.  Sincerely,  Peter N. Rosenthal, Ph.D.  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto, CA 94301  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Beth Rosenthal <bbr550@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 8:43 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear Mayor Filseth and City Council Members;    I am writing to ask you to continue to support in whatever way you need to and can the continued existence of The  Market at Edgewood Plaza. As you know from the many emails you have already received on this matter, The Market is  extremely popular and a great community resource. I and many others in the neighborhood are able to ride our bikes to  shop there, cutting down on traffic, air pollution and getting exercise as well in the process. As you know, the  community and the City of Palo Alto fought long and hard to get this market established and it would be a great blow for  the neighborhood and the City if the market ceased to exist.  I urge Council to authorize whatever legal action is  necessary to be sure that the agreement made between the City of Palo Alto and Sand Hill Properties is kept, and the  developer’s gain is not made at the expense of the community.    Sincerely,    Beth Rosenthal, PhD  1 Brettle, Jessica From:H Smith <hsmith597@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 9:29 PM To:Council, City Subject:Yes, appeal the ruling regarding grocery store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Please appeal the 2017 court ruling that there is no requirement for an operating grocery store at the Edgewood Plaza shopping center. I am a Palo Alto resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood and it is vital to restore the contractual requirement that Sand Hill maintains a functioning grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. My family shops at Edgewood market, it is an asset to the neighborhood and community, and it is important that Sand Hill is required to keep a grocery store operating there. Thank you, Hamish Smith 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sofia Raptis <sofiaraptis@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, August 11, 2019 9:40 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Please appeal the 2017 court ruling that there is no requirement for an operating grocery store at the Edgewood Plaza shopping center. I am a Palo Alto resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood and it is vital to restore the contractual requirement that Sand Hill maintains a functioning grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. My family shops at Edgewood market, it is an asset to the neighborhood and community, and it is important that Sand Hill is required to keep a grocery store operating there. Thank you, Sofia Raptis {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Phil Schwartau <philschwartau@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 10:32 AM To:Council, City Cc:Phil Schwartau Subject:The Market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello, I live on West Bayshore Road, and urge the City Council to protect The Market at Edgewood, the grocery store at the Edgewood Plaza shopping center. Please mount a vigorous appeal of the 2017 court ruling saying there needn't be an operating grocery store at Edgewood. This market has revived the area noticeably, and offers the best produce in Palo Alto. We would be much the poorer without it. Furthermore, I find it disturbing that Sand Hill Properties, the shopping center developer, might escape paying the $1.6 million in penalties it owes the City for when it allowed the grocery store space to remain vacant at Edgewood. They have shown blatant disregard for the agreement they made with the city, and blatant disregard for our community. Sincerely, Phil Schwartau 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Andrea Werboff <awerboff@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 11:53 AM To:Council, City Subject:Support Edgewood Market Dear City Council,    It seems like a no brainer to us that a walkable market in Edgewood Plaza is a benefit to all in the community.  Please do everything you can to support the existence of a grocery there.  It’s a community gem.  Don’t look away.    THanks  Andrea Werboff and David Bergman  Pitman Avenue  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Shawna Doughman <sdoughman@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 11:49 AM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery Store in the Neighborhood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council Members, I am writing to show appreciation and continued need for the neighborhood grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. I shop here regularly and enjoy being able to walk there or stop by on my way home. This neighborhood needs a grocery store and I appreciate our city council looking out for the local residents. Thank you, Shawna Doughman August 8, 2019 Palo Alto City Council 7th Floor 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 COUNCIL MEETING ~ /\ Z. /:i,o I"( i:safleceived Before Meeting OReceived at Meeting Re: The Market at Edgewood, Edgewood Plaza Dear Council Ladies and Gentlemen, Please preserve our local market, The Market at Edgewood. It's our main source for fresh vegetables and fruit, seafood and meat, pastries, canned goods, and wine. We rely on it for 2 or 3 visits each week. Thank you for considering this request. -?J, 1{ f ~..A'~r~& f rlJOL.- William & Ofelia Harrison 121 Heather Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303-3002 \.0 > c: G°) N :Do :x -.. c:...> +- 8 C"')~ --; -!_« -< c-:i~ .. r-~~ :::r.:r- u)O o:r> ...,, . ...,,4 _a C"'). ,..,~ 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Anne Taylor <annet52@me.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 11:55 AM To:Council, City Cc:Anne Taylor Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  I want to give a shout‐out to our incredible market, The Market at Edgewood. The market provides the only  comprehensive north‐end market in Palo Alto. In our case, along with many of our neighbors, my husband and I can now  walk to get many of our groceries and avoid having to drive to Whole Foods, Safeway or Piazzas.  