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Home My Public Portal About20191118plCC 701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 11/18/2019 Document dates: 10/30/2019 – 11/6/2019 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Scott Shell <Scott.Shell@ehdd.com> Sent:Friday, October 25, 2019 10:22 AM To:Council, City Subject:Reach Code Attachments:190821 Cost effectiveness of all electric buildings.pptx; 190910 All electric commercial buildings.pptx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, Thank you for all your efforts on making Palo Alto a more livable, healthy, and sustainable city. I’m writing to advocate for a more effective approach for your proposed Reach Code. Palo Alto has already had a 3 year transition period in which it allowed mixed fuel buildings with a high level of efficiency, and yet this has resulted in very low (10%?) adoption of all electric buildings due to industry inertia. I respectfully request that you adopt a requirement for all buildings to be electric. If required for passage exceptions can be provided for specific technologies (cooking or fireplaces) or building types (restaurants or hospitals). This will provide much higher levels of adoption than an incentive only program, and avoid building yet more buildings with gas that we will have to retrofit in the years ahead. Our 65 person architectural firm has designed over a dozen all electric buildings of all types over the past 19 years. We have found it to be cost effective, safe, healthy, reliable, and much lower in carbon emissions. We have completed large commercial buildings including a 100,000 square foot office building in Colorado (a much more difficult climate) and the 180,000 square foot Exploratorium Science Center. Please see the attached slide deck showing numerous large commercial projects that are all electric. When this reach code discussion began last year, I met with seven of the leading mechanical engineering firms and many numerous other architects in the bay area to ask if the design and construction industry was ready to go all electric, and they agreed that it was with few exceptions for things like hospitals and industrial processes. Please see the attached slide deck for their comments. Our largest client is the University of California which prohibits gas for heating and hot water in all of their new buildings of all types on all ten of their campuses. They did extensive analysis before making this policy including this study which demonstrated that it was cost effective across multiple building types. https://www.ucop.edu/sustainability/_files/Carbon%20Neutral%20New%20Building%20Cost%20Study%20FinalR eport.pdf Thank you for all of your efforts on this reach code. Best Regards, Scott Scott Shell FAIA, LEED® AP BD+C, CPHC® Principal Pier 1 The Embarcadero, Bay 2 2 San Francisco, CA 94111 +1 415-214-7277 The Cost Effectiveness of Building Electrification Comments from Bay Area Architects & Engineers August 21, 2019 Scott Shell, FAIA, Principal Casa Adelante, 2060 Folsom, San Francisco Maceo May Veterans Apartments, Treasure Island Balboa Upper Yard Family Apts, San Francisco Malcolm Harris, Principal We have a number of all‐electric multifamily housing projects. I’m a huge, huge fan of this change to all‐electric multifamily housing. It is better in every way, a great simplification of the system. Less expensive, higher performance, less maintenance, more sustainable. It is a major cost saving move that pays for a lot of other upgrades. At Maceo May we saw big savings from eliminating gas fired hydronic heating, the gas connection, and the solar thermal required by T24. The savings paid for continuous exterior insulation, energy recovery ventilators (eliminating Z‐ducts), electric resistance heat, and PVs.With these upgrades we are beating Title 24 by 20%, getting more Green Points, and lower GHGs on a grid that’s getting cleaner. The occupants get better indoor air quality benefits from the energy recovery ventilators. Hunters Point Shipyard Block 52, San Francisco Hunters Point Shipyard Block 54, San Francisco 681 Florida, San Francisco Malcolm Harris, Principal Overall the system is just much simpler—there is just one energy system—electrical, rather than two. The gas fired boiler & hydronic systems are very problematic at every step from design to construction to maintenance.During construction there are often leaks.Commissioning is a constant challenge, and there are lots of tenant complaints in first few months. Operations is challenging as maintenance staff are not equipped to operate the digital BMS system. Casa Adelante 127 residential Units, 9 stories, under construction. Developers: TNDC/CCDC, Architect: Mithun & YA Studio. Maceo May 105 residential units, in permitting. Chinatown Community Development Center, Swords to Plowshares. Balboa Upper Yard Family Apts 120 residential units, in design development. Developer Mission Housing Development & Related California. Hunters Point Shipyard Block 52 136 residential units total, Design Development. Developer McCormack, Baron, Salazar.Hunters Point Shipyard Block 54 136 residential units total, Design Development. Developer McCormack, Baron, Salazar. 681 Florida 136 residential units total, In Design Development. Developers: TNDC & MEDA Santana Row Lot 11 UC Davis Webster Hall Replacement American Geophysical Union Hormoz Janssens, Principal Almost all our projects are all‐electric, I have only been using gas systems where required by the client. Electric is almost always less expensive or cost neutral. Very rarely is it more expensive. Often it is our value engineering option. Most project types work just fine. We are doing a 500,000 sf all electric office for Microsoft, with major cost savings using heat pumps vs a central plant. We do lots of detailed cost analysis with developers to find the most cost‐effective solution. For example, at Bay Meadows our all electric design for 1 million sf of development was significantly less expensive than a traditional rooftop package unit + boiler + reheat system. UC Santa Cruz Student Housing West 270 Brannan, San Francisco Chatam University Dining Commons Hormoz Janssens, Principal The space requirements are smaller for all‐electric, instead of having two to three separate systems for space heating, cooling, and hot water, we can do it with a single heat pump system, that space can be used for other things or the building made smaller for more savings. Maintenance is less than most conventional systems because you have just one system. Maintenance is just like an air‐conditioning system, it’s the same thing in reverse, and you eliminate the boiler. A huge benefit for heat pumps is reducing water use. Using an air source heat pump for cooling rather than a cooling tower has large water savings. We’ve done several all electric commercial food service projects that have been very successful. The Chef’s quite skeptical at the beginning, but now say they will never go back to cooking on gas. UC Santa Cruz Student Housing West UC Irvine Student Housing West, Developer ACC UC Riverside Dundee Residence Hall, Developer ACC David Phillips, Associate Vice President for Energy & Sustainability UC Office of the President The University of California has committed to carbon neutrality by 2025. We are prioritizing all‐electric new buildings (required starting June 2019), and then electrifying existing buildings & systems over time. Our studies show that all electric mechanical equipment capital costs are comparable for academic & lab buildings, and the costs are lower for residential buildings. Twenty year life cycle costs are comparable for Academic and labs buildings, and lower for residential buildings. UC has many all‐electric housing projects, office buildings, and laboratories now in place and many more in design. UC’s carbon neutrality strategies are pragmatic: don’t allow growth to increase carbon emissions; and then transition existing buildings and systems off fossil fuels over time. Decarbonizing Your Campus thru Electrification, SCUP 2019 Exploratorium, San Francisco Packard Foundation, Los Altos Marin Country Day School, Corte Madera Scott Shell, Principal We have completed a dozen or so all electric buildings. 10‐15 years ago it was not common in California, and we saw some cost premium on those early projects. In the last 5‐7 years all‐electric has become much more common on our projects which are primarily commercial and educational. It is now generally cost neutral or less expensive. There are more manufacturers providing equipment, and the subcontractors are more familiar with installing it. Last year we had an all‐electric project go to bid and the total cost came back higher than expected. In an attempt to reduce cost, we asked the mechanical contactors to price a standard gas heating system instead. They came back with no cost savings between gas and all electric, so the client decided to stay with the preferred all‐electric option. Mark Day School, San Rafael Boulder Commons Lick Wilmerding High School, San Francisco Scott Shell, Principal When the University of California, one of our largest clients, decided to prohibit gas in new projects that really got our attention. It now seems irresponsible to recommend gas to our clients who may then have to retrofit them before that equipment reaches the end of its life in order to meet their carbon goals or local mandates to decarbonize. We don’t want to be saddling our clients with stranded assets. Last year I interviewed seven leading mechanical engineers that we work with asking if the building industry is ready to go all electric. They agreed that the vast majority of buildings can go all‐electric, and the cost is competitive with a few exceptions. Most of our all electric projects also include PVs, it is LESS expensive for our clients to get their electricity from PV than from their utility. With a power purchase agreement there is no out of pocket cost. Some clients decided to fund the PVs themselves since it provides a favorable financial return. Ten years ago solar was seen as an expensive solution for projects with big budgets. It is amazing to see how quickly that has flipped. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sean Armstrong <seanarmstrongpm@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, October 25, 2019 12:36 PM To:Council, City Subject:All-Electric is Market Ready, Including Radiant Floors Attachments:Chiltrix Hydronic HVAC + DHW spec sheet.pdf; SpacePak Hydronic HVAC + DHW.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Palo Alto City Councilmembers, I encourage you to adopt an all‐electric building code for greater public safety, higher efficiency and more affordable housing due to 1‐2% lower construction costs. Please don't let inexperience among some contractors be the obstacle to progress. 50% of new homes built in the American South are built‐all electric, and they build 4 in 10 new homes in the U.S.‐‐they have no design challenges in any of their housing types. Staff reports that a reason for allowing gas in a building is to allow new construction of radiant floors using familiar gas boilers. There are no design challenges or product deficiencies‐‐at your Electrification Exposition, one of the leading vendors, SpacePak, was there with their table. In 2017 the United Nations gave our design firm their Grand Prize for a Zero Net Energy low‐income farmworker apartment complex that had a net financial gain from building and financing the Zero Net Energy design, which incidentally that used hydronic heat pumps‐‐the same type used for radiant floors. Heat pump water heaters designed for 80F have long been commonly used as pool heaters‐‐since the 1950s. Radiant floors are similar, smaller energy loads to swimming pools. Attached are two commonly used heat pumps for radiant floors used as drop‐in replacements for gas boilers that heat. Sincerely, Sean Armstrong Managing Principal Redwood Energy Grand Prize Winner of the United Nations World Habitat Awards‐2017 Grand Prize Winner of the International PCBC Gold Nugget Awards‐2016 Winner of the Sustainability Award of the Building Industry Association of Southern California‐2017 Winner of the Department of Energy Innovation Award‐2015 Awards of Merit from the International PCBC Gold Nugget Awards‐2017, 2018 and 2019 707.826.1450 1887 Q Street Arcata, CA 95521 www.redwoodenergy.net Chiltrix World’s Most Efficient Heat Pump Chiltrix CX34, Heat Pump Chiller performance numbers do seem too good to be true. We get that. That’s the reason we had the CX34 Officially Certified by AHRI. AHRI Certified Reference#: 200095411 Certificate #: 131721925450186881 Why Chitrix CX34 for Modern Homes? • Want All Electric Homes?• Want Net Zero Energy Homes?• Want Zero Emission Homes? One Source For Comfort Space Heating, Air Conditioning, And Domestic Hot Water! Title 24 energy code compliance is made easy using the Chiltrix CX34 system.The Chiltrix CX34 uses load matching modulation technology to maximize efficiency.That is why the COP’s and EER’s are the highest in the industry. Hydronic Specialties Company • 4723 Tidewater Avenue • Oakland CA, 94601 • 800-786-6847 • 2hsc.com Special pricing available. Call 800-786-6847 today! CX34 ODU (Outdoor Unit) Self-contained 2 Tons Cooling / 2.7 Tons Heating IPLV: Cooling EER 23.02 Heating COP 3.92 Up to 8 indoor units (IDUs) can be used. One Chiltrix ODU can connect to an amount of IDUs rated for up to 115% of the ODU capacity. ODU can also be used with ducted air handler, floor heating, or integrated with existing boiler or solar hydronic heating. System IPLV/NPLVTest Conditions Capacity BTU IPLV/NPLVCOP IPLV/NPLVEER CX34 Cooling at A95°/W55º30,049 9.0 30.72 CX34 Cooling at A95°/W44º26,150 6.75 23.02 CX34 Heating W95º/A47ºdb/43ºwb 33,813 3.92 NA IPLV / NPLV (W55F) & Heating values in accordance with AHRI 550/590. Ultra Efficient Chiller Technology The CX34 air cooled chiller works by cooling or heating a water or water/glycol fluid distribution loop with a high efficiency DC-Inverter compressor and pumping the fluid through ductless fan coils, hydronic air handler, and/or floor heating system. Any or all of these types of indoor equipment can be used, and can be used in combination with each other if desired. The fluid is returned to the Chiltrix ODU to heat or cool it back to its operating temperature. The CX34 uses a variable speed compressor and variable speed water/fluid flow, along with a variable speed condenser fan. This is not an “evaporative” chiller, it consumes no water and works fine regardless of humidity, performing strong dehumidification as needed. Visit www.chiltrix.com/chiller-technology.html for complete performance data Hydronic Specialties Company • 4723 Tidewater Avenue • Oakland CA, 94601 • 800-786-6847 • 2hsc.com Rev 06.19.18 Central Air and Heating Systems "Water is far superior to air when it comes to moving heating or cooling through buildings." -John Siegenthaler COMFORT When You NEED IT COMFORT When You NEED IT SpacePak Hydronics is taking the comfort and flexibility of water-based central heating and cooling systems to new levels of performance. In any season, SpacePak units provide perfectly conditioned air with reliability and efficiency. Hydronic Heating & Cooling Hydronic technology has long been known for providing unsurpassed heating comfort. New innovative technologies have allowed hydronic equipment manufacturers the opportunity to provide complete packaged solutions for both space heating and central cooling using the known advantages of hydronics over that of traditional forced air systems. Using the same physical properties that make water ideal for conveying heat also make it ideal for conveying cooling. Cooling is simply the removal of heat from an occupied space. Water is capable of absorbing substantially more (almost 3500X more) heat than air for the same temperature change. Therefore, chilled water circulated through a high efficiency terminal unit is ideal for absorbing heat from an occupied space without the intrusive ductwork associated with forced air systems. Small Scale Hydronics The concept of using water as a heat transfer medium for cooling is not new and has long been used by commercial engineers through the use of chillers, which reduce circulated water to the range of 40° to 50°F and then disperse the conditioned air through various types of terminal units into the occupied space in a much more efficient and environmentally friendly process than all-air systems. Small scale hydronic (chilled water) cooling in residential and light commercial applications is done safely and easily through much smaller space requirements than that of traditional ducted systems with increased operating efficiencies and is more aesthetically pleasing at the same time. 2 Packaged Solutions SpacePak Hydronics offers a total packaged solution for all residential and light commercial applications. Solstice Heat Pumps (air to water) in combination with our various styles of modern aesthetically pleasing emitters provide the ultimate in total year-round comfort. Chiller or heat pump based systems are the environmentally friendly choice for both heating and cooling by keeping all refrigerant safely contained outside of the occupied space. System Layout Benefits • Energy Efficient • Ease of Installation • Minimally Invasive • Aesthetically Pleasing • Easily Zoned • Environmentally Friendly Types of Emitters • Hydronic Fan Coils AirCell HighWall ThinWall Chilled-beams Radiant Ceiling Panels Solstice Key: = Supply = Return Illustration depicts heating application. In cooling applications chilled water replaces hot water supply lines. 3 Standard Features • ECM Variable Speed Fan Technology • 110v Power Supply • Heating & Cooling Hydronic Coil • Lightweight Heavy-Duty Molded Plastic Shell • Outer Insulation Jacket • Internal Drain Pan • Silent Operation (22dBA @ 3’) • Integrated Control Platform • WiFi Enabled Devices / Laptops / Smart Phones • Fan Speed Control • Auto Timed Zone Control • Fresh Air Induction Control (Optional) • Temperature Set-Points • Alarm Settings Specifications Dimensions Heating Cooling Entering Water Temperature 160°F 42°F Btu/h 24,000 — Tons —1.2 Fan Watts 90W 90W CFM 330 300 EER 13.7 14.0 Flow Rate GPM 3.5 - 5 Weight lbs.39 AIR DISTRIBUTION MODULE 4 AirCell Simplicity - Aspiration Through the use of high efficiency variable speed EC motors and a unique low temperature hydronic coil design, AirCell distributes perfectly conditioned air to any occupied space. Whether heating, cooling or ventilation, AirCell does it all. Working in conjunction with any hydronic supply system including boilers, reverse cycle chillers, heat pumps and geothermal AirCell allows full control and distribution of conditioned air with ultra-low energy consumption while reducing harmful CFC’s by up to 40-60% over conventional DX systems. When connected to today’s high efficiency condensing boilers AirCell guarantees ultra-efficiency utilizing lower supply water temperatures maximizing the performance of your boiler investment. Each AirCell ships with a thermal insulation cover • Superior Insulation • Minimizes Heat Gains / Losses • Reduces Sweating in Humid Conditions • Easy Snap Together Durable Design AirCell’s integrated control platform continuously monitors the return air and water coil sensors while controlling the fan speed in response to the programmed set-points (including on/off times, fresh air, temperature and numerous other custom variables). Communication and programming is performed through either wall-mount thermostat controls or using a WiFi 802.11 enabled device including smart phones and computers. AirCell Heating Capacity Entering Water Temp °FData based upon 330 CFM air entering at 70° DB, 3.5-5 GPM water flowEntering Water Temp °FData based upon 300 CFM air entering at 80° DB, 67° DB, 3.5-5 GPM AirCell Cooling Capacity 5 Solstice Extreme, SpacePak’s low ambient heat pump provides primary heating and cooling even in severe weather climates. Its environmentally friendly design uses EVI technology and the clean efficient characteristics of hydronics as its primary energy source to deliver perfectly conditioned air to any occupied space. Standard Features • Enhanced Vapor Injection Technology (EVI) • 48,000 BTU/h at 0°F at 140°F Heating Supply • 4 Ton at 95°F at 47°F Cooling Supply • Highest R-410A COP and EER • Simple Piping & Pumping • Installation & Service Friendly • Easily Zoned • Proven Integrated Control • Low Amp Requirements • Outdoor Reset • Green Hydronic Energy – No Refrigerant in Occupied Space • Low Ambient Freeze Protection Enhanced Vapor Injection (EVI) The award winning EVI technology and high efficiency condenser used in SpacePak low ambient heat pumps, provides improved efficiency, reliability and heating capacities. EVI increases heating capacity by over 30%, making it the perfect compressor for severe ambient conditions (0°F) in cold climates, while maintaining the ability to cool during the summer months. • +30% Heating Performance at 140°F Supply • 50% Larger Condenser Coil • Energy Efficient • Reliable Specifications Dynamic Exhaust Valve EVI Tube Motor Dynamic Scroll Model LAHP - 048 COP Heating Capacity *48000 BTUh 2.4214.06 kW Cooling Capacity **48,000 BTUh 3.0013.5 kW Voltage 230v/1ph/60Hz Min Supply Temp 42°F7°C Max Supply Temp 140°F60°C Min Water Flow 10 gpm1.80 m3/hr Max Water Flow 14 gpm3.20 m3/hr dP @ Max Flow 20.7 ft 62 kPaHeating Current 21.2 ampsCooling Current 23.5 ampsNoise Level 62 dB(A) Compressor Scroll X 2 Installed Weight 386 lbs175 Kg EXTREME * at 0°F ambient, 120°F supply water (-16°C / 52°C) ** at 95°F ambient, 47°F supply water (35°C / 12°C)6 Dimensions Performance EXTREME Cooling Operation at 47°F Water Ambient Temp Capacity BTU/hr Electrical Power Watts Heat Pump COP Heat Pump EER 82°F 56,000 4,800 3.4 11.7 95°F 48,000 5,200 2.7 9.2 105°F 38,000 6,200 1.8 6.1 Heating Operation at 120°F Water Ambient Temp Capacity BTU/hr Electrical Power Watts Heat Pump COP Heat Pump EER 45°F 61,500 5000 3.5 12.3 20°F 53,500 5437 2.8 9.8 0°F 47,500 5407 2.5 8.8 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 55,000 60,000 65,000 -10 -5 0510 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 He a t i n g C a p a c i t y , B T U / h r Outdoor Ambient Temperature, ºF 110 120 130 Water Supply Temp, ºF Co e f f i c i e n t o f Pe r f o r m a n c e LAHP Heating Performance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5,000 15,000 25,000 35,000 45,000 55,000 65,000 75,000 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 LAHP Cooling Performance 47 55 42 42 COP 47 COP 55 COP Co e f f i c i e n t o f Pe r f o r m a n c e Water Supply Temp, ºF Ambient Temperature, ºF Co o l i n g C a p a c i t y , B T U / h r 7 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Dan Johnson <dan@beyondefficiency.us> Sent:Friday, October 25, 2019 1:01 PM To:Council, City Cc:Scott Shell; to: Bret Andersen; Sean Armstrong; Hodge, Bruce; Luke Morton; sandra@sandraslater.com; IdaRose Sylvester; Tom Kabat; David Coale; Diane Bailey Subject:Palo Alto Reach Codes - Nov 4th Council Meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto City Council: I am an architect and HVAC designer, writing to encourage you to adopt an all‐electric policy for new construction, to take effect Jan 1, 2020, in line with other Bay Area jurisdictions.  A delay may create market signals contrary to your intention  A Reach Code / incentive approach that allows mixed‐fuel construction will be more expensive and complicated for Palo Alto to administer  Contractors work all over the Bay Area, and they are already preparing for work in the gas‐free jurisdictions Radiant floor heating Radiant floor heating using electric heat pumps is mature and there are many equipment choices in 2019: Nordic ThermAtlantic DX2W Arctic Heat Pump Aermec Spacepak LAHP Sanden SanCO Chiltrix CX34 There are dozens more Japanese and German products that are sold overseas. In 2017, 2.6 million air‐to‐water heat pumps were sold globally. This all‐electric ordinance will open the California market to more established products and techniques that are already commonplace: for example, hydronic heat pumps have overtaken gas boilers in the residential market in Germany. I have worked on Bay Area homes with hydronic heat pumps as early as 2009, starting in Palo Alto. This home is called Project Green Home (digital information booklet available). The owner Sven Thesen regularly offers tours. This is my electric, radiant floor history for the last 12 months: New house, Montclair Oakland, radiant heating, Chiltrix CX34 New house, Los Altos, radiant floor heating & cooling, Chiltrix CX34 New house, Malibu, Spacepak LAHP New house, radiant floors, Woodside, Spacepak LAHP Remodel/Addition, radiant floors, Woodside, Spacepak LAHP Remodel/Addition, radiant floors, Berkeley, Sanden SanCO New house, radiant floors, Windsor, Sanden SanCO Remodel/Addition, San Francisco, Chiltrix CX34 Fire rebuild, Santa Rosa, radiant floors, Chiltrix CX34 2 Contractor Familiarity Every hydronic contractor that I've worked with has already installed hydronic heat pumps for their all‐electric clients. These contractors have seen "all‐electric" coming for 10 years. It's true that contractors who have not kept up with the industry may be unfamiliar. The product distributors (such as JTG Muir, etc.) are gearing up to serve 11 other California cities and counties with gas bans taking effect 1/1/20. For Palo Alto to also adopt an all‐electric ordinance will further strengthen the market signal and recruit more manufacturers, distributors, and training opportunities into the Bay Area. Load‐Shifting Ability Hydronic radiant systems offer a unique "load‐shifting" ability, because the system acts like a thermal battery, including storage tanks of heated or chilled water, which allows the heat pump to be shut off during the grid's peak electrical demand. A house with this technology is in a superior financial position, with regard to time‐of‐use electricity pricing. The California Energy Commission / Investor Owned Utilities are sponsoring research into hydronic heat pumps in order to provide special credit in the upcoming 2022 Energy Code for homes with these energy‐efficient systems. Consistent Market Signal It's important to send a consistent message to manufacturers and installers, so I urge you to adopt an all‐electric policy for January 1, 2020, in line with other Bay Area jurisdictions. Thank you. Dan Johnson ———————————————————————————— Dan Johnson, AIA ‐ Sustainability Architect Leader, Beyond Efficiency Inc. Empowering people to create enduring human‐centered buildings Direct: 415.964.2282 | dan@beyondefficiency.us Offices: 710 Channing Way, Berkeley, CA | 415.236.1333 152 East Gill, Jackson, WY | 307.200.7236 Mail: PO Box 9279, Jackson, WY 83002 beyondefficiency.us *HOT OFF THE PRESSES* ‐ Beyond Efficiency’s newsletters *WE’RE HIRING* ‐ Learn more here 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Bret Andersen <bretande@pacbell.net> Sent:Tuesday, October 29, 2019 10:29 PM To:Council, City Cc:Hodge, Bruce Subject:Energy Reach Code, Nov 4th Council Meeting Attachments:2019 Reach Code Hearing Nov 4th - Carbon Free Palo Alto Comments to City Council.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Council Members, Please find attached a letter from Carbon Free Palo Alto presenting our comments and recommendation to pass the reach code and to resolve to implement an all‐electric mandate for new building by July, 2020. Carbon Free Palo Alto Carbon Free Palo Alto Recommendations on the 2019 Palo Alto Reach Code and All-Electric Ordinance Proposals Executive Summary Carbon Free Palo Alto (CFPA) has evaluated the proposed 2019 Palo Alto Reach Code and recommends that Council approve the proposal as is with the exception that the timeline for an all-electric ordinance be moved forward from 2022 to 2020. The case for mandating all electric building is both robust and urgent now in our deepening climate crisis and we have the benefit of several examples to follow with a number of other area cities approving all-electric ordinances for new buildings in 2020 as part of their own reach code efforts. Introduction CFPA reviewed the staff proposal based on public presentations, participation in the Green Building Technical Advisory Committee and additional conversations with staff, community members, CCEs and reach code advocates in the Bay Area. The proposal presents a generally strong reach code to encourage all-electric building and importantly combines it with a mandate for new buildings in 2022. Mandate timing aside, this combination aligns well with Palo Alto’s goals, including cost savings, climate protection, health, safety and energy infrastructure modernization. Incentives. We are pleased to see that the proposal includes incentives and outreach to promote voluntary electrification of existing homes. Rebates can be a powerful incentive for remodels or where owners simply see the value in electrifying their building sooner rather than later. We look forward to seeing more details made public. ADUs and Major Remodels. The latest proposal drops applicability of the Reach Code to ADUs and pushes applicability to residential additions out 18 months. We believe that ADUs should not be exempt and that additions and major remodels should be covered as soon as possible in 2020 as an excellent way to expand impact into the existing building stock. It is our shared responsibility to take rapid, unprecedented and far reaching action to avoid the worst consequences of global warming. The principal greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted by buildings is natural gas (NG), and its use needs to be vastly curtailed in order to meet the climate goals of both Palo Alto and the State of California. The 2019 Reach Code is clearly designed to dissuade NG use in new construction which would otherwise lock in high GHG emissions throughout the lifetime of the building. Natural gas (methane) leakage goes unreported, meaning cities are vastly underestimating their real building emissions. We must again call out the rising number of reports highlighting the impact of methane leakage (upstream, all along the supply chain) and the fact that current GHG accounting rules do not yet take them into account. A recent study (Environmental Science & Technology, Oct. 2019) assesses the effective emissions from mixed fuel homes allowed under California’s new 2019 base code for a realistic range of reported leakage rates (2.4 - 5.1%) in CA. It concludes: “The impact that upstream natural gas leaks have on residential emissions cannot be overstated and action must be taken regardless of what actual leak rates are found to be.” Palo Alto would have to increase its official buildings GHG emissions count by a factor of at least 2 to reflect the actual warming caused by the NG use. We believe Palo Alto should at least report and ideally account for the impact of leakage now despite the current lack of GHG protocols to do so. Recommendations ●Pass the reach code as proposed ○It generally aligns with the reach code model proposed by the 2019 Building Electrification & EV Infrastructure Reach Code Initiative (sponsored by Peninsula Clean Energy (PCE), Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and the San Mateo County Office of Sustainability (OOS) (https://peninsulareachcodes.org/). ○The reach code is a reasonable step forward now while the City determines how quickly it can move to the preferred endpoint of a prohibition on gas connections to new buildings. The reach code provides the flexibility and time that Staff requests to address the lack of awareness in the market that is creating some resistance. However, since the code only encourages all electric building it is really just a guess as to whether it will achieve its main objective to stop adding to our NG use. Note that the 2016 Reach Code achieved only very limited success in encouraging all-electric building construction. ●Request a Staff report by January, 2020 for recommendations on the details of an all-electric building ordinance for new construction with an implementation date no later than July 1, 2020. ○Staff’s proposed timeline (2022) for an all-electric ordinance for new buildings is unnecessarily slow. On every measure that counts - cost, safety, health, control, efficiency, emissions and avoiding stranded assets - new all-electric buildings are a relatively easy and impactful climate action to take today. We see no good reason to delay. The lack of awareness and training of some builders and installers is a temporary issue that can be resolved in a matter of months, not years. ○This will be a clear, strong and long term signal to owners and builders that they can and should confidently invest in all-electric solutions. ○The July 2020 date allows staff time to study the examples, address possible risks for Palo Alto and build a case that can be presented for approval by council. ○This will save our city, residents and businesses from further wasteful expansion of the gas network and equipment which will become stranded assets as we start phasing out gas. ●Request staff to present by January 2020, the options we have for decarbonizing existing buildings (the vast majority) in line with our official goal of an 80% reduction in GHGs for all of Palo Alto by 2030 (80 by 30) ○The vast majority of Palo Alto’s natural gas emissions are from existing buildings - where we have made little progress to date. ○Our city, with its own utility and building development operations, plays a central role in determining how easy and advantageous it is for residents and businesses to switch from gas to electricity. ○The general Palo Alto public remains unaware of the true size and scope of the building electrification opportunity. On the other hand, Palo Alto has expert and engaged stakeholders that can contribute insights and connect to complementary resources needed to address it. Bringing practical and realistic options forward for deliberation will enable us to take effective action now, rather than continuing to postpone meaningful action as our climate liabilities mount year after year. Discussion The market is ready to go all-electric in 2020. Mixed fuel buildings (gas plus electric powered) have been the default choice for decades in California so it is normal that all-electric building is still perceived as a novel and risky in some cases. Yet twenty-five percent of new and existing homes in the U.S. are already all-electric and they are becoming ever more popular in CA. And, the cost effectiveness, inclusivity and other advantages of new all-electric buildings in CA are well-documented. Misconceptions about modern electric induction cooking are common. Induction cooking has compelling advantages over gas but is relatively unfamiliar in CA where gas is the norm. Its recognized advantages include indoor air quality, responsiveness, speed, safety, flexibility and efficiency. It should come as no surprise then, that induction stoves now receive the highest ratings of all stoves in Consumer Reports and restaurants are increasingly opting to install induction cooking equipment. Education and hands on experience are proving very effective in addressing consumer concerns about switching from gas to electric cooking. See the “Resources” below for links to more information. Start now with new buildings to kickstart the nascent market associated with retrofitting existing buildings. Combining a strong reach code and a commitment to a 100% all-electric new buildings as soon as possible demonstrates a clear commitment to the path toward 100% electric buildings. There is a learning curve involved in bringing electric building into general practice in Palo Alto and across the nation. The building community needs to see a robust and long-term commitment by cities and utilities to all-electric building codes and other forthcoming policies in order to confidently invest in their all-electric capabilities and customer base. This engagement and investment will increase availability and lower costs as Palo Alto intensifies efforts to electrify its much more sizable base of existing buildings. Stop the expansion of the city’s natural gas network and avoid installing assets that will become stranded in the future. Reaching the climate goals listed in the proposal presentation, including carbon-free electricity and carbon neutrality by 2045 in California and an 80% GHG reduction by 2030 in Palo Alto (80 by 30), implies that Palo Alto’s existing natural gas network will eventually become a stranded asset. Our understanding is that the City is planning to progressively electrify buildings while decommissioning the gas network in a yet to be determined timeframe that may be consistent with the above mentioned goals. Stopping further investment that would otherwise expand the NG network is a financially responsible move that will reduce the total liability that the city will incur to pay down stranded gas assets. We believe this is why PG&E, which also manages a combined gas and electric utility, has publicly supported the all-electric ordinances in Berkeley, San Jose and other cities. In Palo Alto, eliminating new NG appliances will save building owners from future losses on early retirement of their gas devices and electric retrofit costs. In other words, Palo Alto should stop digging the stranded gas assets hole deeper now that we have good alternatives to gas in the form of electrification. Align with other forward-thinking cities in California. Several cities in our area are also going beyond the common reach code model referenced above by adding electric mandates where there is no good justification to delay. Seven out of the twelve Santa Clara cities working on reach codes are considering or have approved some level of electric ordinance according to SVCE. For example, Menlo Park approved an ordinance that mandates electric space and water heating in all new residential and commercial (with reasonable exceptions) buildings. The Mountain View council also unanimously passed an all-electric ordinance in its first hearing of its Reach Code. The City of Berkeley approved an all-electric ordinance for new buildings with some reasonable, temporary exceptions. The Berkeley Council resolution details the robust case for their ordinance that could reasonably serve to support similar ordinances in any California city. (https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/2019/07_Jul/Documents/2019-07-16_Revise d_Packet_2019-07-16_Item_C_Adopt_an_Ordinance_adding_a_new_Chapter_pdf.aspx) We believe Palo Alto should take advantage of this momentum to save time and money. A clear and specific all-electric ordinance that eliminates mixed-fuel options will save significant effort for building project teams and city staff. An ordinance eliminates the need to model, estimate and negotiate the complicated range of mixed fuel building efficiency and equipment combinations in order to build with gas based on perceived preferences for gas cooking and fireplaces. There are off-the-shelf electric radiant floor heating solutions for new buildings. However, we also know that more designers and suppliers are claiming radiant floor heating has a diminishing comfort advantage in new construction of today’s well-insulated homes. Many decide with their clients against adding a separate gas powered radiant heating system in favor of combining space heating and cooling in one, less expensive heat pump system that avoids the need for gas infrastructure. Resiliency in the face of temporary electricity outages. The recent move by PG&E to institute Public Safety Power Shutoffs during dangerous weather events raises the question of losing power in buildings for hours or days at a time. It should first be noted that with modern gas appliances generally cannot operate without electric power. Local battery storage and generation in buildings or groups of buildings (within a microgrid) are the main solutions to keep buildings powered during temporary outages today. The market is changing fast to meet the need. Electric vehicles are already used in some countries (mainly Japan today) to effectively power homes during such outages (today’s EV batteries are large enough to power an all electric home for several days). Such “vehicle to home” solutions are targeted to become available in the U.S. in 2020 as a promising long-term resiliency measure. In Closing We are heartened by Palo Alto’s effort to establish a Reach Code, an all-electric ordinance and supporting incentives to electrify and decarbonize new and remodeled buildings. We hope our recommendations are accepted in the spirit of working together as a community to upgrade our energy infrastructure, improve our quality of life and meet Palo Alto’s ambitious 80 by 30 climate action target. Thank you in advance for your consideration of our recommendations. Please do not hesitate to contact us. Carbon Free Palo Alto Bret Andersen (bretande@pacbell.com) Bruce Hodge (hodge@tenaya.com) Resources Electric Cooking ●Fact Sheet on Induction Cooking by Energy & Environmental Transformation | Berkeley Ecology Center https://ecologycenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/EC-Induction-Cooking-Factsheet. pdf ●Consumer Education Video on Residential Cooking (2 minutes) from Sacramento Municipal Utility District education library, see title “The Future of Cooking”. https://www.smud.org/en/In-Our-Community/Workshops-and-education-resources/Resid ential/Educational-Video-Library ●Induction vs Gas Cook-Off Video (5 minutes) by Gould Evans https://vimeocom/363936356 ●Residential Cooktop Performance and Energy Comparison Study by Frontier Energy| SMUD https://www.smud.org/-/media/Documents/Corporate/About-Us/Energy-Research-and-D evelopment/Induction-Range-Final-Report---July-2019.ashx ●Article: Why top restaurants are getting rid of stoves (and why you might, too) https://www.fastcompany.com/90313508/why-top-restaurants-are-getting-rid-of-stoves-a nd-why-you-might-too?