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ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES
Prepared for: 12/16/2019
Document dates: 11/27/2019 – 12/4/2019
Set 1
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Ann Protter <ann.protter@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 27, 2019 2:49 PM
To:Council, City; O'Kane, Kristen
Subject:Thanks re Carol & Rinconada Masters
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Dear City Council Members and Ms O'Kane,
I wanted to thank all of you for helping to keep Carol McPherson as the Rinconada Master's coach for the entire year.
My son now swims beautifully, thanks to Carol. We are very grateful.
And what a nice bonus that she will be honored on Monday.
Happy Thanksgiving and Thank You!
Ann
Palo Alto City Council
December 2, 2019 Meeting
Public Comments Submitted by the Communications Workers of America (CWA)
This comment is submitted to the public record on December 2, 2019 by the Communications Workers
of America (CWA).
The City of Palo Alto has had a contract with Verizon Wireless for wireless, voice, and broadband
services, accessories and equipment through the Western State Contracting Alliance (now referred to as
NASPO) since 2011. Wireless networks have improved tremendously over the past eight years and the
City should be educated on all available platforms that could potentially benefit Palo Alto’s first
responders and public servants.
One platform in particular, FirstNet, should be considered in discussions of how to meet Palo Alto’s
evolving communications needs. FirstNet is the nation’s first interoperable LTE broadband network
dedicated to first responders and is interoperable across city agencies. FirstNet offers a range of benefits
including prioritization and preemption and a network core built on physically separate hardware and
protected by end-to-end encryption which ensures that sensitive public safety communications are
separate from consumer traffic. Additionally, there is no throttling on the FirstNet platform. This is
important to highlight in the wake of the throttling experienced by the Santa Clara County Fire
Protection District from Verizon as it battled the Mendocino Complex Fire in 2018.
Today, the Council has an opportunity to discuss whether continuing to solely source its
communications service with Verizon best serves Palo Alto. In June 2019, the City of San Jose deployed
FirstNet across all of its city agencies including the Police Department, Fire Department, Office of
Emergency Management, and Public Works. Mayor Sam Liccardo has stated that citywide
implementation of FirstNet in San Jose is helping the City “create a new standard for public safety.”
Like Palo Alto, the City of San Jose procures its wireless services through NASPO. FirstNet pricing plans
and solutions are easily available to view and procure through NASPO so a change of contracting vehicle
would not be necessary to explore this option.
CWA urges the Council to review FirstNet pricing plans and solutions available through NASPO and
engage in discussions with first responders, public servants, and communications professionals about
which platforms can best serve the Palo Alto community at-large.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 11:43 AM
To:Council, City; Clerk, City
Subject:December 2, 2019 Council Meeting, Consent Calendar, Item #8 NVCAP Budget Amendment
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Herb Borock
P. O. Box 632
Palo Alto, CA 94302
December 2, 2019
DECEMBER 2, 2019 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #8
NORTH VENTURA COORDINATED AREA PLAN BUDGET AMENDMENT
Dear City Council:
I urge you to remove this item from your Consent Calendar and continue the
item until after you have enacted an interim ordinance, including
extending the interim ordinance for a total of the maximum 24 months,
pursuant to Government Code Section 65858 prohibiting any uses that may be
in conflict with the contemplated North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan
(NVCAP) that the City Council, Planning & Transportation Commission, and
Planning Division are studying.
It is bad policy for you to approve the proposed budget amendment while
developers can bring forward project proposals that would conflict with
the NVCAP during the period while the plan is being developed.
The City’s official website has a poor search function, but I have been
able to use that search function to locate some of the ordinances that
prior City Councils have used to enact interim ordinances and to extend
those ordinances, including Ordnance Nos. 4675, 4684, 4689, 4690, 4781,
4783, 4921, and 4927.
Thank you for your consideration of these comments
Sincerely,
Herb Borock
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Pete Weldy <pweldy@siliconvalleycf.org>
Sent:Tuesday, November 26, 2019 10:33 AM
To:Council, City
Cc:Gina D. Dalma; Mariah Moore
Subject:Re Action Item 10 - Urgency Ordinance for Just Cause Evictions
Attachments:Re Action Item 10 - Urgency Ordinance for Just Cause Evictions.pdf
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Mayor Filseth and Members of the Palo Alto City Council,
On behalf of Silicon Valley Community Foundation, I’d like to submit the attached letter supporting Action Item 10 on the
December 2, 2019 Council agenda. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Thank you for your
service and consideration of this urgent matter.
Pete Weldy
Director of Public Policy
Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Direct: 650.450.5427 | Mobile: 765.337.6583 | pweldy@siliconvalleycf.org
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November 25, 2019
City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
RE: Action Item #10 -Urgency Ordinance for just Cause Evictions to Protect Palo Alto Families
Dear Mayor Filseth and Members of the City Council:
On behalf of Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF), I write to urge members of the City Council to
support Action Item #10 to adopt an urgency ordinance to provide just cause eviction protections to Palo
Alto tenants until California State Assembly Bill 1482 takes effect on January 1, 2020.
SVCF has made increasing the supply of affordable housing and protecting vulnerable individuals and
families from being displaced one of our highest institutional priorities. We believe having a place to call
home is a human right and our goal is to invest in strategies that create communities in which everyone has
a place to live.
We are now confronted with housing challenges that have reached epic proportions and once again our
lowest-income and most vulnerable groups are being hit the hardest. According to the National Low Income
Housing Coalition, there are only 31 affordable and available rental units for every 100 extremely low-
income households in the San Francisco, Oakland, and Hayward metropolitan area. Close to 70 percent of
these households are using more than half of their income to cover housing costs.
While we have been working with our partners and Governor Newsom to sign a suite of housing legislation
to address some of these challenges-including AB 1482, which significantly reforms current policy for
rental housing owners and tenants-I am extremely concerned about the recent surge in evictions as
landlords impose rent increases (some as high as 70 percent) now before this new law takes effect. These
rent increases create even more pressure for low-income and people of color and could eventually lead to
their evictions from homes where some have been living for nearly two decades.
We can work together to change this damaging trend. Tenant protections, such as just-cause eviction
ordinances have proven to be one of the most effective tools in stabilizing communities. That is why we ask
for your leadership on this important issue and urge your support of this emergency ordinance. It would
preclude landlords from serving tenants with baseless eviction notices keeping families and communities
intact until the longer-term protections of AB 1482 are fully implemented.
I sincerely appreciate your consideration of SVCF's request. Please do not hesitate to contact me at any time
at 650.450.5400 to discuss our support further.
Nicole Taylor
President and CEO
2440 West El Camino Real, Suite 300 I Mountain View, California 94040-1498 I tel: 650.450.5400 I fax: 650.450.5401 I siliconvalleycf.org
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Helen <skybluelinen@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, November 30, 2019 5:00 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Re: [Rent cap law]
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Hello. I'd like to make sure that my initial email has incorrect information; and so, that it does not get used at the
upcoming council meeting regarding the urgency rental ordinance. Thank you, Helen
On Tue, Nov 19, 2019 at 11:08 PM Helen <skybluelinen@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello! I'm glad this was not a part of yesterday's meeting. I wrote the incorrect date. My lease expires on the 31st.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2019 at 1:50 AM Helen <skybluelinen@gmail.com> wrote:
Should also read:
prevent terminations* without just cause
On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 10:24 PM Helen <skybluelinen@gmail.com> wrote:
Should read:
Thank you for your* time and consideration,
Helen Kim
On Sun, Nov 17, 2019 at 10:15 PM Helen <skybluelinen@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Council Member,
I'm appealing to you to pass the "urgency ordinance" to prevent evictions without just cause.
Let me briefly describe my situation. I am a city employee currently supporting myself and my mother in a one‐
bedroom multi‐unit rental whose lease is about to expire on December 1st.
In previous years, I have received my lease renewal notification a month or two in advance. This year, I have not yet
received anything with only two weeks remaining on my lease.
My fear is that either my residency will be terminated or there will be a drastic increase in my monthly rate. I would
be forced to relocate from a town that I have lived and worked in for 11 years.