Please, having a grocery store at Edgewood Plaza, particularly one of this caliber, is a win for us all.  Anne Taylor  {REDACTED}  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lynn DeLain <lynn.delain@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 11:59 AM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council:  I am writing in support of the City of Palo Alto filing a strong appeal of the 2017 ruling saying that  there needn't be a viable grocery store at Edgewood Plaza, but only a building.  The Market at Edgewood is a very  valuable resource to the community, to property values in the area, to us all.  I, as a long‐term resident of Palo Alto and  taxpayer, urge you to file a strong appeal to overturn the 2017 ruling, to collect the $1.6 million in fines owed to the City  and ensure that Sand Hill Properties lives up to its original agreement for the Market at Edgewood Plaza, in return for  which they were allowed to build expensive condos.  We must hold Sand Hill Properties to task and not let them cheat  our City out of its agreed‐upon benefits.   Sincerely,  Lynn DeLain  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto, CA  94303  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Katherine Remsen <kremsen@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:08 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Please do anything possible to save our neighborhood market. I go every day to buy a deli item, fruit, and often a baked  good.  They carry dairy free milk and cheese that I purchase for my granddaughter who cannot have dairy.  The  employees and owner are fabulous.  I implore you to anything you can to save "The Market."  Thanks so much, Kay  Remsen  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kristen Andersen <kristenandersen@me.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:11 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza Grocery Store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear council members,   I am writing to you to ask you to support maintaining a grocery store in Edgewood Plaza. With traffic congestion worsening, it is imperative that we he have a store in our neighborhood that we can bike or walk to. It is also lessens environmental impact. Thank you for giving this your consideration. Kristen Andersen Crescent Park 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Seyonne Kang <seyonne@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council: Please file a strong appeal and require an operating grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. Thank you. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Terri Weber <tlweber0@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:19 PM To:Council, City Cc:Terri Weber; Larry Weber Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. We strongly support The Market at Edgewood. It has revitalized the entire shopping center, serves as a welcome  addition to the area, and is a good neighbor.  We shop there at least once a week.    The agreement with Sand Hill, in exchange for 30 million in housing, was that Sand Hill would agree  to provide a handful of public benefits, a major one being providing a "viable grocery store,"    The council must use the best legal experts and file a forceful appeal to have the 2017 ruling overturned.  Terri and Larry Weber  {REDACTED}  PA  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Marsha Epstein <epstein.marsha@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:24 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Our family loves having this market so close to our home. The employees are as nice as can be and the meats, fish, fruits  and vegetables could not be better. It’s a great addition to our neighborhood and also to surrounding areas.    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Louise Beattie <ldbeattie@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. To the City Council: Please require Sand Hill Properties to keep the grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. Sand Hill was allowed to build 10 luxury housing units on the property and in return promised a grocery store. The promise of a grocery store inspired our neighborhood to support Sand Hill in their efforts to persuade the City! The promise of a grocery store also also added value to the units that Sand Hill built! Our neighborhood "partnered" with Sand Hill for that development! It would be a breach of trust, after being allowed to develop Edgewood Plaza and selling the 10 units, for Sand Hill to allow the grocery store to close. Grocery stores may not be able to pay as high rents as some other businesses, but they do add value to the entire area. Thank you for considering our need and right to have a grocery store in Edgewood Plaza and Sand Hill's responsibility to keep one there. Sincerely, Louise Beattie, {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Barbara Riper <6bamoreripe@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:29 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Having grocery shopped at that location since 1960, I can say that it is really important to have a grocery store open  there. This one is particularly helpful to seniors by having smaller quantities available.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:KS Bhatt <khelan@double-ts.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:34 PM To:Council, City Cc:Ami Malaviya Subject:Please ensure Crescent Park doesn't become a Food Desert CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: My name is Khelan Bhatt. I live with my wife and two young children at 526 Seneca Street in Palo Alto.  I'm writing to express my support for continuing to require a grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. We frequent patrons of  The Market at Edgewood; access to fresh fruits and vegetables within biking distance was one of the factors in our  decision to purchase a home here. Furthermore, family‐owned and operated businesses such as The Market at  Edgewood provide valuable employment options for skilled and semi‐skilled workers from the surrounding  communities, making Crescent Park and all of Palo Alto a more diverse, integrated place to live.  