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social Multifamily and Commercial Building Electrification ●Redwood energy has compiled an extensive list of the all electric buildings and product solutions on the market today: ○“A Zero Emissions All-Electric Multifamily Construction Guide” shows many electric solutions also applicable to single family homes. Redwood Energy: https://www.redwoodenergy.tech/research/ ○“Pocket Guide to Zero Carbon Commercial Buildings 2nd Edition”. Redwood Energy: https://www.redwoodenergy.tech/research/ NG/Methane Leakage ●Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions and the Marginal Cost of Carbon Abatement for Residential Buildings under California’s 2019 Title 24 Energy Codes https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acs.est.9b02869 1 Brettle, Jessica From:David Coale <david@evcl.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 8:27 AM To:Council, City Subject:All electric reach code with no mixed fuel option Attachments:The case for an all-electric reach code.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Hi Mayor and City Council members, I am wiring to support an all electric reach code with no mixed fuel option. I am a member of the Green Building Advisory Group and have included my comments here for all new construction to be all electric with no gas connections. I am happy to answer any of your questions or comments. Sincerely, David Coale The Case for an All-Electric Reach Code with no mixed fuel option. My name is David Coale and I am a member of the Green Building Advisory Group that is mentioned in the Staff report. The group reviewed Staff’s proposal for the latest reach code update for 2020. Many in the group want to see an all-electric reach code with no mixed fuel option. I would like to make the case for an all-electric reach code, i.e. no gas for new residential and multi-family construction and larger remodels including small businesses. “We’ll go down in history as the first society that wouldn’t save itself because it wasn’t cost-effective.” - Kurt Vonnegut The good news is that staff has two studies1 that show that all electric homes, multi-family dwellings, small business and large remodels, are cost effective. The case for all-electric buildings becomes even stronger when you correctly account for up stream emissions including leakage of natural gas and compromised indoor air quality. This was not done in either of the studies. Staff’s latest proposal gives builders two options: 1) All-electric construction which only has to meet current State code for efficiency and 2) a mixed-fuel option where construction would have to be much more efficient but could also include natural gas appliances. For the mixed fuel construction, the buildings would also have to be pre-wired for future electrification. A ban on gas for new construction would go into place by 2022. For the mixed fuel option, Staff set the bar for greater efficiency pretty high in the hopes that most builders would go the all-electric route. When pressed by some committee members on why not go all- electric now, they said there was “push-back” from other stake holders, but would not elaborate. It is important to note, it was not for technical or cost effectiveness reasons. Some of the challenges listed for all-electric construction are people not wanting to give up gas cooking and fireplaces. Induction cooking is actually better in many respects than cooking with gas. It actually heats up and cools faster than gas cooking, offers accurate temperature control, indoor air quality is better, it is much safer and does not add extra heat to the kitchen (more efficient). In other words, this is largely an educational issue. When you correctly account for the up stream emissions of natural gas and take into account leakage, you find that using natural gas is about the same as burning coal and we would never consider burning coal in our homes for any reason. Here are the reasons Palo Alto should adopt an all-electric reach code now: 1) It is cost effective to go all-electric and better for your health. There are now two studies showing the cost effectiveness of going all-electric1. There is a great New York Times editorial2 that 1 https://cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/ds/green_building_advisory_group.asp Link to the studies available on the green building advisory web site and https://cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/ds/green_building/2019_energy_reach_code_study.asp 2 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/01/opinion/climate-change-gas-electricity.html talks about the problems with indoor air quality and other health issues associated with gas appliances (cooking). 2) Extending gas to new construction is creating stranded assets that will never fully be realized and will cost to be taken out later. The Utility department, along with the Utility Advisory Committee really gets this along with the reductions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). In fact, just this month there was a great utility bill insert about electrification3 that also points to a city web page4 that has great resources for electrification. Palo Alto Utilities also put on an excellent Electrification Expo with expert speakers and venders showing electric solutions for all appliances. 3) Greater GHG reduction is needed sooner then later. The city still has a lot to do to reach the 80% GHG reductions by 2030 goal – a top priority for the city. We can’t afford to delay actions on climate change. Climate change is happening faster than governments can act, and while compromise is normally a good strategy for governance, every time you compromise with climate change you fall farther behind, as every report on climate change says it is happening faster than previously expected. 4) We need to send a strong message to the industry to build all-electric homes now. Even though this is a very small amount of the housing stock, setting this example for new construction and especially for retrofit and remodels is very important. Many industries must be pushed by regulations (seatbelts, catalytic converters, unleaded gasoline, etc.) before they will change. 5) All electric construction is easier. The calculations and construction required for greater efficiency in the mixed fuel option are more complex and costly. This is also true for plan checking, permitting and inspection as well. And there no need for a Certified Energy Analyst report to ensure compliance. 6) Action on climate change does not depend on what others are doing. Almost all cities (and countries) are wondering where they are with respect to addressing climate change. Addressing climate change is an absolute issue, not a relative one; so while being better than your neighbor is considered “winning”, it is not so simple with climate change. That said, Palo Alto is now clearly lagging behind Berkley, San Jose, Menlo Park, Mt. View, and Morgan Hill. We should at least step up to our top priority of Climate Change and set the mark clearly out front. 7) We are already behind our own requirements for electrification. According to a Zero Net Energy road map that the building department produced in late 20155, not only were we to have electrification by 2020, all new homes were also to be zero net energy homes as well, so even by the city’s own planning documents we are behind where we should be. 3 https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/blobdload.aspx?BlobID=73542 4 http://cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/utl/pathway_to_sustainability/electrification/default.asp 5 See attached 8) The assertion that there are not enough all-electric appliances/solutions for all-electric homes is not true. Many of you have visited Sven Thesen’s Green home6. This is a beyond LEED Platinum - Zero Net Energy - Passive House - All Electric home, with heat pump radiant heating that is over seven years old! There are also very high-end apartments (example: 430 Forest Ave.7) completed a few years ago and many other examples of all-electric homes in Palo Alto. 9) A mixed fuel home is not necessarily more resilient than an all-electric home. While this is somewhat true for power outages, the home heating still goes out as this requires electricity and in some areas, the recent PSPS have included gas shut offs as well. In our area, the greatest threat is from earthquakes where natural gas to the home is a major hazard. 10) We have a moral obligation to address climate change now. In light of the recent and continuing fires, droughts, hurricanes, flooding and other disasters made worse with global worming we cannot afford to delay any longer actions to address climate change. In the words of the most recent IPCC report, we must take rapid, unprecedented and far-reaching actions if we are to advert disaster. In light of these points I would like to see the council adopt an all-electric reach code with no mixed fuel option. This is cost effective, technically feasible and consistent with the council’s top priorities. We cannot afford a two-year delay on getting started with this effort to address GHG emissions from our buildings. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Please do what you can to eliminate carbon pollution from our city as well as from the global atmosphere. Thank you very much, David Page 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Pat Kinney <pkinney@ix.netcom.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 9:37 AM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, As a home owner in Palo Alto for over 40 years, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests:    Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units,  and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner, by 2020.     Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020.  Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes  now. All‐electric is viable today.     By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later  than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan  to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022!     By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings.  Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now.   Thank you for your climate leadership. Patricia Kinney 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Elizabeth Schwerer <liz.schwerer@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 9:47 AM To:Council, City Subject:in support of Monday's "Reach Code" proposal CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear council members, Please pass the Reach Code, item 9B on Monday night's agenda, updating the Palo Alto building code to more quickly eliminate the use of natural gas in our local homes. I encourage you to make the code as strong as is feasible for builders and homeowners. The challenge of improving our environmental impact seems more than we are able to think through and effect individually, and it is enormously helpful to have the support of appropriate laws and regulations to guide our choices. Thank you. Elizabeth Schwerer Duffie {REDACTED} Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Trish Mulvey <mulvey@ix.netcom.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:15 AM To:Council, City Subject:Please pass the energy efficiency Reach Code for building construction CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Mayor Filseth and City Council Members: Please pass the energy efficiency Reach Code for building construction, (item 9B on the November 4th agenda) to Accelerate a Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction and Accelerate a Plan to Decarbonize Existing Buildings with consideration of these four specific requests: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs — or “granny units”), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all-electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020. Please move consideration and passage of an all-electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all-electric Reach Codes now. All-electric is viable today. By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022! By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. Thank you for your climate leadership. Trish & Jim Mulvey, {REDACTED}, Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Hoffberg <mark.b.hoffberg@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:28 AM To:Council, City Subject:Please support the Carbon Free Palo Alto recommendations CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. As a concerned physicist trying to actively address climate change, and as a resident of Palo Alto, I strongly urge the you, the City Council, to support the following Carbon Free Palo Alto (CFPA) recommendations: 1) The City should adopt the reach code as proposed except for the ADU/remodel exemption, which should be removed. 2) The City should implement an all-electric ordinance for new buildings by July 1st, 2020. I trust the City Council has the foresight and wisdom to put these recommendations into effect now. We need to be more than cognizant of the staggeringly deleterious consequences of climate change on the next generation. Delay worsens the consequences. Please show your humanity and compassion, your humility and devotion to the commonwealth, with action. Thank you. Mark Hoffberg, PhD 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Katia Reeves <katia.reeves@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:38 AM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, As Palo Alto homeowner for over 33 years I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests:  Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs — or “granny units”), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020.   Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now. All‐electric is viable today.   By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022!   By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. I, for one, would like to electrify my house (business, etc), and would like the city’s support to do so, as soon as possible. 2  Thank you for your climate leadership. Katia Reeves {REDACTED} Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kathleen Early <kathy.early@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:50 AM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. As a voter and resident of Palo Alto, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs — or “granny units”), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020. Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now. All‐electric is viable today. By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022! By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. I, for one, would like to electrify my house (business, etc), and would like the city’s support to do so, as soon as possible. Thank you for your climate leadership. Kathleen Regina Early {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94303 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Desiree Docktor <desiree.docktor@compass.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 2:35 PM To:Council, City Subject:re: I support Palo Alto's Energy Reach cod and decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, As a 50+ year resident of Palo Alto and business owner, I am happy to see the aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4th. I have 4 requests: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxiliary dwelling units(ADUs) and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach code is a good measure to take while the city works on an all electric Reach Code. Please move up the remodeling requirement to 2020. Please move the passage of the all electric code from 2022 to 2020. Many other cities are passing all electric codes now. By January 202, have staff prepare recommendations on details of a ban on natural gas in new construction and with an implementation date no later that January, 1, 2021. By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. I am working on electrification of my house and adding solar as soon as possible and have made steps to do so. Thank you for your climate leadership. Desiree Docktor {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94303 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lindsey North <lnorth_home@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:20 PM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilmembers, As a 30+ year resident of Palo Alto, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Please vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests:  Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner.  Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020.  By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021.  By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Thank you for your climate leadership. Lindsey North 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Gail Thompson <Gail.thompson2018@outlook.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:39 PM To:Council, City Subject:Reach Code CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Please pass the energy efficiency Reach Code for building construction,(item 9B on the agenda) to accelerate a ban on natural gas in new construction and to accelerate a plan to decarbonize existing buildings. Menlo Park, Mountain View and San Jose recently passed updated building codes which become effective Jan. 2020. These codes almost entirely eliminate the use of natural gas in new construction. Gail Thompson Citizen of Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Peter Rumsey <peter.rumsey@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:Reach energy code electrification Attachments:new doc 2019-10-31 16.46.07.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To whom it may concern, Please forward this letter to the appropriate council members. Thank you. Peter Rumsey Peter Rumsey, PE, FASHRAE, CEM, LEED AP Mobile: (510) 205‐4575 Email: peter.rumsey@gmail.com Scanned with CamScanner 220 Montgomery Street San Francisco, CA 94104 WNW.oointenerayjnnoyatjons.com Palo Alto City Council City. Council@cityof paloalto. org Dear City Council Members of Palo Alto, l understand that you will be deliberating a reach energy code in the coming weeks. As one of the state's leading engineering designer of commercial buildings including several in Palo Alto, I would like to recommend considering requiring all new buildings be built without gas with a possible exception for cooking. All electric buildings are cost effective today. VVhen l first started designing efficient all electric buildings over a decade ago this was not the case. Today all electric buildings like electric cars and solar PV systems have become vastly more cost effective than even a few years ago. Even developers are starting to build all electric buildings on tight budgets. Modern heat pumps make water and space heating with electricity efficient and financially viable. Unfortunately most builders and the construction industry in general will stick with what they know, gas heating and water heating, without a nudge from permitting authorities like yours. After the recent fires and electrical outages you might have hesitation to endorse this direction. I would urge that you move forward for two reasons. First, all modern gas using equipment from furnaces and stoves to water heaters require electricity to run. Most of these services were not available in the recent power outages. Second, as battery storage becomes widely available and low cost, we will be able to back up electric systems in our homes and offices. We will not be able to do the same with gas. As a contributor to the original Palo Alto reach code, an award winning engineering designer of building systems and a lecturer for Stanford University, I would strongly recommend the city take a leadership role in a growing realization that all electric buildings are the future. Peter Rumsey, PE CEO/Founder 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Bret Andersen <bretande@pacbell.net> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 6:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please Mandate All Electric Building in 2020 to Show Climate Action is a Priority CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Council Members, I think most people in our community are experiencing increasing anxiety about the lack of progress on climate change in our economy and communities. But I also see that my friends and neighbors don’t have time to study climate change policy and solutions. Nor should they. In the case of building emissions, we must put our trust in you and City staff to implement the building codes and standards that will make it easy and economical for us, and the suppliers that serve us, to do the right thing for the long term, for our pocketbooks and the planet. As you consider the staff proposal, I urge you to take the clear and impactful step of moving to pass an ordinance that mandates all‐electric new building in 2020. Residents and businesses alike need to know that they can confidently stop using gas and switch to electric solutions starting now. Though it would cover only new buildings, this move will instantly generate awareness that the future is all electric which will also kickstart investment in the more important objective, retrofit solutions for existing buildings. As I looked at the question of electric vs gas this past year, I discovered how much better going electric is on practically all counts:  4 to 7 times as efficient as gas for water and space heating and twice as efficient for cooking (gas should be stopped on efficiency grounds alone)  No asthma causing indoor smog like burning gas in stoves does  Products to suit every need are standard fare outside of CA (e.g. induction cookers range from $50 giveaways to $3000 luxury jobs)  More controllable and feature rich  Already costs less to buy and operate in new construction  They are futureproof: zero emissions and complement an interactive renewable grid Please move to mandate all electric building in 2020 so that we can all do more to upgrade our buildings and protect the planet. Sincerely, Bret Andersen Ames Ave, Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Debbie Mytels <dmytels@batnet.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 7:07 PM To:Council, City Subject:Support Staff's Proposed Reach Codes, PLUS apply them to granny units & remodels AND have ALL new buildings to be all-electric by July 1 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Mmebers, It’s terrific that Palo Alto is joining with other nearby cities — and San Jose, the 10th largest city in the US! — to address the problem of carbon emissions from “natural” gas. Our children, grandchildren and all future generations will thank you for showing this leadership in moving way from dirty and dangeous fossil fuels. There are several reasons why we need to stop using ”natural” gas — a “nice” but deceptive name for methane: 1) Methane is at least 50% more retentive of the sun’s heat than carbon dioxide. 2) There is a lot of leakage from gas pipelines throughout California — and probably in Palo Alto, too. This is to be expected, especially when one considers that many gas lines in Palo Alto are now nearing 70+ years old. Analysts know how much utility companies are paying for gas from the well head — and they know how much customers are billed for — and there is a significant difference. I have heard numbers ranging from 5% to 20%. In short, gas is escaping before it is billed for. We are, however, paying the price with climate change (fires, smoke, drought, etc.) 3) An all‐electric house has less overall air pollution. The reason we all have to install carbon monoxide monitors is that incomplete combustion of “natural” gas results in carbon monoxide… and we need working vents over our kitchen stoves as well to exhaust the fumes from cooking that may include unburnt gas as well as burnt hydrocarbons from the food being cooked, etc. 4) Lastly, building without the installation of gas lines is less expensive (no pipes, no cost!). Builders of ADUs should find this to be a real bonus! Rather than wait to phase in this shift away from gas, please move the effective date forward. It’s not going to be fair to builders, remodelers, and homeowners to allow them to install gas‐based systems in the interim between 2020 and 2022 — and then require that new construction stop installing gas equipment. These people — and the City of PA Utilities — will be stuck with additional unneeded and unsafe gas lines for a longer time. Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, San Jose and other cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now; why wait? And it’s also time to begin considering options for decarbonizing exisiting buildings. As a longtime Palo Alto resident, I know that we need to make this shift for the health of our planet — and our grandchildren’s future. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. It would be helpful to me — and other Palo Alto 2 residents— to have encouragement and support from the city in electrifying my house. It’s time to set a date for the “end game” on “natural” gas. Thanks for your thoughtful reivew of this issue — and please vote to keep Palo Alto in the forefront of meaningful climate protection. Debbie Mytels {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94303 {REDACTED} dmytels@batnet.com "Remembering the Future in our Actions Every Day" 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kurt Kelty <kurt.kelty@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 8:09 PM To:Council, City Subject:support of Carbon Free Palo Alto (CFPA) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Council Members, I support adoption of the reach code as proposed except for the ADU/remodelexemption, which should be removed. The City should implement an all-electric ordinance for new buildings by July 1st, 2020. I also think we should question some of the big natural gas line infrastructureimprovements we are making. I have witnessed work across the street from me on Homer and Guinda/Middlefield in which work is going to continue for a month with 4-5 trucks/day. This is probably a multi-million dollar project when we really should be putting money into converting our City to electricity. Regards, Kurt Kelty {REDACTED}, Palo Alto, CA 94301 1 Brettle, Jessica From:paul chestnut <pcchestnut@comcast.net> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 9:13 PM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. As a 51-year resident of Palo Alto, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! Paul Chestnut {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:suzanne@emersonenvironmental.com Sent:Friday, November 1, 2019 9:09 AM To:Council, City Subject:Item 9B: Support for Reach Codes but Go Residential All-Electric Now CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council Members, I am a Green Building Special Inspector with extensive experience on Palo Alto residential projects. I have reviewed and support adoption of the proposed Palo Alto Energy Reach Code, with the following suggested changes: ‐ Don’t exempt ADUs: Most new ADUs already utilize heat pumps for heating and cooling. Continue to applying the Reach Codes to ADUs to encourage them to install heat pump water heaters. Builders and designers I’ve spoken with acknowledge that it saves money to go all‐electric, and their primary opposition is that they don’t want to incorporate an exterior closet for a water heater tank. ‐ Better yet, go All Electric for low‐rise residential in 2020. Thank you. Suzanne Henderson Emerson Emerson Environmental 650-281-9805 emersonenvironmental.com 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Joel Davidson <joelscottd@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, November 1, 2019 10:12 AM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto's Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, As a 49 year resident and worker of Palo Alto, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests:  Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs — or “granny units”), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020.   Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now. All‐electric is viable today.   By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022!   By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. I, for one, would like to electrify my house (business, etc), and would like the city’s support to do so, as soon as possible. 2  Thank you for your climate leadership. Joel Davidson {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94306 1 Brettle, Jessica From:suzanne@emersonenvironmental.com Sent:Friday, November 1, 2019 11:34 AM To:Council, City Subject:Item 9A: CalGreen Code: Suggested Modifications CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council Members, I am a Green Building Special Inspector with extensive experience on Palo Alto residential projects. I request that you consider making the following changes to the proposed Palo Alto Amended CalGreen code: ‐ Streamline Recycled Content Requirement by Providing Options: The CalGreen code includes a mandatory recycled‐content prerequisite for Tier 1 and 2 projects. In practice this requirement results in builders using flyash in the cement and 10% recycled‐content drywall, but making very few other changes. For other construction materials, this element is a paperwork‐chasing exercise that costs time and money but adds nothing to the sustainability of the project. To streamline compliance with this element, give projects the option of either the CalGreen section A4.405.3, or comply with A4.403.2 Reduction in cement use, and utilize drywall with at least 10% recycled content. ‐ Provide Additional Water Elements: For homeowners who do not anticipate that they will utilize a graywater system, there are few readily‐implementable water conservation elective elements. I recommend adding options that would be readily‐implementable, including the following: o Ultra‐Low Flow Toilets. Toilets to be WaterSense certified toilets manufactured to flow at no more than 1.0 gallon per flush. o High‐Performance Toilets. Tier 1: ≥1000 MaP Flush Score Throughout. Replace all existing toilets, and install new toilets, with ≤1.28 gpf WaterSense certified toilets with a MaP Flush Score of ≥1000. Tier 2: ≥1000 MaP Flush Score. All toilets shall be WaterSense certified with a MaP Flush Score of ≥1000. ‐ Require HVAC Design in Plan Set: CalGreen requires projects calculate their room‐by‐room heating and cooling loads, and size ducting and equipment consistent with the calculated loads – these are called ACCA Manual J, D, and S calculations, or comparable. Require these calculations be submitted in the plan set for permit application, like Santa Cruz does, so plan checkers can confirm compliance with this element well before the ducts are installed. Thank you. Suzanne Henderson Emerson Emerson Environmental 650-281-9805 emersonenvironmental.com 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ariane and Todd Erickson <arianetodd@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, November 1, 2019 4:32 PM To:Council, City Subject:We support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts! CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council, As longtime residents of Palo Alto, we are happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! We have four specific requests: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs — or “granny units”), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodeling requirement to 2020. Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now. All‐electric is viable today. By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022! By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. Thank you for your climate leadership, Todd and Ariane Erickson {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94303 1 Brettle, Jessica From:IdaRose Sylvester <idarose@menlospark.org> Sent:Friday, November 1, 2019 4:51 PM To:Council, City Cc:ed.shikata@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Please Pass the Energy Reach Code for Building Construction, Accelerate a Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction, and Accelerate a Plan to Decarbonize Existing Buildings Attachments:FFBSV Comment Letter Palo Alto Reach Code 110419.