The timing of the state bill's effective date of January 1st leaves me and possibly many others like myself vulnerable.
Thank you for time and consideration,
Helen Kim
657 Everett Ave. #1
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Keshav Kumar <kkumar@caanet.org>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 3:46 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Joshua Howard
Subject:Agenda Item 10: Just Cause Urgency Ordinance -- Corrected Correspondence
Attachments:Palo Alto Letter REVISED 1.pdf
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Mayor Filseth and Councilmembers,
Attached please find an updated letter from the California Apartment Association’s Tri‐County Division (CAA Tri County)
with feedback and concerns on the proposed urgency ordinance requiring just cause to terminate a residential rental
tenancy.
This letter replaces the letter sent at 1PM.
Thank you,
Keshav Kumar ▪ Public Affairs Coordinator
California Apartment Association
1530 The Alameda, Suite 100, San Jose, CA 95126
kkumar@caanet.org ▪ O: (408) 342-3508 |
December 2, 2019
Honorable Mayor Filseth and City Council City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
RE: December 2, 2019 City Council Agenda Item #10: Just Cause for Eviction Urgency
Ordinance – CORRECTED CORRESPONDENCE
Dear Mayor Filseth and Councilmembers:
The California Apartment Association’s Tri-County Division (CAA Tri-County) has serious concerns
with the proposed just cause for eviction urgency ordinance on your agenda for December 2, 2019.
CAA questions the necessity of the ordinance for several reasons. First, Palo Alto already requires just
cause to evict a resident living in an apartment complex with more than 50 units. It is unclear how the
current urgency ordinance would be reconciled with the city’s current ordinance. Second, Governor
Newsom signed and extended a declaration of a State of Emergency which has imposed rent and eviction
limitations on rental housing. And, perhaps most important is the retroactive nature of the proposed
ordinance, which might not only be negated by the statewide declaration but could expose the city to
possible legal challenges.
On October 27, 2019 Governor Newsom signed an emergency declaration in response to the fires
impacting the state. That declaration under Penal Code 396, caps rent increases during the duration of the
declared State of Emergency at 10% and requires a landlord show cause to terminate a tenancy to avoid a
landlord terminating a tenancy to circumvent the imposed price caps. Any lease termination that occurred
from October 27, 2019 to November 26, 2019, including those in Palo Alto, would have required cause in
order to be effective. Adding a retroactive component to your ordinance as contemplated under Section
2(F) would be duplicative for those lease terminations going back from October 27 to November 26 and
could be unnecessary since Palo Alto already requires cause to evict for tenancies in apartment buildings
with more than 50 units.
Since the urgency ordinance the City Council will consider is viewed as retroactive under the provisions
in Section 2(F), there is a concern that retroactively requiring cause may be legally questionable as it has
the effect of substantially changing the substantive rights of property owners in violation of existing
California statutes. The difficulty with this position is that it effects substantive legal rights of owners who
follow the existing law before the urgency ordinance, and when such notice was presented to the Tenant
back in September or October, to terminate the tenancy, but an unlawful detainer has yet to be filed, the
Ordinance has the effect of substantially changing substantive rights of property owners in violation of
existing California statutes. See, Security Bank v. Superior Court, 15 Cal. 4th 232, 243 (1997) and City
of Monte Sereno v. Padgett, 149 Cal App. 4th, 1530, 1539 (2007). Retroactive legislation which modifies
substantive rights are simply not acceptable within California State law.
Furthermore, several cities that considered an urgency ordinance rejected adding a retroactive component.
Those cities include Daly City, Milpitas, Foster City, Burlingame, South San Francisco and San Bruno.
The statewide emergency declaration and the city’s own ordinance should address the City’s concerns of
any lease terminations that were done as a result of AB1482.
To ensure a legally defensible and workable ordinance, the Council should remove Section 2(F) from the
ordinance.
Sincerely,
Joshua Howard Senior Vice President
California Apartment Association, Tri-County Division
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Brettle, Jessica
From:John Hutar <john@smccvb.com>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 3:40 PM
To:Council, City
Cc:Flaherty, Michelle; Matt Dolan (matt.dolan@hilton.com)
Subject:E-mail from Hilton Garden Inn Palo Alto voicing support for continuation of TBID
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From: Tom McEvoy
Sent: Monday, November 04, 2019 5:28 PM
To: ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org
Cc: Matt Dolan <Matt.Dolan@hilton.com>
Subject: HGI Palo Alto
Hello Ed,
I am writing on behalf of Hilton Garden Inn Palo Alto to voice our support of continuing the tbid
agreement with SMCCVB. We understand that there has been discussion about the city of Palo Alto
moving in another direction. Our preference is to maintain the status quo and keep the current
agreement in place. Is the city of Palo Alto close to making a final decision on this issue? Hopefully,
the hotels will be consulted by the city at some point.
Please let me know if we can contribute anything further.
Tom
Tom McEvoy
General Manager
4216 El Camino Real
Palo Alto CA 94306
+1 650 352 8368 Office
+1 650 843 0796 Fax
tom.mcevoy@hilton.com
paloalto.HGI.com
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
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Julie Handley <jhandley@dinahshotel.com>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 3:45 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Resolution Regarding Participation of Palo Alto Hotels
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Dear City Council Members,
I wanted to share a few thoughts with you regarding the proposal for a separation from the SMCCVB and that Palo Alto
would essentially create a new entity to assist the Palo Alto Hotels going forward.
A few months ago John Hutar, President and CEO of the SMCCVB, did a presentation to the some of the hotels in Palo
Alto and explained the benefits of the SMCCVB. The presentation was very specific and included a detailed budget that
outlined where the money was spent and reminded us of the long term benefits of an organization that has been in
business for many years.
So far I have not seen a budget for the proposed new organization, nor have I seen any kind of “action plan” indicating
what possible or potential benefits would be generated by leaving the SMCCVB.
My family opened Dinah’s Garden Hotel more than 60 years ago. Today it is a very viable and popular hotel that with a
diverse cliental.
I am personally very pleased with the attention that the SMCCVB has given to Dinah’s and believe it has provided a
benefit.
Sincerely,
Julie Handley
Julie Handley
CEO/Owner
Dinah's Garden Hotel
4261 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, CA 94306‐4405
(650) 493‐2844 Office
(707) 481‐4494 Cell
(650) 856‐4713 Fax
jhandley@dinahshotel.com
http://www.dinahshotel.com/
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Brettle, Jessica
From:herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 12:32 PM
To:Council, City; Clerk, City
Subject:December 2, 2019 Council Meeting, Item #14: Conference with Labor Negotiators
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Herb Borock
P. O. Box 632
Palo Alto, CA 94302
December 2, 2019
Palo Alto City Council
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
DECEMBER 2, 2019 COUNCIL MEETING, AGENA ITEM #14
CLOSED SESSION, CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Dear City Council:
Prior to going into Closed Session to discuss this item, you are required
to state the names of the Council Members who are the City’s Negotiators
with each of the Unrepresented Employees to ensure that your negotiators
are not a “legislative body” as defined by the Ralph M. Brown Act that
does not include a Closed Session exemption for negotiating sessions
between a legislative body and another party to the negotiation.
Agenda Item #13, Conference with Real Property Negotiators names the
City’s Negotiators that do not include any Council Members.
Those negotiators can have a private meeting with the other party to the
negotiation because the City’s negotiators are not a legislative body
subject to the Brown Act.
If the City’s Negotiators for Agenda Item #14 are a combination of staff
and Council Members, or are two of the three Council Members on one of the
Council’s three-member committees, the negotiators would be a legislative
body that is prohibited by the Brown Act from having a Closed Session with
the other negotiating party.
Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
Sincerely,
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Brettle, Jessica
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From:Kathy Jordan <kjordan114wh@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 3, 2019 4:32 PM
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Dear City Council:
I hope you saw the Daily Post article yesterday on the City's utility surplus and such, and the City's plan to nonetheless
raise utility and other fees on City residents. I hope you all will put an immediate stop to this plan. Please do not further
raise fees on City residents; utility rates and other fees are already extremely high. Please honor your residents and
taxpayers who support and finance the City.