According to the US Dept. of Agriculture, an urban food desert is any neighborhood without a grocery store serving fresh  fruits, vegetables and healthy food options within a 1 mile radius. Food deserts have an outsize impact on low income  households, leading to higher obesity and increased public health costs.   My fear is that given the tight real estate market and low‐margin nature of the grocery business, any relaxation of city  regulations regarding grocery stores at Edgewood Plaza will result in higher rents. This could threaten The Market at  Edgewood, and negatively impact our neighborhood and the surrounding communities.  I would be happy to meet with you in person to discuss this.  Regards, ‐Khelan Bhatt & Family.  773.769.7368  {REDACTED}  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Deborah Wexler <drkwexler@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:54 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please support the Market at Edgewood.  They have been such a good community resource and provide a valuable  service to our community.  Plus, their baked goods are wonderful!    Deborah Wexler  Forest Ave  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Karen Robin <karenrobin2007@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:56 PM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please keep the market at Edgewood!! We need it in our neighborhood!!  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lou Marzano <marzanolou@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 12:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:In support of a neighborhood grocery CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi there, Having now lived in the Duveneck area for 26 years through having, then not having, then having again, not having again, and now having a neighborhood grocery store, I absolutely want to voice my support to keep the Market at Edgewood. Please consider carefully the benefits of having it when you vote. Thanks! Lou Marzano {REDACTED} marzanolou@yahoo.com 408.805.0109 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Carl Thomsen <carl@thomsenhome.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:01 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Dear Council Members,  The Market at Edgewood Plaza has been an amazing addition to the Community. The effort the Council took to make  this a reality is to be commended.  Now we are faced with a challenge to the whole concept of builders allowed to exceed zoning limits by providing specific  Community benefits. If the requirement for a grocery store at Edgewood Plaza can be reversed or ignored then it seems  to me any commitment can be ignored by clever wording that ignores the entire intent of the granting of the variance.  I strongly hope and support challenging the recent ruling that would allow Sandhill to not provide an actual grocery  store in Edgewood Plaza.  I urge the Council to take a strong stand on this issue and continue the litigation.  Respectively,  Carl Thomsen  {REDACTED}  Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Wendy Hopfenberg <wendyhop@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood grocery CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please do all you can to keep the grocery store at Edgewood. It’s important. Thank you.  Wendy Hopfenberg  Forest Ave. .      Most likely voice recorded on iPhone 📞  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Maurice L Druzin <druzin@stanford.edu> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery store Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Members of City Council,  The Market grocery store at Edgewood Plaza is an important community resource.  It has excellent produce, is within walking distance of many of us, and needs to continue to serve us.  Please listen to our community!  Thank you,  Maurice Druzin  {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:nbthomas@gmail.com Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council,       Please ensure that we keep the grocery store at Edgewood. The Market has been a wonderful addition. It allows us to  shop locally so we don’t have to drive to neighboring cities for groceries as often. Plus the people running the Market  are wonderful. They have beautiful produce, a super quality meat and seafood counter and deli and delicious bakery  items. They do a top notch job. Please give them our support!       Best,       Nancy Thomas       Walter Hays Dr        Palo Alto, 94303    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sandy Voorhees <sandyvoorh@aol.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:17 PM To:Council, City Subject:Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    City Council Members,    Please do not let the developers of Edgewood Plaza renege on the item that they were to provide a viable grocery store  in the plaza.  They made a fortune on the homes they were  able to construct.    Exceptions were made and now they do not want to fulfill their obligation.    A grocery is needed there and it is a wonderful asset to the neighborhood and the City.    Sandy Voorhees  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Cathy <cathy@fitzgroup.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:25 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Dear City Council of Palo Alto,  Please keep our wonderful market at Edgewood going! We love the market and the family that owns it. Please do not  upset this “apple cart”!  Thanks and  regards, Cathy  Fitzgerald  {REDACTED} 27 year resident  1 Brettle, Jessica From:The Careys <zcareys@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:26 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please, please do everything you can to ensure that Edgewood Market is able to continue to operate and contribute  greatly to our neighborhood.    Lynn Carey  Greer Rd.  