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Letter inline and in attachment Dear Mayor Eric Filseth and Councilmembers: On behalf of the Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley (“FFBSV”), this letter expresses our strong support for passing the energy reach code for building construction, item 9b, accelerate a ban on natural gas in new construction, and accelerate a plan to decarbonize existing buildings. We would like to extend our gratitude to the City Manager and Planning and Development Services for all their work on this effort. The Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley is comprised of the organization listed above, working together to support an accelerated phase out of fossil fuels in buildings. A swift transition away from fossil fuel use is necessary to avoid the very worst and irreversible impacts of climate change. Many local cities are taking swift action to prevent new uses of natural gas, a fossil fuel. Thank you for being among them. Menlo Park adopted a nearly all‐electric Reach Code in September, and Mountain View adopted an all‐electric Reach Code two weeks ago to prohibit gas in all but a few specific building types (such as laboratories), while Morgan Hill recently passed a prohibition on gas in all new buildings. On October 29, the City of San José, the tenth largest in the nation, banned gas in new ADUs, single family home construction, low‐rise residential construction, and municipal buildings. Cities are recognizing how important a fossil‐free future is to our community’s health, safety, climate, and future. We are pleased to see that the staff proposal strengthens the Reach Code to encourage all‐electric building in combination with a proposed ban of all gas use in new buildings by 2022. This combination aligns well with Palo Alto’s goals, including climate protection under the 80 x 30 plan. We like that the proposal incorporates rebates, which particularly incentivize remodels and help create market and consumer awareness about electrification. If these rebates are also made to owners wishing to remodel or upgrade appliances, the impact would be great. We also appreciate the novel idea of requiring remodels over 1000 sq ft to adhere to the proposed code. We have three specific asks: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in ADUs, and move up the remodeling requirement 2 Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, and add back in ADUs. This is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code, and to prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020. So much of Palo Alto’s development is major remodels, and there is no reason to allow gas in these buildings, just to decarbonize them a few years down the road. Please move up the passing of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now. We know from Palo Alto’s 2016 incentive based program that encouraging all‐electric development is not enough. All‐electric IS ready now. A year will be enough time to educate developers and installers. The only concerns we know about, awareness and training of some developers and installers, can be quickly overcome. Cities, such as San Jose, are moving quickly on training programs, and can provide a model to follow. We, as a coalition, also have many recommendations for installers, builders, and other experts who can help you, to make this a swifter process. We need to move quickly to avoid unnecessary and costly investments in gas infrastructure and appliances as soon as possible, and avoid the need to expensively decommission the gas infrastructure, and decarbonize these buildings, within just a few years. By January 2020, have the staff share options for decarbonizing existing buildings Existing buildings represent the largest source of natural gas emissions, and presently, the most overlooked opportunity for change. Having your own utility and building development operations makes decarbonization potentially easier for you, an advantage you should leverage. The first step in the program should be public outreach and education, as many people, especially in light of recent power shutoffs, remain unaware about the importance, or concerned about the viability of all‐electric systems. This is another area in which we can help. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or for further discussion. We are happy to be a resource to you. Sincerely, IdaRose Sylvester, Fossil Free Buildings Silicon Valley Campaign Diane Bailey, Menlo Spark Janet Walworth, Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action Debbie Mytels, Chair, Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action Janelle London, Coltura Bruce Hodge, Carbon Free Palo Alto Sandra Slater, Cool Block James Tuleya, Chairperson, Carbon Free Silicon Valley Doug Silverstein, Board Member, Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame Carol Cross, Fossil Free Mid‐Peninsula Linda Hutchins‐Knowles, Mothers Out Front South Bay Bret Andersen, Carbon Free Palo Alto IdaRose Sylvester | Fossil Free Buildings Campaign Manager Silicon Valley MENLO SPARK 3 idarose@menlospark.org | 408‐504‐9860 Visit us: www.fossilfreebuildings.org and www.menlospark.org Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Climate Neutral for a Healthy, Prosperous Future The Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley 350 Silicon Valley, Acterra, Carbon Free Silicon Valley, Carbon Free Palo Alto, Carbon Free Mountain View, Citizens’ Climate Lobby San Mateo County, Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame, Clean Coalition, Climate Reality Santa Clara County, Coltura, Cool Block, Fossil Free Mid-Peninsula, Menlo Spark, Menlo Together, Mothers Out Front South Bay, Pacifica Climate Committee, Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action, Project Green Home, San Carlos Green, SIDCO Homes, Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter, Sustainable San Mateo County, Sustainable Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale Cool, Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action, and Silicon Valley Youth Climate Strike. 4 November 2019 Palo Alto City Council Palo Alto City Hall 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 Via email: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org RE: Please Pass the Energy Reach Code for Building Construction, Item 9B, Accelerate a Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction, and Accelerate a Plan to Decarbonize Existing Buildings Dear Mayor Eric Filseth and Councilmembers: On behalf of the Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley (“FFBSV”), this letter expresses our strong support for passing the energy reach code for building construction, item 9b, accelerate a ban on natural gas in new construction, and accelerate a plan to decarbonize existing buildings. We would like to extend our gratitude to the City Manager and Planning and Development Services for all their work on this effort. The Campaign for Fossil Free Buildings in Silicon Valley is comprised of the organization listed above, working together to support an accelerated phase out of fossil fuels in buildings. A swift transition away from fossil fuel use is necessary to avoid the very worst and irreversible impacts of climate change. Many local cities are taking swift action to prevent new uses of natural gas, a fossil fuel. Thank you for being among them. Menlo Park adopted a nearly all-electric Reach Code in September, and Mountain View adopted an all-electric Reach Code two weeks ago to prohibit gas in all but a few specific building types (such as laboratories), while Morgan Hill recently passed a Contact IdaRose Sylvester, IdaRose@menlospark.org; and find info at www.FossilFreeBuildings.org prohibition on gas in all new buildings. On October 29, the City of San José, the tenth largest in the nation, banned gas in new ADUs, single family home construction, low-rise residential construction, and municipal buildings. Cities are recognizing how important a fossil-free future is to our community’s health, safety, climate, and future. We are pleased to see that the staff proposal strengthens the Reach Code to encourage all-electric building in combination with a proposed ban of all gas use in new buildings by 2022. This combination aligns well with Palo Alto’s goals, including climate protection under the 80 x 30 plan. We like that the proposal incorporates rebates, which particularly incentivize remodels and help create market and consumer awareness about electrification. If these rebates are also made to owners wishing to remodel or upgrade appliances, the impact would be great. We also appreciate the novel idea of requiring remodels over 1000 sq ft to adhere to the proposed code. We have three specific asks: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in ADUs, and move up the remodeling requirement Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, and add back in ADUs. This is a good measure to take while the City works on an all-electric Reach Code, and to prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020. So much of Palo Alto’s development is major remodels, and there is no reason to allow gas in these buildings, just to decarbonize them a few years down the road. Please move up the passing of an all-electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all-electric Reach Codes now. We know from Palo Alto’s 2016 incentive based program that encouraging all-electric development is not enough. All-electric IS ready now. A year will be enough time to educate developers and installers. The only concerns we know about, awareness and training of some developers and installers, can be quickly overcome. Cities, such as San Jose, are moving quickly on training programs, and can provide a model to follow. We, as a coalition, also have many recommendations for installers, builders, and other experts who can help you, to make this a swifter process. We need to move quickly to avoid unnecessary and costly investments in gas infrastructure and appliances as soon as possible, and avoid the need to expensively decommission the gas infrastructure, and decarbonize these buildings, within just a few years. Contact IdaRose Sylvester, IdaRose@menlospark.org; and find info at www.FossilFreeBuildings.org By January 2020, have the staff share options for decarbonizing existing buildings Existing buildings represent the largest source of natural gas emissions, and presently, the most overlooked opportunity for change. Having your own utility and building development operations makes decarbonization potentially easier for you, an advantage you should leverage. The first step in the program should be public outreach and education, as many people, especially in light of recent power shutoffs, remain unaware about the importance, or concerned about the viability of all-electric systems. This is another area in which we can help. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or for further discussion. We are happy to be a resource to you. Sincerely, IdaRose Sylvester, Fossil Free Buildings Silicon Valley Campaign Diane Bailey, Menlo Spark Janet Walworth, Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action Debbie Mytels, Chair, Peninsula Interfaith Climate Action Janelle London, Coltura Bruce Hodge, Carbon Free Palo Alto Sandra Slater, Cool Block James Tuleya, Chairperson, Carbon Free Silicon Valley Doug Silverstein, Board Member, Citizens Environmental Council of Burlingame Carol Cross, Fossil Free Mid-Peninsula Linda Hutchins-Knowles, Mothers Out Front South Bay Bret Andersen, Carbon Free Palo Alto Cc: Ed Shikata, City Manager, ed.shikata@cityofpaloalto.org Contact IdaRose Sylvester, IdaRose@menlospark.org; and find info at www.FossilFreeBuildings.org 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Don Jackson <dcj@clark-communications.com> Sent:Saturday, November 2, 2019 12:20 PM To:Council, City Subject:Article of interest: With California’s high power rates, will all-electric homes be affordable? Attachments:Will banning cheap natural gas be affordable in California.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Councilmembers, As you consider potential electrification efforts, initiatives, and regulations, the potential increased electrical usage/cost of all‐electric houses/buldings is relevant. Given Palo Alto’s Municipal Utilities service, we have more control over our electric rate schedule (and destiny) than cities served by commercial utility companies (i.e. PG&E). I am generally a supporter of electrification efforts, and I suggest that the “stick” of natural‐gas hookup bans (or disincentives) be supplemented with the “carrot” of an “all‐electric” rate schedule (or equivalent) to ease the financial burden on residents that elect (or may be required) to go all‐electric. The attached (short) article from the San Jose Mercury News raises the issue of increased electricty usage/costs of all‐ electric homes, and I suggest that you read it. Respectfully, Don Jackson 845 Waverley Street 10/10/19, 3(46 PMWill banning cheap natural gas be affordable in California? Page 1 of 7https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/06/with-californias-high-power-rates-will-all-electric-homes-be-affordable/ BREAKING NEWS Map: Where are the PG&E shutdowns, and when will the power come back? NewsCalifornia News With California’s high power rates, will all- electric homes be affordable? Fierce debate over cost of all-electric future • Analysis, News 13 10/10/19, 3(46 PMWill banning cheap natural gas be affordable in California? Page 2 of 7https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/06/with-californias-high-power-rates-will-all-electric-homes-be-affordable/ California has some of the highest average residential electric rates in the country, but average monthly bills are among the lowest because homes in the Golden State use less electricity than those in most other states. But a big question looms as California cities like San Jose, Berkeley and Menlo Park ban natural gas in new homes in a bid to reduce carbon dioxide emissions linked to global warming: Will residents get socked with higher electricity bills? The answer likely is yes, at least in the Bay Area, though it involves a host of assumptions about gas and electricity rates, appliance costs and efficiency and regional differences in energy use, igniting a fierce debate among environmental and industry advocates. “It’s a really complicated topic,” said Carmelita Miller, a lawyer with Oakland’s Greenlining Institute, a social justice group that supports efforts to fight climate change but wants to ensure they don’t penalize the state’s poor. “We want to make sure we end up with healthier people living in their homes and affordable access to clean energy.” Meritage Homes opened CitySquare near Main Streetin Irvine, Calif. on April 13, 2019. The builder says the all-electric, 44-unit townhome project produces as much energy as it consumes over the curse of a year.The townhomes use spray-foam insulation in thewalls, LED lighting, solar panels and energy efﬁcientappliances to lower energy use. (Photo by Paul Bersebach, Orange County Register/SCNG) By JOHN WOOLFOLK | jwoolfolk@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group PUBLISHED: October 6, 2019 at 8:00 am | UPDATED: October 7, 2019 at 4:28 am 10/10/19, 3(46 PMWill banning cheap natural gas be affordable in California? Page 3 of 7https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/10/06/with-californias-high-power-rates-will-all-electric-homes-be-affordable/ According to the American Gas Association, which represents companies that sell natural gas, U.S. households that use it for heating, cooking and clothes drying save an average of $874 a year compared with homes using electricity. “Restricting consumer choice and affordability through this ban will make us more dependent on expensive and unreliable energy sources,” said Rock Zierman, chief executive officer of the California Independent Petroleum Association. But an April study by San Francisco environmental consulting firm Energy and Environmental Economics, which supports a transition to a low-carbon economy, presents a more nuanced picture of potential cost impacts in most of California. The study, funded by Southern California Edison, Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, said most newly built all-electric homes would see bill savings, and only one in 10 would see annual increases of more than $100. Those who would see the highest increases are in the Bay Area, where many homes don’t have air conditioners because of cooler weather. New all-electric Bay Area homes would gain air conditioning as part of their electric heat pump heating and cooling units. But Energy and Environmental Economics partner Amber Mahone said that factoring in the cost savings for new buildings of not having to pay for a separate gas hookup tends to offset higher electric bills over the useful life of the equipment. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:CAROLYN TUCHER <catucher@pacbell.net> Sent:Saturday, November 2, 2019 1:16 PM To:Council, City Subject:Reach Code vote CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Please pass the energy efficiency Reach Code for building construction, (item 9B on the agenda for the November 4, 2019, meeting) to Acceleate a Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction and Accelerate a Plan to Decarbonize Existing Buildings. Carolyn Tucher {REDACTED} Palo Alto CA 94301 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Teresa Jan <teresa.jan@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 2:59 PM To:Council, City Subject:Recommendation for City of Palo Alto Reach Code CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I am an architect professional, writing to express my support for the City of Palo Alto for adopting the mandate of all electric service for new construction as soon as possible to save our environment. Electrification of heating/cooling and water are not the homeowners’ biggest concern; cooking without gas is the most challenging because it requires daily behavior change. However my research with user groups, culinary and engineering professionals shows that once people try out induction would convince it is a way to cook for our children's future. To address equity issue during the transition for electrification, I would also recommend local induction try‐out and rebate programs, induction workshop and electricity rate organizations who might have financial hardship. Due to the recent and more common power shut off, the city should encourage self‐reliant solar roof or localized microgrid infrastructure development as the city adopting the reach code. Hope below short video I produced is helpful to engage more to get familiarize with induction cooking. https://vimeo.com/363936356 Best Regards, Teresa Jan Senior Associate AIA, LEED AP, WELL AP gouldevans 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Chelsea Young <chelsea.anne.young@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 5:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:Reach code Nov 4 city council meeting CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I am in support of a natural gas ban for all new construction in Palo Alto. I am currently a renter but I will be a home buyer in the next several years. I am extremely concerned about climate change. I am a single issue climate change voter. Thanks! Sent from my iPhone 1 Brettle, Jessica From:David Sacerdote <das33@cornell.edu> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 7:34 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please start the phase-out of natural gas CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge you to take advantage of the REACH building code revisions being considered this November to phase out the use of natural gas in new buildings and after major construction. Since appliances are often in use for decades (I use a stove which appears to date to to when my home was constructed in the 1950s) decisions made now about whether to electrify will impact city greenhouse gas emissions for decades to come. Enabling the city of Palo Alto to make good on its recent resolution that addressing climate change is a priority means not just discouraging the use of natural gas in new construction but eliminating it altogether. As such, please require that new construction in Palo Alto be all‐electric as part of this building code revision, and do not wait until 2022. Thank you David Sacerdote {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94306 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Maryjane Marcus <maryjane.marcus@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 10:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:comments on Agenda Item # 9B CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Comments regarding: 7:30‐9:00 PM 9B. PUBLIC HEARING: Adoption of an Ordinance Repealing Chapter 16.17 of Title 16 (Building Regulations) Related to the California Energy Code and Adopting a new Chapter 16.17 Incorporating the 2019 California Energy Code With Local Amendments and Amendments to Title 24, Chapter 6 of the California Code of Regulations, the Subject Ordinance is Exempt From the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Accordance With Guidelines Sections 15061 (b) and 15308 Dear City Council and Staff, As background, please describe the agenda for community members so we understand what is being discussed. I only knew about this because I heard Ed Shikada speak at a Kiwanis meeting about a future proposal regarding requiring all electric for new construction and wondered if this was the same. I am still not entirely clear what you are voting on but will share what I recommend. Here's what I am urging: Support ELECTRIFICATION for new construction, and include renovations too. 1) Climate change is very very serious, and we need POLICYMAKERs to lead us into the future. Small measures will not cut it. Plus fracking is poorly regulated and causing major harm too. The pines across the state are so dry they are tinder and I'm wondering when even our drought tolerant oaks may be too vulnerable. ‐ We need to do everything possible to address climate change, as last year's smoke masks and this year's power outages and fires suggest, as well as mass extinctions, crop issues, massive arctic melting, etc. 2) . So please support conversion of ALL of Palo Alto to ALL ELECTRIC. We are in a rare position to have our own utility so we can be 100% renewable electricity. a) All new construction go to full electrification in Palo Alto & all remodeling that requires a new heating system go all‐ electric. Menlo Park requires remodeling. 3) . Going ALL ELECTRIC is completely doable. We did it 1 year ago (we went off gas), have an induction stove now, all electric HVAC that works great. We even did it when we got penalized for going all electric because the state Title 24 code has penalized electric heating because it used to be coal‐generated. The technology is here and it will only get better the more demand there is. Feel free to drop by my house anytime. And it didn't cost any more. 4) . There are ALTERNATIVES to gas as a backup. People are going to say we need gas as a backup and the fact is we have other worthwhile backups ‐‐ such as making it possible for those with solar to offer small micro‐grids to neighbors, the VMWare option and other options for storage of electricity. 5) . People will NOT DO THIS voluntarily. We need to mandate these requirements it like other forms of pollution ‐‐ carbon is a form of pollution and we need to stop polluting. Incentives may help, but the situation is so serious already (imagine in how many years many of our crops will start to fail) we need to take major steps now. 2 Finally, my daughter's future is more important than someone having a gas stove. We have to weigh the pros and cons, and the survival of our future generaitons is worth adjustments now. This is one small fairly easy step among many many hard ones we need to make to fix what we have broken in the earth's systems. Please support MANDATORY electrification and do not make it a popularity contest based on who supports it and who does not, but based on what is the best thing to do for the welfare of our community, society, children and world. Sincerely Mary Jane Marcus College Terrace, Palo Alto 41526990679 ‐‐ Learn more about the Kafenia and help us find a home! (Join FB) The Kafenia Peace Collective promotes peace, generates authentic engagement & and strives to eliminate prejudice and discrimination in community spaces where diverse cultures connect, contribute and lead. The Kafenia is a reimagining of the traditional Greek kafenio where men shared food, friendship and social and political life together. My grandfather had a kafenio at 16th and Folsom in San Francisco in the 1930s to keep the village alive in a bustling metropolis - but it was only for men. Now, as his granddaughter, Mary Jane, who has done peacebuilding around the world, I am reimagining it as a multicultural village in Silicon Valley- with women front and center. We do this by reviving the village traditions of hanging out over earthy Greek foods, delicious divinations & by curating and providing space for participatory gatherings around the arts, poetry, old village music, dance, storytelling & social change. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Francesca Kautz <dfkautz@pacbell.net> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 8:27 AM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, As a resident of Palo Alto for 52 years, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4. Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests:   Pass  the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units  (ADUs — or “granny units”),  and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner.  This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than  plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020.    Please  move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020.  Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes  now. All‐electric is viable today.    By  January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021.  We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022!    By  January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings.  Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. I, for one, would like to electrify my house (business, etc), and would like the city’s support to do so, as soon as possible.  2   Please pass the energy efficiency Reach Code for building construction, (item 9B on the agenda) to Accelerate a Ban on Natural Gas in New Construction and Accelerate a Plan to Decarbonize Existing Buildings. Thank you for your climate leadership. Francesca Kautz {REDACTED} Palo Alto, CA 94306 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sven Thesen <sventhesen@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 9:00 AM To:Council, City Cc:Project Green House Interns; Diane Bailey; Hodge, Bruce; IdaRose Sylvester; uucpagreen; Vanessa Warheit Subject:Project Green Home, Comments on Reach Code Attachments:191103 CPA R-Codes PGH.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. As attached on letterhead and as follows RE: For our Children & Grandchildren, Stronger Building Reach Codes Dear Mayor Filseth and Council Members Cormack, DuBois, Fine, Kniss, Kou, and Tanaka, As the founders and inhabitants of Project Green Home, (PGH) we are writing to support and to urge you, the members of the City Council, to take courage and amend the staff reach code proposal to:  Require, rather than incentivize, building electrification,  Include Auxiliary Dwelling Units (ADUs), and  Make the remodeling requirement operative in 2020, not 2022. For the past 8 years, we have lived the “all‐electric life” in PGH[1] with an induction stove, heat pump water/ space heater, electric dryer, photovoltaic panels and more. It is our evaluation that the all‐electric life is: 1) safer for us and our children (both for indoor air quality and in reducing the potential for burns); 2) less expensive than an electric / natural gas (dual‐fueled) home (both first and ongoing costs); 3) more convenient and pleasant to use; and 4) has a much lower carbon and energy footprint than the equivalent dual‐fueled home. In summary, it is a triple win for us plus a big win for the environment. Given the climate crisis of our making and the fact that we are passing the burden of this crisis to our children and grandchildren, Palo Alto should not be perseverating in the adoption of these reach codes. It is an embarrassment that we are not even following the example of other Bay Area cities (Berkeley, San Jose or even Mountain View). Palo Alto can and should be taking a leadership role[2]. Please take courage and enact a strong reach code that demonstrates your love for, and responsibility to, your children, grandchildren and to our planet. Cordially, Sven Thesen Dr. Kathleen Kramer, MD Founders, Project Green Home 2 [1] Should city staff and or Council Members want to tour PGH and experience first-hand the comforts, convenience and benefits of an all-electric home, please contact Alexander Lee, 650-646-1457, alleegator25@gmail.com and she will coordinate and conduct the tour(s) as we are on sabbatical in Spain until July 2020. [2] The city took a leadership role in setting electric vehicle reach codes in 2013 and we can do so again. Sven Thesen, 415-225-7645 EV Consultant & Founder, ProjectGreenHome.org and BeniSolSolar.com; Wonder Junkie __________________________________________________ Electric Cars are Cheaper than Cell Phones! See: http://www.projectgreenhome.org/articles.html 191103 CPA R-Codes PGH.docx 314 Stanford Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 ProjectGreenHome.org 3 November 2019 RE: For our Children & Grandchildren, Stronger Building Reach Codes Dear Mayor Filseth and Council Members Cormack, DuBois, Fine, Kniss, Kou, and Tanaka, As the founders and inhabitants of Project Green Home, (PGH) we are writing to support and to urge you, the members of the City Council, to take courage and amend the staff reach code proposal to: • Require, rather than incentivize, building electrification, • Include Auxiliary Dwelling Units (ADUs), and • Make the remodeling requirement operative in 2020, not 2022. For the past 8 years, we have lived the “all-electric life” in PGH1 with an induction stove, heat pump water/ space heater, electric dryer, photovoltaic panels and more. It is our evaluation that the all-electric life is: 1) safer for us and our children (both for indoor air quality and in reducing the potential for burns); 2) less expensive than an electric / natural gas (dual-fueled) home (both first and ongoing costs); 3) more convenient and pleasant to use; and 4) has a much lower carbon and energy footprint than the equivalent dual-fueled home. In summary, it is a triple win for us plus a big win for the environment. Given the climate crisis of our making and the fact that we are passing the burden of this crisis to our children and grandchildren, Palo Alto should not be perseverating in the adoption of these reach codes. It is an embarrassment that we are not even following the example of other Bay Area cities (Berkeley, San Jose or even Mountain View). Palo Alto can and should be taking a leadership role2. Please take courage and enact a strong reach code that demonstrates your love for, and responsibility to, your children, grandchildren and to our planet. Cordially, Sven Thesen Dr. Kathleen Kramer, MD Founders, Project Green Home 1 Should city staff and or Council Members want to tour PGH and experience first-hand the comforts, convenience and benefits of an all-electric home, please contact Alexander Lee, 650-646-1457, alleegator25@gmail.com and she will coordinate and conduct the tour(s) as we are on sabbatical in Spain until July 2020. 2 The city took a leadership role in setting electric vehicle reach codes in 2013 and we can do so again. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Tom Kabat <tomgkabat@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 9:38 AM To:Council, City Subject:A Gas-Free Reach Code is more prudent CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, I’m a fellow public servant, an Environmental Quality Commissioner from Menlo Park and a volunteer on Palo Alto’s Green Building Technical Advisory Committee for the past 18 months. I’m a retired Senior Resource Planner for Palo Alto Utilities. And currently I’m an engineer on a Peninsula Clean Energy grant funded project looking at retrofitting 5 homes to rid them of gas polluting systems. We can clearly see it would’ve been much cheaper to have just built them without gas in the first place, or even to have made them all electric in recent remodels. But that teaches us about the opportunity where strong Reach Codes can be a great money saving tool for a community. It’s clear that climate change is starting to show its ugly head and that we have to deal with it much more rapidly than we had hoped. It’s clear now that as public officials we have to heed the worldwide panel of scientists' advice to reduce methane and carbon pollution through new means that are 1) Rapid, 2) Far Reaching and 3) Unprecedented. One more thing is clear. We already have the tools, and equipment to cost‐effectively solve the problem in new buildings at a lower cost than running environmentally obsolete gas pipes to them. But old habits die hard. Recently, I was part of the City of Palo Alto Technical Advisory Committee that reviewed the low uptake of their 10% differential 2016 Reach code meant to encourage all electric buildings. The results appear that very few builders (less than 1 in 10) bother to look into building the modern affordable, high performance, clean all‐electric way. Designers and builders are simply busy pursuing opportunities the same old way they always have with gas fired equipment. The bulk of builders found acceptable‐to‐them workarounds that let them install (strand) new gas fired equipment in new buildings. But this leaves your residents and business owners with a climate liability to be addressed later in an expensive retrofit case as climate preservation becomes an even more obvious local goal. I hope you can see this is an opportunity for council to make the prudent choice of eliminating the temptation for builders to strand even more new gas assets in our communities. A strong gas‐free Reach Code now will save constituents money in 2 initial building costs and save much more money in not having to do inconvenient retrofit projects to later implement the carbon saving equipment that is already available and widely used in other parts of the country. Menlo Park staff looked at the different approaches to saving the community money by building the right structures for the future and they realized they could make it easy to administer by eliminating the allowance to use gas for heating and water heating. So they developed a simpler code option, to simplify life for all concerned by having the builders start implementing all‐ electric construction in all new construction. As what will be a temporary partial concession in Menlo Park, there are also a couple of small exceptions allowing gas cooking and gas fireplaces in homes. We will have to re‐examine that compromise. Mountain View has already built upon what we did and leap‐frogged us to eliminate the allowance for polluting gas in residential kitchens and fireplaces. Menlo Park staff have made their reports, analysis, findings and ordinance language available to other cities. I hope you will find them helpful in following or leap‐frogging our example. One red herring I see popping up in other cities is the idea that 2 fuels are more resilient than one. But that’s not the case for the new mixed fuel code compliant buildings. The gas equipment fails immediately in two ways: 1) Without electricity for its igniters and for its blowers it cannot deliver even a single gallon of hot water or a wisp of warmth, 2) it also fails when the gas is interrupted and has to be restored days later by overworked gas crews. Meanwhile the All‐Electric neighbor has had service since the power is restored more quickly and in bulk, or they never lost any service because electricity can be provided by the rapidly evolving backup technologies like EV‐to‐home support and battery storage. All homes ought to have a simple propane camp stove for post‐quake cooking, and the electric home can practice using it in a power outage. The All‐Electric house also has a 50 to 80 gallon supply of hot water for showering etc. during the outage, and for emergency water after the quake. The code compliant gas‐house has no built in fresh water since they needed a tankless gas water heater to comply since it uses a little less gas than the old gas tank type. There is also a misunderstanding that heat pumps are not big enough for large commercial buildings, but that is not true. Those buildings have normal sized cooling heat pumps already on their roofs (called air conditioners) and they could have just as easily use two‐way heat pumps that do the cooling and heating as is done in many parts of the U.S. now. I hope you will use this opportunity to follow the Palo Alto Utility Advisory Commissioners’ advice to implement a real leadership based Reach Code that stops the ability to strand new gas assets. They proposed gas‐free reach codes with only limited exceptions where needed, like neighbors to the north and south are implementing. I hope you leapfrog them and also implement gas free Reach Codes for additions and remodels to avoid stranding assets there as well. That will provide an example I can support following in Menlo Park. So, you have the opportunity to make a simpler gas‐free Reach Code now that provides more resilience and frees up staff time and saves folks the cost and problems of retrofits, and helps transform the marketplace so existing building retrofits get easier. Or you can implement a complex compromise and lag behind your neighbors in the climate fight. But I’m hopeful you 3 will join or surpass us and help demonstrate bold leadership on addressing climate change in ways that are rapid, far‐reaching and unprecedented. Thank you for considering these thoughts and observations from a neighbor and long time partner in protecting our way of life. Best regards, Tom Kabat Menlo Park resident 1 Brettle, Jessica From:susan chamberlain <suschamberlain@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 9:57 AM To:Council, City Subject:Reach codes CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I urge you to support reach codes requiring 100% electrification of all new construction and renovation. Let’s do all we can to get to zero carbon by eliminating natural gas. Susan Chamberlain {REDACTED} Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Lauren Swezey <lbswezey@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 11:12 AM To:Council, City Subject:I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Member: It's time to ACT and take an aggressive stance to decarbonize the homes and commercial buildings in Palo Alto. As a native Palo Altan and longtime resident, I want to see my city at the forefront of environmental regulations to combat climate change. Multiple cities around the Bay Area have already passed tough Reach Codes that ban or limit natural gas in building construction. PALO ALTO IS LAGGING BEHIND! Please pass the energy efficiency Reach Code for building construction (item 9B on the agenda) to accelerate a ban on natural gas in new construction and accelerate a plan to decarbonize existing buildings. In addition, Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Thank you for your support, Lauren Swezey {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Don Jackson <dcj@clark-communications.