I hope that you will also put a stop to the City practice of taking utility (or other) fee surpluses to finance the City's
general fund ‐ rather than funding it via voter approved tax revenues.
Taking taxpayer dollars via elevated fees, beyond cost, and then using those fee surpluses to finance general fund
expenditures, seems a less than legitimate workaround to dodge having to get voter approval for tax increases. In this
manner, non voter approved fees become unapproved taxes. I note the City has been sued for this very practice. Please
end it and in doing so, honor your residents and taxpayers who support and finance the City.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
Kathy Jordan
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From:Fred Balin <fbalin@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 3, 2019 2:34 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:My Comments Re P&TC of Yesterday
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Good evening.
It is now 12 weeks since I submitted my investigation: "The Commissioner, the Carports, and the City."
It details how Planning Commissioner Michael Alcheck subverted the intent of city laws with regard to placement of
covered parking on two properties in which he had an economic interest, violated building codes during construction
and again after final inspection, disregarded both the appearance and letter of state conflict of interest codes, and
dragged staff down into the realm of secrecy and self‐protection.
Yet, Alcheck remains on the commission.
I do recognize and see the value in the City Manager bringing forward to you, next week, direction related to Procedures
and Protocols for Boards and Commissions and specifically, commissioner conduct including a process for removal.
But the latter already exists. Municipal Code Section 2.16.020, titled “Removal" states: The appointing authority may
remove any member [of a board or commission] with the approval of the council.
That’s it. There is no vested right or due process for an appointed commissioner. But there is an obligation for the city
council to deal with an individual and improper actions that have been clearly documented.
Why no action to date? History brings cause for worry.
Last time, I mentioned the powerhouse 2010 Planning and Transportation Commission which held 30 meetings. It
included the late, great, and sadly forgotten Eduardo Martinez. Among the others were two highly intelligent, extremely
well‐prepared, thoughtful, clearly‐spoken, respectful individuals, dedicated to the public interest. But when it came to
reappointment time, other factors proved more important to some decision makers. In 2011, Susan Fineberg was
replaced by Michael Alcheck, and in 2014, Arthur Keller was replaced by Kate Downing.
There is no guarantee for any board or commission member to be reappointed, but the personal qualities that I cited,
together with positive and productive experience at the dais, should weigh heavily as you move through the current
appointment process. You want the most thorough, complete, well‐articulated, on‐point discussion and
recommendations, consistent with city law and your direction, for the benefit of the public and your best decision
making.
Finally, if Michael Alcheck, currently vice chair, does not leave the commission in the near term, he will undoubtedly
want to become chair again for 2020. Hopefully, enlightenment among commissioners will prevent that and send its
own message. Far better yet, however, if you act beforehand.
Thank you.
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From:Jeff Hoel <jeff_hoel@yahoo.com>
Sent:Sunday, December 1, 2019 3:54 PM
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Subject:Comments -- Utility Pole Attachment Agreements and Operations
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Commissioners,
Item IX.2 on your 12-04-19 agenda
http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/74219
is a discussion item about "Utility Pole Attachment Agreements and Operations." As usual, I wonder why it was
agendized as a discussion item rather than an action item.
A perfunctory one-page staff report attached 10 pages of presentation slides.
http://cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/74160
The usual purpose of presentation slides is to remind folks of what they read in the staff report, not to be a substitute for a
staff report.
Please see, below the "######" line, a text version of the presentation slides, with my comments -- paragraphs (in red)
beginning with "###".
Thanks.
Jeff
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Jeff Hoel
731 Colorado Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94303
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PS: Unfortunately, I cannot attend the 12-04-19 UAC meeting.
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--- slide 1 ---
Overview of Utility Pole Attachments and Operations
Utilities Advisory Commission
December 4, 2019
--- slide 2 ---
Background
Joint Pole Agreement
* City and AT&T jointly own and maintain the majority of wood utility poles in Palo Alto under a Joint Pole Agreement
(1918)
### Can you be more specific than just "majority"?
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* Total number of poles = ~6,000. Jointly-owned=~5,400
### Does the City have a record of exactly how many poles there are, and exactly how many are jointly-owned? And
exactly who they're owned with?
* Poles are in 5’ increments (35’,40’,45’,etc.)
### The City should have a record of how tall each pole is, right?
### I don't think the slide is trying to say that the City has no poles that are, say, 37 feet tall, right?
and classified by strength (Class 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, H1, H2, etc.)
### What do the strength codes mean? Is the strength code of each pole reassessed at regular intervals over its
lifetime?
* AT&T purchases space for their facilities (typically 2’-3’ in the Communication Zone)
Other Agreements
* Master License Agreement - City-controlled space on poles for wireless communication facilities (e.g. DAS and small
cell)
* Dark Optical Fiber Backbone License Agreement, City licenses dark fiber attached on poles and underground to third
parties
--- slide 3 ---
Joint Pole Zones
### What can we learn from the illustration example of a 45-foot pole?
* Is the underground portion always 6 feet?
* Is the support structure always 18 feet?
* Is the communication zone always 6 feet?
* Is the safety clearance zone always 6 feet?
* Is the power zone always 9 feet?
For other pole sizes, how large are the various zones?
• City controls power and safety clearance zones
• City and AT&T shares the communication zone, support structure and footage in ground
• Communication Zone is typically 5’. AT&T purchases 3’ and City owns 2’.
### The illustration on this slide shows a pole where the communication zone is 6 feet. Is that atypical?
### Does the City have records, for each pole, of exactly how much of the communication zone the City has and exactly
how much AT&T has?
• AT&T leases their space to Comcast in the Communication zone
### Does the City have records, for each pole, of how much communications space Comcast is leasing from AT&T?
• Insufficient communication space may require pole replacement or special construction practices (i.e. cross arm)
### What are the details of what special construction practices are permitted?
--- slide 4 ---
Why are some poles not tall enough for new attachments?
* Typically sized at original installation date – Average pole age is approximately 40–50 years
### This source says, "With proper maintenance, the average lifetime of a wood utility pole is typically 30 to 40 years."
https://enviroliteracy.org/environment-society/life-cycle-analysis/wood-utility-pole-life-cycle/
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This source says, "Most utilities assume that their poles provide 30 to 40 years of service life." But it also cites various
other opinions.
https://woodpoles.org/portals/2/documents/TB_ServiceLife.pdf
It also provides a map of the United States that shows decay hazard zones for wood utility poles. Palo Alto is in an
"intermediate" zone.
### Does the City have records that would allow it to calculate the average pole lifetime, say, over the last 50 or 100
years?
### Does the City perform maintenance on poles to extend their service life?
### The average pole age should be about half the average pole lifetime. Right?
* Future telecom or other attachments were not anticipated
### Palo Alto has been talking seriously about citywide municipal FTTP for about 20 years. So, for poles younger than
20 years, the needs of "future telecom" should have been "anticipated." Right?
* Heights generally kept to a minimum to reduce visual impact
### Over the years, how has the benefit of minimizing visual impact been traded off against the benefit of providing
adequate telecom space? What is the current policy?
* Poles located in backyard easements (25% or 1,500)
### What's the point here? That poles in backyard easements shouldn't have to be used for certain purposes?
* Regulations: Although CPAU is not subject to CPUC jurisdiction, CPAU follows the overhead line construction
regulations in General Order 95
### I was very surprised to read this. And I'd like to see it more thoroughly discussed in a real future staff report. In
2005, after the FTTH Trial was terminated, the City said it was compelled by General Order 95 to remove the Trial's fiber
infrastructure. But apparently it wasn't really compelled to do so.
### The FTTH Trial deployed aerial fiber infrastructure in the power space, not the communication space. So, it's
possible that in 2005 the City decided that the Trial's fiber infrastructure was in the wrong space and should be removed
for that reason. But, if so, that should have been the reason cited.