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Nancy McClenny <mcclenny@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members,  If you were me, would you prefer a quick walk (or bike ride) to the Market to a tedious, sometimes dangerous 15 or 20  drive in heavy car/bike/pedestrian traffic to Trader Joe's in Town and Country or Whole Foods on Homer St and then  spend more time finding a parking space??  People at the Market have worked hard to make it.  I appreciate their effort, their products, and think it makes sense to  keep a convenient grocery store operating at Edgewood!  Thanks for your attention,  Nancy McClenny  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto 94303  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Dale Tatum <daletatum@hotmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:keep a grocery store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear City Council:    Please keep the zoning requirement that there be a grocery store at Edgewood Plaza.  We live in the  neighborhood and enjoy walking to the store.  Every time I go, I see many people walking to or from the store  with grocery bags.  Palo Alto is reducing car traffic by keeping a grocery store there.    It is my understanding that the developer was allowed to take some of the area out of commercial use and  build houses on it only because it agreed to the zoning conditions which included the grocery store  requirement.     Thank you,  Dale Tatum  Rhodes Dr.      1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mani Varadarajan <manimani@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:37 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Palo Alto City Council,   The Market at Edgewood has become a very important part of our family's routine. We value it greatly in the  community. We would hate to see it go, and we believe we should do anything to sustain it.  Mani  Varadarajan  {REDACTED}  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Elaine Miller <millersontevis@comcast.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:59 PM To:Council, City Subject:support of Edgewood grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi City Council,    I am writing to express my strong support for the current (and any) grocery store in the Edgewood Shopping Plaza.  I  understand that there is a move to eliminate that requirement of the shopping center, and am very concerned about  loosing The Market, and being without a grocery store that is local, in walking distance for many, and providing a  valuable service to the neighborhood and community.    Please do not remove the requirement for a grocery store in the Edgewood Shopping Plaza.    Thank you,  Elaine Miller  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Stephen G Monismith <monismith@stanford.edu> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 1:59 PM To:Council, City Subject:grocery store at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: As someone who frequently uses The Market at Edgewood, I am writing to urge you to file a strong  appeal to the court decision that there needn't be an operating grocery store at Edgewood. Moreover,  my neighbors and I want you to know that we strongly believe that under no circumstances should you, the  city council, negotiate away requiring an operating grocery store.    Thanking you  Stephen Monismith  {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:julianneasla@sonic.net Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:the market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  To the CPA City Council We love the Market at Edgewood and we ask the Council to do what is necessary to insure that the owners of the shopping center keep a market in the Edgewood complex - preferable “our” Market at Edgewood. Thank you Julianne Frizzell 1175 Channing Ave Julianne Adams Frizzell / ASLA 650-325-0905 julianneasla@sonic.net     To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office preautomatic download of this picture from the Intern   Virus-free. www.avg.com   1 Brettle, Jessica From:melissa baten caswell <mbcaswell@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support The Market Grocery Store in Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Honorable Council Members, Thank you to the Council for holding Sand Hill Properties to their agreement to provide a grocery store as part of the Edgewood plaza development. It took many, many years to get a walkable grocery store that meets the needs of our community. I lived in the Duveneck neighborhood of Palo Alto for 24 years before we finally had this kind of community resource. We don't want to lose this in the future. The Market at Edgewood is an important anchor for Edgewood Plaza and we need your help to ensure that Palo Alto keeps a vibrant market open and operating at this site. Thank you, Melissa Baten Caswell 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Andrea Cervenka <acervenka@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:21 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Just to chime in ‐ Having a Grocery Store in Edgewood Plaza is CRITICAL to it’s success.  Please do all you can to keep The Market at Edgewood in operation. It really raises the bar of that whole corner of the  city.  Andrea Cervenka   1 Brettle, Jessica From:vidya pradhan <vpdot@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:21 PM To:Council, City Subject:Market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear councilmembers, It has come to my notice that there is some proposal to remove the need for a grocery from the complex at Edgewood Plaza. As a resident of the area I am well aware of the conditions under which the developer was allowed to build a bunch of properties in that area and once of them was most certainly the availability of grocery in the area. In fact, that was one of the leading reasons for our purchase of our house in that neighborhood. Please do not let the developer renege on this agreement. We love having a grocery store there and use it frequently as a walking destination. And there is no reason for acceding to the requests of a developer who has already reaped the benefits of the previous arrangement and now wishes to weasel out of their obligations. I am writing to strongly recommend that the need for a grocery in Edgewood Plaza be kept intact. Sincerely, Vidya Pradhan {REDACTED} Palo Alto. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:EDWARD MILLER <nmiller94@comcast.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:23 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Please do everything you can to keep the grocery open. The neighborhood needs it. Nita Miller {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Rita Lancefield <ritalance@comcast.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:48 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Grocery CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council people - Please do everything you can to keep the grocery store at Edgewood. It is a marvelous asset and so convenient. Thank you, Rita Lancefield, {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Holly Chamberlain <goholly@pacbell.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 2:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members: As a long time Palo Alto resident and frequent shopper at The Market at Edgewood, I am urging you to file a strong appeal on behalf of your community and require that an operating grocery store permanently reside at the Edgewood Shopping Center. SummerHill needs to live up to their end of the bargain and ensure that there is always an operating grocery store at the Edgewood Shopping Center. How you move forward with this issue will significantly influence who I vote for in the next City Council election. Sincerely, Holly Chamberlain {REDACTED} Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kelly Look <klookdahl@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 3:10 PM To:Council, City Subject:Save Edgewood grocery! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Our family has lived in the Duveneck neighborhood for 20 years. The Market has been a fantastic addition to our  neighborhood and Palo Alto. Please do the responsible thing for the residents  in Palo Alto and make the grocery a  priority.     Sincerely,   Kelly Look  Dana Avenue  1 Brettle, Jessica From:lisa delong <lisamdelong1@hotmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 3:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support of The Market in Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello,  I am a Crescent Park resident and want to support the request to keep this market in place there at the center at  Embarcadero and Channing.  I frequent that market on my way back home from 101‐ which helps to lower downtown  traffic.  My kids and I also go there on the weekends for specialty grocery items as a family. We’ll either walk with our  dog (need a dog park in this neighborhood too!) or ride our bikes.    It’s a really nice addition to our neighborhood and one that we have grown used to having.  Thanks, Lisa DeLong   Southwood Drive resident  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Penny Barrett <pennybarrett@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 3:30 PM To:Council, City Subject:Walkable grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Thank you to making sure The Market at Edgewood stays!  Penny Barrett  {REDACTED}  Palo Alto  Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:anne stewart <stewnet1@pacbell.net> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 3:41 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Please do everything possible to keep our grocery store at the plaza. It is a vital part of our Duveneck/St. Francis  neighborhood. I trust you will continue to support this store and the neighborhood.  Thank you,  Anne Stewart    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:megan.myers@yahoo.com Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 3:47 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please appeal the ruling that Edgewood shopping center is not required to provide a grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hello City Council,    I am not sure how the developers weaseled out of this requirement.  Please appeal any ruling that would let them off  the hook for providing a grocery store.    The developers have profited handsomely from being able to build and sell houses on what was originally a public  shopping plaza, and they continue to receive rental income from the successful shopping center.  Their complaints are  self‐serving and disingenuous.    There has been an operating grocery store at that site for decades and that was the point, in the minds of the neighbors  and residents, of allowing the re‐development of the shopping center: to create a viable community center anchored by  a local grocery store.    The grocery store is a wonderful asset and I shop there frequently.  It is an important part of the neighborhood.    Please do whatever is necessary to appeal this ruling and to make sure we maintain a local, neighborhood grocery store.   Thank you,  Megan Myers  Harker Avenue  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Susan Thomsen <susan@thomsenhome.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 3:54 PM To:Council, City Subject:Retaining a mandatory space for a market at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Dear City Council Members,  I was shocked to learn that a superior court judge overturned the earlier ruling that Sandhill Properties was mandated to  retain a grocery store at the Edgewood Plaza. Litigation by the City of Palo Alto to overturn this ruling and require  Sandhill to keep their end of the bargain is critical!    Sandhill benefitted greatly by getting the zoning changed to be able to build family dwellings on what was formerly  commercial property and promised to retain a much needed grocery store space. Palo Alto residents lost convenient  parking and for a long time were without a grocery store in the Crescent Park Addition neighborhood.    I urge you to stand strong and not allow a builder to go back on his promises. If you do, it will set a terrible precedent for  any future negotiations with builders. Our city belongs to the people and conveniences should not be sacrificed when  negotiating with builders.    