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 11:17 AM To:Council, City Cc:UAC Subject:Personal comments regarding Energy Reach Code for Building Construction, Agenda item: 9B, Council meeting of 2019-11-04 Attachments:ReachCode.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Regarding: Energy Reach Code for Building Construction Agenda item: 9B, Council meeting of 2019-11-04 Councilmembers, In preface, although I am an appointed Commissioner to the City’s UAC, my comments to follow are my own, and I am not representing the UAC nor any of my fellow Commissioners. Regarding the proposed changes to the energy reach code to incentivize all-electric for new houses and buildings for the next two years, and then consider requiring all-electric based new construction beginning in 2022, here are some relevant facts: • Natural gas combustion and leakage are greenhouse gas emissions, which are harmful to the environment. • Studies show that natural gas combustion within a house (especially the kitchen) are harmful to human health. • Natural gas line ruptures and subsequent explosions/fires as a result of earthquakes are a significant safety hazard. • The useful life of newly installed HVAC systems, stoves, and hot water heaters can easily exceed 20 years (perhaps a bit less for hot water heaters) As far as I can tell, it is increasingly obvious that the long-term goal is complete electrification, given that, and the above facts, why are we allowing the installed base of natural gas appliances to increase? My reaction to the expressed desire to continue to allow gas stoves and fireplaces is that when I think about all the problems and sacrifices that we will all have to make in the coming decades to deal with the effects of climate change, the “pain” of switching from gas to induction cooking, and the loss of natural-gas burning fireplaces (mostly cosmetic/decorative in our climate) seem to me to be among the least/smallest of our concerns/burdens. I share the concern that all-electric houses will incur higher electric bills, and as I have emailed Council separately, I urge the City and its Municipal Utilities Service to enact an all-electric rate schedule to ease the financial burden on residents that elect or are required to go all-electric. With respect to the concern about natural gas bans increasing our dependence on electricity as our only energy source, I sympathize and share that worry, particularly given the current spate of rolling power cutoffs by PG&E. There are no easy answers, other than “when you put all your eggs into one basket, you better watch that basket!”. More constructively, I encourage participation in the upcoming UAC/PAMU Resiliency Workshop on November 13th at 7pm at Mitchell Park Community Center, investment in a second transmission supply line to the City, and increased support, incentives, and investments in PV generation and power storage. In conclusion, I propose that Council enact an energy reach code banning gas hookups for new construction now, following the lead of our neighbors in Berkeley, with exceptions only in narrow circumstances, given that the technology for heat-pump HVAC systems for large multi- family dwellings, and some large commercial buildings may not yet exist. Respectfully, Don Jackson Waverley Street Palo Alto 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Bill Zaumen <bill.zaumen@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 11:48 AM To:Council, City Subject:Policy on the use of natural gas CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ The problem with eliminating the use of natural gas for heating is that the power requirements for keeping a house at a constant temperature basically depends on the difference between the temperature inside the house and outside the house. It higher in the winter and in particular higher at night. Unfortunately, at in during a winter evening, we get zero energy from solar panels and the wind tends to die down. If you use electricity to heat a house and don't want to generate greenhouse gases, what is left is electricity generated by geothermal, hydroelectric, nuclear power plants. The power requirements during winter will be at least 4 times higher if we use electric heating. Meanwhile, utilities tend to use keep their most efficient plants running continuously and use the less efficient ones to handle peak loads, so unless we find sources that do not use solar power or wind turbines to make up the difference: most of that four‐fold increase will be at night. At best, a power plant utilizing fossil fuels is 70 percent efficient, while a modern furnace is much higher. If you are going to use fossil fuels at night anyway the only way to avoid increasing greenhouse gas emissions is to use heat pumps. The financial trick of buying power from "clean energy" companies does not work in this case ‐ you can't generate the power at one time of the day and use it at a different time without some form of power storage, and we don't have enough hydroelectric power plants or battery packs to produce several times our current electric power requirements. You should really think twice about allowing electric heating elements that are basically large resistors encased in a strip mounted at the base of a wall. These are what developers will use if left to make their own decisions because that is the cheapest for them. If you do allow, you end up with a sequence of policy decisions that is somewhat schizophrenic: 1. The city has encouraged residents to reduce electricity usage by switching from "inefficient" light bulbs to LED or florescent ones. 2. The reason the older light bulbs are "inefficient" is that a relatively small fraction of the electromagnetic radiation they produce is in the visible part of the spectrum. That "inefficiency" is not wasted when the lights are most needed ‐ in winter when you also have to heat the house. The "wasted" energy from an incandescent bulb is mostly infrared radiation that gets absorbed by the walls and flooring and simply heats the house. 3. If we then allow resistive heating elements to replace natural gas, the original light bulbs would have an efficiency of close to 100% if you count both the light they produce and the heat they produce. We'll have gone around in circles by using a more "efficient" light bulb and replacing the "wasted" energy that turned into heat with a large resister to make up the difference. 2 For stoves, there are similar issues. A gas stove is more efficient than an electric one using resistive heating elements because of the power‐plant inefficiencies. Induction cooktops are probably more efficient at cooking, but the "inefficiency" just goes into heating the house anyway, which you need to do at least half of the year. Whether a gas oven is better or worse than an electric one depends on the time of day: at night when "clean energy" sources are not available, gas is more efficient as you don't use the 30% extra fuel you have to use at the power plant. Finally, I would encourage you to be very leery of what various consultants tell the city: I saw one report that said that you can't tell which electrons came from various power sources. As a metaphor, that might be OK, but the problem with it is that there are no continuous wires between the city and the power plants we use: there are transformers in the way. What you have is two (or more) coils of wire in proximity, each wrapped around a common ferromagnetic core for improved efficiency. Frankly, I really doubt if these consultants know much about either physics or electrical engineering. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Barbara Kelsey <barbara.kelsey@sierraclub.org> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 12:14 PM To:Filseth, Eric (Internal); Council, City; Clerk, City Cc:nicole.kemeny@gmail.com; Gladwyn d'Souza; Dashiell Leeds; James Eggers Subject:A motion adopting an All-Electric Reach Code Attachments:11.4 Palo Alto Letter Reach Codes.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. 4 November, 2019 Mayor Eric Filseth Palo Alto City Council 250 Hamilton Ave, 7th Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Mayor Filseth and Palo Alto City Councilmembers, At your City Council meeting this evening, please pass a motion adopting an All-Electric Reach Code, and direct staff to work on an ordinance prohibiting gas in new buildings and begin development of retrofit plans, using Mountain View's reach code language as a model. Please see our comment letter attached. Sincerely, Gladwyn d’Souza, Conservation Committee Co-Chair Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club Nicole Kemeny, President 350 Silicon Valley sent by: Barbara Kelsey Chapter Coordinator Sierra Club, Loma Prieta Chapter 3921 E. Bayshore Rd, Suite 204 Palo Alto, CA 94303 ph 650-390-8411, Ext #5 barbara.kelsey@sierraclub.org sierraclub.org/loma-prieta ~ 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto, CA 94303 SAN MATEO, SANTA CLARA & SAN BENITO COUNTIES 4 November, 2019 Mayor Eric Filseth Palo Alto City Council 250 Hamilton Ave, 7th Floor Palo Alto, CA 94301 Dear Mayor Filseth and Palo Alto City Councilmembers, At your meeting this evening, please pass a motion adopting an All-Electric Reach Code, and direct staff to work on an ordinance prohibiting gas in new buildings and begin development of retrofit plans. We are living in a climate crisis. 2018 was the deadliest wildfire season ever recorded in California. Conditions will continue to worsen unless we take decisive and rapid action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Every new gas line that we build is a huge financial liability to our community, as gas rates continue to rise as the cost of gas maintenance increases for the declining number of gas users. The constant methane leaks from gas lines are devastating to our climate while indoor gas use pollutes our homes, causing serious health impacts. The unfortunate reality about gas lines is that once they are installed, it will be difficult and expensive to retrofit them out. The best way to avoid this cost is to not build gas in the first place. Ultimately, the incentive-based approach recommended by staff continues to allow for mixed fuel buildings. This will not get us to our goal of full electrification fast enough. Neighboring cities including Menlo Park and Mountain View have included electrification requirements in their reach codes. Mountain View is especially notable for unanimously approving the first reading of an all-electric reach code on October 22, demonstrating that an all-electric requirement is both legally and politically viable. The Cities of San José, Morgan Hill, and Berkeley have prohibited gas use in new construction through separate ordinances outside of the reach code process. These ordinances prohibit natural gas use in new construction and are the strongest way to ensure electrification of new construction. These three cities have likewise demonstrated the legal and political viability of a gas prohibition. If Palo Alto does not require that new construction is all-electric, the City and its residents will have to deal with the consequences of the new gas lines that accelerate climate change and are hazardous to local residents. Palo Alto’s current incentive-based draft reach code is not strong enough. Palo Alto must seize this opportunity to stand strong as a climate leader. sierraclub.org/loma-prieta ~ 3921 East Bayshore Road, Suite 204, Palo Alto, CA 94303 An all-electric reach code will greatly simplify the code language, eliminating the need for complex compliance margins and computer modeling. It will simplify the permitting process for both developers and City Staff, as the requirements are straightforward and easy to understand. Developers and community members will benefit from the reduced cost of all-electric buildings, and the City will benefit from the avoided liability of future, inevitable retrofits. 1) We ask that Palo Alto City Council motion to approve an all-electric reach code on November 4th, using Mountain View's reach code language as a model. ● Add in Mountain View's electric requirement language and remove the option for mixed- fuel construction with increased compliance margins. ● Allow for for-profit commercial kitchens to apply to City Council for a waiver (used by Menlo Park and Mountain View) allowing gas cooking on the condition that no viable electric alternative is available. 2) If the motion for an all-electric code is not made, we support the adoption of staff's proposed Reach Codes with the following provisions: ● Include Auxiliary Dwelling Units in the reach code. ● Make the remodeling requirement operative in 2020, not 2022. ● Direct staff to prepare recommendations for an ordinance prohibiting natural gas in new construction, with an implementation date no later than January 1st, 2021. 3) In addition, please direct staff to propose options for building electrification retrofits for implementation no later than January 1st, 2021. Sincerely, Gladwyn d’Souza, Conservation Committee Co-Chair Loma Prieta Chapter, Sierra Club Nicole Kemeny, President 350 Silicon Valley 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Wolfgang Dueregger <wolfgang.dueregger@alumni.stanford.edu> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 12:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Palo Alto 2019 Energy Reach Code Proposal CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, we request to not pass this new legislation. ‐ There was no public discussion we are aware of reg/ this proposal. ‐ Completely cutting off a residential (single family) home from gas supply would prevent people of doing one of the most basic things in everybody's daily life: The way people want to cook. Many people use gas for cooking ‐ and for a reason. You can heat a home with electricity, but you cannot cook the same way with electricity as you can with gas. To prohibit people to cook in their own homes the way they want should not be part of any new legislation like this one. ‐ with the recent power shutoffs ‐ which might get worse in the near future ‐ you would also eliminate an alternate power source to homes Wolfgang Dueregger Google News ‐ https://padailypost.com/2019/11/04/council‐tonight‐considerers‐move‐toward‐natural‐gas‐ban/ https://news.google.com/articles/CBMiW2h0dHBzOi8vcGFkYWlseXBvc3QuY29tLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvY291bmNpbC10b2 5pZ2h0LWNvbnNpZGVyZXJzLW1vdmUtdG93YXJkLW5hdHVyYWwtZ2FzLWJhbi_SAV9odHRwczovL3BhZGFpbHlwb3N0Lm NvbS8yMDE5LzExLzA0L2NvdW5jaWwtdG9uaWdodC1jb25zaWRlcmVycy1tb3ZlLXRvd2FyZC1uYXR1cmFsLWdhcy1iYW4vY W1wLw?hl=en‐US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ng, Judy Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 1:09 PM To:Council, City Subject:FW: Concerns about Item 9B: Changes to Palo Alto Reach Goals and move toward elimination of Household Natural Gas Usage Attachments:Input to Palo Alto Energy Meeting-1.docx From: Ron Horn <ronmhorn@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, November 4, 2019 11:11 AM To: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Concerns about Item 9B: Changes to Palo Alto Reach Goals and move toward elimination of Household Natural Gas Usage CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Judy/Others in the City Manager's Office, Thank you for being responsive to my phone message regarding Item (b and the new 2019 Reach Goals. As I stated, I have concerns expressed in the attached document which I would like you will read. I would hope that the City takes time to really evaluate the changes to the 2016 Reach Goals as well as (1) focusing on energy security for Palo Alto and t(2) focusing on the global means to address global warming, well beyond the borders of Palo Alto. I would expect that the Utility Commission will have a chance to weigh in and I would expect the city to use the great resources near us, including Stanford as well as architects who have worked in the City for a long time, in determining its final position. If all believe that the new Reach goals are the way to go, then I would have much more confidence in the decision, but facts including life cycle effects, particularly of the elimination of local natural gas usage when it is used at the utility level to generate electricity, need to support the decisions. Regards, Ron Horn, 1136 Fulton Street, 408-205-5089 Local Resident Input: City Council Item 9B on Updating Palo Alto Energy Plan From Ron Horn, 1136 Fulton Street Overview: Having interacted with Alison Cormack in a very positive way on Energy issues and Palo Alto’s updated Code, I felt a need to at least input my thoughts regarding the move to complete electrification of the City. Consistent with everyone in our city, I am very concerned with global warming and the appropriate ways to address CO2 and other gas emissions that contribute to the long-term impact. This is not only a city and state problem; it is a global issue and must be addressed beyond local efforts in Palo Alto. We also recognize that we want solutions that assure availability of electricity in our homes. Therefore I want to speak to key issues that should be addressed by Palo Alto as advocates on both issues, global warming and continuous electricity availability. First, all should recognize that the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power plants currently produce ~8% of the electricity generation with no CO2 emission and 23% of the carbon free generation in the state. We all recognize that Nuclear plants need to be operated prudently, but they are critical to near term efforts to minimize climate change. However, these two units are the only ones in the US that have not filed for license renewal and will go out of service in 2025 if nothing is done: this does not seem to be in the interest of anyone, assuming efforts to operate them right. The other issue is the sudden focus on eliminating of natural gas usage in the City. This sudden change is a significant modification of the 2016 guidelines for Palo Alto. This also should be viewed as an effort to force homeowners in the city away from having diverse energy sources and choices. The lack of diversity needs to be well thought out before it is mandated. Therefore, I recommend two actions: The first is that City move away from new more stringent recommendations back to the 2016 recommendations, one that were in force when I remodeled my home in 2017. This should be done until it’s given much further review. Secondly, the City needs to direct efforts to looking at the near term approaches to electricity generation, both in the state, and from other utilities to assure continuous availability of electricity in the city since it does not have generation capabilities currently and relies on other sources from PGE (who also relies on outside sources as well). It needs to be an advocate for keeping non-carbon technologies that exist now and a deliberate plan for the future approaches that may replace existing systems. It should also work to have a local grid, as in Europe, to assure the city’s energy security. Additional Thoughts: In closing, here are some simple observations that are worth thinking about, some of which were already discussed: 1, Diversity of energy delivered to homes is important. 2. Accurate calculation of actual energy requirements and carbon dioxide release from the life cycle: electricity costs and methane loss 3. There needs to be a strong commitment to optimized building standards to keep construction costs lower allowing for moderate cost housing in Palo Alto. 4. There needs to be an inclusive involvement of all groups involved in building: customers, architects, not just a select few and potentially biased, non-resident consultants. The resumes of the outside consultants is not availability. 5. Palo Alto definitely needs to have a focus on conservation first. To do this, the city should do a direct comparison of energy usage per customer regardless of house size. 8. The city’s attitude that more stringent options for the Building Codes as opposed to staying aligned with the state requirements leads to added costs. Why isn’t the baseline ok? Palo Alto by itself has insignificant impact on global warming. This is very elitist. 9. Focus the city efforts on other means to reduce energy usage including lobbying for flexible work schedules, better mass transit, actions highlighted by Paul Hawken in his book “Drawdown” such as refrigerants and waste food. 10. Focus on natural gas minimization in existing homes, not elimination 11. The move to Induction Stoves may require many to buy new cookware (must be magnetic) 13. I assume the Utility Commissioners review and evaluate the recommendations. If they do, I would like to see their evaluation. 14. The city should better understand un-combusted methane release to the environment (storage, distribution, and at the home). The 2016 Reach Code: 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Tiffany Griego <tgriego@stanford.edu> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 1:45 PM To:Council, City; Clerk, City Cc:Inglis, Jim; Flaherty, Michelle Subject:Item 9B: City Council Agenda 11/4/19 (ID # 10538) Attachments:2019-11-04__Letter re All-Electric Mandate - City of Palo Alto.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Filseth and Members of the City Council, Please find enclosed comments from Stanford Research Park related to the City of Palo Alto’s proposed Reach Code, namely: - Please explicitly state an exemption for life science buildings and laboratory facilities from the Reach Code; - Because the “Cost Effectiveness Study" did not address the cost effectiveness for larger office buildings of either all-electric buildings or mixed-fuel buildings with enhanced efficiency, and the City relies upon the Cost Effectiveness Study to provide the legal basis for the Reach Code, please explicitly state an exemption office/R&D buildings that exceed 53,268 square feet. Thank you, Tiffany Tiffany Griego Managing Director, Asset Management Stanford Real Estate, Stanford University www.StanfordResearchPark.com STANFORD REAL ESTATE 415 Broadway 3rd Floor, Redwood City, CA 94063 T: 650.723.8902 November 4, 2019 VIA E-MAIL Mayor Filseth and Members of the City Council City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Re: Potential All-Electric Mandate for Non-Residential Buildings in Palo Alto Dear Mayor Filseth and Members of the City Council: I’m writing on behalf of the Stanford Research Park to comment on the City of Palo Alto’s proposed Reach Code. The Reach Code would apply to all office buildings in the Stanford Research Park and might apply to life science and laboratory buildings as well. However, the "Statewide 2019 Nonresidential New Construction Reach Code Cost Effectiveness Study," which the City relies upon to provide the legal basis for the Reach Code, expressly excludes office buildings larger than 53,268 square feet, and does not analyze life sciences/laboratory buildings at all. Many office buildings in the Stanford Research Park are larger than 53,268 square feet and could be replaced or altered in the future. In addition, the Stanford Research Park includes numerous life science and laboratory buildings of all sizes, and this is of particular importance as we are investing in the conversion of existing buildings to create a new life sciences focus in Stanford Research Park, including the opening of a life sciences incubator at 3160 Porter Drive. The Cost Effectiveness Study provides no support for application of a Reach Code to such buildings. The Staff Report explaining the Reach Code appears to support the exclusion of life science and laboratory buildings from the Reach Code, but we believe this exclusion should be made explicit. The Staff Report notes that: [N]ew non-residential industrial and manufacturing buildings do not fall under the reach code and are not required to be designed with a higher efficiency margin than the standard design. These buildings were not part of the cost-effectiveness study and thus cannot be shown to be cost-effective with the proposed ordinance, as required by the California Energy Commission. (Page 10, emphasis added.) Neither the Staff Report nor the Reach Code defines “industrial and manufacturing” buildings, but for energy purposes, laboratory and life sciences buildings are similar to such buildings. More importantly, laboratory and life sciences buildings, like industrial and manufacturing buildings, “were not part of the cost-effectiveness study” and, as the Staff Report notes, building types that were not part of the cost-effectiveness study must be excluded from the Reach Code. The same holds true for office buildings larger than 53,268 square feet. The Cost Effectiveness Study did not address the cost effectiveness for larger office buildings of either all-electric buildings or mixed-fuel buildings with enhanced efficiency. The Staff Report erroneously assumes that all office buildings can achieve the same energy efficiencies as medium office buildings, but the Cost Effectiveness Study does not support that conclusion. As a factual matter, we respectfully submit that there is a good reason the Statewide Cost Effectiveness Study did not attempt to establish the cost effectiveness of reach codes for large office/R&D or life sciences/laboratory buildings. The Staff Report cites our previous letter on the infeasibility of an all-electric mandate for life sciences/laboratory and large office buildings, stating at page 11: "As an example, heat pump equipment to meet the air conditioning load for life science and laboratory buildings is currently not commercially available or could be very costly for other large commercial buildings." Additionally, the proposed Reach Code’s limited “infeasibility exemption” (16.17.120) includes no provision for cost effectiveness; that exemption is not a substitute for a Reach Code that is supported by the required Cost Effectiveness Study. Because cost effectiveness has not yet been established as required by law for large office or life sciences/laboratory buildings, we respectfully recommend such buildings must be excluded from the mandatory requirements of the Reach Code. Sincerely yours, Tiffany Griego Managing Director, Stanford Research Park CC: Michelle Poche Flaherty, Deputy City Manager Jim Inglis, Senior Director, Design and Construction, Stanford Real Estate 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Tom Kabat <tomgkabat@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 2:15 PM To:Council, City Subject:Gas Free Reach Codes CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, I’m a fellow public servant, an Environmental Quality Commissioner from Menlo Park and a volunteer on Palo Alto’s Green Building Technical Advisory Committee for the past 18 months. I’m a retired Senior Resource Planner for Palo Alto Utilities. Currently I’m the engineer on a Peninsula Clean Energy grant funded project looking at retrofitting 5 homes to rid them of polluting gas systems. We can clearly see it would’ve been much cheaper to have just built them without gas in the first place, or even to have made them all electric in recent remodels. But the difficulty of retrofit teaches us about the opportunity build right the first time and that’s where gas free strong Reach Codes can be a great money saving tool for a community. It’s clear that climate change is getting ugly and that we have to deal with it much more rapidly than we hoped. It’s clear now that as public officials we have to heed the worldwide panel of scientists' advice to reduce methane and carbon pollution through new means that are: 1) Rapid, 2) Far Reaching and 3) Unprecedented. One more thing is clear. We already have the tools, and equipment to cost‐effectively solve the problem in new buildings at a lower cost than running environmentally obsolete gas pipes to them. I hope you will use this opportunity to follow the Palo Alto Utility Advisory Commissioners’ advice to implement a real leadership based Reach Code that simply removes the ability to strand new gas assets. They supported gas‐free reach codes with only limited exceptions where needed, like our neighbors to the north and south are implementing. I hope you leapfrog Menlo Park, Mountain View and other cities by also implementing gas free Reach Codes (eliminating additional costly gas equipment strandings) for additions and remodels as well. That will provide an example I can bring back to follow in Menlo Park. Best Regards, 2 Tom Kabat Palo Alto retired energy planner and Menlo Park resident p.s. Technical details But old habits die hard. Recently, I was part of the City of Palo Alto Technical Advisory Committee that reviewed the low uptake of their 10% differential 2016 Reach code meant to encourage all electric buildings. The results appear that very few builders (less than 1 in 10) bother to look into building the modern affordable, high performance, clean all‐electric way. Designers and builders are simply busy pursuing opportunities the same old way they always have with gas fired equipment. The bulk of builders found acceptable‐to‐them workarounds that let them install (strand) new gas fired equipment in new buildings. But this leaves your residents and business owners with a climate liability to be addressed later in an expensive retrofit case as climate preservation becomes an even more obvious local goal. I hope you can see this is an opportunity for council to make the prudent choice of eliminating the temptation for builders to strand even more new gas assets in our communities. A strong gas‐free Reach Code now will save constituents money in initial building costs and save much more money in not having to do inconvenient retrofit projects to later implement the carbon saving equipment that is already available and widely used in other parts of the country. Menlo Park staff looked at the different approaches to saving the community money by building the right structures for the future and they realized they could make it easy to administer by eliminating the allowance to use gas for heating and water heating. So they developed a simpler code option, to simplify life for all concerned by having the builders start implementing all‐ electric construction in all new construction. As what will be a temporary partial concession in Menlo Park, there are also a couple of small exceptions allowing gas cooking and gas fireplaces in homes. We will have to re‐examine that compromise. Mountain View has already built upon what we did and leap‐frogged us to eliminate the allowance for polluting gas in residential kitchens and fireplaces. Menlo Park staff have made their reports, analysis, findings and ordinance language available to other cities. I hope you will find them helpful in following or leap‐frogging our example. One red herring I see popping up in other cities is the idea that 2 fuels are more resilient than one. But that’s not the case for the new mixed fuel code compliant buildings. The gas equipment fails immediately in two ways: 1) Without electricity for its igniters and for its blowers it cannot deliver even a single gallon of hot water or a wisp of warmth, 2) it also fails when the gas is interrupted and has to be restored days later by overworked gas crews. Meanwhile the All‐Electric neighbor has had service since the power is restored more quickly and in bulk, or they never lost any service because electricity can be provided by the rapidly evolving backup technologies like EV‐to‐home support and battery storage. 3 All homes ought to have a simple propane camp camp‐stove for post‐quake cooking, and the electric home can practice using it in a power outage. The All‐Electric house also has a 50 to 80 gallon supply of hot water for showering etc. during the outage, and for emergency water after the quake. The code compliant gas‐house has no built in fresh water since they needed a tankless gas water heater to comply since it uses a little less gas than the old gas tank type. There is also a misunderstanding that heat pumps are not big enough for large commercial buildings, but that is not true. Those buildings have normal sized cooling heat pumps already on their roofs (called air conditioners) and they could have just as easily use two‐way heat pumps that do the cooling and heating as is done in many parts of the U.S. now. So, you have the opportunity to make a simpler gas‐free Reach Code now that provides more resilience and frees up staff time and saves folks the cost and problems of retrofits, and helps transform the marketplace so existing building retrofits get easier. Or you can implement a complex compromise and lag behind your neighbors in the climate fight. But I’m hopeful you will join or surpass us and help demonstrate bold leadership on addressing climate change in ways that are rapid, far‐reaching and unprecedented. Thank you for considering these thoughts and observations from a neighbor and long time partner in protecting our way of life. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Bruce Naegel <bnaegel@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 3:15 PM To:Council, City Subject:REACH code related actions CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. City.Council@cityofpaloalto.org I am sending this letter as a concerned Mountain View resident and a member of 3 sustainability groups. Palo Alto is a leader in actions against climate change. We need that leadership again, to join the chorus of cities in this area working to combat climate change. The recommended actions are designed to reduce and eventually eliminate burning natural gas in buildings. The first is to request a staff report not later than January 31, 2020 for an all‐electric building code for new buildings to be implemented no later than July 31, 2020. The second is to request a staff report on recommendations on changing the existing buildings in Palo Alto to all electric buildings. Others have done the first one. The second one is more difficult. If executed well, it will keep Palo Alto in a significant climate leadership position. We do this for future generations We owe it to future generations to provide an earth that is livable. With our current course of action, those who are most likely to inherit this earth (high school students) are worried about what they will inherit. The vice mayor of Mountain View said her two children have expressed a fear of no planet to live on in their future. How many other children feel the same way? What do we do to give confidence to our children and grandchildren? Palo Alto has a policy goal that is key to addressing climate change. Palo Alto has the goal to achieve an 80% reduction in GHGs by 2030, This is a little more than 10 years away. Executing plans to eliminate natural gas from both new and existing buildings is part of what is needed to help address reducing GHGs. We need plans on achieving this goal with milestones and measurements. All Electric construction means no carbon with no carbon electricity. It also makes the inspection and approval process easier than mixed fuel models. SVCE and PCE did a major service in providing a template for a REACH code. It has many features and is therefore complicated. Several cities have proposed all‐electric or mainly electric codes. These all‐electric codes are easier to administer and enforce, We need to move aggressively now to address climate change before it is too late. Thanks for listening 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Tony Yen <yen.anthony@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 9:30 AM To:Council, City Subject: I support Palo Alto’s Energy Reach Code and Decarbonization Efforts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of the City Council, As a resident of Palo Alto, I am happy to see aggressive climate protection action on the agenda for November 4.Adopting a Reach Code will make our buildings safer, healthier and better for the climate. Thank you for your vote to protect our city for the future! I have four specific requests: Pass the Reach Code as proposed in the staff report, add back in Auxilliary Dweliing Units (ADUs — or “granny units”), and make the remodeling requirement happen sooner. This Reach Code is a good measure to take while the City works on an all‐electric Reach Code that will prohibit gas infrastructure and decarbonize our buildings. Please include ADUs, which are a growing segment of the market, and are easier to electrify than plumbing them for gas. And please move up the remodelling requirement to 2020. Please move consideration and passage of an all‐electric code from 2022 to 2020. Menlo Park, Mountain View, and many other Bay Area cities are passing all‐electric Reach Codes now. All‐electric is viable today. By January 2020, have staff prepare recommendations on the details of a ban on natural gas in new construction with an implementation date no later than January 1, 2021. We should not be building homes and installing infrastructure for appliances that will almost immediately need to be removed when a plan to decarbonize our buildings is set for 2022! By January 2020, direct staff to propose options for decarbonizing existing buildings. Existing buildings create most of our carbon emissions. We must act now. I, for one, would like to electrify my house (business, etc), and would like the city’s support to do so, as soon as possible. Thank you for your climate leadership. Tony Yen {REDACTED} 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 12:42 PM To:kfsndesk; newsdesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; Council, City Subject:Fwd: B 5 more shares of MCD Mon. 11-4-19 at $188.0724. PT is $225. Easy $ CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 11:56 AM Subject: Fwd: B 5 more shares of MCD Mon. 11‐4‐19 at $188.0724. PT is $225. Easy $ To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, huidentalsanmateo <huidentalsanmateo@gmail.com>, bballpod <bballpod@aol.com> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 11:41 AM Subject: Fwd: B 5 more shares of MCD Mon. 11‐4‐19 at $188.0724. PT is $225. Easy $ To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, <fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net>, Mark Standriff <mark.standriff@fresno.gov>, Mark Kreutzer <mlkreutzer@yahoo.com>, Mayor <mayor@fresno.gov>, Joel Stiner <jastiner@gmail.com>, Dan Richard <danrichard@mac.com>, dennisbalakian <dennisbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, David Balakian <davidbalakian@sbcglobal.net>, Daniel Zack <daniel.zack@fresno.gov>, terry <terry@terrynagel.com>, beachrides <beachrides@sbcglobal.net>, nick yovino <npyovino@gmail.com>, leager <leager@fresnoedc.com>, Leodies Buchanan <leodiesbuchanan@yahoo.com>, Cathy Lewis <catllewis@gmail.com>, bballpod <bballpod@aol.com>, hennessy <hennessy@stanford.edu>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, Steve Wayte <steve4liberty@gmail.com> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Nov 4, 2019 at 11:32 AM Subject: B 5 more shares of MCD Mon. 11‐4‐19 at $188.0724. PT is $225. Easy $ To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Mon. 11‐4‐19 To all‐ Courage of my convictions: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwDsFcKcGsrcwqsQgNTRBfWlQbV 2 I think MCD is a buy at $188. Down $5.70 today due to Pres. being fired. PT is $225 and moat is "wide". New Pres. already named. DIV now 2.58% There is a great steak house in front of the Stanford Shopping Center. I eat at the MCD in SSC for $9.60. LH 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 11:56 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Babel CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ History moves forward after the Flood. They played the Slots and the Waters came down. The World speaks One Kanguage. They're in Australia. ((.I. think.)). Did you see the Kangaroo? They travel to the East and find a Plane and there they become inspired to build a City and a Tower the Top of which will be up to Heaven. What did they see that caused this? Did they see Ruins? The City there before the Flood? Atlantis? If they are speaking the Same Language after the Flood was there One Language before the Flood? A Dominant Lingua Franca? Would the Script of the City be Readable? Were they Rebuilding the Repeat of a City of False Knowledge in Principle at a New Location? Were they opening up the Door to follow the Sins of their Fathers from before the Flood by elevating False Knowledge? The Place was called Babel? Confusion? Like Baal? You read a Manual. The Second Page is a Series of False Instructions. Is this Confusing? 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Fred Balin <fbalin@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 2:41 PM To:Council, City Subject:My Comments duirng Oral Communications Last Night Re: PTC CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Good evening. After six weeks, the Planning and Transportation Commission reconvened on the 31st for one minor item. The year's bimonthly schedule now records 11 regular meetings and 9 cancellations. One meeting is planned for this month and one for next month. Last year there were 18 regular meetings; in 2017, there were 20. The average going back to 2008 is even higher, punctuated by the 2010 powerhouse that included new member Greg Tanaka and held an astounding 30 meetings. Only 15 actions items have been heard this year and few that were not mandated. Workforce Housing development standards were completed last year, but a Palmer fix, renter protections, and development impact fees still await arrival. Expected return of parking rules went directly to council, bypassing the commission. Is staff playing keep away? It's understandable, the way they have been treated by certain commissioners. The August 28th outburst from Chair Rigg’s to new transportation staff was sadly reminiscent of Commissioner Alcheck’s interactions with city planning and attorney’s staff, other commissioners, and the public over the years. Without trust, this commission cannot build a desperately needed, positive culture of cooperation and collaboration with staff. And the actions of a few are a disservice to other commissioners, who prepare, attend, speak succinctly to the point at hand, challenge issues in a respectful way, deliberate, are able to break from preconception, and serve solely in the public interest. Going forward: - Carefully interview and appoint only those candidates whom you are convinced will meet that standard. If not enough do, leave positions open. - Chair Riggs should apologize in person to Chief Transportation Official Kamhi and his staff and do whatever it takes to repair the damage. 2 - Regarding Alcheck, his disrespectful behavior that I touched on tonight is well known and can easily be compiled and documented. And you have my report on the carport caper, to which I now add a short coda. Alcheck’s attorney David Lanferman wrote to and addressed the commission meeting on January 30th, on behalf of AJ Capital regarding the grandfathered facilities ordinance. Alcheck did not recuse. How does that look? To restore trust, credibility, and proper functioning to the commission, this council must see to it that Commissioner Alcheck moves off of it. With all those items completed, meet jointly with the commission and planning staff and set expectations. 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If you wish to unsubscribe from our newsletter, click here 1 Brettle, Jessica From:John King <johnkingcountry@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 4:44 PM To:Council, City Subject:Re: Booking John King Country for 2020 CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Just checking in to make sure this email came through? Would love to work with you guys! God Bless, John King On Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 4:13 PM, John King <johnkingcountry@gmail.com> wrote: Hope you are doing great! Just wanted to check in and see if you are booking your entertainment for 2020 yet? Would love to come perform for you guys! Here are some updated promo materials including an EPK Link with bio info and press photos. Feel free to pass these around. There's also a Video Highlight Reel link MGMT put together (our current single "Try Saying Goodbye" just broke 15 million total streams!!) I also have a song I wrote with Hootie & The Blowfish that is out right now! John King Highlight Reel‐ https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgiadm3qlzqgd1c/JK%20SIZZLE%20FNL.mp4?dl=0 NEWEST RELEASE‐ 15 MIL STREAMS (Currently on Apple Music "Best Of The Week" "Breaking Country" and Spotify's "Hot Country", "New Boots" and "Wild Country" playlists.. Also named one of Rolling Stone's Top 10 Country Songs: https://johnking.lnk.to/TrySayingGoodbye John King LIVE Video‐ https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ogizbe9u3wrctx9/AABXjG‐w9Vusx‐vH0oJIG‐ Yea?dl=0&preview=jkrecapextended_v1.mp4 Top 10 CMT Music Video & Apple Music Top 5‐ "I Still Pick Up"‐ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lWA6nQptc Billboard number 1 as a writer for Randy Houser‐ "We Went" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s‐F0US5eKnY Writer of the first Hootie & The Blowfish song to be released since 2005 "Rollin"‐ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MBWgdj6R2X8 I currently have 4 songs climbing the charts. "I Still Pick Up" debuted Top 5 on the Apple Music Hot Chart (currently has over 1.5 million streams). "Heat Wave" and "Never Wanna Be" also have over 5 million streams. My current single "Try Saying Goodbye" is at 15 million streams and debuted top 5 on the Apple Hot Country Chart. It was named one of Rolling Stone's Top 10 Best Country Songs and included in Apple Music's "Best of The Week" and "Breaking Country" playlists. Spotify also featured it in their 6 million listener "Hot Country" "New Boots" and "Wild Country" playlists. You can check them out here: https://johnking.lnk.to/TrySayingGoodbye, https://onerpm.lnk.to/IStillPickUp, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU9qyb M8WWk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVWa3bWotyI. Also check out the music video for "I Still Pick Up", which was Top 10 in the CMT countdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36lWA6nQptc. Here's a press kit my team put together: In 2016 I had my first Billboard #1 with a song I wrote called "We Went" for Randy Houser. I also wrote the first Hootie and The Blowfish song to be released since 2005. “Rollin” is featured on their upcoming album. Recently, I signed a Management deal with Narvel Blackstock (Blake Shelton, Reba, Kelly Clarkson). Here's a few bullet points my team put together: 2  John's first single, "Tonight Tonight," was a top 40 hit on FM and XM radio. It was also used by the NFL for Thursday Night Football broadcasts!  Over the last two years, John has played over 160 shows in 48 states with some of the biggest artists in Country music including Jason Aldean, FGL, Rascal Flatts, Cole Swindell, Brett Eldredge, Brantley Gilbert, Sam Hunt, Brothers Osborne, Kenny Chesney and others.  John made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry in September of 2014 and and has since been invited back multiple times!  John's 2018 project was just picked up by Sony ATV Publishing and has already gained over 20 million cumulative streams in 6 months.  King's current single is charting at Country Radio and already has over 15 million streams!!  Over the past 6 months, King's social media numbers have more than tripled!!  King recently co wrote the first song to be released by Hootie & The Blowfish in 15 years.. "Rollin". johnkingcountry.com Management- Narvel Blackstock- Starstruck Entertainment You may unsubscribe to stop receiving our emails. ‐‐ To help prprivacy, Mprevented download from the In To help protect your privacy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Matt Dolan <Matt.Dolan@hilton.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:58 PM To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Flaherty, Michelle; Stump, Molly Subject:Careful Consideration Attachments:SMCCVB.Withdrawal.pdf; SMCSVCVB Palo Alto Presentation 8-29-19.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Greetings Councilmembers: The founding members of the Palo Alto Hotel Council have a priority of terminating the agreement between the City of Palo Alto and "SMCSVCVB." I have on multiple occasions addressed my concerns and POV regarding this effort as the factors for my declining participation with this organization. I have attached the letter from PAHC requesting termination of the agreement and a copy of SMCSVCVB deck outlining their organizational structure, goals/priorities and measurable outcomes. The goals and priorities of PAHC are driven by the founding members; one or two hoteliers and a "hospitality consultant." My interaction and communication with this core group has provided me concern regarding their true motivations along with the questionable actions, decisions and statements of the founding members. As PAHC progresses towards their ultimate goal I want to request that we step back from the urgent push of PAHC and give careful consideration of the ultimate outcome. My intention is to address these points based on the merits of the actions/decisions/outcomes and remove the influence of personality. Having stated that I would urge each council member to carefully evaluate the decision based on the risks presented. 1. The choices at hand are simple. PAHC has labeled this a complex and parallel decision when it is neither. The choice is straightforward. As a community do we decide to maintain a relationship with a reputable highly functioning organization that operates within industry standards and guidelines for Convention and Visitors Bureaus. Or, do we elect to terminate this agreement in favor of a loosely defined council without the capabilities, core competencies and financial resources. The attached SMCSVCVB deck provides a thorough, professional presentation offering the depth and expertise they provide. 2. PAHC legal issues: With PAHC outreach in April 2018 I addressed the very serious issue of anti-trust. The questions and information requested placed every participant in jeopardy. I was surprised to receive an invitation to the most recent PAHC meeting in SeptemberI and again addressed anti-trust as a point of order. Due to the nature of the topic I attended with the intention of offering perspective on the value of the CVB. The meeting was quite disappointing as the "hospitality consultant" shut down any conversation that was incongruent with her goal of terminating the agreement. Currently, PAHC does not fully understand the risk and liability of failure to comply with anti-trust guidelines. Lack of understanding does not excuse the participants from liability. A quick google search can reveal the seriousness of this issue. Failure to adequately understand this serious issue addresses specifically the inadequate competencies of PAHC. The disconnect from their duty to protect their organization and/or members does not instill confidence in their effective industry leadership. The point to consider here is: are we willing to put our business community at risk? 3. PAHC ethical issues: In my interactions with PAHC I have first hand observations and experiences with behavior and statements that were clearly not forthright and lacking in appropriate business ethics: Specifically they are: A. Failure of a PAHC founding member to communicate their direct conflict with their concurrent commitment as a board member with SMCSVCVB. B. Falsely implying assurances of having the city of Palo Alto reimburse a Palo Alto organization for loss of resources from a terminated agreement. C. Promoting false narrative of improper favoritism between SMCSVCVB and a Palo Alto restaurant and hotel. D. Promoting false narrative that Homewood Suites is subsidized by wealthy investors therefor unconcerned about TOT increase effective April 1, 2019. E. Promoting false narrative of direct link between TOT increase and hotel occupancy performance in 2019. F. Lack of transparency by PAHC that signatures gathered at the September 2019 meeting indicated support of sending a termination letter. This was clearly stated by the "hospitality consultant." Upon hearing this statement I declined to sign the attendance sheet, which is notable on the PAHC attachment. 2 G. Lack of transparency by PAHC founding members regarding hidden agendas and intentions for funding PAHC and establishing compensation plan for hospitality consultant. H. Promoting false narrative by hotelier and PAHC founder stating his hotel has seen no revenue from SMCSVCVB referrals which is verifiably untrue. 4. Lack of understanding: As previously shared with PAHC, in my experience prior to Palo Alto I have been a CVB member, board member, board chair and strategic partner in establishing a bid. My observation is Palo Alto hotels have a fundamental lack of awareness regarding the functions of a CVB, how to utilize/participate in CVB efforts and most importantly how to apply the resources within their specific hotel. Equally concerning PAHC claims the strategic position as the industry resource for Palo Alto hotels and has "institutionalized" this lack of competency as their underlying strategy. 5. Financial Resources: Palo Alto hotels generate $300,000 from pass through fees. Currently PAHC has no obvious funding source and the "hospitality consultant" clearly stated at the September meeting the interest in receiving compensation for her efforts. Assuming the pass through revenue was diverted to PAHC this is an insufficient amount to replace the resources of SMCSVCVB. Professional grade visitors guides cost $3 each with a case approximately $750. Minimum printing orders would equal between $25k and $50k. A single trade show booth is approximately $50k not including travel, accommodations and trade show booth display/materials. A bare bones marketing campaign is well over $100k. These expenses do not include compensation package for PAHC staff members much less general operating and office expenses. If the agreement is terminated the ramp up for time for implementing these actions is several months delayed. Worthy of specific note is Palo Alto requires presentation and materials that are equal to the reputation of Silicon Valley. Clip art logos and laptop prepared flyers printed on color paper do not represent Palo Alto. As we know the Bay Area MSA(Metropolitan Statistical Area) as reported by Smith Travel has indicated lowered occupancy in 2019 with room rates holding steady and possibly increasing for some subsets. The anecdotal evidence by PAHC linking recent TOT increases with some declining occupancy is misleading and counter productive. In reality downward impact of hotel occupancy began long before the TOT rate increased April 1st. The Bay Area has been disproportionally impacted by outlying events such as the grounding of 737 Max aircraft for domestic and international travel, national political actions which includes travel bans and visa restrictions along with global economic uncertainty based on trade wars combined with concerns of impending domestic and global economic recession. I strongly urge each council member to carefully evaluate the outcome of this PAHC priority of terminating the agreement between the city of Palo Alto and SMCSVCCVB. The risk for the Palo Alto hotel market with potential of recession require the marketing and promotional efforts of SMCSVCCVB and are required more than ever. If the agreement is terminated Palo Alto will have zero destination marketing efforts, an industry trade organization(PAHC) lacking in resources and competencies with the greatest potential for creating legal jeopardy for its members based on antitrust violations. Specifically for the City of Palo Alto the downward pressure on TOT revenues from reduced hotel occupancy would only be compounded by the lack of professional representation in the travel and tourism market. We only need to observe the results of a foolhardy rush to bad decisions. I don't believe Palo Alto needs it's own version of "Brexit!" Please take the time to carefully evaluate this misguided request to determine the best decision for all stakeholders. Feel free to connect with me if you have any questions or if I can offer any assistance to your evaluation process. Best, -Matt Matt Dolan General Manager Homewood Suites 4329 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 316.573.7409 ‐ mobile http://homewoodsuites.hilton.com 3 This transmission is not a digital or electronic signature and cannot be used to form, document, or authenticate a contract. Hilton and its affiliates accept no liability arising in connection with this transmission. Copyright 2019 Hilton Proprietary and Confidential Palo Alto City Council 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 October 28, 2019 RE: Withdrawal from the San Mateo County Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) Hon. Mayor Filseth and Council Members: On behalf of the undersigned hotels, please find here our request to withdraw from participation in the San Mateo County TBID effective January 1, 2020. Twenty-one (21) out of twenty-seven (27) hotels/motels in Palo Alto responded to inquiries of whether they wished to continue participation in the TBID. Of the respondents, 19 out of 21 signatures from owners and/or General Managers were obtained in support of withdrawal. Please see Attachment A. This reflects an overwhelming support for withdrawal. HISTORY The San Mateo County / Silicon Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau (SMCCVB) is the lead agency for the San Mateo County TBID, which is administered by the City of Burlingame. The San Mateo County TBID was formed in 2001 to promote and generate leads for all hotels/motels in San Mateo County. In 2008, the City Manager contracted with SMCCVB for visitorship services for Palo Alto for fiscal year 2009 and 2010. Per CMR: 154:10, beginning in July 2010, Palo Alto hotels participated directly in, and paid assessments directly to, the San Mateo County TBID (See Attachment B). Prior to adopting this resolution, the City conducted limited outreach to hotels/motels in Palo Alto to determine industry support for joining the TBID. The outreach was limited to the following large hotels: Sheraton, Westin, Crowne Plaza Cabana, Dinah’s Garden Hotel, Garden Court Hotel, and Creekside Inn (See Attachment B). Out of these original six (6) hotels, four (4) have signed the request to withdraw – the Sheraton, Westin, Crowne Plaza Cabana, and the Garden Court Hotel. The purpose of joining the TBID was to generate business and demonstrate a return on investment for Palo Alto hotels/motels. OUTREACH TO SMCCVB In January 2019, John Hutar, Dinah’s Garden Hotel’s then General Manager, invited SMCCVB President Anne LeClair and her team to present to Palo Alto hotels/motels its relevant activities in promoting Palo Alto as a destination. Many properties, including the larger hotels, questioned whether the SMCCVB was effectively marketing Palo Alto and requested to have a meeting. Unlike when the original decision to participate in the TBID was made, this meeting was well attended by a broader representation of properties affected by participation in the TBID. At this meeting, SMCCVB made it clear that they are an organization focused on lead generation rather than conversion. Many properties questioned whether there were an adequate amount of leads being generated for the Palo Alto market. Many Palo Alto hotels and motels followed up with SMCCVB in an effort to fully engage in potential future business opportunities. In June 2019, Stephanie Wansek, Cardinal Hotel GM and Barbara Gross, former GM of the Garden Court Hotel and current Hospitality Consultant, met with the recently appointed President of the SMCCVB and former Dinah’s Garden Hotel GM, John Hutar, and with the Chair of the Board for SMCCVB to discuss the Palo Alto relationship. There was a collegial exchange of information and enumerated potential business opportunities. During that meeting, another SMCCVB meeting with Palo Alto hotel/motel owners/GMs was planned for August 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel. On August 29th, John Hutar and team presented sales plans, direct sales and convention sales results and recent changes to the organization. PALO ALTO HOTEL COUNCIL (PAHC) MEETING Following the August meeting, the PAHC conducted outreach to hotels/motels for their feedback regarding their experience with the SMCCVB over the past decade or so, their return on investment in participating, and how they valued the relationship. On September 18, 2019 the PAHC held a meeting at which the status of the relationship with SMCCVB was an agenda item. The agenda item was discussed with many individual viewpoints and stances. Also discussed was the monthly contribution of $2,200 from SMCCVB to the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, to support their effort as a Visitor’s Bureau, which would cease as a result of a withdrawal. Any general manager and/or owner who expressed a desire to withdraw from the San Mateo County TBID was asked to sign a document expressing his/her/their intent (See Attachment A). Properties that were not present at this meeting or were unable to sign pending management approval were visited separately in order to survey as many properties as possible. Many of the smaller properties reported that historically, they responded to many leads over the past decade and have yielded nothing in return. They expressed concern that given the vast territory covered – San Mateo County plus Palo Alto, and given the lack of Palo Alto specific leads, their responses almost never yielded anything of value. It is also interesting to note that four (4) of the largest hotels in Palo Alto, the ones you would expect to benefit the most by participating in the SMCCVB, endorse withdrawal. Reasons for withdrawal from the larger properties included “not a good fit” and the rates of Palo Alto properties, especially the larger ones, are too high for the budgets of the majority of leads generated through SMCCVB efforts. The purpose of joining the TBID was to generate business and demonstrate a return on investment for Palo Alto hotels/motels. A decade later, with this request to withdraw from the San Mateo County TBID, a majority of Palo Alto hoteliers are voicing their opinion that this partnership has not yielded a return on investment to warrant continued participation. The undersigned properties thank you in advance for supporting their request to withdraw from the San Mateo County TBID effective January 1, 2020. For questions or further information, please contact: Barbara Gross, The Garden Court Hotel, Former GM barbara.ellen.gross@gmail.com Jim Rebosio, Sheraton / Westin, GM JRebosio@sheratonpaloalto.com Sincerely, Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel Crowne Plaza Cabana Palo Alto The Westin Palo Alto Comfort Inn Palo Alto The Cardinal Hotel Garden Court Hotel The Nest Palo Alto Hotel Keen Oak Motel Hotel Parmani Stanford Motor Inn Travelodge Palo Alto America's Best Value Sky Ranch Inn Glass Slipper Inn Palo Alto Inn The Clement Hotel Coronet Motel Berbeda Place Cowper Inn Attachment A Attachment B City Manager Resolution -CMR 154:10 - pages 15 1 Brettle, Jessica From:David Page <dalpage5@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:33 PM To:Council, City Cc:dalpage5@gmail.com Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Email App "More than 11,000 scientists around the world have declared a climate emergency, warning of 'untold suffering' without urgent action.” The above is from the news (11/5) the day after your reach code vote. Thank you! 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Scott Shell <Scott.Shell@ehdd.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 4:48 PM To:Council, City Subject:Electric reach code CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear council members, I encourage you to set a more ambitious reach code equivalent to your neighboring cities which requires gas for heating and hot water for commercial and residential buildings. Sincerely, Scott Shell Scott Shell FAIA, LEED® AP BD+C, CPHC® Principal Pier 1 The Embarcadero, Bay 2 San Francisco, CA 94111 +1 415-214-7277 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Ashish S. <ashish.s@offlinesurvey.co> Sent:Wednesday, November 6, 2019 4:38 AM To:Council, City Subject:Re: Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo - Project Monitoring and Evaluation Tool for Non-Profit Organizations CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi there, This is Ashish from Atlan. At Atlan, we assist organizations in implementing their development projects through our technology solutions. Over the past couple of years, we have worked closely with several prominent non‐profit organizations such as Tata Trusts, APPI etc. in carrying out monitoring and evaluation of their development projects. I would like to introduce you to our monitoring and evaluation tool called Atlan Collect. Atlan Collect allows NGOs and development consultancies to gather baseline data quickly, and constantly monitor their projects through midline and endline surveys. We offer free consultations to NGOs and I'd like to have a quick chat with you to discuss Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo and your projects in details. Do let me know a suitable time to connect with you. Thanks, Ashish Partnerships, Atlan Building a home for data teams PS: If you would like to try out Atlan Collect on your own, please sign up for a free trial here. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:56 PM To:Loran Harding; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; Doug Vagim; vallesR1969 @att.net; midge@thebarretts.com; Mayor; Mark Standriff; Mark Kreutzer; margaret-sasaki@live.com; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; paul.caprioglio; Council, City; Steve Wayte; kfsndesk; newsdesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; beachrides; bearwithme1016@att.net; nick yovino; steve.hogg; robert.andersen; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; diffenbaugh@stanford.edu; huidentalsanmateo; francis.collins@nih.gov; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net; Raymond Rivas; info@superide1.com; becerra.bere11@gmail.com; Joel Stiner; Kirk Sorensen; hennessy; terry; Leodies Buchanan; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; leager; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; pavenjitdhillon@yahoo.com; popoff; russ@topperjewelers.com Subject:Fwd: Frontline: Fire in Paradise- new program, not a repeat CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:28 PM Subject: Fwd: Frontline: Fire in Paradise‐ new program, not a repeat To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 4:08 PM Subject: Fwd: Frontline: Fire in Paradise‐ new program, not a repeat To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 3:58 PM Subject: Frontline: Fire in Paradise‐ new program, not a repeat To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Wed. Oct. 30, 2019 Here is last night's Frontline. It details what happened in November, 2018 at the Camp fire which destroyed Paradise, Calif.: This is not a repeat. 2 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwDrvGtQbNgGFZcZmqvsCVCDKlf 86 dead, I believe. Notice what is said in the final 10 minutes. This sort of fire will only become much more common all over the U.S. (and the world) with climate change. That comment justifies my suggestion that we obtain 50 747 retardant tankers like the ONE available now. It is privately owned in Denver, I believe, and is used all over the world. 19,000 gallons of retardant capacity. $16,000 per hour to rent it. Diane Feinstein managed to procure 7 old C‐130s from the Coast Guard, I believe, for Calfire. Years of paper shuffling in the Pentagon were required. They are being converted to fire retardant tankers now, one at a time. By 2022 all seven will be available. 4,000 gallons capacity. The 747 delivers almost 5X as much per pass. The 747's are still being flown by airlines outside of the U.S. They can be bought and converted for, maybe, $100 million each. The airlines want to get rid of them. The bone‐yards in Arizona and Texas, Spain and Kazakstan are full of them. 50 might cost $5 billion to buy and convert. Since we will lavish $738 billion this year on defending the whole world, it is an obscenity that the money can't be found to buy these 747 tankers. If Trump gave a damn about the people of California, he would do that with an executive order. But notice the comment again near the end of the Frontline program: These fires will become more common as climate change continues. It would make sense, therefore, to acquire a fleet of 50 747 tankers to be available all over the U.S. to fight wildfires. It could be a national fire fighting fleet. We might even contract with Boeing to build a purpose built tanker and buy 50 of those. The 747s can be aquired now, however, and would be available sooner. I've been listening to KCBS‐SF since the Kincaid fire started in Sonoma County. A small pocket radio permits hearing it, and my car radio picks it up well in Fresno. The station has devoted round the clock coverage to that fire, and the ones in So. Calif., and in the Central Valley. Massive detail about these fires, the PSPS's and the pain those are causing. Fire fighters from So. Dakota, Utah, Colorado, eastern Oregon, San Diego, and Riverside County are fighting the Kincaid Fire. A huge tent‐city for them in Santa Rosa. And the coverage by the local TV stations in Republican‐owned Fresno? Ten minutes max at the start of the local news. They smile as the report on the fires. That's to reassure the suckers they exploint here so well, the 99%. Channel 30 the other night did show a woman saying that wildfire smoke goes from the lungs into the bloodstream and can cause heart attacks. That surprised me. But the main message is "not to worry". One woman said the other night on Channel 30 here that "if you are sensitive or have breathing issues, try to stay inside". Pretty mild stuff. Like she'd know anything. Dr. John LaPook said on the CBS Evening News, after I complained about the lying coverage on the CBS affiliate in Fresno, that wildfire smoke contains thousands of compounds and is dangerous for those with pre‐existing heart and lung conditions and for the elderly and those with compromised immune systems. I'll bet that some of those thousands of compounds are carcinogens. Everything is fine. Trump is on the job protecting viewers in Fresno. He should be impeached if ALL he has done is to let Calif. twist in the wind for the past two years and provide no money for controlling the fires here. And Gov. Newsom? During 2019, he has had 100 National Guadsmen cutting brush in Calif. to prevent wildfiers. That's it. I suggested months ago that he should be recalled if we get another Camp Fire this year, and we have almost gotten one in Sonoma Co. With the threat of a recall, he should go all out to get those 50 747 tankers. I would ask to appear before a joint session of Congress, the U.N. General Assembly, the Parliament of the European Union, and the International Court of Justice. He should be adding Trump's refusal to help California with these fires to the impeachment effort. Newsom is asleep at the switch and so is the California Congressional delegation. L. William Harding 3 Fresno 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:41 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Halloween CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Halloween is a Day marking the End of Summer. In the United States this Celebration is Practiced by Children as an Innocent on the Face instruction set of how to Shake Down your Neighbor for Protection Money. Give or Else. The Key Note is the Aspect of Kindness leading in the Shakedown. Yet Trick is before Treat hence we must misunderstand the Treat as the Free Food Give Away when the Treat is maybe the Implication of being Treated Savagely, so Think Fast and Pull a Trick Out of your Hat. Despite this Brazen Insertion within the Cultural Framework of the United States there is still Validity in wondering why this "Holiday Practice" emerged from the Day marking the End of Summer as the Seasonal Climate drifts into Winter. Why do People associate this Pivot of the Seasons from with Unclean Spirits? Do they Fear the Activity of Unclean Spirits as Winter sets in? Why would Winter have any bearing with the Activity of Unclean Spirits? Why would Human Behavior attempt Appeasement of Unclean Spirits at this Juncture in the Seasons? What's the Underlying Basis for this Behavior? Does Winter do anything that would change the Behavior of Unclean Spirits? We know that Sickness is Associated with Winter. If Unclean Spirits are the Fundamental Cause of Sickness then why would the Seasonal Change from Summer to Winter have any bearing in this? What about the Statement of How Unclean Spirits that were Cast Out travel through Dry Places searching for Water and that when they find No Water they Return to the Place they were Cast Out from and bring with them Unclean Spirits that are more Evil than they are? Does the Freezing of Water during Winter disallow the Entry of the Cast Out Unclean Spirits? Do they Recruit Unclean Spirits more Evil than themselves to Increase the Odds of Reentering the Human from which they were Cast Out? If Halloween as a Historic Practice of Appeasing or Chasing Out Unclean Spirits is an Ineffectual Practice whose Roots are Sunk in False Hope for Protection from Sickness then What would be the Appropriate and Effectual Alternative for Securing True Protection when Sickness descends upon Winter Populations? Should Halloween be Hallowed by marking this Final Day of Summer with the Close of October wherein the Orange Moon is found by Extended and Doubled Recitations of Mouth Memorized Unaltered Scripture as the Tongue burns the Candle of the Light that Lights our Path with True Protection? If we were lax in Recitation in Summer then is Halloween our Last Opportunity to Shift into High Gear before the Dead of Winter arrives in Full Force? 