--- slide 5 ---
Pole Replacements
* Replace approximately 100 poles annually due to deterioration;
### This seems to suggest that the average pole lifetime is more like 60 years. (6000 poles / 100 poles/year.)
upsize new poles 5’ taller if possible
### What would make this impossible? The cost of a taller pole is minimal. Most of the replacement cost is in the labor.
### Why choose to upsize by exactly five feet? What spaces on the pole does this increase?
* Party(s) benefiting from pole replacement shares cost proportionately based on share of pole space owned
### More details would be interesting. How much space should a wireless provider have to pay for?
* Sole benefit for 3rd party => 3rd party pays 100% of costs
### More details would be interesting.
-- Wouldn't all parties benefit from having a younger pole?
-- Could be the "third party" be a) the City, b) AT&T, c) a wireless provider?
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* Inspection and maintenance costs shared proportionately
--- slide 6 ---
Master License Agreement (MLA)
Background
* 2010: Wireless carriers sought to install wireless communication facilities (WCF) on utility and streetlight poles to
improve cellular network coverage and capacity
* 2011: Council approved MLA template. Agreement provides third party access to and use of City-controlled space on
utility poles, streetlight poles and in conduit in the public rights-of-way
* 2011 to present: Six MLAs executed. Several active projects
* MLA includes pole attachment license fees ($270 pole/year) and energy use charges (rate E-16)
* City processes for WCF in parallel with MLA:
– Approvals and permitting requirements for WCF administered by other City Departments (e.g. Planning, PublicWorks,
etc.)
--- slide 7 ---
MLA Term and Provisions
* Term: 10 years, with 10 year extension option
* Application for pole access
* Initial/one-time costs and fees
* Construction and installation of facilities, including pole make-ready work and/or replacement; GO-95 compliance
* Moving facilities (e.g. underground utility districts)
* CPAU Inspection and Approval
* Unauthorized attachment or occupancy
* Other: Indemnification, Insurance, Warranties, Performance Bond, etc.
--- slide 8 ---
MLA Regulatory and Legal Issues
* Under federal and California law, and subject to conditions protecting the City’s public rights-of-way management and
compensation authority and land use authority, City cannot prohibit wireline and wireless communications facilities from
gaining access to the public rights-of-way and utilities infrastructure
* City can establish reasonable rates, terms and conditions of access to utilities infrastructure in the public rights-of-way,
including adopting rules and regulations relating to time, place and manner of attachment to that infrastructure
--- slide 9 ---
FCC 2018 Small Cell Order
* Declared that permit fees, ROW use, application fees and attachment fees are unlawful unless they are strictly cost
based and no higher than fees charged to similarly-situated competitors
### 03-11-19: "Summary of Final FCC Small Cell Order" -- Next Century Cities
https://nextcenturycities.org/wp-content/uploads/Guide-to-FCC-Small-Cell-Order.pdf
* Revised “shot clocks” for approvals
* Restricts local control over aesthetics:
– City adopted an ordinance establishing objective design standards on 4/15/19 (Staff Report ID #9959)
### 04-15-19 Staff report:
https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/70193
* Pending legal challenges to FCC Order
### 11-29-19: "FCC Cable Order -- What Comes Next for Cities?" -- National League of Cities
https://citiesspeak.org/2019/11/29/fcc-cable-order-what-comes-next-for-cities/
### 08-12-19: "US court hampers FCC small cell plan"
https://www.mobileworldlive.com/featured-content/top-three/us-court-hampers-fcc-small-cell-plan/
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"In a [08-09-19] Tweet, FCC commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel said the decision meant: 'The agency tasked with the
future of connectivity didn’t get it right. It’s time to go back to the drawing board and do better.'"
https://twitter.com/JRosenworcel/status/1159850762165542914
--- slide 10 ---
Questions?
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From:Peggy E. Kraft <pkraft@stanford.edu>
Sent:Wednesday, November 27, 2019 3:53 PM
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To the City Council Members,
I would like to ask that the City Council considers NOT doing a grade separation at any of the intersections under
consideration in Palo Alto.
I do not think that the benefits outweigh the negative impacts on Palo Alto. I live in South Palo Alto on Mumford Place
which is near the Charleston/Alma intersection. I have driven my car or taken my bike to and from Stanford for work for
33 years and I have always found the extra traffic on Charleston or East Meadow only occurs during the morning and
evening commutes. During the rest of the day there are no traffic problems. Even with the extra trains on the corridor
after it is electrified will still not make grade separation worth the negative impacts.
The reasons I am against the grade separation are the following:
‐The traffic issues only occur during the morning and the evening commute. The rest of the day has no serious traffic
issues.
‐The alternatives will all have a negative impact on Palo Alto as the tunnel, viaduct or hybrid will destroy the natural
neighborhood look of the Alma corridor and replace it with either a cement corridor with only train tracks and no trees
or a viaduct which will have areas for homeless people to live under.
‐The viaduct or hybrid will raise the train above the street level and ruin the peace of the neighborhood.
‐The extra traffic that will be backed up for a few hours in the morning and the evening can use the same corridors that
are currently used‐ Arastradero, Oregon Expy and San Antonio Road.
‐Having less traffic cross Alma at these intersections during peak traffic hours will allow better traffic flow on Alma.
‐The Charleston and the East Meadow intersections feed into neighborhood/community streets that are not meant to
be an expressway like Oregon Expy or San Antonio road.
‐The issues of safety for pedestrians and bicyclists can be addresses by putting in a pedestrian underground passageway
like we have now at California Ave and near downtown.
‐None of the alternatives will stop suicide attempts.
‐Cars trapped on the tracks does not happen often enough to spend an enormous amount of money to grade separate.
Other mechanical and timing solutions could be implemented.
At the last public meeting I was told that not doing any grade separation at Charleston and East Meadow is not off of the
table until the environmental impact report is done. That sounds to me that it is off the table unless there is a serious
environmental impact. Is it possible for someone to get back to me about this alternative‐ is doing noting is still an
option?
I will be attending all meetings open to the public going forward and hope that my questions can be answered and my
input will be heard.
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Is that John in the Movie "Yesterday" ... How would I know? Haven't seen him forever. Maybe it is. What would that
mean if it is? It would mean they're so brazen they'll abduct anyone they want and then parade them in Front of the
World to prove that either Everyone is as Blind as they are Stupid or else those with Power have No Power because
they're timid and afraid. The Meek will inherent the Earth. What about Heaven?
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Yoko made John Lennon so Happy he Stopped Singing. Did John Lennon marry Yoko Ono because they threatened to kill
Cynthia Powell Lennon? What happened? She died.
"Keep up the Appearances John. This is your New Job. We got an Alliance with Japan. We need a Bed Scene like the
Godfather. She can be the Horse's Head." Wait. The Godfather was released in 1972. The Bed‐In for Peace was in 1969.
Can anyone Map All the Connections for a Dissertation? More than One of course. We can meet in the Conference
Room and hash this out at 0900. They took your Kid too? Okay. Lets talk about. How many People have you told? No
one? How's that been working out for you?"
The Book "The Godfather" was released March 10, 1969. The Bed‐Ins for Peace begins March 25th, 1969. John allows
Yoko the Part in the Movie. Room 702 in the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel. Vito Corleone is the Don the Patriarch and
Corleone means Lionheart and Paula Wagner who "worked" with Jon Ron Leary Tomczak the Pagan Clown ... Paula
Wagner "Small Dog Wagging the Tail the Clan Depends on. What did he say? Tell Meathead with the Hag Wife aiming for
Hell in a Suitable for her Character Form" Paula's Signature Gathering Company was Braveheart. Oh you're so brave. You
depend on Mario Pusa like Pussies. Slide down the Flag Pole to Hell Ya'll Leary Black Hands. What's it like to be Ruthless?
You cut yourself off from Leviration leading to the Messiah's Incarnation. Ruth Less. Strangers are Stitched In and not
Cut Out. Oh I know. You don't want to be Caught Dead without the Flesh Fabric Ornamentation Wrapped Around your
Heads cause it might be Halloween. Except don't you realize the reason for this? Honestly? Without the Mark of the
Covenant as a Made Man you can expect the Mark of the Beast to Cut Your Mouths Vertically in Half as Unmade Men.