Sincerely,  Susan Thomsen  1791 Edgewood Drive  Palo Alto, CA 94303    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Deborah Baldwin <baldwinart@me.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 4:06 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  It has been wonderful to have the market available to us and truly has made this area of town a community. Please  continue this fight for us!  Thank you  Deborah Baldwin  {REDACTED} Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Andrew Mackenzie <ahndymac@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 4:10 PM To:Council, City Subject:Market At Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I was personally shocked that a judge overturned the contract, I urge you to appeal, win back the fines and require  Edgewood to maintain a grocery as it is a public good.   ‐‐Andrew Mackenzie  Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood  {REDACTED} ‐‐   Andrew Mackenzie  {REDACTED}  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Tammy Snyder <tammy.snyder@juno.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 4:13 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council,   The Market at Edgewood is very important to my family.  Not everyone can drive and it's unrealistic to expect that  people who cannot drive will be able to walk one to two miles each way to do their grocery shopping... which is exactly  the situation when this neighborhood does not have a viable grocery store nearby.  This problem does not affect senior  citizens only.  The City of Palo Alto and Sand Hill Properties negotiated an agreement that allowed Sand Hill Properties to build denser  housing within the Edgewood Shopping Center grounds in exchange for meeting certain conditions.  If Sand Hill  Properties does not see fit to honor the agreement as it was intended, are you going to require Sand Hill Properties to  demolish those extra residences that were sold at $3 millions each?  Losing a local grocery store makes our homes less  valuable and, frankly, less desirable to live in.  Why should Sand Hill Properties get to back out of their end of the deal  now that they've taken their profit while our neighborhood has to lose out (again)?  Please do the right thing and make  this right.  Sincerely,  Tammy Snyder  {REDACTED}, Palo Alto  ____________________________________________________________  How To Remove Eye Bags & Lip Lines Fast (Watch) Fit Mom Daily http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3132/5d51f2a0acff4729f2f88st01vuc  To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.SponsoredBy Content.Ad 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Anna Jaklitsch <annajak14@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 4:19 PM To:Council, City Subject:Maintain a grocery store at Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. The developer has experienced the gains of building housing on part of the former parking lot. Please do go ahead and sue the developer to ensure that an active grocery store is maintained at the site. Edgewood shopping center neighbor Anna Jaklitsch {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Michelle DeMarta <mdemarta21@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 4:41 PM To:Council, City Subject:Grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Palo Alto City Council,     I live within walking distance of The Market grocery store on Edgewood. It’s been a fabulous thing to have for the entire  community. First many of us can walk instead of drive. We see lots of neighbors and it supports all the other small  businesses in the square. When this was built we were told it would have a grocery store.  The developers were told this  as well, we need to stick to the agreement.    Michelle DeMarta    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Madhu Matta <mmmatta@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 4:43 PM To:Council, City Subject:Market Fresh at Edgewood Plaza in Palo Alto CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Hello,   I'm writing to express my huge support for our friendly walkable grocery store at Edgewood Plaza. They have a fantastic  job in providing not just the regular day to day groceries ‐ but, also a dizzying array of items from local producers and all  over the world in a truly calm and serene, beautiful setting.    Will appreciate you considering our support  Thanks    Madhu Matta  Vice President & GM, Supercomputing and Artificial Intelligence    Dr. Mandira C. Matta  Chief of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente. Milpitas  Associate Chief of Pediatrics, Kaiser Permanente, Santa Clara      1 Brettle, Jessica From:sally tomlinson <sallytomlinson936@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 5:24 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please same The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  Dear Council Members,    Please do what you can to save the Market at Edgewood. Palo Alto needs to do what we can to preserve small, local,  independent grocers who meet the needs of neighborhoods. My husband and I have moved all our shopping to The  Market at Edgewood (we were Whole Foods shoppers before it became Amazon).      I love that The Market is family owned and family run ‐ they are always there! I love that they are kid friendly, with a  basket of small fruits for kids to take (free) at the end of each register. I love that their meats are humanely raised by  local farmers. These particular owners deeply reflect Palo Alto values.     Please hold Sand Hill accountable to the intent of the agreement, which was that there be a market in that space.     Sally Tomlinson sallytomlinson936@gmail.com Addison Avenue    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Deborah S Rose M.D. <drdsrose@stanford.edu> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 5:33 PM To:Council, City Subject:The market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    This is a wonderful market. The owners are so responsive to the clientele, which includes a very divergent ethnic group  of people they offer quality goods. That makes them all most unique in this area. They serve a widespread population.  Please we need them.    