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 3:25 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Kaleidoscope (ii) : Harvesting Affinity CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ What's missing here is Greg Cesario. Where would Greg's Affinity Offspring be Hiding? Well, given that Erin Siena Jobs presented herself as Sarrah at Urban Timber in Kent Washington beginning in 2014, whereupon I used to wonder whether Sarrah meant she was Caesar the German Shepherd given to me by Greg Cesario even though Siena is like Brown as in Brun and also like like Melissa Hershey as Hershey is a Chocolate of Dark Brown Color when Sarrah used the Alias of Melissa Hershey on Fell Street which is like Philz Coffee in Palo Alto where Brianna Hart Kinney, Alice Meyer, Noa, and Emma Roberts in 2010 before Emma Roberts was in the Movie "Palo Alto" ((Released in 2013 though obviously filmed earlier)) and even the Word "Palo" is used in Spanish in the naming of Trees and Trees are often Brown in their Bark which leads us back to Caesar who did Howl at the Moon hence through there is this Detour through possible Connections to Phil Brun nevertheless you have to wonder whether Erin Siena Jobs is the Daughter of Greg Cesario the Golfer who Swings Clubs like Erin posing as Alice Meyer in her Facebook swings her Head in the Direction Opposite to the Direction in her YesNo Response when Sarrah instinctively swung her Head to her Right my Left to Indian Nod Yes while saying what I heard as "Nooooo" when I said, "Can you Help Me Read." And this would indicate the Leary's thought they had the Seed of Phil Brun yet there was a Mixup in Operation Harvest Seed and somehow Seed from Phil Brun and Seed from Greg Cesario were switched. So was there a Drive In Movie Incident? The Important Thing to Note Here is that not only is there a Portal Effect utilized by the Abductors of Children wherein the Abductor exists in the Path of the Trace Back to the Actual Genetic Parents as a Node as a Portal like a Looking Glass where the Child will linger and wait for the Chance to Exercise the Right to Return to their Parents even into Adulthood of which the Keenly Mindful Abductor will Brazenly utilize as a Leash held to Exercise Manipulation, yet there is also within the Child to Recognize this Portal Aspect in Another Adult who was Neither the Abductor nor Present during the Abduction yet nevertheless the Child can recognize that this Other Adult, if they are an Adult, knew or met their True Genetic Parent or Parents; The Portal is Recognized by the Child in the Trace Back to their Parent though this is Oblique to the Child and Oblique to Non‐Abductors who knew their True Genetic Parent or Parents. Hence now the Another Question is while David Randall as Adult conveys likeness to the Girl who would accompany The Drummer Mark Greer the Same Girl who later Dated the Earlier Alias of Thomas Randall as the Head Bible Study while using an Alias Presently Unremembered while Mr Unknown drove a White Truck and Mr Unknown as Thomas Randall devolved into a State of Abnormal like a Japanese Suicide Kamikaze diving into a Snow Cone while David Randall paradoxically waxed into "Normal as Far as the Eye can See", then and possibly therefore, is David Randall the Genetic Child and Son of Philip Brun? All of this is Tentative and Subject to Trusted Direct DNA Testing Verification. Given the Cloaking required by Clandestine Cultic Organized Crime Families there is Present Possibility that Companies like "23 and Me" can be Wholly and Fully Trusted. Sarrah is indeed not unlike the Word Czar when the Cz is Un "K" in Sounding. Unfortunately Caesar was accused by a Walking Couple of Biting and so my Beautiful German Shepherd Caesar was put to Sleep by a Veterinarian. In retrospect I don't think Caesar received a Fair Trial for Caesar may have only sniped at Air and maybe the Dog felt there was a Purpose in his running from me to lead me somewhere, maybe Katie's House. My Negligence was that there was no Remedial Attendance at a Dog Training School with an Intermittent Period with a Muzzle. Hence being Kept in a Cage as 2 a Child and Trained like a Dog is Not an Adequate Prerequisite towards Training an Actual Dog later in Life. Those who like to Help Locate Children who are Today being Kept in Cages and Trained like Dogs will have to Begin a Course of Study of the Sixtine Text of 1587. [:;] What if my Strange Leary Family harvested Seed from Phil Brun to make Erin Siena Jobs with a Middle Name like Brun and an Alias Melissa Hershey whose Last Name is like Brun meaning Brown; And then also harvested Seed from Matt Gold to make Chelsea "Nadine Orzechowski" like N.O. like Boolean like the Conversation where Boolean was mentioned while taking to the Guy who had Custodial Custody of Chris aka Mark Zuckerberg and Chelsea aka Nadine Orzechowski to which Custodial Caretaker the Word "Facebook" was said in response to a Question with Chris present before being told to go Upstairs and go to Bed circa 1998 though I used to think Nadine was Johnny Depp's Daughter; And what if Seed was harvested from Danny Johnson to bring forth Alice Meyer; And what if Seed was harvested from Greg Chaves to bring forth Brianna Hart though I used to think Brianna might be Jonny Leary's Daughter. Would that be it? There was this Girl Noa who was Jewish with Darker Skin like Mike and Kenny Upton's Sister who would talk to me in Elementary School in Third Grade when I would go to their House. Each of these Girls somehow RedFlagged my Attention when in Mountain View in 2010 and Some of them may have recognized Me from the Tomczak Ranch from Delivering Signature Batches and there were a lot Girls at the Tomczak Horse Ranch. Mike sat next to me in Third Grade. The Story is that Mike Upton died in Redlands but I can't find this. Hence maybe perhaps possibly Noa was Mike's Seed. Lauren Ackerly? I don't know. This sister or friend of Nadine could be as depicted by their Story or Greg Chaves' Seed meaning Brianna Hart Kinney is Someone Elses Seed. Are there others? I don't know. What are the Leary's trying to do? Harvest Affinity. Affinity with What? They are apparently trying to harvest affinity Affinity with whatever they recognize within their Lineage by their Established Criteria. What is an Example of this? The Beatles and Beatlemania and the Extreme Manifestation of this by John Lennon their Kin with this Whatever is in this Lineage and the Affinity with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. In the case of John Lennon, John apparently failed Camp Leary the Liars College with a Graduation Certificate of a Criminal Cult that Markets and Distributes Opium to a Stealth Market of Functional Junkies with Connected Law Enforcement playing a Key Role in allowing this Stealth Opium Market to Continue while Cracking Down on the Under Paying Less Stealth Competition, in addition to the Second Focus of the Abduction and Indoctrination of Children in Tandem to Election Tampering as the Graduated and Vetted Children are placed into the Positions in Subcults of which they were groomed for. The Main Cult would be the Reserved Cult the Controlling Center that is as Hard to Penetrate as is Fort Knox which relates to the Message Sent by the Italian Mafia to Jurisdictions that would prosecute them in the Case of the Harsh Reality Advertisement Campaign that Capitalized on the inherent Name of Amanda Knox : "Your Dear Prosecutors, Your Miranda Right is the Right to Remain Silent. Violators can expect their Children to be reduced to Bloodstains. This Message has been paid for by the Italian Mob." So given that John and Myself failed Camp Leary College yet we both have Manifest Evidence of a Hard to Define Gift running through the Family Tree which is Irish and Jewish and German at the Least, which in Me became concrete to Jon and Hannah when Apple is established in 1976 and as a Child my Mouth spoke of Apple Computer in 1972 to them and to my Neighbor Jeff Laird who became Steve Jobs in 1976 and the Leary's recognized Steve Jobs as my Neighbor Jeff Laird for Jonny Leary was introduced to Jeff Laird in Jeff Laird's Garage circa 1972 and Jonny Leary having passed Elementary Graduation Finals in Deception recognized Steve Jobs as Jeff Laird in 1976 for the Leary's being Adept Deceivers who are practiced in the Art of Deception and Manipulation know to Look for Deception for they Expect this Behavior in Others and so they were able to Recognize the Deception of Steve Jobs and furthermore the Leary's are better at this Game than Steve Jobs who would now need Human Companionship in a Context where Jeff could not divulge the Truth of who Jeff was. This Method of Protection resulted in the Imprisonment of Jeff Laird. When you act like a Spider sometimes a Larger Spider sets up shop to Spin a Web because they like the Flesh of Meat and Blood they see on you Web inclusive of the Unseen Words Baby Spider Mouth they know to be within your Biography for the Baby was in their Possession so they Way they see it is that what you have is what is their Property. Hence before the Leary's would abandon their abode in San Bernardino in 1977 they went and bought a lot of White Albacore Tuna to signify their intent. Then with the False Death of Jonny Leary on April 6th, 1977 established by the Dramatic Funeral Scene they had Noel hand me "Dead" Jonny Leary's Pocket Knife and then Hannah Leary called out in a Loud Voice to ask Noel if Noel had given Mark the Knife of Jonny whereupon Hannah entered the Room and took the Pocket Knife from my Hand and handed the Pocket Knife to Darrell Hobbs who had been with Jonny on the Night of the "Murder" of "26 Stab Wounds inclusive of the Face and the 3 Eyes" ((Hence the Closed Casket Funeral)) and today Darrell Hobbs lives as Johnny Depp who has portrayed White Bulger the Violent American‐Irish Mobster ((In the Funeral Scene of Jonny Leary with the Entire Marching Band in Tears and Hannah hugging and bellowing Jonny's Name Little Mister Darrell Hobbs hugged Hannah Leary as Darrell cried into her Belly, for Jonny had laid down his Life by hitting Gary LeRay Luton in the Head with Skates so Gary could escape from the Orange Grove in Redlands where Gary had parked.)). So with an Affinity established between Myself and a Handful of People ((primarily)) in Junior High then in High School a Division was Created between Me and these "Naturally Established Friendships" by a Covert Operation that included my Conspiratorial Abducting Father who functioned as the Untrue Father who like a Lying Priest said, "You have Papa's Ears" ((Papa was his Father)) and this Untrue Father Gerard Cox was taking Phil Brun to the Movie Theater and taking about me and later in High School the Entire School stopped talking to me like my Existence had been Terminated. The Fabric to Harvest then would by the Seed of Natural Friendships of Affinity with the Operational Whatever they Recognize in their Family Tree after operating as a Stealth Covert Criminal Cult across Generations where the intent would be to Stitch this Fabric created by a Breeding Program into their Cult with an Indoctrinate of their Blood Line who has Successfully Graduated Camp Leary College. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:16 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Hebrew CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Could the Messiah have been the Son of God without the Knowledge of Hebrew as a Written and as a Spoken Language? Given that the Hebrew Canon ranging from the Torah of Six Books to the John the Water Washer is the Son of God then the answer is Emphatically Not, that for the Messiah to be the Son of God the Messiah would have to know Hebrew as a Written, Spoken, and Recited Language inclusive of the Correct Syllabification hence the Messiah would know what was meant when saying, "It is Finished." while with the Unaltered Hebrew Canon presently Unavailable what "It is Finished" would mean is arguably not presently understood in full clarity. The Question furthermore is when is said to be Praying are they Praying as we Pray or are they Reciting Unaltered Scripture while Cycling through the First Six Books each Month even as the Moon has a Cycle of a Month hence Amun‐Re from Unified Egypt might very well be a Functional Pointer towards Reciting the Six Books of the Law in the Cycle of the Moon while Cycling through the Fuller Canon pointed to by the Hieroglyphic of Memphis which is Pointed to by the Holy Anointing Oil of Moses would be and should be Cycled through in Fully Mouth memorized Recitation by the Mouth in the Cycle of the Solar Sun. As the Feet in the Sandal are exposed to Earth in our they must be Washed. So if you want to be a Son of God then what do you have to find and what do you have to do? 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 9:38 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Ja/red CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ The Awful Truth is that Jared Kushner is of the Seed of Brian Cox who grew up to Display a Cold Vainglorious Disposition while Brian's Father and Mother are the Cold Hearted Individuals who Participated in the Redaction of the Life of John Lennon's and Maureen Cox's First Born Child to give this Child an Abnormal Life and an Abnormal Brain after Dropping the Child's Life and Brain on the Ground to a Shattered Existence. How could Ivanka Trump hope to ever save her Children from this Genetic Enclosure? Neither Jared Kushner nor Ivanka Trump has ever demonstrated any ability to oppose and confront the Vine of Depraved Behavior that stitches itself through every Niche of their Temporal, Cultural, and Genetic Existence. They're like Gum stuck under a Desk. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:26 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:John Washer CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Given that John Washer was Beheaded who was maybe the Father of Peter though I become confused as to whether Peter was the Son of John or the Son of Jonas because I think the Source Material deviates though even if Jonas you have to wonder what that would be saying, and given that Mark, Matthew, and Luke in the Order of Emperors Marcus Otho, Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, and Titus Flavius Vespasianus in the Year of Four Emperors in AD 0069 ([*And someone has doctored the Wikipedia Page of Germanicus to strip away the "Aulus Vitellius" from the Name of Germanicus which relates Germanicus by Name Sharing to the Name of an Native Italic King in the Earlier a History of the Peninsula which to Me is suspicious and possibly redactive, and for "Aulus Vitellius" to be removed shouldn't there be an Argument as to why is Removed?*]) And given that Q is said to behind the Synoptic Triad of Mark, Matthew, Luke and Q is likely Simeon Peter Kefas the Rock and Rocks are thrown in Three Dimensional Space while the Rock as the Foundation is Avraám in the Growing Up from Earth along the Trellis of Jacobs Ladder in Growth toward the Light then Why is John before Mark as Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba is before Emperor Marcus Otho in the Year of Four Emperors in AD 0069 given that Peter is Avraám which is to say that Peter isn't replacing Avraám but that Avraám is becoming who Avraám is which is the Father of Nations hence Feeding Lambs as a Father provides sustainable nourishment for the Begotten Children by providing for the Nursing Mother and Taking Care of the Sheep as a Father continues with the Enculturation of the Growing Children, and Feeding the Sheep as the Father continues the nourishment of the Maturing Children past the Stage of Weening by providing Grass of Meat of Food of Substance for Wisdom and Stature which leads us back to the Why of Why is John the Opening Soulful Act to Peters Three Fold of Q the Synoptic Ensemble to which the Possible Answer might be that this John is the Resurrected John Washer operating once again under the Ministry of Elijah with the Alarm as a Preamble to Announce that there is a Major Apocalyptic Breach with WasText Feet Standing in What should be a Walled Garden of Unaltered Scripture whereupon the Puzzlement then becomes if that's True then what in the World is going on when we see John in Patamos conversing with someone who claimed to be the First and the Last when Omega is not the Last Greek Character as the Last Greek Character which is Required for Fidelity in Numbers is Sampi the Image of a Bird in Flight like Tav the Last Hebrew Character is a Grounded Sphinx of Wings and Heavy Feet from which we can Beg the Question whether in the Length of John's Years wading in the Turmoil of a Sea of Contaminated Water did John capitulate to the Falsified Scripture and thereby invite a Deceiving Spirit that announces a Procession of Tribulations for those who follow? With the Serpent Beast in the Garden in Genesis Bereshit we have a Viewing of a Simple Conversation with the Woman that leads to a Breach in Adherence to Stricture. Are we then seeing within Revelations the Complex Conversation that shreds Existence? 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:58 AM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Kaleidoscope (iii) : Harvesting Affinity CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Then too still missing is the Loose Thread with Jason Lackey's Name on it. Who is a Possible Match? Maybe the Dark Haired Girl working at Urban Timber in 2018? Forgot to Say; Urban Timber in Sumner in 2018. Located at 6621 166 Ave E. The Location is now marked as being Permanently Closed. Camp Leary Portable College. [:;] What's missing here is Greg Cesario. Where would Greg's Affinity Offspring be Hiding? Well, given that Erin Siena Jobs presented herself as Sarrah at Urban Timber in Kent Washington beginning in 2014, whereupon I used to wonder whether Sarrah meant she was Caesar the German Shepherd given to me by Greg Cesario even though Siena is like Brown as in Brun and also like like Melissa Hershey as Hershey is a Chocolate of Dark Brown Color when Sarrah used the Alias of Melissa Hershey on Fell Street which is like Philz Coffee in Palo Alto where Brianna Hart Kinney, Alice Meyer, Noa, and Emma Roberts in 2010 before Emma Roberts was in the Movie "Palo Alto" ((Released in 2013 though obviously filmed earlier)) and even the Word "Palo" is used in Spanish in the naming of Trees and Trees are often Brown in their Bark which leads us back to Caesar who did Howl at the Moon hence through there is this Detour through possible Connections to Phil Brun nevertheless you have to wonder whether Erin Siena Jobs is the Daughter of Greg Cesario the Golfer who Swings Clubs like Erin posing as Alice Meyer in her Facebook swings her Head in the Direction Opposite to the Direction in her YesNo Response when Sarrah instinctively swung her Head to her Right my Left to Indian Nod Yes while saying what I heard as "Nooooo" when I said, "Can you Help Me Read." And this would indicate the Leary's thought they had the Seed of Phil Brun yet there was a Mixup in Operation Harvest Seed and somehow Seed from Phil Brun and Seed from Greg Cesario were switched. So was there a Drive In Movie Incident? The Important Thing to Note Here is that not only is there a Portal Effect utilized by the Abductors of Children wherein the Abductor exists in the Path of the Trace Back to the Actual Genetic Parents as a Node as a Portal like a Looking Glass where the Child will linger and wait for the Chance to Exercise the Right to Return to their Parents even into Adulthood of which the Keenly Mindful Abductor will Brazenly utilize as a Leash held to Exercise Manipulation, yet there is also within the Child to Recognize this Portal Aspect in Another Adult who was Neither the Abductor nor Present during the Abduction yet nevertheless the Child can recognize that this Other Adult, if they are an Adult, knew or met their True Genetic Parent or Parents; The Portal is Recognized by the Child in the Trace Back to their Parent though this is Oblique to the Child and Oblique to Non‐Abductors who knew their True Genetic Parent or Parents. Hence now the Another Question is while David Randall as Adult conveys likeness to the Girl who would accompany The Drummer Mark Greer the Same Girl who later Dated the Earlier Alias of Thomas Randall as the Head Bible Study while using an Alias Presently Unremembered while Mr Unknown drove a White Truck and Mr Unknown as Thomas Randall devolved into a State of Abnormal like a Japanese Suicide Kamikaze diving into a Snow Cone while David Randall paradoxically waxed into "Normal as Far as the Eye can See", then and possibly therefore, is David Randall the Genetic Child and Son of Philip Brun? 2 All of this is Tentative and Subject to Trusted Direct DNA Testing Verification. Given the Cloaking required by Clandestine Cultic Organized Crime Families there is Present Possibility that Companies like "23 and Me" can be Wholly and Fully Trusted. Sarrah is indeed not unlike the Word Czar when the Cz is Un "K" in Sounding. Unfortunately Caesar was accused by a Walking Couple of Biting and so my Beautiful German Shepherd Caesar was put to Sleep by a Veterinarian. In retrospect I don't think Caesar received a Fair Trial for Caesar may have only sniped at Air and maybe the Dog felt there was a Purpose in his running from me to lead me somewhere, maybe Katie's House. My Negligence was that there was no Remedial Attendance at a Dog Training School with an Intermittent Period with a Muzzle. Hence being Kept in a Cage as a Child and Trained like a Dog is Not an Adequate Prerequisite towards Training an Actual Dog later in Life. Those who like to Help Locate Children who are Today being Kept in Cages and Trained like Dogs will have to Begin a Course of Study of the Sixtine Text of 1587. [:;] What if my Strange Leary Family harvested Seed from Phil Brun to make Erin Siena Jobs with a Middle Name like Brun and an Alias Melissa Hershey whose Last Name is like Brun meaning Brown; And then also harvested Seed from Matt Gold to make Chelsea "Nadine Orzechowski" like N.O. like Boolean like the Conversation where Boolean was mentioned while taking to the Guy who had Custodial Custody of Chris aka Mark Zuckerberg and Chelsea aka Nadine Orzechowski to which Custodial Caretaker the Word "Facebook" was said in response to a Question with Chris present before being told to go Upstairs and go to Bed circa 1998 though I used to think Nadine was Johnny Depp's Daughter; And what if Seed was harvested from Danny Johnson to bring forth Alice Meyer; And what if Seed was harvested from Greg Chaves to bring forth Brianna Hart though I used to think Brianna might be Jonny Leary's Daughter. Would that be it? There was this Girl Noa who was Jewish with Darker Skin like Mike and Kenny Upton's Sister who would talk to me in Elementary School in Third Grade when I would go to their House. Each of these Girls somehow RedFlagged my Attention when in Mountain View in 2010 and Some of them may have recognized Me from the Tomczak Ranch from Delivering Signature Batches and there were a lot Girls at the Tomczak Horse Ranch. Mike sat next to me in Third Grade. The Story is that Mike Upton died in Redlands but I can't find this. Hence maybe perhaps possibly Noa was Mike's Seed. Lauren Ackerly? I don't know. This sister or friend of Nadine could be as depicted by their Story or Greg Chaves' Seed meaning Brianna Hart Kinney is Someone Elses Seed. Are there others? I don't know. What are the Leary's trying to do? Harvest Affinity. Affinity with What? They are apparently trying to harvest affinity Affinity with whatever they recognize within their Lineage by their Established Criteria. What is an Example of this? The Beatles and Beatlemania and the Extreme Manifestation of this by John Lennon their Kin with this Whatever is in this Lineage and the Affinity with Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. In the case of John Lennon, John apparently failed Camp Leary the Liars College with a Graduation Certificate of a Criminal Cult that Markets and Distributes Opium to a Stealth Market of Functional Junkies with Connected Law Enforcement playing a Key Role in allowing this Stealth Opium Market to Continue while Cracking Down on the Under Paying Less Stealth Competition, in addition to the Second Focus of the Abduction and Indoctrination of Children in Tandem to Election Tampering as the Graduated and Vetted Children are placed into the Positions in Subcults of which they were groomed for. The Main Cult would be the Reserved Cult the Controlling Center that is as Hard to Penetrate as is Fort Knox which relates to the Message Sent by the Italian Mafia to Jurisdictions that would prosecute them in the Case of the Harsh Reality Advertisement Campaign that Capitalized on the inherent Name of Amanda Knox : "Your Dear Prosecutors, Your Miranda Right is the Right to Remain Silent. Violators can expect their Children to be reduced to Bloodstains. This Message has been paid for by the Italian Mob." So given that John and Myself failed Camp Leary College yet we both have Manifest Evidence of a Hard to Define Gift running through the Family Tree which is Irish and Jewish and German at the Least, which in Me became concrete to Jon and Hannah when Apple is established in 1976 and as a Child my Mouth spoke of Apple Computer in 1972 to them and to my Neighbor Jeff Laird who became Steve Jobs in 1976 and the Leary's recognized Steve Jobs as my Neighbor Jeff Laird for Jonny Leary was introduced to Jeff Laird in Jeff Laird's Garage circa 1972 and Jonny Leary having passed Elementary Graduation Finals in Deception recognized Steve Jobs as Jeff Laird in 1976 for the Leary's being Adept Deceivers who are practiced in the Art of Deception and Manipulation know to Look for Deception for they Expect this Behavior in Others and so they were able to Recognize the Deception of Steve Jobs and furthermore the Leary's are better at this Game than Steve Jobs who would now need Human Companionship in a Context where Jeff could not divulge the Truth of who Jeff was. This 3 Method of Protection resulted in the Imprisonment of Jeff Laird. When you act like a Spider sometimes a Larger Spider sets up shop to Spin a Web because they like the Flesh of Meat and Blood they see on you Web inclusive of the Unseen Words Baby Spider Mouth they know to be within your Biography for the Baby was in their Possession so they Way they see it is that what you have is what is their Property. Hence before the Leary's would abandon their abode in San Bernardino in 1977 they went and bought a lot of White Albacore Tuna to signify their intent. Then with the False Death of Jonny Leary on April 6th, 1977 established by the Dramatic Funeral Scene they had Noel hand me "Dead" Jonny Leary's Pocket Knife and then Hannah Leary called out in a Loud Voice to ask Noel if Noel had given Mark the Knife of Jonny whereupon Hannah entered the Room and took the Pocket Knife from my Hand and handed the Pocket Knife to Darrell Hobbs who had been with Jonny on the Night of the "Murder" of "26 Stab Wounds inclusive of the Face and the Eyes" ((Hence the Closed Casket Funeral)) and today Darrell Hobbs lives as Johnny Depp who has portrayed White Bulger the Violent American‐Irish Mobster ((In the Funeral Scene of Jonny Leary with the Entire Marching Band in Tears and Hannah hugging and bellowing Jonny's Name Little Mister Darrell Hobbs hugged Hannah Leary as Darrell cried into her Belly, for Jonny had laid down his Life by hitting Gary LeRay Luton in the Head with Skates so Gary could escape from the Orange Grove in Redlands where Gary had parked.)). So with an Affinity established between Myself and a Handful of People ((primarily)) in Junior High then in High School a Division was Created between Me and these "Naturally Established Friendships" by a Covert Operation that included my Conspiratorial Abducting Father who functioned as the Untrue Father who like a Lying Priest said, "You have Papa's Ears" ((Papa was his Father)) and this Untrue Father Gerard Cox was taking Phil Brun to the Movie Theater and taking about me and later in High School the Entire School stopped talking to me like my Existence had been Terminated. The Fabric to Harvest then would by the Seed of Natural Friendships of Affinity with the Operational Whatever they Recognize in their Family Tree after operating as a Stealth Covert Criminal Cult across Generations where the intent would be to Stitch this Fabric created by a Breeding Program into their Cult with an Indoctrinate of their Blood Line who has Successfully Graduated Camp Leary College. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:John Burch <jburch12@msn.com> Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 6:09 AM To:Don & Virginia Fitton; Bill Miller; Paula Johnson Assante; Karen Harwell; John Burch; Don Hobbs; Louis Poulos; Wileta Burch; karenbellamy@hotmail.com; Jaimie Gamboa; Amy for America; Council, City; Debra Hagedon; Daisy Hernandez; Michael Moore Subject:New Meme: "Leading with LoveShift" CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Click the link below. Leading with LoveShift John www.loveshift.com www.itsmyclimate.com Then... SHARE | SHARE | SHARE 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Haya Rubin <haya.rubin@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, November 6, 2019 11:49 AM To:Council, City Subject:Leaf blowers please ourlaw CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Horrible noise from leaf blowers getting worse all the time Driving business away from peets near piazzas Cant sit outside Horrible Please outlaw these terrible machines destroying our hearing Haya R Rubin MD PhD 1 Brettle, Jessica From:John Burch <jburch12@msn.com> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 4:44 PM To:Council, City Cc:Don & Virginia Fitton; Bill Miller; Paula Johnson Assante; Karen Harwell Subject:LoveShift CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, My name is John Burch. I am a resident of Palo Alto (at Oak Creek Apartments) and have been a long time volunteer in Palo Alto, with the Foundation for Global Community, and other groups. Recently, our team formulated a list of our 20 most popular videos. I am including it here, with the hope that you will watch these videos, and, perhaps, share them with your constituents. Please note: there no advertising on any of our pages at https://www.loveshift.com, https://www.alternatives2war.com, or, most recently, https://www.itsmyclimate.com. Thank you! Dr. John Burch https://www.drburch.com. *********************** Video Number LoveShift Meme Runtime Functional Link 1 Our Highest Purpose 0.58 http://bit.ly/OurHighestPurpose 2 The Goal of Life is to Love 3.56 http://bit.ly/TheGoalofLife 3 Normalcy Bias 3.33 http://bit.ly/NormalcyBiasVideo 4 The New Leader is Us 2.43 http://bit.ly/TheNewLeaderIsUS 5 The Word Relevant 1.08 http://bit.ly/TheWordRelevant 6 Alternatives to War 3.59 http://bit.ly/Alternatives2War 7 Loving Our Rare Earth 2.12 http://bit.ly/LovingOurRareEarth 8 William Shakespeare Revisited 2:15 http://bit.ly/WilliamShakespeareRevisited 9 Earth Master Plan 1:39 http://bit.ly/EarthMasterPlan 10 The Image Map Diagram 2:36 http://bit.ly/TheImageMap 11 The Stick Figures 3:45 http://bit.ly/TheStickFigures 12 The Dixie Cups 2:02 http://bit.ly/TheDixieCups 13 TUCAS and PIRC 2:48 http://bit.ly/TUCASandPIRC 14 Global Level of Concern 3:03 http://bit.ly/GlobalLevelofConcern 15 The Mystery of Words 5:28 http://bit.ly/TheMysteryofWords 16 Opportunity Capitol 0.58 http://bit.ly/OpportunityCapitol 17 Be Terrified 1:58 http://bit.ly/BeTerrified 18 2 Equals Death 1:34 http://bit.ly/2EqualsDeath 2 19 The Human Array 2:37 http://bit.ly/TheHumanArray 20 The Power of Big C 8:07 http://bit.ly/CollectiveConsciousnessSpread 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:09 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Lying CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Lying is Bad for Your Health. The Kosher Food we Eat is Only a Subset of the Truth. Those who fill their Mouths with Trash can expect to get Fat, to have Cancer, to look like an Old Mother Fucker when they're Not even a Hundred Years Old. Those who Eat Trash, who Insist on filling their Mouths with Garbage deserve Everything that Happens to them. It's Self Inflicted Suicide. Then they want to Fix their Problem and they Spend One Lousy Measly Day telling the Truth and in the Course of doing this they collapse from the effort to whine and complain and give up because they can't handle the effort because the Results don't fall into their laps like an Avalanche. They're like lazy Stupid Farmers who never had to work a Day in their Life. They even try changing everything in their Life except the Lies in their Mouth and the Lies lodged in their Subconscious. They're a Swift Extermination of themselves. In less than 120 Years they deftly destroy All the Potential they were born with like it was a Contest they were trying to Win. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:23 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Message Sent to Capitol Ministries (i) [Amended] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Those who disseminate Altered Scripture bring a Curse to themselves. You have to stop and think and exercise the Right to Return to the Unaltered Truth. You have a Mind therefore there is No Excuse. To Obstinately continue in a Course that Drifts from the Feet of the Messiah established by the Recitation of the Unaltered Torah which is Six Books not Five Books for the Promised Land is Not to be Stripped from the Feet of the Incarnate Logos whose Good News in the Beginning of Mark is the Citation of the Septuagint the Son of Man that is the Translation of the Son of God from Isaiah whose Life as Isaac born to Sarrah after Sarrah is given Laughter by the Giving of a Container that is the Cunt through which Isaac's Head emerges for Sarrah was a Woman's Soul in a Biological Male Body yet Yhawuøòwah (הוהי) Elohim (םיהולא) whose spelling as Elohim is Six Characters valuing "92" and not a Defectively Spelled Wawless God of Five Characters valuing "86" for Elohim is Not a Defective Elohim who needs to Finish his Work on the Seventh Day for Elohim finished All of his Work on the Sixth Day and on the Seventh Day Elohim desisted from All these Works of his which Elohim had made on the Sixth Day for Elohim blessed and hallowed the Seventh Day for on the Seventh Day Elohim rested from All these Works which Elohim had taken occasion to make and these Works where made on the Six Days of Elohim which are not Six Days of Man for Man's Days are defined by the Sun and the Moon, and the Sun and the Moon for the Class of Planet that is our Present Abode regardless of whether this Class is a Singularity the Sun and Moon that define the Day of Man were not made until the Fourth Day of Elohim. Sarrah was firstly the Wife of Charan who died in the Presence of his Father Terah whereupon the Very Stubborn Avram ((The R is a Single Tapped R not to be Confused with a Trill though the Mechanism)) takes Sari as his Wife when Sari had been the Sister‐in‐Law of Avram and thus Ismael through the Substitute of Agar is the Levirated Seed of Charan in the House of Avram and Ismael is conceived while Avram is still not yet Circumcised as his Son of his Servant Masek this Damascus Eliezer is still wearing his Foreskin Mask meaning Masek is a Euphemism for Avram's Testicles as if Avram had Verbally Promised a Literal Incarnate Human Servant his Inheritance it would be irrevocable and this conveys the Extreme Stubborn Quality of Avram's Character in that Avram will go to the Grave before he will give up on the Hope of Giving his Inheritance to a Child born from his Masek. The Birth of Isaak is the Beginning of Good News that God Manifestly delivers his Promises regardless of the obstacles which seem to be Impossible. So yes, I'm saying that the Opening of Mark is indeed implying and inferring that Isaiah is the Rebirth of Isaak which through the Septuagint Citation is furthermore functioning as a Pointer to the Right of Return to Good News to Countermand the Bad News of the Holocaust, the Inquisitions, the Plagues, the Expulsions dating to AD 135 through which we can find the Gate to the Return of the Unaltered Hebrew Scripture of Full Unmitigated Extent even with the Book of Enoch in Hebrew without the Loss of Any Abjad in the Hebrew Canon hence it is the Book of Mark that was Fundamentally Attacked with the False Redactive Adulterous Addition to Tell the False Tale that Believers would Drink Poison to Demonstrate the Sign that they are Believers. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Judith Fields <judith2468@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 8:03 PM To:Council, City Subject:More inequality CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Mayor and City Council I write to express my opposition to the proposed office building at the corner of University and Ash. If this office building is approved. California Avenue will loose a cleaners, a dog grooming salon, and low income housing. We have already lost a bakery, a sandwich shop and one other. I have lived near California Avenue for 25 years, and all the business were here before me. I believe these are all small local business. The woman who owns the grooming salon was planning to sell her business for her retirement; now she will not have anything to sell. I'm asking, if you approve the building, there be some consideration for these "little guys". Maybe a discount on the rent, or a two to three year lease at what will be below market rate. I'm not writing just for the small business, but for the community. We don't need another office building with its attendant parking and housing problems. We need to support the local character of the street. I understand that the development is legal and following Palo Alto regulations. I know we have capitalism. Maybe you could take the lead in bringing a heart to its sometimes craven ways. There's something wrong that people with money can deprive other people of their livelihood. Please show compassion. Thank you for reading this, Judith Fields ‐‐ Judith Fields October 31, Mayor Eric F 250 Hamilto Palo Alto, CA Dear Mayor Thank you fo Palo Alto Ho The first ord Stephanie W take-away fr results regard it. Barbara a to Palo Alto h familiarizatio they were no On August 2 hotel partner (for those w presentation, been part of were no ques  Our effo Y G I G t Between the eight Belgium, and attra , 2019 Filseth and M on Avenue A 94301 r Filseth and C or the opport otels. er of busines Wansek and un rom our June ding the Bure nd Stephanie hotels. Our th on (FAM) tou ot in a position 29, 2019, the rs. 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Of from China, s, restaurants 10 f 2 The Clement, Cowper Inn, Crowne Plaza Palo Alto, Dinah’s Garden Hotel, Garden Court Hotel, Nobu Hotel, Sheraton Palo Alto, The Westin Palo Alto, Stanford University, The Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse, St. Michael’s Alley, shopping free time at Stanford Shopping Center and shops on University Avenue, Cantor Arts Museum, visits to Google and Facebook campuses, Computer History Museum and Silicon Valley Innovation Center. Airlines who offered assistance included United and TAP Air Portugal. Feedback was very positive from the attendees, partner members showcased, and airlines who offered complimentary/reduced fares.  During 2018-2019, our Bureau handled 27 media requests, which resulted in expansive print and electronic coverage of our area. Seven of the 27 media appearances have specific mentions of Palo Alto. (We will also e- mail you a copy of this letter so you can click on the links.) 1. “Festive Fall in Silicon Valley,” by Susan Lanier-Graham, Wander with Wonder, October 18, 2018 https://www.wanderwithwonder.com/2018/10/18/festive-fall-in-silicon-valley | Travel website/blog receives 87k unique visitors/month. 2. “An Unexpected Wine Pairing: San Mateo County and the Silicon Valley’s Wine Country,” Hill City Bride Magazine, March 17, 2019. (Attached) https://issuu.com/theclutchguide/docs/hill_city_bride_-_volume_i_2019/38 | Prints 6k copies twice a year with a social reach of 34k. 3. “What to Do in Silicon Valley: 7 Must-See Attractions”, by Amanda Noventa, Amanda Viaja (Brazil), June 2019 http://www.amandaviaja.com.br/o-que-fazer-no-vale-do-silicio-7-atracoes-imperdiveis | Brazilian blog has a reach of 100k/month with 53.5k Instagram followers and 64.6k likes on Facebook. 4. “Things to Do in San Francisco in 3 Days: Basic Itinerary and Alternatives,” by Amanda Noventa, Amanda Viaja (Brazil), June 2019. Brazilian blog with reach of 100k/month. http://www.amandaviaja.com.br/o-que-fazer-em-san-francisco | Blog has a reach of 100k/month with 53.5k Instagram followers and 64.6k likes on Facebook. 5. “Sustentabilidad al Plato” by Mariana Vega, Food & Travel (Mexico) Magazine, April 2019 | Reach/Visibility: Food & Travel Magazine (Mexico) has a print run of 35k copies and 150k monthly readers. Their website has a monthly average of 575k page views and 278k unique visitors. (Attached) 6. “From Facebook to Google and Apple to Intel, a Selfie Tour of Silicon Valley’s Tech Giants,” by Peter Neville-Hadley, South Morning China Post, September 4, 2019, https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post- magazine/travel/article/3025517/facebook-google-and-apple-intel-selfie-tour-silicon | Reach/Visibility: The SMCP has a print circulation of 105,347k (Monday-Saturday) and 82,117k (Sunday) and a readership of 330,000k. Their website has an average of 21M active users/month and 87M page views/month. 7. “6 Best fall weekend getaways for eco-conscious couples in North America,” by Jennifer Prince, Drink Tea & Travel, August 10, 2019 https://www.drinkteatravel.com/fall-weekend-getaways-north-america | Reach/Visibility: Website receives an average of 50k monthly visitors and 80k monthly page views.  Our web and social media presence continues to grow. We recently re-deployed our staff, giving web/social media efforts an even higher priority and continuously seek opportunities to further our reach.  Over the past year, we distributed 70,000 copies of our Visitor Guide. We see the highest demand for these guides at Stanford, SFO, SJO and California Welcome Centers.  One question that surfaced after the meeting was the TBID funding amount. We are following up with the hotels on how to apply the $.15/$.25/$.50/or $1.00 per room night fee to the guest folio. We are finding that many hotels are not passing on the Visit California fee to guests either (this fee is 3-4 times the amount of the TBID). San Mateo County/Silicon Valley OFFICIAL VISITORS GUIDE The Best of the San Francisco Bay Area visitsmcsv.com Emmy Aw Ming Tsai he was in The host o visited Th Palo Alto Ming, acc met with delicious, live sea ur and sake. 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SMCCVB Palo Alto Hotel Meeting August 29, 2019 2 Board of Directors San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB CHAIR OF THE BOARD -Mr. Mitch Postel, San Mateo County History Museum IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR -Ms. Dana Dahl, Beach House Hotel SECRETARY -Mr. Michael McKee, DoubleTree by Hilton SFO TREASURER -Mr. Jeffery Bass, Hiller Aviation Museum VICE CHAIR -Mr. Trevor Bridge, Costanoa Resort VICE CHAIR -Mr. Bill Dixon, Hotel Focus SFO Hotel Representatives Mr. Fettah Aydin, Embassy Suites SF Airport - Waterfront Mr. Nick Dell’Ergo, Residence Inn Redwood City-San Carlos Mr. Christopher Holbrook, San Mateo Marriott Mr. Derek Hudson, Hilton Garden Inn San Mateo Ms. Lisa Kershner, SFO Airport Marriott Waterfront Mr. Kevin Kretsch, Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Mr.ReggieKumar,ACHotelSFO/Oyster Point Waterfront Mr. Ben Ly, Embassy Suites SF Airport South San Francisco Mr. Henning Nopper, Grand Hyatt at SFO Mr. Barry Ongerth, The Dylan at SFO Mr. Jonathan Powers, Courtyard San Francisco Airport Mr. Ricardo Ramirez, The Westin Hotel SFO & Aloft SFO Mr. Jim Rebosio, Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel Mr. Florian Riedel, Four Seasons Hotel Silicon Valley Mr.J.D.Smith,DoubleTreeSFONorth Mr. Richard Uribe, Pullman San Francisco Bay Mr. Yakub Yakubi, Courtyard San Mateo Foster City Non Hotel Representatives Mr. Jon Ballesteros, San Francisco International Airport Mr. Daniel Herbst, Enterprise Rent-a-Car Ms. Christine Kupczak, Hillsdale Shopping Center Ms.LindaLarson,TheShopsatTanforan Ms. Daisy Li, Moonstar Buffet Objective of the Bureau San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB The organization is the region’s official convention and visitors’ bureau. Our objective is to attract meetings, conventions, business and individual travelers, thereby enhancing the economic growth of the area we serve. Our focus is to identify new business, giving partners the opportunity to rebook existing business. In industry jargon, we are known as a Destination Management Organization (DMO). SMCCVB Palo Alto Hotel Meeting August 29, 2019 3 Marketing Plan 2.0 by HiSlide.io Strategies to Fulfill our Mission San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB Identify, solicit and book conventions and groups which occupy member hotels, restaurants and event venues, and utilize convention services, to create maximum economic impact for the region. Convention & Group Sales Marketing Secure positive press for our partners and our region via traditional and social media channels. Create and manage graphics in electronic and print form to support these efforts. Public Relations EffortsInternational Marketing Create awareness of our destination to the international travel market, positioning our region as a top choice for international travelers when choosing the San Francisco Bay Area. Marketing Plan 2.0 by HiSlide.io At-a-Glance •471 square miles, including Palo Alto (25.77 sq. mi.) and nearly 90 miles of unique San Francisco Bay and Pacific Ocean coastline. •Over 20 charming and picturesque cities and towns. •Over 170 hotels (27 in Palo Alto), offering a combined total of more than 18,000 guest rooms (2,117 guest rooms in Palo Alto). •Over 60 hotels (10 in Palo Alto) offering a combined total of over 400,000 sq. ft. of meeting space (50,433 sq. ft. in Palo Alto). •65 non-hotel venues with meeting space, including multiple unique venues and four conference/event centers: Cow Palace, SSF Conference Center, SMC Event Center, Seaport Conference Center. •Home to SFO International Airport and Stanford University. •Funded via TBID in 15 separate Peninsula municipalities. Brisbane to Palo Alto, Pacifica to Pescadero. San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB SMCCVB Palo Alto Hotel Meeting August 29, 2019 4 Marketing Plan 2.0 by HiSlide.io Annual Budget Revenue + Support San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB 2019 Voluntary Assessment 17% 77% TBID6% Partnership/Events Marketing Plan 2.0 by HiSlide.io Annual Budget Expenses San Mateo County/Silicon Valley CVB 2019 77% Sales: Marketing & Promotion Efforts 23% Management, Support Staff & General Bureau contribution to Palo Alto Chamber = $32k per yearFor Visitor Center Operations 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:51 AM To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Management of AirBnb Risks Attachments:191105 AirBnb Editorial San Jose Mercury Nov 5 2019.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I urge Palo Alto Police Department keep track of troublesome AirBnb properties and report consistently to the AirBnb risk assessment team. Today's San Jose Mercury Editorial says it well. Please read the attachment. Here is an excerpt. "If Airbnb, which did not respond to our request to discuss its new plans, is serious about cracking down, it should start with flagging and blocking problem listings, like the one in Orinda. For that, Airbnb needs an open and direct line of communication with the cities. San Francisco has imposed registration rules on rental properties that have led to coordination between that city and the company. But Airbnb has no communication with cities like Orinda, which also has a short-term occupancy ordinance." It should, starting with a violations hotline that cities can use to report problems. Had Airbnb known about the troubled history of the Orinda property, it could have flagged the last week’s rental more carefully. Maybe that would have been enough to save five lives." Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com 11/5/2019 Editorial: Not clear Airbnb plan would have stopped Orinda deaths BREAKING NEWS Bernie Sanders hammers Apple's $2.5 billion housing plan Opinion > Editorials Editorial: Not clear Airbnb plan would have stopped Orinda deaths Rental booking company needs an open and direct line of communication with the cities (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group) A Contra Costa County Sheriff's search and rescue team gets ready to search for evidence on the perimeter where a multiple shooting occurred in Orinda. https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11 /05/editorial-orinda-killings-show-airbnb-must-be-more-vigilanU?utm _ source=listrak&utm _ medium=email&utm _... 1 /4 11/5/2019 Editorial: Not clear Airt:mb plan would have stopped Orinda deaths It's a shame that it took the fatal shootings of five people at a Halloween party in Orinda last week to wake up Airbnb to potential problems with its short-term rentals. The question is what the online property booking firm plans to do about it. The answer should start with more vigilance - a lot more. More than 100 people showed up for a party at a rental house that was supposed to be occupied by no more than 13. The house had been the subject of neighbor complaints earlier this year, and city officials had issued warnings to the property owner. Yet no one stopped the booking last week. And when complaints started rolling in, Orinda police were slow to respond. This was a tragedy that should have been prevented. There's plenty of blame to go around: The renter who lied about the planned use. The property owner who failed to vet the renter. The police who took well over an hour to respond to neighbor complaints at an address that was already known to law enforcement as a problem location. AndAirbnb. To its credit, the company is now trying to be pro-active. "'We are banning 'party houses' and we are redoubling our efforts to combat unauthorized parties and get rid of abusive host and guest conduct, including conduct that leads to the terrible events we saw in Orinda/' CEO Brian Chesky announced Saturday on Twitter. Chesky said the company will expand its manual screening of high-risk reservations flagged by the company's risk-detection technology; create a dedicated "'party house" rapid response team; crack down more quickly on abusive renters; and initiate a "10 day sprint" to develop and implement the new measures. OK, but it's not at all clear any of that would have prevented last week's tragedy. Large parties were already prohibited at the property. If Airbnb, which did not respond to our request to discuss its new plans, is serious about cracking down, it should start with flagging and blocking https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/05/editorial-orinda-killings-show-airbnb-must-be-more-vigilanU?utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_... 2/4 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 10:49 AM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:Praying vs Praying. [Then the Correction] (i) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ The Reigning Champion of How we all seem to Know How to Pray, I'd like to withdraw 10,000 from my Account and move 20,000 from my Savings Account to my Checking Account. Now about that Bank Fine you wanted me to Tithe Last Year..., Can I get Another Deferment on that? I haven't had any time to go to my Bird Seed Supplier to pick up Another 100 Pound Bag of Bird Seed. What? Delay my Blessing? Why would that Delay my Blessing? You expect Me to Feed Wildlife to be Blessed? Would the Contender in the Match be Herein, as a Form of Prayer, In beginning Elohim made the Heaven and the Earth. And the Earth was Invisible and Unfurnished and there was Darkness over this Abyss and a Breath of Elohim was brought on the Water and Elohim said, Let there be Light. And there was Light. And Elohim saw the Light, that it was Good. And Elohim made a Separation between the Light and the Darkness. [And Elohim called the Light Day and the Darkness he called Night.] And there was an Evening and there was a Morning the First Day. Then Elohim said, Let there be a Firmament in the Midst of the Water and ... If the Contender can Knock the Reigning Champion Out Cold then What is the Purpose of this Second Form of Prayer if this is a Form of Prayer? Would Self Correction hold Any Relevance in the Contenders Version of Practicing Pray Rites? Scripts are what? What is the First Thing said by Gabriel to Muhammad in Peter's Second Life in Avraám's Third Life? Recite. How do you recite? What do you recite? Why do you recite? Who is Gabriel? The One Standing in the Presence of God. What does that mean? Who is he? 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Kathy Jordan <kjordan114wh@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, November 6, 2019 8:10 AM To:Council, City Subject:regarding a proposal to reduce lanes on El Camino CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. To the Council: The Daily Post reported yesterday (11/5/19) in "Town may reduce lanes on El Camino," that Atherton's city council will discuss taking out two lanes along El Camino to add bike lanes. It also mentions that other adjoining cities, including Palo Alto and Menlo Park, have all been presented with similar ideas to reduce lanes on El Camino in their jurisdictions. Please do not seriously consider any proposal like this. This will make traffic and congestion worse. People have chosen to drive private vehicles for very good reason, convenience, flexibility, and to save time. Vehicles are becoming low to no emitters, and incentives to move that process along would be helpful, rather than proposals that make people's lives more difficult and take people's time away from productive uses. I would certainly try to find other areas to shop in and patronize if traffic congestion on El Camino became worse than it already is. And I would not consider substituting public transportation for a short trip within Palo Alto, as it currently takes too much time and does not meet my needs. I see that a previous similar proposal died for similar reasons ‐‐‐ it did not serve people's needs. https://padailypost.com/2018/01/30/vta‐says‐bus‐only‐lanes‐on‐el‐camino‐are‐dead/ Thanks for your consideration. Best, Kathy Jordan 1 Brettle, Jessica From:tony@abcov.com Sent:Monday, November 4, 2019 10:33 AM To:Council, City Subject:Deconstruction Sustainability/Climate Action Plan - Zero Asbestos Landfilling by Non-Thermal, EPA approved ABCOV Method of Asbestos Destruction Attachments:ABCOV Asbestos Destruction Photos Exhibit A.docx 10-15-19.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. To the Palo Alto City Council, I understand that the City of Palo Alto (City) has adopted a Sustainability/Climate Action Plan to reach its desired goal of 95% of waste generated being diverted from landfills by 2030. Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris are an integral part of its waste diversion strategy. The City estimates that C&D makes up to 40% of the City’s debris disposed in a landfill. It has ordinances that requires systematically disassembling a structure for the purpose of recycling and reusing the building materials as opposed to total wrecking by machinery. The city has approximately 100 dismantling projects yearly. My assumption is that the buildings being disassembled were built before 1980 and; are contaminated with asbestos containing materials (ACM) that are disposed in a landfill. The ABCOV® Method (ABCOV®) of asbestos destruction is the only commercially available, U.S. Federal Environmental Protection Agency approved, non-thermal asbestos destruction process in the world. ABCOV® destroys all six forms of asbestos and asbestos containing material, confirmed by through process testing, within 2 hours ±, reducing the non-asbestos volume by 50% or less, and leaving a non-asbestos, inert material that can be recycled (see attached Exhibit A). ABCOV® asbestos destruction process has been developed over a period of 34 years to viable commercial deployment. Initial research was conducted under contracts with Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH, and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. There are 3,500 to 5,000 different binder/matrices with a combination of asbestoses imbedded in these matrices, Chrysotile and Amphiboles, because of this the balance of the work was necessary to do in real time under research and commercial contracts including 18 years of pilot plant testing and demonstrations. The ABCOV® equipment is built modular and transportable, with multiple options and flexibility in size according to process throughput; low maintenance and extended shelf life. The ABCOV® process is operated by local accredited asbestos workers who are trained to operate the ABCOV® system. Because of ABCOV®’s flexible equipment options, asbestos destruction can be done on site, eliminating trucking of asbestos through neighborhoods and over highways. The benefits of using ABCOV®: creates jobs; fosters clean green, good sustainable environmental and financial risk management by sending zero-asbestos waste to the landfill; reduce landfill-carbon footprint; support climate change, end product is recyclable, and most importantly, will alleviate future unpredictable landfill-cleanup costs and an infinite amount of asbestos-related deaths. 2 I look forward to speaking with you to explore how the City’s Environmental Department and ABCOV® Companies, LLC can work together to support and to enhance the City’s deconstruction Sustainability/Climate Action Plan. Best regards, Tony Nocito "ABCOV® The Only Sustainable Asbestos Solution™" "WORLD'S ASBESTOS SOLUTION™" THE ABCOV® METHOD “GREATLY REDUCING LANDFILL USE; IMPROVING THE EARTH’S ENVIRONMENT™” 244 West 123rd Street #1 New York, NY 10027 Phone: 212-571-9125 Cell: 917-270-7781 Fax: 212-571-9679 E-mail: tony@abcov.com Website: www. abcov.com Skype: Tony.Nocito1 Blog: http://tnocito.blogspot.com/ Follow us on: Exhibit A Through Process Asbestos Destruction Samples: Taken in 15 min intervals. Microscopy and Photos Done at the ABVOV® Pilot Plant by Chaiyut Sae Lao, EMS Analytical, Inc. Exhibit A Exhibit A 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Sherry Listgarten <sherry@listgarten.com> Sent:Tuesday, November 5, 2019 9:31 AM To:Council, City Subject:Thank you for your natural gas ban CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Thank you very much for your unanimous and compelling vote to ban natural gas in new residences beginning in April 2020. Climate change is no joke and it is not waiting around for us until 2022. You demonstrated that you understand that and that you care. We really need leadership like you showed in these changing times. Thank you! ‐‐ Sherry Listgarten (4075 Scripps Avenue, Greenmeadow) 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 11:46 AM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:The Cock's Crow (ii) CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ The Rooster was not related to Peter. The Centurion Cornelius was not related to Peter. If the Rooster is the Crooner then my Father John Lennon can Sing. The Song is at the Close of the Third Quarter of Night at the Beginning of the Fourth Quarter at Night. Is the Rooster reacting to the First Notable Rays of Light? What happened to the Centurion Cornelius is before the Four Gospels of AD 69 in the Year of Four Emperors in the Order of John, Mark, Matthew, Luke to match Servius Sulpicus Galba, Marcus Otho, Aulus Vitellius Germanicus, Titus Flavius Vespasianus. So should we anticipate that with the Release of John Lennon from Decades of Captivity by the Exercise of Illegal Connected Power by the Leary Fat Hand Faction of the Cultic Irish Mafia that thereafter Avraám will begin his Work in Avraám's Fourth Life in Muhammad's Second Life in Peter's Third Life to feed the Sheep? Are there enough Nations for the Father of Nations? The World Population in 2017 reached 7.53 Billion People. The True Age of Lamech the Father of Noah was 753 Years and then Lamech died. Rome was founded in 753 BC by Romulus and Rome played a Key Role in the Removal of the True Scripture. [:;] Peter denied. If you don't know the Truth you don't have to tell the Truth. The Convenience is avoiding the Conversation about the Ear that fell on the Ground. Then the Crow sang. The Fourth Quarter of the Night was beginning. Fire plays a Role. Peter was Warming Himself in the Courtyard. The World can be a Cold Place. Peter Refused. If you don't make Fire on a Rooftop at Noon there is No Rise Kill Eat. The Convenience is avoiding the possibility that something might fall to the Ground. Then Cornelius said. The Centurion of the Italian Cohort of 360 Men received the same as what had been received on Pentecost when Tongues of Fire arrived on Wind. Muhammad received. They say there are Satanic Verses. Is this really what happened? Why are there 114 Surahs when the Life Potential of a Man is an Hundred Twenty Years? If Muhammad erred and redacted Six Surahs from the Eyes and Ears of the World then if this is what happened shouldn't a Fat Lady Crow be Singing within a Place of Fire? 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com> Sent:Saturday, November 2, 2019 2:36 PM To:jd@howardstern.com Subject:The Turn [Slight Amendment] w/ Preamble CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sunny Adrienne Sudweeks ((My Cousin Sunshine Chris Sproul as a Child)) died in Costa Mesa in 1997 on February 23rd. Then in Seattle in 2017 on July 21st Sunny visited me with a Message that is a Puzzle to Sort through with Multiples of Implications pointing to the Sixtine Text, the Hieroglyphic of Memphis, Safe Haven for Diaspora, Resolution of Disease, What was about to happen to my Job in Six Days, and Other Things Unclear to Me. The Moral of the Visit is when something unusual happens be sure to diligently write down every intricate aspect of the Encounter immediately because otherwise you risk losing vital information that pertains to solving the Puzzle. Sunny was somewhat Dirty in Appearance so I at first thought she was some deranged until she announced who after speaking a bit by asking, "Is Sunny an Unclean Spirit?" She mentioned having Skin Problems, needing to go back to Los Angeles to get back into Recording, having Twelve Spirits and they had to leave and she didn't care if they were nice but that they had to go. She stopped and held her Right Hand up with Sign Language Six then stopped and said, Let Me Show You, and then peeled back her Outer Garment, and Double Patted on the Right of her Chest while saying, It's Right Here, and thereafter when I began the Age of Lamech the Father of Noah is 753 Years, Sunny turned and then Walked Away on Madison towards Broadway the Cross Street from Seattle University and Madison Street ends at Fire Station Number Five on Puget Sound and a City Employee later told me that to continue towards the Next Continent that Roma Queensland Australia would be reached which is then a Pointer to a Pointer meaning while Australia which had no Death Camps and never used Nuclear Warheads should be a Safe Haven in the Fourth Generation that is on the Way and will be here in 2026 that nevertheless Roma points to Rome where the Source Material of the Sixtine Text the Inner Garment of the Son of Man the Greek Translation of the Son of God the Hebrew Canon before the Crucifixion of the Hebrew Scripture with Alterations replaced the Son of God with a False Deity wearing shredded Sheep Skin in Deception to Butcher and Devour Generations and this Right of Return by the Son of Man as the Gate to Return to the Son of God to become Children of God to be Gods in Submission to the Father God the Creator Deity that this Source Material of the Sixtine Text is in Rome quarantined in the Vatican and this what we have to recover and retrieve while using the Light in this True Greek Translation to illuminate our Way toward the Recovery of the Hebrew Torah the Feet the Foundation of the Hebrew Scripture that we should able to recover as a Prelude to Tearing Down of the Vestiges of the Second Temple Complex to trigger the Return of the Complete Body of the Hebrew Scripture because a Deal is a Deal and No Further Negotiations are necessary to Secure the Deal. These Torahs of Six Books of Unaltered Hebrew Scripture should be literally All over the World as Chaleb of Jephuneh would not have left Joshua empty handed as Chaleb Caleb went to the East with the Promise that Chaleb and Chaleb's Children would have All the Land they would see for Chaleb was Not afraid to take the Promised Land when Ten of the Twelve Scouts came back with an Evil Report which led to an Entire Generation being forced to die in the Wilderness. Chaleb was of the Tribe of Judah and Chaleb was a Kenzenite. The Following addresses why Sunny's Right Hand Sign Language Six is on the Readers Left and on the Same Side by the Perspective of the Reader as the Levitating Lamp in the Hieroglyph of Memphis which was being studied at the time of Sunny's Visit after realizing the Holy Anointing Oil of Memphis is a Functional Pointer Memphis Egypt. Whoever taught my Kindergarten Class at Marshall Elementary School had Myself and Janet Jackson and Naomi Watts in the Class though I'm not sure of the Difference between the Summer Class and the Year Long Class. And yeah, both Janet and Nancy White are concealing their True Zodiac Signs at least by the Year while Janet's tale of her Birthdate is a Hidden Sense of Humor being May 16, 1966 as April's Joke. Naomi's September 28, 1968 would mean what then? Was that the Day that they were talking about a Dream in Class in Kindergarten whereupon the Class was told by Me that My Son 2 would be the Antichrist and My Cousin would be the Last President of the United States? Maybe that was the Day. Janet sat to my Left. Nancy and Myself met while walking to School and she became my First Girlfriend. At least that's what I thought. —> The Confusing Thing is Noting that Sunny refers to Herself as Sunny in the Visit on Madison on July 21st 2017 then after Speaking Holds her Right Hand Up ((On my Left)) to Display Sign Language Six and this was in the Time Frame where the Septuagint Transition of the Sixtine Text of the Greek Septuagint Translation was being Studied by me at Seattle University though there is some Dirty Electric Aspects to the Work of Muses whether from Tischendorf's Presentation of Sinaiticus or the Eclectic Work of Muses Directly or else the Reprint of the Sixtine Text by John Fields due to Edits by John Pearson, or even in the Work of Charles Thomson..., And in this Timeframe studying the Anointing Oil of Moses revealed a Pointer to Memphis Egypt by the First Ingredient Mor ( רמ)/ Mar ( רמ) which is Bitter Hops which is Humulus Lupus which "Hum with Your Lips" which is Memphis paired with Sparrow (רורד) like Spirit like Bird is Spa to Wash is (s)Pa is Pa'tah the Creator Deity whose Name is Yhawuøòwah whom we are to Follow. The Hops are the Rightmost Column in the Hieroglyphic given the PA in Sparrow and also that Hop Cones would make an Insufficient Fuel Source for Burning a Candle like a Flute so the Leftmost Symbol of the Candle Reservoir with Seven Candle Sticks is where the Olive Oil of the Holy Anointing Oil of Moses would belong to Empower the Flame of the Levitating Lamp and Olive Oil is the Last Ingredient of the Holy Anointing Oil yet the Lamp has Seven Candle Sticks and Sunny on her Visit to Mark on Madison before Turning to Walk towards Five Station Number Five on Puget Sound with a Further Possible Destination of Roma in the Maranoa Region of Queensland Australia yet Sign Language Six is Not the Same Number as Seven in Seven Candles of the Prototype of a Menorah so you have to Count the Peaks of the Water Symbol below the Levitating Lamp to See the Six and What does this Mean? Sunny referenced herself as Sunny which is like Sunflower the Flowering Lamp of North America the Continent on the Far Left on Most World Maps hence Sunflower Oil, while the Water Symbol below the Lamp are the Undulations of Pumpkin also found on the North American Continent even by the Pilgrims in their Meal of Thanksgiving with the Local Indians on the East Coast hence Pumpkin Seed Oil and this was Sunny's Reference to me as her Greeting given my Abducting Caretakers said they called me Pumpkin as a Baby maybe to mean they were Pumping their Kin though I don't know how nor what that would mean nor whether this was the Truth or Another Planted Lie. Then with the Double Pat to Sunny's Amun Side of her Chest on her Right ((To my Left)) this would be the Date Palm Leaf Wax with Carnauba Palm Leaf Wax as a Candidate Substitute as also the Messiah was on a Colt as Palm Leaves were Laid Down on the Way to Jerusalem and this is the Four Gospels. What's missing is the Symbol of the Re of the Torah and the Prophets on the Symmetric Other Side of the Center. So then when my Mouth recited Lamech is 753 from the Torah from Genesis is when Sunny began Turning to thereafter walk away on Madison towards Puget Sound is an Action like where Rosin is added to the Horse Hair of Bow to Play the Violin by the Friction of the Rosin on the Horse Hair and as the Rosin drags crosswise to the String there must be Some Turning of the String. Hence we have Rosin from Pine Trees under the Alpine "Above the Trees" Region on the Peak of a Mountain and this matches our Symbol of Conical Veil the Foundation of the Six Books of the Torah with the Mantel of the Prophets. Then by Sunny's Direction as Sunny walked away after turning under the Recitation of Lamech the Father of Noah being 753 Years of Age we have a Destination at least 10,000 miles away of Roma Queensland Australia where Wattle Plants of Five Yellow Flowers and the Wattle Seeds are like Chocolate or Hazelnut and hence we have Wattle Seed Oil even as Wattle is like Waffle and the Rightmost Column of the Hieroglyphic Memphis is a Symbol like that of a Waffle the Branded Pancake and Pa'tah the Father God the Creator Deity the Unified Tetragrammaton is that Brand of the Bold X in the O the Purse of Unification the Undivided Truth that Only the Father is Good. Yet by Symmetry with the Far Left of Pumpkin Seed Oil the Waves of Many Wives even the Second Life of Peter as Muhammad that must reach the Shores of the Clay Bird in Full Legality to Remove Women and Children from Closets and also the Light of the Levitated Lamp of Seven Candles pointed to by Sunshine Sunny's Name which will be the Fourth Life of Avraám when the Wall of Division is Destroyed. ((They just started playing "Come Together")) then with Only Wattle Seed on the Far Right there must be another on the Far Right to Create Balance meaning with the Forward Purse of the Lips by the Forward Stretch of Muscles in an "X" there is still the Inner Egg of the Raised Palette hidden by the Eye of the Needle by the Pursed Lips. And I don't know what that would be though I thought this might be Beets in Maceration this is more likely Something Else from Australia the Hypothetical Microcosm of Gaia in the ReBeginning with Noah. As to the Center Stack of Four, Honey under Lanolin under Goat Milk under Beeswax this is being Skipped for now, and because of the Heat to Melt the Harder Waxes to mix 3 with Oil the Honey and Milk would have to be the Last to be Added at Room Temperature perhaps even right before usage. Patten? Patton Hospital. That's where they claimed to have sent the Killer who Murdered Jonny Leary before Jonny Leary assumed the Identity of Brian Keith Schrier. Today Jonny Brian Leary Schrier is staring behind "Another Curtain." Who is Brent "Petition" Johnson? The Hieroglyphic of Memphis is the Full Canon, the Balm, the Womb of the Story of the Deity. When we find the Gold of Egypt by the Unaltered Sacred Writings of the Egyptians before the Drift to False Fragmentation the Backstory might have the Opportunity to Better Inform the Context of the Torah and Criterion. Amendment : the Year of Sunny's Visit in Seattle on Madison at the Entrance to Seattle University across from iHop in the City Seattle named after Chief Sealth in the Evening of the Sabbath during the Block Party in the Capitol Hill of Seattle was in the Year 2017 within which the Stats of a Google Search claim the World Population was 7.53 Billion. 1 TENANTS OF HOHBACH REALTY PROPERTIES October 30, 2019 Honorable City Council Members: Eric Filseth, Alison Cormack, Tom DuBois, Adrian Fine, Liz Kniss, Lydia Kou, & Greg Tanaka. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Palo Alto is eponymous with Silicon Valley. This city is a cross section of America’s invention, disruptive entrepreneurship, global leadership, and communal care. In our pursuits of the “American Dream,” we at times need to be reminded of first principles: Humanity above growth, capitalism or profit. Take care of the people first, and they will take care of the city. The tenants of Hohbach Realty properties are symbolic of Palo Alto. They are an ecosystem of inventors, entrepreneurs, citizens, scholars, researchers, civil providers, and academics. But they are also being managed out with unaffordable living. This is emblematic of landlords who capitalize on and pervert the Palo Alto brand. Living is becoming untenable with uncapped rent raises while basic treatment and living standards are being neglected. As an example, for the first time in the wonderful legacy and history of Hohbach properties, we are faced with property managers who are unbecoming, negligent, and illegal: 1. Raise Tenant Revenue at All Costs: In anticipation of California’s Tenant Protection Act AB 1482, landlords raised rents as much as 25-30%, via email notifications. (Conveniently never mentioned is rent roll-back when the law goes into effect on Jan 2020). The commonly expressed cavalier attitude of “If you don’t like it, get out” is the prevailing modus operandi. Management compensation is motivated by bringing new tenants at new rents. 