Look in the Mirror with the Resurrection on Judgement Day. "May I take your Order?" The Elevation from Beast to Man
begins with the Declaration, "Let Us Make Man in Our Image and After a Likeness." Apparently being a Man isn't
enough. I wonder why. Too close to Dirt? Bone from the Phallus apparently a Singular Bone is taken and Adam
thereafter says "Flesh of my Flesh." If you skip over that and just focus on the "Bone of my Bones" is that a Self
Revelation? Space is Odd to See? Were you planning on Fucking Roasted Bones in the Burning Fire of Hell? Will they do
that? I don't know. Someones gonna find out. There are some incentives for behavioral modification. It doesn't work for
everyone. So where do you think the Flesh came from? The Backstory of Man's Creation and Graduation on Day Six is
addressed AFTER the Narration of the First Seven Days of Elohim hence this must be a Closer Examination of the Sixth
Day with Respect to Man's Creation and Graduation. The Narrator is being Polite. Man is created BEFORE the Other Land
Animals. Yet it's AFTER the Other Land Animals were created when Man is accepted into Some Kind of School with Only
One Rule. The Diploma is the Wife.
Hence apparently Man was initially created before the All of the Other Land Animals in the Form of "Male Female
Beasts" whether by Appearance or by Double Gendered Souls. I'm assuming Adam had One Friend and this wasn't Eve
as Eve is still the Resident Bone of the Phallus of Adam and Holder of Secrets by the Veil of the Foreskin. This Acceptance
into the "School of One Rule" begins with the Declaration "Let Us Make Man in our Image and After a Likeness." After
this Rule is Attended Adam gets to Practice the Art of Naming Names. Walrus. You really think the Russians will come if
the United States builds a Wall? United States. Statutes. The Divided Congress. "Divided they fell with a 22 Trillion Dollar
Debt." Kinda like JFK was Deboned in the Head on the 22nd Day of November in 1963? Who was that Guy James
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Madison? Mad Division Son. You multiplied. "2/2 = 1" and "1/2 = Where did the One Go? How'd you get 22 Trillion?"
Now then during the Ecstasy of Sleep ... Oh we already covered that One. Without the Circumcision the Male Man is the
Entity still hovering in the Beast Threshold. Still learning Bob? You have to wear the Mask to feel secure? Now about that
Forbidden Tree. Are you eating still it? How can you do that? Keep Telling Lies : By Death shall ye Die. Elohim is a
Consuming Fire. You have to be Wrapped in the Truth All the Way In.
Now James Madison was the Fourth United States President. Clay Bird History Book. If Sarrah had a Female Soul and the
Translation of Sarrah's to Laughter to Female in the 89th Year of the Life of Sarrah than as the Tetragrammaton is the
Tetragrammaton did the Same Thing Happen with Rebekka, Rachel, and Asenath the Mother of the Cross Blessed Twins
the Daughter of the Priest of Heliopolis? "Asenath what you can do for your Country?" "Well you could try feeding them
some Bread. Give seed to Wildlife."
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Sent:Saturday, November 30, 2019 3:46 PM
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mkanneXCAP@gmail.com; Lklein40@gmail.com; Kleinberg, Judy; patlau2010@gmail.com;
adina.levin@friendsofcaltrain.com; nadianaik@gmail.com; Reckdahl, Keith; David Shen;
cari@caritempleton.com; Transportation
Cc:Council, City
Subject:Opposition to Churchill closure --- from Embarcadero neighborhood
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To the XCAP and City of Palo Alto Transportation:
Hello everyone post Thanksgiving! Thanks to those of you who answered my prior email. Hope everyone had a nice
Thanksgiving.
I am writing to voice my strong opposition to proposals to close the grade crossing at Churchill Avenue.
As a Palo Alto resident who lives adjacent to Embarcadero Road, it's quite clear that closing the Churchill Avenue grade
crossing would result in increased traffic that would divert to Embarcadero Road, and would deny all Palo Alto residents
the opportunity to use a vital, existing east‐west route through town.
After reading the Palo Alto Weekly's article on the topic, I see that various residents in the neighborhoods adjacent to
Churchill have already been weighing in on this topic. Yet I don't know that my neighborhood members have much done
so, as of yet. I intend to help inform them, as they might be unaware of these proposals, as I was. I doubt they will
welcome additional traffic being diverted to our neighborhood due to a Churchill Avenue closure.
Traffic congestion on Embarcadero Road is already very bad, particularly at commute times and particularly when
students are riding bikes to and from Greene MS and to Paly (as well as to Castilleja). It is already dangerous for our
children to bike to school, crossing Embarcadero at the already existing traffic level. Traffic on Embarcadero is already
very congested. Adding further traffic to this route creates heightened safety concerns for our students, adds
environmental concerns for nearby residents, and increases congestion on this vital route, lengthening commute times
for everyone.
As most Palo Alto residents know, Embarcadero Road traffic around Town and Country (Paly) and under the Alma Street
underpass during commute times and during Paly start and end times is already unmanageable. It is also extremely
congested at the Embarcadero/Middlefield/Newell intersections during the same time periods. A Churchill Avenue
closure would exacerbate these bottlenecks and backups on Embarcadero Road. Yet I understand that XCAP members
and City consultants are seriously considering a Churchill Avenue closure. Why should residents along Embarcadero
Road and Oregon Expressway have to bear this additional burden? For that matter, why should all Palo Alto residents
lose the opportunity to use and traverse Churchill Avenue? It's extremely useful. Make the crossing safer, sure, but
don't close it.
Churchill Avenue is a vital artery through the heart of Palo Alto. We need it. For example, we Paly parents and our
children use it on a frequent basis to get to the south side of the Paly campus, and sometimes driving there in a car is a
necessity. The school depends upon its parent volunteers, to shepherd students (via car) from the gym to away games
and meets, ferry equipment, and staff athletic ticket tables and many more tasks. Closing Churchill makes accessing that
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side of the Paly campus unnecessarily difficult and much more time consuming. That is just one example of how using
Churchill Avenue to cross the train tracks is needed, and makes living in Palo Alto easier and more accessible ‐‐‐ there
are many others that can be offered.
At the Mitchell Community Center transportation meeting I attended briefly, I heard a consultant state that 9000 cars
traverse Churchill daily. This is a important, well used route. We who live along Embarcadero certainly do not want an
additional 4500 cars using Embarcadero daily; I'm sure the neighbors along Oregon Expressway will feel the same
way. And, neither do we want to lose the convenience of using Churchill Avenue to get to and fro within Palo Alto.
Please reconsider any proposals that involve a Churchill closure. Please make the Churchill crossing safer, but do not
close it, and please take ALL affected neighborhoods into consideration.
Thank you.
Best,
Kathy Jordan
P.S. I've attached a Nov. 15 photo ‐‐‐ of being stuck on Galvez (Stanford side) and not being able to cross El Camino
even though the light was green ‐‐‐ due to a bottleneck of cars plugging up Embarcadero. This was at 5:10 pm on a
weeknight.
I've had the same thing happen when attempting to make a left turn onto Embarcadero from El Camino, coming from
Menlo Park. Again, the left turn signal is green, but a number of cars in the line making a left turn cannot advance and
make the turn, as too many cars are stuffed into Embarcadero and backing up onto El Camino. This was at 5:25 pm on a
weeknight, early November 2019.
Closing Churchill would just make both of these situations worse, on an already over congested
Embarcadero. Additional cars would back up onto both sides of El Camino and on Galvez; the people that choose to use
Churchill now to get across Alma, or to take Alma south, would use Embarcadero instead.