Deborah Rose    Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Katherine Jarvis <kjarvis@mac.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 5:51 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  Please take whatever legal action is necessary to maintain and support The Market at Edgewood.  Thank you.  Katherine Jarvis  {REDACTED}  Sent from my iPhone  1 Brettle, Jessica From:jane kershner <jgkershner@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 6:39 PM To:Council, City Subject:edgewood grocery store CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________    Hi City Council:    Please support the Edgewood market. I have come to rely on this market, as many of our Palo Alto and East Palo Alto  neighbors have.  I’m not sure I understand all the politics behind this development, but here is my understanding:    1.  The city of Palo Alto agreed to approve a development as long as the developer met certain requirements, including a  viable grocery store.  We neighbors were very very suspicious of the development plan all along the way, and the City  Council and the City Planners and the City Manager said “Trust Us”…..so we did.    2.  The development started, homes were built and sold, Sand Hill made whatever money they hoped they would earn,  and the Fresh Market was touted as a great addition to the community.  I shopped there as did many of our neighbors,  even though it wasn’t as great as we hoped.  We supported the store because the company took a risk and we neighbors  promised we would be supportive.  In fact, we neighbors supported the store for a long time, even after the produce  was expensive and not great, and the selection was not what we were looking for.    3.  For some reason, Fresh Market decided to close…..The city started to fine Sand Hill….everybody got mad, and  lawsuits started.    4.  But, what happened to the original deal?  You promised, the city staff promised and Sand Hill promised that a grocery  store would be part of the development plan ALWAYS.    5.  I was at those meetings. I heard this promise.    6.  Now, I shop at the Edgewood Market as do many of our neighbors.  I use that retail establishment for Orange Theory,  Starbucks and the Grocery Store.  It’s a friendly, clean perfect place.    7.  I expect you and Sand Hill to work it out. Everybody can do financial calculations and can do the math if they want.  I  believe Sand Hill did their homework. I believe you did the math.  If they had never intended to honor their part of the  deal, they shouldn’t have made it.  But I NEVER expected you to not honor your part of the deal.    8.  Why should i believe anything my elected city council members say, or anything the city staffers say?  I employ you  and you oversee the staffers.  It’s that simple.    It’s your obligation.  Please honor this obligation and do whatever is required to ensure that an active, open, working  grocery store is at this location.    thank you for listening.  Jane Kershner    1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kathryn Spector <kathryn_spector@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 6:43 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support for Edgewood Market CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Edgewood Market has become a neighborhood hub. I rely on shopping there for regular grocery runs as well as last minute needs. The owners have done a wonderful job of reaching out to and including the community for updates as well as feedback. Please continue your support for the viability of our new treasured market. Kathy Spector {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:melissa <melissa@kirvenbrooks.org> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 7:00 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I would like to add my support for the necessity for a market at Edgewood Plaza. I do not understand how this has  become an option.  This was an agreement with the local community and I am disillusioned that it is at risk.  We have a  vibrant market,  within walking distance for many,  that provides healthy,  natural foods to the area,  draws businesses  to the other merchants in the area and has improved the interaction of neighbors.  Above all,  it is a green option for  many who can walk or bike to do their shopping. I am representative of many, who may not know that this is even under  discussion.   Please let me know if i can provide any other support,  Melissa Kirven‐Brooks   {REDACTED} Sent from Samsung tablet  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Purav Jhaveri <puravj@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 7:53 PM To:Council, City Subject:grocery store on Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  hi  Please support having a grocery store on Edgewood  regards  Purav  1 Brettle, Jessica From:Bruce Raskin <bruceraskin@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 8:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:The Market at Edgewood CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on  links.  ________________________________  To Whom It May Concern:  The Market has been an incredible boon to our Crescent Park neighborhood, and I strongly urge the council to support  an ongoing market at its location. Further, the original deal with the developers clearly stated that an ongoing market  was part of their deal, and they MUST be held accountable.  Thank you,  Bruce Raskin  {REDACTED}, Palo Alto, CA  1 Brettle, Jessica From:jinny henke <jinnyh@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, August 12, 2019 8:15 PM To:Council, City Subject:Edgewood Plaza CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.  The Market at Edgewood Plaza is outstanding. It was voted the Best Market in Palo Alto. It serves  the neighborhood and draws people from all over town.  Along with the rest of the neighborhood,  I am able to walk to The Market thus reducing traffic in Palo Alto. The Market at Edgewood is the  only market I shop at. I'm a senior citizen, and it allows me to age in place.  We need to keep the  Market at Edgewood. It is a great benefit to our community.   Virginia Henke