2. Discrimination against the Disadvantaged: Palo Alto includes citizens who make an honest living but require BMR housing. Hostile attitude and treatment have been expressed to residents in the 2865 Park Blvd and 345 Sheridan, where requests for heating conditions (in the winter) or basic amenities have been ignored. Tenants are shamed for asking for basic necessities as “they pay so much less than other tenants”. Unconscionable. 3. Safety and Health Negligence: Requests for mold repair, rodent extermination, carbon monoxide mitigation, toxic underground chemicals control or proper pool maintenance are not addressed or disclosed. Superficial, cosmetic upgrades are undertaken in old buildings as “maintenance” and improvements,” to justify further rent increases. Failure to disclose or take remedy against documented life-hazard chemicals, known by the City to cause cancer. Elevators are not checked on time 4. Agreement Bridges: Palo Alto and State ordinances are neglected. Rent agreements are sloppy and not written in observance of the law. Security deposits are customarily not returned. Basic maintenance charges which should be covered are instead tacked on as incidental charges – ie. cleaning, carpeting. Unauthorized entry of apartments without legal cause. The Palo Alto landlord/tenant mediation group has a pile of complaints from Hohbach Property tenants. The situation has not improved, even after lawyer intervention and city reporting. A lawyer wrote on Wednesday October 23rd urging to modify leases, as they now include a “non-refundable, upfront cleaning fee” of $500. This is illegal as per California civil code 1950.5. Obligatory Palo Alto paragraphs offering all tenants the right to mediate when in conflict with landlords are not included in their leases. Their response to date? Nothing. Not 2 one lease has been changed. They persist in staying in illegal ground. This also applies to misappropriation of Public spaces and common areas for their personal financial benefit in the Plaza by Caffe Riace. 5. Retaliation and Harassment: There are silenced voices who live in fear of retaliation. Residents who moved out in protest. Tenants are issued “three day notices” that use legal language such as “plaintiff” when the tenants are not late in their payment as per their rental agreements. Apartments are entered without permission or advanced notice; locks of front doors and pools are changed without advanced notice, leaving children on the street when they come back from school; rodent infestation are not addressed; tenants are threatened in writing that items left in common spaces will be thrown out by certain dates .… The list is long. The City cannot fail us. Being complicit is turning a blind eye. The list of rapidly growing grievances about Hohbach Property management style are well documented with the City of Palo Alto Housing office and the Palo Alto Tenant/Landlord mediation group. And yet, the abuses continue as city officers focus on other issues. When citizens are gouged by exorbitant rent increases and are left vulnerable with a lower quality of living at the hands of landlords, everyone loses. This extends beyond affordable housing, it is about basic living. We want to stress that we have the utmost gratitude, respect and admiration for the late Mr. Hohbach and his family. This is not about them at all, it is about their properties’ managers. We need you to protect us as unaware victims of exploitation, abuse, deceptive practices. We need you to ensure the property managers comply to health and safety municipal codes. We need our city lawyers to advocate for what is right and fair. Your help matters. Please place an emergency ordinance against landlords who profit on the backs of hardworking citizens in Palo Alto. Redwood City has, Los Angeles has, you have not. Please stop this cancer before it metastasizes. Respecfully, Concerned Tenants of Hohbach Properties. 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Hohbach Tenants <hohbachtenants@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, October 31, 2019 2:09 PM To:Council, City Subject:Urgent matter from Hohbach tenants Attachments:Palo Alto City Council _ Oct 31 2019.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Palo Alto City Council members, The tenants of Hohbach’s realty buildings in Palo Alto have enjoyed their homes sometimes for decades in peace and quiet. They love their homes and the fact that they are nestled in the middle of this beautiful city. They are grateful for the superb architectural work that the late Mr. Hohbach contributed to all of us and to Palo Alto. Unfortunately, in the years since Mr. Harold Hohbach passed away, the management of his buildings has been taken over by a group individuals who are neglectful of basic duties, unprofessional, and take every opportunity to make money even if it means ignoring or bending the law. We are asking our City Lawyer to help end this situation and reestablish the health and business standards that the law calls for in California and in Palo Alto. As tenants, we feel harassed, disrespected and taken advantage of by the new management, and we urge the authorities in this city to investigate the situation and take all appropriate measures to correct it. We hope that you will be able to assist. Please see attached. Thank you so much for your time. The Hohbach Tenants 1 Brettle, Jessica From:Yahoo Mail.® <honkystar@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, November 6, 2019 10:29 AM To:Frank Agamemnon Subject:"WE HAVE OUR FEET IN THE CASTLE " SAITH The Lawyers Committee For 9/11 Inquiry A GRAND JURY TO CONVENE SOON CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. What happened to the upper section of this Skyscraper on 9/11? Question: Shouldn’t it have fallen to the ground in one piece? Answer: The entire section was literally blown up and pulverized in midair. Military Grade Nano Thermite was analyzed in the dust of 9/11 by three Independent Laboratories: 1. RJ LEE Report, May 2004: NANO THERMITE 2. U.S. Geological Survey, 2005: NANO THERMITE 3. Dr. Steven Jones, 2008: NANO THERMITE GHEEZ IT COMES STRAIGHT THROUGH 76 FLOORS? AND IT'S AT A 15 ‐ 23 DEGREE ANGLE? AND IT'S OFF CENTERED? AND IT'S SEPARATED FROM THE OTHER 76 INTACT STEEL FRAME FLOORS? AND IT'S COLLAPSING UPON ITSELF? HUH More to the point, the photo shows that the top section had already tilted beyond the point of no return ‐ meaning that there was NOTHING pushing down on (and pulverizing) the 70+ floors below. EXPLAINS what is OBVIOUSLY what anyone would actually be SEEING with THEIR OWN EYESif they were to SLOW‐MO and FREEZE FRAMEthe actual FOOTAGE of the top 34 INTACT FLOORSupon the BOTTOM REMAINING INTACT FLOORS. It DEFIES LAWS OF PHYSICS as the LAW OF FALLING BODIES. And CLEARLY, ANY LEANING or FALLING BODY WILL FOLLOW THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE? And CLEARLY, for EVERY ACTION there is an EQUAL and OPPOSITE reaction? 34 FLOORS were DEMOLISHING BEFORE even REACHING the 76th floor? NO PILE DRIVER? https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156580323976961&set=a.10152689350646961&type=3&eid=ARB5t2 0yrQl‐jko_iVGHIn3AJKJ7‐qP8IPu_mvY4OXSX8H‐Dd0fkQ1RY82r73xbEP1‐GYotrtnAwL5nE LCfor911 President David R. Meiswinkle 2 at National Press Club on Septemb... 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, Ed Shikada, Michelle Flaherty , Molly Stump, The above attachments are the necessary documents for Palo Alto Hotels, Motels and Inns to withdraw from the San Mateo County Convention Visitors Bureau. The attachments include:  A letter to the City Council to take such action  Origins and history of the relationship  List of Hotels, Motels and Inns requesting withdrawal  Membership fees vs. relative value PLEASE NOTE: At the inception of this agreement, outreach was limited to six hotels ‐ believing that a rising tide would positively effect all hospitality in the city. This is notated in the City Managers Report. The decision to withdraw is represented by a clear majority of current operators and owners. We are most grateful to Michelle Flaherty and Molly Stump for their assistance in researching the proper process for this action. As stated previously, please feel free to contact Jim Rebosio or Barbara Gross with questions or clarification. Thank you for your attention. Palo Alto City Council 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 October 28, 2019 RE: Withdrawal from the San Mateo County Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID) Hon. Mayor Filseth and Council Members: On behalf of the undersigned hotels, please find here our request to withdraw from participation in the San Mateo County TBID effective January 1, 2020. Twenty-one (21) out of twenty-seven (27) hotels/motels in Palo Alto responded to inquiries of whether they wished to continue participation in the TBID. Of the respondents, 19 out of 21 signatures from owners and/or General Managers were obtained in support of withdrawal. Please see Attachment A. This reflects an overwhelming support for withdrawal. HISTORY The San Mateo County / Silicon Valley Convention & Visitors Bureau (SMCCVB) is the lead agency for the San Mateo County TBID, which is administered by the City of Burlingame. The San Mateo County TBID was formed in 2001 to promote and generate leads for all hotels/motels in San Mateo County. In 2008, the City Manager contracted with SMCCVB for visitorship services for Palo Alto for fiscal year 2009 and 2010. Per CMR: 154:10, beginning in July 2010, Palo Alto hotels participated directly in, and paid assessments directly to, the San Mateo County TBID (See Attachment B). Prior to adopting this resolution, the City conducted limited outreach to hotels/motels in Palo Alto to determine industry support for joining the TBID. The outreach was limited to the following large hotels: Sheraton, Westin, Crowne Plaza Cabana, Dinah’s Garden Hotel, Garden Court Hotel, and Creekside Inn (See Attachment B). Out of these original six (6) hotels, four (4) have signed the request to withdraw – the Sheraton, Westin, Crowne Plaza Cabana, and the Garden Court Hotel. The purpose of joining the TBID was to generate business and demonstrate a return on investment for Palo Alto hotels/motels. OUTREACH TO SMCCVB In January 2019, John Hutar, Dinah’s Garden Hotel’s then General Manager, invited SMCCVB President Anne LeClair and her team to present to Palo Alto hotels/motels its relevant activities in promoting Palo Alto as a destination. Many properties, including the larger hotels, questioned whether the SMCCVB was effectively marketing Palo Alto and requested to have a meeting. Unlike when the original decision to participate in the TBID was made, this meeting was well attended by a broader representation of properties affected by participation in the TBID. At this meeting, SMCCVB made it clear that they are an organization focused on lead generation rather than conversion. Many properties questioned whether there were an adequate amount of leads being generated for the Palo Alto market. Many Palo Alto hotels and motels followed up with SMCCVB in an effort to fully engage in potential future business opportunities. In June 2019, Stephanie Wansek, Cardinal Hotel GM and Barbara Gross, former GM of the Garden Court Hotel and current Hospitality Consultant, met with the recently appointed President of the SMCCVB and former Dinah’s Garden Hotel GM, John Hutar, and with the Chair of the Board for SMCCVB to discuss the Palo Alto relationship. There was a collegial exchange of information and enumerated potential business opportunities. During that meeting, another SMCCVB meeting with Palo Alto hotel/motel owners/GMs was planned for August 2019 at the Sheraton Hotel. On August 29th, John Hutar and team presented sales plans, direct sales and convention sales results and recent changes to the organization. PALO ALTO HOTEL COUNCIL (PAHC) MEETING Following the August meeting, the PAHC conducted outreach to hotels/motels for their feedback regarding their experience with the SMCCVB over the past decade or so, their return on investment in participating, and how they valued the relationship. On September 18, 2019 the PAHC held a meeting at which the status of the relationship with SMCCVB was an agenda item. The agenda item was discussed with many individual viewpoints and stances. Also discussed was the monthly contribution of $2,200 from SMCCVB to the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, to support their effort as a Visitor’s Bureau, which would cease as a result of a withdrawal. Any general manager and/or owner who expressed a desire to withdraw from the San Mateo County TBID was asked to sign a document expressing his/her/their intent (See Attachment A). Properties that were not present at this meeting or were unable to sign pending management approval were visited separately in order to survey as many properties as possible. Many of the smaller properties reported that historically, they responded to many leads over the past decade and have yielded nothing in return. They expressed concern that given the vast territory covered – San Mateo County plus Palo Alto, and given the lack of Palo Alto specific leads, their responses almost never yielded anything of value. It is also interesting to note that four (4) of the largest hotels in Palo Alto, the ones you would expect to benefit the most by participating in the SMCCVB, endorse withdrawal. Reasons for withdrawal from the larger properties included “not a good fit” and the rates of Palo Alto properties, especially the larger ones, are too high for the budgets of the majority of leads generated through SMCCVB efforts. The purpose of joining the TBID was to generate business and demonstrate a return on investment for Palo Alto hotels/motels. A decade later, with this request to withdraw from the San Mateo County TBID, a majority of Palo Alto hoteliers are voicing their opinion that this partnership has not yielded a return on investment to warrant continued participation. The undersigned properties thank you in advance for supporting their request to withdraw from the San Mateo County TBID effective January 1, 2020. For questions or further information, please contact: Barbara Gross, The Garden Court Hotel, Former GM barbara.ellen.gross@gmail.com Jim Rebosio, Sheraton / Westin, GM JRebosio@sheratonpaloalto.com Sincerely, Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel Crowne Plaza Cabana Palo Alto The Westin Palo Alto Comfort Inn Palo Alto The Cardinal Hotel Garden Court Hotel The Nest Palo Alto Hotel Keen Oak Motel Hotel Parmani Stanford Motor Inn Travelodge Palo Alto America's Best Value Sky Ranch Inn Glass Slipper Inn Palo Alto Inn The Clement Hotel Coronet Motel Berbeda Place Cowper Inn Attachment A Attachment B City Manager Resolution -CMR 154:10 - pages 15 *Not Yet Passed* Ordinance No. Adoption of an Ordinance Repealing Chapter 15.04 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code and Amending Title 15 to Adopt a New Chapter 15.04, the California Fire Code (2019 Edition) With Local Amendments and Related Findings The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: Attachment G SECTION 1. Title 15 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is hereby amended by repealing in its entirety Chapter 15.04 and enacting a new Chapter 15.04 to read as follows: CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE 15.04 15.04.010 Adoption of the California Fire Code. The California Fire Code, 2019 Edition, as adopted by the California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9, and Appendices B, C, D, E, F, G, H, and K is adopted as herein amended. One copy of the California Fire Code is on file and open to public inspection in the Office of the City Clerk. Additional copies of the secondary codes set forth within the California Fire Code, and the amendments set forth in this chapter, are on file and open to public inspection in the fire department administrative office. Whenever the phrase "California Fire Code" appears in this code or in any ordinance of the city, such phrase shall be deemed and construed to refer to and apply to the "California Fire Code, 2019 Edition" as adopted by the California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 9 and as adopted and amended by this chapter. 15.04.015 Section 102.5 amended -Application of residential code. Section 102.5 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 102.5 Application of residential code. Where structures are designed and constructed in accordance with the California Residential Code, the provisions of this code shall apply as follows: 1. Construction and design provisions: Provisions of this code pertaining to the exterior of the structure shall apply: including, but not limited to, premises identification, fire apparatus access, and water supplies. Provisions of this code pertaining to the interior of the structure shall apply when specifically required by this code: including, but not limited to, Sections 903.2 through 903.3.7 and Section 907.2.10. Where ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page 1 Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* interior or exterior systems or devices are installed, construction permits required by Section 105.7 ofthis code shall also apply. 2. Administrative, operational, and maintenance provisions: all such provisions of this code shall apply. 15.04.020 Section 103.2 deleted. Section 103.2 of the California Fire Code is deleted. 15.04.025 Sections 105.3.9 and 105.3.10 added -Permits/Permit fees. Sections 105.3.9 and 105.3.10 are added to the California Fire Code to read as follows: 105.3.9 Permits/Permit fees. All permit fees shall be established by the City Council as set forth in the municipal fee schedule. 105.3.10 Operational Permits. Operational permits are valid for one year at which time they must be renewed by paying a fee specified in the municipal fee schedule. 15.04.030 Table 105.6.8 amended -Permit amounts for compressed gases. Table 105.6.8 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows: TABLE 105.6.8 PERMIT AMOUNTS FOR COMPRESSED GASES1 TYPE OF GAS Corrosive Flammable (except cryogenic and liquefied petroleum gases) Highly toxic Inert and simple asphyxiant Irritant Moderately toxic Other health hazards Oxidizing (including oxygen) Pyrophoric Radioactive Sensitizer Toxic Unstable (reactive) For SI: 1 cubic foot= 0.0283m3. ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page 2 AMOUNT (cubic feet)2 X 0.0283 for m 3 200 200 Any amount 6,000 200 20 650 504 Any amount Any amount 200 Any Amount Any amount Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* 1 Refer to Chapters 27, 30, 32, 35, 37, 40 and 41 for additional requirements and exceptions. 2 Cubic feet measured at normal Temperature and pressure. 15.04.035 Table 105.6.20 amended -Permit amounts for hazardous materials. Table 105.6.20 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows: TABLE 105.6.20 PERMIT AMOUNTS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TYPE OF MATERIAL Carcinogens Combustible liciuids Corrosive materials: Gases Liquids Solids Cryogens Explosive materials Flammable materials: Gases Liquids C::nlidc; Highly toxic materials: Gases Liquids Solids Moderately toxic gas Organic peroxides: Liquids: Class I-IV Liquids: Class V Solids: Class I-IV Solids: Class V Oxidizing materials: Gases Liquids Solids: Other health Hazards: Liauids ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page 3 AMOUNT 10 pounds See Section 105.6.16 See Section 105.6.8 55 gallons 500 pounds See Section 105.6.10 See Section 105.6.14 See Section 105.6.8 See Section 105.6.16 10 oounds Any amount Any amount Anv amount 20 cubic feet Any Amount No Permit Required Any Amount No Permit Required 504 Cubic Feet Any amount Any amount 55 gallons 500 pounds Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* Pyrophoric materials: Gases Any amount Liquids Any amount Solids Any amount Radioactive materials: Gases Any Amount Liquids See Section 105.6.4 7 Solids See Section 105.6.47 Toxic materials: Gases Any amount Liquids Any amount Solids Any amount Unstable (reactive) materials: Gases Any amount Liquids Any amount Solids Any amount Water reactive materials: Liquids Any amount Solids Anv amount For SI: 1 gallon= 3.785 L, 1 pound= 0.454kg. a. 20 gallons when Table 2703.1.1(1) Note k applies and hazard identification signs in accordance with Section 2703.5 are provided for quantities of 20 gallons or less. b. 200 pounds when Table 2703.1.1(1) Note k applies and hazard identification signs in accordance with Section 2703.5 are provided for quantities of 200 pounds or less. 15.04.040 Sections 105.6.52 and 105.6.53 added -Permits required. Sections 105.6.52 and 105.6.53 are added to the California Fire Code to read as follows: 105.6.52 Radioactive materials. To store or handle at any installation more than one microcurie (37,000 becquerel) of radioactive material not contained in a sealed source or more than 1 millicurie (37,000,000 becquerel) of radioactive material in a sealed source or sources, or any amount of radioactive material for which a specific license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is required. 105.6.53 Day care permit. To operate a day care facility for more than six children or adults. ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page4 Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* 15.04.045 Sections 105. 7 .26 through 105. 7 .29 added. Sections 105.7.26 through 105.7.29 are added to the California Fire Code to read as follows: 105.7.26 Cryogenic fluids. Except where federal or state regulations apply and except for fuel systems of the vehicle: to produce, store or handle cryogens in excess of the amounts listed in Table 105.6.10, to install a cryogenic vessel or piping system for the storage or distribution of cryogens. See Chapter 32. 105.7.27 lithium batteries. An operational permit is required to collect or store more than 1,000 pounds (454 kg) of lithium batteries. 105.7.28 Additive Manufacturing. An operational permit is required to conduct additive manufacturing operations as covered in Section 321.3. 105.7.29 Underground fire service lines: installation or modification. A construction permit is required for the installation, modification or removal from service of underground fire service lines. Maintenance performed in accordance with this Code that does not affect the pipe restraints nor have the potential of introducing debris into the piping system is not considered to be a modification and does not require a permit. 15.04.050 Sections 105.8.1 and 105.8.2 added -Fire and life safety. Subsections 105.8.1 and 105.8.2 are added to the California Fire Code to read as follows: 105.8.1 Fire and life-safety plan review. Fire and life-safety plan review of all new construction, all remodels, and all additions shall be performed by the Fire Chief or his designee. 105.8.2 Site Map and Floor plans. The fire code official may require as a condition of final permit approval, a site map including the use of standard or approved Palo Alto Fire Department symbols. Features would include interior floor plans, on-site hydrant locations, FDC locations, key safe locations, alarm panel locations, electrical panel locations, stairwell and elevator locations, water shut off locations, hazardous materials locations, and other significant design elements or fire service features. The site map is to be provided in a format compatible with the City's Geographic Information System (GIS) at time of construction. This requirement applies to newly constructed buildings, facilities where hazardous materials are used or stored in quantities exceeding permit amounts in Section 105, additions or permitted remodels when in the opinion of the fire code official a site map is warranted. ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page 5 Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* 15.04.055 Section 105.9 added -Certified Unified Program Agency Fees. Section 105.9 is added to the California Fire Code to read as follows: 105.9 Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Fees. Pursuant to the Participating Agency Agreement between the County of Santa Clara and the City of Palo Alto dated July 1, 1997, or as amended, the Fire Department is authorized to collect fees associated with the CUPA programs. The CUPA fees will be collected on an annual basis or as specified in the Palo Alto Fire Department Fee Schedule. 15.04.060 Section 107.1 amended -Inspection authority. Section 107 .1 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 107.1 Inspection authority. The fire code official is authorized to inspect, as often as necessary, buildings and premises, including such other hazards or appliances designated by the fire code official for the purposes of ascertaining and causing to be corrected any conditions which would reasonably tend to cause fire or contribute to its spread, result in an unauthorized discharge of hazardous materials, or amount to any violation of this code or any other law or standard affecting fire and life safety. 15.04.065 Section 110.1.1 added -Enforcement/citation authority. Section 110.1.1 is added to the California Fire Code to read as follows: 110.1.1 Enforcement/citation authority. The employee positions designated in this section are authorized to exercise the authority provided in California Penal Code section 836.5 for violations of the California Fire Code. The designated employee positions are: Fire Chief, Deputy Fire Chief, Fire Marshal, Fire Inspector, Hazardous Materials Specialist and Hazardous Materials Inspector. 15.04.070 Section 110.4 amended -Violation penalties. Section 110.4 of the California Fire Code is amended to read as follows: 110.4 Violation penalties. It is unlawful for any person to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of this Title 15 or any permits, conditions, or variances granted under this Title, and violators shall be subject to any penalty or penalties authorized by law, including but not limited to: administrative enforcement pursuant to Chapters 1.12 and 1.16 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code; and criminal enforcement pursuant to Chapter 1.08 of ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page 6 Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* the Palo Alto Municipal Code. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this chapter occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense. When the Fire Chief or his/her designee determines that a violation of this Chapter has occurred, the Fire Chief or his/her designee may record a notice of pendency of code violation with the Office of the County Recorder stating the address and owner of the property involved. When the violation has been corrected, the Fire Chief or his/her designee shall issue and record a release of the notice of pendency of code violation. 15.04.075 Definitions added to Section 202 The following definitions are added to Section 202 of the California Fire Code to read as follows: 3D PRINTER. A machine used in the additive manufacturing process for fabricating objects through the deposition of a material using a print head, nozzle, or another printer technology. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING. A process of joining materials to make objects from 30 model ·data, usually layer upon layer, sometimes referred to as 30 printing. The Code recognizes two types of additive manufacturing: 1. Industrial additive manufacturing. 30 printin'g operations that typically utilize combustible powders or metals, an inert gas supply, a combustible dust collection system, or that create a hazardous (classified) location area or zone outside of the equipment. 2. Non-industrial additive manufacturing. 30 printing operations that do not create a hazardous (classified) location area outside of the equipment, and do not utilize an inert gas supply or a combustible dust collection system. CORROSIVE LIQUID. Corrosive liquid is: 1) any liquid which, when in contact with living tissue, will cause destruction or irreversible alteration of such tissue by chemical action; or 2) any liquid having a pH of 2 or less or 12.5 or more; or 3) any liquid classified as corrosive by the U.S. Department of Transportation; or 4) any material exhibiting the characteristics of corrosivity in accordance with Title 22, California Code of Regulations §66261.22. MAXIMUM THRESHOLD QUANTITY {MAX TQ). Maximum threshold quantity is the maximum quantity of a moderately toxic or toxic gas, which may be stored ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Page 7 Attachment G *Not Yet Passed* in a single vessel before a more stringent category of regulation is applied. The following equation shall be used to calculate the Max TQ: Max TQ (pounds) = LC50 (ppm) x 2 lb. MODERATELY TOXIC GAS. A moderately toxic gas is a chemical or substance that has a median lethal concentration (LC50) in air more than 2000 parts per million but not more than 5000 parts per million by volume of gas or vapor, when administered by continuous inhalation for an hour, or less if death occurs within one hour, to albino rats weighing between 200 and 300 grams each. OTHER HEALTH HAZARD MATERIAL. Other health hazard material is a hazardous material which affects target organs of the body, including but not limited to, those materials which produce liver damage, kidney damage, damage to the nervous system, act on the blood to decrease hemoglobin function, deprive the body tissue of oxygen or affect reproductive capabilities, including mutations (chromosomal damage), sensitizers or teratogens (effect on fetuses). SECONDARY CONTAINMENT. Secondary containment is that level of containment that is external to and separate from primary containment and is capable of safely and securely containing the material, without discharge, for a period of time reasonably necessary to ensure detection and remedy of the primary containment failure. SPILL CONTROL. Spill control is that level of containment that is external to and separate from the primary containment and is capable of safely and securely containing the contents of the largest container and prevents the materials from spreading to other parts of the room. WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREA. Wildland-urban interface fire area is a geographical area identified by the State of California as a "Fire Hazard Severity Zone" in accordance with Public Resources Code Sections 4201 through 4202 and Government Code Sections 51175 through 51189, or other areas designated by the enforcing agency to be at a significant risk from wildfires. Within the city limits of the City of Palo Alto, "Wildland-Urban Fire Interface Area" shall also include all areas west of Interstate 280, and all other areas recommended as a "Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone" by the Director of the California Department of Forestry. WORKSTATION. A workstation is a defined space or independent principal piece of equipment using hazardous materials with a hazard rating of 3 or higher as ranked by NFPA 704 where a specific function, laboratory procedure, ORD Amending Ch 15.04 Fire Code (2019 Code Cyle) 2019102801 Pages 1'013112019 Receive report from the Public Health Department relating to banning the sale and distribution of a-cigarettes in unincorporated Santa C ... including use of e-cigarettes and other vaping products. This report to the Health and Hospital Committee provides the requested information based on current research and evidence-based practices, as well as first-hand experience implementing and enforcing local ordinances and rules. RECOMMENDATIONS: A. Considerations relating to banning the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes in the unincorporated County Based on the Board's request to provide options for consideration relating to banning the sale and distribution of e-cigarettes, the latest research one-cigarettes, and PHD's and Department of Environmental Health's (DEH) experience implementing Division A18, Chapter XXIII, of the County's Ordinance Code (Permits for Retailers of Tobacco Products and/or Electronic Smoking Devices), PHD, in coordination with County Counsel, recommends the following set of updates to the Ordinance Code to better prevent and reduce the use of tobacco products and electronic smoking products, especially by youth under the age of 21: 1. Amend ordinance to prohibit the sal~ and distribution of all electronic cigarette products; 2. Amend ordinance to eliminate the exemption allowing certain retailers to sell flavored tobacco products; 3. Modify other provisions of the prior ordinance relating to permits for retailers of tobacco products. Should the Board approve these recommended amendments to the Ordinance Code, PHD would work with County Counsel, DEH and the Sheriff's Office on next steps for implementation and enforcement. Additionally, the Town of Los Gatos and City of Palo Alto have passed ordinances in the past that mirror the County's existing ordinance. The County currently has agreements in place with Los Gatos and Palo Alto to administer and monitor the tobacco retail permit program for both jurisdictions. The County would need to coordinate with both cities on the implications and next steps regarding amendments to the County ordinance and any subsequent amendments to the Los Gatos and/or Palo Alto ordinances to ensure that ongoing enforcement takes place in line with the currently operative ordinances. Lastly, because PHD has continued discussions with additional cities to promote this partnership opportunity, adoption of these recommendations may have implications on cities other than Los Gatos and Palo Alto for which coordination will need to occur. B. Options relating to strategies addressing the problem of e-cigarette use among youth under 21 years of age in Santa Clara County The Board also asked the Administration to report back with additional recommendations to address the overall problem of e-cigarette use among youth. Information on evidence-based strategies and current work underway is presented below. While e-cigarette use among youth is a relatively new phenomenon, many of the same strategies that were effective in reducing cigarette smoking and other forms of tobacco use among youth can be applied to address e-cigarette and vaping use among youth. PHD implements a social norm change approach to tobacco control efforts, with strategies and programs that are sccgov.iqm2.corn/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=SplitView&MeetinglD=11416&MediaPosition=&ID=98954&CssClass= 2/9 The Committee meetings are the only times when members of PAUSD Board and City Council come together officially and on a regular basis. It provides a unique opportunity for the elected representatives and associated staff to: • Establish stronger relations between and among elected and staff across separate jurisdictions operating in the same community • Gain understanding of perspectives, opportunities, constraints of both PAUSD and City • Share current actions and activities • Raise and share current and ongoing issues of mutual interest o Examples: proposed state legislation (SI:}-50, AB-1487, ACA-1 and others), Stanford GUP, grade separations, etc. • Have potential to solve issues and/or devise means to prevent issues from arising in the future. o Example: the creation of a new procedure for reviewing projects that impact both City and P AUSD properties such as the solar projects in 2018 (Can staff please provide the final I proposed review process to the Committee?) • Work together on community projects o Ex~ples: 1z5th Anniversary celebrations, May Fete Parade, etc. I c~~ ~yd:( ,MEETING lf9/3} 11'1 1 [ ]_ Placed Before Meeting " (LJ., Received at Meeting At the previous meeting when the City School Liaison Committee discussed the Draft Purpose Statement, the Committee decided to send suggested edits to staff subsequent to the meeting. The suggested edits received by staff are listed below. The minutes of the previous meeting will also provide some additional initial thoughts from the Committee that may not be captured below. Suggested Edits from Councilmember Cormack: • Delete examples or put them in a footnote • Change "raise and share" in bullet 4 to "Explore" • Change "have potential to solve" in bullet 5 to "Identify" • Add a bullet: "Regularly communicate to both bodies" • Add a sentence at the very beginning of the document to the effect of: "The City and the School district have a shared interest in the health, safety, and welfare of students and families in our community." Suggested Edit from Board President DiBrienza: • We should work out a procedure for this part "Have potential to solve issues and/or devise means to prevent issues from arising in the future." DiBrienza offered to take a crack at it. @ 0