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, November 27, 2019 9:27 PM
To:Council, City; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Human Relations Commission;
michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com
Cc:leah.wilson@calbar.ca.gov; GC@calbar.ca.gov; ExecutiveDirector@calbar.ca.gov;
CMAA@calbar.ca.gov; Vanessa.Holton@calbar.ca.gov; Melanie.Lawrence@cal.bar.gov;
asteinbrecher@steinbrecherspan.com; sleyton@altshulerberzon.com; samuelgordonesq@gmail.com;
thegordonlawgroup@gmail.com; Cody@salfenlaw.com
Subject:PA City Attorney violating public records act
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Palo City Attorney Mollly Stump refused to provide information to a woman and her husband in violation of the public
records act. Ms. Stump capitulated only after a lawyer informed Ms. Stump that she was violating the public records
act.
Now City Attorney Stump is refusing to provide information to Julio Arevalo and his attorney Cody Salfen.
It has been over two months since Mayor Filseth has asked why Sgt. Moore's videos are missing and he still does not
have an answer. As far as anyone knows, Ms. Stump has not provided Sgt. Adrienne Moore's videos or an explanation as
to why they went missing. And the videos should not be missing given the system's ensure that no video goes missing
through its Record After The Fact Feature:
https://watchguardvideo.com/software/record‐after‐the‐fact
City Attorney Stump refuses to release the "Independent Police Auditor's" report detailing how the department handled
the using of a racial slur by one it's commanding officers.
https://padailypost.com/2019/10/14/report‐on‐police‐n‐word‐incident‐bottled‐up‐at‐city‐hall/
Shouldn't California Attorney Molly Stump be held accountable for repeatedly violating the laws of California?
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https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/11/27/palo‐alto‐police‐hit‐with‐fresh‐claim‐of‐excessive‐force
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https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/09/20/on‐the‐ground‐and‐suffering‐a‐seizure‐a‐palo‐alto‐woman‐
pleaded‐to‐be‐taken‐to‐the‐hospital‐but‐police‐kept‐paramedics‐from‐helping‐her‐for‐14‐long‐
minutes?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles
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https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/09/20/911‐nightmare‐a‐tug‐of‐war‐for‐
information?utm_campaign=magnet&utm_source=article_page&utm_medium=related_articles
https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/09/24/city‐council‐has‐questions‐about‐mishandled‐911‐call
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https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2013/06/05/palo‐alto‐police‐departments‐tech‐guru‐tapped‐for‐state‐board
https://padailypost.com/2019/10/14/report‐on‐police‐n‐word‐incident‐bottled‐up‐at‐city‐hall/
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14 missing recordings, will it Destefano's be 15?
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/missing‐videos.html
https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/powers.html
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https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/afanasiev.html
https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐5.html
Sounds like Destefano pulled a Fino:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EJHO0LCn9o&t=8s
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https://padailypost.com/2019/04/11/newly‐released‐police‐records‐detail‐violent‐takedown‐of‐shoplifting‐suspect/
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Brettle, Jessica
From:alicec@melitaisland.com
Sent:Sunday, December 1, 2019 8:34 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Police response to 911 call
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I would like to add my thoughts about the police in Palo Alto. I, too, had an extremely bad experience with the Palo Alto
Police Department. I was in a bad car accident and rather than address my medical condition I was taken in for drunk
driving although it was 7am and I had not been drinking. I passed all the roadside tests and had 0.0 alcohol on my breath
on the breathalyzer test. This police department should be investigated. All the cases should be reviewed and everyone
should be on high alert. The Palo Alto Police Department is corrupt and untrustworthy. I hope this sheds some light on a
very shady police department.
I would be willing to give you my full story and all of the details if this would be helpful.
Thank you,
Alice Cox
501 Raquel Ct
Los Altos, CA 94022
(650)575-3053
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Bryce Avey <bryce.avey@yahoo.com>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 12:17 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:Proposed Vape Ban
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Hello,
I heard about the proposal to ban vaping products from Palo Alto. I understand that you’re looking out for your citizens
but I’m worried a ban is going to cause problems. The cause of the lung illness isn’t coming from commercially available
nicotine or THC products. Drug dealers buy THC oil from overseas and they’ve been cutting that oil with canola or
vitamin E oil to make more money. The canola oil vaporizes so it thins out when heated. Unfortunately unlike the
vegetable glycerin that’s used in nicotine products, it thickens up in the lungs and sticks to the walls. This makes it hard if
not impossible to breathe.
If people are unable to purchase nicotine liquid products they will buy them from overseas and that nicotine liquid isn’t
being lab tested. Full disclosure, I’ve been vaping for almost 9 years. I’ve had my doctor check my lungs every other year
during a physical since I began vaping. I’ve been told they’re fine but 9 years isn’t long enough to study the long term
effects associated with vaping and nicotine addiction causes other problems unrelated to lung damage. I think education
will do more good than a ban. There will always be rebellious teens who want to do the opposite of what they’re told
but education regarding vaping and nicotine use may help the teens that are unsure whether or not they want to vape.
Thank you if you read this whole email, I know it’s pretty long.
‐Bryce
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Thursday, November 28, 2019 2:06 PM
To:dennisbalakian; David Balakian; midge@thebarretts.com; Joel Stiner; Mayor;
esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; paul.caprioglio; Mark Standriff; Mark Kreutzer; huidentalsanmateo;
Council, City; terry; margaret-sasaki@live.com; vallesR1969@att.net; grinellelake@yahoo.com;
becerra.bere11@gmail.com; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; fmbeyerlein@sbcglobal.net;
Doug Vagim; Steve Wayte; nick yovino; robert.andersen; steve.hogg; jerry ruopoli;
fmerlo@wildelectric.net; beachrides; Leodies Buchanan; bballpod; bearwithme1016@att.net; Dan
Richard; Daniel Zack; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; newsdesk; leager; Cathy Lewis; Mark Waldrep;
russ@topperjewelers.com; Tom Lang
Subject:Fwd: Real ID- Dems should cancel it, this says.
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 1:12 PM
Subject: Fwd: Real ID‐ Dems should cancel it, this says.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, Steve Wayte
<steve4liberty@gmail.com>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 2:34 AM
Subject: Fwd: Real ID‐ Dems should cancel it, this says.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>
Thurs. Nov. 28, 2019‐ Doug‐ FURTHER clarification in this version of the email. I hope we don't have another
nightmare situation from DMV in five years when real ID holders start renewing them. Please forward to Patterson if
you can. We need to know exactly what we will need to bring, or send, when we go to renew our real IDs in five years.
Thurs. Nov. 28, 2019
Doug‐ This version cleans up some typos and explores the issues with the real ID a little more thoroughly. I
wish Jim Patteson could receive this.
LH
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Date: Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 2:12 AM
Subject: Fwd: Real ID‐ Dems should cancel it, this says.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:05 PM
Subject: Fwd: Real ID‐ Dems should cancel it, this says.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>, Steve Wayte
<steve4liberty@gmail.com>
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 11:12 AM
Subject: Real ID‐ Dems should cancel it, this says.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Wed. Nov. 27, 2019
Doug‐ This is worth reading. The inability to obtain a real ID will do damage to illegals, this says.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxwGBwSgsHVzqCzjBDwBKSdvgcxM
My DL was up for renewal in Sept, 2018 so I went to the beautiful, big, air‐conditioned DMV office down by the
Fresno zoo and sailed through the process of getting my first California real ID. That was an old DMV office that has
been renovated. Took my b. certificate (has to be mighty original‐ b. certificate has the seal on it), plus SS card, plus a
PGE bill. No issues. The clerk took my docs over to a copier, but she was not copying them, she was scanning them into
the DMV database, I surmised later. She didn't say that that was what was happening. She didn't say anything as she did
this, but that's what she was doing.
I thought I'd stand in the broiling sun in a line down the street for 4 hours. That was in the news, you'll recall. No,
very easy.
I was there for maybe 2 hours, an hour of it waiting for my number to come up to go to that station. Big,
beautiful place. You go to ~6 different stations. You take the exam on a computer.
BTW, the book you study is longer than it used to be. I studied the hell out of it. My DL was going to expire
within 2 weeks after taking the exam, and if you fail the test, you have to wait 2 weeks to re‐take it. I passed it on the
first try but I wasn't casual about studying for it.
Get an appointment at 8 AM. No issue parking at that hour in the big parking lot at that DMV office, but when I
left people were getting into it with each other over parking spaces.
THEN it turned out that California DMV was not compliant in 2018 and the first three months of 2019 with
federal law in accepting just one piece of proof of residence‐ my PGE bill. The Feds had said TWO pieces. At about that
point, they fired the Director of DMV. Probably a salary of $300,000 per year with full health and dental benefits and a
big, rich pension, a big private office in Sacto and a huge staff of women and minorities, and she didn't notice that the
feds wanted TWO proofs of residence(!). Can you believe it? No way to call back to D.C. to confirm whether the way she
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was going to do this was acceptable. Maybe the Apaches had cut the phone lines. Or, too busy out shopping in that new
BMW, apparently. Oh, probably a State supplied BMW to go out shopping in. Recall the State supplied cell phones? So,
for applicants starting in April, 2019, DMV said you had to bring TWO documents showing where you live to get a real ID.
And what about people like me? DMV sent out a form to sign months after I got my real ID in Sept. 2018 on which I
swore that the addy on the form is my residence, as I recall. I signed it and mailed it back (and kept a copy). There had
been rumblings that people like me were going to have to scan in or mail a second proof of res. to DMV.
Recall my PGE bill they scanned? When I go to renew in 5 years, fall of 2023, I'll have to bring a second proof of
residence at that time(?). That was what DMV was saying for a while. My Q is "How many people will remember in 5
years WHAT proof of residence they handed over that got scanned into the system in 2018?" Natch, take several at that
point. Took me a while to figure out that that little issue will be there in 5 years‐ that the proof of residence I provided in
Sept. 2018 is in their system forever and that I'll have to produce a second, additional, different one in 2023‐ I think. So
if you're in that bucket, remember that issue. MAYBE the form on which I swore will negate that need for a second form
of residence proof when I renew the real ID in five years‐ provided that my residence has not changed in the five years.
That form WAS the second proof of where you live, I think. What if your residence HAS changed by the five year mark?
Bring TWO new docs showing your new residence, probably(?). What if you residence has NOT changed by the five year
mark? Bring birth certificate and SS card again? And bring two proofs of residence? Or was once enough for the b. cert
and SS card and proof of residence? If you did what I did‐ provided one evidence of residence when I first applied for the
real ID, and signed the form they later sent to people who did that, do we still have to bring a second, or any, proof of
residence when we apply for a renewal of the real ID in five years? These are questions that DMV is going to have to
answer by the time people start renewing their real ID in five years or we will have mass confusion again. They should be
working out the answers now, and they should be sure they comply with the federal requirements this time. I suggest
they start putting a flyer in the renewal notices about what you should bring with you or mail in when you renew your
real ID AT THE FIVE YEAR MARK. Do that for the next five years, especially if the feds change the requirements for the
real ID again. And start putting flyers in the renewal notices for people who will be applying for a real ID for the first time
telling them what is required. What if you are renewing your normal, non real‐ID DL, have had no moving violations, and
want a real‐ID DL, and would normally just renew by mail? Do they have to mail in two proofs of where they live? Do
they have to come in to a DMV office this time with birth cert., SS card, and two proofs of residence the first time they
apply for a real ID DL? Important: DMV should be getting this information out to drivers.
Then a new issue with DMV. I renewed my registration on my Fiero in May, 2019. I mailed the form and check,
had the car smogged, all before the deadline. AND THEN, five weeks went by. I really thought that my envelope got
shredded at DMV or the PO, or that the check got stolen, so I called DMV. I'd thought of putting a STOP on the first
check, but I looked on the DMV website and they warn you there not to do that!! I was really curious as to where that
check was. At the five week point all I had to show the cops, if stopped, was a thoroughly expired reg. "We are dealing
with a back‐up" was the answer DMV gave me. Nothing in the media about that. Let them hang, I guess. Too bad the
California DMV doesn't have access to the media. The new reg. arrived shortly thereafter. So a huge screw‐up in getting
the registrations out. Mail your money a little earlier than usual is the moral, or you'll be driving around with an expired
reg. for a month if the back‐up is still there.
I have to renew the reg. on my other car in January, 2020, and I'll mail the money about a month earlier than
normal.
Somebody please forward this to Jim Patterson if you can find an email address for him.
LH
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Anne La <ala986@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 3, 2019 10:02 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Route 88 cancellation impact -need help
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Hello Council Members
I have family member who depends on VTA route 88/88M/88L (Fielding & Louis) to go to work at VA hospital Monday‐
Thursday . Her employment will be impacted w/o public transportation service avail.
Pls consider expanding PA Shuttle service to cover this route at least between 8‐9 am and returning from VA between 2‐
4 pm
Best regards
Anne La
986 Colonial Ln Palo Alto
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Brettle, Jessica
From:holzemer/hernandez <holz@sonic.net>
Sent:Monday, December 2, 2019 6:34 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Support for Several City Council Items Tonight
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Council Members,
I encourage you to consider supporting three key items that directly affect our City.
Item #1 ‐‐ An independent, through investigation of the City's Planning and Transportation Commission's Vice Chairman, Michael
Alcheck and his ethical behaviors over the past several years. I believe that Mr. Alcheck deserves a fair and honest hearing, but he
should not continue to serve on the PTC if the City's own major ethical standards of proper behavior have been violated. I believe
you, as our Council representatives and bearers of our City's ethical standards, should take a serious look at this issue and have an
independent investigation of these matters. There is no excuse to delay or not to do this investigation.
Item #2 ‐‐ Please support Item #8 on tonight's Consent Calendar. I serve on the NVCAP Working Group and support the City staff's
effort to modify and change the Perkins + Will consultant's contract with the City.
Item #3 ‐‐ Lastly, I would like to indicate my whole‐hearted support for a Palo Alto business tax. This tax is long overdue as
businesses, which are causing increased traffic congestion and pollution to our neighborhoods, are the ones who are chiefly
responsible for the daily loss of our neighborhood's quality of life. I believe that small, neighborhood‐serviing businesses should be
given special consideration, however, the larger (20+ employees) businesses should "pay their fair share". Again, it's long overdue. A
"head" tax would be best.
Sincerely,
Terry Holzemer
2581 Park Blvd. #Y211
Palo Alto, CA 94306
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Elan Loeb <elanloeb@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 3, 2019 7:30 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Tenant protection act
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Hi! I wanted to voice my support for renters rights & prevention of rent hikes! Affordable and fair housing is a huge
concern for our city & I'm glad to see the city council putting energy towards it.
Elana Loeb
3746 la calle ct
Palo Alto, CA
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Brettle, Jessica
From:chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 3, 2019 8:36 PM
To:WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto
Subject:The answer!
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So obvious! All it takes is to stop worrying about the other guy paying his share and dig a little deeper
to help him make that payment.
Easier for some to do than others.
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jun/03/its‐a‐miracle‐helsinkis‐radical‐solution‐to‐homelessness
Chuck
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Tuesday, December 3, 2019 9:26 PM
To:jd@howardstern.com
Cc:MediaInquiries@kushner.com
Subject:The Cross (i)
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So the Messiah was on the Cross for what? Was it Six Solar Sun Hours? Just One Guy. Six Hours. One Day. Voluntary. Was
this Commentary? Is this what we do? Do we rely on Patience in Times of Trouble? Is our God Patience? In God We
Trust? Have Patience with the Teller in the Bank? "I'm sorry Sir. You don't have any money." How long do you have to
wait for Patience to Deliver? Is this because you Fear God? You don't want to upset Patience so you don't ask for
anything. You're gonna let everyone around you suffer in Patience because you Trust God? That's why you don't say
anything. "Don't say HaShem. You have to learn to respect Patience." "What about the Day of Judgement?"
"Yhawuøòwah Elohim. Let Light be upon my Path. Likewise for the Feet of the World."
"Light be on my Path according to the Will of Elohim." Jacob's Ladder is the Light? What Scripture did Jacob have? What
did Jacob teach his Children? What about Avraám? What did Avraám have? Where did Avraám get his Enlightenment
from?
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Mark Cox <markdarrellcox@icloud.com>
Sent:Thursday, November 28, 2019 11:01 PM
To:jd@howardstern.com
Cc:MediaInquiries@kushner.com
Subject:Twin Peaks
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Did Jeff Laird have a Twin that Jeff Laird did Not know of. And if Jeff "Comes Back" would this be the Jeff or the Twin?
Likewise John Lennon. "Well now that the Twin is Older then we can Switch Out because no one will expect him to Sing
Well in his Advanced Years. Who do they covet among Children? Twins. What do they get for it? Switch‐Ability. Just like
Batteries. Well this Cop is Talented. Let him finish. When he's done we'll replace him with the Bad Cop to have a Fully
Charged Battery."
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Brettle, Jessica
From:Christine Selberg <christineselberg@gmail.com>
Sent:Friday, November 29, 2019 2:54 PM
To:Council, City; ARB@citypaloalto.org
Subject:Appeal to deny Verizon Cell Towers in Downtown Neighborhood
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Dear Mayor Filseth, Vice-Mayor Fine, Ms. Cormack, Mr. DuBois, Ms. Kniss, Ms. Kou and
Mr. Tanaka,
I was very pleased when, in October, City Planning Director Jonathan Lait denied
approval to the six cell towers Verizon has applied to install on utility poles in the
Downtown North neighborhood. In doing so, he took note of both design and siting
inadequacies, and found—as did the Architectural Review Board —that what Verizon has
proposed is “not architecturally compatible with the existing sites.” He is right! The ugly
towers Verizon proposed have not place in any Palo Alto neighborhood.
It is my understanding that Verizon has appealed Mr. Lait’s decision. I am writing to you
to ask you to deny that appeal.
It’s time for Verizon to start designing cell towers and choosing cell tower locations that
meet our City’s aesthetic standards. And, as the Architectural Review Board has
repeatedly told this company, slapping hundreds of pounds of unsightly equipment on
utility poles in residential areas does not meet our standards.
Please deny Verizon’s appeal. Any please tell Verizon that your strong preference, as you
expressed in unanimously approving Mr. DuBois’s April 15th amendment, is for
underground ancillary equipment and for siting that is respectful of the character of our
beautiful neighborhoods.
Sincerely,
Christine Selberg
281 Everett Ave., Downtown North neighborhood
Palo Alto, CA 94301
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• Share current actions and activities
• Raise and share current and ongoing issues of mutual interest
o Examples: proposed state legislation (SB-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 ptop~rties 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 Examples: 125th Anniversary celebrations, May Pete Parade, etc.
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Purpose Statement for City School Liaison
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The City of Palo Alto and the Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) have a
shared interest in the health, safety, and welfare of students and families in the Palo
Alto community. The following is the purpose statement for the City School
Liaison Committee, adopted on
Purpose: The Committee meetings serve as a time for are the only times when
members of PAUSD Board Members and City of Palo Alto City Council Members
to officially 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 beth
P AUSD_,_ and the City, and private and independent schools in the
community
• Share current actions and activities
• Raise and shareExplore current and ongoing issues of mutual interest
o Examples: proposed state legislation (SB 50, AB 1487, ACA. 1
and others), Stanford GUP, grade separations, etc.
• Have potential to solveldentify issues and/or devise means to prevent
issues from arising in the future-;
o EKample: the creation of a nev,r procedure for reviewing projects
that impact both City and PAUSD properties such as the solar
projects in 2018 (Can staff please provide the final I proposed
revie\Y process to the Committee?)
• Work together on relevant community projects
o Examples: 125tll Anniversary celebrations, ~4ay Fete Parade, etc.
• Regularly communicate to both bodies
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SAN MATEO COUNTY
SILICON VALLEY
The best of the
Son Francisco Bay Arec1
December 2, 2019
Convention and Visitors Bureau
111 Anza Boulevard, Suite 41 O, Burlingame, CA 94010
650-348-7600 • 1-800-288-4748
Fax 650-348-7687
www.visitsmcsv.com
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Dear Mayor Filseth and Members of the Palo Alto City Council,
The Palo Alto Hotel Council issue started well before I took over the duties as CEO of the Bureau on June
3. Since then, I have conducted numerous one-on-one meetings with Palo Alto hotel members; enrolled in
Leadership Palo Alto; and been supportive of our community partner, the Palo Alto Chamber of
Commerce. I have leaned-in in a big way listening to these concerns and worked tirelessly to make
changes based on the feedback received.
I was taught that feedback -positive or negative -is a gift. One area where improvement was needed was
communication. The PowerPoint presentation we prepared for Palo Alto Hotels has now become a
baseline tool by making similar presentations in other communities we serve. We are now taking this
information to the next step by creating a reader friendly annual report which we will present at our annual
luncheon meeting on January 31, 2020. Much of the information in this deck was always available but not
in a format that was easily understandable.
Metrics are a key for measuring any organization's effectiveness. I have taken the Bureau in a new
direction as it relates to implementing tech to measure our results. We recently engaged Palo Alto-based
Adara to track our web traffic. By the end of January 2020 we will have data and know where and how
visitors from our site ended up booking their hotel rooms, and we'll be able to report that out accordingly.
We now know that the phrase "Silicon Valley" is searched on average 201,000 times/month; ''Palo Alto"
91,000 times/month. We are deploying tech to better understand consumer behavior, which will give us
better insight to convert searches into revenue for our members.
Marketing our destination, soliciting exposure via travel writers and direct sales for Groups and
International Travelers will always be a key focus for us. On January 10, 2020 we will host a Director of
Sales Forum -an interactive session with Hotel Sales Directors and our staff which will allow us to
exchange information on what initiatives we are working on and, more importantly, what initiatives our
members would like us to work on. As a Destination Marketing Organization, we have a wide array of
tools available to us -we need more member input to know which lever to pull when.
My ask of you this evening is that you please renew the TBID and allow me more time to further engage
Palo Alto hotels, resolve any remaining differences and report back to you our progress.
Sincerely,
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South Palo Alto Shuttle service will start operating after the VTA implements the Next Network
Concept Plan or the 2019 New Transit Service Plan.
C. Service Increases and Reductions
CITY reserves the right to increase, reduce, or modify shuttle service as CITY may find necessary or
appropriate in response to changes in ridership or CITY's annual budget. Any additions shall be
compensated at the hourly rates agreed upon by Contractor and CITY. Each year the schedule for
existing Special School Service will be modified for summer months when schools are closed. This is
to accommodate the summer school schedule of the two middle schools on the route. CITY will
give Contractor at least thirty (30) days' notice for shuttle service changes such as adding, deleting
or modifying service. The contractor will be expected to acquire any additional vehicles as well as
hiring and training new personnel necessary for providing modified Palo Alto School Shuttle
service. If Contractor requires additional time beyond 30-days to acquire the necessary vehicles
and personnel, Contractor must contact CITY in writing within five (5) business days of receipt of
CITY's written request for the modified or expanded service. Contractor and CITY must then
mutually agree on a new date for fulfilling CITY's request to add service, however, under no
circumstances shall that date be more than 75 days from the date of City's written request for
additional service. The contractor may elect to provide the requested service change in less than
30-days if they are able and CITY agrees. The contractor must maintain sufficient staffing of bus
operators to operate all routes at all times.
SECTION 2: DELIVERABLES
A. Vehicle Requirements:
Contractor shall provide a sufficient number of buses that seat a minimum of twenty-five (25)
riders each, including at least one dedicated spare bus to be used as a stand-by vehicle. Contractor
shall also have the capability to provide additional vehicles for any service expansion requested by
CITY at a later date. All vehicles used on the Palo Alto shuttle route must first be approved and
accepted by CITY before placed in service. Additionally, Contractor is responsible for ensuring that
all Palo Alto Shuttle vehicles meet the applicable California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Bay
Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) air emissions standards for public transit fleets at
all times.